The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-12-28
The Late AIi-<.haiib Pasl.a.
TO THE EDITOR or TnE uER,LD.


Tie transfer o the correspondence AZ English iouFnli
into your OF yesterday much to be re-
GREETED for you % know the biography Of tbs
tngushcd youth ami liberal stl'esm1n you would no,
hesitate 10 pronounce The statement above alluded
most infamous libel
II orig mated Ia the SaJphoye de HorSee and has sace
been gong the ROUNDS. But Journal Ike the HEsAto,
noted for lie impartai,y aud liberal sentiments, vii
doubtless gladly DO justice honorable parsonage,
by correcting into which 4 has Inadvertently
fallen
AhChalb Is the third Of Rciscldd Pasta Meheul.
med Beg. the eldest, fOr tine acted Ia the ca
pacty Of private secretary 20 the sui,aG aai Am
basador n France Ahmed BY . colonel In the army
and AhGhaub at early age Oiled posts the
Ministry.
when Rcschd ~cni 20 England and France, az amblssa
dor from the Sublime Porte he took his children with
him and they Instructed there ~ proper masters
his return did neglect Their education FOR he
secured The services Of well educated Frpnchmen--
Nexsrs Bonet and Csndoa,he one an etrs n the POLY.
technique, aud actually French Coasl az COnsantnope,
and The other a professor.
Al an early age All Chsls showed such superior intel.
hgeDce and amiaby ~ temper hat n becsme the fayo
rite q hs father aud Of the people 10 general
Redschd proud ~ hin, and regarded him the
was also wen vcrset 10 French h,er,ture, and the
English also 10 extent
wheu the age a eighteen, he first brogzh, INTO
contact With the Official dgntaries ~ the STATE, be
cvnced 20 much good sense and ability that he gained
heir esteem and confidence, and bccane wese, the
mafye o, the day The fame Of this extraordinary youth
reached The cars u the sultan who. after personal
quaintahoe concluded 20 besiow his daughter upon him
marriage.
ms aihance with royalty elevated him 9, once 70 a sort
~ fversge the realm. lie irst appointed mem
Der ~ the Council ~ state aud subsequently filed other
posts Ia the ministry.
In personal appearance he was unlike his father or his
brothers except the sborness q his stature He was
ford. aud had light bar and beard, with opeu and
pleasing conntenancc. Of aiabe and amabe tempcra
meD with love of pleasure natural 20 bis youth, and
sultans for wife, IL wonder he sometimes launched
into extravassnee that with the other nsinaw o
the sultan h. lately incurred the royal dspeasure BIT
because be went rp0n picnlc-shlch i universal
tom IN bis counrytbere H reason % infer that he led
he u debsucbery to attribute the late disaster Ard
sd Of his boat 10 his condition q supposed
inchfetv absurd for he could not have been
acting the oarsmau, any way controlling tue barge,
az the correspondent seems ~ insnuate.
Bot why this eratlous effort the part 81 the French
60 nalsn worthy aud distinguished personacef II
e because All Ghalib, ike hrs di8strioEs father bed
the English b Cher esteem than their volatile Gallo
neghb0rs which esteer he also extended 10 iha Amer.
capS who regarded branch Of the Angl1 SAx0o
family
A. IN evidence n ~ Fart, permt No ~ relate Incl
Cient AZ the ne IL ths great fnJstria exhibition Of