The Shasta courier., 1867-08-24
SH HASTA COURIER
The :. Butcheru Of Acre.


The Butcher" of Acre.
This fellow took pride in the title of Ell
Jezzar. the Butcher While yet a boy,
FL Jezzar formed the queer notion of getting
| into the service of some one high in power,
and in ord, r to do sold himself to Alley
Bey. one of the Pachas of Egypt. BY this
move he obtained Il position which enabled
him to obtain the office of Governor of Cniro.
At later period he was placed by the Euir
| OF the Druses in command at Beyrnut, and
| from there was transferred to the Pashalic
of Acre and Sidon. BY his vigor and ener-
W he snon extended his government so Us to
include the whole of Palestine and part of
Syria. from jerusalem 10 Baalbec His
power being firmly established. he gave him,
self up to the qualification of disposition
for cruelty which makes his name TO this
dnv byword throughout all The East One
Of his favorite tricks was to sell the Govern
ment of province to rivals. ufIen to broth
ers or even father and son, and then secretly
| encourage them to butcher each other that he
might again sell the the place.
But if his cruelty was monstrous when ex-
hibited towards such a these. to whom he
might appear ind .ferenf, it seems to have
been augmented towards the members Of his
| Own household, and those about his person.
1t was favnrite diversion with him to seize,
as if in play, any one of his fnvorites with
| whom he was cunversing. and drawing Il
| dagger, cut eff his ear lie had in his EN-.
plOy Treasurer, II Jew who was consider.
| ed very handsome man. On one occasion.
while conversing with him, Jezzar paid the
jew compliment upon his good looks, md
| willie the pnor Treasurer was swelling with
natural pride, the master called ii servant.
| nd nr1e ba
Some time after. observing that the Treas
urer arranged his hair as to partially can
ceal the lost eye. the tytant without hesita-
| tion, ordered his nose TO be cut off. But so
sweet are the charms of office that the jew
still remained at his dangerous post, nor did
he abandon it until he was compelled to do
40 by the fact of losing his head not in
the tguratiye manner which compels our
| office. holders in America to reliuouish their
hold upon the public teat, but in the natural
way, with Turkish scmetar. The family
| of the Jewish Treasurer are now the richest
| bankers of Damascus. One day. while
passing out of the city gates he observed
well-dressed and dignitied stranger, not only
| sitting in his place without paying him the
usual respect, hut actually laughing as the
| Pa>ha marched along this way. He ordered
the stranger to be brought before hrm, and
| demanded, in a voice of Il u lder. - Wretch
! why d d you remain seated in my presence %
j did so because | am stranger just ar
| rived from Damascus and did not know your
| highness.' " AT what ere you laughing?"
continued the famous Pascha Il was
| laughing at one Of yvur r.tinue who was
amusing himself by imiia il your higlness's $
walk YOU passed along" Who WAS the
| -lave?' roared Jezzar. Bat the unfortu-
/ I
will teach both my servants and all strang
ers n lesson" Ire said So cau>ing a bakers
oven to be heated red ho, he had not only
the Damascus stranger bat every one of the
ser ans wi had ac 'omplnied him that day
to be thrown in and baked to DEATH 1t was
his cusInm tn extort money from the mer-
chants of the city. and even from foreigners
coming from distance. If they pleaded
poverty, he resQrted 10 torture, in which he
was especially ingeLious. One of his modes
was by an iron cap made red hot and placed
| upon the victim ; head Another instrument
was even more effective, than others, and
| the invention of it was claimed by Jezzar as
| a matter of no little credit to himself. II
was a large copper griddle with furnace
under it. Upon this gridde the victim was
forced t. squat a Ia Ttr4ae. The furnace
was then made gradually hGt. and the obdu-
rate merchant stewed till the Pasha was
satisfied. There is a Christian now in Da-
mascus who has. been put through this ex-
ercise.
| But this is not the worst of the cruel acts
| Of Jezzar. One day lie observed by acci.
dent Il Christian giving honquet 10 "A black
! slave at the door Of his house, and the same
evening he saw it fastened to the cap of Que
of the most beautiful of his female slaves. =
''Who gave ynn this bouquet ?'' he asked of
her in bis sentlest aud most friendly voice
II plucked it in the garden" she answered.
Nay. hut I know heiter then that" he
continued came. tell me who is your
lnver. and Will try and get YOU n husband. ;"
The ptpor girl was deceived by bis tender
words and AT last told him her story Of love.
| Her sweetheart was the chief of Jezzar
Mamelukes. Ii Is the cuStop of the Eastern
rulers to give the women Of tlieir harem in
marriage to favoriFe ,fficers or dependents.
| But the monster had no such intention. =
Ills jealous nature became alarmed. and
'ancied that his whole harem was unfaithful
to him. The next dav he sent for The girl to
meet him in the garden. She. cnniding in
his promise. Came. full Of hope; but one
glance at his terrible counfenance dispelied
1t all. SEEING her v hair. lie drew his
unless she confessed her crime and disclosed
her aecompl'res. In vain she appealed for
mercy. asserting her Innocence. Throwing
aside tie axe. he drew his scmetar. and AT
one bllw smote her hea from her body
Then followed a scene Of carnage WORTHY of
the sacSing 9f hostile cities in the olrlen time
One after another the beautiful girls of the
harem were brought and murdered with his
own hand. AT last he grew tired of kiIlinr
hut his revenge was not satisfied. Calling
three Of bis soldiers he resumed the mass ere
hy the scimetar OF these until the shrieks of
the victims rang through the walls of his
palace and the fearful iilngs spread thropob
the city. The population were appalled, =
4 The Mameluke-. fearing that thew we're
suspected. took refuge in one Of the fortresses
II is said that - women perished in the rar.
dens and shaded walks of the monster unnn
the fatal day. What is perhaps the stranr.
EFT part of the history of Jezzar Pasha- I,
the fact that he lived to ripe old age, and
at last died in bis bed.-Cpr. .Alta.