New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-21

ings under our feet. I. would be well IT,,
Christian sects, did they keep continually h.e,.,
their eyes the human character Of Chris,
much bitter intolerance and persecution ,o;xA,,
spared the world, il. instead Of sdgipr H.
DIVINE Mediator, they would strive 10 u,nL -,
ways lie trod on earth. But Chr,tian;,, |, . :.
undevelspee, and here ia yet no sect wk;.A a
resents It's foil and perfect spirit. W
IL is my misfortune If | give o4.ns d
friends at home By these remarks. Ic.ooo,
sume emotions do not feel, and mus. L.
jerusalem ss found it. Since being be,.
read the accounts OF several travellers, and IN
cases the devotional rnspsodies-the ees,,e;..9,
awe and reverence-in which they inS,,,. 80
me ms forced and affected. II was ps,,,v e.
reading such accounts that my anticipation. ,s..
raised too hsh for the view Of the CITY f,or, q.
Jsi' road and the panorama from the Morn, =
Olives are the only things wherein h,,. r.
pleasantly disappointed.
BY tar the most interesting relic left 10 N, .;,..
is the foundation wall of SOlomon's Temn,.. n,
Mosque of Omar, according to the accounts f,h.
Turks and Mr. Cstherwood's eIamin.tio, ,s,,.
on immense vaults, which are believed to Be "A. .
substrsctons Of the Temple itself. Under "A.
dome Of the mosque there is a large mass Of ns,u-
raj rock, re'ered by the Moslems as that I'm,
which Mshomet mounted the beast Borsk VII.
he visited the Seven Heavens, and believed bvN,
Cathewood TO have served as part of tina fannl.
tion OF the Holy of Holes. No Christian i...
lowed to enter the mosque, or even lis enclou,,
on penalty Of death, and even the 6rman Of N.
Sultan has failed 10 obtain admission for aFrank
have been strongly tempted to make the attemO,
in my Egyptian dress, which happens to resenS.
that Of a molah. or Moslem priest, but the D.,.
wishes in the adjoining college have sham eve,
and my pronunciation Of Arabic would be,ray n.
in case | was accosted. even went 80 aras
buy a string Of the large beads usually carr ed hy,
moah, bat unluckily | DO not know the Nosl,o
form ofprayer, or might carry out the plan under
the guise ofreligious abstraction. This laoru,,
we succeeded in getting nearer view of tn
mosque from the roof of the Governors pss..
Franc ois, by assuming the character of a ruh.b
carGSS, gained US admission. The roof oyerloOk,
the entire enclosure of the Ilarem. and siv,. 4,
complete view Of the exterior OF the inosous and
the paved court surrounding it. There is n,
regularity in the style of the buildings !,
the enclosure, but the general effect is highly
picturesque. The great dome Of the u.o,oue il
the grandest in all the Orient, but tho body
of the edIfce made to resemble an octa,O-
nal tent and covered with blue and white ties.
is not high enough to do it justice. The int
court is paved with marble, and has four partcos.
each OF five light Saracenic arches, openiu,
into the green park which occupies the rest the
terrace. This park is studded with cypress a,d
fig trees, and dotted all over with the tombsor
shekhs. As we were locking down on the spacious
area, behold who should come along bat Sh..b
Mohammed Senoosee, the holy man of rimbuctoo.
who had laid Of his scarlet rob, and donned /,
green one. called down to him, whereuponh Ia
looked up and recognized us. For this reason
regret our de parture from Jerusalem, as am sure
a little persuasion would induce the holy man 10
acc ompany me within the mosque.
We leave tomorrow for Damascus, BY
way Of Nazareth and Tiberius. My original
plan was to have gone to Djerasl, the ancient
Geraza, in the land of Gead, and thence to
Bozrsb, in the Djebel Hanoran. But Djebe.
Adjeloun, as the country about Djerash is :aled,
is under a powerful Bedouin sbekh, named AID.
elAzeeZ, and without escort from him, which
involves considerable delay and fee of $lN,t
would be impossible to make the journey We
are therefore restricted to the ordinary route, and
in case we should meet with any difficulty by the
wav, Dir. Smith, the American Consul, who is
now here, has kindly procured us fman from
the Pashe Of Jerusalem. All the travellers here
are making preparations to leave, but there are
still two parties in the Desert. BIT