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" I liavo swor 'Io' the Altar of God, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over the Mind of Man." Thomas JclTeriOn
II. WEBB, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
oJimic VIII.
COLUMBIA. COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1844.
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From the Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
SYMPATHY.
Of all the tender tics divine,
That link our bosoms and lefinc;
Far dearest to the gentle soul,
0, Sympathy, thy sweet control.
Deep in the lono and wintry dell,
Pale mothers talk af thee,
Where care, and cold, and hunger dwell,
With pain and penury,
And there thy tears forever flow,
Responsive to the voice of wo.
Yet high in hall and fcstalTiower,
The gay dominion rulej the hour,
The joys wo feel, tho smiles we see,
Are kindled in the heirl by thee.
While mirth and niusir, dance and song,
Anil sport and wit abound,
Thy chords invisible prolong,
And hear tho bliss mound :
Hiighi memories at thy bidding start,
And Uup in laughter (rom the he.irf
When War uplifts his recking hand,
And tenor treads the clouded land,
Some patriots strikes thy tremulous tie,
And g-illiciing millions dare to die.
Thus wildly flew lh' infectious seuso
Of wrong and outrage done;
When murmuring nations rose to fence,
The path of Washington;
The generous hearts rej ticed to bo
The martyrs of our liberty.
The light of each immortal name,
Eniobes thy soft ethereal frame;
And high thy kindling bosom swells
At nil tho sago historian tells,
For thee the dreams ol Genius twino
Fresh garlands of tho spring ,
The plume of heavenly dye in thine,
On Fancy's starry wing;
And lovely worlds ideal lie.
IJoncalh thy meditative eye.
O, what were li(o if void of thee!
A soiled, dead, Lethean sea,
Whose bUtn waves refuse to flow,
And thorns for ever round it grow,
Thy native homo is far auove,
F.ijeiia of the sky;
Thou didst inspiro the Prince, of Love,
And bring him down to die.
O'er Zion's fate ho wept with thee,
And bote his cross to Calvary.
And when by lonely hills we stray,
Or view tho stars so far way;
When thiough the peaceful heart we feel
A sense of deep devotion steal,
Oh! is il not thy thrill divine,
Sweet from the smiles of God!
11 v radiant thrones where angel shine,
Thiough Hiiiies by seraphs trod,
Sent trembling down llio endless chain
Tho winds through nalutc's vast domain
J, S,
Now Market, Va.
'
Mnko yourself useful and you will sue
red. So savs Macauley, in a tecent
Edingburgh Rtviewi
A COUNTRY SCHOOL
Iliblo diutionnry class come up' said our
school master.
'Wl'o wns Loi's wifof
'I'lio pillow of salt wot Mose laid his
head on when lie went up to Mount Stnia,
to offer Ins son Isaac up, cos lio had no
sheep but himself to do likewise. '
'What is said of JonnhJ
'Jonah swallowed a whale, and was
vomcyked up ihc third day with a passcl
of jjoard seed which he gave to the Queen
of Slicbo to pay for niendin his dowsers
which he burst In strainin' to get out of ihe
lyon's den where Daniel had been eating
Pulse's and Pease s Camly.'
Next Scholar. 'What is said of John
the Haptisi?'
'Anil this ere John came up out of tlx
wilderness, and he wis clothed i i Catuo
mile's hair, and he was girt about the neck
with a leather Uriille, ami his meat was
loco focos and wild onions.'
What saw the rich man after death?'
He saw .Abraham afar off, and Leath
ciears in Huston.'
M ij Noah in one of his walks througl
Broadway lately, met iMadame Reslcll, ol
infamous notoriety, (hunting in silks anil
i.ilins. lie thus moralizes on the occa
sions:
'1 was very near sentencing that woman
to the penitentiary. 1 had prepared an
address, so true, so painful, 60 impressive
that it would have melted the heart ol even
.t slayer of innocents but bet lawyer slay
fd proceedings by a bil of exceptions, and
now sho nearly rid es over one of her judges,
tosses up her beautiful head, and says in
fffoct, 'behold the triumph of virtue!' In-
.ilea J of aJiiisey woolsey nctiirnaiu hw!
lice of llio same cloth, filled nlosuly lo her
beaut fill form, her lap filled with oakum, and
her tapering fuigois tipped with lar she
is gloriously attired in' rich silks and laces;
owcrs above her sex in a splended carnage
'naps her lingers at the law and all its paint
mil nena lies, ami circs out lor new vie-
urns and mure gold. Can that Womai
,lecpf v 'I'ho ,ay of retri
'itilion must atrive, and fearful will bo id
reckoning.'
WHOLK NIGGER.
Oh, mother! 1 jest seed a man with out
half his face as black as as as
'As what, Sammy?'
'Mack as al! i:reation, mother wasn'
he an object?'
Lord love you, little dear, you don t sat
so! ho must be half negro.'
Go to thunder, old woman! he was a
viAon nifluor t'other half was test as
' :o
black.'
Take that, you little sarplnt! My gra
cious! how sassv children i9!'
A NEGROE'S IDEA.
A fan a tical. crack-brained Millerile,
while holding form at Louisville, ICy., to a
very largo audience, saiu u -iiu nu uit
power, he would hang & bell on one of the
planets, and make its peals reach the re
motest corners of the earth, telling thf
oeonle that the em', of the world-was at
hand!'
Good gracious, massa, you'd nebber ge
ope long enough for that bell.' said
rather sceptical old negro, who was stand
ing near the pulpit,
I'he very sensible temark of this poor
oh! nrgro put quite a damper upon tho in
Hated imaginations of tho half crazy u
dlence, and brought them to their senses.
I'HE CLERGYMAN & THE SKEP
TIC.
'If wo aro lo Ii vo after death, why don
we have some certain Kiiowiuugu ui m
... i r ..
said a skeptic to a clergyman.
'Why diden't you know that you were
going lo livo in tS is woild before you came
here?' was llio quick reply.
When you see a fellow marching
along with a strut, you may bulievo he
bears some resemblance" lo a cabbage
for that vegetable ahvays(lias a static.
Fiom tho N. Y. lleruIJ.
Major IVouIi's Grout Lecture,
Jll lie I'abcrnucc, nn the Restoration
of the scattered Tribes of Isrucl In
the Land of Palestine.
Notwithstanding the inclemency ol
the weather, a very largn auditory as
sembled in the Tabernacle lo hear Moi
lecai Manassih Noah's annunciation of
his grand project for Iho restoration ol
he Jews lo tho Holy Land. A ureal
tuniber of the clergy of all denomina
tions oi ine chv were present, and n-
mongst lliem, closely wrapped up in the
implo folds ol a lar ge blue cloak, Iht
flight Reverend Bishop Hughes. Tht
iltendauc: of the ladies who havi
ever been veiv deeply interested in ah
matter connected with the fulfillment ol
Iho prophecies and the introduction ol
he millenium was limited, owing Ii
he sioim, but ti 1 1 th- re was a consid
erable number of ihem presont, some ol
hem of surpassing beauty.
The front pews, especially, wen
graced by a very brilliant circle, chiefly
composed ol the daughters ol Israel.
About half past seven o'clock; the
Sacred Music Society sang a hymn
having reference lo the ancient splendo
of Jerusalem. Mr. Noah then ascended
o ihe rostrum, and read a lecture, of
which we annex a succinct report :-
I have long dc.s'ueil an opportunity lo
appear btlore you in behall ol a verier
iblc people, whose hi.-tory whose suf
lenngs and whoso extraordinary desti
f . ...
ny, nave, lor a period ol -1000 veais
hllerl Ihe world with astonishment 5
people at once the most favoied and tht
most ncglecled the most beloved, and
yet the most persecuted a people un
der whose salutary laws all ilin rivili
Zoit nations ol the earlti now i epuscr '
people whose oi igiu can date from tlu
cradle of cieation, and who are likel
io he preserved to the last moment ol
recorded time. I have been anxious to I
ppeal lo you, fellow-citizens and Chris
lans. in uuhalt ol I lie chosen and uetov-
d people of Almighty God lo ask you
io do justice lo their character, to llicii
notives, to their constancy, and to then
liumphant faith to feel for their suffei
ngs and woes lo extend to the m your
powetfttl protection, and to aid in the
fulfillment of their destiny by helping
o restore Ihem lo the land of I heir foie-
faihcrs, and ihe possession of their an-
ietit heritage. It is, I arknowkdge, a
i n v if I , though a natural appeal, made, 1
may say, lor the lust lime to utu iMiam.
nice the advent of Christianity. Hm
the peiiod has, I believe, arrived foi
this appeal. Extraoiclinaiy events sha.
dow foilh results, long expected, long
promised, long ordained. Commotion"
in Ihe Siate, and divisions in the church
new theories put forth new hopi.-f
excited new promises made and the
political events in Syua, Jigypi , I urkcj
and Russia, indicate the approach of
great and important revolutions, which
may facilitate the return ol llio Jews to
Judcn, and the introduction of that mil
lenium which we all look for all Impi
lor all pray for. Where, I ask, can
we commence this great work of regen
eration with a heller prospect of succcs;
than in a tree country, and under
liberal government? Where can ivi
jlead the cause ol the independence ol
ihe children of Israel with greater con
lidence than in Ihe cradle of American
liberty ? Where as-k for toleration and
kindness for the seed of Abraham, if we
lin (I it not amongst the descendants ol
ho pilgrims? Applause. Mr, Noah
hen went on to speak of the antiquity
of the Jews, and of the causo which had
provoked against them tho hostility ol
other nations. I he deep-rooted hatred
of llio nations of tho Israelites was then
lore traceahly to one cause. The Egyp
tians who worshipped beasts, could no
tolerate a people who worshipped tin
true God. Tho Greeks, Canaanilps,
Romans, were all their enemies for tht
same reasons. 2?ut how account for tlx
oppressions ol our Chiistian hrelhern t
Lei me piohc these causes lo their foun
dation, by showing the errors of tho lol
loweis of (ho early Christians.
I approach this in a spirit of rcspeci
for those who hear me. Born and edu-
celed among Christians having Ihro'
their confidence and liberality, held va
rious public offices of trust, I come to
this discussion with Ihe most charltahh
and apostolic feelings. In this spirit
then, I will explain, for the first lime in
some centuries, this subject. Wo have
Ihe authority ot early writers and illus
trious historians for thoundeniabfe truth
hat all Ihe calamities of the Jews, as a
people, are tho results of the agency of
our fathers in conspiring the death ol
esus ol Nazal cth. We are, tl is said,
crushed beneath the cross. It is the
lesire lo evangel'ze the Jews, and Ihu-
atone for that alleged great sin. Let us
calmly examine this subjec', let us cx-
imino the condition of the Jews at thai
imp. 1 he sins ol Iho chosen people,
chiefly idolatry, occurred before the
Hahylonian captivity. Since then those
sins hive not been repealed ami t licit
hdelity remains unquestioned to the
present day. Their glorv under Solo
non excited Ihe envy and jealousy ol
surrounding natiou.On their return, utv
ler the iluciee of Cyius,lliey weie sub
jecled to great persecutions and several
divisions look place.Ti e P. rs'ati empire
was at length subdued by Alexanderlm
Ureal. I he Jews kept steadfast by D
rins which ineenrnd Alexander, win
however, siruck by tho impoinn splen
dor of their religion, became their ft .em
Mis death was followed by a long scriiv
of difficulties, pei seditions and trials.
An ellorl was made to retneve the eon
dilion, and under Judas MaVca'ies' tin
was in a df uree accomplished. Ism ni
last the Jews passed under the U'imiii
yoke, and after unparalleled suH'enou
Herod ascended the throne of Judea.aud
oppressed the people lo mi;Ii a degiee,
that he became universally unpopular ;
in an effort to regain Ihe favor of Un
people ho resloied and beautified ihe
temple. It was at this period of pros
tration thjl Jesus of Nazirelh was born.
They had expected at that lime a tem
poral deli verer. They sighed for liber
ty and vengeance. Jesus was nol the
one they expected. His message ol
Ho was no warrior. He unfurled no
banner sounded no trumpet prophe-
;ied no victory over the Pagane,and I Ik
lews gave themselves up to despair.
n order to understand it, we must en
leavor to place ourselves in their posi-
ion. A rich ant nowerlul nation, en-
oying a happy code oi laws, nome ink-is,
a pious priesthood, were suddenly
. . . - i . i i
iverrun by robbers and murdeiers.
riieir resources were quite exhausted
Sinking defeated, decayed, the oner
proud people deserted by hope and a I
most abandoned by God, the I ays of tin
setting sun falling on the brazen helme'
of Ihe Roman rendu inn keeping guard
over the Holiest of Holies al that pe-
iod Jeus of Nazirelh was born. Coi
ti tion, profligacy and intrigue liar
eached high places. Jesus was I'x
most icsoluie of reformeis preaching
auainsl hvnociisv and vice he became
formidable by his decision of charactei
and withering rebuke. He preached
with unsurpassed eloquence. He pro
claimed himself ihe Son of God anil
the Saviour of Iho world. The Jews
were annoyed, perplexed, bewildered.
I hey had known him from his child
hood. Thev knew his relatives the)
remembered him as a hoy as a mar.
pursuing till the ago of thirty his hum
ble calling. Then they saw lum an
nounce himself as the Saviour o!' the
world per foi tiling, as is allegrd in tin
vangeltst wnnderlul miracles and sur
rounded by bands of disciples, liumhie,
but of extraordinary decision. Tlu
Jews became alarmed they proceeded
o bring him lo (rial in the manner pro
scribed in the law. I regard thai trio'
is having been illegal as having hcei
proceeded with in an hour of panic. II
lid not come under the law. 1 ho lan
guage of Iho parable was myskr oil".
lesus acknowledged Ihe unt'y ol uon.
He prayed in him. He disclaimed anj
ntention ot altering Ihe Mosaic law
rhe assumption of tho title of the 'Son
if God' was not unusual. The samt
ivoiilanc.e of any claims lo Godhead wat-
hservable in Ihe writing of tho Apos
tles. It was not Iherefoie, allogelhei
the charge of assuming the title of tin
'Son of God," was not tho leading
cause of Ihc accusation of the Sanhedrim
Il was the sedition, and not allogelhei
ihe blasphemy, which led to conviction
It was tho assumption of the prnroga-
lives of Caesar, which led lo ihis Roman
punishment the crucificlion. Tho in
suits of the cor.victed Jesus came fiom
the Romish soldiery, mid the mob
which even in our day desecrate all that
is held sacred. It is not my duly lo
condemn or justify my ancestors in that
lire extremity. Bui if (here arc miii
gating circumstances, I must spreai
them before you, and at all evcnis'l an
justified in appealing to you againsl' lh
ascription lousol what was done 180(
years ago. II id Jeus been acknowl
edged as king at that fearful crisis, lb
people would have sunk under pagan
ism. We should have been all daik
ness now. Bnt Christianity arose: Jesu!-
was put to death and it wenl forth a
moug the nations, and after the iefii m,i
Hon shone forth Willi a brightness sucl
as its great maMcr intended. TheJeWf
ltd nothing hut what God oidaine
He is, 1 trus', now leading us back in
peace and happiness to possess our prom
ised Und. What a muacle! Can vou
not see that God designed all ihu?
'The Bcciet things are fom the Lord.'
I'ully appreciating Ihe designs of tin
society ol the evangi lizilion of tin
ews, I do not think pudon mo foi
saying so, that Iheir success has been
commensurate with the effort. My de
ire is that they should unite in restor
ing Ihe Jews in their unconverted tile,
relying on God lor the rest. Among
i people specially preserved, the chingi
it Iiiiui is almost instirmotinlnhle. It i
-tlio impolitic to send converted Saw
o preach Christianity among Ihe brelb
em. I hey are always suspected.
iMpully impolitic was Ihe consecralio
of a converted Jew as Christian Bishor
if Jerusalem, if your efforts are still to
he directed to Lvangehzal ion, as well a"
lestoiation, send ptojs Christians
them they will be well received, and
iheir mission Irealed with confidenci
iod reg ird. But ask the great question
ni ouiselve. Is it not vour duty
restore the Jews? Are we not Iheonl)
witnesses of ihe unity of God, and tin
i r ii Hi u the Bible? The predictions ol
our lestoratou are as full as were ihos
if our overthrow. Has God cast
oil
their Transgressions lvilTrpunishinent
In almost every page of Ihe liible w
have directly and indirectly the liter
issurance and guarantee of ihe restoi
lion ol the Jews lo Judea. We hav
offered ihe curses and now awail th
'ilesstng. I he pau has neen darn, in
Iced the tulure is- lull ol glory am
plendor. God's eye has over been up
ui us. To us be committed the lamp
which has illuminated the world, ano
we have held il with a steady light u
illumine the Gentiles. No no Wha
would all he wi'houl our recommit?
Our land has long mourned "hall i
not rejoice? Innumeiahle aie the pron
tses in our favor. The cum-iii is siroru
mil impulsive throughout Ihe wnt ng
if ihe illustrious prophet. Isiiah. 0
these uiifu'filled predictions test Ihe ha
pimse of the human race, and you ar
partners in the contract sharuis in tlu
glory. These passages, recollect, relale
not lo Ihe spirlual, but lo tho lempori
restoration of the Jews. Above all, you
ihat believe in ihe predictions of your
Apostles, and the second coming of tht
Son of Man; where is he to come to?
To Zion to the Jews. And yet yoo
would convert Ihem here! You seek to
evangelize thorn in the face of all the
predictions that they will occupy lh'
Holy Land as Jews .' Within the las
weuiy-live years great revolutions have
occurred in the Ejs', marking distinct-
U the progress of Christianity. Mr.N.
trnl on lo describe the recent re,,volu
Hons in the Jist, and expressed the o
pinion lint the land of Palestine wa
lestined soon to become the great lieu
tral gr on nil between Ihe contending
power of Europe and Asia, and that
then it would revert lo its original pos
sessots. This is our destiny. Every
attempt to colonize us elsewhere ha
failed. The Jews are in a most favora
hie position to re-possess the holy land.
I hey are at 111 s time steadily ad vancing
he cause of education. Wherever llu
liberality of government allow, they
ire pursuing with sucress agriculture
i ml the arts. The coil of Palestine it-
loamy and rich. The climala s salu
hrtous. A double crop in Iho lowlands
may be annually expected. Corn, wheal
obacco; olives; mulberry trees, cotloi
trees, grapes cocheneal, the coffee tree
orange, fig, date, pine-apple, pomegt an
lies are all .ihiintlanl. 1 he ports are
numereus ami can be re-occupied. Man
ufactures can soon be established. Two
millions of Jews reside within twenty
miles of the Holy City. The Jews
Ihrougnout tho world arc numerous.
So far as industry science love
arts enterprise vai led pursuits went1
forrish ericourapmenl for thn selile-
ujiii of Judea by the Jews, Ihe cnle.r-
rise was most invtling.
.Mr. iNoah then proceeded lo announce
us project for the 'restoraliou.' It wa,
hat all iho Christian Societies of Ihc U.
Stales should unite in supplic ilin tho
sultan of Turkey to grant permission
mi the Jews to hold landed ptonerty in
nilta, on Ihc same conditions as thu
Musselmen. This was all lluil wa ne
cessary. In conclusion, he urged wild
considerable eloquence upon his chris
tian auditory, Ihu duly ot aiding in the
restoration of Ihe Chosen People.'
le implored Ihem to dismisi their pre
judices to emulate Ihe cximple of
J'irisI, and to love the children for tho
Fiihut's sake. We have, said he; lost
II country government kingdom
mil powvr. You have il all, it is yom s.
I is sgain lo be icstored to us. Dis
miss, therefore, from your hearts all pre
judiees. The chosen people are worthy
f your love, your confidence and re
peel. Is il nothing to have had such
fathers and founders of their faith as A-
iraham, Isaac and Jacob such mothers
is Sir. ill. Rebecca, and Lah nntl R-
hel ? Is it nolhing to have been deem
e.d worthy by the Almighty to hive had
path made for ;riem through Ihe waste
of waters ?
To have been led to Sinai, and rhetn to
have recie.vcd thai precious ift of that
law which we all revere and hold sacred In
ibis day? Is it nolhing to have outlived all
the nations of the earth, and lo bvo sur
vived all who sought io ruin and deslroj?
Where are the Genera a ol Alexander the
mighty crowds of Xerxes! Where urn iho
hones which once whitened the Troy?
We only hear ol them in the pages of
history. But if you ask where are the
lescendents of those who lougiu oeneniii
die wa.U of Jeiusalem the subjects of
David and Solomon the brethren of Jesus?
I answer, hero (applauseshere, mirae
ilooiVorihe lietarctv, iramg-Tric-ww'-w!
mr light and God for our redeemer. Amid
lersecutions tho most severe and protract
d wo havn abided by iho faith. When
mund to the slake by men who claimed in
ic ChiUiians, and when llio flames hissed
mil crackled around them when exhaiHt
hiI ar.d dying, ihey called on God to sustain
hem in their exttemity; a suusmaii voice,
nire, and angelic, whispered in Iheir ear
Ferr not Jacob, 1 am with iho!' Cnun
rvmon and citizens, thank God your hearts
re free from the slain of such iniquity.
,nnlause. After dwelling at some length
n the .sriTtiment that Christ had come for
he Christian, but nol for the Jew, and Ihat
would oino to the latter only after the
etoniion. Mr. Noah made a warm ac-
uimvlndgeincni of the services rendered to
lie church in all ages by woman jew.nnu
Miule and concluded" by an earnest ap
cul for thnir aid in the restoration ol the
dispersed' to the land of Judea.
MAKING A DAD WORSE.
'Sally,' said Mrs. Hammond, llio
other
lay io her maid servant, a strapping conn
ry wench, who was handing me mumus
round to the company at a tea parly, given
by her mistress to a few select menus-
V .. .. .. . . , .i . -i i.i
Sally, 1 in really snocKeu mat you nuum
ii disgrace yourself and me by coming to
wail at table' with such dirty han-ds.'
Lawk. Marml' responded the arllcso
nymph, glancing at hei sty baked fingers,
I hope you, don't call tnese nanus uinj,
you should see my feot !'
Why Jem, whar you guoin with dat
while shirt on ?' 'Your'n impuruini
misstir, Sam Jonsing-, and no mining
bout deciiement jist now; Psu a M'Mer
ite, an dis wat Pse gwoin to de Wisti-
cheecon to clime up de big tree, an wata
for my end.' Jim, you'se a bigger
fool dan I tuk you to be, an you'l brs
crawling home some ob dose inorninrs
wi'd do lumaltz.
Why Is thero always a great explo
sion when an edtior speaks agutml .
monthly periodical? Because he blows
up a magazine.
Millions for de tence!" as the nig
gar said when a bull chased him across
t ten acie. lol.
ON CONSEQUENCE.
When we look al a lielil ot cm'ii we fi d
ihat thokii stalks which r ""f 'heir r"
highest are the empties' The tnnin i
case with men; those who absuine the great
est consequence have generally the least
sluro ol judgment and ability.