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In (lint one of hi valuable letters uponthe Credit Moblilor bribery which wo publish tills morning, Mr. (Ji:uiiok Ai.riict)Townsesd calls attention to tlio fni't HintBC'HUVt.CU CoI.faX 1111(1 .TAMKj 0. lli.Ai.Nr.lire nllku responsible while Hllinc lliu ofllcoof Speaker of (lie llouo of ltoproscntn-tlvc- s

for keeping Oak is Amis nt tho hendof tlio l'aoillo Ilnltrnad Cuimnltti'o of tlioHouse. Whether they wero bribed byAnia or not, both I'ot.rAX ami lii.vm:know Unit liu wu ii leading until umnitgtlio Piiclllo llailroad speculators; tlmllio wns n tUlltllip'l' of tlio Cicdit 11

blllor; that us n member of Congress liewas not only constantly voIIiik uponquestions deeply nifeetitij; his own pecuniary Interests, but t tint when (heylimit o hltn t'liulriunii of tlio l'ncille Hull-ron- il

Commit (cu they enormously in-

creasedI hi power to make hlniolf richernnil richer, nml th;it they themselves

answerable for his nets lu that rein-tlo- n.

They knew that it was a gross violu-llon-

propriety on the part of Ajius touotus n lueiuber of Conres upon motion.,resolution, ami blllii lespectiiip; the Unionl'lit-lil- Itailrond, nud theynho knew thatit wan ii Ptlll g route i' iiuproprii'ty for themto put ami keep Am in at the luml oftlio committeu by which legUtallon up-on that concern win to bo ptimu-ril- y

plmpcil mid dlrecteil. Anil yet theydeliberately uiul cuntinuuu-l- y i ro culliyofduty,

this vlolutiou of olllciul Utcfiiey uiul

llmv ruin it fur elil.iT Mr. Ilnixn orMr. Cni.rAX to deny th.U thy wcreererbiibcil by Ajiei whe'i thii duiuiiin fact oftheir piittinj; nnil keeping Amis at thebeail of (ho I'uiiitlo ltailioad Couiinitl.o

(dmliifr neatly ton yc.iw ulanda upon thel ecoixl ami cunnut - or cff.iced:

( IilvhiBotoiic'i (Jeotruphy IIu theMlcQuotlou Stuuilt in the-- Vciif

. African exploration has u wujj beenpartlciilaiiy : iiillful in (iti.iuvU nmnngnclcndtle men. They begun a hunilnilyoaivi ago, when Jaucs IJiiuce, the ScottlhravWIer.jvtunted from Ills fuinoiu jour--

Kile, then Mtppoed to bo the main btrcli'mof the great rircr. His veracity vein openlytlintioucd ; and a largo class of intelligent

t jicriioni in Kiiglund denounced his curiousand iiiloriftlnj: narratie a for the uiort' Iart fabricated, although it has beeu con- -tinned by modern tnivellera in ulnioxt

(, every detail. Controreiies of variouskinds ooncernini; Africa luivo oceupledtlio attelitiun of geographeis from that

' timo to tills notably, tlio bitter enmitytoward t'apt. .Ton.v IIa.vmno Sw:Ke, thetllncoverer of the gn-a- t VictoriaLuke, on tho part of tlio well-kno-

dipt. Hn u miii K. IU iito.v, nlso anAfrican liuv.'U. r of dUtiiuliuii. In oneJ'txpect this dUarreement is tho moat

of any which we havo to record.", It will bo remembeied that Capt. Si'KKU,

rtiortty after lib return from tho Kile, andjust prior to u inci ting of the liritish Acso-liatlo- n

nt which he expected to be present,was killed while out shooting, by tho accl-dent- al

dlM harge of id- - gun. Such isnialignaiit hostility that years after

BS , uls death, In a book on Zanzibar, publishedin lbTl, he Miggc5ts thatreally committed siiluldti, iu order to a: old

his new dUcorery with him(UiJirrov) at tlio iippioiu lilng meeting of

Hh , I'nglUli men of seifiice. The disputes whichB bave recently ntisen in regard to tho pa- -

' tL'rd 1,1 ""fc'1'1 frul" Africa tiy Mr. IIkniivHHj M. Stanluv, tlio correspondent of theHBJ ,' Jlcfultlf aio not so bad as tliU; but theyuio

lumcleutly ncrlmouiuus to lnalntalu the! , traditional reputation belonging to nil

' questions concerning African geography., Althougli doubts havo been freely c.- -

Iires.ed in many qnai ters ai (o tile nut lieu-tlci- ty

of tho Iiivi.N'ooro.M.-tjrANLt- v lettei--und despatches, wo do not propone now tottxntnliio that question, Wo lmll, how- -

. tivcr, revlow their content, and cudcavorto acortuln what gcoi.iph:cal facts, if

' ny, aio revealed in th iii. In order to dotbis Inlelligibly, it Is ueeessar.v to expla'ji

J lomethhig of what wus known of there--I, B'ou to bo explored when I.ivi.sobtone' et out, iu tho autumn of 1., upon hi

' pivsent undertaking, and ul-- u wliat was' Uio picciso tusk before him.

At that time thoVietoi1aXyaii7.iorlake,hear tlieoquutor, and everul thousand feetshove tho mh level, was known to be tliowurcoof a vat.-titiii- u riiiiiiiuguoithwiird.

V L'upt. iiudCapt, (iiUN'r, IU di.-eo-v.

Hff j eiers, did not follow this liver throughoutits downward courso, but were MitUllcd,

' nevertheless, Hint it wai tho Nile. South- -fl i . cust of tho Victoria Lake, stretching northfl and houtli, lies Iiko Tiingunyika, u long

HI and eoniparatirely uanow theut of water,tin tlio eastern ijoust of wii'.ch stands the'' now celebrated town of l.'jiji. The north.

' 'rn extremity of this lake had never beenr vislteil by HiiiupeaiiK. and Hie direction of

M ' it. oiitlluw iru, unknown. Still furtherHi noutliisHt lies ttiMHiiinllcr Lake Kyaiwa,dis.covered by Livinumonh lnmM'lf on n

HT previous e.viicditloii. Xothlng was tin-i-'

y known, however, of tho country between9 '' tlun t wo lakes. With tills stutement, tlio

' woik which tho groat traveller undertook,Jj us doK'i'ibed In tho .lourual of tho Itoyal

H (leognqiliii ,il Society, can nadily lie mi- -Bfl tier tfl :

Bfl "In Uii huw ciitcri.rl'C I,iviNORTnr. Hillnmt ili ii rmliix Mhi'lluT Ills own b.iko N)-.i.-

ri'i'i'lves nny hhIits from the north, arid next,., nhi'jher tlm l.al.e 'I utiL'un) ikti I fi ll liy riversfl uiinhiif from tlm mintli. Ilu will then Hi an.

riirntoly th,. i lm nf the Tiins:nnyl, millrxiiiiiliiliiB It wc.itcTii thin, will nicruln to

1 r,1'," " !'! " ". 1'"" or out of It; and,'7l'' '""HI further Mfltlo the me.it qucs- -

''" "V,0""'1'"'!)' wati-r-s iniytl.iivni.rtlnvarilfl tru'" thii'luii.'iiii)lIttuHirU tlio Siit:'

BJ' "s to nscertaln titt, whether nny

wler iKimmiinlinitlou existed between thoKytisHii and Tauganylkn Lakes, and second.

'I yi whether Tatigauylku was connectedwith the Nile.

'r 'I'''" oitrlier portion of tlio journey wasfleet Ihed In his despntelies which rcaehod

' Knglund from timo to time, A reportK !;' ,l,llt I'O had been niiinlered by somo of hisH I uJvo followijra luauced tho Uoyojapo- -

graphical Society to send out an expedi-tion of Inquiry tinder Mr. KdwAiid D.Youso, in 1NJ7, which penetrated to thosouthern end of Lake Nyn.n, nnd ob-

tained conclusive proof that tho story wasuntrue. Letters wero subsequently re-

ceived showing that tho asserted connec-tion between Nyns'a nnd Tanganyika didnot exist. That part of his enterprise wastherefore dlspoeil of.

The Nile question iilone remained j but anew condition hud been ndded to Uio prob-lem by tho discovery of tlio Albert Ny-utiz- si,

announced In Knglnnd in tlio sameyenr, lffi7. This lmtneno fresh waterliiko Is Mtuateil uorthwett of tho Vic-

toria Luke, nnd receives tho river whichH'i:kkniw flowing out of tho latter. "Sovast is II volume of wuter," fays SirSamueFi llAKr.n, its discoverer, "that nosingle stream seems to Influence Its level.F.ven tho great river (Sfntcn's Nile) fromtho Victoria Lako cut era tho greut reser-voir nborbed without n perceptlblo cur-rent." It now been i no linporlnnt (lintLivinostonk should determine tho rela-tions not only between tho previouslyknown Nile basin nnd such waters tin homight encounter, but nlso thoso betweenthe latter nnd this great reservoir.

lio wrote homo on Fob. 1 nml 'i, 1P(!7,

Dec. It, 1K17, and July 8, 180). Among tholetters bearing tho datewn n despatch to the l'arl of Claiiendox.The results of his exnlonitloin up to thatdate are briolly summed up iu its openingsentence: '' 1 think that I may safely as-

sert that tho chief source!) of tho Nilorlo between 10 dog. and 12 deg. south lati-tude, or nearly iu the position assigned tothem by I'iolemv." It will bo observedthat this is very far south of tlio Victoriaami Albert both of which nro inthe immediate nelghboihood of tho equa-tor. In tlio same despatch ho refers to tho"desecration" which his peograplilcnl po-

sitions lind suffered nt home as a reasonwhy lie should remain tlio guardian of hisown observations until publication. "Iregiet this," he add, "because tho upset-ting of u eiittoe or anything happening tomyself might lead to the entile loss of thedlseo Verio."

lie wrote again on May 50, 1P,!1, fromI'JIji to his tri, ml Dr. ICiiik, IlritWi Consulat Zanzibar. This letter contained tliolatest iumvk received from him pnor to theantral of Mr. stam.uv. In it he says:

" A to the work to lie dnnp by tnr. It Is onlyt Conner! tlio wiirvcs nlileli I ilvii'ritl fminful tu Jul nillus soiitli of mnl IUkimi'h

Itli their Mte. The ulanic nt water w lih'ti tlunIn art t fri'in hitltinlii UiUv. south In sulsruc. tliutI sUKpert 1 hale lire.n Morkllii: nt tht 'iircc . ftho t'lHiu-- i bs Mill na thiino nf the Nile. Thewtisti rn .nut i entr.it lines uf ilr.ilnap innvrrteInto mi anllti'J lake r9t or rnntliUv'St nf till.The outlliiiv of thl lal.e, hcthrr i Cunt'ii nrNile, I lime tu UH' i rt.illl. Hie e.i.. weal nftlit-- . la'tiit Maiiomj, are caliallul, If Aruhs

.r.ily."The lape of mmv than two years Willi-iitlat- iy

trustwoithy lnteliigciue from theexplorer naturally gare 1 1st to muchanxiety iu his behalf. Lute Iti.--t autumn,through the joint efforts of the Uritlih Ad-

miralty mid the Koyul (Icogruphlcul y,

the Livinostoxe Searchand Kellcf r.xpiilltlon was lltted out, und.iK.v.v'.ind'DAWsoNof ILe'lfoWl'SKi''StfiMr. W. ObwtLLLivtKusro.Ni:,sonof thelorttraveller. Therm rived at Zanzibar onlyto hear of Mr. Staxi.sv'h success. He hadleft the ciiiud on his march Inland late inthe spring of lsTl. had met the object oftheir search, whom lio found alive andwell, nnd wns mi the way buck witti tidingsfrom him. Such was the Intelligence thatgreeted the m j and on Mr. Stani.kv's at ri-

val the expedition was abandoned.The tidings which Stam.uv brought havo

by this time been pitblisheJ hi almost everypart of tho globo where the EnglUh lan-guage is spoken. They are embracedmainly Iu the two letters to Mr. JamesCaonno.v Uennctt, and iu several de-spatches to Lords Stam.uv, Ci.aiienio.v,and Granviixe dated be-tween leJO and lSr.'. In them we Und nolonger any expressions of reluctance loillM lose the rcrtilts of his explorations, andthey enable us to detei inlno with consid-erable eei tuiuly wliat are his present lewsof African geography. Whether thosevlewe will stand the test of pcleiilltiu criti-cism remains to be seen.

Ho says: "I have aseci tallied that thewatershed of tho Nile is n broad upland,between 10 deg. and -' deg. outh latitude,nnd from 1,000 feet to 5,mw feet nbovo thelevel of tho sea." This watershed, whichIs situated southwest of Lako Tnngatiyikuand about between tho Atlan-tic and Indian Oceaus, extends TOO milescnt and west. Stiotchlng noi thwiud fromit and pacing to tlio west of Tuuganyika isn great valley system of lakes and rivers,comprising four largo lines of drainage,whii h LiviniiTone pronounces " tho htmlwaters or mains of tho river of Kgypt,"that Is, of the Nile. "Then all unite intoone enormous l.icuntiiuu liver, the centralline of drainage, whtch I t ill Wiain's Luu-lab- a.

in this great valley there Jaro livegreat hikes. Ouo neur tho upper (ortouth-er.- n

end is culled Lake Ilemba, or morepropei ly liangweolo, but It is not u sourceof tho Nilo, n- no yi cut fit- hejlnt- In uluAe."

On tills vut watershed, from which flowsso enoimous a body of water, rise thesprings which Livinosionk believes to bothe ultimate or primary sources of thoNile. Tho great lako liver system, how-ever, of which tho Lualaba is tho mainbtreain, lie.--, o far west of tho Victoria undAlbert IiUes, discovered by Si'eku UndIUKKII, that ho believes it to be connected,not wllh them, but with whut Is known nsI'LTUEitiCK'tf Nile, or tho H.ihr-oU.huz-

un important river, but heretofore re-garded merely as a tributary of tlio WhiteNile, which outers the hitter from a west-erly direction iu about 0 deg. .'Win. northlatitude. If this theory is correct, I'r.rii-EiucK- '4

stream, nnd not (ho White liver,must lie the true Nile, contrary to thealmost unanimous opinion of geogtuplieisup to tho present time.

Mr. Stani.ev remained with Livingstonent llji.li, L'nyiiuyonibe, and elsewhere, ouobandied and three days. Together theyvisited the northern end of Lake Tangan-yika, and found decisive proof that It hasno coniiect'iin with tho Nile. A hugeliver, called the HiMnl, Hows no the lakeut that point,

Leaving the explorer at tho (own ofbetween (ho lako and (ho hou-coa-

Stanley started for Zanzibar on thellth of March last, and thence Failed atonce for Kngland. Ho attended tho inert-lu- g

of tho llrltUh Association for thoof Science at lltlghton last

month, und lead a paper befuiu tho geo-graphical section, describing somo of thoorouls of his journey. Tho subsequentdiscussions, both on that occasion and Intho press, concerning tho reported discov-eries, nnd their relations to our oxlstlngknowledge, nro of much Interest.

Unmet bo borne iu mind that to doubttho corrotnQ8f of pr, IdjviNOvroFP's geo

graphical theories Is in no respect to de-

tract from his flrmly-estnbtish- nndfnrao as nn explorer. No ono

doubts tho cxlstcnoo of whnt ho assortsthnt ho has seen. That (hero Is in CentralA f i Ion tho itingulllcent watershed whichho describes and has tractd throughout COO

miles of Its extent, no one can question. ItIs equally certain that from It proceeds thogigaiitlu lacustrine tietwork of rlrers nmidwhit h ho tells us that ho hns trarelled solong and wearily. Hut when ho says, fur-ther, that these ai o the sources of the Nile,wo may fairly answer "Not that Is yet tobo proved. Actually traoo the connectionmid we will admit it. Hut you have notdono that; and possessing now that wehavo read your story an equivalent gen-eral knowledge of African geography, wodo not think your argument (unices toshow that tho hike region you have discovered nciongs to m o is tie unin."

This is substantially what was said atllrlghton by Col. Giunt, Hpeke'.i com-panion on his famous journey, nnd Dr.Chaiii.es Ueke, the well-know- n Kngllshgeographer and Abyssinian traveller. Col.GitA.NT, referring to Livingstone's stute-nic- ut

that ho had traced tho southernwniers from 11 deg. to 6 deg. south lati-tude, and supposed they must How onto the Nilo by tho Uahr-el-Ghnz- al

(Petheuick's rlvor pronounced it nnextra vngant Idea which could not bo en-t- et

tallied, slnco many circumstances pre-clude any possibility of lis correctness.After mentioning that the distance remain-ing unexplored between LtviNosTONE'smost ndvanecd position nnd the mouth ofthe Ghuzul is about n thousand miles, howent on to say: " Hut the crowning objec-

tion to Dr. Livinostone's wutors reachingtho Nile is tho fact that wo already knowthat tliu source of tho Gliazal was visitednml determined only a few years ago bythe eminent botanist ScitwEiNrfiiTit, whofully satisllcd all geographers that it isnbout fi deg. north of tho equator, nnd not,us Dr. LtviNusTo.vn supposes, 11 deg. southof it. My observations on tho Ghazal,made III 1603, when descending the Nilofrom Gondokoro iiith my late companion,show that Itlsliislgtilllcuntuhcn comparedwith the Nile; it seems to be n swamp withlittle current, for tlio Nile brunch alongwhich wo were sailing wns not Increasedin widtli by the water from It. The Gliazalhas no perceptible stream; at the Junctionits waters were still. Our boatman told usthat no boats were able to ascend It thntyear, as the channel was choked with reedsund the umbatch tree."

lie ubo'Calls attention to Livinootove'si of cannibals mid gorillas. "The

naimtlrc contains some curious incidentswliuh ate quite norcl to me; for in ourjourney from Zanzibar to Kgypt, whentravelling on (he watershed of tho Nile,we neier saw any nice of cannibals, anysigns of gorilla neither did wo 11ml thatany nice of uatWcs ever kept pigs In ndomesticated state; they eat one species ofwild hog, but no nice in tho valley of theNile was ever seen to keep pigs tame.Tnklnc Into consideration tlmditlerenees from the country we traversed,

' ' ' ' -- ' I ir. Livinostone,having no chronumeter to tlx ui longi-tude, ha got further to the west than hesupposi, and that lie has got among racessimilar iu most rcspct-- to those on thewet coast of Africa, du-crib- by M. UvClIAII.I.f."

Mr.Wiswomi ItEnr,wiio some years ngorxploiid portions of the west coast regionrefill il to, has ptthllthcd uu illogicalletter in regard to these lemaiks, whii-h-

Jiowei r, we deem It fair to print as a partof the controversy:

7-"- tht Kiitut 0 t.t Jill Mill tiai'tlt."Rut: In the rc cut i whh Ii ti nkpl.no at llrliditou on tho nf Dr.

On i.NT exirem.eil hU liellef thntthe trrentexi'lnrer. hiivlnc nn i hrnnonieter. hnclp't much further In the west than lie iiiieil,mnl In fai-- t illil nnt know where he li.nlNow If tht he it.illy the r.ise, nil Ilr. I.ivimi-shin- e'

lli..rs will he In tiiln so fnr nsIt , uiul his mnp will lio

slliu-l- ) a eiirloKliy nf error. Hut wh.it nro thef n t Hhc h have led I'nl. (lit A.NT to Ulli cniiela-slnii- .-

Ilr I.iMMi-Tn.N- It seems, hn met uitlicaiinlluili nnd irorlllus ; rot. (iu i.STdhl imt meetwith tlieiii In hi Journoj from Znatl-ba- rto (innilnkopi. 'therefore. Ilr. 1.1 vim.vpin rniUHt haie I ten iultuken la his Benfraphle.ilIilto. liiitCol fin nt niu.t urely he awarethat this country whh-- Dr. I.ivi.niitue ile-- si

rihes lseer.il hundred miles tn the net ofthe roiintry whii-- was traversed by himself;jet liecaiisi) the llm tor h.i seen thine In thutnew i;ouiitry vthhli 1..1. (Iiiant illil not meetwith Iu unite another iart of Afrh n. tliereforuthe Doetnr mint hale lnt hU rei koiilinr I Thiscoiiilaslou Is so lllntfl. al that I can only hopeCol. (Hunt's paper has la someway nr otherbeen lulsreimrieil. 1 here Is no reaon whycannibals uml Korrlllan shonM not be found intlm part nf Africa where Dr. lavijia-stun-- k

lately supposed himself tn lie.Cannibalism Is not mnHiicd to one. locality InAfrica, or to one class nf tribes, iu Col. Uiia.ntseems to suppose. It exists In the irorllla cnun-tr- y.

lint It Is idso rlfo In fio delta of tho Mirer,ns II shop Ciiowtiiku and other tulionarleswho hao labored Iu Unit reclon nro well uware.l.tst lis mentions the prai-tii-i- as occurring InSouth Afrlea; nnd In 17(1 1 asi crlalned its ex-istence In tho wild country behind Cape Pultuns,nn tho Ulierlan coast. The mirlll.i, mi far as thocoast reflnns nro concerned, Is found only to ashort Olstntiro on eltlier sldo of tho eiiiiatnr.Hut the Kan nt the I'pper (lalionn, who hadmlnriited Into thnt country from tho r.ast. In.formed mo thut the ape wa found faraway Inthe liiieih r. ' WlMtoou ltu.tUE.

"A til. 111."

r r. 11 eke, than whom there are fewniorocompetent uuthoiitles on (lie subject, saidthat Iu spite of tho opinions he hud longentei tallied he was peifectly convincedthat Li viNObTONE had not discovered thesources of the Nile. He rejects tho by.pothesls that tho liahr-oUiluiz- ul is the(rue Nile, just as Col. flitAXT does. If,then, tlio waters of tho Lualaba find theirway to the Nile at nil, it must bo throughiltlicr tho Victoria or tlio Albert Lake,both of tvhh.li aro higher above tho sealevel than the altitude which Livino-itos-

assigns to the Lualaba Itself, hundred ofmiles to the south ; and we all know thatwater does not run up hill,

Tlio lack of nden,u-.it- geographical defi-

nitions wus nevermore conspicuously illus-trated than hi this Nile ontrovcry.' WhnlIs meant by the source of u t Ivor ? Dr. Li

says that no great river rises In nlake. If to, where docs tho St. Lawrencerise? According to Livinohtove, as anable writer lu tho l'all .Villi dinetteobtrves, tho sourco of tho lurgotof the hundred swamp and forestufllucnU which find their way nearlyunknown ami unnamed into liku .Supe-rior, is ulso tho source of tho St. Lawrenceriver. Wo all see how absurd tho proposi-tion Is when applied to our own land; Is Itany less so in Africa? It lias been the our.torn of Kuropeun geographers, in oaeswhere n lako has one nllliieut considerablylarger than tho others, to regard It and thoout lio wing river os tho samo stream, espe-cially where tho general coiiino of both IsIn tho samo direction. Tho Ithotie, for ex-ample, la said to rise, not In Lako Lonuin,but in tho Ithono glacier, a hundred milesbeyond it. A similar usage should pi ovalliu parts of tlio woild.

How, then, does tho Nile question standIn the year 187U? Is not the following acorrect answer?

I. It is known that tho White river,now almost universally admitted to be thotrue Nile, tlows northward out of tho Albeit

Nynnzo, Uio great lako under tho equatordiscovered by Bir Samuki, IIakeu In 1861.

II. It Is also known that n largoriver flows Into the Albert Nyanat fromtho Victoria Nynnzn, another largo tcpift-torl- al

lako a few miles further south, dis-

covered by Citpt. SrEKE lu 18C3.

III. It is satisfactorily established thattbcto Is no wider connection betweeneither of tho iibovc-mentlone- d lakes nndLako Tanganyika, which lion between twoand three hundred miles southeast ofthem.

IV. It l Improbable that T.tvivotTOsr.'sreported dlrtortrits havo any connectionwith the Nile.

Nolilo Speeches!Tor ninny a day tho people havo not

hcuid, even from our most colebntted ora-tors, words of such elevated spirit, (iichsimple eloqttunco, ond such truo wisdomas the speeches which HoiiAcil tlltEn.EVhas so far delivered In tho courso ot hisWestern tour. IIo pleads for peace, forreconciliation, and for reform; nnd Clodgrout that ho may not plcnd in vain I

There Is no present hope for this countryexcept lu the election of Hohace (Jiilelkvnnd Die defeat of (Iiiant und of tho cor-rupt faction which supports him.

Tho Valuo or tho llrihciThe statement of Col. McCo.mh given to

the Washington correspondent of the Chi-

cago Tribune, and published lu The Sunyesterday, shows wliat wus the real valuoot the bribes allotted by OAKr.i A.ura tothe members of Congress whom he bribed.Tho list of these persons taken down byCol. McComii from the lips of A mil', as beread it from the registry book of thoCredUMobllier, is as follows:

Onkrn Amc Hit of nntiies, na shnrrn tome It. !. fur Credit .tliiblllt-r- , U I

III.AtNK l .11 n I lie ... a, 000I'ATTl'.Uyil.N ur.Nerr Itnnin.birr .'J, 0(10WII.M1N, ,1lnsianrhiiella - - 'J, 0(1(1

CtM.IMN, ... !i,000M'OI'I Hl.tl and KLI.I.C.V, I'n. !i.0(l(l ench.KI.IOT, Slntanclinsrltii ... 3,00(1fl.t WE, ,llnsnrliiisrll . . U.000I'OU'I.t'.lt, ... t,tnnIKICTWKI.I.. nia.nrhiii.rll. . '.1,000III.NtillA.ll nliilHAHl'IKl.D, (I. J.OOOencli.

As Col. McComu explains It, tho figuresnt the end of each naino do not signify somany thousand shares lu the Credit Mobl-lier, but dollnn' worth of stock nt theoriginal par vnluo of $100 per share. Atthe time that Ames allotted this stock totheso person ut par, each tlOO of It wasactually worth iu the market WA; nnd theprice afterward roo enormously. Woknow of one case In which an honest holderot this stock as offered f700 per sharo andrefused tlm offer. In his original testi-mony Col. McComii swears that he wasoffered f0C0 11 share for his, and consideredit worth f 1,000 per share. Hut taking thestock at Its cash value at tho time of itsallotment and lidding the dividends subse-quently made, tho aggregate of Speakerlll.u.NE's bribe was as follows!s.on in Crs.M Mobiltsr ihr. tt tin Mci tr.wn

Sx iit.lntUtiiiFnlaln I nlon 1VJI"S) " " In l'i.lii Purine hnnila e,.oI M In I'rsJIt MoMller alorlc SinM " " IngolainutcountlUk'prcuiluui... 30

Totsl ARiLeii par aluc ot tho tlui-- SHU

On the same basis tho bribe of Colfaxwa as follow:ljrn in CrcJlt Vol .Iter aharra. t Ilea fftsi j r cent, lndpldcmlaln l iilun 1'arlf.r ttot-k- tlu.cvi!ai in t'lilnn t'11 me lionda . 1 miIt ' " In I mill Milliliter Murk , H4.1

mi " lu noi J kuut cuuuttnu priiiiuiBo . . . i,tiTotal . .. 1a lU,

Lal par talut- ut tl.v atut- - IjuM

Ci ' 'a bribe ty.")The liiTereneu between the amount iil

to IlLAiNEiind that allottiil (o Coti'ax when each wiu Speaker of (he Houseof IJepresenintlves sliows tho progress ofcorniptlou iu tlio House and iu the Repub-lican party from the term of one Speaker(o that of the other.

Hut whnt a revolting, what a horriblepictutt-- l

Tlio editor of tho i.'iriifuy 7'oit Is tholeiiernblo and honored Wii.uam Ccllem Hav-a.- n

r, but he Is Bated, und absent most of the timo,nnd tho paper Is controlled tiy Its publisher nndhalf owner, Isaac Hemikusox. This man wasNavy Audit under Aiiiiaiiau Lincoln, and wastried for taklnir bribe from fraudulent rontrac-tor- s

nnd levying extortions on them to thoamount of over half a million of dollars, all tufraud of tho Government ho had sworn to servo.IIo was tried In this city and escaped convictionnnd 011 n local dodare, leaving hisguilt undisputed. llK.Mir.nsoN Is now nsalnut(i 11 r.ti.i. vnnd In favor of On ant of course. Pois Haqeiity the voucher thief.

At tho meeting of the Pollco Doard yes-terday afternoon, nfter nppolntlnir n larno num-ber of Inspectors, tto Mnyor called up thocharges nsalnst tho patrclman who arrestedJlATTMoiiOANof l'ninh IstlU't lUutlraUii

HeiitiEN for n.ssaultlnK nreporter. The Mayor produced n fonnldablo re-

view of tho Hr.nnrN testimony, written onenormous sheets of fonlarnp, which so astound-ed Jiidfo HoswoiiTH that ho moved to postpnnotho Investigation. This was carried, tho Judk'opockotliiB tho foolscap for light reading overPundr.y.

It Is understood that the Mayor's argument Isfor tlio removal of Capt. Hriuir.N, Commis-sioner Mameuiie inoied to dismiss tho chargesmade by Matt Moiioan. Commissioner II Aim,who had heard tho testimony, advocated thoopposlto courso of dismissing tho patrolman.Judge IloswoitTU, wholmd presided nt tho trial,favored Mr. Mameiuie's motion. Tho Mayorcnllcd for tho testimony nnd carefully rend It.Ho then argued thnt tho charge of ubiishobe.havlorwas fully sustained. IIo cited the testi-mony of tho complainant, n reputable gcntlo-mn- n,

nnd of two disinterested cltliuus whowere not uoipialntcd with cither Moikian or thopatrolman. Theso agreod In testifying to thocomplainant's story of tho patrolman usingwithin tho pollco station aggravating and Insult.Ing language. Tho Mayor eald that thli wasnIrtual contempt of court. Ho had no acquaint-nnc- o

with tho patrolman, but nny policemanwho would uao Biieh languago beforo his supo-ilo- r

iifficcr huldo a pollco station, cion to thomeanest culprit, descried dismissal. Muchmoro when used towanl Mr. Moiioan, who pro.il.iccd In tho pollco station unmistakable oil.deni-- of Identity iu. a reputable cltUcn. TheMayor moved to dismiss tho patrolman. Ho nndCommissioner Haiiu voted Aye CommissionersManiekiie and Hoswoutii voted Nn, Ho thocaso must await the return of tho Hun. Hi.miv8MITH,

Another biography of our next President hnbff n pjliUslu-t- l by I.e. a Hbrpitril u( Minimi, It la rn.tilled 'As lift dint I'.iblU (Mltrr nf lion. Iloritrr(Itttletr, and Is from tho pen of Wllllmn 51, Cornell,J.I.. 11. ACurttniB a dJ liitiri-stli.- skrtcli oftlisli ailing tin lib nn In the earcer uf a nun ho by lilttaleiiti.lilinaf ftil and Inilnatrlniii lite, nml his nobilityof character hat elevated hlnnclf from tho mott humblepoKliliin to nn rialtril plsro In tho unvciiona uf liltrouiilrymsnnniHIirrstKin of ihe world, tbubuok will

t tl.lt timo uniloiiMeilly rind mtnj readers, It It to belinpul, huweifr, that the nf the lettcrpreat willnot be couuteractid by the uiiprcpoti-nin- plrturiiwhlrh faces Ihe Illlo page auil U probably Intetidei lopusa furallkcuest of tho gri-u- t prhittr ami farmir.

Tho lino to Ilostnn over tho Long Island Rail,rotil la very tueccMful. It haa been In operation kathan n fortnight, and It abisdj bringing to thltcllyabout a liuudrcd paaaengcrt dally. II runt throughfrom New York to Ho. Ion lu nine hours and twentyminutes, and It u meat delightful nay of ruaUngttioJuurury.

TURKISH LIFE REVEALED.

AVzontonnAPiiy oj a rritKiBnwon as op man itask.

Tke Wonderful Story nl .Helen. JUniiin, thVCr ot Melieraet'l'imtini

In n volutno just issued by Harper &

Ilruthors, entitled Thirty Vcart (n the llaitm;or, the Aulobloijrdi'hu of HileMlanum, Wtftofll.lt, a, wo havo a truestory of Oriental life, repleto with Incidents andadventures as strange as anything tn tho " Ara-

bian Nights." Tho b 10k read llko an oxtrava-ga- nt

romance, and yet tho characters to whomIt Introduces us are, many of thorn, personagesof historical celebrity, white some of tho eventsdescribed In Its pages form tho foundation ofuna of tho most extraordinary lawsuits onrecord, a cao which Is now peudlug In thocourts.

Tho authoress, who In this book tolls the storyof a most uvcnlful llfo, was born hi Constanti-nople. Her mother was a Turkish woman ofGeorgian ancestry j her father was a French mer-

chant, who at the timo ot his marrlngowas en-

gaged hi butlness hi Constantinople. Molek-Ilanti-

tlio brilliant and gifted lady who hastaken the world Into her confidence by the pub.Iloatlouof this autobiography, at tho early agoof thirteen was Inveigled Into matrimony by anEnglish doctor attached to the household of thoHultau, a man twenty years older than horaclf, aProtestant, and an Inveterate, mlsor. For flvoyears tho was a slavo to tho caprices of this Individual, after which, at Ids suggestion, sho wasInduced to mako a Journey to Home, in order toenjoy the felicity of forming the acquaintance ofher mother-in-la- Tho results of her meetingwith her mothcr-Inda- wero numerous domestlo misunderstandings, resulting In a divorce.The mother-in-la- w succeoded In retaining thocontrol of Mclek-Hanum- 's two children, a sonnr.il a daughter, tho first ot whom Is at prosentknown as Major Mllllngcn, whllo the other Isnow the Countess Plsanl of Venice. Melekltanum, after hor divorce, departed for France,being escorted to the frontier by tho abtrrf, atthe Instigation of her mothcr-in-la-

When Jlclck-llanu- arrived In Tarls. rty-l'as- hi

was Ambassador for Turkey at the courtof Louis FhUllpo. She was presented toJIIls

by a relative. At tho samo timo aliomade the actitinlntanco of a,

who was then military atfdeht! to tho le-

gation. At tho flrrt Interview between the ladyand Klbrlzll-Mcheme- t, tho Turkish official fell nwilling victim to tho charms of his countrywo-ma- n,

and, as she testifies, showed hhntolf fullof attentions and regard for her. These

wero soon followed by an offer of mar-

riage, which sho Iwas well disposed to accept.Doth shortly afterward returned to Constanti-nople, whero the inarrlige of the lovers was cel-

ebrated at tho end of the ltamazon.Among tho Turks tho nuptial ceremony Is very

slmplo In thu case of thoso who navo been mar-

ried before. Tho lady draws near to tho door oftho harem, tho brldegrm in and the Imam orpriest nro on the other sldo. Tho latterasks each of tho parties three timeswhether ho or she, respectliely, willtuko tho other in marriage i on receivingn responso In tho nlllrnmthe, thrlco re-

peated, he recites a few prayers, and retires aftertaking a glass of sherbet. Tho wltnosos thentnko their leave, tho husband enters tho harem,offer his baud to his bride, and remains alouowith her.

Soon after this wedding Mohcmct-ranh- a re-

ceived the title of Uey, or Colonel, and three orfour months afterward was made a General ofbrigade, during which timo Mclekdlanum en-

joyed a life of uninterrupted felicity. Hat aftera whllo a change ot tho military administrationthrow the happy bridegroom Into disfavor, andai lilts ic-tl- ll i .uv ,n tt, pnft n( thoMinister for War and several other Importantfunctionaries, tho degradation of tweho Gen-

erals was proclaimed, among whom was the un-

fortunate Mchomot-l'ash- a. Tho result of thisstep was Tory embarrassing to Mehemet and Idsw Ife. Consequent on his degradation Mehemet-Pasha- 's

salary was reduced to - a month, andall hi allowances wero stop)ied. The husbandwas completely broken down, and the wife feltIt incumbent on her to tako effectual proceed-ings to prevent the entire ruin of tho household.Tho method tho employed tu rectify her wrongsIndicated tho possession of a Arm and dauntlessspirit.

It wns not until Mehcmct-Pash- a and his wlfohad endured for two full )ears the miseries oftheir degraded condition that the latter mus-tered up courago to appeal to tho ruling powersagainst the Injuttlco which they had suffered.ViUen Melek-IIanii- had fully made up her mindon this point, sho took determined measures tocarry out her plans. Going to the houso ofUlza-rash- tho Minister of War, tho resolutelady stated her ca.e In very plain words :

" Vour highness," said she, " I am the wife ofMeheuiut-l'ash- For three years past he hasbeen oppresacd by claims of every description !so great Is h It despair on seeing himself de-prived of every rctnurce, and rendered whollyIncapable of supplying the wants of his family,that hit life, tt In danger. I am come to demandfrom you the reason of such disgrace. If ca-price has been the only motive, then a freshexercise of good pleasure may restore to him theemployment ho has lost."

To this appeal ltlza-rosh- a returned an evasivereply which would have been accepted as a de-

nial by most people Melck-Hiuiu- declined toview tho subject In that light, however, butplucklly took up her resilience la tho great man'shouse, giving him distinctly to understand thatthe had no Intention of leaving tho premisesuntil her demands wero satisfactorily answered.For ten days the obdurate Minister stood out,but on tho eleveuth ho surrendered, s.ij Ing : "Isco you are a determined woman, and It will boImpossible to escape from you. To satisfy youI appoint Mehemct-l'ash- a Governor of Aklahjhe will receive his nomination without delay."This was In 1813. Tho promised commission waspromptly flllod out and delivered to the newGovernor, but as his wlfo sensibly remark., theycould not loavo Constantinople without sutlsf)-In- g

their creditors. The lady, therefore, paid asecond visit to Ulza-Pasli- a, win), by her peculiarpowers of persuasion, was Induced to furnishmoney for tho expenses of tho departure of herhusband nud herself, and for the payment ofthelrdebts. BI10 complain, how mer, that thoamount allowed was very mod -- rate, and throughsome miscalculation Mchcmet-Pasli- a was afternil obliged to leave hor behind when ho went totako posslon of his governorship. At tho end ofeight months, however, Mehemet sent for hisenterprising and faithful spouse, who Joinedhim at Aklnh, a town which disgusted her ex-

ceedingly from its meanness and tho unpre-possessing character of Itt Inhabitants. Hut be-

fore three mouths had passed Mcheuiot-Pash.- v

was promoted to bo Governor of Jerusalem,which opened a Held better suited to tho ambi-tious designs of his wlfo. Hero Melek-llauu-

began to Improve her ofilclal opportunities,which In Jerusalem aro of n character calculatedto excite the envy of olllciul present-taker- s id I

over the world.It appears that the praetlro of present-takin- g

had prevailed to so great uu extent In Jerusalemunder previous Administrations as to havocaused somo scandal even lu Constantinople,whero the clill sorvlco Is notoriously corrupt lutho oxtioino. Oil this subject tho authoresssays 1

before wo left Constantinople, Heshld-rash-my hiii.band's pntroii, whoso sentiment hosluieil, had spoken to 111c In the follow Ing terms"ou are. going to Arabia: du not, 1 beseechJ' accept any present, YVo havo promisedupon oath that nothing more shall bu receivedby tho Governors and other utile luls on tho partof their subordinates. J trust, therefore, thatyou will glvo no causo of complaint on thatscore."

"Murcly not," I replied! "my husband shallnot recoil ci nny present, since jmi havo forbid-den hlui; but ynu mi, not oblige me to refusewhat thu ladles uuy chooso longer mo j thattut nothing to do with politics or with tho"Of courso not," he rejoined, with a smile.

refused all Ihe pres.c its that wero nth-re- to him ; nml, whin thutens asff Miiim, (hi y tec re alunut sent to me,.Mehemct-l'ash- a having been fairly Installed as

Governor of Jerusalem, his wlfo began totho opportunities afforded for Increasing

tho family property to tho best of her ability.The candor with which sho explains the mannerhi which tho habit of present-takin- g was practlstid, uid that of prcttnt-glvln- g was encouraged,

under her adroit management Is reallyFor Instance, to quolo her own Ian.

(rungs t

There were three principal convents In Jeru-salem at thnt period the rrnnclscnu, tho Greek,and tho Armenian. No repairs nor nny cliangocould bo effected In either of them without thopermission of tho l'uahn ! and he, having pledgedhimself to accept no presents, was nover hi ahurry to ncccdo to their demands; so tho goodfathers ndopted t ho expedient of applying tome,nml endeavoring to secure my favor In their

Ono or othor of theso bodies would sendme, sometime a beautiful watch, sometimes adiamond pin or pearl nccklaeo; In fact, theyseemed to bo rivalling each other lu their uionlafor making presents.

Again sho says with charming frankness :

The Jews, as natural, remained at tho tall oftho presonw-offerhi- g multitude Tho stewardof our household, a man w ho knew tho secret ofextracting money from people's pockets, enmoono day to say that, If I pleased, ho would Endtlio mean of getting tne fur more from tho Jowsthan 1 had obtained from all tho otheis. "Dowhatever you think tit," I tepllod.

Ife went, upon this, nnd told tho j atilils thatho warned them, In their own Interest, tho Gov-ernor Intended to mako them tnko away anenormous heap of rubbish that Impoded thetrafllo hi tho neighboring streets, and had beenaccumulating, for probably forty years, at thoback of ono of their synagogues. " I fear."added the crafty steward, " that you will onlybo allow cd one (lav to effect Its removal."

At this newt thu Jews were thrown Into con-sternation.

"Alas 1" they cried, "It Is Impossible to re-move such a mass In less than several months'labor, and without great expense; but, myfriend," said they to their Informant, "there Issurely some means of appeasing your master?"

"No," ho replied "hols Inaccessible to overyInflitenco; but. If you will listen to a friend, Iwill tell you that the best Intercessor with thol'ashn Is his wlfo."

"Ah I what good advice you give us!" they ex-claimed ; "wo know now how toescapo from thofatal ditUculty which, no doubt, some enemy ofnilrn hn snwesteil tn tbn Governor."

On the morrowtheysentmealieautlfulcaaket,containing several pearl necklaces, and 10,i)francs In gold. It nl not be UI that thtu neurht'tnl iiiitilni mere about the uubxincc or Its re-moval.

On another occasion the same steward Inform-e- d

mo thnt one of tho Judges had been guilty ofnumerous exactions, nnd that, with my appro-li-illo- n,

he i ild sipieczo lilm a little and obtainfrom him a present.

" What will nu do?" I asked." Very little. It will bo uftlclent," replied tho

steward, "to ti ll tho Judge thut tho Governordelre to spi-n- to hltn,"

Accordingly hn called on the magistrate,who, feeling that hi cnnsclonco was by nnmeans clear, was treatly alarmed at such asummons.

"Oh," ho cried, "those who administer Jus-tir- earo sorely exposed to tho risk of displeasing

folks. J am stiro that mme one has beeu makingmischief about mo with Ids Hxcelleucy. Whatcan I do to appeaso hltn '"

" Vnu know," rcrllod the smart steward," that It It Impossible to bend him; but If youare willing to believe 1110. and to charm awaythe danger that menaces you, address yourselfto hit wife. Hue alone has any lullucuce overhim."

Noxt day the Judge's wlfo battened to payher court to me, and laid at my feet a mngidll-ce- nt

present, worth upward of 40.UU0 francs.Just nt this point In her revelations the Idoa

apponr. to have occurred to tho lady who Is tell-ing this story that It might ttrlka unprejudicedreaders that her admissions, that sho was in thohabit of receiving presents for Influencing thoofUi-l.i- l action of her husband, might rcqutro ex-planation. So sho cheerfully volunteers tho In-

formation that alt tho corruption which tookplaco while her husband was Governor of Jeru-salem was cut Inly unknown to tho honest sol-

dier who was really responstblo for alt of It. Shorepresents that whllo everybody was taxed fortho benefit of tho ruling family, tho Governorhimself was entirely oblivious of what was goingon. Offices were bolng sold at wholesale, exac-

tions on special classes of tho population werocarried out In tho most unblushing manner, buttho honest 1'asha knew nothing of what wasgoing on. Tho ruling family, represented byMclck-Hanu- was accumulating gold and pre.clous gems; but, she says, In a burst of confi-

dence :All this took place unknown to tho Governor.

In a short time 1 amassed property to the valueof upward of four hundred thousand francs,partly In sticcle. partly In Jewelry and trinkets oftli(.liiiiuii. II.,. .v...... .r ..,l,, ,r.asuggested by tho remembrance of previous reverses. It npiienred to mo thnt nt any momentwo might find ourselves annvr In the painfulsituation from which we had emerged so sud-denly. In a country where ono has no recognizedrights and no security It Is necessary tu takeprecautions against the reverses of fortune.

The situation appears to havo been about this;Meheinet.I'asha thought that it was anythingbut a certainty that he would continue long lubis lucrative office, and he doomed It necessaryto mako a sultablo provision for his old age.I'ven If ho should bo retained In office a longtime he might not make as much money as tomoother officials had. Ills oath of ofllco prohibitedhim from taking bribes, but thero was nothinghi tho Constitution of Turkey-suppos- ing thntTurkey hnd a constltutton-- to prevent the poo-pi- e

from showing their appreciation of his goodqualities by paying largo sums of money to hisfamily. Of course, ho was supposed to bo en-tirely Innocent of any complicity In the meansby which tho family hitluenco was turned intoniiincy, but our authoress sliows how easily suchmatters can bo arranged after It Is once under-stood that making presents leads tho way toofficial favor. Melek-Hanu- gives some furtherInstances ot her adroitness In turning her In-

fluence Into moneySometimes they spoke to me about their

protegees. " Could you not contrive," said one,"to procure my brother Ids exchanger ho Isritlmiifcom (lleutenat-colone- l) of a auikftofc (de-partment), nnd I am very noxious to have himappointed to a tauter post." Perhaps," addedanother, "madame will be able to get mo theplaco of this cnlinnkam, of whom such com-plaints aro made." "It rests with you." oh.served tho first speaker, " t do me till service;I assure you thnt you won't find us ungrateful:If you succeed, wo will give )ou a beautifulpresent."

To nil thl I gave no nnswer; lint the next dayI would cull the steward or the secretary. "HiicliII person," I would say, "has been recommendedtn me, and I have 11 promise that my good ollli esshall not go unrequited ; do what you can toprocure a favorable exchange, and ynu shallhave your share of whatever I may receive."

The official whom I thus addressed, knowingthat his place depended upon me, would seizetho first opportunity to speak to his master." Vour r.xcellency," ho would say, "the calma-ka- m

of such and such a sandj.ik Is giving causofur much complaint; ho Is said to be accessibleto bribes, and to bo careless lu tho discharge ofhis duties."

" I have heard somo reports about him, but Idid not think they were serious,"

"Theso reports are, unhappily, too well found-ed ; nnd, although they may be somewhat exag-gerated, would It nut be better to have, at so Im-port an t a post, some person In whom you couldplaco eutho confidence? I know, for example,some one ot the greatest zeal lu your Uxcol-lency- 's

service; hoisthoroughlycomietcut,and,If you will allow him to wait upon ynu, I feel as-sured thnt you will ti pleased with him."

Th Interview being held and the Pasha sstls.fled, the exchange Is effected, and 1 receive whathas been promised me. In two years I disposedtu this manner of more than fifteen Importantposts In favor of pencils whom I had never ovenset eyes on,

Mclek-IIantt- whoso enterprise appears tohavo been unbounded, also entered Into specu-lations In grain a a menus of Increasing herstore, compelling tho unfortunate Inhabitantsto furnish her with horse, mule, and camel totransport her corn without remuneration. Withsuch ndvantoges at her disposal sho was, ofcourso, enabled to rcalizo largo profits from heroperatlons-whl- ch were In direct violation oflaw, as engaging lu commerce Is a thing express,ly furblddcn to l'uhas. Hut sho apprehendedno troublo from her violations of law, and evenIf any 0110 had tried to mako difficulty about thomattersho was provided with a ready excuse.In regard to this sho says ;

If a European Consul had lodgod any com-plaint ut Constantinople about tho trade Inwhich I engaged, what answer would be re-turned? " What you complain of culls for nocensure; thy merchants of Jerusalem sell grainto tho people nt exorbitant price ; the (lover,nor s wife, In order to iistuago tho misery of thoInhabitants, finds means to sell wheat nt a rea.sonabln rate, and the peasants lusocluto them,selves In this good work by lending their

thuro Is nothing to find fault with lutllkitt

It will bo seen that Melek-llnnu- wns notonly proficient In addition, division, and silence,but was also oh expert tu the elegant art ofwhitewashing as any Congressional Investiga-ting cnmuiltteo.

Iu the absence, of the rasha, Molck-Hanu- wasncctistotued to tnko tho exerclso of authorityInto her own hands, nnd when occasion rcqulrodsho acted with proiuptltudo and vigor. For In.stnnco, finding her palace besieged by a furlmijcrowd of Arabs, she half covered her faco withher shawl, nnd presenting herself at tho head oftho staircase furlestly addressed tho huntingmob 1

"What Is the mattor. my friends, that youraise such an outcry' Tell me rvtialjou want,

xnca,?to oblige you." " aUeDt'1 wl d -" Tho matter f" said one of them, who appearedto bo ono of tho ringleader, "They havo lately

established, at the gates of tho city, a duty upoiinil tho merchandise we bring In, In such a man-ner that we aro obliged to pay beforo wo havosold anything; moreover, the license to collectthis tax bus been conferred upon a Frenchman ;so that wo aro tolling to enrich an lufldel. Vowish the duty tn tin removed."

" I nm on your side," 1 answered ; " I had,pledged tho rnshamit to Impose this tax, but anorder from tho Sultan compelled him to do to,and ho was forced tn obey ; tho Frenchman ofwhom yon complain Is not resionlble. More-over, wo hno written lo Constantinople to aslafor the suppression of this levy ; In two or tlireudays we shall receive a rcplv; thero Is evryreason to lielloio that tho Fadlhah, who Is afather to hU subjects, wilt gruut tho nbolitl uwhich wo have solicited."

At these words they all cried nut, " Ootl bins,tho wlfo of our Governor I Allah protect oi,ri'ushal lying llvo our Bultati I Amlii I Amur,"" In prai Ing for your master, you do well," rreplied; "always continue to net thus, and voitwill obtain whatover I Jnt, Hetum to yourhomes, anil ns soon as tho answer arrives It shallbe proclaimed."

They withdrew, satisfied at tho result of theirproceeding. As for me, I wns better pleased Insco them depart thun I cared to show. 1 returned 'to my apartments attended by their clamorousbleslnes.

Tho next morning I summoned tho Cnvsj-bascl- d,

and ask oil him the namos of tho princi-pal authors of the disturbances of tho day be.fore. Ho named fifteen. I Immediately directedhim, as usual In such cases, to seize them- - 111

order which was exocuted before tlioy left theirhomes. They were forthwith sent Into exile,and wero not permitted to return until theirspirit had been completely subdued. It mi)i hthat tome amono (firm tec re Inuocmf, but In suchaffairs it seems preferable to run tho risk of tn.dieting somo slight suffering both on tho Inno-cent and the guilty, rather than to exclto popu-lar passions by proceeding In the regular couraoof Justlco hi order to apportion tho blamo at.taenltiff tn each. In ffi S.Viaf firs tifr iltittttc.tdnu are not attewltd to; guilty and Innocent arearrested, and chastisement Inflicted upon them.

After a tlmeMehamct.I'asha was recalled fromJerusalem and appointed Governor of Hclsjrod,and whllo thero Melek-Hanu- m gavo birth to ason, whom his father nauiod Mustapha-DJuha- d

Ucy. Mustauha was the naino ot tho l'oaha'--fnthor, whllo the surname DJohad, whtch sign),lies war, was given to tho Infant because hacamolnto tho woildln timo uf war tho Hun.garlan war ot 1317.

In tho month of Itnmazan In the year lfJ!Mehemct-l'ah- a was appointed Ambassador tltho English court, partly, Mclek-IIanu- m says,Inconsequence ot her personal Influcnco wllbtho Grand Vizier. As religious customs audprejudices forbid Mussulman wlvos toaccom-pan- y

their husbands Into a Christian country,the I'asha left his wlfo In Constantinople on hisdeparture for the Court of St. James, establish.Ins tier hi a luxurious rosldenco, with slaves anddomestics In abundauco at her command. Illsleave-takin- g was most affectionate, and the sor-rowing wife at that time little thought that thoseadieus wero tho last that wero over to be

between them.Mchcmct-Fash- a had not been long In England

when an event occurred which lod to tho mostserious consequences. Tho only son ot theI'asha, DJehad-lle- wan naturally ot a sicklynnd feeble constitution, and ho was attacked byan Illness which threatened to toriuluato fatally.Ho grow worse from day tu day, aud at last thophysicians lost all hopo of his recovery. Thiscaused the mother frightful anxiety, nut only onaccount ot hor lovo for her child, but also frommoro selfish considerations. Mehemct-l'ash- a

was devotedly attached to his son, whom he re-

garded as hit future heir, and Melek-Hanu-

dreaded lest her husband should tako a secondwife In case tho boy should die, and her own

over him be lost. Tho feverish excitabilitywhich this npprchonstou Inspired could not bo 1

concealed from tho eyes of tho household, nnd .1

woman named Fatmnh, to whom tho Pasha hadIntrusted tho management of tho barom nndtho supervision of the slaves, succeeded In learn.Ing tho cause ot her uneasiness. At tho sug-gestion of this woman, Mclck-Hanui- n was In-

duced to procure from a needy woman a boychild to replace tho dying heir, and In due timoMehemct-l'ash- a had tho Inudllgeiice conveyedto him that ho was tho father of another son.

And now the troubles of Mclck-IIamt- bcjnnIn earnest. The deception practized on her hui .band bad been entirely unnecessary, as the realheir recovered, and is still allio. Hut Fatinahand a eunuch named Ileshlr, who know all thecircumstances of tho fraud, elated by tho powertlioy had acquired over their mistress, assumedall at onco the airs of masters, and ruled thewholo household, Melek-Hanu- Included, withunbounded insolence. At last thoy came toquarrelling between themselves and tho situs,tlon of affairs became lusuportablo. Bo Fatmahwas bribed to tako her departure, which sindid, leaving tho eunuch sole tyrant In tho bouse,A month after Futmuh's departure, on tho occtlon of a reception which brought many gueststo tho palace, tho treacherous woman unex-pectedly made her nppearance, and with thoassistance of a confederate succeeded In mur.iloring her late rival tho council Hoshlr. Tlilloccurence was used by the enemies of Melek.Hanumtuwork her destruction, Sho was ac-

cused of the murder of tho eunuch, and arrested J

by tho police. Her money aud Jewelry werotaken from her, and at a later day banded overto hor husband. Meliemet-1'ash- a was sum-moned from London, nnd to appease the clamorsof his enemies ho repudiated his wlfo by pro-curing a divorce soon aftor which ho married an-

other woman. Melek-Hanu- after renminbi,;in prison somo months, was banished to AsitMinor. Of course, tho facts In relation to thespurious heir camo to light whllo these euutswere transpiring, nnd the suspicion w as aro.ia. ,1

that there might bo sumo doubt lu regard to thebirth of Muatapha-DJehad-Ilo- The Ministerof Police thought It necessary tn question Melek-Hanu- m

on this point, and she, Indignant ather husband for haling repudiated her, under-took to roiengo herself by refusing to glvo anysatisfactory explanation on tho subject. Herconduct produced the desired result. Jlehemct-rath- a,

having boon Informed that his divorcedwife bad refused to proclaim distinctly thulegitimacy of hlssnn DJehad, found himself con-strained to eparato from him.

For nearly twenty years Melok-Itanu- re-

mained lu Turkey after her divorce, during allof which time sho won engaged in combatluaUio intrigues ot the enemies who continued Upersecute her. Her adventures during tinperiod of her life were as strange and Interest-ing as thoso which have been briefly described111 this article, but we must dismiss them withthis bare reference. In 1S00 Melek-Hanu- over-powered by tho number and vlndictlvcnes fher influential enemies, her husband lu tho meantimo having been advanced to the hupurtai tpost of Grand VUler, determined to flee toF.urope, and, with her daughter, she finally smreeded In escaping. As to tier subsequent Ufashe says!

Dip six years no havo slnco spent In Tnr'owhavo been hi man venra of marl rdom. viahave endured 'lunger, penury, abject mist 11.Wo havo suffered perseculloii uf even kind,conducted wllh un Ingenuity merltliu thethet of diabolical nud prosecuted with ailmnaof perseverance which Indicate tho Int. hihatred. The object has been lu illscieil.i i

cwrywhero ; to Isolate us from society; todi.,4 .us to desp ilr even to death,

Our lu Kuropu, however -- and tlisvhave been of a most extraordinary kind 11. 'fiirm the subject of a hcquej to tbepreini

of our uxperi.Mii-M- and misfortunes 111 tlmList. I fervently thank God tt ha so nit-r-

tally present d me thu far froin niyni. 1..! ,

nud 1 rely upon Ins good I'mvldein e to cntii-in-

Unilly to verenme thorn, uiul tu obtain --

tlcii for mjself nud my children,Hero Mclrk.Hnnum's wonderful story n --

what abruptly ends. Fortunately wn are t ,

bled tu, mid a btlle Inforinati-'i- f " ,Interesting cliurnt ter to her uutmiiplt'tt-- y

Mustapha-njch.'id.He- the son nf Mi hiw'10 wa ills. .11,., 1

by his father, a already de nlietl, and "now 11 voting mini of lwi-iu- nic. has - I

through scenes of as varied and eventful a '

in ter ns those whlili cbccki red Ins 111 Hilife. Icfltoht own resource when In- - n "up, ho went waiideilug around t e wmld.pcrleuclng extraordinary vb li. ''ent countrlo. At ouo time ho w a a d- m.servant In l'.gypt ; at another ho w a liv "unite of a convent iu Venice; nftirwui "suned as 11 soldier with tho I'.ip il Z uiav. -luilly he. Hindu hi way to laigland. win 'n.et his motlier. who tnhl him the truehis blrtli and explained hor reason f r u f jto attest Ids legitimacy. IHehad lm eo-.i- lsuit to compel the recognition nf Ii' claimslawful son of tho late Muheiuet-I'aso.- i 111. d Hi"legitimate heir to all hi vast e- -t to I I"-- ntIs lo bo tried In Constantinople. l,''h."1 ',engaged Kngllsh snliclt-i- tclaim, and a his mother Is ready to testify lusupport of his pretensions. It is the Impressionlu Kngllsh legal circlet that very likely he uisygalu his suit.