The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-04-21
A woMAN's VISIONS.

From the PittsbIrg Dispatch.
Some years ago Mrs. Victoria c. Wood
hull. in a communication to the Boston
Post. related the following story of her
early life in her Ohio home, and of
prophecy that was singularly fulfilled:
Among the many early incidents in my
own life | remember the following: One
evening there came to our house to remain
for the night a gentleman who was on his
way to New York to meet his family. which
was coming by ship from England. During
the evening, while sitting at the table play
ing with some young sisters, RAYS began to
come upon it. l said to mother that a
snirit wanted TO say something to the gen.
tieman. The spirit raped out that she was
his wife; and that very day the vessel ON
which she sailed had foundered at sea. and
that she, with both the children, had been
drowned. The gentleman was greatly
alarmed, but continued his journey to New
York. He returned a month later and con-
trmed what had been told him by the raps.
When Lincoln was on his way to Wash
ington to be inaugurated president, my SIS
Ter Tennie was with father and mother at O
prominent hotel at Pittsburg. Thousands
of the inhabitants had assembled in the
street through which it was known he was
to pass in his carriage, my parents and sis
ter being among the number at this hotel
As his carriage passed the house, and as
soon as it came in sisters sight she sank in
to the chair from which she had risen and
exclaimed: HE will never leave the white
house alive. heard pistol shot and saw
the blood running from his head, and his
coffin in the carriage with him. On the
morning Of the memorable night when this
vision was absolutely verified, sister was at
the Office of one of the prominent daily
papers of Cincinnati, when she said to the
people with whom she was conversing,
Your paper in the morning will contain
the Geographic news Of an event that will
cause the whole nation to drape itself in
mourning"
VISIONS OF MARCHING ARMIES.
For years before the war of secession,
frequently saw armies marching in the air;
heard roar of cannon and rattle of musketry,
and the negroes fleeing before them. And
the same was true of my sister and myself
before the Franco-Prussian war. One day,
during the progress of the latter war, sister
was at Commodore Vanderbilts to see
about some stock operations which might
be influenced by these results, when she
saw clalrvoyantly, and so told the commo-
dore, that Louis Napoleon by this war was
going TO lose his crown, his empire, and his
hfe." During our early occupancy of the
house at II Great Jones street. New York
city, and in one of our private seances,
which we held every night, saw the streets
filed with people marching, as if a mob
were in progress. AS the mass carried
red flag came in front Of the house, they
were about to come in collision with others
who were preparing to oppose them.
At this Juncture | saw myself seize flag
and rush to the head Of the advancing col
umn, and by what l said and did caused
the collision to be avoided. From this Wis
ion expected that such an occurrence, or
something of which it was prophetic. would
occur while we should still occupy that
house, for the mob turned from the Bow
cry into Great Jones street ard passed the
very house. As nothing Of the kind had
happened when we removed from it, the
vision and its effects upon me left. But this
was the way in which it was verified.
A MASSACRE AvERrED.
1t has been often wondered how we
should have taken an active part in the
International movement in this country.
For the first time l now explain, When
this movement was most active in New
York, we were directed to organize a Sec
ton for special reason. We did SO. The
excitement and alarm that the proposed
procession in honor of Rossel, the communis-
tic victim of the French government,
caused not only in New York, but else
where in the country, will be well renlem-
bered. Just before these were at their
hight l was awakened one night and asked
if were willing to do a disagreeable thing
for the purpose of. averting great calam-
ity. | replied | was. The voice then said
that unless sister and / were to march at
the head of the procession there would be a
riot OF the most fearful character, which
would spread to and rouse the laboring
masses of the city, who would fall upon and
murder the rich and burn and destroy their
property.
We were directed to contribute a sum of
money to the procession fund, SO as to
secure good band to exert its humanizing
influence on the people, and to let it be
known that we should march with the col
umn, and that, if we do so, they would be
responsible for the result We obeyed in
structions literally. No disturbances &C.
CURED, although almost all of those who
took part in the procession expected to be
attacked, and the police had been disarmed
so as not to take part in anything that
might occur. at a dozen corners Of the
streets there were Indications that we were
to be attacked, but sister and I marched in
the very advance, boldly carrying the red
flag of the Commune, and no attack was
made. The police told us afterward that it
was our presence at the head Of the process
sion that saved it from being massacred.
THE VISION VERIFIED.
But now for the verifcation of the vision.
The procession formed in Third avenue.
near Cooper Institute, with the intention Of
passing down the Bowery as far as Blocker
street, and by that street to Broadway. As
the head of the column moved down the
Bowery, Just below Great Jones street. a
runaway team had upset wagon and badly
injured some Of its occupants. A great
crowd of people ran to see it, blocking the
street. so that the procession could not move
on The marshals, seeing that we should have
to come to a halt, turned the head of the
column into Great Jones street. As we
passed No. II, the vision flashed upon my
mind. / turned to my sister and said:
This is the verifcation of my vision of
four years ago.
am as satisfied as that live that our
presence among the internationalists during
the excitement caused by the Franco Prus-
sian war averted recurrence of the scenes
OF 1893 in this country. Although that
connection was the beginning of our
financial ruin las those who were support
Ing us could not understand why we should
connect ourselves with the parties of whom
tnat movement was made up), we never
laltered in our allegiance to the spirits whom
we served, but literally obeyed their every
command. And lam just as satisfied that
ny our having become internationalists and
marching at the head of that procession, we
saved it from massacre and the city from