, 1863-08-29
How Ghqft4 are Made.

:. .>s +A-thost maplfestatons A. NJ .sa..ros
arc attracting considerable share Of atten.
lIon just now, the following description from
Tie dnaeritan Journal ef Photography fur
August 10th, will be Interesting to our
readers: !.
On tho tnlsfDg OF the curtain for the ghost
scene. the lights Of the theatre Werc mostly
cxtinguishcd, the foot1ights entirely, while
the stage was diml5 lighted from aboEc and
troubled dream full Of ugly, fearful sights,
rends the passions to tatteTs, . In Bowery,
when ghost No. / appears. This ghost Is
simply 4 skelctou which the murdere1 takcs
to be Death claiming him fos victim, and
Of courtc the murderer bege to be excused,
DC. Death disappears, aud shortly the ghost
Of Indy deceased in a previous act Of the
play, fully alrayed In cTlnoline and Jewels
comes on the scene. This ghost No. talks,
& T ths pco n g. sao s form snot #
the cid minister who h.d been lately murder
ed, ind displays his gaping wounds. Finally
the three ghosts appear at the same time, the
climax is reached, and the curtain falls on the
/ narrowing scene The ladies Of the audience
are all IN terror. the gentlemen raise loud
encore, but the curtain refuses to move.
We Proccsd to give . more accurate descrlp-
tion. The ghosts are Of the normal si&a Of
humanity, and their position on the stags is
definitely seen. ln ZIG, form, color, ma &C.
arc not human IL, however, evident from the
fact that they appear and disappear Without
moving from the spot where they stand.
Moreover, their bodies arc impalah1c, aud
sometimes objects behind them are seen
through them; the murderer nttacks them
With flis "trustJ steel,n clc.ring them from
| head to heel without disturbing them In the
| least. Our magic lantern and cuncave mir.
| ror theories melted away before the facts we
saw. The absence Of screen, the lne.size
l f.~{T tf-|n In nAt%4
mcnts Of tho lips. eyea and hands, we're quite
inconsistent with such explanations.
We went away tho first night quito mystf.
fed; here were things which had not been
dreamed Of In our philosophy. Ne began 10
snelt sulphur, and believed they had seen !
genuine ghost. spiht-rappings md table,
tippings are only an awkward and distant ap-
Proclamation to the genuine ghost phcnome'
| Ia
cuioo,ly simple; a little }adIcio,ls reelection
ard the thing Is accomplished. Thus: at the
front Of the stage there Is erected large
sheet Of p1atc glass inclined towarl the audi
ence, ut an angle Of about forty-fGo degrees
with the loor., This glass Is Invisible to the
Of objects behind it. In front Of the. glas:
and under its inclin ,tion Is an opening In tht
floor Of the stage, ut which tho person whc
acts the ghost Is placed. Now when the ligh'
IL turned on this motor, tho imagc Of htln i
glass acts like looking. glas., Nothing /
! Visible to the spectators but the image. ant
{ BY varying tho position Of the+actor, the In
age or ghost is brought to any spot desired
| IL made to advance, recelc, etc; and bF yary
ilsht, other Undressing cffscts arc obtained
This explanation will probably bo suAcien
to epabss any Of our readers, II 80 disposed
to get up a ghost for their private uaa:t. Com
!ng down Broadway now, every day, We SC
the ghosts Of houses, Stages, aud people, i
nli TIC store windows.
EWc hare received No. !, volume !, &
tho Natchcx Onion Courier, thorough
LOYAL and Union paper, first started at Nal
! chez, Miss. It IL n cheering and sIgnlacau
k1on of the tfmes