New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-14
SOME STRANGELY FULFILLED DREAMS
X. A. Proctor IA Bslqrart0.

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On the night OF May H. 1872. Mr. Williams Of
Scorrior House. near RedIuth, in Cornwall woke
his wife. and IN great agitation told heI OF strange
! dream he had Just had. lie drcamt lac was IN tAs
/ lobby OF the House OF Commons, ana saw
/ shoot with pistol gentleman who had Just en-.
! tered the lobby, who was SAID TO he the Chan-
! cellor. His wife told hun not to trUnbe himself
about the dream, but To 20 to sleep again. lie i0,
! lowed her advice. but presently woke Per again,
saying he had dreant the same dream. let a thlri
time was the dream repeated after which ho was
disturbed that despite his wies enfTeates that 10
would trouble himself no more about the House Of
! Commons but try TO sleep quietly. ne got up and
dressed himself. This Was between / ami ? o'clock
! III the morning. At breakfast Nj. Williams could
talk of nothing but the dream; and early the
! morning he went to Falmouth where he tod the
| dream 10 all OF his ACQUAINTANCE whom he met
| Next day. MT. Thicker. OF TTematon Castle. accom-
! panied by his WIFE, a daughter OF Dir. Williams
went TO ScofriOr House ON visit Nh Williams
| told NlI. Tucker the circumstances of his dream
Mr.. Tucker remarked that IL could only he in q
dream that the Chancellor would be found in the
lobby OF the House of Commons Mr. Tucker asked
what soft OF man the Chancellor seemed to be. and
Dir Williams ninutely described the man who
murdered III hls dIeanl: MI. Tucker replied You
description Is OF AT all that OF the Chancellor but
is very exactly that of Mr. PeIceval the Chancelicr
of the Excheqner." He asked if MIR. Williams had
ever seen Air. Perceval, and Mr.. Williams replied
that he had never seen HIM OF had any commune
cation oi any sort with him and further. that he
haa never been III the House vi Commons IN ms
lie.
AT this moment they heard the sound Of a horse
galoping 10 the door OF the house Immediately
afteI OF MI. Williams entered the room and
said that lac had gallOped from IIuro, having
"a gentleman there who had come Oy that evenings
mail from town. aud who had been in the lobby OF
the House % Commons on the evening OF the Iith.
when man called bellIngbam had shot Mir. fef. s.
ceYal. Alter the as!Onsluent which this lnleli-
gencc created had little subsidized Dir. v IilIaml
described most infinitely the appearance and dress
OF the man whom he hal seen IN his dream fire the
pistol al The Chancellor, also the appear aud
dress OI the Aancellor. About weeks alter, M.
Williams, having business IN town. went IN con-
paAy VITA friend To the House of Commons
where. Is has been already observed. he had never
before Docn. Immediately that ne came 10 The steps
OF the entrance OF the lobby, he said; This place
Is as distinctly within my recollection III ny
dream, As any room IN nay own house. and 10
made The same observation when he entered the
lobby. lie then pointed out the cxacr spot where
Bclngham stood when he tired, and also that
winch Mr. IorcoVaI hau reached hen he was Struck
BY the bail where he fell. The dress both OF M.
PerccVal and Bellmgham agreed with the descrp
tlOn given by Mr.. Williams even to the most
minute particulars.
4 Scot Il clergyman who lived near Edinburgh
dreamt one nj ht while on visit in that town, that
h saw Gre ana one OF his children IN the midst OF
IL. On awailIng. he instantly got up and returned
home with the greatest speed. He found his hCnse
on lire, and was Just IN time 10 assist one oil his
children who in the alarm had been left in place
of danger. The second story runs follows: Two
sisters had been for some days attending sex
brother, and one of them had borrowed watch
from friend, her own being under repair The
sisters were sleeping together i'm a room cOmmua
eating with that OF their brother. when the elder
aw0ke IN state OF great agitation. and reused the
other to tell her that She had had trlghti9I
dream. " / drcamt" she said. that Mary's watch
stopped aud that when | told you Cf the circnn-
stance you replied: Much worse than that has had
pened; Tor - breath has stopped also naming
their sick brother. The watch however. was found
Ia be going correctly, and the brother was Sleeping
quietly. The dream REQUIRED the next night; and
on the following morning. one OF the sisters having
occasion to seal note. went To get the watch IRON
writing desk iA which she had deposited II, when
she onnd IL had stopped. She rushed INTO her broD
ers room in alarm rememb erng the dream. ana
found that he had been suddenly seized with a nv
OF sutlocatIon, and had expired. iAbercromoie
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