Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-06-22
From the New Yorker.
.-rRs FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN.
40 AN AMERICAN LADY.

=, I'D touching IN the supetSutionS re- IN
tfd anU With which the Moors protect the :.
r'f'nco oftbe dead--if indeed the term i !,
rnsu can be applied TO feeling so 7
CVels'Sls 10 human nature. The known
oooo,onriated battle-ground is invio. !"
lnd SgY .onrse, and to q degree that no :
Ia's ..;.O nation even approaches; but the !,
CnrSs;J crave ofthe meanest outcast is
Eay'n. ~. respected. Even a bone, or
., Of human bone turned up by ,
hsS. .o iron, its forgotten resting place, is ,
'nlp si,v reburied by the first Moor who ,
H On On arbor at the corner Of
Moorish garden, mile or two out Of
Wv GO saw a piece Of bone that had teen
3 ,s.5 m by some pious Moslcm and pla-
p1' .nona the wires, for some one more
.,, ,ban himself to decide whether it
ss.ased 10 the human family, and if SO,
49, :ys 4 burial. On sunny bank di-
NV beside the road were two or three
- 80. no, raised as with US, bat outlined |
,,nce of stones picked up on the spot
W ,et close together all round it. Some
s..a,if flowers were growing on them,
''I $50 nlanted by the tender care Of sur
n oI trends. Without thinking, | gath
We ..J some: a dirty,ill.clad boy was driving
~. borrico al the moment; he stopped
jiooked nj me with such an air Of grave
~ E',lsssure. though nwed by my Christian
I 80 and sex, Sufficient here to intimate
Ems roo'uIar protection,) that though he said
',5;og | saw | had sinned against some
J ~, SENTIMENT, and laid the flowers gen.
n, On the grave had taken them from.
II, face ljghtened instantly, and he went
- v;tbout paying any further Ottention to
:. person who has visited saints
,omb 4, the utmost peril of his life, des.
Sr;be, i as a bare, unfinished apartment,
-;,b a boz or coffin suspended from the
.s5iog bya cabin. This probably con-
aims he relics of the person In whose
honor the building was raised, and the Gus
tom would seem rot uncommon in Ma
bome!an counties. Is not this practice the
o,oin Of the tradition current among US
,fbe coffin of Mahomet being suspended
n the air by magnetic powerl
Though the Moors certainly excel u
N me respect they pay to the graves o
AL, friends, their dead are disposed of i
,,n,c. of time that would startle Chris
IN even during pestilence. The corps
never kept whole night uEburied, ur
Lw the death should happen early in tn
Ueuinq; then, Of course, they must wa
80 r,orninp. The funeral takes plaC
immed.,ely; ifthe deceased is rich ma
NJ body is taken to the Mosque, whe
a, mans chant over him that ePitome
AIR. faith. There is but one God, a.
N,home, is his prophet From the MC
=, he l. convened to the grave by be1
~, Conr men support the bier, and
,.Ssys5 several times before they rea
Inc grave. This is sometimes in one
tbs sacred houses, Is he was OF emin'
: ,.nctity himself or rich enough to buy
i he doubly consecrated ground; ever
hs their habitual respect for the rema
of,he departed shows itself; lin digg
M grave ahuman bone is encounter
hi, reyerentlv closed again and anot
mo, is opened for the reception ofthe DO
4 nnt.house as they are called mere
. on,ed out as the last abode, not IN DC
a in life, of man who died only
Years back in the fullest oder OF sanc1l
!. Hs was of noble birth and large torl'
and in early youth seemed determined
ian the cup Of enjoyment to the DOH
,nd he did too, in the true Oriental "
i. Hoshu, himself up in his harem and P
Cd his time in eating, drinking ana !:
fnv. sometimes the tyrant and soIneu
A, dave ofhis three wives, two OF W
De- we're black for variety's sake; and TN
the age Of eighteen too, when' Il eve.
hear should beat with some generous
useful purpose, or at least feel the pro
q inV,brob Of ambition. Not so, how
Z. with this embryo saint with an unProl
-s0s e.able name; at that age there SCENE
promise or hope of good IN HIM. 4,
changed so greatly the color oil MS
not distinctly known; the deeds oil lh
rem are rarely breathed in the oPee'
sA0 but two Of his wives were suddenly
mt o with brief interval borne TO me
Mon 4 black minated that one polsohe
other from jealousy, and tie survivor
sacrifice to her lords resentment
NJ fate Of wives, unless they are OF mgr
tow y, is not often closely inquired 'n'o
Stat but tell tale slaves are a nuisance a.
win black disappeared. To fill the Va
mhis copious heart, this excenen
yen band and master took another v
en-, onSs widow, for il is a mistake to suppose
|, tru hometan will not marry q WIDOW
vas his equal, or nearly so, IN 1lr
Ok. fortune, and not inferior ~ Ia'ei
rS"9 'hnmciully as he abused them, Nan
richly endowed him. The hrst
The new bride was to pay her DOVE
rke remaining wife OF the first batch a
me her home; the next, to dismiss
no : servant, one and all, and induct ~
am IN their places. These we're siroI
where woman is almost without e.
ma Gtrembling, submissive slave; on.
yes. was resolved to reign alone 10 -
and heart Of her husband, ana
perious temper, seconded oy Oe
&c no common order, carried every
Iora fore il.
mtg Ills drawing strongly on our j
ob 10 believe that such animals ~ :.
lver BE husband have hearts; Dut y y
ell, pear, land il is not the smallest
leet Ihe performed) that the naughty
rnog not only found one, but con lI,, :.
,oun tact some good from it. Iners
a o redeeming trait in his characters