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348 ADDITIONAL CORROBORATIVE EVIDENCEin Philadelphia. The spirit complied with the request by sending downthe following1708. "'Dear Mary: I have just time to write and tell you I amwell. Give my love to Miss K. and her uncle. Also to Mrs. and Mr. J).Also to Sarah. Good-bye. 11. P. Devil.^1704. " The initials of the lady's name who asked for the letterwere IT. P.1705. " Papers were also thrown down, signed ' Beelzebub' and Sam'Slick.' Sometimes names of persons whom the family had known inPhiladelphia, but who had been dead several years, were signed to thesepapers.1706. " The following was in pencil, and seems to be written in thesame hand as the other. It was superscribed ' E. Phelps :'1707. ''' If you promise not to write what I told you, I will not throwany thing all this week.'1708. " On the 28tli of July, 1850, two singular letters were throwndown, addressed to Dr. Phelps. They were both in one handwriting, butwere signed by two different orthodox clergymen of Philadelphia. Theirinterest in religious movements, and their acquaintance with the phraseologyof ' revival' correspondence, are seen at a glance. 'St. Peter's/ inthe second letter, is a Puseyitc cburch.1709. " ' Dear Brother :The Lord is dealing bountifully with hischosen people. Brother Barnes admitted to the church forty-nine lastSunday, and Brother Parker thirty-four to-day. Brother Converse hashad the cholera, and Brother Pairchild has grown so fleshy as scarcely tobe recognised. Our friend Mr. Tarr has buried his wife. She died ofconsumption. E. Tarr is married. Brother Mahu, being suddenly inspiredlast Sunday, spoke so eloquently and so loud, and used such majesticaction, as to be quite done up for a while. He broke a blood-vessel.Old Tiers has gone crazy, and is shut up in a mad-house, or, rather, a hospital.The H s have gone into the country to spend some time.That's all the news.'''Your faithful brother in Christ,'"E. A.'1710. " ' Dear Brother : The millennium truly is coming. The dayof the Lord is at hand. We are addino; countless numbers to the altar ofthe Lord. Brother A became inspired last Sunday to such a degree,that his soul took its flight to the regions above, and has not yet returned.The Catholic churches, St. Joseph's and St. Mary's, were burned downSt. Peter's, also—I believe that is a Catholic church. Brother Mahu waspreaching from the text, 'Resist the devil,' &c., when he was suddenlyoverturned by an invisible power, which frightened him so that his hairturned white in five minutes.