New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-02
STRANGE DREAMS.
From Temple Bar.

From Temple Bar.
Some years ago, il is related, pedler was MUIR
dered in the north Of Scotland, and the crime re-
| manned for long time mystery. AT length man
camo forward, and declared that he had had
dream In which there was shown to him house,
and a voice directed him to q spot near the house
where was buried the pack of the murdered man;
on sstt the spot At s Il thought that
the dreamer was himself the murderer, but the man
who had been accused confessed the crime, and said
that the dreamer knew nothing about IT, Ii turned
out afterward that the murderer and the dreamer
had been drinking together for several DAYS short
time after the murder. IL has been suggested, as
possible solution that the murderer allowed state
ments to escape him whilst under the influence OF
drink which had been recalled to the other IN his
dream, though he had not the slightest remem.
brance of them in his sober hours.
A gentleman dreamt his house was on IRE; and
ns It on tire indeed and was
just In time to save one OF Ills children from the
flames.
4 lady dreamt that an aged female relative had
been murdered by black servant. and this dream
was repeated so often that she repaired to the old
and Set In Sa %ar5p wa Ss b Ss
servant was discovered going to bis mistresss room,
as he said. with Goals to mend the ire-a suficl.
middle midi Of supoler. The truth was apparent
when strong knife was found buried beneath the
The case of the gentleman from Cornwall who
$esans 'sSs dfs murdered az f''1s
iDSRam. and distinctly recognized from prints,
after the murder, both the assassin and his victim,
whom he had never seen previously. seems capable
difficulty dissuaded by his friends from going to
London to warn Mr. Perceval lknoyn to hlm in his
urged that it had occurred three times in the Same
night but his friends thinking it FOOLS errand. he
allowed the matter to drop till the news OF the muir
A gentleman from Yorkshire formed one Of q
party for visiting tho Exhibition OF 1852. A few
DAYS before leaving for London. he had most vivid
dream Of the Tower, the armory and more espect-
ally the room in which tine regalla and crown jewels
are kept. He heard the old woman who showed the
room address the audience. and treasured up care.
fully her very peculiarites of voice, Dress manner
and features. and created considerable amusement
among his friends by mImiGking the phantom show.
woman when he awoke. He went to London at the
proper time, and Of course visited the Tower, where
pHantoms counterpart which was identical in every
respect. Several years ago the newspapers were
filled with details of horrible murder, OF which the
facts, related from memory seem to be these: Mrs.
Martin the wife of farmer, was in terrible distress
of mind because her daughter Maria was missing.
heart in fit of jealousy. and hidden somewhere.
For long time no trace Of the body could be found.
Al length the mother had dream in which Il was
buried under the barn floor. This proved to be the
case the body was recovered, and the murderer de.
tcctel. The mother Of medical student dreamt
London and could not rest till she left her home In
the Midland counties and sought HIM out. To her
sorrow, tDe dream was pdlHlulIy fcIIucus nilt tn9
consequences might have been serious she had not
barrister of great penetration relates the story
of O lady who drcamt that railway guard was
killed In collision. She described the man and cir.
cumstances so faithfully that there was no difficulty
the same night in lamentable accident) as the man
she saw IN her dream. The lady rarely fthome,
and the guard was quite unknown TO her. Arch.
deacon Squire, in paper read before the ROYAL
Society in 174S, tells the story of certain Henry
AFFORD. of Devices, who caught violent cold when
him speeches.. and no remained dumb for four
years. In July, 1741, in his sleep he dreamt that
he had fallen into furnace of boiling wort which
put HIM INTO SO great an agony OF fright that he
actually did call out aloud, and recovered tho use OF
his tongue from that moment as efectualy as eyern
Horace Bushnell, d. D., in his Mature and the
Supernatural" recounts case which he thinks cam
not be explained by natural causes Sitting by the
fire one stormy November night, IN hotel iyl0r in
the Napa Valley OF California, there entered q
notwithstanding person named Captain Yount,
who had come to California as trnpper more than
large estate and was highly respected The captain
said that - SIX or seven years previous he had
dream in which he saw what appeared TO him to bg
company OF emigrants arrested Dy the SHOWS OK
hunger. The whole scene appeared wildly before
him; he noted o huge cliff and the very features Of
the persons aud their looks of agOnzinQ despair.
He awoke, but shortly after fell asleep again, and
dreamt precisely the snme thing. Being now i'm.
pressed with the truth OF the story he told It to en-
knew the spot which exactly answered to his Dc.
scription. This decided him, aud taking company
of men, with mules, blankets, etc.. they hurried a
the Carson Valley Pass, l6O miles distant. whart &
they found the omigrants In exactly the conditio1
Of the dream. and brought IN the remnant alive.