Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-11-21
NIISCELLAMEoUS.
ATGIERS

(COmmuui. ited for the Vug IIeiad1
Extracts trOBl three letters receioea from
yo,t',a, -ime,ican gentleman iu .4isierS, to
las brother u. Yugiiia, datcd in Juiy and
august last.
g nov propose TO give you sketch of the
people and habits of this country. may com
with describing my own situation. re-
side with the Consul General, as Secretary, and of
course receive from the natives and foreign Con
suls the respect due to the representative of
great nation. Ii is unusal with the different Con-
suls of Europe, 10 keep two houses one in town,
and the other III the country. We have but one,
and that in town; and you will presently, that
this is not the most agreeable. / have ample ac-
commodatons, large library, and the society of
one of the best and most intelligent men tina, the
age can produce. The most elegant room in the
house Is my study; at the end OF which is por-
trait of General Washington, and at the other,
CBi0s., from which | now write TO YOU The
Turks call chiosk small room rather recess
from larger, in which they reclIne Oh carpets or
sofas My manner of living accords with that OF
Europe, but Is 10 Before rise in the
morning, strong Gun of coffee and toast is brought
to me; az ten o'clock eat what is called
dejeuner la J0,vcheHe, consisting of meats
and wine; and night, we dine-alier this we
have coffee. We use wine in abundance costing
but three cents bottle. The wine in common
Use is made by the ConsuIs in their own houses;
you known the religion OF these people forbids the
of wines: they cultivate the grape and sell
them TO
SocIErY.-Ths is confined exclusively TO
Consular families, which consis, of the English
French, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Sandman, Nea-
poliian, and Portuguese. Among them find great
hospitality, intelligence and Accomplishments |
generally pass several days when make visit
we all speak French or Italian The Turks and
Moors make receive visits from Chris
tians, and seldom among themselves Their la
III.
Ia go to the baths, where they collect from each
other The news Of the town. They are very jg-
norant, as they are never taught, and have no in
iercourse. When they accidentally appear in the
streets, they are covered with white muslin
Is HEB conceals their Whole face, leaving only the
eyes to direct them, which may be seen like bril-
liant jets. They said to be beautiful, but
have never seen any face except with spy glass
from the terrace, and therefore cannot Judge
Every house has flat terrace, on which the wo-
nIen allowed to walk ia The evening, precisely
such DdDtd was walking uTon when be I'M
happily espied BethSheba. If should be found
cooversing with a Mahomedan woman, | would
be expelled the country, and she tied I'd in
a sack and thrown into the Such is their CON
tempt for Christians. There is little girl who
sometimes comes to the wall that separates our
terraces; but she will soon be old enough TO Nh,
on the Ada, or covering for the face, and shall
never again see her. AS the ladies' are never al
lowed to see men, marriages are contracted BY third
persons, and the husband his bridge for the first
time at the nuptiaIs. A little girl OF about four
years of age, the grand daughter of former Bs-
shaw, was brought here on the festival Beiram by
her black Eunuch; she bad perhaps $40 900
worth OF jewels on her neck, hands, and ankles;
around which last, there were golden ornaments
enclosing something that made tinklins noise az
she walked This Is that mentioned in the RI
chapter, 18Th verse, OF Isaiah: And i'm that dav
the Lord viii take away the bravery of their fiut
ling ornaments about their feet'' | refer vou 10
that chapter for the dress of oriental women. -
They wear, however, peculiar head dress. called
Samarre, made ofgold or silver, and which pro.
Iects nearly two feet from the head. Eight rrs,,v
Greek girls were lately brought here as captive.
to the Algerines, who are engaged with the Turks
in their unboly with the Greeks These were
presented 10 differ ent officers Of Government
The CITY This contains about 80 600 iuba
bitaDts; $4,000 Turks, and the rest Moors Arabs
Jews, Negroes, and Kabyles. The Turks reign
conqoeTOrs. The Moors came from Spajn. and
the Arabs from Egypt. The Jews are TO be found
IN every part oi the globe, ACCORDING TO pfopbecv.
and here their numbes is large They are no,
treated as well az the dogs Of Mahommedans bu,
are allowed TO have their syhagogues. The ncoroe.
are slaves here, as IN America, and are bought and
sold at The public bdzdr or market place Their
condition Is Infinitely better among U.s. than here or
thsn own country, iarihef ~ the interior. These
people are ideniically The same as those on our
plantations, excep. that Fidigna niger Il much
treer, and feels more importance The Ksbvla,
are TO this country, what the Indians are 10 on,s
except that they have never been CONQUERED BIZ fle
Turks The tribes OF the interior preserve fLeir
original independence. Al these veoele arc Ne.