The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-08-24
NUMBER 13.

Rome was but youth in Egypt and the
countries of Palestine. We had seen
Damascus the Oldest city in the world,
and the ruins of Balbec, conceded to be
the most magnificent and stupendous in
the world, and our temporary ambition
was gratified. The bug bears which
both croakers and well-meaning friends
set before us, had never been overtaken.
Perhaps we had been presumptuous in
attempting the Eastern trip at this sea-
son of the year, but the inconvenience of
prolonging our time too late in the fall,
and the uncertainty of future oppor-
tunity, prompted US onward. and though
not SO pleasant as would have been desir.
able, we had had no reason to regret the
task
Our stay in Beirut was necessarily
short We paid due respect to the Amer
lean Consul, and at his office found regis
tered the names of Rev. r. E. Goodwin
of Chicago and Rev. H Hayden of Ohio,
on their trip the last year. The latter,we
once had slight acquaintance with In
company with the Consul, who was re-
turning to the States on leave of absence
we embarked on the Russian steamer for
Constantinople, touching at various points
along the coast. At Iskanderoon, at the
extreme northeast corner of The Mediter-
ranGan we availed ourselves Of stay of
two days to make an excursion of two
hours ride into the mountains to a town
OF 5000 inhabitants, where we were en-
tertained at the house of a Frenchman,
acting American vice Consul. A Circas-
sian beauty lately arrived, was in the
market, but as none of our party were
anxious to purchase we were unable to
gain an interview. At Messina, on the
north coast the seaport of Tarsus, where,
it is said st Paul frequently embarked,
we found the American frigate Shenan-
doah, IN t,aioins lol an ancient sarcopha-
gus, which had been presented to the
J New York Historical Society, but some
distractions had been thrown in the way
of shipping it by the local authorities,
and the frigatc was awaiting an order
from the Sublime Pore. It was a fine
specimen Of the kind, finely cbiseled and
an object worth seeing.
One party of our passengers was a
Turkish Pasha with three wives and as
many servants Our voyage seemed to lr.
gress slowly,but we interested ourselves in
studying geography and the lofty ranges
of mountains along the coast, on many of
which snow was distinctly visible. The
outlines of Cyprus were djmly seen in
the distance. The islands of Rhodes and
Sclo Were regular stopping places for the
Russian line of steamers, and cur time
was ample for sight seeing. At Smyrna
we tarried two and half days. This
city contains population of 100000 and
has preponderating European element,
but no striking characteristics. We in
tended from this point to make an excur-
sion to the ruins of ancient Ephesus a
distance of so miles by rail, but some lit
tie defect in our supposed arrangements
disappointed us. be Recent excavations
have revealed what is supposed to be the
foundation of the celebrated temple OF
the goddess Diana. aa su. ggE
Little occurred to break the monotony
of our voyage, except too long delays at
the various ports, till just as we were
emerging from the .Dardanelles into the
sea of Marmora, when a sudden cry of
imam overheard" brought every one on
deck An Arab passenger had either
jumped or fallen overheard. A full half
mile interviewed before the steamer was
able to back water and lower boat.
The fellow struck out manfully and kept
up a lively splashing but when brought
on board, was completely exhausted. The
same fellow had approached us but an hour
or two previous, and uttering something
unintelligible, bowed down and kissed
our feet, and from other strange conduct
was supposed to be deranged. at the
end of ten days voyage we arrived at
Stamboul, after. an absence of So days
from Europe. L.
P.S. In a previous letter by slip of
the pen we were made to attribute scrip.
ture event to LYDIA which was due to
Caesarea. A correct account will be
found in the last part of Acts TX