New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-09

were 10 use tblJ Inc CastDsao. Amy "cic cqAieo
10 exchange their family Dames for Spanish ones.
No legsl document was valid unless in the Css,ilian.
! Three wears were allowed as the tine for whole
/ people 10 change it's language. They we're con-
: pe.ied to r.D4unee their national costume, and
sdop; that of The ep,Diards. The women We're
required TO 20 sbrcsd With their faces uncoVered-
scabdalous thing among Mchemmedans Tneie
weddings were 10 Be conducted IN puolc after The
Christian fashion. TIE doors of their houses were
TO be left open duriog tie Day If the ceremony,
that any one might See that taey did LOT Lave re-
| course 10 u1balowei ries. The national Sings
and dances with which they were won't 10 cele-
braie their domestic festivities were prohibited.
They were forbidden 10 enjoy the rcire'nman'
of warm baihs on of absurd rumors ttatt1ey
/ were made the occasion Of iceu,lous indulgence.
/ TIE ordinsuce containing ttese provisions became
l,w BY the signature Of the king, Nov. IL. 1850,
although IT was not promulgated I'll tue following
new years day.
rriI cipal tbuu ale with the CsrregIior Of Crgnafa
/ II their read, went IN solemn PROCESSION To tue
AlbaciD the quarter occupied by the Mprsc lacy
mr. r, Cd 10 ID, round a, keule-drums, uunpes, AMI
the rose and fond # pOveity running from their
bo1se- swo the rapl of toe procession on ~ way
| 10 the erra, square Of Bab "a Bona. This was 80
/ open space, of large extent where the people OF
! Granada, 10 ancient tnles, used - assemble "a
celebrate the coronation ~ sOyerelgni and tEe
towers were It'll Standing from which the Moslem
banners waved, on those days over the heads 81 the
sioUiirg muiti'ude. A the people now gathered Il
nmltuously around these ancient Uud.0gs, The public
cner from Elevated pses, rsad, 10 audible tones
and ia ih. Arabic largnsgc, the rOya ordinance. one
my imagine toe einUii, Is ot shame, sorrow and n1is
paiiou with which the vast assembly, CONSISTING 81
both seses liseucd tn the wgds of an Instrument,
every s.uieLee Of which seemed 10 convey personal
ncicri ty the hearersap outrage on ali those ideas
OF d,corum and decency IN which they hai Deem n'-
urec from Infancy which ruiel. rent asnnder al ,ae
fond ,irs f couniiy and kuored which violated .he
privacy Of domestic life, deprived them OF the use oil
ieir owu speech and reduced them 20 state OF utter
humiliation unknown to the eDes, Of tneir sayes.
Of the wesker sort gave way 70 piteous and pas
.iuIaie ordinations, vTDgiug their hands III al az
oly Of grief. Othes of sieTne- temper, broke forth
into neneoes and fierce byective, accompaneI with
the most furious q sticult.iOnS others, again, Ia
tened with that dog sed, determined air which slowed
that the mood noe the less danger rus snat WIS
a silent one. The whole multitude was IN state Of
such agitation that an accident misut nave really
produced ar eipluson whic, would have sli1ea Ora
nadn 10 It's foundations Fortunrely, there we're
few ciscre,t persons in the assembly, older AMI more
temperate than the r-, VINO had sufficient agtaoriy
their cnunirymen "a prevent tunnlt. Ihey re-
I
Charles the Filth had consented Ia suspend the eXecn
ton Of sin Ter or finance. At al events, II wes bet
ter 10 Try rs what could be dcLe by sTgu nent sni
persu. sior. Wnen these failed, il would be time
I'll Ough to think Of Vengeance.
But the hopes of the more moderate among the
Noriscoes were doomed TO be- Disappointed, and 1t
was no; long before the whole race broke OFT in
open rebellion. The description of their leader
Affords good specimen Of Mr. Prescotts skill in
character. drawing.
As the Mori,coes had now proclaimed their indie
poudei CO. i, became ssaIy to choose sovereign
IN place o the who're authority they had cast aside
The leoders in the Abaicin selected for tins dangerous
nreemineuce u young who Known To the
Srsuaris ty hi, Castilian OF Don Fer andO de
Valor He wa descended in direct liue from the
cieit house Of the Omeyas VINO tor nearly oi ccn-
inres had sat with glory on the throne o Coruo5a.
He but 81 years If age al the time of nis election,
al according 10 II coIte Dporiry, who had seen hun,
Possessed conely person sDd engaging mioners H!s
conpieAi was ot deep olive, his beard was thln,
his ewes were large and dark With eyebrows we'll de-
fined and nearly apr. aching each other Hsdeport-
II, L. was truly royal; ana his lofty sentiments were
worthy Of the prinoely Line from which he was de-
sceu led Notwithstanding this itteriny porrt at from
tie pen os Cestihan, his best recommendation, to
ud. from LIE subsequent career seds to have been
bis q, 81. HE of kngs. fis had been so pro.
digs III his way -. life thst, though so yOnog ne hai
squarder,d BIS pafrlnopy ana vas III lhis very uuie
(
Of his nation AID had given evidence vi II 81 murder
irg with biz vsn hand who had borde testimony
agsirst his father in q CRIMINAL prosecution. Amidst
bic Injurious SELLING uleence be must be allowed 70
have shown tone energy Of character ana unques-
t0nahe courage He attached 10 the Institutions
Of MS country; and his fsrocous nature was yeied
under bland and plausible exterior, that won him
golden opinions from the multitude.
Having received the crown, under the name Of
Aben. Humcya, lie q. on y commenced MS military
arrangements BE made rapid visit to the most
Important places in The sierra, every.her calling
upon the inhabitants to throw oa the hated yoke
of the Spani1rds, aid return 10 their ancient faith
II. then established himsef in the widest parts Of
the Alpujsrras, where be endeayored to draw his
forces to head, and forae, the plan Of his cam
paien. But tie fame VI war did not wait for any
regular plan.
Willie Abrr- Bumeys thus occupied in preprr-
ing for the struggle tie work Of dea,h hsi are,dy
begun an org tie Spanish population Of the Alpusr
ras; and Sp,niards wers 10 be found, II greater or
les uumb.rf, IL ell the Moorish TO AMI hanets
that dotted the ds sides OF the sierras nestled IN
the gree valleys at their base. Here ihey dwelt side
By SIDE with tie Mofisco.s, employed, probably, less
10 the labor o the loom for uhch the natives o tins
region had long been famous than 10 that careful nus-
bandry which they nish: readily have learned from
th'it H'tIsh neg V'.S, nhu WHICH, "-"'' 90
hands, had c.,thed every spot with yeriure making
the Wild To blossom ike the lose. Thus living
in the midst oi who protested the same religion
with ttemseve- aDi in tue occasional interchange NJ
l-a. Of the Sind offices of social Intercourse, winch
sometimes led to Ieer,r domestic ties, the CHRISTIANS
of TIE ApDjsIras dwst III blind security hite dream
ilg Of the mire beneath th.ir feet.
BE-, no scorer was The fr.t note Of instruction
sounded. than tie scene changed a II by msgle
livery Norisoo threw away h.s mask, and. turning OF
the CbTisiiars showed himself 10 biz true aspect, as
their evowed and moral enemy.