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J* llowin/intoresting letter f«0«' the hea i made Smyrna, 1 i closely
ullod Bryant,' who is travelling in th .., ! lv with very narrow and very dirty
T Apart from its merit in other re- “f nnd no t a %ingle open square or
the letter is valuable fonts polit Vic promenade/ disagreeable anlun
il information. IQ .„ wholesome. At present they
Constantinople, April 11, 1853. then)t Smyrna is mow u-sort o p
■ The echoes of the Bosphorus and Gol- wnlched by a guard ofrobbors-Aboul
onHorn-'andtheyare very finecohoes— wo ear 3 ngothey seized Mr. Van Un
/ore awakened oh tho morning after mv nu Q re6pecta ble merchant Smyrna,
at Constantinople, by a salute fired w| P was walking out with two of h
;„.L. nrtr the arrival of Lord Stratford, , They demanded a hundred tnou
It was qrnlo lime his »■«*. ”!
.■? for him to' be at his post, for the Russian ne „ ot j aled down to fifty thousand
1 Ljvernment seemed on the point of bring- tW enty thousand dollars—on the paymen
! fng over the Sultan to its projects. What of wh f ch> he was allowedto ret “ r . n J° ;
i they were I have learned from , good au- o ne of the most of their recent
;■! thority ; but perhaps-before this lette. caplure3j W as that of a Frenchm »
i j reaches Vour hands you may have the in- ielor of a silk factory, who a sho
f formatibn from some other quarter. Mean- Ume sindewas by some means decoyed t
* time I give it to you, as nearly as 1 can, a village not far from the ctty, seized, ami
‘3 in the words in which 1 received it. released on the payment J ~ ...
% The Russian government.has pretended piastres-about twelve thousand dol
rin interest itself Very much in the dispute . ? .«He deserved his fate, said a
4 t, elW edn the'Greek and the Latin church g‘ rnQ j te who acted as our guide through
I respecting the possession of the Holy Se- § ™.’„ H e had seduced several young
i 2 h re and other sanctuaries in Palestine. l ™ m J cmpl6ye d in his factory, and the
4lt has also professed a strong desire to be people of all say that the robbers
recognised by the Sultan as a kindof pr - served him right. ,
, ecor of the Greek Christians within h.s ive of tho East, who had
dominions. These, however, were the A lady, jn Smyr/ , a , related to
It nbblic pretexts of deeper design. Ru an inc i den t which shows how little rc
-4 was in reality . laboring to engage l "® d lh ; 3 community of robbers have for
Turkish government in a triple alliance, S yo ung man of Smyrna, a;
*«* defensive, in. favor of .to sl°» **"*
ofinciple of absolutism, with Austria for nod eloping with tor, sought ref-
Ike third pot*er. By means of this it was the banditti among the mountains,
hoped to mould the policy of lho rte . lo T g he „ gave him shelter, and urged him to
a perfect conformity with that of Russm, JJS Qne of thettl( but he declined, bo
aifd make it in effect a Russian P r ° v '™°- lo egC ope to Greece or some of its
You know that Turkey has been a place whcre t 0 have run away with a
of refuge to'the liberals ol Europe from wou l d not be punishable as
lip persecution of the absolute govern- One d the chief of the troop re-
Sents; you know, too, that in Turkey crime ins ' nces , which were again
• perfect freedom of opinion concerning newe d> The chief drew one of
Leations of European politics is allowed, hrtn y J aimcd it a t the young woman,
Wis was to.be so no longer, if the scheme P > don the spot, and turning
ifßussia could be curried into effect. horto «„s.id.o hin, «£«£•
•iTlsb Siiltnn was not much inclined to ■ urs « since that tune tho young
.J™ P oS alUancel.the GrandVta. robber. H.^koet, tbs,nf
■ was decidedly against it; but the Minister dlo society the blood of the
1 of Foreign Affaik who. had resided in girl would be requ.red at his
*^V-**'Sf** , “ i;«
J nd the Russian embassy on '.he other, to am j dst ih e atrocities he is commi ting,
* a m n ak e common cause with the two great himself capable of generousinc-
k l„iR odwers of Europe the en- >On one occasion, hearing that a
- ."STfE”hy>i.4"4 twee W f of family in sAW.
rinnoer that the Sultan would give way. a serv ant was in some pecunia y
3 S the arrival of Lord Stratford af- he made his appearance and of
;; fairs wear o new face. , The project of a ferud bim the me ans or e * lr, f “"J_l
" • J arSo°'.“Tto|
? ’ os decided and nciive os tbot of * „ ko sa idi, “ore our tyruntsPod op
< j «■ “0 , ,.,.0d»
< I s::M -
r f oflto —w. H. r l-Si , ime since, Ibis O.SO wo. Kkcn
i- 1
of the .Turkish empire and cofjduct during his absence.
S I w alrill of the Russian diplomacy. The V T „ xnr / S se d my nstomshmcntthat tn
11
ft U SL accidental influence whichi any of the, jn t 0 boat liboriy. . „. hat
m I l&Siers of Europe obtain over it.— b „Ho bribed high,” wasthe reply, hat
11 ctE »^"r“it 0 ,“r;:«»
■r ■ rill' o thfS'ir becoming, by superior “U'g, , waitiog nt Bevrool, About
11 lief,. p*»ntobtSs wufi
K I biidAO nod D *f* , S“" They relate ■)( b™ *«•:
K I etantinople.J'aro the mo p {on and robberies. he covoled> he
K 1 sp ” nt J an J set man night , 9 lew thb hus
■ I Will nkt contrive the .irried.olftbe woman to hiare-
El ll “ lhe 7^^oneofthebold.
Ip H A Ihrge'sum of n>pp e y t . tdcoiia- Tiirkish autiiorities, a r which be .had;
|p<.|' purpose-r en °'?B l^ , ®®f. .f roa made, beries and.assMMM <t y, dudono tknow
II liwsKg
Every pub- me', if you ctul ,- to te&e his person, 1
B|
■ bandi u, who«ha. n 8 Jj. hecU y;m f* * n S a S e i^ v Shed his rhovemepts^
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He is to be taken to Constantinople, and if
ho haa the means of paying a heavy bribe*
I shall not be surprised to hear that he,;
like the robbor-chioffrom Smyrna, isbgam
at liberty, hovering about the road from
Bevroot to Damascus. , ■
'While l am speaking about the Druses,
1 will add a word concerning those who
inhabit the country to the south of Domas
cus, and their quarrel with the Turkish
possess a region the pass
es to which among the mountains ore ea
sily defended by a few men. It is the rule
or the Turkish empire to allow none to be
come soldiers in its armies who aro mot
Mussulmen. The Muhammednnsare sub
stead of this, pay a tax.
sovernment says to Druses. We con
aider you as Muhnmmedans, and require
ofvon o certain number of f hirers P«-
portioned to your population. - The Ur
ses of Lebanon and anti-Lebanon submit
to the demand, but the Druses to the south
of Damascus says, “We-will pay a ta.,
but we will givo you no soldiers. _
' For the present—for tlnf year at least—
;ho quarrel has been compromised, in
February the Druses said to the Turkis
government, “We want time to attend to
our crops; receive the value of a thousand
yoke of oxen,‘and withdraw your troops
the present vear.” The government, think
ing it better to take the tribute than to get
neither tribute nor conscripts, agreed to
the postponement of the quarrel, accept
the conditions, and recalled their troops.
The dispute meantime stands good for an
other. season ; it will bo duly renewed, and
the roads in that quarter will again be
come unsafe. It is P o ss'WeJ>atiftho
controversy is ever settled, the Druses
will take their own terms. .
Last Friday, three days since, )[ sawJ
the man who is the nominal head of that
ill-compacted and scarcely cohenng c ™'
pi re, once held in .rigorous obediencoby
force and mighty monarchs, whosei names
were tho dread of Christendom. From a
wooden palace immediately on the. Bos
phorus-a finer is building for him of
marble, and of florid pal adian
are—rode forth on a handsome black
horse, a pale slender man, dressed in a
blue frock and pantaloons, wearing the
tarboosh or red cap, "hidi here with he
French, has taken the place both of the
hat and the turban. Before him rode Ins
nashes his officers of stale and war, the
men who dispose or the monay thut corncs
into his treasury-stout men, for the most
part, with tolerably florid complex ons.-
Thev were dressed m the same gar
himrelf. The enormous turbans and bar
baric robes, which officers ot this class
wore, twenty-five or thirty years ago,«ire
now only to be found in tho Museum of
AncientCostumcs, established by this Sul
tan’s father in thcatmedmn or hippodrome.
As Sultan Abdool Modjid. rode leisurely
along women who were standing in groups
t™ way reached forth petitions
wrapped in green silk, which were alcen
by some parson belonging to the Sultans
?ruin, and banded to an officer on horse,
how, or ifthose him would
on ThSE^^ f ' theTurkisbempire
arc S Wither by the jp.
nlipd to them from without. are
P ,„vwlio think it better that this should
Should ho tlislribured among the f
Christendom. For the interests of rejig -
mis liberty it is most clearly better.
Mussuhrtun government interferes lesswnhl
B °JVS™ civ l Apolitical liberty my
■e .“stsjT-
Cl would as soon take my chance of
Seldom in Turkey as in most of the conn
ieseastoftheßritish^liannel.
Kl —LBSiS D ro^uS?d> T Bcp' that
“S‘'Ruto,” by « cel.br«.ed P,ofa»r,
hor left arm, pr roiV head
the sn mo Uine . "I° t 0 do bQt to
back, and you hnvo nodi g lipB
lea n a done. Don’t
to hers, and then as [fyou were firing
make.a noise over t >. 0 doW n
Off 00 !'“S C u a ;' i ; r v'hawk upon an innc
upon it like a hunL y damsel in
ov m
ay 27, 1853.
Disputed Pieperty, or Smith w. Smith. !!oh! he is one of ourfamily. His name
John George Smith, Esq., senior, is a , Smith.’*
man about; forty years of nge, red face , “Strange! my rival bos the honor to
very corpulent, very cautious and very tear that name too.’' . ..
good natured. .. _ . V ««s 0 it is Smith cut Smith, this time nu
John George Smith, Esq., juntas?, isi n ~,
man who had seen about half the number . Up <X actly.” . ' •.
of summers, which hhve contributeu to n- „jj ut w j, en d o you get married, father .
pen his highly respectable father, he is q quesl , on is not decided yet, in my
handsome, slonder, hot Wooded and inde- c(JSOj j 0
pendent. . _ . ~ “Nor in mine either.”
John George Smith, Esq.; senior, and j shall off a 3 soon n s my
John George, Smith, Esq., junior, ?j° u ° charming,Mary Anno—”
only remaining members of a particul uMary Anne,l”
family of Smiths. The old man is a wid- <lTha > [ , s th Aame.” , ,
ower; the young man is a bachelor, ine . , g name 0 f m y intended,
former is rich, and the latter is fortunate
enough to have the good will °Jk 13 'y 0 * “Mary Anne Brown?”
progenitor. Old Smith is proud of hts_son, ~j^ Qr y Anno Brown V’
und young Smith is proud of his / athe * i.'fhe daughter of Isaac A. Brown 1
purse. If old John look pleasure in accu- „ Tho san “ »
mulating a handsome property ;it can he t|gho , g my inten dedl”
said without fear of contradiction, that . JudnB( sho is m i n o !’
voung John, at the time of our story, took John Georgo Smi th, junior, and
ho less pleasure in spending what his fath George Smith, senior, looked at
er had acquired; ■ h ot h or HS if they wore the very last or
But these personages were great favor- numQrouB rami |y of Smiths, and wish
ites of the ladies. Thefaircre# e d to exterminate each other.
,he father for h.s quiet „ You nro a presumptuous fellow 1 ex
ed gallantry, and the son for h ‘® clnimed oi d John, frowning as he never
Itk as nsr#
thev at length began to move in different ü ßut you are to blame
Thus, the indulgent fa J| ,er "" d “ “t ° f “ \nd plotted to get her away from
them except on matters of bus n * ss ’ J waB a ca l m , and old John and young John
One morning, however, as John y«>r„ fce? j Q( eaoh othor solemnly,
the cider, was on the point of entering lb t .y o ' u must give her up to me, said tho
npartnmntofJohn George the younger to lcngth . You are, too young
sneak with him onn matter of vital impor
Z® , ho met the latter,coming into h.sown marry. olher firro iy “I will
room to converse with him on the equally you are too old.
important subject. “Do you think I could call my be
“Ah John,” said the old beau, taking JJ 0 * 0 daughter?” , .
his son’s hand with tho usual affability, h „g 0 you think I could call my beloved
“how are vou this morning . , I n* arv Artne, mother T’ .
“Tolerable,” replied the young beau,, > idea SGrved aB a very beautiful oil
happy at finding his-father in a good hu- conversation wo have noted
2?...ad 1 ■«« |M J> ■» '°» k ,ho Wo a. if by .notnal
well to day. Whal » tho new* . “ ]r „ a , hdr back* upon each other aod
“I want to talk with you, John,, sa |,i gh dudgeon,
the elder Smith. . . „ P “tL a whole week the father and son
And I have no less a 10 "‘ Lever exchanged even the morning com
auiet, serious conversation with you, ue- r ts wilh ea ch other. -
loved father; returned young Smith, en- pi Qnc day , however, old Johniand young
tering the old man’s apartment. j n the hall, and old Joha bowed
“On what subject ?" and smiled, and young John touched h.s
.hing I wanted to talk with you about. ~Y ou r Mary Anne,” interrupted the
“No 1” vounger, correcting him.” ,
5 “Very well,” said tho other smiling,
“wo will have it our Mary Anne.
“Just so.” .1 „
“I was disappointed in nor.
“So was I.”
“She is a coquette.'
“She is, bv Jupiter.”
“You have heard the news, then '
“That she is married ?"
“Yes.” ' . „
“1 was told so ihis morning.
“A rich joke!” laughed old John. ,
»A piece of deception 1” exclaimed the
° tl “But lam glad you were not so rash,
John, as to make her your wife.
?. ind I am glad, father, you did not
commit such an indiscretion as to make
her yours.” .„
“Ha 1 ha! ha 1
“He 1 he! he I’’ *
Thus offering each other mutual con
gratulations, the father and son said good
morning, and the important case in the
court oflove, Smith vs. Smith, was set
tied to the satisfaction of all parties. Thei
Mary Anne, was no longer.disputed prop
ertyf she being found to belong solely an
entirely to another* . .* _
Mokax,.—lt is thus that cases in other
courts”as in the court of love,,aro usually
terminated. The parties have the »t«-
faction of seeing the property jn dtspu
pass gradually and effectually into
hands of a third person.
“Fact!” . . t
“But you’ve no notion of taking a wile,
father!” >' ~,
“I have, by Jityiter •
“Bv Jun oJ° have I!
“I am Jad of it exclaimed o,d John
arc wild my boy and a
wifiM tend to tamo you.
"And you are rather gay, father, and a
companion will servo to sober you, re
turned young John, with a sly vein of su,
lir * Pshaw j'joh n. But tell me about that— j
°“ And* wilfyou, tell me all about yours V'
“Certainly»,»
Old John stroked his beard in a tliougl
ful manner, and then looked up with a bu-
Rinnss like air* and sold • . I
“In the first place I must tell you that |
mv intended is rather young for mo.
“There we are even,” said the other
ivith a smile. . . . „
“But my lady is the prettiest m town.
“I am sure mino will prove an, cxcop
ion 11 *
“Very beautiful, is she • ,
“Enchanting!”
“So is mine!” • '
; “But mine has ono dolect.
“What is it 1”
“Sho is near sighted. . ,
“Strange coincidence. Ihavo r noticed
the same defect in my intended. 1?
“And mine is perhaps a little too dark.
“So is mine.” ' „
“And a littlo too tall— • ■
“Mineistall-butT am vastly fond of (
m Vhere was a pause in the conversation,
when old John remarked to young John,
with a sad smile and somethingof n sigh—
“l've a rival.’
“No!” ~ ,
“l have’pon my wore. ' ,
“MUmTs iTyoung buck, who, although 11
di4vSerihhn, is said to bo quite I
“Andmiinc is np old ri ‘M>g ood ' oo,u "°
enough l am told, very rich, who has the
impudence tp dispute my claim to the hand
of my ; fair l»dy.”- .
“But'l don’t fear my nvul.’
“Nor I mino”
. “My intended laughs ;nt the young
: tnm° tam sufo.di'spises tho su
peranuated old rake.”. n
i*l**! (tsoogratoUto.-yotij • Joun. ; . „
“And you.have my sympathy wr.
a Trap to Catch a Pot a b ,
Thef native of the Polar regoiu have, a
THuI’iHLOsorHEU andFebuyhan.—A pieco ofo whalebone,
philosopher stepped on p our inches broad find two feet long,
to cross a strentn. On redouble. While in th,s state, sorpo
quired of the ferryman if he ood pieC e B of.blubber are wrapped nrqund it,
arithmetic. The man Rooked astonished, pi contrivnnc< j placed in the open
“Arithmetic ! No but.. , where a low temperaturo renders u
“Lain very sorry, for one quarter nndcoropact; itifinow ready for use.
your life is gone.” • The natives, being armed \vith bows an
A few minutes after he c““J* ic9 7“ . arrows, and, taking the frozen' mass -g 1
ed unspoiled of his coal, and asked the BW “ U °^ f and tho natural lH'at oi
nhmsouher'witb great oarnestnes of man. e £ c \ Bo cause the dissolution of the
P hl0 „ l . . 1 1 I The whalebone; thus frbni
ne “Sir, danyou Swiml,’ 1 1 jjfeuberance, to
“No, eir.” . •> '■ and makes such hevoc wltMhethtbs.
r “Well,Jhen,!’ said the ferryman,“ys£| t j n^Si \hat the beast discontinue* the ?,{#&,
wholeliie '«ag o her ; io r ' ,boboat h , land soon dies.
the.bottotn-iWsrrr/’s mummy-' • I
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-nrsNELS IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.'
A petiiioi) has been made to '
tho scientific man, as .well ns interns og
to the general reader. The Hoosac tun
ncl project, nlthough the most giganncol
its kind in this country, is by no means a
startling precedent in the internal improve-,
men s of the world at large, nor is it, a,
nioneer enterprise of its kind ,n America.
On the greaHine of railroad leading fropa .
Baltimore to Wheeling, f^'ireiaxteen .
tunnels, the longest-ot which is dIOO fcet,,
more than four-filths of a mile. o°'
the hempfield road, 70 miles long, leading
from Greensburg, Pa., on tho grenl Penn
sylvania road to Wheeling, there nro in
process of construction scve " ,(“ n 2 D ± 1-
lengths of which are respectfully 2600,1,
500, 1200, three of 200 and one of 300
i r eet The Hudson river railroad, and several
other railroads and canals, have extensive
tunnels as well as deep open cuttings.
In Europe, tunnels oftwo or
in length are not uncommon, ihe «W :
the tunnel, at Marseilles, France, is nett
1 tea mte long- The cos'»
for excavating tho tunnel was 8705, yuu.
The superficial area is fiAyff cent
than that pf tho proposed Hocsac tunn.eh
and the cubical excavation e'sogreate t -
The Woodhead tunnel, on the shL «W*
and Manchester rail road,bears a very cl?*,
resemblance to tho Hoosac. It » over.
three miles long, through
lormation, known in geology as millstona
urit Five shafts wero sunk to tne depthi
of from 400 to 000 feet; and tho costjof
the entire work was ® ! *
consumed in its completion was nvo year*.
The Thames and Medway_tunnelbetvyeon
Gravesand and Catham, England, is 2*,
mtioQ InniT It was commenced in
SSfab&l i" 18M.
the Great Western railroad is one or very
large dimensions, being feet h.gh>y.
32 wide, 9570 feet long. There arompny
more extensive works of a similar charac
ter, both in England and Continental E -
rope; andthoextensivo mines of Cornwall
and Wales, there are abits acdJunneU
nearly thirty miles m length. There are,
also nearly thirty miles ol tunneling ipon
nected with the Duke of Bridgewater’s.
a few months since two soldiers.de
sertcd from Fort Massachusetts, wandered
about four days on their return £ ■
States in fear at anv .moment of ta unj,
fnto the hands cither of thehostilo Indians
or of troops in pursuit.. They mot witn
another deserter and the three were over,
taken by a party of trading Delawares,
?„nsUa ß .F.b» h "
brother, and some nine or ten mules.--j
The Delawares, fed tho.fellows, andugreqd
that they should travel with them to the
frontier, giving thorn mules to ride on.^-t
With all this kindness the villains conced
ed the dnstardly design of murdering the
squaw and tho man for the money which
thev learned she had about her, '
the'mules to the States for 3 > lc ; J ho
trader had died somewhere near Salt Lake
and they woro returning to pny his, debts,,
and commencetrade on their own account,
One day at noon, the party stopped to dine
and water the mules, and tho butche -J
was commenced. They followed the
Delaware down to the water course, and
soon despatched him. They Then return
ed to the woman, cut her throat.a
threw her body into a gully.
which—ns if Providence had ordamed it
for this particular purpose--the wal6r flow -
ed. Tho villabs divided tho monjiw and
made their - way to ffie States, sold t «
mules, and went to Si. Louis. The wo
man afterwards managed to crawl out ot
the cully, and wus at length picked up by
a tribe of Indians who brought her to the
frontier, bnd then gave such information
as led to the arrest of the three scoundrels
in St. Louis, by an officer, who look them
up the country, where they wore recogniz
ed bv the squaw, and fully committed, for
t 0 trial by the magistrates there,
the '