Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-03-25

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ed contempt for her own sex. aud their cfc,pir,tc
nhNtS ana feelings, Is not likely To coucilate them
Alh"uEh she refuses fcom the real or suupossd iii
"'"''u'"' "l one on two English travellers, To see
any oil her '"untrymen, She has more than once
been their bcncfactor. On one occaS,nu s,, mo
Sentcd traveller at Damascus with two tbousond
piastreS, whose money had failed him i'm , iourrc,
from in"la. When AN unfortunate Frencinan ::
man OF science, was Shot by some Arabs from be-
""" Tue iocNS, us lc was Skechins ii scene in some
Oh 'h' mountains in the interior, ut Il considerable
"'>''hce' she was al great pains in recovering his
rP''s """ "''"hS Il" MS teatonS and procuring for
them every Intelligence.
Ca the following day we proceeded to Bciro,,,.
an" !" couple OF hours came 10 a miserable khan:
"eh passing oven sandy tract az the. close OF nv
we entered the pleasant aud shady lanes leadiu, to
n''""'' winch look very much like English ONES
"e'"S recommended To the House of NJ. Alassal. "A
native, proceeded there, and ASCENDING fliabt of
S"P'' e"te''u Il small paved cout, wiki apart
m'htS all around ii. NV abode here would have
pleased the most ftstdiuus ast,; the anart.nt had
thicc windows IN front. which looked oyer tho o,,,,
ana gardens, and Mount Lebanon, at three miles
"'s,'nce' ITS interior submits covered with snow;
an" Inc window III the end looked over the bnv
NasSad was respectable looking old man; Inc had
two sons and one daughter, who went about the
mouse with dozen strings Of gold coin DANGLING
about her ears aud neck. Our table was n-oyidrd
Win as ilnc beet from Mount Lebanon as could l..
hAd III EhSlani, aud excellent wine. At least Il
dozen sorts of wine are Produced from this noun
tam aud ITS n,ighbo,hood, red and white: amonc
the latter the NIndoro is rf the best: they are
| all cheap enough. This town. the ancient Bcrvtus.
contains six thousand inhabitants; the situation j.
the most beautiful al ali the Syrian towns; the en-
v'"ns are land out Ia plantations of mulberry trees
and quantity of silk is produced and ,auor;ed.
The war between the two pachas of Acre and
D''hascuS' nj thl' TIME, disturbed the whole coun-
Try and rendered travelling yeiy unsafe he cx
actions and expressions Of Tie former harrass the
people excessively An Ii-tauC of this occurred
at Sr'oA, Il week after ate my arrival. The Pa
cha seat To 4 Turkish Gentlemen Cf p.opertv there
tn demand 1t very Large advance which he refused
l" pay, but soon received intelligence that more
summary means would be adopted. He knew no
time was 10 tc lost; assembled MS t.w Ctihiu ser
wants, AMI after taking very affecting leave nj In,
wife whom Inc tend ry loved, rode OF to pa
maScus, Carrying with him the most yalnabl, and
portable pant OF his property The dav altet. the
fdchd n!hccf arrived from Acre and seized ali tho
effects that were left behind, Without however in
su.''IS the I""y' WIN" could not accompany the ra-
pa hlghi oi her husbd al. This young Chi f of
Acre Is capable of any enormtv. and mas bribed
the Prince of the DrSvs ~ assist him i'm this wa,
with the Ddutascencs. The consul Sir 4. had
no" arrived nj Bcifoul; and having procured an
cNceilent house, ! ivs'ded with him a few weeks
ve'y aereeably. This house was built by Greek
merchant, at considerable expense. foi his own g.
sidcnce; when the Governor of Buito;.t. which is
~ the pact1lic oi Acre, an order to him to de-
liver 1t up, he wished to uIiabit il himself The
merchant, terrified, fed to the interior OF Mount
!cuHnun, where afterwards met with him just
al TINS time the Consul arrived, and the House
prii2 unoccupied. he demanded il for his own use;
ana the GoTcfn"r after much alteration. thought
lHnprl !" confede II. The poor merchant sent a
mos grateful letter to Mr.. A. for preserving his
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