New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-12

The turf around our Pa'iioh ihiy oiaDcu WIN
the spendor Of the yellow daisies and crimson
noppies that stud it. was satisfied with what
7 saw and felt no wish to leave Quarantine to-
day. Our Italian friend, however, is more i'm
patient. His betrothed came early to see him,
and we were edited by the great alacrity with
which he fastened to the CRATE, to renew hisvows
at two yards distance from her. In the meantime,
Invent down to the Turkish houses, to cultivate
the acquaintance Of a singular character met on
board the steamer. He is negro Of six feet Jour-
dressed in long scarlet robe. His name IS
Mahommed Senoosee, and he is takeeT, OF hoiy
man. from Timbuctoo. He has been two years
absent from home, on pilgrimage to Mecca ana
Medina. and is now on his way to Jerusalem and
Damascus. He has Travelled extensively In all
parts of Central Africa, from DarFur to Ashantee,
and processes to be on good terms with the SUI
fans of Houssa and Bornou. He has even been IN
the great kingdom of Waday, which has never
been explored by Europeans, and as far south as
lola. the capital of Ademowa. Ofthe correctness
Of his variations l have not the least doubt, as
they correspond geographically with all that we
know of the interior Of Africa. 10 answer to my
question whether European mi ht safely make
the same tour, he replied that there would be no
difficulty provided he was accompanied by native,
and be offered to take me even TO Timbuctoo, If L
would return with him. He was very curious to
obtain information about America, and made notes
of all that told him, in the quaint character used
by the Moghrebbins, or Arabs of the West, which
is nearly identical with the ancient Cutie. He
wishes to join company with me for the journey
to Jerusalem, and perhaps shall accept him.
Sunday Aprl1s.
As Quarantine is a sort of limbo, without the
pale of civilized society, we have no church SER
vice to. day. We have done the best we could,
however, in sending one of the outside dragomen
to purchase Bible, in which we succeeded. He
brought us a very handsome copy, printed by the
American Bible Society, in NewYo rk. | tried
vainly in Cairo and Alexandra to find missionary
who would supply my heathenish restitution Of
the Sacred Writings; for had reached the East
through Austria, where they are prohibited and
to travel through Palestine without them, would
be like sailing without pilot or compass. 1t gives
most impressive reality to Solomons house Of
the forest Of Lebanon" when you can look up
from the page to those very forests and those grand
the holy man of Timbuctoo praying with his face
toward Mecca, went down to him, and we con-
versed for long time on religious matters. lie is
tolerably well informed, having read the Books of
Moses and the Psalms Of David, but, like all Ma.
hommedans, his ideas of religion consist mainly of
FORMS and its reward is a sensual paradise. The
more intelligent Of the Moslems are ashamed of the
nature of the Heaven promised by the Prophet
and have heard several openly confess their dis.
belief in the seventy hOuries and the palaces of
pearl and emerald. Shekh Mokammed Senoosee I
scarcely utters sentence in which is not the
word Allah" and La illah il Allah, is repeated
at least every five minutes. Those of his class |
consider that there is peculiar merit in the rep
ettion of the names and attributes of God. They
utterly reject the doctrine of the Trinity which |
they believe implies sort of partnership or God |
firm, Ito use their own words,) and declare that |
all who accept it are hopelsssly damned. To |
speak of the false character of Mahomet's proph. |
etship would excite violent antagonism, and
content myself with making them acknu Wedge
that God is greater than all Prophets or Apostles
ard that there is but one God for all the human
race. have never yet encountered that bitter
spirit Of bigotry which is so frequently ascribed
to them but ON the contrary, fully as great
tolerance as they would find exhibited toward |
them by most Of the Christian scots.
This morning paper was sent to us, on which |
we were requested to write our names. ages. pro- |
fessiOns, and places of nativity. We conjectured |
that we were subjected to the suspicion of polit-
cal as well as physical faint, but happily this was
not the case. | registered myself as roydseur. |
the French as nfgOciaas, and when it came to |
the woman's turn, Absalom, who is a partisan of |
female progress, wished to give her the same pro-
fession as her husband-a machnist. But she
declared that her only profession was that of a
married woman" and she was so inscribed.
Her peevish boy rejOiced in the title of "pleuri-
cheur or sweeper" and the infant as "titeuse."
or "sucker." While this was going on the guar
diano of our room came in very mysteriously, and |
beckoned to my companion, saying that "Made-
moiselle was at the gate" But it was the Italian |
who was wanted, and again, from the little win
dow Of our pavilion, we watched his hurried pro- |
g1ess over the lawn. No sooner had she departed.
than he took his pocket telescope, slowly sweep.
ing the circuit of the bay as she drew nearer and
nearer ,Beyrout. He has succeeded in distinguish
ing, among the mass Oi buildings, the top OF the |
house in which she lives, but alas it is one story
too high, and his patient espial has only been re-
warded by the sight of some cats promenading on |
the roof.
have succeeded in obtaining some further par
ticulars in relation to Quarantine. On the night
of our arrival, were about getting into our
beds, sudden and horrible gush of birthstone va
pOr came mp stairs and we all fell to coughing like
patients in pulmonary hospital. The odor in
creased till we were obliged to open the windows
and sit beside them in order to breathe conforta-
bly,. This was the preparatory flmigation, in or
der to remove the ranker seeds of plague after