New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-30
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With Rim ns be hstteos By.
Ard thur he wanders:
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fausins neither IN the cities nor the desers;
fowbefe--not svsn IA the tomb"

lowest ofices, who desls out rdki sh day long TO
oruIEt Greeks, who trades in old naIi. and to shose
so'cd soul the paeters lie haCes have impaired
their copper hsze, finds his chief delight r mental
pn'sui's Seated by teper in bis dngy oebin he
sperds the loug hours Of tie night in porng over tie
Zchsr, the Chaldaic book Of the magic Cabals, OF,
with enthusiastic delight, plunge into the mystical
commentaries On the Tslmud seesg to unravel tfeir
quaint Traditions and sopbistres, aud attempting re
the astroogtrs and alchymists to divine The secrets
ard command the powers Of Nature " The humble.
dealer who hawks some article Of clothing or some
"old piece Of furniture abont the streets the obse-
"quious mass of animated filth and rsgs which ap.
"prosehes to cbtrude offers of service on the passing
Traveller Is perhaps deeply vesed iu Tanudic lore,
"or aspiring in nightly vgis to read into futurity
" to command the elements and acquire invisible
city" Thus wisdom is preferred to weas; and
Rothscbild would reject a family alliance with
Christian prince to form one with the humble Of his
tribe who is learned in Hebrew lore.
The Jew has his revenge.
The nc und Of fe.h which demsDi Of him
Is desry bought. s mine, and ~iil have IT,"
Furnishing the hated Gentiles with the means
wogirg e1termipatng wars he beholds, exultngy, in
the fields of slaughtered victims bloody satisfaction
Of BIS "lcdged hate" and "cer.an lSathing," more
gratifying even than the golden Fourper-Cehts his
prince leans OF like significance is the fact that in
many potts Of the world the despised Jews claim
their ow the Possession of the Gertles, among whom
they dwell. Thus the squalid Yesltr, living in the
Jews quarter OF Bslats Hesbkcni, ard even more
desprtd than the uibeleving dogs Of Christians,
trsfics secretly in the estates, the palaces and the
vlleges Of the great Beys and Pashas, who would
regard bis touch ss pollution. What apparently, can
be more absurd Yet these assumed possessions, far
more valuable. in fact, than the best "estates 10
Spap are bought and cold for InoLey and inherited
from generation to generation.
The 5000 Israeiites now living in Jerusalem suf
6ciently Mt an and wretched. The London Jews So.
ciety not long ego opened large farm in one Of the
Valleys lear the Holy City for the purpose of afford
pg the Jewish population employment, but found that
the latter preferred the corrodg dleness and singing
want visible in their quarter of the city to
livelihood acquired by honest industry. One of the
Missionaries of that Society Informed that it
an easy matter to make nominal converts, since many
Of the Palestine Jews willingly embraced Christianity
in etbsderation Of the tut Of clothes given them both
as a charity ard badge of conversion. But my i'll
rmant stated, in addition, that in such cases their
Christianity wore out considerably in advance Of the
garments. do rot know, however, that the London
Jews Society ever adopted the method of ascertain
ing the number Ct their converts employed BY the
Russians few years ago in one of the newly cen
quered Provinces of Transcaucasis. An article Of
dress appropriately called Soui.rarmer, was prom
ifed to each who should make profession Of
Christianity. Soul-rarmers came greatly in demand,
and in short time it was found that twice as many
of them had been given out there souls in the
eItre Province.
The surge on in the Jews Hospital in the Holy City
mentioned to me of the wealthiest Jews in Pal
esine who, although a married man, had been Iower-
fully smitten with the charms CT a Gentle maiden.
To espouse the fair ore, he was obliged to rnounce
his religion. This he did, but was bafiled by his
quick wittt WIFE, who osatsed at the same time and
threw berself between the love converted jew aud
the willing Gentle. The conversions, however, were
not lasting ard short time before visited Jeru-
salem Il Israelte and bis wife slid back iGto Jewery
together
While taveliDg in the East was once obliged, in
consequence Of illness, TO spend two weeks in Jewish
family. We did not fare sumptuousy every day, nor
was matter of Eastern hospitality. There was much
PRAYING in the house in the Hebrew manner; there
was no FIRE kindled on Saturdays; there the
s,rp of the face while looking toward Jerusalem in
boy meditation and the Observance of rites nnumera-
BILE but the shsrpng Israelte after insisting upon re-
Cod and allowed me but fifty piastres TO the ducat,
whereas should have had SIXTY. During those two
weeks Of tribuation not allowed to sit at table
with the family, as they in their peculiar sanct,y
would not eat with publican and s'nner.
Let me NOT be understood as cOndemnipg the efforts
made 10 convert the Jews in Palestine and elsewhere.
Far from it, There are many faithful converts In
Jerusalem One Of the most energetic Missionaries
laborpg in their midst lie German lady, Jewess by
biltb who has recently purchased part of Mount
OIiyet for Christian cemetery mention these cir
cumstsnces to illustrate the degraded condition OF the
eight thousand Jews irhabiting the Holy City. NO
where else are they so despfed, and consequently so
worthy Of our Christian sympathy. 1t to be hopea
that the new Pssha-a liberal Moslem of the reform
school-wl govern them with more kindness than the
Sh,lock of Tux who plundered alike Mussulmsrs,
Christians and Jews. The very boy who donkeys you
all day lor through the streets of the Holy City, Will
exbaust the calendar of Mostm saints in his impeca
flo, upon the stubborn beast ard end with calling
n lew They are not suffered to desecrate with their
rrssence the site of the Temple nor, indeed, If per-
niteo. would they enter the gate leading to the
Mosque of Omar, from belief that under ii are
buried the parchments Of the Pentateuch.
portion Of the wall near the southwest corner OF
The e" IL closure of the Temple bears unmistakable
marks of great antiquity. Tradition says that the
fou, daon was laid by David and the superstructure
completed by Solomon. The blocks Of which 1t Is
composed are of immense size, aud were doubtless
h,opo bt from the immense subteraneen quarres DIS
covered two years ego by On American missionary,
Mr.. Barclay, Ill Ger the present City OF Jerusalem
This ia the least exposed portion Of the wall OF tue
Temple and if indeed overhrown in any OF the poiit
-, -o.,.,Is;o,a which befell the eity il must have