New-York tribune., 1880-01-01

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JAyvA, Dec. 3.-Generai Noyes and party arricsc
this morning from Jerusalem, and 60 on 10 Cairo 10.
morrow. Rumors Of the narrow escape from death
af-soms Of the party had reached us. and went
promptly to make inquiries. Tho General said
" The ladies' are resting from their fatigue. and
Mrs.. Noyes especially Il worn out from the excite
ment anc care consequent upon the dangerous III
ness of the maid which was caused by her swallow.
ing great quantity Of the acrid water Of the Dead
Sea-"
How did 1t happen, Generalr
"Why, we had, on the whole, very pleaaant
journey; tho weather was magnificent; and on
reaching the Dead Sea Miss Stevens. my cousin and
the maid took bath in it. My son hsd been In,
and found how buoyant the water 'as, thashe
could not sink, and no danger r.s antici.
pated. The maid went in sons dxtance. and.
somehow or other, lost her footing snd fell, and
her head went under and her feet went up. She
struggled desperately and was terribly fright
ened, swallowing quantities Of water. Miss
Stevens bravely went to her assistance. She
succeeded in turning her over end seized her by the
shoulder, for you cannot sink IN the dense water,
but was clutched BY the maid and pulled over She
then screamed for help. and our drsgomau and
muleteer at once went to their brought
them out. MISS Stevens was not alarmed and swal"
lowed no water but the poor maid did, and the 10
suit has been that both her lungs are inAamed and
she is dangerously i'll. We were detained in Jerusa-
lem on her account. However, we shall take her
with Us to Cairo which the doctor says Is the best
place for her. Fortunately We had sedan-chsir
with us, IN which we carried her to Jerusalem.
This incident apart, our journey was continued
source of delight to me. My son, youth OF four
tcen who has never been accustomed to riding, on
loved the novelty exceedingly. His horse was fine
animal, and he soon got to understand his manage
ment, and ran races with the Arabs; in fact, bad
good time.
"On starting from Jerusalem we had with us the
three principal Shekhs of the Jordan district and
All escort who excrted themselves to please u.s. They
ran their horses hurled spears fired guns; and never
in my life had Sc, anything to equal their agility
in managing their steeds. Down at JerlcEo. Bed0u-
ins, men and women. came and exhibited their
sword-lances, and gave war-cries; in iactl we're
from the Dead Sea, fell in with long string OF
twenty or more mules laden with salt. When 9ues-
toned by our escort the drivers said they had par
lev. but on examination it proved to be salt they
were smuggling Our Sheikhs, finding few men in
charge of it, drove the animals before us. intending
to seize It. Upon this, one of the salt smugglers ran
to ne eighbOrng hill and shOuted in few minutes
about hundred men were seen running up from
paces of cOncealmcnt, and finding our party TOO
Strong to attack ran OF before us TO the brow OF
Hill which OverhuDg the road, aud began 10 nuri
stones down at our escort, and the younger oheiRn
was struck three times and by dnt of shouting and
stone throwing they managed at last to get the
mules away. The sight of the fray revived OLD
times, and | was for firing upon them, put our
dragomnn wouldn't allow It; the Responsibility was
too much for him. Down at the fords OF
fine fine cnmeIs SSneIn some SO" of them huge fellows
never yet accustomed to burdens Ihcy were the
paants than camels"
What is your opinion, General, OF the talk or
Turkish reforms you have been now several weeks
in the country. and must have attained some kuowi-
edge of the state OF affairs y
Il haven't particle OF faith in reforms; under
the present Government they are an imp0ss1lity,
and spoke very fran ky to all Pachas and officials
expect the country to flourish under system OF
brbes and robbery, and that the only way to all
vance was to put end to 1t at once and encourage
agriculture and commerce AS matters now are
they could not expect the people TO seek improve
ments when they can't be sure OF anything they
make or own, and at any time may lose their hard
earned money by exactions, and also be robbed with
impunty by thieves and vagabOnds who thrive uil-
der the administration. In every instance the
Pachas admitted the truth OF my observ atoms anu
said they were willing tO d. their best, but they
had bad subordinates-' they themselves were hon
est, others bad. etc: Tho only remedy. in my can
try entirely ont of their hands and place 1t under
other rulers. who will see that justice is carried out;
else all talk of reforms IS u sheer absnrdity"
General NOyes has recently come from C0Dstantl-
poplc has visited Damascus and BeirGt and Jerusa-
len--hus seen, in fact, what Sir Henry Lnyard has
sccn-aud the foregoing Is hls deliberate judgment.