Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-09-21
Extraordinary spiritual Manifcsta-
ton.

GINS
SPIRITUAL CoMHuNIcATioNs --Sitiing soil
tary and alone The otller evening IN thesanc.
tnn with NJ sound IL illustrate the silence,save
the fiih sir Of Inc ngIh-wind among the leaves
Of the Alnthns and Lind,n trees before the
oprnW ndows; sitting thus and thinking of 'di-
verse things f. edouc, and also Of the future
there came sud lculy from underneath The table
on = b.ch ~ 90 our scrbbllng, 3 distinct noises
rap rdpi rapi We startled up, aud took has-
~ glance hcnoah lancN ing that helke
Young hn'ck.' or little Rose had quietly hidden
thore, ~ starilr us into sudden Jump, for their
amusement But there was nothing 10 be seen;
ami al again VAS sill. Just at that moment
'Tu hul tu-nhitl tu-w he o o." echoed thro
the apartment We Looked around; and from
The branching anlrrs of "stag Of ten tines"
peer, dow upon us the Owl. with eyes Of
prate,nainral brightness Slow ly lie raised his
wings. closed them again, wnkcd deliberately
once, hen opening his bill, said drjly:
Thu Itap.scaIiions!'
'Thcthine was out!' We had been reading
the SIi'tnal Tclegrapb,' nad there VAS
medi IN somcu iere aboutthe house. We gave
ldI " head 10 The gas, and left the sanctum to
scrui n'ze other az Jaccnt apartments but there
upon return. there lay on the liable beio.
ns IN far and transparent ''hanJ-of " rite, -
the s9hjoined celestial communication, which
We give verbatim:
A. II convcnri"n Of spirits held in Third
Circle, No. 0099, Dome Boak Upper De-
Porrumnt, on the Fifty third Chiliad. Benia-
nm Franklin was called the chair and John
la" ork appointed secretary.
The meeting was very fully attended The
Pallarch Abraham declined TO come. on ing
10 grent distance, beng many billions of miles
of. an It wond cost him couple of hours IN
the transit; which, owing TO pressing business.
b" could not spare. Mr.. WiIbcrforcc also &c.
ciioed fIom the prcuarIry Of his position, be
lnl II Ahrahabs bosom.
Benjamin franklin briefly addressed toe
M elm5' which was very fully attended.
George Washington came from the planei
Washington, which has never vet come within
Ia" rance OF earthly glasses; hut it probably
will Napoleon Bonaparte was present from
the planet Mars A number of The h,rrati
were ON hand "on mighty pens:' Hafz fo,n
.Iupi'cr, Auacreon from Venus, ami Edgar A
Poe Tom the milky way. The letter gentle
mon. rs usual. VAS little tight' on ffihnroof
onhrosla.as was facetiously remarked, and tum
hlrj al 81 the eight hundrefh story in a svoon;
whcr he was picked up hy The Waterman. kept
all Mo 1t, md seld back 10 the Milky WAY next
'ay. He MAS very disordrrly; in fact, his hab.
It's oeiy fin MIN for the outskirts of creation
where he now is.
Be1lmln Frank i'm, ia his peculiarly sucCinct
way offer the disturbance occas;onrd bv Mr.
Por' departure had subsidcd), stated The object
i He meeting. He declared thai. " lille he was
upon he eNrtI, II was maxim of his, or ON.
hlch he he'd adopted, that, honesty is the best
policy. Owe 40 man ANYTHING Do not be-
cheated IL turn With respect 10 The nre.,n,
distinguished attendants, thcv had left their
bones oo"a"rh, " hch had kindll purified them.
with II rlr slneWs aud intcenmcnts The places
81 f!e / .FPnlchrc were pure Che flowers OF
he hriI grew over them. Their repn,a'ions nc
qni ed on Garth they left Ia ;he bands ofrncn
be"'t'd as ihry at present ere it as enough
I" max" lh'lr bones rise out OF the grave and
iher spirits, vi lch, although subllrnatoJ. had
regard io' their earthly fame. To have them
l"3h ransaci,cd and violated and abused
Every respectable spirit said Mr. Franklin
.odapta himself 10 he sphere in Which re Is
Wien he Is on the other sde of Jor,an he -,
l"h'is to the duties which bind him IN The ealth.
when he Is on tbs, he does not rccur 10 iba,
hoH'he Ia winch no Reasonable traveller desires
ever In return. Since We came i,,re. str,,,,.
hi,sS have came 10 pass in the lost planrt. |
"ileh ~" all know gent lemrn i, comnosad ~
,re sroSses' and most material dirt (Applus4l
ne spell - those " no mutter poor itnbrcila
witches, maIlciaos ct id 0lQac genvs had E,r
long lime been dispelled. and he exnlo.;nn ,,r
the Salem "1tchcratl had put an end 10 The
same :. ~ '''
Cotton Maher (,irhaut Using from his seaA
Good! good '''"'1
hegI Franklin. In orr own dav on the
e7''h' aud 1t VAS an era Of considerable, iun,r
'ahc' gentlemen Gongand Continued annlanse1 l.
we thought that the folly of magnetism and
metallic tractors, forany practical purpose bad
been exposed 10 the satisfaction IF sen.;hIa
men VI o''s'oIe
La Place. "Undonltedly."
Nevertheless the old hombng il rev;uol
ana the dew and all his angels are at work IT,
orS'foy the hvng aud to delame The daaJ
\ 'r''ehuo9s raPplngs under fooN Tho,
r : spirits can go back 10 earth ,n,.
of rnen!' i'N ~ me sons