• . C:. P. READ &d H. 11. FRA.tER, EDITORS. j• -, • . . _ , ..:12..ii, , ,fc.01i) iieb-.R . .R, les•stifis: DIN'. 16. LinsoN,ly 341858. . 1 have sent a short letter. hinne giving 'an mai:re of the last fortnight. 1 wrota -leas t h a n usual as my time was lfirlited; hideed i : ,l - 10 1w-Ottder where I find thel,tiine fcfr so maeh letter-writing When we have so much - s:mtiying fto do, and so. many interruptions from the people,' as they call at all hilars, and we always are glad to see them. • Lorerixo . went' down to Tripoli today, - taking . our American letters, as he ni to preach' there to morrow. .We Iniye 'all - sorts of rumors o trouble in Tripoli 'between the MoSlerns:aad' Christian ('Greeks; &e.,) but 'the PreSeiree • of a French .Wanstearne there till probably . keep the Moslems quiet. • i" This morning we had: quite •a famous Fish from the mountaineers ofpne the neighbor log- Maronite villages. Saleh, our Moslem _ friend from Tripoli, who-came up -i . aiTtiesOny sad returned to-day' With one if the strongest -men in 'Northern Syria...—. While here lie cut out a stone weighhig about 150 pounds, l and made a handlein the stone. This huge mass he would'rnise with .onaliand over his.thoulder, and then -throw' it .ter.'the . g round./ The . fame of his . strength extended through alt Lebanon, and the_ people of — ll'a'k .-;:hala, a Maronite village near Duma,,caine down to-day to bring a herculean youth to try his strength with Saleh. • The _company consisted'of abont'fifty - men, who came down for this sok' purpose. They - came into our' house to see us and hear the, musie i -and I en-. tertained them for a loilg4ime, mingling Irv* siccing and playing with pr6ching. For stance, a man sat before me,:who is the,.Arn• -toer'or watchman of all the vineyards' 'abolit Botha, and 'I asked him - who loot:NI after:the vineyards in his .absence . said ;, no ;one: 1 then. called the attention &the coriapany . to this watchman, and told them of a watchman who never leave his vineyard and -.never sleeps,—whoSe eye is ever open, and 'who Tinciws 41-1 our thoughts ands words and deeds; and will gall u's to nn account for them, : Sec: These people are all Maronites, and We cant not get trehanee to. preach in their villages, llut - when they come here, we speak they me to .sing- s"Scotland's _Burning" in Arabic. ' Before :s:inging, I told them the meaning of tie song, and how irt . Ameriea . aid Europe many of the houses are: of wood, and are easily : destroyed by fire. "And then I spoke of a fire which is never cuetiehed; and•into•which we :are in danger of filling,. Thus we have to Mingle the' erious with the entertaining, and try, by all means to get the seeds Of truth lodgeil• in the hearts • _of men: - • .. .After talking, some time I - went -over_ with theni'to Mr. lA : ones, where the giant of their tribe raised the stone not only- higher than Salch, but actually held it up over. hiS head in one hand; . I uas astonished at such great stii(ngth, 11 told them I hoped they would . buns good as they are strong. This lifting _of stones in one band is one of the great feats the Lebanon fel lahin. . . When the cpmpany were at our hotise, our buy Elias Made coffee for them all. - You know, however, that. Arab cups arc not much larger than thimbles:. • This evening . _ we have rtimorS•again frOm Trablons (Tripoli) of im pending trouble between the .11feslens and (reeks. • Aug: ,I.—LMercury at I preached about, thiee times to-da:,;--4sviceiit home - and at Mr. Lyons's ,house. We have had 'so . ri ary of the -peplile in that rve are: grateful, fur the rest and quiet of Sabbath eve. the stqlcs of home and the memories of the sanc tuary have been vividly _ before our . minds, and this evening the monthly Concert has . been remembered, and you know not how much weight and intereit we attach-to this precious season. It cannot but . le a great means of grace to us all, and we feel especially that it strengthens our hearts.. We strive .to bear in mind the present financial iyouliles of the . • Board, and talc ceonotniil Rs- possible, though the 'salaries of Missionhries generally are established on such a basis (to meet ne ce6sary expenses) that it would_ be difficult to reduce Diem. We will trust confidently in the Lord that all' things necessary will be provided, and ti) give ourselves any double to the futitre,:.-c: We .have one of the dark est.spots.oo earth to labor in, out "we. Came 1 here beeause'it.is dark, and we will eheer: fhliy live-add die here, if such be, the will of the Lord. ,We rejoice to spend and be spent for Aim. 2.—Mercury - 7V. This has the 6f., one of the coolesf, pleasantest 'days of the summer. The sky has been darkened with -clouds the whole day long, - and we havestud ied out--on our little porch, which' has a roof of dried oak lmves... • - - I have commenced preparing a - dictionary 'of Englishand Arabic words, for future-use. _Oar old f.6end, the Haj Abrabirn (the pilgran Abrahatt(ge Doctor) has called to-day, as he does almost every day. lie is - one of the characters of Dumtk.. His-man'ner is Oracular and dignified ; and when he spenlis the people listen witk profound attention.---- lie alWilyß has news advance of any ot , te else, and - the people consult him in politicsas well as in medicine. His 'gait is- nv stately as an Emperor, yet he is polite, affable, and entertaining, and treats.l2B with great respect:. Today he has news-,of a great outbreak among the Arabs of the Anazy tribe near: Hums,. but I- suspect that it is- only an Arab rumor.- He also . says that there is a new quarrel bet Ween the villages-of B'sherray and Ehedea, near the Cedars. At sunset Loren - zu arrived from TriPoli, bringing:the latest news. Tripoli is all in a ferment: "Yanni bia family have - gone -to Eheden to summer, and Many of the people are leaving for the mountains. The Moslems somehow got the "idea that a French War-stenmer in• . the harbor-had brought fire-arms for ",..the Oreeks and. Maionite-mountaineera - to . 0 letainst the.Moslerns. This stirr,ed.thetn up ; and they commenced - buying guns,- haviiy, bought 500, it was said, in one day. Tins tliso alarmed the - Gi'veks, and they canmene -ed arming, setting the Whole. 'city in ..confu sl6n. This forenoon, before Lorenzo camp up : he - rode to die Metal; and 'saw: on the. road, ten large pieces of cannon being drawn hy-oxen from the Meitia to be put. in- the' castle at Tripoli, - They were sent from 13ei• rutty the,tPasha toikeep the popnlacelti or der. As tong its the _War-steamer remains la the Meena, 'bc , no diPettlty,- and I.hav e no fears of serious groulAP at Tripoli is snrround:Ni by .. a Greek an »o d' runite population, utnumbering' the 11. Os. eelslems four, to one; and'moreoVer, -French vtis. of war have a very ialutitry ' 4..3M15 /It • , • • - 0. N . . ..,„, ~,,,„„ ~., ‘,,,,,,,- -.,,,.1 1 i.a rybrl- i . , -r t. -tr., ~-; ~,' . 4w , , ... , _ • , • . 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Our boys' school in the Meena has been greatly diminished. by an excommunication enat the Bishop of:the Greek-Church against it and all ivho countenance it. Abu Selim, the teacher, says that the *nost of the . boys , hai : re been-taken away, but will return after the first §hock of the: excommunication has passed. -Pie Old Greek -Bishop of Tripoli, who htty .so often ii•arned his people agabist us, is dangerously ill, and, pbor man, Jnust ,soon 0.,t0 his Last account. _ A - ,anni: 'sent us abundant salams by L. Ile has just.been to 13eirut to see Air. Johnson, the new Amen. can Consul. He was delighted With Mr. J., and says that he is an energetic, faithful man, -Most of all he was : pleased ! that the Consul felt an interest.in the ItfisMoriaries, and was determined-to-protect them by all means,— Whe.6 Yanni was returning to Tripoli from Beirut, he met a band of twenty roßbers on the road, who are 'taking advantage of the : present state of things to plunder the passers by, but- they treated him with great respect. When he asked- them What they were doing there on the 'highway, they replied !that they came down from. the Mountains- tii.salute tho Consul, as they . heard ihat,he was to pass that day. !•• -.- The news from Jeddah is confirmed, that the Moslems slaughtered nearly all of the Christian population without proliiieation.— Jeddah is so near to Mecca that the Moslems there are peculiarly. fanatical, and.. the pil drims who are now in' Mecca from. all this t. - region will return fired with wild fanatieMu against the." infidels." unless the English and French Go.vernments take some i•ery decisive measures for the,punishtnent of the otrenders. -You need - not-think from my writing so ful ly, about confisslop and outbreak - sand robbery and murder, that we are or will . be in any danger. OM. mountain home is in the midst of a very qUiet population, and we can - travel here without molestation:. When we return to Tripoli in the. hitter of October the season' of trouble will be all over in the.city. If it •is riot safe we shall stay in Beirut or Abeih until it is. LOrenzo is going to,Hunis to bring 'Sada on the first of September, and will be exposed to the uncertainties of that route; but in our missionary traveling we go on the principle that we are always safe when doing our duty. , . • .Aug. 3.-7143' 5 . Tam to make .) sr ney tos . RSherray, Ebden, and thereat nits,. starting to-morrow to be absent several days; and LOrenzo will then _make a journey far ' therke, the North, returning. in time to go to IlutdKabout the first of September. After his return from Hums he is going to Beirut and Kbeih by sea, and Carrie and I are go, ing by land via the Cedars of Lebanon. This evening we had Arabic prayers, and then paehekuly things for the journey. hope to he absent but a-short time; and it is • my intention to return on Saturday. Aug. arose quite early- this morning. to get an early start. The warmest part of the, day here, is generally froni sunrise until nine o'clock; as after that time the West wind generally comes up froin the ica. We were. np before six, and Carrie soon had breakfast ready, but owing to delays inevita ble in Syrian life, I did not,get ofl.until S:10. I rode Mr. Lyons7s White horse and 'had a pack horse to carry my tent, bed and bed stead. niuleteer was- a young man nam ed with whom I hi've been long .ac 'quainted. I bade C. good bye at 8:10, and rode through the Hums olive orchards, shrub bery gardens, and vineyards, by the lower fountain,.and on to the flour millsb) the deep valley of the Nahr ij Joloz, or river : of the Walnut tree.. The descent occupied one hour and fifteen minutis . , and I reached the Mill atTenuria Tains, at 9:25. And now, befort I describe my further progress, I will tell you my object in making this journey. It is partly as a MiSsicinary journey to see the People in the villages in. tile great amphi theatre around the Cedars of Lebanon, where the Alaronites!have.the-greatest.strengtli and influence, partly' to see our friend Yanni who has just, gone up with all his family, to spenl the summer, hi Eliden, and partly ,to visit cAnni - ,bin ' „the famous'..Maronite Monastery. in which Assaad Shidialt was . put to death years ag,t, nn account; Of"his love for the "truth. Rev. J...Bir4efllartford,` Conn., 'once a Missionary is Syria, is: preparing..a book on the Syrian Mission, and he request ed me when in Hartford in February last, to .visit;Cannobin at my- convenience and send him a drawing of This I shall endeavor to-do. Wheal reaped thixtrill at the bottom of :the deep railue, Istop . ped to rest and refresh myself and ;animal with the cab) flowing, wa ter, and then commenced the ascent vn the opposi ' tiside. - It was literally going "up stairs, as the road was cut in the face of 'a _perpendicular cliff .. .several .hundred feet' in height, and.wag certainly -the, most Steep and difficult road I - have ever - traveled in Syria. I wigs told before leaving . Dutna that it was a "derub Sultane," that IS a road Sattanre,' such as a Sultan might ride, but PeOlielude that the name must hive been given by some enemy of the Sultan - whb' wished thst the, ...Saltan might ride Over-it for the purpose of breaking his neck. I 'clang to the horse's . mane for a time, but finally thought ,it too hard fur him and too dangerousfor myself to ride any. longer, so I dismounted and walked to the top. On the tableland above;' I saw Duma behind ine, and as there was a spy. glass in our house when I left, I itMigined one pair of eyes at least 16Oktng with interest at my , progress. - After losing the road .and finding it again, I reached the familiar village of Kefoor at 1025, wherel rested a few - miry. s ues and left a few tracts. -. Above - Kefotir I was stillln.sight of Duni, far half an howl. O ~... young lad joined, uison the: road, and .1 va him a little book after ascertaining that 's brother could read it to hiiii. One diffi-• Colty in tile distribution of books, here, is that thp .people tan but few.of them read, ( l ind one must 6o careful not tiigive-theris to. those Whti cannot-read, as they take them di [ reedy to the pritl,ts, who - kuro "them. At "FRIEEDpan_n2B 2DeA7 nOiafiK_VT @LATEWIF 'AHD WGIQ49O" ,' MO.TTROSE, THUTISDAT, OCTOBER, 1.4i.1.858' niched Nenha, at little Marmite vil• . 14r Northeast from Dumas. I lere serval old menl gathered' together terebintlr tree, and of course I • , and after saluting them, asked. .'d the news. 'Two priests then 'ompany, and one of them wished ible, but I judged from his lan he cared .hut.little about it, and the sake of talking . The people 411 y interested to hear the ii Ws Ii and Jeddah, but seein to carc Ltle fq.njut the'-gospel. Proceeding k a,l passed along a lofty ridge, (le numerous ravines and enjoying nt view of the mountains and bro. lelow, with the plain of Tripoli and a beyond. This whole region is rieh, and for about twelve miles filly a spot where are iroh furnace lhe erected, were there only fuel at there is hardly a tree to be ing here :aid' there a terebinth, \-; a fine grove of a species of - lig the nations as the Liz ds Out thick green 1,r 44 1: Nkf the ground, and the 11:10 I reait lage hi?arin; 1 found ses under hit a disinountiA and narrat joined the ~tobuyal eling;t: that talked fur arc all gre; from Trip( but very lit from Niah. doubling 4 magnifice ke t cliffs in the 4,klue sc Mond( full there is tai !night Tin enough. 1 0 in . n (‘ 4 from the ground to one of the most ‘ s htale vegetable king. , I htlieve, in Dr. r.. Of " El :Ha n w approfiell tle "rehard fruit . te v. 11,1 •• over • • •11.. . . found, excitpt and in one plac "cedar known aim zab. Thif tree set on the-vatriy ,itu face . theis One dense nn the top othe tree. , it\ beautiful Objects in "the NA dem. ' They are mentionct , Rebinson'i. book as the cedar deth," the] place which I was n ing.'-,ln this vicinity, I,passted a ll Inn. Thesepeaf `triYeS loaded down with Inn These peirr trees are grafted upon t pear tree if Lebanon. and - are ..eattere,, 4..... the 1116m:tains wherever t e wild trees pen to gra iv.. Near this orchard sa l a wa 11... map or netoor, with a booth of l ea v es Coe his head t) protect hint from the sun. The heat was now increasingly rapidly.— Tile_usuall West Wind had not come up as usual, and although I had ascended nearly a thousand-feet sinCeleaving•Duma, I was al most melted by th e heat. I rt4thed . El Ila doh at 1:15, but did not stop !time as the most of the people were assembled on ,1 he thresh Mg' floors which 'were intensely lettant 1 dusty. an I pressed on to find a shade and a - here I might lit ch toy tint for Just after passieg El Iladeth. I he head of a deep ravine from which tt;- Vie - W of the r Convent ot Cannt)bin Musand feet below met.) the N a tal:- 1 so far that. I could hardly sec tic; the'huge pile of build-ites plain ? make a satisfactory sketch. After the landscape under n nottherry Ile on. I was now en the bordt-r cf lam phitheat re of the Cedars; with tic dsttapc in SyrN before Me. Far in ice ruse the great -L ... .eh:Mon range en es torrid:lg a great horse-shoe or the North, Ec t, and South. The the' ancient Cedars of Lebanon ea: l • - ' irw, like. a black spot i4l the 1 ,., . t , ; ikVe. .last below the Cedars beg . ns I gorge of theltiver K. adisha, wit- ts ibursts out of the mountain side in a na- stream and .drops Ike a bar of au the face of the precipice. The s :theist directly West tram the • Ind ju-t at cciv Lit I co j aid see d-wn lark depths through the die rot : - k! , • I have spoken as rut ni Li g ll WA . i 1 1 Iladeth. Across the gorge and tar he,Ntirthern mountain, Earn was in at, but it seemed almost an impossible tierce's front El Iladeth to the North • the -revene, a task, however, which I t, attempt en my return fromEhtlee, y ' , tention. to go down and visit ~la. t 2:10 1 came to 13. Doman. r fam us Maronite Convent, the pre:. cictence of-the Maronite Patriarch. It a-i my intention to visit this Convent B upon the Pattiach, hut 1 began to-be ssed by the heat, and, after - taking a I dietch of C.annobin from the head of. er -ravine which ber,eputs down into the gt - e'ge from near the Convent of Deman, ..! on, thinking that I' might aecornltlish gt (rid by pitching my tent in one of the a.s where I could talk with the. people . by encamping wider the walls of an iso- Convent, where I might perhaps pay a al -Hit to one who is the head al a sect ipis...s, and one of whose predecessors was tau:i ' e of the death of Asand is Shidisk.— nni tiny of fellahin 'tow lotted me on the (ale of whom was 'carrying, on his bark me fiiix about seven •feet long, it hich laid esent up from Tripoli to El - 11341014 but A n Abe taken limiter on account of some ible with the nibleteer, - After dtaibling oral little ravine -A, we came to the village lanolin, which 1 once visited when on wa •to the cedars in IS:18. It is a beau -1 vililage folly embowered in trces and al. st dtitlugrd with, water from the numerous intaiis in the vicinity. I pitched my ten t . der huge walnut tree in the borders af vill ge, where 1 was surrounded by mul ii try gardens. •. A stream of water ran by y teni-door, and the hum of. the' reels on hichhe people Were winding off the silk • am tie cocoons, fi ll ed! the air. The, stride 'that: magnificent -Walnut • tree was truly cfresh ng to one Weariial with a long ride id at sur , , for it was net+ four o'clorit when I melte my . place of re s t. Before I had 114- y dri% en toy stakes and strengthed my cords, he pe pie - began to ft an d around. 'They i. ooh mid out ray vtiehtion,and a sharp dis tus.tio spiting up between Myself and tqtver &of t e priests. I soon saw that they *ere very u easy,as•manY - 6f the people were lis tening and .when I pr'o'duced a book atreom nience 'reading, they ordered the people oft as - thedanger of 'their hearittg heretical doctrit est. One very bright,looking young Man c me to me and asked if I had any good books and I was about to reply. a nephew of the Patnal - O rs-tapped up and asked hum " fe . i m r . "'hiire you -permission 'I" that is, front he Patriarch. The young man said no, a d stepped ashie, tint soon after ap- . preackied • me unnoticed and took several -tracts I I never saw more-complete spiritual setae tion, and it seemed its though the Egy p. - Alan d rkness which prevailed' when the lov. ers'orthe troth were martyred in yonder Cony ut; Might still be felt in this region of i, ~ 1 the A , arotaikes. : When the priests-withdrew, the' p pie were afittle more free iii speak. i iog wdr me',! and.:]` g a ve - - them •botne tracts, but. b y.a NCI, few of ,them can - read. The ' neph w of the-Patriarch was particularly int pude t and sarcastic, ' but ' I ,answered him 1 1- Very Itnlyould -Was far more . - anxious 4,4 _ . • fiiuntain the night. Inc to t I had a 11l about a.ll ward ; em enough t 4 ski tehini4. tree, I ref the great finest lan the distal ifiree sic curve on Ut in full 1 - i' ,Of the cu the greatl untasin full Ltn , fil g, CLl4.trs, 1; to tlw ttiklt the-peopleoltmNrith him. One the D Lssionarie ‘ 47.onee remarked t& me tliat turehtss - of,the people ittSyria is so hopeless as the priests: They have bietnne hardello by teaching a lie, and-tWir i'..onstiertees seen , ' to beiseatvd. How Oftpwcould it be asked hi Syria noW t as in the. days of Christ, "Have any of the rulers or the Pluirisee.; believed on him ?" 1 think that some of the priests irf Syria are as hardened characters as can be (Amt. After talking, with the people an hour or two, I began to feel the effects of my lung ride in the sun. My broad.' brimmed hat and white umbrella shield me fully from .thelion, yet the - great heat of to-day and the motionless air affected me more than I had supposed.. As night came on, the air grew very cool, and even after I had changed, my dress and pat on a thick woolen coat, I was chilled through and was quite uncomfortable. Front the severity of my headache, P could not eat the supper which'l had prepared nor any of the provisions provided for ine by C. before I left.. So I retired without My sup : I per and soon funnel relief in sleep. I slept solindly from eight o'clock p. tin until half past six in the morning, When I awoke greatly refreshed, and perfeetlooyell: Aug. s.—The Morning was cool and de lightful Mien I arose, and after striking my telit and preparing (or journeying, I set out at 5:43 for B'Sherray and Ehden. I bargain ed with a boy to ant as guide. all the way, nearly twelve miles, for 3 piastres, or 12 cents. The gardens about ITasrouirremind ed rob strongly of home. The Irish potato, hidian corn, tomatoes, cabbages , beans, egg plant, and squashes. grow in great profusion, and there arc pear, apple, plum, quince,.pop lar, and walnut trees„.in addition to the fig, truilierry, olive, attain-id, and apricot trees, and the vineyards. Groat fountains of Water 'u-h out on e , Try side, and the air isdelight tul at Nis hot season of the year. At g:45 I reveaeln-d the village of IlToor gosha, where I . g o urged me to drink of the fouAtain called Ain Mali-k, or the kingly fountain, a 'd I made the attemptbut was able to drink nT • a few drops, owing to the severe cold ness if the water. Froin this village the road w -end gradually down to B'Sherray by. a•very easy descent, airefritrini the Cedars J of Lebatinilist above me, the river Kadi-.ha cla,shing, me, .arid the beautiful village of 11'Sher?ay timbre me on the opposite side of the:stream. t . e view was as fine as one elinid 'wish. It di n t seem right to pass by 'tire Cedars within a hour's ride, and not vis it them, but I have already visited them twice. and intend to em , e this way when we go to A hell] in,Septembi. Ail deSeended to It'Shirray, on toy way to 'Men. The vil lage of Il'Sherrav is the larg st in this part of Lebanon, having, r am to 1, about 800 4 , 1* 1000 !SIM., that is, men eapab.l of bearing' arms. The people are all Maro ites, are •trong and vi; crows in appearance, ut are in entire subjection to their priests. They hat e the reputation of being the most ig or ant of all the people.of Lehrman, and I ha .e often heard it said, by way of illustration, that they once planted charcoal in ordeK that iiiitek slaves might grow, and when, soon af ter. a black servant of Emir was riding along, the} - seized iiim,:elttimin,,g that he had grown tom the charcoal. This - of course is curly a storv..but it shows what people _think of the people of 11'Sherray. As ; .l rude thro' the street I stopped hut a motnent, as I did not feel remarkably well, but I inquired ',bow the wm which has :been progressing for :.,otoe, Lillie between. B'Sherray and Eh den. A young, man told me that there was tvirporary peace, but it was only on thesur face, at,a I afterwards learned that this was true. This war briike out in the spring or ilimmer of 1550, and has continued in a sty . ries of rdis;.traceful forays by one party or the other until , the present time. The Maronite "Patriarch- has done his best to stop it, but has only partially succeeded. The Maronites of Lebanon have a feast on the Sth of August, called the Pe:lst:of the transfiguration, and it is the custom for,thousands of them to as semlile at the Cedars of Lebanon at the time and 'hold a great festival. This would ocrir to-morrow in the regular course, but this year the Patriarch has forbidden it, fearing lest old feuds might brA; out, and make it it scene of bloodshed. • I- left WSherray at 9:15. an& rode in a North Westerl, direction towards Ehden. The lcSherray people were in their fields raking wheat! and the thee of the country presented a very busy scene. When I reach ed the ridge high separates Ehden from IrS,herray, I saw several priests assembled lit a place called - the Bughly, watching to pre vent the men of our village from infringing upil i n the domains of the others. At 11:15 • we reached Ehden, the Edcn of travelers, and ono of the finest 'villages on Lebanon.— Naid had been expecting Mr. Peters, the American Consatar agent from Constantino ple, for some clas, and when rode through the street, the people ran and told him -that Ihe Consul . had conic.. He hurried, to his, house and gave.me a welcoMe which I assure you was received as heartily as it was given. Lis faMity seemed delighted to see me, 'and I felt indeed, at home. "Im Antonius," " mother ' of , AntonitteA:mid it seemed as • though her own brother had_come,- and they all lad many ingeirie , ,3 to make about C. and Lorenzo and family.' Several priests and a large concourse of the people' came in, sup posing that 1 was a Consul, and, they were not undeceived until we sat doiri to dinner, and I asked a blessing:' They began then to open their eyes, and seemed Os, think it a new business for a Consul to pray. -After dinner they remained a few moments; found out my true name and profession and then- retired. Yanni told me that they .Were as bitter op poiers of the truth us could be found in Syria, and' he was glad-that they had heard so trine, from a - Missionary silthout knowing-it. Mr. Wikon and family Were once driven out of Ehden by force, the people having set fire to the roof of his buns?, and saluted him with ;a shower of stones. in reply to my inquiry ; - Yanni stated' that it would be quite impossi ble for us to spend ;the Stuntuer,here,.as 'the priests would stir up the people St once against us. At ahoetAree o'clock the weather grew suddenly cooler: . great banks of fog came rolling up from the sea, and com • pletely covered everything in the village. It' carne - 'in the door, like a was of smoke, and the whole'landst=pe completely shut out. ;The air .was so damp Litt one could not step out without being thoroughly moist ened. Yet ienjoyed it and:' went out with Yanni-and one of .his friends- to' the 'Cedar Grove of Ehden, and -thts Fountain of: Mar Saikis which supplies the village with water. The Cedars - are unlike both the :Cedari ref Lebatkori arid the Cedars-of EI -Iladeth; being much like the " arbor 'vitaa" ,of North Amer: lea. It is called-here- Sherabecu i , while the Cedar of Lebanon is ealled l -'`. Uuz" and the liadetlf tree-is called - We found the- watar.tit 'the - Ain or 'Nebo, so bold that I was' satisfied with a single draught. The crystal stream bursts forth from the- moun tain-side in belle dozen openings; spreading verdure wherever it :flows, and I gathered a briquet of flowers for Yanni's family. ' Near the fountain is the Convent of Mar Sarkis having the same name with 'the Convent at B'Sherray. The stream which flows to Eh den from the fountain-is as large as the ordi nary trout brooks of Susquehanna county, and,llneost as cold as ice-water. I spent the evening with ',Tenni, and, was refreshed by his conversation. It is pleasant to find such •is man in-such a region of spiritual darkness. Aug. 6.—This morning was clear and cool, so cool that 1 dressed in woolen garments. I set out at 7:45, having nothing but my bed ding to pack, as Yanni's friendly roof had en abled me to dispense with my tent. I was now to try a road which many have pronounced impracticable, es I wished to visit Cannobia, and go on to Duma the. samedm. I was_ not able to get a guide from Ehden to Can nobin direct, as the Ehden people are afraid: to go down into the gorge,lest they meet some B'Sherray man, lying in wait, and be shot. So I got a guide from Ehden to the next vil lage South, on the road to the brink 'of the gorge; named-Weft. Skob, and then got anoth er guide, named Yusef, to go down with me. We reached Kefr Skob at 8, another village ; named Ban, at 8:45, - at the verge of the great precipice, at 9:10. Here a scene of' inde scribable srandeur Jay before and below mis. My first impression Was that it would be im possible to reach the bottom of' that fearibt abyss. The great perpendieular•cliffs stood out in hold relief on the opposite side, and I could look down until too dizzy to gaze Vine-, cr - into the seemingly bottomless ravine.- - But the guide assured me that there was a road which the Patriarch had made, and it was quite passable.- So we commenced the descent s I' dismounted, tied my stirrups over the saddle, and with my umbrella in one hand, and. my bridle in the other, led my horse' down the precipitous road,_ It was down, down, right and left, in the most zig -1 zag, circuitous route I had ever traveled. Yet every step was one step nearer the bottom, as there was not a level place from the sum mit to the Convent of Cannobin, which is for ey five minutes from the top. As I was a head of my guide and muleteer, I once lost -the way and went too far to the westward, a mistake which cast me severtil minutes of hard climbing-to regain the path. • At-10, -we "reached Cannobin, the place where Astuad Shidiak was martyred. The appearance of the building as you approach from the West, is dismal enough.. The win dows have irod gratings, and, a long, _dark arched passage way seems to speak unmis takably of dark deeds done in years past.- I passed through this long dark passage, leav • Ig, my horse' outside. On our right band as we passed along were about a dozen dark stab . At the end of this passage we carab into a open court, and turning to. the left up a fli p ,i it of steps I came to -the to nice of the buildi I:, ‘i•hich has rooms °petting to ward- it on the North, South, and West sides. IThe 1‘ .rth side room is the Church, ,and thih-is built directly under the mountain, 'in a laree cavern. The West room is the a : • P partmept or suite o apartments occupied by 1 the Patriarch when h. is here. On the Soutb side and overhanging v . . mountain side be low, are several rooms. be site of he Con• vent is:one of the moil ret ed on carp. It is more-114e a prison or a astle, ail hai _been used in both capacities. The itossees or chaplain was not at leisure * en Iqealled, an 3 I did not see' him, but 'a Au man showed me the Church and • the up ` ments. When I asked him if he ever beard ' 1 1 . 7 Asaad Shidiak, he eyed me somewhat curiously, and said yes, he was a heretic here years ago,and When he died they buried him oulside,yonder under the east wall among the olive• trees.— I asked to be shown the place, and he re -plied that there is now no read to it and I could not 'get there. Aftgroffiaking Various inquiries 1 concluded that I could get very little satisfaction, and after resting alew mo ments under the awning in the tut,. I re sumed my walk down The mountain. I left . Cannobin at 10:15, and reached the bridge over the Kadisha at 10:45, and then rested again under a' tree. Frain this point the Convent seemed to be near the top of the inounteln as the highest cliffs were concealed by those directly above the Convent. A few minutes from the bridge I dismounted and took a sketch-of Cannobiri, from a point near ly opposite, intending to - introduee the more perfect view ofthe building thus obtained in to one of the sketches taken on Wednesday from the-mountain above, - thus making a eomplete)picture for Mr. Bird. I left the river 410:45, and reached El Hadeth at 15, after a very laborious ascent. When we were finally on the summit, we came into a fine breeze which was truly refreshing. - 'We stopped here- fifteen minutes for lunch, dis: missed our guide and set out at 12:30 fin: home. , We reached Neaha at 2:45, and Ke foor, at 3:15. I remained an hour in Kefoor talking with the people, and left with them what remained, of my stock of tram Leas ing Kefoor at 4:30, I reached Kefr Hilda at 5:30. Front this point I rode in the " shad ow of a great rock" all the way up the moun tain to Duma. The sun was shining in Ka foor, but the great cliff which lies West of Puma, here gave ma' - abundent shelter, and , dispensing with my inbrella• and carrying my hat in• my hand to enjoy the cool air, .1 rode on up to MY home. C. was surprised to see me at home so soon, as y had not promised to, come before Saturday. ' I fatind all the friends here well, • and felt grateful in deed 'that I. had traversed such a difficult road Without an actident or an untoward •circum stance. Such journeys set one's blood in freer circulation, and -benefit the health - more than all the drugs in Materia Media. Saturday, Aug, 7.-73".—Deara.—Thia morning we were all: startled by 'the news that two young men here had strangled to death their aunt, an elderly widow,, and had run away with all her property. - . 1 went up at once and saw the ghastly corpse, heard • the wails of- the relatives, the outcries of the people, and with Lorenzo tried to do sqme thing, to get evidence in the tase. No one seemed to be responsible inthe matter. The., criminals were mice seized Ind takea before the Sheikh of the village; and he let them go at the' urgent request of ;the relatives. of the decensed.' - We Assisted in tiling a list of -the property of .the murderlid - woman found in the house of the :murderers,: and 'we shall send' it to Beruit. The young men are sons of a brother of -the widow's husband. Their, father died long ago, and the • widow's hue— (rand. died i,n "gebruarz lanti , lpavin; alourtb, PUBIJISFIER--V01.4. 4.7N.0. 41. of his f old mist. to the Gi to these and hay This mo house, s with he !l] el) ey bex Was in hi L~ and def• stir up on 8 N. 1,01.1 old Abn IffiEr MED would k. - ey.. int . terror. The end .- man spoke incohereydy, `promi.ied to become English, i , to pay \ !no money, to do anything, it I would . protect him from danger. I told him . that I. could do nothing, mid wanted none of hiS 3 - noney. Ilk miserly habits have well 'nigh - shattered his mind, and the god of money has made him a slaVe.: The people al) say thete is no government, and:what can be done.. Before night we wrote letters 1.0 Beirut; giving a full. account of the smatter, thus discharging our duty-as fully as . we are - able to. do. MONDAY, Aug. 9.—,•7s'.—.Yesterday was a pleasant quiet Sabbath. The people were so much taken up with the murder of yester day that only a few came in to rel%lous ser vice. • 1 had•a Bible Class in the -morning, and Mr. Ly ens. preached. in. the attertioom— This morning, '(Monday,) a- Sheikh named Rtimelt- it Khazin from a 'neighboring vil•-• lage,came to hold a Council with, the old' men of Duma about- the murder. .Mr. Ly ons and I gave our testimony as to what , we knew, but it seemed to us - that the whole thing was being managed very .loosely and carelVaily, and that nothing. would be done in the end. Such a conclusion was inevitable, when 'we beard that the Sheikh was reported to have received money from ,some one of the parties. This country is so cort•Wpt, and the. Government so easily bribed, that I have never known an instance in all thiS region in which murderers have been-brought to. pun ishment. C. and thave-been engaged as usu al to-day in Our studies. At,: - noon a nmle teer came bringing me a letter from Beifut enclosing one from the Newark Sunday School which was 'very pleasant. TUESDAY, Ang. 10.-76 3 .---This 'morning or' papers came from America, bringing news to JtOy S. If such a Convention as that at Butlandshould be held. in Syria, I verily believe that the Consuls of the Foreign Powers would protestagainst I felt-like burning the newspaper which contained it.- 'To-day- we sent a little girl three miles down the mutual-kit° bring fruit . and vege tables. She brought six pounds of tomatoes and three'pounds each of cucumbers, grapes, and figs. From this time foal' we shall have an abutidance s of tomatoes, grapes, pears, &c. if we choose tosend to we can get a larger variety, bUrt it is more expensive and quite unuecessary. We have, no reason t 6 complain in resPect to such matters` , WEDNESDAY, Aug. 12.—A :cool morning, 71'. While we were studying' this morning, an old man named Hamra it Haddad, that is John Smith, called, and Carrie gave him • some stewed pears which she had prepared. There were three pima in. the dish, and _the old man in accordance with a- very common custom of his sect, (Greek,) flamed them from the three persons of the' Trinity, and said, " I will now eat the Father, then the Son, and then the Holy Ghost 1" Lexclaimet-' with amazementomd rebuked him, although. he was a white-bearded old man.. Said he, " Is it not prOper to invoke the presence .of God at all times !" I answered, " yes, when we do it with solemnity' and reverence, but such talk as that is blasphemy." Yet the-next minute he remarked to the • priest, who sat near, that he bad. eaten the Holy Trinity.— Such trifling use of 'the name of God is ex= ccedingly common here,' end exceedingly re pulsive: I Might fill Many pages with inci dents like this, but it is not' - pleasant to re cord them. am now preparing ii DictiOn ary, and have written several hnurs on it to day. This evening, Lorenzo, Mrs: L., C., and Lyvalked tau vineyard and ate grapes fur half an hour, and on ourreturn we•heard guns firing in the village in honor of thenew Etnir or .Governor of the mountain.- The echoes among.the lofty cliffs - around Duna were the'fineat I ever heard. THURSDAY,- Aug.l2.-74 6 '.--The event of. today has been the marriage- of Shehedan and Mennie. We'.all regretted it, and no one had anticipated so sudden 'a move on their part; but this evening L. and - I: perform ed the ceremony jointly, and they have left Mr. Lyons's employ perrimlntly. To-mor row they gO to , Tripoli on their way to.--Bei- rut and Abelh where their friends live. Mr. Lyons is thus left without a cook at a time when• he is to be absent from home nearly a _month at once.- It is a-very great, trial, - and Mrs. L. hits-no one to assist her in caring for . the children., When Mr. L. goes away she will probably board with us. • ' • • . Ftiroa'r,• Aug. 13.—This morning Lorenzo went down to: Tripoli with - Mennie and She •hedan, in order to give them theAliings which they had left in his house. Mrs. L. and the children pent the day with us. We. are all - in usual trga4h.. SATURDAY, Aug. - 1-11—A cool, :day,, very ctoudy and foggY,ls 9 .—We hear to-dily' of another villtig,e quarrel, a few . haws - distant,- im . which one man' was killed . This noon'Le renzoJeturned from Tripoli. A Turkish war steamer is still at anchor there; ,The, troub les in.the City are subsidjng.-. There . is now no.fear of any outs-break. -The Araba are all fighting - again on the road from Tripoli to Hums. They make war a pastinie, but what is play them is death to others. :Lo lenzo will net go to Hums by that route. If j it be true that a new Emir has entered upon his office; • there will he some prospect -of -peace in Lebanon.. , - • In the middle'or latter part of . September we shall go_down to Abeih. Carrie MS been so . busy . - during. the pact few days thet,slie his not been able to write for„this•niail.' She is. very well,:and• doing -well in, the:Anibic.—; She_iends :much love. to -y on Jan. Air own health is excellent, as you Will infer front'the length: of this letter. Ar,oursdic. - Mans AND WIVEB.—Wom - en are ill alike._ When they're maids they're, mdd. as milk ; once - make_ein wives - , and they. lean,..their heckftsigniust their tnarriege ekrti4entes t and dCfY . 0 Educational, 'GORSE; " Learning by acid mail be won; 'Jwas ne'er enittiPd front sire Co Son." [Teachers and friends of Education aro' respectful ly invited to contribute to this department]. PITNCTir4MON. [We extract the folloWing from an article ,on " Punctuation". -in . the . Indiana:' School Journal, a monthly published at Inditunwo.' lis, at $l,OO per annum,*nd :edited by W. D. Henkle and others,' The :zarticles are go'od.and as a whole the journa/ is very. .iii- structive. Teachers and'persons well a good educational Journal F ill . do to send for this.] . . 1 - The subject of Punctuation being disenssed inthe latter part of works upbn-granimar„• it gen ally happens that students do - not reach. it, or if they 'do, it is at ;the close of the term, when itik-y are compelled to go over the sub ject in a few lessons. A subject- so import ant should not be thui slighted. We are .satisfied.-that a careful; study of Wilson's , Punctuation, a book of 334 pages, would re sult in the acquirement bf much practical knowledge. A knowledge of P.unotuation is essential to type.setters and proof-readers, but it should not he inferred that such know!, edge must be confined to them, and that copy may, therefore, be sent to the printer unpunctuated.... It is very common nowsa. days for authors to' make up fair their igno rance of Punetuntion by using the dash when' • they do not know what' eise_to use, . The compositor; or the proOf-reader,•may not in many cases be able to .- decide - our meaning, if we neglect to punctuate. Suppose we had written in !fur notice 'ccf the state Meeting in the last number; page 259, ," Addresseswere made,, by Barnabas Hobbs the President' Prof. John Young Hon. R.. W. ThotinitiOn and the Rev. Jos. G. Wilson ;" how 'would the eompotOr have known whether 'Hobbs or Young was the President, or whether ei ther was the President. We will punctuate the, sentence according to these three -ideas a• '' "Addresses were made by Barnabas Hobbsl the -'resident,. Prof. John Young, Hon. R. W. Thompson, and the Rev. Jos. G. Wil son ;" " Addresses were made by Barnabas Hobbs,. the President Prof. 'John Young, Hon. R. W.. Thompson, and the Rev. Jos. . G. 'Wilson ;" and "Addresses were made by. Barnabas Hobbs, the President,. Prof. John Young, Hon. R. W. Thompson, and the Rev. Jos. G. 'Wilson," Th first idea might also he brought put by we ing " Bar nabak Hobbs (the President,") dm. This style we dikactually us - Con The next page, in our noticeof the. Ohio State Meeting, in the sentence "Addresses were deliVered by the President (M. F. Coudery,)Pr4. Robert -Allyn, of Ohio University, formeoi Supers inteudent of Schools inlßhode Island, - and.- Rev. D., W. Clarh,,Eciitor of the Ladies' Repository." We may- also punettlate the sentence as follows : •" Addresses were made by Barnabas. Hobbs, the President ; Prof. John Young; Hon. R. W. Thompson; and the Rev: Jos. G. Wilson." - - . For the convenience of those teachers who. desire to impress upon their pupils the im portance of Punctuation, the following illus trative examples - have been collected :. In No. 7.42. of 4ittell!s ••Living Age Wth August, 1858,) We find in.) an artist on Ghosts of the Old and Hew School," from The .National Review, the foll43wing sentence : • " They grasp a sceptre as if it were n walk ing -stick, and hold a disembodied spiiit hard and fist by the button." -There should have beenia'hyphen between "walking" and "-stick" if the writer meant a vac, but if he meant a stick that was walk ing, it is right as it is. The hyphen will freq ently produce quite a change in the meanin g f a phrase or sen-' truce. The New York ibune, The Broad Axe of Freedom, .Green Mcuntain Boys, and An intellectual Arithmetic . Class,: mean a new Tribune published at York, mil , Axe-of- Freedqm that is bromi, mountain,boys that are g reen, and an,Arithmetic Class.that is in T tellectual : but The New-York Tribune, - The ' Broad-Axe of Freedom, .Green-Mountain Boy,:, and An Intellectual-Arithmetic Class have quite a different signification. . • Observe the effect of the use of a Comma in the followin g Sentences : ' George Washington was a great_ general; Mary Jane has lost her book; Thomas Charles went to college ; ,and . Boys go to school ; which &cow : George, • Washing ton was a great gel;, Jane has loSt her book ; Thomas, Charles went to -.Col lege.; and Bays, go to school. • - " &MITI! & inTaGS-:-SELECT Scii,ooL.- - Smith teaches the Bdys;and Ituggs the Gills." This is said to be a 'notice which siringe; upon a sign somewhere in the western country.— The reader will see from the orthpgraphy that a comma should be inserted after, the proper noun's Huggs," because there is an ellipses of the word! teachers' .; but tho hearer might unBerstand it; to mean i` Smith teaches the Goys andhugs the girls." Cap,. Marryatt s .il - .his Diary in - America, Vol. 11, p. 43, relates 'that there were two lawyers in'partnership. n New York, whose names were Calchein and Vhetunt... The pea- Trdelaughed at-the juxtaposition of the names over the Office-door, 'and the lawyers there fore respired, to have the, sign read Isaac Catehswand Uriah Chetum ; but the board which was sent' to the ,painter being too short, he inserted only, the initials,./.and tr.,- thug making the isi e u,n rend " 1.- 'Carcuam & U. Canny.". This punctuation; is . right to the eye, -bui, rather equivocal to the ear. • Observe the effects of punctuation - in the following ' "The persons in the coach were Mr. Mil ler a clergyman ; Masan a. laiiyer; .Mr. Angelo'; foreigner ; his lady ;'arid. a little child." ' - "The persons inside s the I coachi were Mr. Miller ; a clergyman, his" son ; alawyer, Mr. Angelo; a foreigner; his lady ; and • a:;.. lilLie - - ,r .. . , - ... - -Several'ettiti-eiedes - oflunetuatifig '. this . senteedeoeflo4' hick44oted;'' - _ - ii ! *ill -:: give .siill . - o.llei tneiTitit,s. - _• - .:::::•; .:''' ~ : s ..': ,f ,c.,:i'_-...-.-; Ur, jarell llurtoti 'having-gone sea his wife, desires the prayers of ' this-church' for his safe.retkirn." - ullfr darid Ifurtoiritavini One. to' Sea, his lite desires the prayer! atlas odor& for hisisafe.return." -.•E , . f. =a SIN 0 MEM ■ E ME Editor.
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