The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-01-29
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| TIE truth If fnpstfieristn nj, hne ran dent
who will but believe the eyidenre IT The
| senses str.ngs and startling riysioosi
cal facts arr IF daily oettfantp, proving
beyond question the existence Of principal
| Of life and qualities Of mind, hitherto IN
known. The following extract ftom the
local eoluhns Of the Tpus Dtbra, is blit
another evidence Of facts already we'll es.
tahlished.
"Mr Lawrence disappeared on Saturday
night last. and his friends having heard
| nothing Of him since al Join III the be-
lief that he was most lonlly murdered -
The facts which we are about to relate arr
in relation 10 his disappearance, and they
are indeed truly marvellous
A lady Of The highest responsibility. who
resides IL he Fourth District and who bad
Tor years been intimately acquainted with
Mr. l. wrenre, went, on Sunday morning,
10 visit her sister. who lives but few
saliafn from her Oh $500 street she had
On The night previous, been troubled with
neuralgia and On entering her sisters
house. she requested her brother IN law Ia
strung ietel III tnesnetistn to make few
PASSES Oh her head Ill ut1at to ease Is pain.
The broihet-in-laN COMPLIED with her re-
quest and she soen passed into the mes
merle sleep. As she snme times spoke
while in that state. he asked her what she
saw She ais weretl. with d start. that she
saw tssp ten numbering another on the
Levee When ked il she knew the man
who was. being killed. she said that it was
SO dark that she could not tell
fsw Additional passes ware then made
10 deepen the mesmerie influence, when
she said 'Oh, see now he's dark com
plexioned man. Why, sue exclaimed again;
Its Mi Lawrence Why doesn't he
shout then Why does moi somebody gu
20 help himl'' and she called aloud. as il
invoking aid.
She then went on in broken starts 10 say
aAh they've killed hi now thet
are taken Taper money ffem him-nus,
they are taking ghla--there tne ot them
has taken his watch Oh they both car
~ him to the river. and now they threw
him in. Poor Lawreiice--,luw he's gone
Beihg still further INTERCEPTED. she des
efihed the two mlirleters. One she said
was large ugly man. with heavy beard.
and the othet was snail da'k nan. Sub
seauenily she traces them 10 la ge steam
ship that hal niasts and sails. AMI had
great mn people on bea-d The ship
she said was il leaving the wharf. ant
the two muraefers were talking toge her
une had Mr.. Lawrente's watch in his
pocket.
This it will he Remembered. was m sni,-
day morning, sottie thirty hours eaorp any
alarm was teli by Mr.. Lawrence's f,ieud.
concerning him. Several persans, wlip are
IN every respect above suspicion. weie pre-
spnt whet The psyrhulu+ieal disclosure
which We have just related were made
The lady herself, when awakened, know
nothing about what she had apparently
seen and destsibej. Ind the whole natipi
was Throughout the dav ma e the subj RI
If many hearty laugh Events whrt
have sinre transpirei. seem however. I,
indicate that the psychological isiun Of
Sunday was. alas but too real. Mr. Law
renee has not been seen or heard ol. auj
his bat. the nnly vestage OF him. has beef
found on the blood stained Ievee where The
lady mesmertaly destlibed The murder
to have been committed
II will aleo be remembered that two
steamships left this Port for California OF
Sunday morning about the tune that thu
lady described the departure of the two
murlerers Oh be steamship.
II this hot onn Of the strange truths rot
dreamed Of by philosophy or the chance
fancy oil dream