The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1867-09-28

1no CAebofa.
An English traveller, Who -i.sesssd
the scenes he describes, furnishes
the Chicago Journal with . detailed
account Of the terrible ravagss Of the
cholera in Asia, from which We c1-
tract fsw paragraph
AT Onarn | waited two days fcs
the steamer that had bssn promised
by tho Bombay bay 6o,sr.n.n. to
take mo away to ksrsehee. I ran
short Of water and Was told the wells
were sick-the water was bad. With.
out further delay I determined 10
start for Gvadur BY camel, and ia
ten minutes prepared for = journey
Of two hundred ard twenty miles
along the Mekrau coast. Ny depsr,
from the place css.ed a psaic, and
had 10 pet back. Daring the night
rain fell, and at three o'clock in the
morning left the vilagc-l hope
forever, As l tried to sleep under
my tent, can now call to mind that
same sad continuous vail of those
many thousands. might describe
the lamentations Of that unhappy
people as like unto the prayers Of 1
vas. multitude being offered to God
in deep earnsstncss for assista nee
Owing TO the darkness Of the
night attributed the Stumbling Of
my camel to the fact Of being III we'll
My two companions complained Of
the same with their animals. Al
soon Is daylight appeared the cause
Of this stumbling presented itself to
us. The track-for camels, like 10
comotivcs, require tracks to travel
ovcr-wss thickly crossed with corps.
e. in some parts, and a. far as the
eye could reach, y directies was
marked out over the vast sandy plain
by the same unmistakablc objects
] had met, during my travels, many
cholera sketches, but had never be-
fore came across It's corpscs For
three days We searched hgk and low
for water, but none could we find
| made another start, and this time
with a sick man, Moosa, my inter
prefer was stricken down And now
| may mention that our water sinks
tapped by the cAmels, dry and shriv
elod Poor Moosey suffered much,
but became quickly relieved about
four clock one afternoon. lie told
me he would meet chem some
time in few hours. l fancied he
ravcd, but WAS assured 10 good Sax
on that ~ would como across water
during the night. He knew from
thu camcls. Certainly they "sAng
and appeared most unsccountably
lively all at once.
About midnight We heard large
caravan approaching We knew !,
was an extensive one, A. it, musical
acconpaniments were great. Pre-
cesding the setual osrsvaa by . dis
tancs Of ons hundred yards, . caval
cade Of mules approached Us. In
number they exceeded twenty, and
amongst them tsoy carried ten OF
hfsecn torches, composed Of earthen.
ware pots at the end Of long sticks
these pots are filed with grease and
. little oil, in which they place their
wick. A man, mounted spon q
trotting csmss, sttends to the trim
ming and supplying with oil Of these
torches. We heard them approach.
ing MS Tor the distancs.sof mile
chanting their litsny IN a doleful
manner. Following those mutes
came the caravan itsclf The htsuy
for the dead was sung through ths
day BY the mute., and At night, after
sunset, the whole cs the caravan
Joined in. The mutes always start
the litany by a signal Of a certain
number Of beats on = aasen muso,
The csrayar-a particularly large
one-was composed Of three hundred
camels, Ave hundred horses, { many
very valuable ones from Persia } aad
numbers Of mules and donkeys. II
was conveying merchandise, such ~
Persian carpets, shswls, Skirsz wine,
candies, rice, wool stuff and dates
Moot Of these valuablss belonged
to a certain lady who occupied cam
Of pannier, opposite 20 which another
conveyed her mother, who was suffer
ing from cholera.
Among the number Of deaths on
the road this lady had lost her hus-
band, child, father and brother. The
number Of persons who started with
this caravan vas upwards Of thou.
sand; when l. met thca, not bali
way on thsir journey, the entire
caravan did not muster seven hun
dred souls, the remainder had died
from cholera on the road. The re-
mains of the poor who die in this
manner are dropped ON the line OF
march, but the bodies Of those who
are wealthy travel with the caravan
in various ways. After the rich man
dies, an operation that is carried out
at great expense, on account Of the
water il consumes. Tho beard for
the frat time in his fife is re.
moved from his chin, aud the trunk
is partially smbslHed. lie Is thrown
scross .hc back Of camel, and tray
els in this manner some time for
months and never do they bury him
until some appropriate spot u found
to inter the body Of the rich, and
consequently, tho good man, whom
| Allah has blessed, NO truly in accor-
dance With the Koran. There we're
upwards Of orc hsndrsd csnsls en-
pioysd 10 carrying he dad bslong
Ing 70 this caravan, asd they oeca'
pied the extreme rear Of thS line
The only time ] feared shoiers vss
in passing this couple husdred Of
dead.
II was dark, and We might have
gone by, had not their presence been
made Known to us BY other organ.
than those Of sight. ! purchased
two skin Of water fron the caravan
and after = week Journey ~ found
oursslye. upon the outskirts Of Gwa'
dur. A. W nesred he tovh ou'
track became literally inpsssabie
with the numbers Of the dead and
dying, for here We fousd that cAoler'
and dyseutsry woe travelling am IN
arm. The popuiation ~ 0vsdsr
which Ia ooepossd partly II Bs'oo,
chss and partly Of ArabA aaeansse
70 over one hundre' thensssd peo'
pie. Passing through ths narrow
IT. -A;.k -. tha main aeeents oil