Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-11-08
From the Savannah News
A SUNDAY AT SURRENCY.
AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT FROM THE
SPIRIT LAND-THE ENTIRE
FAMILY INTERVIEWED.
A Reliable Report of the Mysterious
Phenomena

gent, correct and interesting account OF Tue
late wonderful phenomenal manifestations
at Snrrencv. No. G. on the Macon & Dfun-
swick Railroad:
SAVANNAH, Oct. %, 1872.
Editor Morning Neeos:
According to promise, herewith trans
NIT YOU the most important portions OF an
interview had on yesterday with the sur
rency family, whose recent mysterious
his 1ry has gone 50 far towards exciting
the attention of our citizens and the public
generally.
Tie I .. N. Macon train On the Atlantic
and Gulf Railroad leaving your city on the
evening of the 10Th inst, bore your cores
pondent safely to
sUERENCY STATION,
on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, aud /
the scene Of the late mysterious sRances. |
We left the cars at ~ o'clock on Satur- |
day night and took 4 casual survey of our !
Surroundings. 1t is certainly one Of the !
last places tlat | would suppose spirit
woull choose to locate its ghaS>ly prankS
# legefdcmain or q magician to display
his skill,
TIE HOUSE,
comfortable, though built in az o:deH style,
is situated near the railroad ami near the
centre Of circle of cypress ponds, sur
rounding lands Of low, damp nature, and
covered with saw palmetto. The train ie1t
and we proceeded to the house, where we
found several Young men around a bright
fire. We soon enIlvened the scene with
Jokes, ghost stories, &c, and IN this way
passed OF the remainder Of the night, and
the next day proceeded to converse with
different members of the family, witnesses
! Of the late exciting scenes.
MR. a. p. sURKENCY,
! the owner Of the place, was the first whom
we approached; bat as he vas IN this city
at the commencement Of The affair, lie only
told us Il portion Ct what was done, and
which was told by members OF his family
who witnessed the whole proceeding. On
! his return he was made acquainted with
/ What WAS going on, and soon after Wit
messed several mysteries himself, but we
! emit them, as they will come III under the
testimony of the others.
TIE MOST SINGULAR THING
told us by Elr. SulreEcy was the affair of
the clock, already mentioned iii the Macon
Enterprise, and which was witnessed by
the representative Of that journal. The
clock was hanging tC the wall IN the parlor,
and had ever been characterized for The
! correctness Of its time. Suddenly with a
WEIRD, BUZZING NOISE,
the hands began to move around with eS-
ceedingly rapid motion, the hour h&Gd eA
actly five minutes ahead OF The minute
| hand. In this singular position they con-
tiuued to move for seventeen minutes, i'll
| in which time it had described five hours,
and each time as it arrived Al the II O'Clock
MAX it would pause and strike, though
! with the greatest irreguiaYity. Sometimes
it would strike one hour for another, such
| as tWeiVe for one, &c, and at the end &
the five hours ceased lis wild mOvpmrr,-
and was regulated by party present, and
! who was a matchmaker and i3Wcller by
! trade It was then started, and ever since
| has kept its usual good time, which was
| always very accurate, being kept according
to the standard time Of tie NJ. and Is. Il.
r. During this occurrence he gentle mcu
present looked at their watches and found
that each had the proper time, SO that the
idea OF
CONCEALED MAGNET
is dissipateG, as the watches as we'll as the
clock would have been affected by It's
presence. While speaking Of the clock, |
will mention that on Sunday evening, in
the presence Of your ccrresp nudent, and
two or three friends that, at the horr OF
eight, it struck only four, while it had
been striking correctly fom twelve the
night previous, and [ distinctly remember
| counting Sven on the evening in question,
at that hour. We merely mention this as
it occurs to rs now, without ascrlUing it &c
any cause, either supernatural or the de
1angement Of machinery. 1t continued
running and when examined was appa-
rently ell right This is all that we wit
messed during our stay, as we arrived too
late to see any Of the performances, Which
| ceased
ABOUT TWILIGHT
on Friday evening, the 18th, and very nearly
at the same hour at which it began on
Thursday, the 18th. AS l have said Mr.
Surrency was in this city at the beginning
| of the affair, and was expected home thai
evening. The train, however, was behind
t and bis daughter, young lady of, sup,
pose, II yeas, walked out to the track and
looked up he railroad to see if she c0UIC
discover the lights of the expected train
While anXiously looking she distinctly
SAW AN OBJECT
in the form of man approaching her. bll
l apparently with no bad intention. She
however, turned ard walked quietly bach
, | to the steps, and just as she reached then
heard something like chunk come whiz
ling through the air and fell to the ground
quite heal her. For fear of IeiDg laughed
at for cowardice, she concluded not to men
ZION II 10 Cllc SdG UO":l Oh LIt
steps. She locked Immediately in the di
recticn she had come, but could see moth
ing.
THE APPARITIoN.
, She could see it in DO direction, though
the grounds are quite open, and we fee
! sure, from the distance shown us, that Sht
could plainly have seen an object Of mucl
4 smaller size especially when moving. A.
r she took her seat on the step, other thing,
similar to the first fell around her in very
rapid succession, and in quite close proX
7 unity, none striking her. They all came
7 from the direction whence she had seen Tux
7 appalition. She then moved into the par
lor, where were some gentlemen, among
| them a mini ter. She still said nothing O
: it, and went into
l THE KITCHEN,
which adions the house, where her mother
: was experimenting the preparation Of sup
per- AS she was going from the pa1lol
: through passage-way to the kitchen, she
\ could distinctly hear things similar TO those
? described, falling in the yard and agains
| the end of the house, apparently moving il
: the direction of the kitchen. Ry the time
she had gained the entrance, bTickbats
bottles, &c, were falling
IN THICK PROPULSION
Oh every side. The gentlemen presen
were called, and diligent search made
| though no one could be seen, yet those
f missiles were falling around. 1t then go
among the pots on the stove, threw then
= off, overturned the cotfee-pot, threw crock
: cry, knives, &c, about the floor, and Ell
tered the house, where similar actions tool
place. Books, glasses and other thing:
, were scattered about the floor. A younger
} brother of Mr.. Surrency was here sent for
and remained with the family 6urinC tbf