Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1829-03-19

foseFnment. The disputes between them
S'rnetImes looked very serious; but they were
sept undsr until the festival OF tina birth da,
= the Schsh; on that occasion, the eontenders
were II last permitted 20 show their Joy by
general fight. Armed with sticks aud stones,
they sirewed the streets with bodies Of the Dis.
nag and the dead. Then the roysl troops
suddenly appeared, and proclaimed the dan.
'masements a, sn end, with slashes OF the "a.
ores drove back the Posnks aad the Felsnks
to heir homes.
Bat 30 sooner had this great politician cess.
cd 10 fsaF his people, han he began 10 dread
his eeuft, AID oSSt his own family. or h,s
aree sons two had, by his commend, been
deprived ofsgh, by the laws o. Pers.s, they
we're consequently declared inc psbss ef reign
iog, and pprlsoned 10 the castle OF alanuth.s
Ne bad only one new remaining. Tbs was
she noble and geasroes 5sh Misza-the de
t'ghs OF his tsti,eE, aud the hope ossae people.
ms brii' nj qnshtIts however, we're destined
ony 10 be bio destruction
Absas was ore day musins, with some unea-
s'ness, on the vslour and popular virtues ot
ms 500, when the young prince suddenly sp
peAred lie threw hiWseli az bis fathers feel.
tie presented him note which he had us,
received, aEd 10 which. without ti,scover.nr
Il
cd their wesrInsssot his tyranny. They pro
posed 10 the youth TO ascend ,hs throne. and
undsEtook 70 c!ear his way 10 il sali MIRA
indignant al project that tended to turn h a,
into a psrficIde, DECLARED all tolhe Schah and
piaoed bin entirely al bis disposal. Abbase EN-
braeed him, covered him ~iIh csfes>es. and
tell his heetion for IN increase; but, IRON
nat momsn,, his fears redoubled. Hlsanxie
= even prevented HIM IRON sleeping. In or
derto gstat the conspratoIs, Ie Caused nun
bers II really 'nnocsnt persons 10 die in tor.
'ufesi and, feeling bat every execution rem
dersd BIN still mere odious, he feared that bis
san would be asalu solicited, and would not a.
gam baYe virtus TO resist.
This STATE ot terro,ir and suspicion beeom
lag insuppoTtsaIe TO him, he resolved: 10 rid
himself Ot u at sny cast. A slave W - ordersd
10 murder tue prince. He refused 10 obey,
and presented ms own head .'liave | then.
none but fngeatss and traitors about me. 10
cat my bread and saila' cgied Aboaa. ~ swear
by my ssbr4 and by the Koran. that. to him
who Will teaHese Sal MIRA. nv 90 nsIossy and
srstiiude shah be ooundless.' i3ebut tue Am
bsious advanced ard said ,-.sIt is wrilten that
VIVA, the king wills cannot be wrong. To me
Thy wsi IS saored--t shall be obeYed."
lie vent Immediately 70 seek the priuce. lie
mol him coming o1t Of the bath, accomp Anied
by single akts or ssiss, he drew his sabre,
and presenting the royal mandate, "safi Mir
a. said he, "suhmi,i Thy father wills thy
deaih " "My father wills my DEATH" excistm.
cd che unfortunate pFlaca, W ia tone s,more
IN sorrow than iB sHget." ~ hat have done
,hs' he should bate met" Aud Bebut laid him
dead az his tsot.
AS Fewa d for bis crime. Abbas sent him
II - IL -.
s'eiv creatsd him his Etimadoulet, or Psims
Minister.
Psierna love. however, presently resumed
is power. Remorse nov produced the same
effect upon the king, as ferrous had done Sc.
fore. His nights seemed goddess. The bleed
lng shade his son incessanll y appeared be
fore him, banishug the peace and stumber TO
which it had been sacfifi ed. shfoaded ii the
gasb Of mourning, the monarch Of Persia dis
missed all pleasure from his court; snd during
the rest OF bis life, could no, be kuoWn by his
attire from The meanest Of his Subjects.
One day he sent FOE Bebut, VINO found him
standing on the steps OF his throne, eatirely
clothed IN scaflet, che red turbsn of twelve
folds aeoundh his head--ln short, in the gayb as
stunned BY The kIngs II Persia when preparing
70 pronounce the decree Of death Bebnt
shuddersd. "it IS written" said the schsh.
'''hat what the king wis cannot be wrong
Give me to-day the same proof Of thy o6edi.
snoe Which thou didst once before. Rsbut
thou hass son--hring me his he&d!' Bebut
attic mpted TO speak. ''Bebut Etimaao,lat.
Khan OF Sehsmsshis--is lis, then, Thy ambition sa.
uasec, thai thou heslia,est 10 satisfy nly Gem
sndsl Obey Ihy life dspsads on itps
Bebut returned with the head Of his only
child. "Weil," said the father Of Mira, with
a Aorrid smiie, elbow dost feelio Let these
teas .eli you how" answered the unhappy
Khan; ~ have killed with my own hand me
being loved best on earth, You can ask
nothing beyond This day. for the firss time.
| have cursed ambition which could subject
me to necessity like this" 500 said tse
you can now Judge what you made
me suffer. in numbering my son Ambition
has rendered Us the two most wsetehed be.
ngs IN the empire But be il your osnfort
hs' YOUR ambition can soar no higher; for this
asl deed has brought you on a level With your
sovereign."t
Abbas rsceived from his subjects and pos.
Lsriy the s,raame Of THE oEEAr Brbut the
Ambitious wss presently known only bs the
lille OF Bebut qnE IsFAM0Us. II Is SAID he was
short lims afer slabbsdby son or the IN.
'orsunate jeweleF, whom he bad so unjnstIy
,onde mned to death when diyan beghi. Thus
we're the words of tue poet Eerdasi verified.
His first fault was the cause OF all the Others.
md their common punishment.
-
That IS 10 say, the Castle Of the Dead. II
vas situated IN the Kszsnderan, (ths aneen,
liircanis., and had been the abode % ths Old
Man o. the Mountain, the Prince Of Assassins.
II lang eoolly ordering one of his subjects
to cut of the head Of his own child sHd being
neeyed, Is a elrcnmssanes so mcnarous, that
L would appear beyond III possibility, IL Il were
not supported by Numerous examples. But in
cgedabls As u NAV seem. Il only aainfs the nnrn