New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-25

me american Minister Mt constantippI,Ic.
The Albany Argus has been permitted to make
tue following extract from letter of the Rev.
sTlvanns Reed, pastor of the Holy Innocents in
that CITY, The testimony it bears to the efficiency
OF our representative at the Court of the Sultan.
and to the recognition of the American name is in
ahigh degree gratifying to us, as American citi-
zens:
JEEusAsu, December o.
We form quite party of Americans in Jerusa-
lem. Besides Mr.. D., W, H, and nv
sflf, from Albany, there are five of our country
men at this hotel in addition to the large party of
the Hon. j. Williams, Minister resident at Con
stantinople, who has been on a tour of duty
through Syria, and who reached this point the
SHINE day with us. The Turkish Government has
shown him the utmost attention, and furnished him
with guard of soldiers to escort him from place
tb place, and he has thus represented our country
iA an unprecedented manner in all parts of Syria,
and obtained for our citizens recognized position
Of which they must feel the benefit, whether as
residents or travellers.
At Damascus, where our Vice Consul had been
refused recognition, Mr.. Williams visit was re-
garded as public event, and the civlty which as
extended to him was spoken of as introducing a
rev era in the condition of the Christian popula-
ton in that Moslem city. He was met outside the
walls by body of 900 soldiers and escorted to the
hest quarters that could be provided, and private
entertainments were prepared for him by the
Nealthiest citizens as long as he remained. He was
enabled here to arrange satisfactorily some very
difficult questions which had arisen and to obtain
the recognition of the Vice Consul. At Zalah, a
Christian village of 10000 people, where, also,
serious and delicate matters were involved in dis
nute between our countrymen and the authorities,
lin consequence of The expulsion of two mission
aries from the plaee) he was met by concourse Of
5000 people, who came out to conduct him into tho
town. His reception was an ovation to our flag,
and the whole arrangement of the difficulty was put
in his hands. II has been thus most advantageous
thing for the interests of countrymen that their
national representative has been respected in so
marked manner, and SO impressive in the view of
this people.
Mr.. johnson, our Consul for Syria accompanied
Mr.. Williams from Beirut to Damascus, and thence
10 Jerusalem.
We were all at Bethlehem on Christmas day, and
was enabled to hold service in the tent of Mr..
Williams, Tin the grounds of the Armenian con
FenD under the American flag, at which sixteen of
bur countrymen were present.
In Jerusalem Mr.. Williams received the visits Of
Latin, Greek and Armenian patriarchs as well as
Of the European consuls. He was also shown by
The Pasha the extraordinary attention offered to
Prince Alfred and the great personages only of
admittance to the famous Mosque of Omar, from
which all Franks are rigidy excluded on other oc-
easions. He very kindly included all the Ameri-
cans in Jerusalem in his party, and we thus shared
the unusual privilege with him, and saw what very
few of our countrymen or other Franks have ever
beheld, the Rock of Mount Moriah and the remain
Ing structures of the Jewish temple contained in
the Mosques of Omar and FL Aksa.