St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1861-07-11
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To ihs sidS s~amps dauk ind lone.
From Virginia.s- hills and and waters.

4<:2 "Gones gohe.3 Sold<and gone 4 OLA
To the rid6 sramps dank ind lone.
From Virginis.s- hills and and waters.
Woe is me, my stolen daughters.
Then Patriotism comes, and addressing
Justice presents heta sword, and ealls for
20 The sword is @taken,' the
scabbard thrown away audj Justice step
ping forward, srecitcs Whittier's poem Il .
.'Shall be mute white deeds are wrought1nA
Which we'll might shame EXTREMIST Hell, &c."
-. There is . visit to II, grave Of Wash
ington, where our. National division, rs
talked Of, and where Sarah Ebc:nan re-
cited the poem ,.i..,,,5 /. ..I,,., ,...
..Disturb not his .lumbers, let Washington
Thirty:four young Indies appear, repre-
senting the States, aud have some talk,
when South Carolina dounces out Of the
circle, and Massachusetts addresses her in
the words Of Holmes 's,"nr' + ~ /
,"She is gone She has left us in passion and
Our stormy proved sister so long a. our sld,."
( The New England States appear as six
little girls, every one recitihhtg something
characteristic as Showing her devotion to
the Union; and joining hands after each
recitation, join in a sweet patriotic chorus.
It Was very pretty and we'll done, '''' ~:
H. Then came the farce. Il A group of slaves
packing up to leave for Canada, as they
all sing the new form Of 'Dixie Lane"
written for the occasion. It was impossi,
bic to hear the words for the continued
storm Of applause. The feature Of the
preparations which amused tile audience
most was JEANNE Mitchell in slave COS
tune, spanking her black rag baby, as she
prepared it and its wardrobe for ha{ty
emigration, and then yahing in the inter
walls Of song to represent its cry ~
The audience encored until Mr.. Nelson
had to come out and promise to repeat the
scene after the next, last scene, the
'.Union Of the States" For this, a circle
was formed, and tho Seeding States in
black come sheepishly in, aud: take their
places. They all join in singing the Star
Spapgled Banner, and the scene Closes
Dixie was done over, and the audience dis
persed, evidently very much pleased.
1t was perfectly surprising to see the
amount Of dramatic talent exhibited in the
girls Of our frontier ..schonl. We have
never seen 2 professional actress except
Charlotte Cushman, excel the representa-
tiyes Of Liberty, Justice and Patriotism,
while full half a dozen others were scarce
" less complete in their parts, and there
was not q shadow Of failure in any, Miss
Eberman, in the prayer in the wilderness,
could not be said to be acting, out she had
the dignity and 6rnincss to be perfectly
natural and SO deeply impressive.
The following is the list Of characters
Liberty, Miss Sophia c. corbitt; JUS
ticc, Mary q. Mitchell; Patriotism, Sarah
E. Eberman; Truth, Ellen Cooley: Peace;
Celia Corbitt; Pity, Jennie S. Freeman
Victory Eliza, G. Ball; Hope, Hattie
Owen Faith, E. F. Freeman; Despotism,
Alwilda Jorden; Memory, A1meda Nor
ton :; Secession, Irene l.. Carrick; The
Storm Spirit, Sophia G. Corbitt; South
hene L Carrick Massachusetts,,
Nettie Swisshclm. '4.','> "'' at. ""|
Their costumes were in good TASTE
The Misses Co'bi;t in gauzy white, trim
ned with silver colored satin ribbon,
'ver richly embroidered skirts, and with
'ery long, flowing sleeves looked well,
hough We should have preferred d robe Of
Kicker material; and a total abserce Of (
tarch and crinolinc for Peace. i The pose
# Libcrtys head on her superb shoulders;
Vas study for anartist. Justice, in long
leavy crimson robe, no shadow of 'crino.
inc, trailing back, and trimmed with
wansdown, over rich white satin petticoat,
he robe loose from the shoulders and
My confined at the waist by heavy cord
nd tassles, the flowing white scarf and
pose sleeves, falling away from the Shout
ers and leaving the arms bare was very
ood representation of the usual artist ,de-'!
! of the character. The long, soft,: white
resses Of Victory, Pity, only wanted to-
. loose from the shoulders and lightly
on6ned, in abundant folds at the, waist,
, be: perfect. Patriotism in presenting
be sword, In a long flowing. crimson skirt
nd sash, left nothing to be desired in her.