The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-07-16

me 90 take up the hrioks ut the hearth
and disontomb the skull Of the murdered
Syms"
proceeded to execute tho orlor with
out moments, delay, aud after digging
dp few brick, in Ia miuulo or two came
to the NSull Of a human being, While
examining 10, the thing passed rather
lmystoriously from my hands. uud IN q
moment il was buck upRn tho shoulders
Of Tho sceplrc The manner ia which 10
Left me seemed SO unaocounubly strange.
that 1 was utterly as,onishod, and am,
oven now unable 10 explain how tho
thing rot from my hands
a moment after the skull fixed itself
upon the shoulders Of the ghost il com.
moucod speaking, taking up the thrcod Of /
discourse whore it had Left OH ard pro
coaded to say that, before going TO bal, /
plaood my keys aud pocket book under /
my head: my murderer, having disposed /
Of my body, took my paokot book, aud T.
with tho keys Of my trunk proceeded to /
loxlmino my effects. ln my pocket book I.
were ninoty dollars, on The bank Of "St {
/ Clair" Michigan; In The pockets Of my 1
Ipautaloons wore some small CHANGE /
/ Ny trunks contained suudry articles of /
mot much value My horse aai peddlmg
wagon were takcn to Indiana, orl there 1
! disposed of by my assassin. With the
proceeds derived from the sale thereof Nc
returned 10 the noighborhood Of the scene
OF murder, aud there resided until orrest-
ed and convicted for tho deteslable crime
which sent him TO tho Ohio prison, As
soon as he had washed the external evi-
donoe Of guilt from his hands aud blool-
stained weapon, he proceeded to count the
money, Clevos. Notwithstanding he re-
sided in the neighborhood Of the murder
was never arrested for tho crime But
his wickednosy was not TO pass unpunish.
ed being arrested for incest, he was sub
sequcntly convicted and confined a num-
Der OF years in the Ohio prison. But for
my terrible murder he romans uupunish-
ed. No one aided him IN tho foul trans.
action. aud my death rests on him alone.
AT this part of his story | thought
proper to enquire what his object was In
appearing to me. IIe answered that "al-
though il was not his object or intention
to reply to me, or 10 any questions l
might put TO him, yet, the information he
would impart to me embraced all that was
necessary tor me TO know Ny purpose
in appearing to you nc this time, is that
can communicate through You TO tho
world IN account of my vile and bloody
death, that mankind may know my Gto
and abhor my murderer. You are hero.
by commanded 10 write to my grand
nephew, Gilmore Syms, Of Cohnibus,
Georgia. and acquaint him with the par
ticulars Of all that have communicated
TO you; mention that it is my desire that
my remains be taken up and receive the
proper rites Of burial, am the spirit OF
the murdered Syms, whose soul for years
was seen about these premises; have wan.
dered up aud down upon the earth until
relief came by communicating to you,
subjects incommuuicable 70 man.
Through YOU the world win learn the ma
ture of my 1oul aud bloody death have
nearly done-tho hour is approaching
when must presently leave you Many
persons have seen, but dared not speak to
me, and [ had not power Of my own will
to speak until Ggst spoken to by living
man; your courage has relieved my soul
and now affords mo peace"
l positively refused to comply with his
request unless he answered me one quos-
ton. He told me to namoit / went on
to say that there was a mystery Concern
ing the disappearance of the daughter Of
Col Aaron Burr, Mrs. Alston. wife Of tho
Governor of South Carolina. and wished
him to explain it. as knew he could do
so. The spe1ter answered; "n peace her
gentle spirit rests; as / was dealt with by
the hand of man, so she received her death
most ioul and bloody. She persisted at
sea, being murdered by pirates, while on
her way to join her husband in Charles.
! ton, South Carolina"
AS he ceased speaking, the seebtrs ex-
tended toward me its b5ny hand, mani
+ testing determination to shake hands,
with which complied and rs grasped
It's aeshless grip a cold chill suddenly
passed over mo, that caused my blood to
freeze as i. were in my healthy ysins.--
Thus, hand in hand, in locked though
loathed embrace, front to front and face
= to face / walked with the phantom some
/, yards from the door 10 the open air. /
was about TO speak TO il, when il turned
ts nasty face towards me exolaiming: 81
\ must now retire mymomeut has come ia
which / must depart 70 that abode prepar-
: ed for the spirits of al m4nhnl, Ward,
= 10 you fdrewell--let my eased spirit re-
!, tire in peace remember well and forget
not what have told you"
10 Just then there was sudden light Of q
! bright blush cast. ard loud noise like
( the sound Of distant thunder as The light
i disappeated and the thuuler ceased,
n dscoyeted that tho ghost Of the 'haunted
4 house Of tho black swamp" had vanished
Stow and left the hous' instantly after
!, wards; we said nothing on our way to Oh,
4 tavern, and reached MoCrory about day
4 break
MI am no coward, nevertheless, | confess
u that poor as | may be, money would no
4 tempt me to 60 through a repetition Of 4
d similar adventure.
a FoR Hor WEATHeR One of the mos
3 simple methods. and at the same tim,
ie cheapest means. Of arufeially lowering
A the Temperature Of room Is, TO wet