New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-21
EXTRAORDINARY SPIRITUAL ManHRsra.
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EXTRAORDINARY SPIRITUAL MANfFEsra-
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| We find the following authentic t.ommpy;c,
i tion from the Rappar's Celestial warid, in
zine. 1t is highly edifying, and quite a ssfa-
ao5 as any we have seen from g them diegins III
| SPIRITUAL CosfMuNIeATIoss. SITTING 81 =
and alone the other evening in the s9r, esi,,g-s5
with no sound to illustrate the silence. 4aya fl.,
faint stir of the night-wind among the ss IF
tne aianthus and Linden trees before the open
windows; sitting thus and thinking of t,ivayse
things foredone," and also of the iuture. there
came suddenly from underneathsffe h fle an
which we do our scribbling, three dstinet noises
rap rap rap. We started up. and fook 1
nasty glance beneath; fancying that belize
1oung hnlek, or little Rose had quietly hid
den there to startle us into sudden iunap. for
their amusement. But there was nothinr to
be seen; and all again was still just III that
moment, g Tu-whit' tu-whit tu- who-o-ot., !,
echoed through the apartment We looked
around; anu from the branching antlers of 4
stag OF ten tines peered down upon us the
Owl, with eyes of preternatural brightness.
slowly he raised his wings, closed them again,
wlnked deliberately once, and then, opening his
bill, said, dryly: ~
| The Rap-scallions
The thing was QUIT" We had been reading
the spiritual telegraph and there was a
medium somewhere about the house. We gave
| full ' head to the gas, and left the sanetum to
serutlnlze other adjacent apartments; hus there
was no clue to the mysterious rappines - only
| upon our return, there lay on the table before
us, In fair and transparent 81 hand of.write.a
the sanJoined celestial communication, which
We give verbatim: f.. t.5s.s5 h s'S-ti
At q convention Of Spirits held in Third Cir
Gle, No. 9ee9, Dome Bolak Upper Department.
On the Fifty third Chiliad, Benjamin Franklin
was called to the chair, and John Hancock an
pointed secretary.
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Patriarch Abraham declined to come, owing to
great distance, being many billions of miles off,
and 1t would cost him couple of hours in the
transit; which, owing to pressing business, he
could not spare. Mr.. Wilberforce also declined.
from the popularity of his position, being in
| Abraham's bosom.
Benjamin Franklin briefly addressed the meet.
ing, which was very fully attended
George Washington came from the nlanet
washington, which has never yet come within
the range of earthly glasses; but it probably
VIII Napoleon bonaparte was present from the
planet Mars A number of the literati were on
hand $ on mighty pens:" Hafz, from Jupiter,
anacreon from Venus, and Edgar A. Poe from
the Milky Way -'i'-
benjamin Franklin, in his peculiarly sueeinct
way, stated the object of the meeting. He de-
clared that, while he was upon the earth, it was
a maxim of his, or one which he had adopted.
that honesty is the best policy" Owe no
man MAJ. anything. Do not be cheated in turn,
With respect to the present distinguished nj.
tendants, they had left their bones on earth
which had kindly purified them, with their
sinews and integurnents. The places of their
sepulchre were pure. The flowers of the field
grew over them. Their regulations acquired
on earth they left in the hands of men, Beati-
ned as they at present were, it was enough to
make their bones rise out Of the grave and their
spirits which, although sublimated, had a re-
gard for their earthly fame, to have them both
ransacked and violated and abused
Every respectable spirit,' said Mr.. Frank
lin, s'adapts himself to the sphere in which he
is. When he is on the other side of Jordan, he
attends to the duties which bind him to the
earth; when he is on this, he does not recur ia
that bourne to which no reasonable traveller de-
sires ever to return. Since We came here
strange things have come to pass in the lost
planet, which we know, gentlemen, is composed
of the grossest and most material dirt (Au
plause.) The spell of those who mutter, poor
lmbecile witches, magcians, ct id oa,ne genus,
had for long time been dispelled, and the ex-
ploslon OF the Salem witcheraft had put an end
to the same.''
Cotton Mather (without rsinr from his senf 81 " Il
" Good! good!''
Benz, Franklin. In our own day on the
earth, and it was an era Of considerable imper-
tanee, gentlemen, long and continued applause,@
we thought that the folly of magnetism aud me-
taliic tractors, for any practical purpose, had
La Place $: Undoubtedly
g Nevertheless, the old humbug is revived.
and the devil and all his angels are at work 10
destroy the living and to defame the dead
(Iremendous rappings under ioot.) That subli-
mated spirits can go back to earth any soel
knows. But for what purpose do the sons of
men'''
Departed Missionary ssTf they believe not
Moses and the prophets, neither will they believe
though one rise from the dead
DR.. Johnson. That is true
Boswell. s' That is true
DR.. johnson. ''l used to desire for more light
and knowledge, and now wonder at my weak
ness
Boswell. s' The same with NO.
Benz. Franklin. 1.-The Doctor will allow me
to proceed. l say that no elevated spirits would
so demean themselves as to descend to hob-nob
with a set of fellows on the earth whom they
would not associate with while living
Apostle Paul. ''And who, the more spiritual
they pretend to be, the more gross and earthly
they become.''
BENZ. Franklin. &c To come to the point, gen
tlemen, our signatures have been forged to a
piece of writing''
(Benj. Franklin here held up copy of the
=" Spiritual Telegraph" with a fac siRihe OF
the signatures of those present. John q. Adams
smiled benignantly when he looked at his, and
said that his hand used to tremble in that
manner during his old age in the flesh, but that
in his present immortal youth he wrote good
stout hard John Hancock said that they had
done full Justice to him. The members of the
conycr ton declared that the signatures in gen
eral were remarkably correct, and calculated to
deceve.)
Benz. Franklin. Our time is valuable.
have an engagement in Mercury tonight.
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