Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-05-20
Tho Arabian II ni sht'- Departure.


Mohanned Habai. after an unsuccessful ut
tempt to obtain the money alleged 10 he due his
uncle. Hamrt Bt,haw for his services in Gen
] EHtnn's campaign in 1905, against the piraticnl
government at 1fipoli departed on the 18th in
the steamer Kangaroo intending 10 proceed by
way al Paris 10 his present home IN Cairo. This
venerable Arab. at over -eveniy Y. the first If
his race that ever reached our shores. Auex-
celleDt photograph Of hun taken by the ar
iist Brady. which will be interesting TO all admi-
rers o tn. full bearded patriarcha type of human
ity which prevails ia the deserts If his native
country. Tho old gen,leman's conversational
accomplishments arc confined to his oriental
vernncnlnr, bat through an Interpreter he was
able 10 communicate some rather rhfewd obsrr.
satinns on men aud things ia this country lie
was particularly struck with wbnt he considered
m unnatural aud foolish worship IT women mt
the few bulls and parties he attenled-a thing
nnheard oi in his country. So. too. he could
not Conceal his surprise at the anxious. worried
oppression OF everybody ho met IN our streets.
from which h" inferred that Americans care
mthng Tor comfort pleasure, only for mon.
ey.' Why, said he, do not see anybody puff
ing ms chlb ouk aud having facs without trou-
hlrh his conclusion as to our national fond.
ness Tor money was strengthened by bis disap.
I"inim"nt III getting his family clam--for he
hhd como here under the impression that the
President on hearing his statement. would put
his hands into the gold box of the treasury and
.,ty e,."""" P''uess III u''p'e-
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agents at Washington.
old llabat. of whose mis- sion we have spoken
before III the EVENING Posr, isa Mohqmelan of
'h'' 'tfoi'Ht sect. lie would eat nothing prepar-
ed at the hotels which he sge pected contained the
tlIHhltHt mixture o Lud. pork, ur my ingredient
i"'p'ua'h ny III" Koran. For the same reason
he would dunk no wine nor spirits, although ma
nv odh'tehfs ct his tnlth. particularly those who
I'VE IN great 'ttles and have intercourse with la.
l"p'nh-' nfo less absllncn. He coniesses that
III early NE when "A chri in Eaton and iIamct's
expedition hcro,s the desert ot Barca, he trans.
gres'ed The rules of M"hamm"d. 10y drinking
VIM a. me Am"ncnn officers did, and by not
bathing hive times day. For the latter offence
he, rs well as other wanderers on those sandy
WASHES had Tho excuse that no water could be
l"9hd la battle IN.
labat could never take "A Gun nf coffee or n
biscuit without altering an audible THANKSGIVING.
IN which The mime III Allah" was distinpui,ha.
bic. Whoever might be present at his repa>ts.
The revercnt old patriarch would stroke his erav
benrd. hooking up with hiA cultural II Iar, la
God aud Praise everlasting F." or something tanta-
mount.
The writer ofthis remembers we'll his calling
upon II friend. the only person in Washington
who understood his langnngo. The old gentle
man had lost all his books IN his passage To this
country, and, in tho absence of his associates
with whom he could converse. inquired if there
were my Turkish. Persian or Arnhc bonks to
be had a numbcr were shown and spread out
-uecessivcly before him such ns the legends of
he Dervi>he> the poems of the Haiti and Ferdush
md tho Arabian Nights Tales "Ah, no, I'm too
Id for these" snid the melancholy old pilgrim,
with sigh; 'thrse are for young men" There
rpon. the Koran was placed before him. and it
vas curious indeed to wat ch the transformations
lis lustere wrinkled fncc,tawny with the suns of
evenly summers suddenly flushed. the bri,s