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VOL. VIII
bT. MARY’S BEACON
IB tVMIIMBtD irut Tar MOAT BT
JAMES S. DOWNS.
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POIXTICAL GRENADES.
Fitting Present.—ln view of Gener
al Grant's projected visit to the shores of
the Pacific, certain loyal Radicals in San
Francisco propose to present him with a
palace-car. Almost anybody els'? would
njeot such a gift; but the people of San
Francisco have a runs thing on Grant
liti dcclitica nothing. All is fish that
aoiucs to his net. They arc safe in offer
ing him a palacc-rar. a platform-car, or a
box-car ; and if they wore to throw in a
locomotive, or a station-house, he would
have no hesitation in accejuing the dona- I
tion. The Adiiiiiiistrutiou tcetut to be
something in tin* nature of a gift enter- '
prise; and he was a thoughtful Radical
who proposed that Grant should be con- 1
tent with bis accumulations and retire at •
the end of four years, and give some other '
good rebutlicau a chance to wake himself
rich.
Ot.o Democratic Honesty.—A corres
fmndent of a Republican paper, who has ,
ately been traveling in South Carolina, (
and visited lire ruins of the residence of
the Hamptons. Khetls, Prestons, and oth- '
er great families, says :
’•The Prestons, Middletons, Pinkneys!
and Rhetfs have all been reduced from
th ir high estates. They arc no longer
the rulers of South Carolina. Hnt let us
pass every thing to their credit that is due,
nnd say that, through the long years that
these families ruled the State they stole
none of its revenues, nor disgraced its
high places by ignorant and corrupt men
Fault}- as the old-time Southern Demo
cratic politicians were, they were honest.
Whatever they did, they did not steal.” i
Upon the dynasty that succeeded them
uu such praise can be bestowed. They >
all steal, and steal largely.
Not #or Canada.—lt may safely be
Ajuestsoned by whnt right a Canadian pa
per dares to criticise this great and glori
ous country. which possesses amongst oth
er firsl-class blessings a President whose
equal history has never recorded. It must
be that the scribblers for the Canadian
press are permeated with a gnawing jeal
ously when they contrast the condition of
the Dominion with that of the United ’
Nlates, and their officials with General I
Grant. The Montreal AVu-jt is blind or!
envious enough to say that the Ku Klux I
bill puls an end to all idea of annexation 1
in the miuds of Canadian people. “No
Canadian.” says the AVra. “however poor
ly provided with brains, would dream of
abandoning a land where freedom exists,
where the course of justice holds it? away,
for a country under the iron heel of an
ambitious and little scrupulous general.”
Condition or Alabama. —The Radicals
who are constantly representing the South i
as full of outrage and lawlessness, are as (
constantly having their mouths stopped by ■
th brown fellow-partisans. For oxarmde, !
last week a memlier of the joint Ku K!ux j
committee received the address of the;
grand jury to the United States District
Court of Northern Alabama,*as delivered
by that notorious Radical. Judge Hus
tetd. In the c**urse of this he said that
there was but a single ease of alleged of- :
fenae. and that was one rohbefv of the |
United States mails. As it was a year
since the grand jury met, the court *de-l
dared that then* could I* no better evi-*
deuce of the condition of law and order in
Alabama, and of the protection of life and
property in that State.
I
Hooker on Grant— Gen. Joo Hooker '
thinks Grant could not carry half a doxen !
Stales. He s*vS: “It is my absolute i
conviction that were you to walk the length
of Broadway you could not meet a man
less qualified for the Presidency than
Grant. We of the army know bus better
than the people at larjfi. Whea his Ad
jutant. (fen. Rawlins, was alive, (be Pres- [
ident seemed to be efficient and suewss
ful ; but when Rawlins dic'd Grant's bot
tom fell oat. He is now in his normal
condition.**
&W When the Domootuts attain pow-1
or the praoeot tariff will be aa*ai!ed with 1
aa unalterable purpose to modify it in ev
ery important feature. The tax on a half
duaen articles, none of them necessities,
will suffice to meet the want* of the Treas
ury. With the reforms the Democratic
proposes in this respect the people '
will be relieved of far the most onerous, *
though insidiously imposed, burdens of
this day of taxation.
Patino Lota try.—Carpet-bagging has
its pecuniary emoluments as well as its
political honors. As an evidence, we
have the ease of Governor Scott, of the
model Republic of South Carolina. The
> ■ Hartford Timet says that Gov. Scott, in
i 1868. asked a gentleman of Hartford to
‘ become his security in the sum of $5,000.
t He had not fifty dollars in the world.—
j That was scarcely three years ago. Now,
i j after one good pull at the teat, having
* j been a Governor of that plundered State,
; he is worth, we learn, $750,000. This
. : is making patriotism pay.
Radical Millionaires.—Ex-Senator
I i Ridwel Vate? of Illinois, famous for his
; caprieeint while under the influence of
j whisky, is building a splendid residence
* in Jacksonville, in that State. .Senator
■ > Pomeroy of Kansas offers to give £ 10,0')0
t —two thirds of the amount needed—to
. ward the endowment of a fominii.a pro
fessorship of medicine in the Harvard
University. Ifolh Senators must be flush
1 of funds. Formerly. Senators often went ■
to Congress poor, and continued so.
Tne Democratic Choice —Tn view of
. the vital i.-su**s at stake. Democrats will '
discard all personal *>r sectional preferen-1
ices in selecting their standard-bearer.—
They aim solely to choose a tried and true
jmsn who will fill the exalted position of
i President with honor to himself and fi- 1
delily to the oath he will take, one above j
■ the reach of a bribe, nnd who ran neither
ibe coaxed, flattered nor intimidated into:
| wrong-doing.
Tnr. Dictator's Pt.EA.svne*.—The Pres
ident has laid out his plans far a Summer;
jof• ami and enjoyment The public bus
j iuesS, be says, must tike care of itself, as 1
he intends staving st lamg Branch until
, the middle of August, when he proposes j
! a trip to California. This junketing costs j
the country pretty dearly ; but as *• 11 is
j Excellency” will dance, somebody must
pay the piper.
When Democracy IDt.es —The man
’who now p;.ys StIOU annually for dry
1 goods, will under Democratic rule g**t the I
| same articles f.r jJ'J't. allowing ths mer
chant as good a profit as he does to-day. :
I The axe, the plow, the manifold articles'
j of hardware will ail be cheapened in about
| the same proportion, while the Govern-j
merit will be* curtailed of no needed revc- i
nuc.
Tnr Party or the Constitution.—!
The Democratic party is the party of con
stitutional liberty, and its fidelity to con
stitutional obligations has been its pride
and boast, and was what lost it the as- I
iceudoney of the Federal Government since )
j l>dU. And adherence to that fidelity j
will be maintained by the Democratic j
party if it shall keep it out of power for a
century to come.
Greeley's Faicu in K K.—Had Mr |
Greeley believed one-half—yea, one him-!
drtdth part—of what he has published \
and diluted upon in the Tribute ab ut th
terrible Ku Klux. he never would have
trusted his benign countenance in the land
he has so persistently reviled no more
than would he Lave faced Mace, or Co- j
burn, or Collins, or Edwards iu the P
U.
State Rights —Democracy claims that
the States have rights which should Ik*
maintained, guarded and respected; that
neither the President nor Congress can
rightfully interfere iu the local affairs of
a State unless duly called upon bv the j
State Government. Democracy declares j
that I nited States soldiers have no bust- j
ness at or near the election polls.
A Democratic Administration.— Should
i the Democracy prove triumphant in 72. the
f checks and restraints of the Constitution)
' will be respected and enforced. The civil I
will take precedence of the military power
lof the Government. The Supreme Court
| will be reelothed with all its rights and
duties under the Constitution.
Too Mien Peace —<><rv Scott of South j
‘ martial law in that State and Judge Bus- j
i teed of Alabama, says be has had one*
tu.Uj.iu a year, so the presumption
|is a fair one that Gran Vis going to have
mart peace than he bargain'd far.
j .
Radical “Law."—Radicalism raain
* fains that the will of the majority in Con- ,
! gre*s. sanctioned by the President, is law. i
.to be enforced by the bayonet and drum
bead court-martials, regardless of (he Con
stitution the judicial branch of the Gov
| enttneut.
Tuk Aims or Radicalism. —RadhraPwro
set*ks to clothe the President and Congress
with supreme power—supreme over States
I and and sovereign above the Con
-1 stituiton and the division a of the Supremo
Court.
‘
Radicals and Martial Law —Radi
! calism claims that Congress, or the Pits
j ident, by its authority, may ignore the
| writ ef habeas corpus, and declare martial
taw in and over any portion of the coun
try at pleasure.
XflT IN hen James Russell Lowell was
hi Italy, a bogging friar came to him one
day with a subscription for repairing bis
convent. Lowell said. “Ah, but I am
a heretic.’’ The friar replied, “Undoubt
edly, bat your money is perfectly ortho,
j daX.”
I.EON ARDTOWN. MD., THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 22.1871
A MEMORABLE journey
o
Wbst I am about to relate occurred more
than thirty years ago, and it my pen U
seldom used except in a business way. I
most ask the indulgence of my readers if
I prove somewhat garrulous.
Though late in the season, I resolved
to carry out a long-cherished plan ; that
of making a hunting tour through the fa
mous—and then not as well known—north
woods. It was with a feeling of freedom
and excitement I at length set out on my
journey. At Ogdensburg I met an old
class-mate going with a party of hunters
into the forest, and a cordial invitation to
accompany them was readily accepted.
*, I found them genial, whole-souled fel
lows, whose numerous adventures and
narrow escapes formed the subject of tnanv
an hour’s entertainment, as wc sat around
our camp-fires, the star-gemmed sky our
• canopy. I remained with them two weeks,
gaining new strength each day. A tri
fling matter of business in that place de
, ci led me at once to start for Montreal
After a short stay there, I found it neces
sary to go on to Quebec.
lat once made myself and business
known to a firm, with whom we were in
, correspondence, aim was cordially receiv-
IH by the senior member. With true
, Scotch hospitality he* urged me to make
his house my home during my stay ; and
when I declined, insisted on procuring
quarters for me with a widow who lodjel
, some of his friends, saying I would be
disappointed in the hotels, as they were
greatly inferior to those of the States.—
This arrangement proved fortunate, for at
Mrs. McClouds I formed tlie acquaintance
of a young man who was coin? to a set
tlement beyond, whither I could accompa
ny him. and fr<*m that point. pn'ce**din:r
; fifty miles further west, reach a fur tra
ding station I desired to visit. As wc
were about startinsr. an officer from the
! garrison came to bid his friend good -by,
and advised mo on leaving him to obtain
a guide, as the remainder of my journey
was through a rough country, which he
—though not a coward—would not care
to travel alone. His advice Avas not re
; sarded, however, when I found, on reach
in? the settlement, that it was difficult to
procure the services of any one.
It was a cloudy b’evk. November morn- :
in? w’i *n I set off, after rccoivin? minute
instrm tion ns to the Conroe I should pur
sue. I jo??ed on without incident until
I late in the afternoon, when gradually I b -
[came aware of a sound other than that of
I the wind which had borne me constant
company. \\ as it the tcho of my horse's
! hoofs ? No. it was the tramp of" another
animal, which soon became so distinct that
I know my solitary ride was soon to be in
terrupted. For some time the horseman ;
| kept far behind me, until prompted by
| curiosity to see what my fellow traveler
; was like, I slackened my p ic** ami allowed
| him to overtake me. He also was well 1
mounted. His a?e seemed about thirty- 1
I five ; his figure thick sot and about the
I medium size ; his hair sandy, and curling
j closely to his head ; his complexion was
j fine, despite sun and wind ; his nose well
, formed, and bis mouth handsome. Alto- i
?ether his face was affracttA*e, combining ’
intelligence with kindliness.
A< we role on. side by side, and in
subsequent events. I found him to be a
man of general information, acquired in
actual contact with the world.
A dark and stormy night wa gather
ing round, and we were numb with cold. |
While deliberating whether it would not
jbe best to light a fire ami remain where i
we were for the nl?ht, a far offlight caught.
my eye. Could there be a dwelling in (
this wilderness? At any rate we would j
approach this light and ascertain. We '
j shortly discovered among the trees, alow.
J mmblin? huilJin?. harn-like and forbid
j din? in its apjicarance. After some time
we succeeded in finding the door, at which
I knocked loudly for admittance. An old
woman answvred the summons, huldin? a
dim, rush light, that did not improve her j
, repulsive appearance. It would be diffi- j
euit to describe the color of her eves, un- I
• less their evil expression gave them a !
j greenish line Her face might have been i
i good in youth, but was now wrinkled and j,
: hideous. I told her our situation, offering |
|to pay well for a night's lodging. She
j mumbled something in reply, and motk-n- :
|edtous to follow her. Groping along a
’ narrow passage, we were admitted into
, what seemed a family room or kitchen.—
1 At thi* hearth, on which some damp logs ,
were smouldering, sat an old man. who
looked up on our entrance and addressed j
us in a foreign tongue.
My companion turned to the old wo
man who let us in and said :
“We speak only Euclish.”
[ “That’s well c’ough.” she answered in
a harsh voice. “I'll take care ot you.— 1
Suppose you want somctiiing to cat. though
what I can give jou will hardly please
such fine gentlemen.”
“We shall be thankful for food how-*
ever plain,” 1 said,
She left the room, retaining with dried
venison, coarse bread, butter and two.'
glasses filled with what she calk'd cordial
! satisfied my appetite, tasted the drink,
but not liking it, left it standing, I did
not see my companion drink his. though
his glass was empty when we left the ta
ble. He seated himself on a bundle of
skins near the fire, while I indeavercd to
interest myself iu a late paper, though u*o
ouccessfully, for I soon began to nod.
The man. who bad been caring for our
horses, now came in, and, making a sign
to the woman, she asked) me if I would
like to go to bed. I said yes, and that
my friend seemed dosing comfortable
i>ba made no reply, bat
■tailed for the door.
On leaving the room I glanced back
toward the fire, over which the old man
wow biadinj, ht? back toward my com-
panion, who. as I looked, aaddeolv arooa
ed himself, dosed bia eyelid with his fin
ger. shook his head aa if waning me
against sleep, then drew kit finger rapid
ly across bis throat. Coafesed and star
tied by this mysterious intimation, with a
bewildering fieding I followed my con
duct res* up a Sight or riekety ■tain, into
a small attic room, whore a oot was pre
pared for my u-e. The woman set the
light open a stool which served as s table,
■td left without a word. Alone with my
thoughts. I began to quaatiaw the fiitioas
of my companion. Even opposing this
couple intended Tidea-A
os they, well armedTJmu) capable of strong
resistance. Certainly there was nothing
around me to awaken suspicion. Neither
antiquated wardrobe, nor molderiiig tapes
try. nor enrtaiued bed afforded a hiding
place to the midnight as-asein; on the
contrary, my room was close to the roof,
containing the cot and stool before men
tioned. an old sea chest, a bundle of bed
ding in one corner, a pair of antlers and
sotn * trophies of the chase.
Then again. I thought he might have
good reasons for those sign,. Perhaps
h<* understood their gibberish. At any
rate, there was seme mystery which I
could not solve. I throw myself down
without undressing, having a knife and
pistol beside me in ease of attack. I tried
to keep awake, hut the pattering storm
a?ainrt the roof, lulled me into a doxe.
from which I was aroused by tbo tapping
on the window beside my bed. I listened
breathlessly, and found the noise was oc
casioned by small stones, thrown a?ainst
the glass from the outside. I peered cau
tiously out. and recognised the fi?ure and
voice of my companion, who begged me. I
in God’s name, to escape, saying we were i
in a den of cut-throats, at the same time
placing a strong sapling against the win
dow. I quickly descended. He grasped
my hand and we moved on in silence.— !
Behind an old out-house wc found a horse, j
which my friend said wv must both mount
and get into the highway with all possi- i
ble speed.
I hesitated to do this, saying my own
horse must be near; but he said, “No,
the old villain has taken yours; and gone I
to summon comrades near bv. I’ll toll
you how I know all this as we hasten on.”
I mounted behind him, and we were
soon ou the road, when my fricud coutln-
J*
:
“I have always Lad a remarkable foe- 1
ulty for remembering faces, and as soon !
as I saw the old man’s face, remembered .
having seen him in a criming vdhrt. under '
conviction for horse-stealing. I gathered
from their broken conversation between him !
and the old woman that this was a gener- ’
al rendezvous for characters like them- I
! selves, and some of them might bo ex- i
pectod at any time; and there were tnanv '•
significant surmises regarding ourselves'
and business. I once s.*rved for a short!
time on the detective police, and was on
the alert for making observations. After
y*u went to bed, 1 was shown to a room
; on the ground floor, containing one small
window barred froui the outside. The
light was withdrawn, and the door fasten*
jed upon m<v I lighted a small taper,
with which I am u>ual)y provided, and
I proceeded to examine the premises. The
: room was separated from an adjoining oue j
by a thin board partition, in which was a •
I small door, fastened on the other side bv
i a wooden 1 i*h.
j There might be means of exit there! I j
| took my knite and cut the latch, through
the slit between the hoards, and stepped
■ into a closet, from which came forth a
i death-like odor. It apparently contained
I nothing but a pile of skins, and a window
j casement covered with leather. I was
extinguishing my light to make my escape
when a fool, protruding from the hides,
caught my eye. Removing the upper
most, a sight met my gaxe which froze
me with horror. The body of a man lav
stretched out before me. which had evi
dently been dead for two or throe days.
| His clinched hands, battered head and
blood--meare*i clothing gave evidence of
[ a fearful struggle. For a moment I stood
unable to move, the next, tearing the
leather from the casement. I was in the
open air.
“I heard you ascend tb rtairs, and
knew from the sound of your footsteps the
direction yon had taken, and determined
to save you if possible.”
“Daring tbit recital he often stopped
t listen, while wo made what progress I
wc could over the rough and uneven
ground. Me could not have gone more '
than three miles when we heard the bark
ing cf a dog."
“My God ! they arc after us! If wc
only had onr rifles T* exclaimed nir com- 1
pan ion ; “but we roust make up onrminds '
to sell our lives dearly with what we have.”
M'e could bow distinctly hear the shouts j
of our murderous persuers. and in our'
haste and Confusion, to our great conster
nation. found we had taken a new course, i
that terminated in a dense thicket. It j
was too late to retrace our steps, so we
decided to leave the horse to his foie and
rely on the forest for safety. They seem
ed to have lost onr track "for a short time,
but were soon on it again, and sarelv
gaining upon us. Shortly after there
was a rustling among the limbs, ami a *
ferocious creature bounded oot, making a
spring at the one nearest him. Mv friend
bad barely time to articulate, “Your
knife.” when a blade was plunged into
the animal’s heart.
Breathlessly, and with increasing speed,
wc pursued our flight. M’e bad been
for some time following a ridge of rocks.
When turning an abrupt corner we came
upon a camp-fire.
Lying before it was the athletic figure
of an Indian, wbo started hurriedly to his
fret. My com pan i;*o tuM him of oar
danger, am! tvggod f r prxccti. a.
The Indian listened gravely, shook hit
> bead, and answered :
"White man may not speak truth ; he
lores not rod skin.**
Re then gave a peculiar call, and sev
i oral warriors approached from the thick*
■ rt. They surrounded us, consul ting in
their own tongue, but v friend’s face
■ grew pale as they proceeded, and turning
i to me explained that one of their number
had been killed by the whites, and they
would retaliate on us. “We may an well
1 make up our mind to die,” said bo. and I
' could almost feel the scalping knife, and
nee the kindling feggaU. when an Indian
entered the circle and walked toward my
companion said:
“Is the white man’s name Locks!? ?”
1 “Yes.”
“You remember mo? White man friend
to poor Indian twelve moons ago. Know
this ?” Showing a large, ornamental knife.
Lockslv smiled, stretched nut his hand
to the Indian, who warmly grasped it;
.and turning to his brcihn.o, addressed
them in earnest, and what appeared to us.
eloquent language.
j Locksley afterward explained to me
that he hud met this fellow at a trading
station. "He came into the store for to
bacco, and gave the clerk—a contempti
ble rascal—a piece of money, double its
value. He waited some and then a3kcd
for his change. The clerk said :
I “ ‘That is all right, the price of tobac
co has raised, winking slyly at mo, who
had just purchased the same qu-iuffty.
"The Indian looked quite dejected,
saying he wanted to knife, and this
was alt he had ; he then asked if he would
not trust him fur it till he came again.
| •• -We don’t trust red skins,’ sneered
: the clerk.
"I am quick tempered, and at this my
blood rose. I stepped up to the scamp,
and thrusting my fist under bis nose,
| " ‘Give him his change this minute,
you villian, or I’ll pound vou to a j dlv.’
j "He trembled, like thc”coward he w-i*.
and iaid down the money: I then told
the Indian to select a knife and 1 would
see that he was not cheated.
"Ho took one. paid for, it, looked stead
ily at me fora moment, and went away.
I had quite forgotten the circumstance,
until it was just now recalled.”
j The hostile manner of the Indians soon
j disappeared ; they invited us to the tiro,
and prepare 1f >r oar defense. A blood
hound was the only one of our pursuers
; who appeared, and he was instantly dis
-1 patched by ono of their number, at the
j same time uttering a terrible war-whoop.
| As it echoed and re-cchoed through the
woods. I could imagine the terror of the
j early settler, as with blanched face he
j listed to that death-note. i
Next morning we left the encampment,
j guided by several Indians, and at night-
I fall we had reached a station with which
we were familiar, and where, after load
i ing them with presents, we bade our
! guides farewell.
[ From this place my friend and I retura
i ed to Montreal, where we made a doposi
] tion of what we had undergone.
Locksly took me to his heme and in
troduced me to his wife and children.—
, His helpmeet was a sensible, kind-heart
!ed woman. I soon learned their circum
! stances. Tie was a collector and agent
f>r a couple of Montreal firms at a salary
lof seven hundred dollars. I asked him
jif he would like to come to the States if
he could do better. He said he would
gladly do so, if sure of employment; but
lie did not th nk it best to leave a certain
ty for an uncertainty. I told kirn he was
right in this.
Un parting. I pressed upon him the ac
ceptance of my watch, as a slight memen
to of my esteem.
I The following Spring, when my father
left the business. I wrote my friend, of.
( fering him the situation of traveling agent
for the house, at SI,OOO per year. He
‘ gratefully accepted the proposal. I found
i his integrity and knowledge so necessary
to m rt that I soon doubled his <al:irv.
He has been my partner for - the last
ten years, and I have reason to be thauk
, ful for the perilous adventure which
brought me so true and worthy a friend.
I
j A Prophecy.—Victor Hugo in IS4B
1 wrote:
| "Two Republics are possible. One of
I them will tear down the tri-color and hoist
j the red flag, coin tou* piece* from the
! Vrrulomr l*ifh/r, tear down the statne of
1 Napoleon and erect ju its stead that of
j Murat, destroy the Institute, the Poly tec h
-1 nical School, and the Legion of Honor ;
Jit will add to the beautiful device; "Lib
f orty. Equality and Fraternity” the sinis
ter alternative. "Death.” It will bring
; about lankruptcy. ruin the rich without
' enriching the poor, destroy the public
credit, which is the fortune of all. labor,
i which i? every man’s bread ; will abolish
i property and the family, carry heads cm
lances, fill the prison With suspected per
sons. and empty them by toe massacre,
' *et Europe afire, lay civilization lu ashes,
and make France the homo of darkness ;
jit will kill liberty, stifle art. decapitate
thought, and d-ny God It wiil erect
the guillotine, and, in short, do every
thing in cold blood that t!e men of J 703
did in their frenzy, and after the horrible
but grand spectacle which our fathers
have seen, it will show us the reoastrous
. to a contemptible pusillanimity.”
The old poet probably did not think
when he wrote the above, which charac
terizes the present Parisian Government
admirably, that be was delineating the
government which his own wild fanaticism
has since then helped to create in the
French metropolis.
j
• . The wvrmao sriuh—The bv*.n*tivk
• VAMPIRRS AND GHOULS.
I William cf Newburn. who Hwd to the
twelfth century, narrates that iu Backing- •
• ham-hire a man appeared several times to'
• bis wife after be had been boned. TSe
i arehdestott and clergy, no being applied
> to* thought it right to ask the advice of
> the bishop of the dioceae as to the proper
course to be panned. He udviaea that
' the body should be burned—the only cure
| ffcr vampires. On opening the grate,
■ the corpse was found to bn in the same
1 sum as when interred—a property, we
1 ' are told. ■generally possessed by vampires.
‘ j Calmet in his carious work relating to
the marvels of the phantom world, quotes
a letter which was written in 1759. and
which added one to the long list of vam
pire stories belonging to the Danube a pro
vinces. “We have just ha lin this nr.rJ
cf Hungary a scene of vampirism, uulv
attested hy two officials of the tribunal of
Belgrade, who went dovru to the places
specified ; and by an officer of the empo- '
rnr's troops at GraJitz, who was an ocular j
i witness of the proceedings. At the be
ginning of Sigttember there died in the
village of Ki-iivny, three leagues tram
Graditj, a man sixty-three year-uf age.
Three Jays after Ids burial he app-arod io
the night to hit San. and akcd for some
thing to eat. The son having given him
: something, ho at - and dUappt>arcd. The
Best day the eon recounted to h s neigh
j bors what had occurred. That night the
i father did not appear ; but on the follow
ing night ho showed himself, and a-ked
again for food. They do not know wheth
, er the son gave him any oa that occasion
lor not; but on the following day the sm
was found dead In his bed. Oa that same
day five or six [<crson in the village ?1!
suddenly ill, and died one after another
lin a few days/’ The villagers resolved to
often the grave of the old mar ~vi oT*m
! ine the body ; they did so, an 1 declared
that the symptoms presented were such as
usually pertain to vampirism—-eves open,
fresh color, etc. The executioner drove
a stake iuto the heart, noid reduced the
body to allies. All the other persons re
cently dead were similarly exhumed ; but
as they did not exhibit the suspicious
symptoms, they were quietly rcinterrod. ;
| Mr. Fashley, in his Travels iu Crete,
i states that when he was at the town of
i Ask?b he asked ab ut the vampires or
katakhanadhes, as the Cretans call thorn
—of whose existence and doing* he hud
heard so much, stoutly corroborated by
the peasantry. Many of the stories con
verged towar hone central fact, which Mr.
Pashlcy believed had given origin to them
all. On one oecasiou a man of some note
was buried at St. George's Church at Ka
likrati, iu the island of Crete. An areh
*or canopy was built over his grave. But
he soon afterward made his appearance as
a vampire, haunting the village and de
stroying men and children. A shepherd
was one day tending his sheep and goals
j near the church, and on being caught in
a shower went under the arch to seek shel
ter from the rain. He determined to p;.-s
the night. laid aside his arms, and stretch -
■ed himself on a -tom* tc sleep. In placing
his fire-arms down (gentle shepherds of
fmstorals poems do not want fire-arms ;
;nt the Cretans are not gentle shepherds)
he happened to cross them. Now this
crossing Was always believed to have the
effort of preventing a vampire from emor
gitg from the -pot where the emblem was
found. Thereupon occurred a singular
debate. The vampire rose iu the night
and requested the shepherd to remove the
fire-arms in order that ho might pas, as
he ha l some important business to trans
art. The shepherd, inferring from this
request that the corpse was the identical
vampire which had been dot Jig so much
mischief, at first refused his assent ; but
on obtaining from the vampire a promise
on oath that he would not hurt him, the !
sheprjerd moved the crowd arms. The
vampire, tints enabled t* rise, went to a
distance of about two miles, and killed
t two persons, a man and a woman. On |
his return, the shepherd rvr indica
tion of wi-at bad occurred, which caused
the vampire to threaten him with a simi
lar fate if he divulged what he had seen. |
He courageously told all, however. The!
1 pru*t< ati 1 oth** person* came to tl.c spot
i next morning, took up the corpse (winch '
iu day rime was as lifeless as any oih?r)!
and burnt it. While burning, a little spot
of blood spurted on the shepherd's foot, I
which instantly withered awnv ; but oth-j
erwise no evil resulted, and tb* vampire!
was effectually destroyed. This was cer-j
taiuly a very peculiar vampire story ; for l
the coolrrc with which the corpse and 1
the shepherd carried on th -ir conversation
under the arch wx un : qne enough. Nev
ertheless the persons who relate! the af
fair to Mr. Fash ley firmly believed in its
truth, although slightly differing in their
version* of it.
In 1954 an American newspaper, the
Norwich Courier, said :
Horace b*ay of Griswold died of con
sumption in 1940 ; two of his children af
ter* and died of the same complaint; ciitht
vca afterward. 1854. a third died. The
neighbors, evidently having the vampire
theory in their thoughts, determined to
exhume the bodies of the two first children,
and burn them, under the sur position that
the d'-ad had been fi-s-ding on the living.
If the dead body remained in a fresh or
semi-fresh state, alb the vampire mischief
would be produced. In what state the
j bodies were really found We are not told ;
bat they were disinterred and burned on
the Bth of June, in the above name*! year.
Baring Gould narrate* the history of
Marshal do Bets, noble, brave and weal
thy man erf the time of Charles the Sev
enth in France. I!c was sane and rea
sonable in all matters save one ; but in
(hat one be was a terrible being. He de
lighted in putting young and delicate *bil
ds*a to dwatk. and then destroy mg (hear.
without (so far aa appears) wishing to put
the leak or th blood to kis lips. Iu tko
course of a lengthened trial which brought
his career to ao end. the truth eamc %o
light that he had destroyed 800 children
lio mtS years. There waa neither aeca-
Mtioa nor roufeaaiou about a wolf hare ;
it was a man afflicted with a morbid pro
penalty of a dreadful kind. SuuMwhan
different,was the ease of Jean Grenier, in
I6OS. He waa a herd-boy. awed fimrteea.
who waa brought before alribuoal at Bee*
deaux ou a most extraordinary charge,—
Stfcral witnesses, chkfiy ywumn'eli. ae>.
cased him of having attacked them under
the guise of a wolf. The charge Wat
strange, but the confession was stih strung
tr ; f*>r the Icy declared that ho hsj kil
led and eaten several child ten, and the
talkers of those (hilircn veirtrl thesamo
thing. Grenier was tfi be half a*i
:diot ; if so, bfs Mfocy cn the one Land,
aud tho superstitious ignorance of th
i peasantry ou the other, may perchance eup
, ply a solution to the enigma,
| Une ot tho ui>at extraordinary cases on
record oacurrod in France in 1849 the
I facts being brought to light before a court
martial, presided over by Colonel Manse
-1 *u. Many of the cemeteries pear Faria
were found to have been entered in tho
night, graves opened, coffins disturbed,
and dead bodies .-tp-w.-d arc>und the place
in a t >ru and mangled condition
This was so often repeated, and in so
many ccmcterioe, that great anguish end
terror were spread among the people —.
V strict watch was kept. Some of the
patrols or police of the cemeteries thought
they saw a figure several times flitting
about among the graves, but could never
quite satisfy themselves on the matter. -
Surgeons were examined, to ascertain
whether it wa- the work of the class of
mou who used iu England to be called res
urrectionist, or biHly-snulchers ; but they
ail declared that tho wild, reckless mu
tilation was quite of another character.
Again was a strict watch kept; a kind
of man-trap was contrived at s part of
the wall ot Fere la Chaise eeuictcrv, which
appeared as if it had been frequently
scaled. A sort of grenade connected with
tho man-trap was heard to explode; ilia
watch fired their guns: some ouc wia
seen to flee quickly ; and then they found
traces of blood, aud a few fragments cf
military clothing, at one particular spot.
Next day \\ became publicly known that,
a non-commissioned officer of the Seventy
fourth Regiment had wounded
to the I arracks in the muMo of the night,
and had been conveyed to a military hos
pital. Further inquiry led to a revolu
tion of the fact that Sergeant Bertrand,
of the regiment here named, was the un
happy cause of all the turmoil. He was
iu general demeanor kind ami gen*c,
frank and gay; and nothin;; Lula mala
dy of a special kind could have drivea
him to the commission of such crimes as
those with which ho Was charged, and
which liis own confession helped to eon
firm Ho described the s:npulo under
which he acted as being irrcai-tible, al
together beyond his own c utrol; it came
upon him alout once a forfuighf. He
had a terrible consciousness while under
its influence, and yet he could not resist.
The minute details which ho gave to tho
tribunal of his mode of proceeding at tho
cemeteries might suit those who like to
sup orr horror*, but may b“ dlsoeti-od
with here J 2 Vf*ce it to say that he aided
by h;s confession to corroborate the charge;
that he was sentenced to tw !vc mouths’
imprisonment, and that emin-nt physician*
of Paris endeavored to restore the butane V
of his mind during Lis quiet incarceration
Hatc ani> Health.—lt is not at all
wholesome to be in a hurry. Multitude.*
in their haste to gi t rich are min*d every
year. r i he men who do things maturely.
slowly, deliberately, are the men who of*
) t n<--l r.ect<. lin life. People who are
I habitually in a hurry generally have to do
| things twice over. The tortoise beat tho
hare at last. SI"W men seldom knock
i their brains out against a post. Foot-ru-
I ccs arc injurious to health, a-. ar~ all forma
!of competitive exorcise, steady labor it*.
! the field is the br-st gymnasium in (hV
Either labor or exercise carried to
! exhaustion ir prostration, or even to greet
1 tiicdne-s, expressed by “fagged out,"’ at
ways do’ s n Arc harm than the previous
I cXi Tci-e ha- go>J. All running up
I -t.drs, running to catch up with a ve-
I hide or car.-, arc extremely injurious to
[every age, and sex, and condition of life.
■lt ouzhl to lc the most pressing ne<x.*i
-1 ty which shoo] 1 induce a perron ovr fiftv
to run thirty 3 ard-. Th-'sc- live Ktig -t
who arc deliberate, whose actions are meas
ured. who never embark in any enterprise
without “sleeping over it.” mi ! who per
form all the every day acts of life witli
calmness. Quakers an? a prorcrbiallv
calm, quiet people, aud Quakers arc
thrifty folk, the world over.
■ ......
A Seasonablr FarMiaaru.-Many per
- ns h-o their life every year by an in
judici us change of clothing, and the
prim iples need repetition every year. If
clothing i- to le* diminished it should l
don ir. the morning, wL- n fir,-t dres-ing.
Additional clothhti may !>•' safely put 0:1
at ary time. In the Northern States, the
undergarments should not be ehane.-d for
less heavy earlier than the middle of May;
fr even in June a fire is very comforta
ble in a New Vork parlor. Half the ui*-.
ease* of humanity would b* swept from
existence if the brawn body w< n* kept
comfortably warm ail the time The di--
c mifort of cold Csct, or of a dally roam.
many have ex|tcricucvd to their sorrow ;
they make the mini p-crish aud frstfu ,
whib- they expos.- lha body to colds xml
ir.ffammat.oas. whi-lu oft- . d*v -ov .1 ut
1-s* than a w*e*
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