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9EILEOTIEID IP?1?TOV,
The Mn?i? of Naturs.
,11Y TIIOMArt IturkKV.
There's music in (lie rivulet,
And music in the tlood;
Ami ininiu in tlie wnterfull
Th;il Qcliocfi from the wood.
1
Tn^re s mu5iL< in the .uuiny grove,
. . v AW-inusic in thu vain,
? /impfcliurtcnilg on the forest boughs,
Ami nil is bright again.
There's music on the upland slope,
Ajid musia dawn I)iu ?lell ;
'i'lic lowinjt herds, the pleating fold.
It's pretty tinkling bell.
There's music in the joy of birds,
Ami in the hum of tiees :
And imi?ic in the waving corn,
J lanced over by the br'ee/.e.
'
There's music in the ocean stream,
When foamy billows roar.
.Ami more, when rippling, peacefully,
It seetiis trip (lie shore.
There's music in the stilly eve,
And in tint lnisli nf riiyr111:
An'l music in (lie rfcing morn.
Antl when the moon is bright.
There's music in the voice of love,
Ami joy that others sljiwe :
And in the voice offgrntitnde,
And in the voice Of prayer.
On me. O Ood ! Thy pruce impart.
To prize vhnt thou hast given: .
Tench me to ponder wliaf tl on art,
At early dtiwn mid even- - .
The music of ft grateful fi'eurl,
14 in it ?ii* In Ilnfivon*
[Fro-n tho K titbit orl)"okdK]
Tho Wealth of tlio Ancients.
In tl)f> llistnvtf nf llw niit ?-r>
mt'iimhol nt tho vast amount' of wealth |
amassed hy individuals and communities.?
The sum* arc so cnorinon* that we aro almost !
1(m1 to dmiht thp authenticityof history. In
ovorv (jrovi) miino beautiful fountain oast it*
sparkling jet into the translucent air : triumphal
arched, of vn?t proportion* and of gnrgeuis-finWih.
spanned the streets of every city
of any inipo'rtn'fina : splcmliil palaces. Hocked
with every beuiltV thrttcould chftnn tthd with i
ovorv grandeur that could awe, arnso as if I
hv tiie touch of the magician's wand. Cities I
whoso qmnd old ruiiM. oven fit the present
<Tiiy, afford ft planting Rtudv W> the antiquary.
ft|irniig into oxiiitonoo, nnd bconnn ho inn^niftcont
thvit tho wonder 1ms not roused how
huo!) stupendous Ptrijctures could hnvo ltcon
cro^tod hv hnmiui hands.
During the reign of l'crii-lo", Athens was
nt tho y.onith ??t" her glory. In almost every
temple might ho seen the*nnisterlv works of
gonins: statue" from tho ohisol i?t I'hidias.
iiml paintings from tho pupcil of Apollos.?
Tim Propylea co.?<t the enovmouf. sum of $2,lTa.OMO.
It stood a magniiicont monument
tn the ta?to of l'oricles, and to tho genius
Mnesiclea". Tt was (Tanked by two temples:
nnd through theso gorgeous portals,' which
modern art in vain attempts to rival, did that
proud nnd luxurious people ascend to the
summit of the hill to crown with garlands of 1
fresh flowers the guardian ?lciIics of (bo city.
At tlie bufc of tho.Aevopolis towered in wondrous
splendor the Odeum, wlipnco swelled
n!? Ft ptvniis of i<>ve or of victory. which wore'
echoed from the distant boundaries of tbe
I'epublie. Above tbe oily nnd ab'ivc thccitndel.
whether lie journeyed bv land or by
pen, the traveller, at a gront distance, unw
the Parthenon, the noblest achievement of
Orocinn .architecture, towering proudly toward
the a7,are nkv. Of this xMjparylons
\r i ........V: mm .
....wwmim. *.*. UMIIUVIIIIIU cav.1 .* i 11^ HH|)UCI
of tlio Parthenon displays ncttor than ln*torv.
the colifssal grandeur ?>f a people. 1'oric.Iom
oujjht not to <lio. What superhuman
civilization was that which supplied a great
inn it to command. an architoot to concoivo, a
Kfolptor to decornte, statuaries to execute,
workmen to cut. n pc/>plc to.pay. and eyo* t<?
comprehend and admire such an edifice!"
It was erected ftt'?n cxpoiii'o of fovon hun-.
dred thousand d dlar*.
During tlu" administration of P?jricle?. tlie
cost of tlio temple*, palace*, and monuments,
amounted to near $3,183,700. which l!e proposed
to the senate should bo met from hi.^.
own private fortune. At this tfme, tho pri..r
>L. In .IK. ?rA
IIIII; nun:* in IIII7 >'V I 11C1I llll IS W11S O'?>.?> I I
Wrory kind ?f luxury w?? introduced. Vos- '
mvIh from distant port*. Indon with the richest
delicacies. crowded tbo Pireens and IMiiilorcits;
ond upon tlio hunting deserts of the
Ksist, cnrnvnns toiled slowly toward the promt i
icnpitnl of (Jreoce. The common food that
find nourished the brrtve npd during heroos
<of Marathon nnd TlrcriftopylnBo. was ox<chnng?d
for the sickly dainties of n Persian
(Court; ?ml the sparkling waters of Helicon
rippled on., while tbo wines of Ceylon, cooled
-fn Thraeian snow, miulo tlio brain reel nnd
fthc oy? wn*t?Adit,
in point of bfsuitw power, nnd wonlth,
^leian^ri? suwosnnk i Htic.ieut Memuhis. In
?vll 83**. the l'/4st p'njru.1 it? richos into
t1t? Ihj?i uf tUns<> i:V,?it iUs toward tho
potting sun. from mm ft^ivewa-l voyatjo.
S.doinoi) realized $13,000,55$ d'?Jlm*. linear
Iho influoafco of tbo triiilo fron# fodia.
/Viej?n<}ri? rapidly increased in b??wty and
r>o\v?r. ?<MVH whflti Anjuntus <?nt?r?d tb?
Jcity. aftcr'g. ?hdrt ra*fyUiitM. !t? pardoned all <
(Jhp inbfcb'iUNU An account of it? f?pl?ndor ?nd
raiigui^t^nqa, Tho eolebratod ltychuljOHft*
iMniri;.". wb'ul*, ?too?l At tb? astivsi)iity/? .tbo <
J^nrbor ftvrlju* KuuvOt** <vo?t ?v<hfc Uj*n<Jred I
and fdxtv'fuiiv iJiouunil iIiiIIam c hikI h.oIi li
iff t/)9 pfoipfcrty ?t tti? oUy. - j
9. "xiuglp ?iti/.en pfntyO*o<l to minii ami i
pa vur)' trtiif outrtf Hi# profits 0/ hit trailc ." J
Vor nil)*' b^ivir'qifqiv| pflvgnty v.tjarn th-i!;
priw<|iHrUy of iVlexquulrti^ uu'olUtnrWI. i
Through liar str#oM lin<l pippc! tlio fgytivo I
procosKioit of I'tolonjy I'oilmlolphu#. It \*fin .i
tho mo?t gopgfenti* iftfcIfnponhiji tl)$t tho 1
?-i?rM Iwn Msr wUh**?6<1, or that l?i?*o?*V h'is <
evor reftftifil i. From rMrnHig until n'jsltt i
thai mighty bout, glittering with gomi and <
a >lil olid nlK/ir. iIaKIiiiI itlmirr. Onr*. drown <
py ftvo lvttn<trori men, ?t?<i Itvdon witU golden ' <
crowns, Hpnrkliitg wHhfbriltinni diamond?, J ,
'follo-1 ri\:6t flivwoiS hno. | i
? rAftW tll'9 titH wi^ JWllinj (
the historian, " mnre.hcd sixteen hundred
youths, habited in white vests, nnd crowned,
some of tltcnn with ivy, others with hranohes
(if pino. Two hundred nnd fifty of this hand
curried fjoldon vucc<, and four hundred of
thcin vases of silver. Three hundred more
carried silver vessels made to keep liquor*
r.ool. There were likewise several tallies,
six feet in leneth. and stmnnrtin<r n V!u-'u<tv
<it" remarkable objects. (}i? one was represented
the bed of Setnclo, on which wore
disposed sevornl Vests, some of golden brocade,
others adorned with prqeious stones.
Tlic expedition of Hacchu* into the Indies in
another cur, where tlie u?>d wijs represented
by' a statue eighteen feet in height, an<l
mounted upon an elephant, lie was arrayed
in pur|tie, ami wore a petition crown intermixed
with twining ivy and pine leaves. A
h?n;? thyrsus of golfl was in his hand, and his
sandals- wore of the same metal. On the
neck of the elephant wan seated a satvr. above
Steven feet high, with a crown of gnhl, formed
in imitation of pine branches, and o!owifi?
kin?l of trumpet made of a cult's horn. The
trappings 'if the elephant wore of gold. n,,d
his neck was adorned with u crown of that
tnetnl shaped like the foliage of ivv. After
this troupe appeared a long train of chariots,
twenty-four of which were drawn by elephants.'
sixty by he-gouts, twelve by Hons,
six by oiyy..*, a spccios of goat. fifteen by
b'lfPnloQi. four by wihl asses, eighth)- ostriches,
ninl seven by stags.
On each side of the?c were three car? drawn
by camels, and followed by others drawn by
nude--. Somo 'if these camels carried three
hundred pounds woight. ?>f inconxc ; others
two hundred of t>affvon, cinnamon, iris, and
other odoriferous spices. At a little distance
from these, marched a band of Ethiopians
armed with pikes. One bodv of those carried
six hundred elephant's tenth; another two
thousand branches of ebony: a third sixty
cups of gold and silver, with a large quantity
of p'dil dust. They wore sucecded hv a
hundred and fifty men supporting tree-* tr?
which were fastened species of birds and
deer. Cages were also carried, in which
w.cre parrots, peacock", turkey-hens, pheasants,
and a great.number of Ethiopian birds.
The procession wa< graced with several
thrones of gold and ivory, on one of which
was n larjre diadem of gold, and on another
a horn of the same metal. A third support
e<l a crown ; and a fourth ii horn of solid gold.
On tlio throne of Ptolemy So tor, the father of
the reigning prince, was a golden crown
wldeh weighed ton thousand pieces of gold.
In this procession wero likewise throe hundred
golden vases; iu which perfumes wero to
he burnt; fifty gilded altars, encompassed
with golden crowns. Four torches of gold,
fifteen feet in height, wero fastened to one of
these altars. There wiero ' likewise twelve
gilded hearts, one of which wafteighteen feet
in circumference, anil sixty in height ; and
another was only twenty-two feet and a halt
high. Nine Delphic tripods of gold appeared
next, sjx feet in height; and there were six
others, nine feet jiigli. The largest of all
was for (y-five feet high; on which were
|iiacoil several animals in gold, seven feet and
n ImU* high, and its upper part was encompassed
.with u golden crown formed of the
fwliagn of vine loaves. Three thousand two
hundred crowns of gold were likewise carried
in this priiccsaion, together with a consecrated
crown* of one hundred and twenty feet, most
probably in circumference ; it was likewise
adorned with ? profusion of gems, and surrounded
tho cnt. anc? intd the temple of Borneo.
Tliefo wr.s nlso another golden tegis.
Several lar^e crowns of gold were also supported
by young virgins viclilv habited. One
of these crpSvns was three feet in height and
twenty-four in circumference. In this procession
"were also carried a golden cuirass,
oighteeri feet in heijrht: and another of .silver.
twenty-seven feet high, on which latter
was? tho representation of two thunderbolts
of gold, eighteen leet in length ; an oaken
crown embellished with iewels : twenty <rold
on bucklers; sjxtv-four complete suits of
golden armor: two boots of tlie siuno tnetnl,
tour and n Imlf f??ot in length ; twelve golden
basins; a great numhor of flagon* ; ten large
vases of perfumer, for the baths; twelve ewers;
fifty dishes ; and a InVg? number of tables:
all-of the*? were of Thero were
likewise five tables ooverod with golden goblets;
and a born of solid gold, forty-five feet
in length. Thete were likewise four hundred
chariots laden with vessels nod other
works of silver; twenty others filled with
golden vessels ; 'and eight hundred more appropriated
to the carriage of aromatic apices."
The athletic exercises continued several days
after this imposing nnceant. The vi?tnrn on
that occasion word "presented with forty
nrowns, twchty of which wero estimated at
2i${>mlents, which is o(pii i(tloiit to$l,G72.0<X)
Interim! strife ntul tho Moslem power at
length ofl'octetl tho downfall of Alexandria,
and tho victorious banner of Mohammed
waved proudly from its citadol. Amrou, the
officer of Omar, said that it was unposfublo to
enumerate tho beauty and wealth of this famous
city. We will not weary the patience
of tho reader hy dwelling further upon the
cost nnd splendor of the many temples, palaces,
cenotaphs, and inooumunts, that graced
tho cities of ancient Greece and Home. Wo
shall also pass over in silence tho beautiful
hanging-pardons 6f Babylon, r.r.:l the great
temple of Holds?tho wealth of which, in
golden vnsos, statues, ( ?nsers, dup*. and vfls.?!<
?1.-k I ? ?-.! ?
ui-i.', mm ut|M lir!<HurO<l TI((ll<, IIIIK1HU IUU-lO
tho enormous duut of on? hundred million
dollars,
Kxporicnco tenches us that tho means npc?s?ary
to tho support of large armies nr'e very
K'ighind 1ms not'yet recovered ?peroovrr
reenter"?from fha ' heavy
ijebts iuoiirrod durhjg the brilliant but unfortunate
administration of tho el^or I'itt. The
AUfdoR ?f;llr#*cfl and Homo yrero always
bountifully jiuppliud with moneyed provision*.
Tnfl amount of corn consumed by the?e
ra*t rifles of mau and lioisos was immnnso;
k'?u >?iir<jinii?, riit'iiy, rnraco, Kgypt. awl Africa,
Var# h?j?ml 'to (|m tnsk of supplying
thom, l'ronj JJvxuntiuin. ??,(>pv' yonr .wore
U^?isports<! to 'ti,40(VOOO hii-lmis of
jorp. ll'injo. aim. received a Inrgrt quantity
if Uroa<U(u^ fro?? Tlirncc?. Tlie.litns.cotMitry
of fu^ot} wns ho produolivo ijjut tfi'o liriv
jools Analog front it? crop*,''amonnltfa .to
iWW.4$Q ill roM. \Vh<rhtw m?t hoard
>i ma. wine.* oi ifOsixiR, i;w|?rus, mm urno r
\t one dijnnj; jhoiprunpyof Lqciillu*,
:lioy were netu in ?uoh mjjli Oilim*tion' Mint
ml^r one cup was at an ontMVumiCilt,
The first Tarquin triumphal in a vest of
gold. Claudius gave the Itmnans a representation
of a Ren-tight. Agrippina, tlie mother
of Nero, was present, clad in a long rohe
woven with gulden wire. Artaxerxes wore
npon his person gems and jewels to tho
a mount of $ 10,3.12,01)1). I dicing tho reign of
l'.impev. an individual whose name was
l>tnln.ii'v ...wl .?.l -I-.
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hundred horse at his own expense. One
thousand persons seated themselves daily at
his table, eacli being furnishn 1 with u golden
cup, which was changcd at every c>'iir.?o.?
I'liny, also informs us of one Pythiisof ISythnia.
who entertninod one day, in the ovist
splendid manner, the whole army of Xerxes,
consisting of 1.700.000. To this large anmy
he oHored five months' pay and provisions
for the whole campaign. At the present time
such- liberality would not only ruin tlie fortune
of lirivnto nnioniiii l\i.? !.l
... ( ...? ....v vw,..M
the commercial interest of tlie most powerful
! government.
T ? ? , In' these lini'il tinier, when men's
j souls seem centred in the " round rotundlj
ty " of t!ic silmighty doll nr. the salaries of
' modern ardxf$ appear enormously large.?
Ma. Icmoisello Piccolomini, during ncr recent
engagement in Now York, received live thousand
dollars por month ; jn Rome, the salary
of Uoscius was seventy-five thousand dollar*
per annum. lie finally became so wealthy
that he refused a salary, and acted several
years without pay. Ksopuft, the contemporary
of lloscius, at an entcrtaininont. produced
a dish made of singing-birds, which alone
' cost $'21.4 l;> : and at his death he left his son
! one million of dollars.
Julius C;vsar was captured Uy-tlie Ciiioian
' niratt's, wlio demanded of him $'2">.S3:i.Rl).?
I v^.i'sar lunched at tlioin and gave them 05o.n0.
1 tutor e ho enjoyed any public oftico,,
i he was in debt to the amount of $1.1111,443. In
I order to anndase' the r>ormh> who ilnmo?it?>il
Cicsarof ilie Senate, Cato gave a distribution of
brcad-.eorn, which increased the public expense
to live million live hundred tliousand drachms,
! which is equivalent to soven hundred" nnd sevi
only thousand dollars. When the (iovcrnment
j of Spain was allotcd to. Ctvsar, he was so.overwhelmed
with debt tiiat he could not depart to
take charge of his position. He called upon
Crnssus the Jtiuh, who stood security for him in
the sum of $714,721. lie rewarded the bravery
of Cassius GYti'va by a donation of seven thousand
dollars, lie paid off the vast debts of the
tribuno Curio; and presented the consul Uaulus
with $l,2iil,U05, which was employed in constructing
a new hall near the Forum. Itecoinj
meneed a new building, the ground-plot of
! which was to have cost- him above an hundred
million of sesterces. In memory of hisdaugh
i i?r. iiv gave a mosi oxtruvngnnt least, to tlio
I people; doubled t ho pay of I lie legions forever ;
| granted tlio People qorn without measure, nnd
I gave each soldier a slave, n piece of land, <>r a
! home. lie presented nn nctorforn inhniopfeoo
i of his own, $ 17.;">()(>. For his mistress, Servil!
. | mother of M. ltrutus, he purchased a pearl that
cost him $'2lit,000. During hi* reign, gold and
ailvci'beeame so nbuntlrtnt that It was exchanged
I throughout Italy at three thousand sesterces
per jtound. lie also decorated the arms of his
' soldiers with gold and silver. 86 that they should
be the more unwilling to part with thorn from
their groat value. Yet, with nil his extrava1
ganec, he bequeathed to caeli llonian citizen
' ' nine dollars.
| Tiberius Csesar rewarded his gladiator tvitli
. I three thousand livo hundred dollars. To SnbiI
nils lie gave seven thousand dollars for a dia,
logue between a mushroom and a fig-pceker,
. j and bctwfcefi nn oyster and a thrush, lie di,
| vided his attendants into threo class es : to the
| first ho gave six, to the second lour, and to tlie
: third two hundred thousand sesterces, which is
equal to about forty-two thousand dolluvs.
In many respects Caligula was as great r tyrant
as Npfo.. The former was the cormorant,
with all its voracity; the latter was the eagle,
without its itfcblcst qualities. There is something
sublime in the fact that Nero touched the
lyre while Rome was wrapt in flames. Hut in
j tho whole history of Caligula, there is nothing
j toe\ ite either our respect or admiration. Ho
, lavished thousands, not to make mankind better
and happier, but simply to gratify his own evil
I atld VicioUS desires. Ho nrnoiwnil ttinnui xuitl.
his gistors ; forced parents to witness llie (lying
agonies.of, their children ; oxhibited liin wife
' naked to his friends, and disgraced many noblemcn
by branding them in the face with n hot
iron. lie wh? rcoklcm in the pvfcfnsif>n with
which he scattered money. He gave to Antio,
chns of Comiigino $3,500,001). Me bathed in a
bath of precious unguents; drfink priceless
pearls, dissolved in vinegar, nn<l ate of golden
bread. At on auction he made his salesman
knock olT twelve gladiators to Snturninns, who
' was so unfortunate as to nod. They amounted
to three? Iiundred and ttftecn thousand dollars.
In le^is than one year lie lavished a niagniliorn'
estate, and all the treasures amassed by Tiberius.
amounting to twenty-seven hundred i Ml lion
of dollar.*! At another auction, ho compelled
an individual to uav seven thousand dollars for
a "mere bauhlo. 11o wnn so fond of handling
gold that, iinving Spread it ont ii|Kin the floor,
ho yeoulil walk over it, and would even lie down
upon it.
Augustus Cocmar left a legacy to the Iloman
people of $1 ,027,5fi!>t yet he complained that
his heirs would orily have 250,000. Prior to
this he had exponded upon the government four
hundred and ninety thousand dollars, beside his
twtf paternal estates. In Addition to tins, ho
wasted* $7.8(17,605. Nero gi?v>- Hiridstes eight
hundred thousand sesterce* every (toy he romsdned
at Jtomo, and upon his departure pre
Rented him with a itullion more. lie also bestowed
upon the harper, Menocrfctes, nnd'tipon
the gladUtor, Hpicillu*. Hie IiourAs and estates
of gentlemen who Imd bo-iv once honorod with
a triumph. We hero present, the reader with
the description of the new palace which Nero
erected after the burning of IUmmo. It is taken
from the hiafory vf that Kmooror. l?v Suetonius.
"Ho raisfcil.ah house, 'that roachcd from tlie 1
pMaee to the Ksqnilno, which ho nt fii-vt raHed
Transitoria; but after it ^ s hiirrtt down and
rebuilt, tho Golden lfowso. concerning the U?rgontas
and furniture of wftiohf H innyr'f?hff{ec In
any-thus iquqh. , Th? pmoh wns s-> high, (Tint
there stood in it a inonstrenrs statue of hiinsoJf,
nti lnindrod ami twenty rcci in height, und the
extent of it such* that it hid triple poftirfts a
mile in length, and a pond like n sen, surrounded
with buildings, that looked like a city v Hoflldda
thin, there was within Iho, compi'ms of it
Ieom-rt^ldh,' "Tihej-nrdu, pivrturis,' ?h<i' *ood*,
.with a va?t.Jiuii)bfr of beasts, hoUi ^Ril ntui
tame. II wns in nil tho parts'of it ovor-l*UI
with goM, 8ii<I finely ndorncd with .jewels nml
mf>th?!r-f?<-peAri. The rooirtu of entertainment1
w?ro ?r?bed with vAirlf* of hrory, that Jumcil
round ami scnttfrpd flown* about the rfyufH, ?V>f'
were bosides furnished with pipes for mo urojv
pio? of unguent* uj-on the jyticitk-- Tte cWW
?- " V" ' 1 ' "" * "I"1 < 1 "
ban?luct?l>g-roopi wn? round,.and perpetually don
turning about night nnd day, in ipiitativn of nnd
the motions of the heavens*."' We enn form no nos;
iiecurato Conception of what this splendid strne- bell
turc cost. Tlic amount of gold consumed in its (al),
erection was enough to have enriched a nation ineT
at the present time. (jml
V Taoitus gives us nn neeoiint of the.mngnifi- i
cent least presented to Nero, upon Lake \grin- j
pina. by Tigillinun. A platform of great di- **
nienxionH was erected upon the water. A large
number of boats. adorned with ivory and gold r
were present to move this splendid floating palnco.
l!pon the tables were'every clainfv?fish |,a^
' from every sea; and game from every forest. 1 in I
The banks were crowded wtili
? O^Q\?HIIU|Pt j ]]]\]
iiihI bur.'!* of linked harlots sported in lascivious i H n
' ijn'ncofl for llie gratification of the wicked enipe- | .
| vor. 'AA (lie shades of night gnthered over this j u'
; scono of luxury and wantonness. from thendjn- j t no
[ cent proves and housos a most brilliant illumi- | but
| tuition appeared. Voluptuous ttiusio swelled j j-pn
i upon the uir, and every sacred duty was forgot- ?nj
| ten in this hour of sinful revelry. ..
j Nero was so extravagant that lie never wrtvo j ,
j the snnie garments tv.\i<;<*. He Jished with a 1 f"'1
| golden net ; and when he travelled, a thousand in 1
I carts were hecossnvy to transport his effects. J,js
I His mules were blind all round with silver, and ,
Ithe drivers were clad in tho richest scarlet.-? T
I.ivia Augusta bequeathed t > (lalba $1 ,7t"i0t000. '
In about lour months Vitellius extiendnl m, tin. i fro
j niftro luxuries of the table :i ?uiti equal to seven ( f?tr<
! million pounds sterling. Nothing could appease (},f,
I Ills voracious appetite. nnct nothing; was too i
j delicate or too course for hit) vitiated taste. lie .
I had acquired tlio lilfl y practice -of vomiting, _')
' whenever it suited liiVi convenience ; hence, j otii
I having csttcn to satiety, he could instantly dls- j ma
| gbrgcwlmt he tlie j-vevions moment had swal- 1 cvt
l<vwed. A most extraordinary suppef wnt given j',,n
him by his brother. At this feast two thousand
choice dishes were served up, as well as seven
thousand fowls! Vitcllius was unwilling that
liis brother should outdo him ; hetherefoie gave jail
a supper, which surpassed the other. One dish
nhme was so extensive that he called it the j
"Shield of Minerva." It contained the livers J
of scares, the brains of pheasants and peacocks. ! I''1'
intermingled with tongues of llamingoes. To j I 1'
I this banquet and for this feast, ships of war pa;
were filled with tho entrails of lampreys, oh- j
(flSnnH from *!??? ('.nmoil.:.^. c* i 4- --
. -..v. VMIJXIMII.IIl Ulll IkllU IIOUI H1U I
Spanish Straits.
| Vespfuinn wild that $1,1(10,000,000 were '
I nccessftry to catry on n government. lie paid yoi
I the Latin and Greek Professors of Hlieto\icj? all]
[ yearly stipend of three thousand five hundred (]<%,
| dollars. He also gave loth tragedian, Apollii
linris, the sum of fourteen thousand dollars ; to .
I l.cpinns and Diodonis, the harpeiV, (on thotisand
| tivo hundred dollars; and the least lie presented t tlx
| to any performer was forty sesterces, besides ^ am
I a great many golden crowns. By means of war wo
' and fires Marcus Ovassus amassed a vast fortune. j
j lie began life comparatively a poor man. but in
| a short time he owned a considerable portion of j '"(
j Heine. After lie had consecrated the tenth re.1
I pfttt of an estate to Hercules,had given nn enter- j
I tainmcnt to the people, and a supply of corn to f()j
each citizen, he was then worth ?7 .Mill imiii ? ;
| lie hud five hundred shiver, who wove mcclinn- i ^l(i
: ics, and lie also worked several silver mines. ;
One of the most magnificent triumphal lienor? , '*?
I of which we liuvc any mention, was thai given AS
; by the Roman* to l'aulus -Kmilius, who con- [ do'
! fjtiered Perseus. The temples in the city were 1 Tia
decorated with beaut it 1 garlands; incense j
smoked upon a thousand altars; in every place i '
scaffolds were erected for i lie convenience of the ?*R|
people ; and officers of every rank and dignity ! CCf
hurried to and fro in busy preparation. The sin
eyo of the spectator was da/.y.led by tljo burn- cy
isfood brass and .glittering steal; helmets. :
shields, and greaves were beautifully arranged :
j and the clangor that arose from the Thrncian
j bucklers, targets, quivers, naked swords, nnd.? noi
j long keen pikes, fastened to the horses' bits. l!(v
; and continually striking together, was fearful i
1 to hear. For three days this gorgeous proces- j <<
sion inarched through the. streets of Home.? '
' Three thousand men bore vessels tilled with ,,lf
I silver money, to (he amount of $l,987,2f>0; by
j and seventy-scv^n other vessels were borne, j thj
laden with golden coin to the amount >>f $81)7,- H()]
792. In tins procession was :llso carried an 1 o
an immense, consecrated howl, wrought of gold ' 1
and adnrnad witli iuuaIaiiii ct >...? 11 ?1 A
- ...... ...VVIUM4 wtuuvni ? v IICI^UUU ' "
nix hundred pounds ! | j\U
It will bo Ri>oh that tlif aftcionts pi need a . tit:
very lii^h vnlno upon golden find silver v?s- CX(
; ?els. In the lirst ages of the Christian era. a .)s
| Unman Kmpcror piive!n?.?ed two, for whirl) ho i ' ' i
I paid Ion thousand dollars?a cup, oapahlu of| ,
holdift* three soxtarii, (fmr-nnd-ahftlf pints.) . Sl"
j for $(50,270. and a dish for ?'25S,oOO. Corns pOf
wore also held in high estimation. I have j vb
already mentioned the pearl presented to Ser- | 'Jit
vilia by .Jiilius Cujsar, which cost hint $'JlO,- | jI1);
000. Nihtnius possessed an opal of such
I irl'Ollf mwl I'nlit" ?!...? <1 A
^ 0-?r ^,.u, , ...... mux , mat iuiiici viiuu juiri ,
I with it to Murk Anthony, ho went into exile. I
I Wo shall produce only one example to show , P01
i what value tho ancients set npoYt painting.? rot
j Tho colebraf.od Venus Anndyomeno was pur- vie
chased hy August is for one hundrud thou- i hn!
! sand dollars. This work was exot-utcd by \ j])(
j Appelles. Bucephalus cost i'hilip King of j
1 jMacedon about $13,777. Alexander made a .'
I present to the ph loiophor, Xonocrates, of lri
i?43,055. At Susa, in Persia, he gave a feast t',(
to those of the Macedonians who had wed- dei
! ded Persian ladies, at which were 110 less be
I >1 1 ......
III.iv l IIIIII.-1IIIU ])LT.S<?IIS HOlltOll lit tlK" Ml" I rj'd
b!o, to each of whom ho profonted a go?icn i ' '
goblet. In addition to' thin great mnnificeneo | .
, ho paid off all thoir debts, innonuioh thnt , V/
J tlio \\holc expense amounted to $8,438,878. ,
TI\o fiinoral pngeant of Alexander bi?H#cv- j !"'
( or been tmrpawod. To ninny respects it | 1
i erpnillodtbe foHiive train ??f IMoloniy Pliila-, l<l?
i dclphuH. ( Tbo monarch nt Babylon, and ros
: was buried in th? tmfsquo of St. Ailianasui# (Jpi
J'H?e grandeea nnd governors appointed Ari- h0,
[ tfieuaio pr'opaVo for this augiirtt funeral. Two
I years were onnpumeri in the prepnrtfon, and .
ctory uplondor that wealth con Id buy was" j r(
Jnviabcd with profusion. At length tbo .day | w0
arrived for tb'i*'Holeinn nml nv..n?i('m?n? i ?? <
1 cession to begin its inarch.' HilTs w<*ro level- J juj
ed, fill nnevrn places wei'c mado Piifonth. and <jr
every obstacle that could iinpedo the funeral-} ver
twin tvns ie?iovud bv ft vast ppntIter of work- j .1
inon. TI10. chnnpt.ilint $orffained flip coflin 1 J
"of the monnridi wit* ridorned with sncli wealth'
of jewels nnd diftdems. th.it is tfairt to huve I
omitt(Ml brilliant flash?*/'liko th?W> of light- ,VCil
uinff. The snokns of this ehnriot were oov- idc
?Ved >vitti nidU. It was djawn by ?i^tj?-four jf j
inulo* of tho iargfiStm^'niid esrtsh wns adorn- vc
Vd-whh n fcVArt-rr of golfl ' ffhJJ" it collar; 'enriched
with preuiow.H Htonen and goldon bo.Is. ,
On this chariot waft orpi-ied, o ^piuuliftn of
solid gold, twelve feet ?jilo and eighteen in P1'1
lehgtb. The in^-to i\S*ed fbtf oijtslde in j
pienaor ftn<? rrvnnnnpy, 7>otn^ one tilnfcn of ' obj
jc\rol8 nrronjcil iif the ?lmyc of ?hel|/i. Gol- lyn
V*Hi
V
not-work beautified tlio circnmlVrcnoo,
tliogolden tlirondR were nn inch in thiekto
oath <>f' which wore fastened large
s, which could he heard to n grent dix:e.
It would only weary the render to
llioo hII ilie jewels and golden crowns
t wore homo in this iicneossioii. KnouiHi
boon ssid to show the ftrcnt amount of
1 that wm< displayed on that occasion.
A Fearful Trial and Conviction.
Plie RtSitoiilie Court at Uanpof; Me.,
e boon criJXjrcd for tho pant few dfsys
the trial of Marshal S. 1'otter, for the
rdor of his mother, two brothers, and
ephew, on the nijrht of April <5tii, 1859,
having killed them while asleep, and
n set the house on fire, consuming
h building and bodies. The charred
wins of four persons were found in the
hp. t ut they wore not identified except
in circumstances under which they were
nd. The accused made two confessions,
regard to one of whinh. thn .Tmlcn in
ehargo renunked :?
1 Then tlie confession to his brother.?
is siid that his confessions were forced
in liiiu by feat of violence, nt Musquash
jam. I must any that the eon of
fc in charge of the prisoner th n, was
lily reprehensible, and it wat to ho
)cc| it would never occur again in this
itc. Confessions should be voluntarily
de, to be received with credit. \Vhat r
was drawn from him there, was through
r?niul what was said there should be
luded."
Another rather indefinite confession in
1 was admitted by (he Court.. The jury,
cr an absence of an hour, brought in a
"diet of uniltv. which t*?r< iiriumior nn.
?- - J" "i'
ired to l'cciovc with ptolicl indiflv.rcnce.
e presiding .J mlge then proceeded to
'S a Rontence in the following terms
" You stand convicted of the murder of
ir own brother, ngninst whom it does
t appear that you had or ever supposed
i had the least cause of complaint. The
nost necessary inference' from the evince,
connected with the verdict, is that
^ charge on which you have been tried
olves a part only of your real guilt; but
* murder of the mother who boro you,
J whom you have pronounced a good
man and a kind parent, and of another
jther and a nephew, and the burning of
? dwelling, in the night time, seems to
t upon you.
" Hy the laws of the ?tatc jour life is
fcited, unless you can hope for mercy
un the executive, of which we dare trive
u no cnceurngciuant, or this law fails in
fulfillment, yon must look upon death
being m ar. Put whether it comes unr
the sentence of the law, or in the ordiry
course of nature, you must feel that
atrocious erinie weighs upon your soul;
rl that the only relief from its conseqitens
at the tribunal of Ileaven must he; in
core repentance and faith in the efl'aeaof
tho blood of tho Savior and submisn
to his will.
" It remains for the. Court only to prounco
against you the sentence of-tho
r.
The Court having considered the offence
which you stand convicted, as punish
nt tncretor, do order Unit you be hanged
the neck till you are dead. And in
is belief you arc further sentenced to
itnvy confinement and hard labor in the
de prison, situated in Thomas ton, in the
unty of Lincoln, till the punishment
it ordered be inflicted upon you. And
it you stand committed until removed in
petition of the sentence to confinement
aforesaid, in the State Prison."
Theonly motive shown for the coin mis
n of this terrible crime was to obtain
'session of .1 small amount of money
ieh bin mother and brothers possessed,
ere w is medical testimony tluu tho viefcs
were killed before the house was s?t
fire.
Hy the laws of the State of Maine, a
son convicted of a capital offence must
nain in the State Prison for a year prems
to execution. Under this law which
5 neon in eirect t'ora dov.cn years or more
>, death penalty has never been carried
t. There is one other point of interest
the case.' 15y the laws of MasK:.chuf-ctts,
j body of the person alleged to be mur
rod mnst be produced and fully identified
fore the charge can be sustained. In reid
to this the Court remarked :?"
The first question, gentlemen, is Oli
r dead ? He \?a? Pecti by Ilanscosm, al
i hou^c, on tlio evening before the burnii....
i.. i v " ' ?
ijiin iiu ucen Neon since, nnve f Jl
not contended tliut Jii.s body butt boon
Mitificd, tint it }>- '? been shown thnt lrc
iided with Alexander, . making liw resineo
with bin mother; thnt he wps nt
(no, nnd it is for you to jof the
idonco. It also uppcarH thnt the two
ithers slept together: thnt the bouse
x on lire nnd burned on the night nlle1;
thatl^yur bodies were touud in the
n?; that two of them were lying togethand
you can judge whether or not OliAnd
Alexander were there Besides,
re is no evidence that any quo h.19 seen
vcr tsiuce mm nmc."
in the Turkman murder oasjc, tlic most
lurkiiMc feature was tho triumphant
ntifictfUon of tlio mutilated remain#, for
ihiij had failed) the aceusod would hove
l? acquitted. ,, ; . . .
??
'TlflStrorld Is n fiocitinjr show," said ?
fgt to a culprit on the gallows. "Yew,"
j tlio prompt reply ; i( jmt. if vou'vi- ito
PCtion, TM ratlidrsoc tliC show a little
jor 1"
Dr- Mackay and New OrleanB.
T>r. Mncknv, !ri his- " Ltfr amf Liberty
iif Ann.i'irit," thus speaks .of the Crcmcn!
I ? 'if,'/ ' ?'
" The most prominent. pnblic building in
Now Orleans* is tho St. Charles Hotel, ati
edifico somewhat in the 8tyjw and nppeiirnneo
of the palimo of tlic King of the
licl^iims nt ]{ruHBi>f?. Dnring the twelvo
days thai our party remained tinder its hospitable
roof, it contained from seven lntn1
died to seven hundred nnd fifty ^no.st.s,
I anrt its great entrance-hall, where the genj
tloinon congregate from nine in the mornj
injr till eleven ot twelve at night, to rend
i the newspapers, to smoke, to chew, and, let,
' inn add, to spit, presented a scone of bnsI
tie and animation ' liieh can he compare*!
to nothing but the Bourse at J'nris during
, the full tide of business, when the ar/nin*
rrs and the nij-'ut* (b change roar, and
scream, and gesticulate like maniacs. Tb?
j Southern plantcta, mid their wives and
' daughters, escaping from the monotony of
1 their cotton and sngar plantations, come
( down to New Orleans in the early spring
I season, and, ns private lodgings are not to
1 he had. they throng to the St. Louis and
i .->1. i.'iiaiics Hotels, l>ut principally to tho
, St. Charles, where they lead a life of constant
publicity' and gaiety, and endeavour
to make themselves amends for the seclusion
and weariness of winter. As many an
an hundred ladies (to say nothing of tho
gentlemen)sit down together to breakfast?
the majority of them in fnil dress jib for
I an evening party,-and arrayed in tho full
I dress as for an evening party, and arrayed
in the full splendouv both of their charms
j and of their jewelry. Dinner is but a reJ
petition of the same brilliancy, only that
, the ladies arc still more gorgeously and
' elaborately dressed, and make a still greater
! display of pet.rls and diamond;'. After
dinner the drnwii.g-rOoms offer a scene to
which no city in ihc world affords a pareli
lei. 11 is a vory court of Queen Mnb, whosor
Pillll'f lore o onn>n .\f !?*-?
i vvtuviviii iiiu nvniKiUl til*," Kill l'?' l?j WUUIilllt'hb
! and inopl beautiful of tlu: South, mingling
I in tine Republican equality with the ohnncu *
1 wayfarers, pen tic or simple, well dressed
or ill-dressed, clean or dirty, who can pay
| for a ni'plitly lodping or a day's hoard at
I this mighty caravansary. To rule such an
I hotel as this in all its departments, from
j the kitchen and the wine-cellar to the trca!
sury and the reccptiomroowv^'tb all it*
multifarious array of servants, blaek and
white, bond and free, male and female?to
' maintain order and regularity, enforce olicdienee,
extvude or circumvent plunderers,
interlopers, and cheats, and, above all. to
j keep a striet watch and guard over that
I tplM'llllA rkllOIIIV U'Iim !?- nlni.nfo ,1 .7^.1
< in America?Fire?is a task demanding
no ordinary powers t>f administration and
government, but it is one that, is well pcri
formed by the proprietors, Messrs. Hall it
i Hildreth. Their monster establishment
I is a model ofitukiud, and one of tho
i " sights" of America.
' " 80 much for the in-door life of New
Orleans. Its out-door is seen to great advantage
on the levee, where steamboats unloading
their rich freight of cotton, sugar,
and molasses from Mississippi, Arkansas
I and Tennessee, and of pork, flour corn and
J whiskey from the. upper and inland regions
| of Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, und Kentucky,
^ ; present a panorama thai may bo cxccllcd
in Europe for bustle and life, but not for
| | picturesrjncs.s. The river ean scarcely bo
i pfen for the crowd of steamboats and of
! shipping that stretch along the levee for
niilov and the levee it.sclf is covered with
' bales of cotton and other produce, which
hundreds of negroes, Kinging nttheir work,
with bore and there an Irishman among
them, are busily engaged in rolling from
the jsteamers and depositing in the places
! pet apart for each consignee. These places
are distinguished one from the other
by the little lbigs stucli upon them?flnga
of all colors and pMtcrns; and here tlw
nn.-? icifitiiu 111 iiu! open air, nnprotectcd,
! until it pleases tho consignees to retnovo
them.
41 New Oilcans would serin, the first
glance, to overflow with wealth to such an
extent as to have no room for storage. Tho
street pavements actually do service for
I warehouses, and are cumbered with barrels
of salt, corn, flour, pork, and molasses,
anil bales of cotton, to such an extent an
to impede the traffic and instify the belief
| I that tho police must be either very namr"
I rows and eftu-ient, or the population very
! honestly disposed. The docks of l,iver
p< ol are Ijus^y enough, hot there is no lifn
, ot nnimnrfoii nt Liverpool nt nil equal to
thosft which ni?v Vie seen nt the levee in
' the " Crescent City." The fine open spn<?
the ele:ir ntmospliere, the joyoubnefs nnd
I alacrity of \hc negroes, the comities*
throngs of people, the forests of funnels
ond masts, the plethora of cotton ftnd com,
1 the ronr of arriving nnd departing steam{
bo;its, and the deeper and more constant
roar of the multitude, all eon bine to im;
press tho imagination with >.sions of wealth
; poivorand dominion, and to make the lo;
voe as attractive to the philosopher ps it
j hnmt he to th^ luufcluuit and man of busi1
wess."
! S/iP n mnn fo n little hot, ^trotting up
j Htreet with hi# eiu#K, before brentcfiist, " My
hoy,-yon would loftk better with bread nn I
but tor in your mouth, thnrr a f-i?*nr." "I
know it," said tho urchin, " l^ut it would not
b$ hall' ?o glurioKg V *
.^wkhv first bcfftre your own door, beforo
jou before.y?>nr neighbor'*. #