New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-09-29


Our caption does not refer to " ardent " but
arapping spirits, . visit to some OF whom, yes
terday evening, must be taken as reason for
/ lie sparseness Of our editorial matter.
The spirits we saw, (or rather heard,) were
anvthiue but ardent. They reluctantly an
svered every question put to them; and we
must fairly say, that their style Of autobiography
and clirography might be immensely improved.
Thsy we're also singularly deceitful They were
good enough to place us as relative or connee-
ton Of several persons, who may doubtless be
very respectable as spirits, but are unfortu-
.nately unknown to'us and ours in this neither
sphere They also informed us, by the most
positive raps, that certain good people, who
NJ hope breakfast with good appetites this
morning, have been several years under the sod
physically, and in celestial spheres spiritually 4
They we're agreeable enough to apparently tilt
amsH table, around which we sat with law
ysrs, merchants, the medium, etc., but posi-
tivsiy declined to comply with our polite request
u make the said table stand on one leg.
The spiritual knocking mania is really spread
ing In this city Lawyers, editors, merchants,
disines, and even practical, commons sense me-
chanics have been afflicted with it. We know
some Of our popular fellow-citizens, among them
two young lawyers in excellent practice, who
would almost bring an action for libel against
Us if we said one word or syllable against the
spirits. Therefore, if we say it is unfortunate
that some spirits cannot read or write at all,
and that others do both very badly, we positive
" disclaim anything personal or disrespectful.
We are informed that the spirits did better on
the evening Of Monday. One of our prominent
young lawyers had long, interesting and cir
cumstantial conversation with one of his de-
ceased negroes With the diligent and Jealous
service which characterized his life, this spirit
quickly tilted the table when called on to do SO,
showing himself, therein, much more polite and
compliant than the rude and illiterate rascal
We had to deal with yesterday evening. We are
also informed that he raped . with much
more zeal Dr. strength than our weak and sullen
correspondent By the way, the latter may ex-
pect that, as heidi not rap for us, we shall rap
him IN the land Of spirits.
The obliging oolored spirit we have referred to,
vas good enough to inform his master that he
associates with z white folk Z and quality"
whore be Isl 1t appears, also, that the spirits
live in different spheres, and that said spheres
have streets lined with gold, silver, emerald, or
topaz. Our spirit must, with Ibis doggedness,
have been something Of good fellow at heart.
or he never would have given us SO many new
relations.
To show how far this matter goes, we have
only to state that our friend, the lawyer, to
whom we have referred, believes firmly in hay
ing conversed with his deceased negro, and q
very worthy steamboat Captain has a daughter
who is, he fully believes, amedium. Yesterday,
spirit whom he had called, through her, in
formed him that he, the said spirit, was to be
married to- young lady spirit, to-day. So,
mstrimony is a spiritual matter, after all. We
hope some very nice young lady spirit will rap
out her consent to wait for US, and not accept
any common spirit who may propose before our.
arrival
In conclusion, we have only to state, that the
spirits rap a most decided scorn for the elabo-
rate denuneiation ofour neighbors of the Picay-
une, and seriously contemplate knocking their
editorial tables into q jig; but they highly ap-
prove Of this, our friendly notice