Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-05-15

chambers and the startled few from their nests
we approached 1t ruin every where; the spirit of
desolaon hung ALL and proclaimed that time feeds
oblivion with decay Of things, ..T N .'-... ~.
While we were looking at the ruins Yusef came back
from The village which is little way off the slope Of
the HILL with that he had found lodging place for
JUS at the house of his niece by this time began
have suspicion of Yusefs neces, he had many all
over Syria AT Batropn he had nieces, at Trpoli and
Ahsdsnhe had pscss, and now herewas another at Bsak
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[stOne Hak kxstAer s6r III hcvsl than most
fof those in the hsfghborhood II was in truth very
respectable little stoaebox covered over With mad with
place fire in corner and great many little pock
In the walls all round where there slowed onions
tobacco, and sundry small notions for pleasure and sus
tenance. The host Arab of the country, very
good sort Of fellow who seemed have but two objects
in life to accomplish to that his wife kept her
face covered and the other keep the roof Of his house
from leaking hardly know which troubled him the
most The wife was pretty buxom young wo1nan with
fine black eyes and beautiful mouth. which she took
every opportunity to display in spite Of the vigilance Of
our host who constantly the watch when he was
not the top Of the house. He kept round stonea
pecesof an old pillar found among the runs-whichhe
almost continually rolling the top Of the house
sometimes he would ro it for hour, and then come
down and look after his wife and smoke his obouk but
the presentment was evidently uppermost in his mind
that it would rain TING other, and to work be
would go again. hopping oil the roof with foot
while he kept the stone IN motion with the other The
poor fellow actually victim to conuga felicity.
In travelling through Syria in other parts of the
world, always carried my flute with to relieve the
lonely hours at night and excite social feeling among
the natives had huted my way, after the the fashion
of Goldsmith, through many difficulty and now was
resolved see what the magic of music would do in
moving the preudices of the Arabs As it was
dark we had good fire lit in the corner and pulling off
our shoes custom required we spread mats close
by and down costly to enjoy the cheerful blaze, my
friends he Southerner and the English Captan1 smok
ing their chibouks, while brought forth my knapsack
and commenced pntng the pieces Of my flute together
The Arabs who had begun to crowd IN we're greatly in
terested in the strange that getting
der way and Yusef who rather proud of his supe
ror civilization sat by enjoying their remarks and giving
running interpretation Some thought sort
Of pistol with large touch hole; but this notion
rdiculed more knowing Ones who said itwas plain
tenough that il newfashoned pipe. and that
they would soon put the bowl 70 It, AMI begin 70
smoke. At last got all the pieces adjusted and COM
slence
menced playing that classical air of g Old ZIP Coon,
which dare say heard before among the ruins
of Baalbek There was the most hreahess attention
all Sides interrupted only By suppressed ezcamations Of
tahi taaib! good good whenever IbIew very shrill
or false note and the and children from the
neghborng houses began TO crowd in and there gra,
duay large circle formed around the room, the ssdi-
ence squattng downin rows till there scarcely space
enough left to breathe. blew away with all my might
for only Iexcited by the of my expert
ment, but rather inspired by the music making
which assure you not bad The familiar airs Of
home made sentimental and Imerged into the dolefn
air of Give back my heart again; oh give it back
again r. which a miserable failure; adamsel SEEM
ed disposed listen it. They commenced in the very
middle Of the pathetic strain TO call for the first
tune had to return to sold Zip Coon When had
concluded there end to the toh6s Mr. Coon was
decided hit In order to vary the entertainments silence
commanded again. and Yusef desired to explain
that there would be song that 1t song Of an old
black gentleman who lived in America who was Pssha
among the blacks that he called Uncle Ned because
he was 50 venerable and being very old the hair all fell
out of his head and there hair at all in the place
where the hair ought grow that he hadn't any eyes
see WITH and consequently, blind post or
stone wall any thing else that is supposed to be de-
cient in eyes that neither had he teeth eat bread
with and he had to let the bread alone and eat something
else that his fingers long canes inthe brake,
which about average Of sixteen feet and eventu
ally that day when he out in the field horrible
monster called Grim Death came along and caught him
by the heel and carried him away and he never heard
of any except in this song, which was written in
commemoration Of all these facts Thereupon, having
excited the most profound interest in the history Of Uncle
Ned launched forth into the song keeping as near the
possible, and going through all the motions de-
scrpve Of the badness Of his head the absence of his
teeth and the length Of his fingers Atlengh, when
arrived the final catastrophe, where Grim Death seizes
the old gentleman by the heel made sudden motion at
the heel OF our worthy host who sitting by
completely upsetting him with fright and causing laugh
from the audience that seemed If it would come
to an end II was the best hit of the evening" and
petely removed all constraint Asv ts-sAs-E -f-
The women had gradually uncovered their faces and
the men we're in such good humor that they paid no at
tention to IT and we we're all joval possbleshow
ing that people a over the world pretty much the
by nature and that there few barbarous
not to be moved BY music and spirit Of sociability
never found it to fail any where and never knew an IN
stance Of any advance being made In hearty hand
way, where il net returned even more cordially
from the fact perhaps that is rarely done by travel
ers But my triumph was Of short duration Yusef be-
came inspired by the bright eyes Of the Arab damses
and soon carried awsyal my laures Standing forth in
centre Of the he addressed the audience in the
most impressive Misunderstanding that with their peris
sion he would perform the celebrated dance Of his country
called heRAs for which II necessary that he should
have space cleared In the middle of tho aoor This