Indiana American, Volume 12, Number 32, Brookville, Franklin County, 2 August 1844 — Page 4

A TALE.

THE CHRISTIAN1 31 AID EX. BV M A rt Y V. SPESCEB. "Away with lier she blasphemes the goi! let her be cast to the lions.'' The sun shone with unclouded splendor" on the white! i, .k-4 !... j i ... i r pnlaces lhat gl i7.nai.c3 nidi jiuiifreu hhmi" uir ufimuiui ujv ui , bay of the Nnmidian city The streets were throng-'of ed with the populace in gala dresses, for it was a festival in honor of the gods. Towards the great lulls of justice a crowd poured continually, though the avenues leading to it were blocked up; but the rumor had gone abroad lhat a Nazarene maiden was that day to be tried, and the public curiosity was alive to behold her demeanor or hear her fate. Within the hall there was scarcely room to stir. A dense miss of spectators filled it to

suffocation, and it was wiih difficulty thnt the! safety of the prisoner." j officers could keep the crowd from encroach- j The little band gathered in a compact circle j nig on the space reserved for the judged. 'round the maiden, and prepared to maintain j The rr,vt imIpik. evritement nrrvitfil the . the tincnual contest. !

apartment. The audience as if impatient of control, heaved to and fro. and more than once an ine'Fvrtti-il attempt was made to rush on the prisoner, while ever and anon the shouts would rise from the crowd. "Away with her she blasphemes the gods 1. a . . 1 f ' let her be cat to the lions." The object of this ansry cry was a girl, scarcely yet in her eighteenth summer, and surprisingly beautiful. She stood at the bar with clasped hands and uplifted ryes, her lips moving as if in prayer, apparently tegardless alike of the howls of the mob and the angry I ooks of the judges. "Wilt thou sanrifiee? Angain I ask thee, wilt thou sacrifice?" said the praetor sternly: rememberto refuse is death the emperor is inexorable." The maiden convulsively wrung her hands, ani a large tear-drop started in her eye. A breathless silence ensued. Notwithstanding the cries for blood, the spectators were agitated by many ah 1 various emotions. Some were secretly fivorable to the now religion, and other pitied the accused on account of her youth and beauty, but at leat half of the au dience were bigoted Pagans and thirsted for; her death. Theso being the most brutal, had the ascendancy, as every popular tumult. But all kept silence now, awe 1 by the feelinss of suspense which ever attends the crisis of another's f.ite or our own. To the maiden those few moments of silence were crowded with recollections. The events of her whole life rushed past her. She saw once more the pleasant valley where she bad spent her childhood. She heard its cool waters, the rusile of its palm trees, the tinkle of its sheep lells on the distant hill. Then other associations rose up before her. She saw her--elf attacked by an angry wild beast, and saved only bv the javelin of a chance traveller, a young Xumidinn hunter. The cratinde, deepening into love, which ensued; the mutual pledge of fidelity till death: their seperation in consequence of his enteting the army, and being ordered to the Get man frontier with his cohort, moving before her like scenes in a magic phantasmago.ua. Then came her conversion to Christianity, her secret bap tism in an upper chamber where the persecuted sect met, her arrest and imr risonment, and now this scene! She felt that she stood alone, with no friend nor relative to advise; an orphan, poor, and of a despised religion. Oh! if her brave soldier had been there, she knew she would have one bosom to lean on in this terrible crisis. But no pitying eye looked on her from the crowd, and seas rolled betwixt ber o:id her bold lover. Yet. though thus desetted her faith did not desirt her. In earnest prayer she sought strength from heaven, and he who stood by Tolycarp among the lions heard her cry. The momentary weakness brought on by her recollections of how many dear ties yet bound her to earth disappeared, and she looked firmly at the judge, her form erect, and her eye like that of Stephen when he confronted his murderers. Wilt thou sacrifice? I ask for the third and kvst time," demanded the praetor. "Cast incense on the altar of Jupiter and thou shalt be saved. Refuse and thou diest ere high noon!" The spectators bent eagerly forward and held their breaths, to catch the maiden's answer. "I am a believer in Christ," she said calmly; "Him whom ye call the Nazarene. I cannot sacrifice to faise gods. Do with me as yon will." There was something so meek, yet dignified and courageous in thee words th-.it the mob's fury was for a moment choked in admintion. Hut their heathen prejudices and thirst for blood soon attained the ascendancy of better feeling. A low sullen murmur ran through the crowd like the half stifled growl of a famished wild beast, which gradually deepened into a shout; and then came execrations and eries for vengeance. "Awiy with her she blasphemes the gods let her be cast to the lions ! roared the angry multitude. "Thoii. hast chosen thy fate," said the judge rising. "Away with her to the lions." The miiden turned deadly pale, but, though anly a w eak woman, she evinced no other sign ef horror or fear. When the soldiers approached to seize her, she shuddered for an instant, as if she already felt the fangs of the lions; but immediately this trace of emotion aivshed, and she signed (or them to lead on. Yet there wasetil. left one mortal feeling in her bosom. As she stepped from the bar she shrouded her face in her veil to conceal it from the gaze of the crowd. "Ta the lions with her! Lei her he cast to them at once. Ho! for the amphitheatre!" shouted the crowd. rushing tumultuously after the contemned miiden, struggling and fighting v ith each other to get near that they might spit upon the prisoner, and now and then lashing themselves into a fury so grat that it was with difficult the soldiers could keep the mob lo.n te.wiiig her limb from i: 'x Tho slight: frame of the maiden now shook perceptibly! liih terror, for though she had ucrved heiselfj

to face the lions, her virgin delicacy shrank from being made the victim of a coarse and brutish rabble. In this manner her conductors struggled through the streets, vnlil in sight of the amphitl eatre. Here, at the cornerof onenfthe ways, they were met by a vast crowd compos-

jed of the lowest mob of the city, who hearing ; of the condemnation of a Nazarene, had gathered together fipe for mischief. Led on by! some of the vilest of their demagogues, they ua t..,i iv, nffixor. in rhartrp I icayitcu y uan un, wmwia ... .. -. b - , the prisoner, that they might sacrifice he. more summarily than by the lions in the arena. "Stand back!" said the captain of the guard, unsheathing his sword, as he saw the tnreatening aspect of the crowd. ' Down with him!" ciied one of the rabble, hurling a missel at his head. ' Givj us the prisoner, or you die with her." "Close in, men, close inP shouted the officer undauntedly. ui ou pay with your lives tor i tie ' "Down with them all." shouted one of the most prominent of t"he rioters, "soldiers and prisoner they are all secretly Nazarenes. Down with them. With these words he headed a rush of the crowd, that bore back the scanty band of the 1 ! I I f .1 . . . t.a. soldiery like feathers that are sweDt by the gale. Stones and bricks, meanwhile, filled the air, though the soldiers were defended by shields, several were wounded. The prisoner, in this onset, would have fallen a victim to the missiles of the mob, but for two of the nmre humane of the soldiery, who covered with their bucklers. Thus pushed buck by the rabble, the guards retreated against tha wall of a neighboring bouse, and being now covered in the rear, essayed w ith more hopes of success to make good their stand until succor should arrive from the city legionaries. But the futility of this hope was soon apparent. The mob swelled rapidly, extending far down the thoroughfares on ei'her hand. The w hole city seemed up. There w ere doubtless among the crowd many who were secretly fa vorable to the prisoner, and a still greater number who wished not to see her perish except bv a law ful death, but the more violent, if not most numerous, had attained the temporary ascendancy, and the others, uncertain, ol their power, w-ere afraid to move in her behalf. More than half of tUe guard had now fallen; the others jvere w orn out and wounded. The soldiers began to murmur. "Why should we die to protect for an hourj or two the life of a Nazarene ?" cried one of ihem. "Comrades, let us snrtender het to the people." A sullen murmur of assent ran along the scanty ranks, and the mob, hearing the mutinous words, desisted, and broke into huzzas. The maiden saw that her hour had come, and sank shuddering to her knees, lifting her agonized eyes to heaven in a last appeal. Suddenly, over the deep roir rf the huzzas, rose the trumpet of cavalry, and the pavement seemed to the kneeling giil to rock beneath her, under the tramp of many horsemen. She started to her feel wiih sudden hope. The shouts of the populace had ceased simultaneous ly, and now wa heard, close ai hand, the clatter of hoofs and the shrill sound of the trumpet. Like a flock of sheep awaiting the approach of wolves, stood the lnte riotous mob; now silent, with black faces, and standing agapa at the sudden apparition of the horsemen. Djwn they came, the solid earth shaking under them; while far in the van, on a barbed horse, rose the voice of their leader. "Disperse ye knaves!" he cried, in a tone used to command, as he rose haughtly in his stinups. "Disperse, or we ride you down." And turning to his troops, he waved his sw ord and shouted. "Charge!" The word struck terror into the populace. For one instant they hesitated, but for one in stant only. Up the long avenue, to where it turned to the left, they beheld the glittering lines of cavalry advancing at a gallop, each file wteeling around continuously as if countless numbers yet remained behind, and at the sight the stoutest hearts gave way. The cry "fly for your lives," rose on every hand, and, dar ting into the bye-streets or rushing head-long down the main thoroughfare, the mob disper sed w ith the rapidity of magic. By the time the leader of the cavalry had come up, the street w-as empty. Throwing his proud steed back on his haunches as he reached the guard, the commander of the cohort addressed his brother officer. "We we were just in time, I see. I heard, on landing, lhat there was a riot in the city, and the cause, and I galloped at once thither. We are to-day come from Italy; and I bring important news. Diocletion is dead, and the persecutions against the Christians are tti be stopped. It is well we came up as we did " He would have spoken further, but at this instant his attention was ai rested by a shriek from the prisoner and the mention of his own name. He turned quickly around, and for the first time his eyes fell on the maiden. Quick as lightning he leaped from his horse, flinging the bridle to the nearest by -slander, he rushed towards her. "Julia! Antony!" were the mutual exclamations of ihe lovers as ihey fell into each others arms; for it was the Numidian hunter, now risen to high rank, who had thus opportunely arrived to rescue his mistress. Language would be too weak to describe that meeting. In haste the lover ordered a chat tot to be brought for Julia, and by his commands she convi yed to the house of the j praMor, whose w ife took charge of the orphan j girl. The intelligence of Diocletian's death ; spread with inconceivable rapidity, and those! who were favorable to the Christians, nowj spoke boldly out. The great mass of the in-j tnirnt.ai cozens, as usual, s.uea w.intne new ororoi tilings, i ne im ct opinion imneo.

the mob, finding their ascendancy over,'jn c -.vcrU-sullenlv submitted, like wild beasts confined to! -

the limits of their cage and refrained from harm. The young officer himself scon became a, Christian, his conversion to that faith being

douhtless attributable to the example and arguments of Julia. On the pleasant shores of the Ntimidian bay stand the ruins of a once splendid palace. Tradition says that there lived the Christian maiden and her puissant husband, the hero and heroine tf our sloijr.

Qticeiiswarc fc Glassware. 'IIL subscriber has now on hand a large &"d complete assortment of Queensware - . i anu massware oi new style and patterns, among which are Common, printed and China Teas, do da do Tea pots, Su gars and Creams. C. C. printed drab Pitchers f Bonis, C. C. Edged an ! Printed Plates, Twifflers, and Muffins, j C. C. edged and printed Dishes, Pakers and Nappies, China, Blue raised, figure and printed Tea Sets Plain and pressed Tumblers, Moulded salts, peppers and vinegars, do Preserve dishes and cvp plates, Mo 'asses Cans. Jc. All of w hich w ill be sold at the low est prices for Cash or approved paj er. COUNTRY MERC A ANTS, HOTEL Keepers, and others wishing to put chase are invited to call and examine the stock. W. S. SAMPSON. No. 68 Main street, East side, 3 doote belowThird street. Cincinnati. May 23, 181 1. 22 ly. NEW GOODS. TMIE Sucscribers have just received a large stock of 1) rtj Goods.Groeeries, II a rdirare.. Qurensware, Fur and Wool lints. Fine Cops, Iron, Noils.Cotlon Yarns, Sole and Upper heather, Salt, tyr. All of which will be sold at the Cincinnati Prices, adding carriage only on heavy articles. Those wishing to buy Goods will find it to their interest to call and examine our Goods before they make other purchases. R.& S. TYNER. Brookville, Oct. 3, 1843. PORTRAIT PAINTING. fMIE undersigned has taken a room in the - Court House, and is pursuing the line ol his ptofession, he invites the public to call and see his portraits that he has on hand, believing that he will be patronized when hi reasonable terms become know r. and his like nesses have been examined. J.B.GOODWIN. Brookvil'e, May 22, 1S44. Grfat American Family Newspaper. NE V YORK SA TURD A Y EMPORIUM A WETRLT MtSCEM.A!tEOrS JOURNAL OF Literature. Agriculture, the Mechanic andjine Arts, Political Economy, Criticism, Metropo litan Life, Domestic and Foreign news. Political and Commercial Intelligence, Statistics, Tales, Poetry, Music, Engravings, ycNEUTRAL IN POLITICS 4- RELIGION Edited by Edmund B. Green. THE subscribers have made arrangements to publish, in the City of New York, a Weekly Newspaper, under the title of '.the 'Saturday Emporium." It will.be printed on a folio sheet of the largest dimensions, embracing Till KTY SIX columns of reading matter The quality ofthe paper and the typographical execution will be of the most superior character. The Jirit .Xitmber will be publithed on Saturday, June iiOfA. As a full, comprehensive, tn'scellaneous newspaper, the Emporium t-hall not be surpassed by any other in the IT. States. It will embrace everything that can be brought within the rnge of the Newegatherer, the Literateur, ihe letter Writer, the Poet, Philosopher anJ Critic. It will present a daguerreotype view of Life as it is Men as they are Matters and Things as they seem and nothing shall be wanting to make it a desirable NEWSPAPER FCR FAMILIES, As it shall be unexceptionable in all respects. It is intended to invest it with that kind of well written miscellany which will render it eminent ly calculated to supply the wants of both city and country readers affording an agreeable amount af choice variety, with matter of a more solid and important character. The Editorinl department is placed in the hands of a gentleman w hose abilities and experience as an Editor iV writer are well known by the k merican public. In discharging the duties connected with that department, he will receive, and unite with his own time and personal attention, the aid of some of lie beet talent in the country. A striking feature in the general characterof the Saturday L.inporiuin, will be its bold and energetic SKETCHES OF METROPOLITAN LIFE. These will appear from time to lime, illustrated by engravings, and will form a new era in the developments of society, civil, social and domestic, political and pubLe life. The evils abounding in fashionable society will be unmasked, the deep degradation of the abandoned made visible, the spirit of licentiousness which prevails to an alarming extent in all classes of the community .walking abroad at noonday with J a bold front and impudent ir, will be rebuked and held up for public execration. And in fine public abusca and private evils, of whatever name or nature, will be confronted and exposed wbalev,,r may tend 10 promote Ihe pubhe welfare shall receive encoregment support. expense in furnishing the public with a paper UvhjchBhsl, bR uno,..,anedi in aiiy attainable ;. of PyrPiipnCp. b any similar publication in advance. (jy-Letters on business must be post paid, in t,rier to receive attention. Address W A !ii : c C M TAN Y. June 6,. 1641. 30 Ann street N. Y

NEW GOODS. BANES Ac BURTON beg leave to inform their customers and the public in general, that they have just received a large and splendid assortment of seasonable goods, (which they are determined to sell low) consisting in part of Wool Dye, Blue Black Cloth. ' ' Blue do. " Green, do. ' Brown do. Cadet Mixed do- ' Invisible G'n. do - Drab do. Steel Mixed do. Fancy and plain Casiroers, 2i P's. Satinetts, consisting of Black, Blue Steel Cadet and Sheep mixed. Exchequer, Diamond, striped and Flad Fancies. 8 F'e. Kentucky Janes, Beverteen and Zebra Cloth. 15 fa. Summer Janes, Plain. Striped and Palid Pantaloons and Coat Linens. 10 P's. Alpacca Luster, Changeable Striped and Plain, Bombazines, Balzarines,

Lawn Ginghams, Plain Black Lutestring Silk, 10 Ps. Gro de ap, '' Bonnet Silks, While and Colored Florence and Satin, Fancy Gimps and Fringe, Mouslin de Lane Shawls. Cambric Hemstitched and Silk Handkerchiefs, Thread Jackonett $ Cotton Edging, Footing and Lace, Gloves and Mitts, Fashionable Bonnet y Cap Bobbons, Cambric, Jackonett, Book, Swis and Mull Muslins, Bishop fawns. Earlstone $ Manchester Ginghams, Mouslin $ Crape de Lane, Woollen do do 200 Ps. Splendid prints; 2o " Blue do 15 " Ticking, td " Bleached Muslin. 15 " Marseiles Vestings, 24 " Linen Table Cloths, 10 " Superior Irish Linen, Ladies f Child reus Hose, Gentlemens 1-2 Hose, Together with a large assortment of Good' too tedious to enumerate. --ALSO25 Cases BOOTS and SHOES, containing a large and splendid assortuent of Shoes, fc Men, Women and Children. 10 Cases of Fashionable Hats, 2 Cases Wool Hats. 3 Cases of I'altn Hats. 3 Cases of Bonnets. 7 Packages of Hardware, containing a full assortment. 1 .000 lbs. Eastern SOLE LEATHER tat tied with Spanish Oak Hark. 4 I'oz- Philadelphia Calf skins. A large and splendid assortment of Queens ware just opened. A large supply of Groceries, Nails, Cottor Yarn, Tin and Eartheu ware eonetantly oi band. Brookville, May 24, 1844 No. 22 ly. Chenp and Substantial Book-Binding:. AT G. DICKINSON & CO.VS BOOK STORE AND BOOK-BINDERY. io. 10. West Third Street, Cincinnati. g1 DICKINSON returns thanks to his friends for the favors they have so liberally bestowed on him for nearly five years, and begs to assure them no effort shall be wanting on his part to merit a continuance of them, both in reference to workmanship and cheapness of price to suit the times. Good books deserve good binding; did they contain the power of speech as well as all manner of tongues, how many tales of wo would they relate to us of the neglect and destruction they have suffered merely for the want of a decent exterior, w hich might have been supplied for a few shillings, and would hav r secured to him the intimacy and friend1 ij fthe scholar and gentleman, preserving m tofuture generations. Gentlemen residing at a distance, experiencing a difficulty in getting their Binding, will find it to their advantage by packing and directing them as above, style arvd price; they may rely upon their being well bound, at the lowest prices, and carefully packed and returned without delay. In all such cases, the owner will be charged with freight, and an order for payment lor the binding, on a bank or firm in Cincinnati, is required. DR. W. MOORE, WEAVING permanently located himself in the town ol Brookville, respectfully tender8 his professional services to the public. He hopes from a thorough knowledge of the various branches of his profession, a long and extensive practice in the fevers incident to the west, and especially his 6kill in obstetrics, and ihe treatment of the diseases of women and children, (having devoted much of his time, both in study and practice, to that branch of the profession;) to merit, and receive a liberal share of patronage from a generous public. Bills to suit the times. Residence on Main Street, immediately South of the icsidence of Mr. J. V. Hiti; and opposite the new brick building of Mr. S. Tyner. Brookville, May 1st, 1844. 19-3m. DR. R. E. PUTNEY'S Ferer ty Ague and Chills Sf Ferer PILLS Warranted to Cure the longest standing cases, tAN be had at the store of Mp. Thos. Fitten, Rochester, and Mr. M. V. Haile, Brookville my sole agents in Franklin county, Indiana. R. E. PUTNEY. N. B. If Ihe directions are slrictlu followed and no cure effected, no charges will be made. R E. P. Sept. 6, 1843. 37-lyr. MACHINE CARDS. "JUST received from Ihe manufacturers, en consignment, a lot of .Machine Cards, for SALE FOR CASH. PRICE &LINDSEY. Brockville, April 8, 1844. JGly.

TIN WAKE TIN WARlT7 TOHN If. FUDGE still

on hand, at his shop in Brookville, an ! ceOent assortment of Tin Ware. He aw3r procures the best stork. n? r.... .,i -s job to go from his shop unless it be done in th best and most substantial manner. For ii .I u.i. ui tin. we icich iu iiio?e wno nave rat ronizcd rum for the last six years. Heje' 1 wholesale or retail at Cincinnati prices, f0 ! He also keeps constantly on hand the IMPROVED PREMIUM COOKING STOVE which is now decidedly the best Stove in ti lit 14 Hlc1 nronarnrl t n .n 1. n c . ' heads, and mend Tin, Brass, or Copper far( j His shopis adjoining, fin the rear . Mr n.;i.. 1 drug Store. Country Merchants would do well to c:i' and examine hi irira unA Mo rri- ' I February 21, 1844 " o,.y COMMISSION & FORWARDING Rrsirt AT NEW ORLEANS. nPHE undersigned having establish?., ki-. ! self at New Orleans, for the purpose ifl acting a ueneral Commission and Forward it 4 Business, would solicit a share of Franklin a adjoining counties. I have made advantageous! arrangements with a good Insurance OffirJ here, for Insuring Hay, and all other Produce1 shipped per Flat Boat, which will be effected by writing to me, ifl ana acquainted with he applicant. All business entrusted to me shall be fahh fully and promptly attended to. THOMAS GUARD. New Orleans, No. 20, New Levee. Refer to: C. F. Clarksos, Es., Messrs. It. Ac S. Tykes. January, 1844. Brookville. 5-tf JUST RECEIVED, And for sale fty Y. D. Gallion. j 100 Ebls. of Salt, 5 Do Molasses, 3 Ilhds. of Sugar, I Tierce of Bice, 30 Sacks of C( flee, 20 Kegs of Nails, 4 Do Tobacco. ALSO A lot of Shocels and Spades, Drawing Chains. Upper and Sole, Leather. GEO. HOLLAND, Attorney at Law, Bkookville, Ind. Office on Main street, opposite D. Price's store. TF.HMS OP Til R INDIANA AMERICAN. r"vYO Dollars in advance, $2 50 in six -- months, $3 00 at the end of the yearandan addition of 30 cents for every year payment is delayed vlwreafter. Advertisemelts. Tw elve lines or less will be inserted 3 limes for one dollar if pay ment be made in advance, SI 25 if payment be delayed one year, and SI 50 if delayed to years, aud so m the same proportion for the time payment U delayed. Larger adveitisements for a longer time will be charged ou ihe same principle. PATENT MEDICINES. W1 E have on hand several kinds of Paten Medicines, w liich we w ill sell low for Cash, or almost any kind of country produce or mechanical productions. We hve on hand at present the following, to-wit: Oman's lions ft Pills, Erans' Ferer y Ague Pills, Good's etnale Domestic Pills, EransJ Soothing Syrup, for L li liar en, Anti nillious Plih, Cammomile Pills, Huron Von Hutchler's Herb Pills. All of which are excellent Medicines, hav ing stood the test of experience. We would also inform the owners of Patent Medicines that we propose keeping a Patent Medicine Depot, and sell on the usual percent, and also advertise as in the above list, graiis. We will endeavor to do every man justice. Full and ampin directions accompany the sbove medicines. Certificates of their utili'y and their great benefit in the diseases to which flesh is heir, are in ouc possession and can be seen. C. F. CLaRKSON. Feb. 15, 1844. GROCERIES. WEbeve on hand a lot of SUGAR, C0F T FEC, and MOLASSES, w hich we ca& ell as low as they can be had in the place. Our Store House is in the basement room cf the American Printing Offiee. We intend keeping these articles on hand and for taie hereafter, constantly. C. F. CLARKSON, Feb. 15, 1S44. THE SOUND CURRENCY. rlHIE Editor of the American will fake thr followtng Currency at par, for subscrip tion-or advertising, fro-wit: Tl.ipIeSujjar, Corn, !?IolasHse, Wheat, Flour, Corn meal, Pork fleet. Oats Flour Bacon Country Linen, Trans, Chickens, Rutlcr, Cheese, Wowl Dried Apples Dried Peaches Or most anymechanical production-. BLANKS. fkN hand, constantly at the American off: the ibiiowing kinds of blanks: Deeds. f Snmmonses. Mortgages, Sut pipnas, Quit-Claim Deed, ' Executions. Marti. 2l 1844.