Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-06-01
Iskendar Bey, the Dashing Sabrer,

"a wien HIS services are most needed, lSkcnd
m Bev, one Of the best officers in the Turki:
on army, who commanded the outposts, shou
les be confined to his bed by severe illness
or Widdin. In the action of the Citate he we
riding furiously down the street of the viag
Cd heading charge of his troops, when tn
80 horse of a Cossack, who was advancing t
o -" meet him, was struck by some shot, an
~. ~. fell Immediately in front of him. Is
hs kendar Boy continued his course an
ID leaped, over the PROSTATE body Of the Rus
sgn and his horse but, when in the ac
m Of doing so, the latter attempted to ris
~ and lskendar Bey was thrown violently, ant
c, he aud the .Cossack, and their two srced
4, 4, rolled over and over in the mud. He hat
>" no sooner gained his feed than ho found him
n sell in the grasp Of Russian soldier, whr
called on him to ask for quarter, to which he
= replied with a blow of his sabre, prostrating
his assailant in the mud lie was enabled
to retire in safety ny the advance of body
of the bashi-buzacks, but found that his ribs
had been disocatcd, and that he had received
severe internal Injury He remained at his
post for a few days, but Mt last was compel.
led to give way, as he was no longer able to
mount his horse, and came TO Widden to put
himself under the care Of the surgeon.
Both in appearance and anteccdents he
is the most remarkable man in the Turkish
army. lie is about the middle height, but
rather muscular and symmetrical Ills hair
and beard are cold black, but if possible not
near so black as his eyes, which flash like
fire under dark ovcr.hanging brows. 4 long
and slightly curved nose, small mouth
thin lips and high forehead, and a complex
ion bronzed by sun and wine, combine to
form one Of the most striking pbysiogomics
have ever looked upon. He is of Tartar
origin, and Il Mussulman by birth, and is the
owner Of large estates in Bessarabia, but has
been in political exile ever since he attained
the aye Of manhood. Personal taste and
family traditions have made him soldier
Hatred of Russia made him soldier of for.
tune, and as might be expected. there were
few wars I'M any part of the world for the
last twenty years in which he has not taken
part.
He served with distinction in tho Carlist
war in Spain, and the Don Pedro war in
Portugal, in both Of which he was fained for
his daring courage as a cavalry leader. Such
was his character for determination, that
while in Spain he was appointed to the com.
mand of legion called Legion Povisore,
composed Of all the maurais sujeis of the
army--cut.throats and brigans from every ;
CLINE under heaven, who were found ntole. ,
rahle in the company of more decent men. /;
This legion soon acquired the habit Of killing
their officers, and at last no one could be ,
rot TO command them exceptJskcndar Bey, =
hen Court llinsky. He no, Sooner found J.
himself in his new post than he, took tile i,
initiative by killing three men on the spot, !,
who gave signs of INSTRUMENTATION. Every. !
'ody WAS expecting each day 10 hcaE Of !;
MS death; but his troops, finding the sort of =;
nan they had 10 deal with, gave up their old i,
PRACTICES, and followed him in action with r r
valor and devotion. =.
lie left Spain and Portugal with eleven :; =
rosses Of various orders. 1886 found him y, =,
t the famous seige of Hcrat, in Persia, du. s. :,
ing the Russo.Pcrsian difference which ex. . :,
tied SO much interest in our Indian posses. y,
ions. The Chinese war brought him to ss "'
anton, where he was a spectator of the -.
ostiites from beginning to end He then H.
ntcrcd the French service in Algeria, and ~
'as present in most Of the actions with Alb.
cl-kadcr, and likewise shared in the danger uh' h
nd disasters of the terrible retreat from II.
onstantinc. lie left the French army with !"
e star Of the legion Of honor, and in 1913 Ia
'ok service in the Hungarian war of indie m
'ndcncc, under his old companion in arms, to
cncra Bem.
The trcachcry Vd misfortune of 1919 pc
mt him into Turkey with crowd of others. pI.
G quickly obtained employment; and bore tc'
prominent part in the campaigns in Bosuia la'
ID Montenegro. In the former he com. W;
Anded division of the Turkish army, to
hlch defeated a vastly superior force of the VIC
snrgcnts, and captured u large number of
er guns. This service was most irnpor. the
Mt, AS it inflicted Il blow on the Bosnans pel
I'M which they never recovered The as
vernnent evinced its gratitude by raising ha,
N to the rank Of pasha, but Austria and Law
lssa jointly protested against his elevation OPT
d he relieved the Sultan from his embar scd
's'nent by voluntarily relinquishing his vol
dl lgnlty. He now bears the grade of ne,
ioncl OF cavalry, and has had the command fee
the outposts at kasfat; though nominalIy TIE
'ond to Muzur Pasha, the SON of Rcschid
sl'a, who, though quite boy, and without
rerience, is Lrigadier Of cavalry, but has win
good sense never to attempt to perform Giro
onerous duties attached to his rank. the
' Iskcnder Bey is not above forty years as
age, but war and weather, and fourteen he
unds have done their work so well, that wae
looks fully ten years older As horscman hlm
sabrer, he has but few equals, and IN
badly no superior in Europe. lie is oen
lized by the soldiers rather for his brilliant &c
rage than any thing in his manner i
zen he first took the command of the out Dire
IS, so high was the opinion entertained in and
rkey, as well as in the rest of Europe, of whd
capabilities of the Cossacks, that the mig
'kish troops viewed them with couslera. hea'
apprehension. When the viddettcs saw anx
or three approaching they were in the Iarl,
it Of rushing to Iskendar Bey and rcpor- {"
the circumstance as one of grave import :" :.
dssipated their illusions by very simple quIc
cess. Whenever he received news of the to X
earance oftwo, three, or four he mounted 1t
horseback, rode out, and in sight of his and