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Ominous Gathering of Alarming Ru
mors on the Eastern Question.
THE KHEDIVE AND THE NEW SULTAN.
Servia Refusing to Acknowledge
Mourad Effendi.
GORTSCHAKOFF 111RITATED.
Anitria and England?Raiser Willie I m and
Bltmarek to Confer.
BEtvtLK THE COUP D'ETAT IN TURKEY.
Ex-Minister Bolter Upon the Struggle
of Cross and Crescent.
[maUL DXU>i.TCH TO THE HERALD BX CABUfc]
London, Jane 4, 1870.
The Daiiv News' special despatches from Alexan
dria, Berlin, Vienna, Rome and Purls sound more
than usually alarming.
Tsi KSKorrs's relations toward thi new
SULTAN.
The Alexandria correspondent says that Murod
EfltendL, the Saltan of Turkey, Is an old enemy of
His Highness the Khedive of Egypt.
AFRAID TO DO PERSONAL HOMAGE.
It Is not likely, therefore, that ,the Khedive will
risk his life by personally presenting himself in
Constantinople to do homage to the new ruler of
the Ottoman Empire.
SKi:VIA REMAINS RECUSANT.
The Berlin despatch says tit at Servia will not re
cognize the new Saltan.
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.
The Vienna papers say that Prince OortschakolT
is greatly Irritated, attributing the occurrence of the
Turkish revolution to English intervention
DISRAELI'S SUGGESTIONS.
Prom Vienna comes a report that the British Gov
ernment recently suggested that the warfare which
Is being waged against the Turks in Servia and Mon
tenegro should 1m treated as a breach of the peace
of Europe committed by Russia.
AN AUSTRIAN PROJECT OP ALLIANCE.
The A'true Freie prease, of Vienna, advocates as
English-Austrian alliance.
THE KA1SKR AND BISMARCK.
Kaiser William, of Germany, accompanied by
Prince Bismarck will arrive at Ems on Thursday.
? COHSTTTCTION FOB TUBXEY.
Coxstaxtinopu, Jane 4, 187ft,
The Porte Is drawing up a very liberal constitution,
ll seven clauses, which will soon be promulgated.
AX MtOTiTKH ADHIBAL IMSPECTXMQ THE FOBTI
fzcatxonb of the da.bdanul.leh.
Los don, Jane 5, 1876.
The Standard'* Vienna correspondent says letters
frta Constantinople assert that Vice Admiral Sir
fames Drummond, commanding the British fleet in the
Mediterranean, has undertaken an inspection of the
fortifications of the Dardanelles at the request of the
Porte.
THE TURKISH COUP D'ETAT.
JL CONCIBB AM? CLEAB FXCTCBB OF THB COM
I
DXXXOX OF THB ORIENT?THB CAUSES OF THB
REVOLUTION?AM UNFLATTBBINO ACCOUNT OF
THB MBW BCLBB?THB AFPBOACHINO DOWN
FALL OF THB CBB8CBNT?THE 8VBTEM OF
GOVERNMENT AMD MOT THB STJLTAM BZ
BPONBIBLE.
ruiLADKLPHiA, Juno 4, 1876.
Desiring to obtain some light on the foggy subject of
Turkish politics, 1 called yesterday upon Hon. Ueorge
H. Boker, lato United Statos Minister to Russia, who
has recently returned to his home in this city, as ooo
of the tew persons on this sido of the Atlantio at all
eapable ol yielding such light.
Mr. Boker has bad special opportunities for becom
ing acquainted with the true Inwardness of the Eastern
question, as well from bis residence at St. Petersburg?
where, as we all know, the affairs or tho ' sick man"
nrcj regarded with a peculiarly tender Interest?as
through his sojourn at tho metropolis of the Ottoman
Empire as our Minister to that nation previous to his
ippoininient to the Russian mission.
I met Mr. lloker at his lavurito resort, the aristo
cratic Philadelphia Club, of which he was long tlmo
president, his untural adability not at all disturbed by
ii^iulgouoo In ono of tho fameti dinners of tho cluU
Sealing bimseli beside mo the poet and diplomat began
an interesting and pleasant conversation concerning
his observations in tho land of tho crescent
sad the recent revolution which cost
AllDl'L AX1X
his throne. He was uot surprised at the transfer Of
tho reins of power from tho bands of tho latter to
thoso of Mund Ktlendl. A year boloro ha left Con
Itaiitinoplo, about a year since, the probability of an
Intrigue to bring about sucb a change wai freeiv talked
of and regarded with general fUvor. Abdul Axis had
long becu extremely unpopular, and was execrated
by the people with vory little icur ot tho consequences
of their blasphemy of their prophet's succosnir. "A
fear and a hair ago," said Mr. Uoker, "I rnudo a trip
through tbo Interior, and found this loeling even more
Intensified and more openly expressed than in Constan
tinople. The coudition of the country was fearlul, in
dustries of all kinds prostrated, tho peoplo ground to
the very dost by the heavy taxes, everything at a stand
still, and everywboro Abdul Axis was bitterly eursed
ss the author of ali their Ills "
TIIS KKW St'LTAIV.
Mr. Boker did net believe, however, that the situa
tion would bo at all improved uuder tho new Sultan.
The fault is in tbo s)?teraof uovernment and uot iu
the man. Mursd had been adopted by tho uow Turk
ish parly as a sort of figurehead or standard, around
which to rally as a iieiluilo point, and personified sen.
ttmeui to catch the national feeling. He had novor Im
pressed him as a u.au of special ability or strength of
sharactor.
At this point in the cunvcriaiiou Mr. Iioker's son,
ulio had been an attache of the legation uuder his
lather at Conslautioopie und St. Petersburg, catno in
sad banded him an illus> rated paper couuuiliig a pic
ture of the new Sulian. commending it us a good like
Boss, iu which Mr. Boker, Sr., concurred. "1 liavo
leva him frequently," said ha *'lt is like blin,
tud expresses his ch iracter fully. It is anything but a
strong fare. Weakness uud Irresolutiou aro plainly
?ppuieni there and I believe his roign will exhibit tho?e
qualities. Ho lias this advantage over Abdul .Aziz,
that his education has been more liberal. He speaks
Kronch and understands more of Kuropenn goveru
ineut, policy und social characteristics tliau did his
predecessor, whose education and bent ot mind were
strictly Oriental aud exclusive,"
TIIK *KW TlKKISU I'AKTY.
A leading mind lu the rconi revolution was Mid hat
PaOia, really the chiei of tho uuw T ark Mil party of
uli.cti Murad Knetidi was tho ostensible representative
Midhal Paiha was formerly lirmid Vizier, but at
tempted some rolorms in the Sultan's private aSsits
Which soon brought lain into disgrace.
The iaei is, there is no chance lor the lleltan to
effect reforms in tho Kovcrnnviit u at present ootllV
tiiti'd, even If he po<s<'ss<-s the will aud ability to at
lenipi lUcm. "Ihcre is no puMSbility of an improved
condition until there is a radical change in the system
?I government and uatli the dultan takes an actual
part in it, as be doca not now. Ho la really the head of
tbo Mohasuinudan faith, the descendant of thu fro.
pbet, a bort ot grand llauiu, who is ul.uost
tie i dud and Ik altogether too sacrod a
being to descend to the consideration of tho temporal
alTalraot the nation ho ta supposed to govern. The
Grand Vuler la tho actual ruler, and governs m tho
servant of tho ciulian. The latter baa nothing to do
with the details of government, and does not even pre
side at the meetings of his Ministers, lie 1s thus in
utter Ignorance of what 1a coitig on in bis domiuions.
and It la easy to sco what abuses arc possible, in fact
iiicvluble, under such a system.
OOOO UOVCKNHKNT IS AX IMPOSSIBILITY
under it. When any serious hitch occurs in the ma
chinery tba Sultan simply changes his Grand Vizier.
The new official comes into oflice, denounces
the abuses and incompetency of hia predecos
sor, i discharges his aateliuea. surrounds himw'if
with hia own creatures and follows studiously in his
dootsteps. Tbo wholo political, financial aud social
system of Turkey is corrupt and rotten to tho core, and
the country virtually bankrupt, nationally und indi
vidually. Industry of all kinds la dead. Turkey Is
now a purely agricultural country, Iter onco profitable
manufactures having been destroyed by her injudicious
treaties with European powers; but It Is impossible lor
a wan to live honestly by agriculture.
AH TO TQK SOTTAS,
who have played so prominent a part in tho revolu
tion, they are simply a religious caste?theological
students, they might bo called, embracing all claMct
and supported t'rorn tbe Immense revenues of tho
mosques. Tbey are In preparation to enter tbo Mo
hammedan priesthood, and their reputed sanctity gives
them largo lnllaonce with tbe liuiatical populace.
Acting with them were numbers of the lower
order of priests, whose iniluenco is In propor
tion to their ignorance and fanaticism. Their
loader, Sheilc-ul-lalam, signifying tbo head or chief of
Mohammedanism, la the spiritual head of tbe nution
under the Sultan, as tho Grand Vizier is the temporal
head, but like tbe latter is subject to removal by tho
Sultan. UatUcd by tho soltas, und behind thorn by the
minister*, however, Sheik-ul Islam wus ubio to first
compcl the Sultan to radical concessions and Anally to
demund his abdication.
Such was the condition of public feclir.g that what
with the universal discontent of the populace under
their burdens, the desire of the uew Turkish purty (or
a change of policy, the fanaticism of tho soltas aud
the Intrigues of tho Ministry, tho revolution culmi
nated through a thorough ripening process. Anything
for a change, tbo old cry ol' tho tlcklo Grecian popu
lace. was uttered by the Sultan's subjects with a de
cided show ot reason, and
TUB Tl'USING POINT
was reached when the Sultan refused to assist tbe coin
try m its desperate llnuncial strait out of bi? immense
prlvaio resources, wrung as this money en from
Impoverished labor. Tho r?e&n? by uhi:liiu Accumu
lated this Immense sum or tl<X>' ? o *.he condi
tion of the country was c:v< i-t ?? t : v ?rientul.
Wbon he dosirod a car. . i\ .nouey
he would order tho Grand ;<jrtb
willi. No excuse was acct - id If i
not spoedily forthcoming tho see
deposed. Consequently his Gi . ' . -us
lomod to keep him in a good h Its
of money wbich thoy wore bou or
bow, Irom an overburdened
Tbero Is no system In tho proct
ers, aud tbo budget is u mere sbi
has any confidence.
rau ukrzkgovi.sa.v
was an evidence ot tbo weakness -management
of tho Sultan's government, but had no special bearing
on the racent event, nor was thure anything In tho
Salomon outbreak Indicative of aught beyoud tho uni
versality of that spirit of fanaticism prevalent in
Mohammedan communities, which, however deeply it
may appear to slumber, is ever quick to awako into
lierce activity when onco aroused.
BEFOBE THE COUP D'ETAT.
Constantinople, May 23, 1876.
So many reasons have combined to postpone tho so
lotiou of tho Eastern question that even a prince
without any royal virtue, like the present Sultan. Ab
dul Axis, has L> ou enabled to hold the Incoherent lab
ile of tbo OUuiaau Empire togothor dp to the present
writing. But there are now signs that ail iho com
ponent parts of It in Europe, at least, aro lolling irom
his grasp. The Sultan has no money, which
is the groat support of modern sovereigns,
ana there Is no rosolato and capable man
about him whom he can trust, and
who Is interested in the maintenance of his
dynasty. Moreover, ho is a coarse, vulgar-mindod old
fellow, who has given personal otlence to several
people whom he would have coucillatod if he had boen
wise. Ue turned his back in an extreuioly insolent
manner on the Emperor of Austria, when his brother
sovereign paid him a neighborly visit at Constanti
nople, and ho did many impertinent things during his
travels in Europe. Among other lndiscrotions he went
to loggerheads with peoplo who had been civil to the
Khedive,
op wnox iik is jealous;
and the Khedive, haviug bought up half the b.uropcaa
I crmanont officials who aro to be purchased, has raised
up a host of enemies against tbo Sultau. The day
dream ol that clever and vigorous race of bundlts,
which was founded by Melicmot Aly, and which
Is now seated on the throne of the
Pbaroabs, is to transfer tbo scat o( their
government to StambouL They havo done frroator
things than that. The direct descendant ot a man w ho
started in Ideas a podler In tobacco aad ended It as
inastor of Egypt, may well bo expected to extend bis
authority from tho banks of tho Nile to those of the
liosphorus if he bends his mind to the task. It must
not be forgotten that
TUB KHEDIVE HAS ALMOST UNLIMITED COMMAND OF
MONET.
whereas tho Sultan has none. Again, some of tho
ablest aud shrewdest men in Europe would befriend
the Khedive and Join him In aoy government specula
tions liiteiy to fill all tboir pocKots. Lot ns note well
that tbo dethronement of the Sultan and the transfer
of bis dominions to the Khedive would ploaso an iu
iluite variety of peoplo. It would delight Turkish
bondholders, because tho national debt of Turkey
might bo easily paid if tho resources of the Ottoman
Empire were udininisterod with even a doceut
knowledge of finance, and tho Khcdlvo has much
more than that. Ho Is, perhaps, tho best llusiidcr
now living ou earth. H would pleaso tho Mobainmo
dans ol Asia, who are very numerous; It would please
tho Towers, because it would practlcally?maiiitain tho
tlatu gun, which nil ol theiu desire to maintain; it
would render tho tuttlemcni of the revolt on the Han.
ube easy, because tho Kliedlve, become Sultan, would
give any guarantees for good govei uiuent required ot
him, and lie would bo able to perform his promises of
amendment, which tho Sultan Is not able to perform.
ir THE MULT AN IS KILLED
in a popular or lu a religious tumult (a very probablo
occurrence, by the way) there will he an eud of a trou
blesome and ignorant mun, who has spent all his reign
In tickling hi* appetite*. If ho survives Ills dcthroue
, inent a moderate ]>ciision should be uiodo to suffice a
I suusunllst who bus been lor years misapplying tho
goods ol his people, and who lound untold wcslth too
llttlii lor him. Mercy would giro him souic'.hiug; Jus
tice would suggest that ho should livo on fifty cents a
day and etrn them.
TUB DYNASTY.
There is no solution which will satisfy tlio contend
ing wants of the friends and enemies of Turkey bat a
change ol dynasty, snd every ono who kuows the
i Khedive of Egypt will be disposed to agree that be Is
1 tho handiest. If not the host man to fill tbo vacant
; throno ol Constantinople till tho population of tho
1 latvant are sufficiently educated to lortu a conledera
i 11on of freo Mot oi.
VOHEIUX INTERESTS.
Neither Russia nor Austria want to enter on a policy
| of annexation toward Turkey, nor do they waut a num
I bnr of quarrelsome independent principalities like the
I old ]ieliy Dukedoms of Italy and Germany upon their
j Iroutler-:, each with a separate colli ago and hostile
I custom houses tending to tho destruction ol all trade
I up or down the Danube. Russia wants to sell hor corn,
I her hide*, her tallow and her woo!. Austria wants a
Ireo outlet for horses, sheep, swine, wioe, tohscco and
i a hundred other articles of export. A large Turkey
1 suits both Russia and Austria better than a small >1110;
' and as lor the vat t political designs attributed to the
j Cabinets of SL Tetor-hur^ and Victim, those who be
lieve in theiu must have ailmlted ktioWtedgo, indeed, of
I atatecralt and the motives that guide it Both Austria
! and Kussia, moreover, are too big alroady and show in
1 ternal symptoms of breaking up. Russia has Finland,
| Toiand and the shores of the Value, beside the Cau
easui, to Iroublu her, without court lug new row* with
ruiubustical I urk*.
ivmu
in on too oneasy terms with Hungary, Croatia and Bo
hemia to lovo tlio notiou of adding a lot oi Monteregnn*
and Horxegovtnsns to her malcontents. They would
pay no taxe* rave on compulsion, and would tx always
makings noiso in iho English newspaper*. What Ru?
buu or Austrian man would be the better lor the break
up or annexation of Turkey to either powerf The
Czar or tlio Kaiser? Not they. Wbo, then, would profit
by such event*'' Tbo answer is, nobody;
but many good ihinss might bo got out of tho
LLSVAIlo.V or TUK kllKUIVS
and many nioro out of tbo improvement In Turkish
trade and International communication which would
result from It. For instance, Count Lambert, one of
tho moat Intimate pergonal friends, favorites and
cronies of tho Russian Cutar. hu an estate wbiea
would bo quadrupled in value by the permanent pacifi
cation of the Lower Danube, aud there is many a chum
of the Kaiser aud fellow coumrymau of Couut
Andrussy in exactly the same position. Emperor* aud
their ministers are very likoothor people?they usually
act upon tbo advieo of thoir Iriends, and these friends
are soldoui wauling lu a careful consideration lor their
own interest
Tun OKSTSl'CTIO.* Of TIIK OTTOMAN KHriKS
would ruiu Tolstoy and Manoukboy. Lambert and
Slrogonoff, Pawlowski aud Holier, Brodsky and Wo
rouzow wittt all tho great Southern llussiau
landowners. It would bring nothing but tid
ing of disaster to Esterbuzy aud the magnates
of Hungary. Everything is po.siblo, aud it is, there
fore, uot impossible that Russia aud Austria may bo
forced by tho march of events to take part in the dts
meiuboruient of Kuropeuu Turkey aud the creation of
a now furkish Empire, with llugdad for its capital,
but they will assuredly not do so it tbey can avoid it.
TUt KVKNTS AT SALOXICA.
There is no older story current In tbo Levant !
than the cock-and-bull tale about a Christian virgin '
who has been either forcibly made a Mohamiuedau or
wbo has been induced by tome gay Mussulman de
ceiver to forswear her religion. The mouey w hich able
Athenian editors must havo inudo out of reprints of
this sensational fiction (sometimes Illustrated, some
times plain) would loot up to a turn bulll
C|ent to make au important reduction in
tho Turkish national dobt Tlio facts or such
cases, however, when divested of imaginative
coloring generally resolve thomsolves Into
ttieso:?L Nino Minus In tea It turns out that there
Is uo Christian maid, no forcible conversion, no arna
tory Turk, aud tho whole bumnoss 1a Invented to Ull a
spare column iu a news sheet wbeu politics aro dulL
i It souictiflie* happens that u Greek or Armenian
woman has beeu halt beaten to death by her family or
Christian friends, and has sought refuge In tho house
of a hospitable Mussulman. 3. It now and then
chances that a Creek or Aruienluu femaJe of no char
acter visits a Turkish gentleman with strictly com
mercial views, aud if she does uot realize the trade
prollis which !>bo and her connections have auticipaled
slio makes a ?'shindy" and declines to go home.
LKAKNKb MS*, WHO KNOW NoTUINO
of tbo Creeks since tne tune of 1'erlclea; students of
history, who have gleaned their lntolligenco from the
poetry of Lord Byrou, will uot readily admit that the
race which tliey nave been taught to admire is now ex
tinct '1 be ancient Greek, indeed, was a queer follow
lie was wnat his climaic uia '.o liui?a gossip, who
lived cinelly the m .. j aud louud his eu
tert sioa> u poisoning Socrates or ban-sbmg
.?risi s as tin humor suited huu. Tne modern Grook (
tias . the gad about, talkative qualities ol the content- !
pora-iee ui St l'aul and only diOers from bim in respect
to this incideut in his biography, viz., that ho is not a
Creek at all. Uo will cull himself Epamtuouda* or
Sophocles as toon as took at you, und his wife, though
a fierce bigot in religion, will vobomeutly assert ibut
, her Christian uamo is Apftrodite, which Is not a Chris
tian name at all; but the actual dwellers iu Thessaly,
Tbraco, Kpirus, and those on bothabore* of tho Euxine,
aro a mixed breed ol Ceuoese, Veuetians aud Asiatics,
further adulterated with the worthless Northern aud
; Western adventurers wno were aiuoug the camp follow
ers of tho Crusaders. and remained behind in the East
when men of means and roepecUbiliiy wunt home.
COXMKKC1A1. INVKIItSTS.
What happened at Salonicu probably originated Vn ?
commercial euterprise. It i* not even alleged that tho
Bulgarian g'rl of Avzot Uissar was constrained by
vioienco to embrace Islainism. aud, If sbo did so at
all, there is no doubt that sbo actod of her owu iroe
will. There are, however, circumstance* which render
hor conversion inoro than problematical, and the only
alleged proof of it is one which would satisly none of
the laws or ovidencc. It is statod that ' she wore the
Turkish mantlo and voiL" That la to say alio was
hidden in a linen cloak and baudage which left no part
of hor face or tigure visible, aud whuih caused hor to
resemblo a walking bundlo or clothes, or a Turkish
woman in tbo ordinary eostuiuo or her
couutry. Now, supposing It possible that she had
an eye to business rather than religion,
and that sbo wus about to trest a question ol sale or
barter with the Vali or Covernor Ceuerul of Sulomcu
Sho certainly could not havo visited His Excellency's
houso In any oilier dre?* but that which sbo ba<l on.
It was at her own request, moreover, rhui threo
cavasses or guards of honor in the personal service or
i tbo Governor Cener.il, accompanied her to his resi- |
deuce, aud It appears, as lur us men or lh? world can
understand or sanction such rioinus, that there was
nothing in such au event to cull for consular interior- '
ence. Perhaps the girl wanted
A 1'LAI'S FOR ItkR KATIIKH OK KRK HUOTHKK.
The jiulgariitu Chrlstiuu*. like uiunv or tlieir coreli
gionists in other countries, are extraordinarily eager
alter pub'le employments, and a Pasha wnb threo tails
I has much patronage. 1'orliaps sho wanted to be? her
; family off some arrears or taxes. Perhaps?but there
I is no end to conjecture; aud, therefore, tho less said I
; about the object ol her visit to our now acquaintance.
Mebemet Releel l'ashu, the better.
LOCAL CHKIST1 AMITY.
Hero it must bo obsorved that vlolont measures wero I
first taken, not by tho Turks, but by tho local Christ
ians. About 150 of them got together, as idle vaua
bonds will at tnuos. and, havinit nothing else to to do '
began lo tear the clothes of llie Pasha's visitor o? her '
back. A crowd of Mussulmans then Interfered and
j cuffed thoir head?, aa n crowd ol Now Yorkers ml"ht
have done if they ?aw u uoman mishandled bv reason !
or her Cuiuc.se dras-". Tho next step in th? affair only
briugs u Into the domain or international law. Sotno
foreign consuls busiou themselves overmuch iu it
Now, the capitulations ot Turkey with the Christian
l States give loruign consul* so much authority that it
often makes them tlnsy. There was. not long ago a-i
Consul wbo had his dinner served to the sound'or
trumpets, and Coraular freaks havo long
been a scandal throughout the OUomuu
Empire. Yet many toroign nations anil g., ou
appointing nameless Levantine* to the great Judicial
consulates ol th? Levant, and youth* with tho know
ledge and uppoaratioo Of liupiais do place at Italian ho
tels aro constantly Invested Willi inure than prsfoc- i
toral power over cohslderablo population. It is to be '
remarked thai Mr. ttlunl, ill* Kngllaii Couiul whose
lather was consul at Salomca l.oloro Inm, resolutely re- I
'used to inioriero. The F ranch and German consul* I
did interior?, and mot thoir deaths in tho riot tboy thus
provoked.
THJC CASK Of SUV IT.
There Is strong reason to belioro llial the Khedive i
bits been Jobbing freely in his owu bonds, aud that I* 1
Iwd liuaneierng lor the public credit of Egypt bow- !
over proiiiable it may havo boon to him. The creditor*
ot Egypt, however, hove uo reason for alarm M
Ferdinand do U'Bseps and every other statosinsn who !
possesses a competent kuowledge of tbo resource* of
Est.vpl would promptly reus<uro any ono who Jnight !
I consult luemas to llie solvency or the country r? re
! sources aro ibexbsMtible, and lis debt in comparatively
, small. There will always, however, recur |?srioiucal i
| panics among tho dea ers in Euypllau securities as long I
i as the ivliedivo holds alisoiuto power ever tho revenue. !
His Higiihess is u very ahurp customer. Few indeed
: are tho buns managers aud financier* ot Europe who
httv u keener scent lor money or a more vigilant eye
lor flgarea than this Oriental potentate, lfony a capi
tullal irotn the .North and Wesl has visited the Isinks ol
the .Nile lor the purpo-<'s of sboep shearing, liguraiivcly
s|>oaking, and hu Inm gone home shorn. The Khc iite
is one oi the richest men. ir not th* richest mau in
the world Hud those wle. havo enjoyed an opportunity
#ot measuring wits with buu nave added more lo tliolr
I experience than to their sell-osteviu wheu Ihoy addod
up tbc result. Now as to
ti:k rtXAXciAL comiissiojt
1 which has b<>on appointed lo superintend the kbodive'a
cash box; If the stock exchanges of Europe aro satis
fied wuti it iho Khedive win have cause for displeasure.
I M. Vtliet, Herr Kiamcr and rtiunor Baravelli ure no
I doubt business men wtth an excollonl opiniou ol their
i own abilities Iho Khedive will put theui all in a b ig
i together, and mshake tliom up in m that ihe clear, hard
I beads or il?o adm rable bnainoas men w ul l?e knocked
I together likom?rnloa. Frooahly three week* hence, j
po*klt?v four, tliey will have got e?cb other firmly by
the ears, und over moro l>o heard quarrol.lng under tho
( migh'.v shadows <d mo Pyramids. They will tot about ?
exercising tliolr mfluenco perhaps noxt week, and tho
Khedive will givo a biggish sop iu hi* pan to ono of
them, whereat
rus 0T1IK* TWO WILL WAX F.KRCK.
Should tbev not bo liorcofucugh the KUedivd will givo 1
\ i!l?t and Kramer all ib?*v H.mt iindlouvo Humvulliout 1
i In llie cold, or bo will Iced lal the desires ot Baravelli and
( Kramer while he condemns tbo.c of Villello perish;
or ho will dellafet the souls of Vlllet and Baravelli
I while I,u torturos thai ol Kramer. Tho wt es ol Orleutal ;
Iulers are strung"!? ingenious, and we mav prhpaie lor
charges and counter charge-, oilicial rep.rU and Par- 1
11 amen l?ry IsioKs without end, besides letier* to tho
Uowsiatpers all about the wrangling and mistakes ol tbo
Financial Comint?<oh, itie memi>er-i o: winch will not
even be on speaking terms with ea. h oilier.
It does not signify; Egypt can pay Iter dobt snd will
| do so, fin? i est in more niixicituuv iu vtur ti lur u
| mo worm *i iariro u conccrned.
ABDUL-AZIZ.
The Dethroned Sultan Dies By
His Own Hand.
HE OPENS THE VEINS OF HIS ARM.
Turkish Official Announcement of
the Tragedy.
SKETCH OF HIS LIFE AND REIGN.
Cokstantinoplz, June 4, 1870.
It Is officially announced that the ex-Sultan aihIui
Aziz committed .suicide this (Sunday) morning by
opening the vein* of his arm with u pair of seldom.
TH* OFFICIAL announcement?AM IMPERIAL
FU'NEBAL TO BB OlYKM xi1e REMAINS.
Wasiiinuton, June 4, 1876.
The Turkish Minister of Horeigu Affairs iuw ad
dressed the following telegram to the Turkish Minis
ter at Washington:?
SUICIDE Will LB OK UNSOUND MIND.
Constantinople, June 4, 1876.
A sad event has Just painfully aifcctcd our
august Sovereign and bis government. Abdul
Aziz Khan, the late Sultan, who for some
time past, unfortunately, gave evident signs
of mental derangement, having locked him
self up this morning in his apartments of the
1'aluce of Tcheragan, committed suicide by opening
the veins of his arms with scissors, which he had
concealed on his person.
AN INQUIRY ORDERED.
The Imperial government hastened to cause all
the legal inquests (coustatlon) to be made, also a de
tailed medical report, which will bo forwarded to
you very soon.
TBR funeral.
All the Ministers, the high officers, both civil and
military, will be present at the funeral of His
Majesty, which will take place with the accustomed
pomp and honors due to the deceased, whoso body
will be laid in the Mausoleum of Sultan Mahinond.
SKETCH OK THE LIKE AMD KXIOX Of AUDUL
AZIZ.
Tbo deceased Saltan was born la Constantinople on
the l'Jth of February, 1830. lie was tbo secoud son of
the cruel and capricious Mabmond II., the tlrst sover
eign ol Turkey wbo weakened the fanatical spirit with
I wbicb tbo Mussulmen opposed changes itt liur laws,
ber military organization, fcc.; and be succeeded bis
brother, tno Sultan Abdul Medjid, on tbo 26th of Juno,
1S61. Abdul-Aziz on ascending the tbrono lmitatod tbo
conduct of bis predecessor at bis acccssluu in 1839.
Ho introduced some relorma and anuouuced that bo
would make many moro wbicb would put Turkey on
an equality witb tbo Christian ualious ol Kurope. I.lko
Abdul Medjid bo inherited Iroiu bis lather, Mulimond.
the bellol that it would be a good thing to moileruizo
Turkey. Malimoud was forced to form thut opinion
by many bitter experience.?> in bis youih; but while bo
was on the throne wurlare with Uus*m, tho Greeks, .
England aud France, uqd the continual need that ho ,
had to waich aud crush tbo turbulent among his sub- i
Jects, left huu but low opportunities to put his purpose .
| Into full effort. Yet bo did many things which, wlnlo
I they remlered his thruno a seat ol anxiety, took out of !
1 the way of hi* succe.-sors the moil formidable obstruc- |
tions to tho regeneration of the Ottoman Empire.
Ho appointed ambassadors to other couuiries, bu
watched tho actions of his otllclals, taking oil their
i heads whou they violated justice, and, most important
tact or all, ho overthrew the J militaries. Thus it will
be seen that he laid tho foundation lor ? great work?
for the rebuilding of a government*! structure with
tho grandest proportions and the most perloct accesso
ries. Had strung men followed bim, tho Ottoman Em
pire would not uow bo lltly expressed by tho contemp
tuous term, "The Sick Han of Europo." But Abdul
| Medjid' followed?a Turk, bred In a harem; yet,
with somo faint glimmerings of the facta
that wero carried by his lather's experience; only half
lignta, however, finally quenched in sloth aud euervat
; Ing vice. Abdul Mcdjld gained tho throno of his an
cestors with dlfllculty. When his father died In 183V
Mehemot All, Viceroy of Kgypt, was lu successful re
bellion, and on Uie march to Constantinople, the
Turkish navy was Insurgent, and tliero was a great
party only waiting tho signal lu murder Mcdjld aud hail
Mehoinet All as Sultan. At this critical time England
aud the German governments interfered, and routed
tho youthful sou of Mahtnoud on tho throne. Ho then, i
moved partly by gratitude, purt.y by a falut porcep- i
lion that Mussulman Intolerance must finally |
give way to a civilization coming from tho
West, promulgated a Hsttt-Sberlf, or bill of rights*
guaranteeing equality boiore tho law to all his subjocts.
From tune to time ho proclaimod other reforms, every
oue of which was met by tho sturdiest opposition of
the fanatie Mohammedans, who wero In almost con
tinual insurrection against hlui.
AlllH't. JIKOJID WAS TOO WKAK
to buffet his misfortunes with strength, as his
lather did. On tbo oue side of him wero the govern
mollis of Western Kuropo guaranteeing the autonomy
of hut government against Itusslu. Thoui bo felt
bound to pleaso with bis administration. Hut on the
other eile wero the unreasoning Mohammedans
who fought against every measure by wblch he bound
his government, aud the exisieuco of his country, to
tho arms of England and France. Thus liarrasscd, ho
took to sensual pleasures for relief from care, permitted
corrupt politicians to rule Ilia Kingdom, und ended hit
lilo lu physicul und menial prostration at the ago of
tlilrty eight years. Abdul Aziz then came forward,
hailed as a savior for Turkey, a houliug physician for
"tho sick man." He had spent tho ihlrty-ono years of
his lifo In rallrenienl, und had cultivated, It was raid,
virtues unusual to Turkish sovereign.'. Ho was wise,
people Laid, and icui|Hirale in tho u^o of pleasures.
While bis oroiher lived Abdul Aziz showed
no desire lo mingle In Slate ail.iirs, aud seemed
content to study and practice ngriculturo ou his model
farm, near Scutari. It was well for him, perhaps, that
he was calm and couteut, olso his head might some
morning have fallen from its support. Turknr.i rulers
liavo never loved their lielrs greatly. Mustupha tried
to kill Mahtnoud, but tho latter killed him und his chil
dren-, and even the weak Abdul Mcdjld could havo been
prevailed upon to sacrillce Aziz If ho had made himself
conspicuous However, tho latler was discreet; ho
saved his head and dually secured the ibroue. W lion be
became Sultan Turkey was vury much like a loco
motive that bumps itself to pieces in a gully botweou
two tracks. Ho had Urst to tnako tho choice ol a track?
POM OKB B01TK LEO BACK TO BABTBKX 0AKKXK3B,
tho other forward lo Western effulgence -and then to
gel hi* locomotive on ll He chose tho forward route,
got blu battered locomotive on II and started, but soon
loucd that tbero were old sleepers in his way that
threatened to make his car wbeola Jump over to the
track running backward.
The way that Abdul Aziz began bis administration
was very cheering to tho European countries that kept
Turkoy uuder ibem as a useful prvtifi. As soon as he
hid warm?d his seat ho began tho work of !
reforming Bud of proicating. He romovod
Kiga l'asha, the corrupt Minister of Finance; j
ho punished oOlcials, against many of whom charges ;
of peculation wero pending since the Crtuieud war; he
reducod his own salary by $3,000,0110 (moro than half
what it had boeo), and lie declared that ho would not
Indulge in polygamy. At the lamo time lual he dis
missed his brother's ser.iglio and ontounced that ho
would still keep only ihe wife of nis youth he presented
to his astonished Minislors a son, who h id been born
lu lHi", and whom ho bad kept ??eluded and reported (
dead, on account of tbo rul? that tho male i*?ue of all '
members of the royal family except thai of lU* Sultan
snd his sous must be killod us soon as born. This son, j
Youssoaf-ed Din, Is me ouo In whoso favor Abdul ,
Asia has lately been reported to b*ve plotted lo change 1
tho custom of succession to Uie throne. Soon alter bit 1
succession the new Saltan issued an imperial "butt,"
addressed to the Graud Vizier, in which be expounded
tbo line ut policy bo Intended to adopt. His Hi im iii
tciitiuu wis, be said, to secure order iu tbo udmtuistra
tiou und tlie liiiunci&l ufia.r* of tlie Empire, and, ut tbo
same tune, to inamtjin ibo ducipltue uud effectiveness
of botb land and sea lorcos. The bent of his foreign
politic* would bo to strengthen tuoro uud n.ore tlw
amicable rebu.ous existing between the Ottoman Em
jurc uud her allies, and to preserve the greatest resj>ect
to alrottdy rtl>ttu( treaties.
"All niy pcopla," s-id nc, "who are of different re
ligion* and different races shall Und In me the
same Jusilcc. the muij soiicituJo and tbo ito?
determination to secure their happiuest."
Such declaration* u* these touched the kindliest
chords in tbu heart* of Uriilsh Journaliau, and they
were unanimous iu predicting that
ABDUL A/1Z WOULD &AVS 'TH* TCiikJhH KHI'lli*
from tbo decay with which it baa been long thri at- !
eued." At the aume tirno aouto of thein lound
a wonderful ovidence of the rule of compen
sation in the resuscitation of Turkey while the
United States wero being destroyod. In the I.ondou
Times a writer, tuovod by an almost similar comparison
of the countries of tbo Kaat und West, said, with sorno
truth, and in evident condemnation of lb* wur lor the
Luton, tbut "ll would bo curious enough if tbo Otto
man and Egyptian courts were to set an example of
Unanciul wisdom at the moment ibo democratic Suites
of America are throwing economy to tbo winds and
plunging lieadlo. , into what must bo national debt
unless the coiuaquence bo averted by national du
bunesty."
in reality the energetic way m which Abdul AzI*
went to work gave every reason for tlio belief that his
renlm would soon be regenerated. He began the or
guutzution of a civil service and the education of i
young men for it, and ut tbo end of two years he had
established a bureaucracy which was under control
and from which uepottsm and wire-pulling were almc.it
thoroughly excluded. Extensive rond systems wero
planned under bis direction, and some of them per
fected; an imiuenso amount of public land was recov
ered by drainage; a national bank was estab ishod.
and restrictions wero placed upon usurer*. With tbo
intent to fully develop all tne internal interests of the
Eiupiro Abdul Aziz lortned a special administration
of uiiuos und forest*, and luvlted lorelgn capitalists to
arrungo with that body to work tboso depositories of
immense weultb. At tbo same time lie gave his atten
tion to the growth of cotton in Turkey. Years before
this matter was discussed by tbe Turkish government, :
which then applied to the American government for in- !
formation upou the subject; but the application I
resulted in that government losing |40,0U0 and
gaming not the slightest kuowledgo. Abdul Aziz, I
knowing this, wanted no new American commls- j
?loner to explain the sublect of cotton cultivation. Ho '
sent to England for the gins, and begun tbe cultivation j
of tbo plant. In every plan, though each w is meant I
for tho elevation of his poople, he received strong op- I
position from some class; yes, id some strange way no j
sustained bluisoir under all the fauatlc condemnation, i
Perhaps lor a timo ho was nerved by u fragment of old
Mabuioud's obstinacy. At all events ho persevered in
the attempt to rejuvenate und rcgeuerate his empire
by introducing European civilization into it. In
order to study thut civilization he made a
Journey to Englaud. France und Austria, ulthough tho
orthodox Mussulman pronounced loudly against tho
trip; and when ho returned home ho still further in
curred tho opposition of thoso fanatics by dccrociug
now roiorm*. Ho allowed foreigners to hold real estato
In hi* realm; bo established a high school alter tho
trench model, and he enriched Constantinople by
iodxduo skvkkal aciExriric institutions.
He now begau to woary of bufTettng opposition,
which had been made flrrcer by hi* latest
reforms; but, beloro lapsing luto complete
apathy, ho tried, In 1889, to aiuoud tho Judicial system
of tho Empire, uud ordered the Supremo Court to draw
up a civil code. At about tho same timo his troubles
with tho Khedive of Egypt wero settled by tho sub
iiiismnu of the lutter to hi* will, and Immediately Abdul
Aziz gjve Inmsell to a course ol sensual pleasures only
exceedod by tho debauchery ol his predecessor. Hence
fonh ho paased hi* tiuio tn eating or drinking to ex
cess or In tho society of lit* women, for he had put
away hi* former belief iu monogamy. Ho has at various
times different amusements for hi* drunken momenta;
but lor *01110 mouth* be has taken delight, alter bis
dinner, In watching his olllcers play tric-truc. At such
tlD:es his will tnudo tho gatherings very democratic,
and as ho moved about ho wa* paiticularly pleased at
obscene abuse heaped by tho tric-trac players upon ono
another. The following account lias beon latoly uiven of
nt* JtXKRVATIKO DAILY LIVE:?
In the morning hi* Altesse rise* at daybreak 111*
attendants wash und droa* him and then spread his
?ir|>ei lor iniu, und then all begin to *ay his prayers
lor him while ho smokes. Each one ha* a particular
part of the Koran assigned, aud so Hi* Majesty's
prayer* aro gotten over with an hour sooner than il lie
prayed it all himself. Than hi* break fa* t is served
which 1* all preparod under tho eye ol Valide Suluua
and tasted by a great lat negro kept for that purpose.
The Sultan, la eating, roll* up bis sleeve* to the
elbow, and altogether disdain* the uae of a knife fork
or spoon, euting with the natural provision lor' ihut
purpose. .Strange us it may seem, I10 pluce* the lood
in his mouth, lie always cuts a wholu loul or black
bread at each meal, tearing It ofT tho loaf 111 large
mournful*, winch tie crams lu, by no means elcgamly
8tewed chicken with rice is a favorite dish uud I*
oatnn In the same manner, und each meal I* washed
down by copious druugut* of mastio and champagne
which, not being wine nor alcohol (?). the good Musaul'
man cau take. Dinner Is marked by tbe same sim
plicity as to dishes, but is inado up iu quantity. There
uro two lunches hetweon breakin*t and diuner In the
foronoon, between tho lunchesfbo see* tho tirand
\1z10r ir bo choose*, or aauuters In to look at hi*
harem.
Another account say*:?
The tore or his *core* of palacoa, pavilions kiosks
and pieasaunce* on cither aide of tho strait constitute*
one o! tbo mam occupation* of hla vacant existence
lo hoard money, to pile up brick or stone and mortar"
and to gase Iroui his window at hi* Iron-clads riding at
anchor are the ouly break* ou the indolence and indul
gence el Ins harem seclusion. A prince born in the
purple, not, porhut 3, destitute of *ucb instincts und
faculties *? might have raised him to high destinies
Sullsli Abdul Aziz, has sunk into a mere pampered
and cloyed voluptuary. Unditcd lor any work by hi*
effeminate bringing up. obese and flabby. Incapable of
sustained exertion, mental or physical, corrupted by
bis own overweening couscIousijcms of unboundud au
thoiity, and by tho base adulation and adoration of
thoso who exaggerate hi* conceit ol a power which
tliev exercise in hi* name, but for their own bencllL
tins I adiiliali, this "llofugo of the World" tin*
"Shadow or Uod" keep* aloof from cares and duties
withdraws within himself, limiting his intercourse to
a bevy ol female slaves aud a herd of eiiucns. or court
chainberlaus with euuuchs' hearts, with such effects
on his temper as may bo expected Iroui a contrast be
tween the obsequiousness that surrounds him in his
fools paradise and tho snub* aud buffets which await
him whenever he venture* Into colllsiou with tho
stubbornness of the outor world. It is only in Ins
harem, a* ho must leel in s|ilto of hlniseir tiiat Ins
reign is absolute, imtsido iu walla thoro are rebellious
(>mourn uud meddling Chrisuau potentate* and weak
minded Minister* grudging tho supplies, 'llut within
those wall* Ins stronghold is impregnable and there
he abides, invisible. Inaccessible lo reason or remon
strance. ur.am Miabio to advieo from Vizier or Ainbasa*.
?lor. So truth, it im fell, can make Its way to the
Saltan; no good would come of it if it could. For any
measure or reform or improvement by which bis tot.
terlng Empire might he stayod 111 its tail the Sultan
has to he surprised, hoodwinked or bribed into giving
hi* consent, nor Is there ever anv certiilntv that what
has been obtained by the Minister's stratagem may not
at auy moment bo revoked by the Sovereign's caprice.
political riuium.rs ok audi l-aziz.
These were incessant, but were maiuly coniined to '
his own dominion. though several time* put in j
Jeopardy of wur by Uussia Turkey was never Involved i
in couliict with a foreign Power during the admintstra- j
lion or Abdul-Aziz. When bo ascended tbo throne tho :
people of Montenegro were carrying ou a rebellion
which ho did not suppress until ISttZ
In l.SOfl the Cretan* agaiu rose in insurrection
which wu* finally ended in 1809 by Abdul.
Aziz, at tho intercession of tbe Kuro|>oau
government, making concessions 10 tbe insurgents. 1
The tjreeks buving sympathized with the Cretana, i
their government aud that of Ab lul-Azis became in- j
vol veil and n Conference of tho great Powers, meeting
in Paris January ?, 1WW, bad lo settle tbe trouble.
Tho last great p luteal occurrsnca in which Abdul
Aziz wa* con corned was tho making of tho treaty iu |
1871, by which iiussis procurod tho right lu place armed |
vessel* lu tho lllack Sea. The event* thai have had
tho most lntero*t lor tho ordinary political observer
have, however, been thoae in wblcb Abdul-Alts and
the present Khedive of Egypt have been concerned
together. The lormcr sovereign Iroin tho momont that
be became Sultan seem* to havo been determining
until very recently lo change tbe succession to that
office, so that hi* own son, Yeussour ed bin, could
loliow hliu instead of bis nephew, Murad Kffondi.
.Sentiment aruorjg the Turks wa* very strong against
such a change; aud II it were announced suddonly
Mu?.*?1 uilibt got op a very troublesome insurrection.
A precedent, even though II occurred in another coau
try, would help to prepare tho poople 01 the Empire
lor the novelty, and so Abdal Asa bailed with joy
Ismail Pacha * ant boat ton made in ISM for tbl lino of
] succession to the vleerovslty of Egypt to be mada froa
lather U> ton. Ismail Facti* accompanied llita request
j with u voluntary increase of hi* tribute lo the l'orte,
aud at the same luuu lie furnished (ho Turkish arm/ In
Crete with 30.00U men. Ferbup.s thia prolusion on bla
part la evidence that Ismail Fucbu wo* not In collusion
with Abdul Aziz, thr.t he di<l not know how
I Ins request soiled the parp se of tho Saltan. Anvbuw,
, although the request ran counter to Mohammedan law,
j the SuItau gruhtud it very r< udlly. In the lollowtng
yoar, 1K07, the Sultan inuJe new concusions to Ininail,
ainl couicrred on him
tiiis nru or kubimvk ov kuyxt.
Hut boon tho latter revealed tbut tie wished to be Inda
pendent ot the Sullnu, and a war bulwuen Turkey and
her vassal was only proventad by iho Interference ol
tho European Powers. Tho Khedive was bumbled
by tho tireut Powers, but Hill appeared deflaul
toward tho Sultan. Finally in December, lS'iU, lie
put aside lua deliunt attitude, having learned during
the Suez Canal opening that ho could hopo lor no aid
from European nation?, and declared his submission to
the I'orte. Once after that I ho harmony of tho Sullnn
aud hi* powerful vassal wua again broken. Just before
tho Pranco-Cermau war the Khedive threw a loan upon
the market, uud tho Sullaii, announcing that the loan
bad n<>t the sanctum of his government, cut hit credit.
The war in Wo .ieru Europe, it la more than likely,
then prevented a summary conlllct In ihe Kast.
For aoino time past the policy of Abdul Aziz toward
the (real Towers in relation to the insurrection In
Herzegovina and Uokuiu had become very unpopular
with the tanaticul Turks, and tho demonstrations of Ul<
sol t. is and the massacre at Salotnca were only striking
insi.lices ol a revival of tho old Oltoiiiun fanaticism
w hich prevailed throughout tho Kmptro. ilia depoaltioa
by the Cabinet and the Schcik-ul Islam, backed up by
the iulluence of the .soltas with the populace, la Ireaft
In the lueinory ol all.
11ECKNT LOOKS OF TRAVEL.*
[From tbo Fall Mall (JazettQ, May 3.]
A writer w ho has a bliohg souse of ihe responsibility
tbul aiiends on the lask ol Introducing new volume* to
the notice of the public Is likely to feel some perplexity
In reviuwtng works such us these narratives, the one
of Arctic enterprise, the other of wunduriugs rouud the
world. Not that there can Ihi beiituiiou as to saying
what Is true. Hut truth ltus many aspects, while both
time and space nro restricted within narrow Until* loa
tho public writer. Ho t* thus driven to select one oa
pectoulof many; und, in so doing, is In some dangei
of doing injustice either to the author or to lh?
reader. llcgurded In tho primary light of hooka
of travel, ihcro I* nol much to be said us to
either o! the woiks bcl'oro ua. Tbey contain
little or noihtug which cun bo sot down as original
discovery. Neither is thrro uuy attempt at thai
which is as important a* original discovery, namely,
sclciilillc co-ordination of w hat is already known. Thus,
any ottort to analyze or ubslract either of these vol
umes, and to present the roader with a precis of thclf
contents, would bo unsatisfactory. Such un abstract
would no more give un idea ol the books than tbo lew
drops of water thai result Irom tho condensation of tba
aqueous vapor ol which It consisted would glvo of the
rolling masses and sunlit glories of u moving cloud.
But it does not follow that works of the kind have not
a purpose, a public, ittid a utility of their own. They
urc, it is true, light euougu reautng; but they ure light
reading ol agoo<i kind. Thcv leud to interest tiiu mind
in the Wonders and tho beauties ol nature. They not
only, us tar 11s they arc read, exclud-j trashy aud mis
chievous works that aim oiny ut amusement, but they
have a iurther good cUeul in elevating the taste anu in
leading llio reader to continue llie lines of inquiry tbey
liavo suggested, llo is taught to view nature witu
inoro intelligent eyes, and to seek lor iurther iuionua.
ttoii ns to tlioso region* ol thu earth of which he haj
been presented with usuries of diorauiio picture*.
.Mr. Macliahuu may lie culled the representative of
literature itiuong the crew of tli? I'undora. This ves
sel?a burk ol 4M tons register?drawing twelve loet of
wator, uod t.tted with engines ol tMJ hor.e
power, coiuniundod by Cuptuin Allen Young,
was lilted out last year, and sailed lor the
' Arctic regions a month later than tho ex|>edUion
under the command oi Captain Nurcr. fbo ubject ol
the cruise ol the Pandora wu* to make the Northwest
Passage; to pahs around the north coast of America,
and come out through Uehrtug Mruit into the Facitla
Ocean?u tusk which the little vessel appears to bav*
been w ithin a low hours ol accomplishing. To take
tho vessel Irom Southampton to siuu Francisco in a
single summer by way ol Ueliriug Siratt was the pri
mary aim ol' the expedition. Fulling this, It was their
hope to roach lving William's Island, and thero to And
some relics ot Sir John 1- rutiKlin; and even II tbi?
should not be attained, there remained the hope of
procuring some news ol thu Alert und the Discovery,
and leuruiug whether they got sale through the dan
gers ol the dread oil MeiViilo Uuy. Hut Mr. MacUahaa
tells us in Ms preliico that there ure so many and
such excelleut narratives of Arctic voyagea?tb<
detailed accounts ol Furry. Boss, Franklin, liuck, Col
linsou, MeClure, McClmtock, Osborne, Kane, liall und
Hayes?aud that so lutercsiiug is tho summary of their
voyages given by Mr. (.'ieincuts Markhum in his "Thresh
old uf tho Unknown Uecion" thut all that he has him
self attempted Is to give u lew picture* ol thu pleasant
side ol Arctic lila. Urlght, pleasant pictures bo baa
accordingly given ; and the uinro simply bis story to
told the better. Tho somowhut histriouio commence
ment is followed by a more natural uud therefore Dure
readable chronicle. Tho mode in which tho bleak and
savage solemnity of the Arctic landscape opprossea the
senses aud fills tho liraguintion. iho daugers of fog and
Ice-pack, the perplexity produced by the phenomenon
of the magnetic needle pointing with its north pol?
toward the Equator il lixed so as to inovc only horizon*
tally, uud standing within hail u degree ol Iho perpen
dicular If aliowe.l 10 dtp- all tlieso leason* of Arctic ex
perience will be read with interest uud with pleasure tot
"I'nder the Northern Light*."
The account ol iho siedite journeys ot Captain Allen
: Young, w ho was navigating oillcer of the Fox under
? Captain McCllniock. is now. Mr. MacCalian says, for the
llrst time given to the wojd. Iu the autumn of lttMt
tho Fox went Into winter quarters on ihe east side of
licllol's Straits, uud three parlies were organized to
search iu ddlereiit directions lor liaccs of Sir John
! Franklin uud his command. English readers are lauiil
iar Willi the Inuidbnls ol two of thesu journeys, that of
Captain MeCliutock anu Ibal of Lieutenant llobson.
Tbo duly of tho third party, cominunded by Captain
Allen Young, wus to cross Feel Strati to Frince of
Wales' laiud, unit go uoiihward, if possible, to Vic
, torwi I.aiid, as uir as Coluuson's winter quarters. In
thu event of llnding a channel, Captain Young was M
; proceed 10 tho northwest and connect his discoveriea
| with lltoso of Captain Shcrard Osborn. Accom
panied only l>y the ship's cook, two Esquimaux, aud
u lew dogs. Young reached Fury neurit, alter a sever#
atrurgle with the northwest gales. Ihe store* wbich
he expected to uud at this spot were so deeply buried
iu llie snow that it was only by the apiteurauco of Ilia
top of the llagsinlT peeriny through tbo urlfl (which
was lircd at by olio of tbo Ksqiiimuiix uudor Iho Idea that
Il was an annual) that lie was guided where in seek
for the needed supplies. On the return Captain Young
became snow-blind, and was leli lor two days alone Iu
his sleeping bag in the snow. In ibe course of tbln
memorable journey Youug walked ?tW miles, under
went extreme hardships, discovered tho broad channel
since named McClintock's t'hannol, proved the l'rlnca
ol Wales' Ijind lo bo an Islsnd, and explored and laid
down 400 miles of new cousl line.
?"Under tho Xoriluvn l.iu'iu." HyJ. A. MscUslian. Il>
luitrsted. (LuaJoa: Ssiupwn lx>w k Co. 1176.)
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC NOTES.
The cpidemio of Juvenile musical phonomena has
broken out badly In llotne.
Mr. John Hammond's cornet soloa at Central Park
Garden urc very much acmirod.
Dr. Hans Von Uiilow, who left for Europe on Satav*
day lust, will likely make a short atay In London.
The London Alktmz** saya that Stgnor Rosars Mao*
belli it a broader us well as a mora elaborate per fa raw
ancc than his Lear.
Mr. 1*. S. tiilmoro la preparing a bill of unoaoal maf?
nttude lor his opening couceit at hla garden (tbo Hip*
podroiud) on Saturduy nigtit next.
Somoihiiig thst English concert-goera should ba
accustomed to by this time:?"Mr. Mima Iteevea, who
was annoueeed to appear, was unabio to sing."
Homo of thu London papers report tbat uffenbaab'S
flrsl concert ai l'hil.tdoiphia was a great suocaaa, 40,00t
francs being realized from iL This ia newa with aTlk
geatico to oilenbaoli and his manager.
Mr. IL J. Montague, tha well known aetor, take* a
beueUl at the I'utou Squaro Theuiro this alter noon, ap*
petrlng in "Queen Mub" and on Colonel Party Klrke la
"TheShoep In V.'oli's Clothing." Mr. Montague la a
great lavorite with tho New York publlo and ba will
douiitlois have an overflowing bouse and an overflow
ing treasury.
Suriorlia Esmeralda Cervantes, harplat to the royal
and imperial Courla ol Spain, l'ortugal and Brazil, will
make liar diibutut Chlckering Hall, on Tuesday evening,
the tith inst., at a grand vjcal and instrumental oon
ceru Miss Adolina 1'hllltps, Signor Ferrantl, Sei'ior
K. Vilanova, Mr. E. Oudin, Mr. N. W. Sou Id aad
Signor Moderall have volunteered lo aeslat.
Ou Friday nlghi next "Coasoionoa" will ha wAh>
drawn Irom the board* of the Union Square Tbaaira.
This withdrawal is necessltaiod by orrsugsineula loaf
since mado. The company will procaed lo Obtoago,
where Miss Claxlon will appetr as Coastaoee, her orig
inal part Mis* dux ton lias made a mora caaplaM
success in this pari than lo any prevtoaa OM Tho
character seems to auti her admirably, and aha will ao
doubt scoro another triumph in Chicago. Tha right 0(
playiug "Conscience" bos been purchased by MM
Claxlon, and alia will alar round tba country with ?
now company altar tho coneluaion of bar Cfciaagq ?
gagtoMak
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