New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-26

cluded, l directed Achmet tn distribute few
hsndfuls Of copper money among them, where
upon they returned to the village. uttering sharp
yeIls of joy rs they went. After they had left,
asked the men whether what ] had heard IN
Khartoum, concerning their peculiar conjugal Gus
toms, was true. and they replied that is was.
As we were about leaving, ono Of the Shekhs, or
holy men of the tribe, came down to greet Us. He
was an old man in blue cotton mantle, and had
with him two attendants. After touching my hand
twice and asking many times for my health, he COM
menced singing passages ofthc Koran, in loud re-
sonant, and not unmusical Tone somewhat resemb-
ling the sunset cry of the muezzn from his mnarct.
The two others responded, and thus this religious
entertainment was kept up for some time. But the
rails was at his post and the wind had fnllen so
acted my despotic character of Sultan by leaving
the holy man in the midst of his chanting and going
en- board. When we left he was still standing under
the mimosss, singing of Mohammed the Prophet of
God.
"WEDNESDAY, Jan. s3-Msh.
We are going glorioasly down stream, with
light west wind filling the little sail and the men
all at their oars, singing shrl choruses in the Don
eolese and Djalee dialects. The White Nile,
which is here three miles broad, Is now as smooth
as glass, and glimmers far and bright under the
moon The shores are still, in all their dead level
expanse and were it not for the uneven line which
their belts of thorn trees draw along the horizon,
| could imagine that we were floating in mid
ocean.
This morning we passed large Hassanyeh set
Element called Wad- Tshelayeh-the only village
in the river worthy to be Gale SUCH it had four
vessels moored to the shore, and boosted a few
mud houses in addition to its array Of tokuls.-
Several of the latter were built in tent form and
covered with striped cloth made of camers hair.
Ientered the residence ofthe Shekh, who, however,
was absent with his wife to attend the funeral ola
relative. The tent was thirty feet long, with an
arched top, and contained two inner chambers. The
sides were ornamented with gourds, skins and other
articles, grouped with some taste, and large guam
titles of the cowries; or small white shells, which
are used as currency in some parts of Central Afr
ca, were sswed upon the cloth cover, in the form
of crosses and stars. looked into the principal
chamber, which inclosed broad and handsome
angareb, made of plated palm-leaves. The walls
were entirely concealed by the articles hung upon
Them and everything exhibited a taste and neat
ness which is rare among the Arab tribes. The
tent was IN charge of the Shekh's niece, hand
some girl Of about eighteen, and an old woman
with three Children the youngest Of which was
sucked by black slave. He was an ebony Gu
pd, of year old, rejoicing in the punches of white
shells that hung from his neck, wrists and ANGLES.
He exhibited q curiosity to touch me, and took
him in my arms and addressed him in Christian
nursery tongue. The sound of my voice, how
ever, was more horrible than the color Of my skin.
He set up yell and kicked out his little black,
SATIN skinned legs till was obliged to hand him
over to the slave nurse.
From the bank on which the village is built,
could sec, beyond the trees Of the opposite shore
a wide stretch of the plains Of Kordofan-a level
savanna of yellow grass, extending without
break to the horizon. Since leaving the village
we have been going by oar and pole, with light,
shifting wind. Tho air is warmer than it has
been since left Khartoum. This afternoon, while
the men were resting from then rowing, Bshr, the
Dinka cook, got into dispute with one of them,
and fnally worked herself into such rage that
she jumped overheard with the intention of
drowning herself, and would have done so, had not
one of the sailors plunged after her and hauled her
ashore, in spite of her violent struggles and en-
deavols TO thrust her head under water. When
she found she could not indulge in this recreation,
she sat down on the ground, burst into paroxysm
ofangry tears and in quarter of an hour went
back to grind her dourra, in the best possible hui
NOR Her name, Bahr signifies I" the sea- but
she is an Un,line of the Black Sea, and the White
Nile refused to receive her. B.r.