Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-10-28
VOLUME 30. NUMBER 1902.

him the credit dcred Of being dangerous eh,,,e,.,
Sya the Dictator, was of this He had the power
OF cutting off anybody head he though, pror.,. 49,
pP 'a ne tn9uaht It very proper to off Crsars-
beiore he could do that however IL was p.r....,v .,
catch Cnsar and accordingly he raised hue and CIV ,,
NM he retrospective eye Of Imagination sees the fol
rowing handoiIl extensively posted in tho Forum:
1000 SEsrERcEs REWARD
Whereas Caus Julius c esar " no stand, .cc,..d n H.,
hlg crimes and misdemeano against the Commonwealth
OF Rome and for whose apprehension warrant has been
issued has ABscoSDED, by whereof the officer ,h,r
ed with the execution Of such unable 10 serv.
hlm with the same; This is to give notice. that the above
wiz pf pad to any person who will give such inOr
"iauoh Us viii lead 10 the APPREHENSIoS of the said
CAIUS JULIUS CESAR
Immediately on his being taken CUSTODY Tn. ,for.
sad Cssa OF middng height, fair rather sleader in
abouts, but looks much older. Eyes DARK no.o n.rI
walks with an erect and stately STEP and is proud and i'm
porous IN his bearing. By order of the DicraroR
ou1NrUs FuscUs, Writer, X suburb,
But C1sar eontrived to heep Of Sya,s tbougb no
exactly out OF harms way; in avoiding him he r.. =;
manner, into Charybdis-ino the hands of n;,,,s. IL
Ted among these people the term.
Tor some time; and suppose that their Ala
not much improve his morals. He detained th.n
rom having 10 send home for his ransom which thew Rad
hEed ut twenty talents. Cesar at being nr,.d u
mat low rate, Insisted upon giving thsm fy-more fool
he remarks the thinking mind We should have been glad
10 buy Cesar at price, and sell him at his own
The pirates" says Pluarch, considered murder ,s
uIihe. In this sentiment Cesar, doubt agreed with
them He used, in chatting with them to assure them b,
when he of their clutches he yould como bL -
cruelty their whole gang They took this throat %, -
butt proved TO be no Joke least Them for ne was as
good or as bad, as his word The ancient Romans not
much notion OF Joking. 49,
Sya, to compare Roman candle to tallow Dip having
at length, metaphorcay speaking, been .nued OUT c..
returned TO Rome intending Iby anticipation TO p.y
Cromwell Richard the Third If necessary: tbo, ia .,
make himself master of every body and not TO stick AZ ,r
| hes in doing ~ W.
lie commenced operations by system Of sbol.s.I. hri
oery and corruption which might astonish even Reform
lie gave series Of magnificent dinners TO
afrlcian circ
all sorts OF plays games, sights and spectacle. IN or
occasion he exhibited Terrific Combat between 900 pair
oil gadIators This unprecedented Attraction" involved
nounced in the bills ~ ~
No wonde then, that Caesar for Ever -, was anon the
popular ctyino wonder, Also that the said Caesar nc, an
the principle of Expense object got head over
DEBT But what are private embarrassments 10 ON. Nh
! means to get hold Of the public money! Then TO- -
knew ta' ne should some day steal the where IN n,x
Having gone through several minor Offices with gr,
teu e from what has Just been said may be ,upno.ed
ne oid, C9sar was made chief Poiniff or Arcbup,bnr
Next, he became PrTor Originally a sort Of Romnn -
Mayor and then he TO Spain as Goverror
Tor he 9eneht OF his country This mission he so
dscharged as not only FIJI the general cot
iers but likewise the pockets of his soldersef Nh. A.
clent Romans had pockets and last not eas, HE o,
/ Debts" WV ~ pay o4o
Il was customary among the Romans to reward tho mo-.
caring ano successful thief of the gang which thew nator
any composed, with the dignity of Consul Cesar Co.,
ed ms distinction; and, help himself thereto verv L
very made cats paws of Ponpey and Crassus xbo -.
ueH 'le most powerful men, and, TO himself In.
greatest rouges in Rome and who were paving ,bs -,
game, though not such a deep one as his own He go;
quarry took IN PomPey, by offering him his daughter n
(who was engaged AT the time 10 somebody elssl n -
mage fonPey BIT; and IN got Caesar appointed n
the government Of Gaul, with four egions Had c.
oee ms schoolmasier, and had he presented him win
ounue OF birch twgs, he could have don. ser -.
mere was C@sar setting the trade of tyran and only
! waning what fOmpey supplied him with-tools
Away went CRsar the head of these rascas n C.,I
'uuca'T mem IN the art OF throat cutting among the ma
lives; and SINCE in the course of less than Ten 80 H.
took eighteen hundred cities by assault conquered hr.
hundred nations and fought pitched battles AZ difr.,
times, with three millions Of men, one million of rhh -
cut IN pieces and made another million prisoner - !, ,
oe admitted that he gave them pretty good schooling
iuil true, and particular and confessio, s
aocltes, inclusive OF his ouirages upon this copr,r
been lett US by himself, in his "Commentaries ~
Thieves are generally devoted to a leader who find.
mem plenty OF Pnder so when, last, an opening ar
Rome offered for rebellion and treason seemed ISL.
10 LOOK up OF which circumstances Caesar thougb,
TIT to avail himself, his soldiers gladly followed ~
10 attack their country. He subdued ILL 800; 49,
ded Rome, where 10 their great Content no doub he b
geo me treasury went and mastered Spain returned made
e senate resign their authority him. and then started Oft
after Pompey. Pompey's wife dead and he had nJ
cesar OUT so that they had quarreed and were now ike
the non ana the unicorn IN the Royal Arms-fghung for
the crown, or what was tantamount to it.
In the inst engagement between the rival relatives Pom
PY Oea' CGSar put IN the second and last Caesar beat
Pompey This little skrmish occurred on the nIai,s os
Pharsaa, wherein CGsar had the satisf,c,;or 81 80;
between seventeen snd eighteen thousand of his country
men dead ~ "'-
'i'H S"oseu roulpey 10 Egypt, where he found that
he had been murdecd-rathcr an agreeable suprse He
Sed lev thousand OF people, worth mentioning in
Egypt ana greatmany in Africa and Spain i'm put
uIg down those troublesome fellows Cato Scipio J,bs
anu the young PomPeys. At length he returned in IN
umph 10 Rome whose population, thanks to himself had
o'en reduced from $4,000 TO 100000 The remainder to
reward him for all the good he had done re,eJ 80 -
pe'ual DICTATOR which honor he did long enjoy being
@Ssasrina'ed March To- B. c. Is, eyed So in the Senate
,ue oy Messrs' Brptus Cassius and Company, certain
patriotic gentlemen who envied his luck
Inc character OF Caesar displayed oil that extrayoeant
generosity which those usually exhibit who steal what thew
GEL ana mat disposition 10 universal gaantry for which
heroes OF lesser note Mr. Richard Turpn and Mr. John
sheppard have been remakabe-Spirits Of the Times