The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-09-04
The OrieIltaJs.

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| An interesting letter from Asia in the New York
| Eoangelist speaks thus Of the travellers expert
ence
"I am in another world-and not new world ;
but as ride out every evening see the wreck of a
nation hundreds of years older than Christianity
! j zee the river that flowed through Paradise and
in streets venerable gray boards daily present
themselves, like fragments from the wrecks Of the
| oldest born Of natona. i see many Cain, and
there comes along now and then stately figures,
like Nimrod, the mighty hunter; or like him who
sold his birthright. ] seem TO have dealings with
the brethren of Joseph; and while Abraham has
not appeared TO me- yet many Lot walks before
me. My Arab steed was sold to me by lshmacl
himself, in all the rich and graceful costume OF a
wealthy child of the desert On the whole, how
ever. must confess that think the godly have
ceased from. the Garth and that the specimens see
Of antcdiiuvian and patriarchai men and manners
are certain lcwd fellows OF the baser Sort
~ am in a world from which woman is guarded
and excluded ] see, indeed, certain yelled forms
passing through the streets, and now and then
| bright eyes flash quickly, but there is no woman,
but only many beasts Of burden, bearing upon hu-
man forms huge donkey loads of straw and grass,
and weeds and brush, and besides these few
aged birds, taught that they have souls. and
that paradise is not for them. Alas, who shall find
woman here conscious of her birthright, pure
and upright, bearing an angelic impress upon her
features, and walking right on up the narrow path
! to the portals Of glory!
81 am in another world. Every thing 10 turned
wrong side out-mothers cover their faces, and go
barefoot, while their little children naked
through the streets. The of the house is thrown
upon the street, and the public garden and trees
in the centre of private dwellings, We live
out of doors in open 'lewans;' we make 'surdaubs'
or summer retreats in the cellar; Quv parlors and
the housetop our bed room. Indeed, 50 far x
ceed the patyca. that put my horse in an old
oven sleep. Should | enter your sanctun as
now am, with glaring red Turkish cap, with its
gay blue tasses, and dignitied with beard of six
months standing, think you would gather up
your papers, and perhaps turn inc into the streets
as insane, and ! should fare pa ketter from the
| crowd when there.
"This is C. slo.s world. Has not the Tigris been
running since Acam cultivated Eden, and yet il
il has not passed by. Why should we hurry? let
the poor people born yesterday in American wood:
hustle and make haste to catch up with the stream
of time. To get any thing done is like digging tc
the central earth and laying foundations for the
| Alps and Rocky mountains To get at the deed oil
to-day must go back to Noah, at least, and trace
! the down. | needed a hquse--a ample mat
ter-when hundreds are going 10 decay. o sim
pleton, look again! The approval of the bishop is
I requisite, and his reverence was not disposed 70
! tolerate my stay in Mosul-anathemas hang like
! the mountain storm. Wo to the uckless blacksmith
/ that dareS lift a hammer for Wo to the wit.
less carpenter that shall draw the plane. Wo' wo.
wo to the wight who shall rent horse-and 80
render his soul forever porouless! Treaties are TO
! be formed-council- 10 be held-and moving with
/ the pordeTous roll of world crealSing upon its
/ rusty axle, the affair moves on-a month of nego-
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terms Four families are interested-they assem-
! BILE, fires fash; there not more passion mol
words in council of Jupiter and his Peers-but
was spared the hearing, and the result favor
able.
"Now, what had 10 do but move in? Pause Anne
ricanl You have gone back some centuries. an,
here men move, calculating upon at least the day
of Methusaeh. Blot ont The word go ehead' from
your vocabulary. We'll, what next? See, here ar
donkeys in the best room, and not little hay
straw, brush, stone, and other refuse. See, tn
walls bare.
"Allow, at least, one week for cleansing and re
pairs! Let me hire masons to complete the whole
/ No, indeed. They will assent to no such terms
You must buy lime for them, and when the worh
is all done, then fret will you know the cost. Sc
lime is bought and water TO mix 1t from the well
and each night you pay of all hands, beginning
from the head 10 the least boy quite in scriptura
style; and notice you pay even certain toll for thC
rope and bucket with which the water is drawn.
''The carpenter who comes 10 make the book
shelves expects you 10 pay the porter who brought
his boards on his head and shoulders, instead OF
wheelbarrow; and as he sits at work, fiat on the
floor, notice how haadHy he uses his feet for a
horse. You can pay according TO the number o
boards and time spent