The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-05-24
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THE SPECTRE SHIP OF SALEM

,fI ue heN' OOllon MalheT, ID. D., and
u t. B., an eminent clergyman of Boston
e Massachusetts, who fOurshed about II
. end OF The l7th century, wrote curio,
0ooE,enIIlIed 'Magnalia Christi Americana
III which he has exhibited not only his ow
3 but the prevalent superslilions of the time
IN which he lived. The country had bee
. in the language of that period, exposed
war from The invisible world, during whic
The inhabitants were afflicted with demons
and so wrought upon by specues,as 10 pin,
anguish, and die under circulating tor
menIs. Sometimes The demons allacke,
|one part OF the country, and sometimes an
o'heri aud the object Of The learned an,
reverend DOCTORS book is 10 authen,ica,,
'he very IaglcaI Instances in which they in
Tested The houses and afflicted the persons o
'he InhabIanls. 'FIashy people, says h,
may burIesque these things but when hun
dredo OF The most sober peorIe in The coun.
Try, where they have as much mother Wi
certainly as the res! of mankind, know
hem TO be true, nothing bat the absurd and
forward spirit OF sadduCism can question:
them. have not mentioned so much as
one thing lha! will not be justified, If ii be
required, by the oalhs Of more consislen,
persons than any that can ridlcue these odd
phenomena. And certainly few facts, if
we may Judge by The evidence, have been
better established than The existence, OF
"IIchcraIs, and the wars Of prodigious spr
It's IN The provinces OF New England dur
ing The line OF DR.. Maihr,- No J~.- .~..."
and implements OF jurisprudence, in Which
many petsons were convicted oil holding
communication with demons; and we have,
what IS suIl more remarkable, vOIun'ar!
confessions Of parnes, acknowledging Them
selves IN league with the devil. 20 Ia''
herelore. as ,he records and archleves o,
courts Of law can verify the truth ol any IL
I,s.Ipatlon, we must believe that many VI
ne lblups that Dr. MalheE has SET lorIh,aI'
,ot only lrue as historical eVenIs, but ais
naturally incident, however rareIy, 10 MT
,,pdu,,u and lorIunes ul men. Ii is not IOI
as, however, to argue this maHer;ouI man!
f the Doctors s.uries are really sinking
reviewing them merely as creations oI Ianc!
and some ol the phenomena which ne DC
I,cribes, aud boasts Us having Witnesses I'
confirm, have in different ages been seen II
Ilmilar forms, in countries far remote Iron
New England. The prodigy OF the Cross
which Constantine and his army beheId II
line air, is Of lhiS description; and The apoca
L ivose youchsafeG to GodfrGy,ln the cIuSad
j. Of the same character. DR.. Maher de
,crlbes noise and bus;lIng3 heard IN The al
'nor' ''D' F''O, " WV ' I,,,,,, -
accompanied WV" O'"""s .,',,.,,,~,,nn ~ ' ~,
4 battle. b0l "''""O' '"'''',s INV ,',, r"' ~ -,
- jicuIar enquiry concerning these omeh' dl
aogurles' we Sh"'l mere ?'e''"' ''''l
Of his story ol lie "a'a' 'PP'''"O"', ""
promising mat II co"'a'"' ''''''' '"I'' -
which the Doctor Has "o' "'"''o' ' -, y
which, we are Per'"au'u' "'o ~, nov ''''
rGan those he had re. .a'eu' - D'"'"''0O0
.Nagasine'
A ship, called 'NOah's Dove was p
,oriog To sail from the port of Salem,