The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-08-01
MIR. Cooley's New Work--The American In
Egypt.


containing 100 illustrations
The work is most beautifully printed and hand
somely got up by the house OF Appleton & Co., OF
this city. 1t commences with the authors voyage
IRON Athens 10 Alexandria and closes with his pre-
parations TO set out from Cairo to visit the Holy
Land; of his journeyings in which latter region are
promised description shortly.
The book is one of the most amusing and enter
tanning that we have had in our hands for very
long time and we predict for il large sale, through
numerous editions.
AS we intend to present our readers with very CO.
pious extracts from the work. and copies OF many OF
the illustrations will detain them longer; but
dip at once into the contents of the werk and leave
our readers to Judge for themselves
ENIRANcr INTO ALExANpRIA-WoMnro or Ecsrr.
The people in crowds were creeping along over their
ankles in mud, generally than half naked and many
of them had little covering than first parents be-
fore the fall All of them appeared to be about msera-
BILE as filth cold hunger want rags, and no rags at all
Our passage was completely blocked up and over
Swallowed by proc esson OF camels loaded with lemons
and oranges Our limbs scarcely safe from the
ponderous jostlngs ofhese unwedy though patient and
useful animals when encountered platoon OF cames
and donkeys loaded with goaskns of water, which the
Arabs distributing through the st.eets Of Alexa
dra in the retail way that pure spring water is
dealt round from house to house in the good city of Go
than. Next came butt against us n large camel with
huge date tree his back sweeping the streets in his
unsteady notion for considerable distance sre and aft
Look out for heads Here is knot Of shverng Arabs
grinding in little rude kind of mill, stuck fiat in
the mud, and turned by donkey. There is a hideous
looking object bearing on her head loahsome substance
spread out upon greasy board, crying i'll the nerve
rackng and jawbreakng language of her country, Hot
cakes hot cakes here's your fine hot cakes" Now
we pass cluster Of Arab women in masks according to
the custom OF the country, exhibiting little OF their
faces than small space around their and painted
brows, whe their legs are bare TO more eierated point
than exhibited by the fair drses Of the ballet at
present populcr in enlightened country Here,
again and dozen young girls with tattooed chns gab
bling like geese in the NTH scarcely rag TO
their nakedness and there drove of slaves for SALE
dragging their rafting chains through the mud
TnBArMKNr OF WIVES IN C,mo
As we passed by these women, and drove along moder
ately we soon came to large gathering of cd
peoples all shapes and colors who standing
around poor woman, with her hands tied behind her
and looking on very inditferently while large ugly
Arab whipping her with corbash in the cruel
and unfeeling manner We supposed that this woman
criminal suffering the penalty of some offence and
that the man who had tied her up and was then on
the whip Justify her back and shoulders the
proper officer appointed by the Pacha perform this dis
agreeable duty upon his subjects Who may occasionally
commit certain henous crimes against his DEGREES Judge
ofour astonishment when upon enquiring into the
sion OF this public whipping we were told by one othe
bysanders, that it was only whipping his wife y.
which was mere matter of everyday occurrence. ex
pressed my surprise to Mrs Frkns state of things
revolving to humanity and told her had not supposed it
possible that such abomnabe ourages crueties
the part of man toward his wife could be tolerated in
awhy" said Mrs. rirkins, nothing is more common
in Egypt than FOR to whip his wife. | inquired of
one Of my neigh. the other day, how his vile did.
o. says he she very well, very ell indeed gave
her sound dru.hng few days ago, and she has been
Mrs. F. continued The Egyptians must be whipped
pretty often, or there is getting with them at all
When the corbash is used freely, there is difficulty,
and t they 60 on famously"
"Yes7 replied Mrs. Firkins 4" and they expect to be
cd down, twice, and sometimes ofener each
month And servants who do not get whpt
think that they do not give satisfaction and that their
masters are dspleased with them.'
The CIRcAssrAS SLAVES AND MrMLooKs IN Ecyrr.
The Memlooks introduced into Egypt early in the
thirteenth century. Their imports mihfo,y SHARES
and such in fact they were originally being Crcassians
Mngrelans, and Abazans, who, as the spoils OF
among the barbarans of the East had been crowded into
the of Asia and bought by the rulers
OF Egypt and formed into military corps.
The Circassan slaves of both have been held
in the highest estimation of any by the Turks The
Abazans stand favour with them the Mngrelans
next after them the Gcorgians, then the Russians and
Poles next the Hungarians and Germans, then the Me-
groes and Of all the spanards Maltese and Franks
whom they despise drunkards debauchees, idle and
mutinous.s
1t is fact worthy of remark that of the many thou
sands OF slaves of both brought from the borders OF
the Caspian Sea and the region OF the Caucasus
tans and settled in Egypt in marriage with natives OF
their country not soul has been able to perpeuate
its kind. Every family after the first generation, has be-
come extinct The same is also true OF the Turks who
only the continuance OF their families by
ryng Egyptians fresh supply of slaves from the East
has usually found ready market in Egypt, from the time
they first introduced there to the present day The
Crcassian and Georgian female slaves most highly
valued by Turkish grandees and Mr. Lane informs us
that Cairo "they often their only female compan
ions and sometimes their wives and being generally
preferred by them before the free ladies Of Egypt the
slaves hold higher rank than the latter in opin
on They are richly dressed presented with valuable
ornaments INDUCED frequently with almost every luxury
that be procured and when is not their lot to wait
upon Others may in some cases be happy as atery has
been proved since the termination of the in Greece
by many females of that country, captves in Egg ptan
harems refusing their offered liberty, which all Of those
Of ~
state of their parents and other relations the fear Of
posing themselves to poverty" is no strange thing to
pr s
| cases of extreme distress and restitution
YouSo GIRLS MArnrMosv IN EcYrr.
Among the laborers upon Mr.. Larkn's building at
Alexandria saw large number of young girls from
ten to fourteen years Of age We surprised to learn
that OF them already married. 1t is singular
how very young the Egyptian peasants marry Nine or
years for girls and twelve ten years for boys is
considered manageable age Both have little
objection to the conugal estate that they get married
| fast and as soon possible.
Being married once is only beginning of matrimonial
connexions in Egypt. Three or four wives apiece among
the peasants is the most common thing in the world. In
changes. Old wives being Divorced, and new
are taking their places so that the matrimonial ceremony
IN some OF its various FORMS almost continually passing
before their eyes, and interminged it were with their
daily avocstons.
The peasanry do consider any number Of wives an
encumbrance all of them being expected to work An
Egyptian. therefore, has four good hearty young
wives is looked upon man, the English say "we
to do in the world-or, az others would express them
selves, Gin very 1ourishing condition" These bles
sings, suppose which those who find it hard work
support one would hardly wish to enjoy; still the ahs
of the vale ofthe Nile think otherwise and IL they can
keep ofhe army and ade the suspicion OF the Turk
They practical illustration Of the remark that poor
| and content are rich, and rich enough"
A Day Coon STORE ALErlSpRrl
The bazars of Alexandria are mostly 'kirtng little mar
row, muddy, unpaved passageways, 80 small and
racted render impossible pass carriage through
them; thing, indeed, which Is never attempted II is
not usual even to ride horseback on donkeys in
| the bazars; though when we were in Alexandria,
would have quite out OF the question to have passed
dry.shod in any other than mounted and even
then, the little low animals slumped into the mud so
much that ones feet not always clear OF the mre
and water.
The passages of the bazars generally covered over