Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-21
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In the old days. when Kuzuk was still pacha of Grosswardein, the good city oi Debreczin, the headquarters of the real Magyar race, suffered many trials. That mad Turk became enraged at the merest trifle, and then he at once thre atened to destroy the city with fire and sword, to slaughter it's men, to drag it's women intI slavery, to give up it's treasures to plilage, and to SOW with salt the place whefe 1t had stood.
 The mild and wise magistrates of De breczin used to try with prayers end pres ents to sOothe the anger of the crazy Turk. But one day Mein Herr Stefan DobOsy, the great grandson of Michael Dobosy, the immortal hero of 1926, be came a'magistrate.
 He was an obstinate and fiery man; and when Pacha Kuzuk, for some foolish req son, again threatened to attack the city, Mein Herr Stefan Dobosy sent word to him.
 "Come on!''
 | Thereupon Pacha Kuzuk fell into ter rible rage; and, commanding his troops | to mount, he set out on that same night, and the next morning he stood before De- brecZin.
 l Well, then, am here!'
 Now, the city had by no means any thing like strong walls, neither meats nor drawbridges. It stood. indeed, on wide and very fertile plain of black soil. Its sole defences consisted of twelve crumb l ling towers, from which the citizens used to defend themselves against the rowing bands of thieves. These were of brick, upholstered, and were roofed with reeds. They would have fallen to pieces at the ] first shot Each ono of them had been provided on the back with stairway of tower; and so, If this stairway had been removed, no one who was in the tower could leave it.
 Each of these ninepin shaped towers guarded one of the gates of Debreezin, but at a respectful distance, so that it should not be destroyed by an enemy at tacking the city, thereby keeping the city from the necessity of building a new one When you saw the towers, all that you thought of was, that the roof of each was good for nothing but for the storks to build their nests on; for these harm less birds stood till evening upon one leg, and chattered for hours long, as if they protected the city in the securest man. ner.
 Pacha Kuzuk had so arranged his ar rival as to bring his troops before all the twelve gates at once; and directed against each of the red brick towers one of the great round cannon, loaded to the mug gle, desiring to speak to the Debrecziners ill this fashion.
 Instantly there came out of ghe city Greek named Panajoti, who, although native of Stamboul, was established in Debreczin; he was an old acquaintance of Pacha Kuzuk So, when the city had any nice affair to settle, they regularly sent this Greek with the same to the pa cha, believing he would not be immedi- ately impaled.
 "Well, what do the magistrates in De- breczin say?"
 ''Yon< EHaellAnoy,w tho truth is. that this Stefan Debosy is drunken dog. When your threat carno to ,,e, he i.aame diately put all the young girls, women, and children, into wagons, and sent them away to Tokaj. Then he had the order cried through the town, that whoever had any valuable property should tear it to pieces, hew it down, or throw it into the wells; and, as soon as the enemy should seize the city, that they should at once set It on fire ln forty places, throw fire in- to every church, into every tower; and
 
 or mount his horse Gf had one); and then would he, Dobosy, tell them from which gate they should rush out; and truly should they so retreat from here, that neyermore should any one of them so much as even turn his face towards De- brecz1n. Mein Herr Kuzuk, how would your Highness be justified, should the sultan inquire what has become of the great city of Debreczin, which has so loy- ally paid to the Porte so many taxes, which has furnished such distinguished advisers, and has so richly furnished the army with flour and forage? Will he, then, be pleased that your Highness has burnt this city to ashes, and sowed the place with salt, whore it stood in right eous anger, because your waterpipe no longer drew we'll, and burned unevenly?"
 All this Mein Herr Stefan Dobosy had instructed Panaioti to say; and he repeat ed it word for word
 "You confounded, thick-skulled Calvin ist!' cried the pacha angrily: ''he is just | obstinate and crazy enough to do what he says" Kuzuk wished, in fact, not to be answerable for destroying SO fine city as Debreczin merely in order to appease his own ill-humor; for at that time there was in the Hungarian lowlands no other city so thickly settled and we'll provision ed in days journey. The city was SO necessary in that place, that, had it not been standing, the Turks would have thought it necessary to build one there. ''The vagabond dog" growled the pa- cha again, ''knows very we'll that I do not wish to destroy his city; and there fore he dares me in this lofty tone. Yet, should receive him out here upon the open, know should make hlm, in that case, travel such road that his footprints would be marked with blood" Panajoti declared earnestly, that the | residents of Debreczin were resolute to the highest degree, and just as soon as the pacha should have trumpet sound l ed, or a cannon fired, the whole city would at once burst into flames, and every thing would be lost; for all the treasures had been buried, and the women and | children were already far on the other l side of the Theiss: the hen would be en- ragged; one would seize scythe, another l sabre, and even then they could hardly do sufficient execution to satisfy them l selves, so highly exasperated would they be.
 The pacha saw that Panaioti was right. The Debrecziners had for once triumphed over him. He called back the troops who had deployed before the gates; he had the cannon turned about, and said he would show mercy to the Debrecziners; that they might be tranquil. he would do them no harm; that in the future he would treat them graciously. He special lyI praised Mein Herr Stefan Dobosy for his resolute and courageous conduct, and said he would bear him no ill-wil on ac- count of this skillful triumph. sNay, more, should he ever be in trouble, let him come to me, he can rely upon my protection; and. should Mein Herr Ste fan Dobosy ever come to Grosswardein, he must certainly find the pacha's house: the pacha would certainly receive him more cordially than he had been received by Dobosy."
 So the pacha turned back, with all his army and all his baggage, to Grosswar- dein, which was then the central post of the Turkish power in Lower Hungary.
 The Debrecziners drew long breath