Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-11-01
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yesrs sgo, Ind ws believe proceeded o,iei.
nailJ tom the pen Of = Washington letter
we revive it, ssys an exchange paper, OF
account Of its eccentric sinifcance, end com
mend il TO the attention Of The Ch.rles,or
Mercury:
The other morning, al the breakfast table
our friend the Hon. John c. Calhoun. seem.
Cd ve,y much troubled and Out of Spirits
You know he is altogether a venerable m, n
~Hh . bard. Stern. Scotch Irish face. soften.
ed in its expression around the mouth by q
soFt Of ssd smile, which wins the hear,s n
all who converge with him His hair j,
.snnw wbie.. He is tell. thin add snpuls,
: .Heyeminds yau very much OF Old Hickory
e.; Ths, he is honest, no. one doubts; he has
; sscti6ced to his f.,slism his brightest, rope.
F.. Of political sdys9eemen,-h.s aff-red 10 on
- the SHINE ofahs. necessity which he wor.
8 chips ell tha, can excite smhi,ion-even the
Ptesidency of The United States. t-.t.
j : Bot To. my, story. The other morning a,
sthe tseskfast-isblf, where ], an unobsrrved
,specssto.. hsppeeed to be spre.eni, Calhoun
ives -"bsetsed TO gsze frequently al his righl
hand, and brush i, with his left in hurried
end ,nervouag msnner. He did this so often
ihs' II excited attention. A, length one Of
the persons composing tI,e breakfast psrty
Ibis name, think. is Toombs, and he is
. member of Congress from! Georeia--,onk
lupen himself,o ask the occasion of Mr.. Col
'hosn's d,squie,ude. Hs.~. -s.a
g"Does your hand pain you - he asked.
= To this Mr. Calhoun replied, 10 rather q
.fusiedi msnner--"Pshaw! ], is nothing
Only q dream which had last night, and
which makes me see perpe,ually q large,
blsck spo.-like an ink blo,ch-upon the
back Of nv righs hand. An op.icsl illusion,
! suppose" 80 =. -a...,
10 or course these words exci,ed The Curl
o.ity Of the company, but no one ventured
10 beg she details Of this singular dream,
until Toombs asked quietly
"Whas Vas your dream like? I'm no,
supersii,iaus about dreams; but come
times thes have a good desI Of truth 10
ihem.'' see - - $50 80 i
"But this was such q peculiarly absurd
dream" said MI. Calhoun, sgsin brushing
the back Of bis RICH. hand ;''bowever, if il.
does moi too much in.rude upon the time
Of our friends, ! will rels,e i, TO you.''
or course the company were. profuse in
their expressions Of snxie.y to know oil ..
bou. the dresm.d IN his singularly swee.
voice, Mr.. =Cslhouu related il:
- AT late boas les, night. as was sitting
IN my room Engaged in wiring, was a..
topished By the entrance If . visitor, who
entered and wnhou, word took sea, op-
posite me. tiny table. This surprised me,
~ had given particular orders TO the SER
want thu, should on no account be disiur-
bed. The manner in which tho intruder
eniered, go. perfectly self-possessed, taking
his seaseopposi.e me, witbou. . w6rd; %
though my room and all thin ii belonged
10, him. excited in me az much surprise %
indigns,ion. As ! raised my head 10 look
into his features, over the top Of my shaded
lamp, ! discovered that he was wrapped in
q thin cloak, which effec.usIly concssled
his face aud features from my view. Aud
- ] raised my head he epoke: |
f:..Whs, ere you wiring, Senator from
South CsEolins ~ ,-..,e2 =.aos
~ did not think Of his impertinence a,
first, bu, snswered him velun,srily- -.
81 am writing plan for the dissolution
If the American Union, you know, gentle
men, that On expected to produce plan
of dissolution ia the even, Of eer,sin con-
tipRencies.} ~
"To this the intruder replied, in the cool
est manner possible: f'r .,-';.<...< ..-'.
Ex-senator from South Carolina, will you
allow me 10 look q. your hsnd-your RICH,
bsnd?' -. @e.'.-::..
HE rose, the clock fell. end ] beheld hi.
struck me like . thunder elsp. Il was the
face If dead man whom ex.rsordiosry e.
vents had called back to life. The features
were those Of General George Washington !;
yes, gentlemen the intruder was none other
then George Washington. He was dressed
IN the Revolutionary COSTUME, such ss you
see preserved in the Potent Office"
Here Mr.. Calhoun paused apparently
much sgi.s,ed. His sei,anon, J need no,
tell you, vas shared by The company
Toonbs 81 length broke the embarrassing
pause. "WeiI. w.e-l.I. what was the issue
Of This scene ~ M. Calhoun resumed:
'"This intruder, as have said, rose and
asked to look q, my right hand. As though
had not The power to refuse, J extended.
The truth 10 felt q siesnge thrill pervsde
me ., his Touch +; he prssped j. and held j,
near The light, thus sf1orJine me foil time to
exsmine every fes,ure Of his face. |. was
the face Of Washington. Gentlemen, J.
shudderet a. ] beheld the horribly dssd g.
live look Of tho, vissge. Alter holding my
hand for . moment, he looked q, me stead
lily and said in a qoie. way:
"sAnd with this right hsnd, Senator from
Csrolips. you would sign your name to .
pepper declaring The Union dissolved ?
- answered in ,he affirmative. Yes
eaid ], If certain contingency srieer. ! vi
;~r me- name IN The Deriarslion of D,sso.