The spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1840-1844, 1840-11-20

done My Odu will march at the first beat of the
drum They are faithful and am true
NOu were always brave. | remember You wei,
when YOU were first in the breach at Belgrade
We fought together too, on the mountains of Ar
mcnia. And now we must fight together in the as
saut of those old walls where tyrani and mad
man intends to dig the grave of the Janzarics. =
This was the speech Of lIassan Iophni, my lend
from boyhood and though of gentle manners and
of habits polished by long intercourse with the am
bassadors and highest rank Of Otomans, one of the
boIdest soldiers in the land of the prophets clasp
ed his hand.
The night had by this time fallen and the eve
ming gun from the fleet, lying off the seraglo, in
terrupted our conversation. To one already I'M
pressed as was, with the coming fall of the en-
pirc, nothing could offer stronger contrast 10 the
idea than the scene round me- All was the mag
nifcence, life, and activity of imperial power
The towers and walls of the seragio gave the I'M
age of strength hefying decay. The sea was Gov
cred with boats from the fleet and the shore, rush
ing with the torches and lamps III their prOws; like
huge serpents, with eyes of fame, floating only by
their own impulse along the surface. The call of
the NIue2zins from the nnarets, the songs Of the
peasants returning from the markets of the city to
their homes on the Asiallc side, the cry of the num-
herless boatmcn, the sounds Of the military bands
from the barracks at Sculari, even the hum of the
great city itself, formed minglng and vast harno-
ny. | am not man of tears, but tear stole
down.
And is this all to be thrown away, for the ca
prices of one man ? was my involuntary thought,
Is the Moslem to be an exile or a sluve' Is this
the only ulternative Must this proudest of all
the monuments of imperial power be turned into Il
Russian or an Austrian dungeon, while our chill
drcn row their gal!eys, or lamish in the mountains
of Turkestan ? Tophni saw the passion working
within me- and wonld have left ne to my ncdila-
tions but the rougher nature of his companion was
not 10 he restrained.
Join us or not, colonel, as it may please you,'
exclaimed Oglou sullenly; but this can tell You,
that before week is over, You may neither have
a regiment, nor have head on your shoulders
The Sultan is at this moment bringing troops from
Albania and Asia to crush us. The council, with
in the last tweniy-four hours, have debated on our
charlottesville traitors have carried it,--the
whole diyan is against us, with the exception Of
one or two honest men, who have given Us timely
notice. to save our nccks from the bowsirmg =
And now, the only question is, whether we shall
spring like the tiger on the hunters, or wait death
in our dcn.'
IF must die, let me die in hot blood was my
answer. 'Whcn do we rse
This night, at midnight
'Whcrc:
'Under the wall Of the Seven Towers
In arms
'In arms We sworc on our naked seminars;
and they hastily tack their d"parinra
There was one thought which required to me
with painful embarrassment, when was left alone.
There was one being at least, in the world to whom
owed full confidence, and whose fortunes must
be deeply involved in my own. That one of
course, was II woman, for the fidelity of man to
man is Of s,crncr oder She was Of Constantine
pie, but the daughter of Il Greek, merchant, with
whom circumstances had brought me into acquani-
ance. Agas of the Iunizaries were once important,
ms protectors, and the Greek was only too happy
in my condesccndng to take him under my patron
age To cement the connection, he had offered ne
his daughter in marriage, before had seen her.
But all Moslens do not wish to be hated by their
wives and the man who marrcs slave has not
much chance of nny thing better so refused the
offer though it might have put large sum IN my
purse; for the merchant was rich, and the husband
of his only child was naturally to be his heir
Whether this refusal, rather rare, own, among
my counirymen, uwokc the feelings OF his dan9h-
ter, know not, but know this; that when saw
her afterwards, | scarcely could make mp my mind
whether to rejoice, or regret, that had rejected
her. Olympus Gallant was by Tar the most beat
tiluI creature that had ever seen : her counten-
ance noble, ard rot nober than her mind : her
heart upon her lip, and her soul in her glance
The world may have others, her equals, bat have
never met with them, and till | shall, must be-
lieye her unrlyacd. She was all that wins the
heart, or controls the understanding. The first
sight of her settled all question with me. From
that hour felt a new conception OF existence, new
IDEAS sudden expansion Of my faculties and feel
inrs, Ms if some film had been taken from my eyes,
and some more living circulation lowed through
my frame All this may be Improbable IN The
Mosem, aud allow that they have not their place
in the life of the Arcm; but there are differences
even among NlusSulmuns; and what have said OF
myself is true. | oalhcd the life of my country
men. and told Olympias loved but one being on
earth, and that one herself. She too had her con-
| ies>ion tardly given. iimidly made pronounced
with many blush and tear, but irrcsisiihly going
TO the heart. never doubted II for momcni.-
II was impossible for me to doubt 1t. We pedget
our faith and never could human cIoqucnce capt.
waite more, than the language in which she thanked
me for having refused her hand until had won
her heart.
have mentioned those things slightly, and pas
10 others. The next day had been fixed for on
marriage. But what was the next day now to be
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the safety Of the empire, were on one side; oiyn
pias CaInnl was on The other My blood bole,
while listened to my brother ogas; eit alone,
sank; We, it was still fiery. paced the shore 10
hours on that night, yet was not more determined
at the close than at the beginning
INDIGESTION may be the easy folly of trilers, bg
in men with strong interests 10 distract them, IL
often agony. have lain wounded on the ile'
through the Iiveong night; have burned WIN III
plague; vet never felt kecner pangs III either III
stance. than felt on that night. AT length,
thought of the only expcdent which was rational
determined to lay open my mind 10 Olympus
and to be guided by her Incompatible Judgment
went to the house of my friend. The merchar
had gone out to make some of those purchases ic
the bridal. which the Greek was cautious OF order
,np home in daylight.-Iherc was no; much mere
+ for his race in the Ottoman bosom in those days.
found Olympias alone. There is sometimes
strange apprehension of calamity in the mind, whc
great events are coming like the oppression III III
afr before thunderstorm. She flew 10 meet ne
told me she had spent day Of unaecounable 'ra,
and thu, she had almost believed IN the power
o the evil eve snnon who had come 10 ASH c't''
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