The southern press., 1850-11-07
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tNir. Millegen, The hrst husbabd 81 Inc seblssl
Of Tie above narrative, was residing some four on
five miles above Constanlnople; Oh the roIijaptic
shore Of the Bosphorus, when we first had the
same we'll l-khown physician who accompanied
Lord Byron in his campaign in Greece, and at
tended him in his last nlomentss AT the termina-
ton of the Greek war; he had pushed ON 10 the
great metropolis of the Orient, and established
himself there in the exercise Of his profession.
He was very highly educated man, perhaps
thirty-six years ofage, (his was in the year 1884
and delightful in conversation. His anecdotes OF
the private life Of Lord Byron and his companions
interested us exceedingly, and we made many
memoranda Of them, with his leave, and with the
intention Of publishing them at some future day
when the veil oftime should ripen their personals
ity into historic interest. We should add that
DIR. Milliugen was most successful in his profess
sion, and, in the families Of the Sultan 5 numerous
relatives, us well as in the Ssraglio, he was the
chief medical authority. l M
Accepting kind invitation from this eminent
man, we passed two or three days at his "kiosk"
on the Bosphorus, and dined with him repeatedly
during our six weeks stay at Constantinople
He had been married if we remember rightly, but
a couple of years, and, if we are not mistaken, he
had purchased the liberty of his wife, who was a
captive from the just completed war. She was
singuarly beautiful woman-at that time, ap-
parently, about nineteen or twenty years of age,
with classically correct features, complexion Of
the purest white and red taller than the ordinary
size of women, and with jet black eyes and hair.
The strongest likeness We ever saw to her was the
well-remembered actress, Miss Clifton. g
We have spoken Of the East without an ad-
miring mention of our friends Greek wife, who
impressed us very strongly, at the time, as an
original and powerful magnetic character. She
was accomplished, speaking Turkish and French
with fuency, and English toerably well, and
ere an Nome pxn Spu N her 70
and in all her movements, which was like the Sloio
,caik Of Hgress, and which, we well remember,
made an entirely new impression of human char
acter our mind. She ,oas a ,comlan ,cho ,rould
hare finished, undisiWbed The bioping of puff her
nGghile-snl0ke from her lips, if a cannon had been
discharged, meantime, unexpectedly behind her.s We
may, perhaps, be excused for recording here, by
the way, a lesson she, one morning, insisted on
giving us, in this Oriental mode of smoking, and
the single quiet remark with which she expressed
her philosophy for the use Of it.. "Life," she
said, "woud be unend,uabiy pretty, if one had not
some such means 10 get 0nce-a-day abope it," She
said this between puffs of fragrant smoke, with
careless convulsiveness which imprinted it strong
ly on our memory, while her own beauty, as she
lounged on dvan at the moment, and called in a,
young slave girl of fourteen to bring another mar
ghile,* impressed her picture on your mind still
more indellibly. She dressed with mixture of
European and Oriental misunderstanding little
gold embroidered slippers, Turkish trowsers of
striped silk, and red and gold Greek cap being
the un-Parsian potion Of her costume.
DIR. Millingen was the kindest and most hu-
name Of men, and the little fragile and timid GIRL
who was his wife's attendant, was one Of his
charity purchases OF another Greek captive from
slavery. The extreme contrast, between this
graceful smokeeuriof creature, and the statuesque
superbness of her almost motionless mistress was
picture we would have gone to the Orient to see,
had we been an artist.
The story we have translated above is of cleo
trfying unexpectedness, for, to the intellectual su-
periority of such husband, we could not possi-
bly, have imag gined so superior a woman would
have been unfaithfuI. The crime which is the last
of her doings is much easier to believe.
*The narghiie, as all our readers may not know
is n Turkish pipe for the mildest tobacco-formed
of glass vase and long, flexible tube with an
amber mouth-piece. The vase is filled with rose
water and the smoke drawn through it as it rests
on the floor. ltis most picturesque luxury, and
highly embellishes lady who employs it. '.
METHoplsTs.-The sessions of all the annual
conferences for the present year have been held,
and the minutes in press. We give below
recapitulation of the statistics of this and the pre-