The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1854-09-09
Career of Omar PaCha.

MS Sdlldiii SeHeiai, VI " uie pie'NAAN
time, has made the Russians eat more
dirt than ever they did before III their wars
with Turkey, was not originally slave,
it is true, but lie arrived in Turkey a
friendless refugee. After embracing Is
lamism, he was invested by Cosrew, who
was a, that ,i,ne Seraskier, with the rank
Of officer in the Nizam. The penetrating
eye OF his patron soon discovered that the
young foreigner had more genius, talent,
and enterprise, than the majority oil the
Moslem officers in the army; consequently |
he never omitted an opportunity OF ad.
vancing the interests OF man who he iess
certain would prove valuable servant
TO the Sultan in the hour OF need. Du-
ring our sejour in Constantinople, IN 1886
we had frequent interviews with Cosrew
respecting the proposed admission OF
English officers into the Turkish army
Omar was at this time attached 10 The
personal staff Of the Scraskier, his hand
some person, gent|emanly manners, and
the luency with which he spoke German,
Frencl. and Italian impressed us with
the opinion that he was singulariy Ia
vorablc specimen Of an Osmanh. In
deed we had our misgivings as to the
penuineness Of his title to be considered
as son of Gilman, grounded on ms
very superior intelligence, aud h's Euro
pean style Of walking. When we last
n saw this very extraordinary man, 1t was
: at Scopia, in Macedonia, where we with
5, some difficulty recognised in the lion o
II the day the unknown aid de camp an'
II secretary CT Cosrew, the serassier. III
d was then preparing, at the head OF larg'
,t army to take the field against the lnsur
N rent Mahometans of Albania and Bos
'e MIA. 1t was in 9uelling the insusreetio
g in Syria and Albania that he first EN-
$. inetnly distinguished himself. In knEd
e. is,an he was equally fortunate but tn
n, most importan, service he rendered tn
I'd Turkish government was i'll subdumg tn
ae revolt of the Beys and Spahis IL Bosnl'
n where with very inferior force he r
st umphcd in every engagement. In shor
ed throughout his whole career he has N
only displayed military talents OF u
u common order, but the tact and aoili'
=, of an enlightened legislator. Ever ii
:, friend of the poor rayah, ne became II
- idol of that long disposed race, and at tt
Same time retained the affection OF Il
/. Moslems. Indeed, since his advent
:. power, he has done more to allay Il
differences betwee the members OF u
y. many rival creeds in Turkey, than ar
4, other man Of his day.
cb THE MISSISSIPPI AND MISSOURI III
-, ,ps.--yhc difference of elevation o' /
-, valleys of the Missouri and the MISS
ans sippi has been determined. The level
"a the Missouri at Council Bluffs is o
n,s thousand and twenty feet abov. the ley
90 of the Mexican gulf. that Of the Miss
no sippi at Rock Island i'll the same latitu
se, only five hundred and twenty eight 'e
- At Port Pierre, in latitude Al deg.
49,, min., the elevation is one thousand n
10 six feet, while at the lower end OF La
mo Pepn, in the same latitude the eleYat'
is only seven hundred feet above
p, Gull. .,
Inc There are in the Missouri 30 lslal
oho between the Yellowstone AMI It's mou
non one half of them product forest tire
at chiefly cotton wood and plane trees,
am low the Platte, aud above interningl
ngs with trees and shrubs pecullr to hg
ana rerions, until the prcdomlna,ing gro
'ous is stnn,ed cedar and pine, The mum
iinS of its tributaries within the same space
lare over two hundred. Very few Of Il
nifty are of any size or length The kar
iaef and the Platte are the only ones west
Post the States Of any value for Navigation
>'ha Nus. Jour.