, 1864-05-01

the usually peaceful precincts Of the Cooper
Union, Of which full aud exclusive account
was given in yesterdays Word, are creating
last evening completely filed.
SELECTING TT: coaA1rTEE-
Mr. Lacey, tho ngcnt for the Davenport
Brothers, inter making q lfew introductory
remarks, at o'clock requested, aB usual, !
That the audience would select committee
OF two gentlemen well known to them.
them was Mr.. 4. barney.
4 voice-Is It Hiram!
Mr.. Lacey-There is simply the letter E.
a yoice-There Is q mlstake-it ia N. Bar
ney:
Mr. Lacey asked pardon for the mistake,
to the audience.
Cries. No, no."
The vote tcdng put, Mr. Barney was re-
jectcd as committee man:
Of the General.
Ayetc on the name Of D. sickles, cousin |
OF the General, resulted In his being chosen. |
Ayoice-l nominate Judge Whitney. zap |
Mr. Lacy-what ls the namey |
.Voicc-W-h-i-t-n-e-y, Laughter)
d vote being taken Judge Whitney Was
chosen for the secoud committee man. A
man with very loud voice voted no."
The committee then examined The press Of
stools, IN which the Davenport Brothers per-
devoid Of deception.
t The brothers then came upon the stage
A Vofce-1t has been Inserted that these
gentlemen bayc artificial bands In their pock-
cts: Wm ths eommittee satisfy themselves
Mr. Lacy-You will find nothing there ex-
person Of the young men was examined, from
the collar TO tho boots, and pronounced free
from machinery or any artificial appli .nces.
They were then tied securely to
,hs seats @ a, q each ,a. s1Se 13s,+ns o. The the
shutting tie doors n hand passed BY, as he
sud, and grazcd his face The doors were
then shut, the musical Instruments being put
1 In, md In q moment out flew the trumpet
from the aperture in the middle door. The
doors were opened quickly, md the young
men were sitting tied us before. The trum-
pet and tanlborine were p1aeed In several po-
sitions indicated By a disbelievlng audience
!; once being placed directly under the feet OF
une Of the brothers, and tu nn Instant they
; were tossed out Of The aperture.
4 Foice-"rnt the trumpet outside, and
see If the spirits can throw 1t in" (Langh.
. ter.l
INCIDENTS AND REMARkS.
, The audience were inclined to be jolly and
skcptical Tho most silly tests were pro-
posed, the folly Of wh1ch would have been
seen by the proposer II he had been in the
= | place Of the committee. Mr. Sickles climbed
: to the top Of the closet, but found nothing
= | peculiar there. Que time, when he Was try
eeas 1e nc "a
= q shut, there came the sound Of tuning the IN.
strnmente, and finally of tune from the
a cloect that seemed to be played on the violin,
: guitar, and tamborino; mud, while the tune
: tie aperture, and sometimes shook q bell.
A quadrille tune was hetug played, When. at
= the proper place, d man in the audience
. shouted, "FoTward two!'' Finally, the
. werp tumbled out on the platform IN full
sight Of the audience, by some unseen force,
Judge Whitney came fpra ard to speak.
AVoicc-say, Cap, can't yon speak loud
Judge whitney-I would merely say that
iLe young mtn ate tied as securely al cver
The doors we're again shut, and there came
heavy rapplng from inside.
h a cry-Nobody's ut homo. ....
After other curious manifestations siulilal
Il 10 those described yesterday, among which
~ were the quick untyiug and rs rapid tying 0
|d tho men, Judge Whitney was invited to &c
n into the box, many of the audience request
le lng Il Hls hands were tied to the hands Q
Il Cries. "Get in Judge" sGive him thirt
rr an3s"
!. aThc doors being shut, the tuning OF In
"a strumente, und q great racket was heard. -,
te Sv'es a., aeos VT oS I.14Sntef. Matss
D. M1sn H. tns 1oor "ae ol'enSa e;e 9ause m1ne
t. nnu ane a1',, @ un ~ 1as nsssa, anu y
e. Euai,as' s'oi'a' uoo trumpet 4aio ac1osa NJ
1t oaGh.
he nG 1elateo 70 tIe Aualense iaa1 &c lelt hana
p sar,a. o -. ~ ~ 1,etJt ~ "Ia "a
led y ange5s on ne s,t t9rehsa n iassrt
plaee Ind ndeEepasnt T.; dent Of thoss twe gentlemen
n, all tl,e time; It was sonetniDg he could nc
C. e1p.ains anq fat1ef suo1cct o. awe than
rs. auupt oF rN1y. ae was neser ~ oo1
~ tLis sind before, and never saw the yonn
men pe1ore
n 1o1ce+AIE 73aa1 you 4 Hsa!pm.
on Judge MMtney-No" am, never "!
n, oeioiS, Langhtefl
70 AF an me ooois were smut, ano a oafc af1
re mas tetnsl 3ut 70 inc eaooW. ihe mus
nass =" nara IN @ nsaE M
ed tna t4e u'noollae ana oe1A ta1o"n o"t
or t"H w1pts wS1psttsei
ap ,,v rsnnrte5 ,40 aoots "e1e opeoeo 'ooee I'M
NJ ue3 ~ T1fput% "e1s h,,,, T.,
sns .t ~ c Sn 49, - e*ttsae w.
liz linz or Two they stepped out free and u untsamel G
Ter I'd, the ropes by which they had been boul
lid ising1n lump
81 TIE PRIVATE sRAscE-
,de At the seance In room 10. after the ms