Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-30
That Dream.


ing was published in the st Louis CHRIS
tan Adcocate, and now, at the request
of some friends, it is re-published IN the
same paper. There can be no doubt
that the dream was related more than ten
Years before any of the late attempts at
secession by States we're made; nor is
there any room for doubt that both
s'the dream" and the relator of II were
ridiculed no little. There are many per
sons who will remember reading II IN
the Advocate six years ago; and If any
ole should doubt the fact of its publlca'
ton, the files of the paper will readily
settle the matter. There is certainly
something very singular about it,
A CURIOUS DREAM OF THE WHITE EAGLE.
Mr.. Editor-You sometimes publish
curiosities, as we'll as facts. Like an old
Baptist once had dream. | do not
say it is experience; as you choose, pub
hsh or withhold. l think it is beauty,
in the way of dyeams. The omnous ma
ture of the timex brought it forth to my
recollection and OIL reference to the
diary | find record as follows Jan.
uary 20, l850--Sunday raining hard
all the morning; not one clear Sun.
day in nearly three months Soul
happy; health good, read much; preach
ed at eleven, and at night to the blacks,
spending some hours afterward in
teaching them some new songs. Last
night had some impressive dreams.
Myself, wife, and child, boarding at
Thompson Anderson's, Clarksville, Ten
nessee | thought / was certainly wide
awake. | stood upon a stream at once
clear, tranquil and long, extending due
east and west, across America. On the
south side of the splendid house, amid
groves of trees, some of them fruit trees.
The south land was level, but some dis
tance in the east-say three-fourths OF
a mile-was high, dark mountain,
coming nortbward of the stream, and
ending in rugged bluff at the river
On the north side the banks rose steeply,
sloping into hills and mountains:
Along the hank were a number OF tall
slender trees, of whitish bark and thin
leaves. Near the top of one OF them were
two men climbing-one higher than the
other. Suddenly, saw above the stream,
high in the air, the Ancient OF Days, or
Age of Freedom, spoken OF by Daniel
He sat upon the air as on throne; and,
vibrating to and fro, the world vibrated
with him. Never can / forget his awful
ness of state Wis hair was white as
wool, but short and close; though un.
like negro hair, yet it was suggestive OF
it. His robe was white and short; his
legs and arms were bare his face was
shriveled with care and thought, but
the freshness of youth was upon him;
his feet and legs, and face grew red as
vermilion; possessed of omnipotence,
he was in the profoundest trouble. |
tried in vain to attract his attention:
He paid me not the least notice. /
looked, and he was gone; a snow-white
eagle filed his plaee--an eagle white as
light. Ii hoated to and fro, as did the Age
of Freedom. At length its wings were
motionless; it stood upright in the air and
foated between two dead trees, stand
ing in the water. Here, utterly unable
10 move. | saw it in the greatest agony.
Ii was making numberless and rapid
circles with its head, beak and neck to
the tail feathers Of the north side. Draw
ing closer, observed the cause OF ITS
agony Its tail was divided-one hall
to the north, and the other to the south
his front was turned to the east The
south side feathers we're black, or 6Laek
and lchite, or brown and glolcing. They
were associated, but discovered; they did
not lie evenly together, but one was
raised above another, as the feathers may
be in q fan. One 6lack feather of the
tail shot out distinctly from the others in
advance, and stood. partly aloof, lying
across several. The feathers seemed to
be both loose and tangled-those on the
border Of the tail seemed more united
Than the others. thought Il strange