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tbrdaiy index.FEIDAY M0RSga, DEC.1$.lg^. _a imeiblaiHii ivinceWilliam CiaW. '*•[Correspondcnco of tho AJorandria Gazette,]Parses William Cwkty, Va., \ Doc. 12, 1808. It become# mj duty.,to chronicle a most singular and extraordinary series of nocturnal visitations. yon tbo part of eomc ebostly apparition, to the farm of one whom I shall call Silas Brown, Esq., « peaceable and intelligent ettitvsn of this countv. Mr. Brown lives In what is known as the forest of--PrincO* »jliain» near tbo village of radeienden£littl, md liisresidence is completely surrounded with the growth indigenous to tluit section ofthe county. ...For the past few weeks vistons of an alarming character have been aeon in the neighboring forest, but more particular]) in the copse adjacent to Mr. Brown's barn and stable. A.t numbers of times has an immense figure been seen losing to and fro near the barn, with _ 1 urge horns and terrible claws, which it contracts to a sort of hoof, and has assaulted M*\ Brown, when be attempted after dark to feed bis horses and stock, in inch a manner and with such violence that is has been compelled to nee to his bouse for snfetv. The 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 no'it and shoulders horizontally to the distance of some six or eight feet, and supplied on each side with huge andtremen-uoua arms, it is of a pale blueish color when first seen, but upon being irritated by the ncur approach of any person becomes a dcmlty white, ami issues from its surface a smut) volume of smoke, accompanied with n sickening smell- This ghoul, or unnatural and horrible animal or demon, has been seen as often as four times near Mr. Brown’s stable; and when seen, jt has lingered till its deadly effluvia has completely impregnated the surrounding utmdsybero. O e evening Mr. Brown, dew-ring to have another beside himself see this terrible visitant, induced a courageous gentleman whom I shall call Siger, who happened with 'his wife to spend the evening at Mr. Brown’s, to go to the stable to feed his horses. Mr. Siger, not believing the story, went without hesitation, when, upon, entering the stable, -he was alarmed by the fa!) at or near bis feet, with a deep rumbllug sound, of a tremendous stone. Mr. Siger, without looking to see whence the rock came, 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, (!) -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 home in a smto of apparent insensibility. _The neighborhood is in a lerriWo stale of excitement, and steps have been. ■ taken to investigate this frightening matter. _Bv your next issue it may be possible that some cine can be gained to tbo identity and character of this hideous mon-xtcr. K-
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