The Iowa patriot. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1839-1839, 1839-06-13

assembled together the whole corps Of
III amelukes, as if for d feast; and having
secured s'e all egress except steep and pre-
cIpitous descent over the sides Of the eIe-
yatlon, the platform of the CitadeI) he
destroyed them with cannon and muske-
my. they came according to custom, in
their richest costume; with arms, and
bearing with them their wealth. At a sig
nal gwen by the Pacha, death burst forth
on all sides. Crossing and enflading bat
terles poured forth their flame and iron,
and men and horses were at once welter-
ing IN their blood. Many precipitated
themselves from the summit Of the Cita-
del, and were destroyed in the abyss
Two, however, recovered themselves
At the first shock of the conclusion both
horses and riders were stunned; they
trembled for an instant like equestrian RI
ders shaken by an earthquake, and then
darted off with the rapidity of lightning;
they passed the nearest gate, which fortu-
nately was not closed, and found them
selves out of Cairo. One of the fugitives
took the road to Ell Azish the other dart
ed up the mountains; the pusuers divided
one half following each.
1t was fearful thing, that race for life
and death The steeds of the desert, let
loose on the mountains, bounded from
rock to rock, forded torrents, now along
the edges of precipices. Three times the
horse Of one Mameluke fell breathless;
three times, hearing the tramp of the pur-
suers, he arose renewed his flight. He
fell at length not to rise again. His mas
ter exhibited touching instance of recip-
rocal fidelity: instead of gliding down the
rocks into some de6le, or gaining peak
inaccessible to cavalry, he seated himself
by the side Of his courser, threw the bri-
die over his arm, and awaited the arrival
of his executioners. They came up, and
he fell beneath score of sabres, without
motion of resistance, a word Of COM
plant, or prayer for mercy. The other
Mameluke, more fortunate than his com.
panion, traversed Ell Azish, gained the
desert, escaped unhurt, and, in time be-
came the Governor of Jerusalem, where,
at later date, l had the pleasure to see
him,-.the last and only remnant of that
redoubtable corps, which, thirty years be-
fore, rivalled in courage, though not in
fortune, the elite Of Napoleon's army
Dumas.
The Natchez Courier says. "a gen
tleman in New Orleans caught fellow
picking his pocket, the other day, when,
the rogue turned to him and said Here's
twenty dollars if you will let me go, and
say nothing about it, 'Done,' replied
the gentleman. After the thief had de-
parted, he found that the rasca! had bribed
him with his own money
IRON HoUsE.-The Glasgow Chroni-
Gle has noticed an elegant plan of a sea
coast cottage of iron hung up in the Ton
tine Coffee room, Glasgow. The plan
referred to seems to have six rooms, kitch-
en- and laundry, and other conveniences,
for the small sum of 1880, of double
house of fourteen rooms, 500. This is not
half the price of common house with a
similar accommodation, and can be ready
in two months.
MADAwAsKA.-A gentleman from Que
bee informs the editor of the Kenebec
Journal that the British are about COM
commencing Fort at Madawaska. 1t is
to be called barracks, but the walls are to
be eight feet thick. We have some doubt
whether the home Government will enter
fully into the views of the provincial in
fortifying their position in our territory
that is, unless our Government should be
unpardonably remiss in its duty. If the
British (says the Journar wish to build
Fort and make us a present of it, as an
offset for Fort Blunder, (Rouse's Point it
may be very well,
We do not believe word about this
fort building. 1t is border story. Ed.
N. Y. AM.
FROM HALIFAX. Halifax Times
of the 9Th inst. mentions the arrival of the
steam frigate Medea, last from Bermuda
adding that while on her way from Ha-
vana to Jamaica she was fred into at night
by French man-of-war brig. One man
was killed and several were wounded by
the fire.
The French commander said that he
mistook her for Mexican. He apollo
gized to Commodore Douglass, on dis
covering his error, and the apology was
accepted.
OLD AND New FAsHloNs.-1n old times
I l747) it was the tip Of feshion for fe-
male to sport long waistcoat with pock-
cts in each side, and nothing was more
common than to see lady spinning street
yarn with her hands in her pockets! Our
Modern bellies, however, wishing to differ
| from the other sex as much as possible,
carry their pockets in their hands.
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