New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-29

name The young man called win me ~ Iu7 I
bouse Of Mrs. i and on inqnring who his guard /
ian spirits were, wss told By the raPPlnS tney F.
were his father and mother he knew bis iatner .
name and so wrote e down with several otherS'
and asked the spirit % rap when he should pohs %
il Ii did so. de then said he did not kno" MS
mothers name told him 70 ask her sPinsto
sueU il out TO him He did So aud the spirit mat
rursorted 20 be that Of his mother spelled the
name of Mariana Not long after, Canada
brother In law married 70 the sister Of TINS young
man. visited the scene OF the happinss- ne
among other things, requested the spliS 90 rag
wfenh he repeated his VIE name ne iisil1,.-et
some half dozen names and then mentioned ina,
OF Mary Ann. No rap coming, be SAID Marian
na and the pcame instantly. From tnis IL vas
inferred that the daughter had been named aver
themOther IdonOt C aim that this settles tneqJss'
ton with regard 20 the mothers name Dut u To-
raise a strong presumption IN my own nlnu eLas
Mariana was the Christian name Oh that deceased
mother .r
Mr. P. citizen Of B. who bad just returnedtr from
an unsuccessful trip % California where ne hau
dixie many others) lost bis health, desired me 70
call with him at the house OF Mrs + tnas ne
might witness the mysterious manilestatoas "
went He called for the spirit Of his VILE Inere
came a response. He said, "Wll you rap 70
Your nsme2' Ans. Yes Rsps TO "fheOe'
correct allow many years have yon oeeh
dead 2" Raps "ten," correct "WElyop rap 90
your eldest child's name Raps at Ceclha
correct " How many children had You maps
a. fcorrectl care either OF your children
with you2" Ans Eyes" "Will you rap t.
her name ?" Raps to the name OF "Siiens-
fcorrect1 The spirits then gave q signal tor the
alphabet to be repeated. II being done, the ioi-
lowing was spelled out. Z" have been with you,
deer husband in sickness and in health but you
are unconcious Of my presence. l know your H.
| frmities, and sympathise with you. W III you
| commuricate with me when alone W"t
communicate with you, only walt patiently
Ia Ia glli f,I ny
dear boy grow up in the natural affection OF an
| own child. He would be benefited by the coun-
sci Of father" In explanation OF this, MI L.
informed me that bis wife died leaving an infant
son whom he put 10 nurse In the family OF ifiendi
and that the child has remained with that friend
to the present time, ten years so that he has not
exercised parental guardianship over the child,
seeing it only occasionally.
l could, were il necessary, furnish many more
equally interesting Incidents bat, until caued
upon, shall let these suffice. H.
The Spiritual Manifestations out West
Correspondence Of The Tribune.
AUBURN, NY. Wednesday, Jan. D.
II. GREELEY-Dear Sir. / notice in TIE Irib-
une of the 18th inst. communication over tee
signature of Heman Burr attempting to give a
solution of the so called Spiritual Rappings,
upon the theory of ply sical deception. Although
the statement WILL as matter OF necessity appear
destitute of force Of truth to those converant with
the subject, it may htin occasion perplexity to
those movable minds as yet but partially familiar
with the manifestations. / ask, therefore, the
publication of the following embracing one fact
from among many at my command.
In July last | visited Scott, Cortland County,
and thence Auburn and Syracuse, for the purpose
of investigating the phenomena in question:
When upon the point of returning from the place
last named to my residence at Brooklyn, NY. the
alphabet was called for in the usual way, and l
was requested to remain till the departure OF the
next train Of cars as another spirit wished to
make TO me q special communication. accord
ngly rem aimed from morning till noon, and during
this time the following communication was given
to me through the alphabet:
Elder Scotf: YOu know.when was IN the form lei
into trance much Of hich related 10 you You wished
to write and publish it. told you the world was mol
Daris"
This was given at the house of Mr.. VIM. Adj
ans, Mrs e. A. Benedict being the medium
Those present were all strangers to me- and the
conversation referred to unknown even to my
own family That the force Of this may be felt, IT
is only necessary to state that while Pastor OF the
fret Seventh Day Baptist Church in Berlin, NY.
in the Summer Of 1913, young lady OF the above
name member Of my congregation, fell into a
sleep, lasting o number Of days, whence she was
finally reused by means OF physical magnetism
She died in the w inter following. During her
illness after her trance and before her decease,
often visited her. She related TO me wonderful
experience of things heard and seen during this
time and the conversation above referred to trans
pred betweenus relative to its publication The
reader may Judge of my surprise on hearing this
brought TO light among perfect strangers, through
the mysterious sounds
will simply add that these Rappings' are not
simple sounds, but variations oil sound transmit
ting various forms and degrees OF intelligence.
| Spirits through these media establish signals
whereby their friends in the body may distinguish
them from others. These signals consist general
! " Of variations of numbers of sounds in various
degrees of velocity and intonatiOn. Thus per-
son may converse with departed friend through
one medium, obtain his signal, and know his
| friend by the same signal through any number OF
media personally strangers to and distant irem
each other l may also observe that spirits, es'
pecially in this section OF our State, also eommu-
nicate through seeing mediums who behold them
by the opening of an internal lens In the eye, and
by hearing mediums who converse with them, as
well as by the Tapping mediums Spirits are also
heard in conversations of articuate sounds and In
chants and hymns, in many families.
Mr.. Burr states that he produces limitations OF
these sounds and argues from the variation OF
sound produced through rapplng mediums, that
all the alleged communications by rapPmgs are
the result Of collision and deceit upon the part OF
the persons through whom they come. Had he
investigated the subject with more thoroughness
and cRndor he would have discovered the tact
that multitudes of invisible intelligences commu'
nicate through single medium BY equal numbers
Of varieties Of sounds. His argument IS thus
made to refute his own position. He falls, when
pursued, like SAUL King of Israel, upon his own
sword.
To make his position good, he must not only
produce variations Of sound but equal numbers oil
statements, through sound unfolding intelligence,
and this in European and Asistic as well as In,
dian languages-which has been accomplished
through mediums ignorant, in some instances, o.
the grammar Of their own tongues. And when he
has done all this, he has only produced a counter
felt of the reality. These limitations, if made are,