Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1839-03-09


stands on table Of land, on tie summit
Of the hill overlooking every part Of The
surrounding country; and such was The
exceeding softness and beauty ofthescene
even under The widness and waste Of
Arab cultivation, that the city seemed
smiling in the midst Of her desolation. All
around was beautiful valley, watered by
running streams, and covered with rich
carpet Of grass, sprinkled like an open
book before me, boundary Of fruitful
mountains, the vines and the olives rising
in terraces to their very SUBMITS; there,
day after day, the naughty Herod had sal
~ his royal palace; and looking cut upon
oil these beauties, his heart had become
hardened with prosperity; here, among
these still lowering colamns, the proud
monarch had made supper for . his lords
end high captains, and chef estates Of
Galilee;" here the daughter Of Herodias,
Herod's brothers. wife, Hdanced, before
him. and the proud king promised, with an
oath, 10 give her whatsoever she asked,
even to The half Of his kingdom Aud
while the feast and dance went on, the
@head Of John the Baptist was brought in
a charger and given to the damsel." Aud
Herod has gone, and Herodias, Herod's
brothers. wife, has gone, and I" the lords
and the high captains, and the chief
estates Of Galilee rare gone; but the ruins
Of the palaces in which they Toasted are
still here. the mountains and valleys which
beheld their revels are here; and, Oh!
whats comment upon the vanity ofworIdly
greatness, a Fellan was turning his plough
around one Of the columns! was sitting
on broken capital under fig tree by its
side, and asked him what were the ruins
that we saw; and while his oxen were
quietly cropping the grassthat grew among
the fragments Of the marble floor, he told
me that they were the ruins Of the palace
Of king, he believed, Of the Christians;
and while pilgrims from every quarter Of
the world turn aside from their puth to do
homage to the prison Of his beheaded
victim, the Arab who was driving his
plough among the columns Of his palace,
knew not the mime of the naughty Hrrod.
Even at this distance OF time, i look back
with a feeling Of uncommon interest upon
my ramble among these ruins, talking with
The Arab ploughman Of the king who built
It, leaning against column which, per-
haps, had often supported the naughty
Herod, and looking out from this scene Of
and ruin, upon the most beau
|iful country in the Holy Land.
True Lore, Tho editor Of the
Pittsburgh Advocate recently received
he following letter, enclosing a genuine
'ne dollar note, for its publication a. an
Without any such com
,ensation, we republish il, 10 put young
aides in this direction on their guard, and
cad them to !" Bee ware, If the & tobac.
mist named ]. B." should venture this
say.-Sa. Cour
WHEELING Vir 10 January 1889
Mr. Edetor please to Advertise for Ne
his is to worren the young adysof Pits
,urg Of ono young man in that plase his
'ull name will not give at this time But
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to Gather on Board Of "A Steam
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ind tell he Maid q Sincear promisto mar
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