The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-05-21

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/ uilicclalIniormauon hus boenuubli.ho
/ llat Ills Majesty the Sallm has shilto,
lls Quprlors from bis Winter resident a
pnlmnhbplpheh Ia tho adjoining pac
~ Chemgon The old palace of tb,
sepgllo, which has been the resident d
Tho rulers of lh- land for fifteen cenim
irai and the position of which at tbt
pomt ofthe triangle formed by the CIV
oi Constantine, between the Irn of MAJ.
mora and the hprhm of the Golden
Horn points ID ont as the very kew ol
The liosphorus has boon abandoned In
lho degenerate descendants Of Muhomct
w. since i maln building was DESTROYED
by fire In 1868.
Sultan Acknowledged hyishod i'm.
mensr treasures 10 build his new place
of Dolmah-baloheh, on the shore nt the
foot olIhel'orahlll round the turning of
The lelt or northern bend Of the Golden
Horn, past the artillery arsenal or'rop.
hpncl, aud tho suburb Of Fondooki.
and, not satisfied with This, Abdul.A1g.
the present sultan, has out done hls bro.
Their 10y the construction Of his new pal,
ace NJ Cherupan, gorgeous cdillcc.
where millions have been sunk In pre-.
cious marbles, mere splouder aud mag.
niiicanco 80 dazzling the eyoas To blind
II 10 the deficiency oi architectural last.
Chcnpan lies also on the shore, beyond
Dolmah-balchch, separated from Il by "a
few yards iutcryac, and the two mand
sous with their grounds aud premises,
stretch ON u long line fronting the
Bosphorus from ToyhOnch a. Ortakcni.
their black walls obslructing the spa
view from the high road which runs be-.
hind them lorlho best part Of two miles
The SultNns removal from one 10 the
other ithoso sumptuous abodos implies
there fore, only a few steps Journey, and
involves neither Il chnngc of mir nor of
porspect, for the two palaces stand side
by side, like the two wings of Carlton
House terrace, with a gap hardly large
than Wntcrloo,placc between them
The present llitling however, h only
theol the first many migrations, towhich !
the Sultan viii, inhis idle rcstleisncss be
as thospmmcr advance. The |
care of hi. score, Of palaces, payilious |
liosks, and pleaMuncos on either
side Of the Nmit. constitutes one Of tho |
main occupations olhis vacant existence
To hoard money TO Pile up brick or
stone and morer and TO galc from his /
window at his ioncNds riding mt nnch. |
or are thconly breaks on the Incidence
and indulgence Of his harcm scclusion.
4 prince bornin thcpurple, not perhaps
destitute uf such nstinctsUnd faculties
as might hoyomiod him to high dcs-
tinicS Sultan Abd.ulA2il ha- sunk into
n mcrcp0mpcrcdmd cloycd yolupluny,
untitled for any work by his cileminntc
bringing.up, obese and ilabby, incapable
IT sustaining eXertion, montal or phys
zeal, corrupted by his own oycwccnmg
Of unboundcd authority,
md by the bascaduRtion and alteration
If those who eXaggcratc his conceit Of u
)ower which they exercise in his name
lut for their own benefit, this PadislHh
Ibis Refuge OF the World, this "Sha.
low OF God keep. aloof from care and
luties, and withdraws within himself
Uniting his intercourse TO u bcyy Of ie-
male slaves and herd of eunuchs, or
'out.chNmbcrlains with emUchs hearts
With such effect ON his temper Ms my be
expected from Il contrast between tho I
that surrounds him
II his fool paradise and the mbs and
outlets which await him whenever he
'cntures into collision with the stub.
,olnncas Of the outer world 1t is only
n his harem, 10 be must feel in spite of
himself, that his reign is absolute
outside its walls there are rebellols
iiaours and meddlimg Christian potion
ates and wcNk-minded ministoh grudg.
ng the supplies. Butwithin those walls
lis stronghold isimpregnable, and there /
Ie abdes, invisible inaccessible torcason
+ remonstrance, unamenable to advice
rom yizier orambassador No truth it /
felt, can make its way to the sultan
o good would come of it if it could.
or amy measure of reform or improve
,cnt by which his lettering empire
hight be stayed in its fall tho Sultan
as to be surprised, hoodwinked, op I
ribed into giving his consent nor is
here ever any certainty that what has {
zen obtained by the minister's strata
EN- may not at any moment bercyoked