The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-05-08
4ittmunn 4ispatrt,
TUESDAY MORNING. May =, 1850.


A letter from Constanttnople, dated the Hin,
says; The trial Of young woman for the
murder Of her mother has caused = profonnd
sensation in this city. Near the Arsenal re-
sided \ yousbaehi lcaptain) and his VIE, a.
ma Hanouu. A the couple had no otner re-
sources than the pay and rations OF tne nus
band they lived 10 very o s,ecs wsre even
obliged to sell black slave, the sole ssrvan ,1
thew possessed, The wife. who was only
AND AND ssry
which distinxuishes Turkish women; and the
dream Of her life was to obtain such things
She had an aged mother, who had been Obliged
TO accent the place Of housekeeler in the
family Of rich pacha; and the old woman.
whenever an opportunity offered, visited her
daughter, and carried her small presents Of
swee,meats. One day, the pacha resolved on
givinga grand bang uet. and in order to en-
nance the splend0r Of it, asked his friends, as
is usual IN Turkey, to lend him portions OF
their plate. AID even articles of jewelry.
When the feast was over, all things borrow
ed were given To the old housekeeper, named
Ache, 10 restore to the owners and she set
cut with them, but. being rather faiigned, she
called on her daughter. Fatma. with eager
curiosity, Ques STONED her about the banq "et,
and the old woman, to please her. spread OUT
the things she was carrying rings
golden rarfs ian article IN the form Oh an egg,
cup, destined TO support conee-cuPs,l ahu
other yaluables When the young woman had
admired these objects sufhcehtiy, tue mothei
packed them up, and asked wnere she couio
deposit them for safety uht'i .ne next nas,
and Fa,ma locked them up in box. The
mother then produced a quantity OF sweet
meats and fragments of the feast, and proceed
ed to assist her daughter In spreading them
ont for her husbands supper.
Whilst they were so engaged the cry of the
muezzin for evening prayer was heard, and
Fama said TO her mother, 'Ofer up your
prayer whilst continue my task" The old
woman knelt down and prayed. When she
had done, Fatma exclaimed. ~ want some
charcoal, but the wind is so high in the place
where il is kept that ii will blow out my
lamp" "(iive me the lamp" said the mother,
laid will light you" The two women went
to the charcoal she'd the old woman carrying
the lamp; but, on arriving there, Fatma blew
out the light, and passing round her mothers
neck a rope with a moose which she had pre-
pared, pulled it tight The old woman resisted
good deal, but was at length strangled. The
husband shortly after returned home, and
Fatma made him feast ON the things which her
mother had brought. Then she produced the
box in which were all the articles of value de-
posted by the old woman, and said "Thank
Allah we were poor, but now we are rich ~ The
man, astonished, asked where SO great a tlea-
sure came from, and Fatma with extraordina-
ry calm stated that she had obtained it by muir
dering her mother, and she related all the cir
cumstance Of the crime. I'VE must sell the
things at once" said the woman, sin order to
have money" 'No," said the husband, eff
offer them for sale shall be arrested. We had
better wait until tomorrow, when we will
embark for foreign country
The woman had no objection, and shortly
after, the man went out on pretence Of buying
tobacco, but he proceeded 10 the mouktar
tmayor) and the imam (priest) Of his district,
and related what had occurred. Both these
persons declared that they could not believe
him. and expressed the opinion that he only
made his extraordinary statement to in
iure his wife. "But,' answered he, ''come will
me and you will see'' The man then took
them to his house, but did not let his wife
them. He then placed them in a position
in which they could hear, and said to his wife,
In IN a nSf iS 90 pYt r.ln Ii,
nary that it seems to me q dream. Repeat it,"
The woman detailed once again the circum-
stances of the murder. "Are You convinced
now :" cried the man to the priest and mayor,
when she had done. Ibid tell you what was
untrue! You hear that she was guilty-arrest
her!' The woman was then taken into cnsto-
dy. She has jus. been brought to trial for the
crime. and. being unable to deny her guilt, has
her execution has been postponed for the pre-
sent.