Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-25
Remarkable Case OF rranee---SisiOui
an Indian Servant esiri.


The people living in the vicinity Of
Whitelaud, Johnson county, have re-
Gently been very much excited over
matter which, 10 say the least, IL very
strange. Several weeks since, Miss Van
ATsdale, q young woman about seven
teen wears old, living at the house Of q
family near Whitelaud, 10 the capacity Of
8 servant. was taken sick with some
thing ike mysteries. she had been
confined 20 her bed a little over a week,
when, 10 all appearances, she died. The
bodv. however, did not entirely lose its
warmth, aud a very slight pulse re
maineC. The psOple with whom she
was living supposed that she was dead,
and were making preparations 10 bury
her, when the physician interfered, for
bidding any such step.
After remaining in this state twelve
hours, consciousness returned, and the
girl pronounced herself much better.
Sine then went on to describe her seBsa-
tiJns and experiences during the trance,
averriug that she had visited Heaven
and hell, aud had cOuvsrsed with the
Saviour, aud many persons whom she
hud known on earth. Sne spoke OF SEE
ing persons in both places who had re-
Gently died in Heaven, a young man
named Quinn, who, although st one
time q professor OF religion, had ia the
last wear or two of his life led a bad life I;
10 he'll, the two men, Hatcbeu aud Pat
tersou, who weTe lynched at Franklin on
the night Of October 8lst, for the murder
of LYONS, st Greenwood. Miss Van Ars-
dale sent for 3 number Of persons in the
neigh hb0rhoUd, aud not only impaired to
them news Of lost friends, but told of sins
committed by them, supposed 70 be I'M
known by any ole. Among Others was
= ma who had participated in the exc
cution OF the men named above. She
told he had been there that night, (which
he Acknowledged and had, in sight Of
God, committed murder.
Previous to this, the names Of the
band had been kept a profound secret,
and this man had not even been sus-
pectsd. She narrated good many
strange things, relating mainly 20 indi-
viduals both in this world and the other,
many Of which it would have been al
most impossible for her to have in
vented.
But the strangest part of the story Is
vet to come. A few hours after the eX-
piration of the first trance, she predicted
that she would have another, and told to
q minute the time at which it would
commence, and at which it would end.
Everything turned out as she had said /;
and at the exact time she fell into the
same state. In an ordinary trance, or
cateleptic state, respiration Is not sus-
pended, but in this case breathing could
not be observed. She was TO all appear
auces dead but the pulse beat family,
and the body was not cold. All sensa-
ton was gone.
The physician made Numerous exper-
iments, prickiag the body, opening the
veins, and 30 forth, TO discover il there
could be any deception. In tine end, he
was perfectly convinced that there was
none. At the expiration OF the time set by
herself she came 10, and in q few hours
was well enough to leave her bed, and
20 about the house. The story of her
experience in the second trance wss
similar to the first one, and was con-
fined almost wholly 70 individuals. She
seemed unable to describe the places she
had been in, but gave histories OF events
and persons with remarkable minute
ness. She also said that she would never
have a recurrence Of the trance unless
she should commit some tiagrant sin
her authority for this prediction was that
LUe 1lOI4 lllleElA lh4 RuAA uSL 5Os
This is certainly 3 strange thing. The
girl is uneducsted, and has lived about
As q servant ever since she was able Ia
work. Shs has always boras a good
character for truthfulBess, and is mem
Der Of y church. She is almost the last
person in the world TO have manufac-
tured such stories, and one thing espe-
eislly noticeable Is the fact Of her send.
I ing for persons to whom, before heI
I illness, she would have been afraid tC
have spoken, and copyersing with them
without the least restraint, and telling
! them stories aud facts not the least pal
stsble to worldly people. She was visited
( bv 8 great many people, some OF then
1 eminently respectable, who vouohed fol
many Of the statements Of her illness
I The physician in attendance is positiv,
I As to her condition caging the who'll
time, and had it not been for him shi
] would have been buried alive.-IndidR
4 apolis Herald, December Ia.
Americans Falling In DisfavOr Abroad
/ Paris Correspondence OF the New York News
The Americans have fallen In dis