Daily national Democrat., 1858-10-08
From the Newark (ohio) Times.


WONDERFUL SPIRITUAL MANIFEsTATIoNNs
IN A HORN.
A few weeks ago, two ladies-Mrs.
Garner and Miss Vincent-arrived in
Newark and were shortly afterwards
announced as "Zrumpet Mediunes." In
a very short time rumors began to cir
culate that all other phases of spiritual
ism were eclipsed that the spirits the
ladies had in charge were quiet, orderly
ard dignifed, disdaining the uncivil
practice of upsetting things, turning a
cold shoulder to all material agencies,
and making their communications by
~ord Of mouth Tor rather trumpet.)
Being somewhat incredulous and of an
inquiring mind, on Tuesday evening we
repaired to the spiritual rendezvous" -"
in order to ascertain what truth Madam
Rumor had carried forth.
We found some half dozen seekers
of knowledge of unseen things present.
Our first care was to make thorough
examination of the room we explored
every hidden recess, and examined the
walls and ceiling carefully, and are con-
fident that the demonstrations we wit
messed were Independent of mechanical
or individual agency. A half circle
was formed before a stand, upon which
was placed two ordinary tin dinner
horns very much battered, minus
mouth pieces, which had been broken
of. We examined the horns and found
nothing suspicious about them, nothing
different from other horns. The door
was locked and the medium, Miss Vim
cent Mrs. Garner being in Dresden)
seated herself at the end OF the circle.
The lights were blown out and several
pieces of church music sung. At the
expiration Of five minutes we heard
sound as if ball had been shot into
the horn, accompanied with a quick
flash of phosphoric light, when it began
to rock upon the stand.
"Brother King (the guardian spirit
of the medium) is with US, announced
Miss Vincent.
All was hushed as death, and deep
feeling of solemnity seemed to pervade
the entire circle. Presently the horn
slowly ascended the wall, crept along
the ceiling, and then flew off in different
directions about the room. The me-
dium requested the spirit to manifest
itself to members of the circle imme-
diately it passed along, giving each
gentle rap and an opportunity for feel
ing it. 1t returned to the stand, and
the medium inquired if it had any com
munications to make. The horn in
stantly left hestand and rushed through
the room with great velocity, issuing a
noice like steam escaping from an en-
gine, and scarcely with less power.
After several circuits of the room, it
halted, and stood in air, just before the
circle, and voice which no unaided
mortal could be suspected of initiating,
slowly but rather indistinctly uttered /:
eye are the children of earth, but am
the child of Heaven, invisible" The
voice undoubtedly proceeded from the
horn, and was of so much power that it
could have been heard square. 1t
sounded as the voice of person speak
ing through labored breathing. Several
communications were received purport-
ing to have come from Spirit Land,
and descriptions Of departed ones,
which are said to have been accurate.
Conversation was continued with the
ghostly visitant for about ten minutes,
when he dropped his horn and bade us
adieu
The candle was re-lit and the circle
broke up, every member of which was
fully convinced that a supernatural
agency controlled the horn.
The most curious part of the mani
festaton, however is, the fact that after
the demonstrations the interior of the
horn, which before the circle was form
ed was clean and bright, was found upon
examination, to be thicllly coated with
a limy substance.
The whole thing may bo an impos-
ture, the skilful work ofa cunning brain,
but we are confident the agency was
independent of the medium. She was
seated in the circle during the manfes-
tations, with her hands held by one of
our citizens, in whose honesty we have
great confidence, and her voice was
often heard at the same time the horn
was speaking. Mrs. Van Buskirk, the
lady at whose house the mediums are
staying, enjoys the confidence of the
community, and she states that often in
the night, the horn will visit the bed of
the mediums, and hold long CONVERSE
tions with them, and that she has often
been awakened by these nocturnal visi-
tations.