The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1846-05-21

CLOSING vault about tive feet in depth, ap-
lparently extending under the entire circums
ference of the ediiice, and occupied, as far
as visible from above, by open barrels of pow
der, the interstces between which were FL
led up with the same destructive material,-
the whole communicating, by train, with
the heap before mentioned Not coun-
tenance changed, as the appalling spectacle
stood boldly revealed in ihered torch light.
All had resolved 10 die, and hum of stern
approval announced how ready they were TO
embrace the most fearful doom rather than
slavery. Even the. females, and such Of the
children aswerc old enough TO comprehend
the object of the preparations, subdued the
timidity Of their nature, and unshrinkingly
gazed on the paraphernalia of death. The
presiding priestess Of the approaching sacr-
fee smiled as she beheld the unflnching
resolve which lightened from every eye. G
see," she cried exultinIy, 'syou prefer death
oihe scourge and chain, which are the por-
on Of submisson. Let the seryile yield,--
tce will not dishonor the husbands, fathers,
children, who have this day bled for us, by
a thought so base! But shall we die alone.
-unavenged? No! The instrument OF our
ldelverance, shall be the minister of our
vengeance. Death 10 as is the harbinger OF
reunion with those we love and venerate,-
but we will glad their spirits with the
shrieks of a less willing sacrifice. That
blackened ashes which will shortly strew
the spot where we stand, shall not be all
our own. The murderers who have driven
US to this last actof desperation, shall share
the ruin they have invoked. HarkIr she
continued, as the sound ofheavy blows, and
voices .clamoring for admission, caught her
ear, seven now the victims are at hand y
Unbar the entrance, ,--let the bloodhounds
! IMP 1t was done, the ponderous door roll
4 led back, and the living stream rushed in.-
A shout of savage exultation arose from the
first who entered, as they beheld the seem
ling helplessness of their expected captives:
but as The group which had clustered around
the magazine opened to the right and left, at
j Cheitho's signal, they became conscious Of
i the dreadful fate that awaited them. They
i felt, rather than saw, that movement OF
the priests hand, as he stood firm and un-
4 bending with his finger on the trigger of his
weapon, would send them in blistered frag-
ments through the air, and wiha wild scream
of terror, they turned TO fly. But flight was
/ impossible The throng without pressing
eagerly forward, precluded egress; they
howled in an extacy ofhorror,-the Greeks
answered them with shouts of scornful tri-
umph. The chapel became crowded.
d Fearful Of firing upon the priest, lest the
, shock Of his fall should produce the catas
: trophe they dreaded, the foremost of the
I Moslems rushed forward, in the madness O.
r despair, for the purpose Of seizing him.
/ The hand ofthe nearest touched the hem 0
!, his camisa.
II "Nowp' cried Cheitho, in voice whose
} clear and silver tones rang high above tht
r tumult. The finger of hercompanion pres
] sed the fatal spring! A peal ia shock tha
/ caused the solid mountain TO culver TO it
. foundations,-shook the air. An undistin
Z guishable mass Of wrecks shot upward ip
e.. - 1l,II1 ruwaru neaven,-and wheI
: the last echo of the hideous roar died ava.
film silence, thcre was no record, save fallel
. ashes, to tell of the sacrfcial suicide.
III OuCll WAS tHG OUhouiiliiiutou vi q tiihfOOi
: years. crusade against the liberties Of an so
) lated mountain race, by the proud Pasha o
I Ioninna, the conquerer Of a thousand cities
. the rival of the Porte,-the scourge 0
a Greece.
His losses during the war had been i'm
. mense, and the final assault and. conques
!, afforded little cause for triumph OF rem
: nant of the tribe who yet fingered in thu
A deepest recesses of the mountains, som
3 slew themselves, and a few escaped TO Parg
b and Corfu, ,-the stipulated retreats of thos
$ oftheir countrymen who had previously sub
milted.
: KNOX CouNry.-The Mr.. Vernon Banne
i Of last week says: Almost revolution
n ON foot in Monroe township in regard
II the odious Wing Tax Law. The Assessc
o has been round and left his blank forms, re
N quiring the Tax payers to list their propert