New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-04

the lmPensi Peat nslsce belonging the Sultan,
.,d there entertained according 10 'os H., ,hrs
ucst priucey hospitality Three months - 80 ca
=, Cons,untinople half prisoner ani ha b.nnen
- entertain cd and battered. DID any 'niaS Iapfo
=. .Ssrge of a sudden the Imperial dlsPosiuoA w. ar
80. 80, snnesred al least; but enc m)tnins a. 1Ho
e.se Of the ninth month aiter ms caPs III SrnLiRq
lining on his sofa, smoking bis eaooiH ~. a. GO
80 h. was informed that messenger .so'u 'e ~
g.. p@-.a was in waiting. Ga beng introduced, tue
/ or-o- rresrrted q sealed letter TO the Dey' anu
-, \ rotiorless and silent while II was pefuse' u'uS
= onslv aseertsired that four OF his men were stAHA
T. N the re1t nom The letter contained tue sentence
az esth upon the Bey. viii not tell yO9 Ehstne. ne
a. 5espsr or indignation, whether he tred 70 resist %
| :. scape I am not writing novel eomPan! o.
zee .r soldiers were stationed the street oeISre o
J rsb ce; ard even If ne hsd succeedea VI ene0en7
! - sscspe from the house where could ne 90 70 hIi
q, .nre ASYLUM against the sovereign power Nooody
.sjJ have dared to give him shelter or refreshments
Va Welded 10 necessity and submitted 20 h,s NC a.
a. others had done before him. not that the Massu-
rersttiOulv considers that everything previous!
tten where there is no page for erraa, but because
he texture Of Turkish political society Is 50 nue. 50 COP
sILe IN its ntrcacies that the idea Of escaping rom
its DEGREES is akin to madness t On idea that ever!
we'll educated person has been taught from hls cmdhood
rrbe Srsrh of Musta Bey was everyday occurrence
- ,tst reriod in the Capital of the Ottoman Empire
Few knew it-sti fewer felt any interest 10 the event.
ard the habit Of gossppng being quite unknown on tne
shore of the gedu was ap'u'
= sna II uss soon forgotten Nor the Sultans an
Ger satisfied with the offenders death. His lands ana
other properties cOnsc2ed his youngest OrosheIs
sisters wives and children dragged 90 ana
here delivered 20 bondage IN the households OF favored
pscbss The old father alone escaped this hard lot tne
reveneef sovereign seeming 70 consider the total ruiz
Of his family sufficient punishment ior offences ey nun
Uncomnited. The old man Acknowledged the S1tans
orbesrance By refrainng from all outward show OF gei
ana from all ilnportunty he continued 70 reside IN the
aece belonging to his Office he persevered in his ale
glance 10 his sovereign and went on with the usual rou
tine of bis duties his intimate friends ana the persons
of his bsrem more than saw large tears rolling down
his hrroved cheeks and his white beard bat these rare
sxnns of sorrow were kept secret and death at last
found the bereayed father surrounded with h0nourS and
riches.
The fate Of The Youngest members of Musta Beys
family remained unchanged TIL alter sultan hannoul
death and the accession of his son and successor Abdul
Nedid The present Sultan is genius, no politician,
no reformer but be is simply the most hnd-hea and
justce-loviDg soul that ever expanded Itself IN tue I'M
ppre atmosphere of the Mussulmans law. lie has
formed no Plan for the future amendment Of his subjects
morals nor or the improvement of their wretched con
dirion but he never heard of anybody suffering with
out wishing to put end TO IT, aud the kind "ish IS not
easily forgotten The of Musta Bey was perhaps,
pronounced before him perhaps some incident recalled
the gloomy history to his memory Let the Cause be
what God would the is that after the death OF
his father Abdul MeGjd inquired about the dead Beys
family He was apprsed of their msiOrtunesi th)se
10 them end liberty alone does not Afford sufficient
food for Eastern gandees portion of the lands possessed
by their ancestors given with il. The principal vile
OF Musta Bey beautiful intelligent, sefwdled woman,
married the eldest Of the surviving brothers OF her late
husband His mother to live with another OF ner
sens each ofthe brothers took his separate abode in the
little village which belonged his part Of the landed m
Leriance, where they quietly subsidized into AnatoiIn
country gehtlemenpoOr substitutes Tor the successors
OF Dert Boy. 49,
A single piece of property, comprising green little
valley watcred by winding river and shut up on every
ride by bufhy hills and woody mountains, remained uni
vidCd ard consequently abandoned. That valley with
It's river s mountain and its forests have bought from
the brothers Of Musta Bey and here. in the
now quiet scene of much confusion aud strife have
sought refuge from the consequences OF the catastrophe
Of lis and the hearrendng spectacle which meets the
eye in Europe.
ON my departure for Jerusalem l accompanied
during my first days journey by the youngest brother OF
Alu,ta Bey, handsome man, much resembling, they
say his unfortunate brother true OsInan uwth
DARK complexion, immense black eyes straight Dut
short nose full but well modelled lips, rather round
'sce and a good figure though inclinng to obesity
Though far from rich. he rode beautiful Kurdish mare
were aaIge picturesquey folded green turoan go bear
testirony 70 the purity of his blood aud rich Arab
CLOAK called Machdac Of ine wooden texture, worked
with silver aud gold, was thrown about his shoulders
Thus accoutered he formed striking type OF those
Eastern chiefs that said to have disappeared because
they are no longer 10 be seen az COnstantnOpe where
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superseded the loose robe and the swelling turban
As were riding along the young Bey showed me the
villages the fields the hills and the plain where 80 many
battles had been won and lost First passed near
the present residence Of another brother of Nusta Bey
the small village Of Nerandcheir whose name is his
toIca witness Of the late events since Neranicher sig
nifes in Turkish ruined But for this name you
never could imagine that poor hamlet had Oeen only
few years before lOurshng place. Turning TO tue
left We reached the little Of Bayeadur situated
upon the same gentle river which waters my property
and only some hundred yards distant from the 0lce lofty
residence of the cousin and ally of Musa Bey whose fate
Laruily was less cruel. His capital was, however,
moi treated so leniently fine stone bridge the min
aet Of ruined mosque, and the tottering walls Of an
old barre ok are the only remnants OF the captured city
The rising village Of Bay eadur built with the scattered
stone which belonged 10 its predecessor
Here took kindly farewell Of my Turkish friend, and
left behind me the range of mountains which surround
in is shady valley nv Turkish farm and the root that
call mine in this far land among these enold strangers
Norvas II without an inward pang that babe adieu 10
that muchloved spot, where the echo Of the worlds
conflicts arrive sOiened that you might mistake t for
peecefl whisper There had found silence and rest,
vltndIiven from my native and from my adopted country
when hardly knew spot in Europe where could set
y foot viii out danger both for myself and for those
I vho might welcome There had found hospitality,
protection and assistance there had some poor friends.
POOR and obscure indeed but who greeted with kindly
smiles and greved At my departure Was il not wicked
10 turn nv back on these last gifts Of Providence AMI 20
90 forth again into the unknown the strange world such
we're the voices that spake in my heart while N!
sciogs Arab steed hurried the side plain lead
ing 10 TcLerkess the ancient AntinopOs Many, sup
pose Gre tie travellers vho the OF departure have
received such inward warnings bu; lew, pei haPs none,
ever attend q them How should We abandon 0ga
velcontryed plans. turn from our travelling couip.a