Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-05-03
Gorrespondenee.
No. 20.
JERu s,LEs, PALESTINE.
March 18th, lSGl.

athECH -''hi ifN'l.
Our home for few days will be in Lat
"a Convent in the city OF the Great King,
while we make excursions To Biblical pla-
ves in and around the city whose foundation
was laid by one Of whom the Writings say,
he was without father and without moth
sr, without descent, having neither begin
ming Of days nor end Of life. = Perhaps
our reader would like to know how We came
20 the Mecca Of the Christian world-so We
will invite you % return to the land of Egypt
q ON the morning of the fifteenth of March
vc stepped, or rather climbed into a third
class car at caro-, for Alexandcr's once
roynl city, OF which Napoleon said it ought
to b. the capital OF the world Il was the
feast of RamAdan which lasts thirty days, in
which no ono is permitted u smoke, eat, or
drink from sunrise to sunset but after the
sunset gun is fired a shout of joy resounds
,N,roughout tho Mohammcdan cities and the
/. Night is spent in eating, drinking and smok
! ing.
In our car was lot of the Ml-lcms. We
offered them oranges. raisins, bread and
checsc-they shook their heads and said.
=" Ramndan. On our route We looked
probably for the last time upon the Pyra-
mids, palm groves. desert and the Nile. On
arriving at Alexandria, crowd of donkey
boys like harplc, surrounded US, glad to
ct our baggage to carry. Poor donkey
bows after all Of their cheating they have u
hard life, running barcfootcd over the hot
and and stones Tor hours without much
rcst.
At sunset We asccndcd the hill of the Cita-
del and the view was loycly-the deep blue
waters OF the Mcditerranean-tac harbor
with Stcemcrs-mcn of-war vessels from va
siou. nations --pompey's Pillar-ClcopatrA S
Nyedlc end b; neat Frank quarter
/" sfA Sat ay :" called to sec the Am'ri,
49, lsal, who is no lager citizen OF
ted States, but citizen 0, the AZ
t,, sT 4mer.cd" lie was sentle-
Aman, and lover Of the South. We
~ pleasant visit u the home Of the Amer
~ E issionary in this city.
Va hy. at 10 \. NJ. in the Russian
PaiLas' We left for Jatla, the SEA
y H. frusale,n. Pilgrims from different
o. he world are on board, and yop
A Afln languages spoken, but heavy
<SAg the noisy croxd, ard their
III tsue,-r sounds Indicate that
- sas come over them.
"'a~.an. the Holy Land came in
g. emotions take possession OF
n Er soil was commenced that
II. Ayiy N INA" which is destined ere
xSh1A throughout the world, and
KtNS son and daughter Of Adam 5
~ Test.or ought to. Yes, in Pal
Ell q l. hispls yed the works OF Him whom
iH y hid whom we worship-whose maine
YAsA irust amid all of hfe's changes .and
whose ss csifce We hope at last to
GN the arials and troubles of life. be-
,,h it's territory was composed or CIV
tnraE tld Testament-so the oldest doeu'
III ha have comes from the land OF the
lnFi An, I night we land in Jaaa .hav-
ianke vses in 80 hours. We repose
AIE,4iGr comfortable convent stu
{Ylr i. ashore, as was the house oil
Z pppop4y in which Peter lived after
N made byI sssirom the grave. In the NOR
w a.,asss to ;ur departure tor Jerasa-
~, we take a stroll through the orange
y yes Of Jafa, outside Of the wall, and
- t<pranyes, of which you can get eight or
n 6A Aene ceai, larger and sweeter than any
~ ~, America. We called at the house
rXkt IA. y former missionary to Je,
| = guthor of the book entitled
Hl., ,he Great King he was
In ~ 80 kuct sce him, and we re-