Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-01-24
AB-DEL KADER AND HIS FAMILY

We find in the miscellany of the Manchester En-
aminer the following picturesque narration, sex
tracted from the Tribune of the Gironde" ola Wis
II TO the distinguished exile Paris 1--WE found
the emir seated on his bed. On our entrance he
Immediately rose and squeezed our hand with warmth
and dignity. His stature is above the average. his
white wooden clothes exhibit in fine relief his SUI
Perb face, which is adorned with long black beard:
his white hands are perfectly shaped, and his feet
seem surprised to feel the sonesS of carpets after
having been so long accustomed TO tread the sand
Since have confded myself to the honor of the
frer CHI remarked the emr, Il have not had occa-
sion TO repent 1t one moment, and can well under
stand that weghty reasons at present prevent the
realization of my dearest wish, to live and die at
Mecca. will wait The women formuo the
family of the emir are lodged in a suite of three
rooms, joining his own apartment. His mother in
habits the more distant. She is a woman seventy
years OF age, with sad detected MEN, but her ewes
sparkle occasionally, like those of her son. She was
indisposed when we visited her, and was recninp
on mattress before an immense brazer. surround
ed by young black and white female attendants who
appeared To serve. her with great zeal and attach
ment. In the second room were three colored wives
oil Ab-5eikader on their mattresses with their chill
dren IN their arms The faces Of the latter are We
~ pretty. Their heads are entirely shaved They
say bon jour and shake hands veyy WILLINGLY =
The women are all habted in white stutfs, sor,
OF long gown, and double tunics of muslin or cloth
fastened at the breast by chains Of silver On their
naked feet they wear rings of the same metal. Their
headdress conceals their hair entirely Their ears
are pierced for immense earrings, winch reach rs
low as their shoulders. Some Of the women in this
room were tatooed the face and arms in the mos,
curious manner. They appeared resigned to their
fate, but much asonlshed at the scenes of the sur
rounding world. The third room is the most curi
Gus of all 1t is a large saloon, darkened by the
partial closing of the shutters the faint LIGHT that
obtains ngross being increased by that Of an epor-
mous FIRE. f1efe we found the white wife of The
emr, on sofa, watching over her children at play.
She is about forty years old and her face is hand
some; though her expression is somewhat severe,
II Is by no means bad. Her white garments are finer
and neaier than those Of the black concubnes Her
sad glance seemed to ask heaven what would be the
future fate OF her unhappy family OF the two
daughters OF the emir, one is a superb beauty Uer
face is one Of those ideal ones that bat,nt the iao
nation OF painters, and her eyes are such ms wher
once seen, can never be forgotten Her bare arms
perfectly shaped, and encifcled with vcrv simnl,
bracelets Her hair is adorned with large tiban,
and some howers, which announce that the womer
OF the desert are as vain and as fond of borrowing
The foreign aid ofornament as their more ciyilised
and therefore less excUsabe sisters OF EuroreD
! Turk was publicly beheaded Il, Cops,sntinopl
on the 3V'h nit, for the crime Of having while in
state OF intoxcaton said that he did not care s,rau