The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-11-17
ORIENTAL SOCIETY.

Bayard Taylor writes to the Tribune an ac-
count of his introduction to the bon ton Of Alep-
pc. 1t will be seen tn It some Of the customs
a e striklngly like those of this country. FASH
ION is the same everywhere. lie says:
The hour appointed for the patty was eight,
but when we went there at nine, nobody had ar
rived. AS it was generally supposed that The
ball was given on our account, several OF the
families had servants in the neghborhood tn
watch our arrival, and, accordingly, we had not
been there five minutes, before the guests crowd
ed through the door in large imbers When
a lady is asked, she invariably refuses. She is
asked second time and third time, and if the
gentleman does not solicit most earnestly, and
use some gentle force in getting her upon the
floor, she never f,rgives him.
He attended bridal party, where the order
was as follows:
The first persons who appeared were a COM
pany, Ut buffoons; after them four janissarles
carrying silver maces; then the maia friends,
bearing colored lanterns and rerfumed torches,
raised on gilded poles; then the females, among
whom saw some beautiful Madonna faces in
the torchlight; and finally the bride herself Gov
cred from head to foot with a veil of cloth of
gold, and urged along by two maid Ems for it $
the etiquette of such occasions that the bride
should resist being taken, and must be forced
every step of the way, SO that she is frequently
three hours in going the distance of mile
He made a morning call upon Jewish fam
lily, when other wedding festivities were being
celebrated The order was in this wise
We were welcomed wi h great cordiality
and ushered into the room Of state an elegant
apartment, overlooking the gardens below the
C ty wall. Halt the room was occupied by a
r Used platform, with dvan OF blue silk cush-
i,ns. Here the ladies rcc.ined, in superb dress
cs of blue, pink and gold, while the gentlemen
were ranged on the floor. They all rose at our
entrance, and we were conducted to seats among
the ladies'. Pipes and perfumed drinks were
served, and the bridal cake made of twenty SIX
different fruits, was presented On golden salver.
Our fair neighbors, some of whom literally,
blazed with jewels, were strikingy beautiful
Presently the bride appeared at the door, and we
ali rose and remained standing, as she advanced
supported on each side by two Shebeeniych, or
bridesmaids. She was about sixteen, slight and
graceful in appearance, though not decidedly
beautiful and was alfred in the utmost elegance
Her dress was pale blue, heavy with a gold
embroidery, and over her long dark hair, her
neck, bosom and wrists, played thousand rain
bow CLEANS, from the jewels which covered
them. The Jewish musicians, seated at the bot.
tom OF the hall, struck up loud rejoicing har-
mony on their vlolins, guitars, dulcimers, and
the women servants, grouped at the door, utter
ed in chorus, that wild, shrill c:y, which accom-
panes all such festivals in the east The bride
was careful to preserve the decorum which was
expected of her, by speaking no word, nor los
ing the sad, resigned expression Of her counten-
ance. She assembled to the divan, bowed to
each OF us with low, reverential inclination,
and seated herself on the cushions.