M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1861-07-25

this very table, engaged in preparing
q dispatch, something in the dpart.
ment seemed to disturb me- Looking
up, / beheld, standing exactly oppo'
site me, a singular!y beautiful female.
So astonished was 1-for had given
strict orders not to be disturbed
Hitwas some moments before | found
to inquire the cause Of her
presence "A second, third and even
IA lourthJ tune didd repeat hequestion
butreceiyed no answer from my mys'
terlsus visitor other than q slight rails
ing of the eyes.pis pa "A gaa - y
{ABy this time I felt a strange sen.
sation appealing through me. | wonld
have1risen but the riveted gaze OF the
FbeinS, before me rendered volitiOn iIns
possiblss i essayed once more to al.
INS'' -, Jul my tongue had become
Iparalyzed. 10 A new influence, mystic
rious, potent, itresistable, took posses
sion rof no. lAll l could do was to
gaze steadily, rvaean,ly, at my un'
knowni1Visitant Gradually the sur.
rounding atmosphere seemed as tho
becoming filed with sensations, and
grew luminous; Everything about
nle appeared to rarity, the mysterious
visitor herself becoming moro airy,
and yet even more distinct to my
sight than before. / now began to feel
as one dying, or rather, to experience
1.-THE sensations which llaye sometimes
imagined accompany dissolution. !
Ibid hot think, 1ldid not reason, | did
not move all we're alike impossible.
| I was only conscious Of gazing, fixed
lly, yacaRtly, at my companion.
"Presently heard q voice, saying,
Son Of thee Republic, look and learnt
while, at the same time, my viOitor
acknowledgements and foretiuger east.
Ilwardly. l now beheld q heavy white
vapor at some distance, rising fold up.
on fold.r This gradually dissipated,
land looked upon strange SCENE
Before me lay stretched out III one
vast nlain allthe countries Of the world
l-7Europe.l Asia, Africa and America.
| saw rolling and tossing between Eu.
Irope and America the pillows Of the
| Athntic, and between Asia and
America lay the Pacific. Son of the
Republic said the same mysterious
voice as before, 'look aud learn T.
! ,"SAt that moment | beheld a dark,
shadowy being, like ar angel, stand.
ling, or rather floating, in mid.air be.
tween Europe and America. Dip.
ping water out of the ocean in the
hollow of each hand, he sprinkled
some upon America with his right
hand, while he cast upon Europe some
with his left. Immediately a dark
cloud arose from each Of these coun.
ItriesyandD Joined in mid.ocean. For
awhile 4itJ remained stationary, and
then moved slowly, westward, until.
enveloped America in iis muIky fold.
Sharp flashes Of 1:ghtning now CLEAN.
ed throughout it at Intervals, and |
heard the smotllered groans and cries
IOftIle American people. 10 .vaI yafs
Ins "A second time the angel dipped
from the ocean, and sprinkled il out
as before, Tie dark clond was then
drawn back to the ocean. A third
'time fheardthe mysterious voice, say.
ing, Son Of fthe1R Republic, look and
learn !mElgyoD sidl d. o.. ahu5
d, u cast myeyes upon America, and
beheld yillages, towns and cities
sprillging up, one alter another, until
/ the Whole land, from the Atlantic to
ltbe Pacific, was dotted withtheni.--
Again | heard the mysterious voice
sayassSen lof the Republic, the end of
century cometh--look and learn
4, ""At this the, dark, shaaowy angel
turned his face sonthward, and, from
Africa l saw an i'll -olnened spectre ap.
'proachiDg our land, It fitted slowly
aud heavily, over every village, town
and city ofthe latter, tie Inhabitants
OF which presently set themselves IN
battle array. one against the other
As 4 Continued looking, Isaw a bright
angel, on whose brow rested q crown
o. light, on which was traced The
word UNION, bearing the American
fag,, which was placed between the
divided nations, and said: 'Remem.
Der, ye arc brethreD::,aoq ~, u,".3T ','I . .
u, Instantly, the .inhpbitants,I casting
from them Leirolweapons, became
friends once more, and, united around
their natiolals standard And again
Z, heard the. mysterious voice, saying,
'Son Of the Republic, The SECOND peril
is passed-lpok and learn.
q h4"Ard I LeiieId the villages, towns
faEdcities of America increase III size
Rndimmber till at last they covered
sellithelandi FROM tho fAtlartic to the
Pacific, and their inhabitants became
az countless, az the stals in Heaven;
UrrSas The sand on the sea shore. And
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