Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1866-05-12
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An Algerlne Wedding.

U0ICtC tllS aye VI IilIGecu uuu
of some curious particulars by an English lady
who was present at one of these marriages, the
families on both sides being of the highest
Moorish bipth. The young lady was very
lovely, and under the age [ have mentioned
above. The company Of ladies (headed by
her mother,) amounting in all to upward of
sixty, among whom were my informant and a
few French ladies, surrounded the bride,
whose head, as usual, was wrapped in sack,
and led her few hours after dark to her fu-
ture home, where they were received by the
moter and female relations of the bridegroom.
The poor child, weeping bitterly, was then
undressed carried by her attendants into
bed, where she was commanded to sleep for an
hour or two while they ate their supper! The
European ladies' were served apart with coffee,
cakes, and confectionery while the Moorish
ladies (some OF them very beautiful were
closely seated in a circle on an immense low
cushion, and on their knees long napkin
which extended round the whole party in
the centre was sort of low circular table
which moved on pivot, and on which the
slaves placed one dish at a time out of which
each lady took mouthful with her fingers,
and with slight touch made the dish revolvc
to her next ncighbor The dishes succeeded
one another to the number of more than TWEEN
ty, when the whole was carried off, and at
eleven slight refreshment was taken to the
bride, after which the ceremony of dressing
her commenced. Nvcry lady present was re- C.
quested to take some slight part in this i'm.
portant operation, and my English friends
consisted in plating one Of an immense num-
Der of little tresses into which her long black
hair was divided, with diamond trembling
at the end of each. Her face was then en-.
dn,elcd, and star of gold.lcaf fixed on each
cheek, as we'll as on her chin and the tip of
her nose Rows of the finest pearls were
hung round her neck, increasing in size until
the lower row reached to her waist, and which
were of the size of small nuts. Her dress was
of cloth.of-siver, with the usual muslin trou-
sers, and a sort Of crown of diamonds on her
head BY two in the morning all was ready
and the room prepared, when the finishing
stroke was put to the whole by yun.natng doyn
her eyes, which were not to be opened until
the following morning. when she might SEQ
her husband and not till then
At two o'clock the slaves introduced the
bridegroom, handsome youth of nineteen,
dressed in pale gray silk profusely ornamcntcd
with silver and diamonds. He took his place
under canopy, to which the bride was also
guided by her mother, and placed by his side.
AAAo AaooASA CiiCu Poulco u icW uF0pS or rose
water into the brides hand, which the bride
groom drank; and then her mother poured
also few drops into his hand, and guided it
to her daughters mouth, and she drank it;
upon which they were pronounced man. and
wife, and the company Immediately separated.
HUNDRED YEARS AGo-One hundred
years ago, there was not . single white man
in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana or Illinois Ter
rltorles. Then what is now the most flourish
ing part Of America, was rs little known as
the mountains of the moon. 1t was not un-
til 1898 that the hunter of Kentucky, the
; gallant and adventurous Boon, left his home
IN North Carolina to become the first settler
in Kentucky. The first pioneer of Ohio did
not settle TIL twenty years afterwards.
;. hundred years ago, Canada belonged to
France, and the whole population of the Uni
ted States did not exceed 100000
x hundred ycurs ago, the grcat Frederick
OF Prussia was performing those exploits
which have made him immortal in military
annels, and with his little monarchy was sus-
saining single-handcd contest with Russia,
Austria and France, the three great powers of
Europe combined.
A hundred years ago. the United States
were the most loyal people of the British En-
plre, and on the political horizon no spcck
indicated the struggle which, within score
Of years thereafter, established the great'rc-
public of che world.
a Hundred years ago, there were but four
TeWSnannrs IN p,ar;oo ,,;;si l.