The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-07-21


u .alle Oh the setting sun shone for the La
nc :llhe on the snow-white walls, and glister
ing plnnacles of the Temple roof. Titr
hau reClred to rest, when suddenly a vii
- anu terrible cry was heard, and man cam
'usning IN, announcing that the Temple ws
:" on hIe. Some of the besieged, notwitf
= s'andlng their repulse in the morning. ba
- saliied out to attack the men who wer
e Ouslly employed in extinguishing the fire
:, = ABOUT the cloisters. The Romans not mere
= y uroVe them back, but, entering the sacre,
= space with them, forced their way to tn,
. uoor OF the Temple. A soldier, without or
! aers' mounting on the shoulders of one O
= ms comrades, threw blazing brand in the
outer building or Porch. The flames sprung
. up at once. The Jews uttered one simulta
heous shrek, and grasped their swords
win furious determination of revengine
ana Perlshing In the ruins of the Temple
Illus rushed down with the utmost speed
ne shouted, he made signs to his soldiers to
! quench the fire: his voice was drowned, and
MS signs unnotlced, in the blind confusion.
Inc DICTIONARIES either could not, or would
not, hear: they rushed on, trampling each
other down in their furious haste. or. stumb-
ing over the crumbling ruins, persisted with
the enemy. Each exhorted the other. and
each hurled his blazing brand into the inner
part of the eGifice, and then hurried 70 bis
WORK OF carnage. The unarmed and de-
fenceless people were slain in thousands
they lay heaped, like sacrifices. round the
altar; the steps of the Temple ran with
streams of blood, which washed down the
bodies that lay about.
lltns found it impossible to check the
L..
officers, and surveyed the interior of the
sacred edlflce. The splendor filled them
win wonder; and as the flames had not
ye. penetrated to the hoy place, he made
enoIt 10 save 1t, and springing forth,
aagaln eXhorted the soldiers to stay the con-
y ratlon. The centurion, Liberals, en-
ueaV 20 10 force obedience with his staff
Vi oulce out even respect for the emperor
gaVg way TO the furious luminosity against
'ne 'eWs' TO the terce excitement of battle, |
ana 10 the unsuitable hope of plumber. The I
Soioieis saw every thing around them radi-
al AM WIN goid, which showed dazzling in
tne via hight OF the fame: they supposed
:. .nat ihcalculable treasures were LAID up in |
Tue sanctuary. soldier. unperceived, (
thrust llghtened torch between the hinges
OF the door-the whole building was I'M
names In an instant. The binding smoke
ana flre forced the officers to retreat: and
the noble edifice was left to its fate.
IL was an appalling spectacle to the Ro-
man-What was it to the Jew The whole
summit OF the bill, which commanded the
city, blazed like volcano. One after anoth
er the buildings fell in, with tremendous
crash, and were swallowed up in the fiery
ABYSS. The roofs of cedar were like sheets
Ppdd rIH a@gee the gided pinnacles shone like
neighboring hills were Tightening up; anu
dark groups of people were seen watching
in horrible anxiety the progress of the de-
struction: the walls and heights of the up
per city we're crowded with faces-some
pale with the agony of despair, others scowl-
ing unavailing vengeance. The shouts of
the Roman soldiery, as they run TO and fro,
and the howlngs of the insurgents who
were pershng in the flames, mingled with
the roaring of the confagration and the
sound of falling timbers. The
echoes of the mountains replied, or brought
back the shrieks ofthe people on the heights: y.
all along the walls resounded screams and .,
waIllngs: men, who were expiring with /
famine, rallied their remaining strength to S
utter cry of anguish and desolation. {
SLAUGHTER AND sACKING,
The slaughter within was even more
dreadful than the spectacle from without
Men and women, old and young, insurgents
and priests, those who fought and those who
mercy, were hewn down in indis-
carnage. The number of the
slain exceeded that of the slayers. The
DICTIONARIES had to Chamber over heaps of
dead, to carry on the work of extermna-
tion. John, at the head of some of his ,
troops, cut his way through, first, into the
outer court of the Temple; afterwards into
the upper city. Some of the priests upon ;
the roof wrenched off the glded spikes, with
their sockets of lead, and used them as mis-
sles against the Romans below. After
wards they fled to a part of the WALL about
fourteen feet wide. They were summoned
to surrender; but two of them, MAR, son
of Belga, and Joseph, son of Dalai, plunged
headlong into the flames. Il
No part escaped the fury Of the Romans.
The treasures, with all their wealth Of ,
money, jewels, and costly robes-the plum
der which the Zealots had laid up-were
totally destroyed Nothing remained but
a small part of the outer cloister, in which
about six thousand unarmed and defenceless
people, with women and children had taken
refuge. These poor wretches, like multi
tudes of others, had been led up to the Tenn
pie by false prophet, who had proclaimed
that God commanded all the Jews to 90 up
to the Temple, when he would display his
Almighty power to save his people. The
soldiers set fire to the building and every
soul persisted.
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