The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-07-02

Do yoo oNHi ouuoio " ySoi PuiPoSV, IN
asked2 nt9
Tdo," replied tho Armenian. s
sand dost prefer death TO life Of peace
with Zillahsp cGt ~ spaigaH
"Ah! deeply, severely am 1 tried," said A
Hassan "no torture could make me ac
knowledge so'muclI, for as the apple ofmine
eye, do veathy daug ghter, crsel Bey."
aaThe choice is with yourself; life will
her, or fearful death.n h y.zH1'sm.
There wasa momentary struggle in the
Armenian's mnd--for but a moment did he
hesitate and pause to cousider.
9 "Speak for the last time" said the Bey
ere hand thee over to the mercies of the
criminal tribunal. ri e...rlrs1 tdf.
"My trust 10 in heaven" said the Arme.
nian calmly. rd '
"Enough" said the Turk, "bear him away
to the court" 'a[ '.,. 'sr
And Al Hassan was led like traitor or
felon before the judges, whose words were
fate, and who were actuated by all the pref
udices of the their countrymen against the
hated sect to which he belonged, but he was
innocent and knew no fear.
Boldly and without hesitation, d id the Bey
charge him before the tribunal, Of profaning
bis harem---a crime whose penalty, as all
Constantinople knew was death, unless the
culprit became al once a folio wer of the
Prophet, anu in all instance like the present,
married the fema'e. -
The Armenian commenced his defence
in bold and ma My strain. He announced
at once bis deep, and unchangng love for
the beautiful Zillah, aud acknowledging the
charge preferred agains: him, Of being found
in the harem. But he showed also no w he
came there; that it was by treachery and
design on the part ofthe Bey himself, which
could be easily proved by his own child and
by the slaves that conducted him hither.
These were sent for and examined, and
the Turkish tribunal were forced to acknowl-
edge in their ewn hearts than AL Hassan was
innocent. But he was found in the harem,
no matter how he came there; he was Chris
tian, and the law provided for such cases
was imperative. The judges all joined in
advising AL Hassan to embrace the true
faith, as they termed the Mahometan creed +;
but he steadily rejected all persuasion, and
the judges were forced to pronounce his
sentence. He was condemned to be be-
headed. -
as there 10 hope," cried the halfdisiract-
ed Zillah to the judges-"must he die be-
cause he is Cristianf"
"There is no alternative for us my child"
said the chief Judge; we are but the agents
of the law, its humble servants"
eThe sultan! the sultanv cried Zillah, as
if new thought had possessed her, at the
same time leaving the hall ofjustice.
She sought the palace of The "brother Of
the sum-" and regardless of all ceremony,
threw herself at his feet. She related in a
NEST eloquent terms the true state of the af
fair that SO nearly affected her. She told
the sultan too. of the part her father had act
ed with all delicacy; but her simple and true
tale engaged and interested the monarch.-
He sent at once for the judges, and listened
attenlively to their version of the affair, and
also received from them recommendation
Of mercy. The sultan turned his face to-
wards the east, and for a moment seemed
lOSt Ill pidySi. AuOn al AAoSouh "oS oiuS'-
ed before him.
"Thou lowest the Bey's daughter as truly
as she doth theea" demanded the sultan
when they were both before him.
81 have long loved her thus truly, noble
sultan" replied AL Hassan.
"And thou Zillah, dost love the Arme-
nian, and would'st thou become his wifef"
"Oh! noble sultan; il is the only wish of
my heart unqualified"
"IfI err, the Prophet forgive me-" said the
monarch. again bowling his head to the east,
.a.riss and 60 hence; you are from this hour
married to each other, and may the Prophet
open the eyes Of all unbelicvers."
p, Under such countenance as this, none
dared to complain, and happy Zillah and AL
Hassan, would not have changed their lot for
an accepted Peri's place in Mahomet's Par
adise.
EThe reader may have seen, in the last for
eign journals, that the Sultan OF Turkey had,
for the first time sanctioned arired marri-
age, and also, that the English papers are
still discussing the political bearing of the
The marriage referred TO, is
that between Zillah, the rich Bey's daughter,
and the Armenian merchant, and this, gen
tie reader, is TRUE Story
VALUE OF NOSE. Are you ''shert"s If
80, it is we'll to know the value Of your per-
sonal estate; and perhaps data for the calcu-
lation may be desirable. We learn from
Ohio that one David Perrine has been fined
$500 for biting off Moses Russel's nose; so
that ones whole body must be worth consid-
erable or more.-Ph Philadelphia Saturday Ga
setts.
The American Lakes are supposed to con-
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