Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1858-06-13

" eIS NOliu-EtnoNueQ statue OF Atltuts OeloP
me Propylss, and the grand avenues issuInI
from its gate, upon my right, the gleamin.
walls OF the Parthenon, in the distance thl
reofs and portieoes OF the city, while furthe
still the billows OF the Egean, and beautiful
villages with scarce shore line between them
! aud the surf, lay radiant In the gorgeous at
mosphere, which sparkled with emerald ant
sapphire And still the prospect Widened, un
III ali the great eities Of ancient fame wer'
presented 20 my view-Persepolis, and Pal
nyTa, and Babylon--and Nineveh, and Alex.
andria, the mystic capital Of the Azlees and
hnaily, the tall spires OF immortal temples
rising amid the throng OF strange houses, and
antique pagodas, and monstrous idols on the
banks of the Indus, and Ganges, or far of
among the untraeked wilderness OF Thtbet.
And each city looked upon was in the pride
OF Its greatness and prosperity; a bum OF un-
known tongues, not clsmOrOus, but measured
shd distinct, rose upon the air I; philosophy
flowed from the lips of Athenisn sages, asd
the spell Of the Sophist was vanquished by its
calm authority the hymns Of choirsters eele-
bratine the deeds Of heather DiVinities, were
mingled with the rush OF great rivers, and the
stir of countless muititudes OF men the Olive
and Palm tree separated by thousands Of
! leagues, yet seemed, under the influence Of some
occult law, to waive in sympathy, aud not
sound in that mighty swell OF life contributing
to the general result, but possessed an individ-
uality Of its ownl
But as gszed and listened, thick vapors
gathered in the della of Hymettus, which, form
ing into huge mass Of clouds, swept out to
meet corresponding mass from the East. They
were slowly united, and darkness covered the
scene.
For a brief period reason resumed her sway.
The conviction of what had seen was pbsR-
tasmai and illusory, the deceptive offspring Of
little brown eolored pill | had swallowed an
hour before, no sooner became clear to my mind
than felt that approached some other illu-
sion, as complete, perhaps, as the one that had
Just vanished.
By strenuous exercise Of the will, however,
| managed to preserve a lucid condition Of the
judgment until had walked into the parlor,
where the family, together with some visitors
from the nsighboThOod, were assembled. /
soon had reason to regret my appearance among
them, for / was fully under the law Of Hd-
sheesh, and my sensations Immediately after
grew so anomalous and confounding, that !
could not but dread an exposure, the conse-
quehess of which would have been painful 10
the extreme.
Here let me pause to comment upon the tes-
mony Of Hssheesh Eaters-a testimony almost
universal-which declares that when a neeessi.
ty arises for eoneealment, il is always Except
ing in extreme cases,) possibly 90 far to subdue
the effects Of the drug, as to retain a conyen-
tional composure Of manner In the midst Of The
intensest excitement AS a general truth, j
bear witness to the correctness Of the ssser-
tion. By what appeared to me a supeThumaD
effort, / now eongersed with the people about
me, in a quiet tone, upon ordinary topics, al
though l knew, and the belief momentarily
gained strength and consistency, that my eondl-
tion was infinitely removed from theirs, and
that no possible sympathy could ever be es-
tablished between US. II is hard TO embOdy in
words the feelings which 30 powerfully pos
sessed me.
Conceive, if you can, the position Of one
who has suddenly entered into the experience
of two distinct lines, each perfect per se, but
with mysterious force of rspulsion, striving,
as it we're, completely and forever, to rsnd
them asunder.
And conceive further of these two lives-ths
spiritual and the merely animal-With the in
stinct Of mutual antagonism, and yet bound to-
gether by some inexplicabe third power, which
is continually whispering that final divorce Of
the dual existences is death.
In such a condition Of mind and body, but
retaining the will unclonded and triumphant,
continued to talk unconeernedly with several
members OF the company. spoke to young
lady ef the last nights opera, Of Miss HIS
debut at Madam BIS ball, OF the Rev. Mr..
Humdrun's style of preaching, and Of the la
test fashion plates in G0dsy.
Such were a few OF the topics which en-
ployed my lips, and which were discussed in
purely mechanical way, but the spirit was ab-
sent in other regions, and absorbed by matters
Of Infinitely greater moment I-thst is, the
psychal portion of my ndividuality-msrveled
more and more at the wonderful domain into
which it had been ushered. The conviction
was oyerpOwering that / moved, and thought
wholly as a spirit aHiReGrHGted, that such, and
no otherwise would be my state hereafter,
when the rudimentsli or mortal body should
have given place to the complete, immortal,
spiritual body.
The infasnes Of the terrible spell which
bound me, became rapidly intensified. The
will which had been for soms moments sensibly
relaxing its sway, at this point Of my expert
ence, almost saccumbed to the food of strange
sensations, which rushed iD and possessed my
whole being. deemed il expedieut to make
hasty retreat, and therefore bowling to my CON-
Fanion, left the room. Now, for the first time,
one Of the most ordinary and universal Of has
heesh illusions seized upon me. Upon leaving
the seat had occupied, and advancing towards
the door, it seemed az if each howery figure in
the pattern Of the carpet, (these figures were
large and very brilliantly had been suddenly
endowed with mystic life; they were in6eh-
nitely multiplied, and spread out into measure
less prairies, thronged with scarlet blooms, uni
form in shape and color, and all steadily in-
clined IN tie direction OF moon-llke lusIe
which bordered the distant horizon. Through
intermediate plains of dazzling color, and con-
fronted by magnifeenee so inEariable, aud
resplendent as to bewilder, nay, oppress the
vision, | tTaversed with eager step, hundreds
and thousands, and tens Of thousands of leagues,
and still the garden Of Ferie stretched unbro
ken around me, and the lustre on the distant
horizon had not brosdened into the definite ris-
ing either of sun or moon. At last, after
century's travel, emerged from the territory
Of flowers into the mild blaze Of what ordinary
people, in their ordinary condition OF literal
ness, would have called an astral lamp, but
what to me was a great globe Of purest flame,
suspended by the chains OF perpbyry and gold
from the centre Of dome Of alabsster.
have said that up to this period the struggle
between the two Principles of Life thrown into
partially different spheres Of action, sltbOugh
fierce and continual, had been moderated BY a
third conservative Principle. Suddenly the lat
ter was overcome. The forces which hound
the spirit 10 its corporal tenement resolved
themselves into unnumbered delicate chords or
conduits Of feelings, and vital consciousness,
ahd these, as if severed in one circling sweep
of the shears Atropos, parted utterly the body
sunk into a shspeless, inert mass, while the
soul in the exultant JOY Of absolute freedom
"sAone IN the Kmpyreau, like STAR
found out after my recovery from this over
dose of Caaaabis Tndfca ffor an overdose il