The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-05-16
How the Sultan Goes to Church.

Frederick T. Martin writes to the Troy I" re-
from Constantinople, giving an acco1u S,assace
spectacle presented during the r4Nan pA1sst or
fiom his palace to the mosque. ne says -. pcs.
breakfast We repaired 10 tne snoi lat We conld
phorus and treading our way as oest We h ~o tha
through the dense masses OF people, anu ny onu
old of great good fortune managed 10 Ge1 uPo.
one Of fbe projecting rocks or jettles which run
ont from tile shore thereby getting an eAc9p.,JIr
siv rood view. Picture to yourself a lovely
cIor5less day. the banks Of the rSshing Bospho-
rms lined with one seething mass OF hu.ian ue
mos kent back by a continuous line OF troope'
With bands of music stationed at shor. inter sa.s
From our standing point we couio conlIla ~
the marble steps OF the oulean Pala1o So +he
had not been standing many minutes before Tue
sound of a great trumpet was to be hearo at na
we knew it was announcing the opening OF tne
snltan's palace. and that he was about to des-
cend to his barge. The procession had no
sooner commenced to move rom 1he paiaeo st,,.
ated above the palace, which was lmmeuiatSiy
taken up aud answered by the men. of-war IN Inc
bay. and amid the shouts OF the popul ace,
strains of music and the boom OF many guns,
the most imposing spectacle that ever eApoo'
to see commenced its progress.
As it passed on, the different bands struck up,
and felt had never had been present at suci,
wonderful sight before. will describe as wen
as can the ordrr of the procession. Inc palees
are all of FURNISHED gold and glittered IN the SUM-
the bows and sterns sloping gracefully up;
There were five in all. The first two was ro"eu
by twelve men and occupied by only single AID
de camp. who stood motlOnless, with his arms
crossed npon his breast, and his head bowed to-
ward the boat of the Sultan. The second was
rowed by sixteen men, and contained two OF the
Sultan's staff, standing in the same manner as
as the first motiOnless as statue. -,
The following and third barge contained MS
majesty the Sultan. and l shall ever retain
vivid remembrance of the splendor OF this sight.
This barge was rowed by twentytOur men, and
their motions were perfect wonder to me. At
every stroke they rose and stepped forward, and
then receded to their seats with wonderful pr O.
cision and regularity. The Sultan sat in the
stern, under a magnificent canopy OF crimson
velvet, the deep fringes of gold rejecting the
rays of the sun. Two of his staff stood motion
less before him with their arms folded across
their breasts and their heads bowed low, and did
not alter their positions in the slightest all the
time they were in eight The only contrast to
all this splendor was the Sultan himself.
A Republican President could not have less
pretention to state and show than did this
''shadow of God upon earth" One order only
glittered upon his breast, and he wore the usual
Turkish fez. The Sultans barge was followed
by two others similar to tho.e that preceded it,
but instead Of bowlng toward his face the officers
were obliged to bow towards his back. We stood
watching the procession until it was quite out of
sight. and we could but say that we had seen
something we should never see again in our lives.
The surroundings the brilliant sky above our
heads. the crowds of shipping of every nation,
and the people in their picturesque costumes, the
music aud the roar of the guns, all conduced to
deepen the impression on our minds.
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