The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-18
DEATH OF BRUTUs.

' N' S"o o'SH"i no~ hAaos, ~ aPPeaf-
ed to Rrptps and the small company who
attended him, that the camp was still in
possession OF their own people, they thougt
OF making their way thithes, but recoileet,
ing that the greater part Of the army were
dispersed, they doubted whether the lines
could be defended until they could reach
them, or even if they should be maintained
so long, whether they could furnish any
safe retreat. While they reasoned in this
manner, one Of their number, who went to
the brook for water, returned with tho
alarm that the enemy were upon the oppo-
site bank; and saying, with some agitation,
we must fly" eyes," replied Brutus,
"but with our hands, not With our feet."--
He was then said 10 have repeated, from
some poet, tragic exclamation in tia
character of Hercules: 80 Virtue!
thought thee substance, but find thee no
more than an empty name, or the slave Of
Fortune" The vulgar, in their traditions,
willingly lend their own thoughts to emi-
nent men in distress; those of Brutus ara
expressed in his letter to Atticus: "I have
done my part, and wait for the issue, in
which death or freedom is to folow." IF
he had ever thought that nero hono.a-
BILE intention was to ensure him success, It
is not surprising he WAS not sooner upde,
ceived. Being now to end his life, and t.
king his leave Of tho company then present
one by one, he said aloud, "That he was
happy in never having been betrayed by
any one he had trusted as friend" Some
| of them, to whom he afterwards whispered
apart, were observed to burst into tears
and it appeared that he requestnl their as
sistance in killing himself; for he soon af.
terwards executed this purpose, in company
with one Srrato and some others, whom Re
had taken aside.
This catastrophe, as usual, set the imagi=
nations Of men to work; and many prodi-
gies and presages were believed to have
preceded it, A spectre, it was said, had
presented itselfin the night to Brutus, when
he was about to pass the Hellespont, told
him it was his evil genius, and was to meet
him again at Philippi; that here it accord
ingly again appeared on the eve of the lats
action,
Brutus was then about thirty-seven or
forty years of age. Next to Cato, be, Of
all the Romans, was supposed to have acted
from the rurest motives Of public virtue.
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emotion, and the voice should be suited
thereto, in reading. Oh how I sRGar,-
Alas! slss' Herald Of Truth
o weakness above all fortitude /! GLORY
to the man Who rather bears grief cor,
roding his brsast than permit ia prpsl
beyond, and to prey on the tender and com.
passionate! Women commiserate the brayss.
and men the beautiful-Hsqp, ?.
There is 40 better end Of hating. Fha
sentiment should not exist onssmornent,
and ifthe hater gives kiss on being ordered
to do it, eEen to tree or q stope th9s treo
or stops beaaRes the mopament 1t a lspit
extinct.-Bpieurus. $50
"Why don't 4ay take 4 ae,s within tl,s.S'
BARR asked oas gesass,nan u aHo,g 81 Il
the courtroom. For he best reason in
The world nplisi the other, "my mosbe,
always told pe 70 keep ont Of bad com
pany." !" ,s.,
4 clergyman asked ofhis scripture pupil,