Virginia statesman. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1828-1829, 1828-05-21
CURoUs HIsToRIcAL ANEcDorE.

d Az "4liiotS III liiC uihlSu cuplIV hlCh
ton many Kizlar-agassi who played
great part in the affairs of the state. I'm.
der the reign of the sultan Achmet I'LL
his chief of the black eunuchs was the
factOtum Of his empire. According to his
caprice, he appointed, deposed, and caus
ed to be put to death the grand vizers and
the ministers. One Of the grand vizers,
toreseelng the fate which awaited him, re-
solved, at the peril Of his life. to get rid
OF this monster. He feigDed one day to
be seriously i'll, and wrote to the sultan
short note, saying that he had to disclose
to hlm a most important secret, and pres
sing affair; and that, being extremely
weak, he was not able to state it in writing,
and. eretore, humbly prayed him to suf-
/ fer the chief of the eunuchs to call on him
Iucognito, that he might communicate the
/ business to him. The sultan Immediately
sent the black to the yizer. On his arriy-
al, the vizer's servants seized him, strip
ped him, dressed him in the habit of the
black slaves, which they wear when eX-
posed for sale, in market, and immedi-
ately summoned a slave merchant, whom
they euiOined to take the slave to the baz-
aar, to put him up at auction, and, hav-
ing ascertained the price he would fetch,
to bring him back TO the yizer's palace.
The merchant not knowing the eunuch,
Ipunctually executed the order Of the grand
yizer. kizlar agassi, seventy years Of
| ace, was estimated In the market at twenty
/ fire piasters; and then brought back to the
yIzer The latter wrote a second note TO
he sultan, the purpor Of which was that
seeing the euuuch directed and governed
the empire. he had been DESTROYS to ascer-
tain his intrinsic value. and had caused
him to be exposed at the bazaar, where.
during five hours, only five and twenty
piasters had been offered for his purchace;
and that. if his highness would deign to
confde anew the relns of government to
| the hands Of a black who was only worth
twenty FIVE piasters, he might do so if he
chose This conduct Of the grand vizer,
made such an impression on the sultan,
1 that he told him. in reply, to dispose of
| the eunuch at his own pleasure. The vi
( zer caused him to be straugled.
Quartely RsUie0.
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How To REAR A GOOD ORCHABD.-In
( March or April, before the apple trees be-
( Gin to bud, take piece Of thin leather, a
bout am inch wide, and lust long enough
to eucircle a small thrifty sprout; let this
leather be fastened at each end bywindiug
q small wire as tight as possible around it.
his will stop the growth of the part en-
closed by the skin, and cause a bunch of
small white roots to shoot out above and
below these wires. In one year after this
operation of fastening the leather to the
twig. cut It off two or three inches below
these clusters Of roots, and set it in the
Iground---it will grow as well as a trans
planted tree; and, in this way, any kind
of fruit may be obtained that is desired.
Nelc England Farmer.
90
LIGHTNING.-SOme extraordinary eff
lects of lightning occurred lately in the
ship New York, on her passage from
New York to London A conductor at
tached to the mainmast was melted and
/ fell in drops into the sea. An excellent
thermometer was so deranged that it gain
ed 81 minutes in the voyage; the cause of
which was discovered on the arrival of the
vessel In London: when it appeared that
all parts of the instrument had acquired so
strong a magnetic power, that its general
movement depended very sensibly on the
position in which it was placed. But the
most singular operation of the lightning
was the following. There was a passen-
ger on board, very old and corpuent,
whose legs were so paralyzed that for 3
years he had not walked half a mile, and
who since his embarkation, had not been
able even to stand. After the discharge of
/ the lightning, which passed close to the
place where this poor cripple was lying,
every body was astonished to see him rise.
pace mp and down deck, and walk about
| for a long time. as if nothing had ever
Jailed him. At first his head was a little
affected; but that soon went off while the
benefit which he had experienced in his
limbs remained. He continued to use
them freely during the passage, and on
the arrival of the ship in port, he walked
with ease to the place of his residence.
! QUACEEBY AND IMPrDENCE. Some short
time ago, a S0i-dis0nt doctor sold water Of
the pool of Bethsaida, which was to cure
Ian complaints if taken at the time when
the angel visited the parent spring, on
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