New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-21
Spiritual Manifestations - No

Spirits demonstrate their presence and
impart their intelligence to the natural senses OF
persons u the form through several modes, of
which shall only speak of those ! have wit
messed, VIZ
First: Spirits influence or control the speech
of persons TO utter their thoughts-sometlmes IN
a conscious and sometimes in a clairvOyant or
trance state, which is often induced by the splr-
II, themselves, without any human agency.
Second By moving material things, ringing
bells producing music from guitars, vols. pianos,
&c. &c.
Third: By what are termed 'raps, consisting
of sounds and vibrations produced on material
things. or touches upon persons when the night
letter in the alphabet is spoken to form the intended
words and sentences.
Fourth: Bv influencing the hands Of persons to
write out their communications to man
Fun: BY writing themselves, without any con,
scous human agency sometimes IN characters and
languages unknown TO the persons present.
Slrth BY moving aud taking persons entirely up,
bodily and carrying them through the arr.
These are the modes of Spiritual Manifestations
which / shall endeayor 10 demonstrate by facts
which have come under my own observation. l
will first generally and briefly state that have, AT
various times and through great nuInSer OF neul-
uns some of ,nem strangers to me, asked the spirits
to respond, through their accustomed mode. to the
following questions, put IN this form
FIRST, WIltlIg twenty or more names Oh ptIsOHs.
dead and living intermixed and ask the spirits to
respond when | point without speaking) to the
names Of persons who have left the form, and they
have always responded correctly and IN the same
manner they have responded when pointed 10 hg-
ures indicating the year III which they departed this
HE then the month, day and hour III winch uat
event occurred also the number of days, weeks,
months and years they dwelt upon tins earth then
the days. weeks, months or years they have been IN
the Spirit Land then the country, state, town, city
or street III which they left the body and the re-
sponses have been uniformly correct
| have many times tined these experiments by
orally calling out the names OF living dead per-
sons in rapid succession also the days, months,
years, counties, States towns, cities, streets &c,
&c, to which they have responded correctly, with
one exception. That exception was IN the case OF
child, and another spirit Voluntarily, on the same
day, TO my satisfaction and TO my humiliation, too,
explain ed to how and why the mistake occurred.
have. however, known these experiments 10 fail
with Others; but / think, not oftener than once In
fifty times. They have, however, never failed with
me- except in the instance mentioned and l am
persuaded II never would with others under proper
and orderly circumstances.
On the l4th of July last was in FltchDurg, Mass,
where saw Mr. Edward Hooper. a medium for
writing, and, among other things, | asked II the
spirit communicating would write the name OF the
place where my brother died. After considerable
exercise Of his hand without writing, he exclaimed,
" won't write 1t, for know 1t is not correct" IN
CURED, What is not correct y lie replied, They
want me TO write California" And they were
right, for 1t IN California that my brother de-
parted from this world. Doubtless this is the way
IN which many of the incorrect answers are obtained,
viz, the mediums some other persons interference
with their influences and truthful responses from the
SPIRIT World
On the 18th of April last was sitting at my break
fast-table with my family, Mrs. Fox and her Two
Younger daughters. and my brother. Rappings were
heard, and on inquiry We were told that they came
from my son, who died an Boston ten years ago, al
the age of ,. years. asked him, Werc you with
us AT the School Exhibition last evening res"
~ I...l htItf 10 nf
II al the timc)
"Would YOU have liked to remain IN the form and
taken part in such Exhibition ~ mo | can speak
as well as they, Papa :" and he added Sister So
phronia, do YOU remember how looked when
peeped through the key-hoel" HIS mother asked,
= Can YOU tell when that was ?" Aus" Sister was
very SICK" HIS sister was moved to tears by thus
affecting Renaissance lie SAID Do not cry, sis
ter, II hurts my feelings. Sing Sophroma, I'd offer
thee this hand OF mine &c Mama, do Mt let a
thought OF me give your bosom pam" (These
lines are III song his sister sometimes slngs) HIS
SISTER said =" can't help crying TO think was the
cause Of his death He answered, No II was
God, not YOU" His sister was very sick with the
scarlet fever al the time above referred to- when ne
the key-hole from the adjoining room 10 see her and
call To her. through which means his sister supposed
the conagion reached HIM, and he died. THIS fact
had passed away from us-so much so, AT least that
DO not remember TO have spoken OF It for years
until II brought To our receollcton as here re-
lated by what believe 10 be his spirit. Mrs. tOx
and her daughter said al the time in answer TO
question: that they had never heard Of II before .
which believe Is true.
Another fact Ia the identity OF a spirit occurred
at my house IN the morning of the 10th OF July last
through Mr. Gordon as medium, besides whom,
MI Cooley and myself only were present. | was
receiving communications by rapS, when NT. Cor
don against his viii and effort apparently, and with
out any intervention on our part, was suddenly
thrown INTO cainoyant or trance state lmme
dlatey he began and made all the motions requisite
TO perform and test the peuectnesS OF part Of my
business which have always Kept secret. The de-
hneaton was most perfect and unmlstakable, as
much so as could have been conveyed by any Ian
guage and II could have been performed only BY
one familiar with 1t from long practice | asked who
II was that was trying 10 demonstrate their presence
20 me, and II Il was NV predecessor who disclosed
10 me the secret, and left for Germany eight
years ago. No answer. knew of no other person
acquainted with Il who had reason to believe might
be IN the Spirit World. Two DAYS after, however |
had solution Of the mystery for then for the hrs,
time, learned that German, who had worked for
me andmy predecessor IN that branch Of my busl-
ness, died on the l3th-taree days previous 10 the
ocCuUence-and he was unacQualnted with the
English language. Yours, CHARLES PARTRIDGE.