The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-10-30
Expedition to the Dead Sea.

The public mind of the United States seems 10 be
gradually opening TO the great truth, that peace
has its triumphs az well a. war. The exploring
expedition sent out under Captain Wilkes was
enterprise harmOniously Characteristic Of an act
i've, energetic, and inquring people; and did
not know how unreiective party spirit IL apt 10
make the best Of Us, should feel surprised at
being informed that even one man % be found
in the Union who could attempt 10 disparagc an I'M
dertakng interesting TO the student Of Biblical
history, and well calculated 20 increase the gene
raj stock Of scientific information attempt 10
circumnsvigate and Hpore the Lake Asphaltites or
Dead Sea-the scene Of the Almightys awful judg
ment upon the "cities Of the plain" Those who
dccried the projected expedition "party Of
pleasure must either have been entirely ignorant,
or have quite forgotten that the journey one
necessarily attended with privatiOn, difficulty. and
danger; and that both Lieutenant MOlynesux, Of
our own naval service, and COstigan, the only ira
vellcrs who preceded Captain Lynch, perished Of
fever caught ON the Dead Sea. Nothing, in short,
bat a happy combination OF frnness and tact on
the part Of the officer commanding, and an un-
daunted resolution 10 overcome all obstacles, moral
and physical well ~ ince-sant vigilance, carried
the party through the hardships and perils which
they had ~ encounter London paper,
b
May HowIrr, Shelley, Leigh Hunt, Carlyle
Brougham, &c, are sevcraly referred TO in the fol.
lowing extract from a recent sketch Of journey
from Dundee 70 London, by Geo. Gillian
" Mary Hewitt il the least in the world Of an an
thoress. She is mild, middle aged, intelligent
and lady like English matron, who u fine looking
and has made narrow escape from being beautiful
She dresses, not like Quakeress, buthke a lady
her manners gently dignihed; her conversation
/ interesting and fluent. Gifted with true genius
surrounded by an amable and accomplished family
and united 10 husband Of talent. she has beer
enabled from such sources 10 drink defiance 10 mis-
/ fortune and 10 retain moon like cOmplacency
amid the clouds which have Of late clothed her path
She spoke with great eight Of Scotland and hopec
! that circumstances would yet permit her 10 pass
part Of each year amid is romantic scenery. Alto
! gether che came up to our ideal Of the author 0
! Martens Pilgrimage BY the way, we read
some time ago, wrctched critique upon that poem
! in Macphail's Magazine, which passed over tina
beautiful creation IoatbsOme and innoc uOus az
snail over a bud. Worst Of all, il writte
bya man who has in him nobler element thai
venom and higher insil tlian malice.
"From Mary Hewitt we repaired 10 Leig
Hunts W. found him ~ lher poorly in health an
spirits, but Nth the old genial nature shining on
through duness aud decay, We talked much {
religion lie told us that Hszlett once confessed {
hin that he had never thought on that subject a
all Hunt has, and, we think, il beginning 10 thin
p nightly He started when said that the differ
a ence between Shelley and christianity was, tina
WINE We one said, Love is Cod the other inyerte
5 u INTO God "a Love- He owned that the remar
Q was just. Oi Shelley he poke with much tender
ness when he was eKpe led from Oxford, he "a
away u sOuthey, who did not and who could NJ