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tbrdaiw index.FRIDAY MORSIHQ, lEC.1S.lg68. ,A cbwt-«r Maethln^u Prlnee : William V«i. i^Correspondence of tho Alorsndria Oajotle,} jParses Wiluam Cwhtt, Ya.,\ iDec. 12, 1808. t It become# juj duiy,,io chronicle a most singular nnd extraordinary series of «oc- ■ turaal visitation#. yon tbo j.nTLOf some ghostly apparition, to the farm of one whom r shall call Silas Brown, Esq., a . peaceable and intelligent citizen of this countv. Mr. Brown lives in what is known as ' tho forest- of-near tbo village of rade]*mden£Titn, and his'residence is com pleiely surrounded with the growth indigenous to that section ofthe county. ...For the past few weeks visiomof an alarming character hays been seen in the neighboring forest, but more particularly in the copse adjacent to Mr. Brown's barn and stable. A.t numbers of times has an immense figure been seen losing to ana fro near the barn, with _ large boras and terrible claws, which it contracts to a sort of hoof, and has assaulted M-. Brown, when he attempted after dark to feed bis horse# and. stock, in tuch a manner and with such violence that ha has been compelled to nee to his house for safety. Tim figure, to the best of Mr. Brown’s recollection, seemed About three times as' large us a man in its front, and having a back converging from its ncrk und shoulders horizontally to the distance of some six or eight feet, and supplied on each side with huge and tremendous arms, it is of a pulo hhreish color when first seen, but upon being irritated by the lienr approach of any person becomes a deadly white, and issues From its surface a small volume of smoke, accompanied with a sickening smell- This ghoul, or unnatural and horrible animal or demon, has been seen as often as four times ne.tr Mr. Brown’s stable; and when seen, it has lingered till its ckally effluvia has completely impregnated the surrounding »tmlt;%hero. 0 fc evening Mr. Brown, de-srring-to have another beside himself see this terrible visitant, induced « courageous gentleman whom I shall call Siger, who happened with bis wife to spend the evening at Mr. Brown’s, to go to the stable to feed his horses. Mr. Siger, not believing the story, '.vent without hesitation, when, upon entering the stable, -he was (ilurctted by the fell at or near his feet, with a deep rmnbliug sound, of a tremendous stone. Mr. Siger, syithoul looking to see whence the rock cnme, picked the stone up, and it was so hot that he was compelled to drop it. iJpon looking up he beheld the unearthly monster not over fifty yards from him, and the air became quickly filled and inoculated with brimstone, fi) -Not wishing- to be thought a coward, he did not mention anything of this at the house; but upon walking home with bis wife the same night he told, her of what happened at the stable,- and instantly she became alarmed, and was carried hdmein a suite of apparent insensibility- _The neighborhood ifl in ft terrible slate of excitement, and steps have been ■ taken to investigate this frightening matter.By your next issue h may be possible that some clue can be gained to tbo identify and character of this hideous »on--sler- K-The Tobacco Ihterest.—The entire tobacco interest of the country seeins to bo up’ib'aras against the seventy-eighth and ninety-fourth sections of the Internal Revenue law passed in July, which limits the time in which the stock of tohacco on hand can be disposed of. The Committee on Ways and Means heard a delegation on the subject this morning, srtd found about 100 Taetnotials, tfrom ..every section of the country,' calling for a repeal of those portions of the law. Ono from Chicago^ was signed by 8,000 names. It is very likely that the committee will recommend legislation. extending the time.
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