Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-05-18
THE GAZETTE.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY IS, 1860.
Ell. FUREiDlS. "

Eshed by Messrs. Ticknor Il Fields, OF Bos-
ton. The scene is laid in Syria and the
aut horess, as she says in her preface NV
ties those who may be so inclined, to folio"
me in my mag lnary experiences, trusting
that there are some in whom L may be SO
fortunate as TO awaken an interest IN a land
which has aroused my own enthusiasm, and
that, pursuing with what patience they may,
the route which have trod they may come
st last to feel. like me, AT hume in III Flu
reidis.' We make iew extracts
MOUNT LEBANON.
..Alaredith had stood with entranced vision
upon many Of the glorious heights OF Leila
non. bat never had the circumstance and the
hour combined to impart such snOilmlty to
the scene Far as the eye could reach, IN
every direction, it commanded panorama
ofmingled beauty and grandeur, from the
yellow cOrn-heldS and dusky ollve-groves OF
the Eastern plain, to the clear blue waters Of
the Mediterranean, which terminated the
Western view. Here stretched long noun
tain line, the fertile sides OF the nearer hills
clothed with tcrraccd groves and vineyards,
and cmboSoming white villages IN their shell
tered hooks. Iondcr might be seen distant
and more rugged craggS, brlstllng with precl-
pies OF tawny rock, scanned with dark brown
veins and clothed at intervals with heavy
foliage of the fir aud pine. Towering above
all, the hoarv Hermon reared its lofty crest,
capped with snow, which gllstened ike silver
in the light ofthe setting sun
Far away against the horizon might be
dimiy discerned the graceful outline OF lesser
ridges. which, yelled i'll misty blue, seemed
10 melt into the very ether. and along the
shores of the placid sea mi hit be traced the
unduatinr curves of the sandy coast, with
the white walls and towers OF Beyrout stand
inc boldly out against their dark background
Of orchards, gardens and groves. Ii any
= thing could have served 10 add dignity 10
such a scene, it was furnished by the solemn
memorials Of the past, which were scattered
at the very feet o, the beholder. On the
mountain summit. thrown together III the
widest confusion, either by an earthquake
or the mighty hand Of sUme human destroy
ar, Law the ruins of an ancient temple, such
as are frequent in these regions, and which,
although their precise origin is unknown 10
the traveller are in themselves impressive
ghruncerS of once powerful race and age,
the lofty porticoes, broken plIasters, and huge
leveed blocks of stone, telling OF the majestic
hand which reared them-a hand only less
mi ghtv than that which hurled them down.
\ EEDOUIX nAREN.
The RsJopin h,ren is at once the storchouse.
4.;,.h., h.Jr,o,n mad nursery of the household.
That AZ y,na,l,,u consisted Of strips Of black
..,,,' h,ir cloth stretched from a central pole ~
.v.r,I similar s1,In,orts arranged 80 rs TO form u
square Around the central stan, huge jars OF ho-
NV mr. d,t.s ,yh.at-Sarks coli bags and other
f.,;r stores vyare stnckrd IN i pvramiIal form.
Clnss - thiS,.romi,cuors heap. was placed IL strip
otc,rn.t which constituted the seat of honor
The remaining space which the tent afforded, was
d.v,.ad IN culinary aud other domestic uses. In
on. cornpr , ,yrjpk1.d ba, dressed in Il long blue
rnhc and with 4 black handkerchief around her
b.,J ,y,. I.a,,;n,, over a smoking culdron; near
b. p,ar,. t,y, vnnno women. one Of whom was
,,I;n., ,h.t N . ro,.,r.r. mortar. and the other
II.;,. ,ii ,..,l,.. mann . i o,ri IRON pan All
,I,r,. f,.;al M. r,.-ry at ulriiah Il, She enter
nj hat name ur ,n,tn sfo,,,ea their operations.
81. came. forward Il, bid her welco,nu. The Recon
ZION WA, reserved for the presiding g"uiuS Of the
Mace 4 tall wel-tormcd woman. who stood near
the neap IL. stores, from which she had been deal
inr uuf u,rtions 10 her Sabaierns. This the
f,yorit. wifi, of the sheik and the mother OF Alb
G,uI Tine wi,hered ha, in the corner had former
~ hoasted the rank and favor now enjoyed by
smother Her two sons also had once teen the
hone of Zauadern but one had been killed in To-
raw on. died on 4 desert march. and :hcir mother
l:r.J >. :. i. hy vnuurtr bride. Il