New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-21

coins, IN token Of appreciation If Dot love Females
never appear thus publicly unless actually dragged thh
er-iusas Il is deemed mark Of modesty Tor BRIDE 70
pull back when being carried - the house Of her be-
loved / saw here no Indications OF fcsntogsness al
tbouah has been generally supposed that this festival
the scene Of hOud orgies. believe the Yezerdees
quite es virtu0us their neghbors The marriage vow
3 mere promise 10 feed and comfort and is easily ds
annued There il considerable latitude in the cOnsrElc
ton II the marriage obligations, but Doubt II there Is
less chastity among them than among tie M0s.ems. II
this ia saving but ite IL their favor It may Indicate thai
their religious faith has about much control over them
as has that of Mohammed his deT0tees. Had they
10 religion they would have 10 morals.
We paid visit 70 the harem Of Hussen bey, one a.
ternOon He has four wives AID Is expecting another
frym Diarbekr. Each has her peculiar temperamen'-
the sanune, the Emphatic the nervous and the bilious
we're al represented. AL wore immense SILVER 9face-
lets, their eyes tnged black with k0t TIER Eels
decked with pieces Of gold and silver and becoming Ves
which they drew aside IN honor Of our preEence. Inc
Yezedee women have even less fear Of showing her
faces than Christians; for Mosen woman 70 draw
aside her screen is great shame oar Lost oraefsu
coffee upes and apples The ladies' OF the land are de-
i5e6v grecn II they do not smoke Our host sad 70
"a he vas ashamed Of The hOmeness Of his WIVES r.
mark which they received with entire resgnatOa MS
brother uncOuh wife present but received e no.
tee TIN her husbands mother Informed rs she vas '1
danebfer II heroic Yczedee who with hs single hand
beaf bsck five hundred Kurds in battle To be de-
seendsnt # such hero enough 70 coanieFDasnce al
her ugiiness -,
Adj and Mr. Rassam generally acted as Paci.catoI,
Kurd VAS brought up for stealing cZ lned AMI Daa-
jshed A Jew was cudgeled for demanding OF a priest
six thousand piasres, tor aloanOf two thousand nan
fed to Mr r. whom Hussen Bey had exiled orthreaten
ING 70 Kill him pardon granted, and the man SO u
on as GOOD terms as ever Law, among them, Is not al
abstract or technical affair at all The chiefs act
Judges in all Of trouble Hbich are far less between
themselves thanfrOm their oppressive neighbors
I was interested in the dress Of some Kurds from
Missouri, a province Sheikh Adj They attended
the wife and daughter of MOhamed Agber The Governor
of the district at the festival Immense cotton shawls
wound round their wool skulcap swords hung at their
sides gum over their shoulders daggers IN their grdes
axd loose cotton BlOOmeS reached down to their red
pointed slippers curious shield was suspended 10
their backs II was about foOtin diameter had tough
skin back pad and handle D front were OF
strong wOen cloth ribbed with iron and conferred with
metallic plate and the whole bOrdered with fringe of
silk IfXcnOphcn had been there doubt not he would
have recognized them the descendants OF the Cardu
chi through whose mountains be passedn s memorable
Anabafis.
On Friday afternoon week from the time we Left No
su We Lade adeu 10 cur kindhcared friends, the de-
luded devil Worshppers, and TOOK last look of the
cleandressed multitude as We slowly passed away II
was week not mis-spent II well for us 20 breathe
the nyig0rtng air OF the mountains aud O. see tnge o
heathendon. We saw how little Sabeansn can do 70
elevate mankind. when modernzed by an external
contact with MOhdWmeddnlsm and a formal Lhrlstdu-
ity What darkness the casts over those who
are ignorant Of ts nature and it's cause Enough oiym
bols There is one Mediator who can lay his hands on
the finite and infinite Let US hasten his universal
sway
We had tedious ride under burning sun 20 Ain Sil-
neh Yezcdee village two hours from Sheik Adj The
present kagch and his late predecessor had quarrel
each demanding the honor Of entertaining rs aud the
pleasure Of jdckslsk All the Oricntas take their CHEF
meal near sunset we had our dinner therefore on the
robust as twilight fading into darkness All dipped
into a common dish containing sheep, come rice aud
vegetables and drank from a common ssor5ei We chen
lay down, hut opbtalma attacked aud so torment ID
three Of our party in connection with host Of heas and
their comrades Of a kindred genus, that were com
PEELED 10 start for home hour before midnight. We
rode in the darkness for six long hours chilled aud sleepy
when Khorsabad appeared by our path in the midst Of
cotton and cefelds but could not stop to look AZ IT'S
monuments single gigantic bulay close by the track,
but what cared We for KhOsroes weared and We
we're Two hours after We came in sight of Nebbi Yu
MES and the tall leaning, Pisa-ke minaret OF MOIl.
Just as the sun was lifting bis head above the top Of
Jebe MohOub and pouring flood Of light over The ah-
es of Nineveh We rode the site of the old city,
and as looked upon the and sky and thought Of the
undyng spirit within me, the contrast Of Nmeveh's
greatness drew forth the exclamation the works Of
man peTisheth, but the works Of God endured {" u.