Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-11-28

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11l $50 - u
IT.. ~ II utGe(ed bock, somo1xtng - .
hoa1 - Gesusk hi0. Aoesm, = - - ~
|1lGns u n6me ohnh66ltrs, 60 dnsMg -
tu6etvo1 10 thoDoons, tho do0(1 " - CO...
~ beang opeo, - Whit ~ J14ensee q
az BgS9hors hvoppoet veso pe18 go.
inod. Vpsy Whitt thte teeo1s 49, ~
wrist Quivesed for several seconds 10 me
cir shove. This oppeosancs drew a9enesal
eRciauatisn from Oh TIE party Or Cnas!ss
Wyke nov entered sne cantnet sno - ~
tween the two young me0-ms nanos -
Ing right and lest On eecns ana secured 70
them: The doors were tren c''seo' sno me
Babel Of sound RECOMMENDED. several
hands appeared - tne ofince-a"opg tnem
the hands o. cn's0. AHev : ece pr
Charles retur',eo AMONG. US a"a ss.te" tn.s
While ne neso sne s"o oso.neIs sesess. "s"os
touched MS isce ana puAso n's %" tne
instruments st MS 'eet creP' up p'syec
round his oody ana over ~ oe.o one o.
them LOGGING event any 2" u's ruou"e'..
During the foregoing S"c,"en's t"e D.'"'s
which appeared were tou.neu .'.u e,.spe1
ny captain lng'"ne'd' s'u nc s'.,el s snse ~
the touch tncy were apparently '""1"
hands, though they Passe<' away ''o'" ".s
grasp :.
omit mentioning otnet P"e"o"e"s. ~
account OF "nicn mas s''eaoy oeel 'c''"e''"
elsewhere. -.
Ine next PsTs VI 'ne se""'c - 49,
IN the dark. one o. tne s'ess's. Dsvc"po's
and Mr.. ray seated themselves :"c"es' Us;
Two ropes were Throw" - s"eI 'ees: ~
IN two ana . ~" minutes ."ey ".'e 'vu'1
TED hanu ana 'oo,' .Hel' 'a"us ","i'" 'ne
backs, bound tgnt'y W tne'r cna.'s' "'u
their chairs nou"o 70 =" s"J.ce". 'so'e
" h'le TINS process was so'"s "" INC Su,.",
rose from the 'ao'c anu swung .. "v". .s.
round the room ~" over t"e neaoS - u'e
party, ana iignuy touch'hg some NO" /.
pho.phonc lgnt sue. IRON sue - s'oe W.
our neaas f; the laps ~" Ia"os s"u s'uu'I
ers OF seve'a' were s,'nu'ane""s'y 'oucneu'
struck, OF Pa"eo ~ na"us' ''e su''a' u'e."'
while SAILING rouho t'se Foon'' nov nc.' w
ceii'ng' ana tneh scunne on 'ne ne" ~ r"u
shou"ers " so"'e "..,css "'sn-
oeiis "hisAeu mere anu '"e'e, A.u "s"s
trimming u, WAS lna'"'a'"cu y" ~, u s'o on
Inc TWO tamoouI'hes seelcu ~ io'' '"'.
ana tnitheT Q" tue no"i' NJ" summing -
v'o'e"''y' anu no" s'S'.,"s ~" A'ecs snu
hahos o' on, circie--"i, ,"cse io'cso"s ~
''ois' .uu'o,e VI '"'is'vu' "e"'k s'"u :
heouS' MI. n'uco"'. nol""'s '."oou''c'
| requested !" I''e"' oo P'uIASu "o'i, no
manu- !. Vas a'"'o.: i"st'nly uHen non'
nm; Al the same time Aor1 Dury "aue
sln',ar request anu . 'o'''p:e s..eanp. ~
P'uck . ta,'oou' "c run MS grasp ""s
maoe, "n'cn ne 'eS's',u WI. ray ur"
asheu thst ms coat snouiu DC Fe''oseu. We
near" instantly V'oieh' t".tcn anu mere
| occurred the most rcha'haoie 'act. q Hsns
was struck before the coat "au qu''e .eit
MR. rays person, ana u was seen quittihg
MN, piucked on MN upwards. IL new up
~ Tue c"s"uc'cr' w"e,e ''"'S ior mo
hneht' anu uien ieii 70 TIC eTou"u. MI. rsy
was seen mea"wi''ie oouhu ha"o anu i"otas
before. Vne Vi our party now a'seste"
hiinseii Oh ms coat, anu II was paceu o" the
tanie. Inc hsnt WAS eA'nSu,sheu' a'''
tii's coat was !usiieu vi ~ mr. "a, oa'A
WIN equAi Tslnu'ty. turing Tue aooVe oc
cnrrences III Tue uark We p'aceu s"ee' "'
paper u"oeF the 'eet 0! inc TWO operators.
ana drew Win pehcli an ou'iinc AROUND
thcm, 70 the emu that II tney "oVeoH nhent
oe detected. lney' o. tne'r own ACCORD, o.
Tered TO have Their hands hiled with hour,
or any other sim lar substance. 10 prove
tney made n" use oi them' out this prccau-
ton was dee"'ed unnecessary we required
them, however, !" count IRON one 10 twelve
repeatedly, that their voices, constantly
heard. might certify to Us that they were in
the places where they were tied. Each Of
our own party held ms ne'ghbor hrmiy, SO
That no one could move without TWO ADA
cent ne'Shhors being aware OF It.
At the termination OF this dnce general
conversation took place on the subject Ut
what we had heard ana witnessed. Lord
Bury suggested that the general oGinion
seemed to be that we should assure the
Brothers Davenport and MIR. w. Fay, that,
after very stringent trial and strict scru
tiny Of their proceedings, the gentlemen
present could arrive ut no other conclusion
than that there was no trace Of tri'kcry in
any form-and certainly there were neither
contederates nor mach nery-and that all
those who had witnessed the results would
freely, state in the society in which they
moved, that, 80 far as their Investigations
enable them to form an opinion, the pheno-
mena which had taken place in their pres
ence were not the product Of legerdcmain
This suggestion was promptly acceded to by
ell present.
Before leaving this question, in which my
name has accidentally been mixed up, may
be permitted to observe that have no be-
lief in what is called srirituais and moth
ing have seen inclines me to believe in it
indeed the puerilty of some Of the demon
STATIONS would sufficiently ALLEVIATE such q