Smyrna times., 1859-03-31

~" NOHuuCtcu you to that bpautitiI
"u"'l"g ground where the pale-faces cannet 90
- 'oo' VIII soon be with you there He paused
- anguish was too intoerable to be borne
aII'hS PROSTATE across hs mothers tomb. hi.
SP'f't 'ook lis flight to that happy country where
d'arIce and lis evils cun never Come H.. J;od
The last of his race"
o"cIe E2e rested in the back of his chair.
ana we silently pondercd his story.
u,, JUNIus.
'"to0 Grore, DEL, March 2I, 1859.
Inc Atlantic hoAthly and St. Vitus,
Dance.
Inc current number Of the Atlantic lI,,,lL,,
iu'iy Sus'hIns the reputation of that publication
aS one OF the leading Magazines Of ,his corn-
'fy' IhIs issue contains a dozen naro,, :
"f'''ciaSs merit the leading article being Gu.
i'oc' ana exceedingly interesting dissertation
on the Swiss painter IluIbein and his G,po,s
lance OF Death,' going back in historical
"reminiscences as far as the year I436-befora
'i""s lIoIOein was born. The Dance of Dna,b
once sanctioned by the Christian Cburcb i ao
ScrlDed IN all lis singular aspects. for ,bo nar
0O'"'0 VI "hich we refer to the article itself
u was Peri'fmcd by large Company dressed
/ III lhe Costumes Of various Glasses Of soo;o,,
""'c" were then very marked in their differ.
ehce. Que by one the dancers suddenly and
silently slipped of, tlrs typfying the deplrture
OF all mankind at Death : summons ,l I,,
ana Iow' rich and poor, without distinction
nat lhlS dance was performed, not ouly with
'he consent, but by the procurement Of tho cIar-
gy OF that day, is made certain by the discov.
cry IN the archives of the Cathedral of Bcsan.
CON- ot The account of the payment of four mea.
Sures OF VINE by the scncscbal to tboso norso,.,
VINO performed the Dance Macabrc on the 10th
oi july l4J3; aud that dances in Churches md
church yards were common in thatone. is an.
parent from the following singular story. which
we give IN the language Of the writer in the
AHaHhc:
by an order of Roman council undor pono
u' IL III tle tenth century, priests were di
~ uu"'ohIsh men and women not to
ua"oe ana sing IN the churches on fast.days,
IKE Fagans. The evil increased, however.
unliI' according to the old chroncers, a terri.
OIe punishment fell upon party of dancers
one OF them, CUert, tells the story. Ii was n,
Christmas Eve, IN the time of the Emperor
llc"'y H. VINO assumed the imperial diadem in
'"e year loo@' That company of eighteen men
ana women amused themselves by dancing and
singing IN The churchyard of ST. Magnus. ,nthe
diocese OF Madgeburg, to the ANNOYANCE of
priest VINO was saying mass in the church. He
ordered them to desist but they danced ON in
reckless mlrh. Tae holy father then invoked
Iod and ST, Magnus to keep them dancing for
"hole year; ana not in vain. For twelve
months they danced in spite of themselves
NeIlher dew nor ram fell upon them and their
shoes and their clothes were not worn awav
'l'nough Oy their dancing they buried them
elves waist-high. Yet, fatigued and famjsbed
'eyohu human endurance, they danced on, uu-
Oie 10 stop an instant for rest or food. The
'rIest'S own daughter was among the dancers.
nd unable 10 do what the Saint had done. no
ent his son to drag her out of the dance. But
'hen her brother pulls her by the arm it comes
II III MS hand, and he in horror takes il to his
lther. The priest buries the arm, and the next
lornlng he finds 1t upon the top of the grave
lie repeats the burial, and with the same re-
ult. lie makes the third attempt, and the
rave caSls out the limb wIh violence bef,rs
rs eyes. Mean"h!e the girl aud her com.
ahions continue dancing, and the Emperor.
aVlng heard OF this strange occurrence, travels
rom Kome 10 see SO sad a sight. He orders
arpenters to incose the dancers in building.
nj in IL,
llIs down IN the night. The dancers have
elther rest nor mitigation Of their curse untu
he expiration OF the year, when they all rush
nto the church and tall before the altar in
woon, from which they are not recovered e.,
hree days, Then they Immediately flee each
Tiers faces, and wander solitary THROUGH tho
World, still dancing at times in spite of them.
elves. In the olden time this was believsd 70
G the origin OF ST. Vituss dance; but we can
o" sec that the dance is the origin of the
tory.
DISTANT flINT.-The Baltimore Grand
ury' ID formal presentation, have EXPRESSED
ne opinion That The murders and other acts of
ioiehce SO frequently perpetrated in that vi
lhlty' may be attributed to tfe quality as well
'he quantity OF liquor drank by the offenders.
ALL THE GoLD.-The quantity of gold now
existence IN the world IS estimated tn ha
hree thousand millions Of dollars, which. VOL
ed into Que mass, could be contained in cnha
I eleven teet-a cubic inch of gold beinu
'orth, at SIS 90 per ounce, $l46.