Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1849-12-13
sTRoUDsBURG THURSDAY DECEMBER 49, se

Der of questions were asked which were answered
not altogether right nor altogether wrong that in
the afternoon they went to the house of private
citizen, and while there the sounds were heard
on the outside apparently of the front door, after
they had entered and on the door of a closet By
placing the hand upon the door, there was sem
sible jar felt when the rapping was heard One
of the Committee placed one of his hands upon
the feet of the ladies and the other on the floor,
and though the feet were not moved, there was
distinct jar on the floor On the pavement and on
the ground the same sound was heard "a kind
of double rap as if a stroke and rebound were
distinguishable. When the ladies were separated
at distance no sound was heard but when z
third person was interposed between them the
sounds were heard The ladies seemed ready to
give every opportunity TO the Committee to nves-
tigate the cause fully, and would submit to thor
ough investigation by committee of ladies if de-
sired They all agreed that the sounds were heard,
bit they entirely failed to discover any means by
aohich At could be done.
| After this report and some discussion on the
subject, the audience selected another Committee
composed of the following persons--Doctor II.
II. Langworthy Hon. Frederick Wh,tlesey, D..
| c. McCallum, William Fisher, of Rochester, and
| Hon. A. P. Hascall, of Leroy. At the next lec-
ture this Committee 4ported that they went into
The investigation at the office of Chancellor Whit
the wall and door,.-that the ladies placed in
different positions and, like the other Committee,
they were wholly unable 10 tell from what the
sounds proceeded or how it was made, DR..
| Langworthy made observations with stethescope
TO ascertain whether there was any movement ol
the lungs and found not the least difference when
the sounds were made and that there was no kind
OF probability possibility of their being made by
veniriloquism as some had supposed--and they
could not have been made by machinery
! Again, after this report, another Committee was
| formed, from persons who had opposed in the
meeting all pretenlions 10 there being anything
| but trick.
| This Committee was composed Of DR.. E. P.
Langwor,hy, DR.. ]. Gales. VIM. Fitzhugh. Esq,
w. l.. Buf,s and l.. Kenyon. This Committee
met at the rooms of Dr.. Gates at the Rochester
House, and appointed Committee Of Ladies who
took the young women into room, disrobed them
and examined their persons and clothing to be
sure that there was no fixtures about them tina
could produce the sounds. When satisfied on this
point the Committee of Ladies tried some Other
experiments, and gave the young ladies the follow
! ing certificate
when they were standing on pillows with q
handkerchief tied around the bottom Of their dress
tight TO the ances we all heard the rapping on the
MRS. STONE, MRS. J. GATES,
MISS M. ?. LAWRENCE
In the evening the Committee, through thei
Chairman, DR.. Langworthy, made very full re-
port of their examination during the day. They
reported that they had excluded all friends of the
two ladies from the Committee room and had the
examination only in presence OF the COMMITTEE
! of gentlemen, and ladies chosen by them. Not
withstanding all this pIecaution, these sounds
were heard when the ladies stood on large feathe1
pillows, without shoes, and in various other posi-
| bo,I, ,bo Yho pan h3t 2
number of questions were asked which, wher
answered, were generally correct. Each member
of the Committee reported separately agreeing
with and coroborating the first statements.
| Thus, by three days Of the strctest scrutiny by
means of intelligence, candor and science, were
the persons in whose presence these sounds are
heard, acquitted Of all fraud.
On Friday evening, after the lecture. three O
the Committee, viz : Hon. A. P. Hascall, d. T.
McCallum and William Fisher, repaired to the
house of citizen and pursued their investigations
still farther. There were nearly scorce OF per
sons present, The members of the committee
wrote many questions on paper which no person
present knew the purport Of and they were an
swered correctly. At times they would ask men
| taly and would receive the answers with eQua
correctness and they fully satisfied that there
was something present manlfestlng an Intelligence
beyond the persons UiStGte r-....
One Of the committee tried the experiment o
standing the ladies on glass and failed to get any
sounds but the same was subsequently tried ir
presence of large number of persons, and the
sounds were as loud and distinct as before, on the
| floor as usual. a- sra b .-e -z-,g
Such are the facts SO far as the public proceed
ings are concerned, (Which is but small part o
these strange occurIences) with the Committee
reports greatly condensed.
Thus the matter stands at present, and whether
it is only remarkable phenomena which viii
pass away with the present generation, or with
! the persons who seem now to be the medium o.
this extraordinary communication or whether il
be the commencement of a new era of spiritual
influx into the world; it is certainly something
worthy the attention of men of candor and phllos-
ophy. r. W. CApRON, Auburn.
GEORGE WILLETS, Rochester.
! Rochester, Nov %, ls49. Fe aa a.e
Something New.