The New York Herald Newspaper, November 25, 1870, Page 11

” PRAVEL IN WES? ASiA. Horala Speoial Explorations in Persia, ‘History, Legends, Romance and f Material Vrogress, NATIVE TENTS AND MODERN RAILROADS. Religion, Cantieles, and - Like Unto Solomon’s. By the European mail at this port we received the following special letter—one of a serles—from, our Correspondent in Bushire, Persia. Shiraz—The City of Sand! and Haflz—The Bower of Mousalla—Garéen of the Throne Persian Poetry—Arrival ut Bashire—Oinan’s Sea—Cbarncter of the Persiane—The Pil- grimage of the Shai—Ihe Ruilway in Persia. BUSUIRE, PERSIAN GULF, Sept 27, 1670, * From the presence of the immutable antiquity of Persepolis, from its everlasting mountains, from the melancholy scenes of the plain, from the banks of ‘the Araxes changed into the Kendemeer, where still blooms the wild rose and lily, I came through a most desolate mountainous country to Shiraz, iamed 4n Hafiz's song and Siadi’s philosophy. “Ifa traveller,” says Siadi, “1s thirsty, ho asks a « Man for drink and gets buttermilk; only half of it ts Wilk, the other half 1s water,” by which Séadi en- deavored to illusirave how that a traveller's story is but half true while the other half 13 false. Having ‘well digested a translation of Siadi, I thought and had to think often of this above quotation whte I Was coming to Shiraz, Said Hatiz, tae poet:— Boy! let vou ruby liquid flow, And bid thy pensive heart be hatever the trowalng zealots say. Go! tell them their Eden cannot show A stream so clear as Ruk-navad, A bower so sweet as Mousatlah, Just before I entered the deflie of Tung-t-Allabad {crossed the stream of Ruk-nubad. It was just 4 yard wide, with three inches of water in the middie; it was bitter and brackish, After passing through the gate which bars the deille Shiraz is seen below inan oval plain, which 13 about twenty miies in length ana about eight in breadth, enclosed by high ‘snd gray colored mountains. Mosques and mlnara, medressehs and palaces, among acres of mud houses And groves, are the prominent features of the etty a3 you see it from the debouchure of the Pass of Allabad. And scattered about the piain are evi- ences of former culture and preseat prosperliy in the thickly groved gardens. NEARING SHInAZ We descend genily into the plain from the pass, a Mille trom which Silraz is situated, through a very wide avenu:, aloug whose sides at intervals are walled gardens, cemeteries, ruined caravanseries, ad a beggarly and half ruined suburb or two, Crossing asteep and narrow bridge, built over the Khanch Zangi Rood, a river which is almost always ary, we enter the town, aud the Shirazi are about us. The nauseous odors from decomposing exereta, the general decay visivie all about, the very narrow Streets and cruiibling mud houses, the fanatival impertinence of the people, are not likely to evoke from you much praise of Suiraz, as you pass through its streets tor the first time. Having a letter of ta troduction for Dr. Mills, the physician attached to the Indo-European department, 1 was very nosptte- biy entertained by that geutiewan, and in his deil- ctous rooms found sweet repose or the fatigue I had undergone. Tae city. Shiraz is a city of traditions; it ts the capital of the province of vars—old kingdom of Persia—and, therefore, the successor of Persepolis. Historically iis an old city, traditionally it 13 much older, for it was founded by Thur the son of Jemsheea, or Shem, Who was the son of Noah, while another Persian writer states it to have been founded by Moham- med, son @f Cassim, son of Abi Oxail, 639 A. D., or the 74th of the Hegirah. It was an important city im the ume of Sdadi, Who was boru in the year 1175. Te was a great city~ualer Shah Mansour, when ‘Timour-Lenk invade? it, But to day it Isa mean and insignificant city, because it 1s no longer the capital of Persia, that having been transferred to Teheran, and since Kerim Khan's time, under whom Shiraz was most opulent, 6 has been crambling to ruin ns fast as the influences of the climate can cause it. The plain of Shiraz 1s wide enough to support a very large eity, the soul is rich and the climate is Gelicious, except in the middie of the day, when it is uncomfortably warm, Jt has now a population of about 40,000 inhabitants, who are famous in the mauufacture of sword blades and good wine. SHIRAZ PLAIN, The Plain is famous for its gardens—the Mousal- Tah, which Haliz frequented; the Dilgushan, near the tomb of Sdadii; the Bagh-l-Taknt— rden of the Throne;” Baghi-No—‘New Garden; Jehun Numa—“View of the World;’’ Resik-i-Bebestt— “Envoy of Paradise.” And sightseers may amuse themselves with going to the Piri Sabz, or thé “Green Old Man,” where Haliz, 1t is said, became a poet by Keeping watch throughout forty nights on its sum- mit; also to the tombs of Sadi and Hafiz; the Kuusr Cave, where Moortoosa All, the hermit lived, and the well of Kalan Bender, down which all the Jalihiess women of Shiraz were thrown in former times. I cannot describe all these in detall, as al- most all the gardens are alike, and the palaces ‘Within them are but the prototypes of those at Te- heran, Which I have already described fully, GARDE The Bagh-!-Takht, or the “Garden of the Throne,"’ is one of the finest of the gardens of Shiraz, The palace is built on seven terraces, one abeve another, the roof of the palace being certainly 150 feet above the plain. On euch terrace are rows of orange trees; the second terrace hay, besides, twenty-seven fountains; on the lowest terrace bloom the white roses of of India on lofty bushes; another terrace above is distingu’shed by a wide spreading naicissus. As you enter the gate from the city you Are adinitted into a garden, where, tn its cool shades, you willbe «pt to think the Shiraziare very wise in expending wealth upon gardens such as these, It Js full of cypress, orguge, lime, poplar, chenar ana mulberry trees, and, as for flowers, they are of many kinds and hues. Proceeding up the central avenue about 300 yarda you come to a large Yeservoir, Which measures about 70) feet by 400 and originally about seven feet deep, but as it 18 much neglected Frank weeds aid silme have fouled its bed. Beyond the further side of the reservoir rises the palace on Its seven terraces, whence you may enjoy your fill Of a delicious view of the garden and its heanties, and from the topmost the view is extended over the whole plata of Shiraz, The “Garden of ‘he ‘Throne’ {a to Shiraz what the Central Park isto New York. The several ter- aces are so many Shiraz “imulls;” and hither, while the sun hurries towards the west, when its heat begins to be sensibly milder, the shade-loving Per- Blan of Shiraz wends nis way to ease his mind in focial conversation with his neighbors and to drink a And here he will stay amid a circie of his tends, inhaling his calian, talking, laughing, ges- culating oratorically between occasional sips of he tea of his own country; or he and his friends ind amusement in watching some Purdasts perform the Shiraz measure of the cancan, while the tabor throbs respousively to strains of Inte and pealing mborine; or else this pleasure loving group watch ith kindling eyes and bated breath the dancing oys, dressed in tinsel and tissue, describe by pas fonate movements of their forms and voiceless intomime the loves of Lailee and Majnoun, to be followed by recitations from the Shah Nameh. vers of the Odyssey will remember how modocus, wien brought before Aleimous, us and Ulysses, sang of the “pean fabric,” and the burning of Ilion, and if they have ever seen fiaxman’s design represent- ioe the effect of the lyrist’s song, they can easily agine What an effect a recitation, sung by a fine joplaLno voice, accompanted by a guitar tumnbed by master haud, from Ferdoussce, the Homer of rsla, descriptive of the battle between Sam ine Blrong wit the Dragon of Persia, cau have ou these truly astern peopte, arrived upow a scene simila: Bubject was more peaceful-viz.: “Tne Loves of Zal Bnd Roodavu,’” by Ferdoussee. Calians, teed Fro by in aula toa, aad #& seat were offered to this when the hg by tie hospitable Persians, The musicians con- isted of four fine looking boys, ana a dervisn with Dguitar, One of the boys was’ a pertect Autinous, and aeineto Le 3 he ite a was & favorite. i , bis ree? ants were of crimson gilk, his robe was of brocade; und his slender was @ sash bound tightly, ond lus was put on with the jauntiness of & petied youth, MUSIO, THB DANCR AND SONG, After we had all helped ourselv toed sher- bet, and taken a gentie eles , the ders vish twanged hie guitar, three of the boys got up to dance, the handsome Antinous: poets Every verse was started with a crescendo pitch, alter & short ee. cei’ iq be fate a full and nove, which aw! caogh 2 jt real it A re and long-drawn tile, ‘The the deryish wi it acted at sounds It marte you t! aes ER, to that of the Almens at ptt was ‘len tal, it was eroeaeely. O1nale, song ‘ag about Orient Pel u of Abe- lard and Eloise, of — twarch and Laura, Orpheus aod Bury a here were people whose whole thoughts dwell upon loves and shades of treas—: le With the “sleepy eyes that speak the mi souls,” Cam you imagine the rapt interest, the md tention, the moist eyes, the several attitudes of gach © group when moved by deep emotion? Here follows @ qootation from the transiation of tat part of the poem of Ferdousses, by Champion:— then exclams:-—“Oh thou, whose svented hair, r maid, with musk perfumes the ambient abt Manuccbere our wuptial richts stall know, fear bis an, and the future woe— at Sam, indignant, will deoiare his at deat, alas | unui viowe ray early age, ear thou, high Hewvea, and ye Powers above! ‘0 other obfect shall enjoy wy love,” eva (bite replied Lot Plexven atteat ‘he same bright purpose of my faithtut breast. ‘Though aceptr’d monarchs at iny feet aboutd all, Their thrones, thelr splendor, 1 would worn tue My prayers to Houvea suali (estiy my soul Gai shall wny wishes, ail muy thoughts G9:trol. y prayers shail yoften the illustrious iro, Ciut every though 4 inspire. Lost was cach se, ‘And love incrwascs from the gazing night. ‘Thus passed the fleeting hours, till the gray dawn, ia the #un Just peeping o'er the lawa— } rom afar tlie See aad aan ne lovers 6 pensive he pungit rave; while tears ouedows4 th f wit love was pictured tp the fond embrace. 'y the bright orb, inti 1 ney cry, ‘Why sarily spaugle all the sky? thus our bliss, our happier hous destroy, clos with pain the rupiured scene of joy 2" Zal then informs lls father of his love for Roodavu. The father yielus @ reluctant cousent. Finally 18 comes to the ear of Manukchure, the King, “tae illustrious gire,’’ of the Roodavu, and he seeks to destroy his daughter in nisrage, But he seeks another mode to edect the separation, which is by sending the hero Sau agaist the hydra of Iran; pe unfortunately Jor the tyrant’s hopes, Sam ts not Kile by the hydva, for the hydra 1s kuied by sam, whe is then haliod with acclamation by the peepie of Iran ‘Sam, the Strong.’ Alter which event sam tions the King Lad consent to ihe union, w he dnaily grants, @ud Zal and Roodava are married with dciat of pomp and splendor, Out of tnis quien sprang the fabulous Persian Hercuies Keastam, NATIVE POSTS~A REMARKABLE PRODUCTION, While [4m upon this vieme Lt may as weil advert to the Persian poets, Who are mostly a!) frem Shiraz, “ihe Seat of Science,’ as it is called, oras we would style tt, the Athens of Versia. Among the Persian pee the prmeipal are ferdoussee, SAudt, Hatiz, ‘izamee and Jamee, I cannot quote frem them all but Lt will quote a few lities from the three princin: waich pr iy will enhance your readers’ opinion of Sniraz. Séadit was born at Shiraz 1175 A. D., and buried oo baving lived 116 solar years, Wale travelling je Was takeu prisoner by tue Crusaders, and put to Work upon tie fortifications of Orde He was Mnally redeemed and inarried to the daughter of an bey merchant. He travelied for thirty years aad lived in solitude ier thirty more, during Wich he composed his Ghulistan, or the “Garden of Flowers,” containing stories in prose which deal with Qimost every event in life, und are as full of wise sayings as the Proverbs of Solomon. Mis poetry 1s contained tu the “Bostan,” or “Garden of Fruits.” From séadi [ can only quote four litte verses:— Alas! for him who is gone, aud has done ho work: the trumpet of the march has Yeen blown, wad bis burden was not bound on Be merciful, and thou shalt conquer without an army. Seize the vearis of the world, and be acknowlgdged ts 118 legitimate sovereign! ‘The happy conqueror was not an angel; neither was he if: enchanted armor. It was by bis valor, jttstics and thas hy attained great and happy ends. Be thow rave, juss ani meretcul, and thou shalt ve this kero! ‘Alas { for ages after mo the rose whi bloom and the spring wii comeand pass away. ‘adi was a good old man, a wise sage, ® great eller, and respected equally by the King as by his subjects, Hatlz, Mohammed Shems-fd-deen, was born at Shiraz, 1300 A, D., and died 1398. He was a duler- eut character from Siadi, aud his poems treated, like Auacreon’s, of wine, women, love and gardens, Ofail the poets of his native iand he is the most admired by Persians, His works are referred to by tie superstitious in the same way as the Sertes-Vir- @illanw, or as thab which Was employed with our own Bible, The Soofees evidently beueve that Hailz writes allegoricaliy, bub L will let the HeRaLp readers judye for thems:lvos. Auacreon, witht his brain ail a-whirl with love, with the effects of grape jaice, says:— Tpray thao by the coats above fA Give ine the mighty bowi [iove, And let me siag in wild delight T will, E will be mad to-night, probably in the same state of excitement, < Give to Hafiz one or two goblets full measure; bring tho wine whether perdition or salvation be the consequence. An tho Tarji-Band he addresses himself:— © Matiz! what constitutes fortune or wealth, except the society of thy falr ous and tae govlut of wine ? his odes Uacre are some more verses about win Drink wine; for when you se¢ a virtuous act of the priest, the ju it deceive you. are are a book of avel unencumbered. for the paths of safety are narrow ; take the glass of wie, for our precious Ife ig not to De re: called. ‘The roses have pleasure 0 Ke thank 1 drain the bowl inthe garden; for in another w: ‘oes will be 40 more. Give me auch a bows, Od, Heaven! sich as will give meno after headache. Fili the golven cup and distressed. Those oniy wilk find fault with the worses of Hafiz who are devoid of be you ive days of existence In pleasure, for iife is come, nor can anything afford so much ruby wins and give ft to the poor De am staniing, Oh, eupbearer ! on the brink of annihfla- t ortaalty, for the wike, though raised to the Jip, may not the throat, Shall L tell you the advice wich I heard last night from an invisible voice, when I was drunk and fallen at the tayera ? ‘Devote yourself to contentment and smooth your wrinkled brow, for tive di choice is against you. r fetters aud Go not think of heaven, for the the astronomer wi!l not solve the problem: Receive the bow! with respect, for It 1s composed of the dust of Jemsheed, of Bahtnan and Kobad, Who knows whither Kans, the Kyanlan, {s gone ? Who has found the goblet of Jena? Cieanse your hearts, for tho most remarkable beauties aro not worth & glass of wine. Depart, and search tor the riches of contentment; soat yourself {n the corner of safety, for the riches of the sea or ihe earth ure overdaianced by a mowets trouble, LIKE UNTO SOLOMON. Let us compare some of Hatlz’ passionate entrea- ties to his-love, which are considered only in an allegorical sense by the Sheab, to some of the can- ucies of Solomon considered in the same light by Bible readers. From Hatiz —“Oh, silver-bosomed cypress ! a form dectivate ns the rose, the beauty of whose cheeks surpasseth that of the moon at evening! Return | for your absence hath melied my soul, and deprived my heart of ease aud rest ’” From the Canticles:;—“Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and tergible as any army with banners? Re- turn, revura, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee.” Frou Hafiz;—“Thus spoke the nightingale this morning:—‘What sayest thou, sweet rose? Bring thy couch to the garden oi roses, that thou mayest kiss the cheeks of lovely damsels, quaft rich wino and sineil Gdorisferous blossoms,’ ? froin the Canticles:—“Awake, O north wind; and come thou south, that the spices thereof may how out. Let my beloved come into his garden and eat his pleasant iruits.”” From Hafiz:—“The singers, the wine and the roses are at hand, but pleasure is Not to be enjoyed with- out my smiling love, Where is she, where 13 my lovely infidel?” I will seat my love, ike a queen, of a bed of roses; I will make her a gariand of the hya- cinihe, and her bracelets shall be jasmine, Open, like the Narcissus, thy sleepy eyes ‘and let the up- righ, Narcissus droop from ellvy of thee, Throw ott the pearly drops srom thy counienance, and like my glisteulag eyes make the garden weep,’? From the Canticl “My beloved spake and said unto me, ‘Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter Is past; the rain is over the « or 4 ” +4] y Par- PT ER A Py Me ‘erispy note of the ni fan i t saaal mposiumn fn ous 2 we tate to an rit ¥¢ was Friday the uoxt day gina © nex! as that day Ix devoted to festivity sure to bo pi at the ‘Were handsome boy,dancers and the Of that class, the Leotees, whe, men them, are more reckless and wick 2d in lunce of the tenets of virtue and i. bag! also the arstocracy and @ youth. ‘ul males of Shiraz, res; bas urkaliks of Procadey chinig and silk; koli softest black Wool of Tartary on thelt , eee ri ieee Were loosely covered silken z ajors, Shah, Mohammed Rit who. tpemeetvon’t rf mer ae ey Ly right royatly, W Ine horses had! What sadilles and saddicclotha! So muci old @ud glitter, and such sti backs, and low hey courted atientien from everybody! io, Bo! have met thei es before in many wcity, and as Lam not a Siirazi why should F loek humble, ike like these slaves about ine? ft But here are the white-turbane@ sayids , mere Paypndens in the neighberhooa ef the Hat zi in the bazaars of Teheran, And our friends, he dervishes, are here In numbers, the shameless Newtons of Persia, Out on ye reprobates! whe do you over me your nauseous herds and your filth: talamans? ‘The Sakis are n their best elovhes; the! children seem Uke dolls. The merchants, respecta- ble looking men, are content to inhale m silence their callans. ‘The venders, of unctuous. sweetincats Giagsvphine the moneyed urchins to buy—buy for Allah's sake. And under the shade of the cypress, Bed i the Mesdjed Shai Mirza Hamza, where Abdul een Khun, son of Kenin Khab, reposes in his decaying tomb, which is close to tie Hozzar behek Mezzur, or the “fhousand and one tombs,” are & score of little Industries going on, such as the sel !ing of callan whiils, iced sherbet, snow, frult water and gteasy candy, Boys—for boys and chickens are the me ali over tne world—fanc, the candy most, while the adults cat lettuce dippe in the water of the classio Ruknabad, and comment in their wise, quiet way upou the fay, wid brilliant scene. But thé yeung men and 3 they disdain the unctuous jellies, the ripe apricots, plums, sweel- meats, ices and sherbets, Mounted on their feet horses they prefer “ono swift ruce and coniict of the field,” the Parthian Keska) and the rough Seythian sport, CLASS PURSUITS. The aristocracy—tiat 13, the growing boys and Young men of that class—are much deveted to the Keakay ‘They ride famously dne Turkoman herses faa Arab thoroughbreds, aad whoever has heard of he Parculan mode of Wariare may see It Lilustrated in these sports, It consists in riding at full speed, being followed by an equally swift rider with a spear, and, turning round in tite saddle, dropping 13 Cnemy with a single shot. ‘Thea there: is the. jereed exercise, after (he manner of the ancient: Beythians, the modern Tartars and the flerce Gallas of Southern Shea or the modern Turks at the Hippo: | Orome of Stamboul The jereed is s short stick avout four Jeet loug, which, a8 (hey galiep forward after an imaginary enemy, they held directed towards dim, and, suddenly launching it with all their force, are almost certain of hitting him. ‘They have also other means ef ‘stealing from corroding care one transient day” by wrestling. The wrestlers are called Pahlawans, aiter the strong men of Persian antiquity, after the Rustams and the Zourabds. Ibis a flue, well-peupled assemblage, unpainted on canvas yet, but oiten imitated in Cairo, Stamboul and ainascus, Ever: body seems happy and contented; the ene Jads and sturey rye love tue danger of the keljaj and the Jereed; the little boys love thelr candy; the adult and the fat leve the shade of the Cypress and tithits of social scandal; Spartan tree- | man and felot are on an equality this day; the | owner of the barem and lis eunuch haye compro- mised—somewhat moderated the ditference that lay between them yesterduy, and may be seen chatuing familiarly, SUNDAY AND TS OBSERVANCE. Is not thisa much better mode of spending the Sabbath than we have in America—that vacuaia in | our lives Whicit we ourselves lave made? Js it not | much better aud’n ore in accordance with nature | than our spiritiess lounging about cafés and lager | beer gardens; than shuiling listiessly about in fune- | real black, involved in mute study of black cigars | and blacker pipes; than trudging painiuily along the avenues Of Central Park like s0 many automa. tons? Why should not our loye for recreative amusements be exploite, and why should our Sab+ baths be such days of Quincss ? HAVIZ’S TOMB. Tt would almost be a sin on our part if we failed to visit the Hatizieh, or the toub of Hullz. It 1s situe ated close lo the Isiahan road, to the right of the “Thousand and one tombs,” in his own-loved Mowmatian, Said he:—‘fhe morning breeze of Mousailah and uke waters of Ruxuabad will not per- mit metotravel. Eden cannot show a bower so sweet as Mousallah, @ stream so clear as Rukuapad.” Surely we have then a curiosity to see this famed Meusaliah! Yet it is but a cemetery, now a rectangular square, surrounded py crumbling walls, Wita a biiiding constricted 88 it renemng | from wall to wall, Which must have beeu once a very phan 8 ail the wider eaved roof of which is supported by four columns of polished nummulitic Mmestone, Before the tront, facing the city, a large part of the garden 1s filed with cypress; before the front facing: tao Mountains 19 the limited but crowded cemetery, Almost in the middie ts the tom) of Hafiz. Tue grave 4s covered with a block of alabaster, about eight feet, leng, three feet broad and about twenty inches in thickness. On tg ro engraved, With Most exquisite Skil, select rom Wis Odes, ot whicit is, as told ine, “Aller me the heavens will yolve, and will bring many days and nights.’’ re ‘Travellers have cailed this block of alavaster © ble,” “very fine mi ? “diaphon®us marble’? “polished marbie,”? * ‘Iucent marble.” What 1s | Qlabaster? 18 it nota species o1 fine Itmestoue or gyp- sum, sometimes of a reddish, or of yellow, vemed With White bands, with a peliuchi surtacey If éyer there was alabaster tius block over Hatiz’s grave is. The trees which formeriy graced the Hafizieh nave been cut down and sold as fuel; the “Divan" and odes ol the poet, which were Kept ina chamber near the tomb, are im the LL of the Shah, No admurer of | the peot comes fu 1 to show the stranger his tom), while ail around ib has been desecrated with the dead bodies of dervishes, who, having aetiled the tom) with their filthy carcasses while alive, ct tinue the defilement when dead. A sad change Pins tue days ef Kerim, independent Prince of Pars | THE TOMB OF SAADI. From the Hafizich [ rode towards the Siadieh, the womb of Sadi, poet, travelier and phiiosopher, the good old patriarch of hisera, Ah! youdo not kuow the treasures of wisdom to be found in the “Ghulistwn,”” what good Principles and sentiments there are in the *#ostan,’’ otherwise you would feet sad, like Ido, in seeing his lowly tomb. It Ferdouasee Was the Homer aud Hafiz was the Anacreon of Persia, and gone. The flowers koe on the earth, the lime of the’singing of the birds is come, and the Voice of the turtie 1s heurd In eurland, ‘The fig tree putteth forth her green twigs and the vines, with the tender grape, give a good amell. Arise, my, be- loved, my fair one, and come away,’ » : The Sooiees see peyuitey of piety in all the kisses and embraces of Hailz, while tie Canticies, accord. ing to the translators of it, Mean no more than the professions of faith and desire on the part of the Uhureh. One more quotation from Jamee, whowasa Sooteo of the most extreme orde: ‘The almighty majesty of love has no form; tt garments of Lalles, anu deprives Majnoon of pe: ‘There waa nothing between thee but the veil of Woara, A thousand aflictions vowed on the ubappy Watalg. paltuiy, you sported with love; Wamlg a fd Majnoos’ ware at namin w the light of the cup-bearer and bowtd to It, as inclined towards the goblet. Jameo the glass Sometimes the wine, sometimes the cup Teall thee, Some- times the lure, somo:imes the net T evil thee, Excepting thy name there {snot another letter in the feet Of the universe. By what appeilation shall Logi thee? * SCENE FOR INSPIRATION, And so {t seems that the Shirazt follow the coun- 8els of Hafiz, Seated in little cifcies om tnose ter- races one above another, which are like the gradines of an ampitheatre, iistemag to reeitations from their epic poet, and Anacreon sung to the censonous rhythin of taber, aud lute and sweet soprano, with thelr eyes peering into tue peaceful solemnity of cy- press shades or upon the approaching twilight of evening and the golden lignts which are suspended above aud bathe those inimitable solitudes over which we have such an undisturbed view from the Upper terrace of the palace, do not these Shirazi re- flect the customs of the old Atbenlans, who, upon Hymottus slopes overlooking their dear Attica and pelincid Llissus, were thus wont to enjoy them- 3; or of the citizens of Antioch on the Stlpian hill, overlooking their eity, the.classic Orontes, and, imian grove. Yes! herein such gardens as Sadi was the Socrates, not only in learning and philosophy, but aiso insound virtue. He was of retired habits when in life, quite a hermit, and in death he has been withdrawn trom the plain into a deep bight of it, Close by ic is Sadls HU, where the philosopher and poet loved to spend the remnant of nis days. As you proceed to it you pass the Jepan. Nema (view of tae world, the Kola Fernighee, irom @ resemblance the palace has to a Fernighee’s hat, the Haftotan, where Sultan Shuja is buried; then you come to the Dilgusha (“heart expanding’’), the fairest garden outside of Shiraz, whence you see the Armharat-l-saada, almost at the furtiest end of the bight, northeast from Shiraz. Just before come to the gate you pass a small canant full of fish, consecrated te Sheikh Saadin, We reach ihe gate, and are beset by a population of beggars from the village close by; but we pay no heed to them, and enter through the lowly door into a garden, about forty paces square, at the furthest end of which 18a small emaret. ‘Thére are fir, pome- granate and cypress trees and a small fountain Within the garden. At the right side of the emaret is & vaulied recess, about eight feet deep, fifteen feet wide and fifteen feet to the centre of the arch, once richiy decorated with inscriptions in gold and azure taken from the poet’s books. The tomb, Consisting, as far as we can see, of a great block of polished nummulitic limestone «f a reddish color, is placed in the centre of the floor under the arch. book was shown us composed of the “Bostan’”’ and “Ghulistan,” highly illuminated by a dexterous pen, with illustrations of scenes taken from the poems, nis was sald to have been written by his own hand; but you know I am a sceptic and do not, be- lieve everything unless itis substantiated. About twenty years ago the roof iell down which Kerim Khan had built, but & new one, as you see, has been ub up. Prsaadl had written an epitaph in his “Bostan” which he had desired should be inscribed over his tomb, It reads thus:— ‘Ob, passenger! who watkest over my grave, think of the virtuous persons who have gone before me! What hai Mb to appyehend from being turned to dust? He was but earth when alive. He humbled himself to the ground, and, Ike | the wind, he encompassed the whole world, He wilt not continue dust long, for the winds will scatter ‘him over the whole universe. "Yet, as long as the garden of aclence bloomed, not a nightinvale warbled-so sweetly in tt, It would be stranye if such a nightingale should die and not a Tose grow on its grave. CASTLES AND TOWERS. The mountain to the right and south was for- merly famous for being crowned with the “Castle of Fahender,” of which only a single ordinary tower is left. 1t is now celebrated for having @ very deep well, which is put to very sinister uses now and then—namely, the grave of ail the faithless wives and concubines of Shiraz, This is the report, at least. It 18 called the Kalaa-t-Bander- Bender, Fanender. Tradition states it to be the work of Giws ordemons. The wellbeing so cere (459 feet) of course furnishes admirable means to dispose of a faithless wite bya vengetul husband, and no doubt it has been the grave of many a one. But this could not be found out without an exploration, and Woe 18 not a living Shirazi bold enough to attempt UNDER GROUND. About threo or four miles further east 1s another “Mader-i-Suleiman’s” tomb. | Truly Bathsheba is honored above all women in the Easti But how many mummies of Pharaoh’s daughters, swords of Salah-ed-deeu, of Charlemagne, the Cid, Frederick the Great, and triplicates of great people's relics, aro there in Burepe? However, this Mader-!-Suleiman near Shiraz is of the Persepolitan age; the sculp- tures, the masonry and architecture of the builaing inform us of that fact. It was a square building, of about thirty tect yoo entered {nte by three por- tals. The ruins of the walla are of white marble, Beyond this ancient ruin nearly a couple of miles are three tablets chiselled in the Tec®, relics of the Sassanidae, THE GATES OF SHIRAZ. Shiraz has six gates to its.old and ruined walls— the Ispahan, Garden (Bajh) of the Shah, Kanzeroon, Shah Daooiah, Khassab Khant and Stadt Gate, it has, or is said to Have, 6.500 houses, elgity public ) gay and rich affair, as we can see through an | NEW YOKK HERALD, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. vakeel 4 La Ty vires the Anest ae ten mi or cts, The m: Bardee, Khoolar, “ante ind Seca Mites Jor Bat boasts 1,000 gardens 000 vineyards, i Suite with aNow from lis Sabehaie ts. oolar produ the im whic aa oe apo! @ city mar! 3 ow where graze” S& imaree tot! e prodnce ie Vile Stas ar Ohtef of me Eoltants, .e Inges are chieily confined to wheat, barley, apricots, peaches, micionus, vegetables, grapes, opium, tee, indian corn, and trem Kencorgen Animas ve. es dates, paanges and Ce manufac. tures of the vil!azes are confined to.di common carpets, wooden spoora, carton ware, ae Peniely. of grimy. wdadetohe, imestond smn, sani guetss and Daca. ‘they are very winter. guiteroh tase ams te anions 3 gal to gianilies to supply the inhabitants ef shiraa summer, TRADE, The exports of Shiraz are dyes, silk, opium, mader root, galiniits, cottons quince Bee cing geod, saffron, Saleb, hides, brass, drugs, carpets a ros, hummuds, or felt pieces, The imports consist of cottons, calicoes, cheap prints, cloth, drearms, wier, lead, beads, looking ginases, fancy cutlery small notions —anything of the fancy kind. Speelal Dinry to Bushire, JULY 18, 1870,—Left Shiraz xt half-past ten A. M. for Chenarah-da, distant cight miles. Heat 114 de- grees Fahrenheit. The mountains and plain amok- ing hot; fever surging up my nostrils like steam vapor, Two P. M. arrived at caravanseral crazed with fever. It kept me on a bed of straw ina lousy cell for two days. JULY 20,—Started for Khami-Zentoun, a journey of sixteen miles. Desolate country, Hills after hills, valleys after valleys, all forgotten of God, deserted by honest man, inhabited only by the maneless Hons of Persia, the laughing hyena, the caracal fox and Jerboa, robber, erliant and prowling Paktiarl. My Winchester Is loaded with thirteen cartridges, ready to fire at the first image of a rovber, Heat 110 de- grees Fahrenheit. Highest altitude during the day 1,200 feet above tie sea, JuLY 21.—To Myoum Khutal (Between the Mills), twenty-eight miles, Heat at eleven o'clock A. M. 12 degrees Fahrenhett. Highest altitude reached 7,600 fect. From the roeky vicinity of Khan-1-Zin- coin wo dropped into the valley of Dusbt-l-Arjan, Remarkable spring of water; trees of antiqne birth near it, Cardinal urgencies of travel disposed of under the shade of the trees, such as hunger and thirat,. This valley is the grazing ground for the Ecliant mares. Désperate set of people, thoxe Eell- ants! Thence we ascended a most ugly slope of 4 mountain, wild fig, wild cherry and almond trees thickly clothing it, under which lurks the lon—a most ferocious animal! He frequently attacks tra- vellers; but my Winchester would blow him to fragments. Ido not fear him, but the Eeliant. The caravans We see and pass cry, “Beware! beware ! Having ascended to the summit of the mountatn, Flook down upon bewildering area—an agglome- rate of ugly mountain verteber, with the devil's own passes between them, The whole land seema secthing in the heat. Finally reached Myoum Khu- tal, alter eleven hours’ travel. ‘< JULY 22,.—Had a slight attack of fever during the night. Was so weak this day could not stand the 110 Gegrees sun heat; in such condition rested thy day. This 1s tie finest caravanserat in South Per- sia, but the people about are regues. Twice we were invaded during the nivht by sly Bands, vat we were watchful and lost nothing. Pingular scenery ail aboutit, True bit of Abyssin- jan wildness! The HERALD correspondent has feund himself in strange places before, but now I will cast my eyes about me and look ont over the scene. My arms rest on the battlements, Tam filty feet above the hill top at the buse of the wall. A question myself if thisis notas wild as any, not wilder, but yet as forbidding, Heat 116 degrees twelve o'clock M. I crossed myself, repeated I don’t Know how many avevs—I had no beads, therefore could not count them. My aves wotldn’t march, a3 the Shah says. Wei, I said a prayer for the dead Abbas the Great @ud thanked heaven there were such piaces as caravanserais in Fars, What was it? Was it tue water of Dusptd-Arjan that gave mo such asleep? Ol, health restorer! in the afternoon, inthe cavavanserat “Bevween tie Hills,” Ah, that zem, sauctitied by the vicinity of the Caava though it be. JULY 23.—Slid down at dawn; yes, actually sid down, my baggige, mules, servants and my- self--down, down 1,000 fevt! The slope of the mountaia was covered with round two-pounder stones, ‘T st touch of a taule's foot on the stones. and it’ slid @ yard; another foot, anotuer yard— peril of our lives! However, tue mules survived it, and I believe~as I feel my limbs and neck—I be- lieve I survived tf. Thank the Lordt Well, we had no sooner reached the bottom of the Peers Zan Mountain, and were voluble with self-congratulation when an incident occurred, My Wiuchester was up to my sheulder, my servants’~ kemmers and sceimetars flashed. out. We were bravely resolved, I assure you, But this incident. It was 2 naked man, who came out from behind the wild almond bushes and cried out for help in the name. of Allah. But why? Of course he had been rolbed of every shay he had in the world, He was going with three mules te Shiraz, loaded. Hult way vetween Komaridge and Myoun Khatal three men, armed with guns, which were pointed at him, bade him stop, te take eff his Kooba (coat), then hisr erkalik (gown or robeiof good stuf, then bis peeranun (suri), then his zeer-jama of linen, then his slip- pers and socks; then they told him to lie down, and they fogged him with switches cat trom the wild almond bushes. — And he was ia a@ bruised, most miserable plight, Weuld we heip him? Cer- tainty; think of the good Samaritan! May ft not be our turn next ? God! just thi ik of It, to ne robbed of every scrap ef paper, ef eyere. kerann, of every rag of clothes, and then be beaten hike & dog, and perhaps taken and sold! No, no, my dear, my pet Winchester, thou shalt sing a quadruple tetra-diapason first! And after this oath sworn to make another Thermopyl# we march on, confident, but nevertheless on the alert, our bruised unfortunate as well a8 We. We pass Comaridge plain safely, reach the Dokh- pass, and from Ms summit we look downa zlg- road which leads into the Valley of Kanzeroon, 1,600 feet below | Myoum Khutal pass 1s nothing to it! And as for wildness and bieakness combined, if I put Engedt desolation with the ruggedness of the Sterra Nevada I may make something of a com- pare. Strange, is it not? The Peera Zun means “Old Woman,’? the Dokhter means tho “Daughter.” Having finished safely with the “Oid Woman,’ we must now descend the Daughter.’ Our unfortunate is very suspicious of this pass; he sees the muzele of an Eeliant’s gun behind every boulder; the echo of our horses’ feet among the horrent superjacent crags which are on the.topple around us recalls to his mind the terrible flogging and woful loss which has occurred to hin; his own fears have become his worst enemies, Poor fellow | What could they have done to him, except draw 9 blade across his throat? After an hour we cried quits with the aniractuous ‘anghter,’’ and emerged upon a swamp, a pretty lake to our left, the ruins and sculptures of Shapour, or Sapor, Con- queror of the Roman Valerian, Sapor was the son of Artarxexes and second of the vailant and wise Sussanidw. Second Sapor was crowned as heir even before his birth! The Queen was presented to the satraps lying on her bed in state, and the diadem of Persia was placed over the womb, and thus Sapon was crowned (pee Gib- n) 340 A. D. But it was Sapor the First, A. Ds) timt builé the city of Shapear, Sapor. The ruins iare those of his fire ter or temples, the sculptures and the records of his tri- umph over Valerian and his Romans near Edessa. ‘The ruins consist of a remnant of Sapor’s castle on the Acropolis, overlooking a beaucitul but confined oe sculptures representing Valerian kneeling before Sapor; Odenathus, of Palmyra, consort of Queen Zenobla, sending camels bearlug presents to him; some Pahlant inscriptions, and at the entrance of ulurge cavern 1s the prostrate statue of Sapor, over filteen feet in length, The sculptures are simt- lar to those at Naksh-l-Rustann and Maksh-1-Rejeb. The castle site was well chosen, on the brink of a lofty and bread chasm, through which murmurs a clear stream Called after the victorious monarch, ‘Ten m ies off is Kanzervon, surrounded by groves of palms—a large town of 6,000 inhabitants, but rapidly thinning, because of a famine which 18 ex- tending over all Persia. The peoplo are leaving this place by scores, and yetaflnor plain, or rather valley, 18 not to be found in Southern Fars, JuLy 24.—To Khan-l-lakhta, eight faasakhs, or about teirty miles. We are descending rapidly towards the sea, and are already 4,000 feet below Shiraz, We have 1,500 feet oe to descend to-day by a pass which could be defended by 100 resolute mien against 10,000, ‘The rocks are o sum and basalt. Rumors of ravaging bands of Eeiiants are common in the road, and we are glvised that we risk our baggage and lives by not accompanying & larger caravan. Khan-i-Taknta ia situated the plain of Khisbt—an extensive plain, famous for its groves of paims, This plain must be 1,600 feet ‘above the Persian Guit, JvLY 25,—Amother Klintal or pass worse than any except the Dokhter. Over 1,20) feet of a per- pendicular descent brings us to Dalakhee, @ dis+ twace of sixteen miles from Khan-t-Takhia, It 13 the last pass—we are on the sandy plain of the gulf. There area score of extensive palm groves lu view. We oly stop ub Daiakve jor a nvol otesta, | water, tie best, the coelest in Persia, as cold as a Nova Zembia spring | intinftely sweeter than Zem- nt by ‘oon, inl by a_most jerour set of Lr famous tn history for bet He of & vel ie Bol-muru for the Engitsb. i hore courage and enterpr! ind to come up the passes, Ol and Hever setnrnet to ludia. Fortunately for the Bnglish {he Sieii signed @ tresty of peave, and Outram and Havelpck Were permitted to return to India to re- prone Hie grand puting whieh burst over that em- Had the ‘stiah Ittie tho gta avelock had Maren, 2467, weeks 1 re had the shih waited, and India had been toat to the Engl ind “he had been victorions, tir the isa could ever have fought Persia and India, with Ru behind them in ive person of Count de Stmonich, ti RH aed shire, hy way of Shief, twenty- miles, The land is 2 dead hovel fiat of func peed Boragoon, nelous, eucuinders, bari neat, mun groves of paltas. ‘The latter part-as wo appreach the sea is nothing but moist sani aireathen over by the humid airs of Oman’s Bea.’ Soon ite pale green. w @re seen, and though the heat is | a Be ait yet trom the Indian sea, Tonnd Selma's sat’ cape give Ws it to Withetaud it, An hour after reach. ing. shiel we walking the roof of the hos pe able pease 9 Af. Robert Paul, who, gthous tter of introduction, generously sala, “My doar sir, 1 ore yon ‘will make my house your home while You are jushire, At the Caspian. 80, we have gone through Persia together, from the Caspian Sea tothe Persian Gulf—a distance of 938 miles. What do wo know of it, now that we have traversed tu length? This much—I speak for myself—I haye been moat wofully disappointed. Instead of beg one of the happiest countries under the sun; of betug one yast garden of verdure and fruit tees and rosebushes, haunted by the uightingales, I fad it to be the worst governed country, the Worst cultivated country, and the most ill-watered country in the whole world! In the whole world, and as I say 30 | review my own words goolly and dixpassiouately. I consider my knowledge Of geography, and travel mentally over the twonty diferent countries | uave seen, and I repeat, Persia is more liken desert than any country I know. Lets. tan, Iam aware, 18 a very wretohed country, a howl ing wiiderness; Belsochistan consists of sand, naked limestone and gypsum; Arabia Petrwa ts sandy Wastes and mountains of scorie; Messopotamta and Kurdistan are sterliv. wastes (but they bave capa- | otties im the ite ‘is and Buphrates which require only to be use’ urkistan is an expanse of aridity; Abyssinia Is a country of rocks and plains, but a shrab grows {n every chink and crevice of the rocks, and the plains give tall grass; the major part of Greece 1s unloyely, despite what slobbering and mnandiin itinerents say: but Persia a vast empire 400,000 square mites in extent—that is to say nearly twice greater than France, or abont one-sixth the size of the United States, a country which taught some things tn architecture to Greece, which once ruled the world—is now a desert. You will | say, perhaps, tis is an exugyeratio Well, I wil! ee itto you. The Shah from this great emptre of is recelves Only $10,000,000 as revenue. Hyypt, with only 10,000 square toties ef cultivable tind, renders to the Viccroy’s governinent $25,0v0,000, 'y hsent Xerxes with Hers against Greece. It isthe country whence Camoyses siarted for tio conquest of Egypt It reduced Bavylon and Nineven and made ail Asta subject to it, so that it lacks not the Cssontials of prosperity and great- ness. If Persia once supported 69,000,000 of } human beta, the inen of whom stormed over | the world, can It not support its present pop a. lation of #,000,000% Ah, to a thor d whys f court give a thousand answers. eause inay be said to ve “despotic government,” the “Musiim religion,” and “universal trnorance.”” ‘Then there are secondary causes, suci as want of rain, great heat, avarice of the aristocracy, &¢. But we have seen France prosper under a despot: and Russa is prospering to an astonishing degree, and Alexander IT. 18 a despot; and we know that ludia 13 prospering, though the government of 1t 1s a milllary despotism, rersia prospered under Shain a®, an@ Shah Abbas was a despot. But ihe pre- sent Shah, besuies being simply a despot, 18 an Leno- | vant, weak-mindeéd, Iniane, irresoluie despot. His z the ation of their contry and draw up a schedule of Its nec ssiiés aad 1equirements with the acumen of @ Neoker, They are as yoluble a) a Spanish politician and ten times more witty. The Persian merchant js a keen fellow at trade; he can lie with more andactiy and assurance ‘han a Greek. The peasant ts an indus- trious, fragat and temperate man, of lange and pow- erful frame, The Versians have had poets and writers of some renown: serdousse Sadi, Hatz, Nisamee and Jamec as poets: Hamdaiiuh, Eben Aakal and Aasim as Listorians; Sadi and Mirza Jdam as philosophers, Imaun-t-duninna, of Ispahan (liviag), Would make no vad diaecticlau—a Persian Aristotie for instance. Is it not cartous that such | But, in three words, the | * ministers, if you witl speate with them, will deplore | n THE BRITISH NAVY. The Helicon at Havre—Tho Road Between Rove _ and Havre Mined—The Channel Squadron Re. pairing to the Rendezvous—Testing the Iron- Clads—Departure of the New Commanders" in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet and Channel Squadron—Amount Subserib:d ... to the Captein Fund—Uaptain Bur- goyne’s Widow—Marines for China. ¢ LOnpon, Nov. 10, 1870. The vessel which Engiand has sent to Havre ¢ represent her mavy 18 causing at the present momen} some amount of ridicule among our friends at Hayre, Who do not for the moment reflect that thg sinart little Helicon was nos seat to that port for aby aggressive purpose, but the contrary. Thq service which has been detailed for the Helicon te perforumduring her stay in the “French Southamp- ton” she 1s in all respects fitted for—and to have sent & large tron-clad of one of tae new Wooden corvettes, would in these perilous times have bem & very grave pleco of tudiseretion on the part of the British government, ‘The Mellcon traly is more like a smart looking yacht, and during the ocean cruises of the Channe; squadron she has acted as a despatch boat. She if a most Commodious vessel, clegantly fitted up, and there can be uo doubt but the sight of even the Helt- con tn the port of Havre is appreciated by all her Britanuic Majesty's subjects, although it may not ba gazed upon with the same iuverest by others, more especially as a friend of iaine ta the Foreign OMce told me a few days since tat It was pretty certain that Rouen woutd soon be attacked by she Prussians and Havre afterwards bombarded. How far my informant may be correct T must leave time to prove, although I aii inclined to be- eve the Prassians in Welr march from Rouen ow Havre will receive a severe “blow,” 43 tt Is generally” stated that the road between the two places oy mined, MUSTER OF THE SQUADRONS. The ships bvivngiog to the Channel Squadrog will before the ead of the present week nave am sembied at the rendezvous at Portland, where Mg, Omiders, First Lord of the Admiralty, will visit them previous to their proceeding tu sea. He will in all probability leave Porismouth to-day tor Weymouth, * IRON-CLADS TESTED, Nearly all the tron-ciads have boen placed under @ test as to their stability, so that the loss of the Captain, sad a8 the calamity was, has nad one bene ficial etect—that of putting Lo the test the capabilt- ties of the cestly huge iren monsters. Vice Admiral Sir Hastings KR. Yeiverton, who tas boen entrusted with the commaad of the squadron inthe Mediterranean, left Spitheadt on board the flagsulp, tae Lord Warden, oa Saturday, for Malta, | fe will, however, put iutu Lisbon, for despatches. What with the Lord War leaving Porwsmouta harbor aud all the vos {except the Hercules) be longing to Che Chauuel squadron, the great uaval pore bas selied down again oils iis usual quietur ‘Pue Miowur, Vice Adunrul U. G, Weliesley’s Bau, ship, Will huye by tits tine arrived at soctimud, dle (0K ou buard Ler powder aud shell at Spituead on ‘Tuesuay. THE OAPTAIN Bi | The total amount of sul, Lee FUND, apilons up to the pre- seul Uae recived by tie coumiltee Ler the relief Of (he Widows and faulidlies of bae oficers and crow Of the Captain amounts to nearly £44,000, which & ai ioformed is only bull tie amount required to allord support ty ail. ‘The widow of tie late Captain Hugh Talvot Bure | goyne is slowly recovering Loum Lae shock cwased by Luo terrible disaster of Cape Finisierre. Her case at first appeared hopeless, aud now she 18 said to cher is a hope tiat lier gallaut husoand has been saved | Ob tue Caplaiu’s pikuace., tn connecuen with this unfortunae agar Lmay menor that a w Captuins an the Royal Navy have formed themselves | Iaio a committee to receive subscriptiens of & | guinea from every captaut Uiroughout the service to | | erect @ privale memorial Wo Captains Cowper Coles and Burgoyne. MARINES FOR CHINA. At last the small detachment of marines have left | Engianud tor service m China, and | make no doubt Vey Wall just be in time vo be too lave for the storm evidently brewing in the north of China; and that | Buch beim the case, Colouel Richarasou, Who com- | mands te 300 rank and die, will with Jews men be sent on lo Yokoliama, THE POLICY IN OMINA. Wivh regard to the Chinese aivair there 1s not ® shadow of truth that British troops bave been desparched trom Jndta, at least wf one may infer fro.a the fact of tie represeutadion made by one of the cblefs at the Foretga Oitice, and from whien apprelicnd We commander of the forces in Chiua, as ptople permit the Turks to overreach thei, to excel them a3 a nation? Some writers have sutd'that the Persians are the Frenchmen of Asia, Tsay no! The Greeks of ihe Bast. Morieis’ “Hadyt as an illustration of a Persian, “Anastasius” 18 better, Talk to a Greek Hope's Mig ster about his country and he will tell you his country Is great and prospering; jw tumeihately him, and regeneration of 1?) though Greek influences er i very much te sate Ww He 14 going to do great things; but all the tine he wastes his talents in’ petting a better position by purchase, When he has acquired 1 he devotes his" talents to amassing money, and it 1s tien “every man ior himself and Allah for Persa.? THE SHAN. The Shah ts going to Kerbela th October, ordered a tent to be made of Cashmere which shall cos! according to Tsk Waking pilgrimages the Shah is going to Kerbela, and his trip will cost sometidug Uke $690,000—another Mahadi, ia tact. Ifitonly invoived the spending of tins ‘money tt would ve Well enough; but it involves susering and spollation of the peasants en route, | followers will never pay for anything, and they wil ozact tooth money as pay for the wear of ‘their teeth. The Shah has also given a concession to M. Le Norman, of Paris, to construct a railroad from Teheran to Shait Abriul Azzim, a length of seven iniies, @ mere plaything. it must cost nearly $3,000,000, ‘ : WHAT IS WANTED, The great drawback to Persia is Its want of water, A wise Shan, gistend of spending $8,000,000 in build= Ing a costly toy of a railway, or paying $90,000 for a tent, or $500,000 for a pilgrimage, would devote Uiat money to supplying Persia with water. It could be done for $6,000,000. A great deal of snow falis during the winter. If, instead of permitting that snow thaw to waste, there were ponds or reser- voirs constructed along the basis of ail the principal mountains, and the same way with the many fine rivers Which ran to waste, almost every inch of the plains of Persia would be cuttivated, the population would increase, and Persia would become the granary of Europe and Asia. PERILOUS POSITION OF TWO CASTAWAYS. Vain Attempis.at Rescue. Two mon have been for about six weeks on a des- olate and inaccessible island, cailed the Bird Rocks, in the Guif of St. Lawrence, and a government steamer has gone to make an attempt to rescue them. The Quebec Chronicle sa; The rocks are over seventy feet hich, and to reach the summit the Visitor must cliinb two perpendicular | ladders, bver thirty feet each —an 0) eration attended with cousiderabie risk and troubie. At the base of the island large sharply cut boulders of black sione are scattered at irregular distaiices, tagainstywhich | and the rock itself the waves, When tha sea Is run- hing high, lash with tremendous violence and force, In launching a boat from the Rocks a calm day must be selected, and even then the greatest caution must be observed, owing to the great under swql, which 1s | almest as dangerous «s the high running sea, One of the government schooners in the fishery protection service made several attempts last week to reach | his he maion rons “away 8 to speak oO! with the Te has shawls 090 Keranns, or $60,000. Though i Kings are exempted from island, but failed, and, tn addition the commander, to save his vessel, ordered his crew to throw all the provisions overboard, with which it was Intended to replenish the exhausted stoek on the island. The steamer Lady Head also made an attempt, but was not succesful In reaching the charmed spot. It 18 decided now that a final effort will be made to reach the reck, and for Jhat purpose @ first class outfit of boats, gearing and other required appurtenances have been proviaed; and in the event of the attempt proniag, a fatiure, it is decided to pull the men away rom it through the water, by meaus of rep around their bodies. Three Of the boats of the Lady Head were smashed to pieces, and the occu; atts with the greatest trouble escaped with their lives. As 4 lust attempt Mr, Roperison will throw a small Iine from the saip by means of a rocket. THE COMING ECLIPSE. A London journal of the 12th of November reports a8 follows The joint committees of the Royal and Royal Astro- nomical Societies and the cowucll of the British As- sociation have met to consider the eclipse expedi- tion, ‘and in consequence of those meetings Mr. Giadstone has been asked to recelve a joint deputa- tion to urge upon the government the Importance of the proposed expedition, The joint commitree have appointed the Presidents of the Royal and. Royal Astronemical Societies, (he Astronomer Royal and Mr. Lockyer to piead its caus+, while the council of the British Association will be represented by the resident and omcers of the associati Str John Tauooe k, M. P., and Dr, Lyon Piuyfair, M. P. No time has yet been fixed for the deputation te wait upon the Prime Minister. Professor Simen Newcomb has arrived in this country from the United States Naval Observatory to report on the great Newail telescope, aud then to gO to Gibraltar to observe (he eclipse. and observation of lasts, yet | ills army of | the unfortunate occupants of this Kobinson Crusve | tied | weil as Vice Admiral Sir Henry, Keillt, have botit their bands (ted. Ja us Tam iuily confirmed by a staiement by @ letter 1 have just received from an oilivor se: Vibg in China, dated in Boara:— SIANGHAR, Sept, 9, 1870. Admiral Str Henry Keller is now at Chefoo with a squad: Tou of 4unbouts—the Barossa, corvette, and Ocean, armor. Plated slip, Such a force, with tha ships representing other nations, you would think would naturally terri(y “John Chi- naman; but not so. Since ail these vessels hi here uot one shot In anger bas been tired you wii really hanging, knowing Chinese ‘Our laxity has been Where our smali guns are always-id Bin wight, ve love we shall molest Liat, aud the resuit in Lecumes more.apparent - ju y are “inen of peace ;” conse- Ssacre they teke part in they ad “chin chin" out of the wowe are here, that we » give them a good lickli any a ule to “talker talke row=-#t is a pity, a vas } whould not at once be y | Delays are dai 15) ADL Teal assured IL will be proved 60 this Chinese w Tvery day on. sees or hears of another 00 verse. Lelug added to their navy, and althoagh the Town (ihe last new ong) an armament of ten guns l thie | there would be liste woe them luto a cocked hat fa a very short spa t Nevertheless, the matter Js sisnitivant, as weil as the fact of the Importation of quam Lies of beavy guns, snail arms, powder and shot, | The Hy ing squadron, under Rear Admiral | Hornby, fs Hourly expected—two of the ships com- | lng into Portsmouth to pay off, the others remalaing at Piysnouth Sound to be paki oi—others vo be imme: diately put in commussion, Captain Commerell, late of the Monarch, left Sheerness yesterday on board the Thalia for the West Co@st of Airica, ‘The ships for Ue Persian Gulf will leave England this week. iculty to AY ANUSING DOMESTIC EP1.0D>, A Warning to Married Men Who Indalge in Late Suppers. {From the Elinira (N. Y.) Gazetie, Nov. Ina certain city, not so far away from this as to make it less of loc?! iaterest, a lew evenings since a party of friends met at a social gathering at a fash- Jonabie restaurant. Some were bachelors, and some were Jn the enjoyment of “Heaven's best gift to men!" ‘The evening was cold, aud most of them wore overcoats. ‘Two of them svere nearly alike and were owned respectively by Charley G—— and Charley 8——-, one of them married and the other single, and a wild fellow, Who as fast as he was out of one scrape was into another. Hts friend Charley G— 1s a sober mau, cherishing a bright-eyed but Jealous-hearted little wile who loves lim tenderly, Hie found it diMcult to obtain permission to attend the supper at all. Jt was given atjast, with the understanding that he would come home. ew Me cid not, however, bat sat late; ao very udeed, that he slept soundly the next morning. fe had met with a mis- fortune, too, laying stumbled on his way home aud rolled over in the street, His wife, however, set about repairing the mishap the next morning by cleansing the muddy overcoat, While engaged in this occupation her hand by the merest ciance in the worid strayed into one of the site pockets of hla coat, and encounterfng a neatiy folded billet dour, subscribed simply to Charley, rea Do not go to that horrid supper, love, but come to me in stead. Lam solouely. Your devotod KATE. Oh, my! bat the Iittle blue eyes flashed—tne color caine and weut upon her cheek and foretie: When she read the few lines. Tuere was a mom Ee 48 if to sul the mteusity of passion, and then ir. G-—— was rudely shaken from his bed, “What's the meaning of this, sir/’? aud the littie hands tre bled with passion, as the offending paper was he! before the culprit. “i don't know. Who brought ia “Who brought it, sir? I found tt ocket, Mr. G——. I want an explanation. I will ave one. I want a divorce, too!’ G—— was | Tully aroused by this time. Le protested he knew nothing of the note; ne did not know how the treacherous lite thing came in hts pocket. He appeaied to nis wile’s good sense. She would hear no denial, but instead made another dtve into the coat pocket, Another little missive re- warded her search. It was brimful of the tenderest endearments, aud dated oniy two days back, but was in another handwriting, very beautiful and signed ‘Jennie.’ “Oh: you Turk—just look at that!’ and while Chariey’s bewildered eyes were perusing the letter another visit was paid to the re- ceptacle of love—another letter came out. It waa deltcate, but full of upbraiding. it called Charley cruel, false, deceltful; said that Fanny's broken heart would be laid at his door,” and that his “once loved darling would die early.” ‘The lips were white now with rage, the blue ¢ all aflame, the little form drawn up to tes fullest height. Chariey never saw her looking so tndig- nant. ou monster! Why, Brigham Yeung would be Asuamed to do ag you have done 0" Another dive was made to the pocket, and letter after letter brouglit out, until a dozen strewee the Levincing the tenderest love for Charley. to cope with the storm of indignation made a hasty exit from the room, and, leaving the house, lett his wife to meditate upon divorce or sut- cide at leisure, A few minutes alter, however, tho servant of Charley § apptared with Mr. @ 3 overcoat, and reapectially solicited ue return of Lis master's, 1's im your coat