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THE REQUIEM.
*• 11 V?/ hast lh*u left in lifi't host hh,om
* The crp' f r oc /or me to drum.”
Iltnov.
Ilerenth the hariul clay !
lUmenth Uio-xold fimeial stone —
Wrapped in the mode of decay.
Thy form of graceful youth is gone •
Oh, therewss sorrow, long and loud;
*iVh> n thou wns’l gathered in the shroud ;
And tear* in fast profusion fell,
tVhrti witiling love bade 'hte, farewell—
Hut non® whose hearts more deeply bled
Than hi*, by whom no tears w ere shed.
Hij gricf was ccho-iess—
ft I,ad no sound, or vci ;e, orbicalh.
And f.s lone feeling of distress
I Lid all the solitude of death,
Shu the- sad -Icar-drop# of-the scud
F'owed inunrdly without, C'tntrowl—
Afil enrh< stly hi* mournful eye
fVa* fix* d in w.ld intensity
Upoft that lonely coffin li',
M'ircre all h* loved on earth, tvs* hi<L
He wept his lot with none—
told the misery of hiifate;
The worldfor him held only one—,
She died—and he was desolate.
Oh ! how he watched her beauty pine,
Ard perish in its slow decline,
Whin sii-.knete blanched her cheek with
ciu t.
Stealing.the rose that flourished there—
And how he knelt at love’s command
•To kiss that soft and little hand.
And jfa*e upon that filling eye
ftnce glowing w iih love's witchery.
She was so beautiful—
f.ven tut « seraph to his eyes;
The hand of death did never cull
A sweeter flower for paradise?
tea— partial nature never drew
A lovelier former fairer hu»—.
A smile of more bewitching grace
Than that which .played upon her face ;
lie deemed she wAaan angel given
To makefor him, this earth a heaven.
Enchanted hours to him I
And over-fraught with every bliss—
Jyy sparkled upward to the brim.
And seemed to-Woo hi* fervent kiss,
He wresthed his harp with summer
flowers, -
And the sweet music of those ho urs
TP*» hke the melody of spring,
When all her birds arc on the wing.
How changed ! that he<rt is cold—
fler bosom rests witnin the earth,
And n't mor) ’» dirge ha h fot4ly told
Os til her sweetness, all her worth,
ijaaj.uring di ath—<nult then the young,
The innocent in heart and tongue j
The lovod—the loving and the pay.
Aye, b- tlie first to fall thy prey ?
Aks—that mild unchidinp bre: at
Is u\ the icy grave compressed;
And the dull earth worm riot* now
V. pen that smooth and marble brow.
"The flowers of spring jhall wave
Above her solitary bed ;
The grey green grass shall deck her grave,
And freshly blossom o’er her head.
Cut long unheeded must he sigh,
TVhm year on year is sweeping by »
And spring oft wither and return
Before U s heart shall cease to mourn.
ft fastens on the fearful tomb.
And lift* to lit avt.n a trus’ing eye.
To hail a brighter, happier doom.
In the deep caverns of the grave t
Love lingers, though it canu«t save,
Tea, in the mansions of the dust.
Affection springs, and ever must.
Another dawn shall break
t’pen this cloud-enveloped night,
Tha- lovely Aio'usg shall awake
To bloom in Heaven's bowers of light.
Though deep affection’s hope W’a* min,
And tear# of anguish fell like rain
In that last hour of aortal pain,
death descended, and no prayer
Could ward the blear from erne to fair,
Tot ir. a happier world than this,
A w jrld ufnnembittered bliss,
here joy hath never wrung its knell,
Thut pare and heart shall dwell
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MinC ELIiAX Eo\s ft.
LETTER FROM SCOTLAND.
From tlie Huston Dully Adv. July 19.
Extract) from a letter from JlTrt. .Innr
Grant, to a friend in thii vicinity, dateu
Edinburgh, January 2.
• • • * |
“Your country is like Virgil’s
fame, enlarging while we look at, it
till w e are overwhelmed by its magni- ■
tilde. While we, hound in oir wa
tery girdle and sinking under the
debts in which our valor and genero
sity have involved us, have no other
resource from which to support our
consequence hot our intellectual
wealth- the l< gaetes left us by the
glorious bards and sages of the olden
time, and (he new crop of poetic lau
rels that ate springing daily up with
unequalled vigor and freshness. 01
these wc have been perhaps too vain,
and too ready to wonder that the
belles-lettres has not been suddenly
and successfully cultivated among
the stumps and Indi an corn fields ol
recent settlements, or amidst all the
effervescence of politics and legisla
tion in a new born empire. Tois
ground of superiority seems fast re
ceding, and wc are now by abundant
candor atoning for our past arro
gai.ee. Could yon believe that it is
now the universal fashion to admire
American genius, and with the ex
ception of Scott’s incomparable no
vels, there is nothii g so much read,
praised and admired as the Sketch
Hook and Knickerbocker, which all
reading people here have now disco
vered to be a treasure of wit, humor
and found reasoning, and keen, yet
good humored satire. The style too
n» allowed to be all faultless excel
lence ; totally free of the Gallicisms
and meretricious ornaments which
occurred tut* frequently in former
transatlantic production*. Thcpuri
ryof its anglicism far exceeds what
is frequent among ourselves. This,
with the impression left by some el
egant minded Americans who have
visited us within the last few ve rs,
h >ve brought about a wonderful re vo
lution in public opinion in favor of
our grand-children of the new con
tinent. Mr. Mackenzie (Henry)
who is still the most lively person 1
meet with, and by far the most elo
quent and pleasant, sat with me a
good while the other day, as indeed
he often does- Me talked of Ameri
ca ns a most magnificent and won
derful country, and expressed his ad
miration of the late works.”
• • • •
« Now I suppose you have some
curiosity to know what we all think
of the hubbub occasioned in this
country by our most atrocious queen,
or rather that for which she has been
moJa the pretext by those who do
not love ami cannot esteem her.—-
Hut in order to make you see thro’
our medium, I must go back and be
gin as you scholars would say Ah
Ovo, with the French revolution.—
Instead of the volume of reflections
which this endless theme will s g
gesf to you, 1 will briefly mention
the effect it had on many of the low
er classes in England. It Intoxica
ted them with ideas of that plenty
which a general community of good
was falsely supposed to produce, and
with that unbounded 'liberty which
not only frees u» from the restraint
of laws’ and earthly domination, but
from the awe of Almighty power, and
the dread of an awful futurity. This
seed, though widely sown, was check
er! in its growth bv the moral and re
ligious sense of the community, and
yet in some degree unconsciously
encouraged by those apostles of dis
content, who through the medium of
the Edinburgh Review and other po
pular- woidw, constantly found fault
with every-measure of government.
There was a junto of very wealthy
and powerful old families, who since
the accession of the present family
arrogated to themselves and their
followers the whole power of the
state; and have to this day persecu
ted with unrelenting vengeance what
they call n(Uf men, whose merit or
abilities raised them to power. They
shrunk for a while before the tranu
cendant genius ami lofty spirit of
Chatham, and in the last r ign were
forced, though with infinite reluc
tance and malevolence, to yield to
the ascendancy of his no less high
talented and high minded son. t'till
they had & strong hold in the heir ol
the empire. By an alliance with wit
and the engaging qualifies that gild
the gayer vices in the persons of
Sheridan, Fox and others of tire same
class, they kept possession and strew
ed to many flowers in the path of
dissipation as were quite enough to
m ke the narrow, upright path ap
pear dull and rugged. The result
was, that the prince was soon plun
ged as deep in debt as his gay com
panions. Oh an agreem nt that these
debts should be paid, and from a de
sire to satisfy hia parents and the na
tion, he made this fatal marriage,
which has been so fruitful of shame
and sorrow. After living for ten
years in matrimonial habits, auppor
ted by great constancy and decr.-
niatf with ft Ifdy particularly clc
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g*nl *n her ftrli.d find wanner*, nr.d
every way accomplished, the une
qtfiilled coils«-iics* of manners ami
grossness of habits which has always
made this bold and restless woman
a nuisance in well ordered society,
must have shocked the prince not n
litilo. Though I would by no means
excuse his parting with her, .she
would h».ve been a perpetual blister,
hut (hat blister it was his hard duly
to bear.
'1 he rest of her history is too well
known. To Italy she went am*
gave such public scandal, (hat in a
vc v short time she was despised-and
shunned by ail respectable ladies,
even there, where rigor seems 110
part of the national character—
Meanwhile Briram had achieved a
mighty conquest, bui was like an ex
hausted giant, lying panting in the
utmost languor and exhaustion after
the great effort. Trade, wh ch had
been profitable ami ell our own, du
ring the war, flowed, as it must and
ought into different channels,, Jhe
load of taxes placed the country in
the situation of one who has been
bled'to delirium, and meanwhile a
mighty mass of mischief Had been
secretly fermenting at home. 'lhe
present King amidst all thefiuits
into which a dangerous association
had led him, obtained much good
feeling and a principle of deep ion
1 oration for his excellent father; when
! a lamented occurrence placed the
whole power in his hands. Hefe.lt
’ that in case of his father’s recovery
• it must grieve him to see his faithful
counsellors give place to rapacious,
because needy spendthrifts, who
’ could not possibly conduct the pub
lic affairs werse than they had done
: their own, and were not likely to con
-1 duct them better. Assuming the
grave dignity of sovereign he might
not wish to adopt as nis counsellors,
the companions of his midnight re
vels. The Prince too, being well
read in history, could not be igeo
ra.t that in the only two instances
(those of Richard 2d and Charles
Ist) iu which British monarrhs se
lected their ministers front among
the companions of their youthful
pleasures, their deposition and death
was the ultimate consequence. It
certainly required not a little forti
tude to resist their claims, and some
self denial to forsake the gay, the
witty and accomplished, who had
soothed his youth by their flatteiies,
and exalted his social pleasures bv
their talents and vivacity, and this
to throw himself among grave dub
men of business, who had been a
check on Kis enjoyments, and"would
neither flatter nor amuse him. Add.
that he must have well known from
the powerful connexions of those sa
tellites how much of intellect, ol
wealth, and power were thus armed
with the bitterest enmity against him.
language haa no terms to express
the bitterness of their disappoint
ment and the excess of theii lury.— j
They hoped to clog the wheels nt the ;
stale so that they could not. poss btv ■
go on without them. In the blind
ness of their rage they ta»»k part with
the enemies of their country, and
sighed over every triumph ul the
British armies, as adding strength to
the hated king and the opposed mi
nisters. Yet no one vho treads a
downward path can say where he will
stop. IJad British peers, ami men
of talents, and some principle been
told that they would support and
encourage the vilest of the. vile, in
poisoning for the lowest of the low
that great source of intelligence the
Press, they would have said, “ Is
thy servant a dog, that he should do
this thing ?” They have done it how
ever, and done it in vain. Then as
a final resource ol an infuriated and
desperate faction, this wretched and
infamous woman was instigated to
come home be their I isiphone and
kindle the flames of discord thrpugh
the country. You see British pa
pers, which are almost in ti e pay of
the faction, and tberotoie n"ed not
he told of what can never bring any
thing but shame and sorrow to every
British heart, of nobles bvtr.iyii«g
♦heir country and their honor, insult
ing their monarch and inflating the
baar p:o>ia<*B of those who hate them
for being noble.
1 could, if I Kass room atjd time,
amuse you with the endless mean
shifts made to prop a popularity, that
1 has in itself the. seeds ol dissolution.
How many of the lowest of the peo*
pic bined clothes and carriages to
net the part of ladies and gentle
-men for a day, the Queen’s hand,
and end drinking gin on the lawn of
her dwelling. Nothing but truth
■ and virtue is consistent. Those who
were loudest in her defence have
never brought their wives & daugh
• tors to visit her. She hasnotbeen
invited to a single nob’eman's house,
■ and the last strong effort of expi--
ing taction, tin- sacreligious ottenta
' ti«»n of the procession to St. Paul’s
1 w here n..t one man of rack attended
' has completely broke the bubble and
• opened the eyes of aU sober thinking
• people to the enormity of the object
s of pursuit. * Surely (lie wrath of
1 man shall praise him, and the re
• mainderof wrath shall he restrain.'*
' The faction has alarmed the whole
‘ nation, and completely defeated
1 .
f their own purposes. Vows of loyal
ty, ‘ nos loud,hut deep,’ are breath
ed from'ten thousand bosoms of those
. who, till now, pursued the quiet le
-1 ncrol their way, without concern
. ing themselves with the public. The
1 title is turning in nil quarters, and
< addresses from every city and every
■ college or society declare tho true
, sense of the people. When you
were here and for many years be
fore, whatever wisdom or principle
1 might be among the adherents of go
-1 veniment, I mean in Edinburgh, Ihe
1 wit and talents were wi ll the opposi
I tion, as it was formerly said fP,at
, the muses were all Jacobites. These
) inconstant fair ones have now revolt
ed to Ihe other side; there is a sci
1 of young wits sprung up among us.
■ chiefly natives of 1 lydesdale, who
1 have arranged all their forces on ih*-
' side of the throne *ml the altar and
I daily pour voltevs of flic keenest
■ arrows of satire on their opponents.
I A fopular meeting of the whig-.
’ which was < ait‘ d h»re the other .lay.
1 has given occasion ♦•> >on-e vtv cle
-1 ver broachures in the shape ol pby
-1 bills, which were fi st given away,
1 and then sold for a penny ”
: « Now having wearied myself and
completely surfeited y. U with poll
-1 tics, (observe, i never wrote so much
I on that thorny subject in my life)
you will he r heved l>y even Ihe quiet
1 tenor of my private history sinee my
1 last. Your letter reached me at tho
sweet pastoral village ot Moffat,near
the English border, where 1 spent
neatly four plw-ant months ot too
, last autumn. I answered it itutnedi
1 ately; ami in my repl , must h ive'
in gratitude done justice, I th nk to
that sweetest of spots, with its rural
charms, anri simple graces, where
the purest streams flow from the
greenest mountains, and tho a; pear
-1 anre ami mai.nois of the peopte in
dicatu the ioteg- ity & tranquility of
then character. But this 1 must
have said before judging from the
impression. 1 will he succinct there
fore and carry you to Dumfries with
me where I went 00 n.y way to
Mount Annan. It would Hi tie a
vail, indeed, to mention the pleasant
people I knew there, whom I was
forced merely togUnce at during a
short stay. • „
♦‘One person. Sc one thing in Hum
fries ! must teil you of, the person
is Burn’s Jean,and the thing Burn’s
Monument. Jean, whom 1 knew
slightly before, notwithstanding the
done] on her early life does, credit
to her husband’s choice and to his
memory. She is a person of strong
plain sense and an excellent heart,
and by her padem e in ad-ersity and
moderation in her late prosperity,
as well as her general conduct, has
Won the good will of all. Her two
sons in India have attained to lucra
tive situatloas, and allow Iter be
tween them two hundr d a yar.—•
Her house is a perfect model of good
taste and simple neat'.ess. It is
mu* h embellished, but it is the same
house which he inhabited. His fel
low citizens have given the n:>me of
Burns’stieet to that which he inha
bited Mrs, Burn’s manners aic in
dicative of that chastened g*md
sense, which is best ripen* d in a va
ried life, like hoi’s. There is in
deed a kind of intuitive propriety a
bout her, in all she says and does.—
The monument, which is lately fi
nished, filled mo with pleasure and
surprise, both by the design and ex
ecution. I have seen nothing West
minster that scorns U) meats}! so
' appropriate, Or indeed better finish
ed. Y*'U would suppose they would
have chosen a scene in the vision,
or some such poem, to.furnish an in
i cription ami a hint for the sculp
ture; not at all—with matchless good
> tasto they selected a period from his
' dedication of his works to the Cale
donian Hunt. The genius of tny
country found t?ie as Elijah found
■. EUsha'at llie plough, and threw her
inspiring mantle over me ” Could
• their be a happier thought or one
more calculated to afford a fine im
■ age to the Statuary? In the first
; place, this Mausolemn r.oi>»i§tsof a
■ dome, open, but supported by pillars
‘ and railed round. It is in tlnj nun
-1! rier of the temple at Benuiidjavelli
hut far more elegant and finely fi
• nisin d wi(:)in. lathe back part is
1 u very large tablet of white marble,
I where, in alto releivo appears the fi
■ gureof the young rustic, as Urge as
• life and very like tUa best portrait'
> of him. There is nothing fige or
Grecian about him. It is a true
r Scotch plough on which he has his
I hand (a toil Worn hand) <|rhi« is the
> costume of 1 Scotch peasant, im
> proved oply ami rendered more clas
• sical bv the neck being thrown open
■ as a ploughman is apt to do, when
1 overheated. Pleasure, mixed with
1 snr prise am States his countenance,
• white with his bonnet in his hand, he
- looks up t<» the descending figure
1 which seems floating tow aid him in
1 the air. It is the muse of Caledo
-1 nia all aerial elegance and supei hu
ll man grace finely contrasting with
t the manly rusticity of Ihe entranced
f ploughman. She spreads out the
• ample verge offher mantle as to infold
•* him. This mantle has a broad boi'-
i dcr of thistles, to give rt character.
1 Instead of inscription th* emphatic
name of Uurna ia engruvcfl thus—
Burns-—.on the base »f the muou.
meat. The esq-unite grace and *•-
feet simplicity of the win*l«s is beyotui
all praise.**
FEMAI.KIJ.VTIIS.
The fvJicwrnjf singular description ol
Female Ha'hs, is taken from recent tra
vels in Georgia, Hers a, A ipen’m, 6tc. &c
by Sir Hwbe'rl Ker Porter.—
“ ( was urged (*ats Sir R.) by tlie
gentleman who accompanied me, to
try if we tymld not 1 get a glimpse in
to fUe U'tljH de licate'd *.6 the fait
srt. ‘Hie attempt seemed vi.d:
hut, to pie;.?e him. I turned towaml,.
the building, and, to our astuni-Ji
inentj found no difficulty in entering.
An u!d woman was standng at tbe
door, and she, without tin* I• aw 1 |
s. niple, not only snow <1 u> the way, j
hut played our s-.-bd me whole w -ile. j
In one t.f (he battling roern. nearest |
to the d»*t-}- jvp found' ll great (Himnei j
of naked children, n! dlllVivnt inlnn- j
line ages, imm ■ fs.,l in a circular
hath in tins middle of the chamber,
where (heir mothers were occupied
in washing and ilibbing them. The
forms oi' Miildren are always lovely ; j
and, altogether, there was a regular
itv, and its consequent d.rnnbne.A.
altending the adjustment of their lit
tle persons, we linked on, without
receiving any of those disagreeable
impressions which had disgusted us
in the. baths of their fathers. Pass
ing through this aptrMu'.t, with-ut
any roma' kot surprise, or displeasure,
from the mothers of the children,
we entered a much larger chamber,
well lighted, and higher va*»!tc 1 in
the roof. No water was seen hero {
but a stone divan, spread will} car
petsatjd matrasses-Wits placed round
the room, ajid on it, lay, or sat, wo
men in every altitude and on Upa tiofi
Consequent to an bulb.
Some were ha.f dressed, and othms
hardly had a covering. J’liey were
attended by servant-,, employed in
rubbing the fair forms of these ladies,
with dry cloths, or dyeing their hair
and eye-brows, or finally painting,
or rather enamelling their fates.
On quitting this apartment (which
we did as we entered it, without cre
ating the least alarm of astonishment
at our audacity) wc passed into the
place whence tuey had just emerged
from the water. Here we f und a
vast cavern-like chamber, gloomily
lighted, and sme l|pg most potently
oi sulphuric evaporations, which as
ceiuled from nearly twenty excava
tions. Through these filmy v .pours,
wreathing like smoke over the surface
of a boi ing cauldron, we could dis
tinguish the figures of women, in e
vary posture, perhaps, which tin
fancy ot man could devise for the
sculj ture of bathing goddesses. Uu 1 .
I confess, we were us much <dKicked
as surprised, at the unblushing cool
ness tvifu which the Georgian Vchus
i*B continued their ablutions, alter
they h«d observed our entrance;
they se' , w«\ed <0 have as little modest
covering on their minds, as on then
bodies, and the whole scene became
so unpleasant, that, declining our
conductress offer to show us further,
we made good (tnr retreat, fully satis
fied with die extent of our gratified
curiosity,.
Vernons who bathe for health do
not remain longer than a few mi
nutes, or yvhatever time may be pre
scribed, in the water; but when the
bafii js taken for pleasure, these pen-'
pie are So fond of it. that, like (he
Turks in tha cast of opium, they
probing its application to such an ex
tent, as u!t matcly to he equal y in
jurious to their strength and person
al appearance. Some pass many
hours every day in this debilitating
atmosphere, jinl/epemietii nt one
whole day in each week; great pur!
of which, however, is spared from
the water, tc be spent in making up
their faces, blackening ijiv hiir, eye
brows, and eye lash"*. sa;,u iff render
only occasional repairs ncces-ary du
ring the cnjling week. Thus occu
pied in the vaulted room, {hose e s
tern goddesses, growing in renewed
beauty under the hands of their at
tendant graces, meet each other jn
social conference; discussing famk
Ir anecdotes, of little scandals ol
their acquaintance { an '* not urif. e
quently, laying as entertaining
grounds of retaliation! by .the ar
rangi ment of some little intrigue of
theirown. For, lam told, there are
davs in the week when any lady may
engage the bath for herself alone, or
with any other party she may choose
to introduce as her companion. The
good dame who wan our conductress,
I understood is never backward in
preparing such accomodation *’
S»rR. traces much of Uns laxity of
morals to intercourses with the Hus
sian military, and states tlm»—•« A
mongst th* lower order in T flls, the
effect of European companionship
has been yet more decided. Owigg
to the numbers of Russian sol l icrs,
who, from time to time, have been
quartered in their houses, the custo
mary lines of seperation in those
houses could no longei he preserved;
and their owners were obliged to sub
mit to the necessity of their wives
being seen by their stranger guests.
The morale of * |pld{er, with regard
to wemen, are sc m I
Ihcse gentle, ntn> i-\M*
cepf inn tr the rul?,Jr : 'i W
f* ;«*»«•« al vl
_'-in<)s, to eradicate a j| ' ‘"‘B
female reserve, and it!
; ,c
t*r of tlit-if -■
- . tir ignorant i, , ■
WWCS.** 4 ‘•*4 A|
!Jev \i r 7 ' n
• »ev. in, t j
tt the folJo.vin-r emi y ““''W
:irs , relative t-i tq,, |<T I* 4 ®
the Holy i,a
passevp i- tins Venn- ‘^B
jr* -1
•h:*:rart. o^'W
U-'C Filg'im-, tke
: <s, { y,.y ak
Ip* ’ <le , "> n»invr a !|
I Gro-ksfron, v-ii, Wi|J , Hr "B
M
! fvemaic chamrtiT- the ,■ J'B
consists the 110^i : ,u,., ( nrd B
n: ! n< i h ‘"> I'awewr. „f
can tvn.i- -jV- I
Anostolia. and sneak -J
bat Fu kish. Very f nv of Ib.'-m*
1;,“ *. 1 ?® aycisge number „f J
t i S«m»,a 2i,0. mi B
°" ] y m arrived. 'lhcir Ll
unecs is very Wntcl.ed. 'iv P l
:7 ,!ns have visited Jell
tlm -V‘ ar m; *- v he t\m summed !
urceks, l«», Armruiann
; " J7 s ’ f ! s ° : SO.Vhil
from Damascus; Abmkm a l
Jerusalem fho stl ,, Nt) ,J
sak-m wore ull life and fi.i-.tle 1
avoid the confusion, Wc led tho J
by the gates of IkHileWm. rd l
smg along the nortf* s.tle fell i n J
the tram of Pil, ,i, nSIU ,| te „. J
"t. StnplwH. The scene w.fs vl
lively. The p ith through which |
down Mmiid Moriah, acil
the valley of Jehosaplmt, and•»,»l
side of Olivet, Wss lined with nl
pie uko came to witness the procefl
ion. A Turkish hand «f mu J
leaving the gates of St. Stephel
and accompanied ui{K Unners, p|
c reded *viih us ag far us a tree 1
Olivet, under width t e GoVerrl
of Jerusalem witn his court J
sealed. Guns were fired at inti
vals. 1
Jericho'— After having
number of hills, we descended i>flS
the plain us Jericho. In the
this plain appeared a luige
i fact, like an oast in (lie desert, a^H 1
uere embossed in the trees
the wret; hed mud built village
ncimt Jericho. formerly
if “.I tor the r.jjmber of (’aim
«:**• 1 " i tag.. nc;< r i I, andam that.
called “ jthe C.ilv of Talms.”
city was live first in Canaan
feM under the power of the
tea after their entrance into thebiHl
•d promise—mu' the walls fell
’cfore the ark of ti c Covenant, «
fiie first sound of the trumpet#,
(V year of the world 2.584, ami
for. Jesus Christ, J4CO. H
River JorJnn. —About half pjH
three ihe next morning, we all
•ut, by torch light, for (he JordaiH
The appearance of the Pilgrims,
vi.ig in numerous detached
with their flambeaux across the
was singular ami striking.
Jordan, sit the •-.pot whore the pdH
grims tiatltcd is beautifully
(pie —its breadth is *2(5 yards, an’ s
is shaded on both sides by thcthidß
foil age of closely planted tn cs. Tvß
water appeared turbid, and wad
(10-ot*. On retiring from the wat-eH
the Pilgrims employed ihemselve.siiH
rotting the branches from the
to carry home with them, a» tn«n>:®
(ii sof the Jordans. — I'hev
mounted their beasts and returnt’®
to their fa; iner station in the plain. I
lt> ad 0«r party set off b <■
the (onion with Prince B
Georgia a, ajid suite, to the "**■
Sea, where we arrived in ab I ’'.®
two hours and a half. We rami
bled about for some time on tMB
borders of the Latte, which covet,!
fjir ashes of Sodom and CJomorran,
1 tasted the water, and foun(M»
excessively nauseous. Some of
party bathed.
S>fomnns Temple.- Jerusalem *
a considerable place. I:te
beautiful building within Us wah» j*
the mason ft of Outer, which s s' 1 , 1 "
on the c'rlte of Solomon’s I «*nupi j
The Turks have a singular reverend
for the mosque, and will not. p”
m't a Christian to set hi# h>° 1,1 .
Urge grassv a-e.t which 4 «; r " l,r ' *
Vnley The «
which I most fre<]» nt a - e * ( ' ,l ‘
l«.l t. th.. W,r •( W*i
nliat, liv the fminMms <■ ■ ' ,
those 'h. t run along t- e side oi. #
From the side of o |ivet vo« »>;
v-rv commanding view of Jerusm*
The mosque of Onier appears p
cnlarfy fine from its situation,
greater IP»rt of the surround. 0..
try is most desolate «d '
Hills of white narrfiod r‘ ,f>k f
here «nd there with patches i
tivated land, every where meet®
/,sL*ad the eve.