13 W (PLUMB ILL -Aix 6. ~"~-~t3.M~.- • The - "Carlisle. Herald & .xpositor," wllikplasue'd .every TUESDAY AFTERNOON, at Two. Dor.4 tins, per annum, payable in advance. • -ADVPRTISEINIENTS inserted at the usual-rates Letters addresed to the editor, oti buSiness,MUST 134 POST PAID; otherwise they will receive no entioh AGENTS.- lir following nosed persons have been appointed Agents for the " Carlisle Ifstald ExpoSitor," to whom payment for subseription and advertisement 323 D. SHELLY, Esq. Shiremanstown i .Cumb. Co. SeOrr CoyLE, Esq. Newville ' , do P. KOONTZ, Esq. Newburgh ' do ' • Tifos„W. Rums, Esq. Shippensburg do . JOIIN 1 7 .Vuxor.a.ven, Esq. do.' .LM.ATEER, Esq. Hoguestown. do 12.-Wltsorr, Esq. Mechanicsburg, -do . - do - 11. STURGEON, Esq. Churchtown dor , Dr. ABA .IV/I.m, New Cumberland do - Tuns.lkAmt, - Esq. Bloomfield, Perry county. A. BLACK, Esq. Lindisburg do. POETRY. •"—With streeteSt flowers earielet). • From 'various &Tacos ettlPfl with tare." For ilia CarUde lI raIJ,F9 Eipoetior • , • Stant;as: Give me that leaf, by thine own liar 1 Plucked from its' native tree ; 'Twill_ teach me-in some &heel land • Still-to remember thee.:._ • . . .. Aye, give .= flint fading,lenf,_ • . Fresh frotwits - tendee'bough ; - ..trwill cheer nic when old wrinkled grief glits , i3rntiding on my brow. ~: _ .: . ..1 --- its`tvithered forth shall . greet . tny eyes, Still welemne - tu my sight; And thoughts of thee as oft shall, rise,. Replete with.oliastedeljght... --Then give it i askno more: - -• • - Ere I from thee shall - port; let give me what wits mine before— Give back to me my heart. • • • Xovem Ler, 1838. • s • roc the Carlisle Hen;hl Sr. FAiresitor Stanzas. Originally dell:vied fpr a better jaurpos'e ''Tis well ;--I letive-witlt no regret, • • Though friends remain MIMI' met The heart - of love mid friendship yet; • 'Mid bther S ' CCIICS, inay find me. _ I fain wonld linger yet awhile Where friend! 'voices rect. me Anti woo affection's wideonie smile• Where e'er ihat smile should meet me Tut 'Fortune rears her ample • crest • And spreads her waving pinion; - 1 - yielirme - tolier stern I➢hliest; Anayiel'd myself her minion. Ambition- marks a lofty track, • • And fancy gilds it over; But coming years may bring and back . A elieerleps,.friendless roser, - ...Wirtrember, 1838. •Prom the Xezo rqrfre?l, • Staitz'asi ate meg v'eu if this be 'only As a I.ightlyspOken , yord, • • 'Wherefore should this heart be lonely 'As a matt-forsaken bird ? • - • If its meaning be not•deeper 'Than its simple sound would 'seem, Wherefore should it haunt the sleopen, -Like•s‘ murmur in Ids dream ? • * Lowly was the cohl•wer4 spoken, Witlie pule aril trembling lip,. 'When the chance of earth had br6ken 'On our early fellowship.: • • pale the stars were bendia. - Enable!* of thy rarer• charms, And atheamlet ran before us :With the moonlight 'nits arms i ',With the brilliant tear-diopitartitig '---- Fiom thy fringiag eye-lid forth, Like a summoned angel parting With a weary son of earth— inalumber I behold thee, :Elicit as we parted, there -6 • - I<3ut the arras that woald.enfoltt thee CiasPthe'cold and yavant air ;`Quiet in thy`Placplf Sleeping, 1K a Arigliter clirne than ours, Where the islaniivalm is keeping 'Watch aitcnie thy, funeral floWers; And,the tan INiagnolialiugers r ,blear thee , .with its anoisl blossom, • .I'hat the breeze, like terse!s.Own fingers, •Scattel'irceertliyaleepitigbneetn. _ : rare thee well !=my heart is near then, its icive it atilt aa.fleep, " • ' . .Witile the spill ean.see,arl,lime thee, '-- hour'of, aleep; , IBenr.one thy blessin; o'er me. Antl:tikk..9otospsourgiven, Leading opwaivl unto I am :out of humanitei rraolt i 'illa foilikfay Never Irar t h e sw . cet.inisio of spre • I start at the sound of my Own. • : cr.:7: An irentnearnben 'no * ki dinking very short p beevreen L or d o i, • . and Antn:er. • . -.-, • • .. ...,.,, ..,• _ ,--..•..•,• ...,- .. . . . •.. - , .„ . . . In .• . .......,_ . . , . . . . ... . ~ • p . . ~ . „... . ' • • •• .. . • ~%., .. .. . . . . .. . . .. .., .• . .. ~ . . ~ .. . ....7....„: 11 .,.... x .. ... 0 :._ Li ty., lt , . r . .. . . . . , • .• . . . ~.._,.._. , . ~ . ._ .. n . ...,. . . .._. .. ,_:.... . - - 41,,. --:- ,-:', •..-, • - ... ~ . ... .• . t....t... •. . . . . .....",.......••... ..___ A MILY NEWSPAPER:-DEyOTE , . , . .. 91d•.age-!wasindeedliono-te-d'irtninlirei4and public homage .paid ' it in the - Phiditia or •Gorusia, - but it- was deemed an unwelcome ` guest at the 'convivial 'party, and only tole ,' rated•in .private; for corruption' had made troth - and 'rebuke . synonymoas.: - Restraint had grown: irksome, and the aged had gra : dually withdrawn_ froni those halls,. once the_oraeles-of-Wisdom--to to Aid, plorethe - glory -- that - had - departed; -- As When - the Holy 'of'Holies was!scorchect by . ' the Roman faggot, arid the blaze of Judah's . gorgeous temples lighted. tile rapine of the - wes tern-legfp nary,- a -voice -was --heard-fro ni,-; the precinct: ,"Let us 'go hence!" so, here; too, was a - desertion that foreboded ill.-,7 Th ere,,, : are,- perhaps,' few - who' know - hrivv - to -- grew old well, to maintainAminripaired' the' blameless • dignity, which .*as a 'Andy among u the ancients: - Pew know how- to blend the experience of years with the bland teaching:which!delightsw_hile it-instructs, ; -_........ . . . ; . instead of repelling attention and - regard: 7 - Did we ahj,de by the Vaunted precedents'. Severity. and giddiness unctamine - th - e - stane-' 1 of Antiquity, did we admire institutions tity of old age—and its imprudence,. while as we cherish the classic lore 'of its poets it robs youth of the respect, which . it Will -and-scholars;-w. ere-we :gn idea-4)y,-; her-teaoh--•.1 1-0-11-6-ddritriet-tll---vnift,take's-aw-ay-tlic=sal ings a its .politi c al creeds, Africa. had been 1 utary-iscipline of vikuons' restraint. I said-they had retired.. . A sense of delicacy: spared the horrors of - the' slave-trade,-aud had. dictated this Movement', and instead of America had . one atonement less -. to mike -to injured.harrianity .--- • •... :'• s-, the sage anddisciple, the-frivolous sciotist, - - ,:p or _ her r 42* . sinfaiims ,„,,_„H_,.- . o . r-tho-y-oting,sopirist r -therd-aspirect-to!-dis-2, •• , • - ''.! - • . . _ . .But the jubilee. of restoration is -approach-- , ing, and when the word shalt conic, ." Le, - 4 9 .4 • tenon. lien v iMinerva Nemesis, Apollo,-and the e, had reigned. triumphantly, there Ve- jmy people go,". there will be fiend aMoses - nos, Eris,' Mercury, the . _rates, sgrd Nye to direct the ExOtlus of tlid,4lUrkbrowesl ea teiian,:were courted with as cordial honors. I ptiv.esi and national policy, instructed from '-' " ;Instead of disiertations on the law - s,_.Orpss-.I the page of history and revelation, may find Sag - 6e froin the Sublitha, Homer, the old•I it prudent to acquiesce. The spirit .of en- ' with - theftevelry rif<Jlrefeeraon - - I , quiry - nbroad is not the . leaSt Walls—ran gaugirry'cif - T: sal,. to which liberal quotations •firom.Splien- emmicipation,,..and-the Aligh - generosity 'of . don geve a.cnibidzest; instead:M.oe pure 'the Smith forbids the 'thought: that when -: strains of :patriptie fervor,-were - heard. the that •appeat shall come,- it wilt be in vain. licentious gong, the -hardy boast,. which 1 Were slavery under an 'us- . Would • have.stramedt very :Aja:s. - ---- I :titahle;lligre !Were Specious reason's for its • st e such a. eorrinumion _Pausanias lyil - s existence in ancient thirds, whieh .pitilisibi- -- : - --;`l' -d - - i t hastening, and as he passed along the si,: --- , lily_ cats never obtain in advocaeN•Taf modern leaf-:streets,- the--last--Words' of- his - :sister the spoil of vi Slavery. :The captive was 'then a- part of .- came like a reproach, and, he Surrendered victory, purchased purchased by blood, or . then', himself to hat thoughtful mood, Which- is decimated- froin Subjugated -provinces; often the imnen - of good in the prodigal,. and 'the Serf of feudalism'or the subject of N;tiS-- -. guardian of tempted iiniocence.-±He sal, Reparliznientos Which Spain establish- I the t • ed as u boldpioneer to a more fearful o i_th i enght, and' at the verithresliDld - lie pa - rts• - p- How often has the word M monition, ; pression. Such is the consistency of-rnao; I e `" • the' serious prompting : of memory, forestall-- while with one hand he signs the charter I ed,prefligacy!,,liow often has even the jest„ of-his own 'rights; he affixes with theother', when its attendant circumstances and asso '•the-seal of despotism to those of ids fellow• are gone, recurred like a warning The Helotsid,,Sparta occupied, a station in, ' Liatittit§ as {r) -lure us "front the peril of our.purpose.— termetliateiMiNveen slaves. and citizens, the d.eep pathos :, of a Mother's , persuasion, they wer6. prisoners of war taken at the as, -- 'r - thef &Add. not WM usover when Present ; •sault, of lielos, a Laeonian town., Although I the7 ,- 1 her admonitions so often slighted, her tears "statehey wer, - ; •the • property - oflndividtint% 6c/torten disregarded, - pnrebiffice, have stirr itterved -tti - ' itself the right of menu=' mining or deposing of them.. Not "only -ed • w " l ." us' and wrun g :eve " from the bar ': clihood-of our 'nature the reluctant resolve were they, but their posterity were doomed .. to be worthy of that love, whose calm so- - : to perpetual Slavery. Their gar b was fixed 'enmity breaks in_upon us'like a vision -of Fiy law, and only when freed were. they al awe, and we start as if we heard' die.tones lowed to chang,e it. - Farming the lands of of.the•sleeper; Pansaniasliarrseen his fa the state, they furnished the city with pre- ! . .ther.lirne to the . grave, and there . be had visions. conducted the mechanical employ l obedience and amendment. - He meats-of-those-days; ent s-o 1--titose-days i -an (1 7 i t i-war i --se rril-at—P- 1 the' side of the Hoplitcs and iii the galleys. If any distingoished. himself liy -a That of -hardy bravery, the gift of freedom, with the fright or suffrage, Was-his reward, and A ` deed - it - was -- an -- honor -- but-few- received - . - -- flier'. turbUlence was -perhaps a cense aitiettee of -the barbarity and contumely with ' which they were treated, for many of them were murdered' without cense, and cons , . :pellet] to ,drink to intoxication, that the youth of Sparta might be deterred-from a _similar transg - ressitin, • -- - , rs • . 1 nest go to the I.:6Slie_ , tdmiglit,,rantan . 1 iaS:?" 'said Circe to hevbrother, as' lie rose from the, repastl.of_ theievening, -and -then! without waiting for ail! answer, she play- ' Tully--whispered him, AT-wollltl-I-luid--the ting of Gyges to listenunseen to the wis- dons of Lacedminon." - • • ' • ~.i "Thou-art better equipped with - the at, ! die of Cytherea, sister, and: if report be - trne—liut more of that elSewhere--7yet if thou hest an errand for the favored, right 'gladly will I be..thy Mercury."' • , . - A deep blush-suffused the cheek of the Spartan - maiden, yet - quickly recovering, . she ansivered, ". Go,! we t Can spare .thee .rikht_well, for-the aged Alemene-is a-better- . -companion-that=-theffhaughty T Ephor - . ) " -- "0:i 7 -a handsome, Archon," -continued :the - bro. • tlmer, smiling at the'tebuke with that reck.!! less _glee, whieh --- the - emifidenee - irtnis sis; --- fers - s affectionfiiiiiiiiiiiiip - i red ; anti yet he ventured allance'towerds:her as lie•left the apartment, as if he- thonght she inig,htmis-- construe 'the motive. She read-sits mean- I Mg, and passing him, .bid' him tarry a ,me- I - ment,• while she hastened to- the wardrobe-I to procure his Mantle. : "With. it or upon i it," .-she Said .jestingly, lor,'ltlie• youth- of Sparta were- sornotimes, borne- home from Fthe banqueting hall by their' HeloiS. - The -state 'had' departed , finin the.sitrinpli tity:of her ancient customs;-and inxury had driven frugality from:the 'phones .Of the. ; Wealthy aristocracyand nrho . .spetit:-theit• I time in. dancing, feasting, ;hunting, or at- Lesche, though there vas still im.appear='. l Mice of : Moderation and ecortility. 'kept up in''' -.- Pansanias . iiliderStooff the- ily . allusion, .. anti reiterating her words, lid - bestowed a Warm .salute upon-the-lips of the - lilitliiiiA7 .nlaiden : and Strode._away. The tesehe . .of Sparta . rony birve furnished 'the' hint to the fashionable .conversation - and !Wistrit Parties •of ont:day; and the rieb, and itrible - ; oi0J1 , ••.. pa - not any' note to he instrueteil •. - 5 .., - .Iyltor.: - cotripitnion'Aiii7 - ::.' 7 ' l _-. ii , . out inere 7 , degeneracy Of -!••„! -.:!, - „,. : Pinilire, for the upon tan F .. r a ' s •'"'Cl'iOrrititi•eirlia - dly, .. .. .. proverbial.inedestyof th h • n - , e yout El , ..1 4 4 needtemon. -. No more . ' • • ' • "Thp yettag:ksep;ollOnce while the Ohl, men'tpeice, . . A_PI:bowi"S":001' fitting i,i.e • i , y'lleant,: .. Hovered ttOlykidorn that doth wait, on tame." • ' '" ' %VA IA IP4 C AlLi Prom the ifilleeebarre Farmer. - TIDE PAUSAMAS 01/{ EPI-1011 Or' §PAUTA. IVY J. K. SItWERS . —thirHozn---Priend-have-nr Your next step may be fatal man--away, away llEni —l've heard thee darkly speak elan *ei , ent: • Which happened hereabouts _by_ this same towel. thy hand ? • Mitorit.—Not with my hand, but heart-- - 711. a zeirmimiiic ' nndwitlideew. Oh, she was changed. by"the siCknesSme her soul—her mind • I-Tad'Wan4red from its dwelling. My-dream was past, it had no farther, change. Ela Bvitorr.' had broken the vow, and . now for the first time did the pr9mise come back like a me mory menacing his peace. There was re joicing. within; he recognized the fidangh—he heard. the ..poet'_.s. weaknes,s made a spell of. strength, and for once he turned away. - .How weak is Pride ! and yet„how strong to bind us - vlteti we waver. lle fe:irectto'ineet,the featly glee of 'Circe, whose sportive words had Made so deepan :impression. "With it or upon it," he repea- . r ted slowly, as he dwelt upon every ".So sai44.lle Laconian to 'Wet patriot son ' —for glory - then was purchased .cheaply with . life, aye; even with that of the only '.7"T - ... . . • He —leaned` against WhOse marble columns, massy and cum - - j broils, exhibited the unadorned attempts of incipient architecture. lii bold relief were represented thnturliult of the camp, and the ogres tie I.l4kTs, of the Helots... His.,ltrow -101,0-ot 010Ot suggested a ready 'denounc h nicht o - (the . stirring scene. His eye glanc ed-from the lofty brow of Agamemnon to' the , cloud eompellineJosie ' in ctiuncil with . the _peern of .Heaven:- There was a briglitglare.from .interior,of—the-hitil' _ . .... -- --!enhave..livcil to see ihinitirtrrgues - well _ . - nrg --- ,116t gave the features of: grouped war- to hear . the daughter of a'. Prentrinniee riors-aiviiir,..of life,,While - the varying - light Conn - set:thus. wisely..." - Pausatiias .. .was .a. that played on them, often wrought a change bashed, and before .he replied, the shadow which- to ightbe-d eemed sudden-exiimationL .ofthe-patriarchintsseilio,mae,_ Immediately' before him was 'that beautiful .Circe?...-By teus,J, Might deem ... him the seenc; so like the jephthatragedy of the , shade of 'the Ithacan, or "the laiv-giVer of Bible,. where: Agamemnon is - about sacrV Sparta; but fcir theliindling of eyes that-age- 1 ficing his daughter to:Diana at Anlici. .- hatileft undimmed,"', "t knoW not, though Parting 'from the last. embrace, the de- rnethinkS I 'have seen-him . oft,".sakl . Cite; voted Iphigenia.`stecut with clasped hands', gliting . after the. , receding pasSengeri'and and, instinctively . advancing, Pausanias wa'A then . turningswiftly- she repeated the words : in . their. Very presence, and so complete im=` come. away!".',."But was. dip (illusion; that he bent • eagerly for- [have proinisedl"..„"Thou - .hastl" ..."So, : ward, as if to ,catch the titusic..Ofthat.voice leinnlY.' - '."At our father's .'grave?"." No whose, silt Cr., tones of tilial.pathes, -- searce answer calne to - that, enquiry but, yielding -moved a musele• upon the hatiglity,reler. to the iiiipulse-of his - SiSter's l eft,: Suddenly it -step startled - him,' ana'his sister lie • walked' ortli, subdued and •utlresisting,, glided - into his arms, ..- Yet - se SpellAloutici 011ie '- knew ' too% well what :passed' in his was he, that he Clasped het a moment, mid'. inind,..to'-ask';to - ..Shlire his '''hielitigs'; - The as the tears burst without.control from his plo(len..rirei.isilie,. the penec,,pe raphi . sten i , eyes, :he exclaimedi' " NO 1... by the' waves the,,abstraction,..ait the compresseo'l4 ) ,•-b q . I ill 51Y , X.:060 SliAlt.'not diel",; !4 - llen as silk tped the' varying,.tiottiens.of hiq 'or• es tc. denly recollecting himself, he laughed, wihi.-- nm,l',-'silently-'," . ,'S'llentlY entered '''..eir - mlinsiony ! : - -'' lY!its he' encountered:the ?Wondering„:„crazz ; ..of elite. ',- --• '--- - '...' -, '•'• ' , . • - -. :.Thre'wing hin'. / ..nit.ott " a noneli ; . be re ". Ar- .. , ' , signed himself ' te i i•Osibricii and so absorlied •. thou. the .itispireA , - i.. - i i. tI ;- • : 1 ,, : ...'-, • . that. • . lie,-'• '• .no n it ,- .60 t, ( ,' - ‘ •. en , thou? or .....a. wol,:en a charm around 1 her Whom..he cidled Mother. .."Son,"„.said 'has' - '11,1.- . . , - . -- -r , - . ' °. e p .tis.,..?yo• ~was: h e; recognized,. , ~ , ; thee; to - 1. • • '.' • •--..-. - -.- I, ' ' ''' , --'" ' --' - --- d - . takingll• - . ~-wor. nu miscnief. with thy senseet I:Monroe, haynacing..ar) . I . is Mind, .v - If ani 'Caqs•idri . I wilt return 'ill "W ild !lilt' Nits-Mies rethreetr,thes•.early . WI caniplimen,t l , and yet _I Mayhold that life as • every night 'front th.d.Lesche,:te ghttlileu the, ti gift . fromithee,' ';‘"Then would I, never ,:hailsOf - :liis ',Mice - F.(os . ; . for, - circe -- is - n - 'Sad' belieVe thee, thou Might speak the truth, I girl,. 0 , (1.-111oili,h' ako ,ikoafs":a 'smile. Wien .thr the Trojno. , in abject . : was tinheeded."- , -. I volt go; she.. weeps • when y,iiii . tarry, so "As 4. am ever, by thy Prond heart,'PeuS 7 ; long.": Circe burst. 4.9 tic .room, as. the nines I but ' come 'away, 'it , Tend genius „last .Uterds'•:yere sp4i . e,iifind.,Witl)nat. wait- . virAtelles.o'eritlice, Or then had"st not tarried i tug to infterpret, the luridness, tltat,beamed without the hall 0 . the Lesche; hililay .4.11 ippon' her, she -'exclaiiii&i. -- eit..;•erly, - ",'rho POLITICS, LITERATURE, - THE. ARTS AND TO, N T U.E S lOUP erFTEITXO Jor .0.,V JIM E R 0, , L838. ..- . .. • ollo;=; - Our - •sirtHiath-. - - , taltl-us7often r there- ged4;tranger,eomeshaste.„w,will,plaee,a was' aTime when Wisdom - counselled there - bright lamp at the Janice,- and- stindWith:- •---when the black broth aventround." . out to scrutinize him." z* All-three 'were at "Circe," said' .the brother, temptingly, the, scot proposed when, the old man.pass- • and delaying her,—!'Art not these orgies ed. . An enquiring glance fell bpon . .the inviting? hark! dost here the Archon utter lamp, and for a moment there was` a mani the - drivellings of the bachanal? .let us enter fest indiciiion in his manner : that escaped and chide him. Eveirnow his-Jove to thee none of the trio; and heaiings deep:sigh, lie is_made_the_derision'_of..the_av_holeSy_tripos.; passed on. ~...,."?Tis • the Helot, Paiisaniaal - iumlhark 'to your name!" - A - burst of - dosithou: not know the ol&slave ofitliy_fa- .. merriment followed, and the Srehon' a ther, that purchased his freedom by his-da laugh-died away at last. - "By, the bowl of ring prowess at Missini, at'the price of his slicide#," said' a-. voice in, answer, "he three. sons, Many . years since." "How ? Would. beguile_us_of-the__evidenee of eyes what has beautiful, Hermione,. who. knelt and ears. Art not thou as drunk of love with him at - thesteiriple of Nemesis, when as of wine; Lysander?' Why bandy wards the. state bestoived upon him the gift of li la-awake --mistrust.---Could-the--keeper-of •-berty---and-•-citizenship?---His-altered . garb_ . Hades. resist the spell of. Circe, -with his deceived me. • 0; 1 mind me . of that affect hundred heads; and . Lysander, with but ing scene, and the glance with Which the one, hope to escape the witching charms fair Helot 'received the boon from my_fa- of her Spartmicalls her fairest? And - yetthe ther, and the myrtle garland froni- these •effece r. on ye, ; .both has been ..different,..for hands... That simple act levelled the' prond while one-has been lulled to Sleep - , theather est •of Sparta with the franchised slave.. - -- I has Wolightsleepleasfiess—while it stayed _Yes, It ememberit ell-1 verilY believe the bath mouth and foot of the one, 'it has husk city could clairla none mare' lovely." ' ellboth in the .other ;"--- - and the speaker • .You''r are as.' disdainful as romantic, 1 -laughed-at-his , --osim-enneeit i .:in -Which-heL-Pausanias!---There-was-a-time-when-you - -- Iwas joined bp, the rest. Few, if any, in i .. ilionlit otherwise; say, was there not, tri t derstood the, real meaning Ly-. fleftf and she crimsoned, for she was - eon: jsander; however, was not so far gone as.tmt. scions of her own unrivalled - therms.: - .The to-understand theinsinuation; but in a tone' memory of other days .came over. him,. and -of--careless-gaietylie-. - Snewered—"--11y-the-lia-gaity-answeredi-7- - ' . • ____,_ thyrstis..pf Dionys,.thou:art the dupe.of thy ~" Yon yriay, Ihe_jnistaken,,Ciree.; _l.may 'own 'shallow sagacityl Thirsic Of Sparta! be, but report spoke of one not unlovely; as but if thou woulilst kneel at that ahrine,— the loved of thy- brother. : You jest,sister, by: Zeus! - thou art. more welcome. than 'to and yet,• with all your curiosity, yott never (this-goblet of Samian! I ,have set the . toil fathomed one secret----but I - must. follow !and taken a noble' prey—but the game is liim---goed night;". and he was lost in•ltlie ..-- .'. .. . I not my_ coveting.":' "N_O,rlJysanifer, thou darkness. . • I haSt.escheived hooting, lately,.and - art be;. • It-Aps•not long-before he jellied the -He ! eome,:aftiagnanimaus fowler-,-tlion.w.otildSt _tat, and sainting, him hindly_ r _lie lingered at entanglkthe mountain bird of ,Tbormoii,• hip side in .silence, waiting . an - opportunity and rob, the eyrie .of the parent bird; but of add ressing, him. Once only, did the aged . . ,bs.plumes . are _ruffled,' its - Piiiiriiii, (troop - freediiiatt turn , to gaze-upon. his fellow-tra-- ; f will he an easy capture." ~ tiM, 'Z'Zi us ty. Yeller,it was .too dark to. distiugiliali fee shouted, the Archon, dashing the goblet from tures, and he went on 'in - eilence. -,Pausan him, . " what -dost-thou mean?":. " 'Phis, ' - -..cither,lealmly, islialting. , an ' 11 1 hour - •glass-befere hini, whose sands-liad.ab. ins 'Was weary, but-the old Titan seemed to this!" Said_ the eSsess the vigor of - manhood. He , never Paused, nor did lie slaClZeti his . pace; till he I Imost run. mit-!!Another croak, and stood, before a . hamlet at the borders' of the' thou shalt hoot amid - the blackness' of Tar- city, for _Sparta was net yet •surrounded by tame' A wilder scream - _would ririgiri: thy _walls. The youth' stepped,, and, his corn; ears than the onientif the tesche—e deeper Peniou. said -- . , , , • • . . - - ' wail. answer,than an echo. from the moan- "Perhaps,. young man; thou hast•mista tainL I have warned thee of' the truth."--- ken Inc." 'At once • the •,. passicnis of Lv s sandes. were "If. may•..be;"_returned thel3plior, "but quelled, and, spite of his 'bewildered state, your name may undeceive me.". • he read.the hidden meaning. , "I ain'Gobrias,lthe franchised of Sparta. Pausaniaa's indignation yielded to sus- None can need me at this hour but one, and Picion_and - stirmise, and as the tears of Circe she_may . notlong !"._,..,- .____.1.„.... .... _ _..:._ .. Ifelltipon.his hand, lie, chisped her silently-- "and Who is she, venerable man?" . Ito his bosom, and. then - descended the por- There was a patiaO. . I tico. The jeer of theArchon again revived" Were I any other, and - .elsewhere than —and his . hand was upon the, dagger hilt. . in 'Sparta,' should qpery- much, .in this • "My brother, be -.- enlm,J.cliarge,...you;"--. darkness, whether I Ought to answer that for Pausanias. trembled with passion; and question, but _it can concern none, and-it she threw, her. arms around him to 'detain may hinder delay. My.. daughter is dying: lany ; , , for she knew the temper that was 'I have - been in the - city; to purchase some' 'stirred, and the 'violence -of his feelings drugs, and,offer an humble gift at the shrine riiight demand a retribution that might make of Eseulapius—good night." • The qld both unhappy. "'The trtachery of th i man turned rapidly away, before Pausanius' 7 -- eauld — i - n - ake - 11 - iinselrithaVli, and-disap pointed, he returned home. • " How. now, Circe ? you vigil like a sen, tinel. I have heard it.said that the Lace dtrnion hulks . are as implisitive as fair, but till now have I doubted."- ." What said they wile teseliet" archly replied the laughing girl?' for shemore than half deemed his departure a stroke_of poli cy to return to the symposium. • '' - ' • '‘"Circe, do you doubt me; dolyonlovemer,. -" Can 'I help either?" . . • " Could you saeriOde a.little" .vanity. for wie P . •-- , - . , . . .. "Yes, and all else.'' s - . .' :---"-All - else ; maiden ?-,reeollect that were' alseve-re_monopoly-t" ' ----. . -- - --- --- --" I have spoken." - - , - . ',"Then ,hear me—can I - trust thee im plicitly ?". •. , . _".As thy own soul," . • • • • "Then, listen; Years mast be forgotten. Sparta was a pageant: There:Was-a-pro ceiSiOnl. saW . ..but one—the daughter of aobrla! I lore() her, hut the .pride•ot a fattier, and the :high - genie of Pansanias were barriers ; I dared then not pass. Soon after,:, they :left the-city,.and -I- heard,- :the - country. -- 7So-thia - Arelmn Old- ine -- With - liii own lips. - -Report said 'they wore bound for gialehia.,...The were poor•-;.-I made theni_ yealthy4A bade ;them farewell at This . very --- p - ortal - .7, -- Let'this - be.a-Secret— Alamene -must 'not - 'know - it now.' - .Even thy_ love most Mir to, reveal:it-4m is , tlY,' big; and wants immediate aitl! ~':,:,•'.' , , • There Was.a struggle in -- •that virtuous bosaiialoy're,• ancestral Pride;*il;•. 'fiiiter nal-- alleCtio ' T.h.i'_e: viA . P‘_a'`iiliKifffeted, Silently,' firmly.%"-Theat srnitatiO, :to :the Archon' a stranger!;;, HO has': bßivieil'. My ' loonntlence 'and' thy Joie; 'and' if -we meet 'he 81 10 1- py,its . rio," ..In -the `wildness or, the 00mm she auswered *hither teirs, as She - , elniig for 'lttiinriart:.tiiian :the 'OM of - her brother. ~' -, .. Y9P ''.,eeni . ',',Tp.hp z irt of..woiriau,„tre4Ulier . ;• - ' 0 ik72.7 O. Y.oll' itipo,Optit V- r ,yOu .:that dee - M.ller . 1 mind the'cliangling,, of erniribe, the. 'captive j 4:ptiSaion,; time•frail. reeq - that" can - beat' no lierdeli. - ' ". : .There have been theee.ivbe,have, stterificed more than' Man ever dare f0reg0. , ... - : than dared . 'Peril—nothte , ;;pai;zid4 j , . .. , -. . 'virtue,. and..coinpassfame, but to'llrivel„ - • in Secret; blighted; and .'vet • strinTalinAafilily againsithe feerfttlneis of the, heart's despair: - ..1 _never- liaii..- seen the- betrayer 'of .10- ,Maii's Nth prosper:' From _that. moment he li c as s .:StortiritoFivon,Liw .- o , i&ihthintlois.i'f till rsll 0 ft,. ling tilted; iv reiehJed, .-:rilio 1 , 6 is registered ferever. It -WhispOrs . in -the si•:. 1.0110. n of soliiinle, ,it speaks the'Aiirest Jots tronbled 'dreams: ;.'eenseiencie isthe'Sceiirge . ef`• the presents ' rtieinari:of Alio ' past •••.-and . re ra OrS„q, 0 1. i the StitUte.: '. `.... ' Bachtmal may - yet be the faltlia an—Ar chon, should an idle word make my bror tiler an Assassin! obey me this once-- 7 11i I not love thee better than all else--,-hp that love .t. conjure thee:to-bc.collected.".: tqlnt ter!" repeated he, gazing op her with a fearful-expression. "fly the sacred altec tion'of onr Mother!--:-by the name - of Pan saniaS! glut yony . dagger in this defenceless bosom--but spare him!hard! hold! .ravel" and-she struggled to drag. him away. --"A way ! -. leave..meH4iCi , er ... more shalt your name issue in scorn from those lips." ! that motnent advancing footsteps Were 1 hoary, and Circe resumed her pleading--- "come !„.hark_honr the hushes; 'Eurotas 4 . loi•s_its-fertil i zingblessl profane the sanctuary of Minerva. Could that statute . speak its- indignation, how Would it shake its spear, and pour forth the bitter taunt at their apostacy of Sparta? she. speak well;' - .said a•voice.a his side, and both were silent. was hoary man, and the placid kindness that 'Fibone frOm his open countenance, furrowed and !weather-beaten,' robbed tbe youth of his indigifation.nt the . interruption. . lENCES, .2iG . l4Cirtal[YßE t Eltik*T 3 &C. ___Little:did_theintither know the priceless' jewell he gathered to his bosoM;• littleeonld he divine the - cause of that wild emotion. "Prepare to follOw me, I Will-await you, here."• They *ere soon on their way. Punting the cabin on the outskirts-of town, where - he • had - partediwith the 'Helot, he - enquired of the residence of the freeman, and after.obtairthig all the information -the - ttag - s give him, he providEd - liiiii 2 self 'with a torch and joined Citce.' :Pro; dente had dictated the, expediency of a weapon, • mid -with a halberd . , at his. girdle, he deemed himself perfectly -secure from gny- contingence... The light betrayed_ the paleness of Circe, and he eagerly enguited the cause. "I will follow; lead on," said she, and taking his arm, they quitted the spot.. °`A -• . - A weary lway befere us, and the - dwellingof • Cohrias is awong the crags of Mount Thortiax." Gloomily did that sum mit eave its brow - to the titerless - sky, and' no guiding light-shone out to beadon their Way. ""I fear thee; - gentlest; 'orour home• are not • more yieldinglY soft iltait_themosiies_Of-the---mountain,...2lnttfthe deethave left little -uppit'the track; - and .the hunters, are not over careftil in-their-'jour= neyings; Much - I marvel= - that -- I have 'so often struck across this . , path . , .Without Jowirrgitupithe riteutitain;_but pilgimage; and arocky, and I have hunted the fierce; boar but yesterday amid these solitudes." .Often did Pausitnias stop to lift her from - crag to crag; and the path seem ed purposely Aelected for diflicalty r : over fallen trees, whose yielding mould" formed an - .insecure stepping-_place; .often, leading them to the very edge Of a preci pice,_.and theft almost= losing itself amid . tangled underwood . and lacerating ; 'tkerns. Nothing broke the stillness, save the foot falls - . of_ the.adventureral-lhe_platili-Orwater over head, and:the low 'murmur ora stream sweeping. away among the - olives at the bottom - . NottrAnd therri - stotie fell front its precarious hold, and rumbled down the. it - thin - t - din, 'Waking, seemingly, lives in" its descent.." " This is a noble tribute tieto.hllttrota - s!" said,Pausania4, hording the . torch before . hitth -whilst its . light 'glanced, over ti - Eiked . of f alling water, issuing froth a dark ravine,,. and was reflected from, a Tmot at their feet. "A . Step beyond,' and life . 'would have been Ta sorry boon," said Pausattias.— "Stay, and I, will search the path. It can mot stop here." 'Upon the other side of the basin the path wound oit and upon the opposite rock, lay the trunk of a young tree, still dripping, 'which had evidently just served as 'a eros-. sing,,and then been drawn up to prevent another. --- 'There may be' a narrower channel above, and I will reconnoitre the, old.man's eyrie,.for I caught a glinipse..of something, a fen'. moments ago, that, lanekensa speedy end _of our . wayfaring. Re t you upon this bed Of -moss, and stir -as you love year life—that-ravine -- were -- a - fiTarfil While he yet spoke, a light flashed before them, and the cabin of the hermit was hilt, a stone's cast from theta. Meanwhile Causanias had• left Circe, and she had lei ilifeltirefleet upon the strangecliainiirtliiit hati'broughther to‘that wild - 'retreat. • But her - attention became, riveted :upon the old man, between the light and the opposite lattice!, and just enough - turned towardsjter to betray the workings of his flute.: " - There he stood - ! 'stricken and Solitaty, at the bedside of his only child., Was he thinking of .a of - javi -- or - a moment:lnt bitter,bereavement? She heard a faint soh; and the hoary•man knelt. MS hand- wiped thestears froth - his - aged - Abeeks. - Oir-r - eati agony taught his- tongue unwonted devo- Aim or was It 6. ray of faith, vouchsafed the' heathen in that fearful. hour, -writing with the !leavings of despair, and shining upon his wo, through thetnittsma Of doubt ? Oceasionally-sheheard thernsdingofleaves &et head, and saw .the flaring of torch-. light upon thetrocks and tfees,.causing grim shadows to fall around ,withevety change . Of its motion, till slin almost-fancied them - 2 -How_could she aid the - dying Heriniliel. Itad • Allat tit - thes - far to_see tier fail . ?._She thought of the Archon ---the treacherous LYstithler, and she gazed away towards the. silent•eify. A dint light, fell upon the spot - where she stocd',and She shuddered with Tear, for a few paces „from her stood a figure that seemed contempla ting her, 'The 1010 .was' borne out Of ‘ the sick chamber, end. the darkness:, was nitre -- Roved. : - 'The torch of. her: brother - Was ex-. tirct,.or,he,had „crossed 'the . glen and was . in the AWE:of - the re - Chtse. ,Wai7.ltonV a y shadow„ or an unreal ~iitockeryi. for. fir can'exeite ot: Watt-it . :,what she dreaded; Alone, at the dead-of night; errs strange place, and upon the brew Of „dark pte . cipice;with no proSpeet of re . irtiai, s , -;-het.helpless•situatiop burst Upon 1ier,3011,1 all its her*, trembling rltdently:slic grasped a ,tree, and clting-hreathlessly to it. Again• the torch ametged.frOm *rock si abOVe,•-,and threiti•n sickly light m:;ntontr.l ong the, , s wereinterlacedtinderg'to*thi witrst wereemiiirtnedit'.was Outman be fititiffflteti- was-Irtidety4 'wh i rl . o Zed ; by. the ,unkneWl). 114 ilit6ll.otllA•ibl:i. yout,:faithful',4san-i der! the fuines of. .tritte ,Over;her - brow; - as he klijed . her a aid : doubt -lily 0 , 9 y:pu Struggle, tp:threSt,me: from, yeti . ? tlareT I not sacrificed: all for yOn4 . -fersirorn:the, 'love Of litot•SPu riled : the thieittramPlad.upoit,!the '.lteart that was *Yei sw,otii. No; etiOndship - itintoOkety:Alia4M4 - I,ti:dee, - ei* way. e.-. 10. 50: all others ; and, win you.. Do I 'notlave you' . madly`Away,.;haech - ftfOT' .. FT claimed C irce, , struggling' to release herselff l / 4 :_ : „. put he. heeded not her . efforts, recognizing in. her. voice none . but the Chilling' . tone =of .„ the affrighted recluse. Again he poured .forth the treacheries of his, *MI, aad..uo.-. masked his 'turpitude to one.wh.e.had.heard ate. most 'solemn protestations...of .unaltero-, tle.attachtnerft;-.The..reiterafed jthese••_yows ; .• _ unconscious- to whom - -s.poke,-. and. fussed, as he thought,• to the' .gentle Her.: mione, the malign. duplicity of a scherne, - which would have made the noble recluse . • his 'verieer,scorner.• •He had worn a mask . so long, thathi•SVillaitiyha - d - gtowitfamiliar, - and he had collected. every thought:of base -started. ; the coldness of . her brow, and relaxed limbs made him tremble for Iler life; siuil. he Uttered a fearful shriek, as;-alfe— thopped "senseless from his grasp. , • - - The 'dash of advaneingl- footsteps only : -broke .the appalling silence that..followe‘.. and Causnnia•s•' encountered thP,-staggering . Archon: ,:Each reeogriiied .the other by the ..faint lyildly did they grapple each verge - of that frightful-chasm. The strug gle was fierce._blit_gliort. NO. word was_ uttered', not even as they swayed',nyer the deep descent. Circe had fallen. wit his• the:AV6ter, spray-from above revived -'her, •and she sprang-to - 11er Hold.! lhei -grasping her brotheYs form, halanced - over the abyss. "It-Ciree; the - that glaitps • a srespite. : Oh, - Lysander?" An exelama tion"of bewildered surprise burst frone . the . . • lips of the Archon', CaralYzed by the sud den revelation, and his; - oWn conscious' - treaeliery,ll6-relinOislfeAT - hiSTkold 7 O -- tiThis' "- rival, and- with- it_his , chance. ; of life.. I tnomenthe spurorottn4andsatehing at-his - • - antagonist . as he reeled backward; he seized the mantle-of Circe, at the very instant that the lamp of the recluse. bufst upon them, and dragged her with. him. • The,lilti fall . - down - the - Seep clinging - to a rock Midvay, while her screams' min- - gled \Vitt\ di . v ild . . ercitn beneath,--'t Was , selfuttered knell. .By• the aid of - I •Gobrias she \vas - rescued froth a nthierable - • fall, but not to a happy life. . The three at at the bedside of tbedeath stnitten. Oh! what a - contrast was there" e boreal - T(1, - nthu rn lig, solitary, the pro di- • • gal of Sparta,.the wild.and restless glaneeth, -- roving - vacantly from one to another, till they-- rested where-- every -gaze was--fixed upon tile soleann features- of -the-dead. . • -Misery is not so tardy as' joy, it con summates its purpcses,in a*moment, and hailles the Apnviiie hope with sudden with ering, quenches even the twilight ray of despOdeneei in the • giccm of enduring ark:less. . few --- moMents o:raged the prospects of so maul An hour of silence proceeded-each had a theme' for sorrowing: reeollectioU—when the old man addressed hiniself to • ":I'o fills moment, I did not recogniZe you.: I owe you much, .. noble ...Spartan l.__ let me ask one ,more favor-thqt you will tarry till the morning; for, if Gobrias has - not - lost - ill penetration; -- you - : - came to aid - we.--You were too inte.—twould -there . were but one death to deplore.--A . fearful' spell has bound the daughter of my ancient master." , Causanias was silent; only once did he raise his eyes io the listless equate= nange of the silent-C4ree i -but- that - - - glance—;-- read the awful truth.. Betweewthe graves _of_Ly.s.antler_ and ....llerm ion 6, . _ G obrias._ret.____. lated his sad history. fie...had removed (from Sparta. and " built .a cabin upon thp l_mduotainr-at--thefoot-ofwitielrAeity-lari----- - - I Lysander was aware of . their abode,- And .. (often had lie 'been en inmate of their rude ' I dwelling. Of a noble.familrand of pleas- . ing address, he had won the heart of Her.. • • intone. By . ehance; a hunter,' whom • the . reader will remember as the - companion-or - Lysander atTille.tese.lte, elifitt s - ille..dayAb-W— -fore, !tithed for refreshmeni at the cottage,, - • recognized the I-lelot,,nd .becn;eutrusted -<, with the family Nanny. - Eretri . ... , him.--the _ gentle I-Timmons . learned,that.the .<4fcbon was betrothed to__another,fniid_tlint2 4 . their---- nuptial§ were. at hand. The'' , .new,", - ovPri ,lieloyt her, and in theililipaiofAlie*o- , - -,-- ment,-shedrank the fatatilettioN:thei.- - hetri? , leek draught' of the -eondemfiedzofi-,:sPurti.;:, -The immediate cause of ~lieideo4*ullokay I revealed by the livid shadOWinge(o.Po!fher< . corpse. ' . ' 7 ; .. .;::;;: - .:r At the Instal:lee of Cavegniktf+.;: , l,oo44o,:.• returned to the .city; and .0.4*-pe v iiii#4,tle . eniploYed AO • mitigate .. the'..o.4stheOMlC:ot... -liis-peaceibut-hereftsed r alrgeinftir,k,Ao--- had no . tie to bind,him to, l 'ea,rtlii . ..fte.Vigil.. led - at :the-grave.-ofrhiw-departetVes44 ,, Mid „,- there the last anguisliltear tninkledlvitliftlie . . . damp§'of death., ' .Oiree r was, ilt . O:*l6,titu. : QC inonemsnitti and teas - removed - i0.:4 ,- ; ; :terikVo' : , - of Diana; where eht:offieiated:ta-prteinese, .-, , w.eaVing:the 'sorrows ofler..on4Ldark .spirit"- I with this oraeje of the shrine., ,:::-...'.‘, :?. "That night ,was - lonetn reenibered:iii -the dusc;late Iszittge of, CanSiantis4.4yet-Sbe,.,the hAfiljetEghnit)titpr t •• • • - .-•-. '- , -:. ':'nr-' ..... - ,I :-.- '• • . -.'' "Though in her eye and fluted eheek,: : • ,-:., . , • • . Is rend the gift she , ylll.ttif s t iettk,... :,_ ,•,‘ ~. •• its tit tAn'ry er her tilled joys," , ' • t , , • . -,. . I, , • .. liVe (I , to-see:pleasure_tlyiker_only:Son%sepa rating hiniSelf:to thebbppinets nf hiii'sitti. , ... i'iying_ptrietiLaiitl-the . intereats,ntl,do , eetni , . -- try; :attel Aleinene'filapt - . 44,B 7 ifere 'Waco. . 1W - .Nei - '*a'sAe Oxi • Oiple , loth :t . ipoigilie ---: ,y_OOtti_fir,.Spaio:;,:th'e Leephe - :agiiitre . int*M - 67.7 -,-- 7 -- the halt of acience.i whero, Caini,aniali moved,. - the',ndirtired of all for his . .Virtilek - pi)d . 'hikii. . -' . es'i'.ratiie:;_'iy hilti'm ot h 01.6 . ptiiiiketiV i titit' n'tit • rto,:. their Sous, as . ..ivi :114 . of, theirAthititlen..: : -,•••rand the licention lsaw , i, iihle- inittaneo ~. 6fAlfellinfiSSibility'a tlirloit or , Orpryw- , ', , - MEE
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