New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-23
NE,vvoRK DAILY TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23 1854

promise you flt little admiration Of what friend
called the "bcautiful apaily of the Moslem. Inc
cnes OF Sodon aud GomOrrah have possessed the na-
tcn, ard their judguen viii fail on Il
leit Mesul 2 koiiik or raft oi sheer-sXns, anu
foaed Down the Tigrs 10 Bsghdad some four dollars
raid r. a wild Arab scoring from attacks of the
SLammor ti6e while ak ayais protected me iroi 'hs
small,r fry Starting in company with TIE DuichmAh
r,ac ed Bacidad in three and hali days, ne I'd sH'
Es leows ir0rif stop az night, on Plea OF DANCER ~
getting over the bars Vi the river; mine He e1cn had
a double ,et Of men, tried the same. | Knew twas
aoCec for tie purIose Of obtaining more Te,t ahi
Lcfk,LeesA; sO ouOth l. my life is worth as much ~
,tLer Of yours: m risk risk it, ahead or you
iet 70 blckshceSh at all" 80 On the! went We PAro
leLiitt (sCrposcd by many 10 he the birthplace al
SaaGn and there my guards left me. Just aiter sun
Get next day was TRANQUILITY smoking when voice
from the shore startled my fellows. What the
row" Thief orders ms to stop, Sir "ONe r lne
"ny gun powder and shot, and do you keep on pun
ling" | blazed away, and there was no iurtHer
den OnstIatiOn. Next morning, BagAdad's mihare.s
and datetrees were rejected IN the river IheIe afe
few remnants Of the time of good Haroun Al has
"chi1" Zobede's ruined tomb being the chief Leav-
ing the Ke,k and servant, proceeded 10 the brlsn
consulate on foot Through narrow and dirty stlees
bszaars ruinous but busy with the hum and stir OF tra
fc and rich in glowing color, though cool aud
in from the midday heat; through alleys where da'e
trees flung their branches over the not walls, anu os
bav windows bulged out or britged the causeWa! as
pitiless sun.qlare. Amid motley throng Of Jews
Turks Persians and Arabs lhed on my way, The olach
turan of the Christian cheek by owl with the henHdd
b,aIed ard frgernais OF the Sbeh till arriving AT
gateway an Indian British soldier presented arms 70
ne as | pa,sed into the residency of the East
India onIany's political agent, and Her Majesty 3
Consul General, Col Rawllnson VI
Here ! was invited 10 take up my quarters we
rode out into the desert by day, attended OF COURSE
Iy cawasses aud groOms, and played billiards OF even
inqs passed Christmas day in company with some
eipht Enplislmen who reside here aud who by their
iust dealing aud upright conduct, have made the name
Of thtr country III houOrcd one. In fact, Col. L.,
rs it's representative has influence with the wild
Arab tribes and various peoples here collected lnHh
ANY Pasla has ever obtained. An inst VIII suie
it is one among many. Nadeb, chief OF the Looe!ue
tribe (from whence sprung Haroun Al Raschid WIFE,
was in rebellion. The Pasha sent 70 him. bidding MIN
come TO Bsqhdad pedgng his word that his person
should be held inyi0late II will uot trust yOu was
the Arabs reply, 81 but send Inc the English Con'uls
sword and III come" The Colonel, enforcing a
promise to him from the Pasha, in turn passed his
word to Wadeh for his safety aud the chief arriving,
the affair was settled. Another anecd0te OF Arab
faith in Engshmen and for the present | have done
A wild fellow of a SedOun, of the Djeher tribe whom
Coye had engaged to pilot and protect him across the
desert Gone uIing you from all danger) at parting
pr0f.sfea much respect and good WILL whereuPon
Ioye desired him. did any stray Engishman fail lnto
The hands of Lis tribe, 10 save him. 9 will the
Arab replied, 'fOr know Englishmen nOw-they say
'whit they mean, do what they say, and their word
"is as straight as my spear :"
must pull up now. Ny next letter will, antici-
pate, be dated from the desert.