Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-06-26

ii takes care oil roguesi Dul 1he crimes ate
comparatively few, bearing no ortof rela-
lion 10 many which apperain 10 Christian
Some ~ .As gO.des 5ooNS spedA nisFMs
of admiration Of public fountains. and they
either willully or ignorantly misrepresent
Them. All The water in Egypt raised above
the level Of The Nile. is in an earthen pot
on the rim Of wheel, or by a pole and
bucket. Thus eleyaled, there are lroughs
in mosks, rarely anywhere else, 10 which ii
is conduc,ed-unless the salias near the
gardens are reckoned as fountains. Wafer
IS poured out Of the skins into tanks within
very many of the mosks. with which Two
small tubes communicate that just through
the WALL Poor people apply their mouths
and suck up the water. These conlrivances
are the giG of pious Mahomedans, Nho look
for favors in return from the prophet, for
such charities on earth.
No statistics of the population are col.
lecled by the government--consequenlly
nothing is certainly known Of the resources
Of the country or Of individuals. Parents,
ordinarily, are ignorant Of their own ages,
and their children inherit dislike TO all re.
cords. II the taxes are forthcoming which
have been assessed, very we'll, If not the
delinquen, is fogged ill the money is paid
An English gentleman related the case Of a
fellow, who had been repeatedly punished
and released, because his inability was de-.
clared over and over again, The the col.
ec,ors were on the whole convinced Of bis
hopeles poverty. Rumor, however, brui'ed
i, about that he could meet the demand, and
consequently he was again subjected 10 a
cruel bea,ing-as on all former occasions,
he plead inability. After allowing breath
ing time for few minutes, the minions Of
despoism resumed the lash, giving him q
hundred ss....!ipes. In rising from the lock,
a small gold coin fell from his mouth where
liz had been concealed. The ,ormentors in.
stanlly applied another hundred and he was
told TO 20. With chuckle Of sei-satislac'
,ion he was afierward overheard telling bis
wife they did no. get all the money ill they
were obliged TO give him oil those stripes
An accoun, Of the manner Of conducting
schools, studying the koran 10 become
priest, lawyer; or anything else-for il IL
The book of books TO Mahomedans-mus
be passed over. So also tho way and man
ner of hearing and deciding suits Of the va
rious courts Of law, must have the 60 by a
present. A courbash--a whip from The hid'
of The hippolamus-is The chief ins'runen
for settling difficulties between conierdinl
parties. The head of The police in Alex
andria-equivalenl 10 our city marshal car
ries one Of them mounted with silver, tn
emblem of his authority. A blow from ii i
comprehended by an Arab. They listen It
no proposition, nor are they restrained Iron
evil acts by any other punishment. Whe
Christianity takes the place Of the iaiI
which was established by violence, The cruel
ties that accompany The administration o
i, ,s,ice, will be less human, but no. before
~ Domestic comfo.. is unknown 10 tn
Egyptians. There is nG laml'y circle o
affec,ionate fathers, mo.hers, Ofo'nefs an
sis,ers-no happy home whsre are conoe' Ss
,ra,ed the comforts and refinemen's :"
Christian family. Men and women neve
visi, together, eat at The same table, or asso
ciale in way 10 improve or create resPec
for each other.
A wife in high life or low, is purchases
like any commodity in The lbazzar. Sh
neither knows or sees her husband I'LL sh
becomes his slave nor does he know any
: thing of her features, disposition or quolit
cations beyond the description of some eA
tent in conducting negotiation, ill he
: clothed with authority TO drown her in re
, sack, or send her out ofthe door in disgrac
, wilhou, creating surprise. The abuse
7 his power is so common as TO excite no al
I ,onishmen, whatever. In conversation viii
5 noble specimen Of physical development
; man Of abou, six and thirty, from Ran
, lah, in Palestine, whom me, in carava
s on the desert, who asked variety Of que
tons abon. America.--he observed sha,
7 had divorced four wives, and had recent
5 taken four new ones. He had only six chi
I dren among them all. J. A. s.