Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-07-30

feet in that case, being impossible then
joining hands, they awaited the result. At
the end Of twenty minutes, the table sud-
denly passed from their centre and moved |
directly against one of the party 1t then
moved in direc, line TO the opposite; and !
so j, continued, with varied motion, some.
times revolving in lis own circle. might |
give number of other instances Of like char
acter, bu, TO avoid being lengthy forbear
Here, then, is an evidence Of the existence |
of a force in nature TO which hundreds, and |
perhaps thousands, would readily testify, |
some whose eyes al least are good and
acute as Professor Faraday's,
Again; there have occurred iunumerable
instances Of table moving in this city, under
the hands Of small children, aud tha, amongs,
some of The best families in our city, Some
movements Of this character have witness
sed, have seen small child, not over
eigh, years Of age, place her hands upon
table, so heavy that she could scarcely move
ii with all her muscular power and the table |
would move with perfect ease ye, an OBJ
all her muscles were in relaxed state. In |
! such cases have seen an indispu,able ,es, !;
one at war with all Mr.. Faraday's conclu-
sions 1t was this; the hands of the child
were placed at one end Of the table, the
! fingers and thumbs lying loosely, so there
could be no possibility of an under pressure
then a request was made tina, the end of the
table towards the child should rise and in
cline at an angle towards the other end
The table commenced rising as requested,
and rose 10 such a height as 10 more the
hands Of the child backward. While in this
position the table commenced rocking upon
the Two of legs When the rocking ceased,
several Of us applied our hands to the top of
the table, and discovered it required great
pressure TO force it down. None of Profes.
sor Faraday's observations extended 10 facts
of this character.
Again; investigations Of this subject by
scientific men in the cities Of New York,
Rochester and Cincinnati have been laid be-
fore the public in the Tribune and many
!; other papers, admitting the existence of a
phenomena, far above any have described.
Such as tables rising entirely clear of the
floor under the pressure of the MEDIUMS
hands, and then descending, being rendered
SO heavy as 10 require the whole physical
, force of Two men 10 raise one of them again
from the floor.
5 Again; it is well known TO the mos, su
perficial investigator of his subject, that this
! table moving, while it has physical char.
acter, has also an intellectual one that i,
will, by rising and descending, answer ques-
tions atfirmaively and negatively, whether
they be written, mental or oral. The writer
has seen gentleman enter a room who was
= perfec, stranger to the medium, and ask if
= the table would spell out his name The al
- phabet was called over, The table tipping to
= - the different letters which spell, his proper
name. It then spell, in the same manner
" the name Of his deceased sister, The name
e of the disease with which she died, told
many events in heI life, &c.
, Now would ask, how could the mechan
:, cal power Of that mediums hands NANTES
all intelligence which all the brains in lha
"A iooi' WV ~ 'AoSO VI 'hS SSh''NHp"j No"'N
:, not have done? might cite number o
similar cases, and many far above it.
Again il is equally as well known tha
- . distinct audible sounds will attend some o
those who can move tables, aud that the lik,
intelligence is manifested through thes
sounds. Will Professor Faraday prelent
- :. that such intelligence is purely the result O
:" mechanical action of visible substance o
tangible matter! Certainly, there is muc
called spiritual that is purely mechanica
and tncured with imposture from begnniu
TO end 4; but such things can neither owe,
Ily shadow nor destroy the the ndispu,able an
he inexplcabe phenomena; witnessed and a
Ia- tested by thousands Of our best citizens
iih every walk of life. Aud how did ProiessC
hts Faraday come 10 the Investigation OF tn
his subject Was it with mind open and fre
his 10 any convictions that might arise from a
ssh investigation Of all its phenomena? No! T
/ 10 tells US himself that he had prejudged II
ac- case, that his conclusions were alread
ink drawn. On his own admission, he came n
WI TO investigate imparlially, but 10 gather lie
uld ,imony 10 support notions precOnceived
aud ignorance OF the whole subject
VIM. D. WHARTON.
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