Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-11-23

i sCalphurnla who had been removed to another
part of the palace, having, recovered from her
swoon,again entered the apartment of her lord
! Throwing her white arm around Caesar and point
ing to the moon, whose beams were yet. shining
on the city, she said in tone of deep solemnity,
conjure the by the beams of that bright orb,
which now shed their light, perhaps their final
light this devoted capital, by thy love for Cal
phurnia; by thy; veneration for the gods; by the
awful vision of this midnight hour, 60 not to the
senate house to-day .aasa Et.s. e. 5-,s |
| beautiful Calphurnia,'' replied Caesar, swhat-
ever the gods have into the leaf of our des-
tiny, cannot be aVerted, as well might we attempt
to arrest the lightning, guided on its course by
Jove, or to stay the thunderbolt directed by his
arm. Shall !, who have founded second Car
thage, and another .Corinth; whom the gods have
Eprospered and protected; whose arm they have
crowned with contests; whose name they have
loaded with eterA Aal honors; shall I, because the
elements have been conyulsed, and the spirits of
the dead have stalked through the midnight gloom,
dare to believe that the immortal deties have for
saken me! No! by the eternal Jove; though the
ghost of Pompey has traversed the streets of Rome
in darkness, attended by the uries; the Tiber and
the clouds have met; the heavens been streaked
with blood, and the earth rent to its foundation;
yet shall not the soul of Caesar shrink. Unappal-
led by the terrors which surround him, he shall
once more meet the demon of danger so often
vanquished, and again return triumphant from the
| contest
81 know the strength, the nobleness of thy ma
ture-the weakness and inefficiency of my own,''
said Calphurnia, "yet, ere thou rejectest my ad-
vice, consult the augurs.''
ssTo calm thy fears, noble woman, have al
ready ordered sacrifice, which will offer to the
gods; the man approaches who bore to them my
commands. Slave, what says the priest, is the
offering ready!" ...- ....-,. ...
"Mighty Julius,'' replied the man, "already have
three beasts been slain--the Haruspex Spurinna
bids me tell thee they were deficient in heart
the seat of life is not-the omen is unfavorable to
thy departure for the senate house,
.The gods have sported, or the priest played
foul,'' replied Caesar. s'The senators are sitting;
Julius had better die single death than live and
fear a thousand.''
| In thoughtful meditation, he withdrew to Win
dow fronting the Tiber. The morning dawn had
been resplendent-the beautiful sky Of Italy had
again resumed it's wonton serenity speck of
white occasionally variegated the blue canvass, a
few streaks of colored clouds tinged the head
of the horizon. Julius was contemplating the ef-
fects of the SUMS rays as penetrating the haze of
the yet unrufled Tiber, they threw a beautiful
prsmatic arch over it's channel, when Decius Bru-
tus, who attended to conduct him to the Capital,
was announced The sight of his conductor-the
remembrance of his past glores-his present rep
utaton and his future fame, contrasted with the
weakness which had inclined him to yield to the
request of alphurnia, rushed upon his mind in
moment. . -r-.. s. -l. ..,:. s... -. .........
"Thou art my better genius cried Caesar, ''the
die is cast; go to the Capital; Caesar is safe
Yon son would be stopped in its course, the heav-
ems be darkened the waters turned into blood, and
nature sink into annihilation had the gods decreed
that Caesar should perish; yet look on the scene,
Calphurnia, lovely and beautiful as it is. Fare
well-the gods protect thee" ssa sa~E Fl
The parting benediction had scarcely been ut
tered, when thunder clap resounded through the
caverns of Rome. Caesar had ascended the litter,
4 as the cloud burst over him. T.. ...* =...- a- g.
"Another frolic of the gods; proceed, = said he.
The pathway leading to the capital had been
strewn with flowers; virgins arrayed in white fill
ed the air with songs, they proceeded with the
, litter on which Caesar was borne; band of music
awaited his approach in the marble hall of the
capital. The shouts of the plebian masters of the
universe from the citadel, at length announced
his arrival. -. -: s.-.. .., -, .-...~.s 81 ,-.
f At that moment flight Of yutures which had
hovered for some time around the Tarpeian hill
suddenly descended to the plain; the foremost tore
the heart from the body of lamb, uttered scream
and bore away in triumph the bloody spoils; an
e. awful omen of more bloody scene. s..H= s.....
a A band of conspirators, Marcus Brutus, Caius
: Cassius, Cayca, Metellus and Others whose deeds
: had been matured amid the terrors of the prece-
o ding night, anxiously beheld Caesar dsmount from
e the litter. He ascended the lofty flight of steps
leading to the capital. .zs - g-s
s A soothsayer approaches. "Cesar, beware Of
: the Ides of March, ..f 5.4# .---
ssThat sculptural note is familiar to my ear
: exclaimed Caesar; tFwho art thou mysterious Wis
# liant, that thus in voice hollow the btterI
in the wilderness, second time crossest tn path
d way of Juliusa ! charge thee answer me.''s
"Thy SAVIOR" replied the seer, &c if thou attend
est to my warning; thy prophet, if thou rejectes
IT it. Thy lot has been cast, the depth of thy for
tunes have been sounded, Again, 1 conjure thee
n in the name of those with whom hold intelli
r, gence-by the secrets of the tomb-by the intern
e al horrors that await the souls of the guilty, sen
le impurifed into the presence of the gods, bewar
s of the Ides of March," .:a ,zaa..---- -11 Fl.
e, ssThey are come,'' said Caesar. .a
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