New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-22
HIGH TIME WITH SPIRITS.
Erotu The lhirann IYrlea l1fh.

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Fros The CAieago Times 18th
For several days Past city has been agitsed ~
strange and stories Of the dnle Of the Dayen.
port brothers, seli-styled spiritual me- inns in
in the kingsbury block. Private circles nave talked
of little bes de these wonderful manifestations Some
OF the papers have discussed the matter with queer
admiSfure Of gravity and ill-cor cealed mirh. First
The Democrat perfectly orthodox upon subjects
tinctured with the marvellous, giving us pea,1y q
column Of astounding exaggerations among other
things stating that full band or instruments red
sweet muric within tie mysterious box, and that
inpunerlble variety of liz lie and big hands were
thrust torolgh the Gule opening in the said box.
We are ineliped TO allow very large margin for
Tie Democr0ts love Of the marvellous, and is power
f1l imasnation for we remembered that il was bnt
few days before The Democrat had given column
article upon the Astounding revelations of medium
VITO communicates with tie outer w"rih ut y per
head. The Democrat had paid It's dollar, and had
ascertained amoug otter astounding intelligence, that
It's local editor would die Of these daye that the
consicerate spirit, knowing when bat event would
take place. kindly refused TO mpart that KNOWLEDGE
and sill more kindly promised TO apprse Lin of the
approach Of bis dissolution ia season for preparation
for the chaTge
Under trtse circumstances, we repeat, we made due
allowances for The Democrats i notice. of
tie Davenl or Drothers II it, loc, editor has faith
Ia the dollars worth Of revelations which lie ohtaiJed,
shall Dot worder II aD Occasional fb" dropr from
the point of his pen because, forsoob,
dang spirit bas promised notify him of the proper
Mex came TIE journal, poking malicious fun and
playful ndlcule al the riornanve' go 9gs.oM ng
coiann upon what ap1y styied We On i o"gs
introduced by the spirits and expressed The slief
that iris Accomplishment was not maeh cultivated 10
t'otber world. Ard, without donbt, Eh. Journal man
was oorrec for we regard him az being one Of tie
best musical criekets' in Chisgo. The musical
taste OF ore who has spent so many Evenings IN me
Concert ROOM, and with !" Ruth" In the fssior,
must DO: DO moderated. In short, me Journal
L.. L. lima. =.
Well, we've been to thet Davenport Brothers.
The used by thes media was az DARK A. double
distilled black could make 1t; we c9uies- 70 III ns
fee ling OF awe a. Ne grOped IN we oarAIe's anu be,
gan to wonder whejner sone man'nus SPINS woold
not for the FIN OF the thing sene y: az nhd lnrry
off upon visit To seme T" unknown isle Inhabited
Only by the spirits OF rnernaih In iaet we Dessn 70
rather fancy The lea Couldn't "e make oui ylo-
Nous report oil OUT Wilt and Whsf stw hho then
our JourHeyEogS We 10, enaD', WIN heca'e'
~ ny ~ nlsnS .,,,.
ol.I .aspe. so1 S, sod tuue..p
Cspitali we shonted when suddanly light wac IN.
trodced and We fouDd ourselves surrounded by not
lev audi.uee-.ivb,-, eers lockers after wisdom, at
IL cents er hesd AT one end Of the room sod 40
old.faslicned cupboard or a new-fsshioned rlo,ies
nIess UF a Dozen men could .tand or sit sirhiu it.
a. ia ta,,bori,e ,till older fidi. and battered
tin horn lav unon si.elf hi, wss the spirituI
orchestra. keen-sy.d little fellow, evisenty a alow.
nounsed bSt he Davenport BFobers would ,ake their
,ess in the box and that any enc might securely ind
hen hand and foot, with rope. wien the doors would
he closed and almost p,tanily spiritual hand yoad
he sep ar IN. apernre near the ton of tie box Then
tbs n,trune,ts would he tuned sd several sririrnJ
Is ,e,,,rd. sf,ar q icb The dors ,uocId be ouenad
anS iha R,other. sv,nId he fonnd iisJ IA beforc
TIE media s,anned f,rw.rd TIeir aoe l. not far
from Is salow el,mrles,on G.bt hair sSd blu. ,yrs
are drtinRuiAbiig features po,sessed by ho,h They
are sslf-Soseessed TO q nicety. They seldom speak,
but their ears and eyes catch everything that Is aoe
ON. Ia les than five minutes we had uuJoubte1 ey.
dence that they were good Judges of human nature,
and that they saw trouble aht ad and OWNED the
source whence il would COME Low cuaUiuo Ia
uecnIiarly wrnen in the faces ard thew ,,ye seai
k.tIy inio your ewes with look which llinly Jetss
YOU 10 detect gle finching OF dscep.
lion and swindling
Well thew seated themselves In the box and were
tied hand and foot The doors were clo~ed ard inlDe-
diaely series of th desng kicks aud scrstchbps AZ
though pandsuouium had Dteu enrtipd into thai box
te,an In a frw p,omep,s a d,Iv maud ann.a,ad AZ
the sperture IL was gore iusaan,iy Tbe nois s1;r-
its ithin the box spbeided and The lin bor,, sas
hurled through the sud a,~rture, falling with kod-
BILE din upon the Hoor we knew thai W. = hit for
us, but we didn't take. The fact is we had dead
headed ourse past the doorkeeper and the parsinori
Gus spirit within the box knew il, 60 be hulet oGt the
lin horn a signal for TO down with tie n,' but
We wouldn't. Several tanss then performed Up
the tarborise and fiddle within toe boz, In exc
cradle sly lie, aud without any regard for time or bar
plony Among these were Fishers Hornre.'
paddy's Wake The Devils Dresu,,' Yankee Ijop-
de The music finally ceased rusng c.,nsed prob.
ably by the tarte Of the spirits fulowed for few
minutes " hen a dead sileuee rei.ned and th. doom
were opened Ire Brothers were lied ss before Ex-
CARNATIONS of wonder and admiration escaped the hos
cf several In the audience Ibryeourths II thote In
from their bonds and tba the masic had ben procuced
however.