Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1843-09-06

wherever he went. Too weak and too pusillani' 1
nous 10 act by themselves, they had eagerly en-
btseed the quarrel OF the lIerodians ard Saddoeoes.
Besides these three parties, had 10 contend against
the reckless and profga,c populacc, always ready
TO join IN sediIiou, and 10 profit by tho disorder
and confusion that result ,hcreirom.
Jesus was dragged before the Council OF the
Priests and condemned TO death II was then tina,
the High Priest, Caiphas, performed dersory act
Of submission. He sent his prisoner 10 me to pro-
nonnce his condemnai alton and secure his execution.
answered him that as Jesus was Calioan, the
affair in Hcrods jurisdiction. and ordered
Jesps 10 be sen, ,h,her The willy Terarch pro.
fessed humility, and protesting his Difference TO the
lieutenant Of Caesar, he committed the fate OF the
man 10 my banda. iss..ias.s ss
Soon my palace assumed the aspsc, Of besieged
citadel; every monen, increa sed tho numbef OF the
sed,ous Jerusalem was inundated with crowds
from the mountain ofNazareth. All Judea appear.
ed TO be pouring into that devoted city.
had taken TO wife gill from among the Gauls,
who pretended to see into fu,uriiy. Weeping, and
throwing herself at my feet, Beware, said she to
me, beware ana touch not that man for he is holy
Last night saw him in vision, he was walking
on the wa,er,--he 1ying on the wings of the
wind. He spoke to the empes,s, 10 the palm trees,
to the fishes Of the lake-all were obeden, TO him.
Behold the loren, of Noun, Cedron flows with
blood the statues OF Caesar soied with the filth
Of the gemoniae, the columns of the Pretorium have
given way, and the sun is yelled in mourning like
ves,a in the tomb, O, Plate evil awaits thee
If thou wilt not listen to the words of thy wife,
dread the curses of Roman Senate, dread the
frown OF Caesarn
a.. l.
weight of the multitude. The Nazarenc was bro't
back to me. | proceeded TO the Hail Of Justice,
followed by my guards, and asked the people in
severe tone, what they demanded, The death OF
the Nazarene, was their reply, For what crime
He has blasphemed he has prophesied tho ruin of
the Temple he calls himself the Son of God--,he
Messiah--the King of the Jews Roman justice,
said |, punishe,h not such offences with death
Cruelty him cruelty him shouted forth the
lenless rabble,
| The vociferaons of the infuriatc multitude shook
the palace to its foundation One man alone ap.
peared calm in the midst Of the iumult. He was
like unto the Statue OF Innocence placed in the tenn
/ plies of Eumnides. II was the Nazarene.
After many fruitless attempts to protect him from
the fury Of his mercess prosecutors had the base
ness to adopt a measure which, at that moment APP
pearad TO me to he the only that could save his
! life. ordered him To be scourged then, calling
! for a over, washed my hands in the presence of
the camorous multitude, thereby sgnifying ie them
my disapprobation of the deed
But in vain 1t was his life that these wretcbes
thirsted after Often, in civil commotons have
| witnessed the furious luminosity of the multitude {;
but nothing could ever be compared to what ! be-
held in the present instance. 1t might have been
truly said that, on this occasion, all the phan'oms
of the Internal regions had assembled together at
Jerusalem. The crowd appeared no! to walk they
were borne off and whirled as a vortex, rolling
along like living waves, from The portal Of the Pre-
forum unto Mount Zion, with houling screams,
shrieks and notifications, such heard
either in the seditions of Panona or in the tumults
Of the Forum.
BY degrees the day darkencd like a winter twi-
light. such as had been at the death Of the
great Julius Caesar. 1t was likewise towards the
ides Of March, !, the condemned governor Of re-
bellious province, was leaning against column Of
my basilic, contemplating athwart the dresry gloom
this Theory of Tar,arus dragging to execution the
innocent Nazarcne. All around me was desert. -
jerusalem had vomiied forth her inndweers ,hro'
the funeral gate that leads 10 The Gemonioe. An
air Of desolaon and sadness enveloped me. My
guard had Joined the cavalry, and the centurion, to
Olspiay q SUduoW VI power, was tHutdNoilnS w
maintain order. | was left alone, and my breaking
heart admonished me, that what passing at that
moment appersined rather TO the history OF the gods
than TO that of man. Loud clamors were heard pro-
ceeding from Golgoiha, which borne on the winds
appeared 10 announce agony such as had never
been heard by mortal ear Dark clouds low red
over the pinnacle of the Temple and large ruptures
settled over the city and covered il as with veil.
So dreadful were the signs ina, were manifested
both in the heavens and on tho earth, that DYonys.
Us, the Areopagile, is reported TO have exclaimed
Either the Author Of Nature IS suffering, or The
UniDerse IS FILLING apart
Towards the frs, houtpf the night, threw my
mantle around me, and went down Into the city tow
ards the gate OF Golgolha. The sacrifice had been
T consummatcd. The crowd were returning home
still sgtaied, il is true bot gloomy, sad, iacntn
, desperate What they had witnessed, had struck
them with terror aud remofse. also saw my ihlle
Roman Cohori pass by moufniuiiy the standard
bearer having yelled his Eagle 10 token Of grei and
oyerle ard some Of the soldiers mufmuung strange
: words which did no, comprehend Diners were
reoounlng prodigies almost similar 10 those which
mad 80 often sfnule the Romans with dlsmay by the
will of the gods. Sometimes groups ol nen aud
, women would halt then, loOsing back towards
Mount Calvary, would remain n'otionless, m The
4 expectation Of witnessing some new prodigy
returned 10 tie Pretor um sad and pensiSs. On
ascending the stairs, the steps Of which we're sill
4 a. I Naf