THE KING OF JERUSALEM.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 347, 15 February 1861, Page 3

THE KING OF JERUSALEM.

Irissaid that the only very intimate friend that Louis Napoleon has at present is Baron Rothschild, the head of that family; and that the thing that is being hatched ont between them now is the long 'cherished project of the Baron, to get himself 'King over Judah and Jerusalem." The Jews keep themselves so close, that few of us realise the intensity of their feeling* in regard to the land of their fathers. Whatever may be said in derogation of the Jews, it is certain that, a3 a nation, they cherish a most profound and enthusiastic love of Palestine, an unquenchable desire to see the land in the hands of their race again, and a strong conviction that this desire will soon be fulfilled.

With the eulargment of their sphere of action, a new spirit of enterpiisj has entered into the Jews. It may probibly be said of them, that they are the toughest and most persevering of all races. As a body, they are as good as ever at money-getting. But then they produce only a Beethoven, a literary and a musical Mendelsahon, a Disraeli, a Rachael, and hosts of others, great in all sciences and Wta, One fo startled every few days by the an-

nouncement that some blight star whom he has long admired is a Jew. As to the political influence of the European Jews, besides those who figure in the English Parliament, we find the Rothschilds positivly controlling, in a great measure, the intestine broils of Europe. When the great Baron holds a levee at Frankfort, in Germany, the littlo dukes, counts, margraves, and princelings, who lord it over thejpetty.principalities of those regions, flock around him as their true king and master. The first question with most of them, when they promise a war, is, will Rothschild furnish the money ? As to the poor Emperor of Austria, in his present dilapidated condition, lie fears tho Rothschilds' frown more than anything earthly. In America there is no such thing as a Jewish disability, except the lingering prejudice 7 and it is wonderful to observe how this thrifty race arc; possessing themselves of the commerce of tho West. In the cities they control a large portion of the wholesale trade ; but (heir success in the smaller towns is most noticeable. For instance, in Indiana, one finds them in such towns as Lafayette, ludianopolis, and the smaller Wabash river towns, apparently out-numbering the American trader*.

Wo said that the way was opened for them to repossess themselves of Palestine in various directions. Besides their old money power, their new liberty and intellectual activity—the path to Palestine is being cleared by the weakening of the Moslem power and the political ascendancy which the Rothschilds, Barings, and others are gaining. A few centuries ago, all Europe could not have given the Holy Land into their hands, because of the Turks. Now Napoleon can probably do it if he will 1 not alone because of his own private strength, but because there is a strong desire felt throughout Christendom to s^e the tiling done. Nothing pleases the devout more than to see the apparent fulfilment of some scripture prophecy. Years ago, there was a story afloat to the effect that the Baron had bought the whole o^Palestine, and it is well know that many rich Jews have bought residences recently in Jerusalem, so sure are they that " the Lord bringoth back the captivity of Jacob."

The Montgomery (Alabama) Mail states that during the presence of Walker, the Filibuster, in that city, previous to his last fatal expedition, he frequently asserted that he had assurance of. asistance from the French Government, if he should be able to regain control of Nicaragua. He alleged that there was a perfect understanding between that Government and himself that if he would establish the institution of slavery by law in Nicaragua, the French Government would see that the Fiench commercial marine should bring to Nicaragua as fmany slaves from Africa as

could be ptofitably carried there. He ex- . pressed the utmost confidence in this arrangement, and to a question, "if the Emperor of the French had Himself signed his approval of the arrangements," he answered distinctly, " Yes, the Emperor himself has been approached, and I have guarantees, or words precisely tantamount."

" Oivis," in a letter to the Times, gives an account of certain vast works which are in course of construction at Boulogne:— " These works can by no sophistry be considered works of defence, but aie manifestly and incontestably deigned for offensive purposes. The docks constructed by the first Napoleon, and which he found sufficiently capacious for the 2000 vessels in which he proposed to transport his army to England, still remain in perfect order and repair; but as an addition to these vaster docks are in course of construction, and in order to hasten their completion an extraordinary sum has, I am told, been lately assigned by the government, and an order has been issued to press forward the works as rapidly as possible. . The new docks which are now being constructed will more tham double the existing accommodation for vessels, and, as the trade of Boulogne is almost nominal, it is absurd to suppose that these additional docks can be required lor peaceful purposes. The entrance to the port is about to be enlarged and deepened, | and batteries are in rapid progress of erection which will defend the harbor and approaches to the town. These defences are of great extent, extending in a continued line, with a face to the sea, for about a mile on the southern entrance to the port; while the northern side is being rendered equally secure from attack by formidable works on the high ground along the seacoast." The huge piece of brass ordnance recently cast in the royal gun factory of Woolwich Arsenal, under the superintendence of Mr. John Anderson, and which is said to be the heaviest of that species ever cast in England, has been completed under the turning and boring lathe, and has received a 6«inch" smooth bore for present experiments.