The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-04-19

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four, five, six, &c.n Al the same time sirik ing
one hand in the other. The same number
of blows or sounds were repeated as in the
former case. Mrs. Fox then said "count
| len, and there were ten disilucl strokes or
sounds. She then said, iwi you tell the
age of Cathy,n Zone of ber chiIdren) and j,
was given by the same number of raps that
she was wears oi age. Ia like manner the
age Of her diferent children was told cor.
rectly BY this unseen visiier Mrs. Fox then
asked if il was human being that made
the noise, TO manifest il BY making the same
noise There was no answer 10 this request
She then asked if il was spirit; and if so
10 manifest it by making two distinct raps.
Instantly she heard two raps as she desired.
She then proceeded to inquire If il was an
injured spirit, and If so, 10 answer in the
same way, and the rapping was repeated
In this way it answered her until she ascer-
lained that 1t purporled 10 be the spirit of q
man who was murdered in that house by a
person that had occupied il some years be-
fore-that be was peclef-lhat he was
murdered for his money and buried in the
cellar. To the question how old he was,
there were 81 distinct raps. BY the same
means II was ascertained that he was mar
ried man and had left wife and five emil.
dren-that his wife had been dead two years.
On the following Saturday they dug in The
cellar for the body until they came to water
and then gave itup. From that time on the
daughters of Mr.. Fox rrac,ised the evoca-
ton OF the dead :, and improved very fast in
their influence and control over the spirits.
Chairs, tables and beds moved up and down,
10 and fro, or were suspended al their bid
ding by the unseen power. A! Auburn, N.
Y, on one occasion sounds on the wall,
bureau, table, floor and other places were
heard as loud as the striking Of hammer.
The table was moved about the room, and
turned over and back. Two men in the
| company undertook 10 hold chair down
while at their request a spirit moved il, and
Notwithstanding they exered alltheirstrength,
the chair could not be held still by ihem-a
proof that spirits are far more strong and
powerful than men. On another occasion
the sounds proper to carpenter shop were
heard, apparently proceeding from the wall
and table. Saving, planning and pounding
with mallet were initiated TO the life, say
the spiritualists.
But Austinburgh beats all this in lis draft
on our simple creduliy. II appears from
the history that young woman's husband
had gone to California and was killed, az
bis spirit writes, by =" swallowing an alliga.
tor" The widow was directed by the spirit
Of her mother 10 marry apedlar The spir'
lie wrote out their directions, and these doc
uments are sworn TO and subscribed by two
witnesses as the hand writing of tie medi
um. The spirits were trying to bring Pa
into the faith and directed the mediums tc
appear like idiots, talk all that came in theil
minds, baptize each other and Pa too, Thi:
done, large Japan server was filled by spir'
it direction with spools, lhimbles, scissors,
shells and other traps. A work-box was al.
so filled with spirit ammunition. At the slri.
king of the clock the spirit seized the medi-
um and forced her TO throw the server and
all lite contents down the stairway, which
echong and reverberatiDg like so many
Chinese gongs, starts all to their feet. One
enters the stairway and down comes box
| of traps like Hail Columbia upon his head
He ent up stairs--every thing in the room
was in the widest confusion. One young
medium stood in wild alright al the physi-
cal demonstrations. The widow lay sprawl
ing on the floor, the ghosts giving her fits
Her hair disheveled, eyes rolling, mouth
drooling, arms akimbo and limbs awry.--
When the old man turned his back brush
a shoe or something else was hurled at his
head. Ills needless TO add that the widow
was married to the pedlar.
The following will give you on idea OF the
character OF the communications raped oul
by the spirits under the aspices of Miss Mar.
gareita Fox. The first is from very pro.
found spirit who says" Now am ready
my friends There will be great changes in
the nineteenth century. Things that look
dark and mysterious 10 you will be laid
plain before your sight. Mysteries are 60.
| ing 10 be revealed. The world will be en-
lightened sign my name Benjemin Frank
| lin."
One of the comm unications from Sweden
borg informs us that the pious Melencthon
in the future state was sometimes in an ex-
cavated stone chamber and OF other times in
hell--that when in the chamber he was
covered with bear skins 10 protect him
| from the cold--and that he refuses 10 see
visitors from this world on account of The
fiIthiness of his apartments. A female
clairvoyant at Cleveland reports an interview
with Tom Paine, who, she says, recanis his
errois and is al present stopping with Gener-
al Washington and Ethan Allen at hotel
kept by John Bnnyan.
In The New York Tribune Of February 2slh
| 1851 find The prospectus of journal 10 be
published at Auburn Ito be dictated by
spirits out of the flesh, and by them edited,
superintendent and controlled Its object Il
quote from the paper) is the disclosure Of
truth from Heaven guiding mankind into
open vision of paradise, and open communi-
cation with redeemed spirits. The circle Of
apostles and prophelsare its conductors from