The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
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some yssrs ago Gen. wolseiey. COMMANDMENT.
ON the m;iittapy career OF Gen. N. b.. Forrest. / am
unable to ascertain in what magazine they were pub
ii'hsd' and turn TO THn Sun for information W.
Tho articles appeared in tho British United Servfce
Magazine. vol. ", in 1899.
I md a poem called THE Poetic Faculty" in the
years ago or moreJ under the assumed name. of
Gold Pen. Who was Gold PenP ]. W. u.
Cushing's Initials and Pseudonyms' Goes not give
"Gold PEN"
The poem asked for by ". C. F. on Feb. 10, MY
automatic Mouth" ia called "The SONG Of the Tnlker"
several years ago. JIM.
in quo ,vsdis" oVsrdrSwnS Are the dcsserip.
t ton; Of ,,, the scenes Ns a. in tho ,s Smphimihe GNpi % mS0u ,6 np
Caesar and bis retlnuel overdrswnp What was the
PSpS SS Sel e sS" to az b iSs' i S%f th sTp ll 0e" in % 'Ss d RsG,
What was the value OF the property destroyed? Did
todO the awful things he did. or was i merely because
ages Of persecution had crushed their spirit In
Rome submissive like that from the beginning. or
were men Did q piebeian ever inauguratc and direct
an insurrectlon against the murderous rule OF CuSsr?
We have heard that persons who assume to be
authorities on tho history OF Rome have declared
SienkiewicZ's book to be correct in Its details. The
population Of tho city OF Rome in the time OF Moro IL
estimated now at about l.00o,0oO; tho numbero OF
persons destroyed in the FIRE does not appear. nor can
the value OF tho property destroyed be estimated.
Three OF the fourteen districts of the city were do.
stroyed. and seven others were more or less damaged.
The Roman people In Nero's time were debauchcd by
years OF public support, and rs long as they had food
and games FREQ. cared little what their rulers did.
The misrule Of the Emperors did not afreot the ayer.
aoe citizen. IL aid .1ect tho nob,es. and when Il
troubled them too much thew and tho soIdicrs re.
yolted. Tho peopIe were unworthy of n Thought. No
one of the lower cIasses ever led a revolt, The polit.
teal distinction botveep nleboiapa and potricians had
ceesed in Nero,a time. except historically. A man OF
.plebeian family" might in his time he n Senator.
and in a n,tr,c,ar. To he , natr,c,an In Roma in
Nero,s time was about the same as to be n Son of the
Revolution novadaya.
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1889. TIC.
Tho painting was finished in 1878. This Is the
! story, as told In the Z" Little Flowers OF st. Francis Of
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ii, IT,, Soc r..r..t .crh,,o .o,,. 60 40. 81
door without harming any one; and at last he died of
h.a rsr,nd.d ,,nr, ~ ,ho .,no,,,v o, G, rr.no,.
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Sor ,Hns Snts ~ q s = iha ssus n y99 a,a SHa th = arns
feaerailst parry aleo ot the hartIoru convention ana
ni TI th a. 9o Ue fu ! 5 nuo W" you e W. *
The Fcderal,sts onnosed IN, war q, 1912 and be.
| came uppopuIar because of that opposition. The
| Hartford Convention. representina the New England
States. was composed of Federalists; 1t met in Hart.
| ford Dec. 10. 1914. and discussed n accession OF the
| New England states. A the war came to an end in
| our favor soon aftervard the reasonable character
| n, tho convention became ridicuIous. and this r,diopIe
| worked against the Federalists. The e Blue Lights,
originated tradit,onaliv in nm attemp, Inv ultra.Fed.
eralists to warn the British blockadinp squadron Off
| New London nv burning blue lights that DECATUR was
trying to run the blockade with his ships. the Mace.
o,d a,.orst ,or Oh. po.n...t,, pr,oo. F.doro,.ts Az.
t.rd.d 90 al -, ,ho n.rtv
:, was %bs ocSSs n ,h e f nm n name; Or was II the name
Il ONCE d 'pe Ming Vi NOM N.Lh
empire began tho Emperors. whatever their proper
family name, wer.- assumed Tho t,tle Of Cnsar ofrer
tamhS names "ere' aSsumeu ING 'i'ie u C"sar' aiter
the great julius Cesar. After III A. D. the EN-
per tss eHneu a. .n = ,h. A ,,t;a cn.sr u Time 1mo n st,sr "
the throne assumed the 'itie o@ser. mus after a
time. 1t became the name ditle) attached. nrst. to the
once OF emperor. ano' secono'y' 10 the POSITION OF
.h.,
alone could now arm, equip and place in the field
tyfour hours" l am patriotic. but Immediately took
exception to the statement and a stir wager is the
result. Your decision will be awaited by several.
ihoofs'
military age-that is, between the ages OF IS and 40
years; but the State could not begin TO arm them or GO,
them into the neiu. inc present national Guard.
| consisting OF II, 900 men, could be put in the field in