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Show GAVE A SOLEMN WARNINeV Providential Escape of a Darky Urged Him to Prophesy. Gen. John Palmer, formerly Commander Com-mander in Chief of tho Grand Army o: tho Republic, told this story at tho Grand Union hotel: Ono Sunday, whllo in camp nenr tho Rapidan, wo received word that a baptism under the auspices of tho colored church would occur on tho banks of the river at 11 o'clock, and nearly tho whole regiment went down. Tho river was rushing llko a mill-stream mill-stream nnd tho outdoor baptism was a risky performance. The flrBt one to wado out and reach the mlnlBtcr, who had secured a good footing, wns a young buck about twenty twen-ty years of age. As the minister laid him down and ho felt tho cold water covering him ho struggled eo hard that ho got away from tho minister nnd went down out of sight in a second. sec-ond. Tho witnesses were shocked to stillness nnd wero wondering what to do when about 500 feet down the stream tho negro's head was icon coming up, and as ho had struck a sunken tree ho kept climbing along, sputtering out tho river water right and left, seeking a perch where ho could get his breath. Tho observers, expecting some expression ex-pression of thankfulness on his part after his narrow cscnpo, wero Bhocked a second tlmo when ho hollored out: "Go on, go on up there, but somo-body's somo-body's gwlno to loso a nlggah, sure, foro you git froo wld dls nonsenso." Now York Times. |