Dodge City times., 1883-01-25

fed and clothed, but may let his SUBJ
iects whistle for their remuneration
and wishing to be rewarded for his
labor, thought to profit by his acquaint-
ance with an off ial high in position
who served near the Sultan's person.
He had prepared mo test petit on to
be convene by this acquaintance to his
august Debtor, and was about to take
the document from the pocket OF his
vest when Abdul Hamid, who stood
near bv, drew his revolver and shot the
poor tabtak,ar dead. The crazy
monarch, haunted by the constant fear
of assassination, thought that the man
was feeling for weapon with which to
kill him. The body of the murdered
man was removed and stripped. His
clothing was searched. but moth NO was
found in his pockets except the un-
lucky pet tion.
Friday before last the Sultan rode
out to the mos Ue OF the Medldle at
the foot of the mountain, about mile
and half from the palace. His horse
was somewhat spirited. The Sultan
being but an Indifferent horseman. the
officer commanding the escort thoug mt
it prudent to take the animal by the
bride so that his Majesty might re-
main safely seated. The Sultan mag
ined another attempt upon his life.
Calling another of his guard. he ordere i
the thoughtful officers arrest, and the
poor fellow is still behind the bars.
Touching the famous denunciation by
Mehemet Pasha, whose first victim was
E,,ol Doeko ho noCt on1 hr9VpSt
of the Marshals of the Empire-and Fuad
is still a prisoner-1 must correct an er-
ror made in former letter. In it told
you that the second victim was Ahmed
Mouktar Pasha This is wrong. The
second victim was another Nehemet
Pasha, acousin of the mischief maker.
He is General of division and a son of
Shamyl, the old Circassian chief. He
has been placed in confinement with
Fuad Pasha and others. Everthing re-
lating to public affairs and public men
is kept so secret here that it is easy to
make mistakes in regard to names. es-
pecially as so many prominent persons
bear the same name.
Since the denunciation of Fuad, Me-
| hemet, and others, the Sultan's delu-
sions have shown no sign Of abatement.
In fact, he is in a condition of perma-
nent mania. His suspicion falls upon
everybody. The prescription lists con-
tain the most heterogeneous collections
of names names of men of doubtful
character, and. side by side with these,
the names of others honored far and
| wide for their services, who have been
denounced bv this Mehemet Pasha and
| by others also. 1t is no secret that the
Mehemet denunciation has developed
the disease to such an extent that it has
assumed dangerous importance. The
natural fear of the monomaniac has
been heightened and intensified by the
contrad ctory whispers of jealous and
envious intimatcs, who have kept up a
constant fire upon him to serve each his
own ends. .'Do not listen to what
| Mehemet tells YOU" saws one; ''there' S
nothing in it.'' 'There is no smoke
without fire. says another, and so on
until finally the Sultan. seeing conspir-
acy everywhere, refuses to 60 out at all
On Friday, contrary to custom, the
Sultan did not 90 to the mosque. He is
afraid of the troops. On the evening
VI tHc Ody Ou WulCu WTOCc yOu ldSI'
he was suddenly seized with dread of
his Circassian guard-116 Daghestanlis
drawn expressly from Daghestan,
mounted, accoutred. rationed and
trained by one of the officers o. his body
guard. He would see only these men;
he swore by them. He had built for
them in the interior of the palace a bar
rack. hardly yet finished. Within twen-
ty minutes after mani esting his fear oi
the Daghestanlis. he had discharged
them. paid them, and shipped them fol-
their own country, or elsewhere. We
have seen them go; but nobody has
heard OF their arriving. Constantinoptt
Cor. n. Y. sun.
An old tar-heel who was ''thar''