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4, ft -- -"a t i mfteMir mirtW ; , vVi "-? 1 ij i . ' ' " ' '-. iK, --r!. ." VOLUME IX. pledg'd to ko party's arbitrary sway VE RANGE WHERE RIGHT AND DUTY POINT THE WAY. JBY C. If. B. JEVAS. I.. 1 1 , v,k V "V. Ill 1 M II .-II i . i '.I i THE QUEEN SEMI RAM IS. 'Of all mv wives said King Ninug to Suniramis,.kIt is you I love best. None have charms and graces like you, and for you I would, willingly resign them all Let the King consider well what he Bays,', replied Semiramis. 4 What if I were to take him at his wordl . 'Do so replied the Monarch ; while be loved hy you, I am, indifferent to others.' 'So, then, if I asked;' it' said Semirarois, you vould banish all your other wives and " love me alone ? I should be alone your consort the partaker of your power and 4Qneen of Assyria! Are you not so aU ready; said. Kinus, 'since you reign by your beauty over its King?' i 'No no answered his lovely mistress; 1 l am at present only" a slave .whom you love.' I reign not;! I merely charm. When I give an order, you are consulted before I am obeyea. 'And to reian then vmi think so areat a , " w - r -.xr.j : '-li i - . i ies, 10 one wno nas never experieuceu it? ' And do you wish, then, to experience it? Would you like to reign a few days in my iii ? . it V v tr- t rr An ' i ai& cxi2. vx iv ti i . uw ujt unci iuu much No, I repeat it said the captivated mon arch.4 'Would you like for one whole day to be sovereign mistress of Assyria? If you Would I consent to it And will 'all which I command then be executed ?' k Yes; I will resign to you", for one entire day, my power and my golden sceptre. 'And when shall jthis be?' fTo-morrqw.if ypu like.' I do,' said Semiramis; and she let her head fall upon, the shoulder of the king, like a beautiful woman asking pardon for spine caprice which has been yielded to. , The next morning Semiramis called her women, and commanded them to dress her magnificently V On her " head she wore a crown of precious stones, and appeared.thus before Ninus, who, enchanted '.with her beauty, ordered all the officers of . the pal ace t asseriible in the state chamber, arriWiig golden sceptre to be brought from the treasury.: He then entered the cham- ber, leading Semiramis by the hand. All prostrated themselves before the aspect of the Kingi who conducted Semiramis to the throne, fc seated her upon it. Then ordering the whole assembly to rise, he announced to the court that they were to obey, during the whole, day Semiramis as himself. So saying, he took up the golden sceptre, and placed it in the hands of Semiramis. Queen, said he, 'I commit to you the emblem of sacred power; take it, and com mand with sovereign authority. All here are your slaves, and I myself am nothing more than your servant the whole of this day. Whoever shall be remiss in execu ting your orders, let him be punished as if he had disobeyed i the commands of the king.' . . ; Having thus.spoken, the King knelt down before Semiramis, who gave him with a smile her hand to kiss. .The courtiers then passedin succession, each making oath to execute blindly the orders of Semiramis. When the ceremony was. finished, the king made her his compliments, and asked how she had managed; to go through with it with so grave andmajestical an air. Wiil ihpv wprp nrnmiainfr fr rVpr me said Semiramis, CI was thinking what' . 1 should command each of them to do. ; L have but one day of power and I will em ploy it well ; j The King laughed at' this reply. Semi ramis appeared more piquante and amiable than ever. ! . ; 'Let us see said Ninus, 'how you will continue your part. ; By what orders will you begin! il ' 'Let the secretary ct the King approach my throne said Semiramis, in a loud voice. The secretary approached; two slaves placed a little table before him. I Write said; Semiramis; 'Under penal ty of death the governor of the citadel of Babylon is ordered to yield up the com mand of the citadel to hinv who shall bear to him this order.' Fold tnis order, seal it with the King's seal, and deliver to me this decree. Write now, 'Under penalty of death, the governor of the slaves ofthe pa lace shall resign the; command of the slaves into the hands of the person who shall pre sent to him this order -Fold it, seal ! it with the Kings seal, and deliver to me this decree. J lVriteagain 'Under penalty of death " the general j of. the army encamped under the walls of.Babvlon is ordered to re sign the command of ihe army to him who shall be the bearer of this order Fold, seal, and deliver this decree Uxme She took three orders thus dictated, and nu; them in her bosom. The whole court was struck with consternation; the King! himself was surprised. - - 'Listen- said Semiramis. . In two hours hence let all the officers of the State come 1 he Jete was very gajr. A slave hav- pansn cirK. AKensia; was tne son, 01 a andofler me presents, as is the custom onjing, by the force of habit, served the king butcher-f-so was f-Wolsey.; Cervantes the accession of new princes, and let a fes-j first, Semiramis had himbeaten with rods, was a common soldier. Halley'was the tival be prepared for this evening. Now j His cries mingled with the laughter of the son of a soap boiler. Arkwright was a let all depart. Let my faithful servant JSU guests. Every one was inclined lo mcr- baker. jBelzoni was the- son of a barber, nus alone remain. I have to consult him riment. It was a comedy in which each Blackstdne and Southey were the sons of upon affairs of State. i . ' played his part. Toward the end of the linen drapers. Crabbe was a fisherman's When all the rest had gone inrt Y ou repast, when ine hACadded to the gen- son. Keats the -sonf a- livery-stable eTJSeTmramfev 'i.'utltDbw how'to ralgayety, Semir'aMis rose fro"m her ele- keeper.? Buchanavwas a fanner Cap play the queen. Ninus laughed. . jvated seat, ani sd rMy lords, the trea- tain Cook 'began his cateer as a cabin My beautiful queen said he, you play - surer ofthe empire has read me a list of boy. Ifayden- was the son of a poor your part to astonishment. But if your those who this morning have brought me wheelwright. Hogg was a shepherd. servant would dare to question you what their gifts of congratulation on my joyful . f r would you do with the orders you have accession to the throne. One grandee a- j RECIPROCITY OF SENTIMENT. dictated?' I should be no longer queen were I ob- : j . tra- 6 & j "j was my motive. I have a .ecute against the three offi-i se orders menace.' j enneiess, xiiis was my mouve. i nave a . vengeance to execute cers whom these 'Vengeance, -and wherefore V The first, the governor of the citadel, is ) nnooirort on1 f 1-1 irn tone mo ororir timo T I J ' O . J meet him; the second, the chief of the slaves, I hate because he threatens me with rivals; the third, the general of the army, deprives me too often oT your company; you are constantly in the camp.' This reply, in which caprice and flatte ry were mingledj enchanted Ninus. Good,r said;he, laughing. 'Here are the three first officers of the empire dis missed for very sufficient reasons.' The gentlemen of the court now came to irravfi nrpr.iftiis slnnps. nthprst. of Inwfi'r rank. flowers and fruits, and the slaves, having nothing to1 give, gave nothing. Among these last were three young brothers, who had come from the. Caucasus, with Semira mis and had rescued the earavanin which the women were, from an enormous tiger, when they passed theithrohe. , 'And yon said she . to the three brothers have you no presents to make your queen ? 'No other replied the first, Zophire, 'than my life to defend her.' None other replied the second, Arta ban, 'than my sable against her enemies.' : 'None other replied the third Assar, than. the respect and admiration which her presence inspires.' 'Slaves said Semiramis, 'It is you who have made me the most valuable presents of the whole court, and I will not be un grateful. You who have offered me your sword against my enemies, take this order, carry it to the general of the array encamp ed under the walls of Babylon, give it to him, and see what he will do for you You who have offered me your life for my defence, take this order to the governor of of the citadel, and see what he will do for you. And you, who? offer me the respect and admiration which my presence inspires, take this order to the commandant ofthe palaceand see what will be the result Never had Semiramis displayed so much gayely, so much folly and so much grace, and never was Minus so captivated. Nor were her charms lessened in his eyes, when a slave, not having executed properly an insignificant order, she commanded his head to be struck off," which was imraedi ately done. ; Without bestowing a thought on this trivial matter, jn mus suit continued to converse with Semiramis till the evening:! and ht fete arrived. When she entered the saloon which had been prepared for the occasion, a slave brought her a plate in which was the head of the i decapitated eunuch. "'Tis well," said she, after having exa- mined it. 'Place it on a stake in the court of the palace, that all may see it, and be you there on the spot to proclaim to every one, that the man to whom this head be- longed lived three hours ago, but that having disobeyed my will, his head was separated from his body." The fete was magnificent; a sumptuous banquet was prepared in the gardens, and Semiramis received the homage of all with a grace arid majesty perfectly regal; she continually turned to, and conversed with Ninus, rendering him -the most dis tinguished honor. "You are' said she, 'a foreign king come to visit irie in my pal ace;'T must make your visit agreeable to you' ' ' j Shortly after, the banquet was served. Semiramis confounded and! reversed all ranks. Ninus was placed at the bottom of the table. He was the first to lau?h at! jthis caprice: and the court; following his i example, allowed themselves to be placed, . (without murmuring, accirding to the will of the queen. She seatei near herself the three brothers from the Caucasus. "Are my orders exeeu.ea ?' sne deman- dedot tfiem. ' 1 es, iney repneo. ; . lul,e uilue tuuuuds ,lUlcuwu,ul5.,,,si gift - . 4 m ' 'Who h u,r cried isinus. 'nemustDe : . , punished severely. , , , 'It you yourself, my lord-you who jpeak. V hat have yoa given to the queen . , , , , yTv.v. 'this morning:? Ninus rose, and came with a smiling countenance to whisper something: in the C ,1 .fTII 11 1 ear oi tne queen, 'iqe queen lsinsuuea by her servant,' exclaimed Semiramis. 'I embrace your knee3 to obtain my par don. Pardon me, beiutiful queen ( said he, 'pardon me.' Arid he added, ; in a lower tone, I would .that this fete were ' J ! 'You wish, then, thaU should abdicate?' ! said r Semiramis. hoI have still , 4 i- 1 1 . xi '' aid at the same lime harld which the kin- she withdrew her was covering with kisses. 'Such an insult sajd she, in a loud VOlde, on tne pan oi a siav .1 . i i Slave, prepare .' . 1 . I Mtiy cnim tnai tnou art, saia iinus, Still on his knees; 'vet J. give way to thy folly; but patience, thy-reign will soon be over.' '.You '.will notrthenbe angry said she, in a whisper, 'at something I am going to order iat this moment?" r 'No said he. 'Slave said she aloud, 'seize this man that; Ninus.' . j Ninus, smiling, put himself into the Take him ot of the 'soon, lead him ' into the court of the sertdio. prepare eve- , A, . v- j ,1 i j: 4 rvthmg for his death, snd await my or- V i ' J ders ' ' The slaves obeyed, ajid Ninus followed them, laughing, infco tie court of the se raglio. They passed jy the dead of the disobeying eunuch. Ten Semiramis pla ced herself on a balcony. Ninus had suf fered his hands-to be ted 'Hasten to the fortreps, Zopire; you to the camp, Artaban; . Ajsar, do you secure all the gates in the pahce.' These orders were riven in a whisper, and executed immediytely. 'Beautiful queen a)d Ninus, laughing, 'this comedy only wnts its denouement ; pray let it be a promrt one.' 'I will said Semirahiis. 'Slave, recol lect the eunuch -strife !' They struck. Nin is had hardly time to utter a cry, wrhen his head fell upon the pavement; the snile was still upon his lips. ; . ' 'Now I am queen of Assyria!' exclaim ed Semiramis, 'and perish every one, like the eunuch and like Ninus, who dare dis- ODey my orders A MONSTER TREE. A California correspondent of the Sel ma Gazette, (Joseph J. 4 Wallis), says; that Col. Temple Tebbetts, formly of Lewiston Falls, ' Main, cut a tree of the Redwood species in California, which was two hun- red and fifty four feet high, and measur- ! ed at tne top two feet in diameter, and at j the bljt twelve feet in diameter. The tree j j was forked in to lumber one hundred and ! forty feet. from the butt where it measur ed five feet in diameter. There were I made from this giant ofyhe forest 110,000 les, 6000 clapboards, "4000 three by shingles four joists, twenty-too feet long; and were left at a moderate calculation , from seven ty to eighty cords of wood. The clap boards were sold for $50 per thousand, the sningles for $35 per -.thousand, the joists forv $375 per thousand, and the re maining part of the tree would readily i sen in i ma ciiy, iqr urewooq,vai. ijju per cord; thus at a moderate calculation, there was derived from the working of this mammoth dweller of Ihe primeval forest . ...... f .a V. A - ihe neat little sum of &1 1 .350. 1,1. ' ' J It is said that Prof. Webster will be hung. Self-Madb Mrn- Columbus was a weaver. ;Franklin a journeyman' printer Sextus y . was employed in herding swine. Ferguson and Burns were ploughmen. ytsopwas a siave.Atnpgartii was-.eiren graver on pewier pots. : lien jonnson was a DncK-iayer. runou-was .iue son pi a 'Mrs. Rmitb BrnxeTi b W nPtt door neighbor, latel v. oUr Sd makes a e . . , . common pracuce oi tnrowrm ner stops right in front of my door, and I don't like , i WelI Mrs. Brown, since yon have spo- cuimuun uxacuue ui uiruwiii uci siuus ken aboiit it, I must say that your Bill does more than that; he chucks dirty water in my Sfal's face, and eventore her dress a few days ago , ' Welt dear knows, Mrs. Smith, you needn't' say nothin about my Bill, for your Sail is the worst child in Vthe "5''?""" 5f"' -J. and what all say must be so. ,AJle nhbors s the ih? 7 about your Sal, I d iiketoKnowr lake fnia lVfre Pfr-ri7 "u" 1 xan.c ton-, juu.uiuwu, don t 1 me. in a passion, or I'll say more lives iri? glass houses ought'nt to throw feloness. ( 'Say what you please, Mrs. Smith, but talp r.a'rp and Ann'f violfltp thp law nr T'll . h th A u-nn't Ki vn ' 'An i vou win. win vouf vouuirtv nuz- -Alt; '11 . t m t zy ? you .put a decent womau m prison, will you ? be iter take care you don' t get there jpurself; iCs wherej you -ojigt to nave ueen, ipng ago, u wnai every oooy says is wue. 'There, Fll'make you prove that I'll make you prove that yes I will.1 Sal, get mv bonnet and shawl. I'll see if there's no fustice for me ?' and Mrs. Smith has- lrendT a Ma?ate '?.get,a f . ... "l , V, v-- consiaDie were tne oniyi persons wno j a- r -u J: tu made anv thing by the operation. These Ll " M;enes aie ui cjciy uay uucurieiiuc. Dyirig Expressions. Don't Give up the ship. Lawrence. I'll bp damned if t don't believe I'm dy ing. -Chancellor Thurlow. Don't let that awkward squad fire over my. grated Burns. Raise me up that I may behold the sun. Schiller. nonsense, don't talk, to me of Christ. Pained See how calm a christian can die. Ad dison Blessed be God ; all is well -Risdon R. Darricot. Kiss me, Hardy. Nelson. I have got the victory, and Christ is holdings out both hands to receive me. Rutherford. Let him fear death who must pass from this death to a second deatn. Cyprian. I am ; not afraid to look death in the lace. I can can say, death where is thy sting ? Death cannot hurt. John Dodd. Oh, When will this good hour come? When shall 1 be dissolved ? When shall I' be witq.Uhnst Kobert Bolton. Johnj Bunyan's last words were: Weep not for jme, but for yourselves. I go to the I gainer pi our L.ora jesus innsi, wno no douht will recei ve, though &: sinner, through the mejdiation of our Lord Jesus Christ, 1 where j hope we shall ere long meet, to sing the new song and remain happy for ever, in the world without end. Amen. Richkrd Baxter said to his brethren who were confronting him in his last moments, 'I have pains, there is no arguing against sense; but I have peace. I have peace.' Crown me with flowers said Mira beau, dn hs death bed, 'intoxicate me with your perfumes, me die lit with the sound of delicious music Not one word of God, or of his soul ! Look at Madam Roland,! strong woman in the revolution upon the car that car ries hef to death. Not one glance to hea ven; orily an exclamation for the earth she leaves, '0, Liberty f: Approach the prison door of the Giron dines; their last night is a banquet, and their lskthymn is the Marsellise. v i mem ; a com ana maeceni pieaaiiry- at t we; uiuuuaii uuc long imprecauoa on me i road toLhe guillotine ! -those are -the last V " ... sj! pear on high ! .' . Li 1 t : V. . ;.' kt' . :.- Listerijjto Danton ; uponthejlatfbrniofr the scafiold, one step frGrodand im-' k mortaliry: I hav6cnjoye3 inuch :;4et me go to sleep he says then to the.'execu '. tioner. 'Yoa willlshoW mv head to the i peo pie; It is worth while i v V v DIGNITY OF LITERATURE. Under this head a letter appears in tha. 'Pendennis containing an elaborate dei fence against a charge made by that jour nal and reiterated in the Examiner, of 'last week, which says of a particular character of the above work, , that it 'is . a caricature k pK 9. Afr'fharlfpmv tnn nftPrv, vn scends to. and which miffht even have nasa.. . .. ,. - - ea as me sarcastic suggesuon oi a usetul truth, (to wit, that there are quacks and im- posterhn the author's calling as weU'as every other,) if the writer had less fre- eu as uie sircasuu suggcsuuu ui a useiui quently indulged a disposition to pay court to the non-literary class by disparaging his literary fellow-laborers To this charge Mr. Thackery replies I no more plead guilty than-1 should think Fielding would have "done if he had been accused of a design to bring the church tun, cuu;u.F -u7 iruiuucr.anu, permit me to say, that before you deliver mence it would be as well if you bad waited to hear the whole, of the argument. l. ...V.. . iL A. vnu miuws wiwi uuuuug in me imuro numbers of the work which has incurred (y0u in accusing me of prejudice, and the jxarmner (alas n ot swindnnar and natter jng the public, have not been premature? I1. r,J k .n1n !.:. rM ...u;i, .ka a cJLa ..I hi- bpyi. i Mr. Thackerav concludes his verv eler- . tf er epistle as foUowi : 'Instead of accusing. ' " I the public o - S aS a ciaSs, it seems tome that men of let- ters had best silently assume that therare as good as any other gentlemen; nor raise piteous controversies upon a question which all people of sense must take to be settled. If I sit at your table, I suppose that I am W neighbor equal, as that he limine. If , oegm straigtway wim a protesi oi 'Oir, I am a literary man, but I would have you to know that I am as good' as you which of us is it that questions the dignity of the lit erary profession, my neignbor, who would like to eat his soup in quiet, or the man of letters who commences the argument? And I hope that the comic writer, because he describes one author as improvident,' and another as a parasite, may not only be guiltless of a desire ! to vilify his profession but may really have its honor at heart. If there are no spendthrifts or parasites among us, the satire becomes unjust; but if such exist, or have existed, they are as good subjects for comedyLasmen of other callings. I never heard that the Bar .felt itself ag grieved because Punch choose to describe Mr Dunup's notorious state of insolvency, or that the picture of Stigging, in 'Pick wick was intented as an insult on all Dis senters; or that all the attorneys in the em pire were indignant at the famous history of the firm of 'Quirk, Gammon and Snap.' Are we to be passed over because we are ; faultless, or because we cannot afford to be laughed at?? 'And if every character in the story is to represent a class, not an individual if ev- ery bad figure is to have its obliged contrast of a good one, and a balance, of vice and virtue is to be struck novels, I " think. would become impossible, and they would tie intolerably stupid ana unnatural; and there would be a lamentable end of writers and readers of such compositions.' "THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC DOC-i TRINE." v. We alluded in our last. issue to some of" the remarkable doings of the Loco Focos in their late 'harmonious1 . meeting in this City; It will not be forgotten that s th e 'Standard'- asserted that the resolutions, offered by Mr. Shepard,' . 'embodied the true Democratic dextrine' that they pre sented the glass by which all young' Sci ons of the true Democratic stock must hereafter dress thm selves. Now the ques- " 1 tion will naturallv arise in the mind of every one, what is that 4fc Democratic , doctrine?' Ais .defined by one ofthe reso m? lutkois, iwe-iate.jbeei! correctlyinfonxil. ift ed, the true Democratic doctrine upon thtf . J subject of Internal! ImprovemeJitis,Hthat ? V me .Representative, eieci snau give no vow . It1 if-, v .; I. ,51 ' . I - 4", ; 4 f 4 1 V f I . f ' ;
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