The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1842-07-30
A GHOST STORY.

One Of tho most plausible ghost stories
We remember ever 10 have read is contained
In the New Hampshire S.atesman.s gazette
equal to any ,r N. England in responsibility
.-of last week, There are in nearly every
neighb orhood well aulhenticated' accounts
Of apparitions, and every man and woman
in some counties can tell marvellous his
yories with tho heroes Of which they or
~ -0sh0f ofninem men.
had implicit faith in the idea that TO reveal
great crimes or TO warn the living of an.
preaching dissolution, the dead reyisite i :,
timessthe glimpse Of the moon. Shakspeare
speaks Of the grave as the bourne whence
no traveller returns, yet in Hamlet, M acbeth
andf other tragedies the unquiet slumberers
do walk the earih,' and are seen bv uumer.
uos Witnesses.
The statement 10 tAe New Hampshire
paper is verified by the oashs of two
respectable men. taken before q Justice Of
the peace 10 the town of Grafton. Hazen
Whitcher and David M. Norris denosa
/. That on the night of the 10Th June. ihev
were Watching at the death bed of the;r
ne'ghbor. Samuel Mann, Of North Benton,
IN small room, the situation of which is
thus described: 'The bed was on the north
side, the FIRE place on the south side. The
door way to the kitchen on east, and door
leading into bed room on The west end of
The room. and set of drawers, on the east
side OF the room near the foot Of the bed:
and a window by the foot, on the north
side. The window was raised from four
to SIX inches. The door into The kitchen
was open, and Mr.. George w. Mann
slept there in the south east corner of it.
The door into the bed room was shut. and
MRS. Peter Howe and Mrs, Mann Silent
mere. The person with whom they were
watching had been in a dying state for
several days, but appeared to have perfect
possession OF his senses; After the house
was still on Sunday night, deposition goes
on to say that Mr.. Whitcher was standing
oy the ioos OF the bed. close 10 the open
window, and Mr.; Norris was sitting south
OF the bed some four or Ave PAGES fiom the
head, on the west side OF the room. The
candle was standing on the mantel over ,be
fireplace, when both distinctly heard a
groan. Both were positive il could not
come from sick man, nor the bed whereon
ne was' nor IRON another room. II was
deep lengshened groan, and startled both.
MT whscher stepped TO the light, 10 see
wnere The nolse came from, or what caused
HAS ne took the light and turned around TO.
ward the bed, both saw the room lighted up,
all at once, with an unearthly crimson colored
light. Ii almost exlingulshed the light ofthe
candle, SO shatit was very feeble, apparently
almost out; and Immediately both saw a
strange looking man standing between the IN
and The bed. looking apparently at Mr..
Mann. His dress they cannot describe.
his whole face they did not see; his clothes
were dark, but they cannot give the fashion
or make, nor say whether be had on boots
or shoes OF hat Both were rsnsfixed-bo,h
s'ood there side,by side as Norris had risen
up, Whlteher still helding the candle in his
hand, and no FIRE 10 the fireplace, at least
-aone enc lna' gave any lght,As the strange man