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7 1 J 7 - - i mm THE I AST THE PRESiW-FOR THE FUTUKE. Vol. I. Printer's Retreat, Indiana, Tuesday, March 20, 1832. No. 27.

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from omt onrii'-.ivt Ifi lili- t .,f Mc ,..n 1 .1 ..-

WILLIAM C. KViEvN. u;r lovcr-he,, t broken accents he told burden. The secret whs now safe in the pcared. " Couscious uf .he uiiht.C

her 01 me intera.ci.on to their nuptials, of the sanctuary of his hca.l, and no tu-ai,; power wondered lhat Amurath had defied the excloud which darkened their destiny, she wept could penetrate lis guarded recesses. Tun,, ecuiion ol hi. wrath. IJ(. f,.!f ",.-, h

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"over her blighted hopes and instead of with

di awing, renewed her vows of fidelity and

l-.ve. Uh! the deep, the trusting tenderness

ol woman's unrorrupted heart! A ray ema-

nating from the fountain of all purity and light, shining on with unwavering brightness, undimmed by the gloom of sorrow, unextinguished by the darknets of despair. The heavier and closer the clouds gather around, the clearer and stronger ite divine radiance the sunshine resting on the brow of the tempest the rainbow gilding its retiring shades. Selim felt, in this moment, more than indemnified far all he had endured. The conrielioD of her unalterable love restored to him that energy and eloquence which had ever rendered him an irresistible pleader Zerah yielded to the tntreaties which the unbending Ibrahim had withstood, and ere they parted, had consented to fly with him to some far and lone retreat, where, like the desert flower, which blooms unseen, save by the omniscient eye, she would be content to live and die alone for him. Selim sought the palace of the Sultan; he had one of the hardest offices for a uoldo mind to perform; he was compelled to mask his purpose and tt appear with deep submission before that sovereign whose resentment he had incurred. The day must be devoted to the revolting task of dissimulation till the shades of night should favor their design.

curl the mist that hung upon the mountain's ;He was retracing with alow steps the path

fcr-i, he fhi'adelpliia Saturday Courier THE SACRIFICE. (concluded ) Selim gazed after this wild and singular being, with feelings It would be difficult to define. The conviction lhat Solyman scorned that species of honor which bound him to

Amurnlh, stung him to the soul. "He knows me not," he bitterly cried but the recollec lion of Zerah, and the dangers which surrounded her. soon banished every other re

collection. The sun was just beginning to

brow that sun which was to have gild?d

their ! uptial vows. The fear, that Amurath migh discover the secret of her birth , deepened to maddening certainty, as he theught of the almost illimitable powpr, which Amu ra'h exercised over the sordid minions who surrounded his throne. . He could not admit thf belief that a knowledge of so important a fact was confined to the bosom of mi individ

ual. He resolved to seek th dwelling of

Ibrahim, warn him of some impending calamity, uie him immediately to leave the kingdom and flee with his daughter to ome distant asylum, till the apprehended danger was past Ibrahim beheld with astonishment the clouded brow and troubled mien of Selim The pride of the father rose high in hi? benrt, for

his beautiful Zerah was the faiiest flower of

oriental climes, and he deemed her a gift

richer than all the gems of the East. To!

which lead to the mountain stream, that he

might avoid the guards of the Sultan when he suddenly encountered Solymnn, who was hurrying along with breathlees speed, his countenance expressive ef the Host violent emotion. ''Fly,'' exclaimed Solyman. in a voice which sour ded in Sehm's startled ear, loud as the battle shout. "Fly, the minions of tyranny arc abroad; they rushed upon me, cowards as they are; they wrestled the casket from my unguarded hand; their scimelais were flushing around me; I fled, but not in fear; I fled in search of vengeance. See," and he lifted his still bleeding hand, "for every drop a thousand streams shtll flow; fl) through yon secret path; intercept the wretch who robbed me of my treasure; he left his

comrades far beeiod; fear not the power of

Amurath; 1 swear to redeem thee or perish by thy side."

Like the lightning's flash he vanished, and

Selim's impassioned representations of im-(swift as the tame red messenger of heaven, minenl peril which awaited tfcem, and ear- Selim pursued the path which Soly man indi nest entreaties for their immediate departure, caled. The fatal casket! Had he ten thou-

he lent a doubting ear. He was one of the

most powerful grandee of the kingdom, and lie felt that he possessed sufficient power in himself to guard against external ills, and with the proud consciousness of integrity, he declared himself superior to all fear. Selim was prepared for this resistance, and he markad with anguish the suspicions which had entered the breast of Ibrahim. He dared not avow the secret which oppressed him. He Could not prove by the necessary credentials the almost incredible tale, and he feared that

ambition which held lordly sway over Ibra him minor passions, would lead him to sa

sand lives, he would have peiilled them all

lor the possession of those priceless gems. Zerah, expiring under the hands of the assassin, secraed embodied before his eyes; so powerful was the illusion that when he caught a glimpse of a mantle fluttering through the trees, he called out with the energy of despair; "Save hei, All-gracious Allah! save iter!" It was the guard, who was hastening to the Sultan, w ith the treasure he had won.

He turned at the sudden adjuration ; the bold arm of Selim impeded his flight. He was a

man il towering stature and athletic limbs.

looted lor physical strength, and one of the

ci'.nce innocence ami neauiy ne naa los-icnoscn guards of the Sultan. He met the tered, while unconsc ious of her imperial ori-Jstern embrace of Selim with one which might gin. Ibrahim summoned his daughter and i have crushed a feebler frame. They grapcommanding her to fathom the mystery of! pled close and fiercely, and it was with the hei lover's conduct, or withdraw the pledge life-blood of his adversary, that Selim redeemthe had given, left the apartment. ed the prize, for which he would have freelv

Selim had not till this moment experienced loun'd cut his own. He hurled the casket

the overwhelming embarr tssment of his situation. Ho stood pale and disordered in the presence of her, whom he was to have claimed lhat day as a triumphant bridegroom. The pride which sustained h .-n before his

lelin.v man, was now annihilated br a stroi

in his bosom, and mantled over it the folding s

of hi lobe; but the conviction of Zcrah's safety was immediately followed by the con ciousnes3 of his own danger. He was sur

rounded by the guards who had overtaken the flying steps of their comrade, and ho

en-motion. He did not sneak, hul. knelt in Sad been sent asMies to watch Ibo

tho frosira'ion of agony a! her feet, and bu-i movements of Selim. He saw that It was in ried his fte in the folding of her robe. Ai.d;vaiu to contend with an aimed band, hut surely if .ht in woman's form could justify jlifiing his blade aloft, still dripping with the t!u? adoration of the heart, this d.iughtcr.ufa.biood of his nntago.H.t, with that majesty of Uitojriy ti: o might vindicate tr.e worship she Wt and gestur. which a!w a s has sui ii overinspired. Willi eyes of celestial glory, a brow siut ii.tiuime on inferior minds he tornon wf itli ilu regularity of nature was en maiuhid them to forbear. '-Stand back," he throi:d, a i heek on which the rich hue ot tried; "what would ye dare to do! On to

Jiie )t!iim,inite wa nu ll.) wed into the sell-; the rntal palace, say to the Sultan ve oaw

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l-Ci ef iiiia t ! oni, and tresses that w reathed in d.:U ivd s-hlance, as they fell, a native eil aroui.d h.-r. she moved amidst the m idcat r,f ti. l eastern ! nJ, fair and transcend t it af t;i ni o t, w ') n attended by her starsy handmaids sl'c r-ad- the halU of ether. riio t nul:r .i uoithy the divinity it en;hri:u'vi. This tinned i i the: light of rua

me wing you fciou s so;il to paradise. Ayr.

leil mm, too, ye saw me cast into the oblivious waves, what I could not barter for all the riches of his kingdom." Then opening- his blood-stained vest", he drew forth the casket of Zerah, and raising it high over their unsheathed scmielai s, dashed it into the nioun

tain stream, which there ru:!ud impetuously

: eria., aad spiritual I ovrla s. she seated; towards thu ocean, s if anxious to throw it vrn lo tVcl aad r'ie a p-sioi, leiisied' wealth into the waves.

lh - ej-o-'uvfi at tiv::i ;'itv. t.i;i!;i; (!:c Selim drmv ti

ing to the nstoni?hed guards he signed then to advance. Accustomed to obev the m ince

ly Selim, they involuntarily followed his com

mand, and though the marched on tithei side, with naked blades precluding the pnssi

Dinty ot escape, he had more the air of a so

vereign w it h his attendant v assels, than a vii tim to be arraigned before the throne. Wul,

a dauntless mien and unfaltering steps he fil

tered the presence ol Amtnath. He knew the doom that awaited him: but as the bark.

which is about to be swallowed by the ocean

w ave, is borne up over the stormy billows, rising with the rising tempest, his sp'uit rlevated itself above the perils which threaten ed to overwhelm him. He stood in immova

ble silence, while the guards related the scene we have described, and met with anunquailing eye the withering glance of the Sultan. The wrath of Amurath was at first too deep for words. In epite of his denunciations ho had felt till this moment, a confidence in the fidelity of Selim, which he deemed it

impossible to abandon. The conviction of

his perhdity brought with it the most exquisite pangs. Selim was the only being whom he had really loved and trusted, and a tear actually gathered in his cold and haughty eye, as oae by one he gathered up the proofs of his favorite's treachery. Selim marked that unwonted sign ol human tenderness, nnd his pride melted at the sight. He saw once more the trusting friend, the lavish beofaclor, and casting down his sword at the foot of fh? throne, he exclaimed, "Commander of the faithful! take back thy gifts; lake even the life which Allah has given; but leava me vet

tiie consciousness of my Integrity. I am no

traitor, thoagh stained with the blod of thy subject. I am guiltless of treason, and with

my expiring breath, I will proclaim my inno

cence. ' "rrove then tny innocence," cried

Amurath; "I swear by the sword and buckler

of the Prophet, if thou wilt reveal the name of the supposed offspring of sovereignty and place her in oor powet, I freely pardon thy past oflences, restore thee t thy former honors, aad give thee even this day thy plighted bride." Se! im folded his hands resolutely over his breast. uHer name is buried Acre and shall

perish with me, No commands shall force,

no tortures compel me to reveal it; I offer

thee my life; thou mayest devote it to bon. doge or death; but thou hast not, canst not, have contiol over rny free spirit's will."

"Away then to the darkest dungeon; away till the traitor's death is prepared for thee.

My slignted mercy shall turn to vengeance new. Tho hour of relenting is past. Thy

fate shall tf II to after ftges, the ingratitude of

favorites, and the justice of kings." Selim bent his head in token of submission. Amurath ordered him to be shackled in his presence, that the scene of his former grandeur might be also that of his present degradation. Then after a fresh ebullition of his tinge verned rage, he commanded the guards to bear him to his cell. A damp am! noisome dungeon, feebly lighted by the rays which straggled through the grated walls, was now the abde of the late magnificent Selim; Fad proof of th- evanscent nature of earthly glory. But there is a moral brightness, transcending the noonday's beams, which can throw the radiance of heaven oer the dark

est hour of human suffering. He, who is willing to sacrifice bis existence for another,

is supported by the spirit of matrydom, and (hat spitit will hear him up, as iviih an an gtTs wings, over the gloomy valley of death. That exaltation of feeling, however, which attends the performance of a magnanimous deed, and which sustains the suileier in the moment of physical agony, gradually subsi ded, as he recalled the appalling circum stances which accompanied the pacufice ol

life. To lay down his life (or Zerah, and leave behind lurn an unblemished name, a memory which the biave tviiphl honor, nnd

the true-lieaited mourn, would have seemed a trilling effort for a love like his Hut to go down to the grave in ignomy and shame ; to be branded with the name of traitor, that with eiiog deathless cure, while: even she foi whom he died might learn to scorn his me mory, nnd place another idol on the shrine, where once his image dwelt; the thought was maddening. He lifted up his shackieo bands nnd prayad tint Allah would send down the waters of oblivion, nnd obliteratthe remembrance of the wretch vhom he h;n created. He poured out the biticrticss . his soul into the all lie.u in:i ear of (.ioJ, til

in the stillness of awe, tho doubled billuws

dcen irispiraluT. aj if Ms ef human pr stinU-to rvtf. A Lu'. ihe c

on meet his summons, but hr, had wrestled

with the ludw eiiilif enrmv nr.rl r;mo -.ff , !-.

iorious, and throwing himself on the cold dorr of his dungeon, he slept more calm than Amurath on his bed of luxury. He wander, ed in an iutei miualde desert, trackless and fountless; parched with thirst, bewildered in :hc blackenirg waste; when suddenly, the gates of Paradise unfolded above and sect down a flood of light, annihilating the gloom--The dazzling contrast broke hi slumbersi the dream was fled, but the illumination remained. A celestial figure, robed in white, bearing a lamp in one fair hand, while she veiled with the other her dazzled eyes, stood by the side f the slumbering victim. She stood, w ith pallid brow and dark resplendent locks, beautiful as the angel commissioned to bear the liberated soul to the bowers of immortality. But it was no spirit of heaven who thus severed the dungeon's gloom, It was a daughter of earth, young, lovirp, nnd beloved, full of earth's warmest effec lions, sharing in earth's bilterast woes. It was Zerah, who bent over hei itm-imarl Imw,. ..A

w V T . It met his wakii g glauce. Almost doubting in what world he existed, Selim started from his inglorious couch, while the clankering of his chains sent h thrill or horror through that faithful bosom, which soon throbbed wildly against his own. She, who in the hour of prosperity and joy, repelled with bashful pride the carresses of her lover, as the flower shrinks from the sun's too ardent rajs, noir threw her pure arms around him and mois. tened his fetters with her tears. "Hast thou come," he ciied,'-lo travel with me to the entrance of the tomb? To receive once more from my dying lips the vows of imperishable love? "I came," said Zerah, in low faltering accents, "as a messenger of mercy and pardon; I came, in Amurath's name, to bid thee live." "Lire!" exclaimed Selim, and every drop of blood thrilled in his veins: "and live for thee!" Zerah paused, as if irresolute in what words to utter the ccoimiision with which she was entrusted.' Bending her head, till her brow was veiled by her heavy locks, she continued: "He demands the name of that unfortunate Princess mho lives unknown to all hut thec. It is his last cflcr of mercy. He haa sent me hither, thy plighted bride, that love may move the heart which was settled to the pleadings of loyalty." "Would Zerah counsel dishonor!" cried Selim almost sternly, his warm hopes chilled to ice as she spoke; "would she purchase my life with the blood of innocence !M "I would purchase thy life, were it with the blood of thousands," she wildly exclaimed; and sinking on her knees before him, she locked her hands in the agony of supplies tion. "I pray thee bat to live. What is the wotld tome? It's but a name he asks, and

yet that simple word thou wilt refuse, even

at the sacrifice of Zerah s lifa." "Zeialu 'he

cried, "in Allah's name forbear. Thou know

est not what thou askest.

Zerah gazed earnestly for a moment on her lover's countenance, then rising from her kneeling attitude, every feature of her face changed in Its expression. That look of doubtful anguish was resolved into thai of cold, settled despair. "The truth has entered my heart," she s;iid,nnd her late faltering voice was firm and distinct. "Thou lovest this orphan daughter of a kingly race. Thou hast pledged thy false vows to Zerah, while ihy heart is given to her, who dwells in thy secret bower. And , insulted and betrayed; have km It at thy feet, for the nnme of her whom thou udorest, and for whom thou art offering up thy life." "Oh! cruel and un

just," exclaimed behm, in a burst ct ui con

trollable emotion. "Dear, unhappy Zerua! Thou hast added the bitterest da p to, my cup of misei v ! For thec to doubt my faith! Oh! mayest then never know how fearfully this iil-irquitted faith is proved." The sound of footsteps wa heard in the passage. "They

come," cried Zerah, ''Co bear rr.a frrm Ihy ell. The allotted moments e.re past. Fcr tiie last lime, inexorable Seiko, wilt thou destroy thyself and mt?" The grating of the heavy bolls vwrc heard. The paleness of death overspread 'aor fate, and the cold devV of mortal agony rf.lhcted on her brow. Selim felt that the mi lures which his supposed pcifidity inflicted, were krervr thau those which ihy cruelty of Amuralh could Invent. Tdnst then the sacrifice bo vain? while ite ileeuu-d hij.sclf the insti umcnt of her salalien, riiut-t ihc bilieve that his peitldiou mind was K-ibbing with deliberate crueltv her loo co:thiip heart? The cunrd hud"