The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-11-06
All Abellt Ghosts .

All Abeilt Ghdsfs.
h, The people near Scottsville, and in Abe
marie, as welIa IS other portions Of the 9. s.,
are greatly excited o. the subject Of ghosts
The excitement has even extended To the
|EValley. Below we give allfhe gkostfy news
EwesGpd in our exchanges:
The Charlottesville Chronicle, Of last Sat
urday says:
The 'sGhosts" continue to visit the house
of Mr.: John S. Moon, near Scottsyille. For
FIVE or six weeks this performance has. been
going on, and noefforts have yet awaited to
capture the operators. The horse has been
entered repeatedly, and trifiag articles alb
stracted. For nigh tie nsighbo have
been guarding the premises, it the mystic
rious strangers (there are said to be two)
come and go, but can't be caught. They
have been fired at frequently, and blood was
found in the yard on one morning afterwards.
A party of students from the University
went out there Wednesday night.
| An Exchange says: Pittsburg Pennsylva-
MIA has gnost, by whose agency carpets are
nightly torn up ON the floors Of the haunt
ed domicile, neatly rolled and stacked II
corners; sideboards are visited and tables
covered with dishes, as if in preparation for
a fest. The covers are rudely torn from
the beds of sleepers, and many other pranks
are played.
J The Lynchburg News has the following
account of the Albemarle ghost. It says =
ssThey have Ghost, or something in Abe
marie, which appears to be decidedly 'srum
'un." His ghostship is impervious to min
MES, pistol balls and such, and regards them
j more than if they were fred into the thin
air, instead of at his esprit majesty" The
theatre Of his operations is the dwelling house
of Mr. John S. Moon, a; prominent citizen,
living near scottsvillo, and the story goes that
che Ghost has visited the premises for up
wards of thirty consecutive p ights, up to last
Wedr dav, the latest accounts We have from
him. The house has been under strong
armed guard for tle most of this time, and
yet the Ghost eludes ZEN, and passes into
the building either tt -ough the door, or the
windows as may suit his fancy. As we have
stated, 1T regards n, bullets, having been
repe teddy fred at without effect, with the
muzzles of the guns almost touching IT'S
breast Amid storm Of balls the Ghost
walks about as unconeerneoly as if there
were no other pe.-an beside himself in the
world, visits all par5s Of the house, and when
he is satisfied, walks away. His ghostship,
itappears, is not above handling carnal Weap-
ons, for on Monday or Tuesday night of last
week, a Miss Thompkins, an inmate of the
house, fred twice at him with pistol, and
the fire was returned, MIST. being struck in
the forehead with the ball from his weapon,
but not much hurt. His ghostship has been
seen by numbers beside Mr.. Moon and his
family, nearly all Of whom have had shot
at him, but Intellectually. He issdcscribed as
a large alan well dressed, and black. Our
last bulletin from the scene of the perambu-
atiops Of this visitor from the spirit land
4 WIS up to Wednesday night. The neighbor-
hood was then in a high state Of excitement,
and the house Of Mr.. Moon was guarded in
side and olt by dozen or more armed men
who had determined to capture the Ghost at
all hazards Whether they have succeeded
we are not prepared to say.
--LATEST FROM THE GHosT.-The Char
louisville Chronicle Of yesterday, Nov. 5th,
has the following The excitement is in
creasing 1T says:
! Tls remarkable visits TO Che house Of John
s. Moon, Esq, near scottsville, are still 60
ing on. Sunday night the powerful light so
frequently seen flooded the passage of the
house, and was subsequently seen from the
upper windows lighting up the night. These
visits have been going on now for four months
The house has been entered certainly ten or
fifteen times, and probably much oftener.
For the first two months the visits averaged
once in ten days; for the last two months,
they have averaged several times week
Mr.. Moons house has been guarded now for,
perhaps, a month, but it seems impossible to
capture the mysterious strangers, who enter
the house right in the midst of the circle of
pickets- The parties Git is supposed there
are three of them) carry false keys, and open
outdoors and in doors; they have also a
shrill whistle which has been repeatedly
heard and they have a very remarkable
lantern which is often SEEN