Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-21
THE AGE OF QUEEN MARY

THE AGE OF QUEEN MARY.
we give one or two instances Of the man
ners and ideas Of the age in which Queen
Mary's lot was cast. l,is generally known
That Henry the Eighth pu, some seventy
one thousand persons of all religious per.
sossions to death on The scaffoId. during his
single reign; but it is not equally known
that his daughter Elizabeth had on arrav of
three hundred heads Of persons convicted Of
high treason, placed on London Bridge. in
Guiding those Of her cousin and friend Nor
t"lk, and her romantic lover, Essex; and that
so Lar from being shocked q, the ehas,ly ar
rs,Y, she took the foreign AMBASSADOR to see
1t, IN show "h"w We serve traitors in EGG
land" Profession, historians have recount
ed with jus. indignation, ,ha, the Bloody
Mary cas-, two hundred and forty men, wo-
men and children, into The flames during her
briei and atrocinus re ign; but they have not
equally prominently brough, forward the
fact, which is equally certain, that still
greater number of catholic priests snd par,i-
sans were by her protestant successor, Sc.
cfel|y rAcked TO The utmost limits " which the
human fame can endure, in ,hs, awful scene
After The massacre Of ST. Bartholomew, the
ladies' of the Court Of Paris went out to ex-
anime the bodies Of the Hugunol cavaliers
VIII" had been slain during the tumul', and
curlonsIy turning them over, when half
stripped Of their garments, said 10 each 9TH
eI: This must have been charming love;
that as not worth looking al" And when
the frantic assassin Ravallac, was brought
ou. into the square Of the Louvre. to under
60, during four hours, The most flightful tor.
lures which human ingenuity or maIignity
could devise. or the human frame endure,
the Whole ladies of The Cour, of Paris assem-
bed I" witness the spectacle, and as high
prices were gwen for The seats nearest The
scene Of agony as were given for the best
places on the streets leading 10 ST. Psul's
on the approaching occasion when the frs,
and mobiles, Of Britain attended her greatest
hero 10 his last resting place! II is perhaps
the most difficult thing. in surveying the
annals of The past, 10 bring ourselves TO con-
ceive, how human beings could, in any age
or under any circumstances, have been
brou!.h! TO lend themselves 10 such barbara
lies ARu,ano.hing is more certain than ,ha,
gt-.aIest nr-a-i----..t- --s1.-->A-l ana-.---I
thai they were doing God a service when
so engaged; d;-wi,ness Sir Thomas More n"g-
ging prisoner with his own hands in bis
garden 10 conver, him from heresy. If we
are wise and JUS, we will Judge of those
who lived in those cruel times, according 10
the measure of the ideas with which they
are surrounded, and no, our own; and reaec,
with deeper Ihankfulness on the happier lot
when subjects are no, called on to undergo
such sacrifices in their duty 10 ,beir sover-
eigh.-Blackwood.
Flowers UPON MoTuER's GRAvE.-
Four mOlhetless lllle children Who can
think Of them wilhou, saddened hearr?-
True, they are TOO young TO know how
grea, is their loss; bu, ab! now. Who will
talk TO them Of Jesus! Who will teach
them to lisp his name: Who will teach
them TO be Christians early? The fathers
business calls him away during their wax
ing hours. When he comes home sleep
hangs heavy upon their eyeIids. He cen
pray for them. But ah mothers con-
stan, care and influence are buried with her
in the grave.
Not long since there were four such lit
,le ones. Their mother had been borne to
sunny land Of flowers, ,ha, she nigh,
, catch again The bloom ,ha, had faded her
cheek But i, came not-and there among
strangers she died. Her soul wen, to the
spirit land, and her body was brough, to
rest among its kindred. Two Of the lille
ones went To the tomb, with those who
bo.e their mothor's precious form. As
deep into it, each one cast some flowers up
on The coffin he. 1t was sweet sIght-a
pretty tribute TO The memory Of mother
all they could do now TO tell of their deep
affection.
Young reader, does your mother still
live? How should YOU cherish her affec
lions and treasure her words She may
die. Then you will feel tha. you have
never done enough for her as yon ought !;
never loved her half enough. Try 10 be
more earnest in your affections toward her.
Then, should you come TO cast flowers in
10 her tomb, no ,esrs of regret will fall up
on them.
Sudden excitement may alarm and frus-
trate the people, as the tempest does the O.
cesn, but The calm succeeds, ,he wrecks heave
in view, and an erroneous judgment returns
to reason.
Pleasures unduIy taken, enervate the soul.
make fools of The wise, and towards OF
the brave. liber.ine life is not life of