Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-09-11

from II wound in its SIDE. The youth
then, bidden By the headsman,
kneeIed before the block and placed.
his head thereon. The ak as sudden
| rose, gfttering in its course, and
! fell with q noise that echoed through
| the building. a stream Of blood
| flowed upon the floor, and reached
even the corps upon the throne,
while the head, rolling along the.
center of the hall, reached even the.
feet Of Charles and bathed them
with gore. The stern king had, IN
til now, been silent with surprise,
but the horror of the spectacle he
had just witnessed gave utte1ance to
his tongue: Advancing, therefore,
ulp5fhe hall, he addressed the prinei-.
pal Of the spectral ministers Of
State IF thou be spirit sent
from heaven, Oh ! speak to me; if
goblin damned, depart IN peacep'
The apecter lifting his hands, SOL
emnly and slowly replied aThou
art Charles the Eleventh. n ow,
marx; this blood shall not be split
| while though art King, but. I've
reigns afterwards. But woe betide
the blood Of & asa
From that instant, the shape Of
the numerous personages in the
ghostly assembly began to be less
vivid and distinct disappearing
altogether IN d few brief minutes.
The npernatursl lights, too, around
the chamber burned dim, and soon
became eztinguished and when
the chamber was lighted only BY
the fambeanx born By the King :
attendants, they only dlrnly showed
the ancient tapestry with which
the hall was hung. Still there was
a mnrnuring sound as of~wind
moaning through the leaves Of a
forest, or Of an Holian harp, and
the King looked with awe, when
he found the spectral scene had
| closed.
There were no doubt. however, that
| the appearance Was supernatural for.
| when the Count and Baumgarieu lifted
on high tleir dambeanx 10 examine the
chant ber, the sable hanging, tue block,
the ak, the disseye,ed head and the
streams of blood that seemed to have
l.de!aged the floor, had All disappeared
| with tberest; and the onIy proof of the
realty Of the scene was q deep stain OF
blood that marked the slipper Of the
King, l1o never forgot the event Of that
awful night. IS.
On re-entering Bis cabinet, Charles
caused statement Of the facts to be
formally drawn UP, and il was signed By
himself and the three attendants who
had witnessed them. Ne. little care was
taken to hide the matter from the knoWf-
edge of the public; but tie event had
become generally known, even before the
death Of Charles the Eleventh !; and
words which he dictated at the close Of
tbs document are very remarkable 1T
this narrative just given IS not The real
and unyarnished truth, I give up every
hope Of enjoying that bstter life which
some of4my deeds may nave Observed,
and especially my zeal for the public
good and my solitude for the interest Of
that religion which has SO long been
prpfessed By ancestors. sssS: IA.
It only remains for u. to add that
this strange and supernatural prophecy
received It's fulttinment when Hustayus
III, towards the close Of. the last century,
fiye reigns afterwards. recaived bis deaIh
at masked BALI from the pistol 5of the
aseassan An kastrom. He was tried ard
condemned and the you'll, who vas BE-,
headed before The special state general,
in this singular vision, was no other than
the murderer Of sWeden's anointed
king. The crowned corps upon the throne
vas, therefore, Gnstayus III; the boy
on bis right wa. his son and successor
and, Iastly,t the old man on his left must
have been the Duke Of sundermania,
the uncle Of the last, Who was first re-
gent Of The kingdom, and then its soyer-
eisn, after bis nepheW's deposition.
We bellevs there is nc instance ii the
history of any country 50 extraordinary
and so we'll authenticated case ot se-
cond sight, for it IS seldom, indeed, that
any second witness, and much less four,
can be found to guarantee ths truth OF
50 strange 3 phenomenoa ~ As that Just
recorded. =9#=# NE
NEARING Y Ans d celebrated Wrl1er
Oh sight says that the wearing Of walls
permanently aeakans many good sves
on aecannt al the audaaYora Of the ere