The mountain Democrat., 1864-09-03
A sketch 81 TurHish Justice.
The Cadi goes out in the morning with
out making known his intended route {;

The Cadi goes out in the morning with
out making known his intended route
t4Ak ~ bis 2.Ls .S; 20 - s...- -.
and stops at the first bazaar. He seats
himself at random in one of the shops and
examines the weights, measures and mer.
chandise. He lends an ear to all CON-
plants, ,interrogates any merchant accus ed
Of infraction Of law, and then, without
court or jury, and especially without de.
lay, y,pronounces judgment, applies the pen
atty, and goes on in quest Of otheRadelin-
quents. In these cases, however, the
punishment is of q different character -
Notwithstanding the identity of the crime
be cannot treat the offending merchant as
a common thief; that would have preju-
dicial effect on commerce. The penalty is
graduated thus: the mildest, con6scation;
the moderate, closing the shop; the sever
est, exposure. This last is inflicted in a
singular manner. The culprit is placed
with his back against his shop, and is
compelled to raise himself on his toes un-
til the weight Of his whole body rests up
on them; his ear is then nailed to the door
or shutter of his shop. The punishment
lasts two, four or six hours. 1t is true,
the criminal may abridge its duration
whenever he pleases to let himself down,
but the Turkish merchant is jealous of his
reputation, and nothing but the last ne
ceSsity would induce him to resemble q
thief by the mutilation Of his ears.
Istopped in front Of one of these wretch.
es, who had just been nailed up. was
disposed to compassionate his case, but
Mohammed told me he was an habitue,
and that if l would notice bis ear closely,
| should find it was like collender. This
changed the current Of my sympathies,
and, as he was to remain sometime longer,
ceased to regret his sufferings, and re-
.olced in the opportunity Of making a
sketch. drew forth crayons and paper,
and begged the rest to continue their route
with NJ. Mayer, leaving Mohammed to as
sist me in my embarrassment; but Mayer
would not quit me; so we three remained
and the others proceeded on their way.
My picture was composed, the criminal,
nailed by his ear, was standing stiff and
motionless on the extreme points Of his
great toes; and seated near him, on the sill
of the door, was the guard charged with
seeing the punishment duly executed,
smoking a pipe. The quantity OF tobacco
in the pipe seemed to be graduated to the
time the punishment was to continue. -
Around these two personages was semi
circle of idlers. We took our places at
one side, and commenced my task.
After time, the culprit finding he had
nothing to expect from the crowd-among
whom, perhaps, he recognized some Of
his customers--hAZarded a word to the
guard.
Brother said he, 'one law Of our holy
Prophet is, that men should help one an.
other
The guard seemed to take an exception
to the precept in the abstract, and con-
tinued quietly to smoke.
Brother, resumed the patient, did you
not hear me?'
The guard made no other reply than a
large puff of smoke that ascended to his
neighbours nose.
Brother still persisted the man, 'one
of US can aid the other, and do thing
acceptable to Mahomet.'
The puffs Of smoke succeeded each 9TH
er with regularity that extinguiShed the
poor fellows hopes.
Brother cried the dependent, with a
dolorous voice, put stone under my heel
and | will give you piaStre.'
No reply.
Two piastFeS.'
A pause.
Three piastres.'
Smoke.
-Four piastrcs.' -
'Ten piastres,' said the guard, quietly.
The ear and the purse of the man held
a parley, which was visible in the counte.
nance. At length the pain conquered,
and the ten piastres rolled at the feet of
the guard, who counted them with great
deliberation, put them in his purse, rested
his pipe against the wall. and picking up
a pebble about as large as the egg of a
TOM tit, placed it under the mans heels.
Brother said the culprit, L feel no.
thing under my feet
"A stone is there, no Tever,,' answered
the guard, resuming his seat and pipe,
but it is true, selected it in reference to
your price. Give me tatari (five francs)
and | will place stone under you so ap-
to your necessities, that you
shall sigh for it when you reach paradise. ;
The result may be anticipated--the
guard had his money, and the merchant
lis stone How the affair terminated /
do not know.
LOCAL ARIsToCRA ACIEs.-In Boston, the
only recognized aristocracy is intellect /;
and the question put by Bostonian is
this : What do you knowf
In New York, it is more matter of
wealth, and the question is: What are
you worth?
In Philadelphia. it is blood, the exact
quality of which is decided by your an.
swer as to who are your relations.
In Washington, where politics governs:
How may votes do you control?
In Charleston, as in the Quaker city,
it is blood or pedigree, and the question
is: Who was your grand father?
In Cincinnati, the queen lard oil city
How many hogs do you kill? .
In Chicago, it was How many corner
lots do you own?
In st. Louis, the passport to favor is
secured by an affirmative answer to the
question: Have you any interest in fur
In New Orleans, south of Canal street,
among the merchants it was: How much
cotton do you shipP North Of Canal
street, among the French Creoles: How
does he dressi :
ENCOURAGING. latest crumb of
comfort from the war howlers is para
graph which is going the rounds of the pa
pers showing by statistics that the war is
" epualizing the sexes" By killing of the