The Republican journal., 1877-06-28
NUMBER 50.
A Glimpse at Constantinople.

worth mentioning. An ancient rookerr attpmDts
to trown the Asiatic side an adobe-like castle
of historic air looks down upou the blue waters
from the opposite side. Two shots from modern
iron-clad would suffice for both At the town of
Dardanelles, a few miles up there is an abrnDt
bend in the famous canal and the torti6cations nt
this point are really good Two of them are
comparatively new and mount a fine iof of heavy
krupp guns. A Turkish man-ot war was tound
off Dardanees. boarding all passing steamers 1t
was well for us that we reached the Straits before
! o'clock p. m. for otherwise we should have
beer compelled to lie outside all night The lights
are not burned all Light now and navigation is en-
trelv suspended between p Iii. and . d IN At
Dardanelles | the first Turkish soldiers
was not tavorably impressed with them but they
We're probably better designed for digging on for
ttcationS than for service in the line and could
not be held to represent the esprit n,itttqtyY
We left the IIellespont at nighttall, and plunged
into the Sea of Marmora At sunrise the mnarets
Of the mistress of the Bosphorls were in view The
beauty of the approach to tonstantiuope in the
early morning can certainly never be depicted by
pen am sure there is nothing ike it to he seen
in the world. From the waters edge far back to
the nils rise the roofs and mosques and mnarcts
OF Constantinople The dark patches of cypress
trees here and there lend an aspect to the white
sleeping city which is Wcrt. and sombcr though
strongly nvgoratng On the right the buildings
Of Scutari pronounced Skoo-1er-ee) ift tier above
tier from the waters which sweep and roll but
never feel throb of tide In front the heights Of
Pera gliStrn None but the orthodox Mussnlmans;
intts the ancient city of Samboul ana in Pera and
talatn thc t,,rai.yner.hn Enb; ssador thn t;rnnlr
jew Armenian and thn.worlaaf the payuim-is
confined. Gliding bv the grand Nosuue Of St SO
phia, barbarie in It's spendor we anchored lust
beyond Sprago Point. OF a sue den the spirit of
the osmanli seemed 10 awake In an instant we
were surrounded by hundreds of boats from the
insignificant bum to the Oriental caiuue The
bright colors OF the towers stood out against the
dark waters, where fleets Of vessels lay silent
as though the hand of death had fallen upon tnrn
Here and there a long caiune containing a veiled
woman. with oarsmen topped with the inevitable
tcz tarted i'll an out and away toward the Golden
Horn At a proper moment our vessel was board
ed by the horleS Of fierce looking boatmen and
for a half hour the pulling and howlinr and iab-
bcting was fully up to the Babel and Bedlam stand
ard First we slowly disembarkpd tbn half huu-
tlred Turks and Albanian deck passenrars the
wild creatures who had lain for tlavs ON the upucr
deck under AWNINGS catinr black hrral ;ind
onions bv tIav and singing strange paintiyc songs
at night. The dirty devils on the boats seized up-
on them and sped away and betmes we managed
to effect Il landing The customs inspection at
the hands of the Turkish officials was a very droll
affair. Our luggage was soon upon the backs of
StAwart porters and on foot we made the ascent
of the crooked narrow streets of Pera reekin ;
with filth and crowded with sleepinr dops-n;,n,r,
fox-likc curs all alike apparently exhausted and
anxious for repose
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