Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-29

o wife on yonder beach the ocean sings,
As when il bore the Mayaower's dropping wings,
So in my heart our early loVe-song rings.
o Owife the moon and stars slide down the West,
To make in fresher skies their happy quest
So, Love, once more wen wed among the blest
O. ----arl----
APparitiOn Of a Dead Child - ExtraordI-
nary SOmnambulism.
The New York Presbyterian Of late date
relates this story.
We were returning from our spring meet
ing of Presbytery- gentleman and two
young ladies-in a "Tookaway,' and the road
none of the best. Night, cold and damp
overlook us eight or ten miles from home,
but only a short distance from Judge Blanks
who, sitter we had arrived at his house.
narrated the following unique tale. Said the
Judge, as follows: "Years ago we had in
our house a sweet little child, about four
wears of age and the object of course, of a
very tender affection. But sickness laid its
hand upon IT, Remedies, promptly resorted
to, ali proved in vain. Day after day the
rose faded from the cheek, and the fire in the
eyes burned low and at length death closed
those eyes and sealed those lips forever and
we learned by trying experience how intense
darkness follows the quenehing of one of
those little lights of life.
1.-THE time rolling sadly on, brought us at
length to the hour appointed for committing
our treasure to the ordinary custody of the
grave. The friends assembled, the customary
services were held, the farewell taken, and
the little form securely shut beneath the we'll
screwed cofin-lid, and in due form the grave
received its trust. We looked on and saw the
earth thrown in, the mound raised above, and
the plates Of sod neatly adjusted into great
sheltering roof and then wended our way
back to our desolate home. Evening came
on and wore away. My wife had gone into
an adjoining room to give some directions to
q servant, and |, unified by the scene of the
day for aueht else, had just laid my head on
my pillow in our room upon the first floor of
the house, when heard a Shrek, and in a
moment more, my wife came flying into the
room, and springing upon the bed behind me
exclaimed; rt..-
"'See there! our child! our childi'
"Raising my head, my blood froze within
me, and the hair upon my head stood up, rs
saw the little thing in grave-clotfe, with
open, but manifestly sightless eyes, and pale
as when we gave it the last kiss, walking
slowly toward u.s. Had l been alone-had
not TIE extreme terror of my wife compelled
me to play the man, should have leaped
from the window and bed without casting a
look behind. .ErH
Z But not daring to leave her in such terror.
I arose, sat down in q chair, and took the
little creature between my knees-a cold |
sweat covered my body-and gazed with
feelings unutterable upon the object before
me. The eyes were open in vacant stare. |
The flesh was colorless, cold and clammy;
nor did the child appear to have the
power of either speech or hearing as it made
no attempt to answer any of our questions.
The horror of our minds was the more in
tense as we had watched our child through
sickness and death, and had been but few
hours before eye-wituesses of its interment.
while gazing upon it, and asking in my
thoughts. What can this extraordinary
providence mean for what can it be sent2
the servant girl, having crept to the door,
aftera time, suggested, itlooks like Miss
child
"Now our neighbor had child about the
same age of ours, and its constant compan-
ion. But what could bring it to our home at
that hour and in such a plight? Still the
suggestion had operated as a sedative upon
our excited feelings, and rendered us more
capable of calm reflection. And, after time,
we discovered in truth that the grave ,lOthes
were nighr-clothes, and the corpse a somnam-
bulist. And it became manifest that the ex-
oitement attending the loss and burial of its
playmate, working upon the chids mind in
sleep was he cause to which we were in
dc bted for this untimely and startling visit
"Wiping away the perspiration, and TAX
ing few long breaths, prepared to coun-
termafch the little intruder back to its for
saken bed. Back we went, it keeping at my
side, though still asleep. 1t had walked
quite distance across the wet grass Hound
the door its home ajar, just as the fugitive
had left it, and its sleeping parents uneon-
scious ofits absence. The door creaked as
pushed it open, and awakened the child who
looked wildly around a moment, and then
popped into bed.
"Row, ifit had not been for my wife, as
have said, / should, on the appearance this
appaTition, have made leap of uncommon
agility from that window end after flight
of uncommon velocity for a person of my
age and dignity, should have been ready to
take my oath in any court, either in Christ
endem or heathendom, that had seen a
ghost"