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About Oregon spectator. (Oregon City, O.T. [i.e. Or.]) 1846-1855 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1847)
3W V' 1 A.C jC CM JLcjU- $ " ' IllaMtriaas Meckaitlca. Adam, thu father.of tho race, wus u garden er. Ho had,,howcvor, a strange propensity for tasting uuwliolsomc fruit, which produced very injurious effects, both upon himself and liia oftspring. ' Noah was a shipwright, and a husbandman; ho navigated tho whole earth in his. ark, and goi ' mobs over in his vinyard. Solomon was an architect, a pool and a philosopher ; his conduct, however, was not always by lino and rulo ; ho trod the circle oLdissiDsiion. was erratic ia his imagina tions, and violated his own maxims. His conscionce and strong th of mind liowevcr ro claimed him. and his repentance is tho most beautiful of tho works which ho has left for tho contemplation of his species. Tho Apostlo Paul was a tcnt-makor, and labored with his hands at his vocation, v. Me ho ondcavored to infuse into tho minds of bis follow men. tho important truths of rovola tion. -While he screvnod them with earthly tabornaelea from the weather, ho held above their souls tho tegis of di vino perfection. Matthow was a poor fisherman ; ho rolin. quished hisiiumUo calling for that of u mis sionary, and toiled assiduously to druw men from the fiery billows of perdition. QuintiisCincinnatus wus :i plowman, ond was invoked to thu government und dictator ship of Rome, Hislubors in tho political field were as successful as thoso upon the soil. Arsaces was n private mechanic, and was i . . . . I .1' tl...l !- !- II- railed 10 lounu inc itunuwn umpire, nu built a powerful nation, nnd erected for him .self n mausoleum ol fame, which in iudis tructablu. Tamerlane,1 tho conqucorof Asia, was al ass Qujz-v ol . M'mam ' tf,.. J WH Oregon Spectator . ME ' t tact itty. (Onimlmt, "Westward the Sulr 6ttajW lakes Its way? K, u n T f ftMlfl mcr in Largo, of Scotland. Ho was employ. ed in the capacity of herdsman. Ilia pen oil was a stick, and the ground his slate, From being the companion of cattle, he bo camo the peer of learned men. James Ferguson was in earlier years a shepherd ; watched the stars at night like his predecessor of Ci.aldca, and liko them was led by his favoring planet to the contem plation of the goodness, und magnificence of thu works of Ueity. William (lillbrd was bound out to a shoe rouker, after having servid a number of years in a small coaster ascabiu boy. Do ing too K"ir to purchase stationery, he usrd to hammer out smoothly us possible bits of leather, on which he tiuced problem with his awl. In later years, his critical awl pier ced the souls of many hickleys scribblers. The Full of Jerusarqm. Tho fall of our illustrious and happy city was supernatural. Tho destruction of the I conquered was against the first principles of the Uoimui policy ; and to the last hour or w. t&i - ' 1 ' 1 Vt MrM,.;SAili owed forth; guaees ai people of prioees: fo each other, commercial' brethren, on IjBpSWBOB. Iflftranr wealth sTbwmbm ma amztt '.rt7. jaJcio-Baxda : UBMBSBBaSMaK. BAB sv u muchanio; he rough hewed Hajazct, uiidour national existence, Rome held out offers carved his way to fortunu and glory. of pence, nnd lamented our frantic disposition Massrnclo, u Neapolitan fisherman, was to jlc nn(J0ne. Hut the decree was gone forth wised to tho command of fifty thousand men, ( mightier throne. During the latter unit gave up tisii tines lor uayoncis, ami river Lcinarfor scenes of carnage. John, of Leyden, in Germany, was a tai lor, and robo to the dignity of a king. He cut ftayhiaiself a bad piece of work, howev it, and afterwards camo to a miserable end. His gooso did not fly well. Zcno, tho famous Bishop of Constaiitia, who hud tho largest diocese in that country, was .1 weaver. -Ho directed bis attention to ilui Jiubits of both soul and body. Stephen Tudiner, H batter in Upper Aus tria, was made general, and commanded six ty thousand of an army. He made hats for others, but preferred for himself a chapfati. Walmer, n shoemaker, succeeded him in command, but was slain by Count I'upcn heim. Hoeouerted his awl into a sword. but 'his lost state was worse than the lir&t. Mr. Kdniund, a buker, of Sterling in Scot laud, showed such unparalleled bruveiy in thu Swedish wars under that 'thunderbolt of war (iiistavus Adolpbus,' that he was made a general. A maker of bread might lie sup posed to know how to rise. Peter tho (Jreat, Kinpcror of Russia, work imI at shipbuilding. He tauglit the Russian Hear how to, manage a boat. Charles II., of ISnjjland, was 'a turner in ivory, nor could ufi'uirs of stoto divert !iim from ins morning task at tho lathe. I Ic turn ed his mind however to other amusements wh(h. tasked his health, und pured awuy his reputution. Louis XIV., of Franco, was one of tho best watchmakers of his reign. He forgot tho bur dens of power, in following the light foot stops of tune, and escaped the fluttering of parasites on the pinions of chronometers. William tho IV., of lingland, was a sailor, and rose from tho forocastlo to tho throne ; ho managed tho ship of statu with nautical address, and bent her a considerable wuy up tin) harbor of Reform. Bonjutnin Franklin was a printer, philoso- ihor and statesman. He drew lightning from icavon, and left his tiumo in largo Caps up on tho annals of his country. His spirit is among tho . George Washington, Andrew Jackson, and William Henry Harrison were furmura. Fermi tho pursuit of agriculture they went forth to pursue tho enemies of tbeircountry.und from thu fields of death gathered tho 'Golden Im mortal Sir.Richard Arkwrichl, who first conceiv ed theidoa of spinning cotton by means of tnachinory, paused tno earlier years 01 111s lifo in pursuing the huk'ihlo occupation of u barber. His genius proved brighter than his razor. J. John Leslie, Professor of Natural Phtloso. phy iii E'Jinburg, was tho eon of a poor far- (lavs 01 iiiosipl'C, a noswinv 10 wmen inai 01 a man was as a grain oi band to the tempest that drives it on, ovcrpowcird our strengtii and senses. Fearful shnpes and voices in thu air visions starting u from our short and troublesome sleep lunacy in its hide ous forms sudden doattfin the midst of vi gor tho fury of the elements let loose upon our heads. We had ovcrv terror and evil tlml cotrld beset Imnian nattire,J'biit-'jesti Icnce, the most probable ot all, in a city crowded with the famishing, tho diseased, tho Hounded, and the dead. Yet though the streets were covered with unburietl, though every well and trench was teeming, though m. hundred thousand corpses lay Hung over 'the ramparts, and lay naked to the sun, pes tilence came not for if it hud come, tho cue mj would have been scared away. Hut '-tho alKiminatiou of desolation," tho Pagan stan dard, was fixed Where it was to remain until the plough hud passed over tho ruins of Jeru salem. On this fatal tiiyht no man laid his bend upon the pillow. Ilenven and earth were in conflict. Meteors burned over us tho ground slindc under our feet tho volcanoes blazed the wind burst forth in irresistible 'blasts, and swept the living und tho dcud in whirl winds far into tho desert. Wo heard tho IhjI lowing of tho distant Mediterranean, as if its waters were at our sides, swelled by tho do- luge. 1 no laKuti unit rivers roared anu in undated tho land. Tho lierv sword shot out tenfold fire showers of blood fell thundor icaled from c'vory quarter of tho heavens ightniug, in immense sheets, of an intensity ami duration that turned the darkness into more than day, withering oyo and soul, burn ed from the zenith to tho ground, and mark ed its track by forests of flame, and shatter ed tho sun ifts of tho hills. Dofcnce was unlhoui'ht jf, for tho mortal enemy had pass ed from tho mind. Our hearts quaked for fear ; but it wa.s to seo tho powers of heaven shaken. All cast away the shield r.nd spear, und crouched buforo tho descending judg. ment. Wo wero conscience-smitten. Our cries of remorse, anguish, and' horror wore heard through tho uproar ot tho storm. We howl ed to caverns to hide us. We plunged into tho sepulchres to escape tho wrath that con sumed tho living. Wo would have buried ourselves under tho mountains. I knew tho cause tho unspoakablo causo, and knew thnt the last hour of crime was at hand. A fow fugitives, astonished to see one man amongst them not sunk into tho lowest fee bleness ot fear, camo around me, and bo sought mo to lead thorn to somo place of safe ty, If such wore now to bo found on earth. I told thorn openly that thoy'wero to dio, and IMI , ! I I ., .1 ,,M 11 1, I W coujttsellea4 tbem to die in the kallo wed ground of the Temple. . They followed; and lied through streets encumbered, with every tnape of human' sufferings) to the loot of Mount No riah; ;Jjut beyond that, we fcundj advaooe impossible. Piles of clouds, whose darkness wan palpablo even iij the midnight in which we stood, covered the holy hill. Impatient, and not to be daunted by any thing that roan could overcome. I cheered nv disheartened band, and attempted to lead tho way .up the ascents ; but f had scarcely entered tho cloud when I was swept doNtfnjfcm gust that tore the rocks in a flinty show'el around me. , Now camo tho last and1 most wonderful sign that marked tho fate of rejected Israel. While I lay helpless, 1 heariUho whirlwind roar through the cloudy hill, add vapors be- gan to revolve. A pale light, liko that of the rfc&g moon, quivered on the edges of the horizon, and tho clouds roso rapidly, shaping themselves into the forms of battlements and towers. The sound of voices was heard with- in, low and distinct, yet strangely sweet. Stiff Win lustre brightened, and thu airy building row, tower on tower, and battlement on bat tlement, in awe that held us mute. We knelt and gazed on this more than mortal architec ture, that continued rising and sprcading,and ulowint; with a serener light, still'soft and sil very, yet to which tho broadest moonlight was dim. At last, it-stood forth to earth and heav en, tho colossal imago of the first temple of tho building raised by llio wisest or men, and consecrated by the visibleJglorv. , f All Jerusalem saw the imaee. and the about that ia the midst of their despair, aaoeaded from the thousands and tens of ..thousands, namwawi piuuu .reinemonuioBa wwv latere. But a hymn was heard that might hayo hush ed the world besides. Never fell prfmy cars, ncvor on the human sense, a sound so majes tic, yet so subduing so lull or melancholy, yet of grandeur and command. Tho .vast portal opened, and from it marched a host, such as man had never seen before, such as man shall never seo but once again the guardian amrcls of tbo citv of David. Thov camo forth gloriously, but woo in all their steps tho stars upon their hclmetsdim their robes stained tears flowing downrheir celestial beauty. " Let us go hence" was their song of sorrow. " Lei us go hence," was an swered by sad eches ofthe mountains. "Let tut go hence" swelled upon tho night to tho furthormost limits of tho land. Tho procession lingered long upon the sum mit 'of tho hill. The thunders pealed, and they rose at tho command, diffusing' waves of' light over tho ex'pausoof heaven. Tho chorus was heard, still magnificent and mel ancholy, when thoir splendor was diminish ed to the brightness, of a star. Then the thunder roared again tho cloudy Temple was scattered on the wind and darkness, tho omen of tho grave, settled upon Jerusa lem. Croltfa Salathiel. f , English View's op Ambkica. In tho course of somo envious remarks on tho victorious career of thoUnited States forces in Mexico, tho London Pictorial Times gives vent to the following languago in relation to our pro. gress: Tho present' position of tho United States is unparalleled in the history of tho world. In very much less than a century they havo sprung from comparative nothingness to 00 cupy a very prominent and influential posi lion. among tho nations of the'cartlt'rThat influence and that power ia to bo used-for good or for evil. Tpey are wveii now trem bling in thu balance ; and all wiso and good men, in all parts of tho world, are curious and anxious for the result. A future desti ny for tho1 United States opens in briUiant prospective before us. Ere tho oloeo of this ctntury it is estimated sho will havo a hun dred1 millions of people, and will occupy a breadth ofterritory In comparison ith which all Europe sinka into the shade. But sot In extent alone is this future immensity SBSSBSJBMBWHSMBMMaM & . . T f A " B" fnmiirtm r mv fonrjHm-. nam. BBmsBjmsBSBmwiimsBjmsBimvvjamsi ww .ssmsjwswsw 'F . the contrify, hare UmatMtL . t 4rimtm4m&.:inmF- . - and r-turaffWor: afi " .l andUMtnoe tMjaV. . 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OuiJnfbrmant aniT ved at NowOricans op,the.iMJithif J'ehni- ary, 1815, (about feur.w.ejshd any.ywiweara ing yjewry over uie,pfiuB;.MQ;apaag,,fiJ , intimate personal friend of Jaokaptupisjassd , , cdto tho GcnoraJs'.kea3w W., ' ?,.i?SWSfWWaW5IMtfc wmi mm, mainiy, upon. uwisJHflPSjas ea'WSXr recent streafbattk. , ,A fW naaaal jaw iiiaw of the clrcumatances of the "fww?.; ireai wuooui awcmpuaw.i tbe,''aaWltay:hadhe pled in tkeir attack en earl knew you would not have tafataita yon did,'withou1'gfod rtsiiaa.' Yes,fjsid Jackson, Ihad gpodjressnaw .ftr:.mjmml duct. I Jcnew that my brave volunteers went) invincible, intbek,rxtten,tatisfcM tiiese breastworks, they could defend :lwsaw: selves against the beat. troops. Jsitht.iNerld. But I knew that in the open BeJdaheirwjaA of military experience, and discipliiiNu)i exposo them to terrible loss from tbeufMeJg the well drilled veterans of tWujarfijrr still capable of opposiiig M9awe battalions to mo It is irueTVebuhajS) routed them andcuioffthekrseiJ.anlis-- stroyed or captured their, wh, Jbroehsjl j would have been at thesacriies) ofikaajMian -, of my best volunteers an nnasesasary sa crifice, hecause my suooess was. ooasflsas without it.. J had done aUthatwuta MsVL, sired. And then totbinkof throwiaf away tho lives of my brave voluateers' siiA JtsB old General, indignant at tlMidsiof anasi'A.( wanton saorifice my brave Tsaaaaasajwv untcers t . many of Whom, nana knra rf sisjk,t., teen and twenty, were brought to sne atJWi.i, vmo Hum ,uw country y '" "..nn'MK-al somo instances oy tneir wioowea ntlatai -1- . . rf-e a " wtio said to me, nore uenerai.ts.oar awr - . j' tl . - e'if. ? TM.a'jr. son or, as Romeumes, wasjp;. one urougm inrco or lour eoys am." our sons ! 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