The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-12-09
TErE GHOST At sURRENoY's.

More Strange Proceedings of tho I'm
seen-The Ghosts on tho Rampage
They. Upset Beds, Break Window
Glasses, MAUI q Servnn Girl Over the
Ilead-A Little Boy Pounded In the
Elack-Slrnnge Antics or q Clock
What We saw for Ourself.
A. reporter OF the valdosta tGa.) Timea has
been taking another look at: the haunted
house at surrency's, and describes his visit a.
follows: 1T -. ssie +.
We we're cordially received and conducted
to The house where we sat and listened to the
recital by the family of many wonderfuithinge
that they asserted had :ransplred there since
our last visit. We were told by Mrs.. Sur
reucy-and her statement was corroborated
by those of her husband, brother.in-law,
daughter, and others OF the family, as well as
Mr.. J. D. Carter-that on the l2th day Of No
veInber last, Just after her. daughter bad put
one I the bed rooms in order and retired
from ID, closlDg doors and Windows behind
her. the attention of the family was attracted
by y noise like the tumhllng about OF bedding,
&C.. 10 the room. Upon investigation 1t was
found that every particle OF bedding and
clerhing In the room was piled In the middle
oft he floor. They assert that had any one Deen
concealed In the room before the mischief
was done 1t would have been impossible LOT
them to have escaped. without delecti0n. Oo
another occasion, q few days afterwards, q
eimlIar trick was performed In another room,
md a sst Of Caudle-moulds that Mrs. Sur.
repcy had lust q few minutes before put Into
Ia tub of water In the kitchen was sitting erect
on The bundle OF bedding when the room was
entered. She was in tile Kitchen near the
monlds when It occurred, and states that no
one could have removed them from tne tuo
without her knowledge. Mr.. Surrency ~
formed us that on several occasions tne
window glass would break Without visible
contact with any force. A half OF q pane 1or q
NUMBER of days would ascend and descend In
the groove between the putty and the
window flame, as regular as q clock. and al
about the speed OF q mlnuts hand. IL finally
broke out. On another occasion, about q
week afterwards, while Mrs. Surrency's little
son was asleep In bed, q smoothing iron
struck him In the back inflctlng o palnlni
wound. Several were 10 the room, put could
moi tell where the iron came from. 1t wat re-
co9nized as one that had been In another
room. It must certainly have been an evil
genius that 30 rudely reused The uLt!e slum-
berer from his peaceful dreams. 1t was stated,
# our memory serves us right. that on The
same day a bottle, hurled through the air by
the same unseen power, struck the colorec
nurse on the head while she had MRS. surren.
oy'g baby In her arms. 1t glanced and struck
the wall with great force. The girl vas muir
hut little, Mr.. b. ". Surrency, VINO Witness,
ed In atates that IL evidently MT Inc WAL WIN
Greater force than It did the girls head.
These are but few Of the many slraDee ana
rnecconnIed for dolngs abont The place as re-
.a,sS to us. We now come TO what came
,nder o1r own observation. When We en-"
, I'D the house, Mr.. 8. told us that bis clock
had heen crazy ever since these strange
thIngsn had been going ON ABOUT Dis pace.
In to chat time 1t had never varied with inc
schedule time on the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad. We wound 1t up, set 1t with our
watch. and 1t kept perfect time for three
hnr1rs. At one O'Clock the hour hand stopped
nerfectly still while the minute hand per-
formed Its. regular revolution oil an hour on
the dial plate. We regulated 1t again, and 1t
did moi vary with the lime OF the watch for
seupral hours At half.past seven, the hour
hand, instead OF refusing to move forward,
started out at twelve times its ordinary speed
and performed an entire revolution on the
dial plate in one hour. 1t was about i've min.
mtes ahead of the minute hand all the way
around. at this %junclure we inteifered and
went into an examination OF the machinery Of
ihe clock. We are not q matchmaker, and
Commemorative our search was not very salts
factory. There was nothing ont of order thai
we could detect. We set It right again. and
up 10 The hour we left it kept perfect time
We give the above to our readers as we a
heard and seen, and we lesve'it tor them TX
draw their own conclusions.