The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-11-13

-fdel- Chan, the victim intended, dwelled in the
interior of Avaria, and was far from the reach
of his arm. The opportunity for dischargng
the debt of revenge thus cast upon him pre-
sented itself more quickly than the Emir ina
gined, as in general happens to man in the
achievement of an evil decd, fate seems to
speed him on his way, and suffers the deed to
follow the thought. "
Adel-Chan, accustomed TO luxurious way of
life, had himself compelled, in order to support
his family, to join TO the scanty revenues flowing
to him from the Aul of Balakany the greatest
part of the property he had brought with him.
The very last of this now gone; and as the
Sultan of Avaria refused him any further sup
port he seized the only course that was left
him, namely, to implore the help of his nephew,
Emir- Hamsa. He depicted to him in the most
vivid colors his unfortunate situation, begged
him to renounce the throne in his favor and to
use his influence with the Russian Government
to obtain for hin, the restoration of his parental
realm. In return he promised the Russians
obedience, faith, and the furtherence of their
! interests, far as lay in his power. For the
sincerity of his sentiments he would answer
with his life. ..
On receiving this message, the EmiF felt q joy
like that of the tiger, who descries in the dis
, tance q sure prey. He hoped, in the negocis-
ton into which he should thus have to enter
with AdelChan, to find favorable moment to
! execute the sentence Of the blood revenge cast
upon his soul.
Without delay Emir-I -IIamsa hastens to Lieut..
Colonel Asheberg, then residing as Commandant
Derbeut, informs him that, in a message just
arrived the Utzmey has expressed the wish to
hold a secret nightly meeting; the ground of
this intended meeting is unknown to the Emir,
although from his own experience as well as
from the faithless behavior hitherto disII,uved
/ by the Utzmey, he thinks he NAV venture TO
conclude that the latter is again meditating
some evil design against the Russians. The
Emir therefore entreats for the interest of the
Russian administration, permission TO proceed
! entirely according to his own judgment in the
! impending interview, even if circumstances
should render it necessary that the Utzmey be
! captured or slain. The Commandant does not
hesitate to grant the desired permission. Forth
| with Emir- -Hamsa sends the Utzmey his assent
to the proposed interview, and appoints as their
place of meeting, the upland village of Mendz-
halissa, on condition, however, that each of
them bring with him not more than two follow
| ers. The interview is to begin with the dark
ness of night. .-..e.-r r---....
EmirHamsa, unfaithful to his own conditions
had concealed in the rear fifty excsllently y-armed
! horsemen, and glowing with revenge, awaited
his uncle, Adel-Chan, who likewise did not fail
to make his appearance at the appointed time
| accompanied by his son, Mohammed- Chan, and
! a kuli (slave) from his train. Mutual express
sions Of friendship and honor having been pro-
fuscly lavished on both sides with feigned corr
diality, both princes seated themselves over
against each other, their broad burkas, Ia
short, felt mantle, with fur on the outside out
spread for the purpose. Both of them, however,
according to Daghestanan custom, used the
precaution of holding their firearms cooked
before them ON their knees in order, in case of
treacherous surprise, to be ready in moment
for defence; but the Emir's piece was loaded
with two balls, and in its lock was one of the
hints of Bala-Chan. The negotiation lasted a.
long time. The Utzmey depicted, in strong ex-
pressions all the hardships he had en- iured, the
| Il-usage which his son had experienced from
the Russians during his confinement at Derbent
the deprivations to which he himself and all his
family had been exposed during their involun-
! tary exile, and so FORTH He concluded his dis
course with the assurance that he had become
sensible of the foolishness of his step in re-
bneuncing the throne, and fleeing from his coun-
/ try, and would repentantly submit himself to
the further direction of the Russian authorities,
if he could by so doing attain to reinstatement
/ in his former rights Emir-Hamsa heard him
! quietly out, and only now and then in terrupted
i the stream Of discourse, by words of approval
| and attachment He assured him that he would
| use his influence with the Russians to procure
him pardon He had also, he said, already
done all he could give the matter a more ia
vorable turn, and had been commissioned by
| the Commandant of Derbent to communicate
certain preliminary arrangements with respect
to this affair; these, however could only be i'm
parted in the presence of four eyes, which
account he must request him to remove, for a
few moments, both his followers. Adel-Chan
commanded his son Mohammed and the kali to
withdraw until he should call them. The kali
! obeyed the command of his lord in silence; but
Mohammed, who seemed to entertain some mis-
giving, remained immovable in his place.
"Now," asked Adel-Chan, with curiosity, not
seeming to observe that his son remained behind,
wherein does thy charge consist?" az have