Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-06-02
Correspondence Il the Boston dsEstss J
sr,v,ausl,sm q tho White House.

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| sp,r,,saIis. u tho white House.
President Lincoln has an Interuisw nth
| the Spiritual RaPpers Secrefdr'es
Stanton and Weiles and u W. Fer
ney Pesent-/nssrvieao seith the Spir.
its # Napoleon, Ldfdyetts, Frank
lin, Washington, Etc Tie Presidenl
Receives Some Good Adoice.
WAsaISGTos, April 20.
A lew evenings slrce Abraham Lin.
coin, President Of the u nited States, was
induced to give spiritual soiree IN the
CRIMSON room at the Nhi'e House, to
test the wonderfully alleged supernatural
powers .f Mr.. Charles T.. Shockle. 1t
wa. nv good fortupa, as friend Of the
medium, to be present, the party consist.
mo of the President, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr.
" Giles, Mr.. Stanton, MIR. = Of N.
| Y. and Mr.. p Of Philadelphia. We
took cur seats in the circle about eight
o'clock, but the President was called
away shortly after the manifestations
commenced, and the spirits, which had
apparently assembled to con.ince him OF
the power, gave sible tokens of their
dlspleasure n, the Presidents absence by
plnching Mr.. Stanton's ears and witch
ing Mr.. WelIes' beard. lie soon return
ed, but it was eomc time before harmony
vas restored, for the m'shaps to the Secs
retarles canned such b1rsts o! laughter
that the iuilnence was very unpropltlous.
For some half holr the demonstrations
were OF physical character tables
were moved and the picture Of Henry
Clay, which hangs on the wal, was away
I'd more than foot, aud two candela-
bras, presented by to Dey OF Algeirs
to President Adams, were twice raised
nearly to The ceiling.
1t was nearly nine O'Clock before
Shockle was fully under spiritual intlu-
encc, and so powerful were the subse-
quent manifestations that Twice during
the evening restOratives were applied, for
he WAS much weakened, aud though |
took no notes, | shall endeavor to give
you as faithful an account as possible Of
what took place.
Loud rapp ngs about 8 o'clock were
heard drcclly beneath the Pr sldent' 5
feet, aud Mr.. Shocke sta ed that All lndi.
an desired 10 communicate.
"Well, sir, said the President,
should be happy TO hear that his Indian
majesty has to say. We have recently
had q visitation from our red breth-
rem, and II WAS the only delegation, black
white or blue, which did not ,olant,e r
some advice about the conduct OF the
war.
The medium then called for pencil and
paper, and they were lad upon the table
10 sight Of ALL A handkerchief was
then taken t,om Mr.. Stanton and he ma
terals were carefully concealed from
sight. In less space OF time titan il has
required me TO write this, knocks were
heard and the paper was uncovered. To
the surprise OF all present ii read as fol-
lows:
"llaste makes waste, but delays causc
vexalious. Give vitality by energy. L sc
every means 10 sut due. Proclamations
are use e.s; make bold front and ii ght
the enemy leave traitors at home TO the
care of loyal men. Le,s note OF prepar
alton. less parade and policy tax. and
moe action. HENRY KNOX"
That is not Indian talk, Mr. Shockle,"
said the President. Who i, Henry
Knox 2"
suggested to the medium to ask who
Henry KNOX was, and before the words
were from my lips the medium spoke in
strange voice "The first Secretary Of
War"
"Oh, yes, Gen. Knox" said the Presi-
dent, who, turning TO the Secretary, aid:
"Stanlop, tina, message is tor you it Is
from your predecessor"
NJ. Stan Oh made no reply.
IL should ike TO ask Gen. Knox, said
the Pre- ,ident, "if il 10 within The scope
OF bis ability to tell us when this rebel
lion viii bio put down"
In the same manner as before his
message was received:
Wa.hrog,on, Lafayette, Franklin,
Wilberforce, Napoleon and myself have
held frequent cor situations upon this
point. There is something which our
spiritual eyes canno, detect which ap-
pears well formed Evil hss come at
tunes by removal Of men from high pc
sitious, and there are those IN retirement
whose abilities should be made useful
to hasten the end. Napoleon saws con
cCntrate yOur forces upon Que point
Lafayette lhiuks that the rebellion will
die of ex austion; traDklin sees lbr
ED approaching, as tie South must
give up Tor want Of mechanics ability
to compete against Northern mechanics;
Wilberiorce sees hope only in negro
army knox
Well, exclaimed the President,
"opinions d fer among the saints as well
AS among the sinrets. They don't seem