New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-22

| others sat down on the gfouhu. sim ""'"7
spears in their hands. The rails now returned 20
the waters edge. and said that the ShiooN' nla
come with the intention Of fighting, but he iaa
informed them tbst this was visit lro ''' :
tan's son, who came to them friend and
ould then return to his fathers country. There
upon they had consented to speak with me, and
might venture to go shore. landed again,
with Acbmet, and walked up with the rails to the
spot where the men were seated. The sheSh OF
the island tall, handsome man, rose to greet me,
bv touching the palm of his right hand to mine
and then raising it to his forehead | made like
salutation, after which lie sat down. The yizer,
las he called himsef) an old man. excessively
black in complexion, then advanced, and the other
| warriors in succession, till all had sauted me-
The conversation was carried on in the Arabic jar
gon Of Soudan, which the shekh and some of his
men spoke tolerably well, so that could under
stand the most of what was said. "Why don't
you bring the Sultans carpet, that he may rest ;"
said the shekh to one of my sailors. The carpet
and pillows were immediately brought and |
stretched myself out in front of the shekh and
yizier, who sat upon fallen tree while the others
squatted upon the ground. The shekh at first
| took no part in the conversation, but sat looking
| Mt me steadily from under his heavy eyebrows
| Nv friend, Horace Greeley, will pardon me for
| saving that in the outlines of this chiefs head |
| found some resemblance to his own, and this fact
induced me to trust him.
In the meantime the other warriors had come
up and taken their seats around u.s. each one greet
ing me before he sat down, with "Ow-wOw- w06bG!'
probably corruption of the Arabic " mar-kGb-
ba 2" how dye do?) The vizier, addressing
me, said Tell us what YOU want; if YOU come
to fight we are ready for YOU" | assured him
that came as friend, and had no intention of
moIosting them, but he was not satisfied, and re-
peated three or four times, drawing mark between
us on the ground if you really friends we
will be friends with you but if you are not, we
are ready to fight YOU" Achmet at last swore by
the Prophet Mahomet, and by the wisdom of
Allah, that had come in peace that the Sui
tan wished to pay him visit, and would then re-
tuIn home. At the request of the rails we had
come on shore unarmed, but it had not the ontici
pated effect "Why have YOU no arms - said
the shelh care YOU afraid of us ?! | told him
il was in order to show that had no hostile inten
tons, but the people seemed to consider it as a
mark of either treachery or fear brought some
tobacco with me, which gave to the shekh, but
he received it coldly, and said "Where is the
dress which the Sultan has brought for me ?"
This reminded me that had entirely neglected to
provide myself in Khartoum with muslin and cali
co. for presents | remedied the deficiency, how
ever, by going on board and taking one of my
shirts and silk handkerchief well as some
beads and earrings for the wives of the two digna
Of tn
ksh drawers, and brought fresh supply of tobac-
co for the warriors. The shekh took the presents
with evident qualification, and then came the work
of clothing him. lie was entirely at loss how
to put on the garments, but Achmet and the rals
unwound the cotton cloth from his IONS, stuck his
legs into the drawers his arms into the shirt
sleeves, and tied the handkerchief about his head
Once clothed, he gave no more attention to his
garments but wore them with as much noncha-
lance us if he had never worn a scantier costume
The yzier, who had shown manifest ill-humor at
being passed by, quoted by the present oil
shirt, which was put upon his shoulders Ill like
manner Tie gave me his name rs Adjeb-Seedoo,
('' he plcases his mastery a most appropriate
name for vizicr. The shekhs name, Abd-en-
moor. Is the slave of light " was none the less be-
fitting, for he was remarkably dark. | was much
amused at my servant ALL who had shown
great terror on the first appearance OF the saya-
scs.b The shckh not seeming to understand the
use of the beads and earrings, Ali pinched his
ears very significantly, and took hold OF his neck
to show how they must be worn.
By this time coffee had been prepared and was
brought to them. But they had been so accus
toned to inhumanitv and deception on the part OF
the Turks. that they still mstmsted us, and no
one would drink, for fear that it contained poison.
TO quiet them, therefore, drank cup first, after
which they took ii readily, but many of them who
then tasted coffee for the first time did not seem
to relish it, drove of sheep happening to pass
bv, the Shekh ordered one of the rams to he
caught and put on board the vessel, for the Sui
tans dinner The men soon began to demand to-
bacco clothes, and various other things, and grew
so impoitunate that Achmet became alarmed and
even the rais, who man of some courage,
seemed a little uneasy. | thought it time 70 give
change to affairs, and therefore rose and told the
the Shekh was ready to visit his village. We
had in tended returning on board and sailing to the
place which was at the southern extremity of the
island about mile distant, but rejecting that
this might occasion mistrust, and that the best
way Of avoiding danger is to appear unconscious
of it. called Achmet and the rails to accompany
me ON foot. While these things were Transporting,
a number of other Shillcoks had arrived, so that
there were now upward of fifty. All were armed
! the most OF them with iron-ponted spears, some
with clubs, and some with long poles, having knobs
of hard wood ON the end They were all tall
strong, stately people, not more than two or three
under six feet in hight, while many were three or
four inches over that standard. Some had piece
of rough cotton cloth tied around the waist or
! thrown over the shoulders but the most OF them
! ,rhair lnron and