New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-23

plain, Of faded ereen fecked with the soffesf
eloud+hadows, and beyond all the beautiful outlines
and dreamy tints Of the different mountain cnains
wss in every respect lovely landscape, and the cy
unworthy such surroundings. The sky, which IN ms
region Is Of pale, soft delicious blue, was dotted WIN
scattered fseces of white clouds and there was IN OK
quisite play Of light and shade the hills.
There were half dozen men and boys about the
door amusing themselves with bursting percussion caps
on tie stone They addressed hodji :! (pigums)
begging for more caps. told them was no, Turk,
tut CT Arrb which they believed at once and allowed
me to enter the mosque. The interior hd remark
ably fine effect. Il a OF arches supported By
columns Of polished black marble, 40 in number In
form IT was nearly square and covered with nat
wooden roof The door covered with carpet,
whereon several persons lying full length waie
en- cid man. seated in of the most remote corners,
reading in loud solemn voice. II il peculiar
structure, which ,hould be glad TO examine morein
detail.
Not far from this eminenee i a remarkable leaning
nnaret than 100 feet in hight; while in dan.ter
il cannot be more than Is feet In design l. light and
elegant and the effect is not injured by its deviation
from the perpendicular which should juds be about
6 feet. From the mosque walked over tie mounds
Of old lconium 10 the eastern wall passing smother
mosque wholly in ruin but which must have once been
more splendid than sny standing. The portal Is
the richest pecimen Of Saracenic sculpture have ever
q very labyrinth Of intricate ornaments. The
artist must have the great portal Of the Temple OF
the Sun at Baalbec The minarets have tumbcd down,
the roof les fasn in but the wsls still covered with
white and blue tiles OF the finest workm hip resemb
ling mosoic OF ivory and lapi- lazu Some of the
chambers seem 10 be inhabited for two old mon with
white boards lay in the shade, and were no; a little
startled by our sudden appearance.
We have been detained here whole day. through
chain of accidents all resulting from the rnscaty of our
muleicors On leaving Aleppo The lame horse they
palmed upon unable TO 60 further 80 We obigei
them TO buy another animal which they succeed d IN
getting for $50 piastrcs We advanced the money, al
though they were still in debt hoping TO work our
why through with the horse, and thus a7oid the
risk Of lo,s or delay But this morning at sunrise the
hGdj comes with woiul face TO say that the new horse
has escaued in the night, and We who are ready to
s,art must s dow and wait till he il found sus
pected another trick but when after the lapse OF three
hours Francois found the had sitting the ground
weeJing. and Achmet beating his breast, It seemed
probable that the story true. All search for the
horse being vun Francois went with themto the shekh
Of the hor,es who promised in case should hereafter
lie found TO place it in the general pen where they
would be sure to find il their return The man who
sold them the horse offered them another for the lame
one and $50 piastres and there no other aterna
tive but TO accept it, But must advance the lJJ pas
tres and So in djourney we have already paid them
TO the end with the rsk of their horses breaking down
or they, horses and all absconding from But the
knayish varlets are hardly bold enough for such eli
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