Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-02-05

white marble, and q rare beauty. Here
stood on /" Hsrs Rfl,D where s.. Paul preached
bis celebrated sermon to the " men Of Athena
against approximation, (ITth chapter Of Aets)
Meeting orr chaplain there, who had a
pocket Bile with him, 7 took the sacred
book and read the chapter myself. and
felt The force OF the great Apostles
words, when looking mp toward the Aeropolis
7nd pointing to the finest temples ever reared
By the hands Of man, be said aye men Of
Athens, God sweIieth not in temples made
with hands" etc felt a peculiar interest in
this spot, and broke of a piece Of the stone 10
take home FOR you. Visited Piato's grave
went to see king Ohio and his queen went
over the palace and was treated very eivillv
visited the Maid Of Athens, whom Byron hss
made fanous BY the lines be wrote upon her.
beginning with
"Naid - Athens. ere We part.
Give, Oh, give ne back ny heart.1
She is now an old lady, drapsd in crave
co'ored clothes, but must have been vsfv bean
tiful when Young, if Ike her picture, which ]
saw Left Athens and passed the island Of
SEQ, which was desolstsd in 1922, during The
Greek revolution. Out Of one hundred and
twenty thousand inhabitants none were left +,
many were hung, an the men and male child
ren were killed, and the women sold a. slaves b.
horrible to think CT. How happy we ought to
think ourselves in our beloved country. free
from wars as we have been. I an afraid We
are not always sufficiently thankful for the
blessings that are ours.
Arrived a. Smyrna, a large and fourishins
Turkish town, where our fgs come from. I,
was the fruit season, and I saw large trains Of
eamels bringing IN figs, and American ships in
The harbcr loading for the United States
Smyrna Is the birth place OF Homer, and near
it was located one Of the seven churches Of
Asia. Ihad but a Few hours On shore. and il
was not possible for ne to visit the ruins OF
this cd church. From Smyrna we sailed for
Rhodes, but abandoned the idea Of going there.
Passed in sight Of Patmos, where the book Of
John, in the New Testament, was written
while be ives suffering bsnishnent fran Isrr-
salem Cast anchor Of the Island OF Cvprss
where / went on shore 70 pay the Official viSits
TOT The snip called on the authorities OF the
lace, also on the American aud French ro1-
suls. was in full dress. cooked hat. en,rl.l,
and swo d, and was preceded through he Bsr
row streets By two j~anissHes, dressed 10 Turk
ish costume red cap. fancy Jacket and hip
uoWsers, armed with large old-fsshioned sil-
ver-mounted pistols in their belts. and a lsrre
stan IN their hands, mounted at the upper end
with silver and At the lower end with an iron
Pike with these they beat tie poor Turks
over the head and shiBs whenever thev were
ne least slow in getting out Of the wav Of his
mighty highnsss Lieutenant - n vas
too absurd, aHd I felt tempted 70 laugh st the
whole thing, bur this would not DO amonr tbe
grave Turks Iwish you could have seen he
Pc Torrance.
OCTOBER, l5.h--From Cyures we 500,
came in sight Of TIE holy land. and east an-bor
a. Tupois where did not 90 on ashore. a. onr
sttv was limited. One Of nv mess natss
kiHdly brought me OF a large bur from no
"cPdars Of Lebanon.o They AZ. abo,t 1a
miles distant from Triaoli. and the movrtsi,,
where they are are plainly in sight. Leaving |
ms We came 70 BeirOut, where nv eomnsnA- /
fng cheer, with a number Of the officers 81 ne
ship among whom ! was one, had a frrnati
interview with the Pashaw In regard "a a.
outrage that was committed about a wear apo
at Joppa, on The persons Of some Am.rirsR !
missionaries. We landed and wsr. r.e,iv.s
BY hlrs OF Turkish soldiers and BsssrsS i,to
the presence OF the Psshaw, whom ". fo1nI
seated on dlvan, crossed legs, in true oriental
style he rose and waved nc to seats hesi5s
him. which We took according 70 rank o,-
commanding officer next to the pzshaw o,r
consul next, then mFsslf, and six or eight be-
low ne, with our interrrstsr sitting by The
noe OF ne Pasnaw's Interpreter and opposite
70 ms We iooE seats in silence, and after a
little pause, ehibouks, or long stsmn.5 NO.
we're brought IN; about ten pipes, borne bv ten
servants who marched in g.avrlv. n-es.ntsS ,s
with The pipes and retired, then Returned esrb
with a little brass dish to rest the bowl a. fbe
pipes in each pipe rested on the eoor several
Yards from he person who was smokinr n
Aftsr Few whtfs at our pipes a little disb OF
Somelnihe sweet eame IN. in a silver bowl. OF
which We az took q tesspoo-ful. newt rsna
coffee in little cups, about the size o. b.W :,
egg-sheh, and after these refreshmsrt. an
pow-wow OF var talk began. An tbat was
said was frst told to our inierprefer vbo
1eated II to the Psshaw's irtarprrts- 80 - F.
70 The Pashaw himself. His rsplv ~, ,
men delivered 70 his internrefrr who rersatas :
Z 70 our Interpreter and reported bv him again :
% rs We 100 Nm hat the criminals who :
murdered our missionaries al Ton1s -, !
delivered up and hung: that noshing sbort N |
bis would satisfy our Government AMI thsi /.
Te bad ships, guns and men, and were rea5r !
? use men, u nncessarv. 70 svrnge This in /.
'plt. (Bv. the BY here was some abunro7bs :
ms Tear Tor Congress Is The war maxim \
lower, and they are too busy wrangling ri ~ I.
enc 70 the proper legislation Of the eorutrv :
"a the resait y that our citizens abroad gst Il
ast no protection al ALL However 80 !
citing fair promises from the Turk We ss1.5 >
or Joppa or Jafa, a is nov called. psss. A.,
down the coast Of Galilse W. ps,..5 ]
sight Of Tyre and Sidon. 40 oHsn
lentioned in both the Old ana Nsw .
Z tsments. an1 against which the pro- \
neclfs OF ne Bible have been % literally rar- :
ed ont Anchored OF Joppa on the lstb az 4
5emoer l''s: Joppa is prsttilT situated on "
Il piaers and like al towns in The Holv Ts1s !.
az l have seen, Except Bsthlehen.1 vsrv =
'rty. Jerusalem is forty miles IN the ~ipterior ..
ON JoPpa. 4
SUNDAY, October 16.-Tmust write nv let fs
iHtie By irtlss dear mother. Last night I SC
ID The mid-Watch-that is from midnight II ~
.ur inthe mernisE-a very fstiging watch. A
bis is a bright, beautiful daT. and We have Of
ID : most eNeeheHt sermon from the Rev W
II. Bite ger, orr ehaplain. m
Wen, % costume nv descrfptIon-Forn. !. h.
imposed 70 Be the place where Noah b1it ~ mi
TX. Il was along this coast that Hiram rRf.d 81
e cedar timber 20 bald tie temple 81 Solo- ",
on. He ianded Il at Jopna, ana II was ~
enee taken f0rty-fve miles ~intsrior I, Js-r vi
lem, though how they ever got them along ap
ch wretched roads or ov ? such a hiUv an
un,ry, an at 4 loss to know. Again. IL al
as Of Joppa that Jonah was swzflowed ~ II,
2 whale Here ] vent 70 see he ho1~. - 81,
Simon the Tanners where Peter had The Ce
non, mentioned IN the 10th chapter II TIE leJ
This was also the residences Of Tabi- 70,
=, from whom orr Dcrcas societies takefbeir a
ne, mendeued in he sth chapter Of Acts. We
Nov, | must tell you how We Travelled. Al sic
we engaged an experienced draro- ne
70 20 VIII rs, 70 supply Us with horses, 's
NHNnn Nmaa mm1 al 80 80 -
p Ihis a the usual way Of doing In this sn|
lHtry, and FOR his services and supDlving dis
during the trip, we agreed 70 nav tor
n one Napoleon, or four French dollars Of
q per dsy, (about 50 SOD We bad tents tht
4 everything prepared for a trip 70 the Dead ha
q and river Jordan y,
We brought our dragomsn down 70 Jopps ho'
-hus, and = hne looking fellow be was, IL vol
picturesque Turkish costume. We had 10 I
k two parties 70 20 up ; one to remain and d.
e care ofthe ship While he cher went M :. err
q as u "a adangerous cost b anchor on e.
bad 70 hurry al we could. NY party bad 10
days lsaVs, and we made the most Of hen. IN
.ssure yon. There wee seven ~cffesrs. our "a,
TENN, and two nulstsss 10 pack car m
nes-1en aii-and was elected captain 70
our party. On ne l9th, At four in the sft.r. N
We set on, riding tbroueh TIE bazasTv o. IN.
pFa, and threading our way through trains ri
iadsn eamfis, donksys, Arabs and dog. The D.,
, IN Syria i 50 hot that every one travels a. la
.nt, ard THIS g the reason Why We started M,
are. We al had straw bats, with ousrti- m,
Of muslin Wouad round The crown pro. ori,
Z - ron the sun. After rettin. fairly o. ~
pps, We entered at once upon ths gr..t -,
1lain Of Sharon.1 and trsvele a. -.
les across IL toward the nouatainr ~
Is, is5s-ws have bas an - snd
11le WIND ever since We left Alexandria an BIS
I'm INST, and have bad 70 feht bard FOR the
~ inch W. have made. We are now In S
Of ihe island Of Creta, where We are eve
md Where were we lasf2 Oh, on The plsinV ulcI
sharon. SaE nothing in crossing II Int rea
be III. a. Ia nnLn-.n- II. - - ~.