Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-07-15

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thou hast possessed thyself Of Lydia,
invaded Syria, Persia, and Bactriana;
thou art forming design to march as
far as India, and now thou comest
hither to seize upon our herds Of cat
tie. The great possessions thou hast
only make thee covet more eagerly
what thou hast not. If thou art q
| god, thou oughtest to do g1od to
mortals, and not deprive them ef their
possessions. If thou art q mere man,
i reflect always on what thou art
They whom thou shalt not molest will
be thy true friends, the strongest
friendships being contracted between
equals, and they are esteemed equals
who have not tried their strength
against each other: but do not imagine
that those whom thou conQuerest can
Hove thee" This Is .Alexander's ex-
act character, and in which there is
nothing to be rejected.-Q. Curt.
Polyxenus, Dionysius's brother-in-
law, who had married his sister Thes-
ia, having Joined in a conspiracy
against him, fled from Sicily to avoid
falling into the tyrant's hands. Diony-
sius sent for his sister. and reproach-
ed her very much for not apprizing
him Of her husbands intended flight
She replied without expressing the
least surprise or fear: Have then
appeared so bad a wife to you, and of
so mean a soul as to have abandoned
my husband in his flight, and not
have desired to share in his dangers
and misfortunes? No! I knew nothing
Of it, or 1 should have been much
happier in being called the wife Of
Polyxenus the exile. in all places,
than in Syracuse, the sister Of the
tyrant." t.Ea 4g'i i,l -rly =
Dionysius could not but admire an
answer 80 full Of spirit and generosi-
ty, and the Syracusians. in general
were so charmed with her magnani-
nifty, that after the tyrant was sup
pressed, the same honors, equipage
and train of a queen, which she had
before, were continued to her during
her life; and after her death the whole
people attended her body to the tomb
and honored her funeral with an ex-
traordinary appearance. - Plut In
Dion.
Richard the first, king of England,
having invested the castle of Chalus,
was shot In, the shoulder with an ar
row; an unskilful surgeon, endeavoring
to extract the weapon. mangledA the
flesh in such q manner that a gan
creme ensued. The castle being
taken, and perceiving he should not
live, he ordered Bertram de Gourdon,
who had shot the arrow, to be brought
into his presence. Bertram being
come: What harm" said the king.
did ever do thee that thou shouldst
kill me?" The other replied with
great magnanimity and courage:
you killed with your own hand my
father and two Of my brothers, and
you likewise designed to have killed
me. You may now satiate your re-
venge. I should cheerfully suffer all
the torments that can be inflicted
were I sure of having delivered the
world Of a tyrant, who filled it with
blood and carnage" This bold and
spirited answer had such an effect on
Richard that he ordered the prisoner
20 hn fnd
shillings and set at liberty; but Mac
cardec, one Of the kings friends, in
humanity ordered him to be f1ayed
alive.-Rapin, A. d. 1893.
One Of the favorites Of King Henry
w., when prince Of Wales, having
been indicted for some rnisdemeanor,
was condemned, Notwithstanding all
the interest he could make in his
favor; and he was so incensed at the
issue Of the trial, that he struck the
Judge on the bench. This magis-
trate, whose name was Sir william
Gascoign, acted with a spirit becoming
his character. He instantly ordered
the prince to be committed to prison;
and young Henry, by this time sensi-
BILE Of the insult he had offered the
laws Of his country, suffered himself
to be quietly conducted'to gaol by the
officers Of justice. The king, Henry
~, who was an excellent Judge Of
mankind, was no sooner Informed Of
this transaction than he cried out in
transport Of Joy, Happy is the king
who has a magistrate possessed Of
courage to execute the laws; and still
more happy in having son who will
submit to such chastisement!"-
Eng.
The love of liberty and a true de-
votion to its cause, seems to have
been implanted by nature in the
breasts Of our forefathers. 1t shone in
the persons and characters. of the
Silures, a powerful, hardy and war
like nation, who inhabited the coun-
ties of Hereford, Monmouth and all
adjacent provinces Of South Wales
1t shone particularly in the charac-
ter and person Of their monarch,
Caractacus, a prince Of noble birth
and an undaunted spirit. Though
his forces were inferior to the Romans
who invaded his dominions, yet he
defended himself with invincible
bravery for nine years successfully,
but being at last defeated in a pitch
ed battle with Ostorius, he fed to
his mother-in-la Cartismandua,
queen Of the Brigantes, who treach-
erously seized his person and betrayed
him to the Romans, by whom he was
sent with the rest Of his family In
chains, to Rome. The behavior Of
Caractacus in that metropolis Of the
world. was truly great. When
brought before the emperor. he ap-
peared with a manly, decent and COM
posed countenance, and addressed
himself to Claudius in the following
language:
IF in my prosperity the modera-
ton Of my conduct had been equiva-
lent to my birth and fortune, should