Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-08-06
This unfortunate drag
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arnbassado This unfortunate drag
ornan's name was Stavrak Oglou, not
Il Greek of the Final, but native OF
|Carannania. He was tall. cadaver-
|ous-Iooking person, and could not
conceal the extraordinary impression
of terror under which he labored.-
He stood next to me, and trembled
so exceedingly as quite to shake me
as well as himself; and his nerves
were so INFLATED that he could scarce
Ily see to- read the paper held, which
was blo,ted with large drops ofper-
sp;ra,ion dropping from his forehead,
and more than once nearly fell from
his hand. The man had some reason:
his predecessor had just been execu-
ted. and he had no hope ne should es-
cape the same fate. In very short
time he was deposed and banishcd to
| Natolis, and. few days after his ar
rival, was found assassinatcd at h!s
own door.
Our interviews did not take up ten
minutes; and the moment the last
word was out Of his mouth, we were
all without tie slightest previous no.
,ice. dragged suddenly back by our
conductors, whose grlne never lett
our necks a mtmant. in Stumbling
backwards, | trod on the tail of my
gown, and was we'll nigh prostrating
myself without intending 1.-THE
purpose Of this rudeness was TO pre-
vent our turning our backs on the
Sultan. as we retired from his pres
(ence. IVken we reached the door
Of the chamber, however, we were
itwirled about. hurried up the passage
with the same precipitation rs we
were hurried down; and, when arr
we'd at the outside, flung of by oar
conductors! like things by whose touch
they felt contaminated. The origin
Of this practice is 4 subject Of contro-
,yersy. The French writers assert
that an tempt was made on the life
! of Anurath ii. al an audience, by a
Croat. in revenge for the death OF
Mail, tie iespot OF Servia; and ever
isincc all persons admitted are held
fast by the arms while they remain in
the presence; and this is the account.
also. of Husbequlns, who was himself
SO treated. Officers deny this origin.
and say that this is merely token OF
respect shown by 4 great man, tia,
you are supported in his presence by
his attendants. You will form your
Eown conclusion: it is certain no pos
sible disrespect was intended at our
Interview: but on the contrary, i,
was meant to show us every mark Of
lattention and goodwill, and it was
evinced by many little circumstan-
ces. The persons who conducted
US were men of rank, and dressed in
pelisses of honor; yet those who had
hold of me and others griped us some
times very hard, and when we were
abe to speak, each of US might truly
say, in the words Of Hamlet, IL pray
thee take thy fingers from my throat
The janis>aries were disposed to be
very insolent. thrusting their sticks
between the legs of the gentlemen to
throw them down, and showing 9th
l
err marks of contempt and iIl-wIll.
This was far, however, from being
generally the case; on the contrary.
the name ..Ingnesis' seemed to pro-
cure for us attention and goodwill.
We now proceeded to the second
gate, where we We're obliged to wait
TIL the vizier and the pachas passed
out; and in the meantime the janissa-
ries were dispensing in groups, every
man with baSof money on his shout
der. At length we were liberated.
and. mounting our horses. we arr;s ed
at Pera at four O'Clock, after thirteen
hours tagging. during part ofwhich
we were perspiring under a burning
sun in fur pe!iSses. We all dined.
including his excelleccy, with the
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