The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-27
From the Wheeling Intelligencer.
An Upsilnr County Sensational Young
Lady, Under the Preaching of Rev
samuel ClaWson, Goes into u Trance
II,

An Upshur County tiOn-A Young
Lady, Under the Preaching of Rev.
Samuel ClaWson, Goes into u Trance
and Stays Ten Days.
The following remarkable story we take
from the Weston Democrat of Monday, a
copy OF which comes to us with the word
"iact" endorsed upon the margin. Never
theless, our readers arc at liberty to believe
rs much or as little as they like
PECK's Ru:;, april IL.
Tot Editor of the Democrat:
The people Of this neighborhood have
been excited to considerable extent Oh ac
count of singular circumstance that
has occurred. Aud in giving the facts in
the case, am aware that there are many
who will doubt my verucity. To such |
have only to say that shall state nothing
but what is strictly true and can be fully
established by the very lest of witnesses
Miss Josephine Reynolds, aged seventeen,
attended religious meeting. held here by
Rev. Samuel Clwson, which was continued
for more than Il week. At this meeting she
was seeker Of religion, and had been for
several years at every protractcd meeting she
had attended. The last day of the meeting
"wednesday the Sd instanD she ate her din
ner, but no supper, and went to church
During service, as Was usual with her. she
was very earnestly engaged until the congrc-
CATION was dismissed, when she was heard to
claim, Lord, If this be religion, give me
more Of it," She then sank into seemingly
unconscious statc-a condition often called
trance. This was about 10 O'Clock at night.
The friends who remained with her thought
it best to stay in the church until she would
rnVIyQ unslin thinl,nfr If Ia l,,&
short time, and having no means at hand to
convey her away without carrying her.
AT daylight on the 4th she was conveyed
to the nearest house, and kept there until
evening, when she was removed to her home.
The news spread around very rapidly, and
great number of persons went to see her.
All this time she was perfectly helpless, and
took no notice of anything that was passing.
She neither spoke by word or sign in answer
to any questions asked her for several days,
and only three or four times while in this
condition did she notice any question asked
her. She took no food Of any kind during
the time except little coffee and some WA
ter, and these only by forcing a cloth, satu-
rated with them, into her mouth. At times
she moved her limbs, and sometimes would
appear to sleep, and occasionally would
smile.
The house in which she lay was continu.
ally crowded night and day, all anxious to
see her revived. Perhaps it would be proper
10 state that she was f;lvOrite with all her
acquaintance, beloved and respected by all
who knew her.
ti,iak should be safe in saving that five
hundred people visited her, and some est-
mate the number as much larger. Among
them were several ministers OF the gospel,
and Dr.. Blair of Barbour, Or. Wade of
Burnesvilc, and DR.. Cherry of Clarksburg.
A great variety of opinions were expressed
by those who saw her. Some believed that
from eNertion her entire system was en-
harlsted; others that it. was divine power cx-
ercised over the body-that the soul was ab-
sent from the body, like that of Marietta Da-
Wis, with whose narrative many of us are fi,-
miliar. Who are right it is very hard to de-
eide. The question presents itself, Can sci
ence eSplain5
In this condition she lay fen days-from
the third day of this month until the evening
of the l3th-when DR.. Blair, of Buckhannon,
was called in, who finally restored her to
consciousness. His opinion was that she
needed medicine, and that she could not
have lived much longer had she not been re-
stored soon.
After she was restored she spoke, and was
very much dissatisfied at the action of the
Doctor. 1t would seem that after fasting SO
| long she would beanNious to take some nour-
| ishment, but she was not disposed to eat, and
says she did not suffer any with hunger, but
was thirsty until the last two days.
I have not had much conversation with
her since, thinking it better to allow her to
gain more strength. She has told enough to
make q very interesting article, and rs soon
rs possible | will send you full account
just as she gives il. From what she has told
me and others | find that she has some
knowledge of what TRANSFERRED around hel
during the time she lay in this condition
She can also give an account Of the wander
ings Of her mind, what she saw in her ina
ginntion, or what to her seemed real, just as
the reader may be pleased to have it.
HENRY NETr.
(The Rev. Samuel Clawson above named
was Confederate chaplain located in Rich
mond during the late war. He is il rare spe
cimen of preacllers.]
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