New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-08-02

to'' are accompanied by an unseen attendant
BON trey call Spinning Jenny" She is heud
'piuning ID 'her house In the couatry, and when
they come iut0 town ths spins hare: servant. al
oil hear the sound Of her wheel ba.ieve sba a..
companies them no further than 70 their oxnreu
dences, not 10 those Of other people IsnDv i,.,o
posed to be former bousemaid Of the family. Who
vas great spinner, and they are 30 accustomed
u her presence Gs TO feel i. 10 annoyance
family in one Of the English Counties wa.s
few yeNs ago terribly troubled by an unseen in
mate who chiefly seemed 10 inhabit large cellar
into which there was no entrance except the door
which was kept locked Here there would be q
loud knocking a voice orying-helvy
feet walking, &c &c. At first, the old trus,x rthy
butler would summon bis sccolytes, and descend,
armed with sword and blundcrblss; bat no oae
wss 10 be seen. They could often hear the feet
70 lowing them up stairs from this cellar; aud
oEce a hen the family had determined 10 watch,
they found themselves accompanied up stars nor
only by the sound of the feet, bat by ristbe sha-
dowy com psnion They rushed up, hsw to their
chsmber and shut the door, when instantly they
fet The handle turned in their hand by nsnd out.
side Windows and doors were opened IN spite OF
locks and keys; but notwithstanding the most per-
severing Investigations the only cleS to the mys-
terry was the appe arsuce Of that spectral figure.
The knockngs and sounds OF people at work, as
serted to be heard in mines, is fact mslntained
BY many very sensible men, overseers, and super
intendents &c as well as by the wcrkmen them
selves; and there is a strong persuasion, L know,
agOng the miners of Cornwall, and those oil Men
dip, these visionary workmen are sometimes heard
snong them on which occasions the horses evince
their spprehensions By trembling and sweatingi bat
as have no ans OF verifying these reports, do
not dwell upon them further.
When the mother of George Canning then Mrs
HUMP, was an actress In the provinces sue "enp
among other places. to Plymouth, having previous
ly reques ted her friend Mr. Bernard, OF the thea
ter, to procure her lodging. On her arrival Me-
b. told her that If she was not afraid OF ghost she
mig ht have comfortable residence at a very low
rate, For there is said he, "a house belonging
10 our carpenter, that is reported to be haunted,
and nobody will live in it. II you like to have 1t,
YOU nav and for nothing believe, for he is 50 anx
! ious to get tenant; only you must not let 1t be
! known that you do not pay rent lorlt'
Mrs HUM abiding to the theatrical apPsritions
snd it would not be the first time she had had 10
| do with a ghost and that she was very willing to
encounter this one; so she had her luggsge taken
10 the house in question, and the bed prepared AT
her usual hour, she sent her maid aud her children
| to bed and curious TO see II there was any iounds
ton for the rumor The had heard she seated her
self with couple of candles and book to watch
the event Beneath the room she occupied was
| the carpenters workshop, which had tao doors =
The one which opened into the street was barred
! and boted within the other smaller one open
| ing into the passage, was only on the latch and
She had read something more than an hour, when
she perceived noise issuiDg from this lower apart
meut which sounded very much ike the saving OF
Woo. Presently, other such noises as usually pro
| coed from a carpenters workshop were added, TIL
! by-eDdb by there was regular concert OF kn)cRlnS
and bammering and ss wing and planning, &c the
whole sounding like half a dozen men in full en-
uloyment Being a woman of considerable cour-
see Mrs. Hum resolved, If possible to penetrate
the my stery 80 taking oil her shoes, that her ap-
/ = L. H., hon ri with haF - n n
hard, she very softly opened her door aud descend
ed the stars. the noise continuing as loud as ever
and evidently proceeding from the workshop, till
she opened the door, when instantly sl was silent
all Yves still-nOt mouse was stirring; ana the
tools and the wood and everything else, lay as
thew had been eft by the workmen when they
ventaway Having examined every part OF the
Mace and satisfied herself that there was nobody
there and that nobody could get into II, Mrs Hum
assembled TO her room again, beginning almost to
doubt her own senses and question WIN hefs9h
whether she had really heard the noise or not,
when it recommended, and continued, without In
termissiop for about half an hour. She however,
went to bed and the next day told nobody what
! hsd occurred having determined to Wetch announcer
nisht before mentioning the affair y any one
| AS however this strange scene WAC ected over
,r,;p without her being able To discover the cause
OF IT, she now mentioned the circumstance to the
owner Of the house and TO her friend Bernardi and
he former who would not believe II, agreed 70
9tCh
az before and he was horror struck that, instead
ofentoring the workshop, es she wished MN 20 90
he rushed into the street. Mrs HoHa conunued 70
rhabit the house the whole Summer and whel
referring siterward to the adventure she ooserVel
hat use was second nature, and that sne wa
snre If apy night these ghos,ly carpenters bad not
Dnrsued their visonsry labos, she should have
been quite frightened, lest they should pay her q
visi, up stairs
Here ,eems to be an anticipation OF the hoch
ester knockipgs, the stratiord mischief makers
DR.. Phelps devils and other phenomena, which SC
msry wise men explain without the sligbtest ditt
Guilty on the theory Of fraud in one party and folly
IN the other;
Now, | an very well aware how absurd aud
impossble these events will appear 10 many peo-
pie and that they will have recourse TO any ex-
PLANTATION rather than admit them for facts. Yet
so late ss the year 1885, suit was brought before
the Sheriff Of Edinburgh in which Captain Moles
worth was defendant, and the landlord ofthe house
he inhabited which was at Trinity, about couple
of miles from Edinburgh was plaintiff, tOunded
UPON Circumstances not so varied, certainly ou'
quite az nexplicable The suit lasted txo years
and have been favored with the particulars OF the
csse by Mr. NJ l., the advocate employed
bv the plaintiff who spent many hours In examin
inc the numerous witnesses several OF whom were
: caicers of the army, and gentlemen OF undoubted
honor and capacity for observation
Captsin Molesworth took the mousse OF M
Webster, who resided in the adjoining one In May
or June 1895; and when he had oeen IN IL aoou'
two month, he began 20 complain Of sundry ex
! traordinsry noises, which, finding il impossible 20
sccouu, for. he took it into his head strangely
enough were made by Mr. Webster. The latter
naturally represented that it was not probable be
should desire 10 damage the reputation oil ms o~r
Lopse and drive his tenant out Oft and retorted the
accusation Still as these noises and ckingscon
tipued Capt Moletworth no. only lifted the bosrd
In the room most infected, but actually made holes
the wall which divided his residence from Mr
, Web.ter's, for the purpose of detecting the dein
quen,-of course without succe's Do WIS. .ae,
! e Invisible feet knockings and sds.chings, an
, .i;,. ST. on one side and then on the other