The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-01-10
Established June 90, 1862. Vel. A.

er mind. "Justice," says Eschylus, "often
hies from giided splendors, and takes up her
abode in smoky houses" and we were exactly
In the condition of Justice, with some wonder,
to be sure, at her lady ship's-taste.
Besides the family, here were Strattis four
guide Lesbian, and therefore the country
man of Sappho) Walnut, the dog, Mr.. c.
and three horses, all to sleep in the same
room-all to be fed. Straits reconnoitered
the village and returned with chicken. The
good mother tipped the baby out of the
trough, and poured some IDdian meal in.
which she kneaded into mighty loaf and
then burying it in the embers, baked it well.
The chicken was put into a kettle and that
was set on tripod, (iust as Homer describes,)
and boiled; and "when they just had cooked
the food, and skillfully prepared the FEAST"
the table was spread and "we stretched forth
our hands to the things that were lying before
u.s."
Do you think the bread was not good?
Prejudiced mortal, never ate better.-But
when the sacred rage of hunger was appeas-
ed, we bethought ourselves to sleep. c.,
the Englishman, F., the American, STRAIT
tis, the Lesbian, and Walnut, the dog, lay on
carpet on the ground, on one side of the fire;
the family on the other; the horses stood be-
low, and the gods descended to close our eyes
in soft slumbers.
Or. heeser told me rev days ago, that
there was to be Especial funeral ceremony in
few days. l enquired who was dead "No
one" he replied, but Senator Botzaris is go.
ing to die to morrow" | was struck by the
professional GOODNESS of his statement, but
soon forgot it in other things that occupied
my mind. Yesterday | accidentally heard of
the ceremony, and walking down the street
Eolus, overlook the procession Just as it was
entering the church of st. Erene. The great
officer of state, the leading ecclesiastics, with
the Bishop of Athens, the officers of the army,
and large body of soldiers accompanied the
body q iou hae a1oaes iilrq 81 alSs ssaR 3a8 3ld
A long funeral service was chanted.-Then
discourse was delivered by Mr.. Argyropou-
los, an eminent Athenian scholar, and last
year President of the University. The body
lay uncovered, surrounded with military in
sigma, and plumed cap placed on the breast
After the eulogy was over the procession
formed again, and we followed the old hero
out Of Athens over the Illissus, leaving the
temple OF Jupiter on the left and the Acropo-
lis on the right. r6-s 1900 "a
The heavens were overcast, and seemed to
sympathize with the melancholy pageant:
and as we passed the ruins of the temple of
Jupiter, and looked at the few standing col
nmns, and one recently prostrated by a vio-
lent tempest-all weather stained and shatter-
ed thought they were typical of the few
surviving heroes of the revolution, and of the |
one just fallen. He was borne by men who 4
relieved one another-his strongly marked |
face looking up to the overcast sky, his nous |
tache and hair grizzled with age, and his fea-
lures emaciated by long sicknes. The bury |
ing ground lies at a considerable distance from
the city. At the tomb another service was
and then, when the mortal remains
Of the last of the brothers of Botzaris were
deposited in their resting place. Three volleys
were fred by the soldiery, and the crowd dis
persed. Ia IA ~