Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 20, Number 30, Vincennes, Knox County, 5 September 1829 — Page 1
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WESTERN SUM & (KENEKAL ABVERTT8EK BY ELIHU STOUT. VINCENNES, (IND.) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1829. Vol. XX. No. 30."
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frar.i the lulg jidd Carolinian, July 1 1. Tirrc F.nr.EFiELn ghost The following statement of lacts in relation to a matter which has produced much inquiry and speculation in this district, may be depended upon by the public, as having been carefully
compiled by a gentleman oi piety and well i N Mrs N
cultiv atcd mind. Vc are not disposed to be
lieve that a bieach has been made in the laws of natme, without any usclul purpose, but we have not et heard any satisfactory cxplanation ol the circumstances upon rational principles. Mcs.srr. Editors As public cutiosity has been greatly excited, and many talcs, more or less true, have gone out concerning the mysterious and invisible being, that has been heard at Mr. Isaac Burnett's in this district, for some time ; it seems proper that the public should he in nossession of the facts 'ela-
cvidcntly been much disturbed and alarmeu
on account of it, but having so far expentn ccd no harm from it, they have rcsolute maintained their ground. It manifests a great partiality for a little daughter of the family, who is about eleven years of age. This so alarms her that she generally gets
sick whenever she talks of it. ancK she ha
been known to quit the house precityVtciy, when she has heard it alone in the house. Not long since, however, she quoted to it a passage of Scripture, which a pious friend pointed out and advised her to memorize tor that purpose, ( 1 st Tim. 1 c. 15 v.) and it bade her hold her jaw, but she persisted in quoting the passage until it hushed, and has not spoken to her since. Since so many persons went to hear it, it has become very suy.'&nd is seldom heard when many persons bout, or when any person is in the house ex ccpt the smaller children. They have never been able to ascertain who or what it is, or the object of its visit. It has told its name rencatedlv. but cannot be understood. It will
not answer any serious or religious questions. When asked whether it was a man or a woman, it said it was the toolishest question it ever heard, and appeared to laugh. The Rev. Mr Hodges visited the family several times, and held meeting at their request, without heai ing any thing. However, on the 26th of May, Mr Hodges being in the
neighborhood, and calling at the house ot Mr
inhumed Mr. Hodires, she had
just been at Mr. Burnett's Sc heard the voice.
Mr Hodges immediately rode over in company with Mr John Shepherd. Mr. S. went up to the house first, to get the childi en in the
house to talk to it, and alter it commenced,
upon a signal given Mr H. went up to the house and seated himself in the piazza. A little boy, eight or nine years of age, stood
just inside ot the door, to ask any questions
which were suggested to him by the compa
ny. It imitated various noises in a whistle,
such as the crowing ot a cock, clucking of a
hen, noise of a partridge, Sec. and answered
live to this extraordinary circumstance. 'I ho a variety of simp'- quo-lions. I'hcrc were
voice was first hcaid in October last, imitat- but few answers that Mr U could unci vstand,
ing ;u ions noises, such as that ol the spin- but when interpreted by the family, who ning 'km-!, icel, ducks, hens, kc. It was were more accustomed to hear it, lie could fust he.mi hv Mi. Burnett, about 20 vards trace out some rcscmb ancc. Some words from toe house, which led him to suppose it however, wcie pronounced very plain, such wan s'Miv: -. f the neighbor's children, hiding ts kit.cn. yes, no, goose quill, kc The fain the wtcds, and trying t liightcn his chil- mily says, that it genet ally spoke much more then. It was afterwards hcaid in the lott of distinctly, and could be much better underthe house, and Mr B. supposing it o be a bird stood than on this occasion. Mr Shepherd sent a bov to dtive it out, but nothing could I says the same. be seeo. It thus i ontinued to perplex the j It was undei stood, however, to say it knew minis of the family lor some time; until at! Mr II. pronounced his name tolcrab.yths length, one of the children said he believed , tinct, said it got acquainted wiih him there",
her children, to frighten them, as well as
at home ? There is another circumstance which contradicts this supposition. About two months ago, Mr Burnett at the suggestion of some one, put a testament in the place whence the
voice appeared to proceed. It instantly left the place, came down into the house, and said
it was going away. They asked why it was
going away
by me at the pot office this morning. It en closed the statement dated Boston, 27th April, 1329, w hich you inform mc was addressed to Mr Harris, navy agent at Boston, and forced from you at that place. I have read both your letter and that statement with care, but cannot comply with youricqucst to confirm the statement I am not able to gather from it with any certainty what the nllrnt;.
It replied, it was obliged to go, ons against you arc ; nor does mv rccollrrti.
it could stay there no longer, and bade them ! on serve mc to rrive any satisfactory anwrr
larewel. U was then absent about two weeks, j Whenever I shall be accurately informed of during which time it was heard at Mr. Ro- j the charges which arc made, I will promptly gcr's, Mr Dick's, and Mr NickolPs, in the j and cheerfully answer upon every pointacsamc neighborhood, as they believe. They cording to the truth and my recollection. Any had heard it at Mr Burnett's, and believed it J other answer you would neither ask nor exto be the same, but did not converse with it. 1 pect mc to give. I have only to add, that I When it returned, it was asked, and said it ; sincerely hope a full investigation will prove had been to those places. None of Mr Bur- 1 that you arc free from just censute I am nett's family were at those places when it j yours, Sec. SAM L. SOUTH ADD. was heard. Since its return it ha occupied ' toiuas watkins, Esq.
no particular part ol the nousc, but is heard
in various parts. It is now seldom heard, as
The late venerable Dr Holyokc, in a letter
that thing could talk, and commenced asking qneui-ios, which it answered by whistling, pretty much like a parrot. This circumstance getting out, mviy pesons came to heat it Mr J hn Shepherd, a pious and worthy citir.cn, who lived in the neighborhood, conversed with it in the presence of a number of witnesses. To ascertain the extent of its knowledge, he ask'M it various questions about mo-t pcrs.tns in the m ighbot hood, and their
and that it did not like him. When Mr H. sp ke and said, " I have come to drive you away," it was understood to reply, Do if you dare. During the conversation with it, which lasted about an hour, no person was present except Mr Burnett's wife, Mr Shepherd and Mr I lodges, w ith the small children. The oldest was the little girl above mentioned, who was in the yard with the little children
No one was in the inside of the house except
i ireipnst uices. which it answered correctly. the little boy who asked the-questions. The
It told his name and the number ot children reason why he was nut there to ask questions
he had ; also, the namcr of most ot the persons present. He asked what it came there
It replied, u Because it had no other
fot
place to go to It was asi;cd it it came to do the family any harm it said no, it loved the tamilv. It was asked finally, if it loved Jesus Chiist to which it made no reply, nor ansvereil mv more questions which Mr Shcpheid asked The cv cuing after, it answered either, but would nH answer him. For the iust three months, it was hcatd only once a month, hut afterwards much oftcner. It has been heard at various times, both in the day and at night, but more frequently in the day. Search has been repeatedly made by the familv and others, but nothing found from which" the voice could proceed. There is no place of concealment about the house. It is a small boose with but one room, a loft of boards laid
across the joists, ami a piazza on one side. j on lie the following objections, viz : 1st. It
The house is not underpinned, so that you ! is certain that it is no one, not of the family, ran see from one end to the other, underneath, j as no such person has been seen thereabouts For son time the voice appeared generally . at the times when it was heard, and no person "o proceed from the further end ol the house, j could be always there without being seen, esopposite the lire place, and the upper part or j pccially in the day time. 2d. Mr Bumett'Sc "of' If any nnc, except the children, would , wife, whose word will be taken by all who to to that end of the house, w bile it was talk-1 know them, state that no one individual of the
ing : oi if any one would steal round ever so family w ho could possibly be suspected of vdtlv to that end on the outside of the house j such a thing, is always present at such times.
a hen i' was dark, and whilst others talked to; They state positively it has been heard when
was, because for some time it had ceased to
speak to any but the children. There were also in the kitchen, about 20 paces distant, a negro woman and anidcot girl, spinning and weaving, who could not have heard what passed in the house. The two elder sons were absent, at work in the farm. Mr Shepherd and Mr Hodges after the conversation ended, examined the house and found nothing. Du ring the time of the conversation it was asked to sing a song. It said it did not know any Mr Hodges whistled a sacred tunc, but it said that would not do. It then whistled Yankee Doodle, very distinctly. When Mr Hodges first heard of the circumstance, he very naturally was led to suspect that it proceeded from some one in the neighborhood or family, who possessed the
art of ventriloquism. But against that opini
It. it would instantly stop, and when they returned it would commence again. This experiment was tried one evening when a number d prisons wetc there, so that both the home ami piazza wetc lull. Someone from the piazza, without the knowledge of those in the house, w ho were talking to it, went round cm the other side to see if they could discover auv one, when it instantly stopped. It has been know n to whistle almost any tunc, cither sacred or profane, which any one would tell it. Mr and Mrs Burnett appear to be simple hearted, upnght ami amiable persons, seri mis in their dispositions, and as far from cneotrtging any trick about them to make .p r t as any one. No one in the neighbor1, who knows them, believes that they know any thimj about the matter. They have
the negro woman (the only servant about the house) was in the field at work It has been heard when the two eldest sons, who are nearly grown, were absent, as was the fact when Sir Hodges heard it. It has been heard when all the other children were at school, except the two youngest, one of which is a bout three years old, the other an infant. The ideot girl has not the intelligence which this invisible being manifests, according to the testimony of all who have heard it. Furthermore, even supposing any of the children possessed this faculty, and had the disposition to carry on the deception for so long a time, to the evident diaquictvulc and distress of the family, is it a rational supposition that this could be done without being suspected by the parents ? Or would not the individual be disposed to try its pranks at school, or among
iir nurneit uoes not allow the children to. written alter he was an hundred vears old in
talk to it they do not pay much attention to j answer to the inquiiics of a Iriend respecting" it. These are the most material circumstan-! his habits of life, diet, kc states, that he is ccs connected with this strange affair, for the j no great cater bread constitute nearly half confirmation ot which, and lor further infor- his food a glass of wine after dinner, and a mation, the public is l elerred to Mr John little good West India rum, with cider, every Shepherd, Dr. F. Andrews, and MrG. Stap- day smokes his pipe after dinner and in ths py, who live in the neighborhood, and who j evening, and chews tobacco f:om breakfast have all heard it. Mr Burnett lives about 12 till dinner, and smokes his pipe till tea lime, miles below Cambridge, and about three j A calm, quiet sell possession, (he says) and miles west of the road leading to Hamburgh, moderation in our expectations and pursuits near Mr Wiley Beriy's. j conn lhute much to health, as well as happi' , ncss, and anxiety is injurious to both. south a mru io A The packet ship Mcdi- I . , t na, capt. Beckman, arrived at New York on i Wiiouout Nails. Mr Reynolds of BrisMonday in 21 days from Carthagcna. The tol, has invented a machine for making nails captain states that there was no news alnat every way equal, and possessing all the qualplace. We have been favored with Bogota itics of wrought nails. '1 hey arc rolled from papers ol the 21st and 23th June. From these ( the bar. One of the machines is now in opwc leain that on the 28th of May, the Fciuvi-; eration at Bristol, and two more we under an frigate Prurba, accidentally took fire in ' stand arc to be built. The nails arc better Tithe haibor of Guayquil, and was destroyed nished than any we have cvci before seen, and with most of the crew. By the explosion ot : what is ol great importance, they can be made the magazine, several vessels lying near were I as cheap as the common cut nails. We have injured, and some of their crews killed The j a specimen left at our ofiicc. whole number of lives lost is said to be about I It is a singular circumstance that the first one thousand. The despatches received at cut nails ever used wcie made in Rhode IsB go'a state, that this occurrence leaves Guy- land, and nc now claim the credit ol manuquil undefended by sea, and gives tc I oiom j factuiing the first wrought nails evi i made
nia the superiority ol navai lorcc io the rpci- j ny machinery. Providence Jour.
tic A I eitivian brie and the schooner Ma
ccdonia, wcr: captured in going out of the
haibor of Guyaquil on the 23d ot May, by!
the Colombian schooner Istmcna, and ordered to Panama. Itaitintorc liefi. LAvnATvnA i. a in a ;'?. Wc are favored (says the Richmond Fnquirer,) with a copy of a letter to a citizen ot Baltimore, Irotn Chs. Carroll, of Cat rollton, the last surviv ing sign erofthc Declaration of Independence. So firm and beautiful is the penmanship, that wc should have taken it for the autograph of a very yom i; man May he long continue to enjoy the giatilude of his a'lectionalc ceiin try men and may many, many years, elapse ere this last signer of our country's Independence shall be gathered to his lathers. Extract of a letter from Charles Carroll, to a friend in Baltimore, dated Doi'GiioNAGAN Manoh, July 26, 1829. " I regret that the short stayed gen. Jackson at the Manor, prevented my asking you to meet him at dinner; but h left us yesterday morning in consequence cf an engage ment he had made lor that evening in Wash ington. His address, as you know, is as a grccablc as possible, as his conversation, particularly on the events of the last war, in which he was so distinguished an actor, is replete with the most interesting details ; showing strongly his accurate knowledge of char actcr and his natural talents for war It is impossible to be a day in his company and not to icel convinced that he is resolved to pm sue a straight forward and upright policy, regardless of the sneers and abuse ot opposition."
liom the Daltimore American. Kxtract of a letter Irom a gentleman in Richmond, to ht3 friend in i his city. tl 'I here has been an important discovery made by an ingenious artist (in Amherst county in ibis slate,) in the manufacture of coai .e and line linncns. I am informed 'his inventor, by a slight alteration mine mathineiy of cotton lactones, (by having hi preparatory machines, can card, draw, row and spin with as great facility, hemp and flas it now does cotton "I herefoic, an cm hangc ot one hail of the c tton spinel cs into the 1 inhen spinning and weaving ol hemp and flax, would not only relieve the present depressed situation ot cotti n factories, but give tin m power ol an acquisition that would be wottU more than 75 per cent, on all capbals expended in that way Such arc the prospects of this discovery. I am told this inventor is now in Washington, scenting his patent, and that he will be in Baltimore on the 6th or 8lh of August next, in order to view the factories." Hidden Trkasuiik. The following account ot the accumulation of money by a person who recently died in the sla'c of N. York, is from the Troy Sentinel : Siccie A Mr Hand died a short time since at a gicat age, in Stephcntow n, in this county. He possessed a good farm, had always been known as a careful, saving man, and was supposed to have left at his death a snug little estate. He left a will, however, and upon opening that, it was discovered that his farm was but a small item ot his property In the house in which he had dwelt for many years,
The St John's (New Brunswick) paper of ; there was one room which he had never pcr-
thc 21st of July, gives an account ol the un- mitted any bodv to enter but himself; it was fortunate condition of the French settlement on the ground floor, and in his will he gave of Madawaska. The settlers arc principally directions to go into that room, open a trapof Canadian origin, and their distress is prin-1 door, and ihcteundcr, in small tubs and kegs, ci pally attributed to their being wedded to and other vessels, would be found a treasure wheat, which has been their standaid food ; of specie. The investigation being made, the fiom time immemorial, and which crops have money was indeed found, to the amount of failed thcMast two years. A committee of! about forty thousand dollars, in dollars, half gentlemen iad been appointed to visit the dollars, quarteis, crowns, Sec settlement, and report its condition, and 200 There was another clause in the will which bushels of Indian corn had been purchased for stated, that in one of the vessels mentioned, their relief Many families have for some j was a phial containing a wtitte n scroll, giving time existed on the flour made from the information where another and still larger deblighted wheat, kneaded into bread with the j posit of specie had been made; the phial wan
inner bark of the white birch. Berries and found containing the paper but alas! the
roots procured from the forest, have been the
treacherous ink had disappeared, deserted its
sole dcpcndancc of others; and the prospect . post, or rather abandoned it lircs, and the
of procuring even such miserable fate, was I paper told not a word of the precious secret obscured by rapidly increasing weakness. In w ith which it had been charged. What vionc house which was visited there were I6;gilswill covctommess keep till this other dechildren, five of whom were unable to walk posit is found what digging and searching from the united causes of untended infancy, there will be, till this Kidd's money shall he and pinching debility. 'forthcoming. Thcte is no room ro doubt tho truth of the story, as wc are tolu by several Having published Dr. Watkin's letter to ol our citizens, some of whom arc personally
Mr Southard, justice requires that wc should , cognizant ot the tact.
also insert the reply,"
Philadelphia, 1st May, 2829. sin Your letter to mc, without signature, dated at this place, on this day, was received
Piioofand Damages Two Dutchmen, though very friendly, had a great falling cut about one having killed the other's dog, for