Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-09-07
From the St. Louis Herald. The Mysteries of Passional Attraction.

The Mysteries Of Pass1ona1 AttIaCtlon.
 The great book has declared that man IS fearfullv and wonderfully made. Is there not a magnetism cali it if you please ''anl- mal, /" which pervades space, and IS to some extent an atmosphere in which we live, move and have our being? To what dis tance can its influences be sent, so as that one human being shall affect another? These are curious-they may always remain-un- satisfied inquiries And yet, frequently, '' facts" as real a> those which hard Grad grind himself delighted to cUlo-ize, are oc- curing to bring up ay..n and again such m l ouiries One of these k related by Wri- ! ter in an eastern journal, whose narration runs somewhat as follows;
 In 1851 Mr. Wexford was young man
 of D. He had nervous bilious tempera-
 ment and was far from indulging in roman \ tic notions Early orphaned and with some | hard experience he was practical m ms / i--,,.-. I-,c l,v he'd utfmIrut' enough and frequently revolved the marriage ques- ton. He cherished peculiar notions as to what constitutes connubial bliss: and form ed an ideal of the object fitted to meet his desires. Our readers now know all that we know of Mr. Wexford. From him we pass to lady" in the case who resided in New England. She was somewhat older than Mr. W. We call hcr Miss L. She was a lady of sundry excellent Qualities.- For q long time she had resisted the perse- cutions of a selfish parent, who would for pecrnjary reasons have forced her to marry a man thrice her own age. Twice hal she been induced to consent to mar Iiaga, and twice cvaIel it-the last time, wedding clothes and every preparation for trip to Europe were maae but as the time for Its contamination approached her ex- cessive grief again postponed tile affair." Shortly after, in 1852, one morning while half sleeping and half waking, she became conscious of human form bending down. close over her head, the face alone being clearly visible. She looked steady until all her faculties were aroused, and then hur riedly covered her head On arising, the room was thoroughly examined, yet not the slightest indication of outside intrusion could be discovered.
 In speaking of it, Miss L. expressed her firm conviction that she should meet the counterpart of the person presented at her bedside, and would marry him. Two years passed; meanwhile Mir. W., then residing in Philadelphia, heard through an intimate | friend of Miss l.. and her waking dream,
 and was assmed by this friend that he an
 swered the description given. When an
 opportunity occurred, he visited the east
 quite unexpectedly, and arranged to be in-
 troduced to the lady under another name
 than his own-choosing that of young
 man whose mother Miss L. knew, but not 1 the son. On meeting for the first time, and
 being introduced, Miss L. was observed to look searchingly at the gentleman, and after some commonplace remarks, inquired of hlm where his mother was. The peCuliarity of the question caused him for moment to incline his head forward, when Miss L., recognizing the position, instantly flushed up ant oal(edhim @ AiS proper san,e. Three days subsequently,, at a mutual friends house, MT. w, arose from the dinner tabl,. anu acting from an unacc0untable and ire Nlstl0le impulse, not at all premedtated, followed the lady into another room, and in less than three months from that time they were married, notwithstanding Miss L.'s often and emphatically repeated asser- ton that she never would marry man younger than herself.
 \ few years have passed since then, and the domestic relations and parentage of these parties are to this day fully in keeping with the happy harmony that brought them together.
 This story is vouched for as entirely true known to be so by many It tonly affords another illustration of the adage, that truth is stranger than fiction D