The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-05-15
GhOSt.Craft Revived.

scarcely died away, other mysterious and
uncccountable freaks of spirits or demons are
brought upon the stage in the shape of physical
realities. These spirits or demons have pecu-
liar penchant for New England as the scene Of
their operations. There, from whatever cause,
they seem to flourish. Their existence is as
readily believed by gray bearded and reverend
seignors, as by the
'Matrons who toss the cup and see,
Their future fate in grounds of tea
Editors and reporters of newspapers give shape
and tangibility to the idle dreams and vain ina
ginings of the ignorant and gossiping portion of
creation. 81. .'.. 81 a.
Nothing is heard of now in Stratford Connect
icut, but-"clankng fetters,-low mysterious
groans," which put to silence the late Rochester
rappngs. 49, .vt,-~~' #'s a"1".'. ...'. q r'> Z
CHOW odd, single hobgoblin's nonentity, 81.
Should cause more fear than whole hosts IDENTIFY"
Yet SO it is, for ...'..rH1.'' ..- .'r.:... T.: no~
"'Tis history sd
Handed from ages down; nurses tale
Which children, open-eyed and smouthed devour,
And thus as garruous ignorance relates,
We learn it and believe.'' ., rs-..- o.; ~
But to our narrative. We find it just as it
it without further comment.
One day early in March last, DR.. P, whose
family has been the scene of such strange visit.
atoms, called gentleman upon whom he
felt that his confidence would not be thrown a
way, and asked if he had an hour to spare
eyes" said he, 'swalk up to my room" ono,
but want you to 90 down to my house, There
was nothing unusual in the Dr.s manner, and
the two drove off together in his carriage. The
said gentleman being an invalid, has made the
town of Stratford his retreat for three or four
years past, during which time he has been known
and yet unknown through the productions of his
pen, having written for the most part anonymous
", and the past Winter for leading public Jour
nal in this city. He is extensively known and
regarded in his profession Matter-of-fa fact ghost
stories are so repugnant to his taste and educa-
ton that if he had known beforehand, doubt
whether he would have gone with the Doctor,
notwithstanding that he had been mean time
terms of companionship with him. On the way
DR.. P. said to him, CHOW you will think that
we have been in very foolish excitement at
our house, but want you to come and see if
you can discover the cause and relieve our
minds He spent an hour, returned, and spent
the day and the night, and lived in the house
nearly three weeks, during which time all the
inmates were on the qui pire.
He classes the occurrences as follows :-&
j. luIO"lH6S. NdpP4HSS.
4. Manifestations of members of the family
Since the details are very numerous, and you
consider those only important which show intel
lgence on the part of those, body orspirt,
YOU please, who caused the occurrences, l will
not burden you with many The witnesses
were all the while taken by surprise Said gen.
tleman and a lady happened both to be looking
at the middle top pane of G lass IN window of
the parlor A round ball struck it noiseessly in
f1,oi pcido ffort yyo fhrnn
slow rebounds against it fell dead down to the
floor and rolled towards them. 1t was turni p
covered with. minute mullitudinous and most
beautifully formed mesrneric characters. A like
writing appeared on the wall, in corner, part
on one wall, part on the other. The characters
were formed with geometrical accuracy of out
line All manner Of things were thrown from
an ounce to fifty pounds or more. "A brick flew
from the exact centre of a large mirror, alight-
ing with violence upon the middle of the carpet
at the feet Of the witness, who happened to be
opposite the mirror with his eyes upon it. It
was distinctly seen; yet not the shadow Of an a.
gency, and an ingenious experiment of test,
failed entirely. Various rooms were fixed with
great ingenuity to, represent funerals, aud pa
geants similar to Roman Catholic ,performan-
cess 60 L'N' '"E ~ ~" tEPt%t1H t' |E1 80 ""t |t>
- There were several human figures, mostly Sc
rious, but some very grotesque, in appearance
and posture. These were formed out Of Hhatev-
or came to hand best fitted for the purpose b 1t
was curious to see how every wardrobe and
trunk and lurking place in the house was ran
sacked for materials. The neck Of one Of the
female figures, kneelng at the foot of the bed,
in a chamber, her arms crossed, head bowed and
an open Bible before her, was formed Of the lea
thcr top of a carpet bag rolled up There were
four other figures, one on each bed post, a flying
figure, with parasol, was pinned to one of the
curtains Of a window. p In rooms, closets, every
where, these figures were stumbled upon. 'Fhe
great wonder then was, the sculptural beauty
and fullness of their outline, their number, and
the incredible short time in which they were re-
produced erbeing pulled all to pieces, and the
simultaneousness Of their appearance ~ As fast
as they could be destroyed in one room, and that
often at a touch, they would reappearin another.
A taste and effect was shown in their arrange
rnent which it would ordinarily take hours to
produce. ~ - ,E',a% "a Native OF STAFFORD!
iln l1,gaa "a chapter Of Accidents ?est'ia ~
tirqSeyeral serions accidents have taken place in
New, York, from the falling of some old build.
ings on which several worknen were killed and
wounded On the 9th ult, q house known as
the, chemical bark, was being pulled down, when
some one incautiously cut away the props which
were supporting the floor, whenithe upper por.
lions Of the building were precipitated into the
cellar, and several men severely wounded. ill.,
on the same day anotheraccident Of the same
kind, but with more serious Consequences oc