The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-09-10

4 confluence IS founded OH the very circum
stance which you notice as proof Of Saur
OF confidence. We shall get there n sea
son, becuuse we use tie means. p Uaited
States Gusfne.
The Jeies Of Damascus. a meeting
holden IN London, Tor the purpose Of taking
into consideration TIE recent ifcatmen, ol
the Je"sal Damascus with view Of adopt
ing such a series Of resolutions as should
express the feelings Of deep ~ mpathy which
we're entertained by the merchants. bankers
md Others, citizens Of the metropolis The
Rev. Mr.. Pientz, clergymon attached to
the Mission at Jerusalem, who having
been barn q Jew, visited Damascus in order
to give his testimony tina, the Jews religion,
50 far from requiring murder, expressly for
bids ~ gave The following as a list Of tie
tofluFes which bad been applied to he Jews .
!. Fiosglus. =. Souking persons ii
large talks Of cold water ~ their cIohes.-
3. The head machine, by which the eye
are pressed out Of their sockets. /. Tying
up tender paris Of their body aud ordering
soldiers to TWIST and horribly dispose them
INTO such cuntnrtlons that the poor sufferers
grew almost mad from pain. > Standing
upright Cor three days, without beng allow
ed any other posture, not even 10 lean
against the walls aud when they ial down
aroused up by the standing senuneIs with
their bayoucis. 6. Being dragged about in
a large court by the ears until the blood
gushcd out. Z. Having ihorns driven ii
between the nalls and the flesh Of the fingers
and toes. = Having fire set TO their beatd-
nll their iaccs are stneed. Having can
dies held under their noses 50 that The flames
arse up 10 their uostrIis.
Persecution Of he Jelrs at Damsscu8.-
large meeting Of the Jews Of the CHy OF
New York was hpld at the Synagogue IN
En,street, on v ednesday cveu'ug the 18Th
inst. NJ. NJ. Noah, Esq. and several other
gentlemen addressed the meeting, and reso
buttons expressive Of their sympathy fer
their prosecuted brethren, end approval oil
the energetic measures taken BY lsraelItes
10 other parts OF the world 10 ohlnsa Justice
for them, we,e adopted. II was also re
solved to address the PresIden, Of The United
States, requesting hun 10 direct our Consul
~ the dominlons Of tho pasha OF Egypt to
co operate With tk.ee other nations IN oh
,a.ulog for them an impartial trial.
PARTED Bl9dfo.-This extraordinary
curiosity ass discovered about two ytars,
SINCE, BY party Of trappers, belonging 70
Captain Rents company, lyIng on the side
Of one OF the beaver dams ofihe Rio Graude
Of tie north, "a stream empiying ITSELF into
The gull OF California, whose waters, It Is
SAID possess the pelrliyIng qualities, IN an
eminent degree, It's shores 0bouudug III
specimens OF animal and vegetable produc
tons IL pCtgifcd state The peirlfed tuf
fauis described by those who have seen II. 70
be as perfect 10 is petrlisctlon ~ when liy
log, With the exception Of . hole IN one Of rs
SIDES, about four inches in diameter, around
which the hair has been worn al, probably
by the friction Of the water, tn which II
n,2st have laid Cor ages past, 20 kayo pruduc
Cd suca phenomenon. The hnr on The
b,mp Of the shoulders, neck, forehead and
tai, though converted into almost a smooth
surface, may be easily disccrned. The
horns, eyes, nosifils, mouth and legs, are
as perfect 10 the stone as 10 their pristine
state.
The country in which this rare specimen
was found. is inhabited by the Esteaus, a
rowing tribe Of sayages who subslst, great
portion of their lives, Oh insects, snakes,
ioads roots, &c. This tribe being farteu
larly hostile to the whites, renders the &C
QUESTION oil thus curiosity, not ll;;!o hazard.
Gus; Notwithstanding this and many other
difficulties 10 lie sufmoun,ed, such dis
tance, expense, &c, our cnierprzlng cltl
zen, Capt. Charles Rent, contemplates pro
curing and bringing IT into the I. States
with hlm during the ensuing autumn.
NArI RonnrRy.--A mail bag was found
on Wednesday last, at the foot OF Que OF the
plers a the Rail Road bridge across the
Roanoke, with several heavy stones IN II.
Ftarmcuts of letters were IL the bag, a
number Of them having evidently contained
money. They we're mostly from Louisiana,
Mississippi, Aabama aud Georglu. Those
from louisiana we're Post-marked July 81 I;
ifom Alabama, August 9th and some from
Augusta, ca, Pos,.maikcd August llth.
There was one letter IN French, date not
dlscoverable, which had enclosed IN II n,
" dollar l.. S. Bank bill. Another had a
list of subscribers, with money enclosed, Tor
the Madlsoulan, aud another with like list,
and money enclosed for the Globe. The
fragments were gathered up and sent on TO
the General Post Office Department az
Washington. Wilmington Chronicle.
SoMr LIGHT ON THE sUBJEcr--A gen
tlcman informs US that he was lew days
agu on the banks of tho Roanoke river, and
discovered among the rocks quantity Of
newspapers. On examination they proved
to be numbers OF the Log CABIN Advocate,
Of dlifaren, dates, NTH he names Of dtrec'
ton torn or Some OF them we're dated
the fourth Of July. There was wrapper