The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-09
THE SULTAN.

hL SULTAN.
We copy from I.amartine's History the follow.
ing account of the personal appearance of the pre-
sent Sultan, an interview with whom Lamartine
describes. The Sultan had appointed meeting
with the Poet at "a small pavilion of retreat
wherein he loved to mediate, remote from the
noise and pomp of his palaces at Stamboul" La.
martine was then his travels and he copies this
description, made at the time, from his note book
The interview took place several years after Alb.
dulMedjid succeeded his father, who died In 1870.
"On entering the kiosk looked around for the
Sultan. He was standing almost invisible in the
| shade between the door and window, at the corner
the least lighted IN the room. The Sultan Abdul Med.
| jd is young man of from twenty six to twenty
seven years old of an appearance rather more ma.
ture than his age. His figure 10 tall, elegant and
slim. He bears bis head with that graceiulness, at
once supple and noble, which the length of neck
gives to the bust of Alexander in his early youth
The features are regular, the forehead high, the
eyes blue, the eyebrows arched as In the Caucas.
sian races the nose straight, the lips well cut and
parted the chin, that foundation of character In
| the human countenance, Is firm and we'll set the
| aggregate leaves an impression rather attractive
| than imposing; you see q man who wishes to be
loved rather than be feared he has the tmidity of
modesty in his general air, melancholy his lips,
| and precocous lassltude In the attitude; you
| perceive that this young man has thought and suf
| Tered before his time. But the feature that pre-
QOf0l0aLeS 10 grave uIeutauf6 bS1slDliiIy.
say to yousself this man carries something weigh
ty and holy in his thoughts like the Interests of
people, and feels the weight and sanctity ofthe bur
den Nothing of youth, nothing of levity In the
preston 1t s the statue of young ponli, rather
| than young sovereign. The hecountenance inspires
| q certain tenderness of heart. You are haunted
with the thought despite yourself that here is a
man sacrificed TO supreme power, who Is young,
| handsome. all powerful, who will be doubtless
| great, but who will be never Free never without
care, never happy. You pity, you love him, for
amid bis greatness he feels visiby his responsible
| ties Every maR in his empire may be happy ex.
cept himself. The throne has taken him In his era.
| die.
"His apparel was simple, uniform, almost
mourning suit. tunic of dark drab reaching
down to the knees the neck bare, loose linen pan.
falcons over dark colored halt boots, sabre With
out ornament on the hilt. His countenance alone
could have discovered him to the crowd. felt
moved. attracted, affected by that melancholy of
his majesty.
"While was speaking to him he turned several
time the pommel of his sword, upon which he was
leaning, in his hand. He blushed and looked down
az II he had the bashuness of his virtue. We at
tended him to the examination that he went to
make In person, of the military youth In adjoin
Ing institution" lF .a.-fsr-el
Lamsrtine can never view things or describe
them but as romancer and poet, but his books
are always agreeable.
HIS NAME-It was noticed inthe Dispatch some
days ago that Mr.. Jacob Tome President of the
Cecil Bank, of Port Deposit Md in company
with MIR. John w. Deaver, of the same place, was
In New York in quest OF man who, 1t ls alleged,
absconded with $500 borrowed money obtained
from the bank president, and also with the wife
of Deaver, who leaves two children, the young
est of whom 10 but fourteen months old. Il ap~
pears that the name OF the person they were
in search OF Is w. w. Levy, who formerly kept
public house In Washington city and at Havre
de-Grace, Md, and who also carried on large
business In shooting ducks In the bay and rivers,
having sent thousands every season to Baltimore,
Philade delphia and New York He left wife at
Havre-deG Grace, and Is said to have sailed with
Mrs. Deaver for Europe California under
assumed name
With regard to the $500 which Levy borrowed,
the Hartford Madisonian says he obtained on his
due his Intentions In regard to It's payment of
course unknown The Madisonian adds:
"Whether Levy win return to this place and ad
just his pecuniary afsirs here the future will de-
termine Attachments have already been issued
against his property, and the amoant Of two or
three have been promptly paid by his wife, Mrs.
Levy. Some persons doubt whether Mrs. Deaver
with him. although circumstances rather indicate
that they are together, bound for some town In
Mexico, where he will figure in the opening of q
public hotel"
FRIGHTENED AT THE K.N.'s.-The Limerick
Chronicle Qrsland,) of April 81, has the following
paragraph:
II eeferday lf floay1 tno snip J6eeis Win nffysix
passengers left for Montreal This vessel 10 capa.
Bile of accommodating five hundred, but the Know
Nothing faction In America has deferred many from
leaving for America" -
PURCHASE OF STEAMBOAT BIZ THE MEXICAN
GovERNMKNT.-A letter from Vera Cruz 70 La
Cronica of New York says that Santa Anne has
bought the steamer Ben Franklin, and the bark
Catherine Augusta, for e4e0, 0,O00-to receive them
on the Mexican Pacific Coast. Santa Anna wants
taem to blockade Acspulco.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives 70.
ted on Thursday, 100 TO lie, to abolish the death
penalty.
Tho proprietors Of fourteen public houses In Al-
bany publish acard. In which they say they have
agreed to close their bar rooms on Sundays.
| The bin before the Pennsylvania ieeisiature 10
abolish the canal board has been indefnieiy posts
poned.
| John Prsither, formerly Of WhseIiug, Va, died
of ch, iera at Warsaw, m, on ths 23d ult.
Tho prohibitory liquor law, Of Michigan, goes
Into eject on the lssh Inst