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IARAFTS on New York City and Philadelpliis..2.
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WERENCE,I Samuel C. Morton, Lag.. Plea.
Mon. William Jeisup, Montrose.
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of any debeription, can do so by leasing their
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VOL. 5 - . - 1-
From (he Laclid epodicify
ST MIS. T. A. B. IRMO ALL.
'A wind that raaerth away. sod eosuettraot zgua
,
Stitt came Irfthe sweet mornin,
And !lei e s tel ttert flat+f ,
Thew opened in our buaotns
A world of joy and light—
'But like t Morning zephyr,
That puska quickly by,
Our darling, baby slater,
Bath only lived to die.
In the„dush of womanhood,
ftf Wi l e Fide l
the 1343 gh 11141.4„4
A gentle, 'trusting bn e
But like the breeze of noonday,
Laden with rich perfume,
Quietly she paiwed away
To the shadow of the tomb.
7 jigs efefit when we r e trred
r fifhthee'f, ;
on iMe borgni
rtLit
Her -Top ;ichint head—
lin life's brier dii3- thiS 1 : 4 0'
This was, the night of deatlr;
The calm wind Anted hy ns,
And with it heast breath.
Life, l Lift! a wind that pineth,
An!! t•S!itV.sift7.ll ,
Then why es.i?f
To aught so brie aird TA
**look ,to.ihert ki fourAtiler;
mortal lee re-;
And 0, for all our dear . 6he,
E , m.al life we pray.
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LETTER FROM 'REV R. R. JESSITP.
• • !!!!",.
Mr DEAP. BROTI)r,R govt JET 6lle
week sins... +Se ret , lmed fs.oM ;ikon
We spent two and a halt months tt,jberns,
and about a month at B'llanidiscin, Abieh,and
Beirut. \V attended the semi-annual meet
ing at Abieh, when it was decided that Mr.
Mix+ should go to (look it Ghuruh, and so.
perinteful the iipthiHg tlt dig Vemsle Beftiina
ry. I had feared that Mr. Lyons -he
called away from this station to Sook it Ghu.
rub, as he has a good deal of headache and
pain in his eyes here in Tripoli. But Dr.
Van Dyck.sid that Tripoli is as good a place
as he can hoat c hi t „ heAlth t and it seemed
mare iiiijable Mc.. Bliss the
Seminary, as A eth; his -foYhei• iiitfe,h,
very near fo the Sook. Since our return to
Tripoli, I have been chiefly busied in looking
for &house. I never entered upon a more
difficult task. The Moslem month Moharran
is the time for renting houses, and that comes
in the seftittt .i sti. dist, it not eray to find a
house now which a Joe ff_s to lite
in. Tripoli is a damp city, and rooms on
the first floor are not fit anything but
store rooms or stables. Rents, too, are now
so high „that we cannot afford to get a house
Which is pleasant and comkortable. It is now
oar plan to get a house for one year, and in
the Medi_ seewehottve. In a de
sirable 'trefoil bf ate Rt. iffitt liefree tee ,
left Beirut, the American Steam Frigate
"Wabash" arrived, and we had-the opportu
nit), offered us by the Consul, Mr. Johnson,
to go on board. We enjoyed it greatly. It
is no small ,thin for s to lee 000 Ameri.
cans on such a mainiagi frixlel. In Cop
stantinople the Sultan went on board, and the
Pasha qßeirut was on board at the same
time with ourselies and the- immense can
nons were fired in his honor while we were
on board. We met the Admiral La Valette
and the Captain. Mr. Barron. beside+ many
of the officers. The Admiral intended to in
vite C. to take passage in the Wabish for
Tripoli, but did not reach' Mr. Ford's house
to give her the invitation until after we had
taken our depirture Con the Austrian Steamer.
He expressed his tegteti to the Consul, who
was also much disappointed in not,heing able
to do us the very - great favor. When we
heard of the invitation through our Beirut
letters, we thought it, all things considered,
better, that we should have come in a quiet
way, rs'ser than amid the booming bi can.
non. On Wednesday of this Week, however,
the " Wabash" came to visit us here in Trip
oli, arriving at 2 p. in., and leaving the same'
'night. We all went on beard, returning at
ter dark two miles to the sh"re, and a mile
and a liElf on our animals from _the Meena.
Our patriotism was considerably aroused.—
The:Admiral promised to come next summer•
and go to the Cedars of Lebanon. Several
bf the officers came ashore and I acted as
their interpreter ts•ith the City Governor.—
They brought a letter from the Pasha of Bei- •
-rut, which the Governor received with great
obsequiousness. His excellency at once de
cided to go on board the vessel although it
was nearly night. He was so. amazed by
the immense size of the guns, the smallest
being 70 pounders, that be was almost dumb.
I hope that he received some salutitry impres.
sions. Yaniii presented to the Admiral a
beautiful Girelie, a Syrian partridge, two.
baskets of film, (oranges and lemons,) and
several beautiful sponges, two of them on
I stones, like those you have at home. Yanci
was delighted with the vessel. Yet when
looking at it, as he told me afterwards, he
was filled- with awe. "What," thought he,
"can maw tniike such a magnificent structure
as this? What then must be the magnifi
cence of the place which God ha" • fitted up
for the abode of his children ? This is a hu.
man structure. What will we say when we
see the house not made with hands 1" He
also told me that be hardly slept - that night,
on account of the burden on his mind. •
lIIESECE3I
Yanni has been greatly persecuted and
fed in various ways. Yet during almost
the whole night he lay awake, praying that the
Lord would not give him over to the influ
ence of success and pleasure and leave been
to have his portion ; n this world. He-pray
ed the Lord - to take away all Otis earthly joys
if-his name might but be written in thaw?*
oflife: He 'seems most deeply conscientialm,
and sensitive to the inroads of sinful thOught
in Lis heart, and I leaned much -from mv
conversations with him. I am sure that be
is one of the most precious of this Savior',
disciples. Weal! love him and thank , God
for him. You can tstu no idea of the despe.
rate wickedness of &it people. tying, arty'
fineness, and lioenthminess are crying sins.
We Dear tacts almost every day which shock
and pain us. Tenni tells the that there
is not a mar In the city - oltilde of our eon
irruption whose:word can bitrusted.' Since
have been trying to find a &cite, ~ 1' bare
beard more fidaebooda, open andtiablusidit
than I can sinitber. Truth has fallen In the
streets and equity cannot enter. I uroohl
press it upon the mind of every ostswho an.
ticipatm gorng tti a *amigo field, that be Is
to find men sunken to the lowest poasitii
depths of vice. Xiiiicearrlik Woo pbrE
romance. It is not sisilis the babe out
FRIFIEDOKI aGIE) ROIDN'Y ac
LIFE.
MONTROSE 4 PA., TIITIPSDAY JANUARY 20, 1859.
lift b'r'ad orldh ter ttiefi who' arehungering
after ii-not a ifiefe offeriffg Olothing to the
naked—who feel their nake dness. We ,hs'ire
to prove to the people that they are hungry,
and compel them to see their nakedness' be.
'fore they will accept food and clothing,—
, Grossly ignorant, •they are intensely proud
.and,selfeonceited, and look upon us as pre
tenders and iltightflaitto tisim to know more
than they whose fathers were sdififg tif.tifoph
eta. We are cursed and hated by all the ad
herenta of the various sects,—although they
hate each other and curse each other most
cordially, 4 is a striking testimony to the
hitafitOtel: of the Opeped of Christ, to see with
Oat iffitltiiiiitty 4reel's, Aterottites, Mimes,
hielawileli, chid Mohiffitnedsitiei finite sigtlittst
us. All the lewd, the lying, the prritirte, the
deceitful, and the abominable from all the
sects, seem to gravitate unerringly to an an
tagonism to the Gospel men. A French hi
ll°
fit 10 ' t t eff Nl' ries, and though he de
ni the oitiCot Pod and iffifigled freely
tit' all t 'O seets• hops neithor etirsect - tint
excominuiiiefilitl: Ali (fi'ti iiinitiOnf our
chapel for preaching the Gosrl ii npeneil,
the city teems with anathemas and r'i'ses
against these preachers of strange doctrine.
You will find Stria a place of fSith-tiving
left hle !WI rut pottig men to know- be
forth:did that &eft. ht Otiftt to' he done—
' needing a i vigoioug, shred y Nth %thief' 'ETU not
yield tit ;fie. hist onset of the tempest. In the
-whole Atissiondrj held, the tile of one's faith
is about the first thing, and cite hoist learn to
believe though he sees not, if converts mull! i.
ply there will be trials and perplexities in
ictilleg tli!!"..^7ltils like those of the wars and
figfiiiiii i s et tfie Atimitolic Otill't , !,- , •. It is of
;en 4 areat C'otntori ii: i hie to fil't'h drat ihe
Lord had fini nill? hid ii dyiivil Pt g 44 for
this people, in sending me lieft4 b 4 .lt that my
life in this hind of darkness and wickedness
is a part of the discipline by which 1 as an
individual am to he prepared for heaven. It
is ft tety blessed thing to think that we are
1.,
in the fd'i haffti=-Itheretet we are, and
what a privilcge to think i hat de ate. doing
the-Lord's worN and not our own. We ex
pect an overturbing here in Syria ere many
years—a mighty turning unfit - God. But
rfittyps political changes are to precede the
refigletiti fefortttatibri of the hind. We know
nrif... l'et. vi -e Ealigtiisklrk the Lord, mid lido
not troublemYself i;ifli dolithi Ebent dip 1-e.
salts and fruits of our labor here. I believe
that Syria is to be given to Christ-1 know
it will—and if I-see not the day of its regen
eration while On earth, I shall certainly see it
in heaven, In some future year, when we
aFe iftifillite OHM* the throng clothed ih
white robes, we shall lieif if* Ilfigels retain
ing over sinners turning to God, and be told
that Syria is now the Lord's, and perhaps we
shall then see bow the Lord used us in some
humble way to assist laying the tour.dations
of His. kingdom in Syria, while we were on
the earth. . -
Pk i Ale theekibl, etpty day, to think that you
•eso near to Ate illiskifihiffy *oft: I some.
Imes long to sit with you sn hour, and.talk
about those things which so nearly concern
us both. I urge you with all my heart to be
faithful to your fellow-students on this im.
iihttlfit sttlfjent of foreign Missions. I regret
that I did not do that. 1 efiftnot but feel
tlutt there are many young men in America
who ought to he in a foreign land. Four
years ago, the Syrian Mission applied to the
Board for strong reinforcements. Brother
Tons, Bro. Aiken, Bro. Bliss, and myself,
were sent in answer to the call. Since that
time, - Mr. Whiting, Dr. Smith, and Mrs. Ai
ken hate died. Mr. Aiken has gone home
in feeble health not expecting to return.
Several of the brethren are in- danger of
breaking down - 13111m we have help. Only
two stations hitt More than one laborer,
and there should, be twb at Sidon, Rims,
and Deir El Komr.
From what I see in the Missionary Herald,
I conclude that we are - in no more need of
men than many other Missions. Who, then,
will fill the breaches in Ziob's outposts I,- If
the Church distributes her watchmen so
sparsely over the earth, it will be many,
many years before they will "see eye to
eye." Ido not think that you can exagger
ate the importance of the Foreign Missions•
ry work. I hold it to be the duty of every
theological student to take-itp this question
seriously and thoroughly and either decide to
stay at home, or go abroad on such grounds
as will satisfy_ the people thong whom he
labors that he is in earnest when be urges
them to the duty of personal consecration ,to- '
the cause of Missions. Many ministers have
well nigh sealed their own bps on the subject
of Foreign Missions, by not. being able to
renders satisfactory , reason why they did not'
themselves go abroad. The cause of Miw.
pions will not sufrer if the.young-men in our
Seminaries will examine the subject thought
fully and prayerfully.. I remember well how
some fellow-students of mine in the Semina
ry had never dreamed of such a thin(' e as
their own personal obligations to the hfls
hionary work, and when the question came
ben re their minds they lay awake whole
nights, 'wrestling ifi prayer to God to give
them guidance: It is no easy matter for a
young mato° give up home and rriends and
cherished plans, and when the question
comes at first before his mind, it produces a
,struggle.. God grant that there may be
Many such struggles among your fellow-stu
dents and many decisionsto go far hence un
to the gentiles. •
Teirmsr, Nov. o.=—Yesterday the City
Governor called upon us. Ile is rather
childiah'in his ways, and we entertained' him
very much as we would entertain a child in
America. We 'hewed him Daguerreotypes
and picture books, a microscope, toy loco.
motive, a leaf Of the Bible for the blind, maps
of thororld, a picture Of the new Capitol at
Washington, and a large Bible bound in mo
rocco with gilt edges, all of which he looked
upcin iirith - ainatenent. ' His remarks were
smelling enough. He wanted to know if he
migift bring Mufti and Nadi, the religious
and judicial beadsof the Mohammedans in
the city, to see the sights. and we told bim
certainly, we would be very glad to see
them. Man y of these people are like grown
up children in intellect, but they are mature
enough in iniquit.
Iris Sabbath (7th of Nov.) I preached fbr
the hist , time in the new Chapel /dr. Ly• -
ons'prestilied the two previous Babbstbs.—
The chapel la aitsitiod in one of the prin
cipal streets, and the people say is is
like *fisherman's net, fur it catches every
body who j a was si za. The conveyance is
dost ddre is
t ar crowd around
dlc door, any in and
Simisy iren about
allmotir
their seats, and the attention. was good. I
preached from GaL 6, 14: "God forbid that
I s hould Omit, save in Pm cross of our Lord
Jesus Chetst, l4 I had the heads written out,
Ght preached extempore, and succeeded bet
ter than I anticipated. We.are now waiting
for the curtain which is probably on its way
from Boston to Smyrna. At present no
Arab women come, or at most only a few,
bur when the curtain is up, women can come
and be,ettirlded - from the gap of the men.
We are very thankful that we have so
good a room for religions worship. It looks
as though it was originally built for ;:s
Church, although it wasfirst a store, and
then a.grng shop.
We are obliged to preach in very simple lan
guage, as the. majority of the people cannot
undefsfand the classic Arabic, and in reading
the scriptures tte are ttbliged to explain caret
fully the meaning. ! trust that the Telling
of our Chapel will prove a dawning of a net"
day in-Tripoli. .
'Vhe Greek Bishop pronounces hit anathe 7
may against es regularly, and many are kept
away, fait some persist in coming, and we
pray that their number May be increased.—
Will t'chi not ale pray that men they he
inclined to come in the Sanctuary and listen
to the word of Life? It will.bs hard work
fOr us to sustain a preaching service regular
ly. I feel my own wenknexs in the Arabic,
and every sermon requires hard study ; yet
I am fit gond health, and'we hope for auceesa
and. roftifort, fit preaching the gospel of
Christ:.
Ite 'have not yet succeeded in getting
house, and the pioepect is not very bright. I
shall probably have to bite three thousand
piastres a year, or one hundred and twenty
dollars, nn enormous rent for Tripn.
li.i r et rranks are attains in, and every:,
thing ht h?glt. At titres my patience bast
been weii high e4hatistecl ift talking with men
whose only object seems tq tie to defraud us
as much qs possible, and the fitisehotal niche
people is amazing, even to one wha expect's
nothing else. Yanni says that he expects
Trill ttt be destroyed some day as were
Sodom and tiotttertfait .
WEDNESDAY, NOV. its..—Meterryi a, m.,
79g., p. m., 75g.—A French Steamef is im
the harbor this morning. A muleteer comes
from Hums, bringing letters from Mr. Wil
son. Two great Arab tribes, the Nowalee,
and the padadee have-had a, battle just out
side of ie Batt . Mi. Wilson
witnessed the battle. Viff: tfo'italce were
beaten. The villages about Hums afe hting
plundered, and the people are flying to the
City..to get protection within the walls. Mr.
Wilson well remarks - that it is well for the
Sulfates government.that these wild denizens
of the &Sift tntefttl thelr , strength in fight
ing each• other rather theft 111 rtttelling against
the Government. The troops of the Pasha
of Beirut which passed through here some
days since, are-voir among the iinsaireeyeh,
teying to find and kill lam:seen Khire flee,
who was Govei-nor of Safeta, and who had
the Pattie near Tripoli in June. The only
charge Lean liettf Of as being made against
him is that he is not a hiosfelft NH will not
pay bribes enough to the Government,
&man, Nov. 14.—This morning Leba
non was covered with snow. I conducted
the Arabic Bible class and Lorenzo preached.
Our coligttgatiotri vary greatly. Sometimes
there are sixty rind tsetttrefittfes twenty, and
new faces are.eonstantly seen, but, Nigs, there
does not seem to be a spirit of candid, earnest
inquiry., Men heat and go away seemingly
unaffected. Yet, this preaching of the Gos•
pel is the appointed means for the conversion
- of the world, and we shall go on thankfully
proclaiming the truth and pray ing.for a bles
sing. I believe that there Is good in store
for this land of darknesi.
TVINIDAT, Nov. 10.—In Beirut almost ev
ery one is sick—Dr. Van Dyck, Mr. - Ford,
and his son fldthert, Miss Johnson, and many
of the natives. The - Autiiiiitt-hes been refs
hot, and last week the sudden change mit&
many people sick. Tripoli is quite healthy
now, and we hope by. prudence to preserve
ourselves from undue exposure. We hear
tr-day that Ismaeen Khire Beg the Ansairy
Chieftain, has been slain by his own mother s
brother. 11.4maeep fled from the Turkish Pa
sha who came after him, and took all
his goods, household furniture, and Valua
ble-s, on five orix€: hundred mules to the
Northward. While stopping at a village
named "Ain Keroom," one of his party.died,
and the funeral was attended et once. IVhile
they were weeping at the funeral, the uncle
of Ismaeen approached, and asked why they
were weeping? "We are weeping for the
dead," said lammed. " Who will weep when
you are dead," said the uncle, and drawing
his pistol, shot istnaeen through the heart.-..-
He fell, and as he was expiring, plead with
his uncle to take care of his son. The ruf
fianly, heartless uncle seized the buy and
shot him before his dying father's eyes, and
then-seized all his property. and his *ire
whom he made his own wife at once. The
Turkish Pasha, who wished to take Ismaeen
alive, has seized the uncle, but, will not prob
ably inflict any punishment upon hint. One
can hardly conceive a more brutal 'act, yet
such things areton ftequent to be noticed In
this land. This man whb was killed has mitt',
mated deeds during the last few months
which will hardly bear recording. He seiz
ed restless subjects, burned out their eyes,
ent oft their ears and noses, and flayed-them
alive.
Truly the dark places of the earth - are full
of the habitations of cruelty. The - physical
miseries of the unevangelized nations are
surely enough to awaken the sympathies of
philanthropists in every land.
THURSDAY. Nov. 18.—We 'have letters
again from Hams. There has been another
battle between the Arab tribes. This NOWS
lee who wefe beaten in the first battle - sent to
,to theAcetawileh Sheiks of Baalbec for help.
The Metswikhs enme with a large force and
joined the ?Townley against the Hadadee but
the liadadee routed them both,, and about
llfiy were killed. Zano, the muleteer who is
our letter carrier, lives in a village only five
minutes distant froth the Bums gates, and
vet through fear be has removed his family
and property into the city. Bums is' in a
barbarous region. Tripoli is civilized in
cotokim with it.
Mannsv, 22.—Toley we have been writ.
leg and Studying, and 1 have been oat among
the peoos. I found a coin piny Of men from
a neighboring village, none of whom could
read or write. They had never heard of
America, and wished to know bow many
days journey it would be to one riding
mule. 1 told theta about 488 days, but a* II
in by eca and not by 101, we soo 190
@ILLYWER'T Lao WROGTO.99,
by steamer, and 60 or 70 by sailing vessel.
They wondered at the very thought of
such a stupendous distance, and asked me
what I came here for, leaving alLmy friends
behind. I spent half an hour in talking about
Chriit, and several Moslems were in the
crowd. You can hardly conceive the ignor
ance and -mental vacuity of such men as
these. Yours, &c.
LETTER PROM REV. J. L LYONS
TRIPOLI, Syria, NOT, 8 , 1858
PARIENTe :—I wrote you from Bei.
rut, October 4th, since which time we have
heard nothing from you. • I will (however
write you a brief journal, oithe Incidents
that have occurred since 1 lest wrote- After
mailing my letter on the morning of October
4th, I left Beirut, in company with Messrs.
Ford , ned Hurter, and ascended the mount
ain. ;We dined with Mr. Ford's family, at
their mohntain retreat, in Abeih, and reached
Abeili before sunset. We found ismst of the
missionaries already tetsemblf.d there; and
accordingly in the evening we commenced
our trill -annual meeting. Our meeting con
tinue through the two succeeding days,-clos
leg Wednesday eve. We had ,a •long dis
cussion about removing me to Silk el Gharb,
to superintend the female Seminary. It was
finally, concluded that, in the present aspect
of the missionary work in Tripoli, it would
he tin Wise to disturb that station, so that
Henry and I are left to enjoy each other's
society for some time longer, and I hope it
will be a good while longer, before any oth
er attempts are made to break up our pres•
cat connection. In Abeih I formed the ne
quaintimee of our newly arrived missionary
sisters, Misses Temple and Johnson, who
have come out to teach the female Seminary.
Thursday morning I rode with brothers Hur
ter and Benton to Bhsmdoon, where we din.
ed, and after dinner, brother Henry andfnny.
self descended the plain and reached - Beirut
about sunset.
ritTRAT MORNING, OCT. 9th.—Set out for
Tripoli, alone, on'horse-back ; reached home
the next at noon. I should like to have
made a longer visit among our missionary
friends, but as my family were alone, I was
anilotm to get back, and besides, as Henry
wished to fatty same time longer in Abeih
and Beirut, in order to take daguerreotypes
of the missionary children, it was quite nec
essary that I should, return immediately, for
our station had been left to itself nearly all
simmer, ohr new Chapel was yet unfinished;
and titffl ittle enugregation scattered as sheep
without a shepherd.
OCTOBER 16.—The last two or three days
I have been busy auperintending the carpen
ters, who have been making new seats for
the Chapel. They require constant caper
t Won. In two or three instances, during,
to temporary absence from the building,
they committed each groat blunders, that
WIN obliged to make time tear apibeir work
and do•it'all over again.
OCTOBER 22.—Since Wednesday I have
suffered a good deal from headachi,so that it
has been difficult for me to oversee the work
hr the Chapel, and still More difficult for Me
to prepare my sermon for the opening of the
Church next Sabbath. To-day lam better.
The carpenters have finished their work ; and
1 have been able to spend - some time in
study.
()crown 24.—This afternoon preached
m..t. first sermon in our new Chapel, from the
text, I. For f am determined to know nothing
among, you, say% Jeans Christ and him cruci
fied." Had en audience of about 60 per
son., mostly Greek Christians, and Nome
IMonleme. They were attentive through the
whole service. To-day was a day of great
Irejoicing to my- soul, and devout gratitude
Ito Clod. 1 pray that our new houses may
'yet be filled with many anxious inquirers af
ter the truth, and that It may- prove the 'gate
of heaven to many souls.
"Otironia 31.—Sabbath. Henry conduct
'ed the bible. elans this forenoon. I preached
in the afternoon to Aft audience of twenty or
.
t „ iorty persons, mainly dreeks 1 a very good
number, considering the fact" that in the
,Greek church this morning. excommunication
'was threatened against any of its members
who should attend Protestant service. Quite
number of persons came and stood 'in the
door a few minutes and then Vett ont,, a,
though afraid to remain. During the first
Part of the service there was quite a strea
Of persons, coming into the entry, hearing r i
few words and then going out. But the'- .
number who *sated thetnseltes, and remain
ed through the service, Was as I havis said
about twenty-five.
WEDNESDAY Nov. 3.--To-day - all our lat
ent patriotism was aroused by the appeat
/ince in our harbor of the splendid American
Wet steamer " Wabash." As soon as we
>}al4ll approaching in the distance, Henry,
Yanni, and myself, saddled our horses and
'rain do*
nto the Mena. One of 'the Lieu
tenants and the physician of the ship came
can shore with a lettee for the Governor,
from the Pasha of Beirut. Henry'and Yen.
ni went with them to Tripoli, while I pro
eured A boat and went to the ship, which
Was anchored about a mile from the shore
1 took tesu a letter from the Lieutenant in
artier to obtain pteftlisslon for the people to
go on board and gratify their curiosity in
friokinp at one of theTargest war frigates in
the world. 1 was very courteously received
fiy tfle officers; permission was given for
the people to come, and whole boat loads of
them availed themselves of the privilege. A
salute of 21 guns was fired for the town,
Which the natives in their simplicity suppos
ed was for me! The Ist Lieutenant, who
took me all over the vessel and explained to
Me all its arrangements, informed me that
l 0 panda of powder were used at each dis-
Cliarge,.in - all 210 pounds of poider, costing
nbout $5O, fur one salute. The cannons are
4f immense calibre throwing tells of Nibs.
;tett. Though there sre two, one at ti
mid of the ship, which carry balls of 130
pound each. 1 had the honor of dining with
the Commodore and Captain, and the pleas
tire of meeting on board Mrs. and Miss San
ler*, wife sod daughter of Mr. Sanders, mis
iona7 at Jaffa. 'moth the Commodore and
Captsiii were very wield and 'polite. They
inkirmed me tbst if Mr. Jessup had: waited
-4 few days longer In Eletrut v he might have
came to Tripoli is *whilst*. At Sic time
I Mail IA Mam the. ,, rs did not
at come to Tripoli at AIL Afterlrards,"o
- had a Mile time te:apare,,they came
up.. Through the igapreace of the pilot, dui
evvelditi not arrive here until Dearly three
at., and weit'avai thissma night. Jest
ticite
MANS Ott Offeillar Cie* Olk hOlir,di
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1 NO. 3.
to pay hie respecta to the Commodore, and
soon after Henry arrived with Carrie Katie,
and Sada, and also Yanni, with his brother
and their wives. The officers took the la::
dies'in charge, and for sober folks like our
selves we had quite. a gay time promenading
the decks amid the glitter
,of long rows of
bright lamps, glistening muskets, and bur
nished steel, while our ears were regaled by
the lively national airs played by the fine
band in attendance. We tarried , but an,h
after dark, and as we pushed-oft in our little
native boat, the hand struck up "Hail Co.
lumbia,'? which thrilledsour very hearts, and
brought back all the fond memories of be
loved Fatherland. Oar, Arab 'companions,
who of course - could understand nothing of
the patriltie emotion!, that welled up within
us, expressed their gratification by shoting
and tittering the prayer that God would bring
hack the noble firigate at no distant day to
their shores. And indeed the Commodore
promised us that he would return early next
sommer,and tarry long enough fdaecomplish
a visit to the cedars of Lebanon. The Mace
donian, another ship of the Mediterranean
squadron, is expected herein a few days.
The appearance of such vessels on •fhe coast
cannot fail to produce a good impression lip.
on the people in the present disturbed state
of the country.
- * NOVEMBER S.—Henry preached yesterday
(Sabbath) in the aape.j. We had a good
audience, and though some went out, most
of them remained and liatened attentively.-
We cannot be too thankful to God that we
have to pleasant and eligible a pla - ce for pub.
lic.worship. This afternoon the Governor of
the city called'on us at our house.. It is the
first time in his life he ever ealled n on a mis.
sionary. It is.very rare indeed that he ever
leaves his palace to call upon any except, a
few of the wealthy and aristocratic• Moham
medans. lie seemed greatly interested in
looking at our 'maps and daguerreotypes, and
in listen'pg to the melodeon, but what pleas
ed him most of all was Mary's little locomo
tive, which was sent her from America, 'and
my solar microscope. The sight of a flea,
magnified in this microscope, astonished - him
almost beyond measure. This Moslem gov.
ernor, - after having visited the American frig
ate Wabash and seen the American curiosi
ties at our house and especially a Syrian flea
in an American microscope, seems to have
his ideas respecting the power and reaaurces
of our country greatly expanded and senlarg.
ed.
We expect to keep ThanksgiVing day the
last Thursday of this month, hoping that you
will have the same day appointed in Penn.
With - much love to all kind, inquiring
friends, I remain as ever. affectionately yoar
eon. J. Loaxszo Lross.
For Me Independent Republican.
RALF AN HOUR IA TOO =ON TO LOBE.
- Hair an hour is too much to lose," said
an intelligent and refined young lady, one
evening, as she resumed her work, which she
had neatly folded and laid aside—supposing
it was nine o'clock, when it was only hall
past eight. "Half an hour is too much to
lose," was the simple, unpremeditated ex
pression; which fell from her lips, and found
a lodgment in our hearis;.lind, though it
might not hiCve been remembered by her be.
yond the evening on which it was littered,
still hundreds of times have its silvery notes
soundid in Par ears, with all the freshness of
its first salutation; and, though' the voice
that gave it utterance is silent, those hands
that so diligently
„plied the needle that even
ing have long been folded in the embrace of
death, and The flowers have for years blos.
somed o'er the grave of that loved_ one, still
that voice, as. if coming up - from the silent
tomb, has again and again re-echoed in our
ears as we journeyed along the pathway bf
life, "half an hour is too much to lose." Yes,
half an hour of God-given time is indeed too
much to lose. We cannot afford to lose it.
Ourcriends and the world at large t esnnot af
ford that we should sustain the loss; for, as
the wave of influence dies not upon the shores
of time, but itiwnlted onward to the "Spirit
lAA," so the moments' that we lose are
not only lost to us but to our fellow beings
to the latest posterity .of earth. ' What dunk
ye of it, fellow-students in the School of life?
Can you afford to lose the half hours as they
fly 1 Pause a Moment. look around you,
consider your relation to the human race, the
claims of the world upon you, as well as
those of the authCrr of your being ; consider
well the question, and tell us if the half hours
of which life is composed are not all of them
too precions to be lost. Tell us, gay butter
fly of a mummer's day, young lady of amuse
ment, worshiping, at fashion's shrine, poring
over'senseleas tirels,, and flirting-with those
young men whose,earthly mission seems 'to
be to ascertain the number of stars that be
long to the ffertiaq constellation, are nut •the
half hours of your life of any account, of
. any
real worth? Fearful is the race you are run
ning!. Stop, and consider, lest the day of
repentance with you come too late.
Lastly, we would inquire, oh young man
of dissipation, are notsthe half hours of thy
squandered life, which have arisen." pier up
on pier, column upon - column," until their
bight has outstripped the tower of Sahel, and
reached Ifeayen, of too much value_ to be
'oat'? .
Already has thy squandered time reached
the of the Eternal, and loudly called
for vengeance upon thy guilty • bead. Al•
ready has the recording angel noted; with cm
erring exactness, thy midnight hours of rev
elry and mirth, spent over the'wine cup and
at-the gambling table, which have captivated
thy moral nature and threatened utter des
truction to the being " created in the image
of God."
Say not in thy heart, thus far will we go,
and no farther. Self-confidence is the rock
on which the multitude in the road to ruin
have shipwrecked and perished. Leave at
once and forever the - haunts of dissipation.—T
Regard the divine injunction, "Look not
thou upon the wine when it is red, when it
giveth its color in the cup, when it moveth
itself aright s" lest thou experience the truth
of the declaration, that, " *Liam, it biteth
like a seepent andatingeth like an sate=
We would not say with 'Whitefield, "Stop,
Gabriel ! Stop, ere you enter thef3acred pot
ta!s," but we would say in the name of our
Divine Master, stop, -young man ! stop, In
thy mad career, or you sour as enter the
Sacred portahi of Etenial day, and be re
sented before the throne, as a " sinner, con;
vetted-to God.!' L. L. C.
vir Keep go'cid coiripany or Done,
• Par hie htiesessesst Renelli
mini non 11170111ilki.
-. liiictioutoe, Jen. 7, 1 .
M 1741111.. EDITORS : -- hl a bile bum of
your paper there hi a letter fr om 1. 1.,
which seems to have been elicited bra re
mark in My hurt, about the cause of educa
tion-in this section. The only paper publish
ed in this County, is a stencilerea" to
furnish late and untiortanknew; and I wax
not &Ware that - our County Superintendent
had gone across the border, "to teachi and
board around," until the letter above refer
red to informed me. Mr. Davis is a &tit
rate good fellow, and it is to be hoped, the -.
Springville -bins will profit by - his labors
amen them. .
My remark that the people hen rnve
some erroneous notions about the School
Law and County Superintendent, will answer
not only for this latitude, but for some' ad
joining localities. Although Susquehanna
County has taken high ground in regard to
these matters, there has been, within its'at
its, and still is , good deal of groinbli ,---
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and I believe some efforts have been ado
to change the School Law, and do Sway irith
the office of County Superinten4nt.
It is not to be wondered at, that our ceun
ty Superintendent should be obliged to teach.
"- •ollow some other bueinees than the of
hts'pffiee, for I believe his salary is only is 50.
I ddmet think it very creditable to the pi
rectors, that they fixed upon this small stn,
hut this is a small County, so file as its geo.,
graphical extent is concerned, and it i r as
thought that it would not requirS near ol of.
a man's time, to look after all the schools.
There Is certainly-an increasing rnteresin
the subject of education among us, and I h pe
1. 3. 1., (or any "1" else) will not, from the '
single circumstance-to which helhas alluded,
"infer that Wyoming is deficient in all the
essentials of true greatness," until be cornea
and sees us. Allow me to thank him kindly
fur the suggestion that the people of W-yo
ming come to Susquehanna County and board .
around." If I only knew his real name! I '
would try to induce some of our folks to
commence hoarding around, at Fairdalepand
take'* few lessons of 1. 3. 1:
A few days since, as-Mr. - Harding of t. is
place, with his wife and another lady, was
crossing - the Martin Creek in idge, the plaeks
broke under the horses, letting them both
partly through. By cutting the harness, the
succeeded in getting them both out, not much'
injured, when one of them in flouncing around,
pitched off the side of the bridge, failing : a
distance of about 20 feet =it didn't-kill him, -
and time will show whether he is much ',in
jured. A year ago last summer a drunken
man fell cent the same place, and it didn't
kill him either.
It seems to me rather. commendable when
any one breaks off from a bad lial3lt e for ex:
ample such a one as chewing tobacco, but
now and then it happens that a bad habit] is
broken up " nolens instead of " volens." A
=
little experience on this point, lust related to
me by one of uncle Jesse's sous, quite.ana
ed tne. He was at a party somewhere, list
Fair-night, and New-Years' morning, stared
afoot and alone, about 3 o'clock, with fish
bait, hooks, axe and " tilt-ups," to catch pick- 3
erel, in. a lake some 6 Miles distant. Justl at
day-break he had the holes cut thro' the ice, -
and all hie hooks set—and now anxiouly
waiting for a bite, he takes a big quid of to
bacco. Soon one of the rqOat distant tilt-tx 3a
begins to bob up and down, lively, &awl. g
that there is a big fish on the hook. "Avr:y .
he starts for it, at full speed, when sudde ly
he finds himself slipping through an old fi.h
hole into water 20 .feet deep. The suddin
ness of this cold plunge bath, caused him to
gasp, for breath, and in so doing, he swan*.
ed a large amount of tobacco juice, -wh i ch
nearly strangled him. By a fiesperate-eff rt
he made out to save himself and the fish e
was after, when he was forced to lie down
on the ice: and such a rendering up of ac.
counts as followed ! He avers that he w
never in his-life so deathly sick, and at tic t,
he doubted Byer being able to get off thei .
The tobacco, - however, soon spent most of i
force, as an emetic, and in so doitig, t k
away all appetite for the vileweed—le as s
he can't chew any more of it.
I think it would be well for all who ale
confirmed in this vile habit, to swallow, a dd
coction of the weed, and the prescription is
gratis. =
Our Singing School Is progressing fieely-r
-having grown cautious, it, is sometime . sini
I went through the "ice"
I was pleased , the other morning when I 1 I
handed my friend B. a letter—on opening it.,
he found a small note, from a little boy in
Minnesota, to-whom he had sent some b00k4..
The littlelellow acknowledged the receipt
the hooka, thanked him, and said, "if yoW
send me any more, I think I shall send ; yob
a present !': When I went to the Post-offi4e
in the afternoon B. handed me a package of
books to put in the mai!—and this reminds
me of what occurred as I was returning fro
Montrose, yesterday morning. A boy abo t
four yeat=s of age, on his way to school ha =
Mg about a mile to go, got out of the pat
with his sled,-for me to pass by. Ilegladl
accepted my invitation to ride, and I son
landed him at the school-house As he go
out of the cutter, he paused several second ,
as irthinking what to say, when opt it cam
" You are welcome !" "Thank you," said I,
"now we are even." I shall not, soon forget!
his genuine civility.
I take a trip West next week, and if tim/
permits; may write during my absence. YoW
will not wish a longer letter, unless it ~
tsins something . tnore sensible than this does
I remain as ever, Very Truly Yours,
Srmrruss. lATZICOI3IIIIL—The spiritual,in
tercourse is certainly enlarging. The Paw
tucket Gazette relates the following _pleasan
incident of spiritual commintication "
enthusiastic believer was relating tea skep ' •
the spiritual perforinancei to which he cou
testify, and among other things said that . • '
& certain occasion the spirit of his wifir, w • .
had been dead neveral - years, returned to him
and seating herself upon his knee; put he
arm around him, and, kissed him , at much
his gratification.= she used to when living
You do not mean to say,' remarked the skep
tic, that the spirit of your wife really gm'
braced and kissed you r 'No not emit
that,' repled the spirit believer, 'but her spiri •
took possession of the body of* female me
diem, and through ber embraced and It • .
me.' We presume that believers are one •
as willingly deceived as man was."
• Ai hauls- Parr 9roca.—The way the
manage the post olfms at Rome, - Italy, i
queer, rather. A comedian recently appli
for a letter at the post.oftoe,- and was tol.
there was forty cents to pay for it. "I out' ,
pay that," laid be, " for i know what's in it.'i
" Well, bow mach will you givel" asked th
postmaster. " nor sous is all it is
to me," said the co:Oodles. " Welt, take'
then," replied the postmaiter, "for Pre read
It, and les only a lore letter !"
or Why will Maarten's enthlein out
those of England, France, 'Wind and z •
land t Beceni the ton must fade—the 11l
droop—the abantrnik die—the thistle wither 1
but the state are eternal ' I
ior Wigan s nom wpm* s promise
%ateopio be mop to NI you.
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