Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-13
q CRild wonder in a nan Room.

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The gay company at the ball given at
intheo Court House by the Nashville Base
+, Ball Club, Thursday night, were some
what startled, about eleven o'clock, by.
"a most extraordinary and singular ioc-
currence. A little girl named Anna
Daisy, apparently thirteen years Of age,
had made her. appearance in the ball
i room at nine o'clock, and, asfar as could
3 be ascertained, without any escort. She
had danced every set and had partial ken
freely of all the refreshments given her
up to eleven o'clock, when, overheated
and looking very pale, she ran to the
nearest seat and sat down. Here she
pressed her hands; to her forehead and
leaned forward as though she were about
to faint Her singular conduct having
attracted the attention Of young man.
who sat beside her, he at once hastened
for water and fans, with a hope of
speedily relieving her from her precari-ai
a GUS situation. All the simple remedies
that could be thought of or recon-
smended were used without, avail
She, sank into kind of .stupor
from which it was thought she never
would awake. rs Her respiration was
hard. and frequently attended with con-
avulsions. She was laid out upon some
chairs and seemed without the power of
moving either limbs or body. Her eyes
allthe while being wide open, all be-
lfeved her in a trance. DR.. Mences was
summoned and administered several re-
. 9storatives, which seemed partially to re-
.lieve her from the stupor, but not from
the shysterical condition into which she
had fallen. Her countenance then as
sumed a lively appearance, and she com
menced bending the forefnger of her
right hand soon after, aud most grace
fully raising her hand, pointed it to-
ward heaven and said, Mother ~ She
next let her hand fall upon her breast,
and for moment her countenance wore
. IAN expression of deep melancholy
J There issued from her lips most beam
tiful and eloquent prayer, the language
: Of which was select and appropriate, in
somuch that all were aastonished. She
next repeated great number of verses,
and where memory lacked she supplied
with remarkable degree of aptitude
After this she told story. following out
the thread, and clothing it in beautiful
language. s4Ers osgiaF fa
She made the following expressions,
I her countenance changing with the SEM
timents: 'tJesus is my friend" l"Cruel'
! brothers. % 30, if l should go astray,
what voice would there be to WOO me
% from an erroneous faith 2" All her re-
marks were seemingly addressed to her
! mother, though dead, yet living in the
memory of her child. She sang song,
81 am dying" with so much pathos that
every eye was filled with tears. All this
: time DIR. Mences had tried in vain to at
tract her attention. .5ss9-. 20 Hi
She awoke at quarter to one, and
said she would again enter the same
state when one o'clock should come,
which was verified on the striking of the
bell. She continued in this condition,
which was not as, severe as before, for
an hour, when she awoke and became ex-
tremely livelyand Svivacious in conver-
sation. She resumed the floor and
: danced until late in the morning. ~ :,
YER She, is represented as being very
pretty and intelligent for one of her age.
Her mother died some time since, leav-
ing her father aud three brothers, the
first of whom he seems, to care little
about, and the last three to abuse cruelty
Q and brutally beat her. '-es.'t3
One of her brothers is now in the
work house. having been sent there for
seventy-two days for his violent treat
ment of her. s-,,is .,55 &
While she is cruelty beaten, she is
also starved for days Her appetite at Z
the BALLROOM is represented as being
most ravenous. and she is said to; have
eaten much more than three healthy per-
sons ought to have done. without suffer-
ing a arrangement of the SYSTEM Ees5
:, It is believed that, if she were given
a good home and were well cared for,shs
would geturid of those peculiar spells
which, it seems, are not unusual with
her. She states that God had told her