Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-07-10

| tOTlncnIeu ny AulklSn vampire Ia tnc Nlclu-
ity Of CaSUWa, OH the irOnIirr vi SerVia, aud
tnat he hud tried to cure himself by amounting
ri, body with Garth taken from the vampire >
grave; u prccauIion that availcd him nUlnimg,
U.img himself converted into vampire ut his
death. 1t is believed that those who in lie
have been passive vampires, become active
| VAMPIRES when dead.
lie Was uisint,rrrd forty days after his
d. alh, and all tho indications Of an arch, Aln.
IRE were discovered im him. Ills body was
sound M in IiIe; his hHiI, his nails amd beard
had grown in the tomb, and his veins contained
u Sanguiuary uuld that circulated throughout
| his body.
The Oailiff Or haduoji, before whom the rx.
hnlnatiUn took plaza lnan learned in VAIN.
pIriSn, ordered The heart Of the dctunrt Ar.
mold tO 6e pierced. A loud cry follow cd the
stab rs II from living man. Ibis done, tue
body was 6ehcadcd aud burned. 1hc sam,
operation Was pc. .t"rncd Vi ON the other VIC.
Inns ot vampl lSlI, that tney might not be
able " torment Ol.eiS.
Nevcrlhrit IS this did not suffice to cxtin
gulsh them. Ia thr shuIt SPACE of Inrrr
months seventeen prrSuhs Vi vail,us ages ulvd,
Solnc suddenly, sollIc alter two or lnicr day .
ot SuuGHug II IL rc.ated that among th> ~,
one StahoSNa, daughter VI the Hungarian, Jv
Ih,lg' having rGth eu III p,rlect II, ,alln,a ,aw ukv
~ t>'ror ut midnight, Snll>k King hlsntiuiiv,
ana cry Ing cut Inat tue sun VI Tue hungarian
Milo lau uIcu 10 stIuI.Sle her white she Il, pi.
From that lhStHht She sivkcnvd, aud iiuaIly
died at the cLu Vi tuee days. the body uI
the sui vi MhlO b.lng exatnl"ed, it was found
tnat lie hat realty bCcn COnvtrt>u into aNAm.
pre- lhc principal citizens the physicians,
aud tue surgeons ulpleu thcnSc.V,S tu tho
business Vi ascrrIninn 4 why Nampiism had
reappt areG alter 50 many years. .Atur SUmc
days, and considerable Investigation, il WAS
diac vvrcd that Inc d.iunct l'aui Arnu.d hau
killed not OnIy four p,rsuls, Oul many Ani.
InalS, wulch had served as IUUu Tor Lur new
valupIreS, among MhUn WAS the sun Ul Milo.
In consequence, it Was determined to burn alI
the 6ouIvS tue end Vi certain time. -
Among some forty, scv>ntvvn W.ru lound Mi,h
all tue Signs vi NaInli IsnL 1hvsr suti.rru
the Sa:nc iatc MS tmrlr prru,Ce>sVIS.
An u! 81 lnVt lISalIoiI> aud rx> cutionS were
made JuuiCIaliy, AMI ancnd>d Oy Va, ivus ViVn
0lIIeere, St,' g.Vts Vi the resimvnlS, aud iHlIab
iIahIs Vi the country. 1he verbal procc> dins
was SlnL " LnG ImpvIia iai CUuhvil Vi war, Col,.
stltutvd III NiGhna, where " commission huu
been established ~ ascertain the uutn.
We conclude with the relation Ol The follow.
ing occurrence, WltncsAvd Gy u G>rman trav-
ear.
"In 1916" says the traveller, ~ undertook
n Journey to Nmgoraz, and lodged in the town
oI NaiNVska. 1he patron Was Iith gentle
man ham>d Vack rIoscnv\ich, u man jovial
AND sufficiently fond vi urlnk. his Vic was
YET young anu lovely, his dauShle,, u child ol
ten years, u marvel vi beauty. d>Sirrd To
remain sOuc time longer Ia Ills huuSc i'll order
~ Contemplate thr ruined Lul,.cr>, Sad rcliCS
vi amci,mt times. but Ia SIitc vi having
Ou,'cu money enough, cVu,u no; movu,U u
habllatlon IhlS oO i:Id INC u ~ palatc my
Sc.i from the good PIVgoneNicn, WIN whom,
ho" ever, hau the piGa>u.e tO tat
Ono hIght, when tue two women had left
the mOlc ut tnv accuStou,cd hour. my ho>t /
b, gan singing certain songs of his country,
Wn>n We were stated by horrible cries, ~
ccrulng from tne b, d,room. la that country, ,
tntrc Is usuauy Only one betl9uom in ,acm
hOu>r, whirn serves Tor all. We Snatchvd up
our urnS aud rushed To the apartment, amt
bcnvId lrIShttI' spectacle. Tue notacr, pat.
Ild and diNnCVcIeu. supported her daugnlcr,
who IGclncd upon PaIGt vi straw.
" y vampire! vampire! my poor daugh.
ter Is dead Exclaimed the atlrlSntcd mother
Our Timely SuCcor restored tne pnur knaNa,
man uf cadavVIuuS ~SplCt eater, Invclup,u
IN large Shroud, who having bitten h,r, at.
t,mpt.u to SutlucaIc her, tut he'd at the \ulcv
Il her Uutrri,S. Overcome With terror, She
could say nO more. Nevertheless she bvhcvvd
Sne hat recognized one Wlcrznany in tue
vampire. kua>as neck eXl.ibil>d n red StaiE
Vita vi-w to con>Ole her parents, >us-
grSted that the StaIn Inisnt have bcen cauScd
Nv the bitv vi some insect
" had better have said nothing Of the
kind, Tor the talner replied bitterly, aud tue
auSnter began to sned tears, IriteIatius
ccasc,e>sly: Woes me! tu uie ~ young
So young Tnc mother heaped rrpruacnv>
upon ms, calling me- intideI, ineredu,ouS, IN.
pIouS, ahd d,CiaTlmg that Sno had rcuguIxcd
Niccznany. o-clnS this binu o6>linancN, /
concluded 10 ho.d my peace.
" AN the alnu.Ct> IA The house were hung
about the Heck vi knava Her father SWure
that hc Wou'u 80 next uay to di>iat,r Niv,I.
many, and bura hln Ia the presence ut his
kInurcd.
" AT the break Of day, the whole city was
put III commOtiOn. The m>n went u, me vita
guns aud >irklr$, the women carried rcd hot
IronS, aud the cnlIur>n sticks and stones, Ia
tniS manner they approached the cemetery,
with loud and Iu,IuliS cries.
1.-The examination occupied considerable
time. AS al wished to take Lart in the ven.
9cancc, lnnumcrabIe quarrvls sprung urwhlch
would nave had an eVII end, had not the old
men intvrivrvd, and declared that two men
only should ulsIuter the corpse, Tue mumenl
the cloth which cvvered thu brdy was rrmuv.
ed, sharp, horrible cry raised the hair upon
my head. This cry had proceeded lrom
woman ut my side. lit is u vamlirv" shv
exclaimed, and II thousand voices echoed the
words. Almost ut tho same moment, twenty
or thirty SnotS Were tired, tcaIIng tue h> AL 10
pieces. The father and kin>mcn Of khava
quartercd the body with sharp knives, and
the women caught the reddish liquor that
flowed from it, to anoint tho neck ol the tor,
mcnted.
Several youths took tho body from the sep.
ulchre, after having literally riddlvd it, taki"g
the prccautiOn lU ue il To the trunk OF trv~,
which Incy had cut dOwn iOr the pHrpuSc.-
Followed Oy all tn1 boys Ot the place, they
6Ore IL to iicld OvIOrv tho house Vi VaglOna.
vlch, where u pyre cOmpoSea Or sticks aud
straw had b>cn prepared. When it was light.
,d; they cOmMenced to dance around il, ac.
cOInpanying themselves with savage yells.-
The slcnch that tho corpse rxhalcd, obliged
me to retire to my inn.
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