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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. VoL TO ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1874. No. 34 ATLANTA TO PALESTINE. The Travels of a Georgia Lady. The Table d’Hote of Old England. The Rose-Scented Valleys of France. The Panorama of the Alps. The Buildings of Pisa. A Visit to Pompey’s Pillar. Queen Cleopatra’s Bath. Arrival in the HoivT,and. RATHBONIPS Specially Written by a Georgia Lady for The Atlanta Coustitntion. GEORGI A ST'TF, FATR— AMPHITHEATRE—OGLETHORPE PARK. Exited States Consulate General, Beirut, Syria, August 1, 1874. Editors Constitution: My promise of ■writing to you bns not been forgotten by me, thougii 1 fear you liave begun to think nay letter rather slow in coming ; hut the extreme heat we encounter) d on our first arrival quite incapacitated me for anything but laziness. Now, from under the shadow of Mount Lebanon, 1 send you our first greeting from PALESTINE. We were liighl / favored in every way during onr journey. The voyage across the Atlantic was very enjoyable, the ocean being as smooth as the North river for mere than half the distance. Some friends .joined us in New York, en route for Europe, making our own party tliir- 'tecn in number. We only spent oue day in Liverpool, which was quite long enough to put us out of all conceit of an ENGLISH HOTEL. Wc put up at a fine looking, new hotel, the * ‘Northwestem," opposite St. George’s lmll. Gas lighted up the spacious halls with all requisite brilliancy—but, alas ! for the sleeping apartments. No matter how magnificent the proportions, or how expensive the suite, here and there at magnificent distances a poor, dim, little candle is considered quite sufficient, for jtffc which luxury an extra charge is made., ' Curiosity in one of the ladies of our party manifested itself in the shape of an en quiry os to the reason; why, in such a fine, elegant building, gas burners were not made fixtures in all the rooms? With a smile of ineffable pity for our lamenta ble ignorance, our enlightened valet re plied, “llo, maain, has to that, hit his considered hunealthy to ’ave gas in the sleeping hapartments.” We had allowed ourselves to entertain rather exalted ideas on the subject of a real substantial, ■tylish ENGLISH DINNER. T a order to appreciate the famous roast* par excellence, we ordered dinner j. r our whole party, talile d’hote. On entering the neatly elegant dining hall, we saw a table laid for the given number in the center, and smaller oues ranged on either side, the entire leugth of tliu room, for the accommodation of six persons each. Immense silver covers, etc., on a 6ide table suggested everything to he de sired in the way of suhstantials, while liveried servants bowed us to our seats, which we took with the feeling that now we were to understand experimentally the delights of a true English dinner. Alas, for such proud hopes. The four elegant looking waiters looked utterly aghast at tlio unusual size of the party, (which numbered twelve persons,) that they were required to wait upon. After exchanging with each other looks of blank bewilderment—leaving the room —coming hack—holding loug consulta tions with the major dome of the silver covers—having managed in some unac countable manner to place before each of us a plate of soup—one hour elapsed be fore anything more substantial reached the table. Then some slices of lukewarm “ros beef’ appeared before our hungry vision. New potatoes, which we had ordered with it, appeared an hour after with the desert Some cold asparagus, however, found its way to a place before us during the consumption of the afore said beef. But time and patience fails to follow out the details of this, to us, most memorable of dinners. Suffice it to say, that we rendered the confusion of the expert quortett complete by ordering buttei, which, with the really excellent bread, appeased our hunger, and after tasting a gooseberry tart, iu which the berries had scarcely been warmed through, without a soupcon of sugar, un derneath a half baked crust, we con cluded to take it for granted that every thing else was very nice for a first classs English hotel, but would hardly bear comparison with any of our New York hotels. The next morning we started for LONDON, and from the long, wide range of win dows of our “parlor” car we enjoyed the charming scenery along the route of the new midland railway. On arriving in London we enquired at the “Charing Cross Hotel,” (another very large, new hotel,) if our puny, naming the number, could be accommodated. Receiving a satisfactory reply, we ordered our bag gage token up, and entered a reception room to wait, as we supposed, a few moments for the assignment of our rooms. The time became wearisome, and as it was six o’clock we concluded to wave the ceremony of dressing and pro ceed to dine. Such a large party enter ing a hotel discomposed everything here, as it did in Liverpool, and our dinner c/i perience was veiy similar. Not until after eleven o’clock that evening did we obtain possession of our rooms. The next morning we obtained very nice ac commodation at an excellent boarding house in Portland Place, after which we spent a delightful week, meeting many old lriends, some from Japan, sight see ing, etc. After we crossed the channel our ride through the country scenery of FRANCE was delightful. It was just the right time of year to see the landscape in its iweetest, freshest dress. The air was laden with the scent of flowers, newly mown hay, and all the indescribable sweets of pure, country air, while we were continually passing trees crimson with their rich load of delicious cherries. Having supplied ourselves with plentiful baskets of the same, we tested their qualities, enjoying a delicious feast. We all agreed that they were the largest and finest flavored we had ever eaten. We had a delightful week in Paris, and then our route brought us, in a few hours, in view of the glorious ALPINE SCENERY, and for many hours we were passing through a panorama of unrivalled beauty. Rich valleys, lovely lakes, vine-clad mountain sides, dashing cascades, softly flowing rivulets, and lofty peaks, crowned sometimes with curious shrines, ruined towers, and often with white caps of snow. Our traveling friends parted from us a few miles distant from Geneva, for which city they took another train and we went-on, up higher and higher, till the Mount Cenis tunnel, art has assisted nature to create a.com plete house of . exceeding roomy dimen sions. The entrance ana exit for the sea is through fine arches. Passages lead from this apartment to dressing rooms, which were no doubt elegantly fitted up for the comfort of this luxurious old queen and her favorites. We drove to the market and beheld an almost unlimited variety of fruits and vegetables,^ and purchased a large quan tity of delicious fruit to take on board; for the next morning, which was the fourth of July, we left Alexandria in a s nail English steamer for I; ■ ; BEIRUT, where wc arrived on the Gth, and ob tained comfortable accommodations at a good hotel overlooking the sea. As my letter is already so long, I will postpone all account of this place, &c., to : another time. The heat is literally melting, and we shall be obliged to follow the path of all the foreigners, to the mountains, before we have courage to ' " "YE. Some persons hastily bny such a Store as soma friend has been using, Instead of looking for the ou that EKB0D1ES THE LATEST WVHOTKHEXTS. THE ACORN COOK HAS ; Largest Oven of any Family Stove. Bakes and Boasts splendidly, quickly, evenly. Ventilated Oven, Fire liox Jtuttoju and Back. Donble Centres, Hot Blast Doors. Largest Finest Splendid Draft. C ,'iJ Longest Fire Box, for long Wood. Hearth Swings, won’t soil floors or carpets. ^ Air passes behind durable Flro Back. Tnrn Buckles draw Oven horr^'fn ttrb*. Oven Doors lined with bright Tin. HEAVY, BEST NEW IKON, WON’T CBACK. WARRANTED 8AT18PA0T0RV. accs among the grand scenery of the Ap- penines. Our next stop was at GENOA. where we spent three days. Among in teresting places here the Campo Santo is first. It is literally a marble palace ,/or the dead, three stories iu height, built around an immense court, surrounded by lofty hills, which form a natural amphi theater. The grand marble «tjtf*$asgs to tba corridors woUfch grace any -pdlacs? oT" , , , „ „ , tlie living. In the lofty corridors are iet *, l ^ e , ount Lems^ tunnel, placed in niches the coffins and sealed up, 4,000 feet above the sea. It is eleven j am j j n f rou t 0 f each one is erected the miles in length and we went through in mos t beautiful statuary in purest white twenty-six minutes. After this other j marble, always commemorative of the having two immense courts in the! center, with a suite of rooms between the two— dining room, drawing room, &c., with doors and windows opening into each court, one of which was a flower garden, with fountains, statuary, &c., and the other a fruit garden. There was the -famous amphi-tlieatre, where men fought with w:,d beasts. A splendid group of tv els , , , , .... style. No statuary here was grand and beautiful beyond ( p). ice there which has not been approved description. Gue particularly grand and m- u committee of artists competent to immense old tower, covering a summit ot judge of the merit of the work, wondrous height, and apparently com- j Mere is more beautiful statuary than pletely inaccessible, was m sight a long j caa ], e f 0U nd in any art gallery in Europe, time owiniJ- to the wmrlintr of the roan. 1 t_ : . „ . .. .......... mounds of masonry, denoted the place of sacrifice. We needed days, instead of hours, here. NAPLES looks very grand as it rises from the sea, with its marble palaces, and show- ey gardens, but a near view dispels the /charm, and the filth and stinks, wretchedness, and every horrible type of human take up the pen again. G. M. THE SATRAPPY OF LOUISIANA! An “Alleged” Forgery on the “A1 leged” War Department by Some “Alleged” Bo hemian. Also for sale, the FOREST CITY, Manufactured by BATHBONE, SARD & CO., Albany, IT. Y. SOLD BY HUNHICUTT & BELLINGRATH 12 Marietta St., ATLANTA, GA. sepli— d2taw&wlyr [By telegraph to the Constitution] Washing-ion, September 19.—Order regarding the salrapjyy of Louimana: War department,- Adjutant OenerdCt Office d ^J&ptfntbcr, 1**’.'%* Gen. W. u. Emory, commdndinaikc Department of the Gulf, at 2?m\QfWlns; You will follow out instructions is in former dispatches. All turbulent persons must be put under: arrest. The order must be implicitly complied with. (Signed) E. D. Townsend, Adjutant General. SECOND DISPATCH. Washington, Sept. 9.—The order cop ied from the Republican, captioned “Ba-r Estray Notice. T OLLED before me on the 14th day of September, 1874, as an estray, by E. P. Ellis, of the 530th district, G. M., of De- Kalb county, Ga., a white and black colored COW, with long horns, marked with half crop in the right ear and swallow-fork in the left, supposed to be twelve or fourteen years old. Appraised by Marti.i C. MeKey and Levi Simpson, freeholders of said district and county, to be worth fifteen dollars, and th-t it is worth twenty-five cents a day. to keep said cow. The owner is hereby notified to come be fore me, prove property, pay costs and ex penses and take said cow away, else she will be sold on the premises of E.‘ P. Ellis, the taker up of said cow, on Thursday, the 24th day of September, 1874. This the 14th day of September, 1874. JOHN B. STEWARD, Orjlinary. deformity! one en-j tm M?Py Louisiana,” is pronounced, at counters in the streets of Naples, j ty? war department, a forgery, is so completely sickening that* third dispatch. ,• i * •- V XXT a QUTVl'TnK Korkt 10 TI Really the adjacent scenery anu literally so deeply, darkly, beautifullv tow;ers seemed to correspond exactly bluu The weather was all that could be with the descriptions and plot ot that desired, and as all our meals were served beautiful story. Even the flowing stream at its base might have held the “debatea- lile ford.” We spent two days at tchin, on deck under a fine awning, we enjoyed the full benefit of the strong pure air. LEGHORN was our next stop. Hero we did a little one feels as it it would be only reiful if old Vesuvius would cover it | all up as be did Pompei and her sister city so many centuries ago. We learned from our guide, that before Victor Emmanuel’s time, many of the streets in Naples were quite impassable on accouut of their being constantly used as the receptacle of all the fllth, garbage, &c., from the hous es, where it was allowed to lie and rot, who sat in one of the lower windows smoking. We passed quite near him, aud were surprised at his extremely youthful appearance. He has a very amiable, pleasant face. We visited two cathedrals there much finer than any in France—St. Philips, the largest and oldest in Turin, and St. John’s, very rich in its solid silver and exquisite paintings. The dome is of rare beauty, of black tnarbla and bronze, costing 20,009,000 francs. Here is also a very magnificent organ, for which the same sum was paid. We had tiie pleasure of bearing its rich and exquisite tones, as we were there during the celebration of the Pope’s cor onation. Here are some elaborately carved tombs—one was that of Victor Emanuel’s wife most delicately sculp tured in purest white marbie. The fea tures and expression are said to be a perfect copy of herself in life and health. She is in a sitting position, and her draper}’ is fastened at the throat with a brooch on which is cut a fine likeness of Victor Emanuel. We next visited the armory and museum, where among a choice variety of intensely interesting objects, we saw two noble horses that t ad been shot under Victor Emmanuel, nd another that was killed under Napo leon. The skin had been carefully sew ed up so as to show the exact place and size of the fatal wound, and they looked very life-like as they stood with heads proudly raised, as if conscious of the grand 'part they had played upon the battle-field. Here also we saw the vari ous horrid instruments of torture of the cruel inquisition. Among objects of great beauty and value we lingered ad miringly ove. a exquisitely beautiful photograph album, v ui h h ul Kv 1 pre sented to King Victor Emmanuel by the ladies of Florence. It was quarto size, bound in blue el vet, the presen tation inscription oeuig beautifully let tered iu diamonds on t'ae vejvet cover, also a sword presented to him by the citizens of Naples, the hilt of which was sparkling with diamonds—two of enor mous size—rubies, emeralds and saphircs. We spent several hours in the art gal lery admiring the wonderful delineations of'Raphael, Rubens, Valesquez, Paul Beninese, etc. Then we drove along the banks of the jjp^uuer noiauon and summer pal- Jr. Can any reasonable man s' president to 'become a party . plored the wondrous leaning tower erect- j l|j r °uev siODvras^at 7 ed about the year 1100 by the famous j UJr ne op was at Galileo for scientific discoveries, espc i messexa, cially in gravitation. The cathedral on the island of Sicily. This town is near the tower is the second finest in the ; thoroughly Italian, prettily situated on a world—St. Peters at Rome, only being! gentle slope, rising from the sea. In front first. The famous mosaic pavement had ; „t it runs a lovely strip of sand beach, been brought from Constantinople, where j; nj we saw many bathing houses, sug- they were made 1000 years B. C. A gej-tive of one healthful luxury lor the great number of fine painting? by the '.--.habitants. This island is very moun- old masters deserved long study ruinous, but the soil Ls of exceeding ricli- and admiration. The high altar was of solid silver, as were the enormous candlesticks, cost’y offerings of gold and silver ornaments abounded. In the transept hung Gali leo’s lamp—a bronze chandelier—his own invention. In the same grounds, and very near tlie cathedral, was the Baptis try—the finest dome in all Europe. It is truly a magnificent temple, a perfect marvel of beauty and art,while the acons- tic contrivance of the whole is so per fect that a few melodious notes of the human voice fill the whole place like the rich swelling symphonies of a fine or- gan. The guide told us that Kellogg sang here with wonderful effect ou the occa sion of her visit. We bought photographic views of all these wonderful buildings, which we had been obliged sorely against our will to hurry through, and^ that same evening left Leghorn for Naples, and enjoying the glorious light of a full moon, entered that beautiful bay on the evening of the Washington, Sept 19.—The war de partment has a messenger out to see how the alleged forgeryregarding the satrappy of Louisiana was achieved. The opin ion is that it is genuine, but has been withdrawn, and the department wants to shake off all responsibility. ■ i up ^ The Last ol His Line. sept!6-wlt — Administrator’s Sale. TY7TLL be sold between the usual hours VV of sale, at Summerville, on the first Tuesday in November next, for purposes of ,'i distribution, by virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary, the splendid farm be longing to the estate of Charles A..Wheeler, !a deceased, in Chattooga, county, Geonrio, . th. ee miles below the village of Summerville, on Chattooga river, consisting of about 6Cj ' acres of land,.about oue half of which is / cle .red. About 150 acres of the finest river land, in a solid block, uncleared. Dr. i: Wheeler gave before the war $10,000 in cash for this land, when lands were cher p. As it must be sold for cash for distribution among the ln-irs, a.ul none of them are able to buy, ai a great bargain may be had. It may not bring one-half the purchase money. Any where on the Coosa river, below Rome, it would bring $20,000. AUGUSTUS R. WRIGHT, Adrn’iv sepl8—wtnOvlst Rome, Ga. ::<and the orangegroves aud vineyards creeping up the mountain sides, made a beautiful landscape, with grand old Mount Etna towering far above all the o.thcr mountain tops. Four days more, and we were at ALEXANDRIA, bathed in the waters of the Nile, visited Pompey’s pillar. The catacombs, the most wonderful of all the places we have yet seen. Its magnitude, and intricacies astonished us. The first story below the surface of solid rock, has been explored many miles in all directions. Several streets or avenues converge to a rotunda, which occuis at stated distances. These arc large enough, and were probably used as temples, the domes being much more lofty than the roofiag of the streets. All the intervals from street to street, are completely honey combed, showing the long-ago resting places of the exhumed mummies. No bounds have yet been ascertained except the water-side of this immense old ceme- second day under the shadow of smoul- tery, though there is a very distinct separ- denng old V esuvious. 1 ation between the position assigned to • ^ e on s . lore early the next morn-1 royalty and that of the commonality, ing, and procuring a guide and carriage j w'e cannot conceive the amount of labor w ere on for • ;l nd time that must have been suspended pompeit, | in the excavation of this vast space. No where we spent some hours in exploring: explosive means could have been used, the many centuries’ buried city. The ’ Everywhere you go the traceiy of fine perfect state of preservation in which cbissel work just as the hand of the much of it still is, is truly wonderful. ' workman left it—nobody knows how The frescoes on the walls or the houses, i many centuries ago. It would probably mosaic floors, fountains, baths, beau- ] be undiscovered now, but for the en- tiful marble, statues, as white and ] croaeimients of the sea, which washed fresh looking as if they had been away a portion of the rocks, exposing just erected. Forty-two streets have been what appeared to be the entrance to a uncovered, and still the work goes on'. No traces of poverty have yet been dis? covered. We saw several oil sh^ps. In flome of the jars oil was found, fresh and cave. The hollow sound upon tlie solid rock floor shows that there is a similar ex cavation beneath, but the entrance to it ha: hot vet lieen found. We next viewed lie dresses in black. His clothes are well made and fit him perfectly. His on ly jewelry consists of a plain gold watch, worth about $500, which he seldom dis turbs from its place in his vest pocket. He loathes all unnecessary personal adornments. Three small, plain, linen- covered buttons’appear on his shirt bo som, No watch chain is visible. He wears a black leaver hat, which weighs half a pound less iuan the heavy, gray tove-pipes fashion ordains shall be worn this summer. His hair of reddish gray, is neatly dressed at all times. His beard, which is more tinted with gray hair, is short, and trimmed regularly so as to be kept at the same length all the year round. Where a cumbersome^ mustache ought to be a hair is never permitted to attain more than a day’s growth. lie is of a slender, though compact, physique. His complexion is ruddy, aud bespeaks the best of health. He always looks as if he had just left the toilet table. This man is seventy-four years of age. In conversation his keen blue eyes are never for an instant taken off yours. His face bears the impress of prudence, discretion, self-confidence—a calmness impossible to ruffle, and above all of honesty and truthfulness. He never speaks loud enough to be heard ten steps from where he stands. Eaves droppers cannot catch even the sound of his voice. He shakes hands with you cordially, nay, even warmly. He is courtesy and politeness itself. His con versation is always couched in the refined language of the educated gentleman. He uses no slang. He is witty, and at times vivacious. He is no teetotaler; he drinks only at meal hours; his favorites wines are Johannisberg, from Prince Metter- nich’s private vineyard, the like of which is not easily found in this country; he is fond of sherry and Madeira. His wine- cellar contains probably the choicest col lection of wines in America. This man’s wealth is estimated at one hundred mil lions, made by him since 1834, in New York city. He has no children ; he has not a single known relative on the face of this earth. He is the last of his race. It is A. T. Stewart. Jay Cooke’s Bankruptcy. [By Telegraph to The Constitution.] Philadelphia, Sept. 19.—In the ex amination of the bankruptcy of Jay Cooke A Co., the evidence given by Jay Cooke shows, regarding the purchase of Some Valuable Property ALE. good. Some of the houses deserved the j Cleopatra's bath, which is an enomiou> tame of palaces, they were so luxurious, j natural rock extending into the sea, and X entire possessions, 750 acres of Valuable Farming Lands, lying 6 miles north of ATLANTA, G A. 200 acres cleared laud, 125 acres of fine bottom land in a fine state of cultivation, bal ’nee finely timbered; one large dwelling of seven rooms, other outbuildings that are necesspiy ; one store house at a good stand; five roads coming to said stand; two good welts of ele gant water and living water on entire pos session; 400 fine fruit trees of both peach aad apple, and other fruits. Also, one lot of land, 202J acres, lying in Fu ton county, lying 12 miles north of At lanta, having upon it one of the BEST SILVER MINES ever found in the State of Georgia. One vein 10 feet wide, having several other veins form 3 to 5 feet in width on said property. No cleared land on said property. Pleniy of water. Assays of said ores by Keef & Co., ofJNew York, $87 26 per ton of ore. Also, 400 acres of land lying 12 miles north of Atlanta, 3 miles from the A. & R. A. R. R., having 4 good gold veins now opened on ir-. Ores assayed by Keef «te Co., of New York, $256 86 per ton of ore. 75 acres cleared; balance finely timbered land. Also. 1000 acres of land lying 10 miles north of Gainesville, Georgia, and 4 miles from Belton depot on A. L. R. R.; 200 acres cleared land; 150 acres of fine bottom lend under cultivation. On 6aid property is one GOLD VEIN, opened at the depth cf 30feet. the ore is very fine. TWO LARGE IRON ORE HILLs, inexhaustable, on said prop erty—one good. Shade aud water plenty in i mile of Iron Ore beds. The deposits mines of Gold is said to be good on this property. This property is a part of the celebrated Glade Mining Property. There is said to be DIAMONDS on said property—some have been found on said property. TITLES ALL PERFECT. Terms for said property rnsde easy. I am old and want to sell. 3 Address me at Atlanta, Georgia. seplS—dlt&w3t HENRY IRBY. TO PRINTERS. E WILL SELL A COMPLETE OUT tit for a country printing office at very low certain Northern Pacific bonds, A . , , . _ Dioper credits were not given on the firm t ®* ures * ^ S 00 ®- outfit for a job office also ooks for any such purchase. ‘led. W. A. HEMPHILL & CO. INDISTINCT PRINT

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The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1868-1878, September 22, 1874, Image 1