The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-08-07

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general reconciliation with the Mamclukns.
They were invited TO Cairo. where on the
lst of March the Nicernv received them with
the highest honors. After a short period
spent in smiles and confidence, the gallant
to the banquet. a portion Of the Pucha s
cavalry headed the procession. which passed
from the citadel towards the gates of the city.
But as soon as the last horseman of this
| SPLENDID corps, which consisted of four
hundred and seventy warriors, bad left the
citadel, the gaze was closed upon them,
and heavy fire was opened in all directions
upon their heads.
The MamcIukcS instantly gal.opcd forward
to the gate at the end OF the narrow road in
which they were enclosed. To their aston
lshment and horror they found that it too
was Shut. They were NOW utterly without
a rcsonrse. Many had fallen by the first
IRE OF the troops posted ON the ramparts
above, the rest galoping backwards and
forwards, lifting their pistols and attempting
to reach the soldiers with their scimetars,
challenging them TO come down and fight
| IKE brave men, and cursing the pertidy of
The Pacha. The scene is described as being
| truly dreadful. a few who had surrendered
themselves, in the hope Of saving their lives,
were Instantly sent to the cXccu.ioncr, who
stranglcd th,m, cut off their heads, aSd the
rest were shot down in succession till the
| narrow road literally streamcd with blood. -
or the whole corps one gallant young fellow
| alone is said to have escaped, and he by little
less than miracle; lcaping his horse the
height OF thirty or forty feet from the ram
parts, he escaped across the plain.
The ich dresses, magnificent arms and
Arabian horses of the Mamelukcs amply
repaid the solliery for their share in The
massacre, and thus Mchenct obtained at
once the object of his ambition. The Porte
Acknowledged the act as one emitting its
author to the highest confidence of the
Government. Mohcmct now reigned without
IA rival: he saw within his reach the PISS
port of sovereignty.
From the time Nlchemct took possession of
his government, he exhibited an extreme
eagerness TO have an army well disciplined
and in accordance with the European system
The Snltans had been bordering upon such
thing for a century, but they had never sue.
ccedcd. In every instance the attempt result
ted in instructions, and even the partial
success Of the Sultan Sclm cost him his
throne and life, ard had blown the Niccroy's
limbs who favored it to the winds of Heaven.
Alctcmct succeeded, and prepared and made
smoother way for the proposed reform through
out the empire.
The desire on the part of the Moslcm
chiefs to Introduce European discipline among
the AslaticS has undoubtedly been 4 failure.
lhey cannot sand the drilling and style Of
tactics and although tlcy may march and
parade after the manncr OF the West, their
spirits desert them under the hands Of the
sergeant, and they arc but auomatons. Under
no circumstances can Turkish or Egyptian
troops now face European battaions In
The late desperate struggle Of the Ottoman
Empire with Russia, the valor of the Turks
sank INTO lnSigntirance when compared with
the iiely courage of the French and the steady
bravery of the English. Yet this was not
the case a century ago. The Turkish troops
who had never felt the degrading influence Of
the scrgeant's rattan fought long and boldly
on the banks of the Pruth and the Danube
against the finest troops Of Germany and
Russia. The fiery spahs and the indomitable
innlzarilrs had no European drill-masters, or
European costumes, and yet they beat the
picked 'e'eiars Of Joseph aud Cathaline in
many fair field fight, and even when ouscd
in batu, they came again on the field with
fresh aldor, ready to meet the enemy and re-
cover from the tarnsh of defeat. In those
days the German was happy if the Turk did
not hunt him over the frontiers Of Hungary.
and no Russian dared to put his foot across
the Danube.
Nlehemei' s superiority sIonc forth in the
fact that he introduced European discipline,
and while he lived made his soldiers among
the nation of the East unconquerable. lie
lndrniabIy he was the ablcs! general in the
East. His troops were never beaten when
he commanded them III person, and he has
often recovered the field when lost by his
sons. His conquest Of Syria exhibited not
only the talents Of a soldier but those of u
statesman, and this conquest would have
ended but for England's interference with
making him master Of ConstantinoFle and
Saltan Of the Empire. Hence ard by the
force of lis genius he extended his domains
from SEMINAR to the Taurus, and from the
shores Of the Mediterranean to the Euphratcs
thus embracing both the kingdoms of the
ntolemics and the Sclcucides. with an extent
of territory far beyond the limits of both. -
II is to his honor recorded, that, oppressive
as was his military government, his sceptre
was seldom dipped in blood that he made
travelling safe in his dominions ibitcd
love of impartial Justice and, in all the
tector of unhappy Palestine.
AS a civil ruler he bacame an encourager
| of manufactures, he made broadcloths and
carpets, and as his people could not afford
to buy them, he used them AS the furniture
of his own palaces. He made Cairo one of
the noblcst cities of the East. The ancient
costume of the Oslnanl Turk, that of the
Arab from the coast and the desert
chant and robber and often hoth-the Frank
and all European nations filled the streets and
mingled with the women Of the lover orders,
| fierce and rough as the men--od women,
| the original models Of Sycorax, wild skinny
and snndried Young girls engaged in carry
ing water, whose promise of beauty and
graceful form could be discerned in spite of
their rags and ellin locks; rich Eeyp-
tians and fashionable women hurryng
through the crowd in the shape of bales of
white muslin and black silk, moved by the
aid Of large yellew Morocco boots. their age
or locks subject Of onjcciure: women OF
still higher condition, mounted upon asses,
and preceded by hideous black as the
guardian of their ,~charactcrs, on the way to
and from the bath Almack 's-lhe Cafe &c
Miles COLONIES -Broadway-the rtdoubtablc
oil every city of the lands Of the Occdcntals,
these things in their perfection are all met at
Cano, and for it the world Is indebted to
Aehemct Ali.
In stature Mchemet Ali was under the
usual size !; his figure, though in mature life
thin and straight from activity, became