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Uent lianka i x A CALL TO IIOTJSEXEEPE?,S At tlie Calilnct Ware Itooui of SE1VN 1I0UPT k CO. Market Square, jijo at the turner of Fawn street A- thz Railroad, SUN BURY, PA. Thankful for the pntronajre of Imk fiicmls and coatotncM iiurinii the 17 years he Kits Inn-ii in liusi nrm in tills place, lie Bolicits from the public a con tinuance of their fnvora. During this period he has enilravoreil to keep up with the improvements of th day, anil has accorditiK-y extended his huRt nana in every hranch anil variety. The public are therefore invited to the attention of the present lock of CABINET WARE AND CHAIRS, Manufactured Br SEBASTIAN HOTJPT & CO. At the Old Stund, Where in addition to their former stock of tho c.tahlishnieut tltcy now manufacture Mahogany, Walnut & Cane-Seat Chairs, Iirgt Spring Sent Rocking Chairs, Dressing Bureaus, Centre Tables, Marble Top Wash Stands, and a variety of oilier new style and Fashionable Furniture. Havitiff secured a Henrse and nmde the neces sary arrangements for the purpose, they are now lircmri"d lor I nilertaKlliR 111 an lis nram nca, in sjiia vicinity or at any convenient distance. Ye maida and uliatrc.BC., null hu.lianil. too, Here', furniture of every .tyle nnd hue, From aide twarde down to kitchen fciblu., From rocking chairs to nicking cradles Wi.mld yon not have the ready John to pay, iYe'll wuit awhile f. a brighter hetter dny, Or take potatoes, out., corn, wheat und rye ; Bark, hoop poles, aluvea, or lumber wet and dry, Or any thing but yokes and thrching fl.il., From pig. and turkn-a down to little iiiuiils. Come on then friend., cane one and all, Keep trude a moving, no "goes on the lft." tV Orders from a distunce promptly attended to and work of all kinds delivered with dispatch. Bunbury, March 9, 1850.tf "" REFORM YOTJR HABITS. Corns ys with garments bare ami seedy, Ye bneh'lors, wido'er. and hu.hands f hi, If, in the outward mau yoo'r needy, AV jou can snake yoa as good us new. THE subscriber respectfully informs his friend1' and the public, that he will commence in thi place, on the 8th of April next, the TAILOUIXGIirSIXESS in all its branches. He will be careful to see that his work is made up in the best manner, and he flatters himself, that he will be able to Rive entire satisfaction in point of cut, fit and styjc, as well aa in price. He therefore respectfully solicits his friends and the public generally to call and give him a trial. Hi shop is new building in TaWn atrcet b low Weaver's Hotel. JACOB O. DECK. Sunbury, March 30, 1850. 6ln r . EDWIN HAXL, (Lt or ti Fins o WiTxmtn & Hall,) . .- JVo. 24 South Second Street, t Philadelphia, ' pESrECTFULLY informs hi old friend and X customers, as well as the public generally, that ha ha opened an entire new (tuck of elegant styles of J?jring & Summer Cress Goods. His assortment consist of the latest and most desi- ibla llyltl of pnu,lub, German, French ox A me 'rican fiuoda. Hucb as l)Uiiw. Tissues, bera- ges, Bilks, Lawiis,Muri'i,5hawls,HdklT,filovc, and every variety ol ijuj ami r aucy uooub. Pbilad. March 16, 1850. Iy SELECT POETRY. From Godey'i Ixidy'. Book. I HEAR THE WINDS WHISTLE." BT A. T. LKE, CAPTAIN C. 8. i. I hear tho winds whistle, I hear the loud wave, As 1 sit by my hearthstone and think of the grave The eyes that are sunken, the brows that are Cold, Tho lips that are faded, the shroud and the mould. The fagot burns brightly, but deep in my heart Dwells a spirit of darkness that will not do part ; And it calls up old faces, and looks that they wort, Ere the grim robbt'r, Death, cast his shade at my door. When bis dark shadow fills on yon threshold aoain, I shall smilo in his face as I yii'ld to his chuiii; For my old eyes grow dim, and I no longer care To bo watching the fngol that's flickering there. I hear the winds whistle, I hear tho loud wave, As I sit by my hearthstone and think of tho grave, The eyes that are sunken, tho brows that are cold, The lips that are faded, tho shroud and the mould. 0f Northumberland. Pa. tUlcucv Skctcl). From Tail'. Kdinbnrg Magazine. THE DOUBLE TRIAL. A STOUT OF URIVMSTANTIAL. EVIDENCE. For many years, Sir James Fanshawe, Bait, of ancient lamily and large estates, had resided at Abbey, about seven miles from the county town. He was a widower, and had but one child, a beauti ful and accomplished daughter, who, upon his decease, (she being just 21 year3of ago,) became sole possessor ol his property, and also continued to dwell at the same place. Shortly after her father's death, Miss Fan shawe benevolently adopted as her com panion a distant relative a high born Irish ladv, named Eveleen O'Neill, who had just been left, not merely fortuneless, but a totally friendless orphan. On the day of the Asiizcs at a well known county town in England, this young female, Eveleen OVNeill, was brought into the dock under an accusation of having murdered Miss Fanshawe. The accused was tall, gracelul, modest and beautiful, with large dark eyes, features deadly pale, quivering lips, and her hands lightly press ed before her. It was charged that this orphan cousin, this dependent, deliberately murdered her benefactress, tempted by mercenary mo tives. Miss Fanshawe having previously made a will, leaving her property to Eve leen, in case she should die unmarried. The principal evidence introduced was the butler named Collins. He stated that "a few minutes afler four o'clock, on the morning of the 28th of July, he was aroused from his sleep by repeated violent screams, issuing apparently Irom the sleep ing room of his mistress. In great alarm, he partially dressed, and hurried as quickly as he possibly could towards that room. The door stood slightly ajar, and pushing it smartly open, he crossed the threshold, and was horrified by what he immediately saw. On the carpet, by the side of the bed, lay the body of bis mistress, in her night-dress, bathed in blood. Kneeling close to her was the prisoner at the bar, with her left hand resting on her mistress' bosom, and her right uplifted with a small drawn dag ger, which was apparently about to be plunged in his mistress' body. Both the dagger and the hand which held it were drinpin'i with blood." A shudder of hor ror agitated the whole court at this part of the deposition ; and the accused sank her head between her hands, groaning heavily. The examination proceeded: Mr. Collins Will you here describe the exact nosition in which vour mistress lav when vou first saw her? Witness- She was stretched out upon her back, her knees drawn up some feet from the carpet, which, being a loose one, was ruffled on a heap under and around her, as thotigh a great struggle had taken place. Her head lay on one side, with the right cheek rest inz on the carpet, and her hair was torn Irom underneath her cap, and hung back ward over her head. Mr. Collins You say that the prisoner was kneeling by her side, and holdinz a dagger, which you thought she was about to plunge in your mistress' breast 1 Witness Yes. Mr. Col linsAnd there was quite sufficient day light for you to see, with perlect distinct ness, the objects you have described 1 Wit ness Yes. Mr. Collins Now. sir, on vour oath, was the point of that dagger di reeled downwards I tvtin consiaerauie . ...... -i i , hesitation, the witness confessed that he could not speak positively in this respect With regard to the chamber, no time was lost in making a strict and well con ducted examination of the apartment ; and the result was, that several most extraordi nary matters were broucht to light. The bed in which the ill-fated lady bad slept was completely saturated with blood, and the sheets tumbled and twisted in a way that clearly evidenced that she must have fought hard with the murderer. By pass inn: the curtains aside, Miss Fanshawe could reach the pull of s bell, hanging in her own maid's room, and so summon her at any moment she required. This bell-pull was found carefully tied around the adjoin I ing bed xji,, completely out of the sleep er's reachi This apparently indicated two important facts ; first, that the murder must have been a deliberately planned aflair; secondly, that it must have been committed by some one intimately acquainted with the apartment. On the victim's body be ing examined, it was found that she was stabbed in nine different parts ; and her hands and arms were also gashed in many places, in a way that showed how despe rately she must have fought for life. On the bed was lound a very large lock of hair torn up by the roots. The hair was first thought to be Miss Fanshawe's own; but, on examination, none was torn from her head ; neither did the lock correspond in the least with hers, either in color or in length. This was also the case with Eveleen ; and, after the most patient investigation at the inquest, all con cerned unanimously admitted the inexpli cable fact, that this lock of woman's hair was neither the murdered lady's nor that of the accused. Eveleen herself gave the following voluntary explanation ot the position in which she was found. I w as aroused from my sleep, by hearing what I conceived to be a struggle, mingled with smothered screams, going on in the sleeping apartment of Miss Fanshawe. I listened and hearing a scream still more distinctly, and also whnt I thought to be a cry for help, I hesitated not a moment in hurrying towards the room. As I ap proached the door, which was at the end of a long corridor, and at a considerable dis tance from the sleeping room of any one else, my own chamber being the nearest to it, I heard what I thought to be the voi ces of individuals hurriedly conversing; but when I reached the door, which Miss Fanshawe never locked, I found it slightly open, and, on entering, I found her lifeless body on the floor, in a pool of blood. There were no persons visible in the room. I screamed repeatedly at the sight, and in dreadful agitation sank on my knees, and then fell across the body, by which I be came besmeared with the blood of my dear murdered friend, whom I loved as myself. On arising, I happened to see a dagger, and lilted it up by the end of the blade, hardly knowing what I did. At this moment the butler entered the room. The defence of counsel was unavailing, a sentence of guilty was rendered, and Eve leen although subsequently found to be innocent was executed. At the very next Assizes, a man, who was surrounded by an appalling mystery, was accused of being the sole perpetrator of tho deetl. Circumstantial evidence brought the act home to him, with convic tion to the n:ind of all men, and he was also sentenced, but anticipated his doom, and poisoned himself in prison, by the aid I a lemale accomplice, leaving the lollow- ing cenfession behind him : "In a few moments I shall be dead, and now write all I wish to say, and, what ever my life has been, or whatever my re ligious notions are, all men may believe every word I here write to be the solemn truth. I am innocent of tho murder of Miss Fanshawe, and I have not the re motest idea who murdered her. The night he was murdered I was manv miles distant, and this 1 could have proved 'on my trial, but 1 could not have done so, without con fessing that I was engaged that night in committing a murder, but where or on whom will never be known. My hands were cut in the death grapple, and my clothes smeared with blood. As to the witnesses who asserted they saw me lurk ing about the Abbey grounds, they either wilfully lied or were mistaken by my re semblance to another. The dagger with which Miss Fanshawe was murdered really was mine, although I denied it on my trial, being desirous to make the best of my chance of acquittal. As deposed on my trial, I was in the habit of carrying it about me, but 1 lost it a weel: before the murder was committed, near to i'ne Abbey, and I have no doubt the real murderer picked it up, and used it as the instrument of the ed. i hat my real name, rank, or coun try is who I am, or what I have been I will never tell. 1 hat secret, and many others, perish with me." It appears, then, that the latter was not guilty, from the death-bed confession made by an old woman, the substance of which is as follows : "She said, that 41 years by-gone, she had lived as huly's maid with Miss Fanshawe, of Abbey, and that lady having seve ral times scolded and threatened to dis charge her for gross neglect of her duties, an awful spirit of revenge took possession. of her, and she determined to murder her mistress. While pondering the matter over, she happened to find a dagger (that left by Roderick Madden) near to the. park palings. About a week afterwards, she murdered her mistress with this very dag ger, and being disturbed by the approach ing footsteps of Eveleen O'Neill, who heard her death-struggle, she hurried back to her own chamber, leaving tho dagger behind her. She had on at the time only a thin night dress, which being sprinkled with blood, she hid, and hastily washing her hands and face, put on a clean one. 1 hen, when the alarm was given by the butler, she joined the rest of the family in rushing: to the apartment of the murdered lady, and was loudest ot any in her outcries and lam entations. She said, that when she saw the turn the aflair had taken by shifting all suspicion from herself to Eveleen, she no longer felt any loar ot detection, she availed herself of an eafly opportunity to burn her gory night dress, which she easily effected at the kitchen fire during the great confusion of the morning." She actually had the hardihood to attend the trial of Eveleen, aud when the counsel for the latter uttered the remarkable ex- pression, that perhaps the real murderer was then present, she felt ready to die away, but soon recovered and sue niter wards beheld the execution of F.vrleen without experiencing an atom of remorse, either lor her death, or that of the first vic tim. From that time forward, she, in her own words, became and continued emphat ically "a child of Hell !" Very soon after Eveleen's execution, she married a soldier, and accompanied him to India. Subse quently she travelled over various parts of the world, and committed sin upon sin, and wicked deed upon wicked deed, beyond the capability of her memory to sum up. At length she felt an irresistable prompting to drag her worn out frame to the locality of her first fearful crime, and therp, finding herself nigh unto death, she determined to unburthen herself of a relation of that deed, and accordingly did so as related. From the rVnlpel. DINNER AND DESERT: PRACTICE AND PRECEPT. "The dinner awaila y.n, air." '"OiIiIf, bk-aacd, I'il not he aliaent at the grace !" The rational mode, according to the best authorities, is most unquestionably to eat when hungry. To think first, that as the body is composed of various materials, va rious articles of food are necessary to sus tain it. That "strong meats are for strong men," and that an admixture which may be determined by the observation of the party, is necessary to the protection of the health. "Bulk," saj-s Dr. Beaumont, "is nearly as necessary to the articles of diet, as the nu trient principle. TRe articles taken should be so apportioned, that one will counteract the other. Too highly nutritive diet is probably as fatal to the prolongation of life and health as that which contains an insufficient quantity of nourishment. And Combe says, "In civilized society, bread, potatoes and vegetables are useful, not less by giving the requisite bulk and consistence to the rest of the food, than by the nutri ment which they contain. Soups, jellies, arrow-root, and similar substances are, for the same reason, more easily digested when eaten with bread, or some bulkier aliment, than when taken alone." Then, after having adjusted the variety and quantity, the appetite should regulate the time. "Being in health," says Walker, "it is easy to keep so, where there are fa cilities of living rationally. My care is neither to anticipate my appetite, nor to overload it, nor to disappoint it : in fact, to keep it in the best possible humor." "In da nip weather, when the digestion is weak, the diet ought to he moderate, but r.ith'T of a warm and stimulating nature. In bracing weather, plain substantial fo'id is the most appropriate. No f'aintness or craving, but a pleasurable keenness told me. when to eat." Bulwer says, "an appetite once thrown away, can never, till the cruel pro lixity of the gastric agents is over, be re gained : it must be supplied at tlie time with what the stomach calls for." Seneca says, "Rise from the table with an appe tite, and you will not be in danger of sitt ing dnwn without one." Burton says, "As long as we nre ruled by reason, correct our inordinate appetites, and conform ourselves to Cod's words, we are so many living saints; but if we give reins to lust, anger, ambition, pride, and follow our own ways, we degenerate into beasts, transform our selves, overthrow our constitutions, provoke Cod to anger, and heap upon us the melan choly, and all kinds of incurable diseases." And Shenstone says 'We give each apietite t0 loose a rein, Puah every pleasure to the verge of pain ; IniielU'iit. follow where the patioii. cull, And live in rapture, or uot live at all." These principles having been establish ed, we are further required to look into the manner in which we place the food in our stomachs, or in other words, in which we stow it away. The bolilng principle we have previously discussed, and have the vanity to think that our readers, if they re call their own sensations, will not require a repetition of the evidence against it. They who believe the stomach capable of redu cing to the proper consistence, food thus tnrown into it, may recognise us eiiecis in the admonition of Combe, who says, "the smoothest nnd most nccnratelv formed wheel, running along the most level and nnlished road, mils with w nortion of . ;t8 g,,t,stance at every revolution, ami in j proceM 0f time is worn out." If this be .-., :. nnt .,.,. , l,,,,!. -t ii, r,-.. ' ,i;,lin nr ,u -rnmneb. nml cm,;,l,.r tho fvic- tion to w)ith ;t s cverv lav sui,j(.ct,.l. Abernethy says, "the stomach that is loaded, as a Devonshire man does his cart, as full as it can be filled with a fork, can not be expected to endure 6uch loads of compost," nor is it reasonable for the own er to look for comlort, or to expect from such abuse even a reasonable duration of life." Bulwer savs, "it is the last degree of ingratitude to the great source of enjoy ment, to overload the stomach with a weight which would oppress it with lan- gour, or harass it with pain ; and finally to drench away the effects of our impurity with some nauseous potation, which revolts it, tortures it, convulses, irritates, ahd en feebles it through every particle of its sys tem.' And Hunter says "Were we to see the stomach and intestines busily employed In the cottcoction of our food by a certain un dulatory motion the heart, working day and night, like a forcing pump the lungs blowing alternate blasts the humors filtra ting through Innumerable strainers, to gether with an incomprehensible assemblage ot tubes, valves, and currents, all actually and unceasingly employed in support of our existence, we could hardly be induced to stir from our places, and yet we U3e these organs as though we had borrowed them, to be renewed at pleasure." Remember, also, that we ore neither the medical or spiritual adviser of the commu nity, but having an indirect interest in the prolongation of life, we venture upon pla. ting these facts in a position in which they may be looked at. Like the htlrick Wic, herJ, We have a kind of feeling "111 ,t it is the duty of all men, to the best o' their abilities, to enlighten ane anither's under standing. And if I see my brethren o' mankind fa' into a' sort o' sin and supersti tion, is't nae business o' mine, think ye, to set thetn richt, and enable them to act ac cordin' to the dictates o' reason and nature? I hae no notion o' that creed that tells me leave a dour doited devil to go daunderin' wi' his een shut his ane way to perdition." We believe, however, that old habits and old associations are not easily broken up, and that advice, os it is much easier given than followed, may prevent in some instances the effect, if it cannot correct the evils when contracted. Dr. Channing says that to minds plunged in a midnight of error, truth must fp-udttally open like the dawning day ; that old views will mingle with the new ; that old ideas w hich we wish to banish, will adhere to the old words to which they were formerly at tached ; and that the sudden and entire eradication of long rooted errors, would be equivalent to the creation of a new intel lect. Consequently we say to the reader, if what we have advanced is not in accordance with his previous habits, notions and re flections; if what we have quoted is not of a convincing character, the field is open, and to our mind the authorities are abundant to prove the necessity ol reform. In this country, all travellers say we tat too fast we eat too much we eat to often we cook badly we provide badly, and we eventually kill ourselves by not adhering to the dictates of our natural instincts. Therefore, according to our notion, the grand secret is to live rationally: to eat when hungry, and to take especial care that the quality of the article, the cooking, the serving and the various little appoint ments, be as near perfection as popsible, and let the mind and the stomach be in a con dition to receive the supply. J. S. MYSTEItlOI S OC'C t RRENCES. We copy tho following more mysterious even than the "knocking." which have claim ed so much attention of late from the edi torial column, of the New York Sun, of the 23d till., nnd which wilt claim the more at tention fiom the matter of fact character of that paper. We do not say we believe it. We copy the account as we find it, leaving all to form their own estimate of the circum stances Muled, and 1 ho Sun's eiul.nsemcnl of them. We may, however, add. that a curies p.iiitlent of the Trilt),u't a resident of Stratford narrates the nuc facts, Slating iho family to bo that of ' Dr. P., an eminent physician," and that lilt; yoiinir lady particularly concern ed, l:lias moved in Uk' best circles of Phila delphia, is setiMtive, educated and refined." We append to the Sit as itilicle, a pait of lite statement by lite Tribune's correspondent: 'We have been aware, for some six weeks past of occurrences in the family of a well known nnd highly respected gentleman, re siding in the town nf Slralford, Comi., a short distance from lliidgepnrt, a simple, authen ticated nirrativtj of which has already stag gered the incredulity of some of the boldest disbelievers in supernatural agency, and in spired the timid, to a considerable degree, with terror. We have not felt at liberty' however, to make publio mention of them, from a regard to lhe feelings aud withes of the family , but that restiaiutis now removed by tho appearance of a garbled statement in tho columns of a cotemporaiy, and we shall proceed to detail a few facts; which are so well vouched for to us, that we endorse them as freely us we could do had they passed un der our own eyes, and in our own dwelling. There is in them, to say the least, a mystery which has not yet been solved, and which, from the unsuccessful endeavors mado to dis cover it, seem iriic.iitiiiKitVe by any supposi tion of Iti'man aeney. Six weeks ago last Sunday morning, on their return from church, tho family were alarm ed nt finding the outside doors, which they locked an hour or two previously, open; and a piece of black crapo lied lo tho handle of the fi oi it door. Supposing tho house had been broken into for lho sake ol rubbery, they immediately searched to see if they misled anything. They found all the chamber and inner doors, niuuy of which thay had left locked, wide open, but nothing was missing. The next day on entering the room occupied by the eldest daughter, they found the win dow ami looking glass covered ovui by sheets and on the bed a f'gtue laid out to repicseut a corpse. This discovery was followed, in the course of a few days, by strango noises about tho house, and by various articles boiug thrown about apparently by invisible hands, most ol which seemed directed at the young lady. She became very much alarmed and eventu ally was taken ill, aud seized with coiivul siuus, from hich, lor some period, il was fearetl she would not recover. Notwithstand ing the close guaid which was kept over her during her sickness, strings, handkerchiefs, and other articles, wore at times found tied lightly about her neck, and pillows, from another bed in tho same room, placed over and pie.sed upon her face. Many such thing occurred which it was impossible for her to effect, without attracting the notice of those who were watching by, and tukingcare offier. After some days she recovered and was sunt to a neighboring village. A day or two after her depurture, things began lobe thrown about the hnuso os before. They consisted chiefly of small articles, such as nails, screws, pebbles, pools of thread, &c. During the young lady's sickness, neighbors were called in, mid became eye-wiitiesses to many of the strange things which were oc curring about the honsa. Thearlicles which weie thrown about began lo be of laiger di mensions .poon, knife, fork) book or pokbr being occasionally moved. Tho disturbance was neither constant nor regular. ..At limes nothing at all would hnppen for hours, and again a succession of fulling) or throwing in cidents would becur within a few minutes of each olherj and indifferent parts of the house. The gentleman's son, a lad of some twelve or fourteen years of age, far from alarmed, found great amusement in chasing and pick ing up the moving articles. One evening he thus ran into a room ad joining that in which the family was sitting, from whence had proceeded the noise of something falling to the floor, and immedi ately uttered a piercing scream. 1 1 is friends going in found him on the floor, writhing in a fit. Ho was taken tip and cared for, nnd recovered from it tho next day, when ho said that tbo cause of his screaming was that somebody caught him around tho body just above tho hips, and was lifting him tip, as ho feared, through lho ceiling. Of lho fit ho was not conscious. The next evening nnd every evening for some ten days thereafter, at the same hour, and occasionally during lho day time, the boy was seized with similar fits, which would last one or more hours, and then pass otT. To enumerate tho articles thrown and the manner nnd appearance of them, anil, above all, the impressions made upon neighbors and strangers who frequently wero witnesses, would require not only whole columns, but whole newspapers. Wo thall have room for but few, aud, in selecting them, we shall uot refer to what wo have already narrated. They are vouched for in the most unequivo cal manner by gentlemen who are in no way connected with the family, and who could not for n moment bo suspected ol the least collusion, and are tho result of examinations made by them at the request of tho family. On one occasion, two gentlemen of our ac quaintance made a thorough examination of the upper part of the house, leaving the w hole of the family below stairs. Having looked through the different rooms without observing anything unusual, they were retiring down s' . iis when a fire-poker, which they had no ticed hanging on a nail in one of the chambers, passed near their heads and stuck into the floor before them near the foot of the stairs! They returned and or.ee more re-examined the premises. Nothing, and no person could be found. The door of the chamber in w hich the poker had hung was closed, just as they had left ii, but tho pokor was not in iis place. Moi cover, the door was so situated that it could nut well be opened without attracting their attention, until they had passed further down the s'.niis than they had done wlun the poker whizzed by A gentleman and his wife vlu reside in the vicinity, anil had been with lhe family frequently while theso slrango things were going on found, at another lime, i:i a room into which they, as well as the family, were passing and repassing every few minutes, nine figures represcntiii3 females in a kneel ing posture, before each of which was a Bible, opened, and a passage therein marked by the turning down of a leaf to it, or by a small piece of paper laid upon it. These figures wero dressed with great precision, every hook and every button was fully adjusted, and their preparation would be tlie woik of many hours if attempted by human hands. The dresses belonged to tlw young lady nnd her mother, nnd were hanging up in closets within a short timo of the discovery. The passages in scripture were chiefly in the pro phecies of the Old Testament, nnd were very appropriate lo the mystery which ap parently existed in the house. Not the least wonderful of these things was the discovery in different parts of the house, generally in tho morning, of a species of hieroglyphic characteisupiai lho walls, a'ld on the floor of the piazza, and also on oiled paper. One of those on paper as of exceed ingly high finish, fully equalling engraving on steel. Across tho top wero charactuis in Hebrew, and below, in up and down columns, others similar in appearance lo Chinese. The Hebrew characters were deciphered by in lelligent neighbors, nnd found lo bo "The Key to the Mystery." Of the Chinese, or other characters, nothing bus yet been dis covered, but they have been, orsuon-uill bo submitted to gentlemen in this city, who are acquainted villi the Chinese, Arabic and other languages. Up to lho 15lh Instant these manifestations invariably occurred in lho day time. On tho night of that day they were maintained with increased violence, and without cessation, until about four o'clock in lho morning. Du ring that time cotisidei able damage was done to various articles of furniture, and several panes of glass were brukon from the windows all Under the eye of another gentleman from those previously mentioned, who, at the request of the family, was endeavoring, by all means and ingenuity at his command, to solve the mystery. The particulars of ail the unaccountable things which took place du ring that night We must pass over, at least for the present confining ourselves, aa we have hitherto done, to tho more jfriit'iig and extraordinary ones. While at the supper table the previous evening, ho was amazed more than once at the falling upon the table of a knife, or fork, or spoon apparently from tho ceiling over head ; and while seated near the fire, after tea, books, daguerreotype rases, and other article, would full from tables and shelves tthich were distant six to tun foot from any poison in tho room. In tho same way a pair of candlo-snufTera which wero on lhe mantel piece, nnd which the gentleman we cpenk of had jtial examined, (they bein of cuiiuii. woikmanship,) seemed to jump from the she" and fall to the floor near his feet he being, the while, the only person hear therm He retired, with the family, soon aftet left o'clock, and just as he was getting into bed he heard a loud clatter and screami Slip ping on a portion of his clothing and running" into tho hall ho found it came from thel young lady's room. Ho called to her to know what was tho matter. She told him the noise was in the closets in her room, and retpiested him to come in. Ho went in, the noise nnd screaming being Continued at in. terv.'tlH. The young lady was 111 bed and thel closet door shut. A light was burning in that as also in other rooms of the house. The noise seemed to bo a series of knocks upon the door, as though with a person's knucklea from the inside, succeeded by a blow like a kick against the bottom of the door. He) could distinctly sue tho door vibrate as he) ran to it. On opening it nothing likely to produce such a noise was to bo found 1 The chamber spoken of was located simi' lar to the usual second story hall bedrooms in our city dwellings. The door to the hall was locked. Aftor his unsatisfactory Search in the closet, the gentleman stationed himself in the doorway leading to the large chamber, lho door being wide open, and the door front that chamber to tho hall being shut tight. The scream had ceased, and the knocking in the closet stopped. Presently the dodf from the hull to the large chamber teas' knocked upon in a similar manner to that of the closet, from the side hall a succes siou of raps and then a kick near the bottOrtii Ho went to it, and taking the knob in bi hand, awaited a repetition of the knock : it came, and opening the door instantly, (thers being it light also in the hall,) ho saw nothing. He was more disconcerted thatt before. Considerably nmnzod at bis discomfiture!) but more determined than ever lo ascertain its origin, ho again took his position in thd doorway. The knocking ceased, and he was on the point of reiiring again when lie distinctly saw the broken leg of a stand which had been lying on a buteati in the' young lady's room, fly, as it were, across the room and strike the window, breaking two panes of glass and then falling to the fldbfi On being made acquainted with this, the tho ther came ui lo assist the gentleman In co' veiir.g the broken windows, on accrJuhl of the cold air. with a blanket; and while do in'' si, he saw a hair brush which had also en upon the bureau, coming towards hei1 aad fim.lly strike upon her head. All thiol lime the young lady remained in the bedj a I nut less than six feet from the bureau. Having seen, or fancied ho had teen; the" middle ot three small drawers in the top of the bureau niovo in and out, the gentleman took it out and examined il thoroughly. Soon alter a cessation of these things Occurred; he) left the loom, but hardly had ho done' so ' when, on hearing another noise, and break ing of wood, he ran back and found pieces' of the little drawer, previously examined by him, falling upon the floor from the bed; and the front piece of it falling from the TlndWj where a pane of glass had evidently been broken by it. The occurrence, whatever it was, frightened tho young lady so that shej bad left her bed, and was running into her' parents' room. She afterwards stated thai the drawer had boaten itself, or been beaten, against the headboard of her bed, until it was completely broken in pieces and the in dentations in the headboard and the scattered fragment were conclusive proof that such was the fact. Shortly after this the chamber occupied by the parents became the scene of knocking similar to those which have been described as having occurred at Rochester: They seem ed to come from the head-board of the bed The gentleman was called in there and, with the closesf scrutiny he could make, was fair ly bothered. At his request the occupants of the bed moved as far from the head-board as possible, but still he heard the gentle rapj lap, nip, now on this s'de and now on thatj and again diiectly under his nose. Having studied the accounts of the Rochester knocks nigs he set about eudeavoiing to open a com4 muuication with tho spirit in, tho way pur sued at that place. In this he Was, after spending considerable lime, partially success fid The revelations mado wore, however( sttic'.ly of a family nature, and for their bene fit, and among them many by-gone facts sta ted and also some things or falsity of which lho lapse of a short lime will determine. The next day more stuffed figures were) found in another room and several ef tho neighbors were called in to look at taem. While there, one of those present, a gentle man, received a blow fiom the top of a eaa dlcstick, on tho back part of his head, in way w hich could not be explained by him self or any one else. Subsequently the aam gentleman, while walking up stair with lb boy above spoken of, suddenly found hhti choking by his side the effect of a hanker chief lied lightly around his throat. From the lie and from its tightness ho was convinced the boy did not do it himself, and no one els was near them. It seemed to have been effec ted instantaneously while the gentleman's eyes were for an instant, averted. At other limes the boy's clothe kave been torn almost oil' fiom him, and he tumbled into a cistern near lhe house w hile it was full of water ; books thrown from a boek-cam about the house, Mat-iron and ether kouaex hold implement thrown hither and t bilker about lhe house, of which it was impossible; lo give any thing like a connected aocauur. The family hue, thus far, rendcied rcijr
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