The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1868-03-05

raycd in the scarlet gown and black
cowl Of Ku Klay, aud alleged by the
negroes to be no less than fifteen feet in
stature, promcnadcd the principal
streets ofWinchcstcr n few u'Jhts since.
spreading terror wherever L. went
.NoshutM Disprich.
That is all so, except the "scarlet
gown and iat.cs cvY,." Nor can we
aly 1t was a k0,lnX --mHybo It was,
A colo chll ran over us--oh! 80 icy
cold'-and Oh" blood ha'tol IN our
veins, as if suddenly frozen. lmmcdi-
Ntcly came inio Cur mIni rcc1llcctions
of that horrible phWtasmagorial i!'U-
sion which Bulwcr speaks Of his
Strange Story" AID which, be saya, is
called in Scandinavian legends. tIrc
Scin Lnca,or shining corpse. l, is a
spectre ofahuman body seen in . phos
ylioYic light. And, dear reader Of the
Homo journal, since the Dispatch has
alluded to the strange n!.varition, we
must tell you the whole tuath. Loyal
Lcagucrs and negroca may say this
phantom, spectre, or Whatever you may
cal it, was a kuhlux, or not, hut We
til you The sight thereof came near
tlrning us 10 Stone. We rubbed our
eyes to see If some optica! Illusion was
not thus pctrifying II blood. We
had heard and read Of frances, Of clair
voyancc, mcsmerisin, DC, and that in a
trance there is an extraordinary cerc-
bra' ac.iyity-a projcctiIe force given
to the mind, distinct from The sar!-I
By which i, sends forth is own cmana
tons t, 4 distance in spit" Of material
~ols.Galcj; we had read that almost CIV,
cry known body in nature is susccpti-
bic Of ..l.Gc several states OF existence
the sold. .hc liquid, the Hrifrrm
,nat nan IS susceptible Of three states
Of cxistcncc--thc animal, the mcital,
the spiritual, that in proportion as We
are brou.ht into relation or affinity
With that Arcu.t agency Of thc whole
natu.sl world, which we Familiarity call
heat, tIlsc c.at.- Of being prevail or are
sub cod. IL short, we remembered
having read tie Strange ,."ry many
years back. And w ti.gvg"t Of Ban.
guo's ghost, Q. Heca.a ~ .-- itch Of
Ealql-oI II the aGhaa .aGJd spec.
tres ever recorded oft4c dead coming
NJ from tie b:aiciclAs CT Chicamauga
River OF Death from Murfreeshoro.
from Co.inlh Of discord in countries;
treason in capitals and palaces; Of ma
chinations, hollowncss, duplicity,
treachory, disiranchisemcnt OF white
men and sovereignty ofncgroes; ofim
parchment, CT war, Of vindictivcncss, OF
Bfownlow, OF TlHd. Stevens and ofthe
devil. SO we did, and yet the giant
moved on, stepping over our Courtyard
fence, breaking the bouShs Of The To-
Gusts rather than bend its huge, collos-
sal form in order to pass thea, and
then anon disappearing as a vision, We
saw il p~rcwcnadiug the roof OF the
Courthouse, from which elevated posi-
ton itsteppcd proudly but solemn y'to
the earth, aud in twini.iing was gone.
Negroes ran, dogs howled, anl strange
noises filed the air. We lid not speak
TO IL. We were too timid to say
..Anec!s and ministers o fgracc. defend US!
Detleua spirit OF health, OF gotlin dailn'd
Bring with thee airs from Heaven, or blasts
from he'll,
Be thy intcnls Micked Oh charitable,
Thou cOm'st IN such a.questionablc shape,
That ! will speak to thee, -.
No, sir! We are the last one to hold
confab with bones that have burst their
c.rcmeuts, and lett the grave to walk
on earth again But our eyes dllated
as they never did before, for never be-
fore had they gazed upon anything sup
posed to be an inhabitant OF tn, Char
pal.house from whence there are but
two roads according to the teachings
Of this world, and those roads lead to
tither Heaven or Hell. II this fifteen
footer, arvayed in white ccrcmcnts, did
really die on the field Of Chickamauga,
or Murfrecsboro, or elsewhere, we
thought as Macbeth did
.srhou capst not say l did it; never shake
Thy cory locks at me"
We have become quite calm since
then. We no longer hold the quick Of
our heart as ia q catalepsy-no longer
arc perplcxed about spirits which as.
,ume any shape or sex whcn. freed from
laws no longer dream of flesh
ess skulls, barred teeth and CORY sock I
It's. Our mind is "made up" and it is /.
great thing to be relieved Of a mind /
'alting between contrary in%tentions.-
ye have determined 10 90, If ever such 9
fearful Observation-Disclosures as !
bis was should call Us. That's the on T
= name VIC know for II, or kaklax if !
GU want to. Selah. :.
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