New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14

ness by advertising that after its own mail has gone
IL will receive letters late rs the foreign Offices
and will send q supplementary mail 10y the Austrian
LLOYD steamer which runs in competition with IT'S
own slow line. Had the European postal anthorl-
ties in this CITY arranged the whole business 10
provo the point IN dispute. they could not have
planned % more complete demonstration OF The me
capacity of the Turkish postal service lhr pro-
posa 90 close the foreign po,t""e- because oil me
perfection attained by tie rrnu nr native article Is
laid on the shelf an least for % time. Whom the r1
way by Adranopie SEQ >crtia ant the Austrian li'h-
tier d.. completed The question OF the foreign post
Offices Will again b, ra -cd Until t.at time the
Turkish police viii have 60 ior,c1 o.. lUFle-r OBJ
controlling The documents received ana sent 10y
foreign residents ia this country.
Brguudag" las been unusually rife in t.,s recon
of late Within 90 month hJl. dozen or so may ~
uals have been carried OFT Tor ransom. II'
brigand- are rather eyorbitaut in their demands
TINS year, asking ''i'iiiIn9 ~ 4i'Oh - 80. ia.
ransom for single man. me experience OF ,u'
victim IN suci q case aInot be an hElapie one.
His life hangs upon the valuation wnicn ms ireh"'
put upon il. II the hrIE1ld~ c,tima." DIS Ndlu' a
greater Gture than his family admit, the wrctcuei
victim has 10 iarc death every moment oi the pro-
tractol negotiation. He can hardly tan, NJ re-
turns To freedom again. f. cherish tht grcI Ila'
arises from knowing Just nov h.s1N ' p l'lr' Nv
his nearest relations The Iuraish police is on the
war-path after these hrg1nde. hut rarely accom-
pl sh more than 10 report .kirmi~AeS "hiDh I'Ic'
the robbers INTO inaccessible parts "I the noun
taius.' ! asked nm officer 800 charge OF one OF lH
hands OF rolbrrluutrr- why he aid not 90 in ana
catch the brrtnd- whom be represented rs sur
rounded I'm "A forest. Why how can We eaten
them in forest that IS eighteen MUS
long ?" he replied Besides. ev shoot AT us u We
go too near They hat one of my men only {es'tT-
day. Vet the officer. who was ana old s'ldi't "i
many battles felt shat he was doing oll That coul!
be done. The real fact 7 thar the forces employed
are utterly Inadequate. and the villagers. knowing
the robbers to be the strongest and most lti,r'tr
ing always side with them. 10 Chg d .rouhture oil
the police Nv Turkish friend had eighty men
surrounding" the forest eighteen miles long.
Tr,. movement of this ltl. force was reported 10
the hrigiudS hv the villagers, and naturally the
robbers remained m the wood only so long as 1t
suited their convenience t. do so.
Constautuorlc is notorou~lya city built on ruins;
Every time new Do u~e Il erected htln''rS %!
ancient relics are brought 10 view The trustees OF
the American Bible House ln th s. city are making
an addition 10 their fine building. and have found
regular maze Ut ancient ioHh 'alIons q, .i"in .'m ~
twenty-five feet below the surface ol inc tiouhu'
some of the old walls contain great bricks fourteen
inches square, hard as stone. ana each stamped
with name IN Greek characters. ~ seem, 10 n'
uncertain whether the name on the bricks ~
that of the maker or that of tue tmpcror
sides name date which corresponds
10 the year 1o7 A. y. The cement in which these
bricks arr. laid is hard "a rock and 1T Is dhcult
10 get them ont unhrHken; bui specimens OF quo
a number Ol stamped bricks viii le preserved ai the
Bible House for the inspection of those interested
In one part of the ground is large cellar men
extends under an adjoining street aud OF which the
cnIumns which bear the cross on their capitals. 1t
is ante probable that Christian church or
monastery once occupied this site. although not
single inscription has been found whereby 10
identify the structure ! ndcr the foundations ol
this Christian e,iite were found fragments OF
sculpture that date from hcathcn times co
Uuthan capital and some fragments %, cornlc's III
beautiful red marble suggest that splendid build
,.g stood here before the Christian church was
built Ia one part of the ground were found
several graves. Zach ono was covered with tiles
ttIt a