New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-03

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cy, the n~uieto iva, 10 haewpi T., the l',p'anse ~
| NvvNge GU sisleta death Tho Rieesas hetalas
hinselfla aisa,wea Nv ihis mad npAh ef daarend'as
p,u,vw Had what With The teais ~ his e,ea aud Tho
| eNc1 1 tWiaua and tho srhhns aud sighting ~ We
WOMEN esceanen, ct faelae iaf the moman' 10
have o,wcomp the paFsios OF tho patriot when old
Notslua lumhles Ia, ami givps thom euorg blowing
Wy t their waite " time that their country claims,
In tsolish talk with women. lie hnfion them an w
the BATH, field liomiains 20 takc charge OF the two
vemonl viii blunt VOICE requesting thcm not TO
bother him with their blabbcr. while big tear is
| dripping down nom his own iroo eye.
Acf Ill The comba, was Just about to take place
when the soldiers, moved by iis ntrocy attempted TO
stop the combaiants. As they, however, would not
| withdraw, mutiny followed; which was only calmed
by icsoring TO delay. to afford opportunity Of
consulting with tho oracle by whose decision they
would abide. This Is reported by Julia to saona al
the opening Of the third act. Sabina who was, as It
may be readily imagined, plunged IN the deepest grief
rvivcs 10 hope again; but Camilla is not 30 credulous
Since the OF acle proved false TO Ter love- her faith Is
shsktn. She INDUCES even IN some sarcastic renee
tons about the arstocratic tendencies OF oracles IN
| general Her opinion is that the Gods do not care
much for the people, but smile only upon kings-the
| representatives Of divinity on earth. Camilla meant
| this only philoeophically; but the sentiment was
| taken literally by Tullus and all kings after
him, including Louis XIV, and relshed accordingly.
Af,er melancholy interchange OF sentiments between
Camilla and Sabins old horatius again tumoes IN ana
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10 afford consolation 10 the women; they cry accord
ipsly; he feels moved, and enters into long expana
| ton of bis sentiments. Meanwhile, the COMBAT mas
taken place. the oracle having wiiled it. julia reports
the victory Of Alba Two Horat are killed, ana the
| third SabiDa husband, has fled.
Old Horatius il thunderstruck less at the fall OF Rome
than at the idea Of seeing Rome fall and one OF MS
! sons survive Camilla mourns over her brothers;
but old Horatius is in paroxysm Of rage and curses
the coward, who fed Julia asks what he wanted one
10 do against threel To die! And, spite OF Sa6ina
attempt to sootbe him. be determined to blot out the
| stain upon the Horas escutcheon, by killing win
his own hand this traitor Of son. The women follow
him TO prevent this catastrophe but on the opening OF
| Act lV.-We find Camilla pleading in vain Tor
mercy and the old inexorable; when happily Vale
rus appears sent by the king himself to tender the
The report of his flight founded upon misconcep-
| tion. The flight was only The ruse was sue
cessfu as be alone overcame the three Curatii Ca
ma listens breshlessly and hearing how her lover
perisbed she breaks down under the load of sorrow
which opp esses her heart and utters sigh which Is
thrilling beyond expression. This is the celebrated
| B6Losg" Mark it. Old Horatius abuses her for
mourning over the fall Of her lover when she ought to
rejoice over the triumph Of Rome. This rudenese OF
her father impars singular interest to her grief, and
| che yearns to resent it; and while In this NJ
of sorrow rage and passion her brother the vctor'
Gus Horatius makes his appearance and on ms sheer
ing at her womans tears her rage loses all bounds
She then utters the word-famous imprecaon against
| Rome-mark it-and her brother, maddened by this
unpatriotc curse stabs her, and the curtain falls