The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, July 19, 1871, Image 1

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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. ?TEE BALTIMORE POISONING. ROMANTIC SKETCH OF THE WIDOW WHARTON'S EARLY LIFE. Action of the Grand Jury-Presentment of Sirs. Wharton for the Murder of General Ketchum, also for Attempt to Poison Mr. Van \" ess-Mr?. Wharton Comm Ut ad to Jail-The Testimony in the Case-Statement of Deputy Mar? shal Prey. [From the Baltimore Sun, July 17.: No event In the annals of crime in this city ever stirred the emotions of what ls called the cultivated circles of society, as the extraordi? nary crimes charged against Mrs. Wharton. The facts of the case as they stand before the public, are of themselves sufficiently sensational without the exaggeration of any highly-wrought description. Those who have been accustomed " to regard crime as an accompaniment of rude and vulgar life are astounded at the informa* tlon that the educated and refined 'walks of life have been Invaded by the arrest of one of iUHnembers upon charges so heinous, atro? cious and appalling, especially when consider? ed in connection with the suspicions which have been engendered ot antecedent crimes, as to be too horrible for ready belief. The charg?s read like a chapter in the life of the Borgios, or of the Bourbons of a later date, iu an age when the poisoning of human-life was regarded as a science and practiced *as an art. Unlike, however, the crimes dictated by State policy and craft, or the strong passions of Jeal? ousy and revenge, the theory of Mrs. Whar? ton's case Is that she was influenced by mo? tives entirely ol a pecuniary nature. ^ Ic Is not Just, however, to base any assump *jjJRions upon the preceding deaths ol Mrs. Whar? ton's husband and her son, because there hap? pened to be a iarge insurance on the lester's life, for lt ls undera1 ood that the physician in his case certified to his death resulting ii om typhoid fever; and as to the death of Mr. Ed? ward Wharton, ber brother-in-law, at her house, and that of her daughter, two weeks after, three years or so ago, the intimate friends of the family of the latter declare there was never any ground of suspicion in either case against her. It is known that Mr. Van Ness, one of the victims of the alleged poisoning, wholly exon? erates Mrs. Wharton from all suspicion of guilt In his case,., and lt, ls, Inferred that such was the nature of his testimony before the grand jury, and also that the vote of that body was not unanimous upon the subject of the pre? sentment The .manner and bearing of Mrs. Wharton under the terrible circumstances in which she ls placed are said to" be perfectly composed.. She sheds no tears, utters no reproaches, but' quietly.asserts her innocence ol the charges alleged. Sha .appears like a woman accus? tomed to discipline ber feelings and the exer? cise of perfect eel [-control. ?' Her daughter, however, though ass?ra?ng a sprightly manner to encourage her mother's spirits, cannot conceal her anguish ol mind. Mrs. W., since her first arrest, bas been visited by ber brother, Dr. Nugent, of Pittston, Pa., and a sister, but it ls stated that since the death of her husband his family connections have held no intimate relations with her. Statement of Deputy Marshal Frey. Deputy Martial Frey has communicated the following statement, exhibiting the manner in which the case was worked up by the police authorities, and the evidence obtained by them: Deputy Marshal-Frey states that as.soon as he learned of the death of General l?ete li um from Drs. Chew and Williams, he called upon Mri. Wharton.. "Alter talking with her for three-quarters of an hour, he told her he k would like to take her servants to his office and examine them privately. She made no objection, and the servants were taken to the office and examined'separately by Marshal Gray and himself, and they were satisfied that the servp.ats knew of nothing wrong as to the cause of the death of General KO tchum. On Saturday. 8th instant, be asked Mrs. Wharton If she had purchased tartar emetic: she replied that she had bought some and used It In a mustard piaster which she placed on her breast. He then went to the store of Gosman*? Co., No. 191. Madison avenue, where be found that Mrs- Wharton had purchased, on the 25th ot January, about sixty grains of tartar emetic; he found it charged on the books. Up to last Sunday night. Uta Instant he was satisfied that suspicions pointed strongly to Mrs. Wharton. The next move ot the deputy marshal was to ascertain what motive there could bave been for the desired death of General Ketchum, and in doing this he learned that the deceased came to Baltimore, as believed by bis friend?, for the purpose of collecting a note ol' $2600 fipn Mrs. Wharton; that atter his death this note could not be found among the things he brought with him, .which had been returned by Mrs. Wltarton; that a few days after the death * of General Berchum Mrs. Wharton visited Washington, and called upon General: Brice, the brother-in-law ot deceased; that she asked General Brice for $4000 worth of govern? ment bonds, which she said she had deposited for safekeeping with General Ketchum. Gen? eral-Brice asked ber ir she bad written proof of the fact, or living witnesses that she could furnish; she said that she had neither; he then asked her ii she was not indebted to General Ketchum, and whether he did not hold her note for $2600: she replied lathe negative, and said she paid the note some time ago to Gene? ral Ketchum in person, and that she had torn up the note in bis presence. rfihe Case of Mr. Van Ness. Mr. Van Ness called on Mrs. Wharton on the 19th and 20th of June and took a glass of wine each day, after which be was affected with pains in the back and shoulders Dit which ? soon passed off. On the 24th he was at Mrs. Wharton's house and took a glass ot lager beer i rom Mrs. Wharton's own hand. Shortly after he was taken violently sick with convulsions. The cork of the bottle was drawn out In his presence. He was so sick that bf could not be removed Irom the bouse. His family were sent for, and also Dre. Williams and Chew, who at? tended him. Be was confined until the 30th, wben he was taken home. W ? Mrs. Hutton, sister of Mrs. Van Ness, made some beef tea on Sunday, part of which Mr. Van Ness partook of. Tue remainder was placed in a refrigerator m the cellar. The next time Mr. Van Ness partook ot it he was unable to retain it upon his stomach. On the 28lh. when General Ketchum died, Mrs. Hut? ton brought milk to the house. Mr. Van Ness drunk a tumblerful, and said lt was nice; at ll A. M. she made aNnllk punch herself, took a vr^eglassful ?nd handed it to Mr. Varf Ness, wno said it \ os very agreeable and pleasant. The remainder was put in a nursery refrigera? tor in a dining room adjoining the room in which Mr. Van >ess was lying. At 12.30 P. M. Mrs. Van Ness went to get her husband another drink of it pouring it from a tumbler into the wineglass. She tasted it and found it had a peculiar taste; called Mrs. Loney, who observed a sediment In the bottom of the tumbler. She tasted lt, and found lt was bit? ter. She thought something waa wrong, and consulted with Dr. Williams. The sediment was examined by Professor aiken, and found to contain Alteen grains of tartar emetic. Af? ter that Mr. Van Ness took nothing that was -not prepared by safe hands. The Widow Tuleen to Jail. After the action of the grand Jury on Satur? day, in Indicting Mrs. Wharton for murder; i had been made public, the counsel of the ac? cused, Messrs. Steele and ahornas, notified their client ot the result and that Sheriff Al? bert would serve the process of the court at half-past 3 P. M. At the hour named Sheriff Albert, accom? panied by Police Marshal Gray, Deputy Mar? shal Frey and Deputy Sheriff George Rose man, quietly approached the rear of the house Of Mrs. Wharton, No. 263 North Madison street, to avoid attracting the attention of the crowd. Mrs. Wharton was Immediately ap? prised of the presence of the officers, and in a few minutes descended to her parlor, whare tbey awaited her. Upon her entrance the .^officers arose, and Marsbal Frey introduced to Aer Sheriff Albert, who announced to her the Commands the law had imposed upon him. She signified her readiness to accompany bim, and in a minute or two more the carriages were reached. Mrs. Wharton was dressed in black and wore.a heavy black veil. She seem ed somewhat agitated, but her movement* not ind?cale nervousness. As she stej upon the pavement and saw the small, rather juvenile and promiscuous crowd wi had quickly gathered to scrutinize . she seemed desirous of avoiding t gaze and screened her face, was accompanied by- her daughter, ] Nellie Wharton, who was -similarly dre; and veiled, and by Mr. and Mrs. J. Craw Nielson. Bliss Wharton seemed compoi but-showed by herclose step to her mol how tenderly she clung to her. The thre< dies were assisted into the front carriage, other carriage was occupied by Marshal Gi Deputy Marshal Frey, Deputy Sheriff R man and Mr. Crawford Neilson. They w received at the jail by the warden. James Irvin, and Wm. H. Perkins, president of board of visitors. - Mrs. Wharton, a alighting from the carriage, walked for wan kn active and sprlghly manner, and. accost the president ot the board, said, *'How do ; do, Mr. Perkins ?" and Bhook hands with h She said sh) never lek. better. The cell 169,'la the female department, was asalgi for her use., adjoining the room of the mau A wagon containing furniture fro m Mrs. V residence soon arrived and was placed her cell. The cell is about nine leet In centre helg'it, and measures seven and a 1 by ten and a halt feet The furniture all o v. the prisoner consists of a single bed, pla! furnished, ti very small round table, pitch basin and toilet articles. The Cell Occupied. Soon after reaching the jail, Mrs. Wharl ordered dinner from the restaurant of 1 Henry Crev, near bj', of which mother a daughter partook. In the meantime-the e was being prepared, and at twenty minutes 7 o'clock th* prisoner was. conducted by I Perkins to lier close quarters. Her daugtn and Mrs. Neilson had already preceded h and given their personal superintendence the arrangement of the furniture, ?r.e. Ci tains were allowed to the window and dc' and the game of the prisoners is thus exe.?ult Permission was granted to Miss Wharton remain with her mother, she having eames requested to be allowed to share her pris life, in conformity with the prison rules, Bl Wharton and her daughter, after entering t cell, were searched, the matron of the Jail t i forming her unpleasant duty consid?rait but thoroughly. Nothing denied by the reg lations was found. After the search the dc was locked, and the mother and danghter 1? to spend their first night In prison. Romantic- Sketch of mrs. Whartoi Early Iilfe. ? The following comments upon Mrs. Wm ton's case are from the Philadelphia Evenli Telegraph: Ellen G. Nugent was born in this city abo forty-five Tears ago. Her father. George S gent, was a most prominent and successl merchant ol the day, doing a large lmportii business of fine goods, silks, &c. In chars ter he wes strictly upright and honorabl living as lt were by a set rule of firmness ai justice to 8.11. His danghter Ellen was by ti second wife, he bavluj been previously ms ried to a Cuban woman, by whom he had tv children, ooth boys, one of whom is now respectable and prosperous member of.oi community. There were six other chlldn by the second wife, four, sons and two daug tera: BoL'i ol the daughters are married ar living In the city. Her mother, Mrs. Nugen has only been dead a few years, having ou lived her husband, who died i about the tin Of-the gre it California gold excitement. I Of all Mr. Nugent's children his daughti Nellie was his idol. He lavished every aitei lion upon her that money could comm an Especial pains were taken with her ?ducatioi and Bhe tipent considerable time at Blshc Donne's seminary, In Burlington, New Jerse; And now l.he real Interest ot our ?tory con menees. Nellie has growaup under our pei ell into beautiful womanhood, and her matur character is beginning to determine ltsel The scenft Is the Gulf Mills House, and th time is about twenty-five years ago. By the universal voice of those whoknei ber at this time, she was certainly a mos lovely girl. About twenty years of age, of sien der and graceful, yet queenly bearing, wit magnificent jet-black bair of unusual length dark ?yes and lair complexion-such was he physical beauty. But those who knew he we'll say fiat "that was the least of her attrac tlons. It was rather her engaging manne? ll er winning ways, her dashing, inspiring a is position that bound captive at the charlot wheel of Cupid so many of her male acquaint anees. It was a lout this time that she began to de velop a passion that has ever since been inor dlnato with her, and that was the desire tc dress magnificently. Her father spared nc expense io gratify her lightest whim, and gave her money enough to clothe a duchess. Hei father allowed her lo carry the purse of c duchess, and consequently the reader cac judge of hts surprise when- outside bills thal had been contracted by his daughter to Un amount of thousands ?ldollars were sent in tc bim for settlement, and all this heavy running into debt had taken place In a comparatively short, time, and without the slightest premon? itory intelligence. Where liad the money gone? Hardly upon herself, siuce, although always elegantly at? tired in obedience to lashion's latest mandate, this debt excess was too aosurdly large td be answered for on the ground of personal ex {lendlture. But a little Investigation showed, t was found that this money liad been ex? pended for laces, silks, jewelry, <fcc, ?tc, which were lavished with an imperial hand as presents .upon her young friends. This was certainly a little eccentric, and quite enough to cause the eyebrow to raise. Beautiful young ladles do not generally run their fathers imo debt simply to give aw?.v in? discriminately costly gifts. But something more strange was yet to come. The debts were paid by the father, and the current of events drilled along towards the most remarkable feature of this remarkable woman's life. Miss Ne.1 lie was the brilliant centre of a large circle ot* people of the best class In that vicin? ity. So that when, shortly alter, each and all ol' them njcelved an Invitation to the marriage of that young lady, you may be sure lt created some little stir of excitement. At length the auspicious, hour rolled round, and all the invi? ted guests- assembled at the Nugent mansion to witness the marriage of the beauty. Great preparations had been made for the event. Mr. Nugeut was determined that the daughter who was queen of hi* heart should be mated In a rega'. manner. Never had the young girl looked so lovely, as did tire bride, seated in her satin and lace with her attendant maids about her, and walting with the love-light In her eyes for the happy groom. The hour at which the nuptial knot was to have been tied struck with a dismal clang, and yet no bridegroom. Messengers were sent In haste, and on their return they an? nounced that Mr. Williamson had not con? tracted ihe marriage and knew nothing about it. Subsequent investigation showed conclu? sively that the marriage had not the Rllglitest t'oundalicn, so far as aoy intention of Mr Wil? liamson teas concerned, aud people began to Intimate that something was wrong in her head. Mr. Nugent, after caretul pondering of the matter, was resolved to have Nellie re? moved to an asylum for the Insane. It wanted but a day or two ol' the execution ol' the asy? lum project, when one morning lt was found that the beautiful bird had flown in the night from tho paternal nest. But in a very Hi tie while thu lather received intelligence that his daughter had eloped wiih yountr Lieutenaut Harry W. Wharton, had proceeded with him to Philadelphia, had been there married. The runaway couple had not been long from home uuiil they received assurances of for? giveness, aud returned to the hou.-*e at Gulf Mills. They also for a time lived at Norris? town, ard In Philadelphia again. It wasu't long after marriage until BIrs. Whartou was In fluancial diulculties again, which were a"aln settled by her indulgeut lather. Aller this her husband, who was captain now, was stationed at Fori Kearney lor some five or seven years. Mrs. Wharton accompa? nied him, as Indeed she did in all his wander? ings, even going down into Texas with him on one cccaslon. While out upon the plains the eve; 1?hi ol' the captain bad become de? fective, and he and his wife returned to Phila? delphia ligain. At the breaking out of the war the captain got a commission in a Delaware regiment, and eventually was appointed general disburs? ing agent having his headquarters In Eutaw street, Baltimore, right near his house in "Hamllion niace." With the exception of a short time they lived in Washington, this was his home up to his mysterious death in 1867. Such tiresome of the salient points and bold outlines in the career ot this most remarkable woman. Notwithstanding the growing suspl clon that she also poisoned her husband and son, it is Hie universal testimony that never was there a more loving wile: She was most passionately devoted to him and followed him everywhere. We have also seen that money was her great weakness. She was nearly al? ways in difficulties of this kind, and would. borrow from any one. This is of course to be accounted for in a great measure by ber inor? dinate passion for dress. Wherever she went she was bound to move la the most fashiona? ble circles, which she invariably adorned by ber beauty and engaging deportment. - We do not purpose, as we said at the start, to touch upon the particulars ol this most re? markable case. Hrs. Wharton now stands be? fore the bar of justice, charged with murder and attempted murder, and lt seems to be the general opinion that three or four more items will be added to the crimson list, two of them the murder of husband and son. The facts the public are already familiar with; the theory that will embrace every case can never be arrived , at. The whole story only goes to show that keen as has been the scrutiny of j human character th?se thousands ol' years lt 3Lill bas unsounded depths and undiscovered latitudes. ' And this Monumental City tragedy, whose central figure is an elegant lady ot the first circles of society, only adds another ? stigma to the lengthy list that our poets, philosophers and scientists are called upon to Bolve. ? . . Our sole purpose is to lay before the public some facts that are not known, facts culled by laborious search in private avenues of. In-1 formation, and which, combined, contain to a j certain extent the private life of Mrs. Whar? ton, and throw a great light upon what will most necessarily be her only ground of de? fence. THE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION \ OF COTTON. [From the New York Bulletin, Jaiy 15.] We reverse the natural order of succession in this designation of our topic because we j desire to point out the bearing, ot the con? sumption of cotton upon preparations for the crop. The Commercial and Financial Chroni? cle, ol Saturday last, showed that, during the lost six months, the consumption ot cotton has increased in Great Britain 10,884 bales per week, on the Continent cooo balee per week, and in the United States about 4000 bales per week; or, in the oggreirate of all countries, say in rorfhd numbers, 21.000 bales per week; This increase of nearly 1,100,000 bales per an- J num In the consumption is about equal to the Increase in the crop of 1870; so that nothing of our augmented crop would remain td enlarge stocks In the manufacturing countries. It is evident, therefore, that, with a crop of 4,200, 000 bales, stocks would be too low for the ' price to remain at "id per pound, and ere long the price must have advanced sufficiently to check consumption and keep up stocks. In other words, with a crop of four and half, million bales of the American staple, cotton cannot rule permanently so low as 7?d, and must probably, with Such a supply, range at 8d to 8M, or, as some think, even as nigh as 9d. We desire to present this fact especially to the attention of some of our Southern co tem? poraries, who a few months ago subjected the Bulletin to a good deal of ill-tempered criti? cism because we opposed the advice ol the New York Tribune, and of said cotemporarles, to the planters, urging them to grow less cot? ton and more grain. The planters were hood? winked with a formidable array of statistics purporting to show that 7Jd. per pound and four millions ot bales meant ruin to the cotton Interest, and that their only salvation was in devoting a large portion of their cotton lands to corn. Considering what the Tribune '.kuows aboiit farming," it was not surprising that lt should moko such recommendations; but we had a right to expect that intelligent. Southern-Journals would have kept clear of sucha humiliating blunder. Very little reflec? tion would li .ive taught them that alter twelve years' increase in the population consuming cotton goods, and after a large extension of j thu (rreut Asiatic murkets lor these labrics, the measure ol' supply in 1860 must be totally in? adequate to.the demand of 1872. And, furth? er, when they saw the price fall to7$d., in an? ticipation ol' au Increase of 1.000,000 bales In the American crop, an ordinary amouut of | judgment should have sufficed to satisfy them that this was the extreme first result of the enlarged supply, sure to be followed by an up? ward reaction when that low price had stlmu-1 luted a very active consumption. All such considerations, however-patent to every one having the most elementary knowledge of [ market movements were ignored, and the planters were blindly importuned to neglect the Interest out of which the South lias al? ways realized its chief wealth. Wo can now clearly see the results of this i short sighted counsel. We place much less confidence thau many in the. reports from various sources of a reduction lu the cotton acreage of 10 lo 20 per cent.; but nevertheless we have no doubt the crop will be much less limn it would have been had it not been tor 1 this unwise advice. It is now seen that [ another crop of 4,200,000 bales could have been marketed on the bails Ol about 8kl per pound, und whatever tho growing crop may yield short of that quantity is so much loss to the South, to the whole; country, and lo cottou consumers the world over. It ls true that, it this discouragement of cotton growing has materially reduced the crop of this year, the planters will receive a proportionately higher price for their cotton; but it ls also true that such an advance in price would so stimulate cotton growing next year, not only here but ! also in other countries, that the crop ot 1872 would be depreciated in value, and wiiat was gained one vear would be more than lost the next. Had these blind guides left the planters to take their own course, the decline of cotton to 7$d. might have proved of the greatest value to them. It had the effect of compelling a reduction in wages and of cheapening ad the costs of planting, raising and gathering the crop; and the planters having thus economiz? ed expenses down to the basis of 7kL, there can be no doubt they were prepared to plant | the same acreage OB last year; for lt is conced? ed that, with cotton at Til at Liverpool and gold ut 110all2, cotton raised under the con? ditions ot this year would pay an average pro? fit, perhaps as large a profit as was to be ex? pected on the crop of 1870. With the costs of production adapted to the expected price of ] 7?d., however, the price actually realized (upon a second crop of 4,200,000 bales) would, as we have above shown, be about 8$d.; so that the much bemoaned 7M. would have been the means of securing the planters ld. ger pound more for the Top of 1871 than they ad expected. Surely this result ls well enough to be .let abne by hasty counsellors, and the planters have little reason to thank their editorial guides. When the planters became alarmed at 7.Jd., we urged that they should simply economize the cost of the crop accordingly, and plant as in 1870, thereSy neutralizing competition and keeping control of this great branch of com? merce. Our i-oulhero cotemporaries, how? ever, protested that cotton could not be grown lor 7.W.. and urged the planters to surrender the field. Taeir affirmation has already been amply refuted In the preparations lor the growing crop; and lheir advice to King Cot? ton to abdicate, however much or however little it may havu been followed, already proves to have been as unwise as it was un? necessary._ _ _ TUE MERA LYNCH!NO CASE. CHICAGO, July 18. Governor Palmer, of Illinois, will assist the sheriff with the whole power of the State in arreating Hie persons who lynched Mera, who whipped his child to death. DISASTER TO A YACHT. NEW YORK, July 18. it is reported that the yacht Jessie was up? set in the storm on Sunaay. and Commodore Sherman alone saved of eight members of the Oceanic Yacht Club on board. . THINGS IN NE tr YORK. NEW YORK. July 18. The Grocers' Board of Trade has beea or? ganized with W. A. Boolh, president; Charles E. Hill, Geo. W. Lane, Benj. B. Sherman, Thos. G. Arnold, vice-presidents. A mad bull, in Ninth avenue, injured two women seriously and a child fatally. ,.A b<>ard ol' officers, consisting of Colonels Marcy, King and Hunt trod Majors Dodge and Alexander, met under special instructions from the Secretary of War to prepare general regulations for the army. THE HEATHEN YANKEE. REVELATIONS ABOUT THE "BOOB WHITES" OF THE NORTH A. BU of Ne tv England Life-A Heathen Colony In New Hampshire-Some of their Characteristic*-Dreu,Conversa? tion, Religion, Amusements-A. Start, ling Picture of the "Algerlnes." [Correspondence of toe Boston Post.] SOUTH SEABROOK, N. H., Joly IS. It rather startled society to be told by the Newburyport Herald, a short time since, that there was a heathen settlement in New Eng? land; that In the very centre of our moral and social refinement there was a depraved and ignorant community which was a disgrace to the civilization of the nineteenth century. Leaving the good people ot Newburyport behind, crossing the Merrimack, and, byan easy transition, exchanging the old Bay State for the Granite State, one quickly finds him? self In an almost entirely uninhabited region, surrounded on all sides by barren hills and shady nooks, entirely" u mortared by the abom? inations of modern arr. Finding his way as best he can through the rough and narrow highway, the traveller suddenly comes upon the scene of a low marshy district, which a group of rickety shanties tells is the abode of | some specimens of the genus homo. To satisfy what bad become a greedy curios? ity, your correspondent enters the village set? tlement, camp, or what you will, and there he finds-what* Not two score miles from the Hub of the universe, hardly out of sight of the Quaker poet Whittler, nor beyond the reach of I the echoes that not a century since resounded at the thunder tones of George Whitfield's preaching-there he came upon a scene, the adequate representation of which defies the pen, pencil or brush. Entering the settle? ment, the road turns abruptly to the right, and you are immediately brought into the midst of J the "heathen district.** it ls now known as South Seabrook, and ls distant from Newbury? port only about eight miles, and from Hamp? ton and- - Salisbury beaches by a less distance. Geographically lt belongs to New Hampshire, though lt is, by no meant, beyond the possible influence of Massachusetts enlightenment. "?RIQIN OF TBE SETTLEMENT. Generations ago there lived, In what was then the Township of Hampton, a family by the name of Souther. By some kind of social ostracism, little heard ot now-a-days, this tamlly were' banished the village on account ol their -kleptomaniac tendencies and bad In? fluences generally, and, lu humble submission to their tate, they sought this locality, and, entirely cut off from the re6t of the world, they began leading tbe life of hermits. They never held any Intercourse with the world outside, and they relied on their ability to en? dure privation and what the Immediate vicini? ty afforded them for the means of subsistence. Subsequently they were joined by two families of kindred* tastes and sentiments, Baton and Dow by name, and by Intermarriage of a Mor? mon type they now number between dve and slr hundred people. For nearly a century, they 'had no'schools, no chnrch.no morals nor culture of any kind.- Their- brutish tastes und unbridled passions led them ito a state ol' { positive barbarism. They looked upon civil? ized people as their natural enemies, and the neighboring-people considered them as alto? gether beyond the reach of salvation. They built for themselves rude huts, and, without distinction ot family, lived together in utter degradation. No mother knew her child after lt had left its cradle, and no father knew the number ol' his progeny. Their dress-If it could be called dress-was scanty, a meal-bag or horse blanket, with which to cover them? selves, being considered a luxury. A book or newspaper was as rare with them as ll the art ot printing had never been discovered, and their language became such as only their emo? tions could indicate. What wonder ls it, then, that they were regarded as hopeless cases? The people who knew' of them thought that they could hot be helped BO long as they re? mained In this condition. a MISSIOXART. Not so thought the Rev. Wm. A. Rand, who, having heard of this people, determined, about five years since, to see If something could not be done by which they could be brought under the Influence of Christian civilization. Mr. Rand ls quite a young man, stout and erect as a pillar, and his general appearance Indicates that muscular Christianity is a part of his creed. Services are held in the church twice or three limes iv week, and here Mr. Rand tells his people, In a plain, practical way, the duties which they owe to themselves and to each other. He has started a school in the district, and by making them feel the need of culture, the people learn as eagerly as they eat. He has Introduced shoemaking among them, and, by fostering habits of industry, has taught them how to depend upon themselves fur a decent and comfortable support. Officers of | public order he has caused to be appointed among them, by whom all disturbances are quelled and order maintained. On account of their practical character they have been nick? named "Algerlnes," alter the corsairs of Al? giers. HABITATION'S. Passing down a crooked lane your corres? pondent came upon a group of shanties, none di which measured over twenty by ten feet from corner lo corner. They are raised out of the surrounding rnlre"by posts driven luto the ground, and Took more like abandoned mud-scows than abodes of humanity. In front of one of these houses your correspondent stopped, and there met his gaze through an open slit in the side of the house an elderly dame of by no means prepossessing appear? ance. She was clad in a ragged piece of cloth, which hung to her body by means ot a rope tied around her waist, and her foul body was a sight that would provoke an agent of the So? ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Entering the room, around her were gathered some fifteen or twenty children, none of whom were over six or seven years of age, and all were huddled together In the only room in the house, the size ol' which was, perhaps, Alteen bv twelve feet. In this room they cook, eat and sleep. An old rickety bedstead stands In one corner of the room, and on 'it Is some loose straw and a blanket. No chignons are here, but long dishevelled locks that looks more like fly brushes than human hair. Small editions of humanity were scattered around the room "what baint got noddlngs on," aud ther stare at you from out their hazy eye In mute astonishment. You are loth to believe vour own eyes as you stand and gaze on chis "sickening picture. .? INTERVIEWS. "Is this all your family, Mrs. Eaton ?" your correspondent asked .of the mater familias, (The chances are only three to one against you that you will be right lt you call any per? son von meet Eaton, as every one's name you meet is either Dow, Eaton or Souther.) "Kee-kee neow, kee-kee neow," answers Mrs. Eaton, "How'd you ken my name war Eaton ?" "Oh. I'm well acquainted with your family, Mrs. Eaton." "Them children's mine-them's my gr?n' darters." .'How many children have you, Mrs. Eaton ?" "Five-seven-no-six-," but she finally concludes that she don'L know, or rather, that she cant conceal her Ignorance on the subject. "Where is your minister, Mr. Rand, this af? ternoon ?" your correspondent asks for effeut. "What, crazy Rand, you mean ? Dunno don't care. Hope he's dead." "Why, Mrs. Eaton, isn't your minister a good man ?" "Bl-r-r-r ! God maked his body and his soul, but the devil maked his actions." "What has he done that displeases you, Mrs. Eaton ?" "Done ? I sh'd like to know what he halnt done ! Ef ennybuddy letches a stick ot wood to the Christun Ledge (the church) he calls it thavin', and lie says if a buddy takes anny thing as don't belong to 'em Its thavin'. He's a disgustin' scoundrel. That he ls I" "That's so," chimed in Mrs. Eaton No. 2, the mother and grandmother; "he'd belter stick ter preachln' and go where he's wanted. Round beggln all the time and keepln all he gits, and then preachln' to ns about stealin'. Spying a form by the roadside skittle way in advance, your correspondent said good-bye to Mrs. Eaton and passed on. "Ah, Mrs. Dow, gathering flowers are you ?" "My name ain't Dow: its Souther," replied she in a harsh voice that came from a bead under which something made of ticking was put, and a string tied around tbe neck to sup? port it over her black greasy back. "I see you have a taste for the beautiful, Mrs. Souther." "No, I never tasted on't. Some folks stills flower leaves, and make money on't. That's what I'm doin'." ' '.Where's the parson this afternoon?" your correspondent Inquires, striving to be provin? cial in his speech, after his last attempt to be urbane. "Parsons ! who's Parsons ? Dunno no such critter."' ..Your minister, I mean." .'.Parsons I his name alnt Parsons: lt's Rand. Dunno where he ls; don't care. He pretends to talk to the boys and gals 'bout carr yin' on, bat natur is natur, and I dunno's lt's ennv o' his blzniz." J GATHERING OF THE CLAN'S. By this time the whole neighborhood had ?atbered around your correspondent, and joked on him as though they didn't know what a white shirt or a steady gait Indicated in a person. There were' old and young,' tall and short, male and female. Were it not for a consciousness of your mental superiority over them, you would consider your life in danger here, but you feel as though you were standing in the midst ot dumb brutes, who would obey your beck as readily as a poodle dog obeys his master's whistle. Look at them, and they shirt from your sight as quick as they conveniently can. With their mouths wide open, and-tongues extended, they work upon your feelings tn a marvellous manner. "Is that your boy, Mrs. Dow ?" continued your correspondent, upon seeing a lean three footer, with a heavy double-barrelled shot-gun on his shoulder. ..No? I wouldn't oun 'Im. He's my gran darter's." "Yerlle, yer lief" lisped the unterrifled Ju? venile; "I hain't yer boy, noryer graadarter's either. I wouldn't own yer." . "Well, Mrs. Dow, you look as though you bad a hard time to get along in the world." "Ah. sir," she moans, "the Bible says that accidents and misfortunes shall happen to men, but I believe they come to women just as much." "Why don't you like your minister, since he is doing BO much for you. Mrs. Dow ?" your ] correspondent continues. "Done for ?B ?" she'ejacnlates. "Rah ! did yer hear what a piece he put in tbe papers about us? Called us Heathens and sich. If I he don't have to smart for that then I'll give up!" Naturally enougb, the women do all the talking in this settlement. The men are sleepy and shiftless, and look too stupid to say anything. With a little civilization there has come a great deal of poor rum, and, out of j perhaps two hundred men whom your corre? spondent saw there, not twenty could walk straight. Their bleared eyes and sunken countenances indicate a stupor which no amount ot surprise can overcome. Drunken? ness hud. other vices of kindred Uk must, needs exist there yet awhile. Civilization must precede thorough social and religious culture by a long distance. The women are now in the habit of picking berries and carrying them to the neighboring villages to sell. On these hawking expedi? tions they use all the arts which a Jew or a gipsy ever conceived for getting rid of their wares. "Please, woman," they will say, "buy my berries; give me old clothes, bread, shel? ter, anything;" and they will fall down on their knees and beg for what they cannot Bteal. Their children are dying or their hus? band ls sick-anything for effect. Lately a woman went to Newburyport to sell' her ber? ries, and was surprised to find that a more en? ergetic neighborhood had been around ahead of her and supplied the market. "Did that woman tell you that her husband was sick, or that her children were dying?" she said to a lady who had bought of the early comer. The lady replied that she did. "Well," replied the Amazon, "?he ls a liar; she's the aw tulles t Uar in our town, and she hasn't got no husband nor children neither. And now, woman, won't you buy some ber? ries ? for my husband is sick and my children are dying give me old clothes-bread-shel? ler-anything"-and she sold her berries. A CONTRAST. But a short distan?a lrom this place there are numerous well-built houses, the land ls In a high state of cultivation, and the transition is so sudden, that one wonders at the possibili? ty of two so different classes of people living so near together, and having no more influ? ence upon each other. They look upon their ignorant neighbors as unfortunate people, but they never dream that a little aid and sympa? thy could change their misfortunes to happi? ness, and their sorrows to gladness. In the heathen district proper the fields are entirely run to waste, and everything like ag? ricultural enterprise among the people is out of the question. There are no barns nor out? houses ot any description-everything that can afford the slightest shelter being the abode of their household gods. From these they I seldom move, and the stench that goes out of ] them is sickening. Grand old elms stretch their stalwart forms over the place, ns it to re? lieve it of some of Its uncouth and barren ap? pearance. Under the shade of these the chil? dren that cannot be accomodated under the narrow roof are playing in the mud and covered with filth. Here, almost in our very midst, is a people who might reasonably envy the happiness of a Fiji Islander or a French peasant. _ _ _ KU-KLUX rx OHIO. CINCINNATI', July 18. The people of Greenville, Ohio, are about hanging a negro for rape. CRIME ly LOUISIAyA. NEW ORLEANS, July 18. Albert Myers was shot dead this mornning by Michael A. Bodgers. Cause, jealousy. The murderer is Imprisoned. Francs Mentealh, clerking In Choppin's store, St. James Parish, was murdered on May loth, his body thrown in the river, and tbe store robbed and burned by four negroes. A Jury composed of six white and six colored, to-day, found them guilty of arson, burglary and murder. Penalty, death. THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, July 18. It Is probable that the barometer will con? tinue low in the Gulf States, with increasing southerly winds and rain from Louisiana to West Virginia, and eastward to thH Atlantic. A tailing barometer, with threatening and rainy weather, will probably prevail very gen? erally on Wednesday in tho Middle and East? ern States, and brisk winds from the south? east and southwest are probable for the coast. Local rain will probably exiend over Minne? sota and Northern Wisconsin to-night. Yesterday's Weather Reports of the Signal Service, V. S. A_1.17 P. RT. a H ci "j i fe? Place of 2" g ??. o ga Observation. : 2, Sic 2 SS : ? 2 : s j . a -i . _ a . er ; 9 : : c m : JJ Aupo sta. 29.85 80 B Fresh, j H Kain Baltimore. 29.80 81 SW Fresh. ?Fair. Boston. i'9.72 83 sw Fnnh. |Clear. Buffalo. N. }*.... 29.M 79 SW fresh, air. Cheyenne, W. T. 29.16 82 NB Fresh. Fair. Chicago. 29.72 78 E Fresh. Fair. eincinnatl. 29.91 75 SW Gemle. Cloudy. Cleveland. 29.06 81 NW Fresh. Fair. Corinne, Utah... 29.3s 95 SB Gentle. Fair. Detroit. 29.61 76 SW Fresh. Fair. Dului.li, Mm. 20.80 63 XE Brisk. Fair. Indianapolis_ U9.74 75 SW Fresh. Cle'rnp Kev Weat;Fla... 30.01186 SW Fresh. Fair. Knoxville, Tenn. 29.80 69 SW Gentle, cle'rup Lake City. Fla .. 29.89 75 S Ltght. l.t. Hain Memphis, Tenn . 29.77 95 SW Fresh. Fair. Milwaukee, Wis. 29.70 81 NW Fresh. Cloudy. Mo:.ile. 29.90 94 SE Gentle. Fair. Nashville. 29.77 93 W uentle. Uazy. New London, CL 29.79 78 SW Fresh. Clear. New Orleans.... 20.95 94 vV Fresh. Fair. Sew ?ork. 29.81 77 SW FreBh. uiear. Omaha. Neb.... 29.70 86 u'm. Fair. Oswego, N. Y.... 29.64 80 W Fresh. Fair. Philadelphia. 29.84 82 s . Clear. Pittsburg, Pa.... 29 8o 79 W Light. Cloudy. Portlind, Me.... 29.71 77 W Fresh. Clear. Rochester, N. Y 29.58 78 W Brisk. Cloudy. aaa Francisco.. J9.941 63 SW . Kair. Savannah. 29.S5 9t SW Light. Fair. SC Louis. 29.73 84 SW Gentle. Cloudy. St. Paul. Minn.. ;9.83 65 SW Gentle. Lt.Rain Toledo. 0. 29.63 81 sw I Fresh. Fair. Washlngton.D.C. 29.81 78 SW Fresh Cloudy. Wilmington,N.C. 29.87 69 SB Gentle. Fair. Norfolk. 29.85 81 SE Fresh. Fair. Lynchburg. 29.b2 82 sw Get.tle. Cloudy. ea ven worth.... 29.85 84 NE Gentle. Fair. Cape Ma*. 29.WJ 75 <E Fresh. Fair. Mt. Washington. 29.94! 41 W Gentle. Cloudy. Ij; A GREAT FRESSET. - DISASTROUS RESULT OF THE HEAVY RAINS LOTEDGEFLELD. Des trac tl re Wind? for Several Day? Breaking. of the Damn of the Bath Paper Hills anti Langley Cotton Fae* tory- Damage to the Sooth Carolina Railroad-Operatives Thrown oat of Work-Heavy Losses. ? AuC7STA, July* 19. : Heavy rains, accompanied by destructive winds, have prevailed for several days. The dams of the Langley Cotton Factory -and Bath Paper Mill, situated on Horse Cre%k,;six miles from Augusta, broke at 4 o'clock this morning. The volume of water, striking the South Carolina Railroad, swept away the em? bankment and track for half a mile. The damage to the road waa repaired, .and the' trains are running. Some three hundred operatives in the mills have been thrown out ot employment. The loss ls estimated at fifty thousand dollars.' YESTERDAY JOT EUROPE. ' Religions Riot In Vienna- Destruction: of a Greek War Vrsiei-The Crown: Prince of saxony-Typhoon In. Japan -Duty on Cotton in France-Arch? bishop Darboy's Successor-The Ger? man Indemnity. LONDON, July 18. Dispatches report a riot between the Social? ists and Ultramontanes at Vienna. Many peo? ple were injured. The police were powerless. The military suppressed the erneute. The magazine of the Greek war steamer En no mi a exploded.! a the German Archipelago.. The crew, forty lu number, were nearly all killed and the balance hurt The vessel was destroyed. The Czar has made the Ci own Prince of Sax? ony an honorary field marshal. A telegram from Hong Kong to Lloyds an? nounces that a typhoon visited Heago, Japao. Seven steamers are ashore or sunk. [The place-, ls inundated. " VERSAILLES, July 18. . The Minister of Finance has announced, to the Assembly that he desired a continuance, pf the twenty per cent. Import duty on cotton: PAMS, July 18. A solemn requiem service will be held in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, on Tuesday, In honor of the martyred Archbishop Darboy, The. announcement that the Archbishop of Tours will succeed Darboy as Archbishop of Paris 1B confirmed. Owing to delay caused by certain technicalities, the delivery ot the first half milliards ot the lndemlty to the Germans has not yet been consummated. FIVE NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAYS. Wilmington, Delaware, Leads Off In the Construction of the Mew Cars. The Wilmington (Del.) Commercial, of Fri? day last, bas the following interesting account of the new narrow-gauge railway rolling stock : We have already referred to the fact that this city and Philadelphia have thus far made .the only contracts for finishing the rolling stock tor the new narrow-gauge railroads pro? jected In various directions, M. Baird A Co., Philadelphia, furnishing the locomotives, and. Jackson A Sharp Company, of this city, the cars. The last named company bas just completed the cars lor stocklog the new narrow gauge Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, in Colorado, and will send them away to-morrow. The Denver and Rio Grande Road is projected to extend from Denver to El Paso, In -New Mexi? co, a distance of 850 miles. It ls expected that lt will be tapped by numerous Jocal roads, af? fording a net-work of communication through? out Colorado and New Mexico. The train now built Includes two first-class passenger cars, two smoking cars and two baggage and mall cars. The passenger cars are In their outward appearance, in every? thing except size, precisely like other first class cars. In their Internal arrange? ments, (however, they are necessarily quite different. The width of the car allows but three seats across the car, a dou? ble seat on one side of the aisle, and a single seat on the other. To balance the cars, the double seats from the middle to one end of the car are arranged on the right side ot tbe car, and from the middle to the other end on the left side. These cars are divided by a par? tition into two apartments, but this, of course, would not be necessary If the company felt able to run an entire car devoted to the ex? clusive use of ladies. The windows of the cars also let down with a strap like coach win? dows, Instead of sliding up as they do in ordi? nary cars, and we do not see but what the lowering plan 1B the beat after all. The cars are elegantly finished Inside In walnut, Hun? garian ash. ?cc, and are painted Inside ot a rich, dark green, relieved by gilt, precisely like the Pullman Palace cars built by the Jack? son & Sharp Company. The smoking cars are quite differently ar? ranged, and have walnut and ash seats, (such as we now see in many of our city street cars,) running lengthwise, back to back, the whole length ot the car, so that passengers face the windows. The baggage and mail cars differ In nothing except size from the similar cars of the ordinary gauge. The baggage and smoking cars have each but tour wneels. but the passenger cars have eight wheels, as ls used with the larger cars. The wheels for all of them are manufactured by the Lobdell Car Wheel Company of this city, from models made expreesly for the new gauge. These cars are but the forerunners of many more, for the Jackson & Sharp Company has already received orders for about twenty cars tor narrow-gauge railroads, and have several of the number now under way. The roads ordering them are that already mentioned in Colorado, two roads In Georgia, one in Arkansas, and one in New York State, and if tbe new grade is as successful as we be? lieve it will be, the demand for this class of work will greatly increase. Wilmington has already got the- lead, and will doubtless keep lt, the curs we have just described being the first of the kind ever built in the world, and the first passenger cars of any kind for a nar? row-gauge railway ever built in America. "TCHIVALRY" OF OUR DAY. Something for the Slr Knights of our Tournaments to Read. They had a tournament at the Fair Grounds near Richmond on the 4th of July. The charge to the '-Knights" was delivered by Dr. G. W. Bagby, (Mozis Addums,) and was-perhaps the most original address ever made on such au occasion. The Doctor was bold enough to laugh at the thing as lt deserves to be laughed at, thereby earning the pub?c gratitude. The charge was happily conceived and expressed, and in its conclusion aptly travestied the mock heroics common on such occasions. Here are . some extracts from it : Tc7?iuaZrt/ uv me Native State: Your committee showed much taste when they ?elected me as your charger. Not ablest of chargers am I. and fittest. Educated In Princeton, N. J., I can ride anything, from a hickory stick to the walking-beam of a steam tug. A horse I despise. But strap me down. light, as McClellan did his troopers, or pin me fast with hooks and eyes to a side-saddle, and I can rid- against any man in the world-if another man will lead the horse. * * * * ?. ? But, Tchlvalry of Virginia-to pronounce the word properly, you must put a "t" before the "chlv" and utter a preliminary sneeze be? ni. fore the Vt" and 7011 have it exactly-but, Tchlvalry of Virginia, as some tremendous poet has remarked, ."look-?ot mournfully,into the past." And when sota?"charger more guted than myself tells yon. "In the. language of the Subllm^lmmnrLal and bPAiit^Ul Burk?*, ?thaagy Of tchlvalry Is over,f*"and l"b"M"adds7"',^farnt so," In order to. .cheer you. qp-^when some gifted charger tells you .th ls, jo imp and pell them "(is so," and that he is a mistaken'. Aye ! Mr. Slr Knjghte, the age of tchlvalry ls over, and yon may thao?"ybur stars that lt Is over. Zounds ! ? where -would yon be this day If lt were not over>' Gadzboksi how would you feel with* s mil L iron pot t?tj?gaO?B to your skulL. . Marry, com? u??-F**? TOHW,bp the .state .of your sudatory apparatus, If you had 2O0 po nod? of Baillee-' lids 'distil buce? over - yourrjrecijOUfl.Detsous?.; Sdeathl how^n*,? nerves would flatten If you knew that in ten ml nu ter from'th IStim?;? tho ?h?nees-wer?-'trMt " you would be knockt out-of your saddle, plumped out like.middle ?ian from taw, by a real spear, and Mmntt of your back, twenty feet off in the road ? And tfi" to one the scoun? drel who played yon this tchlvalric little trick, would crown your sweetheart," andrehe would smile upon him, and not even pay .you (he compliment of going to. y pur fun eral iO;mor ' Aye ! Mr. Knights and:8Ir Gentlemen, you may congratulate yourselves. that, although N this is tho Fourth ol July, you don't have-to ' get up and put on a ready-made suit of steel," ' go out and straddle ' an Ironclad horse! and put: ont (rom hotoe -wi th :.everv-prospect'Of ? dying before sundown, because it la your duty . to dare every man to. knock a chip off y our .helmet who-Bays his mistress ts-^rettler-thaa ; yours. ."J.;; :K u?*Brt30 ! Yes, gentlemen, this la;the day of--Spences, of Devlins, of Wm. Ira Smiths, or linen d listers, butterfly neckties, anS shirts attiffa'dozonv Let ns be duly gretet?l'MwrefOR??^'' v -- ' , .* - ?'..... ...?/*;; :*;ji;-!-j:'?.s.,_-j.ft?ttoci ! Therefore. Slr Knights and geu Jemen, I now ? most earnestly charge yon To db your level best. Prowed. Set salf.1:l?nshtp ydur/r?yat'' mizzen cat heads, haul aft your spanker bow- '. sprits, holst your fore-topa'l hatchways.. Go it. And may the. devil take the maa. that don't"! .take the ring: .." 5^0?!^ ?u^pui^m-K -1 nat i i - ..' I ?? il 6 r IHK PASSION PLAT. A _ M , . ..trrrrp;. : .-;! !?.:\:\x:j?:r.*i\:: . Scene? at the Obtr-Ammtrgtn Sptctt ' j cl?-*rt?'?..*?Year'? .Pet?iriMMe Performer?. '". .. "!h . , '':>: aol to . ; /tic /: .. ..?; "j... t.v-i','.- - \ .The' famous0SBkfll Hay'1ii' Oher-A^er^ ?jS gan (Bavarfaf Began'?n the w? of Jurie" alia' was to be continuedlhroughorit the following ; :- week. A very great number' of strangers wjftre' ' ' ion the* ground; ^rlr?J^>aIIjr /?m<^?^irju3;'r?i?3 Britons. ' A' iio^i^i?iSdM^^We? Londoii^ ' News, describing t6ie W^^im^-y^ 1 '] ? is Impossible to give an adequate'Idea'Of''" .the contrast .betwt-etfthe/ graud?ur'of tfi?'??rU,r: rounding mountains and tia a1 quaint simplicity of the theatre lr. which- the '-Passion.Play?: ..la.. - performed.; Ai I s', t. writing, j pat after'the 1 termination' of the "play, the mountains are: 1 almost hidden by dark masses of cloud,'and the theatre ls deserted, and a thunderstorm .Is tr> rolling along the valley with splendid effect. , Tliese constant flashes of lightning ' came. ' strangely acroBli ^ the glow b^sunsef fr?nt'tire western horizon, and the. tremendous; voled;;... which ls heard booming overhead forms a,flt sequel to the tragedy which has but now been." . enacted . " ' ? .'. . --??..'?*. ^swivih. - 'The simple wooden theatre at .Ober-Ammer?:';, gau has served for as wonderful and austin-; - ? ring a oefformanc? aa it ls possible to im? agine. To many who' hare watched' lt wita0'' breathless interest, the performance-may have seemed a mistake .in point of the length io \0 which its grim reality la carried , But) all most .. agree that the actors go through their parts , with an earnest devotion .' worthy Of their ! theme. The central figure, the Christus ot the. Ammergau Play, ia singularly glued by nature . for the part which has been allotted mm. fie Ia a tail, handsome man, with' longhair and" crisp curly-heard. His movements are. very slow and graceful, and bia voice is ?strong, - , without being at all harsh.', After watching him for a little while, the audience begins to ' realize the majesty .'ot tue part which he plays -la part which no other actor can take In mod- -, ern times. The story, so. familiar to us all, .. so grand and touching, however lt may be told, ls well brought out by tho Ammergau -! performer. They have seized the Oriental as- : peet of the life around Christ with great skin, ri ( hilt have rigidly adhered to their traditional outline of the play. N/o' effects'founded on recent discoveries, no Scientific grouping, ac- ' cording to the rules.of the stage, will,do. for 1 them. Such as their acting ls, lt la to.be gulle . j their owp. They enter Into the spirit 0! the characters they represent, and rather Uve the ' characters-as far as they can realize them for the moment than act them, ? Peter and Caiphas, John and Judas? are as Intensely, themselves as the noble impersonation round * which they appear. How strong the impres? sion of it all is. Why men are talking , close .- , about me of the crucifixion as if lt had been . real. The deep, affectionate interest/which. ' ' centres in the Christos,-and; grows stronger as his death approaches, has .been roused...-. : to almost fever point by that awlully vivid scene, When the living actor" is'fixed' ' on the cross in presence of the whole tisse m- .. bly, and is raised aloft where all can see blot. ?? He must be some fifteen or twenty minutes . - thus raised,- and must be very resolute and! ,. well prepared lo go through his part so well. Of course he ls not nailed, but he - looks, as- - though he were, and the .blood, which .flows' . from his side, a little, later on, ls terribly well contrived. Well contrived ? We' have beeh seeing an actual event, not a mere play. We - have to look up at the great mountains.and the darkening sky to shake off the spell of this performance in the wooden theatre "by" peasant amateurs. The theatre Is open, as In ancient Greece; and there ie, as lt were, the classical proscenium, which .occupies ... bot a small part of the frontage, and leaves side scenes for the entry 'and retreat of che chorus. The peasant amateurs sing very sweetly. They have frequent meet- : lng?, in tho long winter evenings, and practice . together for the great work of their lives. : ' Yet they are only actors once in ten years; for - ?heir vow ls to give the Passion Play at that.. Interval of time. They have other occupations as a means of livelihood. Some are wood? carvers, some herdsmen, and some farm the ' neighboring land. But In this first hurried no? tice I eau only touch on a small, part of what . occurs In Ammergau. Enough mat the ''sea? son,''lt It- may be so called, has opened with. ' fair promise, and that there will be several- . other performances during the summer months. 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