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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1872)
mm jin J " ALBANY !E(TrSTE",l,il '- TV jHraag ffcgistrr, OONTINt Fl FKOK FOURTH PAOt 'I know him uot I never saw the nun.' But I said nothing. Soon he went " awav. That night I saw uot Judas. Tlie next day. Ghastly, clay-white, a shadow of a man. With robe all soiled and torn, and tangled beard. Into the chamber where the council sat Came feebly staggering ; scarce should I have known T was Judas, with that lwggs.nl. blast ed few ; So had that night's great horror altered him. As one all blindly walking In a dream He to the table came against it leaned Glared wildly round awhile, then stretching forth. From his torn robes a trembling hand, flung down As if a snake had stung him, a small parse That broke and scattered its white coins about, And with a shrill voice cried, 'Take back the purse ! ' Twas not for that foul dross I did the deed- T was not for that oh, horror ! not for that! But that I dkl believe lie was the Lord; And that he is the Lord I still believe. But oh, the sin ! tlie sin ! I have be trayed The Innocent blood, ami I am lost ! am lost!' So crying, round his face his robes lie threw, And blindly rushed away ; and we, aghast, Looked round, and no one for a moment spoke. 'Seeing that face, I could but fear the end; For death was in it, looking through his eyes. Nor could I follow to arrest the fate That drove him madly on with scorp ion whip. 'At but the duty ot the day was done. And night came on. Forth from the gates 1 went, Anxious and pained by many a dubious thought, To seek for Judas, ami to comfort him. The sky was dark with heavy lower ing clouds; A lifeleas, stiffniug air weighed on the world; A dreadful silence like a nightmare lay Crouched on its bosom, waiting, grim and grey, In horrible suspense of some dread thing. ' A creeping sense of death, a sickening smell, Infected the dull breathing of the wind. A thrill of ghosts went by me now ami then, And made my flesh creep as i wander ed on. At last I came to where a eednr stretch d it black arms out beneath a dusky And. passing through its shadow, all at once I startled ; for against the dubious light A dark mid heavy mass that to and fro hw ung slowly with Its weight, before ma grew. A sick dread sense came over me ; I stopped I could uot stir. A cold and clammy sweat Oozed out all over me ; and all my limbs Bending with tremulous Weakness like a child's. Gave way beneath me. Then a sense ot shame Aroused me. I advanced, stretclied iorth ray hand And pushed tlie shapeless mass; and at my touch It yielding swung tlie branch above R creaked And back returning struck against nif bee. A human body ! Was it dead or not? Swiftly my sword I drew and cut ft down, And ou the sand all heavily it dropped. 1 plucked flie robes away, , exposed the face Twas Judas, as I feared, cold, stiff. and dead; That suffering lieart of his had ceased to beat." Thus Lyslas spoke, and ended. 1 eon- This story of poor Judas touched me much. What horrible revulsions must have passed Across that spirit in those few last What storms, that tore up life even to its trots! Say what yon will grant all the guilt -and still What pangs ot dread remorse what MfHN Of desperate repentance, all too late. In that wild interval between the crime Atid its last sad atonement .'life, tlie LdewtthXriw all too great to bear. And pnsjksg madly on to death's abyss : Tils was no common mind that thus Jh ruS ffflaiH sinning for reward ! boavtMtosoimofsiauMr Ay, so say John and Peter and the rtst And yet ami yet this tale that Lysias tells Weighs with me more the more I pon der it; For thus 1 put it i Either Judas Was, As John affirm, a villain and a thief, A creature lost to shame and of basest heart Or else, which is the view that Lyslus takes, He was a rash and visionary man Wliose faith was firm, who had no thought of crime, Hut whom a terrible mistake drove mad. Take but John's view, and all to me is blind. Call him a villain who, with greed of gain, For thirty silver pieces sold his Lord. Does not the bribe seem all too small and menu ? He held the common purse, and, were hethiet, Had daily power to steal, and lay aside A secret and accumulating fond ; So doing, he had nothing risked of fame; While here he braved the scorn of all the world. Besides, why chose they for their almoner A man so lost to shame, so foul with greed t Or why. from some five-score ot trust ed men. Choose him as one apostle among twelve r ! Or why. If lie Were known to be so vile, j (Aim! who can hide his baseness at all times ?) ' Keep him in close communion to the last? ; Naught in his previous life, or acts, or words, i Shows this consummate Villain that full grown, j Leaps all at once to such a height of crime. ' Again, bow comes it tint this wretch. . whose heart ! Is cased to shame, flings back the pal I try bribe? And, wheu he knows his master is con demned. Rushes in horror out to seek hisdeath? With flngen pointed at him In the crown ! Dkl all men flee his presence, till he found Life to be intolerable ? Xay. not so .' Death came too close upon the heels of crime. He had but done what all his tribe deemed just t All the great mass I mean the upper class Tlie Rabbis, all the Pharisees and Priests Ay. ami the lower mob as weN. who cried. ... "Give its Ban-abas! Christus to the cross !" These men were all of them on Judas' idt, And Judas had done naught against the law. Were he this villain, lie had but to say, I followed ChristiH till I found at last He aimed at power to overthrow the State. I did the duty of an honest man. I traitor! you are traitors who re prove"." Besides, such villains scorn the world's reproof. . Or might lie say "Ton call this act a crime? What crime was it to say I know this mail ? I said no 111 of him. If crime there be, Twas yours who (loomed him ttuto death, mit mine." A villain was he? So iktrrabas was. Bnt dkl Ban-alms go and hang him self? Weary of life tlie murderer and thief? This coarse ami vulgar way wUI never do. Grant him a villain, all his acts must be Act of a villain .; If you once admit Remorse so bitter that It leads to death. And death so instant on the heels of crime. Yon smut a spirit sensitive to shame. 9o sensitive that lite can yield no Joys To counterbalance one bad act but then A nature such as this, though led astray, When greatly tempted, is no thorough wretch. Was tile temptation great? Could such a bribe Tempt stk-h a nature to a crime like this? ' I say. to me It simply seems absurd. Peter at least was not so sensitive. He cursed and swore, denying that ba knew Who the man Christtls was; but after ill! He only wept he never hanged him self. But take die other view that Lysias takes. AH Is at once consistent, clear, com plete. Firm in the faith that Cbristfls was his God, The great Messiah sent to save the work!. He, seeking for a sign not tor him self. But to show proof to all that he was God Conceived this plan. rah If you wlB, bntnaud. , 'Thinking him man,' be said, They seek to seize hhn-I will make pretence To take the public bribe and point him out And they shall go, all armed with j swords and staves Strong with the power of law, to seize on him And at their touch he. God himself, shall stand Revealed before them, and their swords I shall droD. And prostrate all before him shall 1 adore, i Aral erv 'Behold the Lord and Kins- ofattT "j But when the soldiers laid their hands on him And owtrnd as they would a prisoner With taunts and mockery, and threats i of death i He all the while submitting then his dream Burst into fragments With a crash ; aghast Tlie whole world reeled before him ; the dread troth Swooped like a sea upon him, bearing nown His thoughts in wild contusion. He who dreamed v.niivn tirvii i"u.uu urc jm ih o jus- riiiR door Ami saw above him his dim dream of Love Change to a Fury, stained with blood and crime. And then a madness seized him, and remorse With pangs of torture drove him down to death. Conceive with me that sad ami suffer ing heart, If this be true that Lysias says Con ceive . v. Alas ! Orestes, not so sad thy fate ; For thee Apollo pardoned, purified The furies Were appeased, thy pence returned: But Judas perished, tortured unto death, Unpardoned, UiMppeased. unpurlfled. And long as Christtls shall be known or men. His name shall bear the brand of in famy, Tlie curse of generations still Unborn. Thus much of him : I leave the ques tion here. Touching on naught beyond, for Lu cius waits I hear him fuming in the courts be low " Cursing his servants and .Jerusalem, And giving them to the internal gods. Tlie snn is sinking all the sky's afire And vale and mountains glow like inoiten ore' , In the intense fuB splendor of Its rays. a nan nour neuee an win tie utin and ' mv ' , 5 And Ludw oflfy waits until the shade Sweeps down the pfaitu then mounts and makes his way On through tlie blinding desert to the And thence Ids galley bears him on to Kome. Salr k tali! may goal fortune wait j On you ami all yourbousebold ! Greet j j IOr tag Titus and Livia Ih a word all friends. W. W.S. The Olympia Courier says : While a party were engaged hi catching salmon in Xorth.Ikfir on Saturday last, an enormous panther was discovered in their Vicinity, leisurely swimming I across from tin Island to the main land, j ilie party were destitute of any 1m- plement wherewith to deal summarily with him, JflSt tlie love of adventure prompted a demonstration upon him. umooi uie. gentlemen seizen a suck which lay Hiihc bunt, to which was attached a sharp point, and with it cominaueedau onslaught upon him. I bis had till effect to exasperate the animal, when be turned upon the boat a dilemma unlocked for by tlie par ty causing a sensation more easily felt than described. Tlie stick was again resorted to and throst into the panther's mouth, but bis laws imme diately dosed Upon It and held it so tight that extrication was Impossible. Recourse was" then had to the aborigi nal plan ot seizing him by the tall and holding Ids head under water until iktith ensued. But In this the party were Unstated as the panther was to heavy, and, wearied with the excite ment, the gentlemen were at last obliged fo'desist and let Ms majesty go on his way in peace. Upon reach hig the shore he 'turned round, looked benignly back upon his tormentors. himself and slowly made the bluff. own diamond broker of ( itv. named Wiel.1 s said to lie the liartv who, with Hnroendinir of San Francises, and Arnold, nut up the diamond swindle. Efforts are being matte to bring the parties to justice. The loss of rctlms at Salt Lake amount to over ifwtXIO. The indf At Salt Lake are for a mlM sinter, J dnVgate elect to Con o, k the owner of lo,- p m At WarreS's, Diggings, Idaho, a couple of weeks since, the thermome ter stood SI degrees below aero. Damns on asm WB-ftfi 700 hdttUfsh KW TO-DAY. PER CENT SAVED BY BUYING m GOODS -OF- KLINE A CO. ALBASJY, ORKUO. rust Reooivod aa entire new stock the -seen AS DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, BOOTS, SHOES, APK, HATH, UUUS), (M04KKRY IIABDWABK, and China Matin Dress ood, BABY frTKl'ABT SiTBI , POPU.1 LlMTBER, M'OTt'H PLAIDSi, TA WISi CLOTH, HTBlPKB, Pl.SIO, Md KSJITTEB M'ABfM, WOOLKMNAQIKN UMAirr A5fB t'HAMPIOS and large nUtek T FANCY GOODS! 'ABPKTN, OIL C'MrTlm, A Ilouav Furnishing Ctoods, am. or wiitOi fs orn.KKi A'F THE pal c stvtj TO THE FAK.VEK or - LINN & BENTON COUNTIES. Till: IXKBMSE WOI I.B Bl HKiclfuUy Mniioum-e l hat llicv fiuveen tiiv.y i-uintHlelediintireiiovuteil t ln-ir m-, ciiiiiiikxIIou" and sulislantial Warehouse, Hint t lit'V have stn;n);thened and added to t lie same. erwted new works entire i tin : I tliey now Imvc two A No. 1 Chiinvix, w lih law Klevatorn eoinptctc; hare put In new Holler uud Kiwlne. and are now nn'tuii'd to take In and handle W Jttoat cto Oa.te very rapidly and eonvenlentl). ititvlni; ahnndaet storage 'facilities hi Portland, irtlen desiring to sioru aralu with hi need have no fears that our ware house here w III be overkmded. We woilld also call the attention of the farmer to the fact that our meUlttes for shipping 10 n Foreign Market are vor eomplete. and t hat they will llnd it to I hei r hdvnntiiKe tricall at onr nttk-e for further information a to our fucllitiof and terms ! of stonw. t:. n. comstik'k a m W. s. New nt ky. Agrnt, I Albany, AKg.B-jlv. EORfiK TtTRUKI. KKKIf A LAHtiF. stock of Assorted Merchandise to suit the market. It would fie to the In terest or ever.Uio.lv to wive him un eurlv call. 4S4. ' Oregon Wooden Ware lanTg, Co, MANCrACTCREHS OF BUCKETS, TUBS, PAIL, -AMD Wooden-Ware I Works al Oregon reoii. rlK OBKUOX W04IDKSI Vt AKK .Maniitketurinx Cnmpniiy, havinir i eently oompieted their work at Orvxon City with tlie most approved maelilnerv , pinlmteinK I lie newest mt terns and latest patents, imported At irn-at coat from Mn nuchiweua, the. KKI Alii.lSHMK.NT, in all its apiMiiiitments, Will connwre fttvoralilv with any other in the Tutted stales. The Company aiv prepared tn fill all or der for CKMAK. MAl'I.Kand A8II BUCK' ICTS,Tl'IK, HTTTKK FIKK1NS. SAI.MlIN KITS, WASIIBOAKliS, Shuttle tkiliblns, Broom-handles, Ac., e. Fartientar attention Is called to our ASR PAtWsnd Ht'TTKU Ft li kins an artlclo farsiiieriortouiiy heretofore ill market, ascauslnjr no unpleasant taste or smell W the contents. From our superior facilities we are cih uhlrd to supply the trade on the most ad vnnhufroiis terms, and by prompt atten tion and excellent workmanship will merit Micccss III our line. Dealers arc ivimestcd to examine our wares before pun-laudm; elsewhere. S4T Address all coinniunlrations to J. . KII.IX, Aareat, Portland, Uiegon. JfOTH.'K. Any Buckets or Tnlm nmnu' factured by us, which do not Kivcc plete mtlstactlon. If retumeil, will la- replaced by new ones, without chnrvc for freight . 50-I-3UI J. I). IHI.KS, Airent. FIR 1WKS8 OOtlllS, iii.n3, TKIM minus. Hosiery, etc., o to Tnrn'll's, First street. m PWU'LE Ff KXI8IHXlilnotUI CAI.I. an I see Turndl's lanre stock of Car--pats, Oil-clot lis. Bltflds. Kilffs. etc. whiclt he la selilui; very etnp. 4;i-t (M) 10 TtrRBF,l.fS FOR IIARUWARK. VI iAinps, LainM hiinnes, etc. He. ha thetJnods to suit jvn. 43-1 A. B. MORRIS, fteneral CoiiimiMNion ( -"AMD FORWARDnCi MERCHANT. HA V 1 N 0 LRAI5I R. CHKAlll.K-f lanre W A UK H O I TSK BVV, HKI.L VTOBR OB rOBWABIS at foot of Itrnadalbin street, on thelMuk of the Willamette river, I am prert!d irt store WHEAT or OAT8, in unlimited quantities. The HtehMl Market Prlee PmM Ik 'nh for Wheat oad Onto. Pftrtles wishing in slnr,. rinkln .m, .....L-rf arrarareroenta tOtfetall the sacks n led, (Jraln stored and forwarded at lowest rates. A share of paMinsge la solicited . A. & Mould" Albany, July fr4sv4 GKOBOt TCRRILL PAYS TUB Hftfll est price lw all kinds of Country I'm dan. Resaenvovf IMsstdnsd, met street p Mrs,