The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-09
Judge Edmond. on tho Rapp,ng..

judge Edmonds, OF New York. is out with an elabo.
rate defence of his belief spiritual rappngs and table
tppings. The Judge gives miraculous account OF The
wonders of The spiritual manifestations. The following
extracts embrace the Leading evidences furnished by his
personal observation which had the efec, of overcoming
his skepticsm aud making him convert:
my attention first drawn the intercourse by the
appngs then the common hut the most incon-
able mode OF conmunng. OF course | was on the
To- for deception, and at first relied upon my
and the conclusions which my reason might draw from
their evidence. But at loss to tell how the medi
ums could what witnessed under these circum-
stances The mediums walking the length OF a suit Of
paors, forty hy feet and the rappings being distinctly
heard FIVE six ieet behind them the whole distance,
backward and forward several times being heard
the top Of mahogany door, above where the medium
could reach, and II struck hard with his, being heard
the bottom OF car, when travelling; railroad and
on the floor and the table, when seated lunch
ing house by the side of road being hca I'd different
parts of the room sometimes several feet distant from The
medium, and where she could reach-sometlmes
the table and imm edatey after tho Hoo and then
different parts OF the abe. in rapid succession, enabling
feel the vibration well hear the sounds sometime.
when the hands and feet of the medium both firmly
and carefully held by OF the party, and sometimes
on a table when touche Cd 1t.
"Aier depending upon my sense. to these various
phases Of the phenomenon, invoked the aid of science
and with the assistance Of pshed electrician
his machinery, and Of eight or intelligent. educated
inquiries many days and established Satisfaction
two things FIRST that the sounds produced by the
agency OF any rcrol present and, second that
they net forthcoming will and pleasure.
" In the can time another feature itrsc,ed my sen
zion, and that physical msnie.laons as they are
termed Thus, have known a pine table with four legs
lifted bodily from The oor in the OF circle OF SIX
eight persons, turned upside down and laid upon
feet then lifted heads. and put leaning
sgainst the back Of the 80 ia en- which we eat have
known that table to be tilted mp legs, Its
angle with the floor ioriyfve degrees, when IL
neither . by ITSELF could any person present put
Il back IL, four leg. have mahogany tsb'e
having only centre .s and with lamp burning pom
Il, lifted from the floor at least foot in spite Of the efforts
OF those present and shaken back wnd and forward
would shake goblet Ia his hppd and the lamp retain it,
place, though its glass pendants rang again. have
the liable tipped up with the lamp IL far that
the lamp fallen "a unless retained there by
hing else than It's gravity, Jet IL s moved
not have known dinner bell tsten from high shelf
in closet rung the heads OF four five persons In
hat eloef, then around the override heads Of
twelve or person. in the back psor and then
through the folding further from, par
Tor, and there dropped the floor | have frequently
known persons pulled about with a force which IL
impossible for them resist AID once. when all my
added In that Of the thus aec ed
have known mahogany chair thrown on its side and
moved ,wiy back aid forth the floor, touching
IT, hrou sb room there least dozen people
sI,rr yet no touched, aud twas repeatedly stop
ped within few inc hes Of me, when il coming with
violence which, inot arrested, mu.l have broken my
legs.
aThi. i. not a ,the-nay no, bundredth pauof what
hsvs witnessed Of the character, bot II IL enough to
show the general nature Of what was before me"