Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-03-13
SINGULAR DREAM-MOST REMARKABLE
REALIZATION.

A young married lady, the wife of Main st..
merchant, residing on Race street, in the vicinity
of Third, had a most singular dream on the nigh
of Wednesday, December 5th, which has since
been realized in a remarkable manner.
The name of the lady we withhold at her owr
request.
On the night spoken of, she retired to her bee
in pleasant frame of mind, not, however, par.
| ticularly elated. The first of the night she wa,
visited by a deep sleep, which, as the dawn ap.
| peared, gave way to slumber of a more broker
character. Suddenly she dreamed-and dream.
ing, saw her brother, the same that two years
ago left his orphan home to brave the hardships
of California life, that he might secure, to him
self and his sister a competence.
She saw him rise from bed in a small hut
like tenement, and running his hand under the
pillow, drew from thence revolver and huge
bowie 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 they cast their lurid glare over his
countenance, she thought that perhaps it was all
| dream, but then she concluded that no dream
| could be so real, and became convinced that all
| was actual.
While she gazed upon his countenance, the ex-
preston suddenly changed-it betrayed an iu-
tense watchfulncss; every pulse seemed suspend
ed and every heart-throb muffled, while the eye
stood fixed on a particular spot near the head of
bed, where, through a small aperture not noticed
before, was human hand grasping short, keen
instrument, looking terribly like 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
its aim. That second was sufficient for the broth
er to rise noiseessly from his seat, draw his bow
lie knife from his belt, and advance toward the
bed. Just as the dagger descended into the blan-
kets, 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. deep, prolong-
cd yell sounded from without, and on rushing to
the aperture and convincing himself that there
was but one, the brother unbolted the door and
stepped out. The moon was shining, and by its
light was discovered a man writing as if in his
last agonies.
The miner drew the body to the door, and turn
ing his face to the fire, beheld the visage of a
Mexican, who for some fancied injury, had sworn
never to rest content until he had taken his (thc
brother's life.) On examining the man closely,
he was discovered to have Il wound in the vicinity
of the heart, which long, sharp. dyed blade
in his left hand abundanty accounted for. Fail
ing in the attempt to assassnate his victim, he
had, with his only remaining hand, driven another
knife to his own heart. The lady awoke, and,
vvidly impressed with the dream, related its SUBJ
stance as here recorded, to her husband.
Judge then of her and his surprise, when they
yesterday received letter from California, per
the North Star, from the brother, relating an ad-
venture on The night Of December 9Th, precisely
identical with that seen by the lady in her dream.
Verify there are strange things in heaven and
earth. Was the dream merely an accidental CO.
incidence, or was the spirit of the dreamer actual
ly present in the lodge of the brother? These
and other inquiries involuntariy rise to the lips,
and seek a solution not yet granted to mortals to
solyc.-Cin. Times.
TIE CzAR IS Ills SLEDcE-!et us stand on one
side, for the Emperor is coming; he is dress ID
in a gray military cloak and leather helmet Or
namentcd with gold, precisely similar to that of
any officer. lie has fine faces and his fair
complexion and the general cast Of his features
show his German descent, but there is something
peculiarly disagrceablc about his eyes. His no.
bic figure amply fills the sledge which drives at a
rapid pace past us. His majesty looks older than
few months ago his hair is grayer and his
shoulders rounder. yet he is fine man STILL He
acknowledged the low hSws of his people by a
military salute, and leaves behind him, as he atl-
vances, many open mouths and wide staring ewes
among the shcep-skin gentry, who perhaps but
just come into St. Petersburg with their &c Win
ter loads, and can scarcely gaze their fill at the
Gar, whom in their ignorance they imagine
kind of God upon the earth. Look 1.-THE Emperor
is giving military salute to some ladies in q blue
carriage, with two CossacSs in scarlet behind !;
it is her majesty the Empress, and her daughter.
The red uniform Of the Cossacks is the dstnc-
tive mark between her livery and that of the wife
of the heir apparent, which is blue.-Ihe Eng
iis|s Woman IN Russia.
DEATH OF characterization, during the
greater part of Jeffersou's first term, was in the
practice Of law in New York, earning and building
xl~rk~,
bar so eminent, placed him beyond rivalry. On
the lth day of July, 1904, he fell in duel with
Aaron Burr, at Weehawken, near the spot where
his eldest son had fallen victim to the same bar
sarous practice. 1t was not seen until death had
removed him, what an immense space he occupied
in the mind and heart of his country. The mourn
full tidings passed over the land, arousing the
sympathies of all classes, and entwining his mem
Ory with remembrances of the heroic age of the
confederacy, of which, next to Washington, he
was the most vivid p p:rsonation. Since the death
of Washington, no similar event has ever created
in the public mind such profound and universal
sensation. Looking back upon his evcntful and
splendid career, and standing over his early and
bloody grave, we'll might Fisher Ames, thrilling
with emotion, exclaim, as, in rapid review. the
stirring events and illustrious personages Of the
past swept over his memory s.My heart grows
liquid as speak, and pour it forth like water.'
Public horror and indignation, like an avenging
Nemesis, followed the honorable murderer as he
fled, vagabond and fugitive through the land;
speedily to be transformed into marauder and
turbulent flibuster, abhored and despised by all
the world.-BaldUin's Party Leaders.
G1T The Mimic Rifle is a very good instrument
for an European production, but it does not begin
with the rife invented by Col. Colt. The opinion
entertained by the Cleveland Herald, was once
very popular in London. To do away with that
popularity, Col. Colt, in November last, invited
the officers OF the o dinance Department to make
trial with him. Several of them did so. They
fred a Mimic rife and ball, and Col. Colt fred
one OF his repeating riAes-each being loaded
with an ordinary charge. Colts beat the Mimic.
driving ball through sixteen inch boards, while
the Mimic penetrated only thirteen. They then
loaded Colts with Mimic ball, and it beat by
great odds the gun ordinarily used with those
balls, loaded in the same way, with precisely the
same amount of powder. The experiments were
varied, by loading each gun with its own charge
of powder and ball, and then each with MIME
cartridge, and ball; and in every case COLTS arm
proved itself decidedly superior to the Mimic
Am erican editors should make a note of these
things. In the manufacture of the rife, the citi-
of the United States have ever taken the pre-
cedence of the world. This precedence is still
maintained and we imagine always will be.-AI-
bany Knickerbocker.
FouSD AT LAsr.-The ubiquitous scoundrel
who has attracted so much notice from the police
every where, and who was arrested under the name
OF Lynch, for having mutilated $40 bills on the