The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-27
ton, Gen. w.ddy Thompson. of South Caroline.

ton, Gen. waddy Thompson. of South c.ro,in.
| We were directed to place the Bible on d-.
under the table. ] placed it there. comn,stsir,
closed II vss .smah pocket Bible, with very
beating time to ..Hai Columbia. which had hes,
called for. Soon the sounds began to recede and
grew fainter and fainter, till, like the music Of The
guitar, they died away In the distance TIE I'll
phabet then called for and II was sns,,as az
"Look" looked on the drawer, and found fhe
Bible OPEN took it up, and carefuiIv ken, !,
open at the place as found it. On brine ine il 70
| the llgnt, found it open at St Johns go.oa,
chapter II being on the left side. and h sosp tII
! oeing on the right side. said, "Do Won wisb nc
| 10 look at chapter III" Ans uNo an -
wlsn US to look at chapter IIIa" Ans eyes" And
| IT was then said "Read - Icommenced rosd;
| the chapter, and significant and emnha liz rsrs
were given AT many verses; and at yerses & III
~, 81, most oehemsnt raps were given Re- Ioot;nn
lhese ys1sss you WIN appreciate the signfcancy
ano lhteHigence OF this emphatic demonstrstion
This manifestation purported to corna g. OF
houn, who had previously invited us three GENTLE.
men to be present at particular hour.
In rejecting on the precedipe rsn,fos,s.ior.
one cannot but marvel at the power by which fhey
are made, and the intelligence by which thai never
is directed. And it would impossible f,r ono
to doubt the source OF that intelligence IT. how
ever, doubt should sti remain on the mind Of srv
one acquainted with similar manifestations. that
doubt must be entirely depelled by the account of
the m manifestation which follows:
was present, by Calhoun's appointment with
the Misses Fox and their mother We were sea ted
at the table heretofore, hands and arms rest
ing upon it, | was directed to put aper and
pencil on the drawer. placed several sheets of
unruied letter paper, together with wood pencil,
on it. soon heard the sound of the pencil on the
paper. II was then raped out, Get the pencil
and sharpen it." / looked under the table, but
did not see the pencil. AT length ! found it lying
diagonally from me, three or four feet from the
table. The lead was broken off within the wood
4 1 mt he a
Again heard the sound of the pencil on the paper
On being directed to look at the paper discovered
pencil marks on each side Of the outer sheet but
no writing. Then was received the following
communication:
s.The power is not enough to write sentence.
This will chow you that can write. If you meet
on Friday precisely at seven, will write short
sentence. JOHN G.. CALHOUN"
We met pursuant to appointment-took our seats
at the table, our hands and arms resting on il as
usual placed the paper with my silyer-cased
pencil on the drawer, and said:
My friend, ! wish the sentence to be in YOUR
own handwriting, SO that your friends will re-
cognise it." He replied, ''You will know the
writing
He then said
"Have your mnds on the spirit of John c. Cal
houu."
soon heard rapid movement of the pencil on
the paper, and rustling of the paper, together
with movement of the drawer. | was then di-
rected to look under the drawer. / looked and
found my pencil outside Of the drawer, near nv
feet, but found no paper on the drawer where /
placed It, On raising up the drawer, discovered
the paper all under 1t. The sheets were a little
deranged, and on examining found on the out
side sheet these words:
Pm Uith you stiA.'
afterward showed the sentence" to General
James Hamilton, former Governor of South Caro-
lima, General Waddy Thompson, former Minister
to Mexico, General Robert b Campbell late Con-
sui at Havana, together with other intimate friends
of Calhoun, and also to of hs sons all of whom
n ed win ne
their own. and they all pronounced il to be per.
feet stmiie OF the handwriting of John c. CAL
houn.
General Hamilton stated a fact. in connection
with this writing, of great significance He saws
that Calhoun was in the habit of writing PM
for 81 ans" and that be has numerous letters from
him where the differentiation lie thus used.
Mrs. General Macomb has stated the same fact
TO me. She avs that her husband the late Gen
Macomb, has shown to her Caihoun's letters 10
him, where this abbreviation ''Im" was used for
81 ann" and spoke of it as peculiarity of Cal.
houn.
How significant, then, does this fact become?
We have not only the most unequivocal testimony
to the handwriting itself, but, lest any skt ptic
should suggest the possibility of an imitation or
counterfeit, this abbreviation, peculiar TO himself,
and known oni y to his most intimate friends, and
which no imitator or counterfeiter could know, ia
ntrod uced by way of putting such suggestion to
flight forever
This sentence is perfectly characteristic of
Calhoun. Ii contains his terseness OF style and
his condemnation of thought II is text from
which volumes might be written. 1t proves
|. The Immortality of the soul.
2, The power of spirits TO revisit the earth.
3: Their ability to communicate with relatives
and friends.
4 The identity of the spirit to all eternity.
How ones soul expands with these sublime con-
,epons! How resistless lie this testimony of their
ruth How surprising that men doubt, when
this flood of living light is poured upon them by
spirits who, In the language uf Webster, "revel in
The glory of the eternal light of God"
Very truly, yours, N. P. TALLMADeE.
Mrs. SARAH HELEN WHITMAN, Providence, r. l.