Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-12-05
WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT.
Inquiries About the Liberty County
Woman's Prediction.

81, the MORNING NEWS published an ac-
count OF the excitement among some of
the Liberty county negroes over an alb.
surd story about oolOred woman dying
and coming to life. According to the
negroes. the old woman, after reviving,
told them when she was going to die again.
and also stated that the world would
come to an end on a certain date.
AS the story went the old woman died
at the appointed time and the negroes in
the neighborhood began holding revival
services and constantly watched and
prayed. AS matter of news the items
only value was what concerned the ex-
oitement among the more superstitious
of the colored people. 1t was not sup
posed that any one of sound judgment
would accept the story about the old
wOman's two deaths and prediction
although it was narrated as a fact by a
Liberty county gentleman, How the re-
| port first started was not learned, but it
was believed by great many negroes,
and caused much excitement among
them. That they believed the prediction
was coming true, and that they held re-
ligious meetings, were facts vouched for
by reliable persons.
The story spread all over the country
and it seems to have created great deal
of interest. Postmaster Lamar states
that he has received letters from M,chI-
gan, Iowa, Kansas and Indiana in refer
ence to the story. He was amused at first
he says, by the letters, but is getting tired
OF answering them. The following unique
epistle from the Hoosier State Is the last
one Capt. Lamar has received on the
subject:
Oct. nth $50
Dear sir there was story in the In
tfFanr an1 -, Ssl..
woman had died in your town and come back
to life and said she had saw a vision and that
the World would come to an end on the % of
last month. and further more that she would
die the next day & that she did. there was
division in the peoples minds some thought it
all newspaper lie while some thought that
it was really so and that it would happen hut
since 1t did not. 1t has hoen decided that
| should write and find out If any
snch thing really happened. For some
links the cOlored woman lied while others
st think 1t all a lie Tnclosed pleas find
stamp to write back with and pleas let us
known If there was anything of it or not
Yours Truly
Address
Mr.. Cassus. Nj. Silver
San cinto
Jennings Co
Indiana
j. s. there is such dispute about it, that 1T
must be settled SO pleas write soon.
The Postmaster did not write back with
the Enclosed stamp, but he replied 10
Cassius NJ. Silver as follows, and ne de-
sires the answer published as an open
letter to all who are in doubt as to
whether the colored woman lied or not:
In your letter you speak Of the division Of
opinion In the minds of your good Poop o in
regard TO the subject Of your inquiry, and
your determination to write TO me for "bed
rock" facts. Alas! for the Incredulity of
poor. weak, erring human nature. II you
! are fresh in your reading of the Good
ha
douhtng Thomases of your section in an cpl
sode In the life OF one Noah, who hourIshed
1000 years ago. He told those artedIluvans
that there was going to be a foodtand warned
them that they had no time to lose In getting
ready for the rise in the river. With singu-
lar and criminal faulty, they scoffed at the
idea. just as your people are now doing In re-
gard TO the resurrection of the above referred
to ward OF the nation" and piled him with
ribald chat, and ventured the opinion that
there would only be light shower; not
freight OF 1.-TWO OF kind' OF all living things.
Still the old man. set in his
WAYS, kept methocically pegging away,
while his OOyP. Shem, Ham and Japhet, did
yeoman service IN boiling pitch anu picking
oakum. When the Signal Bureau reported
general rain over the whole area, accom-
panied by high winds, Capt. Noah had all his
cargo aboard, the top hamper secured, the
matches battened down, and he took his post
ton on the bridge, rugged out IN con wesler
and oil cloth, ready for the breaking up OF the
ca re rs predicted, and with the exception OF
less than a biker's dozen, who had cleared
with Noah for Mt. Ararat and n market,
every mothers son OF humanity found a
watery grave If any of them got
away their descendants are living about
Jennings county, Ind. Human nature 10 the
same In all ages. The troubles and experience
of the past benefit but little the peoplo of the
present day. Not many years since that val
liable contribution To natural hi DRY known
~ "Gullver's Travels" electrified the world
and paralyzed chronological scientists. 1gnor-
ance and prejudice with envenomcd tongue
sought TO invaliGate its Truths, but 10 stands
to-day monument OF patient re-earch and
labor Gus zeal--a text book OF Information
about singular race. There are icOnoclasts
who even reject the Renulneness OF the
card n Giant" and mpiously assert that no
such man ~ John Gilpn" ever lived. IL IS
but natural, therefore, that doubtcrs
can DC found to the truth OF
the stor' OF the ''resurrected and prophetic"
darky. / personally am not cognlZant Of the
facts, but saw narrative OF the AFFAIR fret
IN my own home paper, published not fifty
m les from the o'ality IN which the matter 10
said To have occurred. The paper Is regarded
AS thoroughly reliable, and is a. r. putHbie as
any published in this State. and has a very
large circulation. | feel, therefore. having
no evidence 70 the contrary, that l would not
be rghtiully authorized to throw dtscredit
on the statement.
Very respectfully,
GSo. w. LAMAR. Postmaster.