The Nevada journal., 1858-04-23

Il saw an ivory wristed Circassian at
the house of a pasha, whose wife made
proud exhibition Of the damsel. was
seated in a room when heavy curtain
(the undulations of which had greatly
contributed to arouse my suspicion) was
greatly moved on one side by unseen
hands, and young Circassian girl enter
ed. She wore veil, and as she paused
timidly on the threshold, l detected
glance of almost fear, as her large black
eyes fell upon me. Ny lady friend mo-
toned her forward with an imperious
gesture. She was magnifcently dress
ed; her dark hair sowed with pearls,
and her light blue trousers and turned
up slippers heavy with gold and pearls
Obedient to her lady's gesture she sat
down on the edge of the divan, and cer-
tainly she was very beautiful.
My next vision of beauty was in the
house of a slave-dealer. where young
rose of the mountains was for sale. A
Turkish friend accompanied me, with
an English artillery officer; and the Ma
homedan gentleman proceeded to satisfy
himself that the lady was tender and
supple and fair. She submitted with
sweet humility. The Artillery-man,
who was fine, handsome fellow, some
six feet in height, and a perfect model
of strength, depending doubtless upon
his fascinations; next approached the
lady; but hardly had he laid his hands
upon her, when full on his devoted head
fell such blow as nothing but ocular
demonstration could have induced me to
believe so fair a hand and arm could
have bestowed; then followed such a
torrent of abuse, such a deluge of words,
that we were positively stunned. Our
Turkish friend smiled gravely; but
nothing could possibly appease the in
suited fair, until we left the room; and
as we descended the creaking stairs, the
last sounds heard were the angry excla-
nations of the lady. She, indeed, to
have been touched by an infdel vile
Christian dog of a Giaour!
will now give an account of an Ar
menian wedding. The family being
well off, the rooms were nicely arranged,
and in part were carpeted, and a number
Of musicians were playing on the violin.
| was conducted to the divan; chibouks,
wine. nuts and swcetmeats being plenti-
fully handed around from time to time.
In the centre of the divan knelt a boy
richly dressed. The violin players.
every now and then, burst into wild
extempore song, accompanying them
selves on their Instruments; while the
boy would start up and commence a vio-
lent kind of dance, beating castanets to
keep time with his motions. This went
on almost without intermission, for at
least an hour and half, during which,
every one smoked and looked on, and at
the end of that time, fairly tired out with
the noise, left.
The following morning the bride was
taken to church. did not see her go,
but l witnessed her return. She walked
between two women-her bridesmaids.
presume-and her face was concealed
by covering of silk, ornamented with
gold, and terminated by rich gold tas.
sells. She was preceded by singers, and
followed by at least seventy women.
AS she approached the threshold of her
fathers door, sheep was thrown at her
feet, and she suddenly stopped with her
bridesmaids, while its throat was cut
with a sharp knife, and the blood flowed
in rivulcts all round the spot where she
was standing. Advancing step or two,
she frequently stopped and kissed the
hem of her fathers garment, bending
very low. Presents were now offered to
he. of rich silks and cloths, and these she
received, handing them to her attendant
women, while censer of incense was
continually swung round her head by
her father | could not understand the
custom of slaughtering a sheep on such
an occasion, nor did | speak enough of
the language to be able to discover its
purport.-Coi. WalmSley.