New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-22

msnt made 20 disappesr; but some Of i.s acts arc
worthy OF mention. Two Of the most important
referred TO the go. coo slaves. still held In the
crueiest bondage IN Wailachia, and 10 the condi
ton Of the peassntry, who are made 10 bear all
the burdens Of the land. The Slaves are Gpsies,
race Of Asiatic origin, as its dialects imply,
which wandered hither In the fourteenth century.
and fell INTO bondage, from the right Of tie siroaerr
oterihs Ttaker. Their appears to indicate that
they came from Egy pit; but such was not the case
A nearly as their migrstions can be followed.
they wandered into Europe from three directions,
namely, north ,f the EuNine, through Asia Mi1or,
and thirdly, along the southern shore OF the
N.diteuanean. Many persons hold the Glpsies 10
be the ofthe last tribes Of Israel;
and the tradition is everywhere prevalent IN the
Orient that they erucifed the Savior and were in
consequence condemned 10 perpetual wanderlngs.
A singular taste for must. and dancing aud fond
OF mol adic life united with customs OF purely
patrarctal nature and origin. the characterls-
tics OF this remarkable race. whether found IN the
British Isles, il Central Europe, or along the
Lower Danube. met with a company OF Gypsy
performers in Pesth who were able TO reproduce
the most difficult pieces, after hearing them but
once. Now and then representative of the race
nay be found in the Austrian army, but the few
attempts made to ciyilize them in that Empire
have been attended with no important results.
Wherever they may be they submit, to certain
extent. 10 the laws OF the land; but the govern
ment among themselves IL of patrlarchai char
aeter. have noticed among them instances oil
rare beauty-features that would serve as models
in the pla,tic art, and cast OF countenance OF
exquisite outlines aud the richest cooring They
claim to be Christians, but are without temples OF
worship, and, as many believe, without worship
itself Others hold them TO be believers in
Iattatism and ,torehiDpfg of the simplpst NAT
ural objects. The mystery which attends their
origin and manner OF life is not lost in reference
to the religion. From all that can learn, and
especially from the statements OF an American
gentleman long resident in the Orient, am in
duced TO believe that they are in reality TREVOR
slippers. They repeat their prayers in the MORN
ing knoel.ng toward tie rising sun, and have GER
tam other curious religious usages suggestive OF
the above opinion as to their faith. IL is in
" allaohia that the Gipsy race can be
studied to the best advantage. Besides,
those ensaved thousands live in the Principally
under the protection of the Austrian Consulship.
The females generally practice magic, and the
males are smiths, masons, or more frequently yag-
abonds. They here appear to have Partially
for the city, and numerous encampments OF them
may be seen in Bucharest. A few boards, inclined
against a stick or wall form shelter under which
men and beasts live together apparently IN the
utmost harmony. 4 have often met tnem traVel
ing in Waachia, az we'll as in other Turkish prov
inces, in huge covered wagons, each OF which fur
nisled summer residence for family. In the
winter they bury themselves in subterranean huts.
They appear to be weaker mentally and physically
than the negro slaves in the southern States, and,
being deprived of all rights, are subjected to the
caprice and cruelty of the worst of masters. They
are clothed and treated in much the same manner
as their brethren in bondage in the United States
The Provisional Government spoken of above
took measures for the emancipation OF the Clip
sizes in l-4s, and million of piastres were after
ward appropriated to that purpose; but, with the
rofstablistn ent of the Aristocratc Government,
all hopes of eecting OBJ ect so desirable passed
away. At present no one inquiries after their
condition. or fate in the future. Fortunately for
them. cotton is not enc of the products OF Walla-
CHA. and the price Of an be-bodied man is 800
instead of $3.50 or more Women sell according
10 their charms. They are generally found 10 the
families of the BOyards, and, as far as can learn,
both males and females live a wretched life. WIZ
not England or France have word to say rea-
tive TO these $50 900 unfortunates in Wallacha
Turks and Russians have abandoned them to their
fate. and neither justice ROr humanity can be ek-
pected from the sensual, and in every respect
contemptible BOyards, who exercise the right OF
masters over them.
We advise those who profess fondness for the
institution OF Slavery to study it asst exists IN the
Dapubisn Principalities, where neither shame nor
regard for public morality serves to conceal hs
detestable features, AID where that greatest OF
Observation-Disclosures by the side of slavery
can be seen even to better advantage than In our
own country.