SINGULAR FULFILMENT OF A DREAM.

Tuapeka Times, Volume II, Issue 73, 3 July 1869, Page 5

SINGULAR FULFILMENT OF A DRE AM.

A Colonel of one of the United States regiments, tells a singular story of the wonderful fulfilment of a dream. A man in one of the companies, named Joe "Williams, dreamed that they crossed a river, marched over a mountain, and camped near a church, located in a wood near which a terrible battle ensued, and in a charge just as they crossed the ravine he was Bhot in the breast. " Several months after," says the Colonel, " on the ever memorable 7th of December, 1862, as we moved at double .quick to take our place in the line of battle, then already hotly engaged, we passed Prairie Grove Church, a small building belonging to the Cumberland Presbyterians. I was riding on the flank of my command, and opposite to "Williams as we came in view of the house. "This is the church, Colonel, I saw in my dream," said he. I made no reply, and never thought of the matter again until evening. "Wo broke the enemy's line, and were in full pursuit, when we came upon a dry ravine in the wood, and Williams said : " Just on the other side of this hollow I was shot in my dream, and I will stick my hat under my shirt." Suiting the action to the word, as lie ran along ho doubled it up and crammed it into his bosom. He had scarcely adjusted" it before a minie ball knocked him out of the line. Jumping up quickly, he pulled out his hat, waved it over his head, and shouted, "I'm all right!" The ball had gone through four thicknesses of his hat, raised a black spot about the size of a man's hand, just over his heart, and dropped into his shoe." American Justice. — Mr. Thompson brought a suit against his neighbour Harrison. They were both friends of the Justice, and the case was heard before a jury, and both parties told their story, when the justice said : — "Now of you find that Mr. Thompson telled more truth than Harrison, then you find for the plaintiff; and of Harrison telled more truth than Thompson, then you find for the defendant." This impartial charge was greatly applauded by the spectators.

Horse-flesh is rising in estimation in Berlin as an article of food. In 1869 the number of horses killed for that purpose was no less than 40M. The blood is purchased by a manufacturer of this place, who employs it as a die. A Berlin restaurant intends shortly to open an establishment in which only various preparations of horse-flesh will be served to the guests. Mere curiosity will perhaps make the speculation a good one, at least for a time. | A Pauper's Hoard. — Apt old woj man near Halifax, who had for four years been receiving parish relief, died the other day, and. after she was buried. tike following articles wers found to. her house ; — 32 chemises, 14* cotton sheets, two bundles of night caps, a large number of night dresses, a number of other articles, and a considerable sum of money. The aged iinposter had three daughters living in the house, who have quarrelled amongst themi selves, and two of them have left, taki ing with them £280. Mormohtsm in London. — It may interest the admirers of the eccentricities of " religious " life in tho United States to know that the progress of Mormonism in London is regarded as very satisfactory by the elders. People who have been led to believe that the sect is peculiarly American, and that it forms a part of the great G-othic Revival, will be surprised to hear that the saints have eighb branches in the metropolis alone, and that there are 104 elders, 38 priests, 23 teachers, and 30 deacons, always hard at work. 102 members have been "cut off" — i.e., expelled — during the last year. But 915 of the faithful remain, and there has been " but little emigration" — an alarming statement, for it shows that a Mormon colony is being founded among us. If this goes on much longer, we shall have American travellers. filling books with the most harrowing accounts of the profligacy of our social life, and the wondrous development of our religious character. Why has the New York " Herald " or " Tribune " overlooked this most promising field ?—" Pall Mall Gazette."

Ma P. T. Barnum as a Temperance Lecturer. — Mr P. T. Barnum has commenced lecturing on temperance Speaking of the effects of habit and sobriety, he said — " Two men will start together in life, the one keeping his head cool with water — the other mudding his with liquor. At the end of ten years the former will have achieved success, the latter will be dropping into a drunkard's grave ; but just before he drops you will hear him say, 'astonishing what difference 'er is in life ! That feller started same's I did, an' everything he touched turned to gol' and everything I touched turned to ashes — 'stomshing what a difference 'er -is in life.

The Columbia (Ohio) Journal pointedly remarks "every cord of wood given to the poor here will be so much fuel saved from use in the other world,"