Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-05-16
@GLEARFIELD, DNEsDAY, NAY Is, 1856.

out deeper repentance from his sonl.
Marcus and VertitIa, with emotions which it
were IN vain TO attempt to describe, are on
fller way tothe house of the JcweSs Thestreet
! along which they are rapidly pSssing,is very
dark and narrow, as well as crooked. Just as
4 they hastily turned one of these angles, sever
alasoldiers, with ferocious looks and horrid
/ oatis, sprung out before them, from behind
j an old, decayed building. Marcus drew his
sword. Vcrtitia threw her slender form in be-
/ fore him, and staying his raised arm with her
! trembling hand impIored him to desist. The
/ next instant they We're seized; and. being
! rudelg dragged along narrow streets and Glay
alleys, they we're thrown intothe Tower, along
with some dozen or more Of the persecGted
| sect. =: ;:::::: -A5-'s"2 a+
| n There was strange, unaccountable stiffness
that night through the City, and the more so
as the night advanced. Now and then seli-
tary Individual or two might have been seen
hasting along in silence, with their eyes on
their feet, and marked, peculiar anxiety in
the features Something was brewins-though
| no one pretended to know triai.
The Emperor, as usual, had spent the early
incredible number Of Christians had been con-
signed TO the flames, a,id many deeds Of horror
committed upon their persons. lie had retir-
ed, however, to his falacc, At late hour.
About midnight, Galba stood with his army
before the gates Of the city. Distinguished
for his wisdom and courage, at the loud call OF
humanity, lle had come with his Lcgions to
rid the eartho a monster.
The Er1peros received the intelligence as
he sat at supper. He turned classify pale with
terror, and, in his fright, overturned the table,
and strewed the dishes on the floor. He then
fell into a violent fit Of sneezing, ana finally
Swooned away. Soon recovering, however,
lie cried out-':I'm undone.'' He then rush
ed madiy into the street, and ran from house
to house, but the doors were shut against him.
He called for some one to despatch him, but
his servants, who still followed him, refusing
to do SO, be cried out-"alas! have | neither
friend nor enemy" At length setting dag
ger to his throat, with the assistance of one of
his servants, he gave himself a mortal wound.
With his eyes fixed, and frighttully staring, he
expired; sezhibting,'' in the words Of the
historian, seven after death, ghastly specta-
Gle OF innoxious tyranny
Galba was proclaimed Emperor The per-
sccution was at an end. The prison doors
were thrown open, and hundreds, of poor,
cmaciated Christians were set at liberty,-to
breath again the free air Of heaven, to sing
their hymns, and enjoy the rites Of their faith,
with none 10 modest or make afraid. More
than ore ht,4lare3 ttos.sGnd, however, had seal
ed their testimony TO the truth, and gone to
the skies.
Time sped away. The old family mansion
of the Valens' was again tenantod. Its de-
serted halls were lighted up, and its grounds
adorned with fresh beauty. Marcus and Ver-
titia, united for many years in hand, as well
as faith, are blessed and happy. Most pleas
ahtly and proftably did their days glide away,
in contemplations Of the glory to be revealed,
aud in their nut ual and unwearied efforts, to
bless and be blessed. Isrrasl ,era..-. a3zf5
They both lived to be old, and were honor
ed With 3 martyrs death, in the next general
persecution, under the Roman Emperors-
along with Ealdinus,iwho many years before
had returned to R6me,a and who had been. con-
Ycrted 10 Christianity during his absence. -...
Little Yare had saddenly died, shortly after
the persecution ceased ! wliles the Jewess,
with her bright, blue-eyed boy, whose life had
been saved by & most singular providence, had
soon after set out On a pilgrimage to their
father land, and were never after heard of,
Nigh eighteen hundred years, with their
told and untold changes, have rolled away
That long, the MARTYR FAMILY has been min
CLING with the pure spirits of another world.
underneath unclouded skies, and in the midst
OF joys, such no mortal eye hath seen, nor
heart of man conceived. (THE ExD.) aHlG5
SEEING THE ELEpHANT.-Passenger WHO
travel by the New York and New Haven cals
have grand chance of s'seeing the elephant
Going from New York, the cars pass the farm
of p. T. Barnum, a mile or SO before reaching
Bridgeport, CT. On that farm, and in plain
view from the railroad, an elephant may be
seen every pleasant day, attached to a large
plow, and doing up the '.sub soiling'' in first
rate style, at the rate of about three distinct
double-horse teams. The animal is perfectly
tractabe. His attendant rides him, while a
colored man guides the plow. The elephant.
is also used for carting large loads of gravel
in cart arranged purposely for him, and in
drawing stone on stone-boat or drag, in p-'
ling up wood, timber, &C., and in making
himself generally useful. - srasa
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D57A printers devil, who pays special at
tention to young lady up town, without max
ing any decided advances, was returning with
her from meeting the other nipht when she