Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-12-05

All lhOsc llCh furnishings were 10 De pau
for within very brief period. Mohammed
had no money, but he had an inventive genius
.. Attended by portion of his suite, he directed
3 his course to the house Of his brother. Ar.
rived there, he stopped his horse at the thresh.
old, and dispatched one Of his servants to say
TO Mourad that his brother wished TO see him
> Mourad was about to give harsh reply, when
he CHANGED TO get glimpse of Mohammed
and his train through the window. To his as.
tonishment, every thing bespoke the presence
of great pacha. Mohammed sparkling with
Jewels, and Mohammed a beggar were two ve-
ry@iherent beings, and Mourad made all pos
sible haste to reach the threshold Of his house.
I'Mourad, said Mohammed, saluting his brother
without leaving his horse, our lord nc sultan
has named me Pacha of Damascusw have
need of a large sum Of money to establish me
credlby in my government Have this money
ready for me by tomorrow, will reimburse
you as brother and a pacha should do
MAY heaven proong the days, and increase
the glory Of our lord aud master the sultann
replied Mourad 'Mohammed, you were born
to do honor to our family. My fortune belongs
to you hencelorth; take it all if you desire
Pacha of Damascus, may Allah reward you
dCCOTuIHS 10 your merit.
Mohammed employed the night in complet-
ing his arrangements. He emoied fifty men
as body guard and added a number Of Tartar
Icouriers TO his suite. In the morning he sent
his treasurer to his brothers. house to request
twenty thousand pieces Of gold. On receiving
this sum, Mohammed paid all that was ALSO
lutely necessary at the moment to pay, and
soon after he crossed the Bosphorus with his
train and took the way-whither, does the rea-
der think? to Damascus!
Mohammed was no common scheming swim
Idler. The lofty confident bearing which he
assumed, together with the frequency of such
hasty elevations, had persuaded his train, as
well as every one with whom he come in con-
tact, of the reality Of his appointment 10 the
pachallck of Damascus Mohammed howey-
|er, kept himself very quiet until he was fairly
lat distance from Stambool. As he approach
ed the Damascene territory, he began to distri-
butte presents in the towns through which he
passed. He was every where received with
the honors due to pacha, and exchanged gifts
with the various governors in his way, who
remembering the great power of the Damas
Gene pacha did not allow the new possesSor Of
that title 10 be the losing party in these ex-
changes. When Mohammed came at length
within three days journey Of Damascus, he or
dered his party to stop and erect their tents.
He then called his secretary, and dicNted him
a letter addressed TO the principle emirs of Da
mascus in which 1t was announced to them
that the sultan, having great cause TO be dis
pleased with his grand vzier at Constantine
pie, had disgraced and beheaded him, and that
the son Of the vizler, the pacha of Damascus,
having shared in his fathers guilt was doomed
to the same punishment. Mohammed wrote
this letter in his own name and concluded it by
stating, that being appointed the new pacha,
he had come to fulfil the sutan's orders, and
now commanded the emirs to seize the vizier's
son and detain him TO await his fate.
Before dispatching this letter. however, Mo-
manned sent off a trusty and active courier,
with orders to introduce himself into the palace
Of the pacha of Damascus, and there private
" informed the vizier's son that his father was
beheaded, and that he himself was about to un-
dergo the same doom at the hands of a sue
cessor to the pachalck, then on his way to the
city. The courier arrived before the bearer
of the letter to the emirs, and such was the
effect of his disclosure, that the poor pacha,
believing death otherwise inevitable, and know
ing himself to be very unpopular left the pal
ace in secret, mounted his heetest horse, and
was soon in full flight from Damascus, leaving
treasurers, wives and ALL behind him. As for
the emirS, as soon as they received the letter
addressed to them, they me! 10 deliberate upon
the course to be adopted. While thus engaged,
a second courier reached them, with mlssves
of similar import. A third and fourth messen-
ger from Mohammed, each new one bearing
mandates more imperous than the preceding.
At length, seriously alarmed for the conse-
quences of refusal, the emirS, gathered their
followers, and reused the citizens TO seize the
old, and receive the new pacha. Having got
The citizens together, the emlrs proceeded with
great crowd to the palace, and, no one pre-
senting any opposition, they soon penetrated
to the very corner of the yce-regal dwelling.
But what was thoir CONSERVATION to find that
the bird was lown-no pacha there!
The now excited crowd blamed the emrs
for their diIatoriness, and riot and pllIage
would certainly have ensued, had not the
sound of loud accamatlons been heard at
little distance. In minute or two, Moham-
med appeared in the midst Of his train, spen-
didIy attired, and scattering gold on all sides
among the people. The first words which Mo.
BANNED spoke when he sprung from his horse
in front of tho palace, were, "My PrIsoner9
where is he?"
The emirs we're alarmed at the firm, stern
tone of the speaker. "May it please your eX-
celIency," said one Of them, 'he had doubtless
received private news from Constantnople Tor
when we forced the palace, he was gone'-
'Gone Escapedn cried Mohammed. 'UnhaP-
py emirs, know that my order were the orders
of the sultan himself, our master! You shall