Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1852-03-20
4 SINGULAR DREAM.

some nineN years agn there routShtt tu
Glasgow cuh If Young men, Nb,ch from IA.
extreme prof gtcy ct us members and III l.cen
uou>uess ni their utgies. was commonly called
he Hell Club. Besides their ntshll, or weekly
meetings, they held che grand annual setufpaHa,
~ which each one l,ird to excel he olher IN
drunkenness aud hia,phemy aud on lhese occa-
sluns there WAS no STAR amongst them whose la
rad light was more cou>picuou, than that OF Young
Mr. Archibald T.. who, en.owrd with brilliant
ta,en.s and htnt~one person, had held out
grrs promise in b, hovhoai aut raised hopes
which bad been completely Illustrate by his sub
srqueul reckless dissipation.
! One moaning ai-r returning from he annual
/ festival Mr. Archibald B.. having retired to bed
/ dresmrd The following dream:
| tie lanci, d Dhat hr himself was mounted on a
/ tayoa,e back horse that be always rode, aud he
was procerdug towards his own hau,e--,hen a
country seat empowered with trees, aud forming
/ pau OF the cy-wben stranger whom the
darkness OF the night prevented his distinctly
d seeming, student, seized his horses reDe, say
| ing "Inu must go with NET
! "Anu who are You :" exclaimed the Young
man. with voliey of oahs, while be struggled
To free himself
That you will see by and BY" returned the
other in tone that excited untccouatahle ter
ror IN the youth, who plunged his spurs into his
horse, attempted 10 fly, hut in vain. However
last the animal few, The stranger was beside HIM
till at length the rider was thro An but Instead of
being dashed TO he earth as be expected, b.
found himself still falling, falling falling sub as
il sinking IN the bowels Of the earth.
I l.,
descent, b. f,und breath 10 inquire IF hi, com.
panion va, still beside him, WHITTIER they were
going. where am where are you taking
me he exclaimed.
40 hell" rep led the Stranger and immc
djarely iulerminable echoes repeated the sound,
to he'll! tu hell to HEIR
Al length light appeared which soon in
creased 10 blaze but instead Of The cries. ihe
arodns, and lamentations which the terrified
traveller expected, nothing met h~ ear bul sounds
OF music, mlrh and lony, and he found HIM
sch at the enhance OF a superb build NJ. GreN
reedlng any be had seen constructed with human
hands hn, loo, what scene No ainuse
meni, employment, or pursuit Of man on earth
hu there was being carried on with vrhemence
that excited his unullerable MANAGEMENT, !heue
the young aud lovely still swarm through The
giddy dance, There The painting ,,esd sill bore
hi, brutal rider through lhe excitement of the
race There, over The midnight bowl, the ia.
temperate still drawled out The wuntou soug or
maudeliog blssphemyl The CANT Ter piled Tor
ever his endless game, and the slaves of nam
mon oled through eternily their bitter task ;
whilst all The magnifcrnce Of earth paIpd before
that which now met his view.
He soon perceived that he vas among old &C.
quauanccs, whom he knew 10 BIZ dead. and each
he Observed was pursuing the object. whatever
il was, that had formerly pnsrossed him; when
finding himself relieved of bis unwelcume con
duclOr he venlured 10 address his lurmpr friend
: Mrs D, whom he saw sitting, rs had been
her wont on earth, absorbed Al loot qnes ed
her 10 rest from the game, and introduce hun t.
} the pleasures of he place, which appeared 10 hp
yery unlike what he had expected, and indeed an
, extremely agreeable one. But, with the cry o
agony she answered tia, there was no rest IN
hell; that they must ever toll on al hose very
: pie snres; ard inuumerahIp voices echoed thro
the inlermlnable vaults. There is no rest in
he'll - whilst lhrnwing open their vests, each
disclosed in bis bosom an ever burning flame -
These they said. were the pleasures Of hell
their choice on earth had been heir ueyllabl.
doom In the midst of The horror his SCENE in,
spred, hi conductor returned and, at his ga,
nest ennealy restored him again 10 earth but
p as be- Quilted m, be said "Remember, in a yea,
and day we meet again"
: Al Ibis cri-is Of h- dream, the sleeper aw0kr
i~veri,h and II and whether from he effect o
the dream or Of his preceding orgies. he WAS St
unweII as 10 be Obliged 20 keep his bed for seye
= raj DAYS; during which period he had time fo
: many serious reflections, which terminated n
resolution 10 abandon the club aud his ceniou
companions altogether
he was no sooner well, however. Than the,
u Hooked around bin, bent on recovring vaua
: bic member OF their s0riely; and havinl
y wrun2 from him conf. siGa Of the cause of hi,
= detection which, as NAV be supposed, ape trer
: to lhrm ridiculous, ,hry soon conlrived 70 MAXI
him a.bamed Of his good resolutions. He loner
= them again; and resumed hi, former course %
e life and when The annual sarurnaa camp runnd
) hr found himself with his glass in his hand A
II he table when he president, rising 10 make ih
accustomed speech began with saying, Gentle
2 men, this being leap year, il is a year and a da
J. since our last anniversary" &c. The wrrt
y struck upon the Young mans ear ike a knell
d hut ashamed 10 expose Es weakness to the peer
Of mis- comrades, he set out the feast. plying him
e self with wine even more literally than usual
in order TO drown his intrusive thoughts liil il
The gloom Of a winters morning he mounted hi
horse to ride home. Some hours afterwards th
horse was found with his saddle aud bride on
quietly grazing by the road side, about bali wa
between the city AMI -. house, whilst a iey
e yards 1T lay The corpse Of his master.
. This is true story and no fciion the cir
: cumstances happened as here related. An &C
count of il was published at the time. bit the cop
p" les were bought up by the family. Two or tire
CT however were preserved and the narrative wa
N reprinted. Mrs Crou's Night side of Nature
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i. OF That Mexico is queer place. One ha
of the people are ex presidents, and the olhe