The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-07-06

the horani made BY Gilman and rendered doubl,
precious oy being stained with bic blood tn,
pulpit and relies are gone. with the Jasper col
umns a. the entrance, The aFnbssaue work Of h,
rich vAulied roof, aud the splendid pavement s,l
remain. u was the custom for The faithful e
PROSTATE themselves before the pulpit aud pas
around u upon the knees seven tines The trench
worn 10 the marble floor and against lie sion,
sldes by the knees of tue jealous, though discon.
tinued for 600 years and more, u not less than 4
inches deep and Is wide Between the front ol
.he church and the tower, formerly the nusEin,
but nov the brlffy, " The Court u Oranges. II
Is simply garden IN which fountains spirit clear
water. aud where the lazy Cordovans slt oil day
aud halt The niaht beneaih the groves oforange,
date and pomegranaie trees
The VOID .fiesfJ' appears to be the name ap.
Piled In Andalusia TO all Moorish palaces. Each
city 10 which that people formerly resided has
ne Alcasar. That of fCordovA is almost entirely
ruined and gene To decay. Tie Archbishop OF
Tue ProSintes occupies small portion connected
with his palace The corner towers are In tolefable
preservation. bot ovrfRrowE with weeds bram-
bles aud often ifers ~ considerable siEe The
oaih,, where the hrightryed ladies' of the Caliphs
setagliO we're Wont 90 dislOri ia the clear water
taken from tie GGadslqussr. are nov devoted
70 tie isnohle purpose u r.ising clrp for the
dHiniy ralsies of the epicSHs ~ seville. The
garden, which CVn tAihs mote lhan 20 acses OF
land. and where 10 Moorish times the Earth seos-
ned TO give life 10 trees ranking beneath the mel.
70" orange or the juicy potnegranaic, l. nov the
scene Of 9 constantly renewed siruggl-. Oitsn
doubtful 10 he results, between noIious wsedson
the one hand and vulgar eabbages aud bseis on
the other. Yet much that is rie6 and elegan, and
ancient remsins. The AlcaEar 10 an ordinary
vegetable garden. a stone aqueduct, laid IN cs-
ment ~ bard 90 marble conducts the water Of
the river along the vide avenue, shaded i,s ahols
length by pomegranats isees. All among the
rAdishes and caulihowers stand orange tres Co
vsred with glowing fruit, and lemons, and ocea.
sionally The graceful date, while the wallis and
donjons sre almost hidden from view By gigantic
ns uess. W the orange trees four are shown
that stood when the Noors still possssssl The
land, and from which the Caliph had gathered
fruit. The owner Of the gardens. Senof Perez,
toid Us ,nai only las, summer . prince IRON
Morocco bad visited CordosA, the land o. bis
ancestors, and that upon seeing the aged or.nge
trees, he bad emrbaeed them with bis arns sob
oing, aud With tears eoursing doun his checks.
lamentng the loss Of such Paradise. The young
inhdel, - ] Afterwards learned, on the zane ucea-
sion went 10 the Cathedral, prosirsted himsslf 10
the sanctuary Of the Nin-rap, and on his knses
seven times made the circuit. sghing and praying
and so6bing like child. II vas Nuley Abbas.
brother Of the presen; Emperor Of Morocco HE
ancestors bad created ell this splendor aud II
was Lost. Bot the dsvos, fathers who nov poss.
- ~ AO94oc OoeSrveo VIA pafuooaole eAtit-
faction and related With pious glss iha, The dsgsn-
crate barbarian could not rad the cufc nscrip-
iions on the walls Of The saneiuafy
10 CordovA, no building appears 20 have leen
done since the Hoou iefi. Simple adaptations
were ell iba, was required for the constantly
diminlshing populatioe. Each man's garden
wall, being ?; fee, high. 20 completely shen 'hs
family oGfrou observation, that I suspect hAbiis
Of seeluson. similar 10 tboss Of the Noors With
their harems. must have grown Up among ih-ir
SUCCESSORS. The few windows that have i- %
opened upon the street are invariably high pre
the ground, AID are all rallied or Gagged in uita
rod iron, strong and seeure enough 10 Be % iulay
prison windows. That . continued residens- "A
such houses would result 10 making families 81
and avoid observation, appears 10 be inevitable.
No provision seetns 10 have been made for shops
OF stores 10 The sense understood by ps but rscll
little stand 10 dug out from the wall. The s"r--
are remote from each other. Ofien oae vl,vi-
block posssssing but oas shop. In fact, il aS-
peared to ne that instead Of uying 10 Rss ,ore,her
a. Ia our country, the traders and mechanics
avoided each other, aad sought the snvsi oui-of-
ihe-wa. places FOR the display
OF their wares. But 10 iows 20 eompleitl, dead
H COsdova, ! might possibly have mistaken for
an Unirequenied place the busiest mart in the eiiy
Like all Spanish towns. dead or living the neriia-
Die Plaza de Toe ToFes, OF bull amphiihsai 2. is
found just within the walls. Veriiy h.lieve
that when the population shall be reduced % one
solitary Spania-t, he viii he sound Oc SUNDAY
81 ih- esl! ring. looking =; n. vscsu, sr,ns