more the ancient palace of the kings of called the house of once a superb edifice is now a magnificent pile of ruins whilst many of the of their earliest kings built on a great scale with their columns and ornaments remain perfect sir john visited at the celebrated � tomb of samuel over which is erected a fine in the middle of the to which tiie go m pilgrimage at he saw the of the two kings of and that of ter of than which nothing could be more rich or magnificent the door to each being with silver and the surround ed with of the same metal to that of the per g ve the title or pure and hold it in veneration near is also the monument of one of the most celebrated of the po is and visited in and the holy land the of joseph and the tomb of tht pillar of and saw splendid arches sup by columns and many stone with beautiful of and foliage by time whilst was a barren spot to dry their on and once the residence of queen of the east and the ancient ur city of the sun exhibited only the i of the specimens of architecture that ever existed in according to dr at the modem the of joseph and still remain as everlasting as the solid rocks in which they were and with the passage of the the bones of joseph which the children of brought up out of egypt buried they in the veneration paid in all ages by jews christians and has preserved the of their situation lapse of time and the of nature have had no effect upon them and they continue as perfect to this day as when first completed though the of the holy is now destroyed the of our over which it was erected still remains devout may yet approach the consecrated shrine and over come with holy and awful feelings pour forth their pious aspirations has attempted to throw a doubt upon the of the spot where the body of our vol i s n tlie the bill j c tbat the e e where from age to age who the t tomb end hail the pope s a veneration for t se celebrated by their � has preserved them fr e from the of time and the rude band of the though the empire against which the heroes long since was rent from old foundations and even the ruins of are now no more the wars of and the sublime poem of have been termed a fiction that they are not founded on these monuments where travellers in all ages have poured forth the tribute of the r homage remain a lasting testimony and heroes who have visited these of ancient glory have confessed the inspiration of the place at the tomb of poured forth his enthusiastic admiration of great sublime virtues and standing on the sacred spot the of his mighty hero received the inspiration of his character and threw it glowing with poetic fire into his immortal line there the young hero of paid his vows to the illustrious shade with oil the pillar and call it may be remarked that s of not the sod or the many of rope s if more to the author and more of the spirit of the as may be ob by comparing the both we a noble tomb v e warriors of the cm host on a tall into the spacious that all who live and who shall yet be bom may thy record from the distant waves r nothing the mighty ghost by pope to � up the sc l is b has arranged ui lilies it i� g upon f df � sublime rapture oh happy in thy life happy in h mend at happy in such a poet as to thy memory m be � � � � art i i r� v and n tribes in its i by a military attached to the yellow stone expedition in � th� force des form military on the of the th regiment of and the st rifle regiment these troops were concentrated in the of st louis early in the month of june the of the u was i by the novelty of having pa t of the for die and visions up th v four l ge m to the th success of the s was not however t npon th result oc experiment in steam preparations were mad v ant of iu a a iso tip the waa a small steam boat tf the accommodation of the scientific men who accompanied u in was intended to have drawn but and d with uncommon our present advanced post i aft the v as beyond � forty � rom tho of the and about four the month of the to point e troops e in from there they must be embodied the appearance of the aft tis the i and gloomy no ate to the of it shores and its bid rushes a channel ed with sand and filled with of trees whole tops above th wi like to m stone forbid die approach of its current of the whose stream in vain to avoid the at certain seasons a union of the waters does not take place until they reach below st louis and so convinced are the inhabitants of this of the superior of the water that on these they go a considerable distance to obtain it for domestic uses is eighteen miles up the it was formerly a military post and is still a for and other military an instance of the of the river upon its banks is evident at this place the main channel flows where in the fort stood and the garden which was two hundred paces in rear of the fort is now on the verge of the river 