New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-26

among the Poetical writers of our country.
Ed.
PRovnEvcE. r. /, Sunday March 9, 1851.
HORACE GREELEY, ESQ dear S"' MT " mas
recently reminded me OF my promise 20 write ~
Iou In relation TO the Spiritual Phenomena In
which am 90 much interested. should have
done so many weeks ago, in compliance with a
wish which you minated TO Miss T., but testlmo-
mails to the verify Of these mysterious demon
STATIONS have accumulated 80 rapidly oil late that
imeeiued ANYTHING might have 10 say 20 you
On the subject would be merely repetition OF
statements previously made by others. II brief
account of nv initatory experience can be OF any
value 70 you, | shall be most happy to impart It,
NV attention was trst called 10 these mysterl-
ous sounds in the Autumn OF 1912, about three
months b. fo,e any intelligence had reached me OF
the siuguier Manifestations in Rochester. no
ticed them for the Grst time within twenty-tOur
hours after the death Of friend Since that
u.riod, | have heArd them almost daily, both when
alone and when in company with others. They
generally occur in some remote part OF the room
--ottenest when am thinking OF these manues
tations, and, not unlrequenily es II IN reply 70
,oue mental question. Even now, while AN
writing 70 you hear succession OF slight sounds,
q HIGH seem 10 proceed from the center OF a table
which stands at the distance OF four or hVe ieet
from the desk at which am seated. am alone
I'm the room, ard the monday sun is shining
brightly into the apartment. There is no sPpar'
ont cause for the production oil these sounds.
They have been repeated, after the interval Of q
few seconds, for the last ten pinUtes- This is a
new experierce. have never before heard them
90 continuously and for so long time. Ia October
last noticed that these apparent responses to
nv thoughts came more frequently and more
pr1 mptly, in the presence OF NJ n young glrl who
las lived many years with my mother. ohe has
never outerown an instructive dread OF the sdper-
I
with difficulty that obtained her reluctant con-
sent 70 sit with me an hour every evening. Tor the
purpose Of observing more critically the effect her
presence might have on them. For the first week
or two hey were he ard % before, at distance
either on the walls the floor or the furniture. j
one evening asked mentally, that II these SOUNDS
acre caused BY an invisible intelligence, might
receive come evidence of il by bearing them
made near my person, On an object that would
f1enfQliu indicate. In less than minute heard
three low but distinct raps on the back OF my
chair. This experiment was several times sue
G. stfully repeated. ] then sought 10 elicit the
sosrds by recurring n. TO place her hand on q
table bat failing in the attempt, discontinued it,
End some weeks elapsed before these seeming
reEporses to my thoughts occurred with any GER
tsbty or regularity ia the presence oil this young
,iri Ia the meantime, however, had an oppor.
unity of bearing alleged spiritual responses, and
even direct communications, made through the
slphGbet, at the mousse 81 MI W huo - OsHot
places Nv private experience bad prepared me
10 observe tbese manifestations atteDtlyely and
Critically bot without incredibly. When the
persons presiding al these sistings asked If there
= ere any spirits present who would communicate
zith ne, they were answered None" This was
rather mortiy ing to nae as Ihad been 80 sincerely
cesrous 10 ascertain the truth in this matter. But
itVould seem that my friends were determined
70 choose their own time.
On Monday, Nov. (, l happened 70 be relating
what | bad witnessed on these occasions, TO
group Il curious, but very incredulous listeners,
cemsuy met together a. tue house OF an acqualnt-
spce IN reply 70 their entreaties that would
obtain for them an introduction TO some Of these
cbsrmed circles, suggeaed that We might posi-
lI, fr3 some favorable medium IN the party then
resent. They lsoghingly gathered round large
fsble In the center of the room when, not less
In NV own sstonishmeDt than 20 theirs, We were
sreeied by succession Of slight repsJ which
PRESENTLY became lear and sonoroos, vibrating on
lie ear with at ling diEtinctness In the midst
OF the breaibess silence that now regned through
oUt The company. The right hand and arm Of one
II the ladies' soon became cold and rigid, and, by
the advice OF ply sicisn, who was present, We
discontinued the sittiDg not, however, until had
isked faccordi1g 70 the usual formula II ! might
Anow what spirit wGs communicating with us:
r. ceivec in reply GeTiesof letters which sounded
ke 50 oriental name Thinking there might be
,tue nhtAke, and anxious 10 know II these
,Oulcs we're indeed caused by ga intelligent
sef1f ] 3. eraied tie request and again received
he rune ss1,es # leftsys OF which | could make
nothing. The lazy VITO WGs Ascestained u be shs