Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-03-20
. Omar Paclla..

Omar Pacha, commander Of the Turkish
army Of the Danube, is descended from n
Christian family by the name of Lauas. -
He was born iml8l1. in Paskey. a town in
Croatia, where his fa.her,,anl Austrian off.
Ger, was stationed. After having completed
a course at The military school OF Thrum
he entered the Austrian army as cadet;
bu. goi into difficulties, and had to eave inI
1888 for Turkey. Thrown entirely upon
bis own resources, in a foreign country, LAT.
tas, poor bu, talented, at frs, accepted a
place as private .ulOr Of the sons Of a Turk.
jsh merchant, and afterwards embraced Mo-
hanmednnism. He Proceeded TO CohsIan-
tinople, and obtained position as Ieucher
in military school,; distinguished himself,
and was appointed instructor Of The Prince
Abd.al. Meshid, with the rank Of Captain in
the Turkish army.
On the lst Of July, 1889, Sultan NAH
moud died and left the lhrone--shaken %
its base by civil commoionsyin in consequence
Of unpopular reforms and {. war With Me-
hemed Alto his son, Add ell Meshid, o
youth oi sixteen years. Omar (such wus
then his Turkish name) was remembered by
his former pupil, and received the runk of
Colonel. AS such he served in the cam.
paien OF 1910, in Syria, under Gen. Joch-
mus, where he evinced an exiuordinAtf
degree Of military skill and personal cour-
oge. in consequence Of which he was al
yanced to Brigadier General (Viya)V In
1842 he was appointed military ,eovein nor .ol
Lebanon. In l843. he assisted. under The
chief command Of Redschd Pacba. inqueI-
ling the rebellion headed by Dshuleka Sue.
cess'was chiefly owing 10 his bravery and
cool determination, and be ,,rose, sill higher
in The estimation Of The SULTAN. ~ b.,,s.
In ,1847, Omar succeeded in, crushing
another rsvol, by sorming The fprJfcadon
Of The rebels, and was appointed military
governor Of Aleppo,j In l848 a arevoluion
broke on, in he Danubian provinces, and
Omar on The ,25.h of,Seplember, bpmbarded
the barracks Of Bucharest. In 1850 The in,
sprrec.on in Bosnia, headed by The robiily,
compelled him ngain 70 draw his sword.
He subdued .be insurgents and,re,esIablshod
the authority Of the Porle, by s,orming Yes.
le- Bihui. He then ordered all The arms "a
be delivered up, and made the refractory
country feel lha. iron rule Of the .copquerors
In December, 1852 and 1858. he fought in
Montenegro, but did hot carry his poin, on
accounpof The natural difficulties OF The
ground and the brayeaad terrible resistance
on the part oflhe Montenegtians. gf4qid
The matter was seuled by the inierces'
sion Of the Austrian Government. Ino,ht
same yeathe was appointed commander.in-
chiefofthe Danubiah army, and Summoned
oniihe 10Th OF October. the Russian Gener,
al Gorlschakof 10 eyacua,e the Principali
ties. On the 23d he commenced hos,ili,iet
by opening a FIRE upon Russian flee,ia the
Danube, ,iffom The rumpasis Of Fort Isakisha
4 On the 9Th he boldly crossed the iDanub,
with $4,000 men, and while engaged in l6r
thying his pdsiiion near 0hini,za, he was at
tackled by the Russians, but bravely resisted
i them. When Gorschakoff, however, haC
Z collected his forces, Omar re'crossed aht
4 Danube.lh ~ lg ssayi8lnsO snapiY slT
I 1Accoidingto a description by a German
4 traveller who was introduced 10 Omar, he i.
an,dn Of middle height end dignffied in Nj,
4 depos,mehti . iie speaks .flueE,ly. orgdei
J, whhgreatiloreey and possesses no smallIds
| gree Of persuasive rpo&eEd ASasGsnssal
!. hois Observation-Disclosures onlvifof hisicoolues'
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