Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1837-02-10


A SHORT STORY, AND True oNE.---A
lovely morning in October, ~, was rem
dcred gloomy one 10 the inhabitants oil
Martinique. Repeated injuries inflicted by
the ruling powers, coupled WIN burning
desire among many ambitious ana perhaps
patriotic men, TO crush foreign influence on
their beautiful island, and to govern them.
selves as a free and independent people, had
long rendered residence there precarious
On the morning in question, the banner oil
revolt was seen floating IN proud defiance
mon the walls of the castle OF Fort Roynl,
and in the far distance the smoke oil villages
showed the track Of the merciess demon oil
lnsurrection. Every vessel IN the haroor
of Fort Royal was crowded with refugees
who having hastily collected the most vulu-
able of their effects, had fled before the tide
of destruction, which was rolling fearlully
over that ilI.starred island. Among them
was a merchant OF high repute, who, with
his wife and daughter, beautiful girl Of
about fifteen, took passage for France,
whittier, on the following day the vessel sail
cd. Fair winds gave them quick passage
TO the Cape dc Verbs, and alter a larry oil
dav or two there, they weighed anchor Tor
Hayre. At dawn on the second morning
after their departure, they espled a dark
looking brig bearing down upon them, and
as the sun rose above the horizon, II pour
trayed 10 them the truth that an Aigerlne
corsair was their early visitor. so much
were the high seas infested at that time with
pirates that every vessel went prepared ior
an encounter Immediate preparation was
made for a contest, should the corsair over
take them, and all sails were spread to the
breeze
The pirate came up--the contest was
fearful--the father and mother were murder
ed-and the beautiful orphan was made the
prize of a band of ruffians. In few days
they neared the Barbary coast and she was
sold to the Bey OF Tunis for ten thousand
seuuins. The prediction Of fortune teller,
wears before, that she would one day wear
the coronet of queen, impressed her mind
with conviction Of its truth, which spread
a halo of light around her amid the dark
ness OF the worst OF slavery. Her beauty
made her favorite, and about two years al
terward Sultan Mustapha carried her in
triumph to Constantnople. Her beauty,
her virtues and her ample powers 10 please,
made her the exalted favoriie Of the empe-
Sultana Then. indeed, were the predic-
tons Of her destiny verified, and she wore
the crown as queen Of the Ottoman empire.
Mahmoud H., the present Sultan OF Turkey.
is her son, and to her influence upon his
early character, may be attributed his taste
for European customs, and the frequent in
novations which his will has made among
the customs of his people. The last act Of
importance, and which seems like great
stride toward the elevation of Turkish wo-
men, to the same station which women hold
throughout Chrislendom, is the opening Of
the doors Of the seragIio, and permitting his
women 10 go in and out at their pleasure.
and enjoy themselves by rambles upon the
lovely plains which stretch along the banks
Of The Bosphorus The number who were
confined in his seraglio was about six hun
bred.
The fate OF that young girl was similar
to that of Josephine, wife of Napoleon
She too was the subject Of a similar prrdic
tion and even when confined by prison
bars and upon the eve Of conveyance to the
guillolne, that prediction stood up before
her with all the brightness and sacredness
of truth and when the downfall Of Robes
pierre caused her prison to be thrown OPP
en-, There" exclaimed she 10 Madame
Fontenay, fellow prisoner, IL told you !
should yet be Queen OF France" And she
was indeed Queen, not only of France, but
of the heart that beat in the bosom of that
proud Corsican.-Poughkeepsie Tel.