The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-02-28

ing the proceedings for one of the Rich
mond papers. His Majesty smiled en-
couraging.y, assured me that no apollo
gy was needed. "You know he said,
''that have been called the Father of
Lies, and that being the case, of course,
| must be nearly related to the reporters;
and am glad to have met with you."-
At this little sally his Majesty laughed
merrily, and of course / had to follow
suit, although l thought it was rather
personal. He then leaned forward in
confidential way, and said, s'you must
excuse my pleasantly, am really glad
to see you and to have an opportunity
of conversing with you. | fear that
am greatly misunderstood by your peo
pie. and would like, through you, to
correct some OF their misapprehensions.
Now answer me candidly, did you not
expect to find me black as a negro, aud
ornamented with q tail, hoofs and
horns?' | told him candidly that l
did. just here l think it would be we'll
to give description Of the personal ap-
pearance of his Satanic Majesty. His
general appearance is that of man
thirty-five or forty years of age, about
six feet in height, thin AID wiry in his
limbs, his chest and shoulders full and
well-deveioped, his face a long oval,
complexion pale clear olive hair black,
soft and curling down to his shoulders,
eyes very black, lustrous and piercing,
but assuming at times a magnetic soft
ness and tenderness that would be ir-
resistible with women, nose slightly
aquiline and thin, short upper lip,
covered by a short, thick, black NOUS
tache, slightly curling at the extremi-
ties, and merging into well trimmed,
wavy black beard, lips beautifully curv-
ed and full, expressive of strong will
and passion, curling at times with con-
tempt and hatred, and then again
wreathed in playful ,lnirth, teeth bril-
liantly white, sharp and pointed. He
was dressed, in honor of the occasion,
in the uniform OF United States army
officer, of perfect fit, and wore, | should
think, about No. Z boots. The only
ornaments he wore were an exquisite
iy-cut cameo, representing the Temp
tation III Paradise, and on the little
finger of his right hand gold ring,
formed of three serpents twisted to-
gether, and enclosing between their
heads large diamond of supernatural
brilliancy. In his right hand he held
gold sceptre, fashioned like the ring,
the serpents enclosing a terrestrial globe,
significant of Satan's sway over the
earth. The three serpents, 1 learned,
was the Satanic emblem, adopted in
derision and defiance of theiHoly Trini-
ty. This was the -talked-of, but
little understood Deuilas he leaned over
conversing with me-. a4 e
But to resume His Majesty said. "I
knowit; q; and just as your people have
blackt ned my face, so have they black
ened. my character. Now tell, me if
you please, what they think of me NOR
ally ?'' hesitated, but he said, ssspeak
out, and let us be confidential. Thus
reassured. | ventured to remark mildly
that believed that the general opin-
ion was that he was rather inclined to
be irreligious, and that had heard it said
that he had an aversion to holy water.
He replied, with n grim smile, 'sNow
just see how am misunderstood it is
true | am not a member of any church,
but have high respect for religion,
though will acknowledge that in old
en- times | was much opposed to it,
because it was pure and evangelical,
and did interfere great deal with the
affairs ofmy kingdom; but the way re-
ligonis is now conducted particularly in
your Northern churches, | look upon
itas pleasant, fashionable amusement
with which am in perfect harmony.
As to my aversion to holy water, that
is nonsense the truth is, | have an
aversion to water ofall kinds, because,
when sprinkled on me it causes my
skin to blister, and gives me intense
pain. The only holy water in the world
is the tear of repentance and thatn-
here he checked himself and looked
down-''but this is a disagreable sub
ject, would rather converse ON poll
tics. You can form pretty correct
idea of the opinions that are held here
on your affairs, by the proceedings of
the meeting, of which hope you will
give faithful report; as to myself, the
only interest that take in politics is as
far as they affect the affairs of my king
dom, and as my interests are decidedly
with the success of the Radical party,
OF course shall throw all the weight
of my influence on that side. The
South has no cause to love me, for
have been indirectly the cause of all
their woes; it was to my interest that
the late war should be prolonged, so |
frequently interfered in your battles
and prevented the Confederate victo-
ries from achieving peace, which they
would otherwise have donc,n thinks [
to myself, "you be -,'9 but before I
could finish the altogether supertiuous
wish in my own mind he looked at me
sharply, and said: 81 know you are
cursing me now, but you must remem-
Der that all governments are founded
and conducted upon the principle of
self-interest. For that reason England
would not help you, and for that reason