The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-05

'Iold fearful drops stand on my trefnh,;
flesh.
What do fear? MYSELF There's none a.
byt" [Ricbard ~
Such was the exclamation We mad.
Tuesday night. Our readers will rpeoIi."'
that, IN last Thursday paper. we p.,.
brief account of the midnight orgies of .;
thrr spirit of health Or goblin damnd =
which had kept a certain neIstbnrha,d;
continual perierbhten during seseralnlsa,'
and gwen oct aston fra very chi,al,,.,'
expedition; of which, AZ chroniclcrs o.
times, il devoIs.d upon us To brcom4 ~.
humble historians. We then promised ..,,.
readers, that we .hould ourselves. Is !,
duty bound J pay visit 10 hl- Ghoslsbin
with view To more full examination
and more satisfactory detail of cireum'
stances. Lust Tuesday night bot lie, IN.
event speak Tor itselfi
Il must be promised that we are mes, 10.
stterately subject to supe st,ious feelinss
Whether this dftect af char lcter lCor ~ !,
IS considered Is constitutional, or the eF.c,
of edacaiioo, we Cannot determine. Coc-
nrCtrd with this trait. Is another eon.llv
objectionable, and which is gpnrrallv r
not universally, feund 10 be lis ally. II IL
an unhounded credulity accompanied hy
this slngularIty, too, that, las il liom som.
fatal pre- disposition 10 obstlnacy,I veal
ways Jadgr of the truth of Il narrative in
exact propnrllon as it devlatrs from prob.
ability, yielding blind aud unhrsitatur
assent To all that partakes Of he marvellous.
and VISA versa. We could never io,iifs
even 10 ourselves, this -cceotflciiy ofc!a.
racIer ID any other way than by rrnrctinf
that II IA msn cannot comprehend thp na.
tnre of mysteries, II Is no Argument against
their existence, but onI, confirmation If
the Illuminating truth. whIch oght T. bros
down To the dust the stit-neckcd ppdantry
ofthe schools and silence the proud boast.
ing OF philosophy, that the intellect of
man, however strong j. circnmscrihed. al
bts'. within narrow limits 50 that " hen il
! would expand into iDfollude ii fnd- Itself
10 be weak aud contracted, add chained
down Ia the grUss matters connected with
." this dull spot which mrn call earth" We
therefore do not hesitate, from Il fear Of
fdlcnlr, TO atnw thai VT do not doaht The
IT quent appearance on earth of Appart,
ilons; as firmly believing in the existeoce
| If Ghosts aud Gobh ; As We do in the
wonders recorded of the Seven CHAM
Ilons Ut Chrlslendam." Thus helipsng,
last Tuesday night, we took up TN line of
march for the residence of the black Ghost.
which has so unceremoniously usnrped
" local lfabhatlon and a namp' among as.
| mike the gentlemen Who visited HIM on
a former occaslon, We did not select lPnl-
prstrens nlghl foI our uroey, apprehen-
site that an exposure tt the ptltngs Of The
81 'rm would only have the effect If f0us-
ing his anger; for, although spirits e said
Ia he lncorpureal, and Gu sequentiy impai.
pahle IL the touch oi any substance, ert as
tins depends merely on conjecture. We re-
solved NOT 10 rnn The risk of gi,n < lin uN-
necessary offence, bul lu approach INN With
the reverence due to a siraaaer of another
cline, NhOm fate or accident might have
comp. He'd 10 saluurn among US. We ac-
cordlDslA postponed on visit until The sky
presented a serene aspect, the stars giving
a dun hght. Just sutt lent 10 make OZARK
ness visible" About IL o'clnck. thf time
oi night which Ghosts select 10 do moriI
eIrands 4 when wItchesrld on broom,ticss
thro' the air, We might have been s,4n
slowly aud cautiously emerging lroal a
thicket OF underwood near tht dllAptdated
mansion in which ihr Ghost Was rtlrtsrn-
ted To us 10 have t, keu mp his abude. We
eDdraV0red To steal march upon him, 50
that, being cnnce tled within the house, as
soon a. we should hear the noise So much
Implanted 0t, We might make IA sudden
dash at him, aud, # possible, dscoIer his
object III thus leaving hls compact mansion
under ground, To breathe the presidential
atmosphere Of earth. W. partially succeed
ed Ia our object. We took our station be-
hind an nd door,n0t much pleased we must
admit, with our situation, as, notwuhstand-
ing tn" efforts ne mad made Ia nerve oor-
selves f'r the conflict Stage fears "oCid
sometimes creep upon US, aud almost IA
dnce us 10 repent the temeIity winch
prompted the rash eutrrprlze. suppose
We should meet with BIN. fsuch were our
reilec loo, y with vi hat weapons shall "e
c"mhal! 1t W. should thrust Win strel
we had as we'll clravp the air. Bullets
would be- a. harmless rs if they wefr shnt
at one Of Satan's rrprcsrntall, rs on ealih,
your sllghi-ei-h+nd fellows. who make no.
mug ot catching them on the point oi
FORK. Aud rs for less deadly weapons,
lhtN were. OF course, net To b. thought Of
II, Indeed, We had taken the prtcauloo "'
CON hitting 10 mrmn1. some holy esoreI'"
bel" = we started, all might yet have been
well; hut, as w had failed to do so, We
Thought II Was useless 10 repIoe; and lao
recovered some degree ofcomposure, when
rushing noise was heard, and directly a.
ter piece III wood fell at our feet. We
were lur IN ment astoundsd, but IT,"
minutes more having elapsed 10 silence,
we attributed this circumstance lo acct
Gent, and our courage, which, Ike Bob A.
crrNs, will "cpme aud GO" with occas""'
was again equal TO ANY eseIt. So' at
least, We thongh. We remained IN o"f
c" ceaimeni about ten minutes, whrn pre-
seh'ly, slowly advancing towards US iro"
an inner apartment of the old brilding, We
distinctly sa" an object with human torn''
FEATURES, and motion, except that its dlmea-
SONS were more than mortal, and that Us
alrlntss OF action and Iightness ot tredp
lad ca f.,I