Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-10-09
.lEHElfEr ALI DEAD.
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Mohemet Ali has lived the life and
has come close TO dying the death OF a
veritable hero OF medieval romance.
By birth he was n Prusian, by descent
a Frenchman, by adoption -haying
iorcsworn the cross and worshiped Ma.
bonnd--he was Turk. julius De.
troy was the son Of a staff trumpeter
Of the Nicholas Regiment of Cuirras.
siers of Brandcnburg. Concerning
his mother, history is silent; nor does
history say whether he was born whie
the famous corps at the head OF which
his father trumpeted was in the field,
in camp, or in barracks in some quaint
old German town. For the sake of
Madame Detroy's comfort let us hope
the. last, and history fayors the posi-.
bility since ii was in the hemispherical
city of Madeburg that julius Detroy
first dawned upon public asa man,
that is to say as boy Of affaires in
other words, he was bound apprentice
to be made merchant. Bondage in
the chains of commerce was not at all
to his liking, and by way of giving
himself fresh start in life he incon-
tinently ran away. He ran to Ros-
took, and there he shipped aboard a
Meclxlenburg brig as cabin boy. The
brig worked its way out of the Baltic,
swung through the Cattegat and Ska
ger Rack into the North Sea, down by
the British Channel, across the Bay
of Biscay To the Straits, and so along
the Mediterranean the Egean and the
Sea Of Marmora to the Golden Horn
Detroy found little to admire, much to
condemn in practical seamanship, and
scarcely had the cable run out when
he pumped overheard and struck out
for shore. A passing caique picked
him up and the owner of this caique
was Ali Pasha, then rising man at
the Porte and destined to occupy for
many years a controlling influence in
its affairs. The fortune of Detroy was
made. Ali Pasha took a great fancy
to him, and when, year later, ION
conviction" he declared that "there
was but one God and Mahomet was
his Prophet" the venerable Pasba
wept tears Of joy and adopted him as
his son. Detroy ceased TO be Detroy
and became Mehemet Ali was sent
to a military school was graduated
with distinction, and in 1853 received
his commission. He went campaign
ing against the Russians served with
great credit on Omar Pasha's staff;
fought against the Montenegrins and
IN Arabia; was made a Colonel in 1863
and General with the rank of Pasha
in 1855. As a general officer he serv-
cd against the Montenegrins and in
Crete, and in 1873 was made comman.
der.in.chiei in Thessaly. Here he put
down instruction with strong arm
and from anarchy brought enforced
peace. In 1875 he assumed command
of Novia-Bazar, a post of great strategic
Importance, and for some time was en-
gagged in operations against the insur.
gent Serbans. While holding this
post Russia declared war He was
sent at once at the head Of an army
corps against the Montenegrins, and it
was not until the Russians fairly were
across tho Danube that he was given
an opportunity TO get at them. After
the passage OF the river he was ap.
pointed to succeed the incompetent
Abdul Kenm- although no control
was given him over Suleiman in the
West and Osman at Plevna--and he
engaged in q series OF inconclusive bat
ties with the army of the Czarewitch.
An ugly jealousy between him and
Suleiman tended to lessen the effect
iveness of the Turkish forces, and TO
this jealousy in part may be attributed
the carrying by the Russians Of Schip.
ka Pass. Mehemet Ali did not win an
important battle during the war, and
his last attempt to carry out an i'm
portant movement-the relief of Plev-
na-was a fiat failure. But he sue
ceeded in retaining the confidence of
his royal master, and on the conven-
ing of Congress he turned up at Berlin
as the second representative of Tur-
key. And now he has made his last
appearance before the world, and his
light has been snuffed out never to be
relighted on earth According to q
Renters dispatch from Constantinople
he was sent down some days since ''to
pacify Albania" His mission was not
success. At Yacona he was mobbed.
Says the dispatch, curtly; ale fled
from the place and took refuge in a
shed, but was pursued by the Albani-
ans, who called upon him to organize
an attack against the Austrians. Upon
refusing to comply with this demand,
Mehemet Ali and twenty members of
his suit were massacred." And 50 the
plucky renegade, who went safely thro'
dozen campaigns, has been done to
death by disreputabic mob.-Phild-
delphid Times.