C. F. READ & H. H. FRA2IER, EDITORS. i'oefs - Front the Bradford Arise. • ttARY.- - • A Maras TRIBUTE, DT L. W. L. They-have folded-sadly.fidded ' The deith-shroud o'er her bran; They have clasped her white hatids softly, And kid her down to rest. • They have patted batk the tresses, From her,kinwig and gentle brow, , And the seal--the fearful seal, .• ben her sweet Bps now. Likethe half unfolded rose-bud, .Lie the leaficeiverdure hue, . yew she drooped in maiden beauty, And faded from the view. • let the tears flow down in silence-- Let the stricken spirit moan— • 4 • And the troken hesirotrings tinker, With a wildly plaintive tone. • • Scarce two bright summer daireings, • , On fleetest wings bave,flown, 'Since she, amid a bridal throng,, - • , The sweetest floweret shone. With the quiet, holy beauty, , In her soft, haiel eye, With a look of heaven, that whispered, • "So fair-0, she will die." . We knew—we knew the pure, young brow, With circling gems would shire, 'ti'e knew the smile that wreathed her Bps, Bore the holy angel sign. Nor weep we, that on white wings, She bath , softly soared away, Or that another weary head, • Li ittesith the cold, cold clay. • owe weep, that near the eye-lids . . Their heavy droOpings ope— That to the deeply yearning gaze, • Comes hack no answ'ring hope. The pale cheek, with its death hue, Forever more is chill= '- The sweet lips, with their tertrness, Forevermore are still. Long years of weary mourning he re May watt the grief-touched heart; And clouds may shroud the darkened sky, Bat joy•shalcbid them Part.' • A seraph smile shall lure thee on; Where angel voices ring, - And deep, notes from the starry world, A'soothing balm shall bring. , Though cold the •Bps, whose dying breath Besought-thee not to weep— A hbreting spirit o'er thee broods, • Since MART fell aslectt.. ftoo $O4. JOURNAL OP REV. .11.'11 JESSUP. CONdLUDED., I Tritsmir; March 3d.-'-When we arose this morning, we found- our tents, so saturated with dew, that weivere obliged to'leave them standing some time to allow! the sun to dry thein. After breakfast, and just befofe we left, a great crowd of Arabs:from the village came out to bid us farewell by ti.king a buck. sheesh, or present of miiney., They were all armed, d .kept crowding up closer•and ser, and ci one of them demanded pay fur .the grass the •horses had eaten from the ground where they were tied the night before. As the ground belonged to the Sultan and not to the village, - and these villagers, none of them really dwell here, but are a set of vagabond creatures, we saw at once that the demand was exceedingly impudent and unjust. : At first we paid 6 . 0 attention' to it, but as they increased their demands, l informed 'Mr. Thomson who was at a little distance waiting for us to come on. He todoup atOnce, and stationing himself in the very midst of the clamoring crowd. demanded in a tone which they could not misunderstand." What is this o noise and talk 4 What do you' want 'I" They erred aballted by his determination and at first made no reply, but finally One of them said," We want pay for the grass wean last . night for your animals." Another in the crowd said, ".We Want a bucksheesh for the grass ~the horses have eaten here'around the tent. Thomson said to the !first,. " We have Paid you for the grass you!cut!fio us, as we always pay our debts. But who is it tbatde. mands pay for the land which belongs to the - I . Sultattfl Where is the matt Bribg him out 'that I May see The man 00 had ! Made ti le u ,zotand now'tei,!ist to - deny it, but Mc Thomee had beer. i him say 1 4 and gave him a itebuke which he stul j h obah l y be. remem ber, .„ • • ber, and warned the youdenrig erowd 14. ultra how they attempted to impose upon travel+ under the. proteetien of the Sultan -and the . Agin. One of the guanis then came up ans4 , ave,thern a harangue which seemed to have the desired effect, for they began to 614 affray one after another, evidently hav ing the tear Of tlieAgha before their eyes.-- Without this guard, we might have had a very uncomfortable time. Lettirin'Beisin, we rode Noeth.west, cross. in. an !old lloman badge and passing in sight or an old Khan, formerly a place of impost nice to =trans going to /minion from Da musette by the shortest route. Chse hour 'at ter leaving _ Seism, our guards told us that the country beyond was quite' safe, and they wished to return. 'ruse(' accordingly paid them, tnd they .returned to the oamp of the Agha. 1- We now rode along the plain ofJes. reel for several hours, having Tabor and lit, tie Herniae ahead of us on the right, and the city of Shunem on the southern slope of the latter. At a quarter after, one, we reached Jezreel,' after passing the fountain of Jezreel just toi the East of it. You will remember that this was the residence of Ahab, the wick ed king of Israel, and his wife, Jezebel. Here was NUboth's vineyard whin)) Ahab coveted, and for which Jezebel obtained the murder of Naboth. Viers Jehu executed his dreadful commission spilled the house of Ahab, Theo Ahab and Abaziab Joron and ieseb4l perisho„ lti the upper part of the village is a tower , vett , probably on the very site of the vetch Wirer of Jetereel, (mu which the viatchinan saw a man 'Approaching from the direction of Beisan, and said "the driving is like'the driving of Jein, the son of Nimshi • for he idriveth furiously," We stopped here to take our lunch, but we regretted that we had not. stopped at the fountain below, as we could 'uot find water fit to drink in the whole villegt. The present name of the village is Zerin. , Leaving at about two - o'clock we reachedleuin, our place of encampment for the night, in as hour and three . quarters.— We pitc hed our tents in the nand spot owe pied by' trairllers, and just before subset a large caraysn of Armenians, going u pil grims ±to Jelusalem, came end encamped near us. 3,enin, the En ( Tannin of Joshua 21:29,: is at the Bouth•eastern extremity of the great plain of Esdraelon. As we approached Jenin, we saw across the plain to the West, the sp. ---,---., • • . . ... . . . . . . ~ . , •* ..., ..,• , .. . .. ~•• , . . . ~. . . . . . ' . . .. • . . . .., ~.....•",.. - .„.. .. . . ...:., .4 -- ~ . .• _ ... . .....,. . ~ . •,,. .. i. ~• :.., . ....• .. „ ... .....r.......,:.....7.:::...; ._ •, ... ....,_.,... , ..._ ~. ;,. __ ~.-•.••• ;,.. .1.... ~..,.. • ..._ .. . • .._,. .. • . ._ . ._.... ..... ... . .... . . . • 1•. . . . dent Megiddo, now called Lejjun. Jenin has a population of nearly two thousand, all Mos lems excepting , three or folk Greek families. We are now on the southern .border of Gal- Mae and tomorrow "we enter Samaria, taking the ;cud which our Lord io often traveled in ON - up to Jerusalem from Nazareth. ZDNIFSDAT, March 4th.—Taday the new President of the United States will probably be inaugurated. We did not raise our ftag, as we bad none to mime. We left Jenin .at eight 'o'clockpainied through the villages of Ko ba tees, Suriar, and Jobs, and very near to Dotham, or Dothan, where Joseph's brethren sold him to . the lA maelites from-Gilead, who were going down to Egypt. At Jeba, the boys of the village came out and threw stones at us, one atone pasiing very near Mr. Jones' head. Yusef frightened them away. We turned off from the regular road seve ral hottra North of Nablous to visit Samaria, where we arrived at abOut two O'clock.. The town is now called Sebastilt, being the Arabic form of Sebaste;tbe mine given to it by Her od in honor of Augustns. Its origin is the same with that of Sebastopol, both being front the Greek form of the name Augustus. 1 have not . time to repeat the history of this famous city, founded 025, B. C.,lciy Omri, and for a long time the metropolis of the kingdom of Israel; Ahab built a temple of Baal here, which was destroyed by jehu. The chief ru ins visible at present are those of a later date, the time of Ilerod. In one place we counted fifteen columns, in another place siiteen, and ikanother along colonnade, whicli is said to coptain at least sixty columns, many of which are standing. It is situated on a high hill, aid is one of the finest positions in the Coun try for defence. The country around is quite • fertile and beautiful. The most remarkable Frain in Samaria is -the old church of SL John the Baptist, which was once a very large and splendid edifice. One part of it is now wen: pied by the Moslems au a Mosque._We en tered it and looked around, ami cries of bucksheesh - from a crowd of boys, to whom we paid no attention. - The people of Sama. via are notorious throughout the land fur rudeness% bat we bad no trouble with them. , •Leaving the town at three o'clock, we de , !wended into the' valley South of the hilloo a fountain, and thence over an undulating country around to the southern slope of Mount i Etta', which we followed down to Nablous or Shechem arriving at the house of the Mission ary, Mr. Zeller, at five o'clock. Mr. Zeller had just come on'from Jerusalem, andls to remove to Nazareth on Friday. We did our own cooking, and sprout our beds, and made inm as' little trouble as possible. I have heard travelers speak of the difference in rap, pearanee between Mount Gerizim, the mount of blessings, andllount ,Ebal, the mount of cursing& We were particular to take notice this afternoon,- but I could not see that one is any more fertile, than the other, though it is a fact that the great fountains which supply Nabtous with stater, and irrigate the whole valley, all spring from the base of Gerizim, the mount of blessings. The valley of Nabloos is exceedingly beau tiful and the gardens are very extensive.— •The olive orchards extend a great distance along the road.to Sebaste. The prevailing nick in this region is a species of flint, with an underlying stratum of chalk and limestone. ln this respect I could see no difference be- tween Ebel and Gerizim.. Perhaps if we had come in the Summer , instead of the Spring, we might have-observed a greater difference in the appearance of the two mountains, as Ebal faces the South-west, exposed to the in tense beat of *Sun during the long Summer afternoons, while Gerizim, which is opposite, has a northern expoiure, which,in this coun try he far more favorable fur vegetation in the Summer. This is the ancient Mechem, one of the first places. visited by Abraham when he came down into the land cif Canaan: Two hundred years later, Jacob clone here and "pitched his tent before thi city." Here he "bought a parcel of a field for an hundred pieces of money," or " an hundred - lambs;" which is more probable. The city was afterwards spoiled by the Sous of Jacob. After Joshua bad conquered the country, be appointed She them as one of the three " cities of Refuge " on this' side of Jordan. Here also' Joshua "gathered all the tribes of Israel,.and made a covenant with the people, and set them a state iz and an crdinance in Shit:hem." "And t h e bones u f J os ph, which the children of Is rael brought up oui. of Egypt buried they in Shechem. h J4:820a. Jer oboam this place also t oo k oboe th e re kiliol3 of and the division of the tribexinto :he kingdoms of Judah and Israel, 075, ft. C..= About two hundred and fifty years after, or 'MI, B. C., the division of the tribes, Shat= maneser, king of Assyria, carried Israel away 1 captive, and afterward repeopled the country with men from his own' empire. " And the king of Assyriti brought men from Babylon Ind from Cuthah, and from Asa, and from llarnath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria, instead of the Children ef Israel, and they possessed Sanaa. ria, and dwelt in the citi6 thereof. - .This mixed race of people continued to dwellln the land,, with a form of religion semi-Istaelitish and semt-pagam losephus says Chat they were called in Hebrew, Cu thews, and in Greek,; Samaritans. About forty years after this, when the Jews returned • from their captivity, and 'began' to rebudd Jerusalem and the' temple, these Samaritans "owe to Zerubbabel and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto' them, Let us . build with you ; for - we seek your God as ye dO ;• and we do bacrifice unto him since the days of Earhaddon." Dr. Robinson says. that it was the refusal of the Jews' to give them the privilege of uniting with themselves In this work, which gave rise . to the subsequent ha itred between the two;races, and which was the cause of the fact that in the time of our Lord the Jews bad ,o.' no dealings with the Stunt-titans." in the tame of Christ, Sheehem was called Siam It Is a somewhat singe lar,fact, and tertainiy very. interesting, that the 'only Samaritans now remaining from this ones) 'powerful sect, are found within the malls of Nablous, and we were quite surprised to fund; this evening that the house we are °ow pying is owned by .t} Samaritan, sad is in the midst of the lilaniaritan quite: of the city.-- Nablons Is a large city, but the Samaritans munber nor only about sixty men, tit they told us, but i am it to thine it is less than sixty mety; the whole number being not far from two hundred. Over the doors of the rooms in-the house we occupy, are fia- Imaritan inscriptktne taken from the Penta teuch. The &merits= do not notnowiedge "V[iaffiDon amp RaoKrui aatutwir 4LEamERY amp teavoangg any part of the Bible as inspired, but the five books of Moses. These they regard with great reverence. They despise the Jews as a sect of heretics, and have no dealings with them. " Four times a year they - go up to Mount Gerizim in solemn procession to wor ship; and then they begin reading the law as they set off, and finish it above. 'These sea-, sons are: The Feast of the Passover, when they pitch their tents upon the mountain all night, and sacrifice seven lambs at sunset; the day of Pentecost; the Feast of Taberna cles, when they sojourn here in booths built of branches of the arbutus; and histly, the great day of Atonement, in Autumo."—Rob . inson. The Samaritan melt wear red turbans, and their features are strongly Jewish, with . the aquiline nose,.so common among the Jews. Yet they are hi general rather coarse in ap . One young matt who has been in gland, whither he went to collect money for the Samaritans, has just English words enough to make him disagreeable. Ile does I not seem to me to be a very ingenuous youth. tHRSDU AY, March sth.—This morning, our Samaritan friends came flocking around the house to show'us their memorials of the past, and . receive the usual bucksheesh. Ones , wished to guide us to the summit of Mount Gerizim, but we had no time ; so we accepted the invitation of another to go with him to the Synagogue and see the wonderful scroll of parchment, the famous Samaritan menu script. After threading our way around through various ambiguous passages we reached the door of the Synagogue. a very plain room with a groinod arch. We left our shoes at the door, and walked in on the cold stone floor, which was so chilling that Mr. Jones returned, saying that he fear ed for his health. On the left; as we entered, is al recess, separated from the main room by a l curtain, behind which the old grey-bearded priest retired with all possible ,dignity. It was a sadly •interestina spectacle, and I pitied the old man from my heart,' wishing that the curtain which now concealed him from view were the only veil before his eyes. But alas, ' the Deliverer, of whom Moses was but the type, and by faith in whom Moses was , saved, is coldly rejected by Samaritan and Jew alike. In a few Minutvi the old priest drew aside the curtain and produced the wonderful scroll which they elaim to be 3-160 years old, and to have been written by Abishua, the son of Phinehas: It is written on parchment, and rolled on two rolls so that as it unrolls you see the middle. The covering is. of rich sat in, lettered with gold. The Samaritans prize it " above rubies," and would riot sell it at any price. After a few moments -conversa tion in Arabic, we Mined to depart, when, trne to the instincts of the Arab character, they asked fora bucksheesh. I referred them to Mr. Thomson, 'who is our general agent, or the Sheikh of our party, and how much be ease them, Ido not know. On returning to our room, and during the few moments pre vious to our departure, the tall young Samar itan who'speaks English being very , talkative, Mr. Jones entered into a serious conversation with him on the subject of religion. Mr. J. told him that as he had traveled in'England and listened to the preaching of the .gospel, he must know what Christianity ts, and; said he, "Do you believe in the divinity of Christ, or not?" Several young_ men were standing by, and he seemed afraid to answer, but as soon as they retired, he said, " I think your religion good for you and mine good for me." " But," said Mr. J. "one must be false. If Christ is the Messiah, you 'are wrong, and without faith in Him, yuu cannot be saved." He made several vague answers, but as far - as I could judge from his remarks, he is a complete skeptic, convinced of the insufficien cy of his own barren religion, and ,yet reject ing the'sacrifim of Christ, Offered once on Calvary for the sins of the world. We remained some time longer in conver sation, and left Nablous at . 9, A . 31. passing through the stAets (dr some distance and fi nally emerging into as Olive orchard, which extends down towards Jacob's well, on the South, where we arrived' in half an hour.— Near the well are numerous heaps,of stones, and the mouth of the well is so covered with stones, that we could not look directly down to the bottom. It has been measured by some , travelers, and we did not think it worth while to stop for the purpose. One traveler, a Mr. Homes, found it to be one hundred and five feet, in depth. Quite near to this well, in the direction of Mt. Ebal, is Joseph's tomb, and I can ste no reason to doubt that these two places are real. 'Thu; is probably the parcel of ground which Jacob gave to Joseph, and on this well sat our Savior, and h e iil that wonderful conversation with . the Samaritan woman, wbco he uttered truths which will live as long as eternity endures., "God is a spirit, and they that worship him, must worship hint in-spirit and in truth." How vividly Scripture scenes impress themselves upon the mind of one who travels in this land I My enjoyment thus far has been far greater than .1 had anticipated, and the Bible seems in many respects like anew book.• The regular route from Nablovs to Jeru salem is about thirteen hours, and Id r.. Zel ler rode through in one day. Yet we have baggage animals, end :such .Post -riding quite out of the question, So we concluded to take two days for the journey up to Jeru salem, and, ordering the muleteers to stop at Sinjil for the night,.we took aguide nam ed Moose, or Molts, in order to visit Shiloh on the way.. Moses was a very intelligent man, and seemed M understand the. country thoroughlys and was very Civil, which is a great virtue in a guide in this region, where. it is almost imposaihlsto get a reliable or a civil answer from the inhabitants as you journey along. The great mass of the people . in this region are 'academe and they seem to have a special grudge against All Franks, which they are at no pains to conceal. After riding around among the hills East of the regular road to Jerusalem, we carne at one o'clock to the fountain' of Shiloh where we stopped. to take, lone. - Just' as we'. dismounted, I heard a - thumping sound as irsome one were beating a mtdlied drum, •but- could not tell from whence it Caine. Moosa said that it was a woman washing clothes in the Launtain, and it was. even so for t as we . looked about to find the fountain, the sound grew more tied more octet, until we saw a dark - four feet 'in depth, in the bottom'of which the Woman - sat by the side of the water, beating the clothes with a stout stick. We told Yusef to be earefid, when he brought water from the fountain to get it where it gushes out of the rock, and not ni too . close proximity to the Arib washerwoman, MONTROSE, THURSDAY, nNE 25, 1857. This fountain is a singular place. hat above it rises a lo* clif about twenty feet in height, from which' , everal hue masses hive been detached by the storms. In one large mass which lies several rods from the Ledge, are two large Sepulchral excavations or tombs evidently of great antiquity.. Passing down westward from the finmtain through s rocky '• valley, we saw multitudes of tombs:'cat izetbe mountain side. In fifteen minute/ 4m reach ed 'Seilum,' the sight of the ancient Sbllo6 It is on a hill sloping off gently toward the West and Southwest ; and termktating de the Southwest in a broad and beautiful plain. As we entered the region of the 'lllhlA, we came to awed mosque, whose walls are . art ! ly standing' under a magni fi cent oak tree. This tree seems ,the more refreshing to the sight as there are very few trees in Sight with in many miles. Near this old mosque are, quite extensive ruins, but none of 'them are of any marked interest. To the South, per haps a quarter. or a mile distant, is another I prominent ruin. It. is a' roofless building with thick walls which on two sides elope on the outside ; in a manner resenibling the slope of a military structure. It has here, how , ever, the appearance of having been built . for strength, perhips aghinst the , aka iof earthquakes. • The slab of atone over.the door, is Ixauitifuily adorned withaculpture, ! and there are several Corinthian capitals ly ing on the ground within the walls; • ...This is the spot where , " the whole congre ghtion of the children of Israel assembled to at Shiloh and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. The Ark-`of God re ; mained here nearly three hundred,years, and on this southwestern slope I doubt, not, the hosts of Israel used`to encamp. It trust have been a magnificent spectacle, and Fcould al ; most imagine the scene renewed as we gaud upon the beautiful landscape to-day. Hem " the child Samuel ministered to the Lord be fore Eli: and- ; the word of the Lord was precious in those days." "And the Lord ap ; reared again in Shiloh ; for the Lord'reveal i ed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word o( the Lord." Here Eli received- the sad in telligence of the capture of the Ark of the Lord by the Philistines, And here here utter ed _ those words of sad, prophetic import, " the glory is , departed from Israel, for the Ark of God is taken." As is said in the 78th IPsalm ; that God—" Forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,v "The tent which he placed among men ;" "And delivered his strength into cap tivity," "And his .glory into the enemy's hand." Wereached Sink), our place of encamp ment, at about three o'clock, and as we en tered the village from the East, we saw our , muleteers coming in from the North on the , regular Nablous 'road. The sky looked ' threatening, and we tried to fins a house for the night, but they were all so much darker and more filthy than any stable I;ever saw in America, that we concluded to encamp on the threshing floors outside and take our chance for rain. While Bro.. Aiken and I arranged the tent and beds for thenight, Mr. Thotnaon and Mr. Jones rode to tee a ruin called Tiljilia, about an hour to thee, West.-- As usual we bad a great crowd of the natives around our camp during the whole evening, but they did - not molest us. FRIDAY, March 7th, 1857.--We arose this morning m good health and spirits, and I must confess to a feeling of impatient enthu siasm, as I thought of seeing the Holy 'City before another sunset.. We were now " go ing up to Jerusalem" in' good earnest, and having, taken our last night's sleep .in Sama ria, within the limits of the tribe of Ephriain, to-day we set out at 81 o'clock, and in a short truce, passing over 'into the tribe of Benja mini we journeyed in the land of Judea. De scending into the " Valley of Figs," or Wady it Teen, we rode through beautiful olive or chards for some distance, and then ascended a steep hill, in the rocks of which !saw fossil shells, the first I have seen ;since leaving Si don. The prevailing rock of the region is a hard white limestone, in many places abound ing in flint. At twelve o'clock we saw the t ruins °fan old pool of water dogn to our left, above which to the northeast Was a vil lage and quite extensive ruins. In the die tame, on a hill-top, there also seetned to be the ruins of an old, castle or .ch4ci. • Pe. ecending to this pool to take our lunch, by the fountain, we ascertained from the women who were w ashing clothes, that the name of the plate is Beitue, the ancient Bethel, one of the most interesting of the Old Testament ; localities. 'lts original name was Luz,, and here pitched his tent or his Inst.( arrival in the land. Here Jacob saw the fit pious vision of the ladderand angels ascend-1 ing and descending on it, and here he receiv ed the Promise and entered 'into . covenant .I with. Jehovah. The ark or the covenant was fora long time here, and Samuel also came here once a year to-judge the people. Jero boam. converted "Bethel" the "-House 'of God" into "Bethaven" as • Hosea' say; the "House of . Idols." In Hosea x, 8, the proph et says ; 1 • "The high places of Aven (Bethel) the sin, of Isieel, shall be destroyed ; the thorn and the thistle shall come upon their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hill's, Fall on us."; i • You will remember that when the prophet Elisha was coming up from Jericho on his way to 4ount,Carmel, he stopped at Bethel, probablibecause there was a school of the prophets here. " And as be wee going up 'by the way,.there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up thou bald head! GO up thou bald head I And he turned back and looked on them, kind cursed them in the woe of the . Lord. eind there came forth two she beers out of the wood, and tare forty, and two children of them." From our experience to-day, we coricludgd that the character of the people has not chhang ed much since the time of Elia* As we approached the fountain, the women assem bled there, addressed 'us in the most insult ing language. Mr. Jones gave one of them his tin cup to be filled with ivatee, and the woman kept it, declaring that she would not give it up, until he pre her some money.-- We dismounted and she, soon retinue& the cup. As we were sitting on a atone wall ,eating our lunch, 'crowd of boYs cane doarn from the villsga They were th# roughest loOklng fellow. I have seen, although I_have seen a great pulpy people in this )and. Their clothes were ragged and smeared 'With mud, and the mast of them were biretooted and bareheaded, their long tangled, yelknr'hair, • ihingliug over their shoulders. One saist to smother ' " What ere these Fran!'' doing here!" Others erica, Bucklislicesti, and they all crowded around. us. One said to me, "Give me some of your bread, and I will give .you some from the village'—and then brushed by me, sticking his elbow into my fees. They seemed endeavoring to get some one of wi to strike them or push them aside that they might have some excuse for stop. ing us, or stealing one property, but we said nothing, and paid no attention to them.— Presently one of them tame behind Bro. Ai ken, and stole from him the hived which he was eating, and then ran off a little Oatmeal, and eat down on a wall , above us to eat it.=-- The whole crowd then set up a shout, of ex ultation, but we did nothing but keep a good' watch on our pockets, and a firm bold of our horses. When we rode awe', they followed us with their shouts, " Franjee Coco," " Fran jee Coco"—" Frank rascals," until we were . out of sight. I think on will agree with me that the character of tite plate has not much changed during the past, twenty-seven hun dred Leaving Bethel we 'rode on towards the Holy City, passing,near to Gibeon;and prob ably over the battle ground, on which Josh ua commanded,the sun and moon to stand still: We saw Neby Samuel, which is sup .pfted by some to be the Afizpek of the Old Testament,. - The whole country hereto undulating, often rising, into high hills,' the higheit of which is Neby Samuel. At a little after three o'clock, we resched.Scopus, the hill front which Titus first surveyed the City when be came to ful fil his mission against the City and the 'km , ple. Before we came to the summit front which the first view smalls, Bro. Aiken and I began to feel excited, and leaving Mr., Thom- . son and Mr. Jones to come alter, we pressed on over the stony road to catch the Arst glimpse of Jerusalem. It was the same first glimpse which many thousands- have. had be fore us, and yet it was none the Less interest ing to me. At first the vieer was interrupt , ed by the olive trees, but as we rode on it burst upon us—the great, dark Dome of the- Mosque of Omar, then the minarets, the Cm ; tie of David, tha domes of the Church of tht. Holy Sepulchre. tbe walls of the city. the 1 roofs of the houses, the distant mountains, South, toward Bethlehem and Hebron, and Mt. Olivet directly ahead to the left and al most on a level with us—so many features, so new and yet so familiar, that, while it was . far mod beautiful than I had anticipated, it " was •so much in accordance with my own . previouily formed ideas of.the general land scape, that a feeling of satisfaction and famil iarity carne over me, as though I had looked an the same scene a thousand times before, and each time with new 'delight. Mr. - Thom- I son, who knows this region as be knowa his . own house, insisted on our turning off from the usual road and riding around on the sum ; mit of the Mount of Olives. ,I bad no idea before that the Mount of Olives Was but the ! terminus of a range corning down from the i North, but so it is, and we rode around on ! the ridge, having every moment new and more striking views ef the city, until we . -reached the highest l tint, a little about ten minutes north-es of the Church of the , Ascension. From OW point we saw the 1 Dead Sea to the southeast,with the mountains of Moab, hazy and blue in , the distance, and as we turned again to the West, the after } noon sun was glittering on the snow- white, domed-roofs, the minarets and mosques, the walls and towers! of.. Zion and Moriab and Acre. Passing the Church of the Ascension, we descended Olivet to Gethsemane, in the Valley of Jehoshaphat, or Kedron,andeross ing the bridge near the tombs of Absalom, i James and Jehoshaphat, ascended the.narrow path to the south-eastern corner of the pres. ent City . wall. We then rode on around the i South side of the city to the Zion gate, and i continued our ride to the Jaffa gate, quite near to which, on Mount Zion, we took tem. porary lodgings at the hotel of one Simeon , hoping hoping to-morrow to . take moms in the house I of the late Mr. Nicolayson, the same house in which Mr. Thomsen lived twenty-five years ago, whee he first came to Syria. Hexer Hams Jzssur. Sete on the Comet. We ought to have oublished long ago the propositions of the Urbana (ill.) Constitution concerning the . Comet. • Zimmerman, after observing the "critter" carefully with the instruments of the Urban)) Brass Band i comes to the conclusions t Ist. The Comet will not strike the earth; but 2d. If it does stripe, it will never do it the second time. In case, however, any gentleman holds opinions difrerent from the shave and is wil. Ling to back his views to a limited extent, in order to arrive at the truth of this momentous matter, we hereby make the following PR.OPCMMONS. Ist. We will wager $20,000, more or less, that if the Comet °fie's to strike we will dodge before it does it; in other words that sum that it can't be brought to the scratch. 2d. .A like sum that if it does strike it wilt be knocked higher nor a kite. 3d. Twenty-five times the above amount, that in case the comet strikes, it won't budge the earth siemches by actual measurement. 4th. A like amount that atter • pm comet stalker, its tail drops. - sth. AL - optional sum that the earth can knock the comet further than the comet can knock the earth, nine times out of eleven. 6th. That after the comet gets through strikhag the earth, it wilt never want to strike an= else, propositions are =tended to cover the case of any gentleman on this globe, or on the comet or elsewhere. All wagers to be decided by the Judges of the Supreme Court. - Mousy to be deposited . In the banks of Newfoundland. Tune of strikiog and other orrangemeets to be fixed by the parties. App to for bete have. a right to select any comes they choose. A ems° FlOtralL—Thomas F. Marshall in the course of remarks at The - Cincinnati eelebradoo, referred to the Mistiselppi Valley as reclining with her kid in the bkes—ker feet in the gulf of Medea, and her bands irasph2g the Alleglieny and Rocky wont: ains. Or A Wave via= is ekes:tiled to be sold in St. Louis nisi isso surpassingly beau tiful that five thousand defiant has already been offered for her, at private sale, and re fused. • I H. H. FRAZIER, PUBLISHER-70‘ t ill . 41944. VieSUliftiN ol lo. MAILING OUT AND PALLING IN. We pUblish the following with the impress. sion that, nothing s shies the &tomer "The Seventeen Dragoons; or the 7.noUnted Princes of the Apennines," has equalled it.— The author will be readily discoietvd in the floridness of the. style 'and the extreme deli: easy of the delineation. It, will be published In book form, the proceeds to be appropriated to the artificial propagatibn of honesty among rascals: . CUAPIIM wart. .2hating of the perm‘nt of flia story, and. a int peculiarities us the plot, essential -to the propef understasiding of it. , • Hiram Hellen and Susan Place were en wilit.ed. It had been a fixed matter .for a year, and the young girls had left off setting their cape for Hiram, and Susan was Veyond the aspirationsof the.many' wbo had fluttered in her train. Every one said it would make a good match, and Hiram and Susan believed they were fullyright. It was pleasant to see how prettily they got along together. The wheels of their love moved on smoothly. In speaking of her before her face, he called her F the most pleasant Place that ever was knowl„ sad she, twit add that of the plants that grow than WS* none in her eyes so fair Ala the %fallen; nese were. playful things I that the intensity of their affection justified, and everre sidled -On hear them, out of friendly ix th e wiles. They wished to marry,. a Jack of the ready," which prudent pro !e Intie an eye to—and they were prudent *vie, were Hiram and. Susan —prevented. enApna sxconn. igrentiffif how Tosjfei may send to interrupt • dr, knsgest happiness, end what the Trifles 'NM It was all /boot it hoop made that was intended to r _go anzumM of Susan's dress „ _Hiram we was such Sata4, so thejall said —4aid •he thought snob a thing to be worn by. Susan,' would be out of Place.: Place was her name, don't you see? She blushed and pouted, and they said all he bad uttered was mere Mullen'st talk, which sounded like Mullen Stalk. At this he bridled up - and looked grave, and she bridled up and looked serious; and then they looked away , from each other. Such mischief' is there in crinoline— Would any one believe that any trifle like that would drive two souls asunder! • Hiram stood on the door-step unaccom panied, and. he left the doOratep with anger in his heart, with no good night spoken, no parting kiss exchanged ! "That's my last visit to that Phce." said he between his teeth. "I shall not have to endure that - Mullen's talk any longer," said Susan. And so they parted forever. CHAPTER PERD. Stowing how they felt about it, and what hap pened thereon. The next morning Hiram noticed, as he was tying his cravat by the little seven-by. nine looking-glass in his room, that be looked pale. By a queer freak, his mind saw, in the glass, Susan Place I She was cot tire., how ever, as he ascertained by looking over hid_ left shoulder. He thought her fiete was pale, and the eyes looked red and miserable, and if be could at that moment have seen her, he would have believed his fancy a reality = -for she stood at that very momeut looking , in her little-mirror, and her fancy had conjured the face of Hiram which was looking at her over her Wet shoulder very sadly. Then she btirst into ,tears, and she saw that the face ,of Hiram likewise had a water line on each side of the Dose, as if he were seeping 7 .-which was the fact. " But," said, he, as he tied his dickey on hind part before, " I will never be reconciled," mapping the string as he said so. " It be should come end beg on his knees for forgiveness. I wouldn't ingive him," she said, snappin g a lacing as she gave an ex tra, jerk. h might hive bftn caused bpi the throbbing of her bent, however. ciurnstrotairti, &owing the .agcney of a. Third Ail* in bringing.about a rsemseilialioa and how he mimed it. . • . 'No body aver knew how Susin's brother Jim—a very imp of a boy—managed to get bold of it. Some people thought be had• guessed that they hada falling out from the fact that he had not been "to see her fiir a week. His hat was no more seen hanging t • on the back of the chair in the entry ; his f great coat was no more .on the accustomed nail behind the door. The presumption was , ! strong that there bad been a row, and Jim could see as far through a millstone , as the t. picker thereof. • What an emotion filled the breast of Hi ram as be had the billet the servant placed in his bands! He fumed as pale as death and threw his arms around the servilt.girl's I neck to support himself. The note Yea brief. ly thus: "b rou men roe& SUBAZ al.nrs, cons! Joe." She was dying for him cruelty bad kilted her! Hard hearted-wretch that' he ; was, misery for all coming time would be his portion I He would go at once and, make such reparation as might be in bid power.-- He smote his brow with his clenched fist and, rushed out of the houie% ,CHAPTEFL Ylllll. and when he eilehe4 as4i* - As did trAirshe got there. ' . • - • Three squares 'iway from hli,%Oaraing' house was the house of littsag.."Pauttleally thither he rushed, and darted wi_ . up, the steps. - The door .yieldea to his hod and / termg hi found the Emily at dinner with Soil san herself then engaged itt f pleldng* . e:bt.l They bad pork for dip*. A reacting UKk. place in 'his' feelings ind ba fainted nrin ie?ing which. Susan swooned.-- Upon. rays, snag hiS fret word was*, Min t who stood wing: nrAt Ai 'scene _WOde Iss,,r i try, fi _ 46 etched *Onth," 'add iestting othy dititati.Olsiet4ootne if to ate her • ; :‘- • Whj,iou 4141 Inuit to **dead, r said theolelerats*ky.., • He ecithased.',be'diajiot. . ..EibutriabrOught tci' Reit sidp iq aide of wind, and yens& her ryes and *oath, *eying 4iram I"- " Susan ..". he . - -,restiondtd,s. 404 thiy. fell into each other's sunk !, • rattin, 'e bottom EVE El WIZ El FEE It watLyerraffeeting, f ait' litein sat down to fl nM their dinnee.. l, tt - .CRAPITII UM. Whirls / 40We a eCNlAldarliiolol4 theciistior in fringing.* 810 ,7 0.4 ageWl4:4l #irgni tustiont.setting a flae_ matapke fa 11Pritafra geisen*,, - • • There eras s wedding , the very two Sun -day night; . and' the bride wore theutas rat tan. hoop that was the cause of ,theAirsi, and tee - bride, as the• 'nadir may lisiw pd ere this, was Souk floe. Therizvair no interreptias at do AM No bags shadows rose to mess :the boos. No eauguinertrival lay in wait tOphoet the happy bridegroom . with a: blundertsnes„ No shrieking finale, crier irithdespiiir,ippeared to claim a treacheroeirlover.' Nologieg father , or offerided brother ;offered sinister prayers over the union. No sensitive inothir or sister went into hysterics over.** aim% 11t was just the sort of a time all would have been delighted. to twey.. •' - And they were happy. As one or their 1 1 grand-children, who. writes for. this.: piper, told me, the demon of discord. never invaded the peace 'of their . home, and the recording; angel never had occasion to wipe a tear km his dewy eyes on account of tusk wrap?, do . One's own Obituary, •," The tellers of the Major. Generalship of Maasachusetts,like that of rivaiid many oth er offices in that ancient Commonwealth, is for life or during good behavior: The Boston. Transcript !aye that one of the fanner lived so ion that a wicked wag, at 1 his'reparted death, gave as a sentiment at a public dinner: " The memory of our lite Major General—, may he be eternally rewarded in heaven for his ever/aiting services' on earth." Judge of , tbe surprise of the author of this tosst,= . on learning, the next day, that tluit 'invert was false, sod the veteran officer still lived. ' This reminds as ofan occurrence that took place in the same State some years ego.. In - the days of old Mycall, the publisher of the tiewburyport Herald; (a journal still alive and flourishing) the sheriff of old„Ersex, Phil: lip Bagley, had been asked several times to pay up his arrears of subscription. At last he told MycaU that be would certainly " lurnd over" - the next moraines sure as he lived.- "If you don't get your money to-morrow, you may be sure I am dead," - said he. The morrow came and passed,-.but to money. Judge of the sheriff's feelings when on the morning of the day_ after, he opened his. Herald, and saw announced the lamented decease 'of PhillipßaAley, Esq., High Sher iffof the county of Essex. with an obituary notice attached, giving 'the deceased credit for a good many excellent traits of'dander , bat adding that he bad one fault very mach ' to be deplored—be wis not punctual in pay . . log the printer. • i Bagley, without waiting - for his breakfast., started for the Herold office: On the way it struck him as singular thaws* of the many friends and acquaintances he met seemed to be surprised to - see him. They, Must, have read their , morning paper. Was it poisible they cared so little about hums to have for. - gotten already that he was no more? Fall - of perturbation; he enwre4theimtiting o ffi ce to deny that he was dead, j t .propria persona. "-Why Bbetiffr exclarme4 the facetious editor, "Lthought you went defunct." - " Defunct, "oaclahned the_sjwiff. "What put that idea into your head'!" - • - f • a Why you yourself!" odd 1404 ' Did 1 you not tell me=---- ' , ~' • ' - "Oh! aht yes: It see," stemtassed-Asi•the • - sheriff. - "Well . ! there's your ;manly! And now contradict the report in:the next paper, if y ou please.," ' - , , - Tha net necessary, frW- - Bagley ! " t's said the old joker; it ', was oily, Pfeil& in your copy PS " .. - ' ,• . - The good eforifflivel many years, after this " sell," and- to :the day Gills real-death alwar took good motor**r prier f-- • " - - Wiwi& Pseltrik "-. v•• , " When front my noto I dupes twangy, to as hour atcklimofday, I ever fed the p IWO 111014 dear, Where some friend tnuitg -to lager beer.--amatatakr. Apt! • , ' - .Ahl yes, my friend, of city Illb, inn each street Otrell sorbs II- strife, bat baiter Ikea • inch dose by Air, are pleasant:of a, One sigar -.Racereraki. - ', . - Such 'pleasure may , suitiesei 'Mink but with the good no favor finds; we - think - the purest joy inlifr., Is making love to one'sown wife.-- VokinoLedger. , , Most. wise . yotr choice, my - worthy friend; in Hymen's Jove your cares. end,birt we, though tired °fain& life , can t boast' of hav ing our own Wife,and so when th our arres we faint, welly to kiss Borne gal if:at-crier— yet.—Arapa .Repater. , . ". . That " lager beer" will bile provoke, while "fine Havanas" end in 'smoke. T 9 mutt one's wife Is better far, lis lager beer' or ' vile cigar. Kisses, tbe dew of Love's youlk , morn, break on - the lips' as soon:as:Wm. These all are naught .to that, groateat4l7--; ' the first . proud glance at yunr firu mt•bo boy ! _ —Evening Ledger. - . , . ' ''Tis true it bOy's a wished far bleating, hut then 'tope's the first's a gi rl 'A dint wifeet child with ways careiming, with: pouthsg Ups and flaxen curl, with dimpled cheeks, and laughing eye, to come and bid, " papal good I bye! So whether boy or Whether )'other, embrace the babe And then , Ofe mother !-- 1 San Fenneisea \plebe. tar some .yeas since, letter w&s re. *veil in :Am Orleans, .4112 4 .T0 the biggest fiaol in New. Orlaans,". The Poet Master was absent, and on hii - rehire one of the lounger derkifn the alee infortrifidhina 'of the receipt of -the letter. *An& 'heti -00 'Postr : Motor. - Why' the-'44; the biggest lbolleNewl soopen! d tote'_Otte *pelf; And what did pita tind the Peet Master. Whip! iiepoilied the themorae l 'utioniert the dna***MaWt• Of any ewe. 'chiming when the itsban TD a waster/ 0414 N be copied hi ui the eellectOr---"ho No, got pais - an; A clean gloire wow EEO te; MEI _ ~. ..~~~ .:4d~a~s~x~S'.i' 4 a ii--3a - uiax own RE t inspittoi .t,ho ; . ..,,:,-. _it ow: Stirmow isieliiis:**and° Ur inquired ~nothintbut tiem quirt' ion loaday rat be iitkid to hand.
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