Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-08-11

Nhluh We cohuehse the iolloNinp account
Of the administration Of that country.
"The whole system is compared by the
author toa wine press, Of which the polit.
ical hierarchy Is the screw and the sultan
Abderrohman the motive power What
the said press is required to do is to pro.
ducc torrents ofgold. Obtaining treasure
Is the sole object Of the Government The
army is but fiscal engine; there is no no.
vyi the administration ofiustico is one of
the chief sources Of revenue, and the pub
lie works are limited to stopping up the
creyices in the tottering mosques with
few handiuls Of mud and mortar. All 9TH
er cdiiices are allowed to fall to ruin
Houses fall in frequently, crushing the
inmates to death, and yet elicit no other
remark but that 1t was writtenn As to
foreign relations, they are, in principle,
regarded as pestilence, to be avoided as
much as possible. The Sultan does not
desire any trade with Christian nations
the encroaching spirit of which ho breads
d above all things nay, he would willing-
, ly give up all his maritime towns were he
= but sure that the Christians would not en-.
croach any further. lie wants to remain
at peace in the midst of his wives and cof-
fers but his greatest desire is to keep in
ignorance Of what takes place on the
points of his territory which are deficd
3 10y the presence of the Nazarencs Tan
I ger, the residence of the Christian con-
: suls, is particular odious to him its very
name is pronounced with contempt, and
its Mussulman inhabitants are confound-
ed in the same class with the Jewish and
Nazarinc dogs with whom they converse.
"The sultan has yizer, called Sdi-Ma-
homed.ei-Katib. This man, once a gro
Ger, and now honored with the title of OK
ccllency, desires nothing more earnestly
than to be rid of his office, for he is placed
between the constant omplaintofthc con-
'suls-gcneral, who are never satisfied and
the instructions Of his master, which are
simply these: to promise everything, but
, donothing; to gain time to raise constant
= obstacles to their wishes in short to tire
them out, and, above all, never to mention
word about them to the sultan. The
financial system recommends itself by its
wonderful simplicity there are no costly
y, government offices. no clerks, and nc
book-kecping-nothing but good stick
and few yards of rope. The sultan says
to one Of his pashas, i want 100000 pias,
ters. The pasha calls his kaids, or gov
ernors OF towns, and says to them, 'SidG
= Jour lord,) wants money; whichever oi
you does not bring me 100000 piaster
shall die in prison.. The kaids each con
woke the richest merchants and notable.
v of their towns and say 'Sida wants mon
y ey; let each ofyou bring me 1000 pias
.e ters he that fails to do so shall die unde
the bastinado.' By this means the roya
is eXchequer receives the sum required, be
/, ing but small sum of what has been ex
d tortcd.
Is The pashas, Of course, get iQmensel,
es rich; but their turn never fails to come
~ As soon as one of them is believed by tn
10 sultan to have rather too much property
ty detachment of the black guards (w
Is. mean no offence to that respectable force
ty for such is its official name) is sent to SUI
by round the palace Of the unluclly official
~ he is seized without ceremony, throw
hs across the back of mule, tied like bun
IN die of straw, and thus taken to the capi
ny tai, exposed all along to the most bruta
m treatment. He is then thrown into pris
Is. on, and bastinadoed daily until he reveal
a where he keeps his treasure. Four year
ly ago the taid of Darel-Bed underwent fo
it whole month the daily torture of bein
to hoisted up between two erect poles, an
,h let fall again upon heap of benches
the barbary fig-tree, which are armed wit
i long thorns penetrating deep into to tn
I'd flesh. Still, all that was got out of lin
OF Only dlllOuulCN 10 IL lew llOuSdllN llldSltI
Is, and he expired under the barbarous tol
a ture prescribed, without telling the pla,
Sc where he had buried his immense trea
g. ure. But the sultan seldom proceeds t
ms such extremities. When he has extorte
n. a sufficient sum he restores his victim {
n all his former honors, and waits till he
Mt ripe for fresh operations. If his majest
y. has resolved upon Kidding himself of OF
#. of his dignitaries, he sends for him, I
70 ceives him with extraordinary favor, al
We offers him a cup of coffee, A few hou
,b after the audience the favored one expir
,d in violent convulsions, and the bystande
tb say, 1T was written"
~ IN A. H. SMITH & co.