C;Z—___. .J__...._—. REMARKABLII CASE 0 TRANCE VISIONS OF AN INDIANA SERVANT GIRL.

The people living in the vi inity of Whitclaiid. Johnson County. II: 'c recent- Iy been very much CXcited over it matter which. to say the least. is very strange. Several weeks since Miss Van Ariisdale.a voting woman about Seventeen yea old. living at the house ofa l'ain'ily near \Vhltc- land. in the capacity of it servant. was taken sick with something like hystr-tics.

She had been confined to her bed a little] aitcc she '

over a. week. when to all appeal died. The botlv. however. did not lose its warmth. and . very slight pulse rc- tnainod.

The people with whom she was living. supposed that she was dead. and were making preparations to bury her. when the pli ‘sician intcrlcrcil. liirbiddiug any ranch step. After remaining in this vtntc [Wei ‘1: hours. consciotisnws returned and the a rl pronounced Ilt‘l‘. it much better. She then went on to (IL‘SLIIIK: licr Sensa-

tions and experleiices dating the tram-int

nvcrring that she hail visited heaven and hell. and had coiivcrscd with the Saviour and many persons whom she had known on earth. She spoke oi :5 ing persons iii

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. _ 4 . cultith it only to the extant of yielding him a bare tsubsistctico. The loss to the; North is said to be equal to £50.00”.Otit)i

‘ ' ‘ iii the consumption of Iicr' so that the rtttltli‘ll abolition of Slavery. while it has ruined the planter. has also iiintcrially injured the New ling- iamlcr. And the worst. in: fear. has yet. to come. ' ‘

\\'nv rut»: twirnoc Tnn-rrwxs Ill:- iri:Ai.i;n.—-.Lliniied States .tp(’t'*|ltt' Cum» tuneful [Julia/iii. iii an nrticle' on Senator itauisay's conglomerate trsulution, makes this candid t'ultfcsslalt—“Al'ter havinn sig- ' nally failed in forcinp.r ou_r I'roviiicial neigh» noriinto the Union by repealing the Ileci~ protin Treaty. and after driving the trade to foreign markets. we shall show oitr wisdom by t'orbcaring to at any proposition which :bears the resemblance of a grasping pulii provided it seconds out cfl‘oits to regain tl trade." Tillle candid and colisidcr..te—vcr . It lvts the "cat out of the bug." and we see plainly why the II ciprocity ’l‘rcaiy was rcpcalcd. Yet in the face of this very plaii.‘ lsltllcllli'lll. we hvur it stated in different pit“: .of these Provinces. “ 0b. we ould llt't'cr lt\\'L' tail the Treaty repealed. it it hml not been fort ula. The people of the United 'ttcs hitc t' iada. but love willi atcndcr Maritime Provinces." And eoiiplcil . one olttn hears it stated t it is

both places whom had i . ently died; in heaven. a youn' iiiau namcd'Quion. who. although at out. time a professor of re- ligion. had in the last ycar or two of his

lit‘u led a bad life; in hell. the. two incinl

llatclicli tiid l’atte son. who \\'t‘\'u lynched Itt Frank 'n on the night ol'Octobt-r 5|.lor themnrdcroi Lyons. at Greenwood. Miss Van Arsdalc scttt fora nninbc‘: oi persons in the m iborliootl. and not oiilyimpart- ed to them news ol lost friends, btit told of sins committed by them. supposed to b.- unknown to any one. Among others was

a man who had participator! in thc cxncu I

tion of tile iiiatt named above; she told hint that ho had been there that night (which he acknowledged). and in tin- siglit ol (lod committed murder. Previous to this, the names of the band had been kept a profound secret and this man hail not even been suspccted. She narrated it good many strange things. relating main- ly to individuals ooth lll this world and tin- othcr. many oi which would b ' been all most impossible for her to have invented.

hit the strangest p'u'i. oi the story is yet to come. A few hour after the expiration

(d’thc first trance sho predicted that. shei

would have another, aml told to a tniiititc the time at which it would end. livery- thing turned out as she had said; at the oxacttinioshc fell into the same state. In an ordinary trance-s or militlt‘pllc state resp' tioii is not suspcndt-l. but ill this. case brcatlii .g could not be obscl't'ctl. She was to all appearance dead; bill the pulse b an faintly. aiid the body was not: cold. All sensation was gone. The ph ‘eiau made numerous experiments 1 ' ingtha~ body. opening tho veins. and so forth. to discover if there could be any deception. 1n the end bet 9 perfectly conraiccd that there was none

At the expiration of the time set by livrsclfshc came to. and in a fch hours was well enouin to go about; the house. The story oi her experience in the second trance was similar to tho lit-st one. and was confined almost wholly toiiitlividuals. She seemed unable to describe the places Slit) had been in. but gave histories of events and pilt‘aiili w l remarkable iiiiii» utcncss. She a>&sud that she should never have a rccu cnco of the trance un- less she should commit some [I her authority for this prodictiot the Lord himseil had told her so.

This is certainly a strange thing. The irl is uneducated. and has lived about as a servant ever since she was able to work. She has alw lioi'ni a good Cll:ll'-‘ itotcr for truthluluc.. . ml is a ll)t:lllllt't‘ ol’ a church. She is almost the last pi son in the world to have nianulacturei .ticli stories. and one lliingcspeeially noticeablr is the fact oi lit-r Jt'lltllrl" for persons to whom before her iline ’ would haw been alraid to have spoken. ml convi . in;,' with thcm without the II ‘t restraint.

(,anada (that was) which s in the patl l obstruction to a renewal of the Treaty. That |is ttot so. Our Ilepublican neighbors know i the glorious results to bet crived from a policy l of " l aide and conquer," and are ill cousc- ,qllence busy spreading the statement that if it IllIII not been for the hack Provinces. Nova i Scntia would have had a treaty long ago. All ' which is about s trite gospul a is Joe Smith’s Mormon Iliblc.—llz. Riyal-hr.

'I‘iil: Yates or Sr. ’l‘nonas 'rn rut; I'xirim Sr.\Tt:s.—.\ ivritcr in the New York Tin-its thus discourses on the advantages which will insure to the United St.:tes from the atqnisi- ytion ofthe Island of St. Thomas:

Ily the po ssion of St. Thomas the United i . 'tcs ma t. themselves ni.t~tcrs of I‘orto i lli o and Cuba ind in th‘ it I: ncccrsary to ‘coiifcss that ‘a‘ notary Seward has itl'tlt‘t‘lli 'liiinscli I g t strategist. hating made all

ll'l‘llrlfil ila '. movement ug .inst Spain.| getting to her windward and placing; l'oi-to ltico under the l‘J-ineli l‘arrott and lublgrcn .guns of Fort Carlotta Amalia.

'l‘hc illustrious Webster. in IS speaking iot' the Congress of Panama. proposed by i Ilolivar. raid that not c vii Qp'iiii had so

ltlllull iiucve tin tbc Sp nisb niillcs as the

United States. The intro of power" between the North and South afterward pre- vented ingression of (‘uba and I’orto ltiro into our Union. with an increase of political .powt‘r, thanks to . vc Iii favorv of the iSouth. This poiil. I I n Illlsllli tpcarcd. Slavery no longi-rcxists. and therit’ore the radical dttlicnitv in the v ' of acquiring the int :itcr Antilles has l- removed. The United States without slavery are. for Cuba ainl l’orto filed with slavery. the gl ms of Archimedes. invented for the purpose of burning ships from afar The ancient mathe- inat ian, although right in principle. never succeeded in effecting his purpos lint with the new ustorions glass it happen that it is as sure-child in its effects as it is rational and id in principle

'l‘o propose to Spain. nit eliivalric and full of vanit ' as her illusliiens Don Quixote. to sell its f‘ub-t. would be an insult. and the ex l‘t-bcl Solilc lc.-l his icp; when taililylng at the pistol's point the wounded honor of the Spaniards which he had injured by uterer proposing what they will now Celtic and ask us to do.

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Tito New York Tribune gives pnllirity to a rumor that a plot has been discovered on, the irt ot' the li‘enians to kidnap ani-tt \'i iwhilc visiting the ‘ ictuaryot' the late , iiiitcli lamentch cc Albert. and shipping heron I'Ull‘tlll gunhotit i'Jr Ab' sinia. where that tit-ions s: ' ge could baie carried out at his leisure his intentions to compel her to lll’ll‘l'y’ him. The plot. how- ever. seems to have been discoveri-d Ill ciisoit. and the Queen otily-vi.-its the MM id sinne- tit-try at present under the protection of a regiment ul‘cavtzlry.

Ni no IIAIIIAIIIaU is II.\v1't.—A special telegram to the Y. li'ei‘ulil confirms the report of the murder of (lent-val Leon Monies.

and telliii},r lhcui storics and l' as not the,

least alpable to worldly pcoplc. Slit was ' ted by a great many pecoplt sonii

iblc. who vouch!

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of tliciit ciiiiuently i pc formain of the statements ol hcr illii

The physi 'an i: tciid.tnco is positive. its to her condition win; the whole tiiu . and had it not been for ltiiti. she would; kayo been buried alive --Iinliemqwli‘s lIcr-' all .

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THE SUFFERING III THE SOUTH.

It would really seem as it the Southern

State were destined to share the fate ol Jai uca. only oti a. larger aiul more iii-

tensiiicd st" c. From an olllcial report made by (1‘ net l(.‘ill--ni ol the state ol ‘. it is clear that social purl has gone tori-vcr, hall the cotton ei'tip c. tcil h been -d. while. the price. has ialll i aboutnhali' from what it. was last ycar The consequence is that nine out ol‘cvcry ten of tho planters are ruined, and many estates abandoned altogether. The lit men are Marvin;3 ind yt rrlnsc to wot except on terms which cannot be granted. 'l‘hcyarc under the impression that the laiid is actually to bu‘llt‘lllt‘f‘l among them. and are content iii tit! meantime to livc in it great measure by s. 'ztllllg whatever they can lay hands on. In Louisianna thou- sands of iirgroes are dying ot actual star- vation. The lands Iiavc been rcptnitcdly flooded. and the owners being no Iougor able to compel labor. and without. tin:

means to pay for it. or ryihing is going to (lestructluii.——ln Georgia 'niattcr 1' still Worse, for there the negrocs lit Vt‘

that the whites have lowered the price in cotton tor the purpose ot‘ruiniug tliein.am| though starving. are acting together iii gangs. and destroying property wherever they can liud an opportunity.

The satin.- appalling story of want. idle- ness and violence. com lroni Florida and Arkansas. The South is utterly ruined. and wliilo the planters in most cttst'l have lost cvcrytlilnir. tho frecdmou are still wot-so off. '1‘ l' y believed that tho iihoii- tinu of slavery mount also all end to scrvile labor, and that they were to possess the land and every comfort without the. ne- ccssity of doing any work. ’I‘lio sudden ntifrancliiscmont oi the blacks has been a diromisl‘ortunu to themselves as well as to the country. But the thing has been dohc. and the cotivsequcnccs must. bu cti (lured. It It! qtn-srionablo wlicthcr cotton crowing in tho Southern States will not rare to be abandoned. Itrequirns steady and constant labor and lawn capital. But the labor mnsLbu negro 'labor. and the negro. it has been found there as also-

wliore. will not work steadily unless under compulsion. Such a state of things will irohably go on aim land to worse. No l‘rcndmcn's liar in can do much to mend it. unless by p big a law compelling ovary man to work for a given number ol hours a day. or to perform a given amount of work [or so much pay. or no subject to punishment aluvagmnt. ltut we ques- tion It even this is practicable. The result willthoruturo be universal povoriy.——thu stimuluunpnwi thl land by tho wiiltrr Wlir-nrrer they can; while Ill” "*‘L'm wink

iiitlic dungeon att‘iipc lluyiicn. 'l‘bcoi‘ vinal report nas lrid enough: but. bad as it was it left us in comparativ ' ignorance of the m tual facts of the case. 'I . details as we now have tliclii are horrible in the extreme. Kept without food for four days. dosed with poimn. smothered to the extent to which the available strength could smother him. he is only dcprlvvd of life at tst by eated slabs in the skull with a chisel. This. however. was not all. The brother of the inurd- red man. who liatlii. the meantime been captured. was chained down to the bloody lied on which Iced of wickedness hail been perpetrated. only relieving feature in this bailiaric picture In the announced fact that the parents ol‘the brothers Monies have bcea driven to despcrati It Is to ' borne in mind that this barbarin has been . ccoinplidird by oili- cial coliiiii.-iid. \Vliat is IIIL' lesson? Ilo we require to Hate ii? Were it not for thtI e.-peei:il bent-fit of our New England pliilaiv thropists wc sbotild |be iishaiiicd to do so. This is a specimen nl'ncgro civilization; this yie what the negro can do when left to govern himself; this is an illustration before hand of what is to be expected from ncgro rnprein. v in the South. A word to the wire is not lost. liven the unwise smut-limos learn. God savi- the South from sin b masters—N. 1'. Harold.

Iiiruxnlsu Ctztsts ts viii: Sot-rti.——’l‘lie “ La Cro 'c Democrat.“ ca la ~the Houses of Congress by the very t'lt‘g'tl", title of “Illt' Ilnnip llull at. Washington." and under that heading gives its summaries of doings for both branches. The same paper'says " Vir- ginia is ripe for it Negro lltatlt'l‘t't‘ilotl—a war of races." It then proceeds ivttli a savaecry of tone almost appalling to us. whose rates are happily cart under butter auspices: " For the Ida s we can have some pity. but for tho wl . scoundrcls who have incited them to violcnc . only vengeance—spccdy and sure—ii punishment of the most extreme character. lit-t them look to it! For the black niggermjns ‘cc temp 't-d with inert-y; for their while all 'usticc. but NO sinner. Mark them. one anti llll. When you hear a man with H white f:th advocating negro equality. spot him; fix a mark upon him so that when the destroying angel of white sn- premtiey sweeps overthc land, he may see and mark his awful prey."

The New York Ti'i'liiuit'. commenting upon in letter front ito corrrlpondcnt in Wiilrussin. says. " The new territory, it appears. is not it land flowing with milk anti honey, though under favorable circumstances it is capable ot‘supporting human life. Agriculture is not its strong point. Cabling“ have no heads. turnips aml potatoes nobody. caiiliiluwers no swretncss, and fruit trees no fruit. ’l‘luro is plenty of timber. but one cannot get at it owingto the natural olisttlt‘lt: to Iransporta tion. In summer there is no dry weather and in winter no snow for sledding. . . . The greater part of Mr. Seward‘s 81.200.001’i in fact. set-ins to have been expended fori Codtlah.” lltipcful purchase. certainly.

Tha New York Tritium. referring to the flood of crime and accident with which the columns of newspapers have of late been

burdened. myst—

“’l‘he telegraph wires bend under their weigbtof woe; the old earth quivers with throbs of agony frotii the centre to the pole; cities are shaken down, countries are (an gulpbel. fair domains tire (lvertlowetl with red but lava; wife I! arrayed again-t bul- hand. moilwruuviinrtchlld. ranngainrt t'ltbl‘rl.

IDEA

as imiin on anothei and on still another tho idtli of a hair stands- between it thousand and sudden death. In social life. our new:- pnpern are stuuielicd all over with reports of divorce and svplr ition trials. of infidelity and i war". of gigantic crimes undertaken. halt in. nplished or completed. What shall be the end of these thin" 7“ .

From Mexico.

an \‘ontt. .Ian. su..-.v ("by of Mexico letter of l)cc.l?th, states that my device has Ivuctt ptit in operation to raise money—— the first great tut-d of this Government. A municipal tax law has just been lsrllfll. which it is expected will produce some thrct millions of revenue. An excise law t'Illlit‘r into help. Also. putting a tax oti every eon- vt-yuncc. l'rivutc carriages must lay (it! dollars a year. l’ublic eoitv nice. I20 ti» ISU dolhit 'awn Ilrokei , 436 dollar down. According to their cl iss bul'crics lt‘l doll irs. ("Rambling Saloons, a he 'ty licti. isu dollars. and so forth.

Father Fisher. the well known Confidcn and t'onl' )l‘ of Maximilian. has at last l.ch set at llbL ty through the intt version of hi friends, including wine Aiueraans.

eluri'isiiundcnrt‘.

LETTER FROM BOSTON. -

Ilos‘rox. Cttitisrnas. 1867. Dear Journal :—-

(.‘iiuls'rxias a great day in Ibis-tomato in all Ainvliiau cities. Windows to beautifully tlccorati-l. ainl posts and pi lal'S lined with loin ly cicrgietns iti lioia of tho birth ol olir (irrat Mash-r at. 'l‘raclicr. Were it not tor cold \\'t‘.~l wind: ’ is iniiisumim-i

\oti would snppos

troiii boats t-ll ii ...i . .iinl \ :gonso. the i~ is running III P cry llll't‘l'lltlli 'I'hri'c s n‘i \vintcr hero \ l-iitivini

coin and pcoplr‘a lit-ails just. "Hard thin-s“ is llll! word \vlii-i'i-vcr yo. go; lniiulicds are out of rtnplurvmcnmi l:- scai'ce know how to it -o :i hard uintrl

llnt not so hard bcre as in New Yoi'lt.—-.

to.» d ago a poor woman poisoned In-

lour c ilren and then uttcmptcd suicidt-

rather than face hard times. Vendors o t:\'l‘l')llllll‘ press you to come in and bug iliat which is lu-iil up and praised for tho. almighty dollar. To my young,r Islam

i't'iciiils who have good honi s.‘ my role. is. bccontciit tlu-i'c whcro you tiru ml

and out ol temptation. Those who com. here and are prudent may do well. rim and make money; but if jimlt‘sh and jinx. they soon find the way that leads to ruin' Those who wiin good society atid clioict company will liiid such licru; societicsui‘i liereot'tln very best chcripiion. to th- inost of which students are invited fri-c' the Young \lcn‘s ('hrislian i ucialion "a moral oi naiticnt to the city. with it: It dtllllg Rooms. Lecture Ilooins. anti I'i'aycr Mi- 'tings. There are excellent trnipizi'nni-c societies hni , Odd Fellou'S. 'l'cniplai's aiitl Sons ol'ltinpcranct‘. ’l‘ln

Divisions ire A. l. and by the way I must hell you that temperance men. like. thi- fools. art: not all dead yet. TIIU sale ol itiiti is not lrgalised in this the. but (In

" l’. L. 3):“ at the late t-lcction claim lo have won a \ ictoi'y. alid it is supposed ruin shops trill soon be as open and common as they ever \vcl‘c. Last it i day ouvpopultir and tcctotal preacher in meat Temple told its '- that the lawmakers feared the people rather than God anti the right. and ' 'cording'ly done wrong that good might conte—grccnbaeks iitto l hvlr pockets—that there were lllt'll iti Boston who would slob ravch tempt mice to the very heart, but they couldn't do it—that n rumsellcr \ : a soul-tuurdctcr and ti lcvil‘s tool. and be i-‘.lic\\' it too.“ It is at present re. iark- :iblr how seldom a drunken person is seen in the slrctts lui I have lately bccn at two Lcrces, win it. I s~ w not a dropof any- thing that would into ' ate. VU all last Friday cvciiirg enjoyed ourselves very nicer at tho " itevcru.“ at the annual Levtc given by the. Faculty oi Harvard University. The ail'uireost. about 81300. There were present about 3:3 prolcssors atid doctors. and about 400 students. The sllppnl' was all that could he wished. At >hcrs and goblcts. tilled— i win —Iiut lemonade and pure sparkling u- (or. 'l'bccutci nmeiitivoiind up with t is. spccchi-s. .. and ended by giving/frat Illl'cc cheers for the Qin- in. three lor the l‘vc 'dcnt. three for tho I' ulty. tn. . the. Your lslaudyou may suppose was h-chly represented on one occasion. tltc duty having fallen on yours most humbly.