Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1846-09-23

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rs not forget that we have a representative
here from China, the senior Of, all existing
nations One, natural curiosity at least,
among fhedriselling millions that inhabi,
that changssss region. has broken over the
Ibis wall Ard the fact that we have him
here FIVE thousand miles from home, and
kindred, is a circumstance which adds an
other laurel to the improving spirit of the
tags. But what an everlasting gibber do
YOU suppose, all these tongues set in tune
produce. Fappears to me that we have a
second edition of the scenes enacted at Ba-
bel. Ineyer saw the saying, that !''birds of
e. 9 feather s't flock together more amply ex-
emplifed then on this occasion. AS you
might suppose it did not take long for this
molly crowd to divide, and subdivide until
nearly every Individual specimen Of hu-
mlasashil.y mar had obtained his liking.
~ In q retired corner had observed with
considerable interest an individual, who,
Judging from appearances, was like myself
9, stranger to all on board. a few locks Of
gray hairs struggling from low turbaned
hat, indicated that his sun was on the de-
cline. With his head inclined forward, and
apparently unconscious of what was tram
spring around him, he was poring4 over. a
small volume, which / afterward ascertain
ID 70 BE 'sHomers Illiad." Occasionally,
|he arose and paced the deck with a hurried
step, then suddenly stopping resumed his
seat, and settled into meditative mood:
then againshe would turn to his book, and
seem for a time lost in, its distractions.
concluded MOTTO interrupt him BY conversa-
ton which might appear to him, obtrusive,
as he was somewhat my senior in years;
The suit which isad shone without an IN
lSfsening cloud during the entire day, was
now terminating his career in the dark
chambers sofsthe illimitable sea- Here and
there a star soon began to glitter in the
blue 'expanse, but no more was permittedto
illuminate the wide waste ofwaters. Busy
and sonbre thoughts soon began to occupy
my mind. Thought of the numerous and
forgotten dead, who sleep, in the great
charnel house, unconscious Of the heaving
billow that is dashing above and around
them.s No more the jar of passions agi-
tates their torn, andsorrow stricken bosoms.
No more they feel the pittiless storm that
used to tempest lifes unequal sea. In the
silent depths of their fathomless grave oil is
quiet. But, Il must not pursue these
thoughts. Slowly and one by one, the pas
|sengersf retired to their berths, as the voy-
ager Of life retires from its busy stage.
Wpapt in meditative thought alone re-
mained on.deck. My reflections however
were soon broken by the tread of footsteps,
and [ discovered that the old gentlemen
who had attracted my previous notice, was
approaching. He made some casual re-
mark concerning the weather, in broken
English, to which replied and invited him
to u seat After conversing awhile on va.
rioqs topics, he Informed me that he was q
Grecian by birth, and that he had exiled
himself. from his nntive land forever, in
consequence, Of the misfortune, and curse
which, ike the hand of destiny for more
than two thousand years, has pressed tito
the earth He spoke eloquently and man.
ifestly with deep feeling Of the unfortunate
degeneracy of bis countryman, and of the
means oftheir restoration. round him
quite intelligent; even more SO than had
! at first supposed, He was cohversant witt
all the ancient Grecian poets, philosophers
and rnathematicians ofdistinction, and witt
most Of the Latin. In his youth be felt .
burning thirst for study: Not possessing
1 proper facilities, at home he went abroad
4 and and IN France, England, and Germany he
'iiled to'iiled for that mental light which the classic
land aonce enjoyed, but which had lont
since been trodden out. AAtthe time ofth,
Grecian revolt, and struggle for freedom ii
\ 1927, he entered the conflict with all tn
ardor and braveryof one who defends hi
! home, his wife, and his children. He how
: ever met with a hard fate: for in 1922 whe,
n The beautiful Scio was taken BY the enemy
j and All the inhabitants either massacred, .
D enslayed, his family with the exception Q
i anainlant daughter, all fell by the hand .
t the merciless Turk. With his tende