The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-10-21

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and he slept on quietly and calmly,
and the crowd quietly withdrew
from the presence of the uncOn
scious preacher"
When questioned about these
somnambulistic sermons, he knows
nothing about them; not even
dream of it has left it's shadowy
trace behind. This is not the only
result of his sleep. If he is sitting
by table writing when this ''spelr'
comes on he continues to write, but
not on the subject that engaged his
thoughts, and he awakes to find
sometimes the strangest revelations,
one or two of which we have APP
pended.
DR.. Blake, of our city, has q little
daughter to whom her grandmother
had presented a golden eagle and
requested her to have ring made of
it and wear for her memory, which
the Doctor attended to; but the ring
being too large, it was worn temper
arily by her mother. On one occas-
ion, in assisting her cook, she laid
the ring down in the kitchen, and on
returning for it an hour or so after
ward, it was gone. OF course all
were distressed, and diligent search
was made for it at every possible
place, but no ring could be found.
A few days afterwards, while the
family were assembled at breakfast,
and the cook, whom, by the way, all
suspected, was in waiting, DR.. B..
knowing the great superstition of
negroes, said to his wife he intended
to write to Mr., of Alabama,
who had the power Of finding stolen
things, and related several very
striking incidents. The negro lis
tened intently, and at last, seeming
to be impressed with new idea, she
turned to her little son, and told him
to look under the window where Mrs.
B. was in the habit of sitting The
boy went away and soon came back
with the ring
A day or so after, DR.. B. visited
Alabama on business, and at depot
he met with Mr.. After greet
ing, Mr.. B. said; "Brother-,
made use Of your name to some good
purpose the other day" Eyes, T"
says Mr., Il heard you" And
then he related to the astonished DIR.
Blake the whole circumstance, who
gave the ring, who made it, the in :
scription on it, it's loss and manner
of recovery, even to the complete
conversation at the table. He also
told DR.. Blake the whole transaction
was on paper, and had been written
by him while in a trance. Dr. Blake
having never spoken of the circum
stances to any one, was of course
wonderfully astonished. This looks
like clairvoyance, only the mind OF
the clairvOyant does no more than
interpret the thoughts of those pres
ent, and this might have been &C
counted for here, but that it was
out. He visited DR.. Thach, of
Mooresville, a good deal, who will
cOrrObo-ate all these statements and
give more.
One dark, drizzling night, DIR.
Thach noticed him while asleep put
his hand to his eye, making teles-
cope of it, and appear to look
through it at some far distant OBJ
ject. "What are you looking at,
Doc? says the Doctor. 81 see a
ring" "Wherep" ''In front of the
hotel, in the mud" The hotel was
two hundred yards away. 'Well,
get up and let's go to it," says the
Doctor. Mr., at once arose,
walked out the door into the dark
ness, and DR.. Thach following him,
he took the center of the very mud
dy street, and went unhesitatingly
to the front of the hotel, stopped
down and picked up a gold ring,
and handed it to his companion.
1t was down in the mud. At anoth-
er time, with the same companion,
he saw some money, and being bid
to go after it, the Doctor still fol
lowing, be went to a stable lot and
picked up a two dollar bill. Doctor
Thach saw the money as soon as
the other this time, it being light.
He told friend in one of his
visions he saw, as if a long while
ago, a.vessel with a large quantity
of gold on board and sailing for this
| country. He saw a mutiny on
board and the men and officers muir
dered. He saw the schooner run
into the mouth of a certain creek
on the sea shore, and at a certain
spot, washed in a certain way, he saw
them remove the gold to the beach
and at the same time scuttle the
vessel. Three men only were en-
gagged in it, and they buried the
gold at a well marked spot. Here
they separted, and, being afraid to
come for it, soon it transpired that
they were all three killed or died, and
the gold was left undisturbed in its
hiding place, and there it still rests
in its bed. "Why don't you 90
and get it? Would you know the
spotT' Eyes, 1 can go there and
put my hand on the box, but it is
i'll gotten gold. 1t is blood money,
and it will carry a curse with it"
And no argument would alter his
determination or make him reveal
its hiding place to any one.
He had a daughter attending
school at Dr. Wards in this city.
On the night of the commencement,
he was in q trance-we know not
what else to call them-at his far
away home in Alabama. All at
once, he sprang forward and ex-
claimed excitedly, There, we are
in the dark" His wife said to him
he was mistaken, the light was burn
ing. "Oh! 1 mean at Wards. 1
was attending the examination and
now it's all dark" When his
daughter returned she told them of
the accident of the gas going out
while the commencement exercises
were in progress, leaving them all
in darkness
He has other and diverse powers.
One day he carried Miss Walton's
mail from the office. Handing her
letter, he saws, This is from
Brother Med" "No, this is from
his wife" He only backs her let
ters for her. No, this is from him