, 1861-04-25

his absence; his suspicion lighted upon his valet
| he therefore, on a subsequent OCCASION confined o
fly in his box, and leaving it in his divan, went
into another room, and ordered his servant to fetch
something from the chamber in which he had put
down the box. The servant fell into the snare,
was really tempted to take pinch, and the fly
escaped without being observed. In short time
the deItur,ar returned to the ROOM found that the
| fly had escaped from its confinement, and immetli-
ately asked the valet, Who had opened the boxT
: I, sir, he confidently replied; Il took pinch
This liberty he paid with his life the rufian had
him Aogged to death.
"A negro bought milk Of woman for FIVE paras,
drank it, but forgot the payment. The woman
complained to the defturdar, who happened to be
in the neighborhOOd. We'll said he, Il will
Immediately investigate the affair and ordered the
often ling negro to be instantly brought before him.
When he appeared, he asked him il he had bought
milk Of that woman and not paid for it? The
negro, in fear, denied it. The barbarian immedi-
ately ordered the abdomen Of the negro to be cut
Open to see whether his stomach contained the milk
Ii was, indeed, found whereupOn be quietly said
to the woman, Thou art right; take these Eve
paras and now go thy ways
"In bis garden the denurdar had den in which
he kept a lion : the animal became gradually so
tame that he ran about at liberty in the grounds,
and followed his master like dog. OF this tame
lion the tyrant made use frghten the people who
came before him; a species Of wanton sport in
which he took the greatest pleasure. II i 80
happened that no stranger came to visit him dur
ing the hour in which he engaged himself in his
garden, he ordered his attendants to bring any
person they might meet on the highways to him.
The invitation was sufficient in itsClf to frighten
any one to death; but when an unfortunate man
in the greatest trepdation entered the garden and
in absolute fear Of his life creeping along the earth
approached the defturdar he set the lion at him,
and the poor fellow Of course fell senseless to the
ground at the sight Of the wild beast. This was
now his greatest delight for, although the animal
did no HARM it was sufficient to frghten the most
courageous man to be brought into close contact
with rampant lion.
Before this lion was quite domesticated, and
whilst il was yet kept in confinement, one Of the
gardeners assistants was guilty Of some mistake
Of which the superintendent complained to the
dcturdar. In no case dilatory in passing judg-
ment, he ordered the rused, without going into
details, or str ming even to the full explanation Of
the case to be cast into the lions den. This order
was immcdiItely complied with; the beast, how
ever, treated the poor condemned wretch like
second Daniel it not only did him no harm, but,
to the astOnishment Of all beh0lders, licked his
hands, The gardeners assistant was not the ami
maFs attendant, but he had occasionally thrown
some Of his bread into the den in passing. The
bile animal had not forgotten this kindness, and
SPARED his benefactOr's life. The deiturdaF, on
bearing this, was by no means pleased; but blood
thirsty as ever, and without feeling the slightest
appreciation for this act Of generosity, ordered the
lion to be kept iastirg during the whole Of the
day. and the delinquent to remain in confinement
thinking in the anger Of ungratided rage to force
the beast to become the executiOner Of Its bene-
factor. But even hunger could not overcome the
magnanimity Of the royal animal, and the poor
gardener remained the whole day unhurt in the
den with the lion. In the evening be was liberated
but the unfortunate man did not long escape the
vengeance Of the tyrant, who, meeting him one
day in the garden, where he had brushed up Q heap
Of leaves, accosted him with, Dog, thou art so
bad that lion will not eat thee; but now thou
hast made thine own grave. HereupOn be com
manded him TO carry the dry leaves to an oven
and then to creep in himself When this order
was executed, the tyrant had the leaves lighted,
and the poor wretch expired under the most horrid
tortures.
A fellah (peasant) owed the government forty
mamie (eightp nee Of English money! the sheikh
Of his village had bis last OK seized the elah de-
claring himself incapable Of paying. The beast
was slaughtered and divided into forty parts the
butcher received the head and skin for his trouble
and the remaining forty parts were sold at one
maamle each, to the Inhabitants Of the village
promiscuously. The meat as may be supposed,
was quickly sold at this low price. The poor pea
SAINT now appeared with a complaint before the
delturdar, assuring him that the OK was worth
more than forty mamie. The de.turdar proceeded
with all speed to the village, to investigate the
matter on the spot. Having convinced himself Of
the TRUTH he ordered the sheikh, the butcher, and
all those rsOns who had bought portion Of the
confscated OK, to be called gcther, and rcprOached
the sheikh in presence Of all, for his unlawful con-
duct. The butcher now received the order to
slaughter the sheikh, and to divide his bOly into
forty parts Every former purchaser was obliged
to bny o part at the price Of one maamle, and TO
carry the flesh home with him.. The money was
handed over to ielah as an Naturalization for
the OK which had been taken from him.
AT the feast Of the Daeram, all the servants
and scySs, eighteen in number, went before the
drfturdar to Offer their congratulations according
10 custom, aud begged at the same time for pair
Of new shO $. You shall have them,' said he
lie now had the iarrier called and commanded
him TO make eighteen pairs Of hOrse-shOes to fit
the feet Of his servants: these were ready on the
next day, whcrcUpOn he ordered two shoes TO be
nailed to the soes Of the feet Of each Of the eighteen
servants, without mercy. Nine Of them died in
short time Of modification; he then had the sur
vivors unshod, and consigned them to the care Of
medical man."
II must be said for MahOmet Ali that these
atrocities were not perpetrated with his authority
or eonnvancc. and that at last he depOsed this
ruthless tyrant, and had him put to death; but
Egypt remains heavy and fatal incubus upon the
prosperity Of KOrdOlan. The government Is now
more lenient; but in province 80 distant and
inaccessible Us KOrlofan, there must always he
wide field for the abuse Of local authority and the
system pursued continues 10 he one which tends
not to enrich the country, but to drain il Of its
resources. The people are reduced TO abjcct pow
crty by duties and impOSts Of every description;
and the old prOvsFb. Where aTurk sts bis foot
no grasS will grow is here fully exempliiSl. The
province is now governed by the by, ar cUluuel