The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-02-09

"Do tell me why you have bought that cast off
door plate? asked the husband Of one of these no
table bargainers. "Dear me- replied the wife.
"you know it is always my plan To LAY up things a.
gainst time Of need; who knows but YOU may
die, and marry man with the same name as
that on the door plate.
RETURN OF THE JEWS TO SYRIA,
The following eloquent extracts are taken from
Der Orient, a German newspaper. II is known
that the Jews have, Of late years, been returning
to Palestine. The quotation would seem to beto-
Ken an attempt at general movement. The au.
sion 10 their peculiar fitness to inbab;t Sy1ia-ssa
land Of transil'--rom their commercial hab;ts ia
sriking'y true, and has tendency TO .treconcila
the ways Of God to man.
! "We have country, the inheritance of our ia
theirs, finer, fruitful, better situate Tor com
| merce, than many oil the most celebrated portions
of The globe. Environed by the deep-dellod Tau.
rus, The lovely shores tf the Euphraes, the lofty
seppes of Arabia, and of rocky Sinai, our country
extends along the shores of the Mediterranean
| crowned by the towering cedar Of Lebanon, the
source OF hundred rivulets and brooks, epr4ad
fruInness over shady dales, and confer wealth on
| the inhabtants. glorious land situate at the
lurtberesi extremity Of the which the Pheni.
Clans, our brethren, sent their numerous fleets TO
the shores of Albion, and The rich coast of Luther.
| ania, near to both the Red Sea md the Persian
Gulf; the perpetual courses of traffic O. the world
on the way from Persia and India TO The Caspian
and Black Sea; the central country Of the com,
! merco between the east and west
every country has its peculiarly; every people
their own nature. Syria, with its extensive sur
rounding plains unfavorable to cultivation, is a
land oftranst, of Communication, of caravans No
people the earth have lived true TO their cal
ling from iheir first have done. We are
trading people, born for the country where little
food is necessary, and this is furnished by nature
almost spontaneously for The temperate inhabitants
but mol for the ruder NORTH ,f.tis..
ain no country of the earth are our brethren SO
numerous in Syria; in none do they live in as
dense masses, indie pendent Of the surrounding in.
habitants, in none do they persevere steadily in
the faith in the promise OF their fathers as on the
shores of the Orontes. In Damascus alone live
near GO, 900
"The Arab has maintained his Language and his
original country; the Mile, in The deserts as far
as Sinai, and beyond Jordon, he feeds his focks
! 10 the elevated PLAINS Of Asia Minor the Turko
man has conqured for himself SECOND country.
the birthplace OF the Osman; but S. ria and Palcs.
tine depopuaied. For centuries the ba,tle eld
between the Of Alion and The Arabian wilder
ness, the inhabitants orthe west and haif.nomadic
Perslsns, none have been able TO establish them.
selves and maintain their nationality; nation
can claim the name Of Syrian, A chaotic mixture
of all tribes and tongues, remnants of migraiions
from north and South, they disturb another in
the possession of the glorious land where our "a
theirs for so many centuries empied the cup of Joy
and woe, where every c'od is drenched with the
J L. IT.. -
under the ruins of Jerusalem. Ise
"rThe power Of our enemies is gone the angel of
dscord has long since moved down their mighty
hosts, and yet We do rot bes'ir yourselves people
of Jehovah What hnders' Nothing bu, your
| own supineaess. 81. ta
"Tlink you tina, Mehemet Ali, or the Sultan in
S,anboul, would not be convinced thatit would be
better for him he the protector of peaceful and
wealthy peope, than with infinite loss of men
and money, to contend against tho ver-repea:ed,
| mutually provoked Instructions Of the Turks and
Arabs, of whom neither the one the other are
able to give prosperity To the country?
| "Our probation was long, in all countries, from
the north poe to the south! There is trade, ma
art which we have not prncised, science in
which we cannot show splendid examples Where
" in you ind better procl4imers of civilization 10
The wild t,ibes Of he ehsi' t Fst
sPeople Of Jehovah, raise yourselves from your
thousand years slumbor! Rally round leaders;
have renlly the will, Moses will not be wanting.
The rights of nations will never grow old: take pos
session Of the land Of your fathers; build third
time the temple of Zion, greater and more magnifi.
I cent than ever. Trust in the Lord, who has led
you safely through the vale ofmisery thousands Of
wears He also will no, forsake you in your last
conflict. ~ an p
THE GREAT MISSORIUM. '
| Tb BostonC ourier Of Thursday contains shorf
account OF the hinge ANIMAL whose homes have br.,R
recep,y discov cred in The county Of Benton Mis-
aouri This name is new 10 US bpt '' Missourium' y
indicates the place where the bones found and