The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-28
OALHoUH's DREAM.
An Apparition That Startled tho Great
Southern Leader.

OALH GUMS DREAM.
An ApparitiOn That Startled tho Great
Southern Leader.
The following singular story about dream
OF the great nullifer, john q. Calhoun, get
writes Carp. from an old scrspb0ok whose
leaves are worn with the thumbiDg OF two
score years. It is said TO bs the Story of an
eyewitness who was present at this scene,
which occurred over fifty years ago. II is
headed The Spotted Hand" and reads as
follows: The other morning at the break
lsst table. when |. an unobserved spectator,
happened TO be present, Calhoun was observed
10 gaze frequently at bis right hand aud
brush IL with his left hand in a hurried aud
nerv0us manner. be did this 50 often that
il excited attention. At length one OF the
persons comprising the breakfast party-hls
name, think, is TOombB, and he is a menu
Der of Congress from Gsorgis-took upon
himself TO ask the occasion of Mr.. Calhoun's
disquietude. Does your hand pain your
be asked OF Mr. Calhoun. To this Mr. Cal.
boun replied ia rather hurried manner
'Pshew it is nothing but dream | mad last
night, and which makes me see perpstaaily
q large black spot, like an ink blotch, upon
the back of my right hand; an optical illu-
sion, / suppose OF course these words ex-
cited the curiosity of the company. but no
ore ventursd to beg the details of this singu.
lar dream, until Toombs asked quietly
What WAS your dream like? am not very
superstitious about dreams; but sometimes
they have great deal of truth in them
But this Was such peculiarly absnred
dream, said Mr.. Calhoun, sga'n brushing the
back Of his right hand; however, il Il does
not intIude too much on the time OF eur
friends, / will Ielste il 10 you. OF course
the company were pr0fuse in their express
siODs OF anxiety to know all about the dream
and Mr.. Calhoun related it.
" At 8 late hour last night, as l was sit.
ting IN my room, engaged ia writing II, was
astonishs0 by the entrance OF a visitor who.
without a word took seat opposite me at
my table. This surprised me, as l had given
particular orders 10 the servant that should
on DO accounts be disturbed. The manner
il which the intruder entered, so perfectly
self-posSessed, taking mis- seat opposite me
without q word, as though my room and all
within it belonged TO him, excited in me as
much surprise as Indignation. AS / raised
nv head 10 look into his features, over the
top OF my shaded lamp, / discoyerei that
No was wrapped in thin CLOAK, which ef-
iectually concealed his face and features
from my view; aud 80 ] raised my head be
spoke: What are you writing, Senator from
South Carolina? I did not think of his i'm.
psTiinence 81 first but answered him volun-
tally: Il am writing plan for the dissolu-
tioa OF the American Union" You know
gentlemen, that am expected 10 produce
Ilan OF dissolution in the event of certain
In the coolest manner possible: "Se lGtor
from South Carolina. will YOU ailo y me TO
look at your hands, your right handT' BE
rose, the cloak fell, and / behsd his face.
Gentlemen, the sight OF that face struck me
like thunder clap. It was the fEcs CT
dead man. whom extraordinary events had
called back to lie. ne features were those
Of General Ge0Jga Washington. He was
dressed n The Revolutionary costume, such
as you see IN the patent office. Here Mr.
Calhoun paused, apparently sgitated. His
sgitatloD, need not tell you, was shared by
the company. Toombs a. length broke the
embarrassing pause, Well, what was the
issue OF this scene?'
MIR. Calhoun resumed: The intruder as
have said, rose aud asked 10 / ok at my
right hand as though | had not the power to
refuse. l extended 1t. The truth is | felt
strange thrill peryade ne st his touch. He
gTasped il aud held it near the light. thus
affording full time to examine every feature
1t was the face OF Washington. After hold
ing my hand for moment he looked at ne
steadily and said in quiet way, And with
this right hand, Senator from South Caro-
lima, you would sign your name to a paper
declaring the union dissOlved" Ianswered
in the Affirmative. "Yes,n l said, IF GER
tain contingency arises l will sign my name
10 the declaration OF dissolution" But at
that moment black blotch appeared on the
back OF my hand. which l seem 10 see now.
= what Is thatf' said i. alarmed, / kno " not
why, at The blotch on my hand. "FhaLh
said he, dropping my hand, sis the mark by
which Benedict Arnold is known in the next
world" He said no more, gentlemen, bat
drew from beneath his cloak an object which
he laid on the table-laid upon the very pa
per on which l WAS writing. The object
gentlemen, was a skeleton. There" said
he, there are the bones OF Isaac Hayne,
who was hung at Charleston by the British.
De gave bis life in order to establish the
union. When you put your name TO a de-
olafAtion of dissolution. why. you may as
we'll have tho bones of Isaac Hayne before
you-he was South Carolinian and SO are
you. But there was no blotch on his right
hand" With these words the intruder left
the loom. l started back FROM the contact
with the dead mans bones and-aWoks
Overcome by labor, / bad fallen asleep, and
had been dreaming. Was il not singular
dresmp All the company answered in the
affirmative, and ToOmbs muttered, 'Singu.
lar. very singular and at the same time
locking curiOusly at the back OF bis right
hand, wolfe Mr.. Calhoun placed bis head De-
tween his hands and seemed buried in
thought"
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