The southern press., 1850-11-07

10 ctedUe IN tnSulfer TO TIE soil
Raise the standard--shout the cry,
Fear we shame--Jut not TO die
Nobody but nathaniel p. WILLIS, could have
done the annexed sketch of celebrity, who
has recently made a stir by strangling one of her
slaves at Constantinople Here is the story.
(From the .Ns,o York Home Jomnai)
A Veritable Drama.
We CHANGED, while at Constantinople to be
We'll acquainted with the lady whose career has
terminated in tragedy described below We
will give a translation of the incidents, before re-
curding what we know of her. They are coped.
in the Courier des Etates Uns of this city, from
the Semaphore, u journal of Marseilles, which
usually gives the news Of the Orient on its first
arrival at that port. The event, that paper states
had made powerful sensation at Consantinople /
(rnANsLArroN.)
A young Greek girl, Of extraordinary beauty,
WAS married, some years since, to an English
physician, DR.. Millingen, who had taken up his
residence in the Capital Of the East. After the
birth Of several children, the husband, having dis
covered an intimacy between his wife and Fethi-
pacha, the nephew of the Sultan, procured a di-
vorce. Soon after the divorced beauty made
conquest of Mehemet-Pacha, pacha of Belgrade,
who married her on condition of her embracinS
The Mahomedan religion.
Although very much in love, Mehemet did not
seem, after while, to be completely happy One
day at least, he reproached his wife that she had
borne him no child Discovering thus the cause
"' his sadness, she determined to retain her EN-
pre- over him by deception. A few weeks after
she pretended to prospect OF maternity, and, in
process Of time, presented him with noble boy
bought or stolen for her by faithful slave who
VAS devoted to her interests. The village which
was the blrth-plac gave splendid fetes IN honor
T." the event, the child was named Belgrade Bey,
and the delighted Pesha had not the slightest
doubt that the infant was his own
Soon after this, Mehemet was recalled from his
government of a province, and sent to London
where he now s) as the Turkish Ambassador to
,hat Court But before his departure he ex-
pressed the wish to have another son, brother to
the beloved and beautiful Prince Belgrade, and his
wife declared Significantly, at parting, that there
WAS little doubt but his wish would be gratifed
leaving her to. fulfil her time at ConstaStipople
The Envoy took his leave, and the child was duly
horn, the news sent to England, and the name
given to the second Prince was Usnud- -Bev
few days after his birth, Usnud-Bey fell dan
gerously i'll, and, by order of the physician, he
Was sent with his nurse to Pera, rural village on
The Bosphorus where foreigners reside, and where
rhe air is healthier than in the city. The infant
soon returned in perfect health, in charge of the
faithful nurse who had alone assisted at the |
Two births; but there was one person in the house.
hold who refused to recongnize the healthy child |
an old eunuch, who had brought up the Pasha
from boyhood, and who was the confidential mas
ter of his dependents. In the presence OF the
other servants, he said to his mistress: " Madam,
II that is Usnud-Bey, he has mraculously changed
while breathing the air of the nfdels at Pera ,"
The mother said not word, but, giving the
eunuch look of fierce hatred, she seized her child
and left the apartment
But suspicion had taken possession of the mind
of the old slave who had discovered the history of
his mistress and was well aware of the illegtimacy
of Belgrade-Bey. The excessive affection of Me-
hemet for that child had alone prevented him,
hitherto, from disclosing the secret. This appa-
rent repetition of the deceit, however, made him
resolve to clear his breast. He betook himself to
fera, collected, with care and sagacity, circum-
stance after circumstance, and established indis-
putable evidence that the veritable UsEud-Bey
died Of his disorder, and that another child,
bought OF poor parents, was substituted in his
place Returning TO his mistress, he took the
rhsngeling in his arms and boldly addressed her:
" Madam, send back this child, beg you, to
Alossud, the fisherman. 1 know all" The pre-
tended mother, at this, became lividly pale, and
lett hIn with the single exclamation, 1t is well!'
Just before the hour Of mid d-day prayer, the |
mistress inquired for the eunuch As steward of
the household and his masters favorite, he had |
Sumptuous apartments of his own and a bath to |
himself. She was answered that he w was. at that
moment IN the bath. Her resolution was at once
taken. The old man was attended by two SER |
wants while performing his daily abluiions, and
these she found in the ante room and ordered inn
periously away. She was alone with him
You wished to know every thing'" she alb
ruptly said.
- Yes, and know every thing he replied.
:" To whom have you spoken of it,
ITO no one yet-but shall write to my mas
ter! !"
= For how much will you keep the secret"
:" will not keep it--Iwill write immediately"
g Here, then, is seal 70, your letter."
And, with these words, she threw n cord sud-
denly around the neck of the old man, as he lay
Weak and terrified, he could offer but feeble re-
slHtnnce, and soon lost consciousness. One of
the dismissed slaves had steathily returned, and
f"und her struggling at the cord, and eXclaimng
with the rage of Il fury:
"9ou would know all know more, then =
Write, now, to your master! Write now, old
fool!"
At these vociferations, and the chokngs Of the
victim, the slave fled, spreading the alarm with
cries of terror. Some of the servants rushed into
the street with the dreadful news, and others hur-
ried to the bathroom, where the old eunuch
dragged from his bath, had fallen senseless on the
marble floor. Deliberately unoosng the cord,
the mistress calmly and silently walked through
The terrified crowd, and gained her own apart
ments. ..
The eunuch had been kind old man to the
other servants, and their distress the rightful
scene before them, was unbounded Every pos
slble effort was made to restore him, but in vain.
tie rallied for a few moments, summoned strength
enough to reveal the circumstances given above,
and died with the words on his lips.
All the vast city Of Constantinople was aroused
with electric rapidity by the news. Crowds
Losheu 10 the palace, and spite Of the high rank of
he guilty woman, the cadi ordered her to prison.
telI;oencs was vas despatched to London with the in,
uihsence, ana she will remain imprisoned, and
the affair uninvestigated further, iii his return.
Inc criminal, to all questions addressed 10 her. \