Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1873-03-25

Dag and Cat Killed. Han Narro,clv
Escapes Nth his life The ssDes1 to
Play Generally.
In another column We print an account of
family, living about,thsee miles from Salem.
that have, been bewitched, as they believe
The statements made by our correspondent
are all true, and since his statements have
been put in type, we learn that their state of
mind has not in the least improved Besides
the statements made by our correspondent. we
learn that several of the Manguses fred upon
Mrs. Beamer, few days ago, believing her
to be witch. The people in that neighbor
hood are all pretty badly scared, for they know
not what moment they may be taken for the
devil 1t seems to us these people ought to
be confined, for they might do serious harm
to some of their neighbors -.Sales,, Times.
The following is tho Communication all
uded to BY the Times. The locality of the
occurrences related is valley in Roanoke
county known The Bend. 81
AS we stood admiring the beautiful scenery,
INDUCING "reminiscences of the past repeating
the ''sweet spirits" which were often recalled
to us, our attention was directed to the CON-
ing OF man on horseback, his pockets turned
wrong side out, and with loud, clear voice.
making the hills ring to the tune of cold
Hundred" Upon his arrival we inquired
into the cause of his peculiar appearance
when exctcdly he told US it was to ward off
the witches. and for Gods sake semnt not the
valley, for lower down they had possessed en-
tire families. and all the powers could not
expel them.
DisresardiDg, however the kindly cautions
given by our. informant. (who evidently had
instllled into him the purtanical spirit which
pervaded Massachusetts in 1860, we snurred
on and found the mans sayings to be but too
true, as witness the first object VI hich met our
gaze.
Mrs Types. with little less clothino on than
served to hide the nakedpess of uur mother
I've, Standing on the topmost bouuh of an
apple tree, praying most earnestly that the
hends of hell might be made to come out of
her Abont two hundred yards farther on. in
dlherent ience corners, on Bonded knees aud
with loud waiings, Mr.. Ellis and another
man were tonnd begging forgiveness for their
s'ns OF the past and escape rnn the evil ones
which mad taken possession Of their neirhbors
Convinced by these sights there was a my.-
very t" he solved, We at once proceeded to the
house of Ellis nei.hbor, one Mr.. Maneu..
and found the cause which had given rise to
SO much excitement throughout the settle.
meut to have originated in this: Mancus. on
the day previous, had very sick horse. which
he was proceeding to drench when Ellis
happening to come by, told him the horse
was not sick but spelled by witch, which
be had power to con ure out OF him
vi course hlangus was delighted and Ellis
at once commenced with his ,nunli.les and
signs to effect cure These he continued
several hours, the horse in the mean time
growing worse. land worse; finally, he in des-
pair informed hlansus that silver bullet was
the last and most effective remedy to rid the
animal OF lis tormeutOr. Quickly one was
moulded, put into rifle aud fired at the
horse, which fell dead. Shocked at the resul,,
Ellis declared he had seen it come out and
enter the COW which was standing in the same
yard thereupon it too was killed and success
sively dog, hog and cat; but horrible to
relate, upon expulsion from the animals Man.
gus feit 1t enter himself and was taken suI.
denly ILL.,
Ellis was now seized by Maugus' sons and
securely bound hand and foot, as from him
they swore they would extract with silver
bail the witch which he'd cau.rti - great IN,
iam'ty To be visited upon them FeeI,uu
that his hour had come, Ellis no imnroved
the time during which the bullet was bejpy
moulded rs TO persuade and convince them
that to draw sketch of him and fire the
bullet through it. w"nld rectrfy all things
even to restoring the dead au,nas t, life, but
IN order TO test its efficacy he must first be
loosed and placed in the woods, so that the
witch might not be able to fnd him, but upou
expulsion would be Immediately banished the
settlement. The plan was adopted the ball
tired through his supposed likeness, bu, with
unsatisfactory results whereupon immediate
search was made for Ellis who, as might have
been expected was tound-missing.
Whether Ellis flight has restored conf
dence throughout the settlement | have not
yet heard, but was told that at sun down of
the same day Ellis was seen with shot gun
near the residence of Dr. b, ineuirin: if
Mangns' sons had passed the road Upon
reply that they had NOT, but were expec,ed
by soon, he babe hasty good evening aud
over the fields took his way.