Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-11-02
Atrocities OF DjeIzar Pncha.

ing in the French papers daribes against the
present Turkish administration in Syria, whiciI
Is held up to the public as something worse
than the tyranny which existed there in former
days. happened to have before me, in Ara
bic the life of the famous Djezzar Pachs, and
wish that the writer's of such paragraphs could
read it, in order that they might correct their
opinions on that head. They would then see
thatDjeZzar amused himsefn way that wo.ld
not be tolerated in the present day. | vii! o sc
an anecdote or two to prove this. The inhabi-
tants Of Mount Lebanon having pleaded poverty
as an excuse for not paying their taxes, he sent
guards to bring them all to marriage feast,
where he regaled them in noble style with
roast mutton, and spiced sherbets. They were
further dverted by various games and specta.
ces, after which to each man he gave a foil
suit of clothes and new walking stick. They
were all as well pleased as Punch but alas
the order was given, and every man was COM
PEELED TO strip himself Of his old attire, and to
throw down his walking stick They were in
state of despair, tor gold was sewn up in their
clothes, and concealed in their sticks; but their
bewailngs were of no effect, for all the old
sticks and clothes were collected in a heap and
the men were dismissed with blows, and Djez-
Ear realized hundred thousand dollars by the
speculation, after deducting the expenses of the
feast and the new attire. On another occa-
sion he made lottery, and forced the people to
buy tickets at high price. There were blanks;
but the prizes consisted of various sums Of 100,
30, and 90 dollars, and further, of paper, on
/ which we're written Gears to be cut Off" "nose
TO be cut Off" "nose to be slit" San eye to be
torn out" ''right hand to be lopped," ond SO
forth. Djezzar presided, paid the money where
due, and was witness to the punishments, ma
king corresponding change when the unhap.
! py possessor Of a "prize" had already lost the
! limb whose excelsior was dccreed by fate. A.
mother day he called one of his secretaries, aud
said, "wre down the names OF sundry people
! shalt order to be put to death" The trem-
! bling Kiatb obeyed, and wrote down 90 or 10
| Of the officers OF the Pacha's household. The
Pacha then said, "count them :" he did so, and
then the tyrant remarked at is an odd number
let me see, who shall we put down to make it a
round one 2" The poor secretary awaited with
Impotence till the Pacha could call somebody
to mind, but in vain. The Pacha then added,
"well l cannot think of any body else, so add
your own name" 1t was useless for the Kiatib
to appeal TO the monster for mercy the list was
completed with his own cognomen, and the
whole were put to death the same day. The
wives and children of the victims set up a
dreadful uproar; but Djezzar commanded s-
ence, and ordered that whoever uttered mur-
mur should be instantly decapitated. There
are plenty of such anecdotes to relate but
these will suffice to show that in point of huma-
nifty, the east has greatly improyed.--Lettcrs
in The London Morning HcraM.
The FACTORY GIRL--I have seen myself
on the third floor Of woolen factory at Tariff
vile, in Connecticut, the daugh,er--the or
phan daughter, of an Episcopal clergyman--the
own niece ofthe oldest Episcopal Bishop of the
United States, the late Bishop Griswold Of Mas
snchusetts so engaged f; and the fair Gertrude
and fair she washer brow as Parian marble
her eye dark and bright, and full like the Ga
zelle's and
"The mind beamed forth showed countenance
Radiant with pure light ethereal"
She felt none the less good or virtuous, or
respectable, that with the labor of her hands
she assisted to give support TO widowed mo-
ther in declining health, and t"oor three young
orphan sisters. She was thus at work when
saw her on what was the old mill-scat Of her
grandfather, who had owned the country for
circuit of two miles round. may mention here,
as exposing that silly argument of the poor n
ganst the rich--that have heard my father
say, that when a boy he took grst to The same
old mill, that Mr., afterwards Bishop Griswold,
was moving in an adjoining field he hung his
scythe upon an appe-tree, took the grlst oil his
horse, ground it, put the bags on and started
him home. My father subsequently studied
Greek and Latin, with Mr.. Griswod, and came
TO the bar, while tho miller became a Bishop,
and deceased bat few months since, with the
reputation Of being one of the most learned and
respectable dlvines in the Episcopal Church.--
c. r, Holcomb
EASILY rLrAsEp. An Arkansas hero was
lately convicted Of horse stealing, and vh.u
sentence had been passed on him, he took a
survey Of the Court room, and gave vent to has
feelings after the following manner: "NlcH
this raIhor -, -; .., -, I z,.--