The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-01-21

After hlS removal - Tennessee the
/ Judge published three volumes ~ cases
j adJudlcated III that State. bat the, are
/ numbered a. II they We're continual 4on
f OF hlS Reports in this State. aud heuc,. are
called the 3rl ith and 5th volume, ~
+ Haywooi's Reports
Ia addition Ia has works Of a purely pro
iessioual kiud, he wrote and published one
volume OF a theological. aud Two Of "A has
torlcal character The first Of these works
made its appearance in 1919 under tht.
Title of The Christian Advocate" by a
lennessee.an, bat. though published anotly
m"usly, II has always been known to have
been from the pen Of Judge HAYWOOD
he second book is headed with The
world was made and Will perish The
| thlrd books asserts that All men arr
from one common ancestor, and III sup
| port of that proposition. argues To prove
that The aboriginal Americans emigrated
fIom Asia"
We have not the time nor the ability 10
/ discuss the merits or dement's Of this sin
gular production. Its object seems TO have
been laudable, to prove the divine origin
OF the Holy Scriptures and ITO vindicate
the ways of God To man" Ii displays ex-
tenslve and varied learning, but It's author
seems to have so lost himself in the mazes
! OF his mighty themes that he became ut
/ terly unable TO distinguish between fact
and fiction. He was firm believer IN
supernatural apparltions, and spiritual in
nuences, and he presses them into his ser
wee To prove the immortality of the soul
Supernatural Appearances.
We Will give one or two (of what he SAYS
are well authenticated Instances of the re
appearances of disemboded spirits, in or
der To show the people of North Carolina,
that more than half century ago, their
own State, as well as her daughter Ten
nessee, was either blessed, or cursed (aS
the ease may have BEEN with messengers
from the land of shadows, though in later
times these messengers seem TO have Sc
lected a more northern latitude for their
chief manifestations John Rains, an
old gentleman living within one mile of
Nashville, and known by his acquaintanccs
who are numerous, to be man of aS much
veracity as ever lived, two or three years
ago remained late at night in Nashville
before he attempted to 60 home. on his
way he went near an old log house, for
merly used as a blacksmith shop. Seeing
Il great light there he went to the door,
where he saw two persons, then lately
dead, but whom he well knew whilst liv-
ing, going around the block where the
anvil had stood, seeming to be in the act
|
others stood by them whom he did not
know. He never was alarmed i'll his life
time with any danger, or apprehension of
1t. He noticed these particularly, and de
Scrbes their dress, the same they wore
about the time of their death. After
standing at the door and looking in for
some time, he withdrew and went on the
road towards home About one hundred
and fifty yards from the shop, his mare
that never before started at anything,
then started and drew back, and would
not be driven by many blows to go for
ward He turned into the woods on the
right hand of the road and when the beast
came to a point opposite to that where she
had started in the road, she started again
and drew back here likewise, and could
not be got forward, and he was obliged to
return and remain in town all night" In
this instance the ghOSt-Seer is not recorded
to have suffered any evil from the effect
of his nocturnal adventure Not as with
the subject of the next supernatural visi-
tation. Henry Pugh, Esq, of Stewart
county in this State, formerly resided in
North Carolina, in BERTHE county, eight
or ten miles from Windsor. His elder
brother died, and sometime afterwards
another brother riding from Windsor, sud
| denly saw the hand of a man on the name
horse as he travelled, and kept up with
him. He knew him to be his elder brother,
and fastened the gait of his horse; after
continuing to walk some distance, the ap
| partition pronounced these words ''Prcparc
for DEATH and instantly disappeared.
| The living brother came home, told the
| family what he had seen and heard; began
his preparations, and in short time after
| wards was taken sick and died" We do
not like to question the veracity of ghost
stories particularly when they are well tu
! thenticated. We cannot but remember that
the peasant bard of Scotland has immor-
| taized in verse the not less marvellous and
equally veracous doings and seeings OF
| one Tam OShanter" when all glorious
| he was late in going home from town.
These spiritual Influences the author
| shows, acts sometimes upon insects small
! quadrupeds and reptiles unconnccted with
/ the presence of man. Thus he says that
! ''about twenty years ago, in all directions
! from Nashville, and to the distance Of
! many miles, bees were seen, as If in much
! hurry, flying towards that point. There
| they actually met on the plantation Of
/ Judge McNairy settling in swarms upon
the fences, trees, rocks and other cOnvc-
nient places. and after remaining there
/ several days dispersed Not many years
ago, the squirrels assembled in vast NUN
| bers and crossed some of the North
! American rivers. n the year 1859 an
! immense number of snakes assembled n
plain near Turney in Flanders and form
! ing themselves into two bodies fought with
incredible fury, until the one had nearly
! destroyed the other. The people killed
the other band. :
The tvo volumes Of history Were pub
lished in 1928 just three years before the
death of the author. one Is entitled, The
| Natural and Aboriginal History Of Ten
nessee, up 70 the first 9ettl ment therein
bv the white people iii the yeF Of 1865,
and the other 1.-The Civil and Political
History of the State Of Tennessee from its
earliest settlement up to the year 1866,
including the boundaries Of the State.
In the first is given an interesting descrip
ton Of the appearance of the country be
fore it was settled and occupied by the
white men, its soil, climate, productions,
natural curiosties, etc Then follows the
account of the aboriginal inhabitants
with a learned and labored argument tt
prove that they were descendants from
those Israelites who, upon the destruction
of Jerusalem, were carried captives te
Babylon.
Remarkable Specimens of Petreiactions
In his account Of the natural curl
osities of the State, the mind of th'
author seems to have been particular,
impressed with the subject of petretactions
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