The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-02


curved Information OF the shore and Is very much
exposed both to winds and heavy seas. Dur
ing bad weather the anchorage must be
very unsafe. for even when the Is calm
there Is heavy swell which renders land
ing somewhat dnncult. AS there Is no mole
existing ard ships even OF light draught cannot
approach TO the shore, passengers and merchan-
disc must be conveyed to land in boats Even
boats cannot quite reach the shore, and the pas
senger has to trust himself on the shoulders Of
some unbeiever unless he is lucky enough TO pro-
cure
THE SOLITARY CHAIR
which some enterprsing individual has In troduced
for the greater comfort and security OF the trav
eiier. / was fortunate enough to secure the chair
both landing and embarking, which ! look on as
an extraordinary piece OF good management due
to the sharpness and shrewdness Of my Hebrew
guide, who had accompanied me from Gibraltar,
one SIMON Barruel whom recommend to Ameri-
can travellers visiting Morocco. In order to avoid
being bothered, and cheated at the same time, l
lett the payment OF boatmen and chairmen to my
Jewish guide TO the Infinite disgust OF the Interested
they look on a foreigner as their natural prey and
are not content with being paid fairly Tor their
work, but expect to receive for half hours work
from traveller as much as native would give
them Tor weeks AS we struggled up through
the crowd OF Arabs and JewD assembled on the
beach to witness the arrivals, we were surrounded
by the boatmen, the chairmen and small army OF
interested friends clamOring for thelr pay, and
jaDbering at sucn a rate IL Arabic that feared
Simon would come to grief But that individual
treated them with the most lmperturbabie sang
Jrotd, and one by one the clamorers dropped or
seeing that nothing was to be made OF us. More
than once folt inclined to give the crowd dollar
TO go away, which alter experience taught me
would have exposed me TO unceasing annoyance.
Passing the customs at Tangier is by
only to vsrs
grave-looking. white-turbaned ana wnite-bearded
Arabs, sitting cross-legged in the corner OF she'd
These ornamental-looking people peered lazily
into my de NUT and nodded their consent to
the passage OF the unbeiever in slow and dign-
fed manner, not apparently caring to exert tnem-
selves SO much as to look up at me. Perhaps they
saw me, but 1t is my opinion that they saw only
gone through this iormality there was no more
trouble or bother 10 be feared. Not soldier or
policeman was In view, and apparently the so.
ciety among which / had come had reached that
perfection dreamed by some European enthusiasts
when there shall be no soldiers or policemen or
appearance or things as there are both soldiers
policemen and otriclals, though the stranger does
not learn at once 10 recognize them 1t must now
ever, be stated, to the great credit OF the M0ors,
That these classes form very small proportion OF
the whole population. The want OF any regular
uniform. and the custom OF appearing without
arms. unless when engaged in some special duty
requiring the soldiers to be in arms, gives to the
population Its extremely
PACIFIC APPEARANCE.
Tangter, seen from distance, Is pleastngly pic
turesque and striking. The houses rise IN irregu-
washed square boxes piled one above another:
without order or method, out somehow Jumbled
creneIated batteries rising also IN irregular tiers,
and the gray mass OF the Kusbah which crowns
the almost perpendtcular rock that faces the strait
with the old rampartS rapidly crumbling TO ruins,
give the place an appearance almost fantastic
The modern massive batteries reassure the specta-
tor of the reality OF the scene. Above the mass Of
houses rise the towers OF the mosques,
WHICH, with their small white days. form striking
m huto ur f1yJljypg c0U9inS British when
they abandoned Tangier, blew 1t up and
the remains now form Kind Of break.
beach inside this breakwater, which is dignihed by
the name OF .the Marine" Thence lngress to the
the old one, which was not larger than small!
postern, having been walled up. II was situated
inside the battery still called the Marine Battery,
and lngress and egress were obtained through the
creneared battlements. over the gate there Is
placed a marble globe sustained by HAND, the
whole built into the wall. The legend assures us
that inside OF this globe is placed the head Of nadJ
Mohanmed Erih, who for loaf of bread delivered
walled up as q warning to future hungry rascals,
and, no doubt. is not without its moral eject on
the true believers. In TINS battery are three huge
now, like the armament sadly neglected. Indeed,
II 1t 1t were not for the Kindness and thought
uness OF the considerable Brttishers the batteries
would be in O sad state; but somehow, doubtless
from Christian charity, English cannon have been
noeraly supplied to arm the batteries, just as at
the present moment quantity OF small arms
have been sent over from Gibraltar to be placed
IN the hands OF the Moors. IL remains to be seen
what use they VIII make OF these weapons, as
THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY
Is eminently unsatisfactory Ii does not, however,
appear probable that anything more than small
amount OF pot shooting at long range and lew
razzias by the nalf independent tribes, which is
here called war, Is now to be feared. SO far as
foreign interests are concerned nothing Will be
done likely to provoke conflict, unless, indeed 1t
may be that q little inconvenience Will be suffered
by the Spanlards in collecting their part OF the
revenue but though the more fanatic of the pop
ulatiOn have some idea OF resisting further pay
ment Of the indemnity the majority Of the lntelli.
gent people see the folly and danger OF any
act OF hostility. There was some trouble
at first. with the Bedouns, who burned good
many fields IN the neighborhood OF Casa Blanca,
but such acts have no very deep Importance in
thus country, and VIII no doubt be ssummarily re-
pressed and punished by the new Emperor who,
by all accounts, is a man who
STANDS no NONSENSE.
He Is said to be very severe and not exactly par
tcular whether IL is the hand or the head OF sub
ject he ops Oh. By the law OF the Empire regulat-
ing the succession Muley Hassan has no claim to
the deceased Emperor, Muley Abbas, one of the
most enlightened men among the Moors, who has
learned wisdom in the school OF adversely. He it
was that made peace with spain just at the right
time, and was very nearly being repaid by the bow
string He Is known TO be very liberal IN his IDEAS
and would is supposed, Introduce the railway and
telegraph II he were to ascend the throne. With the
army he Is special av0rte, and also with the
people, but the priests, marabouts and fanatics
generally regard him almost as a dog Of an inhdel.
In all probability they would by to arms were he to
ascend the throne, and this knowledge, probably,
cate in favor OF Muey Hassan who is married to
his daughter. Is may be also that he dreams Of
initiating the Kedive and declaring
The SUCCESSION HEREDITARY,
so securing the throne to his own family. Be that
rs 1T may, his act OF abdicaton has rendered any
real opposition to the new Emperor out OF the
question, as there Is no possible pretender with
sufficient influence to carry any large section Of
the population into war against the combined
power OF uncle and nephew, sustained as they are
by all the foreign Powers.
1t Is supposed that Muley Hassan, as soon as he
wi gatz fhn
sacred treasure which has hitherto been jeaiousy
guarded by the marabouLs. No monarch has ever
yet dared 10 touch this store, which, II the mara
bouts have not been stealing from it, ought to
contain quite respectable number Of millions.
Muley Hassan does not get the credit OF being
quite so scrupuleus as his predecessors, and 1t Is
surmised that Muley Abbas VIII urge his sOn-n-
law TO appropriate the sacred treasury and apply
1t TO the creation or regular army, worthy OF the
name, organized and equipped alter the manner
OF European armies. This would be the first step
to the real consolidation OF the monarcn's power,
which under existing conditions Is nOminay
much more extensive than IL IL In Iact Monarchy
Is here carried out to its logical conclusion the