Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1866-04-06
A VOICE FROM THE SPIRIT OP THE
"DEAD DUCK"

''ra'", 'nS "ashi"Seou correspondent
Of the Cincinnati Commercial, who, by the
way. is vigorous writer, gets off the fol-
lowing good thing at the expense of the
ID. D." in his last letter:
The Loyal Leaguers, not satisfied with
one revelation from the other world on the
subject Of the "Apostate," mustered the
spirits into second installmeu., or rather
delighted with their interview, secured its
repetition, The fair 'meium's was one full
~ competent 10 speak ahoutapostacy even
without the intervention or inspiration Of
spirits, inasmuoh as she was not long since
q successful applicant for divorce, in the
courts Of New York. The loyal folks who
attended the lecture, say it was grandly
severe on the President, and entirely de-
molished that Tylerized individual. Twas
not present on either occasion, but rather
than miss hearing what the spirit had to
say about the Presidents policy, I went to
mejum and opened Communication with
the other world for my own private infor-
nation. The mejum, after o few vigorous
raps, attracted the attention of one of the
disembodied, who inquired what was want
ed. "There is person here who desires
TO converse with the spirit of the dead
duck" replied the mejum. a. a''.. =. p
"I'll go and see if I can find him." said
the spirit, "but he's so far down it will be
hard to get at him." q . y
Disembodied started off, leaving myself
and the mejum alone. At the end Of an
hour, the table began to tip gently, and
on enquiry I learned that the spirit of
the dead duck was on hand.
~Wiil the dead duck converse with me
still in the body?" asked. a9a
"That depends on circumstances" re-
piled the spirit, through the mejum, who,
should have mentioned before, was a
writing mejum as we'll as rapping mejum.
'"Well, l want your opinion of Andrew
Johnson" said 1. '' ~ ll-'
"You can have that right now. He's a
damned son of'-hers the table shook SO
violently that the mejum couldn't write
out any more of the deceased ducks reply.
"Keep cool, my dear Bird" said 1. You
are writing history now, and you must be
impartial aa lall.a,-L i.s',.y q. -5..,
Impartial damnation," said the spirit
Of the d. d. cts easy to talk about i'm.
partiality, but if man had applied the toe
of his boot to the terminal Joint of your
vertebra, a. Andrew johnson has to mine.
you wouldn't feel very impartial towards
him"
again requested the spirit of the dead
duck to curb his anger a little, as was
very anxious to arrive at historical truth.
asked him if he thought the country was
safe under Andrew Johnson In reply he
upset the table and sent chair whirline
through the room, which the mejum said
was spiritual mode of expressing very
. emphatic denial. began to despair of
getting any reliable news from the spiril of
the dead duck, and plainly signifed nv
iatention Of leaving, unless he would treat
my questions more cOurteously. The
spirit promised to do the fair thug, and
the following collOquy took place:
QuestioS to the spiri Of the d. d.
"What b thought of Andrew johnson
b NE spirit world?" tamu ... ~
O. AnsWer by the spirit of the d. d. Hes
boxed upon a an excellent renegade
aWma wm thought of him year ago2"
81 don't know. l wasn't here"
Hew long have you been in the spirit
vurldfp II I~TIt GUIClJ
"a;ne the 22d of February"
"How do you like as far as you've got?
e Mtsa little warm, but guess I'll have to
- stnng With it," "'''' '0'a '..hf
."Whst was the immediate cause of your
balief 10 Andrew Johnson's apostacy?'-
"hhg patriot, couldn think other
wse." 80,
"Pell the honest truth, were you not
good, straightforward johnson man till
yru wgYe kicked down the kitchen stairs of
the White House ?"
"None' Of your id business, and
great disturbance among the chairs and
tables.
sIsit true that Andrew johnson was
tight on the 4th of March, 1865 2"
at is, and he has been tight ever since.
"But didp Z he drink out of your bottle,
on the Inauguration day, and didn't you
drug the liquorso -as torget an Office out of
him, in one Of his unconscious moods p
The spirit was 80 incenced at this ques-
ton that he smashed all the china in the
room, and made me think for awhile that
it was the. devil instead of the dead duck
to whom was talking. II was with great
diarplty he ,wss persuaded to remain lon
d. S' SS'e6 shuOh uiSpOncu W icdNc
abruptly on account of what he termed my
impertinent questions. Peace being again
restored. ! resumed the investigation,
"Did johnson treat you worse than did
Buchanan Didn't they both treat you
kind. of rough2"
Eyes they did; Of the two think John
sou was the worse"
"Whose boots did you polish with the
greatest degree of vigor and brilliancy,
Johnson's or old Buck s2p t;|....
The spirit got 30 enraged at this inter
rogatory that he could not be detained in
tho witness box moment longer, but
with great rudeness, as thought, put ou,
the lights, upset all the tables and chairs
and leaving the mejum aud myself annie
darkness aud chaos took his departure =
A far having tho meium five doilurs ia,