Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-03-15
OBJECTIONS AMONG THE LIBERAIs.

u9NsE D9 wholly QDllleFaged. AlDefGl
Is eternal, and her triumph, under any
Ovsntualities, assured.
THE HAUNTED house OF DELLA
WARE-A MYSTERY.
MANY Of our readers are aware tha
tbe thing the past season In Delaware
Wss q Picnic to the Haunted House, sit
usted Ia Concord township, about two
miles from the Ohio Sulphur SpFings.-
There is q mystery about the place which
renders it peculiarly attractive to the
youthful imagination, and its story may
Be pleasing TO some Of the young mer
and ladies' who have pienicked In tha
vicinity; while 9 description Of tht
Weired place will not be uuentertsidine
to the stranger. We therefore give thu
following, which IL from an old letter t.
the Cincinnati Commercial, written from
the Ohio White Sulphur Springs, wher
they were frsquented as q summer re
sort /;
I visited the haunted house, Of which
SO much has been said. It is located
II fHe grove about two miles from the
Springs. The house Is stone, and has
been et one time very handsome struc.
tuFe, but has long since been abandon
ed 70 the owls and bats. The walls oi
several Of the rooms are adorned with
frescoes Of no mean order. Among
them are the Last Supper Of Christ, q
Persian scene and . water scene, with
the city 81 the distance. The one that
attracted the most attention was in the
back or side pariof. 1t represented two
men in g wood, one standing leaning on
his gun, looking very fntently at the
other, who was seated reading from q
paper on which Is painted what is pur-
ported to be an address. The following
is all that time has spared: Democrat
or advocate for sieTeTy.3 a0iuntssra
to Mexico 70 defend the institutions Of
slavery, read: All lovers of freedom
viii leave their Names
The house and grounds show that
their oWnsP ak one time must have been
3 msn Of taste and money. Now the
question is, who built this houee-and
Why is it called haunted? a runber Of
st0ries are told; one is that In the year
1884 when this part Of the country was
thinly settled. middle aged man call
ed aG s. farmers house 3 short distance
from Delaware, stating that he wasS an
Englishman and wanted 20 purchase a
farm. The farmer not liking the mans
appearance, set so high figure on his
land that 10 was supposed il would lead
the Englisman to look elsewhere for q
home; but not 30; after examining the
land, and finding It far from any habita-
ton, he paid the money all down, much
to the surprise Of al,
All the purchase money being In Span
tsh gold caused much talk among the
neigh boring farmers. The EngliBhman
next proceeded to build him handsome
house, and soon sitter its completion was
absent for some time. When next he
appeared, he brought q young and love-
u girl with him, and the necessary fur
nitnre, books, &C., to stock the house ia
q handsome manner. He also brought
rare ornaments and implements Of sea-
warfare, and several servants, and such
quantities Of arms rs to surprise every
body. BE stoutly and rudely refused to
have any communication with the
neigh borB who were anxious TO make his
acquaintance; but one being more lucky
or plucky than the rest, calling one day
when the owner was absent, managed
to gain access to the house, and report
ed it as furnished with the greatest mag
nifieence. @ l15.ars
Here this strange man lived for some
time, associating only with the mem
bers Of his own family. But 3 change
came. Soon repOrta of screams and
cries being heard in the house, began to
be spread over the neighbofhOod. One
nfr7i1f Err1f m 0laI0ak Eov 80.
from mill, he was surprised to
see party OF hOrsemen coming toward
him. Thinking them suspicious charac.
ters, be rode into q neighboring thicket
10 alloW the party to pass. They soon
made their appearance and as they
passed he discovered to- his surprise,
that the party were the strange Engs
lishman and bis servants, In the CEN
ter OF the group the young woman who
7ss supposed to be the wife of the Eng
lishman, was tied to her saddle, and
from time 70 time cried and moaned
that they would not kill her.
The farmer, nearly frightened out Of his
wits by the fearful Oaths and threats Of
the party, made the best of his way
home, and did not mention 10 any one
what he had seen-but the next evening,
rs be Wss returning home, met the same |
party returning without the Woman.-l
Seeking 70 obtain q better view, his |
horse stumbled, and be was thrown to !
The ground and so seriOnsly injured as to |
prevent bis escape. .alfr
The partYs by the direction of their |
eeder, lifted the injured man on his |
lorge, and after discovering from his |
that be bad been 3 witness
lf the proceedings the night before, |
made him swear byia solemn oath new
" TO diyulge, or In any, way refer TO
What he had seen. They then dismiss
ID him with purse Of gold, and an old |
ashioned seal with Spanish inscrip-
ilon on 81. -a-l lrflr nI .g.1 rrr /
Here the strange man' lived until |
1852, when some men hunting, discoV-
sred the house emptYs both Of man and |
'uruiture-a few gold and silver coins
md some torn papers, we're the OnlyI
.hings found. From the odds and ends
II the manuscript it was found that the
tnglishmau had at one time been q piF- |
lte, and after 9 term Of years having
sunassed a fortune, sought this lonesome
'etreat as 8 home. That upon one Of
ais cruises he had captured q vessel, on
which 8 Spanish family of high rank
we're, thinking them an ineumbranee he /
made way with all Of them except the
youngest daughter, aehild Of great beau
y. She was saved and placed in a
French convent, where she remained
Until she was sixteen years of age, when /
he was brought to his western home on
= to suffer, and, it is supposed, be muir
Tered.
The house remained vacant for some
ime, but ct last on emigrant IN search
# 3 home, liking the location, found i
hat lie present owner was Q Mr.. Court
light who had purchased Il from the
7nglishman. Satisfactory arrangements !
,eing made, he moved his family into
{, but soon abandoned Il saying It was
lsunted by the spirit Of the murdered
Spanish girl Since then the house has