The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1854-06-15
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FACTS FROM nlsronY.

In ihe height Of her glory and renown the
republican city Of Anthems contained, ace or
ding to tie best authorities, 30s, 900 inhabi-
,an,s, classified as follows: 1900 free citi-
Eens; II, 900 free foreigners, enjoying the
legal rights Of citizens, including the right to
hold slaves and 2oi 900 slaves. Some au-
,hors give the number Of slaves as much
larger than this We take the lowest COM
putalion Of any authority. Among the class
of slaveholding foreigners a, Anthems was
the orator Lisias, who owned 100 slaves
Demosthenes, whose haransues ssainN W
ranny every schoolboy and Congressman
quotes the pra,es about, owned SO slaves as
white as himself, of the same blood, fash
ioned by God In the same Caucasisn mould.
In Sparta The population was one-third free
and ,wo-,hirds slaves, being the same pro-
portion exactly as at Athens.
Ia the early days OF the Roman Republic,
the number Of slaves were very limited. la
the year 47o B. G., they formed only six
,eenih part Of the po7uialion; buf SO tapid-
" did .he curse extend that two hundred
and ifty years thereafter, when on the brea-
king ou, Of the second Pnnic War, census
of Roman Italy was taken todeiermins how
many were OF suitable age 10 bear arms,
there were found to be over eigh, millions
of inhabitants, OF whom oue-half were
slaves. The vast private fortunes Of Roman
gentlemen al This md latter periods may be
inferred from The number Of their slavss.--
OF ,hess one individual owned ten thousand |;
olhers owned FIVE TO eight thousand eaeh -
sue:onius, Cato, Seneca. Plulareh, and PHI
ny all tell US that every rich man owned
family physician among bis household chat.
,sls The great psinisr, Fab,us, surnamet
Pictor, 3o3 B. c., decorated at Rome The
Temple Of Health, was slave. So, too
was vilruvis, the immortal archiiec, Of tl,s
raniheon, and another Of great work on
archi.eciuss, which has been, dnsiug ,hii
century, translated and publishsd In Ens
ash and in German for the use Of modern
architects. There wers also slave shopkee
,pers, brokers', AID merchants of all degrees
To show what sort ofs.uf honsshould slsss'
we're sometimes made of, among these en-
lighisned Romans, we fnd in Cornelius Ne
pos ,hat the toetmea Of A;iicus could mar
yslously well aei as readers and eopyisis io'
\heir master
The prices cuTreni Of the human hssh-
and blood market of Rome presented ordi,
mary much higher quotations thsn thsf 81
Greece. The Roman slave dealers wsrs
called Lanisfos, HtsenlIy 1ssksellsFs. Plat.
arch quotes fisld-hands - having bfoneh'
sz5o each in Cato's tina. But the Roman,
sike the Grecian prices far feminine beauty
were infinitely higher than for merely able
bodied working people. For Injurious sr-
ticles of his sort ,btrs wee ro fixsc mari .
value. Martial speaks Of a young lady fetch
/ ins 100000 sssierces $4,000. PIiny re-
/ lates that one Tofanius sold 10 one Aniouiu.
a pair Of very lovely twin sisters u The same
enormous raie--2o0 600 ssslelees Tor the
pair $1,000 apiece, The price Of very
charming gid bought By a hello, y mention
ed by the PIau,us a. being very low Il d
600 sssierces (s200.1
We can arrive ~ The price pfsa Roman
fisherman BY s.que,ssioa ffsm -
lcrbins banqaet whels ihsss xss infbo'
Iwich cost I, 600 ssslssces 'esoo:' ~ ssys
Polail forazse ninores
Piscaior guam pisoes emi-
Thai is the 6rhsrmsa uouid hsys COS
- han the Ash. So, too, We can tind how
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