The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1845-07-14

lHo husln OuIIuI grouHu WIN crumDIns lOlhDS on
every hand, upon bare dead wall above which
little is seen but the graceess domes Of houses and
The tops and mnarets of few mosquesand the wild
hills in the distance beyond Jordan, at the foot of
which lies the Dead Sea. Scarcely sign of vegota-
ton can be traced, with the exception of tho leaden
green Of few ragged olives; and the city, placed on
the brow of the hill, il object for observation looks
as il portion Of it had fallen down the steep, and
presents one ofthe most gloomy and melancholy
spectacles that Imagination conceive
TIE ART OF THE DAMAsCENE BLADE.
sclmetar, to be perfect, ought to be broad in the
blade, and its length, from hilt 10 point, should be
exactly equal to the distance from the tip of the
to tho fist as you stand upright, with your arm by
your ride If the steel gives clear crystalline sound
when you twitch the point with your nail, you may
be satisfied Of the good temper of the weapon. Such
is the keenness of the edge of which the best blades
susceptible, that is u common amusement with
the Turks to cut through down pillows silk hand
kerchiels, as thoy thrown at them. Weapons are
as frequent subject of conversation among the men,
as jewels and fashions among the women of the
Levont The Turks have peculiar knack of bring
ing the discourse bear upon a topic gratifying
their vanity. You will often see them unsheah their
the table TO each other. Their mode of pre-
senting the weapon to the scrutiny OF is
exceedingly graceful Twirling the hill around in
their hands, TO bring the blade under their arm
they present the Hill to him with bow and n ges-
lUro of the hand, signirying the entire sacrifice of
their person.
THE JEWS IN THE HOLY CITY.
In the western exterior Of the of the great
nnpgn ia "a cbad nj, Inv
crooked lane which then terminates at the wall IN
very small open space. The lower part o. the wall
is here compos ed ofstones evidently older than the
rest, being much larger, measuring nine or ten feet
long; il is unquestionably remnant Of the old tenn
pie. This is the nearest point in which the Jews
allowed 10 approach that reve7ed sight, and Fortunate
ly for them, it is sheltered from observation by the
narrowness Of the land and the dead walls around
Here, bowed in the dust, they may at enst weep o.
the fallen glory of their race, and bedew with
tears the soil their orefaihers noistened with
their blood Were asked what was the greatest in
terest | had seen, and the spectacle that made the
deepest impression upon me, during my sojourn in
other lands, would say that ii was a Jew mourning
the stones of Jerusalem
Oh! weep for those that wept by Babel's stream,
Whose shriGes desoate, whose lands dream;
Mourn-where their God hath dweIt tho goddess
dwell.
Every Friday in the year, Jewellers may see all the
Jews in Jerusalem clothed in their best aime nt, wan
derng through the of their quarter and
under the hallowed wall, with the sacred volume in
their hands, singing, in the language in which they
were written, the Songs of Solomon and the Psalms
Of David. Whte-bearfed old men aud smooth
ed boys lean over the same hook and Jewish maid
ems in their long white robes stand with their faces
against the WALL praying through crack and crevces.
The tradition which leads them to pray through the
wall is,that during the building Of the temple cloud
rested so to prevent an entrance, and Solo
stood at the door and prayed that the cloud might
be removed and promise that the temple should al
ways be open to men orevery nation DESTROYS of Off
erng up their prayers; whereupon the Lord removed
the cloud, and promised that the prayers of all peo-
pie offered up in that place should find acceptance in
his sight; and now the moslem lords it over the
place where the temple stood, and the Jews are not
permitted to enter, they endeavor to nsnuate their
prayers through the orevices in the wall, that thus
they may rise from The interior the Throne Of
Grace. The tradition is characteristic and to
illustrate the devoted constancy with which the Is
raees adhere to the externas of their faith.
Slavery is the worst monopoly" on the face of
the earth, and the loco(oco party sustain it! 1t is the
species Of despotism earth, and it receives
the very breath of its nostrs from the oudes mouth
brawlers for "equal rights amongst Its friends
declared that it would die, unless it had more room,
and 10! Loco Focoism extends its borders.-[ Atlas.
CosT OF WAR. Our revolutionary drew from
the treasury Of Connecticut alone, nearly $f23, 00o-
o0O as much as 100 900 900 would be for that State
now, or 200, goo, 900 for Massachusetts. Our last
war; though cheap compared with most cost
nearly $50, 100000 year. Our revolutionary
cost England more than $500, 0C0, 900 and her
with Napoleon alone, more than 8 200, 900, 900.
RATTLE SNAKE. Mr. Ben amin Hoyt, of Con-
cord, N. H., killed rattle snake, few days since,
which five feet long and nine inches in circum-
ference; forty-nine eggs were taken from it, II had
twelve raues; consequently it was fifteen years old.
Atlas.
SPARE THE BIRDS. Speaker Hubbard has laid
the crows under awful obligations to him for his de-
Gliding vote against the bill offering bounty for their
innocent heads. All right. We always like to
those of the same trade stand by each other. ''To