The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-13

n hduhtco mouse 4u Erie, Pa.---
Strange Appearances of a Human
Arm--other Singular Performan.
ces.
Th Enc Dispatch Of Saturday has
the aim, Xed:
W. mtutl' neo day or two since the
e1IsteLcr IL UuT mIdsL Of a yerItabl-
haunted house, OF, at ieast q which
hss gained that reputation; whether
ughtiuIy or Lot, We leave our readers 70
Judge We came into possession Of Tie
information accidentally. As we are al
Usgs Oh The look OuL for Items, we
Pluckeo up sufhcenJ Courage 10 make
ths acquaintance Of The owner OF the
Louise, AID Questioned HIM rs to the
uuLh OF he report Although At first We
r. reuceht "a the suhj,c CT, hs al latin
viteo W 10 has house on --th street to
see aud hear iur Uurst. esv. Tere were two
prOyhOs cOnuecped with the invitation
however, l. OF which was. that, what
ever We might say on the subject, we
should keep his name and the local
lty OF his dwelling In~ViOlably n secret
aha the otheri ibat We should come A.
lone We begged hard for the privilege
of a companion, buthe was immovable
" You need DOT come until ten o'clock
or past said the gentleman. as you
would probably hear nothing before
that time.
On Wednesday evening, puuctual to
the hour we rang al the 1oor' and were
ushered into the parlor, where a dim fire
Wa burning in the CRATE. The gas was
turned on, and in another our
hest made bis appearance. al was half
hoping you.NOuld not come" said he: 81
don't like the idea Of making the thing
public, and besides yourself there are
not half a dozen people IN the city who
have any suspicion Of anything of the
kind"
" e sat for nearly an hour in CONVEX
sation and at last began TO despair of
seeing anything of an extraordinary ma
ture. All AZ once q child's rocking chair.
which stood within a few feet of us.
commenced rocking very gently at
first and then violently. We leaned for
ward 20 tOloh II, when it suddenly re-
moved itself out Of our reach and stop
ped Atthe same moment the gentle
man touched our arm and said, Look
in the glass The mirror to which be
called attention was quite large, and
stood between two windows. Turning
towards IL, we saw the surface assum-
ing a singular appearance, precisely the
same as ii one were breathing upon it
You can see il better with less light
said Mr. and he turned the gas
down In a lew moments the indistinet
outline Of human arm appeared, small,
white and delicate, reEching out from
the darkness which enveloped il, with
q sort of ~entreating, beckoning motion.
This lasted perhaps. two or three min
utes, and then slowly disappeared
You will see no more tonight" said
Mr. eThe manifestations, ifone may
call them so, always end with that Some
nights they last for two or three hours
They come and 60 without any Rppfr
ent reason We first becsme aware OF
something singular about the house
nearly ten months ago The noises have
been Irregular sometimes making
themselves heard every night and
then remaining quiet Tor months Ny
wife h a woman OF nerve, and we have
both become so accustomed TO them,
that though unpleasant they do not es
s,ci.li, trouble Us. va can in no nan
ner account tor the phenomena, nor
ao We uv sometimes, by the sound
oi loo ,rps one would imagine the
D. IN t.,rt Often steps 60 up aud
wu s,a.i- vi nout any visible bodies
n.t-i ,iugthsm Furniture Is cha
Ir. a uue room 10 another No
Jo,, be ,ssr been done however,
ry ar.cir We thihk that by pay
~. sueuuou 10 whatever 1t Is, the
al -e,nrr cease II you carr
H. tulsur your Investigations further.
welcome 81 any time 10 do SO
>o,udei our 6rst vs't-and though
som WhSt startled, we were MOI
.u,e-.b,r convinced We intend e
max, a.utLer uiai uext week, sno
n pos.iule rlit the matter tao ughly.
mi, ~.n-rr are more things IN hea-
ven AND earth than are oreamt Of IN
,uI philosophy.