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tragedy recently acted al thcat iu Ssples.
l, committed ot piologue, and three acts.
These were entitled respectively Is follows:
The 4erctsm Of Slave" Tue EUbassa-
dor and the Victim, ~" Tue friuupa md tue
Tbs via .su,a1 .1n a M 10 pa lns
NAV be im1gi.ed from thu folio Ting retame
In 'ho prologue Lfucola is young man en-
gtxed on an abolition mission In slare
Stale. Ae /. In danger Of his life aud con.
cesalea by a 6,thiul slave, George Peter. Dur
inE nn temporary a, ab'eae &c Of the laits5, slsc.
extracts from Nooml, Georges vile,
the iact Of Llncoln's conceal.
ment h=sseaih their roof He GoA to
gtFe Instant tntosmallon. George returns,
ditcoyerz the betrayal Of L1oc,,l,, by hts wife,
and com ocls hct silence On the appearance
| OF the police pc declares himself the msn
they seek, n.d Is led out and aho:. Lincoln
| ~i'uesscs this from the window, and Joemi
fahts In big rms beside cradle supposed 10
eou'ain al infant daughter. The first act Of
the ltan.a, da1ing some &lxtceu years later,
! shows frch,eent Lincoln AsaitluS The rr.alL
Ut the si,7:e of f'haslassou. Geaerai sher.
| man eutsrd. They discuss tue events OF the
cnv, and Join Iu praise Of their brave officer
Euinyf.as, II bo IL expected to take R,eae.u.ort.
Suddenly. NoeHi rushes In, torn And dlsnev-
cllld. With her hand In stur, c,aitnink Liu-
coln's a1d tor hrreelt and the dauQhtcr she
had Lett In Tho hands Of Jefferson Dattsf She
has scarcely got tarAu.b With her narrowing
tale whrn dcrutstion from R4chs.mont L.
announced, ana rniks In beaded By the
Southern President himAelE Nocnl takes
Hight bc'orc they enter, and then cnsucs a
eccne. Ihe sentiments aud blunt honesty OF
Llncoln are made to ttaud Dnt loEribly aK. nst
tlr dark arts Of Jefferson Dayls. War to Tho
knife is The result Of this conference, xsd tho
curtain falls tust as tbs pro.ldent coscludes
un eloquent unit slavery hnranKue. When 1t
fitra again the fair daughter Of Nocms IL In
lbc private APARTMENTS OF t|ot1arson Davis
Ha pctNcrtcs Let with bis devotion sud his
ucnaecs; she brandtshcs. = dagger. liz con,
the csisls Booth mnkcs hls appesranc" hs =
secret entrance aud inlcrlcres In tic sirl's
lrhalj, merely, ~ he says, from 4 capfISe.
hllc II dlsniis.rd, and Two cuaspirators arc
aouiittcd. THO assassination ot Ltucoln,
Bewatd. Sud JullnS.'n IL discussed. and fixed
| foe TINT eaaso evening" Tiny .hcn puIs tho
place, ckInK The doors behtnd thoas. Tho
1 tlayc.g!se cotucr Irum The Inner chamber.
La, lux overheard the plot, and rc>"Ivcd "a
| wa,u l.'uculn. Finding all othss tncaus cut
| oil, to lrapa from, high window and .hc act
cloecs. ,1ku 1asL scxnu rcp'csents tuo iunh,
| ni 4ha thtatrr. Jefferson DAris aud thr twn
. cuuhlltat. ~ rt4.cT, Y,oh Il salt, u b1 vaeli
lptiNH, bis lruslwnlthluuss u dnublial. lit
. tItcrs MD rarr"aea horror and en,npuac
, iiua ut What ho has undertaken, Ill. ar,
, poihl Of fulfilling l!s pusI'oao. They
, icuvo him; the tlare.g .grf enters, throw
| hernaif ut Honth's frtt, aud almost stlc
. cecds In Inducing him 70 give nph ht inicn
h,rnrd. Ronth ruhlies out to fulfil his yo v tht
{ / Ettl'a erie. Tor help xrc sfined by DArls, nnt
: The report Of p!al<l ID heard. h'oth ruthr
q hack with thu ctY - 81 ertnpsr 1vs-aHns,
il Lincoln Is brought In to die. Norm! ami be
r ! daughter knu,f nj his feel and receive hl