Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1848-12-21
NUMBER -.


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The Washnqton Union ~ yeS,er,y conta,s The s,,l
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LYNCH, under whose command The perilons eSpsdi
lion TO the Dead Sea so successfully prosecuted;
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Win M, s,nssa, 81 ia Ilan sss.,.,,rv ,.f ,hs Na
W. her le,ye ,hra,1gb vanr salamns = ,e,.een
1 pronsa + have matle
Mhen ,I,e small marry ust r.nrnrl fron, The D.a8
Sea. FIRST en.ered upon Il ws,ers. is mrbss came.
one and ALL 10 The copcuson that having undertaken
vha, o,hcrs fa,Ial i, acc,,,,Ish ,b hoaar ~ ~, a
name Was :, siake and ia, Il vre he,, L,
4 die ike then, Than return unsuccessful
/ On he evening IN AZ. OH dav hnvever an br
southern sea We were nres,ra,x IL thr IL, bsst o
SIMEON. sw,epiae f,om ,he desert u Arabia whc, was
folio ed by i've da,s ~ "a tense AM, s,;tl;p baa On
,ae afternoon of he la,h day an he ca., 81 Maah 4,
our sunrise we were greeed by dspula,pn Of Chris
fans tron kerak the Keiia,h Moab Of the Bible.
! The 10Y oil this people Vt meeting us was unbound
ed They cafessed us brnuvht ~ water ana ebsn
fsour milk all they had aud ANNA ~ the sncpt ,e.r
IL the whoe o;oh hunting a v,Ll l.,ar xvher, ,h Il,
reu.leus WLan ,nLl ,hal our Farms ~ ,varsii,, 81
merica were different from the,re thev rrnli4l
what matters ia Christ Tor all, 30 you no,
hel,eya in Him y, uhan ,oi ,bat ~, a,I ,b.y s,I
Then what are forms before God He leoks 10 tI.
heart We are bro,berstn And brnthers thew con,
tinued 10 call US 10 the Inst
We cauLl moi traee their or;o;o bu, connlesl ,,at
They are either The descenants IL M as tribes con
lyefted Christianity. who. fastn
mountains. had ESCAPED ,he MahammrIan alternative
Of ..the Koran or The sword ar IL. crusaders uner
ltbe Christian lord 81 Kerk they nmbr, .bou III,
! families. and live n the ,owuthe onlv one now l,t,.
| 10 the once popuous country "a Moab Wnh,u ,he
wals are also ihe luis - I0o MusLm families and
OUTSIDE IRE The Llack tents Of The ere ,riha Kera Kew
| oh. numbering 75ll fighting men
slNe Chrixtans case ~ an inv;,nton ia visit iheir
town. about seventeen miles disIan, n the mountains:
bur, while HOSPITALITY urpng-u Us "a co Ines did not eo,
coal The per,l, az the visit r thev Ina, they
wer. ou,uumbered and oyerawei aud h, m enersrn
| cv wouId moi dare openly 10 assist us
| determined however !, accent ,Le;r ;uvia,;on a,
all hazaris for II was ,hat unL.ss rcerted by
more kracing we ,n,,st inry,,.ly perish
In this on,nion The lamcu,el MIR Dar eoncnred with
| me
| will NOT ire von with an sccou,, ~ he ys;,of
the tro,chery w,.h which w., ,xrs ,hre,.o, j anil or
return in hattie with The Eo.ule sh.lb ,s m,
tonerbn, ,u,nly .xnre.s NV connection ,haf buf,r
the timely information riveu by The Christians. We
! should never have seen our boa,s again
These poor Christians are much lyrannized oyer b,
their MUSLIN neighbors Their ONLY place of retreat
when threatened with violence. IS her lu,le eel, Of
church. which can scarcely hold twenty lamies Their
account which IN its narration bore he lmpress Of
truth seems confirmed by the circumstance that in ho
centre Of their lille caurcl there Is a well, which sup
plies them with alor uutl their PROVISIONS are exhaus
led or the res,les. nature OF er prosecuors takes
then, elsewhere The ohec, OF ali ther hopes Is 10
build church sufficiently large 10 hold ali lher wives
and children for with all their INTOLERANCE The Mus
Inns respee, The house Of Him whom hey call "issa
the Prophet Of the Christians
The foundation aud part of the walls of n church
have been built buf The work il from The