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The National tribune., 1897-09-23

The nassions. The fact that the mountain-
GERS had but few or no slaves does not
seem TO be Of Importance IN the case.
They lived under the deadly shadow OF the
upas tree. and suffered the consequences
of It's stunting their development IN all
directions, as the ague-smitten lnhablt-
ant of the Roman Campana finds every
sense and every muscle clogged by the
filtering in of the insidious miasma.
They did not compose songs and music,
because they did not have the intellect
ual energy for that work.
The negroes displayed all the musical
creativeness of that section. Their Won
derfuI prolificness in wild, rude songs,
with strangely-melodiou airs that burned
themselves into memory, was one OF the
salient characteristics of that down-troG-
den race. Like the Russian serfs, and
the bondmen Of all ages and lands, the
songs they made and sang all had an
undertone of touching plaintiveness,
born of ages Of dumb suffering.
The themes were exceedingly simple,
and the range OF subjects limited. The
JOYS and SORROWS, hopes and despairs,
of loves qualification or disappolnt-
ment. of struggles for freedom, contests
with nlalign persons and influences, of
rage, hatred, jeaiously, revenge, such as
form the motifs for the majority OF the
poetry of free and strong races. were
wholly absent from their lyrics. Re
ligion, hunger, and toll were their main
inspiration. They sang of the pleasures
of idiing in the genial sunshine; the
delights of abundance Of food; the
eternal happiness that awaited them IN
the heavenly future, where the slave
driver ceased from troubling and the
weary were at rest; where Time rolled
around in endless cycles of days spent
in basking, harp in hand. and silken
clad, in golden streets. under the soft
effnlgence Of cioudless skies, glowing with
warmth and kindness emanating from
the Creator himself.
Had their masters condescended to
borrow the music Of the slaves, they
would have found none whose senti-
ments were suitable for the odes of a
people undergoing the nangs of what
was hoped to be the birth of new ma
ton.
The three songs most popular at the
South, and generally regarded as dis
tinctirely Southern, were "The Bonnie
Blue Flag" Maryland, Ny Mary
land" and "Stonewall Jackson Cross
ing into Maryland" The first of these
was the greatest favorite by long odds.
Women sang, men whistled, and the So
called musicians played it wherever we
went. While in the field before capt
ure, it was the commonest of expert
ences to have rebel women sing it at us
tauntingly from the houses that we
passed or near which we stopped. If
ever near enough rebel camp we were
sure TO hear Its wailing crescendos rising
upon the air from the lips or instruments
of some one or more quartered there.
At Richmond it rang upon US constantly
from some source or another, and the
same was true wherever else We went in
the so-called Confederacy. | give the
air and words below.
The National tribune., 1897-09-23

All familiar with Scotch songs will
readily recognize the name and air as
an old friend, and one Of the fierce Jac-
oblte melodies that for long time dis
turbed the tranquility of the Brunswick
family on the English throne. The
new words supplied by the rebels are the
merest doggerel, and lit the music as
poorly as the unchanged name OF the
song fitted to its new use. The flag Of
the rebellion was not bonnie blue one,
but had quite as much red and white as
azure. 1t did not have a single star,
but l3.
Next in popularity was Maryland,
My Maryland" The yersifcation of
this was Of much higher order, being
fairly respectable. The air is old, and
. familiar one TO ali college students,
and belongs 10 one of the most common
Of German household songs:
o. Tannenbaumi o. Tanncnbaum, vic irs sind
GeiI1e Blselter.
Dn srnenst nicht zur sommerzeit.
Nciu, auch ia Winter. when e. Schneit. etc.
which Longfellow has finely translated /
y. hemlock tree. %, hemlock treci how faithful
are thy branchesi
Green not alone iu Summer time,
But IN the Winters frost and rime.
" hemlook treei o. hemock treci how faithful
are tby branches. etc.
The rebel version ran:
MARYLAND.
The despot's heel is on thy shore,
Mary land,
His touch is a. tiny temple door
Maryland!
Avenge the patriotic gore
That hecled the streets Of Baltimore
And be the battle queen Of yore
Maryland. My Marylandi
Hafk TO the wRnd'ring sons appeal,
Maryland,
ny mother State, 10 thee knee
Maryland!
For HE aud death. for and veal
my peerless ciiivalry reveal
And grd thy beauteous limbsw steel
: Mnrylsndi My Marylandi
Thou wilt not cover In the dust.
Msrylandi
Any beamiDg sword shall never rusl.
Marylaodl
The National tribune., 1897-09-23
HNDERSONVILLE RAIDERS.
An Ex-Prisoner Adds Some Information rs
to Their Trial.

An Ex-PrisOner Adds Some Information as
to Their Trial.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The story
of AndersOnville as told in current num-
bers of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has
awakened lively interest in all "vets who
were unfortunate enough to reside for time
in that notorious place. i wish. however,
to correct statement that think does in
justice to worthy and upright comrade,
who probably did more than anyone ever
confined there to bring about the quiet and
well-regulated state of the camp after July
IL, 1864.
The statement is that the nen hung W were
defended by the "Tombs shyster, Pete Brad
ley" This is mistake. Henry C. Higgin-
son, of Pekin, ILL.,, who if remember
rightly, belonged to the 10th ILL.,, defended
the men at their request. He was brilliant
talker, and well versed in law. It was he
who, as early as January of that year, adj
dressed the men on the necessity Of law and
The National tribune., 1897-09-23
Remember Carro,l,, e,o-ed trust.

| Remember Carroll, esored trust
Remember Howard's waritke thrust
A iiu all thy slumberers with the Jush
| MarylandI My Marylandl
| Come! Ills the red dawn of the day.
Mar lnndi
| Come! with by pa ,oplied array,
daryand
With Rinct old spirit for the fray.
Win Natsons ulood at Monterey,
With f. ess Lowe and dashiug May,
Maryland! Ny Marylaudi
Con,e FOR lily shield is bright and strong.
Marylandi
Comcl for Thy daIliance does thee wrong.
Maryland!
Come TO thine own heroic throng,
That stalks with Liberty along,
And give Koy io thy song.
Maryland! My Marylandi
Dear Mother burs, the tyrants chain.
MarylandI
Virginia should call in vain.
Maryland
She meets her sisters on the plain
SIC Sefnper. " Ills the proud refrain.
That baffles millions back amain.
Marylaudi
Arise, in msjesty again,
Maryland! My Marylandi
see the blush upon Thy cheek.
Maryiandl
Bat thou wsst ever bravey meek,
Maryland!
But To- there surges forth . shrek
From hill To hill, from creek to creek
Potomac calls to Chesapeake,
Maryland! My Maryland!
Thou will not Yield the Vandal toll.
Marylsudi
Thou wilt not crook 10 hi. control.
Maryl ylandi
Better the fire upon the roll
BETTER the blsde the shoi, the bowl
Than crucitixion of the soul,
Maryland! AIy Msrylandi
hear the distant thunder hum.
Maryiandl
The Old Lines buele, fife, and drum,
Maryland
She is not dead, nor deaf. dumb
Huzza! she spurn, ilie Northern scumf
She oreathes-she burnsl she'll comei she'll come!
Maryland! My Marylsndl
"Stonewall jackson Crossing into
MARYLAND" was another travesty, OF
about the same literary merit, or rather
demerit. as "The Bonnie Blue Flag.
Its air was that Of the well-known and
popular negro minstrel song, Billy
Patterson" For all that, it sounded
very martial and stirring when played
by brass band.
We heard these songs with tiresome
iteration, daily and nightly, during our
stay in the Southern Confederacy.
Some one of the guards seemed to be
perpetually beguiling the weariness of
his watch by singing in all keys, in
every sort of voice, and with the wild
est latitude as to air and time. They
became so terribly irritating to us, that
to this day the remembrance of those
soullacerating lyrics abides with me as
one of the chief of the minor torments
of our situation. They were, in fact,
nearly as bad as the lice.
We revenged ourselves as best we
could by constructing insulting parodies
on these, and by singing them with
irritating efiusiveness in the hearing of
the guards who were inficting these
nuisances upon US.
OF the same nature was the garrison
music One fife, played by an asthmatlc
old fellow whose breathings were nearly
as audible as his notes, and one rheu-
matte drummer, constituted the entire
band for the post. Tie fifer actually
knew but one tune" The Bonnie Blue
Flag and did not know that we'll
But it was all that he had. and he played
it with wearisome monotony for every
-call-fve or six times day, and
seven days in the week. He called US
BLUE FLAG.
The National tribune., 1897-09-23
Ito be eontinusdl
Uncallcd-for Letters.

The following letters sent in care of TIE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE Headquarters, Buffalo.
were not called for, but will be forwarded
upon request: O. p. Segfried, Capt. C. G.
Miller, w. Walter Smith, James l.. Purdy.
t. A. White, Fred. Osborn, Chauncy Rev.
nolds. Isaac Minor. D. F. Knight. G. F. Pot
ter, Jonathan Neal
The National tribune., 1897-09-23
THE CHIEF THING

In Maintaining Good Health IL Pure, Rich,
Nourshing Blood.
The blood carries nourishment and furnishes
support for the organs. nerves and muscles. 1t
must be made rich and pure ii you would have
strong nerves, good digestion, sound sleep, or
if you would be rid of that tired feeling, those
disagreeable pimples, eczema, or scrofula No
medicine is equal to Hoods Sarsaparilla for
purifying the blood. 1t is q medicine of
genuine merit, and will do you wonderful
good. 90 Try it now.
The National tribune., 1897-09-23

r. NJ. Tiffany, Girard, Kan, wants by
mail the words of the song Ship of State. .
The National tribune., 1897-09-23

HOODS Pills With Hood's os H's % .HL
The National tribune., 1897-09-23

TIE BONNIE BLUE FLAG.
The record-union., 1897-03-28
Ideas About ,IuStiCe.

Country people sometimes have sin
gular ideas about justice when dealing
with a railroad company" said a
downtown attorney to a reporter.
Il was employed to secure the right
of way for q railroad through South
western Virginia. In Wise County I
found that mountain land which had
been held at 81 an acre had raised in
price to 80. The line ran through 400
acres of this kind of property belonging
to man named Gladis. I told him
what 1 wanted, and that it would re-
Quire strip containing ten acres"
WAL, I'm fer all public improve
ments, an don wan ter stan in tn
way O. ther railroad" he said IAN
reckon I'll let yer hev tn lam right"
What Go you call right ?'
Bout thousan' dollars an acre"
But you have only been asking
S1,oO0 for your whole farm
"YaaS. It's only wuth that 'thout a
railroad, but if thar aim no railroads
built yo' won't want it, an eff thar is. 1
carlate that this air q good place to
build town, an proputty Id be wuth
S2,OOO an acre, mebbe mo-, in the town.
I'm Willin' ter divide an sell tn lam
ter tn railroad fer half thet price"
Il finally had to condemn the land.
and the jury awarded him $40 an acre"
st. Louis POSt-DiSpatch.
The record-union., 1897-03-28

Tuesday night Sacramentans will
have another opportunity to hear Ire
belli, whom We class as one of the very
few foremost singers of the age. Ger
tainly we have had no one here with
purer tone or one truer in execution, or
of sweeter quality, or who is more
charming in style. Compared with Nor
dica, it is to be said that Trebeli has
the same breadth of register but per-
haps less volume; equal, if not greater
sweetness, equal, if not greater,
limpidity, and equal trueness to score.
Nordica is essentially an operate and
dramatic singer, Trebeli is essentially
q concert and lyric singer.
They are-to be eXact-of diff
ferent styles, and not really subjects
OF comparison; for the aperoatic stage
Nordica is the superior; for the concert
rostrum Trebelh is the superior. Nor
dica is an actress, studied, too much so,
and conscious of every movement and
note. TrebelH is natural, easy, appar-
emily unconscious of her art, and wholly
devoid of studied effects. Her enuncia-
tion is a model of excellence. She has
the freshness of youth, with not a par
sicle of perceptib1e wear in her splendid
vocal organ. Music lovers will do them
selves an injustice who fail to hear on
Tuesday next a lady whom We hold to
be one of the great singers of the day.
one gifted by nature with a wonderful
vocal organ, and which is used with an
art that is irresistible in it's delightful
and satisfying effects, a singer whose
effect remains with the hearer long af-
ter her handsome figure and face fade
from memory.
The record-union., 1897-03-28

rore. Rudyard Kipling, Jules verne
and Rider Haggard We're for time 1oI-
gotten That this fascinating tale
might be adapted to the stage was ar
gued by many. Edwin Barbour was the
first to go to work at it, producing
drama of intensity and spectacular
beauty The play when completed was
offered to A. Y. Pearson as one not
afraid to invest a large amount OF
money if necessary to insure a correct
ensemble. The author and producer
quickly come to terms. The story is IN
the Arctic zone, where mountains OF ice
reflect the sun, causing the beautiful
aurora borealis. 1t is an lcelandlc lale.
Hall Gaines legend tells of the two hal1
brothers, unknown to each other, WHO
from the cradle have been taught d
mission of. vengeance-each to nate the
other and to kill, if they should ever
meet to atone the wrongs OF their re-
spective mothers. The elder one is an
Icelandic giant reared on the rugged
coast of the northern seas. The younger
born in the trOpicS-has all the fire OF
the Latin race. They are Verltaple
Valentine and Ors0n. The Viking ships
cross the seas, the brothers migrate,
and fall in love with the same woman,
and it is not until affliction and exile
find them toiling in the dread sulphur
mine that they meet. There the young
er is, by order of the Dictator, con-
demned to crucifiXion by the hand. The
cruelty touches the heart of the bar
barrie Northman, and he succors the
man he has sworn to kill. Recognition
follows, and they are chained together.
Later the tribunal of Althing assemblies
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at the historic Mount of Laws under the
midnight sun. The complaints of the
people are heard by the priests and
Judges, but the laws which deal mercy
to the native are not competent to help
the alien. The Dictator demands a life,
and the elder brother sacrifices himself
for his kinsman. Aside from the story,
it will be seen that the characters are
mostly types of a race IF people we
know little Of except by tradition. Mr..
Pearson's players viii describe these
northern lions of the Land of the Mid
night Sun.
a Christian theater is to be estab-
lished in Paris. 1t will be erected in
the faubourg Poissoniere, and will be
known as the Theatre Corneille, this
name being chosen because Corneille
was not only a great dramatist but also
a devout Christian, as can be seen from
the many pious utterances in his plays,
as well in THE Cfd'' as in "Polyeucte."
The theater will be directed by Nine.
Nancy-Vernct, and will have as patrons
the following well-known persons: Ur-
balm GOhier. editor of lie Soleil''; De la
Tourrasse. editor of La France Nou-
velle"; De Microbes, President of the
Society of Christian Publicists; Albert
Monniot. Secretary of the 'Libre Pa
role" newspaper; Nemours Godre, edit
or of La Verite"; Edmond Turquet,
formerly Under Secretary of State, and
Charles Vincent, editor of La Ga
zette de France"
The theater will open with Rostron's
h
VIII be followed by several new plays,
all Of a strictly moral and religious ten
dency Carefully selected plays will
also be performed from the works of
Corneille, Racine and Alfred de Vigny.
The news that this novel theater is
to be established has given rise to a
lively discussion in the French press.
Thus La Libre Parole says: The
Catholics of France will at last have a
theater in which they viii run no risk
of hearing their faith insulted or of see
ing the professors and ministers of that
faith turned into ridicule."
lie Gaulois'' looks at the matter
from practical point, and simply asks.
"WiIl this new theater succeed?" Then
in reply it makes some suggestions.
The people" it says, may flock to see
q play on spiritualism, but that is no
proof Of their willingness to support a
Christian theater. STILL they might like
TO see such religious plays as their fore
fathers delighted IN, especially plays
based on the picturesque traditions of
religion. Again, the Passion of Ober-
ammergau would be quite as successful
in Paris as it is in Bavaria. NJ Bou-
Choir played for some time in mystery
The record-union., 1897-03-28
Her Limit.

The old generation of Galloway lairds
were a primitive and hospitable race,
but their conviviality sometimes led to
awkward occurrences. In former days
when roads were bad, and wheeled We
hicles almost unknown, an old laird
was returning from a supper party,
with his lady mounted behind him on
horseback. On crossing the River Urr,
at ford where it joins the sea, the
old lady dropped off, but was not miss
ed until her husband reached his door,
when, of course, there was an imme-
date search made. The party who
were dispatched in quest of her arrived
just in time to find her demonstrating
with the advancing tide, which trickled
into her mouth, in these words: No
anither drap; neither het nor cauld. =
Bits,
The record-union., 1897-03-28
Long Ago.

The Count Saint Germain, who ap-
peared in Paris in the reign of Louis
XIV, and pretended to be possessed of
the elixir of life, had valet who was
almost as great as his master in the art
of lying Once, when the Count was
describing at dinner-par a circum-
stance which occurred at the court of
his friend King Richard 1. of Eng
land" he appealed to his servant for the
confirmation of his story, who. with the
greatest composure, replied: You
forget, sir, have only been five hundred
years in your service" "True." said
his master musingly, sit was a little
before your time. e."-Household Words.
Try McMorry's blend coffee, Soc
The record-union., 1897-03-28
Death of a Heroine.

Readers of De Quincey will remember
the very touching account which the
essayist gives of a family of children
who for two days and two nights were
showed UP in their lonely cottage in
Easdale. The parents had gone to a
neighboring village, We're overtaken by
a terrible storm, and never came back.
The eldest child, a girl of D. who had
played the mother to her brothers and
sisters in a way which only some chill
dren can, ultimately made her way to
a farmhouse. a search party was got
together. and the frozen bodies of the
parents, who had been unable to make
their way against the wild force of the
storm, was found near the famous Eas
dale Tarn. The incident has frequently
been the subject of story, and, if we
The record-union., 1897-03-28

In the approaching concert Mile. Tre-
belh viii be supported by John Marion.
baritone and solo pianist; Bella and
Flora Rosenthal, violinst and pianist,
respectively, and by Mrs. E. NJ. Shee-
han. one of the best of our local
contraltos At the three con-
certs given in San Francisco after
Mile. Trebelh was here two weeks ago
San Francisco singers appeared with
her, and the verdict of the press is that
the entertainments were thereby given
especial zest and variety. It is infre-
uuent that a great artist is so kind to
local singers as is Trebelli, who takes
especial pleasure in afording local tai
ent opportunity to appear with her.
It is a commendable and teaching spirit,
and deserves cordial recognition. From
here Mile. Trebelh will go to Portland,
thence to take the lead in the great
Mormon musical festival at Salt Lake,
where she will have the support of a
chorus of 500 trained voices. Thence
she goes East to make her appearance
in New York. The programme for Tues
day nights concert is q very attractive
one. It will be noted that TrebelH has
no less than five numbers.
Piano sketches-(0 Germany, ool
Mss Kiss Rosenthai and Mr.. Marion.
Swedish Polska-"LOnely Wandering
Mile. TrebeIH
Violin solo-"Fantasie' .........; De Beriot
Miss Bella Rosenthal. ,,,.o.
P0iacea-'NisaGiiR miie. TrebeiH ln0'HaS
song-'It Came in the Merry May:
Love- Wr Marion Iosti
fsontral+o eolo-"A Summer Night
Mrs. j. II; sh.eelhan. 60
''T'he Nightingale's Irill' CAM
Mile. Trebelh
Violin solo-"Bercuse,' .......;..;.-. GODDARD
Miss Bella Rosenthal.
Song-'Love Has Eyes -; f.-.--.'- bishop
Baritone song-~Flight of Ages .Bevan
'sThe Pages Song" I'll Ballo in Mar :.
' Mile. Trebelh.
Al the Clunle opera house tomorrow
night the A. Y. Pearson dramatic COM
nanny. late OF the Burbank Theater, Los
Angeles. will begin a four-weeks' en-
gagement at the same popular prices
now obtaining at the Opera-house. The
company is a strong one, and consists
of James r. McAlpin and Dollie Eas-
ten date of the Ole Olsen Company,
w. J. Jossey, J. J. Morris, Freeman
Howes. William Bunnell, Van Bert Ad-
ans. Harry Stubbs, D. d. Smith, Ben
ME Howard and Jessie Welburn. The
play the first week VIII be the Land
of the Midnight Sun
Some few years ago a book was sent
across the water called THE Bond
man." by Hall Caine. 1t created fu-
The record-union., 1897-03-28
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
SYLLABUS.

SYLLABUS.
IS. F., No. 1S7-In Bank-Filed March
26, 1879
The William Hill Company, appel
liant; John Lawler, respondent. Quiet
title. Reversed.
The surviving widow takes her share
of the community property by success
ion' from the husband, and a convey
ance by her of her interest in any por-
ton of the estate pending administra-
ton, and before distribution, has no
greater effect than would a similar con-
veyance to any other heir.
The grantee of an heir or devisee or
any person who claims under an heir or
devisee, is bound by the decree of dis
tribution as fully as would be the heir
or devisee himself, if he had not made
the conveyance.