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IF" At f BtaneandX Overseas Kt-epyourtAoes neat and! preserve the leather , V THE F.F.DALUEV h corporations, UMrrro. M BUFFALO, /V. V. J0C* r SHOE , POUSHES LmUiDS and PASTES ~ For V black ; white/ton, dark brown, l^vor ox- blood shoes. ^ WASHINGTON'S DKKAM. Kfnwiubk FropheNy Alleged to Have Come to George hi a Vision. ( Reproduced by Request. ) The following interesting article is hi ken from The American Banner, published at Pittaburg, Pa. In 1871:. The last time 1 saw Anthony Hher man was on the fourth of July, 1^69 In Independence Square. He wan 0t> am* very feeble. Together we went into Independence Hall. Beating our selves on one of the woodeij benches fuy aged companion said: "I want -to tell you an incident of Washington's life ? oue which no man knows of except myself, and, if you live, you will beforo long see It veri lod. Mark the prediction. You will soe it verified." I give the following narrative as near as possible in hTs own words: When tho bold action of our con gress, in asserting the independence of the colonies, became known In the old world, we were laughed and scoff ed at as silly, presumptions rebels whom British grenadiers would very soon tame into submission ; but un dauntedly we prepared to make good what we had saidi^ The keen encoun ter came, and the world knows the result. It is easy aud pleasant for those of the present generation to talk and write of the days of '76, but they little know, neither can they Imagine, tut trials and sufferings of those fear ful days. And there is one that I much iear, and thac is the American peo ple do not appreciate the boon of freedom. Party spirit is yearly becom ing stronger and stronger, and with out it Is checked, will at no distant day undermine and tumble into ruins the noble structure of the republic. Bnt left me hasten to my narrative. From the opening of the revolution we experienced all phases of fortuue, how good and now ill one time vic torious and other time conquered. The darkest period we, had, however, was, I think, when Washington, after sev eral reverses, retreated to Valley Forge, where he resolved to pass the rl . ?'TV v .?.?VPRS^MIfBEK winter of 1770. Ah J 1 liuvo often rocu tears iDiiiMln* down our clear com mander's cheeks, as lie would be con versing with a confidential Officer about the condition of his i>oor sol dlerH. You have doubtless heard the Atory <>f Washington going to the thicket to pray ; well, it is not ouly true, but he used often to pray In secret for uld and comfort from that (Jod. the interposition of whose Provi dence a lout' brought us safely through those dark days of tribulation. ? One day, I remember well the chilly winds whistled through the leafless trees, and the sky was cloudless, and the sun shining brightly, lie rernaiu ed In hlk quarters nearly all after noon alone. When he paupe out I no ticed that his face was paler than usual, and that therd seemed to bo something . mxm hl4 mind o| more than ordinary importance. Returning just aftCr dusk, he dispatched an or derly to the quarters of the officer I have mentioned, who was presently in attendance. After a preliminary con versation, which lasted about half an hour, Washington, gazing ui>on his companion with that strange look of dignity which he alone could corn mand,' said to the latter: "I do not know whether It is owiutt to my anxiety of mymlnd or what, but th}" afternoon as 1 was sitting at this very table, engaged In preparing a dispatch something in the room seemed to disturb me. Looking up I beheld, standing opposite to me, a singularly beautiful female. So as tonished was I, for I had given strict orders not to be disturbed, that it was some moments before I found lan guage to inquire the cause of her presence. A second, a third and even a fourth time did I repeat the ques tion, but received no answer from my mysterious visitor except a slight raising of the eyea By this time I felt a strange sensation spreading through me. I would have risen, but' the riveted gaze of the being before me rendered volition impossible. I essayed for the llfth time to address her, but my tongue had become pow eiTess. Rven thought Itself suddenly became paralyxed. A now Influence, mysterious, potent, Irresistible. took IMHWKHioa of mo. All I could do was to gaze steadily and vacantly at my unknown vlstant. Gradually the sur I'oniulinu atmosphere mm^duhI tilled with sensation? and grew luminous. Everything about mo seemed to rarefy tin* mysterious visitor, herself Isvom lug more airy and yet more distinct to my sight than before. I now began to. fool as ono dying, or rather to 01 )>erlonoo the sensation* which I have sometimes Imagined dissolution. "I did not think. 1 did not reason, 1 I did n<$ move, all were ullke Impos- f slble. 1 was only coi)licloua of nation , ilx?f<T and vacantly ftt my oompanlon. I Presently 1 hoard a. voice saying. ' 'Hon of the Republic, look and learn' while at the same time my visitor ex tended her arm ea&twardly. 1 tow beheld a heavy white vapor at some distance, rising fold upon fold. This gradually failed away and 1 beheld a ; strange scene. Iicfore me lay out. In one vast plain, all the countries of the world ? Europe, Aslu, Africa and Am- , erica. 1 saw the Atlantic rolling and , tossing t?etween Kurope and America, and the Pacific lay between America and Asia. I " 'Son of the Republic,' said the same voice, 'look and learn'. At the sanit> moment 1 beheld a dark, shad owy being, like au angel, floating in midair between Europe and America. Pipping water out of the ocean in the hollow of each hand be wprLnkled some on America -with his right hand, while he cast upon Knrope some with his left. Immediately a dark cloud rose from each of these continents and joined in mid-ocean. For awhile it remained stationary, /and then mov ed slowly westward, until it enveloped America In,. Its nnu<k folds. Sharp flashes of lightnings gleamed through put It at Intervals,- and I heard the smothered groans and cries of the American i>oople. "A second time the angel dipped water from the ocean, and sprinkled It. out as before. The dark cloud was then drawn back t<> the ocean. In whose heaving waves It sunk, from view, A third Slme I hoard the niys tenons voice saying : "'Son of the Republic, look and learn.' "I fast my eyes u|hm? America, ami behold the villages, towns and el ties springing up one after another until the whole luml from the Atlantic to tbe Pic^iio wm dotted ivlth them. Again 1 hoard the mysterious voice saying : ?' Son of the Republic, the end of the century comet h, look and leant' j "At this, the dark, shadowy angel turned his face southward, and from Africa I saw an lll-om^ued spectre approaching our land. It flitted slow ly au<* heavily over every town andj olty the latter, the inhabitants of \v hioh presently sot themselves In bat* tie array against each other. 1 saw a bright angel, on whoso brow rested a crown of light, ou which was traced the word 'Union', Ideating the Ameri can flag, which he placed between the divided nation, ami said : ?Koiuembor ye are brethren.' Instantly the inhubi , trtnts, casing f<?rth their weapon*, be came friends once more, uniting around the stars and stripes. And again 1 heard the mysterious voice saying : <VSon of the Republic, the end of a century cometh, look and learn' "At this the dark, shadowy augel placed a trumpet to hi* mouth and blew three distinct blasts, and taking some water from the ocean, sprinkled it out upon Kurope, Asia and Africa. Then my eyes beheld fearful scenes. From each of those continent*! qroso thick. black clouds which soon joined in one and throughout this mass there gleamed a dark rod light by which I saw hordes of men who moving with the cloud, marched by land and sail ed by sea to America, which country was presently enveloped In the cloud. 1 dimly saw these vast a r piles devas tate the whoio country, and burn vil I ages, towns and cities that I had bo held springing up. As my oars lis toned to t he thundering of cannon, clashing i?f swords, and shouts and cries <>f the millions in mortal combat, the shadowy angel placed the trumpet once more to hi" mouth and Mow a long fearful blast. Instantly n light as from u thousand suns shone down f roiu above mo and pierced and broke Into fragments the dark cloud that on volouoo America. At tho sumo mo ment I saw tho angel upon whose head still shone tho word, 'Union', and who bore our national Auk In one hand and a xword in tho other, de? ?cojul from heaven attended by lo glons of bright spirits, These Imme diately Joined tho inhabitants of Am erica, who, 1 perceived, were Wftll nigh overcome, but who immediately, j taking courage again, closed up their broken ranks and renewed the battle. Again, amid tho fearful noise of the conflict, 1 heard: " Won of the Republic, look and learn !" "Ah tho voice ccascd the shadowy angel for the. last time dlpi>cd water from the ocean and sprinkled it over America. Instantly the dark cloud rolled Iwu-k .together with the armies It had brought leaving the Inhabitants of the land victorious. Then once more I beheld towns and cities springing up when* they had "been before, while the bright angel, planting the atcuro standard he had brought In the midst of them, cried aloud : " 'While the. star** remain, and tho heavens wnd dawn dew upon the earth, so long shall 4 he Republic last. And taking from tholr brow tho crown on which blazed tho word 'Union', he placet it upon the standard, while tlu> people, kneeling down, said 'Amen*. "Tho scene now faded away and 1 found myself once more gating upon the mysterious visitor, who, In the sii me voice I heard before, said: " 'Son of tho Republic, what you have seen is thus Interpreted. Throe perils shall came upon the republic The most fearful 1h the second, pass inn which the world united shall nev er be able to prevail against hor. F^et ? very child of the republic learn to live for,, his Clod, his land and the TuionV With these words my visitor vanished atid 1 started from my seat feeling that 1 had seen a vision where in had lieon shown me the birth, pro K r**srt, uiul del State*. in Union11 Htrength; In dlsui tion.' "Such my frleiU venerable Anthony1 t ho words 1 heard own llpn." K1IXK1) HKVI Former Citadel (tamely knj I >r. J. II. 1 >a vlrt, ly of ItennctUvOle, hi following lot tor from per, tho Vnlted Stat< of Internal rovonuo, ni#n, which was publl Week's 1Nh> I)eo Vihin'i Washington, l>. c? Or. .1. II. David, IHUoi I >e?v Dr. David:?! should Immediately o an excerpt frmn'HTlof ed from my son Daniel] whom I infer from th tho same trenches ami, when ho wax killed. 41 Y Oil would Iks suri the number of men through their own recklessness. Just thj friend of mine was way. You will be pr< another cant* of a Hoi son of Dr. David, mm Carolina, who met ? a glorious ono-? It, He was overwhelms but. he bud a pile front of him. Ho fou]f accounted for seven pistol and than wan eiupty rifle when hlud. My friend and u tine officer." Tbls Is a splendid tho record should you In the loss. Is thing to have cotntrl to the defense of Hon. While ox\ thy for you In the 1< tlonshlp. I congratulat State on havlug real Such instances shouk the attention of the as they will Inspire people in tbls war of] inanity und democrat' With kind person Mlucerel Records to Be K. W. Robertson, at the third Liberty fcoaa/i 111 it tee in South Cai addresaed a letter to! men aud workers tbrc culling for an alphal subscribers, the lists to permanent record In the Mr. Hobertson also m people "back homo' tli of Invest iug bonds, wh^ on the tiring line, pati their lives for ouj protection pud w< orations, liave takf in order that tht may be protected of war should fall We have a large stock of the following specials that we desire to put on sale for the next Ten Days in order that tomers can reap the benefit of the reduced prices in this time of soaring prices. Having purchased these goods long the advance in price, we have been offered a handsome profit by the same people that we purchased them, but rath1 sell them to the mills, we've decided to give. our customers the benefit of these goods and the low prices. Also other that we have not space to enumerate. It is better to see them than to read about them. 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