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of love for him. She was in a short time pro-
claimed Sultana Valid.
Won the death Of Selim III. her son, Nah
moud H., was proclaimed the %reigning s,ver-
eign of the Turkish empire. The blood of his
mother which coursed through his veins. and
the ms ruction which she had iostilled into his
mind, contributed in a great degree to pro-
duce the amelioration and improvement of the
people during his reign.
whites and blacks 10 Martinique. The Gus
tom is not only tolerated, but quite common.
Fifty years ago it was not tolerated by public
opinion, as the following tragic story will show:
M. Desrruese, knight of the Order of st.
Louis, and an officer of a regiment stationed
at Port Royal, now called Fort de France,
was the father of three daughters - Laurie,
Louise, and Madeline, who were remarkably
handsome girls. Madeline, the most admired
for her beauty and accomplishments, formed
q strong attachment for a cOlored young gem
tleman, who was connected with the provl-
sional government Of Maioi General Charles
Wales, who was placed in command of the ISL
and of Martinique after it's capture by Sir
Alexander Cochrane in 1909. This young man
WIS a native of St Lucia, educated in England,
and had distinguished himself by his agreeable
manners, diguifcd and manly bearing, and Dip
lomatic turn of mind. His position under the
provisional government gained him admission to
the best society in the island.
Notwithstanding the aristocratio prejudice
against the intermarriage of the races which M,
Destruese had always vehementy expressed,
and fully aware of the danger before her, Made
line was secretly married to her lover. U to
this time she had never in public or at her own
house, where her lover frequently visited, ex-
hibited any mark Of preference or regard for
him; and her parents and family were totally
unprepared for the sad events which we are
about to relate.
Madeline soon found it necessary to mako a
confdante Of her mother, to whom she made a
full confession of her marriage a few months
previous, aud her present situation, but con-
cealing the name Of her husband, and %implored
her TO forgive her and obtain the forgiveness Of
her father. Previous to this she had induced
her husband to obtain leave Of absence to visit
his family at St. Lucia, that he might be away
when the advancement took place.
Her mother, finding it absolutely necessary,
informed the father of the unhappy condition
of his daughter. He instantly proceeded to the
chamber of his daughter, and demanded the
name of the man who had dared to dishonor him
by inducing his daughter to MAKE a clandestine
marriage; and at length, after many tears, she
confded it. He left the room, but returned in
a few minutes with mauacles which were used
to handcuff his slaves, and silently placed them
on her uuresisting limbs. He then loc&ed her
in her chamber, refusing all her entreaties to
be allowed to see her mother. The next morn
inc he entered her chamber with a loaded
pistol in one hand and a cup of poison in the
other, and told her to take the choice of the
means of d ath, for he had determined she
should not live another hour. This %unfortu.
nate girl, not desiring that the fathers hand
should be stained with the blood Of his child,
by which he might be brought to public execu-
ton, hurriedIy chose the cup Of poison, aud
drained it to the dregs.
The stera father who had thus secretly MUIR
dered his %dlughter might have been seen for
many years atterward wandering about the
streets as if in quest of something. He had
become a maniac, and died, we are informed,
an inmate of a maison de sa@t6 (unatio
asylum The death OF this lady was for many
wears Kept a profound secret she was supposed
to have been sent to France in care of some
relatives, one Of whom was the superior Of a
convent.
At a short distance from Fort de France
the seat of governments Of Martinique, rise the ce-
LIBERATED hot mineral springs known as "Fon-
tame Claude" These springs are said to pos
sess great curative properties. They flow in
large streams from the ground, and the waters