The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-03-13


Beneath the branches brown,
And from her looks know she was
The maddest girl I'm town.
MOROCCO.
4 People whose Drcss, Manners and Oc
equations Have Not Changed for Cents
ries-Tangier n Seen FROM the Sea-Th
Slave Trade-The Horrible Prisons.
People are scarcely aware that with
in four days sail of England there ex
lists country immensely larger thar
France, which is in . state OF almost
complete barbarism. and the interior d
which is as little known to Englishmer
MS is the Soudan itself. This Is the en-
pire of Morocco, under the rule Of q
despotic Sultan or Emperor. Tangiel
is the only place in this vast country
known to Englishmen. 1t lies, in I
southwest line, just thirty-five miles
distant from Gibraltar, and tourists
flock to this pretty watcring-place in
order to gam glimpse Of the wild
Moorish lie that exists so close to
Europe. Crossing the straits in ono Of
the wretched little tug-steamers that
carry on the traffic, the traveller passes
in three or four hours from the culture
of English life in Gibraltar to the bar
bar1sm of the middle ages; indeed, he
may be said to pass from modern to
ancient history. for in dress, manners
and occupation the people are much the
same a. they were in the days of Abra-
ham. Tangier is . beautiful CITY as
seen from the seats walls and tower,
are white and shining in the sun-but
Il soon reminds one Of the s.whited
.sepnlcher, full Of the dead bones of .
decaying. though once chivalrous, race.
Its narrOw, stony streets, deeply coated
with filth and mud, are crowded with
numerous population-picturesque to
the eye. bat squalid aud poor to . pain
full degree-and as you pass along
through the dirty crowd, eager hands
are thrust out all around in tho hone of
receiving some OF the '.backshecsh''
with which travellers are supposed to
be burdened. There are NO wheels in
Aorooco. Not . carriage Of any kind
ever traverscs the narrow streets of the
cities or the highways Of the country.
The Sultan keeps cosch and six, but
as there are no roads he does little moro
than drive round his garden. One cart
y said 10 exist at Tetuan, which takes
merchandise from that town across the
nat belt between il and the sea. With
that exception all b. avy traffic d CAR
ried on the backs OF camels, mules and
d0nkeys. This fact alone will show
how deep is the barbarism that still OK.
ists n this great country, lying, never
thelesss nearer than any othsr 70 the
vory gates Of Europe.
Tho condition Of the people q a bad
IS that q tho roads, and may b ex-
pressed in the SINGLE word .soppres-
sion " From the highest to tho low
ct they prey upon each other, and
anyrne known to have made monGx i
almost certain to become mark TOR
those above him. A Governor = an
pointed 10 tho command Of
province. and In due time hc has suc-
ceeded in grinding out Of the misess
able people, over whom he rules.
sufhcient sum to satisfy tho cupid;ty
& ehe higher powers. Without anv
WeEning hs Is seized and consigned o
. dungeon. where torture soon compcls
him 70 disgorRc his ill-gotten wealth.
This b N ct repeated and fhoeuuahlv
MelI-understood proceeding and i pn6-
Holy talked d ali over Morocco. ~.
qae wishing tovcrify tie fact hes only 20 |
consult SIR Joseph Hooker's Interest,"
mG book pub .ishod in 1873. IN which
nuDerons instances are ralated. One
vii su@ce. - there u : marked sim
1;arIty III u. the nd cases. Sir !.
Hooker writes: