Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-06-23

| FHUM JEkUSALEM AND
Enss as sstis be.eription lof saered Citie'
and PIaces-Custems of the Peopie-
Modes Of Travel. 6c.
We are kindly permitted by lady
,friend and reader of the CHHoNIcLE te
make some extracts from an exceedingly
interesting letter, written by gentleman
formerly of this city, now travelling IN the l
East.-tEps. eHRoNIcLEl CT =
9 IL 5ERusArEM, April 8, 1871.
| We landed at Alexandria the l6t OF
March, spent day there, and then nine
4 days at Cairo. / found, the, latter city ex-
| tremely Interesting 1t is one of the iarg-
est and most haracteEistic of Oriental cit
| les. much more SO than I had supposed.
| Indeed, as soon as / had landed in Egypt
/ found that was ina new world. The
difference between that country andEEu-
rope is far greater than between Europe
and America, not only in the Language,
but also in the-appearance and customs OF
the people, in all their ways OF diving and
working! It was like being transported
to the land of the Arabian Nights. We
visited the Pyramids, of course. and the
other places Of interest in the vicinity,
but found inexhaustible entertainment
in the city itself, with its Mosques, its
Bazars, its wonderfully picturesque mar
row streets and endless variety of street
scenes. We took a. sail down the great
Suez Canal, ON leaving the country, and
the 10Th of March saw us in Jaffa or
Joppa. About four o'clock, the next, day
we made our entry into Jerusalem by the
| Damascus Gate. N'' - " ''s't"
We have been tothe top of the Mount of
Olives four times and to Bethany twice,
Tul, ri crix of no
places have visited, as the Valleys of the
Kidron and of Hinnom, Gethsemane, the
Pools OF Sloan and Bethesda Mount
Zion, Mount Moriah, where the Temple
stood, fnow the sacred enclosure of the
Mohammedans, with the Mosque of Omar
i'm its center) the Via Dolorosa, the church
of, the. Holy Sepulchre. with its host of
sacred spots (if one could ionly believe
them genuine, to say nothing of the walls
and gates of the city, and the multitude
of ancient tombs all about, the list would
not be very sRtifaetory asa description OF
Jerusalem, coming from one who is on the
ground, but it may serve to show you that
I am enjoying, myself p We are here at
| justth fight time as it is the Holy Week
and Jerusalem iss full; of pilgrims of
the various Christian rsects from all
parts Of the world, so that we see an end
| less variety Of faces and costumes. There
are also many special ceremonies, as the
carrying Of palm branches on Palm, Sun
day, the washing of the feet (of the Bish-
OPS or Eidersl by fhe, Patriarchs of the
Latin and Creek Churches, and various
Others, ,,.,.,.s.,,r,
But VIC hbve not only seen Jerusalem
We have alsohad some experience in Pales-
tine travel Last Monday we followed
the throng of pilgrims to the Jordan, go-
ing down from Jerusalem TO Jericho"
with our drag ar q tents.l We had
armed guards for our protection, as there
is still danger of falling among thieves.
We booked at the site Of ancient Jeriche,
and then encamped at Gilgal, where the
Israelites had their first encafnpment after
Iwere also there with their tents. nhe
next morning we went down to the Jor-,
dan and saw the pilgrims battle, and then
journeyed to the Dead Sea and took bath
ourselves, lfe<usuing to Jerusalem by the
way of Marsaba and Bethlehem The
Journey occupied three days, and we had
TO be from, Ave to eight hours in the saddle
each day.. ItI is generally considered diff
iicult exctlrsions event fof3 experiehced
riders, but we were Fortunate enough to
have unusually cool weather, and ! came
Since returning to Jerusalem We continue
to live I'm our tent, which is pitched uust
outside the wallis enjoy tent-life very
much. We have good dragoman, a cook
of ourjowu, who travels with us with a
seperate tent, of course, and we live quite
as we'll and have nearly as many of the
conveniences and comforts of life as We
should in hotel, along with the romance
of migratory and patriarchal life: To-
morrow ne take up our tents and journey
southwark 70 Hebron, and sxpeet tp en-.
camp with Abraham on the Plans OF
Mamre or, in the Valley, Of Esheol. We
shall return to Jerusalefn Tuesday night
and then start on our long journey nerh-
ward. across the country to Beyrout.
WIFI ~ 70 ~ ATHENS, May 10th.
This second part Of my letter, which
must also be brief, viii write from a place
II some historical interest and one from
wb tcil youl have net efteH prpbably had
letters, The journey through Palestine, 4
from. Jerusalem to Beyrout, by way Of
potbei Shiloh, Shechenl, Samaria, Tibe-
rias Sea of Ga ilee, Mt. Tabor, Nazareth,
carmel and a host of other places with IA
n,iliar and sacred, names, was successfully
and certainly need not say
#, was one of the nest interesting ana oe,
lightful journeys that ever maae. I've aos
in Palestine has its slight tneeaVe AIence??'
II il true. but they are nothing in compail'
son with its pleasures, at least, to one VINO
= interested la tiae Bible, for it makes, one 4
MIGHT almost say, an, entirely new book OF
that Although there is very little OF the
ancient cities left, even in ths way Oh
ruins. still the general features Of the eoq9s
try, Of course, remain the same, ann y has
wonderful too how fHlse cSis1 !.
taken nIace I'M the ways of The peopie.. -
Fro Beyrout we took French sOeaineI
on tha57th of April and 8 salea aong .ne
S e Smyrna Il where Nssaid sss days = and nd
then came across the Archipelsago 70 A tbs
ems We had excellent wsa'', With - ou ue
way ant ssons along the coast for Variety
80 ae tSa e the voyage, though long, was no.
20 1nas NY We are now in the middle Of our
S WetS at AtheSs and a diligently plor.
ing that city believe shall not a. ~ tbe
to give you even SO much as nss u anow
's..r.s, sf ti,a,s, sTrasav fabe able 10 i'm