The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-06-15

gazed on him with bridc the tribe, with vene-
ration; he was tho theme of the poets song,
of the story-tellers tale, and of the warriors
carotisal. But in the midst of those bright
prospects, there was spot which looked full of
storm, to the eye of the sagacious father. His
sen ;; wss seaina; The Bcy was a man of sense,
his son was q speculator; the Boy was content
with the world as he found it, his son was a
philosopher; but the Bey pointed towards the
distant towers of Constantnoplc, and asked
whether philosophy could keep him out of their
dungeons? At length his time was come, as
it comes to all From his pillow, which over
looked one OF the most smiling prospects of
Asia Minor, he gave his gallant and sorrowing.
son charge over his inheritance; finally he put
| into his hands an emerald signot, wrought with
a mysterious inscription "This," said the old
man; els the talisinan of our house; it has
kept us safe even under the scymctar of the
sultan, for a'hundrcd and fifty years. Keep
it, until you must give it up, like me- with all
things human" His son took the talis,nan
with tears and awe, pressed it to his lips, and
then attempted to deciphcr the inscription. 1t
was totally uninteligible ohin "Thc Ian
glage," said the Bcy; "m which those words
|'arc written, is not capable Of being read by
one i'll thousand, Of any time of life; nor by
one i'll a million Of yours IF you shall die
without learning it, you shall die ina dungeon;
therefore learn it, son of my heart, as soon as
you can; The Bcy's voice had already sunk
to whisper, His son claspci his hand in
ilial anguish, and knclt beside the couch of
the dying chief "Whcrc," asked he, is this
sacred language to be learned: o my father 2"
They Bey was silent speech llad pcrishctl on
his lips; but he pointed to heaven, and then.
with his hand OH tho head of his son. gave his
spirit to the angels
.Austapha vas proclaimed Bcy by the accln-
Nations Of a thousand Of the finest horsemcn
in Anatolia. Tire world spread around him a
prospect Of beauty. Gold and Jewels were
like sand before him. The morning rose on the
prayers of his people for his prosperity, and
the evening heard the cry of the AIuezzins re-.
turpcd by the songs Of the Karnanian shcp-
herds from the hills, in praise of NIustapha the
flower of the land; but tho accla,nations of
the thousand horscmcn were more grateful to
the car of the young warrior Their suuadrons
gallopihg OH the plan before the palace, the
! flushing Of their scymctars, their adroitncss
with the pistol and the spear, kndlcd the pas
sisn which finds place i'll the bosom of every
Auatoliah youth. In hs glowing temperament
it blazcd into d dcvouring fame But the
flame must wait for vent. In the meantime.
he set his vivid invention to work: his quick
| eye saw hundred defects in the equipment
management: and maneuvres, of his troops.
| He introduced remedies for them all. But the
troons saw no necessity for their being wiser
shan their fathers. Like them, they could
shoot AN ca.!.c on t,:a wing, and cut through
turban Mt strokc.-,rcin up charger in full
gallop, ard slice Persian or Culdiss,"n sklrm-
ishcr from the crown of the head to tic chin
But their chieftain must be obcycd He was
obcyed, and his popularity instantly fell fifty
! degrees.
Mustapha kccn1y felt the difference between
the faint cry with which he was welcomed in
his next exercise of the suuadrons, and the ar
dent acelamaticn that hailed his former pres
cncc. But his conviction of the true impor-
tancc of the improvements was too strong to
suffer him to go back .Thcy arc my chill
drcn," said he, as he rcturncd dcjcctcdly from
one of those days in which his horscmcn had
man@uvrcd incomrarably on the new plan. ct
had suffered him to depart from the field with
out the waving of sword. IL must treat them
as such bear with their follics, and leave them
to have more sense as they get more knowledge
But it is unfortunate that we have no war. a
weeks real work would teach them the use of
those changes, and they would then know how
to value them as they deserve"
AS he was reaching his palace, in goonicr
mood than he had ever felt. before he saw a
horscman riding down the ncighboring hill at
full speed AS he approached, the yellow cap,
and the imperial dragon on his breast showed
that he wns one Of the Tar.ars Of the Porte.
lfc brought dispatches. They announced that
the Muscovltc dogs had dared to bark at the
sublime Father of the faithful, and what was
more, to bite; that the Sultan had already con
descended to retreat before the Iniidcl, for the
mere purpose of destroying them within his
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