New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-10


! LUIS RI abopt IN make OF the reality OF spif
'l'c - ss'..,.,,ications Why the sPirt oil my ou
- ND no, spare a few moments o. NIS ~
/ .'''''- - me that he could communicate WIN
r.. an living on earth, or why ~ 'hal Pa'
go he was so iutenty engaged IN t,!lni =" olofl
suadc the spirits IA Bo7ton % AloeA onnortu
! 80. L,ock himself when most iaVoraO'o -.
nifty ofered-"efe PO'N'' va
labs@ouepty, Learning that ie" InaIs.-.
-, r.csi,jn, communications ana up
n Scriuture from the spirits Z" t.c ~ ,os..as,- %
posed as a test that they shguIu 60 w, T.s
! ...olato a Cs,v verses from the P'eeh -''" =
1'aHsIt-o T,r.b Asihejr Epist.es were ori-i-
-, 81: Creek i was 20 be supposed uleY
H""y 80 - translation without diincu''F-
,,;o, received the assent oi one OF TWO
- rai,.bo had been engaged m receiving ana
,,ilsbi,g in yamph'ctiora ',t '4F--4'
,9hir6 alluson Is made above " IS IN
sr,cd that the Apostles would, no couDT inaNv .'
.anslat9ns II submitted o. them. AccnfA'is'!'
i;5 t,yo ar three verses In Greek, from one oil
! =. pulls Fpistles and accompanied by ie"
! friends called at the place where thc re'''i.i'ns
were wont to be made. We waited Tor t'ile
/ leu,th Of time before manifestation OF me pes
/ ence of my spirits could BE- oo'a-Nen - -
| ,bere ,yas a knocking which was sad to he ~
the suirit Of a deceased physician. Nothing could
/ he heard from the Apostles, although they were
! freoueu,lv requested 10 knock and had away Oe'
/ tore as understood. been ready 70 answer What-
ever ino1iries were made a them. At ms llnc-
/ tire a lady was mcsmeuzed. 20 ascertain 'i'
/ cous, of this uuygonted silence. she lniJrmed rs
"a, t sn,its Of eight or ten OF lhc Apostles were
/ r,rssart INQUIRY was made u they would trans
/ ate tb. rassagcs in Greek No reply was re-
turned They were asked why they would not
mako the translation All was slent-not re-
| sponse could be obtained The attempt was maj
/ ~ abandoned ~ failure. Il was beyond clNr'P-
/ ton WHY the Apostles, who had always oe'o'
| been 30 communicative, should az that moment
! choose b preserve profound silence when On OPP
| portunity offered for test 50 conyIncin7. me
only re0E9nablc conclusion 10 which could arrive
was that there were 10 Apostles present.
On the same occasion. after the attempt with me
| Apostles was reIinquished, a rapid knocking was
! heard said to be made By the splrlt OF Lorenzo
/ Dou, The following dialogue cusued between US
Ia1uircr Have you and ever seen one anoth-
erl SD,rI Yes / Please spell the name Of the
town where we met. no answer T. " H you
spell the name of the county NO answer
! i Can Won rive the name Of the state >. hhode
Island "A great mistake; it was IN vermont ana
New York J. Have ever heard you preach p
:. No Il have heard him on repeated occasions
\ few moments anerward when ! had stated
| these mistakes we were informed BY the knock
inc that the spirit with whom had conversed was
not Lorenzo Dow. but another spirit VINO had
stepped in before him. The effect OF tins annun
| cation was, OF course, 10 thIoH " s4""-NA ---i-
cion over the whole affair
The last opportunity have had for Investigation
occurred a few weeks since. All things beng
ready, called for the spirit OF Is. W one o. the
most intimate and cherished companions Of my
early DAYS who came 70 sudden death iohg
time since With feelings OF intense anxiety that
the answers would be satisfactory and CONVINCING
made the inquiries which follow
Ia1uirer Is the spirit Of b. w present SPIRIT.
Yes / Have we ever met ). Yes. l. III
, YOU spell the name Of the town where we Were
! acquainted and where you died no answer
The question was urged several times, but W IN
no better success. II was suggested that should
call over several towns, and when ! came to the
right one the spirit would rap. Although this
would destroy to a great degree the test for winch
was seeking vet | at length consented. In men
tioninC several places. when ! named Iroy the
knocking was heard II was decided error. Inc
town was P07ReiiG n. Y
Inquirer What was your age Mt the time Of
your death SPIRIT Thirty three. "A mistake :
be was about twenty years Of age l. What was
the cause Of your dcathl no answer
After repeating the question frequently without
any reply, | WAS requested by some Individual
present 10 name number OF different diseases, and
the spirit would then indicate the one winch
caused its departure from earth | protested
against this course as a manifest avoiding OF good
| test and as reducing the Investigation to a mere
matter of guess work. But as no response could
be obtainedin any other manner finally assentcd'
| and commenced mentioning various kinds OF SICK
| ness When. with more than usual emphasis,
exclaimed. Was 1t brain fever! Instantly the
spirit responded Yes The answer was totally
wrong. The young man was drDrncd in Black
River
Tnqui5e.. Is your eldest sister still living 5.
Yes l. Spell the town where she now resides
No answer Being again solicited by person IN
the room to name different towns as before, men
toned among others, OriSkdHg. The knocking
was Immediately heard The truth IS, the lady
resides in Osweg0. Here, throughout was all.
ure SO marked that all who were present acknow-
lodged it without hesitation although several OF
them were decided believers IN the reality OF splnt
! ual communications. Before the company retired
a knocking was again heard, which announced
that | had not been conversing with the spirit Of
my departed companion, but with false Sptr!f
This explanation far from being satisfactory.
1t looked too much like lame attempt 10 destroy
the effect Of the blank failures which had taken
place II an excuse OF this description 10 TO be OBJ
tanned in extenuation of the false answers re
ceved from the protested spirits. then the public
are utterly without means OF applying any convnc-
ing test Of the genuineness of the prctence put
forth.
These are all the opportunities | have enjoyed
! of investigating this subject The reader viii
readily discover why am not believer in the re
atty of knocking spirits" To be such tcsti-
mOny would exhibit an amount of credulIty for
which have no desire to claim the honor have
not in either OF my interviews been able to discover
the slightest evidence that knocking was made by
spiritual being
But how was the knocking produced My ans.
wer is, do not know. have paid but little attcn-
ton to this point not conceNing II as furnishing
any satisfactory test. Believing 1t was possible
| for the knocking TO be made by human agency,
either through electricity clairyoyance, or in some
other manner | have not attempted to make any
| 1
tication on my part would have been difficult, as
the persons under whose patronage the knocking
is heard ladies, and are quite sensitive TINS
point Faithfulness to the public, however, com
pels me to add that | have been repeatedly IN
! formed by those whose veracty | cannot doubt