Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-22

} ton of our government.
Do You BELIEVE IN DREAxs?-T
those who believe in dreams, the follow
ing well-authenticated account from tn
Cincinnati Daily Times will be ricI
} treat to strengthen their faith:
a Singular Dream-Most Remark
able Realizdtion.-A young married
lady, the wife of Main street mer
chant, residing on Race street, in tn,
vicinity of Third. had most singula
dream on the night of Wednesday, Dec
6, which has since been realized in re
markable manner. The name of tn,
lady we withhold at her own request
On the night spoken of she retired t.
her bed in a pleasant frame, not how
ever particularly elated. The first o
the night she was visited by deeT
sleep, which, as the dawn appeared
gave way to slumber Of more broker
character. Suddenly she dreamed
and dreaming saw her brother. the samC
that two years ago left his orphan home
to brave the hardships of California
life, that he might secure to himself
and sister a competency. She saw him
rise from bed in a small hut-like tene
ment, and running his hand under the
pillow, drew from thence revolver and
huge-knife, both of which he placed
in belt that he wore around his body.
1t seemed that it was not far from mid
night, for the embers were yet smoking
on the rude hearth, and as they cast
their lurid glare over his countenance,
she thought that perhaps it was all a
dream, but then she concluded that no
dream could he real, and became con-
yinced that all was actual.
While she gazed upon his counte-
nance, the expression suddenly changed
it betrayed an intense watchfulness;
every pulse seemed suspended, and
every heart-throb muffled, while the
eye stood fixed on a particular spot
near the head of the bed, where,
through small aperture not noticed be-
fore, was human hand grasping a short
keen instrument, looking terribly like a
dagger. 1t apparently sought the head
of the bed, for as it touched the pillow
it passed itself slowly down to about
the supposed region of the heart, and
poised itself for second, as if to make
sure its aim. That second was sufficient
for the brother to rise noiselessly from
his seat, and draw his bowie-knife from
his belt, and advance a single step to-
ward the bed. Just as the dagger de-
scended into the blankets, the knife of
the brother came down like a meat-axe,
close to the aperture, completely sever
ing the hand of the would-be assassin
above the wrist, and causing the dagger
and limb to fall on the bed, trophies of
his victory. A deep, prolonged yell
sounded from without, and on rushing
to the aperture and convincing himself
that there was but one, the brother un-
bolted the door and stepped out. The
moon was shining. and by its light dis
covered a man writhing as if in the last
agonies.
The miner drew the body near the
door, and turning his face to the fire,
beheld the visage Of Mexican, who,
Tor some fancied injury, had sworn to
never rest content until he had taken his
the brother's) life. On examining the
nan closely, he was discovered to have
wound in the vicinity of the heart,
which a long, sharp, two-edged blade in
lis hand, abundantly accounted for D.,
Failing in the attempt to assassinate his |
'ictim, he had, with his only remaining !
Iand, driven another knife to his own !
Ieart The lady awoke, and, wildly J
with the dream, related its {
ubstance as here recorded, to her hus- I
and. Judge then of her and his sur {
rise, when they yesterday received a i
etter from California, per the North t
tar, frem the brother, relating an ad- {
enture on he night Of Dec. 9Th, precise a
: identical with that seen by the lady t
| her dream. Verify there are strange v
lings in heaven and earth. Was the t,
ream merely an accidental coincidence, q
r was the spirit of the dreamer actually
in the lodge of the brother?-
hese and other inquiries involuntarily
Sc to the lips, and seek a solution not e,
ct granted to mortals to solve.