Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-03-23
IInRRInLE TNRANNY.

The first governor Of Kordoian, after ihc con.
quest, was the Dcttcrdar, the son.in-law of Me.
hcmet Ali. IL would have treated the accounts
heard ofthe atrocities oft'lis man." says Pail
me, ''as mere fables, had rot the tales that were
told to me by the natives been confirmed by
respectable witnesses in SEMINAR, and even by
Turkish officers whom Gucstioncd on the sub
ject in Egypt, many Of whom bad been present
at the scenes they described He then pro-
cceds TO relate a few anecdotes Of this ruthless
tyrant 4; but as the Dettcrdar was eventually de-
posed, on the ground of his oppressive govern.
mcnt, Mehcmet Ali, can cn'y DC held partially
responsible for this mans crlpes. Yet few
specimens c. his administration Of criminal jus.
,icc may not be misplaced here,
a peasant who complained of having been
robbed CT a sheep by colder was blown from
the m0uth ofl cannon for troubling the DETER
dar with so insignificant complaint /; servant
who had stolen 4 pinch out of the DencTdar's 5
snufi.box was fcggcd To deuh man who had
boxed his ncigh5or's ear was punished by having
the flesh cut away from the palms O. his hands !;
and negro, who having borght some milk, re-
fused TO pay for it, and denied having drunk 1t,
had his stomach ripped open, 10 ascertain %hc-
/ ther the accusation was well founded. Ia his
gradcn the nctterdar had tame lion general
y confined in a cage, bat sometimes allowed IL
follow his master aboli in his wake. This an
iu,al had been taught 20 fly with the utmost up
parent ferocty az every stranger who appeared
and the tayoritc amusement of the Dcttcrdir
was 10 look on and enjoy the terror Of his
visters when Suddenly attacked By the Ion
On one occasion eighteen Of his domestic ser
wants in paying their customary compliment,
on the festival of the nacraar, iutimaiod that
they werc oil sadly in want Of shoes, He told
them that their wants should he supplied, and
on the following day eciualiy ordered eighteen
rair ct iron horse shoes 10 be named to the feet
of the poor dependents, who, in this condition
were ordered r r7pa;r to ihcr several nvcco
tian7. Notification on.uol almost mmcdote
iy wit. nine Of them, who died amid irigbun
tortures. aud then ONLY did ihc ru'f'a allow -
survivors to be unsAod, aud Consigned tc thC
care ota surgeon,
"Srycral yolralcs' Gays Feline; "wou,,
be filed fl We're to tel all the well aa,henll
Gated acrs of atroci'y committed by this humal
tiger in kordoirn and Sennaar. To be kaowi
to be possessed ofwealth was certain death, 70
preteNt was never wanting for accusing IN
unhappy owners of some imaginary crime. Y.
proceedings snch as these the Deilerdar wa
supposed to have amassed immense treasures
when Mehemet Ali, wearied at length by ,h
incessant complaints raised against his son-in
law, found means 10 depose him from his GO
vernorship by causing tc be administered
him dose of poison. Since Then the govern
men, he's become somewhat mhder, and som
, check has been placed on the arbitrary con' Il,
otthe public officers: 4: .,.il their dis ,,ce fro
p The seat OF g"" crnment makes 4 impossihle &
~, lnhabitants to cor. .,,raIn of the ndmbeTle
acts OF oppression 20 which they continue to
3. subjected"