Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1857-07-22


EDITOR n Y. DAILY NEWS:
Having seen notice in your paper concerning
a shekel or COMA perfect representation of those
which BETRAYED jesus called at No. 70 Wall st.
and procured one. The thought struck me that
would go to some one Of the prominent spiritual
mediums and try her skill, not only in bringing up
Judas, but i'm transating the characters on the
piece. After making some inquiries ascertained
that Mrs Harriet Porter Of No. 22l w. 3lst street.
stood the highest, she having predicted the loss of
the Pacific on the 23d of December, at the fremont
House, before she left the port of New York on her
last trip Mrs. Porter also predicted the death OF
Vice-president King one year before it occurred
These with many other wonderful predictions told
of her by a spirtuast, induced me to give her
call. started and soon arrived at the house On
ringing the bell, an elderly genteel-looking woman
came to the door. inquired If Mrs Porter lived
there to which she answered in the affirmative and
invited me in On entering the parlor saw large
number of respectable looking persons, who, the
lady informed me, were waiting for their turn for
examination.
She drew from her pocket book where notes
were entered and looking over her long list, said
that Mrs. Porter was engaged for every hour from
in the morning to at night up to the I'd of July
Well, this looked rather gloomy, but persuaded
the lady, as my business was of great importance,
to try and let me have sitting. After waiting for
some two hours obtained admittance to small
parlor where Mrs. Porter receives her VISITORS in
the center of which is table. She is about twenty
five years of age and rather handsome, dresses in
white, and appears much fatgued with the inces-
SAINT toll which she is compelled to undergo.
seated myself by the table and asked her If she
thought she could communicate with spirit that
had left the body about 1000 years ago; to which
she said that it might be difficult, but she would
try. After going into swoon, she exclaimed in
wild and unnatural tone
~ see crown of thorns, flashing spords; see
q man have his arm cut off, and another his ear"
The thought then struck me that some of the
spirits of olden time were present. l had not yet
told her the spirit wanted. She exclaimed
:" There is John the Baptist, Mary-Mary-Pe
and Others do not recollect" Her hand was
firnlv.grasped in mine, and asked
" Is Judas presentW
eyes" she answered in very loud tone, with an
unnatural, death-ike grip of the hand
O. Where were you born Judas? A. In the
city of Jerusalem.
O. How many years ago? A. One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two.
Q. What was your fathers name? A. Juda.
O. Your mothers name? A. Mary, sweet Mary
loved her as loved myself.
O. What color was your hair? A. Dark, but
gray before died.
O. What color were your eyes? A. Blue, and
my mothers eyes were blue.
O. Were you acquainted while in the body with
Jesus Christ? A. Yes, was; wept-I wept Bit
terly-l was taught by him, and him alone more
than any other being on earth.
O. Was he apreacher of righteousness A. Yes,
he taught the truth and enacted Gods laws
q. Did you ever hear him preach A. did =
heard him preach the truths of the new era, but
we did not know 1t; we were ignorant.
q. How did he dress? A. In white low necked
dress; beautiful to look upon.
q. Had he believers n. He had land twelve
apostles in harmony with him.
O. Where did he die? A. In the city of Jerusa-
lem on hill not a very high one.
O. How did he die? II. He was taken by party
party of men and nailed to a cross.
e. Who betrayed him, Judas A. 1t was l.
q. Where was he betrayed? A.. In Jerusalem
q. How many were with you when you betrayed
him? A. Three only, but they did nothing, was
Q. How much did you get A. Thirty pieces !
thought more of them than of all the world beside
was servant to others but did not know it.
q. Was the money you received silver? A. Yes,
1t was beautiful, pure, pure silver
Q. Who gave it to you; A. The priest; the high
priest; he had gold pieces the same size; | knew
At this stage of the inquiry, took the piece
had obtained at No. 20 Wall street, and placing il
near the mediums hand, / inquired if it was like
the silver he received
A. Like it? Very like it, almost think l am
on the earth and have the shekel in my hand.
@. Are You sure that this is like the silver you
received? A. am just as sure as am of being
here from another sphere, aid looking you in the
face; the priest had other silver but this kind
he had gold, but he hid it from me.
The communication was satisfactory so far, and
in order to test the reality requested him to tel
me what was on that side.
n. Cup; cup; it was q cup. The high priest
took the money he gave me out of that cup.
q. What is the reading on the outer edge of the
piece of silver?
At this moment a loud scream came from the
medium; she grasped my hand and said:
A. Shekel of Israel; l am not afraid to say
shekel Of Israel
This surprised me, / confess yet remained
quiet, and turned the piece over in my hand.
O. What is on that side 2 A. Fig tree Aarons
rod-rod of Aaron with buds Jerusalem the holy
Q. What time did you receive the money p
A. AT III o'clock in the evening; we did not count
time then as you do now. Evening and morning
we termed 1t. Eleven in the evening the stars anC
moon shone beautifully, we had happy time thai
night, we knew not what we did.
O. Why did you do it? A. was affected by
surrounding circumstances and influenced by the
priest. He wanted me to do it; he was well aware
OF what was coming before | was He was very
old he stood hgh as well as being priest. Ht
Influenced me with the money; l was poor, very
poor, and did it for the money.
O. What did you do with the money? A. / wa.
troubled: Peter and Mary upbraided me, and
took it and gave it to the high priest, he would
net take it. threw it down mt his feet, and ht
picked it up and put it in his satchel.
O. How long did you live after you betrayed
MN. a. Five years,-was thirty eight years ole
when died; they choked me on a chain ant
threw me down and left the body.
The last test was to request Judas 70 write his
name. After some exercise he picked up the
pencil and wrote Judah Isidus. Then l said write
Your name in Hebrew, and the following mark:
were made: n Hebrew characters in
the manuscript,-Ep. News
Not being Hebrew scholar went to a friend
who pronounced that it was the Hebrew charac
tiers that stood for the name Judas Seeing tina
neither the medium or myself understood Hebrew
IL caused astonishment In my mind, and will no
soon forget my visit to the medium.