Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1850-05-04


possible facility to those who have undertaken
10 examine the subject, and in thathave oiier-
ed most convincing proofs that they were
not parties TO any attempt at deception.
We have not yet told the half of what we
are fully satisfied is true, upon the best OF
authority. and not connected with the family
in any way, but for every thing whoh we
have named above, we have the most rena-
BILE, and, to us, undoubted and undoub'aoie
testimony. We are as perfectly sa'islied
with the truth of what we have repeated as
though we ourselves had witnessed It,
Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune.
So n The gentleman alluded TO
and a lady happened both to be looking at
the middle top pane of glass in window oil
the pa.lor. A round ball struck 1t noiseless-
" in the centre from the inside, and a''er
two or three slow rebounds against 1t, ieii
dead down 10 the floor and rolled toward
them 1t was iurnip, covered with minute
multitudinous, and most beautifully iofmeu
mesmerc characters. A like wiring appear
ed on the wall, in a corner, part on one WALL
mart on the other. The characters were
formed with geomerical accuracy OF outline
All manner of things were thrown, from al
ounce to fifty pounds or more. A oricE lie"
from the exact centre of a large mlrror-pfick
and shadow in opposite directions, The ior-
alish,ing with violence upon the middle oi
the carpet, at the feet of the witness, who
happened to be opposite the mirror, with MS
ewes on it. 1t was distinctly seen; yet not
the shadow of an agency, and an ingenious
experiment 10 test, failed entirely. Various
rooms were fixed up with great ingenuity TO
represent funerals, and pageants similar TO
Roman Catholic performances. There were
several human figures, mostly serious, but
some very giotesque, in appearance and pos
ture. These were formed out of whatever
came to hand best fitted for the purpose.
1t was curious TO see how every wardrobe
and trunk and lurking place in The house was
ransacked for materials. The neck of one oi
the female figures, kneelng at the foot Of
the bed, in chamber, her arms crossed
head bowed, and an open Bible before her.
was formed of the leather top Of carpet
bag, rolled up. There were four other figures
one on each bedpost; flying figure, with
parasol, was pinned to one of the curtains Of
window In rooms, closets, every where,
these figures were stumbled upon. The
great wonder then was the sculptural beauty
and fullness of their outline, their number;
and the incredibly short time in which they
were reproduced after being pulled all to
pieces, and the simultaneousness OF their ap-
pearance. As fast as they could be destroy
ed in one room, and that often at touch,
they would reappear in another A taste and
effect was shown in their arrangement which
it would ordinarily take hours to produce.
The editors Of the New Haven Journal,
who visited the house, thus gives his opin-
ion:
"We were shown the broken candlesticks,
the broken pitcher, some thirty or forty bro
ken panes of glass in the windows the bruised
bedstead, &c, all OF which appearance show
ed bold, perseverng and very destructive
disposition on the part of somebody or some
hing-but how skiIlfuy all this destruction
wa. accomplished, we cannot say, not hav-
ing witnessed any of it, Of course therefore
it will mol be expected that we should admit
the idea Of any supernatural agency, upon
any such evidence as was before us; though
we readily grant that the worthy gentleman
of the house is perfectly sincere in his own
opinion in regard TO this matter But that
hi. views are founded in error, we are forced
TO believe, both from the absence of any de.
monstration in our presence to the contrary
and alse from their variance with the known
laws of nature and of Providence, and with
the history of mankind"