The Red Cloud chief., 1877-11-22

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C,rEn. sept --Not~t,hstan6insth The
treaty lately concluded by Mr.. Vivian
on the part OF Great Britain. with N"
Kns.ive. for the suppression 1t II"
slave trade. slaves Ar~ ye; sold In th'
public markets. They arr no; ,xpss@
10 the general eye.b but they are On sale
in The private apartments Of the slav,
dealers during the spring and autumn
fairs q; Tan,A. on the railway !lne 10
Al.x.Ddna They ar~ %. various huss
from sable Black. Through every grsda
ton OF color. to perfect white. III. lat
ter. who are always Circasslans. are TIE
most priced. They are held a, such high
prices ,hA. only PNshas and rich func-
tionAries Of the government can buS
them. II there Is any rare beauty on
hand she is offered Ia the kh"iivr nts'.
through one of his confidential eunuchs
should his Highn-Ss n-ed All Addition to
his har.m. he pays IN proportion Ia h's
own estimate Of the value OF the chat
tel. should she te adaKyling beauty. of
finely moulded figure. with some femi-
nine accomplishments, he gives a good
round sum by way of expressing ms
satisfaction and demonstrating his good
taste. He Is capricious In his likings
and does not conf re himself 10 any par
ticular color. His children represent
pretty much all the Oriental races. and
no one of his sons resembles the other
IN complexion or moral and physical
characteristics. They are all Of differ
-nt mothers. Variety Of nature In a
household is. perhaps. As pleasing ss any
other kind of diversity. IL certainly
leads 10 strong contrasts in his High
ness family. and obyiates the monoto-
ny which might otherwise exist The
stranger al first finds IL d m,ult 10 max.
herself understood In her barharic
speech. but tina; oOn z of. and she
been born under the shadow of the
Pyramids. This year ! doubt II the
khedive has made any large investments
of this kind. Like everybody else. h-
is hard up" At the Tanta fair the
general impecuniousness was most un-
pleasantly proven Ia the slave mer-
chants. Although il lasted six weeks.
but few sales were made. and the prices
brought were s~hOckingly lew. Fair CIR
cassians. who in the first weeks were
firmly held nj 1000 francs, before the
close were offered at as low rs 1900
francs, and no bidders at these tempt.
ing figures. The merchants in their de-
spair cursed both Turk and Russian,,for
the interruption they had caused Ia their
trade by the war which they are wag-
ing so f~uriously and recklessly. IL make
everybody poor. from the Sultan and his
~vassal. the khedive. Dc wn To the low
est Fellah. for all alike have 20 submit
to a constant drain on their RESOURCES
that compels the strictest
Rather than have too much stock On
'>''e' viz N"s' 'toISo@NI VI ~ iDt bI !
Somali girls at 800 francs each. IL Was,
lake 1t all In all. the most Improbable
market they Ever had for their merchsn-
disc. When | suggested b am , iiicial
parsonage that these transactions were
contrary u law he replied that the gov
eminent cauld not be expected tO take
of what was lone behind the
latticed windows OF the harem apart
ments, for these were the accommpia-
tons which had been rented for the
human traffic.
Treaties may be made and all kinds
Of promises given tor the discontinu.
ance of the slave trade, domestic and
external. but 1t will not really cease un.
I'll the whole constitution Of society In
the east is changed. IL is one of the
inseparable features Of Mohammedan
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