Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-07-21

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| ers breathe their fragrance over her grave
and the luIllng tones Of The shepherd lut,
,, sounds a requiem 10 her memory. 5 =
/ .sab I'D From Frazers Magazine. s ,v,;,s-;
4 The, present physical, moral and socia
condition Of the Jews must be miracle
We can come TO no other conclusion. II ad
they continued from The COMMENCEMENT
Of the christian era down TO The presen,
hour. in some such national state in which
we ind the t'hineese: walled of from ,iie
res. Of the human Family. and by their sci.
ishness on national scaie,s and their re-
pulsOn ofsaIien elements, resisting every
assault from without, in the shape of hos
tile invasion. and from an. overp0wering
national pride forbidding the inlroduc.ion
! OF new and foreign customs, we should
not see SO much miracle interviewer with
their existence. But this is not the state,
far from it. They are neither ia united
aud independent nation. nor a parasite
province. hey are peeled anG scattered
into fragments; but like broken gIobnles
of. quick silver. instinct with q cohesive
power, ever claiming affinity, and ever
ready to amalgama,e.o Geography, arms.
genius, po!i,lcs,s AMI foreign help. do not
explain their existence time, climate, and
custom equally fail TO unravel it. None
Of these are or can be springs Of their per
pe.nity. They have spread over every
parl Of the habisable globe have lived M
der the reign Of every dynasty. they have
shared The protection Of just laws, the OPP
preston Of cruel ones. and Witnessed the
rise and progress OF both; they have used
every tongue, and lived in every latitude.
The SHOWS Of LapIand have chilled. and
The suns of Africa have scorched them
they have drank Of the T,ber. the Thames
the Jordon and the Mississippi. In eve
~ country aud in every degree Of latitude
and longitude. we find a Jew. |. is no,
SO with any other race. Empires The mos,
illus.rious. have fallen. and buried men
that constituted them. but the Jew has
lived among the ruins. living monumen.
ri indes,rucub,lily. Persecution has an
s4As pa!h The sword and lighted The faeo,:
have smo,e them with unsparing feroci'y
penal rescrip,s and deep prejudice have
visited ON them The mos. ,unlighleous
chaslisement--and notwithstanding all
they survive. g u.s
Like their own bush on Mount Horeb,
Israel has continued in the flame, but un-
consumed. They are the aris.ocracy OF
scripture. left off corone's-princes III deg
| radiation. A Babylonian, Theban.
Spartan, an A,henian. a Roman. ure names
known in history only; their shadows a.
lone haun. the world and flicker its tablets
A Jew walks every Street. dwells in eve.
nv capitol, traverses every exchange, and
relieves the monolony Of the nations OF
The earth. The race has inherited the
hair loom of immortality. incapable of ex>
,inc,ion or amaigamaiion. Like stream
lets from i common head. and composed
Of waters Of peculiar nature. they have
flowed along every stream. without b'en.
ding with IL. or receiving its flavor. and
traversed the surface Of The globe. amid
the lapse of many centuries, distinct. a
lone. The Jewish race at this day. is per
haps the most striking seal Of the Sacred
Oracles. There is no possibility OF ac-
counting for their perpetual isolatlons,
their depressed but distinct being. on any
grounds save those revealed in the records
of truth. as ,laa ets'5 ~
PorAroEs.-The Richmond Compiler
gives US the following circumstances con-
uec,ed with the history Of this valuable
esculen. Il 1t, says: "a friend has sent us
| an old and queer looking book,' entitled
The ancient and uresen. state of the
county and city Of Cork &c..by Charles
Smith NJ. D. By 4 turned down leal. we
are, directed 10 paragraph in it reiat'ns
TO the Introduction Of POTATOES int" Ireland
As, VI suppose all know,-this vegetable
was transported from this country. where
i +, was in use by the Indians 10 Ireland. B,
Sir Walter Raleigh, and We learn iron
this old book that he landed at CORK
!, where the first potatoes planted. oIh
/ book says 80 rhe persons that pianie
|,he,n imagined that she apple whicls grow
ON the TAX was the part To be used. gath
4 cred them but not liking the taste. nee
Iec.ed, the roots I'LL the ground being tlu
afierw ards TO sow some other grains ~
po,aioes were discovered therein; and
The grea. surprise Of the planter, grea'l
e increased;r from those few, this coantr
a was furnished with sect" IN =. Anne
!: EGeGrN. ] AcK soN'si FiNE.-l1h he House
! REPRESENTATIVES Of New Hampshire,
!" the l6h ui,., passed the Senate resol'
|" lions in favor of Congress reiunding I
s Gen. Jackson the amount, with in'eres
:, Of the fine imposed upon him by JUDI