Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1866-03-30
ooh, Jerusalem :"

The following is from Washington
newspaper. We desire an exchange with
the Indian river ".S,ro1M of Truth -
"Rev. Mr.. Adams. president of the
Palestine Emigration Association. gave us
call yesterday. and from our interview
with the gentleman we learned the follow
ing facts in relation to the proposed emf
grafton to that down-troddon and long
desolate land. Mr.. Adams. having very
recently returned from tour through that
country. is now in Washington. with Il
petition from some fifty families (mostly
residing in the State of Maine) to the
President of the United States-pot for
money or means, but simply to get our
Government to give our resident Minister
at Constantinople instruction to present
their petition to the Saltan of Turkey for
''Firman'' or decree of protection. Mr..
Adams has already visited the President.
presented the petition. and been referred
to the Secretary of State. with whom he is
now awaiting an interview. The colonists
have already purchased a beautiful loca-
ton for their first city or trading port,
within ten minutes walk of Jaffa, the anci-
ent ''.Joppa." The location is situated i'll
the midst of orange and lemon groves and
pomegranite orchards; also surrounded
with fig trees, date trees, and grape vine
yards. We understand they are building
two vessels suitable for carrying passen-
gers and freight. The first vessel, with
some twenty-five or thirty families. they
propose shall sail about the 10Th of next
July. Their object is to get there just in
time to put in crops of wheat and barley.
They take with them their furniture. the
materials for their houses. and all kinds of
agricultural implements. and among them
reaping machines and threshing machines.
Among those who go first will be carpen-
tiers. masons. cabinet makers, boat-builders,
coopers. milliners. shoemakers, farmers.
school teachers. and merchants. One gen
tleman will build large hotel to accolnmo-
date some Of the thirty thousand European
pilgrims who annually visit Jerusalem
by the way of Jaiia. They go there to be-
come practical benetactors of the country
and people-to introduce American agri-
cultural. arts. science, and mechanism;
and to help resuscitate that once glorious
land. as they believe the time has now
come to prepare the way for the reStora-
ton of the descendants of Abraham to the
land of their fathers. They propose hav-
ing their vessels run between Jaifa and
this country, carrying lumber and various
other things to that country; and in return
bring back hides, wine. olives, olive OIL
dates, figs, lemons, oranges, and other
kinds of fruit and productions of the coun-
try"
Mr. Adams i. editor of a monthly paper
entitled the Srord Of Truth and HubinJor
Of Peace. published OF Indian River, Maine
Washington. %. c. paper.
We give III conclusion. so that our read
ers can judge of both Jatta, or Joppa, and
Indian river, the following account of
each.
''Jatfa, (ancient Joppa) is small mara
time town of Palestine, on Il tongue of
land projecting into the Mediterranean.
Is miles \. y. T.. of GAIA. and 81 y. W.
Jerusalem. Lat. p. 3, y. long. 81. ~ T..
1t is built on declivity. crowned by 4
fortress. Its harbor now chokcd with
sand. is protected by two other forts. II
has several mosques. Roman Catholic
American ard Greek churches. some con
vents. and trade in cotton, corn, fruits, and
coral. the produce Of its vicinity. twas
the port of Jerusalem. and the landing
place of the cedlrs with which the temple
in that city WAS built. In 1899 il was taken
after sanSlinary seige., by Napoleon.
when 1900 Turkish prisoners who Gas was
alleged had broken their parole, We're put
to death. Population 5000.
Indian River. where the Sword of the
Spirit" i published, is a small salt water
river betweeii-,sew thaert and Addison. aud
has no printing Establishment, 80 that if
any such paper is published there ii is not
printed there.