Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1854-10-30
EVENING STAR,
From the Spiritual Telegraph, October COL
SENATOR TALMADGE's LATEST SPIRIT
UAL EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Cases Of Second Sight,


INTERESTING FROM WISCONSIN
1.-THE facts contained in the following letter
from Hon. N. r. Talmadge are interesting as
illustrations of the rema rkable powers of me
dlumship possessed by Mrs French We thank
the Governor for communicating them, and
beg leave to assure hiu that it will afford our.
selves and our readers great pleasure to hear
from him more frequenuy.I
FOND DU LAC, Wisconsin, Oct. III, 1854.
lMessrs. Partridge d Brtttau:
Mrs. French, of Pittsburg, who has been
with us for the last week or ten days, left this
morning on her return home. By her amiable
and lady-like department, she has won the
esteem of all who have been so fortunate as
to make her acquaintance. One evening" to a
very large audience, she related her expe-
rlence in spiritual manifestations" and at
the close was entranced and spoke most elo-
quently to the delight and ast ,pishment of all
present.
While Mrs. French was at my house there
were some remarkable occurrences worthy 70
be mentioned She arrived on Saturday even
ing, and stated that ON Friday, on board the
steamer from Chicago to Sheboygan, she was
conh1ed to her berth from sea-sickness, with
frequent retching and vomiting On Saturday
having been troubled about home the evening
before The following communication, which
she showed me, was written by her hand un
der spiritual influence:
"There was no cholera reported in the Pitts
burg papers for the 29th. Twas at your house
last evening, and saw Mr.. c.; write you to that
effect-so you need have no fears about home
All is we'll! ~
Early on Sunday evening she was entranced-
said she had been to Now York saw large
number of people assembled at Dodworth $
Academy, and they were talking about Mr.
Courtney, of Plttsburg, who was to lecture
there that evening Mrs French expressed
her surprise at his lecturins there at that time.
because she saw Mr.. Courtney Just before she
left Pittsburg, AMI did not know that he
thought OF going to New YORK to lecture He
said he should net leave the city till the chol-
era abated
French was again entranced; went home saw
the family all in bed except her uncle, Mr.. C.
lie was writing her; commenced his letter
No. 4, ten O'Clock, Sunday evening; said the
family were in bed (; very anxious about her,
not having heard from her that the cholera
had entirely disappeared from Pittsburg.
In due course of mail Mrs. French received
letter from Mr. G. marked No 4, and dated
ten O'Clock, Sunday evening, and stating pre-
clseiy what she had seen ard related in her
trance state. Also letter from Mr. French
stating that her little daughter (who is me-
dium) had seen her in bed on board he boat
on Friday, and very sick and vomiting, and
they were all anxious about her.
In due time, too, received the Spiritual
Telegraph, containing notice that Mr. Court
ney, of Pittsburg, would lecture at Dodworth's
Academy on Sunday forenoon and evening.
Mrs French has astonished every one who
has seen her by her accurate description of
diseases, and her prescriptions have already
N haE Aa,l AZ
skill of the ablest physicians. Skepticism
has in some instances, yielded to these evil
dences of her spiritual power in healing The
cause in Wisconsin is I" "onward and upward -
Very respectfully yours,
n. p. TALLMAD9E