The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-10-22

formed 4 complication OF knsvery of which the
Indignant old man refused to render himself an sc-
complice by remaining longer inactive. he betook
himself to Pera and proceeding step BY step in his
sinuating srnfce so peculiar to the people of the
East, and especially 10 the inmates of the harem,
he succeeded in acquiring positive evidence OF the
death ofthe veritabie Usnud Bey, and OF the sub.
parents in the lowest grade Of life. The eunuch
then returned, and, pointing to the pretended
Usnud Bey, said 10 his mistress, "Madam, let mo
beg OF you 10 send that child back to his father
Mossul, the fisherman. l know all" At these
words, the woman became livid, and left him,
saying, sit is well"
Shortly before the time of afternoon prayer, she
sent for the eunuch, and was told that he was
taking bath. No sooner did she hear this than
her project was Immediately formed. The old
man, as We have said, was governor OF the Pasha's
household, and, as such, occupied q sumptuous
apartment, to which bath room was attached for
his private use was here that his mistress sought
him out The eunuch was attended by two slaves;
she dismissed them with an lmperious gesture, and
remained alone with the old man. You were
determined to find il out then % she said. "Yes,
ken about what you discovered % "To no one
yet, but shall write to my master" How much
do you want TO hold your tongue :" Nothing, l
am determined to speak. "And to write % eyes,
| mean to write" Then take that to seal your
letter with 20 At these words she threw a moose
around the neck Of the wretched old man, and
commenced strangling him. The eunuch was
feeble, and, taken by surprise, could offer but little
resistance He struggled in vain; his assassin con-
tinued TO draw the fatal moose tighter and tighter
still, and she redoubled her efforts she exclaimed
with the rage of fury, "Ah you wanted to
know all-you shall know more than you bargained
for You sought for light, did you here's eternal
darkness for you Now write to your master
write, old fool AT the vociferatioRs OF the assas-
sin and the groans OF the victim, one of the slaves
returned into the apartment, and at the sight OF the
H..l kafr
the house. "The kharum mistress OF the house,
is murdering-the khdnuns is stranglng the eu-
nuch!' A scene of general confusion ensued
Some of the slaves rushed, terror struck, slo the
street, repeating after the other, "The kharum
is numbering! the khaaIsni is numbering" Others
hastened to the bath room, and only reached it as
the old eunuch, overpowercd, was stretched out
senseless upon the marble floor. Betrayiug no
loosened the moose, and slowly retired between a
double row of her servants, whose impIecatlons
followed her to the door of her apartment: The
eunuch had been kind to the slaves, and they la
mented his loss One of them raised him from the
round, and discovered that he still breathed.
They rubbed him, and ply stefan was sent for;
but it was too late The wretched man returned
TO life for few moments, and found sufficien
strength completely TO denounce the guilty one,
and TO give detailed account of his assnation;
but he expired Immediately after. All Constan-
the news Of the crime, which spread with the "a
| pidity of lightning The Cadi arrived, and, in
spite of the k0nun's rank, the authorities deter
mined that she should be arrested and conveyed to
| prison. courier was then Immediately des-
patched to London, to apprize Mehemet Pasha OF
| the fatal occurrence. The culprit has already
been examined several times, and up TO the present
time the only defence she has set up, is, that she
possessed power of life and death over the eu.
| much, whom she considered as her slave. The
affair remains at this stage for the present, and all
| further proceedings will be suspended until the
arrival Of commune alton from London, or of the
| husband himself. AS you may imagine, this
mournful event has created sensation in the higher
| circles of Mussulman society. Ii is presumed
| the rank of the criminal, and that the punishment
| of the crime will be signal