Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1839-11-14

la, MN iie Nsihing h4Ws.er % ID shake
h., resolution She returned 10 England. e4.het6l
iiIs remainder Il lrf iaftuue. sHdcd aRnn lar 0fts
i,sl landed 81 Lftaka. tie ancient IaudIcea slif
had af g4st fha8cln Of lsior her asaf - Riauzsf 5.
,t lie fyat a 0lfmrns bat B5onssa cumurtt II
CIV silitsfe The asepuHs 10 tie Ottoman capfll
and re- kaufne rot less ilf5n s,fy ihonsHnd inAsh
ianfs and Lad, Hester SIaBhope sapRhl The indie
peuara,e AID solitude Of Tie Desert. Size tiiete=
lgrc selected the wilderness Oh Mount Lebanon.
whose rzfItme fsplGcauens lose theu GIVES m The
sands. Ruined psia,yia- Ie8obll's ancient eaptai
suited her fihcy. The noble cHiic took up lier
residence NJ Djanni. prepared fpr every ycissitnde
= Emape," said shr IS monot0noHs residence its
nations are unworthy II ireedon, and epdless reyoln
ton, are INV ofthy Uf freedom" She applied her
obtain thorough acquaintance with tie character
and manners Of lie yuan people. One day, dressed
in Ibe casumc Of the Osmlnlis. she sc DOL Tor Je-
fusalcn, Damascus. Alcrpo. aud the Dcscf; she
advanced amidst caravan lolde1 With wealth. tents
and PRESENTS foI tie Seheks aud was soon SIR
rounded by all the Tribes, vino kGolt TO her, aud
submitted 70 her supremacy.
II was not solely by hrr magn6ecnce thai Lady
Hester had excited the admiration OF the Arabs her
courage bad been proved more than one oeca-
sIou. and she had always faced peril with bodness
aud encfgy which the tribes well reincr bered. La
day Hester Staphopc knew, also, how 10 1atter the
Nlahnn,fnedan pfeJodicos. She held no intercourse
wnh Christians and Jews she spent whole days in
the grotio OF a sanion. who explained the Koran 10
her; and never appealed M public without thai mlen
OF niajesle and grave inspiration which was always
unto Oriental nations the characteristic OF proph.
els. With her however hls conduct WIS
not much The result Of design oil a decided
propeness } ovety species ol excitement and oiig-
nany.
Lady Hester Stanltope's FIST abode was bnt a
monas cay. Ii was s1on transformed into an Or
entail palace, with payflions, otargc gardens, and
myftles, over winch spread the lulilCe ofthe cedar
such grows IN the mountains e Lebanon. The
traveller 10 whom Lady Hester opend tins sanctua.
~ would behold her clad Oriental garments. Her
head was covered with atulban made Of y red and
white cadsimeie. She wore long tunic with open
bose sleeves bfge Turkish trousers, tie folds OF
which hung over yellow morocc CO boots embroidered
with silk Her shoulders were covered with a soil OF
bulnous, and yalaehHn hung AT hefwasl. Lady
Hester Stanhope had serious aud imposing conn
tenance; her noble aud mild features had males
tic expression. which her high stature and the dIgn-
~ oI her movements enhanced.
Tile day com when all this prestige, so expensive C.
ly kept UP. suddenly vanished. Lady lesler's for,
lunc rapidly declined her income ,edtly decreased
IN short the substantial which had NJ Que
line sustained the mage OF her extraordinary do
mlnallon were daily lufsaking her. The Queen of
Pamyra ihen fell back into the rank oil mere morals
aud she who had signed absolute Grmans enabling
the HagcorIo visit ~ security the regions OF Pal
myra--she whose authority the Sublime Pore had
taeitly acknO" ledged-soon saw her people disown
bel omnlpotcney sho was left the title of Queen,
but II was an empty uamc mere recollection ; aud
again the monasttry's silence ruled over the ude
OF DJonuh Queen. stripped OF her glory OF n day
Lady Hester Sianhope has expired The sport of fate
the moment the East IS CONFUSED. She has ex.
plrrd III obscatiiy aud loueno without even ming.
Ing her name with die great events Of which II is
now the theatre.