The Arkansas advocate., 1834-12-26
From the Newark Daily Advertiser. 4 TALE OF MARVEL,

| 7 terday of "mysterious lady.o which so tar challenged credit that we were induced to send competent witness in the after noon io procure more particular inforn,a- ton. Our agent, after the fullest oppor- tunity of observation, has returned this morning, and communicates the following facts which we give without establishment. as he relates them.
 tn Monday night of last week the fami- y of Mir. Joseph Baron, living in the town. ship of Woodbridge, about three miles from Railway in lhis county. were alarmed I'after they had retired, by d loud thumpino against the house. Mir. B.,s first impres7 . slon was that some one was attempting to break Tn, but further observation soon ,ln- deceived him. The humping, however, continued at short intervals, until the fami- y became So alarmed, that Mir. B. called in some of his Deighbors, who remained up with the family, until day light, when the humping ceased.
 The next evening, after night fall, the noise recommended, when 1t was ascer- talned to be mysteriously connected with the movements of servant girl in the fam i.y--a white girl about IA years of age. While passing window on the stairs, for example, sudden jar accompanied with an explosive sound broke pane of glass :; the girl at the some moment being seized with violent spasm. This of course very much alarmed her; and the physi- clan (Dr. Drake) was sent for, came, and bled her. The bleeding, however, pro- dneed no apparent effect the noise still continued as before, at intervals, wherever the girl went, each sound producing more or less of a spasm, and the physician with the family remained up again during the night. At daylight the humping ceased again. On the third evening the same thing was repeated, commencing little earlier than before, and so every evening since, continuing each night until morning, and commencing every evening a little earlier than before, until yesterday, when the humping began about 12 o'clock at noon.
 The circumstances were soon generally spread through the neiehborhood, and have produced so much excitement that the house has been filled and surrounded from sun set 10 sun rise every night for nearly d week. Every imaginable means have been resorted to in order to unravel the nhenom- enon. Atone lime the girl would be re- moved from one apartment 10 another, bu. without effect. Wherever she was placed, at uncertain intervals, the sudden dumping noise would be heard in the room. She was taken to a neighbours house; the same result followed. When carried out of doors, however, no noise Is heard. Dr. Drake who has been constant in his atten- 1 tions during the whole period, occasionally aided by other scientific observers, was with us. last evening for two hours, when we were politely allowed to make a variety of experiments with the girl, in addition to those heretofore tried, to satisfy ourselves that there is no imposition in tine case, and if possible 10 discover the secret agent oi the mystery.
 The girl was in an upper room with 8 part of the family when we reached the house. The noise then resembled that which would be produced by person yio- lently humping the upper floor with the head of an axe, five or six times in quick succession, jarring the house, ceasing a few minutes, and then resumng as before. We were soon introduced into the apart ment, and permitted to observe for our selves. The girl appeared to be in perfect health, cheerful, and free from the spasms felt at first, and entirely relieved from every thing like the fear or apprehension which she manifested for days. The invisible noise, however, continued to occur as be- 1 fore, thongh somewhat diminished in ire quency and sound, while we were ip the room. In ordento ascertain more satls- factorily that she did not produce it volun- tarily, among other experiments, we placed her on chair on blanket in the centre oi the room: bandaged the chair with cloth fastening her feet on the front round, and con6ning her hands together on her lap. No change, however, was produced: the humping continued as before, except that it was not quite SC loud, the noise resem- bling that which would be produced by stamping on the floor with heavy heel. l Yet she did not move limb nor muscle that we could discover. She remained IT this position long enough to satisfy all 1T the room that the girl exercised voluntarily no sort of agency in producing the noise. It was observed that the noise became oreater the farther she was removed from l any other person.
 We placed her in the door way of closet in the room, the door being a-jar to allow her to stand in the passage. In less than a minute the door flew open, as Il