New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-02-15
Philo.ephy eli Begglng.


A friend has translated for the Tribune the fol
lowing curious letter from rare black letter vol
ume of l490, which has never beer ropublished
md which, moreover, deserves the attention of an
tisuarans The book contains a collection OF
Letters from DIoeENEs, of which this is the TWEEN
.ieth. 1t is addressed to O!ympias, or, as some
poets style her, Olympia, daughter Of Neoptolemus,
King of Epirus, wife ofPhilip, King of Macedon
DIoGENES TO OLYMPIAs.
Do net complain among your friends, Olympias,
shat wear cloak and beg my bread from all,
like victim. For there is no disgrace in these
rhings, nor are they, in my opinion, unbecomiDg
free man. On the contrary they are even good
means of defence against those who maintain false
opinions of things, and who have waged war against
the mode of living correctly. These things learn
ed first, not from Antisthenes, but from the gods
and the heroes, and from those who brought over
all Greece to wisdom, namely, Homer and the ira
gic writers. For these asserted that Juno, the
wife Of Jove, changed herself into the likeness of
priest, wore similar dress, punging together the
celebrated deities by of the sacred fountains
that the nymphs the daughters of Inachus per
formed the duties of life in such fashion that
Theliphus the son Of Hercules, when travelling
through the country, appeared in a dress far more
worthless than ours and that too at the time when
he sought to mend his bad fortune, covering his
body with filthy rags and that also Ulysses the son
OF Laertes, or bis return home from Ilium, were
garment rent and polluted with smoke. Come,
then, oympias, tell me does this my dress and my
habit of begging appear dsgraceful in thy eyes, or
rather honorable and worthy Of being admired even
by kings and by every wise man, on account Of the
economy of the expense7 Thelephus, however,
adopted this dress for the recovery of his health,
and Ulysses thus disguised himself to take revenge
on few who were long ago his enemies; but do
it for the attainment of happiness, the last portion
of which belongs to Thelephus. For I correc,
false opinions, and for the sake of these objects
cape disease and legal bros. l travel with free
dom over the whole earth and under the open air.
fear nobody, not even mighty lords, and in thi,
my epistle have shown myself superior to the
cloak / wear, and that the bread l beg from
the lowest people, is superior to the scrip in which
it is contained. Now if you can receive any con-
ISOLATION from this episte, 0 olympias, shall be
rdteful 70 l1cdfeu eut Suoaid you ia!i In QoinS SO,
the grief that you endure viii be in vain.
S 1t is estimated that the steam factories in
and near Kentucky will make this year two mil.
lions of yards of bagsing, and that there are in
the State 800 hand looms, producing annually
$4,000 yards each, and aggregate of 1880, 900
yasds-soge,her $500 900 yards of bagging, which
VIII cover leo 900 bales Of Gotten SO that from
100000 20 100000 bales must be covered from
missouri and from the surplus left over last wear.
ih's begging will require 10000 coo pounds of
hemp lhere will probably be GOO O60 poSnds |
OF osss,rope made in kentucky, which viii bale |
100000 bales of cotton; so tina. from ron oso ~
1,lo0,0oo oales must be baled froH, Msss,,r; and
the surplus 'e's 'as' year. Louisville Jour.
DEEp SNow.-The Galena Gazs,,s IS ,ho 7,h
says A gentleman lately arrived Al Prsr;s Sn
Chen from the head of the 81, Croix.
heavy SHOWS have lately fallen there, ana
snow now lies about five feet deep on the lever ''
LscY LoNo."-The popularity Of this piece
Of musical composition is not derogatoryt TO the
public taste. The sir was composed by The cele-
breted rBeliini, and occurs in II Puritani.'
n A Touring mill, clothing works and several
other buildings, were destroyed by ere few days
siRcc at Painesyile, Ohio, and two men perished
IN the flames. Another was dangerously burned.
G Anthony, slave of Mr.. Salattier, a, Nesv-
Orleans, walked into his masters room few DAYS
since, took up loaded pistol lying there, ADD dis
charged is contents into his heart. The cause
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