New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-30
Manifestations in Providence.


Mr. EDITOR In spite of Burr and the
Buffalo doctors the spirits m Providence keep up
lhtr lnceeSdni rdppngS. and have begun 10 DO other
things Slll more marI ellOuS And As wish 10 keen
some OF your readers POI ed up this new and
strange development of the spirit world I Will tell
you briefly what have witnessed within the laSttWo
or three weeks
wish 1t 10 be understood by all who read this
communication. that kR0,r every one of ITS state
mens TO be true. ] kno'r that the things done were
not done by any human beng living Do the flesh bur
by some invisible intelligence. do taoir. even as
Know That ann now writing. that every particular
occurrence here put down. took place without the
agency OF any one person IA the room al the time.
To tins We are all Wiling 20 make oath Most OF
the things were done IN my own houSc-sOmc OF
them IN the houses of two of my friends. -Four. and
sometimes FIVE persons besides the medium. have
been seated around SIN II table ln darkened room.
when the spirits have raped ont 90 Ms by the alpha
bet, to ION hands and harmonic Olr minds. We
Of course ooeycd the direction. pom the floor NM
der The table We had previously placed "a guitar
and on the table had placed another guitar and
common sized house bell.
After sitting quietly few moments. we inquired
ofthc spirit, II they would make music for Us upon
The guitars The answer came promptly ne the az
hmatlvc. and then the strings oi the instrument.
which lay ppdr the table, were struck n u by hu-
man fingers The instrument was then drawn slow
ly out from ITS place and deposited near the center
of the room. The guitar which lay on the table was
then lifted mp and carried of In the direction of the
first Both guitars then commenced playing IN har-
mOny. but only for a moment. They stopped sud-
denly, and one OF the instruments few mp over orr
heads. PLAYING some tune tO lis unknown We asked
the spirits 10 play some ar familiar 10 our ears.
They Immediately struck up anSec Doodle occ1-
Sonally knocking The guitar against the ceiling and
then bringing It down close 10 our heads ana
around our ears. The spirits then played the accom-
pdnlmcntS 20 several tunes sung by the company
the instrument moving. and sometimes m double
quick time from one part of the room 10 another.
Sometimes the guitar would fin from one SIDE OF
the room TO the opposite and from the floor - the
ceiling, and then back agaln-nOW tapping on the
window ana then on the dOOT-nOW glanclng athWar
our shoulders and then pattpg MS on our heads, 10
the most familiar and loving manner All this while
our hands were firmly cla>pcd and ouf circle was
kept mhrOkCn. True. We could Sfc nothing. ous an
that have stated We both heard and felt After TINS
had been gong ON an hOur OF more We dSNcd 'lc
spirits to ring the bell the guitar they had laid with
considerable force upon The table. Ihe beu was
seized. almost with rdcness. and turouSly run8 au
around The room, sometimes passing over our heads
and sometimes near The floor flying rapidly from one
angle of the room TO the opposre-one moment be-
hnd our chairs and the next close TO our noses
When the spirit had rng the bell sufficiently he
placed n on the tdhe-tOOk the guitar again ana re-
commenced the music-playing several Htiy ana
popular airs. To vary The experiments, we asked
the spirit 70 open backgammon board, Wm'h Jay IN
one corner OF the room and place the men READY ioI
playing The board opened instantly We heud il
lifted from The floor ard shaken violently, ana tlei
men dice and boxes were all tossed into the AR and
feI In a shower around the apartment and me empty
board was placed upon the table. Another thng we
desired was. TO hear the Splni walk In moment OF
two we heard footsteps distinctly iahng a. IL a man
NcfC pacing back and form nm the apartment M
other time when Va asked 10 hear the tread or lecl'
We heard instead the ru>tllng of SIX, us II a lddY
dressed i'm that material was gliding about me room
Books dresses. shaWl> fans aud DINER Mllt.t> were
brought or thrown from distant parts OF Ic room
INTO the laps of some persons I'D the company
On one occasion ihe guitar Wa taken rom Tue
f. bile and Stood Nfth O. remarkable degree OF CIr'
lron the foor-fh- large end resting against my own
hand and arm and The hand OF the medum "hch
hold I'M mine Atfer considerable fixing of the n>lru-
nent in tins inverted position. the spirit began 10 en-
tcran us with making sounds upon D. NJ HI>' lAt
wood Part of the instrument was gently AuocAtu ON
" hat seemed to u> 10 De common nall hummer
or,virc louder and Louder un'll blended INTO
,crrd Ike thar of the end Of "a mans anger drum
ming ruou tie wood. Then the sound cnais'l IT'D
that of The hnuccs then OF the h>i thth ot'N d-a.n
TO the hamm,r' These were suc.''lc4 u} Nu.l'-
rus more or 'eSs correct. OF fht "a" Tag ol ootio>'
driving of nails planning. boring ami hll- lhtn
these were followed by initiating the singing OF olfi''
and hv sounds ,hat should suppose Woud fe>cihne
he splitting OF guitar strings INTO nnunfftoic 1Ic>-
AMER Tins curious demonstration, i1c instruments
was carried Us ihe spirit toward Wnio"' -Ho's1
tic upper par, az winch Glm moonusAi sAoAe "l'
reu Ne could Stt the guitar perform sundry tdnia>uc
,r.cs> ION ,llr- amusement IL would move. some
times horizontally. and then vertically Wolld
dance. and chen roman a. resi-. daIi oatA mo '-'
darkness aud tlcu push forward INTO tne ann moon
lsht. until sc were perfectly satisfied "l'h H. l'eN
.,rIorfnauc,> when a. was land gently upon me BE-
he a. n the operation wished for iufhtr oIaI> bul
none beng gwen, thc spirit hieI iAe shia' %" l"S
,.r-s frrrC1 the latter half way round. ant opened
and shut the leaves some dozen tunes t4 ti> Co-~
all PEE seen. though nilstnctN'
Now Nh. Edlfor. though most II our readers WIZ
mai f1r>f aye hard STORES yet tlcrc are more of
thcro 20 be iol thaf exceed these I'D ioesilt'' -'
some ten or twenty cc-rces-to Do to.l' lv'' tyH
>rrrt. ,.rf.I'eO fo fle hg nc>f Fnn.ltl,r A@' ~
trif,. ,.,. Won a ,p.-.m-r OF tle occurrence, ma
.rp r- .c, uic.iti DID 'hI> cts AZ some future
lmc.4 NC. ,,.l permit me- VIII ,'l f'.-
ihugmoic Most oi ine persons VINO Na'S 81 3"
hc CIRCLE with mc have oiten iet spirits touch i.el'
have beer myself particularly favored I'D i-H ""'