-.o . • • C. F. READ & FRAZIER, EDITORa. Par the but T eana Ju l ) ustieatt." CAUTIO-Pis --a-- it OA MOON. • 7 OR ! fill heart that quaffs the wine which Lore pours out from my ,preases, Beware ! lest in that eutief time, Psis Miler! bathed her sable tresses! And thou - shouldst seek, with sighs and tears Amid the thorns of grief then sent thee, Through arid panda of dragging years, ' In vain, in vain, for some nepenthe. . • The kne-leaf on'the chalice brim, , In all its tempting sweetness-blushing, hay pale, and prove some phantom rim, Forever through thy tnem'ry rushing. The rnptle bathed in rainbowde* that found the golden cup is - twining, Var . change to cypress or to Tile, And wrap thy soul in dark repining. Then youthltil heart, that quaffs the wine Bright gushing from Love's rosy presses, - Beware It lest itt that cup of thine, Pale htis'ry 6ntfted her sable times I • LETTER FROMJESEUP. • Dem 4, Mt. Lebanon, Sept;, 1858. • Mr D idt fistolitate bra - bank at ats nevi in a - letter' from Syria ; AA I will give you a few ,of the incidents of a f e w weeks past, "turrente &dant°, as my time is quife limited. On the Ifitir day• of August, we heard,of a' terrible masSnera of Moslems by the Christians' In Aleppo, and Pon learned that the story Was false. A new - lire of steamers has been put to between C o nstantinople and Alexandria, stopping at Btirut and Tripoli, Jac. They belong to Bus. siai and have . some hotel regulatiops. • All. priests and beggars go free o f expense, and as we shall probably_ be reckoned under ei ther one class or the other,. vre - shall _proba bly go free if we have °cession• to go to Bei. rit. Their general tare is ruinously low, in• tended, like the Vanderbilt steamers, to run out others by ccmpetition. - . A priest from Duma went down id - Tripoli some days .since, intending to take this steamer to Bei, rut, but found , that they have not yet: com menced running from North to 'South. I'he war steamers have all left Tripoli,' and the Moslems are all quiet. There is now no distiirbanc_e in the country; and we can tray. el in security wherever we please, if we keep near Mt. Lebanon. - I have just entered upon a task of eonsid • erable 'difficulty, but it is a pleasant one. I am preparing a 'little Lexicon, in Arabic and English,-for ,referencey. 1 have written five thousand English words, and am writing out the corresponding words in Arable. - I think of Sammy; every time I open it-to write.— It will be of great ustto him when he comes, in 1861; and if I live I shall know Arabic enough to teach hint well. Studying Arabic work'with a decided • beginning, but no definite ending. • have already written of the murder here in August. 1 wrote to our now Consul, .Mr: Johnson; in Beirut, and found him to be a man of great energy and punctuality in his business. lie went at once to the Pasha, End in a few days soldiers arrived here from - Beirut, and were quartered upon the rela- - tires of the mrirrierers. Oa the- 27th of August one of the murderers was caught and,sent in irons to Beirut. The others is still atlarge. ti • ' We walk every evening to the 'vineyards to eat crape's, and ones when in a vineyard, an old man told me stories of a famous -swordsman irho once lived on Lebanon,who 14d a- handkerchief on a cushion and cut thro s ugh the handkerchief without touching the cushion. He also cut through a roll of woolen cloth which - had an iron rod inside of it, and the roll, which was standing upright, d,d not fall. • • One evening Carrie Ind 1 were walking out, and passed a house where a child WAS crying. The mother stood by the roadside, Mid said to us as weJ , Ssscd, 4 Do 3=Ou hear what the child ;says.? Ae is hardly old enough to walk, and just begins to tu!d her no, 1 could not understand. Said she, " Hels in-hake to have me come and nurse him. and because I do not_ come, he says to me, f' May 'God curse your lather !" Did-you, ever hear_ of anything worse—a nursing' child cursing its mother? One day a Maronite from a neighboring silhize came to see us, and told us that on a certain feast day-he *dug in. the pound in many places, andsberever one 'should .dig 'on that day be would find rharcoal, as be found great quantities! - I told him to let us know next time,,and we would , get him to dig - for us. Poor man, he is only one of the ten thousand victans of superstition in Syria: An old man named Haj Ibrahim, 'or Doc tor Abraham ; has lately*been reading-Robin son Crusoe in Arabic, and says that it' is the greatest book in the world. He has the most amazing - confidence and pretensions to knowledge I have ever seen. When tin read " Robinson*Crusoe first, he said he* had often beard of it before, when he was in Arabia, as the island on which he was cast was near Ai - abila. • One day Lorenzo told him of his tnele• Lorenzo's missionary lite in the Sand. siich Islands, and Old Haj Ibrahim remarked very coolly, " 0 yes, I hate oftkn heard of bins in my. travels in Abyssinit4 He is the man who converted a - hundred l'nd fifty thou; sand cannibals? . That is something like ruis aioaary vrotk Thee , old Haj is a kind of sorcerer. He writes on paper* for the peo towear to keep off the Evil BYE., and he repeats charms to keep off serpents, Sac.' If a sheep is losit,tie says that he can shut. the mouth of. the wolves by. writing charms. One day an Arab ftsrm Ghurzuz ,upon ta, and said that be had seen sprat curiosi ty in, Beirut. Said he, " The French Isnd English ladies there Wear large umbrellas under their dresses. I am' sure of it. ism the framework. And when . the Signoras Imssed-along [followed them, and saw the merchants move away their baskets and boxes in 'the narrow streets Co let them mask" I told him that when I go- to Beirut I will nee if I can see any ;Of the umbrella Sip°. ma and report to him as to_ the facts - in .the else.. On-the 27th and 26th. of August .we had the most trying'sitsather we hive yet ex. aleriented in Syria.. The wind blew fiercely • . and hot from the southeast, pareamg every. -thing, " and oppressing us with .a kind of hear. :inns and languor. The. air was filled with * fitie'dust, and our house was like a. dusty or. en. The mercury did not rise above 83 4 % but the heat-was fearful , in its effects, On the 29th the wind changed and the weather beclane more pleasant. On the 30th 'We Walked out to a-vineyard; and saw on the 117tY'ttheatttiMebamtdetM,srhA4a6gsdita. -- - _. - . . . . ' . . . . . . . . .. . • . . . .. . . .. . . . , . ..• .. . . . . ~..-:... i,.. . — Z.,.."' .1 . 1 r ', A , . . . . - • . - , • .: .c.i.';,-,' . . . . 7 ' Iti . • . . , . . tip/ tut . ~.. ...,,,,:.....:....\.,..:. ~.....::,._,„......, .. .. . . . • • - ... ..4 • ) zii.:. ... ,, : ,: • 1 1-..!: ,.7 - f Ar —. . s": :. 1.;:, •:'..:,,, , • • ..., . "-. • _, • - -.'-''' . . .-.7 . -. . . . til l° ""' . .i.:."'• - -.1 . , - , '`' iLk;' . .. : 4: .-; !Z . -- .'. - . . , ' . . . . , ... . .......,....--. - . . - -_-.7--- colcir several tittles *bile *a Were looking at it. When Airy, it Whig's, black color, told theft Varies teddish, Mid greenish brown. Its length was about . six inches, and it• had a pouch under its chin which extended under its breast. On the- 27th of August, Lorenzo returned from a trip of ten days to the north end of lift..Lebsnon, where he had a most interesting journey. I hope that he will write home art extended- account of it; as it is a region Which is not . often visited. - On the 18th of September I !eft home fin. Ghnrzuz, at 91 a. in;, !eating C. and - Elias the Deeb (wolf) to keep , house: I pas , ed throitgh the villages ofTettij, Djaj, 'Lelifed, and Bijjeh, and reached - Ghurzuz at 4 p. m. I found our Protestant friend, Michele! Giur this (Michael George) very well, and busily engaged in buying tobacco for some I3eirot merchants. About a' damn mule loads of tobacco leaves dried arrived et his house du ring my : visit. When I left Duffle the grapes were hi their gloryi but here at Ghurzuz, the grapes 'di all gorits tits it is tweet and tearer to the sea. The region about - Gimezuz•i4 - what - the'prolile call a. "thirsty land," as there is no living,Water• for many miles.— The only water to be found is gathered in cisterns in the Winter, and I could petteive thU difference at once between rain water and the clear fountains of Duane. Yet with all its-dryness, this region, called the land of Gesail (from the city of Gebelf on the- sea shore below) le:famous for its tobacco and figs. 'I walked with Miebaiel to his ,orchard of fi g trees, end ate of the white, elear,._hon eylike figs until I could eat no more. Pem fl pie in America often ask if suer is put up on g when-they are dried. By no Means. i A ripe ' fi g is as sweet u.honey, and as 'it .dries in the sun the honey or liquid sugar within it crystallizes 'ind forms a sugary ... „ coat upon it.. Our friend Michaiel has had an interesting history. He is one of the shrewdest men On Mt. Lebanon. Years ago he was famous as a prophet or necromancer, - but-after he found the Gesptil he abandoned this evil busineis, and he has now-a card on his door stating that he has entirely let off all dealing of the kind, and asking forgiveness of God and men for eve having been so foolish and wicked. He was alsb once a famous impromptu pia. et in. the Arabic lauguage. He will proba bly_maite with - our Church in Tripoli before many months. I remaiped with him two days, and like him.bettef the more I become acquainted with him. ..On my retimp from Ghurzuz, I visited-the famous Maronite convent or Monastery of May fook, where there are about thirty Monks. The raiees, or chief man of the convent, belongs so one of-the first families 'of Lebanon, and is exceedingip polite an 3 gentlemanly. , • I remained with him about .two - hours, in constant conversation, and he gave me an efeellent - dinner of bread, olives, cheese, eggs, beans, soured milk, tomatoes, parsley, grapes, And Arab coffee. The Monks who came into his room, asked _me many. questions, betraying iii some cases a little in sight into the affairs of-the' world, and in some eases a degree. Of ignorance which would ,put them in: he Freshman class in an American common sehooL, One of theni asked me to tell him the name of the coun try recently conquered by the French Em• peror under the surface of the earth._ I told him that I knew of but one kingdom under the earth, and that belonged to the Prince of the Powets of Darkness, and I doubted• whetherlouis Napoleon was strong enough to conquer that. Well, said the Monk, perhaps it was under-something - else, but I thought,ie'meant under the earth. I told him it might 4 under the heave:4, and if so, it i might bejanywhere on the earth. When I came out., I gave the raiees a piece of paper froin'the English Bible for the Blind, to show - them how Christian nations teach the blind to read. The Convent of Mayfook is in a rich valley, surrounded by running wa ter and fine gardens. I bought twelve peur.ds of fine tomatoes of the gardener, for which I paid eight: cents. On reaching home at evening, Igave C. the tomatoes, a basket of faze from Ghurzuz, and a number of fine ranegriiilites. She' had supper all ready, and treated the to a fine plate of ripe Dunnt . grapes. On Saturday, the 4th, we had Lorenzo's family here to dinner. On Sunday. the sth, the clouds were very -thick, and threarened ruin. The whole population of Duma were at work by permission of the priests, in tearing down an old ruined church which is to be rebuilt. I lifted up my voice against the open iniquity of thus breaking God's law. On Monday and Tuesday, the pith and :Lb, we had heavy rains E which quite .aston iebed- the people, and we, among the rest.— The water came pouring through our roof - in a dozen places. Wd had at one time -about teu bowls and pans, placed . around to catch the streams of muddy water. 'Our bed and dining table were not injured, but we had to move-the melodeon. The g4iin will betiefit the grapes, olives, figs, and the harvest is pretty mudia seemed good to see and feel the rain, although it.wet• our floors and made them'muddy. . Lorenzo's only companion on the road to . Hums was our Mosleta friend, Bald), from Tripoli. lie was intending to go through a dangerous region north of Balbec, but it is said to be quite safe at, present. We ex• pea' him back on Monday, the 20th, and on the MI we hope to leave for Bliamdun.— The weather is now very fine, the mercury being, at 12'. -The grapes oeDuma4iri now iu their prime. We have so many that we hardly know what to do with them. The grapes of the variety, called " Dove's egg" grapes are almost as large as egg plums.— Just imagine yourself eating two or three pounds, of such grapes every day, and some. times even more. One of our neighbors .has fifteen varieties. The Dove's egg, grape is as hard as a plum, ands clear yellowish Some of the Duma young ladies have just been in. One of them is engaged to a young man, and ishenever she sees him she runs and avoids him. It would be a very great breach of propriety for her to speak to him. I bad intended writing to some of the rest of the family by this mail, but my time , is limited. Mary Lyons has.. iieen spendin the day with us, to-day, Sept. ilth, Smauurs. 18th.—Ttsday I have rn e a contrail with• two muleteers of Du • to take us to B'Hamdan next week. M -. Lyons is now absent on his journey to ums, and we shall await his return with .me,interest.-- My bargain with the m steers , was. a good specimen of dialing th Arabs. Last week proposed t 4 t that they go with us and "FREEDON amo noomv aanum2 aLawEwv AHD WRQHOO99 IiNIONTROSE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1858. oCrfsi thetin sixty cents a day for the trip, Pet:tiring at five dayi, three in going and two in returning, making tile athouht three dollars fur [each mule. ~They derninded sev enty-two c e nts a day for ,each mule, or $3.60 for the frill, making a difference of three dot- . hits In the aittouta paid for the whole jour ney. I told them that:sooner than subtnit to such eitort l ion I would send 'to Tripoli for an imals, and this morning I wrote a letter to T. ordering at imals for tho• journey, and was just about .ending it when Ibrahim Butrus and Abu Yezbek, the muleteers, came and begged for the job, offeriug to do it for $3.20 for each .1,11 Ile, and twenty cents additional in case they id well;on the road. As this was much mor . reasonable. and would sera us Mitch trou e and oncertainty, I closed the bargain.' llllll generallylry to have as little as possible tol do with. the Arabs in making bar gains, hut in this.case I did the talking my self. This( evening we went down to the vineyard of Ilaj Ibrahim, the doctor, to eat grapes and( figs. The figs were unripe, and the grapslWere blighted and sour s and we came an ay with, not very swell memories. of oar i isit. j,My Arabic Lesicon is making very good progress, andl. value it highly. littinaitmni4th.-4lereury at l'2\". This morning an Arab front ohe -of the villages near Trip° i came 'from Elden bringing a baikei of %egetables from Yanni, and a letter on business. The man's inanic• was Saba Ghaza. and he has recently. been greatly op pressed an 3 imposed upon by some of his stronger nighbors, who have seized his prop erty.lt Ya in-wished toe to write liiin-a let ter-to the. onsul in Beirut .asking his inter • ferenee, did it as a kindness to the man, though I d nibt. Whether it comes uhder the Consul's j risdiction. In return for Yaniti's present w sent him a basket of Dove's egg grapes, w telt are the fi nest fruit I have seen on Leban . You will remember that we live in the house of a Priest named Nicola, who doesot know his own wife's name.— We hired he whole house consisting of two i, rooms and a ba.sement.,-,but the priest vacat ed only ot i e room,-le'avi6g us in rather close quarters. Lately several articles have disap peared an I have not hesitated to charge the theft upon his family. Our boy, Elias the Wolf, wa - bur r:fted when I-suggested to hint that the pi iest's family were the guilty par• ties, but t.-day, he left his chest open and about three-quarters of a dollar in money was taken Tout in his absence. We also miss ed a .knife a spoon, a pair of scissors, and two Oaf. and Elias exclaimed that-he had rever hen d of-such a state of things. We allied the Priestess to account at once and she prodqed,.the plates and spoon, stating that the plates had been mislaid, and the spoon way found in the mud below the house. We shall.lreep a good lookout hereafter on our neighors. This et ening we had Arabic prayers as usual. A hey fog came up i from the 4CA this afternoon covering every • thing, and making the air damp and chilly, St:P=llElz 15th.—Mercury 70'. This morning rut old MetwalehSheikh from 'Kefr Hilda milled to get medicine for his eves.— The ophtfrahnia is very prevalent in llama, and C. has constant applications for medi cines. 1 . • SEP TESOIER ltith.- , --70 .3 . We have news from the plains to-day. The new line.of Rus sian St - earners do-not touch at Tripoli in " go- ' ing South so that their cheap rates will- be of little service to us. A few days since a Greek in Amiun killed another man of the • same village. ~ Two men were found into% dered oni the road to Tgliorta about two hours froin Tripoli. A. man. of -the Meta wileh sect in "Bezeza, a village three hours froth Duina, asked another for his daugther. The father refused, and is he - was walking along the' i road, the rejected suitor drew his pistols and shot him, in 'broad day-light.— Priest Nicola who had keen-to Arniun to at= tend the funeral ofthe Murdered Greek, saw the-blood of the Metwaleh on the . stones a he . passed through Bezeza. Murders among the nati..es are so common as hardly to be noticed. Franks are comparatively safe, they are protected, but the natives have, no ?k-dress ftrrn the rOtteli government. ' _ SEPIErEIt lith.—'7s — . This niorniirg I walked down the mountain to a vine . )ard to N, buy afe rottles of grapes to prepare for winter's se. The rottlo is about six pounds, and we ayjirur cents a rotile. .In New York 00 oton Point grapes eo-t about twenty-4e cents a kulid. Fur twent), -five cents we can buy nearly forty pounds. The grapes rule so wholesome as an article of food that we Olt about four cents worth every day. Tliere are so,many varieties that we hav'e enohgh to choose from, and do not be come tiro of them. If I can get a good op portunity next winter,' I intend, to send to A mericala ° quantity of grape cuttings <the finest va t reties. . SEPT94IIE4 , - ISth.—We have been busy as usual to-day in our studies and home duties. This evening we had a fine view for the first time of the comet of Donati, which appeared in the north west. The Arabic name for a comet isl"-ratjert aboo &nab," th'e "ster,the fa, ther of a tail," on the-same principle that they call a man who weats a hat, the " father or a kettle," and a man who has a beard, the "fa ther of la beard," or "Abdo dukn." The people tribe all Sorts of evil influences to the corn t, and they have been in to ask us whether there would be sickness and fitmine and war after this terrible A father of a tail" I told them that there are-nearly seen mil lions of comets in existence, and astronomers see them. through the telescope almost -con siantly,land they have nothing- to do with plague or pestilence or war, . Some believe& me, atid others were too superstitious to be lieve. iThis afternoon the. wind has b• en west, and the air damp: SErtimnsrt .19th.—Mercury - 0-, We . I were asyakened this morning by ie noise of thunder l andlhe beating of a -ary rain up % on the oof. We had few! leaks. than be fore,.aske had been .:rticular to roll the roof with, a`heavy . one 'roller. The rain Was:so . 'violent in o elorenoon tluit litit few came in, yet- had an. Arabic service, and in the ef • loon a number. of young men came i• and kept. nie talking about four hour:. Some of theie young men have, a .4....dril of light, but they are not yet wil ing to Come out from their connection with these carrupt,churches. : It costs more trial and se,lNlenial than they can yet bear. This is our last Sabbath. for thesuinnier in Dunia. We are thankful for - the privilege of living in putt among this people, and, preaching to them-t e Gospel of Christ. We have seen more Of the wickedness of this peOple than ever *ore and feel more and more the-im portance, of teaching them the *ay oflife. .. gsrirminta I.otl-41°._ This morning &lel) ; our Moslem friend, called quit tts.s— Ile arrived at Ttlr. Lyililis's house on Saint.- day night from 'Unite, vbr Tripoli. lie left Mr. Lyons in Tripoli with Sada. They Made the whole journey to Hums and Ilamath without an accident of any kind. They pass ed crowds of Bedouin Arabs near Hibbs, but • no Mid molested them- -- - At 2 M. - Lorenzo arrived tram Tripoli,liatllng left Simla there to open her school to-day. lie is *nil, and • • gives a pleasant report.of his journey. ' He found:a Very interesting - tstate of things in Hums. Quite aim mber Of young men come constantly to the house" o(Mr. Wilson, tho' they are bitterly persecutsd, and the opposi tion seems to make theni!the more firm. I hope that L. will write home's =full account of his journey. He brought us an American letter from a friend in New York stating that he 'had just sent to us the cloth for •the cur tains of our church. It is a most noble, and generous gift. May the Lord reward the giver. This has been-n very btisy day with us. During the evening we heard the re port of guns, and a man tame in to tell us that Abu Shibl, one of the Sheikhs of the Vil lage, had been robbed on the mountain a few boors from Dunn. His horse and all of his -weapons were taken from him. A crowd of men rallied at once to pursue the robbers by moonlight, but there is The probability that they will overtake them. It is-no more than I expected, as this same Abu Shibl -recently stole a horse from a patty of men on the road to Beirut: We have flews that Givrr gios, the man. Who murdered his aunt here fbr her money and was imprisoned in Beirut, has made his escape and is now at large. Bmn:fifer:a Blst..—To-day we have been very busy nil day in finishing our packing up for otiii-jotiritey. We took dinner and tea with Lorenzo, as our things titre Mt in confusion and when night came on we were quite wearied- out, Some of bur . native friends came in to give us little articles for bur journey, grapes, . figs,. dre,.. The, old Priest Nicola was on hand all day - asking for one thing and another.: C. gave away . some of her old dressesOud broken crockery to the natives, but we had not things enough to give to ell who asked for them. At even ing. Elias the peel), commenced cooking a chicken fur a lunch on the road .to=morrow. He put it on-the fire and went to bed, and when he awoke in the night it was burned to a cinder. We slept in - catnp , style, nothing remaining in the room but our traveling beds and bedsteads. SEPTEMBER 22.—A pleasant morning, but much warmer than- usual. We left Duma fit 9:40, having been delayed only about an hour by the quarrels of the muleteers. Lo renzo told us that he intended to remove his family to Tripoli either on Friday or Mon- . , day. I rode -Mr. Lyons's White horse, Car rie rode a bay mare belonging to Abu 'fez: beck, Elias , the Deeb roe 4 1 / 4 a mule, and three mules carried the baggag . ;The fi rst three houri from Du= or. the ad - toAkciurs, take us over one of the worst roads in. Syria. Tice descent from a mountain tep is frightful, and we all walked, though it was difficult to keep our footing. At the foot of this descent there is a famous cavern descending perpen dicularly, like a great well.loo feet in diem eter. The people call it the Belush or the - Swallowing place, and say that it has nu hot- torn. From this place to Akoura, we were two hours- and a half, over first an ascending road to the top of .a lofty ridge and then by it gradual descent, to Akoura. - Here we rested a while under a great walnut , tree.— About half an hour from. Akoura we pasieC the famous. cavern which I explored, two years ago in company with Mr. Benton and Mr. Aiken: We then went in 600 feet from 'the entrance finding beautiful stalactites.-- Tii•day we had nor, time to stop. After leav ing, this cavern,we rode over a fine level road for two hours to Atka, where .we spent the night. ,This place is celebrated in history as site of a - great temple of Venus. river Adonis has its rise here in a magnifi cent fountain which flows out of the mount ain side directly under an immense cave, called by some the Cave of Y.,olus the God of the Winds. When we reached the fount ain, I searched some time for a good place suitable for pitching the tent, and finally found a fine level spat just above the ruins of the temple, near a fine walnut tree. We could hear the roaring of the water as it berst from the fountain head, and, dashed down over a precipice forming a eautiful. cataract. The-wind. blew so violently that I was obliged to tighten the cords and strength en the stakes of our tent, fearing lest it be blown down in the night. .I }bred a man to bring large stones from the ruins of the tem ple and lay them on-the pegs to which the ropes were fastened, and paid him with the bountiful present of a table spoonful of brown sugar for his boy. Whether the title name of-this cave be the " Cave of .tEolus" or not, I ant not able to say, but it really seemed to night that the Grid of the Win& was,doinr his best to blow us away. The air was • ' • -ceedingly cold, nod it seemed like a w* er'a night, with the clear -bright moo shining through the rod of our house of vass.— The ancient temple of Venu-, cover a space pearly two h •it was .built, by the Greeks • , 'throughout the East f. priests and the fir. r ship. It was Constantine' of its abo . lie no • • the i jr whose ruins .red feet square, and was notorious the wickedness of its i immoralities of its wor iestroyed by . the Eniperor . the fourth century on account Anable idolatrous rhea.- The walls / /just ,as they were thrown down by (missaries of theirinperer. There is one ergs column of red porphyry brought fro Egypt, similar to (bile in Beirut, Tripoli, Tyre and Sidon, and Baalbec; and one is as• toniphed to think - that such a mass ,could be transported from the sea coast up to this lof ty mountain near the top of Lebanon...— Wherever we travel in this land, we are re minded of the periods of Greek and Roman history, and of .the Jews, Phoenicians, and „,• other ancient nations of the East There are Greek rind Roman idolatrous temples, tem ples of 'Baal, and Phoenician ruins which make ancient hiStory seem 'real.. The an cient coins too %With we find and some of which 1 wok hotl?, bring up distinctly to our minds the scenes and characters of the _old periods:of Syrian history, and it seems.quite easy to realize the events of Alexander's reign and his conquest Or Syria, when we - find a coin with the head and Greek name of Al exander distinctly statnped upon it. I have been thinking s to-niglit of the diffirence be tween the Greek Wolatry, as it actually was, with its treat; impurity and immorality, its cruelty , and • violence, .and the i4ais which many school boy 11 acid Colleg.41111:44,0( , from studying the. ancient classics. When r look upon this great.ruin , of a temple of Ve nus, situated in one of the 'most romantic plates in all Syria , near a copious fountain of -iee-cold water,yust under a most stupendous di% and wi th the weird are of Adtle be. hind it, the Aver Adonis liming from it, and the mountains near at hand on which Adonis is said to have been slain by the' wild boar, the whole scene seems eminently classic and interesting. But when I think of the wicked.' tress and unhappiness of the poor victimi of that sane systein of worablp, the sinful ex cesses and degraded practices which *ere here tolerated,sed encouraged, and the fearful - end of those who violated every prompting of conscience, and mocked the God of the Uni verse, in the very presence or some of the' sublinrst displays of God's haudi work in this glorious mountain scenery, I shrink from the contemplation of such a subject, and the ruin ed temple awakens feelings of sadness, rath er than of classic admiration. You will find in the course of your studies of ancient class icsauthors many scenes and' characters which awaken your admiration, but do not forget that the whole system of heathen mythology was degrading in its effects - upon public mor als and private 'happiness, and gave loose reins to the worst passions of men. The Greeks were famous for their works of high art, but high morality, pure religion, and do mestic happiness with the graces and virtnes which grow nut of the religion of Christ, were unknown. We have nq works of art' equal to those of Greece, but the humblest Christi. an believer in our day, who lives a life of faith in God and love to his fellow men, imi tating the virtues of the Redeemer of the Race, has a nobler, purer,and mote syrnmet. ries' character than . any that Greece or Rome ever produced.' A human he'art made At by the grace of God to be a temple of the Holy Ghost fellable'. and more worthy of admiration, than any temple of shining mar ble. SaPTILIIBEZ 22d.—We arose this morning quite early. The wind had all died away, and it was quite warm when,we left Afka at Bn. m. For two hours we ascended gradu ally towards the southwest along the'base of a high range of cliffs, and then turning to the left we cragged directly over the range,reaeh ing the summit at 11 o'clock. After de. standing, we rode across a well watered green plain, and .around the mountain slopes, reach: Ing Neba. Anal or the Fountain of Honey,' at 12. 10. 'Here we stopped to take a lunch. The tinter was so cold that we could hardly drink it. It is said to have • temperature of 41' the year round. A Maronite monk and a small boy were it the fountain drinking when we arrived. Leaving the Fountain of Honey-at 12.80, We reached the Fountain of Milk at I. 9, end crossed the famous nat ural •bridge of bebanon,_ of which you will see a sketch in my portfolio at home. From an eminence near by I pointed .out to C. a fine view of Beirut, the first view she bad of the largest city in our mission. •At 2. 50 we reached Neba &main, or the Fountain of Jebel Sonnin, where, there is an inn or khaii, and. several flour mills. The place of our en. campment is about 6000 feet above the sea, and the great cliffs of Sonnin -rise two or three thousand feet above us to theeastward. We have a:fine view of the sea, and 'the sun , set was novel and beautiful, owing to e sin gular shapes assumed• by the sun, rising ) 1 from the refraction of the atmosphe . The last we saw of the sun was a thin needle -of fire lying on the horizon, as long as the full diameter of the sun. Immediately after sundown , the moonlight came streaming over &min, and it was soon light enough to read. We sent a boy to a village below for barley for the animals, and a chicken and grapes for -ourselves. The comet was bright in the northwest, and the quiet beauty of the scene in this solitary Mountain, made a deep im- N pressipn upon our minds. Saneness,. 24th.—This morning we arose at 4 o'clock, struck our tent and prepared our breakfast by moonlight, and 'left fur Wliamdun at a little after- 6. We rested well at night and were quite refreshed. I exchanged horses with C. and gave her Mr. Lyons's horse. As soon as we had started, I regretted that we had not exchanged be fore, as Mr. Lyons's horse has a far easier gait than the other, hi three hours we cam: to a narrow ridge. of Lebanon from w ch g‘ ln we could look 4)ff in both directions, e t and West. We saw the sea, below on e west, and eastward and south were he Bekaa, Anti Lebanon, Mt: Hermon and far to the south the mountains of G ilea around the Sea of Gallilee. C.' w greatly interested. After riding three hours along , Jebel . Kinee sek. We took our jerich at noon. -We then rode. around , south of the mountain on a fine goad, and came out upt?n the great Damas cus road to'Beirut. Here we came up with an Arab_ Bey : or Prince with' four armed guards, and we rode in their company for an , our. Two of the guards rode by my side, and I preached to them for so,me time. At half {last 3we reached B'llamdun, having been in our saddles about 'nine .hours. The' day had been very bright and hot, and we I were welt-heated through.. It was with much gratitude that we entered .the and house of our. dear friends Mr. and Mrs. Ben i ton. We were most cordially , welComed, and I feel quite at home. We received our 1 American papers and letters with . .dates up . to August Bth, aed were made doubly grate full° hear of the, Lord's continued goodness to you all. Mr. Benton has given me more news , this -afternoon than f can Well write to you.— Much °Mit is sad. When I wenrio Jerusa lem I staid with my. companions Mr. Thom-: Son Mr. Aiken, : and Mrs . Jones, at4lle house of Mr. Nicolayson, recently diceseel The lady who had charge of his bouse,isva.s Miss' Creasy, a very interesting and intelligent la : dy who had lived there many years, and who has More recently been houstdozeper fur Mr. Finn the Britiih Consul. - Mtt Finn. has, a Summer residence on the Mount of Olives; and a. few day s' since, as Miss Creasy was re turning to Mr. Finn's heiree from Jerusalem just before night, she was attacked and mur dered by' some Arab ruffitins, and, her I body was not found until. some. time after, when it was discovered, having been greatly mangled by the jackals. 'The. English resideete" in Jeruielem, are greatly acited about it, , and thelloslems are tusking , bold threats against them all. 'lt is - very' similar to - the ease . which occurred in Ja ff a last Winter when the sou-in-law of au American Seventh Day , Baptist missionary 'liras murdered. . This lat. -1 tor rac e is abed being decided. 'there were five muideren at Jaffa: Four of them have been arrested and are now , in Priaowin LW- H. H. F.RAZIpit..PUBLISHEit=-YOL. 4.-NO ! 47: - rut, and -sentence of death basjust-beelf:pro• nounced upon them. One of these four is , a wealthy 'man, and was ,a •• member of the Medjlis or City Council of Jas. 'The fifth , . 'one - tuts ' not yet been taker!. He is a e m: ber of..a powerful Arab tribe, and quite, a famous religious, character., Through - the influence of our Conaul, five of the. Sheikhs of that tribe have been arrested and are in Beira in prison, to 'be kepi there until the murderer is caught: Five hundred soldier!' are in the, vicinfty of Tyre and „Sidonjook ing for him, and five bun& ed., more. east of the .Tordan -in the Hourin. -Toe execution of those murdemrs. will be a . most salutary lesson to thisfilititn. They heie come to the conclusion that there is no gokernment and no punishment for crime. &few' - days since a party of Druzes murdered a family 'Of fopr Arabs in a village near B'Hamdun. I mentioned it one of my letters some , time since that Mr. Dodd and Mr. Beattie mi.* sinnaries of the Covenanters' Churthin Penn sylvania bad been forcibly - , driven.. out of Zahle, a town aVout six hours east of B'Ham-, dun in the valley between' Lebanon and anti Lebanon. They have not yet gone back,and are speiiding the Summer here. They were, driven out by a party of twenty priests, and the state of feeling there is such that it is not safe for them to return. Zahle is a strong-, hold of the papacy, and the people are given to rebellion against the , Sultan, always re fusing to pay their taxes, The Pasha - of Beirut has no power , there, or he would send the missionaries back at once. As itls;they are thinking of going to lAtakiall. A short time since one of the Protestant young men from Abeih was on his way to Damascus, and he overtook a man on the road who seemed to be in trouble. 'He could not speak Arabic, and some ruffian had been Attempting . to rob -him. The young man addressed him m Turkish, and -received an answer at once. The man was a Turk of rank from Constantinople, who was. on his way to Damascus, and when he found that this young matt could speak Turkish he in vited him to join his party for mutual pro. tuction on the road. At night When they stopped at a Man ) , they were engaged in con venation, When the Turk asked the , young man about his religion. "I am a - Christian, said he. " But what kind of a Christian r 'said the Turk, " a Greek, Maronite, or' Ar menian 1" " Neither," said the young man, " but a Gospel Christian, a Protestant"— "Is it possible!" said the Turk, " And so am I a GosperChristian. I was a 'Turkish . Moslem in Constantinople, but I learned the truth of Mr. Williams, the converted Turk, and now I am a • believer in , Christ, My friends in Constantinople, do not yet know of the change, but , on my: return from Da._ mascus..l intend to embraCe the truth open- ly." Saying this, be took from his pocket a Turkish Testament and began to read., - The young man had much conversation wit him and was, greatly pleased, with his views of Christ, and his love for the truth. May- the Lord watch over him and make him a chos en instrument of- doing much good. Sirnsiaxa 25th.--Today we have - been resting, from the weariness of our journey, and t isiting with our friends. We walked out with them this afternoon, and saw a pe culiar species of spiders' nests, formed by 'a tube' running down into the ground, lined with it substance like white satin, and cov ered at the top with a beautiful 'lid opening on a hinge, which the spider opens and shuts when lie gets-out and in. This lid is -exact ly the color of the ground, so that it is very difficult to' find them. ,It is a most wondy ful_proof of the wisdom and goodness o the Creator. , _ Ocronia 2d.— We' left B'll dun, on Wednesday, Sept. 29th, aZ i /lame on to A'lay and to Abeih on Thu ay. - •We shall remain here a week or to days longer. 1 am to preach here in bic, to-morrow.— Last Sabbath I prea' ed in B'llamdua,.. The weather is warm r October. It is not yet decided who iv' take charge of the _Female Seminary: ay the Lord give us wisdom to make ig Il i / ht selection. With very much love tofill inquiring friends, and to . all the ~ , deavenes at home, - Your . Actionate brother, . Ilitnay HARRIS JESSUP. A DODGE IF toy Cmcws.:—Olcl Sam—, besides being noted fur his legal attainments, was remark able for his fondness - for the " weed." Fine cut, coarse cut, . old cut, dog lego.he quality wade no difference, he went in for quantity and juice: His 'Chin and the two wrinkles that led from it to the corners of Ms mouth, looked like well Worn boot-legs with brown strip.s.' Once, while trying a case before-the Crim• inal Court, he was taken short for a chew. No mortal near him used it--nobody . had-a ny. Ha espied a Jerseyman luxuriously manipulating a plug with his jackknife, but he dare not speak to him. A happy thought struck him. While looking into the body, pf the - Court: he espied among the throng oksipeia tators an inveterate devotee at the shritie of Tobachus. • - Old Sam—leaned over to the clerk and whispered, "Call Nehemiah Nubbins." "Nehemiah. Nubbins, Nehemiah Nubbins," bawled the clerk. Here," gasped Nubbins. elbowing, crush. ing and bruising his way through the - mass ot humanity. . 14 Here," shouted Nehemiah Nubbins, phitt ging xecklessly,,- panting, out of .breath, "Into the witness box, his ,face 'steaming and red; with,erspiration, the juice oozing 'troth his lips; and his oculars- distended with astonish went. • • ; : 1 • • , Old gam deliberately ttroe. "May it please the coust, we design to show 131 this witness" --he paused,londhed his forsheadis if in thought, then added, " extuse me A MO. , `mart"'and walked over to Nubbins and whis pered,'"-Mr."Nubbins, givu us a chew.;'- Nubbins, trembling all over with 'excite ment, brought forth the, lug. Sam "froze" to the bilf of 'it, then resuming his seat, an expression . of cabin content ting countenance, said - . • "Clerk, Mr; Nubbins says tke d 6n . t Inn* anything about the ease." - • ' • " Nehemiah Nubbins, Jou are dismissed from fertinWrattendaila." - The beWildered , Nubbins smelted large miee-rtwigged the eell—and With a innile en his face and an eieeratiow in his mind, disap- This is' one way of getting a chew. lar' A- goose qui I is more dangerous than a lica's claw. BM . ~ Y ,;:.~. F yn ; r v. = ~ ~~.~ progatsn - usxv!w6. Tax Comic Gressusensaysz Bit to The plural ot, , Shoidd DiA .• „ , . To whkh an iselMsge4spse Aztd remember, though Amos In the plural is fleeces, • - • 'That the *rig of Owe' t.••• • Aren't gooses asr /MS& • ille'may also be_itannliiedisiid4 And remember, though bona.. • In the phial Is houses, The plural of mouse' Should be mire, and not mouses. , . , PAilodelphia t7as stts. Ali of which goes to prove - That grammar a Wee hi; - For *hate is the ;Auld , Of rum and molasses 1, The plunk Gazelle Of rum don't us troUbie; Take one glass tootaseh, . Arid your sure to its double. • A. pair of blue eyes— ' Just to-viry the - strain—. . Says the plural of kip,. Is—" to do it again !" - Hotratd County ft entinel. A ' LITITZ ttill'lCU LTY ' Ili i'lllt ' WAY. • : -... . An -enterprising traveling agent for: a well , " • 1 known Cleveland-.tomb • stone manufactory lately made a business visit to.: a anialt town .• -- ;., in an adjoining county. Healing in the - i 11.. - lage that a man in a remote part of-the town had lost his wife, bethought hewould go and . . see him and offer him consolation and a grave. , -- stone,-on bus usual - reasonable terms: • lie started. .The road. was &frightful one, but • - the agent persevered - and finally, arrived al - ; - the bereaved man's house. - Bereaved man's • . hired girl told the agent that the ' bereaved man was splitting rails s '-"over'n past's'', about two milds.' a The indefatigable agent hitched - his horse an started for' the ," pastur." At: - .. ter falling.-into all ; manner of. _mudholes, .. scratching himself -with briars and ,tumbling , over decayed logs, the agetit.at length found .• 1 the bereaved man. •ln &subdued voice-=he ' - I asked the man if he had lost his wife.-'. The . ; 1 man said he had. • The , agent wait very . sorry to hear of it and sympathised Withthe , -! man very deeply in hie greet affliction ; but death,he said, wets an iniatiate archer, and.' shot down all, 'both of high and low degree. -•. : He informed the man that ' s\hat raw his loss: was her gain,' and would be glad to sell him , , .a grave stone to mark the spot where the her • ' loved one slept—marble - or . commonitone AS he chose, at prices defying competition. The. bereaved Mari said there was a "little . difficul. sar7 / ty-in the way." " Haven't you lost your wife'! ". - .... inquired the agent. " Why. yes I have," ' .. the man, but no grave stun ain't :Nees ; . \sy it see the critter ain't , dead. - She's, ic‘oted" c o• . A another maw!". The' agent . netired—' . :rirvel2fut Platilireaki:k - . Tint Lewirsa NONPATBSZ .-==Here we pre sent a casein which the, ityiating and too Irr i . table counsel was completly nonplussed. It is as. follows : . = "I doll upon 2 7 : 1 7 state distinctl y I prepared to r on what r ,atively ' pea f x. .• ~-,- said the counsellor, " to Jpon what authority you 21111 ...Tar to the horse's'agel" "Up : Ahorityl" said the hostler interrog "You are to repty to ind not : .ne question put to you." "I doesn't asider a man's bound to answer a,question afore he's time to turn it in his mind." "No. thing can be more simple, sir, than the goes. tion put. I again repeat it :. Upon what au thority do you- swear to the animal's agel" "The best authority," responded the , witness, gruffly. "Then why such evasion Why not state it at once 1"—"Well, then, if pia must have it--" "Musk! I *ill have.it,' vo ciferated the counsellor, interrupting the wit ness. "Well then if you must arid will have it," rejoined the hostler, ; with imperturbable gravity," Why, then. I al it inylielrfronk the horse's own mouth,l 4 A simultaneous burst of laughter rang. through the court. The judge on the bench' timid with difficulty re strain his risible muscle's to judicial decorum. Ter; CARTMUL. DZACOX:I. nearo. a story the other day, which seems too good, to be . lost. A church in the country had just en.: gaged a good Minister, who bad not attended long, when, after preaching on a Sunday; the deacon gave him a pull, and • " I want te speak with you, l l. ”. Brother, I saw Something abOut'you to- , day, that hurt My feelings" "What was it, my dear brotherriutiii the minister in surprise t "do tell me." • - "It was about your arm, - ; while, you were preaching, I saw it." • The poor, minister - became still more a. !armed, and anxious to know in what way he had hurt the dear old father's feeling& • Th; deacon pointed to his elhowe;—"There it is yet,'! said be. - The minister began to brush his sleeve. "Stop,"'said tho deacon, "you Can't Dead it now_ ; there a bole in your coat, right on the elbow. ' I ern hurt to see our minister have to sitar such., coat. Now Itirotot, you to go to—, and pick out a coat pattemand, I'll pay for it." - - The minister , thanked him kindly, and was entirely rclieired . of his fright: ' figaryA teirdays since, , writes tin attorney, 44 as 1mi:1 setting witlfilrOther C r ;• , --L , , in :his office in Court Square, a client came in. and -said: - 'Squire, :the , stabler, rishaved'me - dreadfully yesterday, sad I want , to come tip with; 'State your ease,' iays D—. I asked - him bow 'Mich' bed charge me for fors borie to go to DedhatitiiElo '4 one dollar apd.w.half. took,tbe. team, and when'l came back, , be' said Ito, wanted" :: , another dpilarotid4-balf for, COM itilLback l an4 mimic me 'pay' '13 7 . - -==gittlit him some le gal adifeitiqwhiclithe ed npentiiialbllOws: he aretit:Act the stabler and said 'How:Much )rill you charge me , ' for); hortiOamd wagon. ,1;1, go - to Solent r Stab., , ler.repl4 : friVe Client went to' %item;'came Wok-by: . railroad, rtnit to' tfti ettibler,:asylog: Rh* ' ' is ritir money ,t pityingly* dollars. - When is thy horse tutd Wagon 1 4 , says W. -4 Ha is 14 - 13 eierri -eler client , : 9 1 4 hired hint to. go-to " . • „ Viirr Wrrri lass iiboill thevaits'iit "I know .something WbOaVGIIIWWitc• - - bWit,t ' tiAtt i t.cleciine lastriniony, aar We* the - , rOIMPOn . Why myselfsd Gilbert cent be antimpqß47: la __ ,;.~~ ME EN --- ,;.~.. =am Mil ElEla EIII Nue Taik Gaulle, ME
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