Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-09-23

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Phr.gment Of an Owed y fhreedhon,
Poll, What was Cut Doua For Saove
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Last fail thsy eAeogo4 80 osu1se
just let thsa $3.50 - 0Asa.
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OF slss Sssi Asss = esssa.
(Nes Hsses Re0is,eT
A Dastern Tyrsnt
Women have no names in Cairo
They Of course have the names At
home, but no man knows the name OF
his neighbor's vito or wiyes. A wo.
man is spoken Of a. the wife Of such a
person or the sister Of such person,
but never by her own name.
The daughter of Mehemet Ali, the
sister Of the present Viceroy, is the
first lady in Egypt.
Her history is almost . romance
This is not the place to speak Ct the
private incidents in it which have long
made her to be spoken Of with con-
tempt even by the Egyptians, the vii
est race of men on earth. But her
husbands name is still terror in Cairo.
and men will hardly believe that he is
dead.
The Defterdar, As he is always called,
was the son-in-law Of Mehe.net Ali,
and the realization of all the stories Of
Turkish brutality and tyranny. His
palace lis in front Of the Esbekish, but
since his death has passed into other
hands.
He il was who heard the complaint
OF poor woman that man had drank
milk from her measure and then refus.
cd to pay her.
The man denied it entirely.
"When was it Z" demanded the Dc.
fterdar.
This moment"
swell, now, woman, listen-I will
rip this man open. II find the milk
in him it is weIl--you shall be paid, II
not, ] will rip you open in the same
way"
1t was done instantly on the floor of
his room by his men, he and the wo.
man lookingon complaccntly. The milk
was found in the mans stomach, and
the Dcftcrdsr ordered the value OF the
milk-tcn paras, or about one cent
to be paid TO the woman.
In another instance, tax collector
had levied on poor woman's COW, her
sole possession, for one Of the enor
nous taxes Of Mchcmct Ali. The COW
was worth two hundred piastrcs. The
tax was forty. The collector took the
cow sent fora butehcr,ma him kill the
COW, and cut it into ten pieces, and
then sent for ten men and forced them
to take and pay for the pieces six pias'
tres each. II WAS cheap meat but they
would not have touched it except un-
der force
The woman complained TO the Def
ter'lar that her COW worth two humid
red piastrcs, had been in this manner
sold for sixty, and by the oppression of
the collector she was left destitute
The Dcttcrdar sent a boat to the Will
age, and brought all the parties and
witnesses to his palace.
1t was clear case Of oppression.
allow dare you kill that woman's
COW :" said he to the butcher.
81 was afraid Of the collector. lie |
made me do it,"
DO then, what tell YOU. Kill that
man, the collector, and cut him into
ten pieces"
1t WAS done on the spot, and every
man who had the beef at six pastries
was made 10 buy piece Of the collcc-
tor at twenty, and so the poor woman
had the value Of her COW.
These instances are both on the side
OF iustice-but others, countless stories
of his crucItics are told, which are per
icctly reliable.
Ills horse was badly shod so that
nail pr,cked his foot, not All uncom-
mon occurrence with the best of black
smiths. But he went TO the shop, and
had hot shoe nailed on the foot OF
the smith. These and other similar a.
counts may he relied upon. Every
one in Cairo knew hundred such.