The Shasta courier., 1862-05-03

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YOU see. Your time is short Tarry not!'
Ere the words had left the lips of my va
pory mentor, my pencil was flying with the
| speed of thought, transferring to the map be-
fore me all that | saw upon the living map.
Some mysterious and unearthly influence
was upon me, and noted and recorded the
minutest point heheld without the slight
est effort, delay or mistake At last the
task was done and the pencil dropped from
my fingers.
: For while previous to this. however,
l had become conscious that there was a
shining light on my left. that steadily in
created until the moment | ceased nv task.
when 1t became IN an instant more intense
than the noon-day sun. Quickly raised nv
eyes, and never, were | to live forever. will
| forget what l saw. The dim. shadowy fig
ure was no longer was no longer a dim shad-
owy figure, but the glorifed and refulgent
spirit of Washington, the Father of his
Country and now a second time its saviour
My friend. it would be utterly useless for me
to attempt to describe the mighty returned
spirit. l can only say that Washington, as
| beheld him in my dream, or trance as YOU
choose to term it, was the most god like being
| sould have conceived of. Like a weak
'lazzled bird, sat gazing at the heavenly
vision. From the sweet and silent repose of
Mount Vernon our Washington had risen to
once more to encirele and raise up, with his
saving arm, our fallen, bleeding country
As continued looking, an expression of
sublime benignity came gently upon his Wis
age, and for the last time | heard the slow
and solemn voice, saving to me something
which was much like this
8" General Mcclellan. while vet in the
| tI,a ,ft bn 4 d.
public. 1t was, indeed, hard and ploodv
one, but Gods blessing was upon the nation,
and therefore, through this her first strug-
gle for existence He sustained her. and with
His mighty hand brought her out trium-
phantly. A century has not passed since
them and yet the child Republic has taken
her position, peer with nations whose page
of history extends for ages into the past She
has, since those dark days, by the favor of
God, greatly prospercd. And now. by very
reason of her prosperity, has she been
brought to her second great struggle. This
is by far the most perilous ordeal she has to
endure. Passing, size is, from childhood
to maturity, she is called on to accomplish
that vast result, self lfconqucst, to learn that
important lesson, self-control, self-rule, that
in tho future will place her in the van of
power and civilization. 1t is here that all
nations have hitherto failed, and she, too, the
Republic of the earth, had not God willed
otherwise, would, by to-morrow's sunset,
have been broken heap of stones east up
over tie final grave of human liberty.
''' But her cries have come up out of her
borders like sweet incense unto heaven. and
she will be saved. Thus shall peace once
more come upon her. and prosperity fill her
with joy. But her mission will not then
be yet finished, fer are another century shall
have gone by, the oppressors of the whole
earth, hating and envying her exaltation,
shall join themselves together, and raise
their hands against her. But if you still
be found worthy of your high calling. they
shall surely be discomftted, and then will
be ended her third and last great struggle
for existence.
80 ..'Thenceforth shall the Republic 90 or,
increasing in goodness and power, until her
borders shall end only in the remotest cor
ners of the earth, and the whole earth shall,
beneath her shadowing wings, become
Universal Republic. Let her in her pros
perity, however, remember the Lord her
God let her trust be always in Him, and
she shall never he confounded'
The heavenly visitant ceased speaking,
and as l still continued gazing upon him,
his hands above me. No sound now passed
his lips, but felt strange influence coming
over me. | inclined my head forward to re-
ceive ihe blessing, the baptism of Washington.
| The following instant a peal of thunder rolled
in upon my ears, and | awokc. The vision
had departed, aud | was again sitting in my
apartment. with everything exactly as it was
before | fell asleep, with one exception
s. The map on which had dreamed | had
been marking, was literally covered with a
network of pencil marks, signs and figures
rose to my feet, and rubbed my eyes, and
took turn or two about the room to con-
vince myself that | was really awake.
again seated myself; but the pencilings were
as plain as ever. and had before me as com.
plete map and repository of information as
though had spent years in gathering and
recording its details. My mind now became
confused with the strange and numberless
ideas and thoughts that crowded themselves
into it, and involuntarily sank down on my
knees 10 seek wisdom and guidance from on
high. As | arose. refreshed in spirit, that
same solemn voice seemed to say to me from
an infinite distance:
80 Your time is short Tarry notl'
In an instant thought became clear and
active. Fastening out couriers, with orders
10 nave executed certain mannuNreS at GER
points, guiding myself by that, now, in my
eyes, unearthly map | threw myself into
the saddle, and long ere daylight, galloping
like the tempest. from post to post and camp
to camp, had the happiness to divert the en-
envy from his object, which, my friend, | as.
sure you. would have proved entirely sue
cesstul, by reason of the last piece of treacb
cry, had not Heaven interposed
That map is looked upon by no human
eye, save my own, and, therefore. treacherv
can do us no harm. | have on it every whit
OF information that | need. information that
the enemy would give millions to keep from
us. The fate of the war is settled.
.he rebellion truly seems very formida.
bic, but 1T is only struggling in the path of
an avalanche. The mighty topping mass of
National power and retribution will. until
the proper moment comes. now and then
slip down uppon its victom forerunners of its
of Its approach And when the proper mo.
ment does come, it will sweep down upon.
and forever annihilate disunion with thun,
der that shall reyereberate throughout the
world for ages upon ages to come.
+" Sir, there will be no more Bull Run af.
fairs
God has stretched forth His arms. and
the American Union is saved And our be.
loved glorious Washington shall again resi-
quietly sweetly in the tomb. until perhans.
the end of the prophetic century approacbes