The sun., 1873-01-27
DURTED 4ITVE.
A Marvellous Revelation bv the Priestess of
the youdous.
From ns Se'o orleans RcDnoaean, Jan. 70.

From he NeO orleans Republican, Jan. 10.
II Is not every one who possesses the
power to commune with the dead II Is true
Spiritualists hold some such doctrine; that
there Is a hidden life In which the disembodied
and corporeal essences known a. human souls
have the faculty of Intercourse. DE that az II
may, It Is certain that some persons are so con
stituted as to excite In this way strange in
An illustration OF this theory OF. fact can be
obtained Sy yss to PeT5so81 1don In Ssw Orleans
She lives In quiet little alley running out
from Marals street, oycrhung by old tumble
down buildings, redolent with evidences OF
decay. The green moss OF nearly half a century
covers the roofs and the castings, the windows
and the doorsteps rcek with accumulated damps.
Now and then on sunshiny DAYS a few struggling
rays Of light penetrate the gloomy alley wtn
inefeGtual attempts 70 make visible The sur sur
vains characteristics OF the place.
The first glance Into this desolate looking, out
seems to have stamped it with an indelihle inn
when on entering the low doorway, the visitor
Is ushered into the presence OF weird, tnysteri-
with long, Struggling eli locks, and form atten-
uated to the verge OF emactation IL Is woman
surely. But the presence discloses none OF the
tender attributes and softer traits OF the sex.
The looks are repellant, and few nerves are ca
pnble OF withstanding the fierce glowing light
that seems to leap and nash out OF the hollow
The room is scautiy furnished. A fcw chairs
an old table Jug Of water snd Is some coarse 1
leading into an adjoining room; hut into this
apartment no visitor has ever entered. II a. sa-
cred to incantations, and ~ the superstitious
believe, to the association OF evil spirits.
Some years since this woman was made the
medium Of a strange revelation. A young lad y
had died in her nelghborhood under peculiar
circumstances. She WIS betrUthed, and shortly
to have been married. Apparently en1oNns
perfect health, she retired TO her room az night
and was found dead IN the morning. The ply
sicians said II was not natural death som
sudden shock, some terrible blow, some fearful
conyulsion Of the mind, snapped the springs OF
life. What was it2 The chamber had been per-
fectly secured before the lady retired, and re-
vealed nothing out OF place In the morning; N! ~
II. Yet the victim lay there stark and stin,
scared TO death. Surrounded with tho furnitur
and belongings she had been accustomed "a
from infancy: u was Impossible to conceive the
The terrible blow almost shattered her m her.
| reason. An only child, she could not realize the
| fact OF her death, and entreated that she mlkhl
| not be buried at once. 1t may have been that q
| taint Of suspicion in her mind Induced her tc
| visit the Voudou priestess and ask her advice
| AT any rate, she did SO. AS she entered the doo
| the woman said To her; A..
is not dead, Let her. not be buried she Will re
ylve on Wednesday,
| Confirmed in her hopes the mother hasteneC
! back 10 her residence 70 ma the pIepaI atoh S,
| for the funeral already far advanced; IN!
protested and entreated In vain. They ouriee
| the girl despite all the motaer cOuid say 70 th'
/ contrary. ,,.
| named by the Youdou-the mother was allowe'
! 10 visit the tomb aud at her request the vaul
| was opened. suddenly the sound OF LOUD shrlek
| broke upon the ear, and tearing open ihe COM
| She had lust come in time-an hour later an
| the young lady would have fallen victim to W
| terrible fate Of the buried alive. How dlu III
Voudou knowit