Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-01-11

MR. EDIroR The citiseus Of Wiimiu qton
having been somewhat exercised In mind du.
ring the present century ,.upod the suttsct oil
"HumaD Electricity" or Spiritualism;" II
may not be uninteresting 10 them to consider
short account of n very satisfactory iuvssti.
Der.
The eminent lecturer who has been engaged
III tho elucidation of these curious phenomena
a,od, that those OF ais audience disoossd 10
make tae lest might inclose a letter, securely
sealed, to the medium, by whom through the
Intervention Of the Influences tho lettsr
would be read, and transcript returned, to-
5etner with the original its seals still uubro.
ken II
Being anxious to set the question at rest by
SO convincing an experiment, the subsc ribsr In
closed letter, 80 securely called that to open
II "ltnout detection would be a physical in
possibility.
This letter was conveyed to the medium who
undertook on behalf of tho Influences and
lor " small consideration" 10 return an exact
transcript GU the following day. q
Az tne appointed timo the experiment cul.
miuaVeo, and the transcript was received, SO
exact ss to leave ne doubt that the letter had
been read by The Influence, and copiei yer.
battm ct literstIn
ltthen only remained 70 examine the o.iei-
nal enclosure.
| Wonderful 10 relate The scaling vas found
uuDfo Aen, and in all respects the envelope re.
mainei 10 'oisiu quo ante belium,' without o
sleo 10 indicate that the depths of its security
had oeeu Invaded, except land here appsArs
| tos nost astonishing part Of the phenome o on
at one end Of the envelop
| Upon careful examination it was found that
| the end referred too had been deicately opened
along the crease made by the folding of the
paper This opening had evidently extended
entirely across the cad Of the envelope, afford
ing convenient and ready egress to the letter
inciosedl and rendering the su bseq lent GOWN
| simply mere matter OF Orthogrsphy and ETY..
mology, comhined with q creditabie STYLE O
pennmanship Upon tue accomplishing oil
tbs interesting process the letter bad been re-
inserted through the opening iu the end OF thu
erEeiope' and the edges ct that opening, whict
| had been 80 delicately divided were Reunited
With substance resembling paste but which
in reality was possibly composed Of that pecu.
| liar heavenly ichor," which We are Informed
isan hshitual oxidation from spiritual corpo.
rosiLies"
The result Of this experiment 10 well worth,
OF serious consideration, and certainly goes
lar towards putting the question at rest
That the spiritual iohuence' is conipeten,
| 70 look Inside OF sealed envelope, or TO ace
through milestone, are propositions which
no one, properly educated IN the present en- :
llgbtened age, will attempt TO ooniute; but
That toe influence ca1 so msteriaiize itself as
evidently 10 employ physical means TO cut
open un envelope, aad then palpably paste it
together again, thus rendering natural and
plausible 20 the commonest apprehension what
otherwise might be somewhat mysterious TO
all but the truly enlightened, most gratifying
discovery, aud startling in the extreme
Tue subscriber feels well repaid for the
trouble BIO has been at 10 developing this mos,
convincing test, and the envelop which has
been 80 distinguished, as mute memorial OF
the material Intervention OF spiritual agencies,
care.
some cfeduious friends are disposed to az.
SER thet ihe "srirts' had uoihing TO do with
thls teet, bat, that the envelop In question
"ss cut opea, the copy made aud the crepiue
pasted up again by human hsude.
inefe rsight be some ground iur this beltsf
aad not tue eminent lecturer stated that this
manifestation would hs made BY the ,nsnen-
ess alone That tbis sbonld set the onsstjon
az fest Is the opinion Of the subscriber VIZ
toofiuced though doubling still, :" has the
oonoF To remain, very sfsetiully,
A. W. PEARSoE.