Georgetown weekly news., 1855-04-05
Another Spiritual Revelation.
Judge Edmonds and DIR Dextor bava

parpetrated another volume on Spiritualism.
The Judge gives the following account of
phenomenon occurring in the case of Miss
Laura Edmonds, (his daughter) a recently
developed MEDIUM"
"At first she was violently agitated in
her person. She soon wrote mechanically;
that is, without any vOlition on her part,
and without any consciousness of what she
was penning. Having a strong will, she
was able at any moment, by exercising it,
to arrest the manifestation. She next be-
came speaking medium. She was not en-
tranced as some are, into a state of uncon-
sciousness, but was fully aware of all she
was saying, and of all that occurred around
her. She, however, had not advanced far
enough to know the source whence came
the thoughts which she was uttering, and
she imagined that they might be the pro-
duct of her own mind. TO convince her
upon that subject, she was shown, through
the instrumentality of her own mind, all the
particulars of the wreck Of the steamer San
Francisco-that her upper deck had been
swept off, and certain number had thus
perished; that the residue of those on board
then on their way in different directions for
different ports, and that the steamer had
been abandoned on the sea. All this was
several days before any news had reached
the land, of the accident to that vessel, and
she was told to wait and see if the infOrma-
tion which had been given her, and which
was much more detailed than have written,
was not strictly accurate, and then deter
mine for herself whether it was her own
mind. A few days brought minute confirm
alton of every incident which had been dis
closed to her.
Since then this faculty of knowing things
at distance has greatly improved. She
saw the wreck of the Arctic when it was
occurring. She saw and detailed with great
accuracy, as subsequent accounts showed,
the recent collision on tie Canada Railroad,
and that few moments after it happened,
and while the dead and wounded were being
lifted out of the ruins. She has seen and
described the state Of things at Sebastopol
and its vicinity, and she has frequently de
scribed scenes and conversation going on at
the moment, at the distance of several hun
dred miles from her; and all this, not when
she was in trance, but in 4 state of mental
consciousness to all around her.
She next became empowered to speak DIFF
ferent languages. She knows no language
but her own, and a little smatteIng of
bOarding-school French Yet she has spo-
ken in nine or ten different tongues, some
times for an hour at time, with the ease
and tiuency of a native. 1t is not unfre-
quent that foreigners converse with their
Spirlt-friends through her. in their own Ian
guage. A recent instance occurred where
a Greek gentlemen had several interviews,
and for several hours at time carried on
the conversation on his part in Greek,
and received his answers sometimes in that
language, and sometimes in English, vet un-
til then, she had never heard word of mod
ern Greek spoken.
About the same time her musical powers
became developed. She has repeatedly
sung in foreign languages, such as Italian,
Indian, German and Polish, and it is now
not unfrequent that she sings in her own
language, improviSing both words and tune
as she proceeds-the melody being very
unique and perfect, and the sentiments in
the highest degree elevating and ennObling.
Her next advance was to see Spirits and
spiritual scenes, and now scarcely day
passes that she does not describe the Spirits
who are present, entire strangers to her, yet
very readily recognized, and identified by
their inquiring friends. This has, of late
been witnessed by very many persons, and
many an unbelicver in spiritual intercourse
has been overwhelmed with the evidence OF
identity which thus by sight and by com
munion has been presented"
The New York Tribune offers $lO0 fol-
a report from Miss Edmonds, of the latitude
and longitude, shelter, subsistence and en-
ployment of DR.. Kane and his party, pay
able whenever the statement shall have
been confirmed by ordinary human testi-
mony. Gin. Commercial.