Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-01-30


ed his lips. and now 1 felt strange in
luence coming over me. / inclined my
head forward to receive the blessing, the
baptism of the spirit Of Washington.
The following instant peal of thunder
rolled in upon my ears. and awoke.-
The Vision had departed and l was again
sitting In my apartment. with everything
exactly as il was when / fell asleep, with
one exception.
The map on which / had dreamed
had been marking. tcas literally covered
Nth a netrork Of pencil marks, eigns and
figures
81 rose to my feet. and rubbed my eyes.
and took turn or two around the room,
to convince myself that / was really awake
l again seated myself. but the pencilings
were as plain as ever. and l had before me
as complete map and repository of infor-
nation as though l 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 il
and involuntarily sank down upon my
knees to 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:
Koar time IS short! larry nott"
''In sn instant thought became clear aud
active. fastening out couriers, with or
ders to have executed certain maneuvers
at certain points. (guiding my self by that
now, in my eyes, unearthly map, l threw
myself into the saddle. ara long ere day
light, galloping like the tempest. from
post to post and camp to camp, and had
the happiness to divert the enemy from his
object. which. my friend. l assure you.
would have proved entirely successful by
reason of the last piece of treachey. had
not Heaven interposed.
"That map is looked upon By no human
eye. save my own, and therefore. treachery
can do us no harm. / have on it every
whit Of information that l need, informa-
ton that the enemy would give millions
to keep from US. The fate of the war is
settled.
The rebellion truly seems very formula
BILE, but it 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 let slip down upon its victim
forerunners of its approach. And when
the proper moment does come it will sweep
down upon, and forever anihilate disunion
with a thunder that shall reverberate
throughout the world for ages upon ages
10 come.
"Sir. there shall be no Bull Run af-
fairs
"God has stretched forth his arm, and
the American Union is saved! And our
beloved, glorious Washington shall again
rest quietly. sweetly in his tomb. until the
end Of the prophetic century approaches
that is to bring the Republic to her third
and final struggle. when he may, once
more laying aside the cerements of Mount
Vernon. come a messenger Of succor and
peace. from the Great Ruler. who has all
the nations Of the earth in his keeping.
"But that future is too vast for our com :
prehensi,n; but we are the children of the
present.
"When peace shall have again folded
her bright wings, and settled upon our
land. that strange, unearthly. wonderful
map. marked. while the spirit eye Of
Washington looked on. shall be preserved
among American archieves as precious
reminder to the American Nation. of what.
in the Second Great Struggle for existence
they owed to God and the Glorifed Spirit
of Washington.
verify the ways of God are above the
understanding Of man."