Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-03-11

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An Angel from HeRVen TrOubIes IGseIf 20
Visit the Bnckeyo state.
Particulars oT the Recent angelic Visi,atioa in
Orange To9nsdY, Honeoek eouaty-D Detailed
Aeeaunt Of the Intending Predictions and
their Fu!flLnent- What ReJoonsible Citizeas
say a5out it-I1e Public in Wonder, de.
According to the most accurate and reliable
information We can get, Orange township, in
the southwestern corner Of Hancock county,
joining Hardin on the nOrth-wsst some five
miles FROM JOhnStown, in this county, has re-
Gently been made the favored locality Of one of
those remarkable visitatiOnS which the people
have learned to regard as very "few and far be-
tween an Angel visit Imasnuch as number
less versions OF tue story have gone abroad, and
Il considerable amount Of interest aud curiosity
is manifested hereabout and elsewhere TO
know all abont ii, we briefly give the partic-
ularS, as we received them, from source that
all will cOncedc is entirely reliable, and entitled
to confidence: Sometime in AuguStIast. bright
aud intelligent little girl, aged five years, aud
daughter of MIR. Charles, who resides in the To-
cality described, while playing near the wen in
the yard, about noon Of the Jay, seemed to dis
cern something high up in tic air, aud dcscen-
ding toward her. The attention Of the clild
was so much drawn to the object that her gaze
became riveted upon it, and rs it drew nearer.
she was observed to make frequent attempts to
reach it with her hands, and form a closer ac-
qualntance with the strange visitant
W hen the mother of tile child was called TO
the scene, the little girl informed her that she
was III the presence of an Angel that She had
talked with it: that II had made communications
to her; and furthermore, gave description of
If, according in every particular with the gener-
ally received Impression Of the appearance Of
these messengers from above. TO satisfy her
self that there was no delusion in the matter.
the mother entered inO conversation with the
stranger, and after being satisfied Of the reality
VI the nte-vicw-afteT having seen and f1IIeI
nth tie Apgel, rlce to Taee-and after receiyin,
Information of the precise time when her own
death should occUr-she retired from the spot
taking her little girl with her, and the Angel.
waving his bright wings, returned IIeavcnward
" hen tile mother aud child were alone they
talked freely Of what they had seen and heard.
and the mothers sadness made deeper by
the arteSS story of the child, who said that t.the
Angel told her that she would die lust two
months from the time when she first saw il at
precisely twelve o'clock and twenty. three min
utes; that She would be three davs dying; that
her friends would suppose her to be in a trance.
that her eyes could not be closed; that her funcr.
al would be preached in three weeks afterwards
in the new schOol-Eouse Of tile ncighborhcod
by man whom, together with Lis horse and
buggy She described, and that her fIiends would
have difficulty iD procuring the house for the
occasion.
The mother kept the sad secret to herself
and waited for the appointed time, hoping that
all might yet 60 well with her and hers. and
not caring TO be reckoned as one who would at
tempt TO revive the defunct doctrine of Spiiitu-
alism. But with tie time came the terrible
blow! Three days before the time prpdictrSlfor
her death, the little girl fcIl upon tile fnor from
whence she was taken To bed, ard at tie hour
and minute fUretoid, on the third tay breathed
her last Her eyes remained open after death
and cod!d not be closed Friends, supr.o>inr,
her TO be entranced, made many and vain efforts
To restore her to life. A few days after her bu-
rial, as Rev. II. p DaTst was passing by that
way, friend Of Mrs. Charles called TO him. and
requested him TO taIry awliiic and preach the
]lttle girls funeral sermon. The Reverend gen
tiemsI excused himself on the ground of having
prior engagements, but promised to return and
do 50 in short time. His person and equip
ments correspond in the most minute parficii-
lars with the prophetic description, and when
he did return tO redeem his promise, the work
men who had built the new school house hav-
ing lien upon It, refused 10 let II he opet,ed f,
the lnneral service, bDt subsequently they gave
up the key, aud the sermon Sas preached al the
exact time and place predicted. The bereaved
mother had intended tliat the knowledge Of these
prophecies and their fulfilneniS should go out
uf tiiRe will her, but recently, the weight Of es
crecy bearing more crushingly upon her, she
determined 10 reveal the whole matter. and IN
accOrdaiice With this Determination, one Gay last
seek, she sent fnr John LatimOre. E>o and
Samuel Wood, one o. our County Commission.
ers, and to them gave Tie particulars, the most
prominent Of which We have given The gen
tlemen named are among tie Oldest. most re.
and their known character Cor integrity Is sIfiil
|cient guaranty that tee vronId9 M, 49,. Z