New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-14
ALLEGED WRONG BY an AMERICAN
AGENT IN TURKEY.
LETTER FROM THE PRINCESS BELGIoJosC

per or duty toward y&u N reiating 70 you We
70 sons which have fJToe5 10 resign the proection
yoar generous country hss extended to me. II woaa
no indeed 700 d. ressipg Il - the unpleasant cr;un
st rces ssteneing m thrs fer, | were 20 add th
tbouaht Of being Suspected o ioRratitude BY Hose
whose kipcnets has never deserted me-
D-,-,pc nv fist visit 10 Constant, oale hsd bat
thsks 20 give 10 Mr. n rsh foT his protection, and
never doubted oId be thu same w.ih his success
sor Nor 90 | ms an o complain Ct Mr. Spence scusl
minister Of the itei States a. Ccnstsn,inope hut
tie urs,esiy state Of his heath and bis Little know
e6ce of tie country, give his drsgoman, NJ Brown
greater authority ihsn oue ht to possess. The use
he made Of that ant ori'y in what coucerns me, IS
what am about 20 tell you.
Ihave LIVED Guriog FIVE years IN one Of the most
lue!s parts Of Asia Minor, among the N ret ignorant
ard fanatic of Mussulmsns far from every European
Auericsn agent and | lived in tolerable peace with
all. Ihsye received neither injury nor insult from
snv and don't know many Europeacs who have
behaved with such successful prudence. | WAS then
r,rch astonished when I rec. lived from Mr. Brown
di,pstch morning me was denounced by Greek
A. owing TO him the cum Of one hundred and seventy
fve thousand piastrts. The uan is known scoun-
s,eI reuced by bis notorious dishonesty to the lowest
deoree Of pover;y who had lived the last four years
NO, NV charity. ard tie small robberies be made
,,,op soue commissions used 10 give him, with the
fsa Of saving bin either from starvation or from some
,ror.e fate. When was Informed by Mr.. Brown o
bis persecution consulted my lawyer, who asked me
~ that man sd no t-ritcH document TO support his
r7o,entions. and baving heard from me that he had
sb.,p.ely none he assured nee nothing could be done
nv him. since TIE ca1itzlGt,ogs between he Sublime
Porte and the Chris ian nstons interccted to every
R,ah 10 persecu,e any member Of those nations with
ont rresentiug written documents.
Bnt Mr. Bro~n got over this difficulty, and acting
contrary to the law and abusing his powers-snce he
"a neither chancellor nor co-sul, bat dragomar-he
admitted the claim of my adversary and called me to
;udsmert. commission was named. notwit,stand-
inc nv proteststion and lhe procedure began before
,bTse commissioners-oDe named by Mr.. Brown,
another by nv adversary, whose name is Eugenio,
and the Il ird by myself While the affaic was exam
iued asked for my passport for France and received
this AZ swer by Mr. Brown: tat my passport was he
didn't krow hew, in the hands of NJ. Eugene, he
must have stolen it, ard he had neither right
pover TO make him resore it. insisted ano after
some remarks Mr.. Eugenio returned my pssspor! to
nv Brown who sent II to me- but without his wise,
bsvir, declared 10 me that be would not assist ms i'll
,ny r,ended departure. Ny Italian estates being
oes ered these last three Yeas ana my friends and
family injecting daily tor ny return 70 Europe, iu-
termed Mr. Blown of the disastrous consequences my
st,y At ConsteniiI ople likely 10 have Tor ns sud
nv interest | ion't cssimuate mat L had but
yery little money left anc that by spending that little
A. Copstaniiuople should fnd mysef in the most de-
nlcts HE condition, deprived OF all means OF living
there or Of going back TO my family. He persisted IN
depyipc ne his assistance. Ihen, too, he behaved
ilIe sl,v since the law docs not permit the deter
ton of passport, unless the person claiming tha1
same detention deposits security to compensate the
osmsgte reeultiug fOm the detention. meu-
toned this to Mr.. Brown and protested again, but
in vain The affair did not progress meanwhile.
The commit sionef OF M Eugeno wen 10 the Crimea,
tnr,ed the other nsmed by Mr.. Brown started for
LON ON and more IL two other months passed again
before Mr. Brown thought OF naming another.
This second named, Mr.: Eugenios went
10 the country. Mr.. EugeDios intention was quice
.yiJ,pt 10 me He hoped TO distress me by perpetu-
atpc situation fota to my interest, and 10 reduce
me 10 propose q compromise, an arrangement. But
this was determt ed 10 90, since 1t was not for
ne money sfTair. If really Owed one cent to chat
nan and bad refused to pay him. was O robber and
this wss The question wanted to clear up perfectly.
But this could be cone curing my absence as Well as
IN my presence my advocate had iul power 10 repre-
sent me- nad delivered to the commissioners all me
papets relative to MY sf,rs during ny stay in Asia
Even supt osug | shOHld be condemned TO pay
must get the moIey from Eurooe which could not do
while | repainsd al Cons an inople. But none Of
Remembered then l still had 10 my possession
English passport which used before | obtained the
American protection. This ] cot signed by tue Ea
Rsb ard the French cbanceleres and having obtained
from the French iItendant Tree passage upon
one of the government steamers, mot nov being
abb 10 Day Tor it, | prepared TO s,il after eight
months dett utiOn. But at the very mOment | was
going oo9n the staircase OF my house to join tue
steamer received letter from the French chance-
Tor informing me that 90 comDiiaace ruth recidma-
90. adj I'D IN han ID
Re was Obliged 10 oDer 0ppoutson to my departure
l again con. ulted my advocate, who advised me TO
ask u ieeol cOpy Of the American note. To this the
French consul Sir. ROue; answered that Mr. Brown
mad taken il back but that had sent TO him TO have
returned. He didn't get ii, however Then my adj
yocaie aud friend OF mine the same had chosen
for my CON misss1 went to Mr. Brown, and esked
him if pc hsd thought of the gravity and the egaiy
of ts Last set az well of the consequences to him
self; since | vas determined TO call him before the
maeistIstos Of his own country to answer tor It, Mr.
Brown showed himself quite as,enshed, and denied
formally having done any thing TO prevent my depart
ure. But, answered my fread Mr.. Rouet declares ne
received note on the subject from you. Let
him show it, then; returned Mr.. Brown. lie
declares that You took 1t back; but since
you deny it, you will find no difficulty in writ
ing what Won lust said to me. Nj. Brown made
some difficulty but az last he coud no, refuse and
WI ote-adding however that b. had only authorized
the Turkish government to co what ne thoug1t neces-
ssry to the protection OF Us own saDJecI MI Eage-
Mo- and had " prom sed not TO interfere in my favor
IL il write declaration vas Immediately brought TO
NJ Rou.t who persisted in fetling down al that had
happened under Mr.. Browns responsibility, but
ledt Cd that Mr.. Brow had no further reason
10 oppose my departure. And 80 1 got diseDangled
ard eosteIy Jeff CoDstantinople after informing
Mr. Brown that declined his protection further.
But before close this long letter let me observe TO
Won how mon,t.ously il ee al and pertoioas vas Mr.
Browns last declaration. Had be right TO abandon
ne to tie turkish government if he considered NE "a
protected by America Aud if be knew had got an
Ems lsh passport, and was consequently to be con-
sidereo as projected by England should be iniorm the
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