New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-18
MODERN JERUSALEM.

French gentleman, who del ghts 10 frequent the
pt. on which celebrated poets havs dweit or whence
thew derived their Inspiration, has published in the
NoHeur al account Of hs visit 70 the Gardens of
solomon First, he visied the sealed iounts rs
large subterranean reteryors, wherein the waters
,prp ging from the mountains collected and whence
the water is conducted to Jerusalem by pipes:
AT a short distance from the reeervOirs are the
celebrated gardens. They extend along valley
which runs from FL Bourach to Bethlehem. u is the
most charming spot in al Palestine. solomon was
coed Judge in more than one. There are nur
uipg streams winning through yerdant lawns; there
are the choicest fruits and flowers the hyacinth the
unemope the fix tree and the pine. Towering high
above the garden. and contrasting grandy with its
soft aspect are the dark, PERCEPTIONS rocks OF the
neighbOrng mountain around whose SUBMITS vultures
and esges ncessanty scream and descrbe spiral circles
IN the air. The rare plants and flowers which the
sreat enchanter Of the East collected within these
pArdens were protected from the north wind by the
mountain Every gust of the south wind was loaded
with perfumes. With The first breeze of Spring the
fg tee put forth its fruits and the vines began 1
hlo.S, m II was in the words Of Scripture garden
of delights The negotiations of the north and the
south we're ntermingcd. Ono part of the garden
was called the Walnuttree-walI Tor, a the English
Scripture translation has it, Che Garden OF Nuts an
other is the Bees Of Spices. The writer's guide
was a we'll educated Italian, who iniored him that
the Gardens of Solomon now let to an Englsbman.
THE present tenant, he said, is Mr.. Goldsmith,
of the house of Goldsmith Son. lie u underdrain
jr the gardens of Solomon on the Yorkshire system
You will be astonishcd TO see how successful ne has
been. Here is the house perceived bright brass
knob shining in the center of small square oi porce-
lain let into white wall. Over this knob was the
following supeTscIiption in the English language:
Ring tie bell This bell seemed to my maguatIon
rather an anomaly in the gardens of Soomonbut that
i.a trihe. We did ring the bell, and we went IN lhe
first thing that struck my eyes were red draining pipes
living about and bearing the mark Of the manutac-
tureIs Samuel Co., No. l2S Strand. Mr. Goldsmith
was draining that Biblical valley the dew OF which
was 80 often brushed away by The naked feet OF the
Sbulsmite. II was in the month of September. IN
American nov ing. machine was cutting second crop
of artificial grass the very spot where the dalSn
tens of Jerusalem gathered those lilies Of the field
which we're more beautiful than Solomon in all hi-
llo,y patent reapiDg machine was rapidly gaf-
nering the crop Of that globe in which the sis
ters Of Ruth and the daughters of Naomi were wont to
CLEAN asked to Solomon yilion, but, alas the
cypress tim bers and the cedar wainscoanS HAD been
taken down and in their place there is brick built
cottage with a roof of red and green tiles The en-
trance hall il wbitcwashed; there Is q little parOr
with a birmingham carpet, and drawing-r pa
peIed with rcd-borcered yellow paper, purchased in
Paris Rue des Moineaux The Chimney Is Prhsslan,
and the curtains OF SwiSs muslin. Instead oi the
servants Of tie spouse, found two nursery -mats-
fiom Paris and the other from Florence. The
slave who prepares the tents of cedar Is now called
John He has red whiskers, blacks his masters :
shoes scrubs the floor every day, and varnshes 1t on
SUNDAYS and if romantic person should inquire,
ar had the naivete To do about the dark Shulanhte,
LIE will be shown five sweet little English children,
,e,loent Of cold cream and Windsor soap, rs fair as
fos silk IT'D their hair III corkscrew curls, and wear
ing prrnsla boota, blue o.pos, and green pa'aSoS;
The cinnamon trees have been cut down for frewood
and The aromatic grubbed up, but the hye Little
i-res do crochet work un0er the sNaoe Oh q % %o.a
CI %fen pear tree. Since the Eastern war, Mr.. Gold
snith has obtained the custom of the Pasha of Jeru'
a, en- for vegetables. Last year he had seven crops
# potatoes, thanks TO his wonderful drainage