The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1863-06-02 00:00:00

El•NICOHO, KING OF /GYM
MON • OOPITIO Iffl.

The Lord of limept's tenth, plains, the cronmerieh
monarch Pharaoh-Nedeo, sea of BanunatiohlAiLaia
now on his return amidst triumphs and the
trophies of vast conquests to his megoificent
Memphis. The city of forth her
myriads to meet and welcome bee sevessip.
He entered the greet Eastern portal in • eneguillesnie
ear, drawn by four elephants iihnest The earriege
wa;,
wwwd
with t,a, ebd• geld, when bennished
surfaces, studded with ten theemod Proraom Sem
incalculable value, reflected the Mlthe ralbi.
sun, and appeared its rival in
Upon • lofty throne of ivory iinUP4-114 =ll4l=
formed • blase of dose-set diamonds, eat Pharaoh.
Necho. Captive princes, and the immense W
Babylon, mish, and Jerusalem, the pl of
of their and temple, forming a train of then
furlmni In ies.gth,yr.a.a the royal aware ; eEthe
wetly vessels pm and ,of mishit, eiViale
of very curious wasionmaship, were borne adore
monarch of ; also two hundred awe& lediee
with told and eller, immedietely followed. Judah,
King of Judah, had perished in attempting to impede
' Pharaoh-Necho's march to Armee and 'Aphides, the
eon of Josiah, bound in chains of iron, trod with
duponding step and downebet me the path befogs the
triumphal chariot of his conqueror.
Thus the procession mewed the lord shy of
memebis. and snrombed the lofty portiere of the vast
temple ati whose especious courts-lone fur-
lee.. in length--loomed of ranges of the whirled
re;bee received the satire armloads, and NM
of thalami' of spectators. Pharaoh-Beebe and We
principal Akers of state, preceded by the high misst
and his attendants, slam entered the interior of the
temple, and performed the mystic rites in eommare.
ration of the yiotce7. The monarch aid he pose
officers Um returned to his palace; fourteen eleys of
festivity Til7lll proclaimed, and the captives, and the
immense spoils, were disposed in the quarters preview*,
arranged kr their r=h
For incietlise return of Pharaoh-Maher
to Ws Immures of conquered kingdoms ewe
still ponied _ the moud capbal of Lower Am*, aid
the mem& deisme to bad • noble treasury fist
she miletthiel of the meet valuable and rare of
spells. He semomeed to Ids presence Been=art.
e
rinepal architect, mod ¼'. his
To them he gave his for the IMing, in Gell.
eir the courts at this temple el Semphir of a argaillemill
esendecle for his amumieled traumas, mad he oaken&
time to consult together for the mem deposal of the
' sperhnents, and for their due arseingemest, sad to
commence and execute the work without delay, and
reittigreici exPrdaififtrythousand erthaneandisbemom
were put in requisition by the odious, and two yews
rimed for the completion of • structure which one.
ied the proudest monuments of the imperial ally, with
the exception of the splendid temples of Bmaplie met
Osiris. Another year pared in the deloseit seed
arraegement of the mealcalable riches which Phiseashr
Noche had collected from the conquered mikes of the
East, and Aphaenas placed ielus sovereign's hands the
complete details of the deposited treasures. Thar
aggregate value be estimated at the almost incredible
rum of four hundred and fifty thousand talents of geld;
the spoils of the temples of Babylon and of Jarcieelent
had furnished the most viler portions of the
immense collection.
Pharaoh-Nacho, being now relieved from the mos of
we, indulged himself in continual visits to his sew
treasury, and devoted all his time to maiming the
arrengements and beauties of the costly
such was his intense interest upon the then be
made himself master of the position of pried*
objects of value, and of the appearance and amount of
the vast piles of gold which the treasury contained.
A short time efter the completion of the building,
Remphan the architect, who was an old man, fell
Ill—
his life was soon despaired of. Before his death he
called to his couch his two sons, and thus addressed
them: " Cephren my first.born, and thou Been, Mewed
to thy dying father "This scroll," continued
i
giving it to Cephren, copulas my instructions,
notuntill be dead, and the days of mourningairatt
father be ended; than my sons commit all the
I have written carefully to your memory, and shire
wards destroy the scroll. I charge you to mho
prudence with courage."
A few days after this interview Remphan called We
sons, gave them his last blaming, and died. Cepheus
and Boon performed all the necessary duties towards
their departed sire, and proceeded to examine the dosed
scroll ; they implicitly followed their father's threetwee,
and destroyed the document after they had fully Axed
It. contents in their memories.
Pharaoh-Necho aimed daily visited his new *smeary,
his insatiable third for riches was scarcely contented
with the Immense display with which he continually
feasted his sight but in process of time he thought he
mimed some of tire gold from the heaps—then some of
the vessels. Further observation confirmed him in the
suspicions that Ali:menu his high treasurer, who, sloes
besides himself, could obtain entrance, was reneged in
purloining from his treasury.
He summoned him to attend him on • certain'ilay in
the building, and taking him to the placer from whence
he missed his stone.
"Aphaenas," said the enraged monarch, "thou dost
well to make thyself the partner of thy sovereign;
Jeer sharing my *manes thou emir:ken fain dram my
diadem and empire."
Aphaanas stood fixed in astonishment: "What
means, iny lord, thy servant knoweth not a traitorous
thought.
Thou alone hut the means of entering this place by
its angle door from the temple of fiemphis. Where lithe
eolden vase from the temple of Jerusalem which was
in this recess; it was studded with emeralds, and I
handled it but yesterday, and admired its beauty of
workmanship"
Aphaenas started ; he had on the eve of the preceding
day himself noticed the splendid trophy in its accus-
tomed plain.
" ! Thou art then guilty, thy violent emotion
proves thee • foul traitor to thy sovereign r The verde
were scarcely uttered than the headless trunk of the
ill-starred Aphaeniur fell upon the marble pammosat.
Pharaoh-Niche's rapkl sabre had executedas he thought,
summery justice upon the robber of his treasury.
Upon the marble pavement as they fell, so be left
the head and lifeless trunk of A *tense He Mired
from the treasury, and taking with him the keys from
the belt of the unfortunate treseruer be retreated
through the intricate passages which led to the body of
the temple. Phsraob-Necho as he retired carefully
locked each inner door, and, arriving at the temple, he
an mutiotudy looked the only entrance door to the teem,
sury, and calling to an officer in attendance, he 011MIP
mended him to procure immediately • quanti=thke,
composition used for sealing ; it was placed by
Necho upon the lock, and sealed by him with his signet.
He then retired to his palace, satisfied that he bad
visited with just punishment the traitorous spoiler el
his treasury.
Pharaoh-Nacho, in his excitement during the shore
colloquy with Aphaenas his late treasurer, had totally
forgotten that be was attended by his favourite pip,
the son of an Arabian prince. The monarch was much
attached to the youth; Cneph was equally fond of his
royal master; but struck with horror at the sadden
punishment of Aphsente, Cneph retreated safest as
he could from the frightful scene; in his confusion he
mimed the track from that range of apart:mete to the
passage of exit, and the monarch without on thinking
of his page—so much was he engaged in futon* the
doors—sealed the but, and returned to tb• palace, Lev-
ing Cneph to pus the ' ht as he might in the interior
ls of the treasury. -Noche did not Mee We
attendant until the following day, and then he
accounted for his absence by supposing he might he
me occupation in the palace.
engaged
in so
Cneph wandered about from room to room throughout
the extensive labyrinth of the treasury, retraced hie
steps, found no clue to the passages, and beams
terrified as the light gradually lessened through the
small lofty-pitched windows of the apartments. The
range of lights was nearly twenty feet &bees the pave
ment, there was no possibility of reaching it. As
night advanced the impending youth set down with
dreary heart upon the floor, he was exhausted by con-
tinued exertions and fright; in • short time he fell
asleep
In the dead of the night Coeph's uneasy slumbers
were suddenly broken up; he awoke in horror and
shrieked, something had fallen heavily upon him; he
could not disengage himself; he screamed with tearer;
he found himself noised by both arms, lifted from the
pavement, and forcibly held in an iron-grasp ; it were
total darkness, not • round moved the heavy air but
Cneph's repeated cries for help! They were rever-
berated from the long range of apartments, but they
were vain--no help was near. The agonised youth
uttered one are more piercing, that was his last, for
he felt something plunged home to his heart. He fell
upon the marble pavement without • groan.
Pharaoh-Necho from the time of his first
of theft having been practised, bed daily =4e'ip:
turn the different apartments of his treasury, and on
the day following the death of Althorns+. he cedilla •
guard to attend him in his visit. He did not explain
to any of his officers the transactions of the preoldaili
day. The absence of the treasurer had caused no sur-
illille of his fate. Arrived at the temple, the monarch
proceeded to examine the composition ha had piebald
over the look of the entrance door to the Mammy ; the
impression of the signet was perfectas he had left it.
(To be earaitieuxl.)
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Ica nr Ammw.u.—Tbe inhabitants = nen
obtain honie-mad• ios. manufactured by er4l.
final cold by a deeded proems. la the past summer
it has Imo &livered atBd. per pound, baba camper robs
is promised for next mummer.
Many enquiries had been made =Nat the them
clients and method of preparing _tbe bratod canards,
puddinp, and blancmange. dad lewd
ne prominently
in the dinners served up in Mr. Moran department
of the late Exhibition. The PrOOM of TIMPI4IIIIIOII
Is
simple, if the right materials are selesled.- Them geb.
nous luxuries ma caly be made to pefeetkm from
Duryea's MAIZILNA, to which the Jurors of C 1... 3
aw...4..,1 the pay prim medal in its Claes, with Ida
superlative recommeddation "Exceedingly desibiat
ks
food ;^ which loaves no room to doubt whisk is nes
beet Cora Flour. For invalids sad obildrea it icnods.
awe. spit Is highly meommosaded by the first phi,
se die hest lighten, most palatable. and meat
food. It may be obtained of every
but care should be taken that ao otharre=roar is vat;
titated.—Pmess.

We feel it our duty to bring under the nodes dews
feeders the new Safety Match (which lights only le GM
box in which it is contained) that has been taltwged ied
..
introduced by Mews. Bryant and May, Tdoodeb-
the only one allowed to be used in the InOwnstienll
Exhibition Building, becalm it lights rol7 o. the bez,
and all the danger arising hum the nos cialnegy
lueihss in entirely avoided.
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