Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-22
Justice in Turkey.

! The CopstautiDople correspondent Of the
, Providence Journal says: The legal science
does not flourish 10 Turkey. Some of your
! readers will perhaps want to remove re when
they arc reformed that there is 90 such thing
known as writ Of execution on alta 'hueut tor
! aoce OF Witnesses The legations look gu lor
their respective cou1trymcu, but the Turks
; mus Iook out for III mscves. There are sew
| eral local courts for the decIsioo Of coniroSer
sizes arising between Turkish subjects, but the
Judges are men WHO might a. we'll o. toll gath
erers on the Stambyul bridge, AID are changed
with every change 10 the ministry Which
ever parry litigaDt pays the Court the most
'backsheeSh' gets the most OF the kind ct JUS.
tice which he waus There Is one Co1rt winch
will receive in evidence only written documen DTS,
another which will recognize nothing 10 wit
| ing, bur decides only Oh oral testimony. Ac-
cordin-ly, the strongest party moves his case
| Dr.. WaShburo told me that SINE five years
a-o proce'di, Is we're c mmenced again-l
Roberts College by an adjoining landed pro-
| prlctor, who clailued that bis land vas CO.
croachcd upon. The title to the college terri
tory is registered 10 be name of Turkish
| subject, AID cons quenty tie local court had
jurisdiction. All the judges appeared Gu the
premises, and squattiDg upon the ground, pro-
ceeded, with The aid of pipes and coffee, to
| hear the case. The defence psrtrok more Of
the treatment adopted by the medical han by
the legal profession. II was to apply COUP.
ter.irritan. a friendly Turk appeared as 5000
as the p aintIf stated his CAIN against the col
&c aDd set up for hmsel: claim to the land
ln dispute
This proceeding forthwith made him party
to the cause, and iherfup0n the College claim
ed that this new controversy ought to be set
lied before liz pr"p2r'y sh I'D be put 10
jeopardy. The court saw tie Wis lou OF this
reasoning, and the two Turks have since that
time been fairly al work, with prospect Of
arriving at cOucu-lo0 some time durlug the
De1; Hegirs. The criminal law does not re-
gard offences as committed against the State,
but agaIn-! the individual Injured or bis family.
The system of punishment Is that which be-
longs to the lex talionls, and, 10 case OF muir.
der, even, the cXrcutioner, before taking The
life Of the crimlual is Obliged 10 call aloud
three times upon The next OF kin to say i! they
will c2ndone the crime for money. II they as
sent the life Of the criminal is spared.
The slave trade still prospers 10 Africa. Leu
tenant Cameron says that the whole of Africa
is now Que vast Slave field. The slave trade is
increasing, and whole districts are desoiated by
it. He thinks that by opening up the cvuutry
to commercial enterprise, and placing steamers
Oh the Congo river, much can be done toward
destroying the iuhunan traffic, and Mr.. Y ouug
who recently explored Lake Nyassa, says there
are at least ~, slaves year carried of from
tbe shores OF the lake. The population gu tue
south AID west were employed By the Arabs to
make war With the tribes inland to the west,
and those hat We're captured were taken az
slaves. He firmly believed that dgzsn reso.
lutte Eoglishmeo, with vessel similar to the
one now over there, aud some few bales of calico,
would put stop to the whole traffic.
A dispatch from Cheyenne says the courier
who left General Crooks camp on the eveo ng
of the 10th instant has not yet reached Fort
Fetterman. Gen. Merritt, With five companies
of the Fifth Cavalry, has arrived at Fort Lara
mic, where he will be joined by three more
companies Of the same regiment. He starts