The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-09-08

DI. Bellows contributes to Appletons Jour-
nal a paper entitled "Sittings with Powers, the
Sculptor" In tho course OF a conversation
Mr.. Powers relates the following spiritualistic
experiences: I'll $50 SO; .
These. spiri,ualistic phenoinena have always
interested inc, although 7 have never been, in
the ieaet carried away by them. recollect We
he'd msny "seancesh at my house and others
when, Homo was here. Il certainly saw, under
circumstances where fraud or: oollusion,a or
preafrangement OF machinery was irnpossibie
In my o&n house and among friends incapable
OF Lending them0selyes ely to mposthfs, many very
,u,l HAND FLOATING IN THs A1R - 81 !:
of which all the yooSStd .6as' heard, haye:seen.
There was nothing but Inoonlisht in the room,
1t 1s True, and there Ia every presumption
against such phopomena under isuohr circum-
sesye Sus seas &c. and
reoo lect that MI Home sat on my'ri8ht hand3
anuCbeside him, there were SIX others round
oneihali OF o circular table, tho empty halt
toward the window and the moonlEht,
IT USES FAN. ism A'tl.,
All our fourteen hands were on the table.
when hand, delicate and fehadowy, YET de.
fined, appeared, dancing slowly Just the other
side OF the table, and gradually creeping up
higher, until above what would have been the
Of the table. and seemed to pat her her face. sta.
Gould it take 10 fan 2" cried her husband.
Three raps responded eyes" and the lndy put
"Give it the handle" said the husband. The
wife obeyed, and it commenced SLOWLY tanning
her with much grace. t....Couldn't it fan the
rest OF the company = some one exclaimed.
passing round, famed each OF the company,
and then slowly was lost to view. iT
oHHD-oHosr's HArD.
felt, on another occasion, little band-it
was pronounced that OF lost hild-patting
WAY wsr@ nhssa sd sns sss Si S Ss1S % al ns
loosen my hold, but it seemed to melt out OF
my clutch. Many other similar experieices
have had. Itis interesting to know that the
morbid feelings. : Ny children, who knew knew ali ali
about It, and were present, never showed any
signs Of trepidaiion, such as ehost-stories G eI.
cite in sensitive and young brajns
THEORY ABOUT a SPIRITUAL BODY
!! have always thought that there was some
thing yet ine1plicabie about the nervous or
ganizstion which might eventually show us to
be living much nearer to spiritual forms than
most believe, and that not impossible opens
Ing OF our inner senses might even here ena-
man In his flesh and blood We see his out
ward robes. II hls nervous system alone we're
delicately separated ont from his body it wonld
nerves fill not only. each tissue. Of the body.
but extend even to the enamel of the teeth and
the fibres Of the hair. There il no part OF the
human frame that is not full of these Invisible
tenn. and tiImy as i might be in parts, his
form wohld bs perfectly retained, even TO his
eyes. Now this is one great step towards his
spiritual body A little further refinement
might bring us to what is beneath the nervous
system, the spiritual body, and it might still
have the precise form OF the man. I believe It
possible for this body to appear, and, under
certain states. to be seen. ! do not often men
a ain II anf4
twenty years ago. but will tell you. II hap
pened five-and-twenty years ago.
REMARKABLE WAXING VISION.
1-bad retired at The usual hour, and, as
olew out the candle and got into bed, looked
npon our infant child sleeping calmly op the
as'eep. AS Il lay broad awake, thinking on
ES IN the room and tbonsss usi sf
have forgotten to bloC out the candle. look
the, light increased, and began to fear some.
thiPg wns on fire in the room, and looked
9yef oward my wife's sid, to see il It were so.
ghsps sss no Fp s sD b,s cast =
figures, young InAtf and Z young woman. their
arms ACROSS each others shoulders, Hers
standlnH and looking down, with countenances
1ni OF love and grace, upon our sleeping
infant.
LOOK INTO THE SPIRIT LAND.
a glorious brightness seemed to clothe them
and 10 Eaine ln-cpOn .the< <room.-~ThiHKfnE- Tt
posstbie thxs1Hss dreaming, and merely. nn.
GyiIs myself 1awsksl {ies .be yiseS vaEished
to s89 whstherI bad any ieveE, My pussa Was
as oalm as q clock. never waa Y6dd6r aGSfe.
in nay lifs. and said TO myselE l''Ihats &Ed.
What haye been longing. fofS SSsit5gg gdanj6y
into the spiritual world !" I YVES 80 moved by
the reflections excited by this exnerteheA .ltbGtl
could not restrain myself from AHSklnx ny
wife and telling her what had hsppened,cIShe
instantly folded her Shld TO leg, ,Rospp &esp:
soon to be taken frotim us n pacified her. by
telling her that there was no evil omen in the
yisi 1n had seen; That the countenances Of
the the heavenly v:sitants expressed only peace
and JOY, and that there was nothing ID dread
have longed much since TO have any Similar
experience, but never had it.
TOWERS A sP1RrrUALIsr.
Mr.. Powers being asked whether he really
DeIeved In the pfetenslons of modern spir1t-
naMsts' SAID: am not q believer in the reye.
diums or otherwise, for most corrnnt fsSSS ,,,
Worthy communications are often made: and
.; Mith many pedlqms, there is great deal Of!
tlrickeIy, while there are some so.cailed r me- e.
Bnt do beiieve in the fat oi spiritual
tationB, animal magnetism, Aud the Iooyino =,
solid bodies, by means as yet unexplaped hu
purely scieItiac men. believe We are now al
unlike the past. .hT -'
-r-7T ~ --s--..>~>------ tt9y
The boldest and most scientific feat vet,
performed at Niagara Ia proralaed before The
season. closes, By A:daring fellow, Who pro-
poses 10 GROSS the river Without tho employ.
neIon sn. Q. any yd slch =, sateguard as