Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-12-10
SPIRIT TALK.
sJimmy'' gets OF sOms Bad GeOmetri-
cal Figures and TheOIOgieO-Psy-
Geological BOsh-
A Baby voice Speaks Out a Little and
then Subsides-A Troop OF Canaan
ches How for a Brief Space.
Curious revelations about a Departed
Judse-Two Unsatisfactory
n
SOME of the sh~arP-sighfed Spectators
see Lights and shadOwy Forms
AGeneraI Goodbye all Round.

Our reporter, curious nlmSelI IN SDlflI-
ual matters, and utterly incredulous,
says that he must deal somewhat in
circumlocution in telling all that was
SAID and done. We give the reporters
precise language. He says, having heard
much of the spiritual manifestations
given through "Mrs. Hollis" l called
at the house where she is stopping, on
Washington street. Introducing myself
to the hostess as an investigating indi-
viduaI, having ro prejudices for or
against-yet needing ocular demonstra.
ton" before conviction-she took mein-
to the room of the medium" a hand
some. "brown-eyed woman" slightly
inclined to en5OnpOint-exidently thriv-
ing on spiritual Communion" l pride
myself on reading OUOmen, and am bound
to confess that the exceeding honesty of
her face is rare, even among women. /
do not believe she could deceive.
EXAMINING THE TABLE.
She insisted that should examine the
table for myself-a small tete q tete ia
BILE, with a shawl spread over it. shook
the shawl, looked under, over, and all
about the ~table-nOthing mysterious.
She sat on one side, with a small slate
held in her right hand, whilst the left
hung at her hand. We talked OF varl-
Gus worldly affairs-no spirits seemed Is
arrive, when l asked if l had any ac-
quaintances among the spirits? There
seemed to be quite
SENSATION IN II SPIRIT WORLD,
sliding up and down of slate-pencil,
commotion as though striving for place,
and rapid writing with sudden dropping
Of the pencil. On handing me the
slate, I read these words: 1--WE do not
wish youtO write; it wi injure you. Take
no active part in this matter. There are
people anxious to do you injury, who
would avail themselves Of the %prejudices
against this to aus you to lose your
situation, and you cannot afford to be
independent of the prejudices Of the un-
ligbtened; your relations also viii call
you crazy" ,
This was all, and this only determined
me, if possible, to learn more, TO know
who were nv mysterious friends. They
seemed equally determined l should not
communicate, when l insisted that the
medium should call for the name of the
spirit who acted as private secretary. 1t
was then written
GRANVILLE d. SEARCY.
1 had never seen or heard of a such a
person. and asked, since he seemed so
/ clever at giving me advice, "please tell
me something of YOURSELF He wrote,
a was a lawyer in Memphis twenty
wears ago. Ask Colonel -; he knew
me. Come again tonight and l will
/ talk to YOU on this subject"
This was the principal part of what
was done that time. | called on the
| gentleman to whom the spirit referred,
/ and found that all he said of himself
was true. The gentleman he referred
me TO knew him well. He died in 1852,
was a Judge, and an ablelawyer in these
parts, but / never heard of him until /
/ saw his name written on the slate.
ANOTHER sEANCE.
Evening found our reporter punctual to
his engagement. He found a circle Of
ten or twelve with charming music
which might "callspirits from the vastly
/ Deep vet they seemed to prefer the
vocal and called for singing. Some
ladies and gentlemen then sang Shall
we meet Ut the River, during which
spirit voices were heard bymany joining
In the song, at the close of which, a
manly voice was heard saying, 'gOOd
evening" which was recognized be
some Of the audience as Jimmy" the
controlling spirit of the medium, who,
from his manners and remarks, seems to
be a finished gentleman, and says he is
very handsome; thanked your reporter
of the previous meeting for the very cor
rect account of himself, and asked how
Brother Watson was getting on, and
how his church received that report of
him; said there were too many
Opposing BATTERIES"
in the room for him to talk with his
usual ease. 1t was difficult for him to
gather sufficient electricity to material
ize himself. Many questions were stimuli
~taneously ~propOunded, but he exhibited
his usual philosophical tendencies by
| saying he preferred talking on abstruse
subjects before giving individual tests.
| then asked if he knew Fanny
Wright" and if her materialistic views
affected her standing in the land of
spirits" He replied he knew her well,
and that she was one of the highest or
| der of spirits-d bright angel; hat on
earth she was far in advance of the age;
lived just fifty years or more advanced
than others. Some one then remarked:
4" What often troubles one in regard to
this question is, that if We live forever
after entering the spirit world, and can
recognize our own individuality, where
were we before entering this, and why
do we retain no remembrance of the pre-
ceding and former wOrld?" To which
Jimmy replied: "You are rot yet in a
condition to know these things, but
the time fast approaches when you
shall see not through a glass
darkly, but face to face" "AH things
shall be revealed" And this will hap
pen in your day. Did you never feel the
approach Of a friend whom you had not
seen for years, and are you not often
startled by something's which you feel
| you must have seen before, and yet you
know you could have had no opportu-
nifty Of seeing, so far as your present
worldly knowledge goes. When l tell
you what you know, you exclaim, ooh!
| knew that myself" and when | tell
you what you do not know, you say, ~
don't believe.n
Some one then asked, "Where is Ma
pOleon BOnapaTte?"
To which he instantly replied: "He is
not asleep, yet works for France, to
which he is constantly held tied by
strong magnetic cords"
QueTy-Why so held?
AnsweT-Because he sent so many Of
her sons prematurely into The Esprit
WOrld,n and his chief consolation is in
attempting TO minister to those left
there.
During this conversation lights were
seen by Mr.. McKisick and others, some
even seeing forms of persons, whilst /,
impatient for my friend Granville d.
SceaTcy of the morning, asked if he was
present? Jimmy replied he was, and
would speak for himself. Jimmy then
gave us a most courteous leavetaking,
saying: "My friends, we may not meet
again on the plane of this earthly
sphere, vet we viii all meet on that
higher plane to which you tend"
After this different spirits spoke in
low voices to different persons; one, a
baby voice, saying she recognized father,
mother and aunt. Several Indians
spoke, but il was an unknown tongue
to me. Ny friend, Judge Searcy, came,
and only reiterated the advice of the
morning-saying he was working for
my good, aud TO tell-that if he desired
TO test him to come and he would give
it by slate-writing. Much more was
said and done, yet further than this
your deponent saith not.
A LIVELY TINE WITH L PERK.
Another reporter went to a different
sort of seance, and mingled with an
other order of spirits. He tells his story
in a very substantial manner as follows:
We seated ourselves about a large table
in the center of the room and proceeded
Immediately to business. Perkins ex-
planned that we could write any question
we pleased on a little slip Of paper and
lay It on the table before him; that he
would then put himself in eommunica-
ton with the spirit world and be pre-
pared 10 answer our interrogatories out
Of the mouth of any disembodied soul
from Pick Norton down to Julius Caesar.
Each fellow then drew his pencil and