Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-06-17
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he soon came to blows, and blow succeed
cd blow, from the incestuouS son ana
parricide, till the mother, ialntln9 from
loss of blood, sank on the noor. lie
dragged her. then, into the chamber, that
she might not be seen, and left her there
all but dead, unnursed and uncalred for.
Slowly recovering from her swoon, the
broken hearted woman cast herself on her
knees in gratitude to God for having
spared her husband n second murder.
Not long after this brutal occurrence, the
recollection of the awful dream she had
during her pregnancy, long time ago,
was brought wildly to her mind, by OBJ
serving Il blackish spot on the neck OF
Judas as the infant she had exposed,
bore a similar mark on the same part of
the body. Remembering, then, that the
right foot of the infant was web-iooted,
she anxiously sought an opportunity to
verify this unmistakcable point OF identity.
An occasion soon presented itself; and,
struck with horror at the fulfilaent of the
prophecy, she screamed out, in the pres
ence of Judas,-'O my God! | now see
that the terrific dream that appalled, me
SO often, is but too awfully verified. He
is my son. He is a paTicide-the cold
blooded murderer Of his own harmless
and honest father-tho sacriligious thief
of the holy vessels, which | have so often
without knowing them, seen him conver-
ting into his idolized money-the brutal
and incestuous husband of the mother that
bore him. o my God the misery and
anguish of my life is nothing to tins last
blow-my reason wanders, my heart is
bursting, feel the blood Is boiling in my
veins, my sight is failing, my brain reels,
my tongue cleayes to the roof Of my mouth.
o God! l am dying-my son-murler
--sacrilege e-incest-mercy-G she
muttered, and in the very chamber where
the wretch, Judas, was born, and where
he now stood, as il were, petritied Mt the
discovery of his crimes, his mother fell
heavily on the floor, lifeless corpse.
This mixture of Jewish and Pagan
recollections this amalgamation of horrors
borrowed from the history of Edipus.
Moses and Plate, gives us the character
istic trait of the middle Ages, when all
the floating traditions were confused, and
the writers imagination laid all under
contribution to adorn and illustrate the
truths of Christianity.
Let us return to Ahasuerus, whom we
have forgotten in the biography Of Judas.
We have already said, that he was man,
from the common class of society, of mid
ding education, limited intellect, and n
fanatical partisan of the Scribcs and
PharIsees. Curious and anxious for news.
no ,-,Shnl from, he IC,,So Of Il, =
the populace about Jesus, to be present at
the scene of Crucifxion. We will now
give his narration in his own words III
order to preserve the form, and style and
colors Of the popular legend.
81 was at my door," said he, "when
l saw a great crowd running by, and
shouting that they were going to cruelty
Jesus. l took my young child in my
arms to show him the prisoner. just at
this moment, L perceived Jesus, laden
with a heavy cross, under which he stag
gered along. He stopped to rest before
my door, exhausted from the loss of blood,
he suffered at the Pillar. But thinking
this a great insult to myself, | said in
angry tones to Jesus: Go away, be off
from my door; no wretched impostor like
you, shall dare TO rest near it, Jesus
looked up with sorrowful countcnance,
and answered: II will 90, b, t
l will sCon be at ret. You to- shall
leave that door, but you shall nca'a
find repose you shall wander, as long as
the world shall be a world, even to the
day of judgment. Go away, you shal!
see me seated at the right hand of my
Father, Judging the twelve tribes, who
shall cruelty me-" | then set the child
on the ground and followed Jesus The
first person | saw, was Veronica, who
tearlessl y rushed through the mob with a
towel to wipe the clotted blood from the
face of Jesus the likeness of which re-
manned imprinted upon the towel A
little farther on, | saw soldier passing
by, with basket, in which he had large
nails and hammer He took one of the
nails, and almost touching the face OF
Mary with it, he said: Look, woman.
look ut the nails with which your son will
be nailed TO the cross | then went on
with the rest TO the hill of Calvary.
When arrived there, they then took the
cross and laid it ON the ground Some OF
the exccutioners began TO dig great holes
while others were stripping the clothes
that clung to the lacerated back of Jesus.
Being thus stripped naked in the presence
oi everybody, not one turned away his
eyes from so sad a spectacle Some
laughed, others jested and Knocked at
him, while the more cruel struck and
abused him. They then stretched him at
full length on the cross, and soon heard,
for L could not bear to see ii, the heavy
strokes of the hammer tearing the nails
through the nerves and sinews of his hands
and feet. The cross was next lifted III,