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the top of this porcb formed what is called
in the New I’estameyit, the Pinnacle of the
Temple , which. was of such a prodigiou
heignt a to make persons dizzy in looking
down from it, says Josephus.
At the four corners of this square were
water towers for the use of the Levites, to
gether with several other rooms, one ol
which was a j>hag"goe, where it is sup
posed our Saviour was found with the Doc
tors at twelve years of age. Here also the
Sanhedrim met in our Saviour's time, after
they had forsaken the chamber called Ga
rilh Here too the Council ot Twenty-three
Jjeld their meeting. In this place also the
animals for sacrifice were sold; and such as
were unblemished, burned; and trom this
part of the temple, it was in all probability,
that Christ drove out the lawyers and set
lers.
In this outward inclosure the Levites had
their apartments where they ate and slept
when they were not upon duty. To enter
it there were five gates, at which some ot
the Levites constantly kept water. The
roost remarkable of these gates was the
one called Thushatt , or the King’s gale,
which is supposed to have been the same
with the beautiful gale of the temple, men
tioned in Acts 3 2. Some think this out
ward inclosure to have been the court al
luded to in Rev. 11. 8. under the name of
the Court of the Gentiles ; and Jewish writ
ers never meution more than three conrts.
Q. Was there any space between the
Mount of the Temple and the courts?
A. TherP wa sl what i a called thro
which was the way to the spvernl courts
of the temple. The space was separated
from the M unt of the Temple by stone
balustrades ihre“ cubits high, at tiie dis
tance of ‘en cubit* from the walls ol the
cour's. Thi Josephus calls the second tem
ple ; and he says, that at certain distances
there were placed tn it pillars with in®rrip
tions containing exhortations to purity ot
life ; and ptohtbitions to the uucircu;ncied
and unclean to proceed no further. Thro’
the wall which separated this space Iron*
the courts were several openings, through
which spectators could see what was going
on within.
Q. What was the outer court called ?
A. The court of the women: not becau*
they alone occupied it, but because they
were never permitted to advance any fur
ther. This court was 135 cubits square,
and at the four corners h-id buildings appro
pnated to different purposes. In the first,
the lepers purified themselves alter they
were healed. In the second, the wood for
the s;iciifices wis deposited. In the third,
the Nazarite* shaved their heads and ore
parea iheir oblations. In the fourth, were
stores of tvine and oil for *a<Tifices, Ther*
were two other rooms also 1 elongioir !<> thi
conn, for musical instruments, Sic. It i*
supposed that in this court the king read
the law pnblickly every seventh year. In
this court also were placed thirteen treaso
rv chest?, two of which received the halt
sbeckel, which every Israelite was obliged
to pay annually ; and the rest were for Hther
contributions. Probably it ivp here the
poor widow cast in h p r mite into the trea
s „ry Mark 12 41. Round this court was
a balcony from which spectators could ob
ser< e t V hat was doing in the great court.
O. VVhai vas th” great court ?
A From the court of the women there
was an accent to the great court bv fifteen
steps It was divided into two rfs, one
of which was the court of the Israelites, the
other the court of the pne J ts. The latter
was one cubit higher than the former. Near
the‘entrance of the court of the priests was
a gallery, where the Levi tea snog and
played on musical instruments.
The greater court had thirteen gates,
eacli of which had a particular name and
use. Attached to this court were several
rooms, among which was ihat called the
house of the hearth, where the fire was con
stantly kept horning for the use of the
priests who officiated barefooted.
But <vha< deserves notice in this court,
was the altar of burnt offerings, on which
all (fie sacrifices were offere.l no. Its di
mansions were, according’ t the Talmud, 32
Cubits, hilt according l> Josephus it was
fifty cubits square andjen in height. The
ascent was not by steps, but by an inclined
plane. on which there wa* always a heap of
salt for the sacrifices. On this altar were
several fires kepi burning, and on ii four
corners were four horns, straight, and a cu
bit in length, and hollow within. Near this
altar stood sever*! marble tables on which
the flesh of the sacrifices was laid, and pil
lar- by which to fasten the animals that were
about to be slain.
The brazen sea which Solomon made.
lood alo in this court. This vessel was of
a prodigious size, insomuch so that we may
be astonished truly how it could be cast,
and oo being cast, how it coulJ he convey
ed from the plain* of Jordan to Jerusalem.
: It measures ten cubits from one brim to the
other, was five cubits in height anil thirty in
circumference, and was capable of contain
jng 200,baths. It was supported by twelve
brazen oxen, with their faces turned to tbe
four cardinal points.
Q. Was the layer which belonged to the
tabernacle brought into the temple?
A- Os this we have oo account in Scrip
ture. We are informed, however, that So
lomon madp ten lavers, which were ranged
on eaqh side of the inner icourts, each of
these were of exquisite workmanship, and
sufficient to cootaio teu barrels of water.
From the JVtnmnary Herald.
PALF.3TINK MISSION.
Jor‘*VAt, OF MESSRS. FISK and kino at jeru-
Z) i-.'.i SALF.M.
Our last number contained an account of the
Journey >f Messrs. Fi*k and King through thy De
sert, and of their arrival at Jerusalem on the 25tb
Q f April, 10-3. ’ We rmw proceed with some ex
tracts from their journal writlcn after their arrival
nt the Holy f. With these we shall incorpo
rate, in *Jfew places, extracts from a private jour
nal, written by Mr. King durioj the tame period.
Carden op oethsemaxe.
We went out at Stephen’s gate, <vhich i*
sometimes called the Sheep gate. W e then,
descended the hill, passed the bed ot the
brook of Cedron, which contains no water
except in the rainy season, and then came
to the Garden of Gethsemane, one of the
most affecting and interesting spots n earth.
It is a small plat of ground, with a low en
closure of stones, lo it stand eight venera
hie looking olives, which seem as if they
j might have remained there from time im
memorial. The side of the hill was cover
ed with Turkish women, and the road was
full of armed Turks of fierce appearance,
occasionally firing off their muskets foi
amusement. Ii would have been unplea
sant, ard perhaps unsafe, to remain long in
such a place. We could only walk over
the field, and indulge a few transitory im
dilations.
Mr- King’* first visit to th Garden of Gethse
maiie is thus described :
After waiting a little time for two men to
accompany me, I went out ot the city, pas
sed over the brook Cedron, and entered
the Garden of Sorrow. It lies at the too;
of the Mount of Olives, and within a stone’-
cast of the brook Cedron. In it are eigin
large olive trees, whose trunks show that
they are very ancient. They stand a littie
distance from each other, and their verdan
branches afford a refreshing shade. The
land on which they stand, and around them,
is sandy and stony, and it appears like a for
saken place. Around it is the appearance
of a little wall, composed of small stone.-
and broken down. On entering this Garden,
I requested the two men with me to sit down
under one of the olives, which they did, and
I went a little distance from them to anothei
olive, and read the 531 chapter of Isaiah,
and also in the four Gospels, the scenes of
that sorrowful night, when the Son of Man
was bptrayed into the hands of sinners
During this, some dark, fierce looking Be
dmins, armed with long-pears and swords,
.olvanced on horseback, aud I was not with
out some fear that they would think me
alone and attack me. After looking at me
very attentively, and at the two men un
der the olives, at a little distance from me,
they passed by. The momentary fear which
this excited, brought to ray mind more im
pressively the sepne, when Jesus was be
trayed and taken by a multitude, who “came
mil ag final him with swords & with staves.”
We then followed the bed of Cedron at
the font of Mount Moriah. The hill is high
aud steep, and the wall of the city stands on
its brink. On our left was Mount Olivet,
still covered with oiive trees. Near the
bed of the brook is a small mountain, called
Absalom’s Pillar, and believed by the Jews
so he the one referred to, 2 Sam. 18. 18.—
It is opar the west end of the valley of Je
ho-h iphaf, or the King’s dale. Near this
is another monument called the Sepulchre
of Pharaoh, but why so called no body has
been aide to inform u. The valley of Je
hoshaphat was deep, with steep sides. Thi
vatlev, we are told, runs to the Dead Sea,
hut how far it bears the same name we do
not know.
TOOL OF SILOAH.
On the oast side of (he valley is a small
village called Siloah, and back of the village
is a hill, distiocl from Mount Olivet, which
is called ibe Hill of Offence, because sup
posed to be the hill on which Solomon
built the High places mentioned 1 Kings 11.
7 Near the oQth ea*t corner of the city,
at the ‘"oof of Zion and Moriah, is the pool
of Siloah, (See Neh. 3. 15. whose waters
flow with gentle murmur from under the
holy mountain of Zion, or rather from un
der the Ophel, having Zmn on the west and
Moriah on the north. The very fountain
i*snes from a rock twenty or thirty feet
below the surface of the ground, to which
we descended by two flights of steps.—
Here it flows out without a single murmur
and appears clear as crystal. From this
place it winds its way several rods under the
mountain, then makes it* ap|>earanr.e with
genile gurgling*,and forming a beautiful rill,
takes its way down into the valley, to
wards the south-east. We drank of the
water, both at the fountain and from the
stream, arid found it soft, of a sweetish taste
and plea-ant The fountain is called in
‘scripture the “ P ■>! of Silnam.” It wa to
iliis that the blind man went and washed,
and came seeing. John 9 7,11.
As I came up from this pool, (Mr. King
wriles,) a Mussulman Arab that *tood near,
looked at me with all the wiidness of a man
possessed of the devil, and endeavoured, by
the distortion of his countenance and the
rolling of bis eyes, to express towards me
the highest contempt and *pite possible. 1
never saw a more frightful figure except at
the Insane Ho*pital in Paris.
Leaving this place we pursued onr way
amidst the roaring of wild Arabs and infa
tuated Turks, who seemed to be prowling
about in vast numbers in the valleys and
over the hills, which nude us feel that it
was un*afe to bp without a Turkish guard.
We had with us two men in the Arab dress,
but thpy were Christians and unarmed At
thi* time there are uiullituJ-s of Turks
here with their women, from Damascus and
nthpr places, come as they say, to visit the
tomb of Moses, which they suppose to be
two or three hour* distant from Jerusalem
towards the Dead Sea. They lie round
about Gethspmme and the valley of Jeho
shaphat, and it is dangerous for us to go
much among them.
THE POTTER’S FIELD.
South of thi* valley rises a mountain of
huge ragged cliff* of rock*, between which
are little spots of cultivated ground. One of
the most rude and rugged spots, and which
is clo*e In the valley of Tophet, is pointed
out as ihe field purchased with the money
for which Judas betrayed his Master, and
which is called the Potter’s Field, or Field
of Blood Here Judas is said to have been
buried, and perhaps it was here he banged
himself. Acts 1.18. There are trees stand
ing near the brink of huge cl.ffs and precr]
nices, and if he hung himself on one of these
trees and fell, it very easy <o see why he
should have burst asunder and all his bow
els have gushed out. There are many tomb?
in it hewn out of the solid rock, and it looks
desolate, and is uninhabited.
From the valley of Jehosbaphat we turn
ed west into the valley of Hmr.om, or “ the
valley of Slaughter,” called also Tophet,
where the children of Israel caused their
children to pass through the fire to Moloch.
See Jar. 7. 31, 32. In this valley we pur
sued our way towards the west at the loot
~f Mount Zion, and returned through Jaffa
gate to our lodgings.
On the 25tb they sold all their remaining copies
of the Turkish Testament in the Armenian cha
racter, add roony more were wanted. One man
followed them half way to their lodgings, and beg
ged Ihein, for the love of God, to let him have
one. He would not believe them when they re
peatedly assured him, that they bad parted with
the last copy.
VISIT TO BETHLEHEM.
The next day they visited Bethlehem. The
journal continues —
We went out at Jaffa Gate, crossed the
valley west of Mount Zion, ascended a sleep
rough hill, and then came to a tolerably
level road, leading S. S. W. In an hour aud
a quarter we came to the Greek convent ot
he prophet Elias. Thence the road to
Bethlehem is a little nearer south. In bait
an hour from the convent we came to Rack
el’s tomb, or at least to the place which
Jews, Mnssulmen and Christians all visit a
-uch. Instead of a simple pillar which Jo
cob prected, (See Gen 55 20.) tiiere i
now a stone building evidently ot Turkish
construction, which terminates at the top in
a dome. Within this edifice is ihe tomb. It
is a pile of stones covered with white plas
ter, about ten feet long, and nearly as high.
The inner wall of the building, and the
sides of the tomb, are covered with Hebrew
names inscribed by Jews.
West of this place at a little distance, is a
village now called Ephratah, which has
been called by some Rama. If this were
one of the ancient Rarnas, it would be easy
to see the force of that glowing description
of the scene which transpired at Beihle
hem, when Herod sent and destroyed the
young children. The lamentations and wail
lings of bereaved mothers were so great,
that they were heard even in Rama, and
Rachel s> mpathized with them and wept in
her grave.
In half an hour from this tomb we came
to the city where was born, 1300 years ago,
“ a Saviour who is Christ the Lord;” where
‘■the day spring from on high” first visited
our world; where the Saviour incarnate
was first adored by man. As we entered
the city a multitude of little children, dirty
and ragged, came out to meet us, and hold
ing up their little hands to receive aim®,
the began to 9iug—“ Pilgrims go in peace,
Pilgrims go in peace.” The Greek, Calho
lie, and Armenian convents are together a
little ea-t of the village, and encloses the
supposed place of our Saviour’s nativity
Here they were introduced by a letter from
the Greek convent at Jerusalem. Having passed
through the church, they were conducted to the
spot sacred as the birth-place of our Lord, and to
the manger in which he is said to have been laid.
A great number of lamps were burning overthese
venera'ed places, and the whole wore an appear
ance of splendour, widely different from that of a
stable.
THE FIELD OF THE SHEPHERDS.
From this place a Greek priest accompa
nied us to the Shepherd’s Field It is twen
ty minutes ride from Bethlehem, a little
souih of east The way to it is rough and
stony. Bethlehem itself i* on a bill which
seems lik° a pile of rocks, with hPre and
there a patch of verdure. Between the
rocks, however, where it is cu tivated,
vine*, figs and olivps ‘appear to grow in
luxuriance. On our right as we descended
the hill, was a little mean looking village,
in which it is believed that the Shepherds
lived
We rode along among the rocks and cliff*,
reflecting how David here once tended his
flock*, and learned to sing the praises of
Jehovah; and how the prophet Samuel
came to anoint him king; and how the Son
of David here made his appearance in our
world—when, all at once, a delightful val
ley, covered with green fields, opened to
our view. Its beauty was heightened by
the barren rocky hills all around it. As we
entered it and rode along, it was delightful
to imagine how a multitude of the Heaven
ly Host came flying down from TJeaveo
upon the tops of the mountains, and hover
ing over this verdant spot where the flecks
were resting, sung—“ Glory to God in tbe
highest, and on earth peace, good will to
wards men.” Near one side of the plain is
a field of olives enclosed by a wall, with a
subterranean church in the centre of it.—
This is pointed out as the very spot where
the Shepherds were when the angel an
nounced to them our Saviour’s birth. Onr
guide told us that the Greeks and Catholics
had a long dispute about the possession of
this place. The case was carried before
the Grand Signore, and the Greeks by dint
of money gained their cause. In this church
the Christian Arabs now assemble for wor
ship. Over this church are the ruins of
another church, and of a convent which
stood above ground. Under an olive tree
near by, we sat down and read Luke 2d—
*ung, “ While Shepherds watched their
flock* by night,” and hymn 3d, book Ist,
and then united in giving thanks to the God
of Heaven for the glad tidings whiefi were
here announced, and which had coine to our
ears in a far distant land, and to the ears of
our dear Christian friends, who were also at
this time remembered by us. After this
season of defntion we gathered some flow
ers in tbe field and returned to Bethlehem.
Many maps and geographies place Bethle
hem south-east of Jerusalem—it is in fact
west of south.
conversation with a rabbi.
May I.—The youDg Rabbi Isaac ben
smmm hi n#i W’ “ aic ir'*S
.Id oOigldy, cf ‘J
Rabbi Marcowitz, when b#%’T lt ;' e
Messiah would come. He looked tety Mise,
changed his position, began to move b,* bo
dy backwards and forwards, and then said
there are two things about which i is not
lawful to inquire, one is, what took place
before the foundation of the world--and the
other is, when the Messiah “'ll come In
support of the first point be quoted Job 38.
4 6 Here we felt no disposition to dis
pute him In regard to the other point lie
-aid, “ Daniel has declared that the time is
sealed up-land what fool will pretend to
be wiser than Daniel?” We then inquired
whether there are not Jews who do endea
vour to ascertain the time. He said he j
would give us an answer of great under j
standing, and then confessed that there are j
such Jews—hut said they are not upright
but wicked. We then inquired whether, in
his opinion, Shiloh, in Gen. 49 10 m ans
the Messiah. He said Shiloh was the name
of a place. Rabbi Isaac said, that in Gen.
49. 10. it means the Messiah, and vvlien it
means a place, it is spelt differenlly. The
old man seemed angry at this, and said to
Isaac, “I have more understanding than
you ” We then examined more than twen
iv passages in the Hebrew Bible, in which
the word Shiloh is the name ol a place, and
louud ihe orthography in every place dil
lerent from w hat it is in Gen. 49. 10. An
other Jew came in, and interrupted tne coo
vf-r-ation by informing Ihe Rabbi of the
death of a Jewish woman. During h
urknpas, Rahbi Marcowitzhad tried Incur
bar by the virtue of the incffihle name.
Application had also been made to a wiz
z.ird to cure her bv his enchantments.
The folly and wickedness of such proceedimr
were pointed out to them by a reference to 1 Sam.
15.23 Exod. 22. 18. and Deut 18.10,11. Rab
bi confessed witchcraft to be wrong, but said
To tell men of their duty, when we know they
will not do it, is not necessary.”
May 2. —Ti e Missionaries visited the church of
the Holy Sepulchre. It is not the same building
described by Chateaubriand ; that was burnt soon
after he visited it; this was erected by the Greek
Christians a f?w years since. I he journal describes
it minutely, and also the ceremonies ot the follow
ing day, the day preceding Easter Sunday, ac
cording to the opinion of the Orient?.! ‘ Kristians
After having witnessed these impious scenes, the
Missionaries say—“ we felt a® though Jerusalem
were a place accursed of God, and given over to
iniquity. The Jews hate the name of Christ, and
when you mention it some of them will almost
gnash on you with their teeth The I inks exult
the name of their False Prophet above hi- in ‘®t
glorious name, and are pre-eminently distinguish
ed for hypocrisy, tyranny and lying. The Gr-eks,
and Armenians profane the temple of the Lord,
and seem to know very little of the trie nature ot
Christianity.”
an unpleasant occurrence.
Lord's Day. May 4 —The afternoon was
interrupted by an exceedingly unpleasant
affair. We went to witness tbe service in
the Greek church, and aftpr the service,
while we were conversing with the M'-tpo
poiitao, a man came to tell us that a Jani
zary had come to our room* to carry iv* be
fore ihe Moolah, or Turkish Judge. W>-
returned to our rooms, and inquired of the
Janizary, what was the occasion of hi* be
ing sent. He told u it was in con-eqtieuce
of a complaint from a Dervish in relation
to some book. This Dervi*h was Hadgi
Mohammed, who came with u* through the
desert from Egypt. He was poor, and not
well provided for the journey, and we gave
him water, bread, coffee and tea, from time
to time, as he had need He knew how to
read and seemed intelligent, and we there
fore often conversed with him, and gave
him a copy of Genesis, which he read ap
parently wiih interest. One day in the de
sert he showed us a beautiful Persian ma
nuscript; it contained a poem on Mecca,
with representations of the temple. We of
fered to purchase it, and finally agreed with
him for three dollars, gave the money and
took the book He continued with us until
we arrived at Gaza. After that we saw no
more of him till we had been three days in
Jerusalem, when we met him in the street
and saluted him as a friend. He, in return,
saluted us as friends.
After this he called several times at our
rooms. We gave him coffee, according to
the custom of the country, and read and
conversed with him. One day we showed
him a Persian Testament, and he sat on hi*
heels at least an hour and a half reading in
it. One day he wished to borrow the book
which he had sold us, in order to copy it.—
We had some fear that he wished to bor
row and not return again, and therefore in
vited him to come and copy it in our room.
Thi* morning he called again, and said an
.Effeodi wished to see the book. We told
him to invite the Effeudi to call on us and
see it. He said, “ very well,” and went
away. We told the Janizary how the case
stood, and seut him to tell the judge, and to
say likewise, that if the Dervish wi*hed for
the hook he must send the money, and we
would give him the book. He soon return
ed, and said the judge had given him posi
tive orders to bring us before him. Mr.
Damiani, son of the English consul in Jaffa,
was with us, and after consulting together
we concluded to go and lay the case before
the new governor, leaving the Janizary in
the mean time at our rooms. To be con
ducted by a Janizary through the streets of
the city, like criminals, nod be brought be
fore a public tribunal, even if attended with
no other ill consequences, would give onr
enemies here occasion to triumph, and
might injure us very much in the estimation
of Ihe public. We would willingly have
given up the book, but i( we did it might
appear as if we were afraid, or as if the
story of Ihe Dervish were true, and we hail
endeavoured to keep the bonk unjustly.—
The governor received us with marked at
tention, and made a thousand professions of
good wishes. We told him the whole stoiy
of our acquaintance with Ihe Dervish. H
said the fellow came to him with his stori
in tbe morniog, hut he said at once that i’
was false, and drove him away. Up pr<
tended that we borrowed the book, and
gave binvih# three dollars •fiber Mn pre
gent orfoftthe use of the took. Ihe go
vern&r toft us that lie knew the character
and rights ot Europeans, having se.ved ten
years in the Divan of the Sultan at Con.stan
tinople. He then gave orders jo one ol the
officers lo go an.l bring the Dervish am!
bastinado him, he likewise sent to the Moo
l;.h, saying that Englishmen would not be
brought to trial before him.
We requested that the Dervish should
receive no other punishment than a repri
mand, and directions to apeak the truth,
„and conduct uprightly for the future. Upon
our intercession the senteuce was revoked.
Meantime the officer not finding the Dervish
himself, brought in the Shekh ol all iho
Dervishes in Jerusalem. This old man,
j after conversing a little with the governor,
turned to us, aud said the Dervish was n
; man of no understanding—a tool a mud
| man The thing being thus settled to our
I sati-faclioo we came away, giving thanks to
him who has the hearts of all men m hia
hands, that it had terminated so happily.
CONCLUSION OF THE AFFAIR.
Monday , May s.—This morning a Turk
came from the Dervish wiih three dollars,
and requested the. book. VVe sent our ser
um! with it to the governor, judging it bet
tet to have the whole affair terminated by
jinn, since we had once submitted it to nis
unils Our servant returned and said, that
vlmn he look the place of a servaut, stand
g before the governor, as ins own attend
uts do, he told him to sit down, ordered
offee, and offered him a pipe, talked about
as as his friends, called the Dervish a fool,
■and sent us a profusion of compliments.—
■Rich compliment* are very cheap, hut event
in this country they are worth a little.
MONTHLY CONCERT ON MOUNT OLIVET.
The afternoon was a highly interesting
season to us. We made our first visit to
Mount Olivet, and there bowed before him
)ho from thence ascended to glory, and
“ sat down on the right hand of the majesty
on high ” There we held our first Month
<v Concert for prayer in tne premised land
—there, where our Lord first qotntmssiou
ed his disciples to go and preach the Gos
pel to every creature, prnmi-ir;g to he with
them even unto the end of the world.—
There wp have heen permitted to look tip
toward- Heaven, and plead with him to has
ten his second coming.
(To be concluded.)
MISCELLANY,
LA FAY LTTE.
We are always happy to hear of La fatf.tte,
and never weary of perusing: his letters, abound
ing, as they Ho, in noble sentiments, and parent
al affection for this People. Th following is one
of them, which we have the more pleasure in co
pying, (from a New York paper,) inasmuch as it
affords a gratifying testimony to the fidelity o?the
portraits contained in our great National Paint
ings, from the pencil of Trumbull, which, we
apprehend, are not as highly valued a s it appears
to u they ought to be, seeing thut they- rescue al
most from oblivion the features of those whose
names adorn the pages of our history.— A'at. Itit.
Extract of a letter from the Marquis La
fayette to Colonel John Trumbull.
Paris, Januarv 4, 1324.
My Dear Sir: Word* cannot sufficiently
expre*? how happy you have made me by
your most valuable and no,less welcome
present.* i received it in my usual family
retirement, at La Grange, and was delight
ed with many happy recollections it did
produce, among which the pleasure of my
friendly acquaintance with the painter had
a very great share. lat once recognized
all the portraits, and think have been re
markably fortunate in hitting, not only the
features, but the manners and deportment
ofthe principal characters. It is so much
ihe case that my children, who, George
pxcepted, were very young when they had
a peep at John Adams, pointed out the
fatherfrom their later acquaintance with the
*on. Hancock, Charles Thompson, Frank
lin, Roger Sherman, Sic. Sic. suddenly ap
peared to me in that grand act which
begun Ihe era of ratio'nal freedom and self
government. I hailed the banner under
which I enlisted in my youth, and shall die
in old age; and I thanked the great artist,
the good fellow citizen and soldier, to whom
I was obliged for so many lively, affection
ate, and patriotick sensations.
It is to me, also, an inexpressible gratifi
ration to think your admirable pencil has
fixed me on the grand central rotunda of
the capitol of the United States, in the sit
uation where I like myself seen, viz. in my
American regimentals, under onr republi
can Continental colours, at the head of my
beloved, gallant, affectionate light infantry,
at the successful close of the Virginia cam
paign. I canoot promise you my actual
features would do justice to your por-<(
trait of that time; but the heart is the
same.
The account you give of the great water
communication through those countries
which I saw for the great part a wilderness,
while I acted as Commander in the North
ern Department, is truly enchanting. In
those wonders of virtuous freedom, national
sense, and unshackled industry, my mind
seeks a refuge from too many disquiets and
disappointments on this side of the Atlan
tic U.
* \ copy of Col. Trumbull’s new print of the
Declaration of Independence.
Mr. Leslie's River Glass. —We had intend’
• and to notice this simple but ingenious invcn>
lion in our last. It is a tube that may I>®
varied in length as occasion shall requif®*
about an inch broad at the top where lb®
••ye i* applied, and regularly enlarged
the bottom, which bears a proportion to th®
di her end of about ten to one in diameter,
Each end i* glazed. The use of it is toe**
arnir.c the bottom of rivers, Sic. The g rc:l ’
reason why one cannot look through ivt®*
to the bottom, is the reflection anil relrac.