Nous publions dans ce famoo 2 récits du phenomène remarquable qui fut observé dans le comté de Greenbrier ? un fourni au Hichmond Whig par un officier intelligent et l'autre fourni au Spectator par un gentilhomme de Lewisburg dont nous approuvons l'intelligence, le caractère et la véracité au plus haut degré. Les caractères des témoins disant avoir vu le phénomène décrit dans leurs campruntcations sont approuvés par ceux qui les ont connus intimement durant de nombreuses années. Que ces témoins aient vu un spectacle remarquable fait peu de doute. Quelle est l'interprétation adaptée de cette procession vers le nord de where bundles jallowed by figures of men robed in seillity appeared of the same color ? We suggest the following :
The white lamelles represent the entten bales whiels, the weak kenned sceres sionists of Mississippi are few sending North, and the fringe of grisx?the problem of that color being formaten".?indicates how great the planters are for having forsake a their country, not the figures of men marching North at a rapid pace in the reality garb described, represent that these traiterons cotton cellers should be reduced in their dress to a xxx o shirt tartened of thele "tight hides" by a pirater of tar, but be nizae to sds xxxx xxth at a "double quick"
The able de of arius and equipments requerxx they belong to that xxxmerangs xxx of "men of war" which, hofeir the xxxx , were so willing to spell their "fast dropp and board," but minee the war bive shrown are a remgrettable dread of spelling the "first drop."
Strange phenomenon
On this afternoon of the 1st remfiant, a strange phenomenon was seen in Greenbrier county by Mr. Miyers Dwyer, Mrs Pearcy, weather ladies, a youth neatly grown, and a servant girl. These respectable witnesses state that they saw what seemed to be neonatles multitude of men, dressed in white, marching in column, on the ground through an open field, up the mountain slope at a rapid pace, quicker than double quick time, the columns only separated by a few feet. The witnesses sate that they could see the men not only as a whole, but the individual parts?their heads, arms, legs and feet. Occasionally one would lag a little behind, and could be distinctly seen to quicken his pace to regain his position in the line. They were passing for an hour or more, and, it is thought, numbered thousands upon thousands?The field over which they passed is several hundred yards in length, and they covered the entire area in passing.?Their general appareance was white, and they were without arms or knapsaks.
An officer, of intelligence and character, in writing to the Richmond Wnig concerning this story, in a private note, says :
"I put myself to some trouble to ascertain the facts, and questioned the witnesses separately. They are above suspicion. I have given all the material facts, except that these called men were marching north or northwest, right thro the mountains. They were of all sizes, and as much like men as if they had been res' flesh and blood."