New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-02

Op in India. One nae, calm summers morning
n the wear $780, he and his wife were sitting al
,reakisst wht she arnse aud went - the win
low upon which, turning his eyes in the same
direction, he started Up and followed her, saying
u. Nv dear do you see that " "Sarely" she re-
Piled, at is our son. Let us 60 20 him! As she
" as very much agitated no Rever, he begged her
10 sit down ard recover herself aud when they
looked again the figure was gone. The appearance
" a. that OF their son. precisely az they had iass
o. en- him They took note note o. the h0nr. an1
sfterward learned that be had died in Ida AZ
that period.
A sdy, with whose family am acquainted was
sitting With her son, named AndreWi when sac
suddenly exclaimed that che had seen him pass
the window in white mantle. As the windOF
was high from the ground and oyerhung precl
pce, no one could have passed else, sne SAD,
" Had there been path, and he not beside her a.
the moment, she should have thought he bad
walked by on stills" Three days afterxard, An
drew wss seized with q fever which be caught
from visiting some sick neishbors, and expired al
ter short illness.
10 sO7 when several persons were killed IN con-
sequence Of false alarm OF lire at Saders w eisa
woman named Price, ia giving her evidence a. tns
inquest said that her little glfl had gone into the
kitchen at half past ten o'clock, and was surprised
TO see her brother there, whom she supposed TO be
at the thester. She spoke u him, vhereupon ne
esappesred. The child Immediately told her
mother who, alarmed, set of TO the theater, aad
found the boy dead.
In the year 1918, young lady in Berlin, whose
intended husband was with the army at Dds,eL
dorf, heard some one knock at the door Of her
chamber, and her lover entered in white nsghge
stained with blood Thinking that this vision pro
ceeded from some disorder In herself, she arose
al Quilted the room, to call a servant, who, not
being at hsrd. she returned, and found the h5ure
there still. She now became much alarmed snd
having mentioned the circumstance 70 ner lAtner'
INQUIRIES were made Of some prisoners tns' were
marching through the town, and 1t was ascertain
cd that The Young man had been wounded and
csyried IN the house of DR.. Ehnck, In LeiPsic,
with great hopes of recovery ~ ater aI e5
nroved however, that he died at that PeIlod' auu
hot his last thoughts were with her. TINS Iady
earnestly wished aud prayed f0r anOther SUCH
visit, but she never saw him again
In tbe same wear a woman iD Bavaria VINO hsd
a brother with the army in Russia, was one day az
field work, on the skirts OF Forest and everything
opiet around her when she repeatedly felt herselt
IN by small stones. though, on looking around she
could ace nobody. At length supposing 1t was
some lest che threw down her implements, and
stepped into the wood whence they had proceeded
when she saw q headless figure IN soldiers man
tie leaning against a tree. Afraid to approach,
sbe summOped some laborers from a neighborlns
field who slso saw it; bat going up TO 1t, II dSaP
pcsred The woman declared her conviction tnat
the circumstance indicated her brothers death (;
and il was afterward ascertained that he had, on
that dsy, fallen In trench.
some few wears ago, Nrs. H residing in
Limerick, had servant whom she much esteem 30
called Nelly Hsnlon. Nelly was very STEADY
person, who seldom asked for a holiday, and con-
seouentlv Mrs H was the less disposed TO re-
fuse her when she requested days leave oil 40
sence for the purpose of attending fair that was
TO take place few miles oil. The petition was
therefore favorably heard; but when MI II
came home and was informed OF Nelly's proposed
excursion be said she could not be spared, as he
had invited some people to dinner for that day. aud
be had nobody he could trust with the keys OF the
cellar except Nelly, adding that 1t was not likely
bis business would allow him to get home time
enough to bring up the wine himself.
Unwilling, however, after giving her consent to
dsappoint the Girl, Mrs H said that she would
herself undertake the cellar department on the day
in question; so when the wished for morning ar
rived Nelly departed in great spirits, having faith
fully promised 10 return that night, II possible, or,
at latest, the following morning.
The day passed as usual, and nothing was
thought about Nelly till the time arrived for fetch
ing up the wine, when Mrs. H proceeded TO
the cellar.stsrs with the key, followed by q ser
want carry ing a bottle. basket Che mad, oHever,
scarcely begun 10 descend when she uttered 2
loud scroa IA and dropped dnDn state al inss"s
ibility. She was carried up stairs and laid upon
the bed, while, to the amazement OF the otner ser
wants the girl who had accompanied her said thai
they had seen Nelly Hanlon, dripping with water
standing at the bottom Of the stairs. Mr.. H
being sent for or coming home at the moment, thi;
story was repeated to him, whereupon he reProvec
the woman for her folly; and, proper restorativei
beipe applied Mrs. H at length began TO re
vive. As 81 c opened her eyes, she heaved deeI
sigh, saying, "Ob, Nelly Hanlon J and as soon a
she was sufficiently recovered TO speak, sue cor
roboreted what the girl had said she had seer
A. ~ ~ 40 etoir drnuiUp II she h a.
lust come out OF the water. Mr.. H. used DIS "
most efforts to persuade bis wife out OF what NJ
looked upon 10 be an Illusion but In Valn
Iv" ,aid he will come home by and by ana iaus
at YOU :" while she, the contrary, ieit sure 'u'
Nelly waR dead CANA bpt tber
we, M Nelly. When twoor three days hsu Pes - :
;non;,ie. we're made; and it was ascertained tna
~ IA been seen ut the fair, and started 70 retu'
home in the evening; bat from that mIlnen. q
,rsces Of her were lost till her bOdy was u'liiae
tound in the river. How she came oy her dea'
was never known: ..,L;,b bova ahov
| ,,a;s1 the person was seen where his dyir
,bonebts might naturally be supposed to nav
Gou1, and the visit seems TO have been made eth
inmedistely before or Immediately after the diss
linton of the body in either case, we may maglr
tbht the final parting of the spirit had taken Plac
even il the organic life was not quite extinct
Ihsye met with some cases in which we are n
left in any doubt with respect to the last wishes
the dying person. For example; lady, WI
whom am acquainted, was on her way to lndi
when near the end of her voyage, she was one mig
awakened by a rus,ling in her cabin and co
sciousness that there was something hoveril
sboU: her. She sat up, and saw blush, cloa'
form moving away but persusding herself it mu
be fancy, she addressed herself again TO sleep; b
& as soon as she lay down, she both heard and +
. the same thing it seemed to her as If this clou
J., firm hung over and enveoped her. Overcome vi
= horror ,he screamed. The cloud then moved avs
!, assuming distinctly human shape. The peoI
a about her naturally persuaded her that she h
= been dreaming; and she wished to think so
r when che arrived in India the irst thing she hes
:. was that a very particular friend bad come do
r. to Calcutta TO be ready to receive her on her la
If ing but that be had been taken i'll and died, sayi
a he only wished TO see his old frie nd once more.
a had expired on the night she saw the shadOv
p form in her room.
4 very frgbtiul instance Of this kind Of phenor
non is related nv Dr ~ WarDer of RarOn v mil