New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-19

rs nart 80 the room The light then moved TO point
about midway between us anM e wall m and
the light gradually Illuminating that Slde vi .ne ioy,
brought out ~ peTeelS D Sg her hsn3
Shaking In nj intervals, as tue light grew anu by hame
e luz ~ were re peated In loud Whisper; and among
,er ,bins which occurred during this remarkable sit
lin he figure the close stood before the mirror and
" incidents OF another evening thus described
b lights and electrical rattle rs strong as on the
,rcD,oms occasions Hands were placed upon my fore
head head placed upon nne the hair, as before, fall
ing down face INTO my hand grasped IT, ana found
II positively and Enthusiastically human hair IL was after
ward whisked playfuy ut me- creating as much wind as
ordinary fan The spiritual robe was then cropped
my head and face, real and material IN substance
as cotton muslin of very fine texture. At one time
the globe Of light extended TO about two feet IN diameter
Al last 1t was shaken with another sharp rattle; ana.
Shining brightly revealed again the full head aud face OF
my wife, every feature In perfection, but spirlu W.
pen describe In her hair Just above the left temple was
"A siagle white the hair being arranged WIN EiV'
care The next appearance after brief interval re-,
veoled the same face with pink instead O wte
one The whole head and face were showhto us al least
twenty times during the sitting and each tme was re-
coruzed by me- perfection Of the recognition being
proportion to tho brllllancy Of the light During te
whole Of these manifestations, cards OF large t]u, p
yided by myself, placed the floor, with pcno,
aud long messages were found TO have been "leh up
them"
Other interviews are described in Nj. LiVermoro
diary, from which large extracts are gwen IN INC
volume, and i'll confirmation OF which we nave lhe
testimony of Dr. GRAY who was present on different
OCCASIONS.
sttiugs in which he participated are faithfully and
most accurately stated leavingnot shadow OF doubt
in his mind as to the truth and accuracy of the ac-
counts of those at which ho was not personal wit
ness One or two of these extracts may interest our
readers.
Gang ~ 1861 CD m-Prcsent, the medium and my
self Atmosphere heavy ana warm Carefully eHahihcu
the ROOM locked the door, took the Key ana ae ~ 90
cnre Sot i'm 0uet half an hour, when spherical Obohg
light cnycOucd folds, rose from the floor loour .Tio
heads and rested upon the table IN front. by IhIs ~
how noeicssly we come Heretofore the light had
generally appeared after succession of startling sounds
ana moVe, iii was G9et' From tins time $780, I'll
iisc, the light Was constantly visible but IN
full halfhour. size and shape Of large melon AZ
during this time it was passive, asked u IL souia
and rising seemed "a living. breathing substance by
raps, This is most important meeting Tor u ess
light became gradually more powerful, ana so pli"ht
upon the side opposite TO illuminate that part OF
head and shoulders the drapcry IN the mean Time 'o'l
g and falling upon our faces with peculiar scet {"
sh"nder run ME clght Of irig head, II descended TO
the floor was now satisfied that the purpose oil thls
Of NV Wife The light now rose with Increased brl!iaucy
showing head upon which was wlihe cap snrr"uIrtu
by fr. Seeing face. asked what tins meant Tue
reply was by rlps. As WhCn rGS ~ lhls was cor
rect; for it was to all appearances the prcnar cap Won
away, the light appeared again very brilliantly 'noNlhg
crown composed apparently of oak-eares ana ioWeIS
me on his new cards of larger SIZE az
erent any before used, and had placed upon two OF
them private marks. These put upon "A book on the
table In few minutes they were taken from the DOOR
aud one Of thcm appeared near the moor ,Ve
or four inches from the carpet could not Judge aceu
raely; but the light brightly showed the center cara ah
rSd,ted from each side To distance OF some three or
four inches or In other words the card was the center
of a circle sprght OF foot in diameter; Whlie an
mpeiectly shaped hand holding my smi slNer l ,
was placed upon the card and moved quietly across from
left 10 right though writing, and when hhlshlDE "a
ie il ,n6ved CnieEy hack 10 rccomnence another. We
tied To
steady gaze disturbed the operating lOices put u re-
full formed hand only portion oi inc tme nut
duiiug all this time, dark substance rdtht slhhtf
tban Inc natural hand held the pencil aud continued TO
write One side OF The card being finished, ace Sdr u re-
evidence of the reality OF sprit-wrting any evidence
can be satisfactory There could have been 10 possible
deception here. held the mediums hand the door was
locked and every precauiiOn taken by In pre-
vous istauccs The Identical cards returned sub
scquenily, covered with the hnest wIitlng. or,oo.
OF my wife, the light rested upon the floor some ten feet
distant from then, rising 10 suddenly dnried across
sufcieut power il flashed brightly upon the wall. and
brought into relief the entire inquire oi lHrge heavy
man, who stood before us. He Was r'lltr below tLe
medium hight but broad shoudeTed, heavy, and
dressed III black his back toward U.s. aud MS face not Wis
manning view each time for about minute. The mo
ms entire form was difceIAed by us raprhgs SOM
POnthted during the time lac was IN ssai, 40 Il to 81
ast"S II the spirit We saw that Of Dr. Tranin,
we're aswefcd iii the affirmative by three heavy dull
knnrk. ulUu the floor, as though made by heavy foot
which were several times repeated DUNG this sitting
the spirit Of my wife approached tapping me upon thc
i0 tsSses as ndral t he dr0pDed orer Da icce rH
me peeUiar scent of dscate tsly8de,td eoteis new
and very manifestation now TOOK place SHOWING
Us how the echoes produced ana there spelled
out, Darling, hare you not been reTdrcdP The light ~
producing these echoes or explosions assumed
u LILY shape nearly the size Of my head, a!d
so brilliant as to light the entire surface OF q
table and the center OF the room, so tha
Mis- Fox and could other distinctly, well
objects III the ROOM Then bounding up and down
inches. il struck the liable, aud, descending on Any arm
produced the rips or echoes
was placed upon the mautc III II vase with water A.
soon as the gas turned down, movement heard
found the hONeIr, with the and other article.
had removed from the nantcl TO the table whIcl
the light, when Immediately the heavy curtains OF the
window were drawn aside, and raised anu lowered re-
heard after an interval OF quiet, WIN sounds 90 VI
persons walking IN stOckiugfcct. peculiar sound wat
produced by striking against the wall as though with
| bag Of keys broken eaTthenwarc THIS bag O
KEYS or whatever II might have been also seemed To f
dropped hight Of several feet. and 20 fan heavily
upon the floor, while we were told TO listen Tremendous
cuucussious we're then made upOu tbe floor Earring ia,
whole house Tie spirits Of my wife and Dr. Franhii
came TO me IN form at the same tmc-hc slappirs mt
heavily upon the back, while she gently ratcd me upon
the head ana shoulder. The electrical rattle now
heard aud the light increasing In brldcy disclosed Il
the tere walked across the floor AID appeared many
times IN different positions with entire dstinctues Ny
wife now appeared ~ great vividncss ana beauty ci
figure l0ated gracefully through the rO0m her white
robes falling back she gdcd through the air. brushing
dtruy pencils cards, de-, she passed and Srtp
across he table This spirlt-rObe shown III "a ya
ely " ways and the manifestation Of texture was cx
quisItcly beautiful We her plainly withdraw heI
face behind IT, pushing the rObc forward while II swung
in the air. II was brought tho table the light being
placed behind 50 That became transparent ana goss
mcr-ke though n breath Of ar would dissolve IT,
This frequently repeated, and the robe drawn
NY head as papaby as though OF material substance
Whenever II approached closely discovered peculiar
scent Of purity, like very delicate perfume al newly
gathered grass vOlets."
The bearing Of the phenomena of SpiTitualism, in
its various manifestations, on the materialislc
philosophy which has recently found new impulse
in the zeal of several eminent Psychologists is not