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S'lac ."tFetyisIi Pilgs'Sna at JTersisalcjia.
Are these theancient, holy hills,
Where angelv walked of old?
Is this the land our story fills -;
With glory not yet cold ! ' i '"
For I have passed by many a shrine,,
O'cr. rnanv a land and sea,
But still, oh! promised Palestine, -
My'dreams have been of thee . . "-
I see thy mountain cedars green v.'-'.
Thy valleys fresh and fair,
With summers bright as they have been
When Israel's homo was there; ' ; -Though
o'er thee sword and tjme have passed,
And cross and cressent shone,
And heavily the chain hath pressed,
Yet still thou art our own !
Thine are the wandering race that go
Unbless'd through every land,
Whose blood' hath stained the polar snow, 1 '
And quenched the desert sand ;
And thine the homeless hearts that turn
From all earth's shrines to thee, ' ' "
' ' t
With their lone faith for ages borne '
In sleepless memory. . '
For thrones are fallen and nations gone - .
Before the march of time, ,
A nd where the ocean rolled alone , - -
Aic- forests vn their prime ;
Since Gentile ploughshares marred the., brow
Of Zion's holy hill
Where are the Roman cades nowl
Yet Judah wanders still. '
And hath she wandered thus in vain r.
, . A pilgrim of the past! .
.No! long deferred her hope hath been,
But it shall come at hiny
, For in her wastes a voice I hear,
As from some prophet's urn,
It bids the nations build not there,
For Jacob shall' return.
Oh! lost and loved Jerusalem!
: Thy pilgrim may not stay '
To see the glad earth's harvest horne"'
'In thy redeeming day; v
But nov resigned in faith and trust,
1 seek a nameless tomb ;
"At least beneath thy hallowed dust
Oh! give the wanderer room !
' A correspondent of the Ledger notices, as a
ma'tier of interest as well as of curiosity, the
fact-that ijie almanac for 1842 is like the whole
of the almanac for lhe year 1785; that is to say,
lhe days of the month fall again on the same
.days of the weeks, also the moveable feasts,
&'c &c, so that those who hnve yet an old
one of 1785 need none for 1842'.
Mavy U5:ujsase agaSsis a Sheriff.
A jury in Bosion has given damages to iho
amount of $12,050 against the Sheriff of Wor
cester, for the neglect of his deputy in omftting
many valuable articles of slock when attaching
the property of a houso, and conducting the
sale in stich a manner that a fair auction price
could not be obtained for the property sold.
The damages were laid at S30,000. Tho jury
save the sum above stated.
A Monster. A man in Huntingdon county
Pa., has a pig wiih five heads, and twenty legs
.all m one body.
u.ii-l... . uj u im .in. m.MiaraBMim
From the New York Express.
MAJOIS. DOWNING.
We have not prefaced latelyj the excellent
remarks of our friend the Major, but we on this
occasion beg our readers to reflect well on the
concise reflections embraced in the letter we
this day offer them. According to our notion,
lhe subject is full of interest, and calls for lhe
reflection of every patriotic and true Ameri
can. Washington, Dec. 12, 1841.
To the Editors of the New York Express the
' same paper my old friend, Mr. Dwight, prin
ted a spell ago.
Mr. Editors I guess you will say now that
there was no mistake in my notion about CapJ.
Tyler's Message, for it is about as complete a
thing as ever went from the While House to
Congress, since Gineral Washington's first
message, which no man has ever beat yet and
now comes the tussle. Some folks in Congress
say they can get along with everything except
the currency and tariff pint on't, and that Con
gress has no right by the Constitution to fur
nish a currency, or to put on a tariff Jor protec
tion. These things are the only two pints of
any consequence that are going to "fire up"
Congress to a prilty considerable high pressure
on the safety valves and these are the two
pints I am willing for one, to scratch with, in
mittens or without mittens, with the biggest
Congressman in both Houses.
I say, that the folks who. drew up the Con
stitution took good care to make every article
on't rad jist as plain as a title deed, so that
folks who ain't a lawyer or a pettifogging twis
fyer, could understand every word on't, and
any "construction" that was in doubt, that we,
the people, should take that douht into our own
keeping, till it was shown that it was no douht.
Now, 1 say that Congress has the right by
law under the Constitution, to coin money and
fix the value thereof, and that, that money shall
be gold and silver as a legal tender, and no other
power to do this exists, for these United Slates,
but in Congress.
The Consiitufidn also says that Congress
has the right to regulate the foreign commerce,
and commerce between tho States; and to pass
all laws to carry these plans into effect. Here
then is a law and gospel, and Congress is the
People, and the Constitution is made for the
good and prosperity of the People.
Now, how does the Norlh stand? It is found
lhai in regulvling foreign commerce, Congress
passes a laiti saying that no vessel shall enter
into the coasting trade, even if they carry cot
ton from New Orleans to New York, and hay
and merchandize from New York to New Or
leans for nothing.
The Constitution don't say this but Congress
says it is necessary and right for the protection
of our citizens, and I say Congress is right.
Now I say, and so says a considerable num
ber of millions of mv fellow citizens that to pro
tect the gold and silver coined by order of Con
gress, we must have a good paper currency, and
a good protective Tariff, or else there is no use
of going lo the expense of coining gold and sil
ver, if we can't keep it. Now is there any use
of opening Iron and Coal mines, or building
workshops, or making tools for the use of me
chanics. ,
There is no use in our coining gold and sil
ver, unless we can keep it and there is no
wny to keep it, unless we have the means to
earn it, and out-work other folks who want to
get it from us. We want then a good and the
best currency to aid tfs at home in every branch
of industry; and then we want a protection in
our foreign trade. And what is that protec
tion? Some folks say (and they call themselvs
democrats, too) that democracy wants "free
trade." Now 1 don't know what the democra
cy of other nations is. For my part, I want
the democracy of this nation to bo able to live
like freemen, and enjoy a share of the comforts
and good things of lhe world, and be well re
warded for their industry, and be able to school
their children. I have no notion of compelling
our democracy to go down into the mines, and
live like woodchucks and groundhogs, or drive
them into the factories and-workshops, and
make them work men, women, and children
in ignorance, like slaves, for a mere living on
bread and water; just as the democracy of Eu
rope live and work. I want them to earn some
thing more, and live moro like rational men,
and be able to school their children. But un
less they are projected, they must work and
live as the democracy ol iMtrope work and live;
or the mine?, lhe factories, the workshops, and
schools of the United Stale, must all close
for the miserable, half-fed, unschooled, slavish
and ignorant democracy of Europe will under
work and undersell our democracy, and conse
quently rain their industry. This is the free
trado that some folks talk about and calling
ihemsolvcs democrats, too.
1 hope our democracy are too well schoolbd
to be gulled by this doctrine; that they will tell
their Congressmen, who represent thon),tolook
to their duty.
This, then, is the upshot of my notion. We
want a good currency to aid our domestic trade,
and .we want a good projective. Tarriff to keep
iho basis of that good currency in iOiir.ppssesj
No. 43. . -
sion; and if we neglect those, we become a
colony, and our Independence ain't worth a
snap.
Your friend, and o'b'd't scrv't,-
JACK DO WNI NG, Major, &c. &c;
Strange SysHerai of lieepiisg Accnratss
A barber, named Linion, was brought beforo
a London Police Court charged with having
customers in his house after midnight.
The barber 'It is the fault of this person,
Merlon, who is in the Court. As he has not
lime to be shaved during the day, he will conid
to be shaved late at night.'
The President You ought not, at all events;
to disturb the public peace. There were criorf
issuing from your house as if you had been
committing murder.'
Merlon--iIe was bhaving; that's almost ihd
same thing.'
The President 'Was it you, then, Marlon,
who were crying out as if you were being, flay
ed?' Morion 'Yes, in fact, he was flaying me (a
general laughter) he has cut me horribly.'
The barber 'It is true, but I made a mistake.'
Merlon 'Did you not mean then to cut me ?'
The barber---'l did not say that. (Prolonged
laughter.) I certainly did not mean to cut sof
deep.' (Loud and continued laughter.) .
The President fDid you, then, cut him ori
purpose V
The barber Indeed, I did, in the spirit of
my order ? you understand one does not like to'
be below his business.'
The President and Merlon together 'And
why V
The barber 'The whole affair is this: M;
Mcrlon is not to be trusted as he doe's not pay
ready money, he used to cheat me m the num
ber of shaves for which he owed me ; when he
had twelve he used lo say that he had only
six, so that I lost both my razors, my soap
and my time; at last 1 devised a mode of keep-'
ing a reckoning not to be disputed.'
The President 'How was that ?'
The barber 'Every time that 1 shavo him 1
make a notch in his cheek ; (general laughter ;)
when we counted up, I look at his cheek, and
as many notches so many shaves; (renewed
laughier) but the other day the razor turning in"
my hand's, I made the figure too large audit
was this which made him cry out and disturb
the neighborhood.'
Amidst the general laughter, the barber was
condemned to pay the full penally, and thd
President advised him to renounce, in future
his new system of keeping accounts.
A Sligiit Difference.
Mitheth Y., I come to athk you if you kiri
lind me your pig pen for a few dayth?" -
" My pig pen? why, Mr. Fisher, what can
you want with my pig pen V'
" I have jutht been purchathin thome thwine
two ihowth and pigth at conthableih thale,
and want to put them in your pen."
"Why, Mr. Fisher, my pen won't hold so"
many pigs as you have ! What on airth did
you buy them for ?"
" I bought them for my own family utho,
madam ; and I'm thertain your pen will be thuf
fithienfly Iargth for them."
"My pen will only hold twenty-five common
sized ones!"
" Well, if it will hold twenty-five hogthy it
will thurely hold two thowth and pigth !"
" Two thousand pigs ! why, it won't hold the
twentieth part of them !"
"Understand me,. madam I I don't thay two
thoiithand pigth , but two thowth and pigth!"
" I hear you ! two thousand pigs for a family
of six! I think the man's demented two thou-'
sand pigs in that pen! he's certainly crazy V1
" Miiheth Y. ! I tell you again, 1 mean not
two thouthand pigth, but two thowth and two
pigth!"
"Oh oh Mr. Fisher, is that what ycti
mean 1 My pig pen is at your service, sir .?"
" I thank you, thintherely, madam !" lisped
the relieved Fisher, as he started forhe pig
pen, in which he soon deposited his " two
thowth and pigth !" Pittsburgh Chronicle,
An English gentleman, in his roturn of prop
crty to the assessors, for taxation, wrote under
the head of "Wheel Carriges" "Oho barrow
with ono wheel, drawn by myaelf in the gar
den." The assessors returned the paper with
this remark ; "Asses and one-wheeled carria
ges aro exempt from duty."
Egg Plants. "Say, Uncle Ben,- what sort
of animals are them'ere punkirrs that are all
over black a'most blue and a little reddish V1
" Them, Jonathan, are called egg plants
vegetable eggs." " Eggs ! Well, I swan, I
should like to see one on'ero hatched, to see
what soft o'-critters a wegetable am."
"Cuffy, go to the meadow and catch, my
horse, High Olmypus." "Yes, massa don't
know so much 'bout do Aw, but he's limpua
miff, dat's 8tmin."
"What time is it, Torn?'' "Just time to pay
that Hitlo account you owe me." "Oh, indeed!
well, I didn't think it was half so late."" -
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