The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-05-02
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u,c1uht maze 70 tnoNs VINO a0veTttse ~ TIE year
wonderful ReveIationsY
I'VE find the following publisbed ediforiauv IN ie New
fofk sun Of the I'D paper Of the largest daily crcula
ton on The American continent Revelations oo wonderful
aeharacer and vouehed for respectable authority
deseveto be read The least We are unable 70 form a
opinion and expires none in reference them We rspuh
sh them with the endorsement of the eisrs Of r of M
most extensively readspaper in the word, and will smpIy
add that they viii be read with the deepest interest i
A Few FACTS FOR THE INcREDULous we
have been aware, for some six weeks past OF oc-
currences in the family Of well known and highly
respected gentleman, residing in the town Of Sfaf
ford, Conn.,, short distance from Bridgeport,
simple authenticated narrative of which has already
staggered the Incredibly Of some OF the bodest dis
believers in supernatural agency, and inspired the
timid, to a considerable degree, with terror. We
have not felt at liberty, however, to make public
mention Of them, from regard to the feelings and
wishes Of the family; but that restraint Is now re-
moved, by the appearance Of garblsd statement
IN the columns of a cotemporary and we shall
proceed TO detail a few facts, which are 10 well
vouched for to us, that we endorse them as freely
as we could do had they passed under our own
eyes, and in our own dwelling. There is in them,
70 say the least, mystery, which has not yet been
solved, and which, from the unsuccessful endea-
voE made to dscoyerit, seems unerplainabfs by any
supposttion Of human agency.
Six weeks ago last Sunday morning, on their re-
turn from church, the family was alarmed at fnd-
ing the outside doors, which they had locked an
hour or two previously, OPEN and piece Of black
Grape tied 10 the handle Of the front door. Sup
posing the house had been broken into for the sake
Of robbery, they Immediately searched see they
missed any thing They found all the chamber
and inner doors, many Of which thsy had lest
locked, wide open, but nothing was missing. The
next day, on entering the room occupied by the
eldest daughter, they found the window and look
ing glass coveredover by Sheets and on the bed a
! figure laid out to represent corpse.
| This discovery followed, in the course Of a
/ few days, by strange noises about the house. ard
BY various articles being thrown about, apparently
/ by invisible hands, most Of which seemed directed
at the young lady; She became very much alarm
ed ana eventually was taken i'll, and seized with
| convulsions from which, for some period, il was
| feared she would not recover. Notwithstanding
| the close guard which was kept over her during
her sickness, strings, hsndkerchiefs, and other
articles, from time to time found tied tightly
around her neck, and pillows from another bed in
| the same room, placed and pressed upon her
| face. Many such things occurred which it was
impossible for her to effect without attracting the
notice Of those who were watching by, and taking
care OF her, After some days she recovered, and
was sent to neighhoring village. A day or two
alter her departure, things began to be thrown
about the house as before. They consisted chiefly
OF small articles, such nails, screws, pebbles,
l spoos Of thread etc.
/ During the young ady's sickness neighboFs.
were called in, and became eyewitness TO many
q the strange things which were occurring about
/ the house. The articles which were thrown about
began TO be Of larger dimensions-a spoon. knife
1 fork book. or poker being occasionally moved The
disturbance was neither constant nor regular Al
tunes nothing at all wouid happen fny hours and
again succession Of falling, or throwing incident
would occur within few minutes Of each other
and IN different parts Of the house. The gentle
mans son. a lad of some twelve or fourteen years
OF age, far from being alarmed found great amrlse-
ment IN chasing and picking up the moving articles.
One evening he thus into a room adjoining
that IN which the family was sitting, whence had
| proceeded the noise Of something falling to the
| floor, and Immediately uttered piercing scream
His friends going in found him on the floor. with
| ing IN lit He was taken up and cared for and
recovered from 1t the next day, when he said that
the cause OF his screaming was, that somebody
caught HIM around the body, just above the hips,
ana was Lifting him up, as he feared, through the
celng. VI the hit he was not conscious. The
next evening, and every evening for about ten days
thereafter, at the hour, and occasionally du-
ring the day time the boy was seized with similar
hts' which would last one more hours, and then
pass of.
To enumerate the articles thrown, and the man
ner and appearance of them, and above all the inn
presslons made upon neighbors and strangers who
frequently were witnesses, would require not only
whole columns but whole newspapers. We shall
have room for but few, and in selecting them we
shall not reter to what we have already narrated
They are vouched for in the most unequivocal man
ner, by gentlemen who are in no way connected
| with the family, and who could not for moment
be suspected Of the least couson, and are the re-
suit ot examinations made by them at the request
/ Of the family.
i On one occasion two gentlemen Of our acauain-
lance made thorough examination Of the upper
part OF the house, leaving the whole Of the family
below stairs Having looked through the different
| rooms without observing anything unusual, they
were retiring down stairs, when q fre-peker
which they had noticed hanging ON a nail in one Of
the chambers, passed near their heads and stuc K
| into the hoor before them, near the foot OF the
stairs They returned, and once more re-e1amined
the premises Nothing, and no person, could be
found. The door OF the chamber, in which the
pokerhad hung closed just as they had left il,
i but the poker was not in its place. Moreover the
| door was SO situated, that it could not well be
| opened without attracting their attention, until
they had passed further down the stairs than they
had done when the poker whizzed by.
/ A gentleman and his wife, who reside in the
| vicinity, and had been with the family frequently
while these strange things were going on found at
another time, in room into which they, as well as
the family were passing and rePassing every few
minutes, nine figures representing females in a
kneeling posture, before each of which was Bible
| opened, and passage therein marked by the turn
ing dowu Of leaf to it, or by small piece Of pa
per laid upon il. These figures were dressed with
| great precision, every hook and every button was
| fully adjusted, and their preparation would be the
| work Of many hours if attempted by human hands
! The dresses belonged to the young lady and her
| mother, and were hanging up in closets within
| short time of the discovery. The passages in
Scripture were chiefly in the prophecies Of the Old
Testament, and were very appropriate to the mys.
terry which apparently existed in the house.
Not the least wonderful of these things was the
discovery in different parts of the house. generally
in the morning. Of species of hieroglyphic charac
ters on the walls, and on the floor Of the piazza.
and also on oiled paper. One of those on paper
was of exceedingly high finish, fully equalling en-
craving on steel. Across the top were chaPacters
in Hebrew, and fellow, in up and down columns
Others similar in appearance to Chinese. The He!
brew characters were decphered by intelligent
neighbors, and found to be " The Key to the Mys-
terry" OF the Chinese, or other characters,
nothing has YET heen discovered, but they have
been or soon he submitted 10 gentlemen in this
city, who are acquainted with the Chinese, Arabic
and other languages.
Up 10 the 18th inst. these manifestations invaria
bly, occurred in the day time. On the night Of that
day they We're maintained with increased violence,
and without cessation, until about O'Clock in the
morning. During that time considerable damage
was done 10 various articles Of furniture, and seve
rai paues of glass were broken from the windows
all under the eye OF another gentleman from those
| previously mentioned who, at the request of the
| family was endeavoring by all the means and in-
gepuiiy at his command, to osolve the mystery The
particulars of all The unaccodnhble fhings which
took place during that iight we must pass over, Al
least for the present, confning ourselves. az we
have hitherto done, the more striking and extra