New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-08
Friday, Dec.
AFFAIRS II THE B0spHORUs.

THE sUIrAN's DREAM-THE TURKS pEsPONDLNf-
OTTOMAN HATE FOR BCLGARIANs-A RAINY
DAY IN CoNsTANTINOPLE.
rppov REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE J
CoxsTANrlNorLr. Nov. THE Sultan has be-
come dreamer He has had a midnight vision OF
th, Prophet who has made known 70 him that Allah
has no desire for the death of more Russians.
Enough have been slain, the sword OF Islam may
now he sheathcd the residue Of Gaours may be par
doned. aud peace may again bless the land Whatever
may he its source the story las served to guage the
popular feeling. There are many expressions oil
satisfaction at the benevolent statements of the
Prophet. but this dream taken with the continued
misforunes Of Cneiket Pasha, has reused the fierce
owed war pariy to something very like action.
placards ON the doors Of the mosques call on the
pcople TO defend the rchtsof Islam before the three
Emperors Of the North have concerted the measures
which viii blot ont tie Mosem power Mahnoud
Domod Pasha is pointed out az being TO blame for
thc crushing defeats Of the last few weeks. Poor
man he i doomed to be the scaregoat OF Il whole
file of Pashas when Inc las already sins enough OF
his own to sink him.
Tbese demonstrations are feeble enough and al
mast childish. since they the work OF faction
Iut tbc Government has the blue horrors over them
and has stopped printing war news lest ael Ior the
flames should be found in the tale OF new ill-luck
II i NOW week since bulletin from any OF the ar
mics has been published. The army gazette fills its
Columns with the laws passed by the Parliament
which evpi~cd last May. and once more we are prey
IN n thousand pangs of fear between mall-days.
Yesterday a German merchant received Il telegram
from his correspondent at Sophia IN these words,
" Miss Sophia is not at all we'll" From tins we
,rJoe that Ghourko'5 Cossaeks are threatening the
town The Turks here are again alarmed; one OF
Them has Just asked me if Adrianople was IN the
hands Of the Russians yet, and II there was gong
to be any shooting hereI
MEANWHILE the Sultan finds 1t very nconyenlent
to have a brother who although he has not been
stropglcd. rs Sutan's brothers used to be- IS a
ctost that ,poils every feast. Yesterday and day
Iofore = large number of members Of secret soel'
o,v known to be plotting for restoration OF the
dcnosed Sultan Murad, were arrested ana These
With nearly all the servants and officials OF sultan
Nnr,d's household, have been banished 10 AIaDla'
mr. to tbe choicest fever holes OF Mesopoiamla'
The military governor of Adranope has spoken
frankly on the Bulgarian question. We must
stop hanging people some tlhe' sa'u
ne eve cannot soberly contemplate eX-
ecnting four millions of people. Ana yet
we cannot hope for peace until we have destroyed
the bulgarian nationality" lgeml fasha 'heh ue-
scribes the means by which he proposes 10 accom-
pli.h 80 happy radiance. lie says the government
will send missionaries into Bulgarla-Greeks, koman
Cathohcs and Protestants. The people VIII then De
roonired to take TO the faith and nationality OF the
missionaries of their district, and presto, the
Bulgarian question will be solved
One hundred and fifty Bugarans arrived here last
week. ON their way to various places of banlshmen
in Asia Minor Tho BGsiet newspaper, noticing The