Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-02-02

WEEKLY, 50 PER AnrUM' u ADV yAaoE


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THE sPIRIr Il APPERs 81
One Of the papers 81 The s which
pretends to be Of the sfiairs Of the dead
states that Napoleon and Wellington ar quar-
relling about the affair At Waterloo This is too,
bad fight in this world, and then dispute in
.thenext IS 70 who was whipped.
By the way, We may IS well state that the table,
rspping spirit has extended to our quiet little
City. We have heard Of numbers who hare tried
it; and it's said, on good authority, to be fact
that the table moves round, tits up on three legs,
and that It actually goes through tie knocking
process We pretend to utter ignorance on the
subject It may Be SO, or it may not--that is, the
table may move as the result Of electric, mesmeric,
or spiritual power communicated to it. or the mus
cular power Of certain pretty hands may be at the
bottom Of the secret.
il refnennbered, however, We arc non n-comss;t-
tai on the subject. When we see it, and under
stand it, we shall believe it When we shall see
the hands applied, and, aftera given time, the ta-
BILE move, and move, too, beyond question without
being lifted, or pressed this way OF pushed that
when wesha see this, we repeat we shall conclude
that the table moyel Aye, we shall insist that
It moved and We shall be ready to dispute with
any one who may aver to the contrary. And if
we should hear knock, what then Z Why, let it
knock-we are not to be frightened by its knocks
hot We How do we know whether it, that is,
the table knocks, or some ones knuckles? That's
the question.
We have another remark to add on this subject,
as follows !: If even one-half of the statements
made by the spirit-rappers and table-handlers in
the North and West should turn out to be we'll
founded, the whole face Of society would at once
be changed. Suppose that, in fact, the spirits of
the departed could manifest their presence-we do
not say come back, for We have right as an indie
pendent American citizen to believe, with Milton
that - s -
! g Millions of spirits walk the air unseen,
Both when we sleep and when we wake -
Suppose, we say these spirits could talk to the liv-
ing BY of raps on tables or on any thing else
what would be the result Would not every one
be at once interested in the matterg Would not
all the labos Of this life cease and all minds be
directed towards the revelations Of the nexts
The present age is, in many respects, wise
above what is written.n The secrets of the other
world, good reader, will be spread out before You
when you die, and not before. It is enough for
you to know that your body will only perish and
your spirit in state Of happiness after leaving
the body, will hardly be disposed to knock on
tables for the edfcation Of the curious and inquisi
tive in = g these low grounds of sorrow" If miser.
able, and your old master the Devil should perform
his duty with half the watchfulness which is general
" attributed to him, you win have no opportunity
indulge in these interesting exhibitions Of spirit
nal power.
But what are You writing about. some one may
inquire do you mean BY the table expert
lmenta We mean this: Two or three very hand
some young ladies' as many children, ready 70
fun, and two or three very clever and promisin!
young gentlemen-all Of them, exceptthe children
Just as romantic as possible get together on som
q pleasant afternoon and determine to have tall
j with the spirits. Well, they procure a Egh
table, and they all crowd round it put their hand
upon It, and hold them there just thirty or thirty
: three minutes as the case may be, when the tabl
begins to move It moves all about! It tits u
on three legs, but says nothing. Presently
knocks !! Some one asks it how many person
There are in the room, and it strikes Twelve
:; clock
4 = r. = s = s.s
You may put spirits on that table, but not IN il
4 The truth is, the whole affair is in direct OF
position to the Resolutionsof Of '9s and 80, and th
:. Declaration Of Independence. We believe not on
s word of it.
3 BRILLIANT.
The last Raleigh Register says: 8. : We have nc
particle of doubt that the Editor Of the Standar
was the best pleased man in the State at the d
! feat Of Free Suffrage $, -. -.
The Editor Of the Register has "not = partic
9. Of doubt, Is to matter about which he can kno