The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-01-02

preaching, and their intention was to
avail themselves Of the popular cxuia-
| ton which always manifcsts itself at the
! solemnit:es Of & passover. The city was
ovelfiowing with a tamUl;uous populace
cla,norin.g for the death Of the Naza-
rene. My cinissaries informed me that
the treasure of the Temple had been ela
| ployed in bribing the people. The dan
ger was pressing. 4 Ron an centurion
had been insulted.
l wrote to the Prefect Of Syria, re
qucsting hundred foot soldiers, and the
same number of cavalry. He declined.
I saw myself alone, with handful of
vetrans, in the midst of a rebellious city,
too weak to suppress a disorder, and
having no other choice left but to tole-
rate It, They had seized upon Jesus,
and the scdtious rabble although they
had nothing to fear from the Pretorium
! believing IN the faith Of their leaders,
that %iuked at their sedition, continued
voc5forating ''eruciiy him., cruelty
him"
Three powerful parties had combined
together at that time against Jesus.
First the Herodians and the Saducees,
whose sedtious conduct seemed to have
proceeded from double motive. They
hated the Nazarene, and were impatient
Of the Roman yoke. They could never
forgive me for having entered their holy
city with banners that bore the image of
the Roman Emperor, and although in
this instance had committed fatal er-
ror, yet the sacrilege did not appear less
henious in their eyes. I had promised
to employ part of the treasury in the
Temple in erecting cdifces of public
utility. My proposal was scowled at.
The Pharisees were the avowed enemies
of Jesus. They cared not for the gov
eremcnt. but they bore with bitterness
the severe reprimands which the Nazar-
enc, for three years, had been continually
throwing out against them wherever he
went. Too weak and pusillanimous to
act by themselves, they had eagerly en-
braced the quarrels of Herodian and the
Saducees. Besides these three parties,
I had to contend against the reckless and
profiigate populace, always ready to join
a sedition and to profit by the disorder
and confusion that resulted therefrom.
Jesus was dragged before the couucil
Of the priests and condemned to death.
It was then that the High Priest,
Caiapus performed devisory act of SUBJ
mission
4AC StHi pIlSOuGT 70 LHC W pro-
nounce his condemnation and secure his
execution. [ answered him that as Je-
sus was Galilean, the affair came In
Herod's jurisdiction, and ordered Jesus
to be sent thither.
The willy Tetrach rrofessed humility,
and protesting his preference to the lieu
tenant of Cesar. he committed the fate
of the man to my hands. Soon my pal
ace assumed the aspect Of besieged cit
adel; every moment increased the num-
bers of the sedious. Jerusalem was inun-
dated with crowds from the mountains of
Nazareth. All Judea appeared to be
pouring into the devoted city.
I had taken wife, girl from among
the Gauls, who pretended to see into flu
turity. Weeping and throwing herself
at my feet, '.beware," said she to me,
''beware and touch not that man, for he
is holy. Last night I saw him in vis-
ion-he was walking on the waters-he
was flying ON the wings of the wind. He
spoke to the tempest, to the palm trees,
to the fishes of the lake-all were obedi-
ent to him. Behold The torrent Mount
Kedran flows with blood the statues of
Caesar are filled with the filth of gemon-
ide, the columns of the Interium have
given way, and the sun IS yelled in
mourning like vestal in the tomb. O!
Plate, evil awaits thee. IF thou will
not listen to the vows of thy wife; dread
the curse of Roman Senate-dread the
frowns of Caesar"
BY this time the marble stairs groaneG
under the weight of the multitude. The
! Nazarene was brought back to me.
proceeded to the Hall of Justice, followed
by my guard, and asked the people, in a
severe tone, what they demanded. 'sThe
death of the Nazarene," was their reply
ssFor what crime ?' "He has bias
phemed; he has prophesied the ruin of
the temple; he calls himself the Son of
, God-the Messah-the King of the
Jews" "Roman justice" said /, Furnishes
not such offences with DEATH" "Crucify
him, cruelty him." belched forth the re-
lentless rabble. The vociferations of the
infuriate mob shook the palac to its foun-
dations There was but one who APP
peared to be calm in the midst of the
vast multitude. It was the Nazarenc.
After many fruitless attempts to protect
him from the fury OF his merciless pros
ecutors, had the baseness to adopt a
E measure, which at the momert, appeared
to be the only one that could save his
life
[ ordered him to be scourged, then
, calling for an ever, I washed my haEds
in the presence of the clamorous multi
: tude thereby signifying to them my dis
|, approval of the deed.
But In vain, it was his life that these
{ wretches thirsted after. Often in oul
) civil connections, have witnessed the
!, furious animosity of the multitude, bui
, | nothinp could be comDared IN what /