Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-08-16
JUDGE EDMoNDs ON THE RAPPlNGS.

JUDGE EDMONDS ON THE RAPPlNGS.
,ndoe Edmonds of New York. is out with an elaborate
defence OF belief in spiritual rappass anu 'aoe
rh ,doe gives miraculous of the wonders OF the
,i,na, manifestations The following extracts embrace
The leading evidences furnished by his personal observation
which had the effect Of overcoming his skepcsm and ma
king him a convert
"mv attention was first drawn the intercourse by the
nninos then the most common but the most ncon-
sdera6c mode OF comunng OF course was on the ooS
our for deception and first relied upon my senses anu the
concnsions which my might draw from their CYL.
dence But was loss to tell how Inc MEDIUMS couu
cause what witnessed under these circumstances Inc
mediums walking The length oil sun OF panots lofy or
Siv feel and the appings being distinctly heard FIVE or Six
et hahjnd them the whole distance backward and forward
several times being heard the top OF mahogany ooor
above where the medium could reaeh ano as s.tueA marc
with fist; being heard on the bottom OF car when travel
np on rail road and the floor and The table, when seat
ed a, lunch eating house by The side OIL road heng
heard al different parts Of The room sometimes seVeai iec
distant from the medium and where she could not reach
sometimes The table and immediately after on the moor
and then different parts OF The table rs rapid succession
enabling ma TO feel the vibration well as hear the sounds
sometimes when hands and feet OF the medium were
both firmly and carefully held by some one OF the party and
sometimes on a table when no one touched II
carter depending upon my ssEses as 10 hese various
phases Of The pen"menvn Invoked Inc sd OF scisnG ace
nis machinery aud of eight intelligent, educated
siewd persons examined the mattel We pursued our in
Ques many days and established satisfaction two
hings FIRST that the sounds DOT produced by the
CIV OF any peaon present and second that they
were net forthcoming al our viii and pleasure.
sln the mean another ieniure attracted my attention,
and physical as they termed.
Thus known pine table with four legs, lifted bodily
up from The floor. the Of circle Of six or eight
persons upside down and laid upon its top nj our
feet lifted up heads aud put leaning against
The back OF the sofa on which we Sat. | have known
that same table tilted up Two legs its top al
angle win The floor yfve degrees, when neither
fell by ITSELF could person present put II back
On its four leps. haze mahogany table, having
only centre leg and with lamp burning upon it, lifted
from the floor least !oo in spite OF the efforts Of
those present ard shaken backward and forward as one
would shake goblet in his hand and the lamp retain its
place though lis glass pendants raog again. have seen
The table tipped with the lamp upon II So tar that
the lamp ,nua have oil unless retained there by
thing else than its gravity yet tell n0t moved not
have known daner brill taken from high she!i in a
cose runu over heuds OF four Ave persons in that
closet then rang aroud The room over The heus OF Twelve
or fifteen persons The back pa0r and then borne through
ire folding the further end OF the front parlo and
there cropped the floor have frequently known per-
them TO reriat; ard once when all my own strength was
eddod ihut Of the thus affected, have known
mahogany char thrown on its side and moved swiftly
and forth the floor, touching H. through
room where there at .asa dozen people sitting yet NJ
touched and repeatedly stopped within few
inches OF me, when II coming with violence which, il
not arrested, must have broken my "ss
This is not lhe-uay, not huudlcdth part-of whn
have Witnessed the character hut il is enough
show the general ns,nrc of what was before me-