The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-29
FROM SMYRNA.
~ REV. LYMAN BARTLETT.

.ea-port towns in the Levant. being the /
atnraI outlet for the great variety OF |
products exported from the entire west |
-rn half Of Asia Minor.
The approach from the sea presents
.cene Of rare beauty. The city
whose buildings are mostly white |
hough the portion nearest the bay Is
quite level, appears as if built upon an
inclined plan. rising gradually as IT
extends back from the water. with Mt.
Pegus in the back ground, surmounted
oy an extensive ancient castle, long
since IN ruins.
4 little way below. aud to the right
OF the castle. stands lone cypress tree.
supposed 70 mark the spot where lie the
buried remains Of the ageI martyr.
the first Christian bishop Of
SMYRNA. A. intervals, here and there.
are seen groves Of tail cypress trees.
which indicate the location of Mosiem
The domes and minarets OF
Turkish mosques. aud the spires, or
towers. of Christian churches. at One
inform the traveller Of the mixed char
actef Of It's population. Extending
far t. the right and built upon the rocky
hills which rise above the bay. are seen
the villages of Rara fash. Quarantine
and Geoy Tefe. the fav0rite summer
resorts Of the people of smyrna. These
places are being rapidly built up ana
will soon form an unbfoken extension
If the city. To the lett. across the bay.
lies the beautiful town Of Cardiiio.
which may be regarded as a suburb Of
Smyrna.
A. one approaches the city of smyrna
from the bay. while set in the distance
he is able to take 10. at one general
view, the whole Of this beautiful pano-
rama and thus receives an impression
ct soon to be elTaced. Ga approaching
carer the cny one has "a view Of the
magnificent quay. winch eX ends the
entire length OF the wafer font, as also
o. the very secure harbor for the ship
pine. This harbor is formed by "a mas
sive wall of SOLID masonry, built ont
into the oag. making an enclosure per
haps hafmile ~ length aud some five
hundred feet IA width. with on opening
al each end for the passing in and our OF
the shipping
Tne quay IS built ia the most substan-
ual manner. and extends so far out into
the bay that the largest ships may 40
proach close to the wall, yet there are
no landing docks. and so freight must
be loaded and unloaded by means #
large boats or pontoon floats. The
width of the quay is about eighty feet
md it forms most inviting prone
ma ie winch IN the warm summer even
Jugs is irequeuted by thousands OF
la lies and gentlemen who come 10 en-
i,y the cooling sea bre,zes and 10 vlsl
bv easlight, with which the quay j.
brilliantly illuminated.
Entering the harb)r, we drop anchor
al point indicated by little Tag boa
Of the Harbor Company. and soon GU
ponderous craft has sw uug around an
backed up to within twenty feet Of tn
quay. where it is made fast TO huge iron
posts planted firmly on shore. Com
mlttiug ourselves to an hopest-iookinl
hoffman. we soon find ourselves az th
PASSPORT ,flice, where our baggage
more or less carefully examined. am
passports or te.heiies are presented
and one dolla fine IS collected iron
the unfortunate Traveller who has faile'
% proyide himself with the latter. 4
crowd Of porters stand ready to Sc q
your baggage, and just outside the Oh
flee. upon the quay, row OF carriage
are waiting to convey you to any pai
of the city. Once through the Once
we are free.
Every where in Smyrna, we iind
strange commingllpg OF The old wit
the new. of the Orient with the Gee
dent. ON the Qaay. almost every hou
in the day, may be seen long trains
camels passing to and fro. with nois
loss stem. with or without their burden
: parallel with the tramway, whose ca
riages of the most approved Europea
. patterns. pass several times al hou
and in the narrow streets Of the ell
the way is often blocked by the NEE
ing of camel trains with tho beau'lt
carriages with which Smyrna is 50 we
supplied. Here we have the eiega
churches of the Greek. the America
and the Catholic Christians, and i
Turkish mosque Of style archite
! ture purely Oriental. with IFS Il
minarets. from which the maezin. fl
| times day, calls the faithful t. praye
while from the towers Of the church
the ringing of the bells is the signal
q the assembling of the worshipers.
G every assembly of men upon the strs
= the European hat and The red f'z OF
a Orient may be seen in perhaps ado
9 equal numbers. while the modern Eur
i pean costumes, both of men and W
d men, may be seen strangely C
# mingled with the rudess native am
y In the mal kets also We have the sh'
l. of the European merchants, with go'
d displayed most temp'iDgly III IN
4 plate glass windows, and thesopen 81
>. of the Turkish merchant. VINO
Is cross legged upon his cushion
y smokes his nargele.
Street peddleEs everywhere thrS