New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-12

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are always in better health than the people OUT
side" "What is Quarantine for, then r per-
sisted. "what is it for" he repeated, WIN d
pause of blank anna cement at my ignorance, " why,
TO get money from the travellers" indiscreet
guardiano Ii we're better to suppose ourselves
under suspicion of the plague, than to have sucn
an explanation Of the mystery. Yet, in spite oil
the unpalatable knowledge, almost regret that
this is our last day in the establishment. The
air is so pure and bracing, the views from our
windows so magnificent, the colOnized branch OF
the Beyrout Hotel SO comfortable, that am cos-
tent to enjoy this pleasant ideness-the more
pleasant since, being involuntary, it is no weight
on the conscience. | look up to the Maronite
villages, perched on the slopes of Lebanon, with
scarce wish to climb to them, or turning to the
sparkling Mediterranean, view
1.-THE speronarA's sail Of snowy hue
Whitening and frightening on that field OF blue
and have none of that unrest which the sight Of
vessel in motion suggests.
To-day my friend from Timbuctoo came up to
have another talk. lie was curious to know the
object of my travels, and as he would not have
comprehended the exact truth, was obliged to
convey it to him through the medium of fiction.
informed him that had been dispatched by the
Sultan Of my country to obtain Information Of the
countries of Africa that | wrote in book sc-
counts Of everything | saw, and on my return,
would present this book TO the Sultan who woald
reward me with a high rank perhaps even that
Of Grand Vizier. The Orentals, as you probably
know, deal largely in hyperbole. The Shekh had
alre ady informed me that the King Of Asian
tee, whom he had visited, possessed twenty-four
house full Of gold and that the Sultan of HOussa
had seventy thousand horses always standing sad
died before his palace. BY this he did not mean
that the facts were precisely So but only that the
King was very rich and the Sultan had great
many horses. In order to give them an idea of the
great wealth and power of the American Nation,
was obliged to adopt the same plan. | told him,
therefore, that cur country was two years journey
in extent, that the Treasury consisted of four
thousand houses filled to the roof with gold, and
that two hundred thousand soldiers on horseback
kept continual guard around Sultan Fimore's
palace. lie wrote all this in his book as well as
the name Of Sultan Fillmore, whose fame, in due
time, will reach the remote regions of Timbuctoo.
The Shekh, moreover, had the desire of visiting
England, and wished me to give him letter to
the English Sultan. This rather exceeded my
powers, but wrote a simple certificate, plain
ing who he was, and whence he came, which
sealed with an immense display of wax, and gave
him. In return, he wrote his name in my book
in the Mogrhebbin character adding the sentence :.
"There is no God but God"
This evening the forbidden subject of politics
crept into our quiet community, and the result
was an explosive contention which drowned even
the braying of the agonizing trumpets outside.
The gentlemanly Frenchman is sensible and con-
sistent republican, the old .flateHr a violent mo-
narchist, while Absalom, as might have foreseen,
is Red, of the schools of Proudhon and Consid-
Grant. The first predicted Republic in France,
the second a Monarchy in America, and the last
was in favor of general and total demolition Of
all existing systems. OF course, with such ele.
ments, anything like serious discussion was i'm
possible and, as in most French debates, it ended
in bewildering confusion Of cries and gesticula-
tons. In the milst Of it, was struck with the
cordiality with which the Monarchist and the So
cialst united in their denunciations of England
and the English laws. As they sat side by side,
pouring out anathemas against "perfde Albion"
| could not help exclaimiDg: VOLTA CONNIE les
eItr6mes Sc rencOntrent" This turned the whole
current of their wrath against me, and was glad
to make hasty retreat.
The physician again visited us tonight. to
promise a reeaie tomorrow morning. He looked
oil IN fha 10, he tl,o@ Al
signs of pestence and politely regretted that he
could not offer us his hand. The husband of the
" married woman also came, and relieved the
other gentlemen from the charge ofthe weeper.~
He was a steut, ruddy Provencal, in a white
blouse, and conmiserated him sincerely for hay
ing such disagreeable wife.
BErRoUr, (out of Quarantine Friday, May 81.
The handsome Greek, Diamanti. one of the
proprietors ofthe " Hotel de Belle Vue." WAS ON
hand bright and early yesterday morning, to wei
come US out of Quarantine. The gates were
thrown wide, and forth we issued between two
files of soldiers, rejoicing in our publication. We
walked through mulberry orchards to the town
and through its steep and crooked streets to the
hotel, which stands beyond near the extremity Of
the Cape, or Ras Beyreut. The town is small
but has an active population, and larger CON-
merce than any other port in Syria. The anchor.
age, however, is in an open road, and in stormy
weather it is impossible for boat to land. There
are two picturesque old castles on some rocks
near the shore, but they were almost DESTROYED
by the English bombardment in 1871. noticed
two or three granite columns, now used as the
lintels ofsome of the arched ways in the streets.
and ether fragments of old masonry, the only re-
mains of the ancient Berytus.
Oar time, since our release, has been occupied
by preparations for the journey to Jerusalem. We
have taken as dragoman the intelligent Greek who
served us in Quarantine on the part Of the hotel,
and our HHkkdri, or muleteers, are engaged to be
in readiness tomorrow morning. learn that the
Drnses are In revolt in Dieael Hanarnn and narts