The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-02-26

part Of the wild aud sp1rsely settled
Country, lying west Of the Mississippi, witt,
about two thousand dollars in silver and
gold. s.owednway in my saddle bags. After
!. having travelled one afternoon I'LL nearly
sunset, without seeing single hu, or il.
hahi,an,. ard while auxious!y ca.tiug about
/ for some shelter for the night. had the
good luck. as then cstsep,ed It. I" overs
take a very honest looking sqoa,icr, Of
whom ! engnir-d the distance to n tavern.
Tie said il was fifteen or twenty miles. quite
too far for me to think Of going that night.
bu, il would go with him TO his cabin
which was "A mile or SO of .he road. |
should he welcome to such accomiro daiinn.
rs he and his wife couid furnish me Being
taken by the plausible and apparently kind
manner of the man, thankfully accepted
his offer, accompanied him to his log hu,.
aud was Hospitality provided with refresh
mcnts; when | retired to my bed. which
was on the lower noor, md adjoining the
room occupied by my entertainers. With
my sli.. uags which | had auwsel, let the
m0n HrHi.s nis,ed under part Of my pills
.oN, 5000 fpli .iseG vita le,iiaes y the
utmost secu,..l Ha,.np no sow NJ sasririon
that my entertainers "efl NOT KIDD o.
worthy people. After sleeping a.a'ie
awoke restless aud uneasy, why know
not; thought must be SEX. and Ell TO
examining my pulse, DC. but ceald de,sc,
in myself no symptoms Of illness. Besides
soon found my uneasiness was not Ike that
of any physic illness. |, was a feeling
OF pprefension--yngue. We, strong impress
sion that some great evil or danger was i'm,
pending over me. tried to reason myself
out OF such folly; but instead of succeeding,
soon ionpd the strange feelings growing too
inteuss To permit Tue to keep IL bed any
longer And accordingly arose. erepi
s,ealihily to the door opening into the ofl,sr
room. aud listened, could soon d.slla-
gulsh the Voices of the man and hi- vile,
who seemed to be engaged in low and
somewhat hnrried conversation, of which
| n, length caught enough 10 coneinc. me
they were plansing MY death. and the man.
ner OF disposipg OF my body afterwards.
hastily crept back. dres.e! myself ADD
drawing out my pistols, sat down on the
bed and awaited the result. Presently the
door was cautiously opened, aud | caught
glimpse of the man entering will, All axe
in his hand; and approaching on Zip toe
towards ne. Instantly cooking my pistols,
| called to him to stop or would shoot
lin dead on the spot. lie was evidently
taken by surprise, for. lacking aboo, with
( the quckncss oil thought, he hastily sknlkcd
out of the room After watching with my
pistols in my hands, I'll the fra, appearance
Of daylight, made my escape, unhcafd.
from the house. mounted my hofse. and
departed with all possible speed. Gsiuiug
! the rosd, | rode 90, aud IN about Eve n''les.
/ instead of fifteen, came TO tavern, where
T | a.ccrtaincd tina, the nian, at whose house
| had stayed. was strongly suspected OF
I having dccoyed several other travellers to his
cabin. in the manner BIO had me. aud muir.
dered them for their money
! he foregoing instances Of preseniinenis.
selected from the huudreds of others which
might BE- cited. not only because they were
remarkable ani striking in themselves, but
beeans. they occurred to men whose char.
actrrs for iirnuess aud Intelligence clearly
exempted them from all suspicion os having
been the victims Of any Of those mental
intiruitios, which lead To SO many false
ptcsentimen,s or groandlcss to'ebodIngs
smong those OF an opposite chatacfer--
the foregoing Instances must drive all can.
did aud renec.iug minds, we ihias, to one
OF two conclusions either, frat, tina, The
pr.s.rtin,snt Is an intimatson oil coming
events which Providence. directly. or
through the agency ~ His special spiritual
n.sssvuaers, gives to mortals I" warn them
of the threatened evil, tina, they may avoid
IL, or that they may have IN opportunity to
prepare to meet the fate which fey are not
permitted 10 escape or second that these
pr-s.nlruen,s are caused by the operation
Of those mysterious spiritual s,mpa,hics by
which on. mind. It is said, sometimes ',e
comes appf,xed Of. or at least, affected by
what Is silently passing IN a'otier mind
90 .ha, one man may thus he daFkly IN.
formed Of the pi"t,,ugs which are going on
against btu in the mind OF another. aud
oven Ia the extent that a mortal may, ~ the
same manner. receive impressions OF mp
preaching evil from attendant. spiritual
beings, who nav be towering around, and
looktng upon US 10 COMMUNICATION. IN view
of the doon,, which obey see is abon, to
oscftshe US.
These are Tho two conclusions from
which We. at least iad oufsclf compelled
to choose. Which IL the most correct one
While most of those who are guided by
the stnt,ls faith Of the Christian IN its lit
cral teachings, viii probably adopt the Que
FIRST named there are many, we apprchend.
inclined TO believe IL the correctness Of the
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