Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-15

fFetary led the way His countenance aflt
This ananner exhibited more awe than liae
ever seen depicted in the human counter
ance He seemed to hold his breath, nnc
|.hisstep was so soft and stealthy, that once
or twice | stopped under 4he impression
that 1 had left him behind, but found him
ever beside me. There were three of us
in close proximity, and the stairway was
lined with officers and attendants, but such
was the death like Stiffness that could dis
|tinctly hear my own football, which unac-
customed 10 palace regulations, fell with
untutored republican frmness upon the
,royal floor. S~1fit were wild beast slum-
befiDg Hhis lair we were about to visit,
lhafal Gould mot iihyssseta a silence more
deeply hushed!' NJ y as'1 I79S5'eH
+ Fretteda such abject servility, quick.
ened my poce towards the curtain, when
Sheffe Bey, rather gliding than stepping
before me. cautiously and slowly raised a
corner forme-to pass. Wondering at his
subdued and terror stricken attitude, step
ped across the Threshold and felt, without
Perceiving it, that was in the presence
of the Sultan. - 3e's'.E:af ssf %
/ The heavy folds of the window curtain
so o5scured the light, that it seemed as if
The day were drawing to close, instead of
being at its high meridian.
Il AS with the expanding pupil. the eye
| took in surrounding objects, the apartment,
lis furniture, and its royal tenani,presented
a different scene from what, if left to itself,
the Imagination would have drawn.
The room less spacious but as lofty as
the adjoining one, was furnished in the
moderu style, and like familiar thing, a
| stove stood nearly in The centre. On a
sofa by the window, through which he
| might hive looked upon us as we crossed
The court, with crimson tarbouch, its gold
button ana blue silk tassel on his head, q
black silk kerehief around his neck, at
tired in blue military frock and panta4
loons and polished French upon his feet,
set the monarch, without any of the attri-
butes of sovereignty about him. 'a '.-'@5t7.
a man, young in years, but evidently of
delieate5and impaired constitution, his wea.
r3ei and spritless air was unrelieved by
any indication of intellectual energy He
ey ed me fxedly as advanced, and on him
| my attention was no less rivited! AS he
smiled Istopped, expecting that he was 60
ing to speak, but hemo;ioned gently with
his hand for me to approach yet nearer.-
Through the Interpreter he then made
welcn,ne, for which expressed my ac-'
knowi wiedgements. a:#a 5t-' t.,'..# a!5 .-'-,
The interview was not a protracted one.
In.ihe course oflt,@ as requested by Mr..
Carr, lpresented him in The name Of the
President OF the United States, with some
biographies and prints, illustrative of the
character and habits OF our North Ameri-
can Indians, the work OF American artists
lie looked al some OF them, which were
placed before him by an attendant, and
said Thai he considered them as evidences
OF the advancement OF she United States in
civilization, and would treasure them es
the 'aVenir OF the good feeling oil its gov
erninent towards him. At the word civil
lzetion. pronounced in French, | started;
for it seemed singular, coming from the
lips of a 1 urk, and applied 10 our country
have since learned that he is but q stu
dent in French, and presume that by the
word sscivilization, y he meant the arts and
When about to take my leave, he re-
4newed the welcome, and said thatI had
his full authority to see anything in the
Starnbobl might desire. G-@E 4 .e
While hr his presence, could not re-
.irain from drawing comparisons and NOR
alizing on fate. There was sthe Sultan, an
Eastern despot, the ruler of mighty king
doms. and the arbiter of the fate Of millions
of his fellow-creatures; and face to fuce: a
few feet distant, one in rank and condition,
among the humblest servants of far dis.
tant republic; and yet, as little as life has
to cheer, | would not change positions with
him, unless could carry with me my
faith, my friendships and my aspirations.
My feelings saddened as | looked upon
the monarch, and thought of Montezuma.
Evidently like a northern cline, his year
Of life had known two seasons only, and
had leaped from youth to imbecility. His
smile was one Of the sweetest ever looked
upon--his voice the most melodious had
ever heard; his manner was gentleness it.
SELF and everything about him bespoke
kind and amiable disposition. He is said
10 be.yery affectionate, to his mother, espe-
cially, and is generous to the extreme of
prodigality. But there is that indescriba-
bly, sad expression in fshis countenance,
which is thought to indicate early DEATH
A presentiment of the kind, mingled per-
haps with bodipg fear of the overthrow
of his country, seems to pervade and de-
press his spirits. In truth, like Damocles,
this descendant ofthe Caliph's sits beneath
a suspended fate. s.. Through him, the souls
of the mighty monarchs who have gone
before, seem to brood over the impending
fate of an Empire which once extended
from the Atlantic to the Ganges, from the
Caucasus to the Indian Ocean. a.a asr.
MEN WITH TAILS. French scientific
commission has discovered race Of men
IN Africa with tails, and no mistake. A
report was lately made to the Academy of
Sciences thereon. They are one remove
from the baboon, scarcely so handsome or
human as the ourang outang, but can talk
i like negroes. They are terrible savages,
4 and one Of their peculiarities is a fondness
4 for raw flesh, especially human flesh.
w hen they are kept as slaves, if not stuffed