Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-02-22

"Thego IS nothug new under tue sun "
In tue time oi Cotton Aather in the seven
tsenth century, there seems TO hare been man
lfests,ions OF deYiimsut which beat the modern |
perioatstie 'hum N alscsricians' all hollow.
We copy the following account o! the per-
tnrnAlces OF witches, in New England, about
1892, from Grimshaw's History OF the o r.ted
States.
A very learned pastor. ofNew Eag,aud, Cot |
ton Malher, was q iru believes in ali those
ridiculous stories. He relates, with degree
of seriousness, that is now amusing, as many
supernatural events, as would fill VOL
UNI prefacing hs ghosly narrative with
regret, that 'the neighbUrs have not been care
full enough 10 record and attest tae prodigous
occurrence of this importance, aud that ny
true and strange occ urrenceA from the iuvis.
iole world have been buried in oblivion"
He frs: mentions woman efli cted by a
devil, taa' spoke Dntcb; after which, he pro-
eeefa TO give more iutc resting narrative,
which is here given 10 his own words.
an the year 1879, the house of William
Morse, vt HewhArry, was infested with demons,
after most horrid mauper. 1t would fill many
pages to relate all the Indications; but the
chiet OF Them were these:-Bricks, sticks aud
stones were often, by stme Invisible hand,
thrown at the house and SO were many pieces
Ct wood cat wss thrown at the woman of the
houee, and long staff danced up and down
in tae chimney; and afterwards the same lcne
stnil was banged by a line and swung to and
iro; and, when two persons laid II on the FRO
10 burn IL, 1t was as much as they were sb
TO do, with their joint strength, to hold
there. An iron crook was violently by IN in
Visible hand, butltd about; a chair few abou
the room, until, at last, it lit upon the tabl
where the meat stood ready TO be eaten; an
had spoiled all had not the people with niue
ado, saved a little. A chest was, by nvi
ible hand, carried from one place to snothe
aud the doors barricaded, land tho keys of Ii
family taken, some of them from the bunc
where they were tied, and the rest flying sbou
with loud noise of their knocking again
one another For, one while, the folks Of III
house could not SUI qlietly, but ashes wodl
be thrown into their suppers, and the
heads and their clothes, snd the shoes OF th
man being left below, one of them was file
with ashes and Goals and thrown up after him
When they were In bed, a stone weie bin
three pounds, wac, divers times, thrown upol
them. z box and board was likewise throw
upon them; and bag of hops being taken GU
Of g chest, they were, by the Invisible hand
beaten herewith, till some of the hops wer,
scattered on the floor, where the bag was ther
laid and left. The man was often struck b,
that land with several instruments; and th,
came hand cast their good things into the FIRE
yea, while the man was at prayer with hi
housahould, a bosom gave him blow on hi
bthu ptllhG, ana lell DOWN before DIS lRCb.--
when they we're wiunowing their barley dir
was thrown at them; and essayng TO fill thsi
halt-bushel with cora, the foul corn would b
thrown in With the clean, so rresistibly, tn
they were forced thereby to give over whs
they we're about.
while the was writing the iuk-hor
was, by the iuyisiols baud, snalched iroi
him. and being able nowhere TO ind 1t, he sa
it drop out OF the air, down by the hre
shoe was laid on his shoulder, but when |
would have caught 1t, it was raped from hir
il was clapped upon his head, and there
held il so fast that the UnseeA fury pulled hi
with il backward the floor. He had
cap torn off his head, aad pulled by the ha
and pinched and scratched, aud the inv isit
hand pricked him With some of his avis, a
with needles, and book ms; and blows u
fetched blood were sometimes given him
Frozen clods were often thrown at the man
and his wife going to- milk the COWS, q
could by no meaDs preserve the vessels Of n
from the like sunoyauces, which made it
only for the hogs.
"Shs, going down to the cellar, tho tr
door was Immediately, by an invisible ha
shut upon her, and 'Nbla brought AVID
upon the door, which kept her there till
rosn removed il. When he was writing
1ngiher time, n dish lcsped into pail,
east water the man, and on all the conce
before him, so 10 defeat what be WAS l.
upon His cap jumped eff his head and
kettle then over the FIRE o. ether. A
pel".t ing 10 The family PR 7cipal SUD
es oy thtse molestations, tor, be was fiji
ABOUT al such rste, that they feared
Grams would have been beaten out; nor
they lGd i possible to hold him. The n
took bin, keep hira 10 a chair: but
chair fell dancing, end both Of them "
very near being thrown into the ERE.
''Tbese, and n Thousand So vexatious
fell the boy at home, IheJ carried him to !
abroad with doctor. Tbere he was q q
tu -eturnIog home, he suddenly cried out
was PrirHed ths hack, where they 70,
strangely sticking, lAree-tned fork, -,
belonged unto t.e ioctor, and had been :
here after the tuys departure. Af.erVr
ais troubles found him out at the doctors a
WIRE, crying sgsin Lee was pricked on
back, they found lion spindle stuck
him; end the spectre would make ali
meat, when he ~as going 10 cat, ty out OF
mouth, ana instead thereof make him IA