Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-08-11

the night 10 COnCedl US, duu may take SD great
circuit as not to be discovered am also Of OPT
MON that if wemakea false attack on the post
which is possessed by the enemy, we shall by
that means find the rest Of the mountain more UNI
guarded; for this will oblge them to keep all their
forces in body. But why do mention stealing:
since | am informed, o Chirisophus! that among
you Lacedamonians those of the first rank prac-
Use it from their childhood, and that instead OF
being dishouor, it is your duty to steal those
things which the law has not forbidden; and to
the end you may learn to steal with the greatest
dexterity. and secrecy imaginable. your laws
have provided that those who are taken IN Inert
shall be whipped. This is the time, therefore,
for you to show how far your education has lmproV'
ed, lest we smart severely for it"
Chirisophus answered q am also informed
that YOU Athenlaus are very expert III stealing
the public money Notwithstanding the great dam
yer YOU are exposed to- and that your best men
are the most expert at it, that is, you chose your
best men for magistrates. So that this is pro-
per time for you also to show the effects ct your ed
ucation."
The humanity Of the young leader rs put IN
strong light by the simple defence he here offers
against charge Of cruelty:
Some accused Xenophon, complaining they
had been beaten by him, and brought their accu-
sation against him for abusing Them On this, Ae-
nophon, rising up. desired the first person VINO
appeared against him 10 acquaint the judges where
he had been beaten He answered, "where we
were dying with cold, and there was abundance
Of snow Xenophon replied. "lf, during the
storm you speak of, when we had no vctaais, nor
so much wine as would serve US to smell to: when
many of US were spent with labor, and the enemy
at our heels: ifin that season was abusive.
own myself more vicious than asses, which,
through viciousness, are said to be insenslble OF
fatigue. However, say for what reason you were
beaten. Did demand any thing of you, and
beat you because you refused it? Was it in strug-
Cling to subdue you to my passion or when was
drunk. that abused you?'' And OIL his saying
that it was nothing If all this, Xenophon asked
him g whether he belonged to the heavy-armed
men,, He answered, "No." eff to the target
eers7" "Neither." said he; "but was driving
mule, at the desire ofmy comrades, being free
man." On this Xenophon called him to mind,
and asked him. Are you not the man who car
ried sick person." The same" said he; s. Tor
you forced me to it, aud threw abont the baggage
that belonged to my comrades" But" said Ken.
ophon, {. in this manner threw about their bag
gage; distributed it to others to carry, with or
ders TO return it to me; and having received ev-
cry thing safe, | restored them to you, after you
had shown me the man gave you in charge
But desire,'' said he, "you will hear how this
matter was, for it is well worth while
"Onc of the men, being unable to continue his
march, was left behind. This man knew no
otherwise than thathe belonged to the army; how
ever, | obliged you TO carry him, that ne might
not perish: for as remember. the enemy we're at
our heels" This the other confessed. Then"
If i haH ortp I'm un
before. | quickly overlook YOU again, as came up
with the rear-guard, aud found you digging pit,
with design to bury the man: and stopping !
commanded YOU: but the man drawing in his leg
while we stood by, all who were present cried out
that he was alive; and you said what ever you
thought fit, as 81 will not carry him. On which
| struck you. you say. and you say true; for you
seemed TO me to be sensible that the man was
alive'' But" said the other, "did he die the
less after showed HIM to your" "We must all
die - replied Xenophon, ''bu we for that rea-
son to be buria; alve' AT this they all cried out
that he had ntt beaten him So much as he deserv-
ed.
First Book in astronomy; By the ReU. ). L.
Blake, Il. M-Boston. Lincoln g. Edmonds.-
This like most Boston Beoks) is neatly print
ed work, adapted to the use OF cStnmon schools
and illustrated with steel plate engravings, de-
signed to initiate beginners in the fascinating stu
DIV Of the celestial bodies. The plan Of the work
is simple, and neatly carried into execution 1t
is divided into series of lessons, each OF which
arises naturally from the one preceding and treat
Of the subject in regular order The various sub
divisions are handled as briefly as possible; and
being thrown together in short sentences, facts
most necessary to remember, are presented to the
memory in way most likely to make perma-
nent impression upon it. We extract the follow
ing account Of Comets, as an example:
~ Y. finer.
Comets arc planetary bodies moving in very ell
iptical orbits, sometimes approaching so near the
sun as to be within the orbit of Mercury, and at
other times, recedng far from it, as to be great
ly beyond the known boundary OF the solar sys-
tem They appear in every region of the heavens,
and move in every possible direction.
S,o,nets ara DISTINGUISHED nv a lucjd train mr.