Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-12-07
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makes appropriate The republication q! the
following suIcie, which took The rounds oi
/ The press some years ago
The other morping, at the breakfast ia
bic, our freud, the Hon. John c. Cal
houn, seemed very much troubled and out
Of spirits. You know lie Is altogether
venerable man, With hard, stern, Scotch
Irish face, sofientd in its expression around
. the mouth by a sor, Of sad smile which
wins the hearts Of all who conv,rse with
him. That he Is honest, no one doubts
be has sacr feed to his frlaiism lis bright
c., hopes of political aivancemen:-ta-
! rtfeIed up on the shrine Of that necessity
which be worshigs, all that can excite
ambiriou-eveu the presileley Of the Uni
, ted States.
Bu, to my story. The other morning.
at the breakfast table, Calhoun was OF
served to gazs frequently at his righr
band, aId brush it with his left in bur
RED aud nervous manner. A length,
one Of The PERSONS composing the break
fast pary-bis name, think, is TOomts
u Member Of Congress from Geor-ia-
took upon himself 10 ask the occasion Of
Ma Calhoun, di-quietude.
"Dnos your hand pain yOu?" be asked
t. this NJ Calhoun replied, in rather
f1rri,d manner, "P,haw . it's thing.
Only dream which bad last night, and
which makes me see perPetuslly large,
black spot-like an ink tlO'ch-upon the
back Of my GIT hand. An optical illu
.iOh suppose
O. course these words excited The curl
osi;y Of the company, tu, 10 one ven,ured
to beg he details Of this singular dream,
uuril ruomb, asked qlietly, What was
Your dream like? I'm not very >upersri-
,lous about dreams; bat sometimes they
have good deal Of ruth 10 them"
But tbi, va, such a peculiarly absurd
dream" said MIR. Calhoun, again brush
ing tie hack Of his right hand, "however,
If !, does not too much iurruie upon the
time Of our flieud-, Will relate i, 10 you"
Of course the company vas profuse in
their expressions Of anxiety TO know al!
about the dream. In bis siusularly ssee;
voice. Mr.. Calhoun related it:
/ "Ata late hour las, night, as l was sit
ting iu nv room Engaged 10 writing, |
was astouishei by the entrance o. Wis
tor, who entered, aud, without a word,
took seat opposite me at my table Thi>
surprised me, as had given particular
orders TO the servant that should on u
sccouut te disturbed. The manner III
which the Intruder entered, so perfectly
self possessed, rakiug his seat without
word, a. though my room aud all within
it belonged - hin, excited in me as much
surprise a. indI .uaJion. As | raised uiy
head TO lork iuto bis features over The
top 0: my shaded lamp, discovered that
he was wrapped in a thin CLOAK, which ef-
fec,u.ly concealed bis flce AID features
from my view. lie spoke:
".WLar are you writing, Senator from
South Caraliua.
81 did not think Of bis impertinence a,
first, tu, answered him Voluntarily: Il
am wrilin.a plan for the dissolution of
the American Uuiou'-( sou know, gentle
men, rha, | am expected to produce 4
plan Of dissolution in the even, Of certain
conrirgeucie>.)
ITO this the Intruder replied, in tie
coolest manner possible: Senator from
Soulh Csroliua, will YOU allow me TO lIOk
Il. Your bsud-your right hand"
"He arose, The CLOAK fell, aud beheld
his face. Geurlemen, The sigh, Of that
face struck me like thunder elsp. l.
va, the face Of dead man, whom extra
ordinary events bad called back 10 life.
The fea,ures were those Of General George
Wa.hi"r;on-yes, genricmeu, the In'Td-
der was none OTHER than George Washing
ton. He sas dressed IN The Revo.urIou1-
ry costume, such as You zee preserved 10
the Patent Office"
Here Mr.. Calhoun paused, apparently
much aci,ated His agitation, need not
tell YOU, was shared by the company.
Tooubs at length broke The embarrassing
pause. "We!i, w-e-Ll, what was the Is
,ue of this sceue 2" Mr.. Calhoun re-
sumed:
"Tbis intruder, as l have said, arose
aud asked to look a, my right hand, As
though had not the power to refuse, l
extended it, The Truth is, felt strange
rbri!l pervade ne at his touch be grssped
It and held it near the light. thus ati1rd-
ing NE full time to examine every feature
Of ti. face. Il was the face Of Washing
ton. Gentlemen, shudtered as behe!d
he horribly dead.ahve look OF that sisase.
After boldiog my and for moment, be
loosed at uie s.eadiy, aui said IL quiet
way:
s.Aud with this righ, hand, Senator
I from Csrolira. you would sigu your name