New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-31
THE WAKEMANITES.
MORE REVELATIONS.
WHAT THE PROPHECIES SAW IN HEAVEN.

singular doctrines, and also sreount OF her alleged
visit to Heaven. Ii has been impossible TO OBTAIN
such information however, az she declares that all her
private papers are only be inspected by her few
faithful followers who have taken " all the degrees
Your correspondent having taken none of the " de-
grees and belonging to what the Prophecies calls
the worlds people, did not expect to Obtain
these private papers, but having visited her fire.
quently in jail and applied for these papers she at last
quite Unexpectedly told me | might take the papers
and copy them. She said they were concealed IN her
private roOm q. the house where she lived, directly
over the room in which Justus Matthews was muir
dered She asserted that they were rolled up in some
paper Of singular color and were in square basket
that would be found under her bed, and the papers
would be surrounded by bark of the witch hazel TO
keep off the evil spirits. The key to the house where
the murder was committed and where the papers
would BE- found, was in the care Of a Mr. Lane who
married the youngest daughter Of the Prophecies
and 70 | repaired Immediately to his house, made
known my errand, and engaged him to accompany me
TO the Wakemanite cottage, which is situated about
two miles from the Jail. 1t was now after dark and
my companion objected to going into that murderers
den after dark and with the greatest difficulty
that could persuade him TO go then. If | waited
until morning feared that the Prophecies" might
refuse to give the papers, and hence my determln.
alton to go that evening. We finally started for the
house and arrived there in the evening, and with
dark lantern entered this unOccuped house where the
terrible tragedy took place. The house was vacated
at the time of the murder, and has remained unoccu
pied since and supersttous people tell strange stories
about things that have transpired there lately. In
windy weather. strange noises have been heard about
the house which people say were never caused by the
wind A. fools are not all dead yet, is fair 10 pre-
sumo that there may be a few people who believe
! these marvellous stories We entered the room for
merry occupied by Samuel Sly, the murderer of Mat
thews then the room in which Mrs. Hersey lived, who
was indicted as accessory and who is now confined
in the same cell in Jail with the Prophecies"
| Then we went up into the " enchanted chamber"
where Mr.. Wakeman, the Prophecies, lived and held
! her meetings. This searched for the bundle
of papers but they could not be found, and pack
age of papers answering the description given by the
Prophecies found in the basket number OF
singular documents discovered, however, and
| several relics of Wakemansm were inspected with
much qualification
went down to the Jail and told the Prophecies that
| was unable TO find the papers. She asked me with
| whom went to the house. | told her that | went
with Mr. Lane. She said that Lane was possessed of
coming in contact with the papers. She said, also,
that if should shake hands with Lane the evil
spirit would enter out of him into promised to
keep out of the way of Lane and the Devil in future,
and the Prophecies seemed much pleased with my de-
termination. The old hag Wakeman then advanced
toward me. and, seizing my hand cla.ped in her
bony fingers ard with vacant stare in her eyes, and
fendsh grin upon her old, wrnkled face, congratu-
Io..d from
She said that she had revealed to her from God that
Lane watching an opportunity to murder me, and
she advised me to procure witch hazel walking stick
Immediately, which would prevent him from murder
ing NE, or even approaching me hereafter tried to
laugh but there was such unearthly expression
upon her face that my smile was frozen into horror be-
fore il WINS hardly born stood gazing upon the old
bag until ancied that each particular hair stood
end and my countenanec felt though il frost
bitten.
With more pleasure than pain left the old Prophet
ess and as passed from her cell out of the Jail,
believe the air seemed fragrant, and L had
better idea of liberty than had heretofore enjoyed.
She sent another person after the bundle of papers
which she had promised me, and a. Lane did not
accompany this person it that he found them,
for she sent note to me informing that she had
received the "sacred papers" and by calling upon
her could receive them fastened to the jail and
there found the old hag whose brow furowed by the
wrinkles of serenity Winters looked worse by daylight
than by the Pickering light of taper in the evening.
She sad that she was troubled in mind and greatly
distressed" because the Grand Jury had found bill
| against her as being accessory to the murder OF
Matthews. She denied that she participated in, or
! had any knowledge Of the murder OF Matthew'S But
she said IL Was al done to persecute her as she was
sent into the world as a messenger from God, she
pected to be persesuted because Savior suffered
similar persecution She talked in this manner few
moments, and then handed me bundle of papers,
which she said were the sacred papers went to
her house to obtain. She very earnestly said, she
put the papers into my hands: You are not man OF
in, therefore know that you will make good use
Of these papers. She said that must return the
papers to her soon, for they must be in her hands
when the millennium comes, else the pbOle uOrld
w0uid be lost. Knowing how sacred she held these
papers, took them in very careful manner and put
| them into my pocket, and bid her adieu.
Thi- " sacred document which she loaned me was
written upon pages of foolscap paper and bound
in careful manner II gives an account of what she
saw in heaven, and also a complete narrative Of her
exit from earth when her husband murdered her. APP
pended to this is synopsis Of her doctrines, what
she calls the fundamental principles Of her re-
li.ion az revealed to her by God.
| This "sacred document is copied below, rer5otiD
dIaeratim, from the manuscript given me by the
Prophecies which che says she shall take to heaven
with her, and if lost would bring the Day Of judy
ment. II is certainly wonderful document. IL com
| mence- as follows:
cit is 81 years ago since experienced religion. The