Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-06-15

| TObeS Ut VHfhDts cUloTs, altrF Tie HaIlOn Oi
the Arabs, with stfu,eturs haitging to
titeir necks, and cross bows 1T tlicir
saddle backs, und tIiey carried lsttiuhrs
with divers devices AISjvd tliem wers
inscribed in Greek characters, 'Rasli
monarch l,tl,old Glt men wI,o are to
h,th thee from thy throne, aid subdue tly
kingdom
Al the sight Of these things, tho kity
was troubled in spirit and disulay tel npot,
his attendants. While they acre yft re-
garding the paintings, i, seemed rs if tho
figures began to move, aud q faint sound
OF war-like tu,nit arose from the cloth.
witt, the e c'asl, Of cymlr,l anl the bruying
of Trumpet, the ncigh'ng Of steeds aud
the shout If armies, but al wtis heard in
distinctly. as if afnr off, or il, reveria ~
dream. The more they gaHed the plhiihr
became the motion and lrtt'ler tile buiss
and more distinct and tic linen clol, rolled
forth, and ainplifcd, md sprcud out, rs it
were, n mighty habher, and filed the hall,
and mingled with The air, ui,iIis iss texture
was no longer visible, or app'ared a. n
transparent cloud; and tho slladowy figures
l,ecanle all i'll motion, and the din md up
roar became ficrccr, and whether The
whole were nh animated picture or Vision
or M nrray of efnbalel spirits bpnured
mp Ivy supernatural power, no one present
could tell. They behed before them
great field Of battle, where Christians and
Moslems were engaged i, u dreadful
conflict They heard tic rush and tramp
Of seeds the blasting Of the trumpet and
the clarion, the clash Of cymimI, and tho
stormy din Of Thousand drums. There
was n clash Of swords aud ninces, and
la,ttle axes, with the wiistiine Of arrows.
| and the iitrIng of darts and Iames.s The
Christians glailed before the foe the inf
tlels pressed upon them. and put them to
| utter roiit the standard Of the cross uas
cast down, the banner Of Spain was trodden
under foot, the mir re-sounded with shouts
of triumph, with yeIls of fury, and with
the groans Of dying men King Rodcrick
belleld a crowned warrior, whose hack was
turned toward him, bnt whore arnlor was
liis own, aud who was mounted OH IL
white steed that reseiubed his own war
horse, Oreia. In the confusion Of tho
fight, the warrior was dismounied and was
wildly through the field Of battie without
n rider.
Rodcrick stayed 10 see no more, but
rushed from the fatal hall, followed Iy l1ls
terrified attendants. They fed through
the outer cl,aiIllrr where the gigantic
figure, with the whrIing mace had di@rp.
peared from the pedestal; and on Issuing
,t.fp ftlf,r, hes
cient guardians Of The tower lying dead at
the portal, as though they hat seen crushed
by mighty blow All nature, which had
been clear md serene was now in wild i,p-
roar The heavens were dsttkened by
heavy clouds loud bursts of thunder rent
the air, and the carilr was dclugcd with
rain and rnttling hail.
The king ordered the iron portal to le
closed hut the door was innosaI,le, aan
the cavaliers were dlsnayed by The trcmea,-
dous turmoil aud the mingled shouts and
groans thai. continued 10 prevail within.
The king aud his train hastcned t0 Telefo,
pursued and plted by the tempest. The
mountains shook and echoed with thunder
trees were uprooted and blown down, tho
Tagus mged and roared, and flowed above
its banks, 1t seemed to- the afIrighted
courtlers rs If the phantom legend Of
the tower had issued forth and mingled
will, the storm. Thus bcaten by tempest.
and overwhelmed with hc.rm, The king
and his eourtiers arrived ~ Toletto clap
perlng across the brptgeM the Tag,s, and
entered the gate in l,eadlong confusion, fas
though they had been pursued by an
enemy.
In the morning the heavens were again
serene, md all nature was restored 10 tran-
qullity. The king, therefore, issued forth
with his cavaliers, and took the read to
the tower, followed by a great multitude
for he was anxious once more TO close the
iron door, and shut up those evils that
threatened to ovcrhelu, the land. But lo;.
ON coming III sight Of the tower, new
wonder meet their eyes. An eagle appear,
ed high in the air, seeming to descend from
heaven. He bore in his beak burning
brand, and lighted ON the summit Of the
tower, tanning the fire with his wings In
little while the edifee burst forth in a
blaze, as though it had been built OF rosin.
and the flames mounted into the air with
a brilliancy more dazzling tllan the sun,
nor did they cease until every stone was
consumed and the wIole was reduced toa
heap Of ashes. Then there came vast
fight Of birds small size. and sable Of hue.
darkening the sky like a cloud and they
descended and wheeled in circles round the
ashes causing so great a wind with their
wings, that the whole was borne up into
the air and scattered through all Spain,
and whenever a particle Of those ashes fell
II was stain Of blood, II lis furthermore
recorded by ancient men and writer's OF
former days, that all those, on whom this
dust fell were afterwards slain in battle,
when the country was conquered by
the Arabs, and that the destruction Of the
necromatlc tower was sign and token Of
the approaching perdition Of Spain.
FRAILTIEs.-AIl men have frailtics.
.'As grow Older said Goethe, Il be-
come more lenient to the sims of frall
humanity. The man who loudly denouu-
ces it, always suspect. He knows too
much of crime who denounces fellow
creature unffeartl-whicii knowledge can