The Empire County argus., 1856-05-24

i'ck"sshcSS dishonest ana vicious tendencies of the
larger portion of the Inhabitants. both male and
female stands forth in bid relief on every pare
"f c"ntrmpornne"us history Aud the more to be-
regretted and m"hncholy the ref ctnn brcnmn,
When II Is related that many spirits fell. like Luc-
FER from more blessed alodes dragging with them
IN their fall and ruin the reck of families and the
hopes OF friends. Upon the head of the fond de-
voted wife, the mother and the babe fell misfor-
tunes heaviest blow Broken hearts became afpc-
tons whitening doom, and the blush of shame
pSteritys inheritance Here slander with Il thou
sand tongues. IN II thousand listening ears wide
"le to catch the slightest woid thar fell from her
polluted lips d>tlaned to whisper but IN a l,ud
and drhfening voice which drowned the fainter
notes "t praise prncaimed the vices Of the living
or standing on the new made grave rebcar,,,d Tin.
tralltes ct the dead Drslu'ion insanity and
mtngrr wants SIT chrerlr>S and ncg "cted at til.
c"r"ro "t her streets. while the d,.,utpeS of crime
lrwdu"Ss and dchaucherv in silks and ,atins ella l.
rrv"lle IN hall, hung round wuh ypry.uu> ,lrapr
w. aud from gold anI SILVER = ,hlats with fcvrri,h
and polluted li.e. ,ipp"d most delicious wines or
IN the hight at th''u-and glirrerng lamps. with
lt'cNi"u' Eyes gIz Il On tn. vnlup ctu ares Of
the richest inns: where t':nnlr charms were ira
crd as nul' and usr, Us as IN the uuw ,,t Lie
W her'' ever and anon. from golden halls ming
ing W. II the richest tones oi music. cam" the iuk
linz sou al of gold and silver com. as from hand to
hand it passed around the crowded tables where
brg2ary III ragsahI filth. .ebnwei the man of wealth
and ia,hlon. eagrl alike to place their mite within
the gra>p of thieves. AT mid day. in the crowded
thorUughtarrs, the murderer and assassin of the
previous night. with blopd-saned dagger held
aItt before the gaze OF man. s,alkrd unmucstcd :
ana wl'h coniehp u"us snrcr upon his lips dc fled
the laws Upon the bench erected in the halls to
justice reared and cnnoccrated where the spotrs,
einne should have wrapped and warmed the breast
OF honest trui h, sat cold aud sordId bribery: with
IRA. th.. If 4
and with the other stole the while from the right
to reward and benz fit the wrong unloosed h,
chains from off the frlon> hands aud sent the mur-
dcrer back upon his fellows And even those vino
made profession Solemn. and swore to advocate the
right protect the innocent. and have the guilty
punished. learned here prostitute to ,s-
ts ends "a time hon"rrd and most honorable pro.
trNsi"n eager To accept fees and brlbts the i'll
gotten gainS 't wh"rc,i.m. and iy all the arts and
tricks of SHAMELESS pcttlt'ggrr>. from IF the
dark a>s;losns neck the well d,.ser> ed haher: or
for pittance of the ill-yntten gains of hrartes,
and unbu>hing money changers. taug ht and en-
cuuraged thieves hurl contempt into the face of
justice. and rob the poor, regardless of pruple :
scorn. such Were the morals ut Il people. who in
the sorlil and flames of a,arIce coll>um-
ed the i1er feelings OF the soul and gave to gold
the ylorIe, of II God.
bu little is now known Of the literary preten
sions "r atlalnments ut the people, what is
gained nom tue urcl>DnaI Illusions Ot
n,.ous writers. 1t is brhc>rd ,hat authentic his.
tory ot The city or It's lnhahitans written.
tlrush in the writings "f late authors mention is
somctImrs mad; of work called the " .Annais.
y +; and alh"u5 5h IN the days of these late wri-
trrs. the 'x,tence "t such II word was regarded as
authentic. II Is now more pr"pcry rhape. treated
: "a fable And also, , txl>tmg about the same
period. we ii al occasional mention If il work called
the P,Oneer; but II, to It's oh ct and definite
rh y lr an. Inns.
left entirely 1o conJ"c ure. he only portion Of
thi. latter work VIII ch has come down IL. f,rtu-
nat,ly has appended the auth rs nanr - +. {
Erer whicn stamps IL with reasonable. if not
reliable au'hcntlcny. The portion which au
sion is made is cutlilcd lac ECe"yM N,gts q
Tie 2Ot, nnd 2ld Of Au tud.
1t is aim ,st imp ,s,ible to CLEAN at this are day
of what subject the hur designed to treat bu .
Judging it in connection with the writings which
have descended wi it, the historian of t law
is led to infer that the people in that city be-
levers in the existence of spirits, Of intang-
bic beings without bodies, who. to the great Annoy
ance ut mankind. We're continually endeavoriny to
"lurn the tables them while at their rep;,sts
but more particularly warn parties of wo more
seated around II table. remained silent and trpked
Ills E,osh as possible " Wherefore it is tu Inc rea-
S,nahly nerr, Il that if such beings in trash ,Xi>
ted they wert very sensible cr"a urr> and "bo-
natry opposed to all stupid and uapt ii able coi-
vucaliou> of Intelligent beings. hu,. he that aS II
may the vpltnn" relative thereto which has com.
Il wn u, is un vall ii only as literary curloS-
uy. Not 81 curou, deemed because an au hor
>h' uld have full unl' to WRIT and occasion to
cali 1t trth, (>incc fruitful imng gnatlon might
we'll hay" produced the ikr) buJ heias written.
the greatrr wonder Is that any "ne should have
hrcu iuu;id yrra, to"l To have believed it
so much only can lac >al for the ltern urr u.
this favored p'"plr who>, day, perhaps too
few. and lhcir mul' t,o m Ich absorbed the ac-
cumuit ion ol wealth. and the cni, ymeut of luxu-
ri"u, living. to have mtir any great advancement
in the science of beiies idttes.
With the addition of few words descriptive of
the closing scene "t this remarkable city, and the
catastrophe by which ii was Destroyed We will
close TIN, chapter For Il number of years prrvi-
Gus to its destruction, the inhabitants were fire.
quently alarmed by the trembling of the earth,
often accompanied by the low muttering sounds
which invariably prccede any great con> >ul>"n ot
nature. The frequent occurrence ot these unpla-
SAINT symptoms >uggc> ed to the minds of many
much serious ref elton and many were the predic-
tons verf al in the day of It's ii 'il d,.SoL,t'n
Al the time of the awful occurrence which de-
str"yed the city. the prnrsna upon which II Wa
situated swept by the wJtrrs "f the ocean "h
the west and those OF the bay upon the east the
solid earth sank in an ins ant many feet beneath
the war of wateis and thence gradually rose again
to II point far above its former level: and the
trrS ot the great Fac ic ch once Llvrd the feet
of this remarkable bur i'll tatrd ci y. retired many
miles away towards the setting sun, Heaps on
hp;n, uf tered ruins intermlu9leI with several