The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-08-16
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II OlNdULAR L HOCEEDlNG.--h
correspondent writing from Princeton,
New Jersey, to the Delta, under the
signature of w. II. s. says:
On last Sunday afternoon, in this
place, one of the most novel scenes oc-
Cured, which serves an an apt illus
tration Of :" Northern fanaticism," and
gives tolerably correct idea to what
point of heat that cauldron has mr.
rived. Ats o'clock P. NJ. of the above
mentioned day, a train Of cars arrived
at the Princeton depot, which is
something unusual, as there is but
one train on Sunday, which comes by
at I o'clock P. M. The idlers and
and loupgers being easily attracted,
there was general rush y made to-
wards the depot, in order to ascertain
and inquire into the cause of an ox-
ira train-for no previous public no
tice had been given--and the curiosi-
ty of the " heard was fully alive
Being an extensively warm day, and
rather long jaunt to the depot, there
must have been something up" to
have awakere ed to action such " lazy
crowd" Getting more than half way,
unmistakable indictions of sore disap-
pcintment were noticeable in the coun-
tenances Of those in the front ranks of
the ipquisitye populace, when a
hearse was met preceding long line
of mourners. But astonishment US
urped the place Of disappointment as
the hearse advanced. For instead of
the mourners being clad in black, and
exhibiting their grief by wearing
Grape, white was substituted. Eager
enquiries were made. and it was as
certained that the deceased was a
"spiritualist Id belief" and those who
followed the remains in heavy pro
cession to the city Of the dead, were
of like faith.
From what could gather, the facts
are these: On Friday last a young
man, whose name was Charles Ray
mond, died in Bordentown, New Jer-
sey,and was brought to Princeton to be
entered, for " there be was born and
formerly resided Having heard
that the ceremonies of the spiritualists
over one Of their number who happen
ed to die were rather novel, many of
the Princetonians determined to be
eye-witnesses of their ludicrcus for
malities. The mourners, having arri-
we'd at the cemetery and ptformcd
various gesticulations " over the dead"
young lady who, had previously
been observed on account Of her
strange dress, stepped beside the coffin,
from which the lid was removed and
the hand of the deceased was elapsed
within that of the young lady's. I'M
agine the overwhelming establishment
of the " heard" when they learned
that marriage ceremony was being
performed. A minister of the faith
was then tying the Gordian knot which
was thought to bind forever the affec-
tons of living, bouncing, beautiful
and educated young lass to the spirit
of a dead man." Raymond, while
living, had not only won her affec-
tions, but had deluded her into his be-
lief. OF course, during the ceremony,
the spirits silence gave consent. =
After that part was over, the air be-
came vocal with their songs, and the
bridegroom Of death and living beauty
was buried A solemn fact is it that
a young lady in health and beauty was
welded to piece of lifeless clay ten
minutes before it was buried. My
friend, Frenchman, earnestly inquir-
ed whether or not, in case the young
lady again married, she could be con-
victed of bigamy?''