The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-01
For instance, finding her palace besleged by a
furious crowd OF Arabs, she half covered her
face with her shawl, and presenting herself at
the head of the staircase fearlessly addressed
tho houlipy pnoh.

'.what is the matter, my friends, that you
and although the Pasha is absent, I will do
what I can 10 oblige you"
'The matter ?" said one Of them, who ap.
peared to be one of the rlngleaders. "They
| have lately established, at the gates OF the
| city, q duty upon all the merchandise we bring
in, In such q manner that We are obliged 10
pay before we have sold anything; moreover,
the license to collect this tax has been con
ferred upon 8 Frenchman; 30 that we are Toll
ing to enrich an inldel. We wish the duty Ia
be removed"
II am on your SIDE" I answered.; II had
| pledged the Pasha not to Impose this tax; but
| an order from the Sultan compelled him to do
| 30, and he was forced to obey; the Frenchman
of whom you complain Is not responsible.
i Moreover, we have written 10 Constantlnople
to ask for the suppression of this levy; 10 two
or three days We shall receive q reply; tnere
is every reason to believe that the Padlshan,
| who Is q father to hts subjects, will grant the
| abolition which we have solicited"
At these words they all cried OUT, Zoo
| bless the wife of our Governor ! AlIan protect
our Pasha Long live our Sultan! AMIN
Amin % .o,, -
I'm praying for your master, you do WE'LL
| renIled: ..aIways continue to act thus, and
you will obtain whatever Ia just. Return 10
| YOUR homes, and as soon as the answer arrives
it shall be proclaimed"
They withdrew, satisfied at the result OF
their proceeding, AS for me, was better
show. I returned to my apartments attended
by their clamorOus blessings.
The next morning I summoned the CaVas-
baschi, and asked him the names OF the prln-
clpal authors of the disturbances OF the day
betere. He named fifteen. / Immediately
directed him, as usual In such cases, to seize
them-an order which was executed before
they left their homes. They were forthwith
turn until their spirit had been completely
subdued. Il may be that some among them
| aoere innocent, but in such affairs 1t seems pre-
| fsrable 10 run the risk of inficting some slight
suff .rlng both on the innocent and the guilty,
| rather than to excite popular passions 0y pro-
| ceeding In the regular course OF justice ID
order TO appor1ion the blame si.aSn,ng 10 70
not attended to; guilty and Innocent are arrest
ed, and chastisement Inflicted upon them.
After q time Mehemet-Pasha was recalled
from Jerusalem and appointed Governor Of
Belgrod, and, while there, Melek-Hanum gave
birth to a son, whom his father named Musta-
pha-DJehad Bey.
In the wear 1913 Mehemet-Pasha was ap-
pointed ambassador to the English Court,
partly, Melek-Hannm says, In consequence OF
her personal influence with the Grand Vizier.
AS religious customs and prejudices forbid
| Mussrlman wives to accompany their bus.
bands into q Christian country, the Pasha left
his wife at ~Constanlinople on his departure
for the Court of st. James, establishing her In
a luxurious residence, with slaves and N
tIcsln abundance at her command, His leave
taking was most affsctlonate, and the sorrow'
| ing wife at that time little thought that those
| adleus were the last that were ever to be ex.
| changed between them. Mehemet-Pasha had
| not been long Ia England when an event oc-
| CURED which led to the most serious conse'
~quences. The only son of the Pasha, Djehad'
Bey, was naturally of q slckly and feeble
constitution, and he was attacked BY
an illness which threatened to terminate fatal
day to dap-and AT
last the physicians lost all hope of his recoVe-
~. This caused the mother frightiul anxiety,
| not only on account OF her love tor her child,
but also from more selfish considerations
Mehemet-Pasha was devotedly attached to bis
son, whom he regarded as his future heir, and
Melek-Henum dreaded lest her husband should
take a second wife In case the boy should die,
and her own influence ever him be lost. The
feyerlsh excltsbility which this apprehension
inspired could not be concealed from the eyes
of the household, and sWoman named Fat
nah. to whom The Pasha had intrusted the
management Of the harem and the supervision
of the slaves, succeeded 10 learning the cause
of her uueaslness. At the suggestion OF this
woman, Melek-H anum was induced to pro-
cure from a needy woman q boy child to re-
place the dying heir, and In due time Mehem-
et-Pasha had The Intelligence conveyed to him
that he was the father of another son.
And now the troubles Of Melek-H anum began
In earnest. The deception practiced on her
husband had been entirely unnecessary, as
the real heir recovered, and Is still alive. But
Fatmah and q eunuch named Beshir, who
knew all the circumstances otthe fraud, elated
by the power they had acquired over their
mistress, assumed all atIonce the airs of mas
tiers, and ruled the whole household, Melek-
Hanum included, with unbounded insolence
At last they came TO quarrelllng between
themselves and the situation o afairs became
insupportable. 30 Fstmah was brlbed to take
her departure, which she did, leaving the
eunuch sole tyrant in the house. A:month
after Fatmsh's departure, on the occasion of q
reception which brought many guests to the
palace, the treacherous woman Unexpectedly
made her appearance, and with the assistance
of q confederate succeeded In numbering her
late rival, the eunuch Beshir. This occurrence
was used by the enemies of Melek-Hanum to
work her destruction. She was accused of
the murder of the eunuch, and arrested by The
police. Her money and jewelry were taken
from her, and at a latter day handed over
to her husband. Mehemet-Pssha was sum-
moned from London, and to appease the
clamors of his enemies he repudiated his wife
by procuring q divorce, soon after which he
married another woman. Melek-Hanum, alter
remaining In prison some months, was BAN
ished 10 Asia Minor. or course, the facts In
relation to the spurious heir came to light
while these events we're traRsplring, and the
suspicion was aroused that there might be
some doubt in regard to the birth OF Musta-
pha-DJehad. Bey. The Minister of Police