The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-08-01
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| OVERS 81 wrath, women. lann horses,
NIL The fandest objects Of his early,
md known ambition. with contempt.
L ey had finally tried the effect &C
torture j: lie endured it. His eoun-
tenanre. indeed. showed from it,
Iextrcme palpness, what he lad un-
llergone and though he looked
weak he walked firm. II vas In tho
large open space before tho mosque
of iiassan. that the expecting multi
tldc was collected e. witucss the ave-
FIJI and cruel death 10 which. by
order Of pacha, lac Wa deolned. -
i Many attempts had been made by
his former master To get this dread
iul punishment changed for tho
quicker aud mIldcr one of beheadiug,
but they had not been attended With
success. for the pacha WAS cruel
man, aud bigot.
" lie was stripped naked cloth
around his loins was the only cover
ing that concealed any part Of
frame. which might have furnished
y perfect model Of manly beauty for
the imitation Of ndniring scnlptors,
IL looked upon this form of life,
and glory. Was IL indeed to die -
and thus land 50 young
+" The dark exccutioncrs threw
him down on his belly, upon tho
sand, and with n razor they gashed
n deep wound for the impaliug stake.
Before they had time with their rea-
dy paste II stauneh the flowing blood
a dozen Greeks, wounded and beat
n AZ they did spa had broken into
thc still circle, and dipped their
handkcrthieIs in the stream, to
them 50 naturally sainted bat the
, Turkish guard instantly threw
buckets OF water all about To wash
up the precious iipw, and many Of
hs countrYmcn we're drove back
with the blows Of slaves and sabrcsy
, distppointedly.
I" Was long and pointed stake
, they now brought, thick rs n mans
/, arm, and they THRUST It into tie wrL-
thing body far. yet nowhere ont
> they had liked a stay upon 10 10 pre-.
vent this. And now. n barbarous yell
from all around il Was raised aloft in
the air, then planted firmly in tho
earth.
"Uh God lit il a dreadful pas
sage TO tile tomb II was very hor.
I rihlc ---his npans--his quiva'ing lips
: Ibis eyes up-tarned IN agony. Tho
sweat that stood upon his forehead
l.. al &
repeated oft with that fcrvorof be-
lief, which showed mourning peui-
tent, ilnploring heart.
Three hours he hung piteous
spectacle, and there came near tn tho
stake man Of II great age, With
White hairs, and feeble steps, and
leaning on yelled woman. Tho
Turk struck the elder, and would
have driven him back
"'I am his father said the old
man, do not strike me, without it
be to kili---thcn welcome. am his
father, let me look upon my dying
child and this his vile: suffer us /,
pray
j" Then the captain of that Turk
ish guard WAC moved, aud he spoke
kind to them, and asked them for
one minute only 10 turn aside, and
he gave the signal to dispatch him
50 they took their malets and knock
ed off from the stake the transverse
stick aud il pierced " broke thro'
bis white breast, and lac bowed his
head upon it and died with loud
land IT sounded happy sigh.
j" Notwithstanding all the agony,
sympathy and shudderlng, shrinking
terror. with which had Witnessed
this dreadful sccne-~altho' had felt
the night before that bad a fear even
fof the sword Of the exccutioner, yet
nov, strange revolution oil feeling
my every nerve was strung up 10
a like sacrifice. | ran forwafd-~l
called aloud, that there was 10 God,
lint Col, but that the Nassith was
the son Of God, and Mahomed was
A lying prophet | elasped the i'm
mailing stake, and asked to be its Sc
|cond victim. The crowd would
have destroyed me on the spot, but
for the guard while here | stood
wound up IN the sacrifice, and await.
ing the sentence Of the Judge, who
was the mosque of liassan. and to
whom some OF the crowd had run.
demanding my immediate execn-
tion--untboaght of at tic moment;
uncxpected--not seen even since |
II left Alexeadria,-at lightning