Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-02-12
A French Oassnndra.

The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Times writes; II had, the other
day, singular example, singular de-
monstration Of the effect produced by
political excitement when il takes pos
session of women. was invited by one
of my friends to be present with him at
private meeting He took me into
sumptuous house, where a young and
handsome lady OF very nervous dis.
position and passionately addicted to
political discussion, had been for some
time in a state OF latent somnambul;sm,
during which she related with surprising
accuracy OF language the visions which
passed before her mind, ard which we're
the resnlt Of the passion with which she
had followed political events since the
fall Of the Empire. She had really &C.
quired a kind of extraordinary percep.
ton of things, and she, so to say, read
my thoughts when had placed my hand
inside hers, The friend who had brought
me having asked me to question hes,
put to her, in my turn, the famous ques.
tion, How do you think all this will
end2 was curious to know how far
could go the effect of an obstinate pre-.
occupation on the overexcited system
of nervous woman Ny expectation
was not deceived, and the answer which
she made was singular mixture of re.
lection and imaginary conclusions. 1t
was something like lucid dream based
on reality. She appeared to be looking
in front Of her and narrating what she
saw She saw the whole nation pro
ceeding to ballot for new Assembly
at Versailles. The Assembly decided, ia
the first place, that it should
return to Paris, and it put
to vote the continuation Of Marshal Mac.
Mahons powers, The Chief of the
Cabinet intervened to declare that the
Marshal considered The vote OF the 2Oth
of Novenber, 1873, as incommutable.
The President of the Assembly, NJ.
Grevy-at least her description OF him
made US think that it was he--divided
the House on the question whether it
should continue the discussion, despite
the protest OF the Chief of the Cabinet.
The Assembly, by large majority,
decided to take no notice of the objee.
ton. Immediately the whole Cabinet,
followed by part of the Assembly, left
the hall After their departure the dis.
cussion continued At this moment a
message is brought from the Marshal
declaring the Assembly is dissolved. An
indescribable uproar follows upon the
reading of this message. The Assembly
decides that the President is guilty Of
high treason. Here the Schehezerade
lost sight Of her vision for a moment.
The man who acted the part of magnet
izer pressed her hand She continued
her narrative. She found herself twenty.
four hours alterward within the walls Of
Paris, where she witnessed a terrible
struggle She saw on one side the
representatives OF the people armed with
their insignia, and on the other the
soldiers OF the army commanded by the
Marshal himself Suddenly she uttered
a piercing cry--one OF the Generals had
fallen; the other, who was next to him,
assumed the command. The struggle
concluded by the triumph of the army,
and by the proclamation Of the General
who bad taken the command. We asked
her for the name of this General. She
refused to give it, saying she did not
wish to point him out beforehand to the
bullet of some fanatic.