The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-19

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rulers who of old sent the cymbal sound OF
the sword ringing through empires that the atars
piled with baTbaric am. And here are the Glngs
and queens and republican chiefs of a nearer tim",
at whose shouts OF Excelsior populations have risen
to dull the brightness of later cultivation with the
rust of brothers blood. Lycurgls Socrates, Cesar,
ANTONY, Brutus, DIogenes, Cataline Alexander,
Napoleon, Wa shingtoD, Wellington Richeeu, Cleo.
paira, Catherine, Anne. Mury, Elzabeth-these, and
more, uulike and uncommuning on the earth-are
here, a common brotherhood aHd sIsterhood of
shadows. They"
Al this juncture. the phantasm of a gaunt Lacede.
moDian, which had spectrally seated itself upon
pile of the casI-of clothing the listening votaries,
remarked in Greek, with somewhat dIscourteous
/" Remember, Scion, you are neither quoting the
Athenlans nor making speech to the Council OF
'BrevIty be hanged!" was the astounding re-
sponse in Hebrew of the ghost of Moses. "Let
Solon 20 on and renew the last expression OF that
old creatures countenance with the hymn-book.
II 1t wasn't for the absolute miracle of such longevity
on earth, could swear by all the ten command
golden calf after had broken it in pieces and used
1t for the sign of boarding house she used to keep
At the loot OF Mount sinai l wish" continued the
Prophet, meditativey" that Aaron were only here
identify her. have score to settle with the author
of that sacrIege."
was Observed to be fraternally linked, arm IN arm,
with that of Brutus) "whv, my dear Moses, will
you persist in harboring malice. Be above 1T. 1'-
the orbs of the speaker bent themselves for an
instant, with a peculiar expression, upon his com.
panion-"bad some slight cause to be wroth with
Brutus. But Brutus and 1 are friends Eh,
BIutus?"
VERY good friends" murmured the lips of the
shadowy Brutus, beneath somewhat downcast eyes.
"And we"-said a softer voIce-that of the elder
though spIighther OF two magnfcently attired
female phanoms, who issued, clasped in sisterly
longer See"-and the tall spectre of Elizabeth
turned to gather closer The now half-shaking form
beside it-"Mary, is 1t not soY'
The reply was lost in the noise of sudden
tumuit, that arose from the midst of ghostlY
multitude. The phantasm of Napoleon Bona.
parte was heard shouting for tirebrand, where
with to make a holocaust of Westminster before
nighttall; and that OF Abraham Lincoln for q
spade TO dig the grave of Thaddeus Stevens.
The spirit OF Frederick the Great vociferated
for club to beat out Blsmark's brains and
0Connels ethereal Jaws shook the spiritual
dome with fierce demand to be let at the throat
of General Sweeney for only one precious
minute. Other heterogeneous cries mingled with
the din which it required all the argumentative
and muscular strength of the ghosts OF William
Penn and Spartacus to quell
The origin OF the disturbance was found to be
concealed in, or rather nearly emptied from, a
wonderously beautiful vesseI-half pitcher,
halt tub-which the shade of Eplcurus violently
accused the immortal part OF Thucydides with
having smuggled from the celestial BIN of the
former. The soul of Diogenes, overturning this
receptacle with its foot, gazed upon 1t with
mourntul and retrospective expression.
The sad visage of the philosopher attracted
the attention OF patriarchal member OF the
band of deVolees, who, scarcely comprehending
the exact spiritual meaning of the strange pro-
ceedings about them, stood staring Tor the
sequel. This individual, bowing low before
the dreaming Diogenes, accosted him nasally
thus:-
"Is it possible then that the earthly past still has
a single charm tor the celestial beings who have
quted this besoited spherey"
"Ask," replied the melancholy soul. 1.-THE COM
paniOns whom you about me, if there is balm in
GIlead that quite efface the pleasures and the
pains that they have lett behind"
"Too truep broke in the thrilling tones of the
spirit OF Epime ndcs-which appeared to be eXamln-
ing, with some interest, a mass OF black nalr de-
spoiled from some female Uranium and lying in the
dust beneath-"Ahp % the tones resumed. "dayng
in ftmtless commerce. with the gods above what
glorious winnings did we OF the olden time let slip
be'owp "a decided futter among the ranks of at
tendant devotees "What mockeries pretended to
be plucked from their celestial grasp, did falsely
fling to the hungry world as mama from on high
How surely, with hands tatefU TO generations hvng
and to follow. did close the shining gates held
open to future beautiful with love and peace for all
mankind-but lostP
The visage of the whiterobed and towering
phantom here began to glow with premonitory
1ustre; and the multitude, among whom the
band of ardent spiritualists glanced at each
other with a queer dismay, pressed close to
catch its words:-
"Give back, o God, to men the promise and the
bounty oil that cycle! Lacking the beacon, Truth,
they wander-fail. Send do gn relief! Descend"
Descend, o Atropos! and clip the wears.
And rend the vail OF time, ana earth and tears
That hides, from patient eyes beneath the sod,
The lineaments OF God!
"Atlantean shoulders, that uphold the world
Fail, tor one hour and let the orb be hurled
Down from this night into the earlier day,
That men may see and pray!-
"That men may seek the prize not lost as now,
But to be won-renew the broken VOW
OF fealty to the rruth-the sacrifice
Led on by modern hes!
This impassioned apostrophe, which did not
either reassure the bewlldered devotees as to
the profit of their calling, or hint-any more
than the rest OF the proceedings-at the gratih'
cation of those amorous desires expressed in the
hymn which had coniured their celestial visitors
TO appear among them, was followed by a dis
nal silence, broken by signing monotone from
the shade of Anne of Austria, to the effect that
Buckingham was mo more ~
"NO more9 why, hero he is at your slde" re
sponded the phantom OF the handsomest man IL
England, with bewltchlng smile.
might have been. Alas! the joys, forever departed
that were spurned from duty 10 shameless king!'
"AlasW tearfullv murmured the spirit Of Antony
whose fingers tOyed among the dark, transparent
tresses of the Sorceress OF the Nile 1--WE meet more
to bid toe day become and fill the night with reVel
Cleopatra, my, beloved"
"And Egyptis desolate
"OhP cried the shadow Of the once victorious
triumvir erecting its head and planting ITS lett foot
upon battered beaver shaken from the pinnacle Of
whIte-haired devotee "glve back but the golden
hours of single night for rehearsall Backward p
sang the wrath of the conquered conquerOr strain
ing the outlines OF the Egyptian hariot TO III
bosom:- -rHH
| Backward, turn backward, Time, in your race;
Make the earth young again, just for a space.
| Egypt, come back with your beautiful shore!
| Float me again up the Nile, as of yore; T- +
| Fill me, as once with the JOY that the fair
| World gives an emperor Let your rich hair,
Queen of my soul! bind my brow 10 your breast;
| Fold me to rest, Cleopatra, to rest"
And then in chorus, joined in by ALT
"Casped in your arms, your proud heart as my lair
With your dark lashes Just sweeping my hair, i
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