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The Polynesian., 1841-05-29
S ELE G. TIE ID.
From Blackwood's Magazine.
JERUSALEM.

aSI DIS Is IHC pcTlOu, ana singular as
the changes of European history since
Christian era, Judea still continues to
the most interesting portion of the
lid. Among other purposes, it may
for the purpose of fixing the general
upon this extraordinary land, that it
been periodically visited by more
king succession of great public calam-
IS than perhaps any other region. With
to attract an invader than any other
pspicuous land of the East, it has been
(stantly exposed to invasion. Its ruin
the Romans in the first century did
prevent its being assailed by almost
Dry barbarian, who, in turn, assumed
precarious sovereignty of the neigh
ling Asia. After ages of obscure mise
a new terror came in the Saracen in
zion, which, under Amrou, on the con-
est of Damascus, rolled on Palestine.
siege of four months, which we may
conceive to have abounded in hor-
E, gave Jerusalem into the hands of
Kaliph Omar. On the death Of Omar,
b died by the usual fate Of Eastern
hces-the dagger-the country was
to the still heavier misgovernment of
MOslem vicerOys-a race of men es-
5tially barbarian, and committing their
hes for their zeal in proselytism. The
Pple, of course, were doubly tormented.
"a new scourge fell upon them in the
5asion of the Crusaders, at the begin
bg of the 18th century, followed by a
pg succession of bitter hostlities and
blic weakness. After almost century
this wretchedness, another invasion
IN the Desert put Jerusalem into the
|hds of its old oppressor, the Saracen
ID in 1887, the famous Saladin, expell-
B the last of the Christian sovereigns,
pix possession Of Palestine. After an
her century of tumult and severe suffer-
B, occasioned by the disputes of the
(racen princes, it was visited by still
pre- formidable evil in the shape of the
prks, then wholly uncivilized-a nation
all the rudeness and violence of noun
|neer life, and spreading blood and fire
rough Western Asia. From this date
BID it remained under the dominion
the Ottoman, until its conquest, few
Jars ago, by that most extraordinary of
Mussulmans, the Pacha of Egypt "a
|eary period of 500 years, under the
bst desolating government of the world.
is equally impossible to read the Scrip
ral references to the future condition of
llestine, without discovering crowd of
E plainest and most powerful indica-
pns, that it shall yet exhibit a totally
flerent aspect from that of its present
Ate. Enthusiasm, or even the natural
terest which we feel in this memorable
ltlon, may color the future to us too
nghtly; but unless language of the most
'emn kind, uttered on the most solemn
'cas'ons, and by men divinely commits
0ned tor its utterance, is wholly unmean-
y we must yet look to some powerful,
questionable, and splendid display Of
rael.
The remarkable determinations Euro
'an politics towards Asia Minor, Syria,
~ Egypt, within these four years; the
The Polynesian., 1841-05-29
SATURDAY, MAY %, 1S4l.

change and the new life infused into
the stagnant governments of ASIA even
by their being flung into the whirl of
European interests, look not unlike signs
of the times. 1t may be no dream, to
imagine in these phenomena the proofs
of some memorable change in the interior
of things some preparatives for that
great providential restoration, of which
Jerusalem will yet be the scene, if not
the centre and the Israelite himself the
especial agent of these high transactions,
which shall make Christianity the religion
of all lands, restore the dismantled beauty
of the earth, and make man, what he was
created to be-only "a little lower than
the angel.'
The statistics of the Jewish population
are among the most singular circum-
stances of this most singular of all people.
Under all their calamities and dispersions,
they seem to have remained at nearly the
same amount as in the days of David and
Solomon, never much more in prosperity
never much less after ages of suffering.
Nothing like this has occurred in the his
tory of any other race Europe in general
having doubled its population within the
last hundred years, and England nearly
tripled hers within the last half century
the proportion of America being still more
rapid, and the world crowding in a con-
stantly increasing ratio.-Yet the Jews
seem to stand still in this vast and gen.
eral movement. The population of Judea,
in its most palmy days, probably did not
exceed, if it reached, four millions. The
numbers who entered Palestine from the
wilderness were evidently not much more
than three and their census, according
to the German statists, who are generally
considered to be exact, is now nearly the
same as that of the people under Moses
-about three milions.-They are thus
distributed -
In Europe, l,9l6,OOO, of which about
$3.50 are in Poland and Russia, and
458, 900 are in Austria.
In Asia, 738,OOO, of which 100000
are in Asiatc Turkey.
In Africa, 594 900, of which 100000
are in Morocco.
In America, North and South 500.
If we add to these about 5000 Sa-
maritans, the calculation in round nu-
mbers will be about 100000.
This was the report in l825-the num-
bers probably remain the same. This
extraordinary fxedness in the midst of
almost universal increase, is doubtless not
without rcason-if we are even to look
for it among the mysterious operations of
which have preserved Israel separate
race through eighteen hundred years. May
we not naturally conceive, that people
thus preserved without advance or retro
cession dispersed, yet combined broken,
yet firm without country yet dweIlers
in all everywhere insulted, yet every
where influential without nation, yet
united as no nation ever was before or
since-has not been appointed to offer
this extraordinary contradiction to the
common laws of society, and even to the
common progress of nature, without
cause, and that cause one of final benev-
olence, Universal good, and divine grand
eur!
Twas eve on jerusalem!
Glorious its glow
The Polynesian., 1841-05-29

In an ocean OF light;
And the voice of her multitudes
Rose on the air,
From the vale deep and dim,
Like a rich evening hymn.
But whence comes that cry'-
'Tis the cry of despair!
What form stands on Zion?
The prophet of woe
His frame worn with travel,
His locks living snow.
His hand grasps trumpet;
The heart blood runs chill
AT its death-sounding blast:
All the thousands are still
All fixing their gaze,
Where, like one from the tomb
The shroud seems to swim
Round the long, spectral limb,
And the lips pour in thunder
The terrors to come!
"Thou'rt lovely, Jerusalem!
Lovely, yet stain'd;
Thou'rt lions whelp, judah,
Yet thou shalt be chain'd.
Thou'rt magnificent, Zion!
Yet thou shalt be lone;
The pilgrim of sorrow
Shall see thy last stone.
" Hark, bark to the tempest
What roar fills my ear9
IT'S the shouting of warriors,
The crash of the spear.
The eagle and wolf
On that tempest are roll'd-
Twin demons of havoc,
To ravage thy fold.
"They rush through the land
As through forests the fire;
Woe, woe to the infant,
Woe, woe to the sire!
Rejoice for the warrior
Who sinks to the grave;
But weep for the living
A ransomless slave.
"But veil'd be mine eyeballs!
The red torch is flung,
And the last dying hymn
Ofthe temple is sung!
The altar is vanish'd,
The glory is gone;
The curse is fulfll'd,
The last vengeance is done!
"Again all is darkness;
Year rolls upon year;
hear but the fetter,
| see but the bier.
But the lions are coming!
They roar from their sand;
lis Amrou and his Saracens-
Curse of the land!
"Like the swamp-gender'd hornets,
They rush on the wing
BY thousands Of thousands.
With death in their sting,
Like vultures, they sweep
O'er Moriah's loved hill,
And the corpse-cover'd valleys
BY Kedron's red rill.
Where, where sleeps the thunderbolt
Heaven! hear the cries
Ofthe lshmaelite slave
TO his prophet of lies.
Hear the howl to his demons,
His frenzy of prayer;
Mixd with Israel's lament
OF disdain and despair.
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Vol. No. 81.

Of the West in their mail;
And my soul loves the standard
They spread to the gale.
>, Stay, vision of splendour!
On Jordan's rich marge
They rush to the battle,
Earth shakes with their charg,
Like lightning the blaze
From their panoply springs;
l see the gold helms
And crown'd banners of kings
"Yet evil still smites thee,
Thou daughter of tears!
No trophy is thine
In the strife of the spears.
The stately Crusader
And Saracen lord,
But give thee the choice
vi the chain or the sword.
Again all is silence!
The long grass has grown
Where the crossbearer sleeps
In his rich-sculptur'd stone;
And the land trod by prophet
And chanted by bard,
Is left to the foot
Ofthe wolf and the pard.
"But who ride the whirlwind!
The drinkers of blood!
From the summit of Lebanon
Rushes the flood;
IT'S the Turcoman ravening
For slaughter and spoil:
On, helpless gazelle!
Thou art now in the toll.
King of kings! on our neck
Sits the slave of a slave,
AS wild as his mountains,
AS cold as our grave.
All his sceptre the scourge,
All our freedom his will;
Yet thy children must linger-
Must agonize still.
Fly swift, ye dark years!
Still the savage is there
The tiger of nations
Is couch'd in his lair.
The field is thicket,
The city heap,
And Israel on earth
Can but wander and weep.
King Of kings! shall she die!
Hark! a trumpet affair."
1t thrills through my soul,
Yet no trumpet of war.
! hear the deep trampling
OF millions of feet;
And the shoutings Of millions,
Yet solemn and sweet.
"Now-the voices of thunders
Are rolling on high;
The pomp has began,
The redemption is nigh.
! see thy crowned fathers,
Thy prophets of fire,
And the martyrs, whose souls
Shot to heaven from the pyre.
"Who comes in his glory,
Pavilion'd in cloud'
Judah, cast off thy shame!
Israel, spring from thy shroud
Thy king has avenged thee
He comes to his own,
With earth for his empire,
But Zion his THRoNE!"
MORNING STA
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02
South CarO!iua.

The Charleston Mercury publishes the
proceedings of one of the largest anC
most brilliant meetings ever held il
Charleston. 1t was held on the 27tl
utimo. Mr.. CALHOUN was received will
indescribable enthusiasm, and addressed
them for about an hour. The report and
resolutions which were unanimously a.
dopted, are powerfully drawn and arc
State Rights, up 10 the hub. They de.
nounce a National Debt, Protective Tar.
III, Distribution, and the creation of Z
National Bank, in the strongest terms
Among the resolutions was the following
"ResOlred, That Congress having nc
authority under the Constitution to incor
porate a National Bank, if such an insti
tuition be incorporated, we hold that tht
charter may, at any time, be repealed
and the bank abolished"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02

U-rCan any person inform us how much pork,
wheat, and flour, two agents of the Bank of Mi
chigan have bought up in Chicago with the bills
OF that bank !-DarOH Free Press.
We should like an answer to that ques-
ton too. The amount we know to be
enormous. The almost numberless loads
we saw the farmers haul into this city,
across the cold prairie, last winter, and
who returned with the bills of this bank
as an equivalent, tell fearful tale. And
when it is known that many of them sold
their pork, wheat, &c. for the purpose OF
getting money to buy their farms with,
and who, by the rascaliiy of this swind-
ling institution, are now left, on the day
of land sale, to the mercy of perhaps in
dividuaIs who have made their money by
similar transactions, the picture assumes a
darker shade. Add to this the fact that
the government refuses to postpone the
sale OF lands for even short time, and
the combined effects of wing institutions
and wing government strikingly appear.
One thing, IN all this, however, gives Ell.
enlargement. People bein to regard
this being robbed by the banks the same
as though they were met on the highway
and obliged to surrender their "purse OF
their life" SO exasperated have the far.
mers become, that we have heard many Of
them express the wish that those who
have robbed them by means of bank bills
might be served as highway robbers are,
chung by the neck until they are dead,'
without the customary prayer for mercy
on their souls.-ChiCQgo Democrat.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02
People take Warming

The Philadelphia correspondent of the New
York Herald, in abiding to the affairs Of the
United States Bank, says:
"The list of the suspended paper, with
the names and dates, which prove incon-
testibly that the rottenncss and decay of
the Bank originated while it was nation
al institution. 1t was then that The
money was sunk in bribing Congressman,
influencing elections, feeling lawyers, and
purchasing votes. The commencement
of this S29,o00.oOO of suspended paper
extends back to 1928, and at each sue
cessive Presidential election it was swell
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02
DistributiOn Of the Public Finds.

The relief, held out by the dominan,
party, is an absurdity. They propose to
distribute the public lands according to
the representations, and then raise the
duties on imported goods to replace it in
the treasury of The federal government.
The proceeds of the public lands are,
yearly, S3,000,G00. OF this the State of
Illinois would receive S37, 900. She
is then to be taxed on imported goods.
The imports, for the last ten years, have
averaged Sl27,OOO,OO0. This is $40 to
each family in the Union yearly. In
Illinois there are 10000 families Con-
sequently they consume S3,l5O,OOO of
imported goods On these the tax is to
be raised . per cent, without increasing
the market for produce. Illinois will,
therefore, have to pay Sl57, 800 for the
S37, 200 received. This is the "relief'
the citizens are to enjoy under the distri-
button.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02
Bargains! KBarg.,ins..

V3>iE subscriber offers for sale, at the old stand
4 of Cushman X Thompson, on the corner o
Canal and Columbus Streets all the remaining
stock OF the late firm at redHc-d prices FIR Casi
Oaiy
The stock consists Of fair assortment
of Dry Goods, Wdrdware, Groceries
Crockery, Boots g. Shoes, &c.
Persons DESTROYS of purchasing with
Cash, are invited to call and examine the
goods and prices before purchasing else
where, BENZ. THOMPSON.
Ottawa, July 9, lS1l. Gift
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02

led in amount and dcteriorated in charac-
ter. Immense efforts are making to keep
this damning proof from the people, until
they shall have been wheedled and cajoled
INTO countenancing another bank of a
more extensive capital, and therefore cap
able OF a more stupendous mischief"
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02
Position of llr. Clay aud In, New Admin.
s.raiiou,

There is great excitement at Washing
ton. From the debates of both houses il
would seem that Mr.. Clay is setting him
sell up as rival to the President and his
admlnlstration.-We should not be sur
prlscd if the wing party were to break
down OF their own weakness before thew
can ascertain what a 'fscai agency'
means.-(N. L. HeraM.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02

Maiden NodeSty.-There is a maiden
lady in Connecticut who is so extremely
nice in her notions of female modesty,
that she turned off her washerwoman be-
cause she put her clothes into the same
tub with those of young man! 1t was
a shocking piece of immodesty, to be
sure.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02

erP ne are authorized to announce
ALBERT F. DOW, Of Indian precinct,
as a candidate for the office Of County
Commissioner al the enSuing .AuguSt
election.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02
NOTICE..

VENHE subscriber, having been appon-
ted Administrator Of the estate of
AARON Balm, deceased, requests all
persons having claims against the estate
to exhibit the same to him or 10 the Pro-
bate Justice, for settlement, within nine
months from the date hereof.
Those indebted to the estate are re-
quested to call and settle the same inane.
diateiy. The books of account, &c. may
be found at the office of the Probate JUS
tice. ABRAHAM HOES,
Administrator
Ottawa. lime lith. 1871. 2-5-SW
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02

We clip the following from one of our
exchanges -
"Sir, which Of your children do you
prefer, the boys or the girls ?"
"Why, as long as the boys suck their
mother, | like them the best, but when
they begin TO suck me, | prefer the girls. -
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02
Administrators Sale.

~ Office is hereby gwen that | will
" sell at public auction, on Saturday
the I'm day Of J"ly nert, on the premi-
SEES occupied by Stephen II. Jones, near
Troy Grove, in Lasale county, the per-
sonal property of Joseph Fullerton, de-
ceased.
Sale to commence at o'clock, p. NJ.
Terms of sale made known on the day of
sale by JACOB FULLERTON,
Administrator.
Ottawa, June 25, 1871. 5--tdsp
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02

We see hundreds of young men saun-
tering through our streets who have been,
by the misjudged policy of their parents,
cast into the world with pride in THEN
heads and nothing in their pockets, who
cannot stoop to work, and yet are almost
compelled to beg. Were they industrl
Gus mechanics, they might become serv.
iceable TO themselves and respectable
members Of the community, instead o.
being excrescences which hang upon bu
to disiigure society. It is truly lamenta
BILE that this folly is so prevalent.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02

h-P ne are authorized 10 announce
ALEXANDER McCLASKEY, Of In
dian precinct, as candidate for the
office of CO;Uty Commissioner at the
ensuing .AuguSt election.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02
Administrators Notice.

n Office. - The subscribers would
" very dellcately hint to all persons
who know themselves indebted to them,
that it would be to their advantage to call
and settle the same without delay, as our
old books must be settled up. If you
cannot pay in cash we will take Wheat,
Oats, and Corn, if delivered Immediately,
and if you cannot pay in this way you
can at least give your notes.-All who
neglect this reasonable request will hear
from us in another way. Now, remem-
Der, we are not joking but in sober
earnest J. Y. SANGER e. Co.
Ottawa, June 10, 1871. 1--tf.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02
Ottawa Jockey Csub.

The citizens of Ottawa and vicinity IA
vorable to the encouragement of blooded
animals and the sports of the turf, are re-
specially requested to meet at the Man
sion House on Saturday evening next,
for the purpose of forming a Jockey
Club. MANY.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02
Dissolution.

"a ME co-partnership heretofore exist
H. ing between the subscribers, under
the firm of Cushm0n g. Thompson, is,
this day, by mutual consent, dissolved.
All persons indebted to us, either by
note or book account, will see the neces-
si'y of making the necessary arrange
ments TO satisfy such demands immc-
diately.
All notes and book accounts are in the
hands of W. II, W. Cushman, who is
fully authorized to collect the same, bur
the receipt of either will satisfy any de.
mand for which 1t is given.
w. III. W. CUSHMAN,
BENJAMIN THOMPSON.
Ottawa, Lasalle county, Ills. }
June 2sth, 1871. s 6--tf.
The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1841-07-02

DUBLlC NOTICE is hereby given,
Il that the undersigned has taken out
letters OF Administration on the estate of
Joseph Fullerton, deceased. All persons
having claims against the estate of the
said deceased are hereby requested to ex-
hbit the same to him or to the Court of
Probate for the county of Lasalle for
settlement within nine months from the
date hereof. JACOB FULLERTON,
Administrator
Ottawa, June 10, 1871. 5--4wp
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The Grafton will he delivered in the Grove
should the weather permit, and if otherwise, il
will be delivered in the large saloon of the Fox
River House. Suitable Accommodations will be
prepared in the Grove for the convenience and
comfort of the company. The dinner will be on
the table at | o'clock, prepared by Mcssrs. Diano
81 Lcvens, the proprietors of the Fox River
House. The following exercises will take place
previous to the dinner:
LIST. Music by the Band.
ID. Prayer.
3D.. Music by the Choir.
4th Reading of the Declaration of Independen.
dence.
5th Music by the Choir.
9th Grafton.
9TH. Music by the Band.
The company will then march 10 tho dinner
table, and after dinner the regular toasts will be
drank, accompanied by music, the roar Of cannon
and the shouts of Frecmen
ora coach has been procured for the accom-,
mediation of such ladies and gentlemen who are
indisposed and unable to march in the procession
BY giving notice to either of the marShals, such
persons can he accommodated, and conveyed
from any part of the town to the Fox River
House.
n-1rThc price of tickets to the dinner is 81.