Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-11

How far the efforts topersusde Europe
that the christian populations Of the em-
pire are on the side of the government
will be successful Ii is hardly for rue to
! say. | can, however, confidently bear
| witness that SO far in Constsntinople
they have been ludicrous failures. We
were amused four or five days ago by an
| official statement that a petition had
been drawn up and signed by number
| Of Greeks who had volunteered for the
army, and were anxious to serve their
lawful sovereign. The petition was
printed, and ought to have been salts
factory. The skepticsl public, however,
only laughed and asked who were the
signers. Some OF the, leading Greeks,
however, among the wealthiest and
most intelligent men Of the capital, felt
themselves aggrieved st the sugg stion
of treason so base, and drew up
formal protest against the statement,
challenging the production Of the names
of the signers. II is needless to say that
their challenge has remained unan-
sHered. / have good reason to know
that the document itself was drawn up
by Turkish official, and that if it were
ever signed at all-which is doubtful
it WIS only by jsil.birds, or by an alto
gether insignificant number Of the dregs
ofthe Geek population. The same histo-
~ attaches to the alleged Armenian petit
ton. The respectable Armenians of the
place utterly repudiate it. The bands of
volunteers already alluded to have, dur
ing the week, para I'd the streets with
the view, as far as can gather, of allow
ing US to see that there are volunteers.
A more villainous looking set of men it
would be impossible to see. 1t ia cur
rently said that the majority Of them
have been let out Of prison on condition
that they would volunteer, and the ap.
pesraDce of the men fully justifies the,
suggestion. The journals announce 20
us that in commemoration Of the acces.
sion Of the new sultan the remainder OF
the sentences of men VINO have COM
rleted a certain proportion Of their pun
ishmeut hiss been RENTED, but this re-
mission applies only to those who have
been found guilty of crimes other than
political offenses.
STATE OF THINGS IN TURKEY.
London Daily News, July lSth.l
A private letter from Constantinople
says: "Olt here we are truly living a
life OF excitement, and never know
what the 4, y may bring forth. 1t got
very hot for US all at one time, ami was
touch and.go for general rising against
the chris lars. This can hardly be Won
deTei at, as the Islsmite population at
tributes all their troubles TO Europeans
having introduced l0aRs, conversions,
and notifications to the knowledge Of
them and their rulers. And as at least
three. fourths OF the Turks in STEAMBOAT
are dependent on government pay for
their living, the only wonder Is how
they manage to get along at sill, neatly
all classes being thirteen mouths in ar.
rears. 1t need hardly be said that brib-
cry never had brighter time, aud
there ia quite scale for backschich in
troduced into all the Off ,es. AS for re-
form or progress with the Turks, it is
out of the question, and not in them.
A Turk from the highest to the lowest,
only wishes TO be left alone, aud is con-
tented, provided he has his bacey, coffee,
and the government of his village, and
openly curses all rulers, even of his own
race, feels it natural part of his lot to
lord it over all gisours, and cannot I'M
derstsnd being thwarted in this. When
| the dish gets very empty, he
also feels it the correct thing
to see served up pair of spms--ss was
the good old fashion in the north of
Eagland-snd go a-plundering. 1t is
u fortunately the policy of the British
government to try to WhiteWash and
pooh-pooh the state OF things out here,
but The fact is that every d.
psrtment is utterly broken down in its
working-thet christians evidence lie
not received by any Of the cadis out OF
| this city, and so bad is it that when
| Musselmen are accused Of stealing cat
| A. ic 0nf tpk
| Tut he has to suborn two Turkish gypsiea
to swear the cattle belonged to the chris
| tian. The Circassians are complete
blight to the country, and are encour'
sged by the Turkish authorities to rob,
and are never csught when they muir
| der, which they constantly do, the ma
| tives. Before the instruction broke out
in Bulgaria, an organized system OF
| plumber WAS carried on by them, as all
stolen cattle and horses were taken down
| to Galipoii st the DardAnelles, and
passed into Asia, and the produce of the
| Industry (?) of the Asiatic Cjrcassisns
brouqht back. A native hardly dared
to claim his own, even il he saw it, and
it was safer for him to buy it back cheap
| if he could do go. These are facts known
to all, but proof would be difficult out
here. Even in the schools the CiFcas'
slams lord it, and the masters are in feaI
of them. / have heard some curious
stories, but they are too long to yarn
off. However, the Turks themselves
have lately felt their sting,
and may try and tighten their rule il
they do not fear them too much. The
fearful atrocities they have committed
in Bulgaria are only too tue, albeit this
is denied in England, and said they are
made much Of. They, any way, cannot
be put on paper, as they are much toe
sad and horrible. No christian up there
can leave his village, and that may bt
burnt at any moment if the pasha Ii
told or suspects 'Comite,' as they call it
has any Of its me bers in it. At Cob
rojovs (?) they arrested all the mem Der;
and professors of the Bulgarian college
because among the instruments they
found model Of q telegrsphi2 appara-
tus, and Therefore they must be core
spending with those II revolt These
ptrsons, upward of twenty, are still il
prison, although it was pcoved it Wal
impossible to Use the model for the pur
pose they supposed it was there for
Many are the like instances, but theI
the only two French pspers-one semi
official-dare not publish any OF tn
| NEWS DulEdllds All lhO OtACA Azu
ropean papers are suspended or sup
pressed"
THE SERVIAN PROSPECTS.
At the time when it was thought ant
when we shared the hope that the grea
eastern crisis would be again adjourned
we added that the danger did not any
longer lie in the bellicCse dispositions o
the governments, but in the difficulty o
restraining the religious and nationa
passions aroused and kept up for NOR
than q yesr past. Had the Herzego
vina instruction at the beginning beef
left to its own forces Turkey, in spite o
her interior embaTrassments,W would hsv,
easily suppressed it; but it was evident
ly supported from without, and it is ow
ing to that foreign aid that it has baei
able to hold cut. When England, il
her turn appeared On the scene, it wa
presumed that Russia would feel bound
on her side, to stop or delay the genera
movement, had the thing been possible
But government and diplomatists ar
not always matters, and moment ar
rives when popular currents DEFY thei
action. This is Whist has now happened
The slave national and religious move
ment, excited and encouraged durini
fifteen months can no longer be stopped
The young prince of Servia, plsced be
tween 8 more than adventurous war an
the loss of throne-in any case, the los