Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-11-12

that tie settlement bf ts..f aIaIs Is utterly hope
less--thcy must be dsarned and rilcd by the iron
rod Of military dsspo, fos half century to dsa-
COON them into Obedience to law and habits OF peace
and industry pity them not; rogues all BYRON
gives you the clcarest notion of Grceian locality but
bad one ofthe Greek peope--Gckic savage, merce-
nary, cunning il IN rgroyeilins It slaves al.
mlre the Turkish character and think we have used
HIM scnryily always his sincere ally, we had
ittc right to interfere with his subjects The
Turkish rule was too mild It's Sweetness was It's
,aul,-Grcehs ruled in the councils; Greeks were
the secretaries, the advisers, the dpomaiiss of the
nominal authorities Greek pundered Greek, as
they always did & always " Ill, unless raed despe,
csiIv. From Greece we wen, TO Tarsus, in Gill
Ga famed as the birth place of st. PAuf, more IA
med as the spo, where Alexander after crossing
the Taurus, batIied in the river Cy'nus and caught
fever the river is, as it was, cold mountain tor
rent, but Tarsus, city Of palaces. like every city
in the Enst, has disappeared it is now miserable
Turkish village In all the towns OF Asia Minor and
Syria, you discover the remains Of former spendof
granite and marble shafts and capitals worked INTO
modern nlud and stone walls, layin rs sils TO door
ways, stuck in the ground for posts this IS exact
ly the case OF Laodcea, TrpolI, Sidon, Tyre, and
Joppa Inscriptions of Consular Rome and the low
clnpirc-Saraccl interruptions.
Tripoll is one o. the best Of the maritime towns
in the Levant the streets are narrow, admitting
only passenger each side and horse IN the
centre, which Is also water coulse-,he ranges OF
shops IRE the only archcd cayes the streets bound
together by arches osery here and there. The
dwelling Of all Arab houses is bat 1out you
mount by narrow stone stairway and enter the
dIvan, an open room raised at the further end ont
oiths the other apartments open, they never build
| higher for earthquakes are common and severe
that different style of building would be unsafe
the roof and arched door ways ant corIices OF the
walls are ornnmenied with Arabesquc work, that
is painted or carved in regular figures Of uiyers
colors, from beautiful correctness to the nveannesl
daubing the effect is pretty. The furniture con
sists Of carpets, mats, and cushlos in the centre
Of the dlvan, or room open in front to n paved
court, there IL gcneraya marble tountan-pipes,
lemonade and coffee always presented 10 you.
OF the women (who are not Moslems, for you
not get to see them) cannot speak much in their
praise /; they have good black eyes, the color of
which they heighten by staining the edge OF the
| eyclid with black pigment; they have good fea-
lures, face oval, but without expression they are
ignorant rarely able able To read OF WRITE and
want all the sentiment which makes women with
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the East. They marry early, perhaps never see
the man 10 whom they acc berothed it is an affair
ofthe parents--no woman is seen uncovered in thu
srcets-a loose robe like sheet is thrown over the
rest Of the dress, with some open work before the
eyes Tho following was the dress of the wife
of tho Secretary of AbdaIlah, Pashs Of Acre Over
her hair gathered 10 the top Of her head, she wore
tight cap Of gold cloth surrounded by folds of
lin as turban-arom the centre of the front, gold
coins Of the country ,hickly strunS, carried on
each side to the back Of the neck-from under the
tnrban in lieu Of her hair, silk cords cau2h, togeth
or at regular distances hung down TO her hips and
yccd her back and shouders-to the eud OF enc.l
slken braid gold con was suspended which, |
when she walked made strange jnging sound,
n worked muslin handkerchief round her neck was
made to has in front and bold that part of Syrian
lldys person which is usually abandoned 10 its
own ways and the gaze ofevery bchoder n,usi n
teowsrrs caught al the knee and ancc stockings
yellow slippers a tunlc with loase hanging sleeves,
and embroidered red jacket with loose sleeves, 4
sash wound several tin round the waist, forming
u knot before nude up the dress. The practice Of
sluatling and sitting cross-lesgc makes some part
Of their figures vide and their gait awkward the
Asatc saluta,ion is very graceful, bending with
the hand upon the heart, and sometimes touching
! the forehead