Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
TIE TRANCE.
For the enquirer,


Rehecca Rammilies had lain dormant for twenty
;our Eours, while her mother watched with intense
ei:cuda for ;he return at child 10 consciousness
Tbs bvur at length approached, and the patient moved
an arm and presently raised lee hand 10 her face
anI with i, covered her forehead. Next the eye.ide
began slowly 20 rise, and at lengh ns pupils, which
La, been drawn on; OF Ge:s orbN oescsided 10 their
natural place. 81 the sums tine SWEEP s9ile played
Rpnu, her mouth and she made au effort 10 .?eak.
Tuc mother ga1ed anxiorsly at her th!!d. Me was
h.y only cAii! and herself widow, but ore VINO was
endowed with ample means 70 srcure Eerset ana
daughter against the cold charity o. the ~orlu. A'e
}; :'Nl!.lies mad taken on herself the cnarse OF ue'
S-,.i.:ys'. education and had excluded from her
Eaar,-dse IN. vantes OK H.. times and the equlvo-
saI rn,rim. that float through society, regarding VIZ
-. 40 religion Rabecca was in her seventeenth
VT, aal always been healthy grl, ana enjoyed mr.
v. u pare zest, until, within few days past, she
..'r,iW.il-cvmpaintd OF headache and pam IN her
l..A..-ea- finally confined t" her couch and al ias'
sank .ab -;Ur"r or rather ie. 7c,. trance rom
which uO could urouss iG"-. AT toe inomens -
'.h.:l tGe nsrg,,tiy" commences ,ture had %r"uSAt
:,.r yr.r:--, ali Erbccca vas nSiiu able 10 ep"aE:
a. dear mother ~. .au, Il have been in ilea.
ven. ,p"n; there :namy h!iSsfa yesrs. was Fo
sorry rn leave :hui land, bu ain 80 glad to see You
a:.'n. 10: d.: u"; see you there
"Nsr, nv child, ;e me, what did yca see!
40. mother, can hardly tell you all, aud don't
ADrN where 70 begin.
Begin, nv ch;!d with what you frs, saw"
Wei ;hsn," said the girl, raising her right hand
- Der forehead it is long that almost for.
e.; COW !: wss tina, | met with sweet friend.
think !, vas an angel This friend Was both beau.;-
fu ami kind. He took me "a 4 very high place anu
showed NO large, a very large country. could
s-s !, al. over There were seas about IT, could not
s,7 the eud Of them. There were rivers that ran
u great many directions and some ran into lakes
:0ne into bays and some INTO the seas. There were
,o tall m0uptars the tops Of some Of them were as
sb;.. AZ silver. Then there were green woodlands,
20 va9t iAe, az one view could their limits
sud ,.!..e we're also green meadows OF great extent
iyinl: between the tracts OF forest 1t IS beautiful
i.::i md lieit eager 90 down into -. but rs saw
p'"l 70, sld living creature spoke 70 my guide
g., sired 20 know whether 1t would DC good 10 live
:. ;u,, n"an.ry, as l could inhabitants. He
red
i"c stsil see"
Presently we descended from the point on which
ve G'ood. Smaller objects became visible. Snips
Grpea.et 70 more uEVu the ~Gl"ra, and we s0ou
found Ourselves IN Is most charming city. ., mo-
st"T such city as il YVES cannot describe half lie
Tuolers. Their palaces und temples of tee
:.0s costly architecture aud furnished III brilliant
a'yle. The streets wero cr"Tsdod wiki every sort o
sac people, Ia superb dfcssea. There were shops
a.sa cad these were reaueuted By charming people
:zL n the counters stood young men with smooth
aoG ,.lo.sy hair and mos oil them had hair GU their
rp2er lips Tines. seemed TO be the greatest favor
.,ss But avn going too fast.
Ny child" sa,d tue notce-. stake time you seem
exhausted tske soU,e refresbucut, which am sure
yup eidud u need Of"
les, mo'her, thank you, for feel hungry; but
fear shu!l forget one half Of what have to tel!
500. give me little cruel and ! shall "ont;aus Tue
account Of my long visit 70 that happy land.
After the patient was refreshed ehe continued Es'
ca:Te:ive.
Mother, snail one G.y be goddess
- goddess, my child
"YsS. mother, goddess. That whole happy land
II rc-d by eoddesses. know it. for have seen 1t.
Evsr! handsome lady, ii shc reaches that land before
fhe h"concs cid, ia immediately established in the
rank 81 a goddess
~. yln trn
Ilo what you saw"
We'll. mother vii, Just tell what noticed when
NJ gpid" brouSt: me 10 4 large palace that toatcd
upon the water aud passed from place to auoher,
u;rC lsautfu river the shores OF which were lined
with rocky cliffs, with green lawns, with charming
.!.!Gs sad al klnds OF romantic scenery The lutc-
-er of.b!s paace-l cnuHu,su whether II was a sIli
something like on"had long hall furnished with
yrGrGvur such as | never bchcid earth. II IVES
IN this hail that ars, admired the display, the power
and ;hc authority thS; III" avU.s oi that fair coun
ny exercise over the inferior seq
"lhicro: sex, my child =
Yes mother. 50 nv guide designated them"
And what. pray, child did yVar snido lneau by the
ln!ryior sex y
.ihc male sex, mother, rather a portion OF it.
r." GivIui.!,s III that uud command RESPECT from al
fh ,r"rs vi fashion, ana there are there !rSn: thou
sAEis OF our sex who make slaves Of the males.
charming dame who had no less than siI o
t!."7c slaves. And, mother, wha; is most remarSa
Gle. and you will hardly believe it, the goddesses al
su': the larger the growth. the more acceptable thu
subject. lut.ed, know that the greatest tsrortes
.h"sc who have the largest amount OF hair GU
.ne!r faces. clean shaven face will never Obtain
Chu cUumcuarc" ~ u goddess.
''Weii, well. my chI!i, ali this is very strange, bu
sa':" thugs y"u mention seem quite reasrnaoie.-
81: &c tv show rrseri, III THAI the country 10 ole
axe =
JUDGED, mother, believe they do. but rathsi
link thai old age does not mre with the favor thu
voa:h does; but let mo tel! you all observed in tha
Gra,.ng pslace. When t. goddess has a slave 10 a.
s.n,oui,y her. the slav" La, the privilege as hi
u s;ess or adored ErSAu III beside her at the table
Aud. w.st is renarkG. y LYe, is that the goddessc
ana ,aer sisv.s are always called forth take b,
fra, SEALS 10 be- rpt served and ~ obtain all the
aaest decacies that tho table can ouord Wben ever!
2ne $ sea.eI, those unhsppy persons VINO pave no
&c; wiki !aro. IL The eyes of goudese ei'ne! io
want W ma! Or youth, arc permitted - SIT onM all
s.e. H.: the. S1s.snance. wha: the uuaef n"e!'pe
OF tho ya.aro may choooe 10 adn.iEster.
Ny ct,:d,' interrupted tue mother, you speak o
noih.ug but goddesses aod their nsle sub!eeSi SIT
- ne 10 gods 10 tia; emo coIctry ~
10 yes, mother. there srs plenty OF gods VINO pre-
serve order In society. They pasc laws snd ofui
nauces 10 be strictly observed They also carry out
w ln-sns Of officers al the laws they eaact.
And they, suppose. my child. are the supreme
( .... aad control TIE goddesses themselves.
"a. 40 means, mother. They have oaly the lsbor
q -,-us.:ug Subjects AID OF putting their epsct'
.sa:s :uUo pe~er, and OF seeing that they srs duly
,,,.!.:co1. It. avs ii! privately suggested by
80 goCGesses To tI:ir slsree-tor Tie gods then'
er.v,o are suhiecis u t.9 coddesscs.
- suppos. ucn that tLs sweet deiiieS 81 tha' lana
.yS"g. yvc cal codiesses, Gre eAue'ncf "!se-pu'
- DDS .1as: also - very learosG,