Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1841-11-11
NO. 80,

America, from the purity with which she speaks
our language Her manners, too, are not those
of the Jews Of Cairo. As to my own history,
have only to add to what you have already sur
missed, that TIL lately, | have held midship-
mans hearth on board the frigate United States
that, owing to accession of fortnne | have
quilted the service, which entered merely from
a desire to see foreign countries and have lately
beenon a tour up the Nile, to examine the ruins
of Dendara and 1hebes. May claim the privi-
lece of knowing the name, and something furth-
ar of the history of him whom ! address,
81 acknowledge to the name of Absolom Hen
lit, in America-here, my brethren simply call me
Absoom. Believing that the Jews on the
eve of being restored 10 their former greatness,
FIVE years ago came to Cairo, to await the event.
have little 10 add--you know the sequel.'
e'your daughter, Naomi
ais present, and ought before this, to have ex-
pressed her sense of gratitude to you for the risk
you have run in her behalf Excuse me" and
the old man left the apartment.
In few minutes the door was rc-opened, and
the beautiful Jewess appeared-the matchess
Naomi-but so altered in appearance, from the
richness of her dress, that Wingate could hardly
identify her with the person in the garb of an
Albanian peasant that he had made love to, among
the ruins of Palmyra. Yet those dark expressive
eyes, those ruby lips, those squlne features, and
that demarche legere ct gracieuSe could belong to
no other. If he thought her lovely then, how
much more SO did she now appear, with her fair
and classic bnoutv off nv hat
queenly dress-beaming full ON his sight. Your
poets and mad romancers may talk about love, in
a cottage, or simplicity in attire, and all such
nensense as setting off grace and loneliness, but
we, who eschew fiction and romance in every
shape, are opposed to such pervasion of taste
No, there is nothing like the pomp and circum-
stance of riches, to give zest TO the effects of
symmetry of form and faultless features
Naomi blue SATIN bodice, fitting close
to the bust, and robe of white linen cambria, so
full, that when she sat down the low ottoman,
it lay in snowy heaps on the carpet Her waist
was encircled by a galaxy of costly gcms-her
full round arms, bare nearly to the shoulder, and
almost snowy the muslin of her robe, were
oncircled with wristlets of plant gold, casped
with diamonds ofmmense size. The awkward
ness of her immense turban-the only ungainly
article in the dress ofthe Oriental Jews-was re-
leyed by spray of brillants that blazed like the
rays of the sun, over her right temple. A pair of
silver-bronzed slippers set off her small foot and
eXquisitely turned ankle to perfection.
You must know, unbeliever, that this is no fic-
ton The rich Jews of Spria surpass all other
people in the costliness of their apparel. The
profusion and splendor described in the Tales of
the Arabian Nights, may still find parallel in
Damascus, Bagdad, and Aleppo.
Naomi advanced to meet the midshipman with
taltering gait, and countenance wherein
'.The pale contended with the crimson rose'-
and where each alternately got the mastery. He
ed her to a seat. For a moment both were
abashed. Perhaps the lady was thinking of the
mdshipmans passionate words at Palmyra
Wngate thinking of his temerty in address
ing such language to the magnificent creature
before him. But our hero was not a person to
remain long at fault he drew an ottoman beside
that of of the lady.
'Naomi, may not tell you the pleasure it
gives me to see you again safety, said he taking
her hand in his.
"And were ungrateful,' replied she, "did
not feel a heavy weight removed from my heart
at again meeting you knowing that for our pres
ervation, You waited the issue of meeting with
the Pacha soldiers at Palmyra. Yes. Mr. Win.
gate, again am under priceless obligations, to
yon, and have no way in which to test my graft
tude.o
Wngate was silent--he obtained possession of
her other band, and gazed upon that lovely coun-
tenance-on those ruby lips, scarcely knowing
what he did. Strange thoughts were in his
herrt-he was in a dream land A world of
beauty was before him, mole inviting than ever
blessed Mahomedan in his visions of houries.-
There was alteration in his look. The blush on
the maiden's cheek deepened--a tear quivered on
her silken eye-lash, perhaps from sense of the
peril that surrounded her, perchance from more
tender cause. Wngate saw it, and was himself
again. But he resolved to make the most Of his
present opportunity.
s'Naomi, said he, al was interrupted at Pal
myra, when about to inform You of the sent
ments which your nobeness and beauty had a
Weakened in my heart Forgive my abruptness-
time presses. Naomi-my future happiness de-
ponds upon yon--every action of yours, every
new trait revealed in your character, raises you
higher in my estimation I love you'll adore