Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-01-19
CAFE FoY, PARIS, Dec. 20, 1854.


Ootails of hell may seem odd to publish but if
an are not more scrupulOus than one of our Paris
!rrals YOU VIII give place to some singular ideas
JJoncerning an abode for which many of US morals
nav be destined without any particular individual
;raton or desire on our parts. At the theatre
Gai,r there has lately been produced with great
sncress piece called the Gang Cents Diables which
: a sulphuric representation of miniature he'll, en-
gened by the genius of sundry men and women,
who in diabOlc garbs exert themselves to the utmost
70 relieve the prejudice al present existing against
peculiarly warm and fiery climate Birthstone is
made 10 burn in countless splendid hues sui phur
mis- ppriumed mist in place OF nOXious vapor
scenic wonders exult in newly contTved illusions,
ond oantomne is strained into uncommon gestures
The pIot-if plot exist in a spectace-cCnsists
rnriv in the active opera ions of five hundred devils,
whose ultimate purpose to catch segneur Pataqnes
l thp infant Castorna, with the designed object of
1nnroprating their souls and conveying them to the
rry abode which thirsts continually tor resident de
mons The usual disorders and trap door manuuvres
cpsue and they form series of wonders as charming
N the audience they thoroughly unlnelGgibe.
One journal, aprOpOs to the piece, quotes your old
friend Jean Wierus, the author of PSeudomonarchja
drnonum, inventory complete and efficient of the
internal regions According to his enlightenment
hell has some forty five millions of demons. These
f,rtv FIVE millions divided into SIX thousand six
bundled and sixtysix legons, composed each one of
six thousand six hundred ard sXy-six soldiers, and
commanded n chief by seventy-twO princes, dukes,
maIouises, prelaes and counts This WIeruS dis
courses upon hell as if he recently issued from il,
and offers you pinch of sulphur with an air Of the
utmo. gravity. The king, III his statistics, Is repre-
scented to be Beelzebub who has dethroned Satan and
reduced him to The position of chief of the Internal
orposilion Among the great digniiaries of the
kingdom are remarked Eurymome, prince of death,
Grand master Of the order OF de la Mouche, hdeous
skeleton who feas1s upon dead bodies while squatting
on yultures skin. Moloch is the prince of the
Pa4s des Lqrmes," country OF tears; this accom-.
pishpd person, TO whom, in old times many newly
jorn children were sacrificed, is without doubt com
PEELED receive all the lamentations OF II others whose
children he has eaten Imagine him in a daily
promenade in his kingdom, his head sunk upon bis
'rrast overwhelmed with this rain of hot tears &C.
campanied by vague plants aud unnelIigibIe cries
But bow to Leonard the inspector general OF s0rCery;
he presides over the sabbats in the form of a
great he goat with the feet of a goose, and all the
witches to worship him, respectfully dismounted
rom their broom handles, and each bearing green
candle in their hands Leonard is taciturn and mel
anchoIy his duties weary him, and he sleeps at the
sabbat ike Judge in human court; his worship.
pprs kindly consider his Incidence and nattenton as
proofs of genius and as investing him with majesty
ProserpIne is the archduches of all the malicious
spiu,s. PaUUrc dia6leSSe, where has departed the
happy time when You coursed over the green plains
nj Etna gathering flowers and freshenng your beau
ty with the sweet morning dew Who would reCog.
nze the daughter OF Ceres in this Internal Cendril
lon, seated at the foot of Beelzebub fO0StoUe Of
honor heated 1Ch7te hot! The ministerial cabinet OF
hell is Interchangeable The grand chancellor styles
himself Adramaleck, and he seals his DEGREES with
burning bilumtn. Astharoth is grand treasurer his
crowns, at the end of twenty.four hours, metamor
phOse themselves INTO dry leaves; ingenious symbo
Of the depreciation which terrestrial gold undergOes
when il is changed into paper money. BaaI com
mands in chief tie troops of Beezebub. Nergal is
the chief Of the secret police, and his high
as his horns. Leviathan, In his capacity Of whale
bears the ttaI Of grand admiral He is obliged only
to change the element and in pace of swimming in
waves he laves in the flames naturally that he
scmbeS, this grand admiral, well cooked fish Hell
has also its diplomatic corps. Bephegor is ambassa
dor France; MammOn, the millionaire demon,
Hes in England Behal is charged with affairs in
Turkey Thamnz Spain. Hulgin in Italy, and
Martinez in SWZer land. And this is not all. There
remains yet the house Of The princes Nerdeet is its
master Of ceremonies $uccol- Benoh, chief Of the
tunncls Dagon, grand butter Kabal, director OF
lhcatricals for they play perhaps hcl-in hell
ASmodeus holds the roulette wheel, and when the
bank breaks is manifested on the earth by series
Of vo canoes and earthquakes; and Ny bias is the
Couu fool
Thus reasons the goo Wierus. and nothing coulC
be more curious than is his peremptory manner o
relation. Bu more lrgh,fu sti other hstO
Rams DeIrlo, DIexelius and Swinden Henri Hene
Gtman, imagines an immense frying pan holding
three long of iron pots in which and frItte
the sous of the damned The grandmother of tn
When the devil, fatigued with lie lahors of the day
comes home, he greedIly swallows that which hi
parent has prepared for b m; afterwards he quet
rcPoses his face on his knees while she seeks tn
rernin in his head, and gradually falls asleep. Tn
oil has 10 in the habit of soacng her lone ocCupa
ton by chanting song which commences thus
Dams lie dome, dams lie dome,
II rose,
Rose rouge CONNIE lie sang
Dams lie dome, dams lie dome,
Henri further asserts that when bis majesty is wake
iuI the old quickly puts him into a snmber b
reading aloud from the Gazette Ecesidstique of Be
lin. prefer, Colonel Wieru's systematic arrage
uent OF The termination of The we'll known broa
road 1t discovers remarkable entail order, does
not Parsians are fond of representations of th
sort. Heaven and hell to them desirable q
the Stage boudOlr a coal pit, and if plenty
pretty women and generous display of calf are OF
ly allowed to contribute, they are charmed with tt
Illusion, FLANEUR.
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