New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-23

ready IN communicate. Now said Mrs. b. il
you are really the spirit Of my brother, and wish
to convince me Of this fact, you will please speu
out TO me what have written upon tue paper
which hold in my hand Ii commenced sPehing
the sentence, the Alphabet being repeated oy
Mrs. Fish, but she stopped on the first few wor $
being spelled and said This spirit is a foo" and
she wouldn't repeat the alphabet for il. Mrs. b.
told her to proceed, and see what the spirit would
spell out She did So and all that was written
upon the paper was spelled out ver6dt'm ct
iiteratim
When talking with the spirit OF her father, Mrs
B. said, Now, if you are my father, take hold OF
my foot" The spirit replied, "When you sit
down to supper, | will" Supper being ready
soon, she took her seat at the table, and spirit
called for the alphabet 10 be repeated. 1t was
done The spirit spelled out My dear A.
| grstifed your every wish that I could while
living; | will do so now" Upon that, she felt
hand grasp her foot. About this she said she
could not be mistaken and it was not possible for
any one present, as they were then seated, to
have deceived her.
On another occasion / heard this same lady
call upon departed friend in the folio wing man,
ner: ''Is the spirit of the one | now think OF
PRESENT." As soon as she received response
in the affirmative, she proceeded thus: VIII
von ran 70 vour name" eyes" The correct
name was responded to. "How came you to your
DEATH AnS. "By drowning" In river"
" NO. In ponu NO IN tue OCean
mo" "In a lake ?" Eyes what lake ~
Ans. "Erie." "Were you on boat p " Yes
"Wbat boat" THE Griffith Were you
pusbed overheard ?" "No; | Jumped with the
hope of getting to shore" How soon was your
body found 2" Ans "Seven days Who found
t?'' my brother" How far from shore y Ans.
1.-TWO miles" What had you on p Ans. "A
brown linen linen and worsted dress my stockings and
shoe on one foot" In addition, the spirits told
how many children she had left, where they
were. and who had charge Of them. And | was
assured by Mrs B. that the Spirits had answered
correctly in every particular.
On another occasion a gentlemanly stranger
entered the room and announced to the company
that he was directly from Detroit on his way
East and circumstances required he should take
the next train of cars He expressed desire for
an opportunity of testing the spirits. All readily
and cheerfullv conceded to him preference One
gentleman inquired his NAME but be very politely
declined giving it, remarking he had reserved that
as a test He took his seat, and with the air OF
one familiar in putting questions and making In
vestigations, proceeded to question the invinbes.
The spirits told him his name-lin the manner
heretofore suggested in other cases. told MIN now
MANY names he had, (three)-the number OF letters
in each name,-that he was lawyer by probes
sion,-an Englishman by birth,-that he was
widower,-had had two wives, IN answer 10
mental question: that he had had IA children
that were living-and that he was so years old.
One of his wives name was Georgiana,-that ne
had had Of that name in his family,-that he
had been l4J days from homeland that he lived In
Montreal-all of which the gentleman aiterward
assured us was correct His name was Edward
Adam Clark, an officer of the English Government.
could relate many more equally interesting IN
cidents, but l fear / have already extended this
beyond the ordinary limits of anewsPaper article.
| will, however, add that have witnessed many
ply sical manifestations in the wsy OF "a,
bIea lifting tables, holding them down LOT Peopie
TO Att upon the showing out and in OF standdraw-
ers, &c &c and it never occurred to me that there
was anything trAing or undigni6ed in these mani
festations until learned, through communlca.
ton of Mr.. c. Chauncey Burr, that he soregarded
it.. | always esteemed it a condescension on the
part of the spirits in giving us evidence Of their
palpabe existence and physical power. have
noticed that with many persons this seems to be
regarded as the very best evidence OF the genu-
ineness OF their manifestations.
have also heard the rappings with seren differ
ent persons If Mr.. Burr or any one else will solve
the above mystery by cracking or swapping their
toes or toeoints or in any other than on the
spiritual theory, will yield to them the palm OF
being more sagacious than ordinary men, and they
will undoubtedly be hailed as public benefact0rs