Settler And Pennon (Newspaper) - October 21, 1843, Smethport, Pennsylvania VOL 4 COUNTY 81 1843 NO 41 THE SETTLER AND PENNON 18 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY W 8 0VIATT dollar and seventy five cents in advance Two dollars if not paid within three months after subscribing Two dollars and fifty cents no paid within the year Advertisements will be inserted at One dollar per square Long Primer for the first three and twentyfive cents each subsequent one Figure work double price A discount will bs made to those who advertise by the year CNo paper or advertisement will he discontinued until all Arrearages are paid unless at of the publisher must be post paid to receive attention WHO ARK THE BRAVE tyho are the brave not those who Ready to rush with sanguine hand Their vengeful ire in blood to wreak On the and the weak Who girt with regal power and might make impious fight And mid the pomp of wars array Spread wide the derailing sway Who oer dominions far and near Establish one dark reign of And trample down with iron heel On human rights and human weal Not they whose sterile can find No sympathy for hunun kind Who cannot with one clasp Embrace them nil in kindly grasp Minions of misbegotten power Mere creatures of the passing hour True courage never yet did rear Her altar in H breast ao drear Who are tue brave They are whose aim IB truth and freedom to proclaim The hydra Error to assail And never in the contest quail But stern inflexible and strong In righteous faith combat the Whose spirits proudly scorn The chains by object creatures worn And scarce can even tamely brook A tyrants least audacious lool i Who more abhor that very name Than burning words can well Heroea who with unflinching eye The threats of Who resolute bold In virtues cause the right uphold Regardless of the sneer or frown Of such as would chain Reason down Aye only in the noble mind That breathing is enshrined constantly midst gloom and strife Sustains the soul through mortal lite From the Southern Literary Messenger THE ROMAN 6LAVF A IN ROME The aisla of 1 thronged with many worshippers was silent The sounds of prayer which had echoed through the grained roof were hushed The assembly which had knelt in solemn devotion had dis appeared and the stone senseless object of their smiled in the gloomy ness as its chiseled features displayed themselves in the temple erected by superstitious wealth to his service But one individual remained a long robe of sombre hue concealed his per son ho leaned as if in deep thought against the pedestal on which stood the deity He was the deity A long shadow was coat on the floor and instantly afterwards a tall gaunt figure appeared at the door a mantle of white overhung his shoulders scarcely concealing his bread and ample chest The erect ness of hia carriage the dignity of his attitude the Art of his eye the bold ness of his step and the proud curl up on his lip proclaimed him to be a man of rank and ambition A contemptuous sneer played upon his countenance as he cast his eye a bout the sanctuary he glanced towards the stern deity itself BS its deformed features seemed to assume an expres sion of indignation at the audacity of the intruder The stranger then turned toward the allar on which In a golden vase richly studded with jewels burn eU an offering of frankincense emit ting a pale blue smoke which rose and from piller to pillar its perfume through the adja cent space None of those however to produce either a we or re in the mind of the Roman for striding past the he Priest dost The individual whom he addressed slowly turned his head and mattered tis he 1 then drawing his robe more closely about him answered I sleep not The priest of this deity Is not as other men he needs no Cease this cried the senator impatiently well I know all nnd jugglers of thy craft save thy precious trash to doso the thy lectures for the fools who kneel to this thing of stone Beware rash returned the priest how in the sanctuary of this honse you brave his what thou thinkest stone may possess power lo strike terror to even thy stub born heart Forbear this idle tho other Idle talk repeated the priest with deep solemnity of manner obdurate as thou art this deity through me nan disclose that which would make thee tremble I would fain witness the skill of which thou said the senator in a more serious manner for he was unconsciously imbibing a portion of the awe which pervaded ihe place Thou shalt be gratified returned She I now tell thou buried in thino own bosom unknown by others if I disclose to thee doubt not ho who presides here can read tho of ail who approach aim whether to worship or to scoff taid the other impatiently Twenty pears thou wort a general the commander of a legion done omniscience of thy cried tho Roman jeeringly my many triumphs have chronicled the truth of thy remork in the archives of the republic In this thy wonder interrupt me answered the priest when I finish apeak what words then list en Twenty years since when thou wert a general thou hadst a ha thou now Twenty years since I too had a friend Thy friend loved thee servd thee and shared his all with thee Through his high in fluence when accused before tho sen ate thou saved thy name thy honor and thy life Although thy him for advice and using it didst bind thy brow with laurels of victory When surrounded by bar and the pilum taken from one of band was at thee his buckler worded off tho well directed aud his manner became more impressive voice more melo dious that friend alas loved an Ital ian girl soft purs and lovely as the sky which arches her native See thou again did I not tell theo 1 make the tremble Yes he loved the girl not with the vile feet ing which tempted thee to gaze upon her charms and admire her for them His fondness was for herself her rich angelic mind more than ever her dazzling beauty thou to supplant him in her Directions by the of military rank knowing aa he had confided thee that their vows had been ex changed Thou foundst thy arts uso and didst change thy love to hatred The girl became thy friends wife when thou falsely accusing him of crime didst uso thy to tear him from her him into bond his property and strike his name from the ist of citi zens His wife survived her miseries but a year while thou didst return to the capitol loaded with tho spoils of the enemy Yet with the red hot hand of guilt grasping thy and even now proud and ostentatious before the world the god tells me in thy chamber a ling in alarm if tho least noise breaks on the Who art thou that dost know all this cried the Roman in evident alarm 1 am the answered the other of the deity who can unnerve even the Uoman senior A paleness overspread the face of as he looked first on tha graven and then on his oracle but by a violent exertion resuming his wonted carelessness of demeanor he said Well if it is so let it Us all false as thou hast raid yet bore is a purse I present it to thy god or thee 1 suppose its the same I will tomorrow add another Ho may be all represented him but 1 believe neither In stocks nor in I an Priest thou keep a sacral Why ask have I dona SO for true but this is of more import So shall my lips be surer t am rich gifts to me have proved It I am bountiful jeweled vests attest then I will trust thee serve mo well and I will erect a sanctuary to thy doity the proudest in My cars are open and my heart prepared to meet thy thy said the Priest Tis continued Armenius This proud Augustus our new censor In about to miko himself prince of the senate and I would thwart him I ancestors on whom to base my claims it is superstition that must aid mo that thou cant command This temple is tho resort of ilia of the high and the low by thy aid and that of yonder stone my desires may be accomplished if thou wilt and I succeed in my designs I swear to ktop my Tile priest consented when the two having for the fur of thoir the aspi ring senator while the Priest drawing aside a veil entered npart and tho shades of night ped the capital of the world The noises of tho gay metropolis had subsided the twilight had passed away and the moon shone brightly in tho cloudless it was midnight Each pillar reared its graceful cap ital distinct in the silvery flood which illumined the earth with nearly the brilliancy of sunshine save where its rays were caught and reflected back by this pale marble which rose in tasteful intercolumniation around the prince ly mansions of Armenius One object only gave animation to the scene and even he appeared scarce ly living for in the darkness of a shad ow ho stood as if transfixed and made no motion save now and then the haad which was laid upon his breast would contract as with ner vous action figure is added to scene she glides on tiptoe and rapidly flics to tha youth she throws herself into his lips muet sudden transport of im passioned embrace declares them to be lovers Stealing into the deeper of an adjacent wall they were concealed from every eye save that of him who cannot look upon such love oo pure so fervid and so disin but with pity on the sad fate which separated the maid 1 too long from Thou wilt forgive me it wus lo avoid detection that 1 Tho youth seized her tapering fing ers in his own und pressed them to his bosom No love he said pressing her hand to his lips and bathing them in the sea of agony which was rushing from his eyes No alas thou hast not lingered long enough would that thou hadst never come not so Agricola Wherefore dost thou weep she inquired sooth ingly he replied his is the last time that we meet Maria and may I i not consecrate it by a tear as one of fowl rememberance last Agricola sobbed the tender oh name it not we never will Alas what wouldst Live with with Maria would bn thy No no exclaimed the youth as a pang of Juried through his soul Maria it may not hn said shu reprovingly dost not lo o me or thou wouldst not cast me cried he it is that I love well too why not listen to my prayer it is that I love too t No cried the girl no Agricola thou love mo like me adore thou wouldst those Pears repeated the youth drop ping his hand and flashing a fire from his eye which Illuminated the space a bout them fears thoti dost not know mo to mo fear is n stranger Tis not which influences me bu t is a Tho momentary sternness which he had did not however damp the ardor of the girl I t seemed to render him still dearer to her She placed her fragile arm around his miin ly neck and in a tone of gentle re proach Rebuke ma not my sha said thou knowest Agricola is a skive Cynthia would share his bondage with him Her lovo should make his slavery sweeter far I pray responded the youth encircling her waist with his arm with respectful tenderness and soften ing his tone your father is a Roman I know it well she answered eager ly Hove I know it Maria alas too well hut were I to wed thee it would draw his indignation on us both For myself I euro not but for gods know sooner would t give my head to tho executioner than those bright eyes should lower before tho mi angry it must not be nnd clasping his hands in agony IIP mo a slave though I love the worthy daughter of u Cruel as thou art 1 still will ove she whispered through his ears none but thee 1 lovo or care for My fathers wrath I heed not BO that i possess thee I said tin lover as he carefully loaned toward the spot thoy had just last wo mat I heard a noise like that which just stiuck upon mine away Never cried the girl filled with loves desperation and clinging more to him never till pro mised I will dio with thee Agricola but will not lose A faint noise resembling a foot bull broke on the silence as Agricolo strove to disengage himself from the virgin who her arms wildly his neck Maria I beseech you promise never she latod nearly with emotion Again the was heard II they were discovered ruin would fall the idol of his heart und ho ie degraded by lash A moment more it would be too late he put his lips to her I In tho next instant tho light from of the was lost among tho columns and her lover looking hastily about saw the shadow evidently that of a man oast on the pavement near him but so was tho appear ance that it had vanished era he was fully aware of the reality Ho and his ear on the stones but all was silent the short beatings of his heart w Tho features of the pagan idol were dimly in 1hs breaking day that stole through the portico of his whilo equally in flexible the sat on his feet his face hid in tho atrip lo folds of his mantle presenting only undefined outlines of a man As groy huzo of morning yielded to tho strengthening dawn tho senator with a deep frown set Led on his brow wa ked in and saluted the priest who rosti to receive him horo and so early demanded the lattir I could effect nothing in the short period since wo parted yeste Tis not for that I sought re plied the visitor vengeance Thou shalt have replied the priest gathering his robe about him knowest not what 1 mean fool Ml Sill shall and a dry cough sound ed in tin throat of the might have been a laugh said tho senator sternly laying his clinched hand upon lha altar new made laws have deprived us of our innate right to punish our slaves with death yet I have a slave who must die An shudder passed over the heathen Priest but he pulled his robe more closely about him and the start passed unobserved Armenius mied havo a my brothers daughter She lives with me my n slave has dared to Inve her I could lot that pass but she she the daughter of a free born soil of Rome forgetting her birth Iho passion I heard her swear it to him at the lost midnight That seals his doom and the slavo shall die it not that suspicion resting on rue might blight my brilliant hopes this hand had done tho dend but I ant unused to tricks I leave it to thy craftiness and thou canst lull cion Thats but my ho casting a bag of gold upon the altar my reward shall make the Tis muttered the Priest how thou tho slave said The sudden start and half word which the Priest caught the others attention thou he demanded I started answered covering himself nnd stretching forth an nrm much withered and shrunken because this hand was never dipped in wise said the senator I sea tho object well be it so and he threw another purse upon the altar Thy word must be my law said the Priest in a low a way the people come to worship The Senator cast a searching glance on the muffled face of the Priest he drew his robe about him and casting a disdainful look on the throng which now commenced kneeling about the image left the chapel When the worshippers had con cluded their devotions te tired and soon the Priest was left alone with one person who still at the altar The Priest having carefully fasten ed I he doors the rose and casting aside the mantle which dis guised him exhibited the fine form of the slave Father said he I crave thy blessing Thou hast ever been kind to he is poor and all that return he now pre sents to time the love that springs from his heart Tis all 1 cried the Priest casting aside his mantle and em bracing him the love of the good is the treasure But my son thou hast in confidence to me and dangers beset thy path ranged thicker than the pikes the Macedonian Agricola blushed and hung his head upon his breast It is true he replied that I not told thee all Mind it know all the youth glanced incredulously into his face when the Priest taking his hand continued yes Invest thy masters daughter and she returns thy love Is it not so too rightly thou hast said answered tho young man despondingly not alas said tha Priest his evea brightening with delight she shall be thy wife Mv wife repeated Aricola re tiring a few paces regarding die other with astonishment and 1 u not if thou wouldst be happy obey me At midnight fly hither with thy bride and will unite thee said the youth tortured with many conflicting em otions the populace will slay thae if iliou dost unite a slave to a born that to me Obey my instructions Now at midnight At the same hour as on the pre vious morning Armenius his visit but the Priest met him at the alter and as he was about
