The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-31

succeeded In preclpltating a hostility
which was net expected to show itself
so soon. The other demand of Grant
for session of the Forty first Congress
will be acceded to.
4 Ghost of Forty Years Ago-Foot-
falls on the Boundaries of Anoiher
World.
From the New Albany LEDGER
Several years since we were reading
in the presence of an elderly lady friend
the tradition recited by Mr.. Robert
Dale Owen, in his work on spiritual
manifestations, of female school
teacher in Switzerland, who had ap-
a "donbloh to her pupils, and and who was, s.
from this popularity, compelled to
throw mp her position, as she had upon
several occasions been seen in two
places at the same time, and when
0uestio. od upon the suhjact the tanchar
declared that at such times in her nat
ural body she experienced q listlessness
that she could not account for. The
lady friend referred to then recited an
occurrence that transpired in a town
on the Ohio, now Il large tloarishing
city, some forty years ago.
A Young lady friend had recently
married and gone down the river on a
bridal trip, the newly married man hold
ing the position of second engineer on
tie boat. After an absence of several
weeks, our informant and her husband,
after tea one evening, concluded to call
at the residence of the brides mother,
who lived some four or five squares
distant, and ascertain when the daugh-
ter and her husband were expected
home. 1t was in the mouth of August,
if our memory serves us, and the moon
was shining brightly, so that objects
could be distinctly seen for a distance
of half a square very readily. They had
entered the street ut point within one
hundred yards of their destination, and
the house they were about visiting was
plainly visible. 1t was a large single
tenement house, setting about three or
four feet above the level of the street,
with steps leading from the pavement
to the front door. When our informant
and her husband had reached within
fifty feet of the front door they were
surprised to see moving up the
steps the newlymarried couple, and
to see them noiselessly enter the
door. They congratulated themselves
that they would be the first among
their acQuaintances to welcome them
back from their trip, and went immedi-
ately TO the door, and knocking were
admitted by the mother of the young
lady. After being ushered into the par
lor and taking seats, the lady inquired
for her friend, expecting to see her in
few moments. The mother answered
that she had not arrived nor was she
expected for two or three days. This
astonished our friend, as she felt sure
that she had seen her enter the house,
but for fear of subjecting herself to rid
icule, forbore to mention what she had
witnessed. Her intimacy with the FAM
ily precluded the possibility of the an
swer being an excuse for the nOn-ap-
pearance of the bride and groom, and
after spending an hour or two with the
lady of the house in social intercourse,
she, with her husband, started for home,
on the way discussing the double
wrath that made its appearance on the
door step, and endeavored to reason
with one another that it was an hallu-
cination.
This was years before the telegraph
had annihilated time, and railroads had
rendered communication between dis
tant points matter of small moment.
The second day after this moonlight
walk and visit, the steamer Ben. Frank
| lin arrived from below, bringing the
announcement that the steamboat Car
of Commerce we believe this was the
name of the boat) had exploded her
boilers at or near the Louisville wharf.
The second engineer was badly scalded;
the burns being very severe, he Jumped
overheard in order TO obtain relief from
the water of the river, and was rescued
only to die on the landing before he
could be removed TO any building or
receive medical attendance. This en-
gineer was the newly-married husband,
and the lady was blown overheard and
her body never recovered. The explo-
sion had taken place on the day that
our informant and her husband had seen
the double apparition on the door steps
on Walnut street in Cincinnati.
When the old lady concluded the mar
ration of these circumstances to ms, we
asked her if she believed these were the
spirits of her departed friends. She an.
swered that all the facts related had
transpired, and that we could call them
by what name we chose. We give the
story as related to US, and it certainly
to our mind, is as we'll authenticated as
many spirit manifestations that we have
heard narrated by living witnesses, and
that are firmly believed We can point
TO men and women in our community
who to-day have had as marvellous ex,
perieuces as the one above related, anC
who cannot be convinced that they have
Neen deceived.
, Be,s,tiful extract-handsome young