Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 19, Number 27, Vincennes, Knox County, 9 August 1828 — Page 4

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FROM THE BOSTON PATRIOT. The device upon a seal represents two paths leading in different directions. Motto ' Ltpenchant noun unit : le drstin nous sefiare" While Love two hearts in ilken bands would ioin, ceit, V hose thoughts are one, and free from all deFate frowns, ami bids the sorrowing pnir resign Their happy intercourse, their greetings sweet Reluctant part the enamoured, faithful pair, , . And on their way with tardy steps proceed ; When Hope, with beaming eye and aspect fair. Dispels the glcom, and thus augments their speed. ' ain would the cruel tyrant say for aye . Your paths diverging from each other go !' But list to me : his dubious threats defy : He dare not say it ever shall be so. 11 Your paths, 'tis true, in two directions lead ; But where they end, Time only gives to learn. The maxim's old, but truly doth it read ' The lane is long in tthich there is no turn? Now onward speed ! your ways with care pursue ; 'All devious paths all flattery disdain.

For vanity and license each may deeply rue :

Be true be virtuous and ye meet again.

J.

Though united in affection, fate separates us I... Q -. Q J Ulm .sivvris tics of turkey

Tue appellation of kt Tiirfc" was firt adopted in the middle ages, as a t ft 11. i

general title ot Honor to all uie nations composing the two principal branches of Tartar and Mogul

The word Tur as adjectiv e, signi lies sublime and pre eminent" as a substantive, it means k4 a governor.' The Divan This elate conned rneets twice a week in the emperor's palace, on Thursdays and Mindays rl he grand vizier is the presiding of fieer; the six viziers of the bench, the testerdar. or high treasure!, the reiseffendi, the commissioners of the exchequer, and the military leaders (theagas) compose the divan. Fhe sultan does not enter the room, bui from an adjoining chamber he hears all that passes. On great occasions a genera! connrci! is convened, ail the leading per sons are summoned the-clergy the Jllditarv and other ofheets and ev en the old and most experience soldiers, attend. Such a divan is called ajak divani."

The grand vizier. This officer receives his appointment ftom the sultan. He has the care of the whole empire ; he manages the revenue, administers justice (both in civil and criminal affairs, and commands theVnmies. Upon his appoint nlent, the sultan puts into his hands the seal of tt.e Seal of the empii e, which is the badge of i lis office, and which healw?j Wears on his breast. His income nr mounts to six hundred thousand do! la s a year, exclusive of presents and Ot er perquisites The viziers of the bench are styled bashaws of the three horse tadsthree horse tails being carried before them when they march Begler beg. begler-beg is a vicetoy with several provinces under his command Pashas A pasha (bashaw.) is a governor under a hegler beg ; a sail giac is a deputy governor. The reis ejfendi is lord chancellor and secretary of state ; the name sinihVs chief of the Writers "

The t?sterdar is the high treasurer. Toe public treasury is never touched, even by the sultan, except in ca ses of the utmost emergency. The sultan has his private treasury, which he uses at will Some idea may be formed of the enormous wealth in the public treasur y, which ha been accumulating under forty sultans, from a statement of prince Canfemir' He says that. in. his time, thirteen million and a half rix dollars were annually returned o thr two treasuries. The mufti ; ehl-f -c-Vbla-'iC. Hi name sigmfres an e.Xj ounder ot the law" lie is consulted on all e niergencies Should he commit treason, he is pu dshed in a curious manner ; he is put into a mortar, in

im c i H t nc be ven i o vrers arid the re ; the law expounder i$ pounded to

death. Such a punisl m tit has not

been inflicted since the icign ol Am urath - . Mussrtman The term is a cor nipt ion of " moslemin," w hieh signi lies peisons professing the doctrines of Mahomet." Three horse tails. Three horse tails, surmounted by a golden ball, form the military ensign ot the Ottomans. Is origin was as follows: One of their generals was at a loss how to rally his-men, their tan(tard having -been lost in a fiene conflict lie cut olY his hole's tail, and eleva ted it on the point of a spear. Himops renewed the fight, and came off conquerors The sublime parte. Constantino pie i styled the sublime porte the

porte of jostire, majes'y.and felicity '

There have heen various disputes a bout the origin of this appellation.

Payne, an eminent geographer of the last century, says that it is derived

from the magnificent gate built by Mahomet II. at the entrance of the seraglio.

Constantinople It is wonderful

how little is generally known will

regard to this magnificent city ltd

situation is the most delight fill in the

world With a harbor aflordinu

room for a thousand ships with tlu Euxine on ita east, the natural cut-

rent of the wealth of Asia is through

the Bsphorus ; and with Mamm a

on its south and west, r he production.

of Arabia I5.ypt and Europe, are at

the command of its commerce. In

the hands of a commercial nation, it would soon become the centre of the e.ommercial world It is encuip'a.l sed by walls which have i went y tu o gats six towards the lend six along the port, and ten on the Mahiora ;

these have stall 1,'n'd landh g

PoU'Mahon, Island of Minorca, ' AprilSt, 1828. You requested me, at our parting.

to write you an account of all things in my travels which had interrested

mvself. IMercy upon your patience

will prevent my full compliance, but

I will give you a pretty full account

poisonous, and scarcely less oppressive. The consequence is. that the population is dwindling away ; and should the present policy continue, this city will be tumbling in a few years, into heaps of ruins. The objects of curiosity which the

people aie proud to exhibit to stral-

of this island in the simple style of

cemetery, and a delightful valley The organ is said to be the third in excellence that the world possesses. The other two are, one in Cantania, and one in Holland. It has a multitude of pipes of all possible sizes ; from eight inches diameter and four-

friendship

I find in the current history of this island the following account: Minorea was discovered by Tubal grandson of Nah. one hundred and forty-two years after the universal loll ITA '

. teen feet in length, down to little The first object that meets tne eye whia,es; and its ranRe cf sounds fill in approaching this iwmd f . c m any I a sca!e ffom. a rumhlmg much requarter is a famous Au nst me. Con- Sf,mbin Wndev, down to the soft vent !-eated cin the veiy summmit ' nott-s of a little bird a lofty mountain that n-s frm the Tht. crwclciy f3 a pia5n of f0iid centie olthe Island, called JMounl somelvhat U.S5 than an acre ia (,ro area, inclosed by a colonade. In this The first salutation that a stranger r(?i.; are a few-ataeombs. commcneceives uponlandinghcreis frtan the CCI at the top upon a surface about beggars A company of them, corn- thre feet sqiare, which widen as posed of both sexes, always hold j they descenti till they become quite tl.emselves in readiness (upon a new UpaVinus. In these." thousands of

arrival.) to pay the first compiiiiuv.i? .ni.n, women and children are all

One coffin serves

s never follow the

to a foreign minister the moment l'c !(!M?U n together, sets his foor upon the wharf, aiid to j ",,. ajj 'i'jse Iriendi

escort him into tow n. They are not ! rt.mams to the place of dopo&it The like those gentlemen who i cceive a funfM a proeession is composed only stranger with gieat wai mth upon his j n p:-i(-MS a,.tj monks, who exact pay first introductiofi. and immedi.Jtel ; for their ervn-es. The cone bein

J'.uv K

Constantiroplr. like Home, im: urbs seUicfiiis ?' Its seen Ihlls rise fioni the hore in t; e foii'n of ;'.n

wittuhaw into distant coldness ntu !convr ed t.. t! cemetery by the procontinue their attentions with inerea (.rS.;.rn which is lighted alnnir by a sing zeal so !or U- as thev ;,5C kindly (, Z;.n h;:rf,ir.o-caudles at noonday, it reciprocated When I first came i, taken fromne coili'n, and not lowhere they were so attracted In in y j vv( tiOWil vuh Caeand decency, civility, that they surnumded rne hke ;M!t iS pitched into the catacomb as

bees about h eh;Ve l,lv tram thro I we should tin-

am phit heat re.

jzacdt n.

c vpre-s

prow's, palaceff am! m.k:-q!:es. i Is ne above the other, and miF.-nt a v'xcw

rn, 2

( cz'-y le

worthy ot all admiral ion.

of the seven toe. ers i- u;vd as an honorable prison A sqnase lower stands in toe sea. mem --able as the prison of Belisw ins N ar tliis a'e a gieat ma'iv cannon level with the water, and guaiding the entrance of t lie norts and th.e seraglio. The Serarli(j T-e wm d signi fie? a 4- palace ,? b i a collection of pa laces a m!e and a half in coinna-s enclosed by a strong wall, on uhicU are several watch towers, wi ere guaid is kept by night and day rrhe principal gate is of marble, and is

called 'tile pmte. The gardens ate

very extensive . the building? are of white stone are crowned with glided

the streets of the city was etjual to that of any European Nabob ; hut soon finding inv resouices of uieney and patience not at all equal to t! e demands id" tueh a retimie I with much ddiieuhy dismissed them at thtk p;"mt I a threatening rod. II iv ever, t h ey ( h en re t u i n u i l S a s much cordiality as before.- Ameri cans are tr ae! witli more attention by them t!r;n any oilier people They Merr to think that the silver scales bang b'sely ab-mt them, and lhat they can easily pi k th.c-m 'ff. -The t:uih i-. we l:n w hut lili !e a bout human de" adation and miserin Ametica : a; d when it is extali'ued

ow a dead dog into an

old -v. ell The door which is on the principle of a trap door in a floor, is shut and piuiered around with lime mortar so as to be air tight till another body comes for admission. A few of the wealthy have private apartments where thev burv with in ore decency but without cofihis. Ail the common people find a common sepulchie The Val'ey hac. almot every tbi-nr ol te vegetable kind, that richnet-s of soil, m'ddnes of climate, and fountains of uatcr can produce under a hii?h -tare ot cultoi e.

I am aim st inclined to nm tc

to an American upon h.is fust ent.y j these the f malv sex althofioh I have into a foreign port, he is ready to Ull lvaS;,n or placing them amono-

emp'y h;s pocket at oe.ee

This island seems to be one entire mass of calcareous rock, spread over with a thin coating of soil. In this rock, although many p:u ts of it stand sevcial hundred feet above.! he level sea. are a gieat vat iet y of -fusils

1 V I - . I . .1 : I

ueiuer mey are autcmiuvian or cs, lh;n(f ;nrrt.( for, Tml-U, .

whether the whole island has been ! tilan lo sUi)V, her face to aty man cast up b om the holt- m ot the sea by j VKx.rvt ,MT iiUshand. fnr is

some nngun volcano, ss u emery

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the ob;ect of curiositx', except th.eir perpetual cxhihiiion to the public eye You know told you there app eared to be hut one sex in Tunis. The women are all kept locked up like money in secret chambers. It

would be considered a very immod-

1 Vri V iCVCIifV fin n .'thtvttti m- h.iltr

mrosiiy may litre Um a !?!,!:,,. .v!,,, ,,. J

turrets and spires, a:J shining in sur-J.ange among vvil.l er I luve ! dl,s one Jlslost lulmh(,. thft

made a preitv latSe co.W.uw oi ; y..3 ;i(iics nl U)e citv ,,v pa,t(r a. these. wt:u-h I hope to he cine to ex j oll li)c strcels. T- j(,'ni , M"a,k

..n . iuu .M,ni.iwy u-.iini. ,.;,!,..,,.,, ,n pi,..,,.), ni)rl hll,.,.

passing splendor.

M Sopliia The church of Rt. Sophia (divine wisdom.) was built by Justinian, in the sixth century. The dome is one hundred and th.ir teen feet in diameter, resting on arches, supported by immense marble pillars, and the staircase and pave ment are also marble Mere is the tomb of the emperor Constantino The exchanges are splendid build 4 ings. and the richest and rarest pro ductions of the east are daily sold in them, in large quantities. Add to these the numerous mosques, tht SO churches of the Greeks, and those of the Armenians, the many private places and public buildings, and you have some idea of the opulence and splendor of the capital of the great Ottoman empire. N. Y. Courier We are highly indebted to an intelligent American gentleman, now in Europe, for three very interesting letters from the island of Minorca, the first of which 'we lay before our

ieadus to day JS Y. Jour, of Com.

- Incpopulawonol thjsaiyisa lult v,ht.t(. lh(Te a,c t00 hoi t ica thousand , and ! the ,-,and fiimi,y to flil a tlu windows the reeighty thousand, hvery tiling n.-icj m.inderiind accommodations in the

muu a !'m bt 3IL"' e!i"'P '5" , front door. Tiicv lie on their arm r, norance, si.nei.ti.ion and wee In j ,, tbeir hands'out at tie windlIV, h they g lar he ore any ci.y m the, ,10U. af,cr !)ou,, that ,Jotl w-tth' Un ted Mates. ' nee a,c no.manu-, is , - d laetunng establishments on the ,s tliemelv s e.eape no body, land ; the prodocuve power o the The dalr fis, is tak, ( wh!rh soil is inierior to the demands oi thejis CUIlmis ,-.om the fact of its bcinpeople, so that they have nothing to,taUcn ()ut ofroc. .,,-.,, b , PYlWU't PVCPnt f lilr onrrnnt lo t .-

;:; v , ".""'r; , on lar under water, and bein" h.

imc buuug jaws oi necessity oind them to a good degiee ol tetiper ance. Although the finest harbor I ever saw, invites to commercial purMiits, the power of the king binds its deadh folds so closely upon all kinds of business, that they cannot move to any profit Being too weak to shake off the monster, and too timid to utter complaints, they patiently pine as he sucks away their vital blood. The priests and monks are still

m-

mered to pieces thcie come to the light. They are as interesting a curious, on account of their delicate addresses to the palate I am yours frc. AN AMERICAN TRAV ELI, E R . t" He thai hath a Tradry hath an hniafe."

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