Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1854-06-03
TURKISH JUSTICE.

| In the Turkish camp at Bosnia, in Il LARGE
marquee, we found twelve field officers with
| the multi, or docter of Mahometan law seated
on two lines of dlvans, at the upper ends Of
which were the places of the two majors. 9ener-
al, Arb Ahmed Pasha and Mustapha Pasha; and
near tnenl two clerks, to record the proceed
lngs. When we had all sat down. for the off
! GERS rose 10 receive us. pipes narchl'es and
coffee were brought, and the days work com.
menced, Osman Aga having taken his stand
behind me to explain what was going on. The
court was commissioned to exmaine and class
the prisoners, with the power of acqutinr
| those found innocent, but not possessing that
! Of condemning the guilty, who were to be
finally judged by Omar Pasha and Haireddin
Pasha, with several assessors. Five of the
accused had been selected to undergo this inyes-
| tgatlon Of their cupabilty The first was
| very tall and thin old man, of a cringing and
sinister aspect. He had been school master,
and he was charged with having written the
| correspondence kept up between some of the
rebel chiefs He pleaded guilty to having
indicted the letters ,sbut he denied that he lad
at the time any knowledge of their real purport
The tenor OF tLem and his evident acuteness,
conpeately refuted this plea and he was COM
mitted for trial by the higher court
The next prisoner was also en- Old man, with
4 long white beard, who had been one of the
principle instigators and directors of the insur-
rection in Turkish Croatia, and who was ap.
parentIy cunning old fox. His name was
Abdullaha Aga. the servant of God. He as
serted that he had not been present at any of
the engagements, and he succeeded in sub.
stantiating his assertion by calling witnesses
from among those arrested, who all deposed
in his favor; but there was too strong an ap-
pearance of his having been deeply implicated
to admit of his acquittal.
good idea suggested itself to Ahmed Pa
sha; he ordered that the old man should remain
in the tent during the trial Of the others. Two
young men were then brought in, chained to-
gether. The first pleaded an abb, which was
weakly enough supported but the case against
him was not strong, but the court decided that
his chains should be struck off, gave him Ger.
iltlcate of dismissal to prevent his being mo.
Tested by the police, and set him free. The
poor man almost lost his wits with JOY. He
fell on his knees, and kissed the ground at the
feet of the two pashas. 1t was Il remarkable
fact, and a fact that is most eloquent in favor
of the spirit now existing among the Turks,
that this man was a Christian, while those |
saw committed for trial were Mahommetans.
The other young man was very handsome,
probably not more than l6 or u years of age.
He was accused of having led the rebels of his
district, 800 in number, and Of having fought |
with great success in several battles. He re-
fused to make any answer to the questions put |
to him. Ahmed Pasha then addressed the old |
man whom he had ordered to remain, and who |
now fell completely into the snare, in spite of
all his cunning; for he supposed that he was
forgiven, and wished to show his gratitude by |
zeal for the government He replied TO Ahmed |
Pasha that the youth was the well-known Has |
san Bey, who had contributed more towards
the active sustaining of the insurrecton than !
any of the other chiefs. The lad looked as.
tonshed at this denuneiation; but it made him
speak at last, and to some purpose.
"Yes," he said, 81 am Hassan Bev; was a ,
chief, and did what could against the govern.
ment. | am therefore ready to hear my sem
tence, but not alone. Who made me chief? |
You, Abdullah Aga. You came TO my house
when my father had been killed at Vutshak.
and you persuaded ME to take his place. My |
mother refused to let me 60, and you told her
that without me, the men Of the district would
disband | went but u did not. You sent /
US young men who believed your words, and
you remained in your house. Pasha, am
guilty." "Tshoyuk!" said Ahmed Pasha-
"ChiId. our padi,hah will, hope, be mercfuI
to your youth, and we will recommend you for
mercy AS for this old traitor, he shall be sent
10 answer for having misled you and others"
Frontier Lands Of the Christian and the
Turk. s.. - s..