New-York tribune., 1876-07-11
CONNECTION Al THE CAPITAL.


the SULTAN ALARMED AT THE MURDER or HIS
MINi-rERs-FNECufiON OF HE AssAssiN-IHE
SOFIA, BECOMING TURBULENT.
IFEoM Az OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or TIE rRiBUSEl
CuN,rASrINorLF. june 19.-Whcn the news be-
came known Of the murder of Iiusseiu Ayni Pasha
and the Foreign Minister the city was in Il fcrmcnt
and the widest rdmOrs were ailOat. lt 10 undoubt-
eily the case that Government and people feared an
outbreak OF that reactiOnary party which has been
gaining strength during the last few days. Even
the Sultln was somewhat panic stricken This feel
ing of insecurity was heightened 10y the fact that the
assassin Circassan named llaSsan Bcy. had been
aid-dc-camp To the oldest Of Abdul Azz, and
was Lrothcr-in-law 10 the late Sultaa himself. 1t
seemed certain that the man had intended to kill all
the Ministers aud that he had accompjccs in the plot
Nothing uutOward took place, however. The MEM
bcrs of the household of the late Sultan were all
arrested at once and am afraid that some of them
viii never be heard Of again. Patrols Of troops were
told oil for guard duty in the vicinity oi the palace
where the family of abdul A2iz confined. and
the roads leading to Gdiz Kiosk, where Sultan Mu-
rad now resides.
Dn-.ng the afternoon Of Friday the murderer of
the Ministers after trial by court-maral. was
brought ont from his prison 10 be publicly degraded
lie was stripped of the insignia of his military rank
and was drummcd out If the army. At day break
Saturday morning he hung IN the square IN
front of the War Department. The poor wretch had
lecn bayoueted in his struggle to escape capture,
and believe from the appearance OF the body that
he must have died before being hung. The great
mulberry tree in the Bayazd-square served as glib
b,t and from branch of this by q slender cord so
long that the feet were but five or siN inches
from TN, ground the corpse was allowed TO hang
- A. tln INI -vi IN tuIl lrl in
the wind crowd of From 1900 to 1900 spectators
were gathered about the tree to view the horrid
spectacle. All Pera, and all the city in fact, men.
women and children, seemed TO pass my office door
on that Saturday. going 10 that ghastly sight.
The politicg importance of this tragedy cannot be
oy,rcstinatcd Ilussein Avni Pasha, the deceased
Minister of War, man of resistcSS viii, fierce
hatcr OF Christians of the English. and ot European
civilization. Moreover he was personally jealous oil
Midhat lasEa's power in the new Government. Al
f,i,s had almost come TO "A dead lock on the qucS-
,;on oC hc new constitutional government, and sud-
denly the great bulwark oi bigury struck down
and removed from the field. The great questions are
not vet decided, but great obstacle TO the suc-
ccssf solving OF the problems OF the aay has ceased
to exist.
The Softas. who united with Mldhat Pasha for the
revolution upon the common platform of desire 70
restore 10 Turkey her ancient power, have now be
gun TO differ from him upon the question of the
means to be- used. They desire a return to the
Koran. council to control the sovereign aud een-
era! casting off of foreign influence, il being under
stood that the Christians are to have no part in
Government their protection being the sense of
Justice eujoined upon Turks by the Koran Midhat
on the other hand desires to unite thr Va GUS race'
to establish a constitution and Parliar Mt and To
introduce European civilization. The ,.'tation ~
very delicate and even critical. M.dhat tsha is a
man of powerful will aud tircless energy but he Is
in the position of man who begin 60 lepait his
crurnbling house by renovating the foundation ''e
may vet be crushed under the ruins
The Captain Pasha, Minister of the ne,who as
wounded in the attempt to seize the assassin OF 30
Minister of War, is expected to reco,cr