The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-05-03

anu pieltllS applause III nef popular as
sembiles Where are those that bulls
the temple III which science was born,
and raised her to a vigorous manhood +?
Where are those that walked boldly
amid natures temples, and plucked
bright gems from her eternal cabinets ?
Where are those before whose vaior the
marshaEled millions of Persia's king
melted away?
Alas, they are gone! Yhe stars are
the constant vigils on the watch-towers
OF heaven. The sun is still the grand
center OF the universe. The moon,
which Ossian addressed long ago, still
performs her circuit, and has not grown
paer from the effects and changes time
has wrought. Yet Greece has. Mount
Athos still stands, but Athens and Sparta
have fallen
In the fail Of Greece, all was not lost.
Rome caught the spirit OF her insti-
tutions, and made the plains of Italy
smile. Rome Was once the seat of a
universal empire. The emperor issued
his mandates from a throne that stood
in the centre, Of an overwhelming circle
OF subjects, his crown radiant with the
lays OF an unsetting sun, while his scep-
ire swept the circumference Of the globe.
Permanently OF dominion seemed to be
the very essence OF his government,
He held the dominion OF the world at
TIE time Jesus Christ and his Apostles
were setting up His kingdom, and by
the authority Of a Roman Governor he
was crueitied on Calvary Hill Yet,
Notwithstanding her power, her pomp
and glory, she has fallen. Neither the
wisdom of Augustus, the patriotism Of
Brutus, the eloquence of Cicero, nor the
V1iOr OF ('saSnr cOJIl6 CaNa bnr
The storied Tiber yet washes the
Seven Hills, but they are no longer the
pillars OF the majestic throne. Yes, the
'ilber still sweeps on, bearing the pearly
waters OF the Apprentices on to the Medi-
terranean, yet each murmur seems Il
a sign for q fallen grandeur. The his
torie Apprentices, thai rose higher in
either from Romes grandeur. no longer
look down upon the bronze doines and
gilt palaces which IN the first glance Of
the morning Sun seat, Ike 4 #iluaaer-
bolt, 4 ray Of light across the lofty
range. 40! they look down en- broken
colonnades, crambling areiles, and mas
sIve ornamental and palatial ruins.
The pFimeval cypress has risen around
the forums the Coliseum and the pillar
Ell throne Of the Caesars. 1t stands to
remind lie visitor that beneath lies en-
tombed the work OF ages and the me-
tf0eolis Of the world, While III Us dE0op-
ing branches The muses. are huuaHin@
lis last lanegal dirse.
INC Campagf1N, Or plain 81 Rome,
once the cultured plain and richest sll09
q al 5a3Y, IS realeregt uniahabi9abie
from 81 pes,i1entiI influences arising
from the marshes. This 4lliaHia has eX-
tended is domain from time to tiae,
pntIt, with its awful solitude Il eneircles
the Eternal City.
Venice, once a great commercial me-
troqo.is, built upon seventy isiets, rising
like 4 l0r@e city from the bosom OF the
Adiiatic, exhibits wonderful marks OF
decay. Temples, palaces and monu-
mems are gone IN the grand wreck Of
time. Material is gathering and san Is
accommodating, until each islet disputes
with the broad Adriatic for empire
Strange Ia say, the Nenitian Govern
mems set q b0and 10 the Ottoman i1ri3-
pre- WAleE4ab aae tiMe .t.z=334'.1= s.4.a
one Hr0agt sweep, ~ s5Boft,ssislzsl ..Gs
nations o Continental Europe.
Yet, after Withstanding the repeated
shocks Of thirteen centuries, she has
gone giimmeriHg through the mist OF
things -Aat Were-s.a school boys tale,
I Che wonder Of an h0ur.o
WAat mlgaty wastes, what Wlde-
spread deso!at lon, what confused massive
ruins, are exhibited in the classic sec
tion NVen nature, not cQa5eDs WitR
lla SOW decay.of ages, kindiet his vol
eaaie fires, and raised her mutterin@s
dae54 ~ SIZE crosses of Nesuvias, poured
togfA 8 river Of lava from his smoking
slaiait, siapeopled the fertile plain
below, and buried Eefculaneum and
520npeis beneath the flaming torrent.
What Triumph Of nature and the fiery
eieMenf eve. man and his works. But
50 Il il.
The Eastern world, the scene of early
splenClor, presents painful picture.
! The EapIlrayes, damned up by the fallen
walls and palaces of Babylon and form
ed into pools and marshes, has, for long
ages obscured The very site OF the ancient
city. 1t is now being unearthcd by the
spade OF the modern, who is extending
his knowledge OF antiquity by tunnel
hing into the musty vaults Of the buried
world. Civilization, fond Of adventure
and she broken and decayed relics of the
past, hazards Il journey over Times
barren, desolate and solemn domain
Somewhere Oil the Euphrates is sup
posed to be the locality of the Eden 0