New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-27
Ute Rochester CHARACTERISTIC Rap.

Rocnrs1Ex Monday. Msrcl H. 1850
To the y itoT ~ The Tribune
The true Questions al issue in this modern mani
fesisuo f cre3uv and superstition are Do he persors
tbro1gl bon NE sppngs produced copira them
Asd Tan the b. made by ctsT persons In %
pn.r, sedOVs manner
lem satisfied hate careful and candid investigation
the whole subject would result IN affirmative answer 10
bot hese questions Not many days since one Of the 80
ters who DO the knocking Die city was 10 company win
several CHER persons h-n Communication ssrece'ed
from spirit Of benjamin Franklin The grammar Of ne
sentence very poor aud the persons present expressed
then elves dissatisfied " was Ted sgsin win me saIHe
result ard hey again complained, when he gH iet we
tle ir pet excls.ng gu know never understood
grammar" Twin not insult your readers UNDERWRITING
hv NJ king comments upon such fact On another oeca
sf,n number 81 mstsphy seal questions haa been ga
by myself and answered but one, rshef more alholn
iisn rs, not answered ~ ali snd htei i"o or
three unucceseu attempts one OF he Young ladies' sald
ghy don't nndsysfaHd your question u was men a'hen
10 simple manref and ne ripping 'h'eo'a'S
hrd of mre ius,nns me- that during one Of his vi.is
10 me girls ior the ghosts something tapped hs loot nc
said nothing bu directly serSsrd one Of ihe gis inquired
If The spni had touched him. - ,.--..,
~ udop, where the outline OF her form could be dim5
seen While looking M that direction ne "a" hslG con-
,na 1870 nn,,e, and soon he ssv ii approaching sgaio
~ then raised his and received the net upon me
MIN of H. land satisfying himself ihst slidtaAl arms
rera NJ, onlv wonderfully material hut hal The ghost "
- ss here The sho,, OF ladvs dress VIZ. there
,s, rS,5 ,eis me thn; nn hs nrs visit h- following
lnru-ies were made lis Mr. Gs father here - No an
"ls The spirit OF his mother here - -,
viii IN son Yes 40 other Than disembodleo
spirits ever hold converse IN this manner no wen
sad MIR q ~ NY mother is dead the even nus. n" y
sou lie then returned home srd found her iIsi a wei
a. ne had her Thousands Of facts Ike hes9 have -,
Trained nom maxim; Them public because they deem 'hr
whole matter TOO in.ignihesnt 10 occupy "' s"eh"O" W
An intelligent community ,ou> "a army
We omit the longer portion OF MIR HUNS letter
in reply to the later strictgTes Of NJ Capren, be
cause we have had enough OF their personalities,
and believe they may fairly stop here SINCE Mr. h
began them In reply to the charge ct Atheism
Mr. Hmm ,ays i believe the principles and insh
tutions Of Christianity to be the greatest blessings
tins world ever saw As 70 his alleged coSn' Pc
nance and support Of the Knocking phenomena
at the time Of the Exhibition last Autumn BE ga!
&C. Mr. Capron should not blame me for course
which was only dictated 10y anxiety ior the salei!
Of hins eli aud the ladies' from moo violence r.
! . ! advised people 10 60 Just As ! would advise
them TO see the Woody Horse the Jusgierles d
sirnor Bhtz. &c. &c Il knew there "as de
ceuto,. but did not know how II was done ana
was anxious that the public should examine b"
tha, If possible the humbug might be exploded and
the mystery solved he prononnces 'ase Tie
assertion that he has ssld he did not believe me
eirls made the sounds &c Sc--Noi having pr1nied
this portion Of Nj HUNS letter IN ta.L we shan
make no comments upon i;, and admit no reply
As MIR Hum appears 10 nave been long
familiar with TINS Knocking business ""s'e''5
ma> be It's origin. and repeatedly admitted that
some par, Of it is xphcsble by amy known laws
OF physics or olhumbug' We wish he would "r'e
! us lust Whist he has seen that seemed 10 hun nys
FERROUS or contrary To natural avs. Perhaps whs'
pnzzied nun may be clear 10 others Thus lar lie
mas appeared in our columns rather as parry 'i
nm interested advocate, than rs an impartial wit
ness and therein the witnesses whom he ooniFon's
NOT Messrs Capron and Willettl seem 70 have
him at a disadvantage
We have private letters from witnesses "i'oi"
,-. kpe,- the world could not tempt % equiVcca'e
or misstste. stating cases wherein they have been
answered in the names not merely OF deceSseu
relatives but OF friends who died years ago ana 'H
distant lands, and whom no person present eu'
themselves could possibly have known sc 10 any
way connected with or dear 20 them They detail
TO ~, communications as from such relatives and
friends which il is utterly Incredible thai the per
sons present should have uumped up On the instant
Has Mr. Harm ever witnessed anything 81 TINS
sort or can he suggest any explanation Of the eF
l,f OF the v.iters that they had been thus address
ed by deceased friends We would ike to 'it
this mystery 10 the bottom and to that end wood
prefer impartial TESTIMONY TO personal wranghng
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