Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-16

gauuly dressed III req ana yellow robes, and were re-
markable for their beauty The shops are mean and
filthy lethargy apparently hung the place Tur-
baned and with downcast eyes and sal
low faces walked slowly through the streets and
seemed to sigh if they bore some weight upon them
that could not be removed Yelled and shrouded women
gded in from the doorways, and shriyelled sat
crouchingly in the shaking their pasied heads and
moaning as if they could not feel its genial warmth
Starved and hairless dogs staggered about through the
filth stopping here and there to scratch up the bones Of
some foul odors filled the air, and green and
fadd pools Of water lay stagnant among the ruins.
We stopped at the only tolerable house in the place.
sort Of hotel for Frank travellers kept by Wisema
German Jew Our arrival occasioned the liyeliest
motion throughout the establishment. Women and chill
dren ran all about screaming the top of their voices that
the Howad had cometo bein hury-to get out of the
waytc stop making such noise-to be stirring about
and not stand staring at another like fools while we
calling for water, sat down in the big room and heard
water echoed all the house in German Italian and
Arabic, but nothing of it for half an hour at least
Herr Wiseman, host was all that host could be,
goodhumored busy, and obiging. He showed us among
other important evidences of the reputation of his esab
men the register of Names from which it appeared that
Lord somebody and suite had spent three days here en-
route to Damascus explored the Lake of Tiberias were
highly gratfed with their visit especially his lordship,
who, with the exception of bad nights in conse-
quence of the eas enjoyed himself exceedingly would
recommend all travellers take boat and view the lake
by moonlight 7esconents with the hotel but his lord
ship could not in justice to his friends say that the beds
were altogether free from the nuisance Of heas That
Mr. somebody else, chancellor to British Consulate
fully soncurred in the opinions and sentiments expressed
by the aforesaid lord and would add for the benefit of
the travelling public, that excellent fish might be caught
INT hal GnJo
the other sde but account to venture out without
a flask of brandy, London brand. That the Hon. Lady
- attended by her dragoman and servants, on her
way from Jerusalem and the Dead Sea Damascus and
hoped to spend the in Constannople; high
grated by her visit to Tiberas and considered Herr
Wiseman most accommodating and obigng person, but
would advise all travellers to call for fish, and by no
means to order beefsteak, the beefsteak here
positively ruined in the cooking unless personally super
intended.
From the windows of our chamber we had good view
of the lake. There were two or three down by the
water but, not having enough in party to
60 moonlight excursion, spent the evening in
writing up journals. At early hour next morning
after breakfast mules being sent to Nazareth with
the baggage mounted horses, and rode down to
the famous baths of Tiberias These baths
situated about two miles the town. the extremity
medical virtues, and much resored to by invaids
At present good building, erected by Ibrahim Pasha,
the chief spring In the centre of the largest
apartment spacious reservoir, into which the water
from the mountain, falls from the mouth of stone
lion The floors are of marble, and all conveniences
found for bathing. The vister may swim about in the
pure element if he likes and for few piasters become
thoroughly saturated with sulphur There is inner
apartment of smaller dimensions where the water is of
still higher temperatures warm indeed, that at first
it painful to bear the hand in it. Invads may be
parboed here perecon and it is said that they
from all parts Of the country for that purpose The
is clean and pure, and is strongly mpregnated with
gas and sulphur Doubtless fts medicinal virtues not
exaggerated: and the day may come when some enter
prising Yankee viii purchase the premises and have out
his bills throughout the hotels of the East Sulphur
Baths of COLLABORATION Of Tiberias: boats horses
and bowling saloons always ready for vsiters the best
liquors kept at the bar; pleasure trips Safed only ~
cents steamer Pasha leaves for Tell Hum and all the
intermediate ports twice day: Fare % cents Zachary
Doolittle Proprietor"
JOURNEY TO NAZARETH.
On the ridge as we left Tiberas we had fine view Of
Mount Tabor, which, from its regular outline standing
alone the plain Of Esdraelon, is easily distinguished
from the neghboring mountains. We passed rich
Spots OF Brounu on morning, anu saw the
Arabs at work scratching up for the spring crops with
their rude wooden ploughs and stunted On the
left, two hours from Tberias passed the village Of
Lubieh pleasantly situated mountain slope, and
rounded by groves of olives Some time during the fore
passed through the famous plain of Kurin Hatm,
where fought Of the bloodes Of the battles be-
tween the Christians and the Saracens that occurred dur
ing the Cusades Saadn the hero Of the Saracen hosts
here added his fame by deeds of bravery scarcely par
aleed in the history of those sanguinary 1t
on the plains of Kurn Hatm according to writer's
that Christ fed the five thousand with the oave and on
one of the neighborng heights preached his
the Mount but the best authorities deny that there
any satisfactory evidence Of this.
In the valleys that swept down the left we saw
number Of Bedouin encampments and on the road met
struggling parties of ragged and suspciousook fell
lows armed with guns, who eyed scowngiy but al
ways passed when they caught sight of Yusef The
missionaries in Damascus had advised take guard
from Baneas to Nabous that the dangerous
part Of the road. We had heard good many stories
especially Of the dreadful Of things between Tbe
rias and Nazareth where it said that 1t every
day to be knocked the head and beaten
within inch Of ones life if killed outright by the
banditt who infested that region. Confident however,
that Yusef would Stay them all if they attacked u.s.
dispensed with the guard and encountered every risk
under most agreeable sense Of security.
Early in the afternoon passed through the village Of
Ker Kenna Cana and stopped at the lower part
fine grove of pomegranates where we found excellent
water II here that Christ turned the water into