Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-07-16
THELATE sULTASA.


iher of the regniug Sultan Of the Ottoman
Enpi e. has been announced A letter da.
ted Cunstan,inope, May S, cvea the follow.
lug account of This remarkable w6man:-
'The deceased princess was Of Christian
origin an in 1911 ua. kidnapped BY Clrca..
sian Il ee boo,ers from a village near hnanour,
in Georgia. Her father was a wealthy peas
anr, aud was killed fighting va anily for the
protection Of his daugh,er, The girl. Mari.
am BY ma me, was embarked at Socha Tor
Trebizonir, and flom thence was conducted
TO Consian,inople aud sold for $3.50 TO the cell
ebra,ed Co$ref Pacha, who gave her the 70.
mantle name Of Bezut.Aalrm, tassenbly OF
the world J and on account Of her beauty
gave her All eJuralion to fiji her for the impe.
rial sera2lo. She learned 10 read and write,
to play The 'amhourne, 10 sing, and 10 dance,
and she acquired these Accomplishments with
astonishing facility. A, the age of ii, she
was presented by the Pacha to Heibeiulah
Suiana, Sultan Mahmond's eldest sister, with
whom she remained until she attained the
!
aud beaniy, she was given to Sultan Nah.
mouA, " no al once acknowledged her az one
Of his wives She had bu, one son, The pre-
sent sovereign, Abin. .Medjib, but sho al
ways maintained superiority over all the
other woman, and WAS The prefersd favori'e
The mnno,onons lie Of the haram is easily
imagined. Il ia n focus of intrigue and j"al.
nnsy, aud the princess had no occasion 10 dis
play the talent AMI the hpnevoence that hat
since rendered her an popular.
When in June, 1899, Sultan M,hnoud died
aud his eldest son, Ahdel.Mpdjid, at The age
Of l6. huckled the sword of O<man. the Prin
crss Brznr Aalpm hrra me valide sul!ana, ant
took the rsins Of the Stale in hand. Thing
went OF ihns for many years The SOL con
snled his mother for every affair, and ,h'
mothers iniunc,ions were rrloiousy obeypd
We mrst slur over the intlcrpns of the suit
ana with Ria Pdcha, they are oftoo nn,orion
Il character; bn, mp 10 the last week she wa
engaged in The public business. She was na
inrally parsitnoniaus. but her acts of hpnrvo
lrnce are innumerable. She never forget hr
Christian origin, and protected The folio" 81
Of her former faith on all possible occasions
She was often TO BE- seen ineogni'o at The loka
,iribnna) inquiring if justice was doue 10 "a
ses she had decreed, and mere than on
Judge has been dismissed for acts Of u,oler
ance. She often visited the poorer quarter
| lpt OH nd nj n ba sipL. ~
needy, without making known her qnalily
The treasury alowed her a monthly slpeu
ni E7727. bnt she expended double hat eun
chiefly in acts Of charity. She built and Ell
dowed The only Turkish civil hospital in Cor
>tautinople, aud gave her name 10 it Sh
built and endowed the free school on In
.anca,teriau principle, underlhe dlrec ion {
Kemal Effendi She has also contribute
towards ne building and repairing OF gre;
many public fountains. The Turkish Steal
Company was established through her infll
cnce and interest in the concern The CO.
, mines o. Hereke are worked for her accom-
, Ia iine, most .: the en;erprisin2 commerc
transactions have steu her among The chi
shareholders with view TO encour agemef
It is strange thai she has not endowed IA si
!, gle mosque or Mussulman institution, and
is universally believed here lha, she sill IA
, hered 10 her Christian faith. She had lepra
, ed inquiries and researches made for Il
/, members of her family, but they were in,
: feciual. 1t is probable that The civil comm
: ,ons and wars in The Caucasus have In
since annihiated and dispersed her relative
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4 cream OF iattar ! oz.: water G quarts; To
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. To the strained Iiqnor add ID. of the br
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), keep stirred until the sugar is perfectly d
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@ which has been previously put Two drachr
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and let it remain until he heat is reduced
:, a lukewarm temperature then add tat