The New York herald., 1873-08-06
OoNsTANTiNOPLE, July IL, 1878.

Brigand Saint
OoNsTANTNOPLE, July H. 1873.
enclose the text OF the frman lately granted By
the Sultan to the Khedive or Egypt. II Is very
luu and comprehensive document and the Khedlvo
should consider himself to have got the full worth
of his money and trouble. lie wants more, how
ever, and the rumOrs ABOUT the purchase Of the
Yemen and Mecca are reviving and are acquiring
some basis Indeed, the idea does not appear to
be new one, as negotiations the subject had
been entered into during the Grand vizierate Of
Mahmoud Pacha His H;gnness OF Egypt has 80
thoroughly ingratated himself in the Imperial
favor and the solidity OF his arguments have been
found perfectly irresistible. that his influence Just
now is all powerful-a little more slackenng OF his
purse strings and the coveted territory may
become his own. The other night he held high
state in his palace. HIS ships and grounds were
again lighted up jour, his sailors and guards Of
honor lined the approaches to his gates, for he was
entertaining as his guest, at splendid banquet,
Abdul Azz himself. The service of gold plate ON
which the dinner was served had been specially
brought from Egypt Tor the occasion, and having
once come under the imperial notice 1t could not,
of course, return to the use OF inferior mortals SO
next day it was carefully packed up and sent to
the Sultan's palace for his acceptance. az trihng
Offering, showing what his rich vassai might do for
him If he would in return do what was asked Of
him.
THE VISIT OF rHE KHEDIvE
has not altogether worked for the good OF the
Grand Vizler, and although Mchemet Bushdi seems
to be well up to his business and has as yet done
nothing outrageOusly bad, his doom is looked upon
as fixed and after the khedive's departure 1t is ex
pected there will be clean sweep Of the whole
Cabinet. An incident which has occurred within
these two last days may possibly, however, turn
the balance in his favor again, as 1t will furnish
him with an opportunity Of showing zeal and dev0-
tion in his masters service. virtue which will be
all the more carefully exercised in this case, as Il
concerns the fate Of O hated and powerful rival.
The eX-Grand viZier Mahmoud Pacha has managed
to draw upon himself the walls OF i'm
perial wrath, some say owing to revelations
made by the Khedive regarding the ex-Mnister's
'.peccadiloes' while in ohice; Others that he has
been discovered conspiring against tha Sultan's
life. whichever way 1t may be the charges against
him must be very serious, judging by the pr0mpe
and severe measures adopted IN order to bring him
to justice. In the first burst OF his wrath the Sui
tan ordered him into Punishment for lie, but on the
remonstrances Of the Grand Vizler, who pleaded
that public opinion IN Europe was in favor OF try
ing man first before condemning him, he allowed
himself to be persuaded to have MahmOud up for
trial to the capital. A telegram was at once de-
spatched to the Lieutenant Governor OF the prov
ince (of which MahmOud was Governor Generap to
send his chief up under arrest in the charge Of
armed police.
the Turks are beholding with
INDIGNANT ASTONIsHMENr
the ovatons offered to the Shah OF Persia by all tho
sovereigns OF Europe. ''What is he ?" they say.
'Neither Sultan nor an Emperor; his territory Is
small and his subjects--what was left OF them
after the famine-a mere handful" This feeling OF
irritation is naturally increased py the arrogant
the two subjects in dispute between the two coun-
tries-namey, the boundary question and the
tnlf xyEi inh nrlin a1otV ms a
treaty which never eXisted-tO exercise judicial
authority over its own subjects residing in Turkey.
two countries the present ministry have shown
| themselves very plant on both these matters The
boundary question is in lair way OF being settled,
THE PERSIAN RIOTERS,
| who were arrested In the act OF cutting down the
Turkish police, were at once handed TO the Persian
Ambassador, to be dealt with according to the laws
| OF his country. The extent of the punishment
their purse The majesty OF the law is vindcated ON
particularly solemn occasions in Persia by cutting
candle ends and letting them burn out, although
skinning alive is a more frequent mode by which
the government of the Shah signifies its disappro-
| baton OF the conduct Of an offending subject.
Except however, in cases OF extreme poverty
culprit may avoid the discomforts OF decorticatiou
| and set himself square with the powers by submit
| ting to pecuniary sacrifice and certain amount
of pruning, regulated by circumstances and
| applied to limb or feature, according to the taste
4 and fancy of the executioners. Indeed, further
| than this, Judicious use OF his wealth has been
u
offence by the mere iormaty OF a MONDAY walk
| through
| THE FASHIONABLE STREETS
! of Teheran unencumbered by any article OF dress,
| except ring passed through the gristle OF his
nose to which the executive oflcer attaches his
! leading string. With so elastic O system OF crim-
ina Jurisprudence 1t is not to be wondered at that
! attachment to his national institutions should in
the mind OF the Persian amount to poetic and even
! to religious devotion.
All the provincial correspondents dwell on the
| same subject OF compaint--the apparent ineni-
N a IL
! age. Near Shumla three Frenchmen were nearly
! hacked to pieces; IN rhrace wealthy Greek mer-
chant was kidnapped and carried OF to the faSt-
nesses Of Mount Olympus. 1t is only quite lately
that the government has succeeded in laying hands
on q sanguinary lreebooter-the terror OF the VIII
fages near smyrna-although he had his recognized
residence in the heart OF populous district. Tne
reason OF this singular forbearance On the part OF
the police was the asserted insanity OF this man,
and madmen enjoy special sanctlty in the eyes OF
Mohammedans. The tales told of this
ROBBER SAINT
are full of horror. Upwards OF hundred persons
are said to nave met their death at his hands. His
alter nightfall no one dared come near it within
| miles round Tor it was during the night that this
| human monster used to issue forth and perpetrate
his atrocities several governors had slccessively
| attempted TO rid the country OF him by sending
| which attached to his name had hitherto enabled
him to set all armed force at defiance. The other
day. however, more successful attempt was
made by the Governor OF smyrna. He despatched
a body of troops under the command OF q
determined ofcer, with orders to capture
! the priganu dead or aiye; MS mousse was
| escape strongly guarded. The brigand Mustapha
stood on the defensive the last until perceiving
that the troops were about to set fire to his dweli'
| ing he became desperate and suddenly unbot-
| ing his door, rushed, yataghan in hand, into the
midst Of his assaants, cutting down all that were
| within reach. He was OverpOwered by superior
numbers in the end, and, being heavily chained, he
| was conveyed In safe custody TO smyrna. As soon
he arrived there crowds ocked to see the once
! terrible Nustapha, who, loaded with irons, was
being conducted TO the feons dungeons He VIII
4 rp
and pass into the executioners hands for decaptta-
! tiOn