Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-08-15

following Is an extract from The speech as pub
llshed IN friendly paper:
President Pierce tapped me on The shout
der. and asked me vi elher WAS still deter
mined To GO back to Oregon,to which replied
dead or alive. | should GO back. The Presi-
dent then said that lie critical position OF our
foreign relations required The old experienced
statesmen t the head of Affairs. and that he
would e highly grai6ed # would remain as
one Of hi, constitutional advisers. But that II
| was determined 10 60 back, he hoped that
| would occept the Office of Governor of Ore
goa.whlch did and have now the commission
IN my pocket" &c, &c"
| II my body Gun produce a sillier and more
Disgusting piece OF egoiism thanihis,we would
like 10 see ii III pr'nt.--N Y. Ezp,ess.
TnE RAPPERs AND JUDoE EpMoNps.-One
of the most remarkable letters we have ever
| read has recently nude its appearance in the
New York prints The author, } Judge Ed
| monds. Enjoys in the State an exalted reputa
| lion Tor probiiy and strcl integrity His letter
- a cool, and apparently dispassionate and un.
| biassed statement of what he doubtless he
lleves 10 be- positive verilies. He does no,
write like fanatic, on III, contrary his revela
lions are made with dignity and perfect calm
ness. 1ndeed, one would be struck, in reading
this curious document. with the experience.
enlg hienment and gravity which characterize
II, and be l. al TO enquire how one SO rational,
so sensible and We'll educated could have fallen
willing victim 10 the atrocious hereses OF
Andrew Jackson Davis and the women Fish
| and Fox.
The following extracts from his letter, will
give the reader an idea of some Of the miracles
which he fsncles he saw performed through
the influence Of spiritual agency.
"ln the meantime another feature attraced
my attention, and that was physical mani
festallons, as they are termed Thus, have
known pine table with four legs, lifted DO ii
ly up from the floor in the centre Of a circle
of SIX OF eight persons, turned upside DOWN
and laid upon It's top at our feet, then lifted up
over our heads, and put leaning against the
sofa on which we sat. | have known that
same table to be tilted up on two legs. its top
at an angle with the floor of fortv.fve degrees.
when 1t neither fell over of itself, nor could
any person present put it back its four legs
| have seen mahogary table, having only a
centre leg. and with lamp burning upon it,
lifted from the floor at least foot in spite of
the efforts OF those present, and shaken back
ward aud forward as one would shake gob.
let in his hand, and the lamp retain its place,
though It's glass pendants rang again l have
seen the same table tipped up with The lamp
upon it, so far that the lamp must have fallen
off unless retained there by something else than
its own gravity. yet it fell not. moved not. |
haze known n dinner bell taken from II high
shell In closet, rung over the heads of four
or five persons in that closet, hen rung around
the room over the heads oftwelvo or fifteen
persons in the back parlor,and then borne
through the folding doors to the farther end of
the front parlor, and there dropped on the
flor. have frequently known persons pulled
about with force which it was impossible for
them To resist, and once, when all my own
strength was added in vain to ha, of the one
thus affected. | have known a mahogany
Chair thrown on its side and moved swiftly
back and forth on The floor, no one touching il,
through room where there were at least n
dozen people sitting yet no one was touched
and ii was repeatedly stopped within a few
inches OF me, when it was coming with vio-
lence, which, il not arrested, must have bro
ken my legs.
This is not tilhe-nay not a hundredh
pat OF " hat have witnessed of the same
character, but ii is enough TO show the general
nature Of what was before me-"
Again:
| THUS have frequently known mental
questions answered. that is, questions merely
framed in the mind Of the interrogator and not
revealed by him or known by others. Pre-
paratory TO meet circle. have sut down
alone in my room and carefully prepared a
series OF questions to be propounded and |
have been surprised to find my questions ans
wered. and in the precise order in which
wrote thcm,wirhou, my ever taking my memo
andum out of my pocket, and when | knew
that not person present ever knew tina, had
prepared questions, much less what they were
My most secret thoughts. those which had
never uttered to mortal man or woman, have
been frequently spoken to as if had uttered
them. Purposes which have privly entertained
have been publicly reveaed and have oEce
and again been admonished that my every
thought was known TO, and could be disclosed
by. the intelligence which was thus manifest
ing itself.
have heard the mediums use Greek, LIE tin
Spanish and French words. when knew the,