The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-04

suu having Oh the contrary Nude S0UeW hat
violent demonstrations southwark, one
may reasonably lay that treacherous pheno.
menon upon the shelf as entirely unreliable
1 and entitled to hardly as much credit As tha,
gentleman" who Occupes lis time in IL
rivtag in Richmond with tbs only authentic
account OF what is not going on In the Con
iederaie armies or anywhere else Ofrourse
this vacancy In the supcrhumau Department
must be filled, aud VT think We have the ar
t'cit. Merely promising that fl,c following
IS entirely true, We very haudsomtly give
'ur readers the right To believe what they
please OF the prOphe, ,ies Of this new seer:
'In the Valley of Virginia, in town which
has felt SOrely the tread Of INVASION VT
knew an old gentleman who was greatly
given to dreaming, and saw many wonderful
things in his visions, or VISIONS" as
he was pleased to term them. The most
remarkable fact with reference to these Wis
ions, as compared by those who took the
pains to listen to their mar alton with the
development OF events subsequent, was their
tulfllmeEt nearly to the letter. When our
army lay at Harper's Ferry, in the beginning
of the war, the people Of the Valley gene
ally believed that fight In that section was
inevitable, and after the evacuation Of that
point, and the army retired to Bunker Hill,
collision between Gen. Juhnston's forces
md the enemy under Patterson was hourI,
looked for. Our friend insisted that no fiyh.
would take place there, but with the far
seeing ken Of the real prophet foretoid tba,
the field of Manassas was to be the thea
tire Of the first great collision, and that
The armies Of Johnston and Besuresard
would there be consolidated to resist the
march of invasion. lie pictured the Vail y
overrun and laid waste, and the bloody
scenes Gt the Chickahominy passed In pano.
raniic view before him twelve months be
fore they were enacted. --a-
"Aiter the battle of Sharpsburx, and whilst
our army was still in the lower Valley, the
writer met with this remarkable dreamer,
and to while away an hour, almost in the
presence Of the enemy, devoted brief time
n listening to the prophets recital of what
was In store for the future. With much
more than prophetic minuteDess he detailed
he transactions which afterwards occurred
on the Rappahannock, the successful re-
pulse and slaughter of the enemy at Fred
erichsburg, the appointment Of a new com.
mander for the Fedora! forces, the long Ia
terval c! quiet nutil the spring campaign
should open; and then a second fight on the
tappahannoca was to occur, IN which The
enemy would be defeated, bat Oil Our sid /.
we wonld snstain the !Gss oi a great com
| mander, over whose fail the whole land
should mourn. He did not name jackson
The second invasion Of Northern coil was
clearly toreseen, and wildly pictured Ous
troops would advance further into The enc
ny's country than they did in their first al
tempt; and Harrisburg and peri APPS BALI
more were to fall into our hands. But still
the second invasion would be attended with
disaster, and our forces be eoiupel!ea to
withdraw to the borders cf Virgins wtef"
i winter campaign would pass without mnti'
heavy fighting. In the sinibg ol "a our
troops, victorious on the soil Of Virginia,
were again to turn their faces no thward,
and march into the country OF the enemy
This third invasion is TO be successful, and q
treaty of peace, granting a'l for which We
have commended, except the State of Mary
land, will he dictated on the enemy's own
territory. In this last invasion the people
of the North are to be much more ki,4ily dis
posed towards our troops than ever. before,
and opposition to the further proseo oution of
the war 80 violent as 10 compel the Ahuii-
tion authorities TO grant our demands
"With reference to what. has since trans
pired in Mexico, our prophet predicted the
following early in the summer of 81: There
was to he a tripartltc allisnCe Of thiee Etl-
ropean Governments, whose object was TO
he the redemption of Mexico FROM anarchy.
Two OF these Governments were soon to
Withdraw from this alliance; but the .hird,
and greatest Of the three, would prosecute
the objects for which the alliance war form.
ed to successful issue. Then 4 European
Prince was to be placed upon the throne,
and the world would witness the inaugura-
ton of monarchy on this continent, and
no arm be raised to oppose it,
The writer of the above is an intelligent
gentleman, and what he writes is known to
several highly respectable residents OF Rich
lnond. With this explanation we surrender
the snperhuman department To the next
conner, and tNrn our chair towards 'the
spring OF '6i"