Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-06-19

was III Tie room except Mrs. ihSiur, whose
feet were also turned from the table, with seine
times her hands, somUimes her elbow on the
table, but most of the time not touching il. | q.
lone touched that table.
II heard the raps lou Ter and more numerous
than ever hcardt them before; sometimes inrcs-
pnnse to mental questions sometimes TO writ
ten ones, Nov who made these rap,? Tn
dcrneath that floor on which the table stood was
nothing but dirt. examined the table and can
swear there was no machinery under, in, upon,
or aboI, it--can swear that no other person but
myself touched it, and yet | felt it, vibrations
as distinct y as ever felt any vibration in my
life.
"Tho table vbrn,el with every rlp-.one of
my feet was on the table l,g--my 1Jt alone
touched that table. These rap, did hot make,
and yet that table viJratcd. Could Christina,
sitting lw1 feet from the table, produce these
vibrations? These vibrations were nOI on the
floor; the other, were pn the table leg lIihe,o
vibrations had hal their origin In the iloor my
other foo! would have ielt them. Christina did
did not make these rhps: Mrs. ldyiJy could not
have made them, tor would she If she could,
for she is rus, trlsiy w1mIn. did nnt make
them, no Other living human beng was in the
room and yet they were made. [. Cmuncy
Burr who made them?
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presence Of medium named Mary Crank
says through her, communications have been
spelled out which have surprised the company,
and not at all anticipated by any person pres
eut and not at all within TIE knowledge Of the
medium, relating to things she knew nothing a
bout and from spirits she never heard Of. En-
tire strangers have visited her and had coininu-
nicatons Of the most satisfactory and couNin-
cling kind she not knowing or ever having heard
of any Of the parties. Those knocks have
been made on the tables, floors, walls. Of every
room IN the house. They are made on the wall
when she is standing near it, or when she is ly-
ing in bed. They are made on the floor when
she is at work, sewing or washing, and on one
occasion had communication spelled on, OH
the floor near where she stood while at the
wash tub. They are made on,he table when she
sits of not touching il or being touched by any
person present. They have been made on the
floor when her tect h1re been hc'A IN The lap Of
another lady, and while her knccS held !;
they have al. been madc on TIE chair she sat
: on and on the sofa, or wherever sho might be
they are made on the nearest object to her. a
great variety Of communications have been
spelled ont through her from a variety of spir-
its, and tunes have been correctly raped SO
. that we could recognize. the tune and sing with
n the rapping they Keeping time. II is not NOR
=. ally possible that We are deceived. have
heard dozens Of raps at once, all different
sounds, purpOriing to be from a great number
|, of spirits preseu., old and young.
> | have been to hear Mr.. Burr lecture aii cX.
pertinent on the subject, and can state that III t
knocks maze by him arc no. at all ike those
, made by the spirits, differing from them in al
>, most every particular. The sounds made by
;, hin are hard and conclusive; those made by tht
- spirits soft and muied, somewha. like throwing
an India rubber ball against the floor OF
# wall, and of great variety, every spirit having
: a different sound.
! ]. p. Glass testified IS follows Il am ia
- miliar with the sounds Of 'kapp!ugs' produced
a, the si,tngs, where Mss Chrisilana has been
> the medium. have also heard the rarpng
{ made by the Me,srs Burr, now ecturing ii
, this city, and have no hesitation in saying that
y the sounds Of the one are totally dlssimiar tC
" the other.
II Before John y. parkerson, Alderman, Chris
u tina Bcal medium testified that She il
', medium Of spiritual communications, und h''
= been such for the last four months during whlc!
= time she has been IN the daily and almost hour
u is habit of sitting for responses from the Spjr.
II worll-tlm, the knocks are made ON ,ha table
> wall, on the floor, or on the nearest ol ject L
= her wherever she may be that she doe, no
!, produce them IN any way herself, nor are th'
" communication, that are Frequently made, al al
~ known to her, previously TO their being made -
~ that she does not know how they are made, un
, less by spirits that they rap on the table an,
J. wall when she is not touching them, and sittin.
). several fee, of from them-thH they are mad
" while sitting, standiag or laying, and while en-
- gagged at work or converslug -Hm they raj
y when her hands, feet and knees are tied o
held, IA. has been frequently tried-thaf the,
=, have moved the tables, chairs, &c. in he
II presence when no one touched them that score
!" Of persons whom she never knew, have, through
her medium, communicated with Spils sh
never knew or heard oi-tha, her will ha
- nothing TO do with the production Of TIE sounds
and that she cannot control them that the,
c come when they please and 60 when the,
=, please.
~ All of these persons, the Post says, are ala
~ dies and gentlemen Of The highest respectable
u ty, who are well known in this community"
II, We like 10 see iair play always, and il is u
~ more than right that the "hnockiugs' have
o' fair chance.
|, is understood that the Burrs intend vsitin
+ Cincinnati. We have no doubt they vii
a. "draw,' and we presume tho Cincinnati "Br
s. lievers" will be prepared to meet .hen "knoc
, for knock"
We have it from good authority here, that a
stated in yesterday. correspondence, Mrs Fis
p The great medium will visit Cincinnati ia
Y. few weeks. We shall, no doubt have livel
us times, ard perhaps some of our skcpiics ma
4 be dumbIounded, and perhaps Cincinnati sclen
er tiiic Ingenuity will discover some process
IS cy DnSitiuu that will throy Lee and Burr in Ia