American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1863-12-09

Historian was neryously fearful of ehill;
but that imperturbable funaionary devil
ated from his usual routine not whit;
not he, indeed the servant of the ancient
zingaras. His motions were laws, as I'M
mutable as those of the Medes and Per
sians
Fair Cynthia smiled as the fragrant va
pors wreathed her silvery brow The va
grant star shonewith a grim lustre. She
was in grave mood on this anniversary
The silence was oppressive. There was
dreamy sense of being wound up, as the
clock sung its monotonous song-'' tick,
tick with dull accompaniment OF
hum, hum from the depths of its ma
chinery. Fhe winding process was in the
head--the brains of the vagrants--the
hot-bear was the motive power-its incense
the key.
The Major threw his huge corporosity
upon balance upon two legs of his chair.
The mahogany groaned, and parted. Moth
er earth received the Major in her bosom.
He blushed, as he would in similar circum-
stances aeih aRy female, re-seated himself
and remarked:
History only repeats itself"
of course, the Migrants burst into a
roar ofboisterous laughter, which gradually
subsided as Mephistophiles placed the
bowl of the hot-bear on the oval table.
II say" remarked the Major, as he
slipped the inspiring beverage, "History
only repeats ITSELF
e A trite saying" said the Autocrat
And true saying" observed the His
torian.
'In abstractness," muttered the Coun-
sellor.
The Major proceeded to elucidate:
Caius Marius, who was seven times
consul Of Rome, was a great general, but
a bad citizen. Eventually. he became
traltor, and led an insurgent army against
Rome-postSd his forces on the hill Jani-
culum, and besiegcd the city, which was
defended by Octayius (wlro was then con-
sub, with but small garrison; the regu-
lar army, under Sylla, being abroad, en-
gagged in the Mthridatic' war
quote from Plutarch: Meanwhile
the cause did not suffer so much from the
incapacity of Octavius, as by his aarioas
and mseasoaab}e attention to the lars For
when many of his friends advised him to
cnfranchise the slaves, he said, lie would
not grant such persons the freedom Of that
city, in defense of whose constitution he
shut out Marius."
There was a constitution sticller for
you, and what was the result? The con
stitution saved neither the city not itself.
Thousands Of the stoutest men il Rome
were denied the privilege Of tax ing up
arms in her defence-because HH uere
aaccs,-and Rome fcHi | maIas we'll
remark, that the constitution fell too.-
" History repeats itself" The Scle of
time and circumstance is completa. We
are now performing the tragedy 4 Caius
Marius, whose part is ftly represep pted by
JEFF. Davis. The constitution nd the
capitol arc besieged, but Octayiui as not
consul Abraham Lincoln -
The Autocrats hammer comd down
"olick"
Politics taboocd here" annouiced his
supreme Vagrancy.
ait is not politics, sire Autod fat, it is
history" cried the Major, with q hphasis.
at won't repeat" said the II Hstoran.
''Thank God. [several voices
Mephistophiles re-appcars withIho hot
bear
A toastl Sire Autocrat !" erythe Va
grants.
A shade of sadness fell upon tie brow
of his Vagrancy. With much a3tation,
and in broken Sentences, he saidt
awe will drink, my children to the
memory of the LOST ONEs-o'f great
sacrifice to Country and to HeavenI proud
that in the monument of nation s4atitude
where their names are written, WI have
Mecca to which our hearts, ladn with
love, make constant pilgrimage" "
Drank in silence-eaeh Vagranl indulg-
ing in precious, though sad alil silent
reminiscences-some in the luE Jury of
tears.
Do your remember, James laid the
Historian to the Custodian, "Jfk Viii
day, one of the class of 81, Pink Z"
What the tall Georgian, whP was so
nearly expelled for his raid on tlf Semi |
nary? 2"
4The same. That was r4h, but
harmless trick. Jack was the sol of hon
or; brave as lion; tender as woman.
g IAN anomoly,' said the Cuss never
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