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P A R T R I D G E A N D B R I T T A N , P U B L I S H E R S A N D P R O P R I E T O R S , NO. 3 0 0 B R 0 A D W A Y — T E R WI S T W O D O L L A R S P E R A N N U M I N A D V A N C E ; S I N G L E C O P I E S , F I V E C E N T S .

VOL. ir.-NO. 10. NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1853. WHOLE NO. 6

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The old orthodox notion that man is a criminal 1/1

that he is innately' wicked—is fast losing caste in the moral and religious worlds, as it has done in the scientific and philosophic. It is an old dogma, by which the world has been hallucinated for ages, and which was begotten by' vin­dictiveness in eras of savageness and cruelty’. Much the­ology, and more religion, have been built upon it. Somehow or other, either by the terrible denunciations of the priest, the passive obsequiousness of the servile devotees—either by false and unworthy notions of God, the influence of edu­cation, the proscription of time, or the duress of fear, doubt, and remorse, it has managed to almost effectually’ quiet the instinc t of man’s inner integrity. For long periods its black atmosphere has nearly suffocated the rays of purity and goodness that gleam forth from the inner chambers of man’s soul. The old juridical ecclesiasticism, whose day is now far spent, and which erst was accustomed to sit in judgment on man’s soul, has had Humanity indicted as a reprobate, guilty’ by the very fact of being born, of every enormity’ in the vocabulary of crim e!—and the poor ignorant culprit, without counsel or suite, has been suborned into the plea of guilty*. Accordingly, these sable judges have proceeded to pass sentence of everlasting condemnation on the human family— God’s image—or lay it under the most cruel penance ! But these “ Dogberrys” who have so self-complacently convicted us all of “ flat burglary,” are now being written down what Dog­berry was, and their jurisdiction, competency, and impartiality, shrewdly questioned and denied. Soon humanity will see how fearfully' it has been bedeviled by these terrific night­mares during the long night, whose bright morning is now orient. No person of any considerable pretensions to inde­pendent thought, scientific analysis, or philosophic deduction, would hazard his reputation, now-a-day, by affirming the old diabolism of “ innate depravity.” In after ages, when man’s spiritual nature matures, and humanity is fully enfranchised and developed, this cruel and unjust catechism will be pointed to with a shudder, as we now point to the rack or the inquisitiont and the wonder will be how it was ever believed, and suffered to oppress man’s conscience!

Man is not bom to misery, crime, and wretchedness, but to happiness, harmony*, and love. He is born to a life nobler far than we see him now enjoy'—a destiny brighter than the most hopeful have yet anticipated. He has inner capabilities of happiness and glory, yet untold by prophet or s e e r ; inner harmonies, beauties, and uses, yet unrevealed to the outer eye, and which but wait right relations and conditions—but wait a correspondingly true and harmonic external order of life, to brilliantly disclose themselves to the world. A few sickly scintillations now and then, and here and there, display them­selves amid the somber waste of human life around us, like John-the-Baptist-voices crying in the wilderness, “ prepare ye the w ay!”

But it is nevertheless true that there are such things as crimes, depravity, and sin in the world. It is true that the world is blighted with them. They cloud humanity’s brow, deform its face, harden its heart, and render its voice harsh and discordant. It is true that there are sorrows, suffering, tears, and sighs—that there is murder, arson, burglary, and theft in the world. But how is this?—and why? If the soul of man is innately* pure, and intends only good, why does he murder, lie, and cheat? If he is interiorly good, upright, and just, why don’t he externally observe goodness and justice? If bis inward soul is righteous, why is not his outward| conduct in keeping with it? T h a t is the yreat question. And now we will essay to throw a little light upon it.

Man’s essential purity is one thing, and the ou tw ard de­velopm ent of it another. Its development may be imperfect, partial, inadequate, or perverted. It can be repressed, ob­structed, constrained, misdirected, or wholly inverted. There is such a thing as being unjust, tyrannic, or wofully wrong here—such a thing as distorting, dwarfing, deforming, or wholly inverting man in his outer growth, by inharmonic relations and wrongful conditions. Outer conditions, circum­stances, relations, and influences may* change the good inner man, in his development, into a bad outer man ; and although in his final analysis the essential man is pure and incorrupt, yet in his external conduct he discloses all the distortions, obliquities, angularities, and acerbities of the evil thinker and doer. The Author who enstamped his inner being with purity and excellence, also provided a true order for the out­ward development of these essential excellencies, and abun­dant means of their development. That order, and those means, consist in right relations of man with his fellow-man, with God, and with Nature, and the proper and harmonious exercise of all his faculties upon their legitimate objects. To make this plain, we will illustrate it by glancing at the ana log ies of N a tu re .

Every* thing grows from an inner source of life, outwardly, All development proceeds from an inward potency*, or esse, to an outward existence. The very* term, existence, means the outward mode of being of an interior essence ; development or growth being the external expansion of internal powers and essences. The germ or seed is cast into the earth, and expands under the proper conditions, from an inmost life elaborating and disclosing itself outwardly, into the flower and the fruit. Under these conditions its inner essences and capacities unfold to outward existence, and this unfolding process goes on until the flower and the fruit are perfected in outer life. All things in the vegetable, animal, and human kingdoms thus unfold and develop from an inner being, growing from a germ, or the minutest receptacle of life, to the full and perfect expansion of an outer existence.

But if the proper and natural conditions of this unfolding or growth should be wanting, it is obvious that its outward disclosure will be imperfect, or wrongful. If the seed or germ be not in good soil, open to the exhilarating light and fertilizing warmth of the sun, a healthy and pure atmosphere, and free from all conditions and relations that antagonize or restrict its growth, it will be deformed, sickly, and wan. It will not be truly and fu l ly expressed outwardly, and will ap­parently* belie its inner purity*. The farmer knows that if he deals ju stly with the seed he has cast into the ground— that if it gets “ fair play,” it will yield him good fruit and abundantly. The florist knows that if he deals honestly with his plants, he will be repaid with beautiful flowers. Under proper conditions, or using the God-appoinfed means, the bitterest fruits are thus developed into the sweetest and most luscious. Under a long course of education, tile most nau­seous and poisonous herbs are reclaimed into the most useful and palatable. The hard and sour crab-apple is the “ sinful” apple, from which was developed all our modern civilized apples; and the sour grape, that grew on the wild and rugged mountains, is now the sweet grape that enriches our vineyards. Under proper conditions, all nature can be tamed and made good and useful, as the miasmatic marshes can be drained, and the wilderness made to blossom as the rose—the lion and the lamb be made to lie down together, and a little child to lead them.

Now, the human family form no exception to this general law. Wrongful conditions and inharmonic relations, erring creeds and tyrannic law, thwart its free and normal develop­ment, and deform, debase, and brutalize it. Man has not “ fair play.” He is not justly dealt with. His inward sweetness and harmony, in their outcomings, are turned into outer bitterness and discord. He can not express himself fa irly . He is made a hypocrite, a thief, or a robber, by outer con­ditions and relations, changing the angel within into the devil without. No man does murder from his h ea rt; no man steals and robs front a mere native, inborn taste for theft and robbery; no man lies because it is pleasanter to lie than to tell the. truth; they are naturally disagreeable and repulsive to him, and contrary to his inbred inclinations and tastes. But he does all these things, thereby to accomplish some ulterior end which his nature craves, and the just and orderly accom­plishment of which is denied him by wrongful conditions and inharmonic relations. He is placed in conditions and relations that educate, and irresistibly* draw and force him into sin and crime, by the whole force of his physical, sensi tive, passional, and intellectual being.

Before proceeding further, however, with our subject, I must postulate the following:

1st. “ All men are born free and equal.” 2d. Each has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 3d. Sequilur: Freedom of conscience, the right of private judg­ment, the sovereignty of the individual (exercised, of course, at his own cost), and the right to all the means of lile, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Among those means we will mention the following— 1st. An abundant supply ol all his physical w ants; healthful, nutricious, and pleasant food ; comfortable and convenient clothing and housing; fresh air, pure water, bright sunshine, and exhilarating exercise, and a confident im m u n ity from the deprivation o f any or all o f these. 2d. I he fellowship of those of congenial tastes, loves, and pursuits. 3d. The enfranchisement and complete develop­ment of all the family instincts and affections, parental, filial, ami fraternal love. 4th. Entire and perpetual freedom of all the love relations with the opposite sex. 5th. Industrial freedom, consociation, cooperation, and harmony.

Now, happiness may be defined to be the normal exercise and satisfaction of all the individual tastes, faculties, loves, passions, and appetites, physical, moral, and spiritual ; theperfect freedom of the individual to act himself out fully__toultimate all his inner instincts and capacities, and his actually so doing at his own cost, or without implicating unwillingly any one else in the consequences ol his actions, etc. Hap­piness is thus so immediately resultant from the perfect freedom of tho individual, that it might almost be said to bo a synonym of liberty. Our instincts teach us this. The v e r ie s t savage glories in the idea of liberty ! It throbs deep iu the heart of man, and thrills luui with ecstasy! It is tho

indispensable condition of all true development. The beasts of the fitdd and the fowls of the air love it as their own lives the very leaves and zephyrs rejoice in it. It has been the immemorial promise of our mce, and for that promise the world has fought in every* ag6- Its practical and organized deniul is the cause o f all war, and, as we shall see presently, of all crime. In proportion as tho individual has liberty—is free from outer repression put upon him, either by position, cn actment, or false relations and conditions— in such proportion is lie developed and happy. The measure of his liberty is the measure of his excellence and of his happiness. In proportion as he is repressed—in proportion as he is enslaved by law, custom, or false positions— in such proportion is he debased, distorted, and vitiated. The enfranchisement of the indi­vidual is identical w ith what we call “ Progress.” It is the giving way to the outcoming beauties and energies of the human soul—the removal of restraints upon the outgrowing life of the individual—the rising of the “ Sun of Righteous­ness, with healing in his beams.”

W e boast of our “ Freedom,” and ascribe to it the making of us what w*e are. W e are loud in our professions of “ sov­ereignty*,” and clamor about our *“ Liberty.” But we have scarcely began to bo free, Very few of us really know what liberty is— what it is to be u sovereign— a “ Son of God.” Yet both Church and State have unequivocally committed themselves to this grand fundamental axiom of Progress and Happiness. They have subscribed the freedom and equality of mankind ; the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap­piness ; freedom of conscience, and the right of private judg­ment. Not knowing, perhaps, how much they were conced­ing, or where away these principles inevitably tend. For their whole effort hitherto has been in the face of this con­cession ; by* laying man under the most grievous restraints ; by burdening him with unnatural conditions ; by* putting him into false relations with his fellow-man ; by repressing his passions and appetites ; by* denying him the means of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness ; by oppressing his con­science with creeds and “ doctrines;” by tyrannizing his thought by* opinions, authority, influence, and all manner of intolerance, anathema, infamy*, and reproach ! And yet at the same time making a boast and merit of liberty*, as though it was but a license to foray upon the individual, to backbite, denounce, suppress, and wage incessant warfare upon h im ! O consistency*, thou art indeed a je w e l!

But this is a digression ; we will now proceed. There is no man-made law, creed, or custom, instituted to restrain, pro­scribe, or dominate the normal exercise of man’s tastes, facul­ties, loves, or appetites, that will ever avail. They never can become legitimated, or so naturalized, as to coextend in influ­ence and authority with the “ higher law”— the law written on the heart of the individual himself. No positive institution can ever take tho place of natural and spiritual law. They can not unmake and make over again what God has made ; and if they are in accordance with natural and spiritual law they* are utterly nugatory. Against such coercive and restraining powers, every instinct, passion, and appetite incessantly rebel; and they are ever on the qui vive to elude, defeat, or counter­vail them. Hence the inwrought faculties, passions, and appetites will seek their normal exercise and gratification, despite foreign creed and law ; and if they can not accomplish such exercise and gratification in accordance with them, they are in an incessant cona/us to, and incessantly do accomplish them, “ illegally,”— hence crime.

Now, if you will turn over all the crimes in the criminal calendar, you will find that they are all begotten by the cul­prit seeking the gratification of a taste, passion, or appetite in itself good, but which is overruled or perverted by creed or law, or the means of it being, by false relations and conditions, denied him. lie is entitled to housing, feeding, and clothing ; to the fellowship of those of congenial tastes and pursuits ; to the freedom of his loves, to his instincts of familism, and to industrial cooperation and harmony. Free him, in tho en larged acceptation of that term ; give him “ life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” according to his “ private judgment,” and by the innate energies and tendencies of his nature ho ac­quires all these things for himself. He goes straightforward in his destiny to his happiness, and becomes a true and har­monious man. But deny him this liberty—hinder and repress the normal outflow of his energies and tastes, by denying him thoir means, by fulse relations and conditions, and you turn him aside into crooked paths, distort his manhood, and make him a hypocrite, a thief, and a burglar. You deny his inner man outer growth and development, and make him libel his inmost soul. Tlius he goes ofl' into crime and vice ; becomes subtile in all their arts, and entails his proclivities upon suc­cessive generations.

Now, what is called “ Society,” has undertaken to award man “ liberty,” “ private judgment," and the “ pursuit o f hap­piness." But here is the great default. She has not done it, nor can she do it, for the simple reason that none can do it but the individual himself, when freed from oppression and allowed to do it. Society is a system of external bonds, en­forced by police, and must be, if they uro bonds at all, opposod

to individual sovereignty, the right of private judgment, liberty of conscience, and the individual’s pursuit of happiness accord­ing to his private judgment and conscience. I t opposes the outward development of the inner nature of man, or hinders thwarts, and prevents it ; and as no external, arbitrary law can avail against these inner instincts of the soul, it accordingly develops, in outer life, all the obliquities, delinquencies, and frauds we see around us, Men become subtile, keen, and sagacious, in devising and executing schemes to elude and defeat those unnatural restraints, and satisfy their instincts and wants at the expense of Society and its laws. Any restraints you put upon their natural passions and appetites, by denying their indulgence, either directly by law, or indirectly by false relations and onerous conditions, only makes them set at naught their requirements and seek to escape their condi­tions.

Tho moans of satisfying all our material, passional, and moral wants, as demanded by our natures, and the assurance that we will not, in any way, be deprived of those means, but have indemnity against all future privation and want, would expunge from the criminal code its multiplied enormities Rightful conditions of life, and equitable relations with our fellow-men, would purge away all the reciprocal sourness of our tempers, remove distrust and suspicion, abolish all lying, defrauding, and overreaching ; awaken talent and skill, stimu­late industry, and quicken all the energies and excellencies of our natures. Satisfy all man’s natural and spiritual wants, suffer him to satisfy them fo r himself, by allowing the free use of all the means, by placing him in relations of equity and accord with his fellow-man, and allowing him full and free development, and he will be good. L et him be completely enfranchised— no longer despoil him of his fair countenance and honest heart, by inharmonic relations, false conditions, and antagonizing influences, and he will not only become exem­plary, honest, and upright, but he will atone for all the sad past, by the brightening of his genius, the éclaircissement of his intellect, and the tenderest, and sweetest, and kindliest sympathies and loves.

But to put the argument in a clearer light, let us see the operation and tendency of the present state of things around us, in one or two instances, and which will furnish a key to all the bad passions—the social outrages and moral deformities that now prevail.

find myself occupying discordant relations with all my fellows ; I find that their interests (no matter what is said to the contrary) do antagonize mine ; I find myself surrounded by monopoly on every side ; 1 see industry plundered and skill unrewarded ; labor I can not always get, and much less such as is congenial to me ; I have no guarantee that you wi not take advantage of me, if you can, whenever our interests stand opposed ; that you will take care of yourself ; that you will live, and let me die. The man of hard bargains gets hold of me, and exacts what is “ nominated in the bond,” and the sharper preys upon me. I am constantly in danger of being overreached or undermined. 1 must he always on the alert, and keep a keen eye upon all with whom I deal. The whole multitude set iu upon me from every quarter, and il I don’t hold them at bay, I shall be overrun and trodden underfoot.I know if I don't fight I shall be eaten up. It is a battle for bread, and my life is surrounded by a thousand contingencies If the present is provided for “ by hook and by crook,” by “ tooth and toe nail,” yet I have no guarantee against future privation and want. No guarantee that 1 will have the means of satisfying my physical and passional demands, i his ap­prehension oppresses me like a nightmare, and daily and hourly clouds my soul witli despondency. This being the case, iny instinct o f self-preservation prompts me to provide against this contingency by the accumulation of substance— honestly if I can, but at all hazards to accumulate it. I must sharpen my wits, ponder schemes, conceal my purposes, ex­ploit well, and become an adopt in all the subtile arts and maneuvers of trade, etc. Thus the conditions and relations iu which I find myself placed, freezes out the sweetness and kindly sympathies of my nature, and makes me mean, crafty, selfish, and avaricious. They postpone or prevent my inner uprightness, and excite my jealousy, envy, covetousness, and suspicion ; harden my heart, benumb my conscience, and pervert my intellect. The operation of the same conditions and relations obviously lead me on to forgery, swindling, counterfeiting, theft, burglary, ami murder.

Similar inharmonic relations and conditions, with regard to the passional instincts and wants of the individual, perpetually tond to, and do develop harlotism, bigamy, fornication, and adultery. Hence it is plain, that the repression of the indi­vidual—the dominating his natural passions, instincts, and ap­petites, and denying him the means of “ life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” by law, by creed, by custom, or by false relations and conditions, originate and perpetuate crime. They give a caste to the outer development of the man, which ho hereditarily accumulates upon his offspring, thus deforming and brutalizing the generations !

Take ofl the immense incubus of the dread of future priva­tion and want alone from tho minds of men ; assure them of

the continued means of life, liberty, and the pursuit of their happiness, and what incalculable blessings you confer upon the ra c e ! What provocations to crime you take away from them ! And how benevolent, truthful, and upright they will grow ! Not long since, I put the following question to a wit­ness : “ Do you consider Mr. M. an honest man?” Ans. “ Well, just about as honest as a poor man can afford to be, and liye.” W hat a terrible significance in that answer! It tells the whole s to ry ! Threading this bewildering maze of discordant relations and antagonist conditions, and preserving your integrity, is like shooting an arrow through a cane-brake. Man is made a criminal by a giant-handed duress. Society is the great criminal—-the thief-maker as well as the thief- punisher. It organizes and enforces all this outer repression which educates man to crime, and we must place the evil where it belongs— lay the charge at the right door, and date crime back to its remote and unsuspected origin. Crime is Human­ity inverted or perverted by social tyranny, malfeasance, and discord, which sports with our wants'play’s upon our passions, and maddens and infuriates them to violence and desperation ! Crime is the abnormal ness of Humanity— its diseased action— the mere negative assertion of man’s essential integrity, the “ night-side” of Human Nature, and proves the day-side. Slavery everywhere, in every age and nation, makes Crime, and Liberty everywhere makes order, justice, harmony, and happiness. The secret of man’s integrity is his natural and spiritual freedom ; and the secret of his baseness and crimi­nality is his social and spiritual bondage. For every man that is stricken down in our midst by the assassm’s dagger, for every* theft and robbery that is perpetrated, we are all, i f the truth was but knoien, guilty*. The immediate perpetrator of the felony is but the proximate instrument of the outrage. We have surrounded him with laws, influences, conditions, and relations, that work upon him now, and have wrought upon his parents, until he is impelled to do the deed. Judge and jury are particejis crimini, and stand arraigned as such in Heaven’s Chancery ! Every crime in the criminal catalogue can be traced back, link by link, to its origin in some social repression and discord.

Now, the remedy for all these manifold troubles, lies in the right to the means of life, the sovereignty* of the individual, the right of private judgment, liberty* of conscience, and the pursuit of happiness— in one word, L ib e r t y . Free the individual from all outer constraint and repression, be they superinduced by law, custom, creed, condition, or relation— let him be en­franchised—give him true relations nature-ward, man-ward, and God-ward—free outward development and growth, and he will justify himself before God and Man. Liberty* is the cry of the ag es ; it is emphatically* the spirit of these times— the world-wide movement. The tendency everywhere, and especially iu the United States, is to enfranchise the individ­ual ; to give him a larger sphere of independence and sover­eignty, and trust him more with himself. This expansion of the individual sovereignty is the underlying principle of all the reformatory* movements of these times. Witness anti­slavery, freedom of the public lands, homestead exemption, the war against monopolies, woman’s rights movement, etc., etc. God speed i t !

Before closing this communication, already too long, I must notice, in brief, the following objections, v iz .: T hat there is such a thing as “ vicious appetite,” and that men, if they were not restrained by* police, would run into excesses, and inordi­nately indulge their passions and appetites, and instead of vir­tue and purity, we would have intemperance, sensuality, and debauchery. To which I answer briefly as follows : Therepression of the passions and appetites only inflames them unnaturally, giving them an undue strength and dominion, and when opportunity offers for their illicit indulgence, they of course run into unlimited excess, which refers itself to the foregone expression. This is a universal law. Repression but adds to the momentum when it is temporarily withdrawn. Thus poverty is the school of avarice ; penury and want the cause of prodigality and profligacy, and constrained chastity the forerunner of sexual excess. 2d. Natural and spiritual law punish their own infraction. The transgression of a law of nature is infallibly followed by a corresponding penalty*.1 his is the only* corrective—the only* compensating movement.If you gormandize, you are punished with satiety*, disgust, and functional derangement, and these consequences admonish and restrain y ou from repeating the excess. Free the pas­sions and appetites, and they* will take care of themselves— will seek their equilibrium. Man was not made top-heavy or lop-sided, but upright, symmetrical, and harmonious, ami wants only Liberty to recover himself from vice, sin, and mis­ery. So let it come.

Pitthbuko, June 10, 1868.

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m iiB ib lr au th o rity , a n d o u r o w n b e su m m a rily co n d e m n ed a s false and p ern ic io u s, m ju » t so fa r a s th e y h a p p e n to d if ie r from h ia , w e shou ld h a v e a r ig h t to co m p la in o f th e in ju stic e o( th e d ec isio n . E sp e c ia lly , sh o u ld th e re a d e r p re fa c e h is v e rd ic t by asse rtin g in unequ ivocal lan g u a g e th a t t h e v iew s o f b o th p a rtie s belong, 10 ih c sam e g e n e ra l c a te g o ry , th e ab su rd ity o f th e w hole proceed ing w ould b e loo palpab le to re q u ire ex p o su re . N « r would th e w ro n g b e m ateria lly m it­ig a ted In' sh o w in g th a t th e m en ia l p o w e rs and a tta inm en ts o f o u t di«UiMCu»U»d trunvd a re y rra tty swpe-nur u» tvur ow n .

T h e re a d e r h a s a lre a d y o b se rv ed th a t th e c o u rse w hich w o re p u d ia te h as b e e n co rd ia lly ad o p ted hv M r. B eecher in h is R e p o rt A fte r a ll th e le a rn e d c r itic ism and logical a c u m e n d isp la y e d in th e s ta te m e n t o f th e p re m ise * , w e certain ly w e re n<>( a t all p re p a re d for th e co n c lu sio n . T h e first part gave u s a fa ir o u tlin e and c o m p re h e n s iv e s ta te m e n t o f th e facts and p h ilo so p h y , w h ich se e m e d to fo resh ad o w g rand and lib era l issues . bu t e i th e r o u r ju d g m e n t is u tte r ly w o rth less , o r M r. B e e c h e r is a s lam e in hi* in fe re n c e s a* h e is le a rn e d in th e

d isc u ss io n o f hi* a n te c e d e n ts , i /o w c o u ld w e a n tic ip a te su c h a dnomem rmt, w h e n n e a r th e c o n c lu sio n o f th e fir s t p a r t o f h it w ork Mr. B e e c h e r h o ld s th e fo llo w in g la n g u a g e .•

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If , th en , “ the fa rts o f th e B ib le . . fall w i th in th e sc o p e o f m ental and physiological sc ie n c e ,” sh o u ld n o t th e i r c la im s a lso be tried by the known law s o f s c ie n c e ? V e t, in s te a d o f subjecting them to th is ordeal— w h ic h w o u ld h e s t r ic t ly p roper if our author*» prem ises are tru e — h e n o t o n ly e x e m p ts them from the In a l, but proceeds to a ssu m e th a t s u c h fa c ts theroselve» constitute an infallible stan d ard , w h e re b y w o a rc req u ired to judge o f the quality o f a ll o th e r fa c ts o f a s im i la r charac ter. W e need olFer no op in ion re s p e c tin g th e c o m ­para tive value o f the phenom ena n a r ra te d in th e B ib le , a n d

the frets r ltrw h e re reco rded ; b u t it m u s t b e obvious to th e intelligent reader, th a t it 1» in d isp e n sa b le to a ra tional d e c is io n o f this question tha t w e fe a rle ss ly analyze Ike fttrlt Ih rm sslc ft, and tha t our judgm en t o f th e ir o r ig in , n a tu re , and re la tiv e worth he d ete rm ined by th e in tr in s ic qualities d isco v ered by su ch investigation. T o d e te rm in e the. constituen ts ot a n y com pound body, w e h a v e b u t to sep a ra te its s im ple e lem en ts, and * 8 only conrlude th a t it is m ore o r less refined and i alu- abl* th an o ther compound», w hen the op in ion is au tho rized by th e trial. M oreover, w c never accept th e assum ption o f any m an respecting th e specific properties an d in trin sic value o f »ay substance w hich he ha* not d ecom posed , so long as h is (par d ie il disputes the rhernisi*» ana lysis . In ap p ly in g sim ilar te s ta to the Spiritual phenom ena. I p ro ceed , there fo re , co n ­s is te n tly w ith the principle» laid dow n by M r. B eec h er h im ­se lf in th e first p an of hi» R eport. I f h is p re m ise s are founded in tru th , our reasoning is ju»t, and th e leg itim a cy of our final conc lu sio n s will not be questioned.

Mr. B e e c h e r reasoned like a ph ilosopher u n til h e w as sudden ly s ta r t le d by th e re ie laU on o f a natural co n c lu sio n , w hich see m e d l ik e ly to n u b re rt the authority of th e C h u rc h . H e saw . o r th o u g h t h e »aw , th a t th e fart» of the B ible m ust (H eritably f a l l w ith in the trope o f m enta l and p h y tio b y ie a l wiener, and accordingly* h e indorsed th a t as “ th e b e tte r theory." B a t in s tead o f su b jec tin g the fact* and phenom ena of th* Bible to th e p rin c ip le s o f sc ie n c e for tr ia l , h e re v erse s th e order, and proceed» to try Science hy S c r ip !are, o r by th e move questionable standard se t up a t W e s tm in s te r.

B ut here le t m briefly rx a n u n e th e s tan d ard s b y w h ich o u r au thor f fo p iv -k u> try th e princip le» of m o d ern s c ie n c e and th e fact» of hum an ex p e rien c e . O n page fifty -n ine , o f M r B e e c h e r’s R ev iew , w e find the follow ing :

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re fe r e n c e to " th e lo w a n d t h e te s t im o n y ,” w e a r e e n t i r e ly sa tis f ie d . In d e e d , w e o n ly n s k w h a t t h e p r o p h e t d id , nam ely*, th a t th e c o n tro v e rs y b e tw e e n u s a n d th e o p p o s i tio n m a y b e d e c id e d by th e a u th o r i ty to w h ic h h e a p p e a le d . W h a t , th e n , is t h e la w ? a n d w h e r e is i t w r i t t e n ? W c a n s w e r , th e law th a t g o v e r n s a n y c l a s s o f p h e n o m e n a , w h e th e r p h y s ic a l o r s p ir i tu a l , is b u t a n o th e r n a m e fo r a ti in v is ib le p r in c ip le , d i r e c t in g a g e n c y , o r s p e c if ic t e n d e n c y , w h ic h is fo u n d to c h a r a c te r iz e t h e fo rm s , m o d e s , a n d s e a s o n s o f t h e i r o c c u r r e n c e ; an d the la w f.t in v a r ia b ly w ritten i s the v a r io u s f o r m s th ro u g h which s u c h p h e n o m e n a a re e x h ib ite d . W h e n , th e r e f o r e , a n u m b e r o f fa c ts l e g i t im a te ly *' fa ll w i th in th e s c o p e o f m e n ta l o r p h y s i c a l s c i e n c e ," w c a r e n o t to in s ta n c e a p r in c ip le o f e th i c s , o r q u o te a p a s s a g e From D e u te ro n o m y , n s o u r a u th o r h a s d o n e , to ^ s e tt le a p u r e ly s c ie n t i f i c q u e s t io n r e s p e c t in g th e i r o r ig in a n d im p o r t , ( /n th e c o n t r a r y , th e la w m u s t bo s o u g h t w h e r e w e find th e fa c ts . W h e r e e l s e s h a l l w o g o to s tu d y th e law b u t t o th e s c e n e o f i ts o p e r a t io n s ? S u r e ly , i f i ts n a tu re is d i s c lo s e d a t a l l , it m u s t b e in i t s e f le e ts . N o in te l ­l ig e n t m an w o u ld th in k o f g o in g to th e P e n ta te u c h to le a rn th e la w s o f m o le c u la r a t tra c tio n , c h e m ic a l a f f in ity , o r p la n e ta ry m o t io n ; h u t a ll m e n tu rn to t h e p a g e s in th e g r e a t v o lu m e o f N a tu r e , w h e re th e h a n d o f Ciod h a s re c o rd e d th o s e l a w s , a n d w h e re th e y a r e clearly* i l lu s t r a te d by* th e p e r p e tu a l r e c u r r e n c e

o f thr phenomena they p r o d u c e . I n l i k e m a n n e r , S p ir i tu a l .M an ife s ta tio n s b e in g re g u la te d b y p h y s io lo g ic a l , p s y c h o lo g ic a l , a n d th e o s o p h ic a l p r in c ip l e s , w e m u s t s tu d y th e m y s te r i e s o f o u r b e in g , lo o k in to t h e d e p th s o f o u r o w n s o u ls , a n d g a z e a w a y in to th e S p ir i tu a l A r c a n a , a s t h e i l lu m in a te d s e e r s a n d in s p ir e d p r o p h e ts o f a ll a g e s h a v e d o n e b e f o re u s . T h u s s h a l l m e n w’h o a r e d e v o u t in s p i r i t a n d l ife a c q u i r e a n o b le r g if t th a n a p o o r s p e c ie s o f p o r t l y — a fa c i l i ty in r e p e a t in g w h a t th e a n c ie n ts s a id a n d s u n g . T h u s may* w e b e s t r e a d , c o m p re h e n d , a n d o b e y “ t h e l a w ."

H a v in g a s c e r t a in e d th e la w , t h e q u e s t io n . W h a t i s “ t h e testimony ?" r e m a in s to b e a n s w e r e d . T h i s a p p e a r s p la in ; a n d w e v e n tu re to s a y , t h a t the te s t im o n y , i n a n y g iv e n c a s e , i s p re c ise ly w h u t th e w itnesses a lle g e re sp e c tin g i t . W h e n th a t

a n c i e n t S c r ip tu r e w a s w r i t t e n , t h e t e s t im o n y to w h ic h i t w a s p ro p o s e d to a p p e a l , d id n o t c o n s i s t in s o m e o n e o r a c u la r d e c la r a t io n o r p a s s a g e fro m a s a c r e d w r it in g . N o r is th i s a t r u e d e f in i t io n to -d a y . O n t h e c o n t r a r y , t h e t e s t im o n y b y w h ic h w e a r e to j u d g e o f c u r r e n t e v e n t s , a n d th e p h e n o m e n a o f o u r o w n t im e c o n s i s t s o f w h a t is a f f irm e d b y th o s e w h o a re l iv in g a n d p r e s e n t to w i tn e s s t h e o c c u r r e n c e s th e y d e ­s c r ib e . S u c h p e r s o n s a lo n e a r e d e e m e d c o m p e te n t to t e s t i fy w h e n th e t r ib u n a l h a s a n y r e s p e c t fo r la w o r lo g ic . I t i s o n ly in a d ju d ic a t in g c a s e s w h ic h in v o lv e th e o lo g ic a l i s s u e s th a t t h e te s t im o n y o f a l l p r e s e n t a n d l iv in g w i tn e s s e s i s e v e r to ta l ly r e je c t e d . In s u c h c a s e s , h o w e v e r , it is t h e c u s to m to »end to a n o th e r q u a r te r o f t h e g lo b e fo r " p e r s o n s a n d p a p e r s ,” and t h e r e c o r d e d te s t im o n y o f m e n w h o l iv e d tw o o r th r e e th o u s a n d y e a r s a g o — g iv e n in r e f e r e n c e to fa c ts w h ic h o c c u r re d a t t h a t re m o te p e r io d — is e m p lo y e d to s e t t l e t h e m o s t m o m e n to u s q u e s t io n s o f To-day*. A m o n g th e m u lti tu d e w e o fte n m e e t w i th p e r s o n s w h o w il l q u o te a p a s s a g e from so m e a n c ie n t sc r ip tu re , to d i s p ro v e th e o c c u r r e n c e o f a m o d e rn f a r t , a s th o u g h th e w o rd o f a n c i e n t p a t r i a r c h , p r o p h e t , p r ie s t , o r k in g c o u ld c h a n g e th e n a tu r e o r d i s p r o v e th e e x is te n c e o f a s in g le fa c t in t h e e x p e r ie n c e o f m a n . A n d ev e n le a rn e d d iv in e s w h o a c k n o w le d g e th e r e a l i ty o f m o d e m S p ir itu a l p h e n o m e n a , p ro p o s e to d e te r m in e t h e i r v a lu e b y a q u o ta tio n fro m s o m e o ld c o n f e s s io n o f f a ith 1 S u c h a r e th e s ta n d a r d s w h ic h th e o lo g ic a l d o g m a tis m s e ta u p , e v e n w h e n th e facLs a re a d m itte d to c o m e w i th in t h e d o m a in o f s c i e n c e . N o w w e m a in ta in th a t i f a n c ie n t s a y in g s a r e o p p o s e d to m odern fa c t *, t h e fo rm e r d o n o t d is p ro v e th e la t t e r , b u t , o n th e c o n tra ry , th e la t t e r r e f u te t h e f o r m e r ; fo r w h a te v e r o c c u rs , de fa c to , is t r i e , th o u g h i t b e o p p o s e d to t h e p r e v io u s e x p e r ie n c e a n d ju d g m e n t o f t h e w o r ld . B u t o u r m o d e rn S p ir itu a l fa c ts a r e n o t o p p o s e d to h u m a n e x p e r i e n c e , b u t th e o c c u r re n c e o f s im ila r fa c ts is p ro v e d b y th e u n i te d te s t im o n y o f a ll a g e s a n d c o u n tr ie s . T h e te s t im o n y , th e n , a s i t r e la te s to th e m a in q u e s t io n , c o n s is ts o f ith a t the witnesses affirm rtspeeting S p i r i t u a l M a n ifesto l in n s , a n d th o s e w h o r e je c t th a t te s t im o n y n o w w o u ld h a v e d o n e th e sa m e a t a n y fo rm e r p e rio d . H a d M r. B e e c h e r g iv en th is te s t im o n y th e w e ig h t it d e s e rv e s , it w o u ld , w e h a v e re a s o n to b e l ie v e , h a v e m a te n

ally m o d ified li t d o n o t o b je c t 10b e g in n in g w e h a v e c o n s ta n t ly offered th> w i i no»»**», a n d in s is te d on it* a c c e p ta n c e , w h ile o u r o p p o s e * h a v e a» in v a r ia b ly a p p e a le d to th e i r e r re d * . '* T h e y »pnak nu t a c c o rd in g to th e law- a n d th e testim ony .* Is it fo r th e r e a s o n th a t th e y a r e w a n tin g in re lia b le in fo rm a tio n , o r , in o th e r w o r d s , ** h e e n u so th e r e rs no ligh* ' ' i th e m *

(>ne a u th o r c o m p la in s th a t w c a re lik e ly to h a v e a c o m p li­c a te d “ r i t u a l o f in v o c a tio n , ad ju ra tio n , c h a rm , e tc . ; a l re a d y '* h y m n s a r e s u n g , a n d o th e r m e a n s em p lo y ed to d e ta in o n e ( s p i r i t | . a n d to e x p e l a n o th e r ; " •• exorc ia tn» ab o u n d , am i it is iiu jilii'd th a t n u m e ro u s m ode» o f d e te rm in in g th e id e n ti ty o f s p i r i t s a r c s u g g e s te d . T h i s m ay b e all iru o a t so m e fu tu re l im e — p e r h a p s it m a y h e t ru e n o w . I t i t c e r ta in ly q u it« p o s ­

ib le th a t n o w re lig io u s fo rm s a n d c e re m o n ie s m a y bo in s t i ­tu te d . A m o n g th tt h u n d re d s o f th o u sa n d s w h o in so n ic son»© a r c c o n v e r ts to S p ir i tu a l i s m , th e re are d o u b tle s s m an y w h o se re lig io n h i th e r to h a s b o o n fi tfie ro B im alU iU , a n d w o m a y p re ­s u m e th a t , a t l e a s t fo r so m e t im e to c o m e , th e y w ill find it d if f ic u lt to p r a c t ic e a n y o th e r , o r even to c o n c e iv e o f a p u re ly » p ir i tu a l w o r s h ip . T h e r a is , th e re fo re , do m e re a s o n to o p p re - h e n d th a t s u c h p e r s o n s m a y follow th e fa sh io n o f th e a e c ta . M o re o v e r , i f t h e y s in g h y m n s o r re s o r t to o th e r m e a n s to e n te r ta in t h e i r fr ie n d * , w h e th e r in o r o u t o f t h e b o d y , th e y c e r ta in ly a c t v e r y m u c h l ik e o th e r p e o p le w h o a r e fnm ilin r w i th t h e u s a g e s o f g o o d so c ie ty . A n d w h a t i f th e y ta k e m e a su r e * to d is m is s u n p le a sa n t v is ito r* — to e s c a p e fro m th e c o m p a n y o f ig n o ra n t o r u n c o n g e n ia l s p i r i t s . T h i s is p r e c is e ly w lm t th e C h u r c h h a s a lw a y s d o n e . T h e b e s t C h r is t ia n * a m o n g u s s e l e c t t h e i r c o m p a n io n s , and th e c le r g y p e r p e tu a l ly r e s o r t to th e e x o r c i s m o f p r a y e r th a t th e y m a y b e d e l iv e r e d fro m th e d o m in io n o f S a ta n a n d th e in f lu e n c e o f a ll e v i l s p i r i t s . W h y , th e n , s h o u ld a n y a c c r e d i te d re p r e s e n ta t iv e o f th e C h u r c h find fa u lt w i th S p i r i t u a l i s t s o n th is a c c o u n t ? I f i t b e a fa c t th a t s p i r i t s , w h o s o in f lu e n c e is u n fa v o ra b le to th e h e a l th a n d h a p ­p in e s s o f th e m e d iu m , d o so m e tim e s in f lu e n c e m e n in the* b o d y , a s M r. B e e c h e r h a s m o s t c le a r ly s h o w n , i t m a y b e p r o p e r to d i s s ip a te t h a t in f lu e n c e b y s u c h m o d e s a s s h a l l p ro v e to be m o s t s u c c e s s f u l . I t m a y b e c o n c e d e d t h a t th e m e th o d s a l r e a d y a d o p te d a r e e x c e e d in g ly c ru d e a n d im p e r f e c t , y e t i t c a n n o t b e d e n ie d th a t an e f io r t t o a ffo rd r e l i e f in s u c h c a s e s is , to s a y th e le n s t , c o m m e n d a b le , a n d h a s fo r i t s e n c o u r a g e m e n t th e m o s t i l lu s t r io u s e x a m p le s in w h a t is te r m e d s& cre d h i s to r y .

N o r d o w e d i s c o v e r a u g h t th a t i s e s p e c ia l ly r e p r e h e n s ib le in th e v a r ie ty o f t h e m e a n s e m p lo y e d . T h e A p o s t le s th e m s e lv e s

a r ie d th e m o d e o f e x o r c is m a c c o r d in g to c i r c u m s ta n c e s , a n d w o r e n o t a lw a y s s u c c e s s fu l a t l a s t . B e s id e s , i f t h e ju d g m e n t o f P a u l— w h o m o u r a u th o r c i t e s a s a u th o r i ty o n th i s q u e s ­t io n — m a y b e a c c e p te d , it is n e i t h e r w r o n g n o r im p ro p e r to

a t te m p t , in a n h o n e s t a n d c a n d id s p i r i t , to id e n t i fy th e in te l l i ­g e n c e s w h o p ro f e s s to s p e a k to u s . fo r t h u s s h a l l w e o b e y th e

in ju n c t io n — *‘ T rv t h e S pir its .”

S P I R I T S A N D M E D IU M S IN T R O Y .

M r. W . H . V o s b u rg h , o f W e s t T r o y , w r i te s u s c o n c e rn in g s o m e in t e r e s t in g d e v e lo p m e n ts w h ic h a r e o c c u r r in g in th a t p la c e , t h e e s s e n t ia l p a r t i c u la r s o f w h ic h w e c o n d e n s e a s fo llo w s , n o t h a v in g ro o m fo r th e c o m m u n ic a tio n m fu ll. Ab r o th e r o f M r. V o s b u rg h , a lad o f s o m e s ix te e n y e a r s , b e ­c o m e s p o s s e s s e d b y th e S p ir i t s , w h o u s e h im fo r v a r io u s p u rp o s e s , a n d a m o n g o th e r s fo r th e p u rp o s e o f d ia g n o s t ic a t in g d i s e a s e , a n d p r e s c r ib in g i ts re m e d ie s . I f w h i le h e is u n d e r s p i r i t - in f lu e n c e , a s t r a n g e r e n te r s th e ro o m , w h o is a n y w a y d i s e a s e d , t h e s p i r i t , w h o c o n tro ls am i s p e a k s th ro u g h h im , w ill d e te c t t h e d is e a s e in s ta n t ly , w i th o u t a w o rd b e in g s p o k e n b y a n y p e r s o n in t h e fo rm ; a n d w ill p ro c e e d to d e s c r ib e i t w i th o u t fa i lu r e , p ro v in g th u s th a t h e h a s a c c e s s to a s o u r c e o f k n o w le d g e w h ic h is b e y o n d th e re a c h o f o rd in a r y p h y s ic ia n s in th e b o d y . T h r o u g h a n o th e r m e d iu m , t h e S p ir i t s a r e g iv in g l e c tu r e s u p o n a v a r ie ty o f h ig h s u b je c ts p e r ta in in g to n a tu ra l a n d s p i r i tu a l p h i lo s o p h y . T h e m e d iu m 's e d u c a t io n e m b ra c e s th e k n o w le d g e o f n o la n g u a g e b e s id e s t h e E n g l i s h , “ an d y e t h i s h a n d h a s b e e n u s e d to w r ite d iffe re n t la n g u a g es, and , f u r th e r , both h a n d s h a v e been used a t th e sa m e t im e , one w r i t in g on one su b je c t , a n d th e o th e r on a n o th e r .” T h e s e l a t t e r fa c ts a ffo rd a k n o t ty q u e s t io n fo r s k e p t i c s to s o lv e c o n s is te n t ly , w i th th e d e n ia l o f s p i r i t - p r e s e n c e a n d in flu e n c e ,

T E L E G R A P H .

<;ENEBAL C OKRE S P ONDE N€ E.i n t e r e s t i n g l e t t e r .

U«i.i.«TOs S r j , M a y 11, hi B k i t t a n

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M essrs . I’art ripokIn c lo s e d IS a c u p y o f a lo i te r o f a f r ie n d o f m in e r e a d i n g at

W „ t T r . .y , i l .u l I h a f . U k . n tli« l ib e r ty o f . « x l i n g IQ y o u , for p u lilio a lio u . it y o u d o rm ll a d v i t i .b l r , w ith o u t hi,I think It capital, x .d , knowing the man, I know ho would not object to it.

Your», * MT*, rW *st T uov. A p r il 20. 186R.

| ) k m M aklAN :I ti»*r Ix-itnl lin t you ami William »r* S|«irii-r»|*|i«TS If *°« ) ‘*u

In- pliMMsI |u lifar dual »tm r»|>a *rr licmrd in tn j »!*)• time whencalLsI A»r. and «»niHiiue» w hru not n j n ’r trd . My wi<r i» » inrdiuni of sound*, six) al*o » writing medium. My eldrai daughter i» a nirdium of MiuiuU, umt my »ream! iLuifliidr is n writing-mediOni and clairvoyant am a member a f •* Eureka < irclr,” urnl our prinri|ial medium. W in. May, rank* tii|{ti on a writing ami *|>rakiiig-mrdimn. W e are »ilting at |irr«enl for a course o f lecture* from the »jiirii o f Dr Franklin on ilie laws of pro. grcMion W c link«, tw enty lectures on j>*per. which complete* lb© Aral ■eric* T he mvoii«I wric* will I r r t l o f 111* law* that govern our *olar system. The** lecture«, when concluded, ore to lie imtiludn'd. Henidcn the»*, Mr. May’s hand tin» written seven different language«, and commu­nications in prose and poetry from various Spirit*.

W e derive niueh comfort ami imdniction from this discovery, whether real or delusive, and, notwithstanding the most rabid peruccutioti, we con­trive to live and laugh a t our tradurcra. Our mimlicr» arc few, and every thing is down on ua from Ihr pulpit to the lowcut rum-hole And yet wr plod »long, increasing «lowly in strength- O ur Methodist friend» opened the campaign by requesting leave to meet w ith, and try Ihe Hlieacy of prayer, again»« the tipping of a table. Wo gave them leave to bring up the whole force o f the i ’hureh, hut they harked down. T heir next p| was to npjKiint a committee to investigate the phenomena, and report the rrsillt. T in* committee formed a circle, and gave «eirnce a lift dial 1»»» not had nny Kcriou* effect upon railroad stork up to this dale.

'1 lie report, which was verbal, »els forth that “ Tattle» are tip|»rd tiy elec­tricity »el in motion and controlled by the compound will o f the circle, and if men enough could get into a cart to will it to move, it would luiv. (ravel, provided always that some unknown party on either side of the Atlantic was not willing that same ra il to stand »till at tlic same lime.”

If this discovery go«« into practical operation, I intend to have some famous ride* in a wheelbarrow.

A second committee sat long enough to develop a medium and receive a communication from the spirit o f a dog! T h is communication was pub­lished in the Troy b a i ty Time*. None o f us disputed the authenticity of this communication. Admitting that dog* have spirit* (and I know nothing to the contrary), if that circle could elevate their mind« high enough to get an affinity, old Jowler will have to come. And, again, they tailed to raise an affinity, and desired instruction, 1 see no reasonable excuse a dog could have for staying away.

Perhaps you may think 1 aiu treating the subject with levity. Not so Hut how can l »|>cak reverently of the conduct of people who call them selves Christian*, and then demean themselves to such practices as I hav t>cen describing 1 T he fact is, I have heard no argument yet against Spirit ualiktn that was w orthy o f refutation. Orthodoxy trembles in its shoes, and judging other» by itse lf »cents to have no respect for any thing that claims a divine origin.

T he various shade# and phases o f sectarianism arc alarmed, and well they m ay Im? ; for, “ a house divided against itself can not stand, but must fall ” W here, on the length and breadth of this earth, ra n such disunion be found a# exist# in the Church establishment« o f modem Christianity And do the rag* and tatters of a perverted religion expect to make head against a faith based upon the belief o f all previous ages, and upon the practical demonstrations of this ’ T he time ha» gone by w hen sophistry, however plausible, can pas# without the proof. Men are no longer satis­fied with sering the effect without knowing any thing o f the cause

T h e intelligence o f the ri#jng generation is not to he crammed into a nutshell, or frightened by that cloven-footed animal who is looked up to by bigotry and intolerance as the main pillar o f the Church militant. Science is sweeping the cobwebs from the sky of humanity. .Mortals are beginning to know the true secret o f happiness. J.et the curtain Adi.

Original tConmuniirations.

m u s i n g s .

#V WILLIAM fiKXTOM.

My youthful day* were day* nf joy. o f free ami r»re|e»i mirth. J Ami heaven seemed »• true to me as ever did «he earth ;The land of promise lay before n«y bright unclouded eye,I long«-«! A»r wing#, ibat I might to it# vernal Iw w m flyHut «lark Jay« came of fear amt doubt, my »oul'a bright hope« lay draJ,And like the early morning dew my beauto-» riaing fled;l.ike mountain* unbelief ro«r up, and abut out lieaven'« blue ^And to uiy *oul a harsh voire »aid. *« Thou too art lion, ,0 j |r I w m upon the ocean launched ; dark, stormy |u^ (And not a star put forth a ray to ble»» my oc(nn^ ^My anchor lost, th r wild wind swept me unr^utuig (rt,And o’er my bark despairing wave« roiled ever *im)Hut lo ! tlie niomiiig-#t«r o f hope arise» in tb* *ky.And iwick the darkly gathering clouds tiefore her prMrtir*My youthful heaven come# back to me still brighter than M or,Ami plain as are th r field* of earth I see the golden shore Sweet voices from that npirit-laiid are w hispering in my ear ,They bid me walk in love and light, and hanith every fear They warble to me joyous songs that they have (ward above.T he “ vale of teak»" become# again the ponidise of love My father'» house they spread la-fore my soul’* enraptnrrd sight,And show me those who went before upon the field* of light And though these vi«ions pas# away, these augul-forms depart.I will rejoice, for heaven has left it# impress on n>y heart

T E S T S - E V I L A N D G O O D S P I R I T S .

A c o r r e s p o n d e n t w r it in g on b u s in e s s , from M in e ra l P o in t , W is c o n s in , in c id e n ta l ly o f fe rs so n ic s ta te m e n ts a n d re m a rk s w h ic h , o n a c c o u n t o f th e i r g e n e ra l in te r e s t , w e ta k e th e l ib e r ty to e x t r a c t . H e s a y s :

“ A fter reading statem ents in your valuable paper, which catne so well authenticated that 1 could find no reason to dispute Uicir accuracy, and recollecting some manifestations to myself in former years, which I then thought Spiritual, I was induced, from curiosity, to sit occasionally by myself, and see if I was really a “ medium,” as I had been pronounced to be on several occasions A t the first sitting my hand moved slightly, which I pronounced nervous excitem ent; hut soon, to my utter astonishment, letters, word#, and sentences were formed, such a* had no connection with my mind ”

A f te rw a rd o u r c o r r e s p o n d e n t w a s in d u c e d to s i t w ith a c i r c l e , a n d d e ta il s s o m e o f t h e r e s u l t s , w h ic h e n s u e d a s fol­

lo w s ;T he spirit, communicating through mo, purported to l«e that o f my

former companion, wliii had been some ten years in the Spirit-world Ih e following are some of the queation# and answ ers, which satisfied me of the Spirituality o f tlie communication, the questions being asked mentally by another person, am! not known to me until the answer# had been written by my hand 1st yuo*. • Is the spirit, now communicating through Mr. ------ . that o f his former w ife!’ Ana. * It is, fear not.* 2d yues.

W hen will this spirit communicate again through this medium ?' An*.W hen you please, I am with you ' 8d Quea , asked by a young lady

mentally, but stated to the company alter «hr answ er was written, but before made known to her • Have I a guardian spirit V Ans. * You have, aitd shall be convinced of it. ' O ther questions were asked, and received equally appropriate answers, and I being the medium, and not knowing of any other influence that could produce the answ ers thus accurately, can attribute it to nothing but spirit# of departed friends.

•* I have not read Mr Hrecher’a report, and know not what proof he offers to sustain his conclusion that evil spirits only are permitted to com­municate with the living, but would like to tiave him, or some other »me •k ill'd in theology, tell me if • evil spirita’ would be likely to dictate such sentiment* a# the following, which have been dictated by * Spirits’ through my hand . and if so, for what purpose ’ At one sitting, among other wholesome advice, I received the following * Hou»ember religion is love. T he teaching of the Word o f tiod should be your guide, l e t nothing divert your mind from its hnlv precepts Study to know the will o f your Heavenly Father, and strive to do it. Avoid that which has It»» appear­ance of conflicting therewith. Dali often upon fiod, and fear not to declare his goodness, etc. Amt I might give much more that has but little appearance of coming from ‘ evil spirits * "

T he work goea bravely on, and if the devil is at the bottom of it, I give him the credit o f being a scholar, poet, philosopher, and, every way you can fix him, a very moral old gentleman, from whom modem Christians might learn lessons that would be highly beneficial. In acrepting this faith, I tread on safe ground. 1 have no wish to go to heaven by counsel or proxy, according to the orthodox modes. And if the adversary has taken this method to entrap me, he appears to be wasting time to secure what was already his own. There is another thing to console m e . I shall have plenty o f good company, and if things don’t go right, we can get up a revival or a rebellion, and give the devil a greater tumble than he got in Milton’s P arad ise Lost.

Yours, fraternally, samukl m. plter#.

T on* o r th* Pasas. — W hen the Spiritual-manifestations were firat announced, the press universally cried, ‘‘ H euaua.” Now it almost universally cries, *• Mvs-rsatou« !M At the next step in the order of prog­ress, i u almost universal cry will be, " T i o i I”

T R Y T H E S P I R I T S .(iRKRNrici.D, H uron Co., Ohio, June 18, 186S.

Dkak Drotiikr Br it t**:You publiidicd in the T klrorapii, o f the 4th inst., what purports to Ik?

an original poetical communication from the spirit o f Mrs Jane Mendenhall through the daughter o f Mr. .1 P Mendenhall, a* medium. You suggest introduclorily, that the lines seemed familiar to you. Being impressed in similar way myself. I have been at some pains to search after the original, which I found in a small volume, entitled The M o ttrn tr 's Chaptet, edit­ed by John Kcese, and published by Messrs. Gould, Kendall A Lin' colli, Boston, 18-11 T he stanzas which were published in the T klk- okai-h under the title, “ T he Rest in Heaven.” will be found at page 92 o f the C haptet, characterized simply as a " Song,” ami are there attributed to the pen of Mr J H Bright. T he first three stanza# of the •‘ Song” are printed in the T ki.kgk i r i l nearly verbatim —saving onr or two im proving alterations—the last being omitted, which ia a# follows

>• Wtirn »L- tom* pales thy cheek.An,I dim* thy lustrous eye.

Amt pulse«, low and weak.Tell of ■ time to die,

Sweet hope shall whisper Use«,* Thouph thou Irum earth he rivea.

There's Ml** beyond thy ken.There's real for thee in hesren V “

Mr Mendenhall, it seems to me. should lie very careful, before publish ing these poetical communications, to ascertain from the communicating •pint whether or not it is giving a composition o f it* owu, or only repeat ing ••things which were familiar to it* mind while on earth.*' Spiritual­ism has suffered much from the indiscreet haste and carelcsanesa with which it# friend# have acted, both in receiving and publishing the spirit message«. For instance, take the present caae, and I venture to assert tluit the knowledge o f it would, in the ininds o f the caviling and skeptical, do more to retard their reception of the elevating and immortal truths of Spiritualism than all the savage criticisms of a diabolical press, or the more despicable onslaughts of a merely Sabbatarian sanctity, could effect

half a century. Blear-eyed bigotry, the ungainly l»aiitliiig o f the popu­lar demoniae materialism, ami the *W k. fat plausibility that looks only to the conservation of the tithes, ignoring the mantle that “ covers a multi­tude o f *iiia.” Would discover only a shabbily-cloaked plagiarism, a n d —a threatening of the tithe# !

For m yself I acquit Brother M o f any intentional imposition, and hope that thi# mistake may teach him the importance of a more careful examin­ation into the origin of the communications which he receives. As to his little daughter, may she continue to he, os I doubt not she is, a p u rr channel through whom the narred haptismul waters may flow into the fainting and weary hearts of the sons and daughters of earth-

Thine, fraternally, a n o n

A t th e tu n c w e pub lih lie tl th e jkhths re fe r re d to b y o u r co rrcN p o n d o iit, w o d is t in c tly in tim a te d o u r su tip ic io n th a t th e y w e re n o t o r ig in a l w i th th e n p ir iU fro m w h o m th e y w e re s u p ­p o se d to p ro c e e d , h u t e x p r e s s e d o u r c o n f id e n c e in th e good fa ith o f M r. M e n d e n h a l l a n d h is fa m ily . U p to th is t im e w o h a v e h a d no o c c a s io n to c h a n g e o u r v ie w s . W e a r e now s a tis f ie d t h a t th e l in o s w h ic h p u rp o r te d to c o m e from a m u r­d e r e r , w h o w a* ex ecu te« ! iu C h il l ic o th e , O h io , w e re co m p o sed

iy M o n tg o m e ry .— K u .

S P I R I T - S E E I N G , IN H U D S O N .

M r . C h a r l e s P a r t r i d g e :D e a r S i r — I h a s te n to « en d y o u , ac c o rd in g to your re­

q u e s t , a c o n c is e a c c o u n t r e s p e c t in g s p ir i tu a l sight-treeing here I in H u d s o n . W c a rc n o t m u c h fa v o red w ith w bat are termed ra p p in g » ; in d e e d , t h e m a jo r i ty o f o u r in h ab itan ts never cwld r e c e iv e th e s e n o is e s a s s p i r i t u a l ; b u t to ac tu ally see a spirit w o u ld ho to th e l lu d s o u ia n s an u n d e n ia b le proof, eapecutlljif m o re th a n o n e p e r s o n s a w , a t th e sa m e tim e , th e same qxni T o s e e a n d h o ld a c o n fa b w o u ld , in d e e d , b e dem onstration ml- f ic ie n t to s ta g g e r th e u n b e l ie f o f th e v e r ie s t bigot of the old th e o lo g y h e r e in o u r lo c a li ty . 1 h a v e often h ea rd the remark m a d e , th a t w e r e a d e c e a s e d o n e to o p en th e door o f a room, e n te r , ta k e a c h a ir , a n d c o m m e n c e a com m on neighborly

c o n v e rs a t io n w ith th e m , th e y w o u ld believe , because they co u ld no t av o id b e lie v in g . •Such is th e condition of »piritual b e l ie f in th i s lo c a li ty . T h e s in g u la r circum stance» found d e ta ile d in th is l e t t e r o c c u r re d l a s t w in te r, to one of two H e rm a n in d iv id u a ls w h o w e re p a r tn e rs in a respectable b u s in e s s c o n c e rn iu W a r re n S tr e e t . T h e p articu la r locality, fo r re a s o n s c o n n e c te d w ith re n tin g , I th in k advisable to omit

T h e a u th e n tic i ty o f th e s ta te m e n ts , from th e fact o f my being p e r fe c tly w e ll a c q u a in te d w ith th e p a r tie s . I k n o w to be in­d is p u ta b le . T h e r e w a s a m em o ra n d u m k e p t d a ily , at th< t im e , b y o n e o f th e m , w h ic h I c o p y e n t i re , a s I find it, for y o u r u s e . T o d o litis w e a r e o b lig ed to h a v e it translated fro m th e (> crin a n , in w h ic h it is w r it te n . T h i s memoranda«

is a s fo llo w s :N o v . 2 2 d , 1 8 5 2 . F r a n c is M e rk le y , a t 10 o ’c lo c k a t night,

w h e n in b e d , in a ro o m in th e r«*ar o f th e sh o p , n o t being v y e t a s le e p , su d d e n ly s a w a m an H a n d in g n e a r th e door of th» s le e p in g a p a r tm e n t w h e re h e w a s . T h in k in g th a t he hai fo rg o tte n to lo ck th e d o o r— th a t p o ss ib ly h is p a r tn e r h a d cons b a c k fo r so m e th in g , a n d w a s s ta n d in g th e re to fr ig h te n bus (h u t n o t b e in g s u re o f th is , a n d n o t s e e in g th e p e rso n very p la in ly )— h e ju m p e d o u t o f b e d , an d ra n to th e shop-door ia fro n t, w h ic h h e found lo c k e d , a s u s u a l . C o m in g back into th e room w h e re lie s le p t , h e s a w th i s p e r so n y e t standing n e a r th e ta b le . H e s e e m e d to w e a r a lo n g s u r to u t coat, of i d a rk c o lo r . T h e ro o m n o t b e in g v e r y l ig h t, h e cou ld not set th e fe a tu re s v e r y p la in ly , th e fa c e b e in g tu rn e d from but. lo o k in g to w a r d th e ta b le . T h e p e r s o n a p p e a re d to be quite ta ll. C o m in g u p n e a r h im , M e rk le y s p o k e q u ite sharp ly , u d a s k e d h im “ w h a t h e w a n te d ? ” In s ta n t ly th e person fin­is h e d ! N o t a p p r e h e n d in g , a s y e t , th a t th is w aa a spirit, M e rk le y lit a c a n d le , a n d b e g a n to s e a rc h a ro u n d the room fo r th e u n k n o w n v is ita n t, b e lie v in g th a t h e had hidden away s o m e w h e re . N o t d is c o v e r in g a n y o n e , b e b lew ou t his light, a n d th e n w e n t to b e d . A sh o r t t im e a f te r h e w a s in bed hr h e a rd a lo u d n o is e in th e ro o m , lik e th e b reak ing of dry s t ic k s , o r sn a p p in g » , a n d a ls o so m e ra p p in g s ; y e t not hearing a n y th in g fu r th e r , h e re m a in e d in bed fo r th e re s t par! of the n ig h t , w ith o u t b e in g a n y f u r th e r d is tu rb e d a t th a t time U t it b e n o te d th a t o n e o f th e p a r tn e r s (M e rk le y ) board«.', him­se lf , a n d s le p t in th e room in th e r e a r o f th e s h o p ; th e otb« o n e , w h o k e p t th is re c o rd o f th e in c id e n ts , b o ard ed w ith ns.

a n d s le p t a t tny re s id e n c e .2 3 d . T h i s n ig h t, a t 12 o ’c lo c k , b e in g a w a k e , Merkhjr

h e a rd th e s o u n d o f fo o ts te p s w a lk in g ab o u t th e room . Hf so o n a f te r s a w th e p e r so n s e e n th e n ig h t b e fo re , w a lk in g nor h is b e d , a s s e e n b y th e m o o n lig h t from th e w in d o w . Heno* a s k e d h im “ w h a t he iranted f ” T h e sp ir i t m ad e answ er 10- s a id , “ I hare lost something."

M e r k l e y .— T e l l m o w h a t y o u w a n t! I ’ll do for y o u t l 1 c a n ; 1 a m w ill in g to h e lp y o u all 1 r a n .

S p i r i t .— It is n o t tim e y e t !T h e ab o v e w o rd s w e re g iv e n iu an im p re s s iv e , low,

d u e d to n e , b u t w ith o u t effo rt, b y th e s p ir i t— for M erkley » v a p p r e h e n d e d th e in d iv id u a l a s o n e n o t in th e flesh . Franc» M e rk le y ’s g e n e ra l c h a r a c te r is o n e w h o lly d e s ti tu te of fear S u c h h a s a lw a y s b e e n h is c h a ra c te r fron t e a rly life. Ol s a y in g th e w o rd s la s t g iv e n , th e s p ir i t d is a p p e a re d . A wrt s h o r t t im e a f te rw a rd , M e rk le y h e a rd th re e ra p s on the p«© litio n s e p a ra t in g th e s h o p from th e s le e p in g -ro o m , but Dothaf

fu r th e r th a t n ig h t.2 4 th . T h i s n ig h t, 12 o ’c lo c k , M r. M e r k le y h ea rd footstep

a g a in in h is room . H e th e n s a t up in b ed , w ith the bed­c lo th e s d ra w n a ro u n d h im , an d looked o u t to see where th« s o u n d w a s , a n d w h o m a d e it. All a t o n c e ho fouml himself s ta n d in g in th e m id d le o f th e room , lo o k in g tow ard the p"' t i tio n , a n d w h o lly c le a r fro m th e b o d -c lo th e s w hich he h»- a ro u n d h is s h o u ld e rs w h e n in b ed . H e looked about hi» q u i te a s to n is h e d at t in s p ro o f o f sp ir i t-p o w e r , but saw noooc H e a g a in a s k e d , a s on fo rm e r o c c a s io n s , “ w hat was ro»w b u t re c e iv e d no a n s w e r . H e w e n t b ac k to bed aip* S h o r t ly a f te r h e h e a r d s o m e so rt o f a c rack lin g noise. h*f . th e b re a k in g o f d ry s t ic k s , hut w a s d is tu rb ed no lurtbct ^

th a t n ig h t.2 5 th . T h i s n ig h t, a t 12 o 'c lo c k p re c is e ly , lie w as awake*

b y so m e o n e p u ll in g d o w n th e b e d -q u d ts . H e pulW th u p a g a in , w h e n a g a in th e y w e re p u lle d d o w n . I hi* h in t to s i t u p in th e b ed a n d look o u t. T h e n he p e r s o n s ta n d in g n e a r h is b e d . A s u su a l, ho ask«»!

w h a t he w a n ted f " T h e a n s w e r w a s , “ / p ra y yo* f Jgive w c / ” M e rk le y in q u ire d w h a t w a s h is n a m e • *ni11 _

I f 1 can do any thing fo r you, 1 a m w itting to do it.t v

rcpl)^ W i» , •• / / /r ,jv yoti In for-n re me f o r • / / / A arr </ofle A*

M rrkL ’V •liaw ftm l, •*/ Jo / o f y i e t y»« iri/A a // toy A furl, in tki» w orld Q„.t the *»/Arr «/«) CH| hi* «ay m g tin* .

s p ir i t v a n ish e d , N l«> vrtl «riti» su<*h » t»*>nr th a t M«-rWl« v B rough t a ll (h e w in d o w s in Uw* h«»u»e wen* b ro k e n , l i e jjMi

Up a n d fe ll o f Uw Window», but th e y were t i l ta fe an d u n ­in ju re d . N o th in g fu rth e r o e e u rre d for th a t n ig h t.

tftUh. N ot huit; bea rti o r æ m I hi* n ig h t.

‘¿ 7 th M erh ley and hi* p a r tn e r , th e d a y p r e r io u t , w r»,ic e a c h on a p iec e o f pap** •°h»e ip iea tio n a fur th e « p in t \n tn a w e r , anti left the (taper* OH a tab le . T h e p u rp o r t o f th e w ritin g a Were ret(Ue*U “ for »he a p m t U» w rite «.»me a d v ic e on th e p ap e r. w h ich aliould p ro v e b e n e fic ia l to th e m a f te rw a rd . T h e high! a lte r c o d in g ( ’¿ 7 th ) , a few a lig h t nutwea w e re h e a rd , but no th ing *een . t>n th e n e a t d a y , on in a p re tin g th e pa|krr», on e o f th e m w a» fourni c o v e re d h e re am i th e re w ith type- tnarka , re p re a e o tin g p la in ly a n am e c o m p u te d o f th re e led e rà , tile le t te ra lH*tng ( te rm a n . | »at* th la (taper, and it ca n lie o b ta in ed if re« I in reti m fu tu re . T h e le tte ra w e re *onie few o f th e m m ade . a> it a|>(M*arr«l. from th e ty p o being tir*l d ip jied in to th e in k . T h e y w e re m uch M olted on th e »idea, a lth o u g h th e m an i nnpre«aion d m | in h I , bu t ni«fa o f lliem w e re s im p le in d en ta tio n * o f th e ty p e , y e t p e c u lia r in lea v in g lea d en -c o lo red m ark * , w in c h ty p e n e v e r «lo w h e n aniifdv |»r«*»*e«J d o w n w a rd on |M |»er. In d e e d , I Jou li! if ty p e o f th e ordinary* k in d , i f not re c e n tly u»ed , w ill gm « d ark * co |o re d b lac k -b all p e n c il lin ea , e v e n w h e n d ra w n o ver («»per T h e æ w e re e v id e n tly m ad e by prc* * tjre , a<> s tro n g ly g iven th a t th e pap«*r w a* n o t o n ly d«*eply in d e n te d , but th e p ine board» aU o o f w h ic h th e tab le w a» mad«*, am i on w h ich lay th e |iap«'r. T h e n am e w a* cou ipo«cd

o f th re e letter* o n ly , an d th i» Ha» found in lite co rn er» a long th«* »nie», an d h e re am i th e re on th e m id d le o f tin

sh e e t. T h e ink w a s fourni s p ille d on th e (lour, i ’erliap» th is w a s d im e lo r th e s a k e o f d ip p in g th e ty*pe m o re re a d ily .

•¿Mth T h ia n ig h t, b e tw e e n tw e lv e and o n e , M r. M erk le y

wa* a w a k e n e d by th e »otmd o f »nim* o n e w a lk in g an d ra p p in g

in hi» room . O n lo ok ing up , ho »aw th e »aim* |x*nroii o r sp irit ho had se e n b efo re , » lan d in g n e a r hi» b ed . A gain ho a sk e d h im , a* u su a l, ** w hat he w a n t r d f " T h e s p ir i t th en

III so m an y w o rd s, p la in ly , th a t “ he w a n t* ! M erk ley to fo rg tr e A i m ” I t a p p e a rs M e rk le v d id noi su p p o se th e le tte rs sign ified an y th in g m ore th a n c u r io u s m ark» m ad e w ith tyj»«- ; for he now ask e d th e sp ir it-v is ito r , p e r so n a lly , " irk n f wus A im namr l i e gave th e sam e n am e p re v io u s ly lo im d »lai|l|>ed

on th e p ap e r, ' l l w fact im m ed ia te ly M em o d to b e fully und ers to o d hy M. rk le y , a lthough h e w as ra ll ie r alow to a p p ly

it befo re , that th e ind iv idual w as one h e hail fo rm e rly k n o w n in G e rm an y . H e re co llec te d h im as a re s id e n t o f th e sam e

p la c e h e had com** fro m — in fact a d is ta n t re la tiv e— w h o w a s liv ing w h e n h e w e n t to A m eric a ; n o r hail h e h e a rd oi Ins d e a th un til now . T h e n am e I o m it, for re a so n s alTeciing th e

re sp e c ta b ility o f th e family. T h e s p ir i t fu r th e r re v e a le d , “ th a t fo rm erly h e bad w ro n g ed M erk le y o u t o f a sum o f m onoy, and so m e je w e lry b e lo n g in g to h im ," w h ich h e s ta te d “ os heiny not now in hi* pow er to rejm y hu t w ish ed •* to hr fo r g i r tn . fur M kr could not rest unless hr d id fo r g iv e kirn." M erk le y th en to ld h im to ” <jo to Aim m i r f o r ke f o r * •fare Aim rn h re ly who! Ac And Jonc to A n n .” T h e sp ir i t th en

th an k e d him , am i d isa p p e a re d su d d en ly , but w ith o u t a n y o f th e noise* w h ich lu ti u sually a(tende«l h is tle|»arlur«*. S in c e

th en M erk ley has not b ee n v is ite d b y th e s p ir i t so a s to s e e

him p erso n a lly . O n one o cc asio u h e h a s h e a rd so u n d s r e ­

sem bling an okl perso n w a lk in g w ith a c a n e , an d h a s now and th e n h ea rd rappingn. O n e n ig h t, a lso , h e saw* in th e

room a b lue-looking lig h t, w h ich p asse d th ro u g h th e room .H e also h ea rd , one n ig h t, som e one w e ig h in g w ith th e s c a le s ,

in th e shop ill front.1 have no th ing m ore to add a t p re se n t, fu r th e r th an to s a y

th e shove can b«* »w orn to as a u th e n tic , if re q u ire d . T h is le tte r is a lread y lo n g er th a n I in ten d ed it shou ld be . 1 feel satisfied th a t sp iritu a l s ig h t-se e in g w ill in d u e tim e becom e as com m on as any th ing e lse ; e sp e c ia lly if w e confine o u rse lv e s to a vege tab le d ie t, and v iew th e m a tte r no t a s a w o n d e r o r a miraci«*, but as one o f th e m an y , very m any u n ex p la in e d e le ­m e n ta ry facta of N a tu re an d N a tu re 's H od.

Y o urs, for th«> tru th o f love, p ea ce , an d good-w ill to a ll

m an k in d , a . s . d o o l it t l i :, m. d .

I’ A R T B I I M i E AN! ) HR I T T A N ’S S P I R I T U A L T E L KG RAPI I .

üfjiSáio'üá irnsai 5KH2 m imf r o m ONE o f t h e AN CIEN TS.

f r ie s . June ‘¿4. l*JdM uufes. I’ARTftlDO! A UalTTAM :

/ te a r J had r* tire d Ui r e s t from th e b u l l o f th ed a y , b u t from so m e h id d en c»u»e wa* u n ab le to s le e p . I felt th e in sp ira tio n o f • •p i r i l -p rc s e w o s tro n g u p o n m e , an d felt u rg e d by th e in v isib le p o w e r «« a r is e , go to m y ta b le , an d p r r (lare to do as d ire c te d by tb e S p ir i ts . I k n e w n o t to lia l wo* to b e , o r wa» w ritte n , u n til tb e m a n u s c r ip t w a» c o p ie d by m e th is m o rn ing . H a v in g c o m p le te d th e w r it in g , I r e tu r n e d to m y c o u c h an d Boon Ha» W afted on th e p in ion» o f th e an g e i S le e p to th e hap p y L au d o f I »ream s

REM A R KA BLE FA C T S ..MtPisos, l . t a Co , O hio, June 0, 1868.

M««*»« E ditor» o r t b s T i i w i m .Reading in jo u r valuable paper many interesting areuunt» of spiritual

(act*, amt having to wnlc to you on other boon**», I will hastily pen count* uf a few of ihe many that have transpired in this vicinity

Mr Vinauo Stuck «ell. in Thompson. Geauga C o . Ohio, lias in hi* family a little girt about twelve year» okl. who became lir»t * rapping, then a writing, amt lastly a clairvoyant uintiurn She ilesrrib«'* the nature ol disease, tells thr «ynq>t.»m* ami feeling* of the patient, prescribe** Ibr the same. aifeJ has perforated wnmlrriul cures. < >ne rase is as follows A little girl, nine year* old. had been under thr rare of lour very eminent medical gentlemen nearly two year*, and during that him* over one hundred pieces of booe were taken frotn her limbs The physicians finally gave her up as incurable, at which tune ahe could only he moved from one bed to another on pillows She is now entirely cured by a prescription made by Spirits through this medium

Another wss a case of desfnr**. of f a r years* standing. The patient it a lady, a neighbor of mine, ami 1 knew hrr to be so «leaf that it was with much ditfirulty that abrcouUl tie made to understand by loudly speak­ing in her ear This case, too, had baffled the skill of several physicians She was entirrly healed by spiritual agency through this medium

Another astonishing fact (or series of farts) is as fallow»: Mr Stock­well. father of the medium, left here far < alifarnia afterward his family had m « i of him hy apinlual agency almost daily, stating hia whereabout, ami many little incidents occurring in his journey, which stale«nents were found to correspond exactly with his letters afterward received. Hut the most astonishing fact of all was, that after being absent about one year, and the family not hearing from him for some time, they sat for spiritual communications, and to their surprise the Spirit informed them that Mr S was on his way home This information was quite unexpected, as Mr S was not eiperted home until the year fallowing The question was askVd, **1» he on the water»'’ Answer, “ No. be is on the Isthmus Tbe spirit staled at the same time on what day of the month he would be at borne . and, Orange as it may appear, he arrived on the very day fare- told, and stated that he was on the Isthmus at the tune the communication was given which stated that he was.

A xotueb F act: Mrs Harrow, in this place, is a medium far Spirits. She is a very intelligent lady, and has many good and truthful communica­tion* A few days since a sinter, now living in the Spirit-land, came to converse with her, as she said, about a sister living in Middlrfnjry, \ enuont, who has a large family of children, all boys. The spirit-sister informed her that her friend* in Vermont were rejoicing that her sister had given birth to a daughter, which was then two «lays and a half old ; ami that she would receive a letter in a few days corroborating that communication lew Jays after Mrs. D. «reived a letter staling eiactiy the facts of which the spirit-sister had previously informed her.

Another talking medium, having measurably the same gift as the other», bee, far the satisfaction of some unbelieving friend», while going on busi- •wss to Punraville or Cleveland, one fourteen and the other forty-two ml«», asked .Spirits to set his watch by any timepiece, at any public house, naming the place , and while it would be moved ten or fifteen minutes one way or the <4her, s would he within a minute of the tune.

Your», progressively, u. w aste r.

COMMUNICATION.

There* is • jroftrer hi W ork m thro lau d , for good, w h o se up cra tion« af.* a lle n i, »l«*w, hu t U n e rrin g ly su re . O p in io n s long held «lend a re to b e d e th ro n e d , an«l d iv e e to d o f th e c h a rm w ith h lu r l i th e y a r e a n d h a v e b e e n so long in v e s te d . T r u th i» lh a l |»»w er. an d it i* w ie ld e d by th e h an d o f th e O iiiu ip u te iit G od , th e F a th e r o f L m v e r sa l N a tu re 1 W h a t liv in g e r ro r pan w ith sta n d th e p«>wer o f n e w -fo u n d tru th » W h a t co m p lex ity o f m a c h in e ry — e x is te n t in s ti tu tio n s , ca n lo n g e r o p e ra te a g a in s t (ha t w h ic h th e lu tine»» o f th e a g e s h a s so m a rv e lo u s ly d e v e l­

o p ed —»-the liv in g lire o f I m m o b t a l T b u t m ? "W h e n I wu» a d w e lle r o f E a r th , I th o u g h t I h a d a t ta in e d th e a c m e o f

m o ra li ty — th e » u u m u t o f th e m o u n t u f W isd o m . H a d I 7 L ook a b ro a d o v e r th e su rfa c e o f th is e a r th o f th in e , an d ask th y so u l if th e s u b tile p r in c ip le o f p ro g r e s s h a s n o t w o rk e d a w o n d ro u s c h a n g e s in c e th a t d i» tau t d a y in w h ic h I to ile d on e a r th , a n d d a ily ca||«*d to g e th e r th e c h ild re n «if Ih e s u n n y c lim e in w h ic h I d w e lt , to w o rsh ip a t th e « b rin e o f O n n u z d an d M in inoli, th e D eified id e a s o f th o P e r s ia n m in d , n o t th e T r u e

an d K v e rliv in g G o d o f N a tu re ' E te r n i ty h ad ju s t c o m ­m en c ed ; hut p ro g re s s had ev e n a t th a t e a r ly d a y w o rk e d g re a t am i im p«irfant c h a n g e * . C e n tu r ie s h a v e re c o rd e d th e m s e lv e s on th e p a g e o f D u ra tio n s in c e th a t tim e , a n d y e t I find E t e r ­n ity h a s b u t ju s t b eg u n , an d P ro g re s s is y e t in s w a d d lin g c lo th e s ; a n d th e l lo d y o f H u m a n ity h a s s c a r c e ly t r ie d il» s t re n g th an d l im b s — is s t il l tin* w e a k in fa n t, h e ld in le a d in g - s tr in g s by th e love o f th o s e w h o liv ed b e fo re th e m — a n g e lic r e s id e n ts o f th e s u n n y la n d ! M e n a re n o t y e l a b le to w a lk aloni* on th e d iz z y h e ig h ts o f a b so lu te k n o w le d g e ; th e y n e e d a iiurs«' an d re v e a le r , a n d , lo ! th e y h a v e b o th in S p ir itu a l M in is tra n te !

M an y th e o r ie s e x is t Upon th e su rfa c e o f y o u r li tt le p la n e t ;

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o f th e e a r th , th a t n o t y e t h a v e th e y a t ta in e d h ig h e r t ru th th a n th a t w h ic h is to us th e lo w e s t a n d m o s t e x te rn a l . D o s t th o u th in k th o u h a s t found ou t CJod ! C o n st thou solve the m y s te ry o f a s im p le rose-lea f / W e s e e th a t th o u h a s t a t ta in e d to a de-

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fo ld in g s o f th e a n g e lic m in d th a t th y a lp h a b e t d o th to th a t nob le s c ie n c e w h ic h re a d s th e s ta rs , an d te a c h e s fo rm s, d i r e c ­tion , an d m a g n itu d e ! Y e t tin* p r in c ip le s o f N a tu re a n d th e la w s o f th e U n iv e rse w ill be un fo lded to t lic e a s th e re c e p tiv e c a p a c ity o f th e sou l o f H u m a n ity w ill ad m ij.

In th e a g e w h e n I m oved on th is th y s p h e r e , it w a s th o u g h t th e g o d s o b ey o n ly o n e o f m a n y a s th o r e c e p ta c le o f D iv in e l ig h t. B u t th e a g e now h e a r in g th e e o n w a rd to th e te m p le - c o u r ts o f T r u th , d is c lo s e th an a rc a n u m , for it is s e e n th a t th e

e n t i r e fam ily o f m a n , on th is a n d o th e r e a r th s , a re re c ip ie n ts o f in sp ira tio n from th a t fo u n t w h e n c e l ig h t d o th e m a n a te an d flow . L is t y e , th e n , to e v e ry v o ice th a t w h is p e r s “ G od is

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so u l is a t te n t iv e a n d a t tu n e d to h a rm o n y d iv in e , an d th y sp ir i t y e a rn s fo r s u s te n a n c e . I d e c la re to th e in h a b i ta n ts o f e a r th ,

th a t no tru th is too s im p le for m a n k in d to c h e r is h , a c k n o w le d g e ,

an d a p p ly . H u t th e r e a re m an y t r u th s lo o v a s t fo r th e u n d e ­

v e loped ( th e r e fo r e lim ite d ) in te l le c ts o f th e d w e lle r s on th y s p h e r e . L is t y e to a ll th a t h e a rs th e f r o n ta l seem ing o f T r u th , b u t «*re y v ad o p t it, w e ig h t w e ll its l in e , v a lu e , a n d d ire c t io n !1 w ill ag a in a p p ro a c h a n d te a c h th e e ; m a k in g o f th e e a c h a n ­nel w h e re b y to r e a c h th e m in d s o f m a n y , w h o a r e p re p a re d to re c e iv e su c h tru th s as th o u a r t a d a p te d to c o n v e y - I w ill im p ress u p o n thy so u l a lig h t th a t sh a ll ra is e th e e , a n d w h ic h »hall go fo rth in w a v e s and ra y s to illu m e th e d a r k e s t s p o ts on th is b r ig h te s t p a r t o f th e e a r th ly m an ’s abo«le. I n o w b id th e e a sh o r t fa rew ell ; y e t e re I le a v e th e e , I w ill s ta te th a t on e a r th I w as a p ro p h e t, s e e r , a n d p riin-e ! M en ca lle d m e Z o ro a s te r , th e tirs i o f th e n a m e , an d 1 w a s to th e m a d e m i-god . A nd th e h o s ts o f P e r s ia l is te n e d b u t to o b e y th e b e h e s ts an d d e ­c r e e s o f th e s u p p o se d a g e n t o f th e L iv in g G o d . B e thou s in c e r e an«l tru th fu l i f th o u w o u ld s t p ro s p e r th e c a u s e o f tru th

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P, B. RANDOLPH, MLDIUM.

“ TH E GERM O F IM M O R TA LITY .”Communicated by Spiritual Impression to M. B. Randall. Medium.

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an t su b je c t.T h is g erm is p la n te d b y th e h a n d o f th e U n iv e r sa l P a re n t

w ith in th e o rg a n ism o f e v e ry h u m a n b e in g , an d to w h a t en d 7 A h, m y d e a r b ro th e rs o f th e ru d im e n ta l c o n d it io n , c o u ld y fully an sw e r th is q u e ry , you w e re b e t te r p re p a re d to a d v a n c e in th e schoo l o f e te rn a l p ro g re s s . H e a rk e n , th e n , w h ile w«* w ould in s tru c t you . G e rm , th e n , is b u t th e m o re n a tu ra l a p ­p ella tion from th a t sp a rk o f th e D iv in e E s s e n c e — th a t s h in in g n u c le u s w h ich is h o u sed w ith in y o u r m o rta l f ram e for g ro w th an d un fo ldm ent. I t m th e n u c le u s w h ic h a t t r a c t s to i ts e lf e v e ry p a r tic le o f m atter w h ic h b ec o m es im m o rta l w ith in th e ra n g e o f th e «»rganism w h ich it in h ab its . H o w sh a ll w e m ak e y ou c o m p re h e n d th e grow th of th is e te rn a l s p a r k from th e b o u n d less fount o f W isdom ? U l u s l ik e n it to a m a g n e t a t tra c tin g to i t s e l f e v e ry th o u g h t w h ich is p ro je c te d w ith in th e o rg a n ism . N o w e v e r) th o u g h t is re g u la ted and d«*terinined in c h a ra c te r by th e c h a ra c te r o f the in flu en ces w h ic h su rro u n d th is n u c le u s , an d h e n c e y o u w ill a t o n ce see th e n e c e s s i ty o f p u rity o f s u r ro u n d in g s to in su re p u rity o f th o u g h t, an d p u rity o f th o u g h t is a lso v e r y e s s e n tia l to a pu re unfo ld ing o r g ro w th

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till» p o in t. I.iit flu« llttfr* g erm he p ic tu re d to y o u r tim id» l a Ihp a n im a tin g r»»rnc** o f d ie little in fan t «m ull, bu tp u re b rig h t b ea u tifu l. I^ s ik at th e first ac tu m «iftflUi in fan t Mliii«l, it m u»! u f t o u r i a have re fe re n c e to o a fir»t kaCfaaiU M *«- th e B U «lenance ol* it» h ab ita tio n . T in * lir» t a c tio n o f th i» little g e rm IB e s s e n tia lly a th n n i/k t / th is th o u g h t is re f le c te d u p o n (he o rg a n i» m an d p rm lu ce s ac im n , an d a lso b e c o m e s th e re b y n r divnlualiz«*d, and i s a g n m a ttra c te d (o rind odd» ju s | s o n iu c h to p o w e r o f th e o rig in a l g e rm o r s«*ul. N«*w if th is firs t th o u g h t o r d e in a iu ] u f th e *«*ul is p ri 'p e r ly r«'»|»u»d< «l to h y a su p p ly o f th e n e c e s s a r y food, th e k * (y IS t lm re b y u n fo ld ed in e x a c t p ro ­p o rtio n to th e in c re a se d po w e r o f th«* sp ir i t , a n d all is h a rm o ­n io u s ; if th is fir»« w an t o r n ee d is n o t p ro p e rly s u p p lie d , ih en u n h arim in io u s re la tio n s are at «»nr«* « '» u h |i» h c d , m a »m all d e ­g re e , to b e su re , hu t n one th e lee» c e r ta in , a n d th e eery n e tt o rtion u f th is »«iul Will he m o re tir le s s h a rm o n io u s , a s th e for' m e r o n e h a s b e e n m o re o r lo ss p ro p e r ly re sp o n d e d to , a n d so

from ih«* first feeb le p u lsa tio n «»f th is gf-riiijun tiug p rin c ip le («> t | |e s tro n g e s t an d la s t, an d h e n c e th y in ro iic e iv a h lo im por tan«*«* to tin* grow ing soul o f p ro p e r s u rr o u n d in g s , {study th is p o in t w e l l , try to c o m p re h e n d t|j«* n ic e e f fe c t w h ic h e v e ry a c tio n o f h«>dy an d »oul re flec t* e a c h u pon tin* o th e r . And now if y o u «-an ro a liz e l l is t in d iv id u a l th o u g h t c a n th u s be re n d e re d m o re o r le»« p u r e ; th a t «*ncli th o u g h t m a y b«r v ile o r good, a s is th e in f lu e n c e th ro u g h w h ic h it is d e v e lo p e d , y< a re p re p a re d to ta k e th e n e x t s te p , a n d u n d e r s ta n d w h y a so u l c a n n o t ho e s s e n tia l ly “ c h a n g e d in a m om ent.*’ I f y o u r a n g ra s p th e tru th , th a t th e so u l o f. m an is l i te ra l ly c o m p o se d of, f irs t, th is l i ttle n u c le u s o f w h ic h w u a rc s p e a k in g , b u il t hpon

*o to s p e a k , b y e v e ry th o u g h t w h ic h h a s e v e r b e e n p ro je c te d w ith in th e o rg a n is m o f w h ic h jt is th e life , h«* th o s e th o u g h ts foul o r f a i r ; th a t foul ta k e s n o t tin* p la c e o f fa ir n o r fa ir o f fou l, b u t th a t e a c h in its o w n o rd e r is e n f ta m p e d in d e lib ly u p o n th is c e n te r , th e r e to shad«* o r sh in e fo re v e r , th e n c a n y ou re a l iz e th a l us <*very th o u g h t is b u t th e im m o rta liz ed e s s e n c e o f h u m an a c tio n , so a ll th e th o u g h ts w h ic h h a v e b e e n im m o r ta liz e d w iih in o u r Irndy jo in e d to e a c h oth«*r and to g e th e r u n ite d to th o o r ig ­inal g e rm , m u s t c o m p o se th e im m o rta l s p i r i t o f th a t b o d y , an d

if e a c h s e p a ra te th o u g h t o r a to m o f th is s p ir i t is an in d iv id u a l im m o rta lity , th e n (en th o u s a n d d e a th s o f th e b o d y c a n n o t in th e le a s t a f fe c t th e character o f th a l s p i r i t . O h n o , m y breth*

re n , never; do n o t d e c e iv e y o u rs e lv e s w ith th is futal f a l la c y ; lo r o f a tru th , i f h a l f y o u r th o u g h ts th ro u g h l ife h a v e b e e n b la c k , a n d h a l f w h i te , th e n m u s t y o u from th e v e ry n e c e s s i ty o f th e

c a s e e n te r y o u r s p ir i t-c o n d it io n in j u s t th is h a lf - a n d -h a lf c o n ­d it io n , a n d th e b la c k c a n nev«?r he m ad e w h ite , o r th e w h ite b lac k ; th e p ro p o r tio n o n ly c a n he c h a n g e d b y a d d it io n s to e i th e r s id e . D o y o u u n d e r s ta n d ’ I f so , y o u w ill see a n d know th a t

y o u c a n n e v e r d e s t r o y th e s ta in w h ic h a v ile th o u g h t h a s u n ­

s ta m p e d u p o n y o u r s o u l ; b u t y o u m a y so m u c h in c r e a s e th e a c c u m u la tio n o f g o o d th o u g h ts th a t th e v ile w ill b e c o m e p ro ­p o r tio n a te ly h is s a n d le s s , u n til th e y m ay h e a r a v e ry in s ig n if i­c a n t p ro p o r tio n t«* th«? w h o le , an d th u s in a m e a su r e d is a p p e a r .

Y o u w ill a p p r e c ia te th e a b so lu te n e c e s s i ty o f tim e to p ro ­

d u c e a n y v e ry c o n s id e r a b le c h a n g e in th e q u a li ty a n d c h a r a c ­

te r o f a h u m a n s p ir i t , a n d th e im p o ss ib il i ty th a t a ra d ic a l c h a n g e c a n h e ef l'e c ted th ro u g h th e p ro c e s s o f m a n ’s fo rm a ­tio n . D u r in g th e p ro c e s s o f d e a th th e s p ir i t h a s v e ry little p o w e r to in d iv id u a liz e , im m o r ta liz e , th e m a te r ia l from w h ic h its g ro w th is d e tc r in in o d . -

M o re y e t a g a in so o n . n .W o o d s t o c k , V t , M a y 2 J , 1968 .

W H A T S P I R I T S A R E D O I N G .Communication to D. Gauo and wile, from the 8pirit of their father, General

J. S. Gano.

M y D e a r C h ild re n — 1 h a v e , for a lo n g t im e , b e e n a n x io u s to c o m m u n ic a te to y o u , a n d a s a n o p p o r tu n ity h a s th is m o rn ­in g b e e n k in d ly a f fo rd e d m e , I h a s t i ly e m b ra c e it . T h o u g h I

h a v e n o t fo r so m e tim e b e e n a b le to c o m m u n ic a te to yo u th ro u g h th e m e d iu m o f c la ir v o y a n c e , y e t th in k n o t th a t I h a v e b e e n a b s e n t from y o u . I h a v e o fte n th o u g h t th a t I w o u ld be

il lin g to s a c r i f ic e m u c h o f m y p e r s o n a l e n jo y m e n t if, b y so

d o in g , I c o u ld e n a b le y o u to u n d e r s ta n d th e la n g u a g e o f m y s p ir i t . M o rta ls c a n n e v e r k n o w h o w m u c h th e s p ir i ts d e s i re to c o m m u n ic a te w i th th e m , n o r c a n th e y e v e r k n o w h o w m u c h it in c re a s e s th e h a p p in e s i o f s p i r i t s w h e n th e y s u c c e e d in im p re s s in g e v e n th e s m a l le s t th o u g h t on th e m in d s o f th e lo v ed o n e s on e a r th . 1 h a v e so m a n y , m a n y th in g s I w o u ld lo v e to ta lk to y o u u p o n th a t L s c a r c e ly k n o w w h a t to s a y first. I fee! u n a b le to d e te rm in e w h a t w o u ld b e m o s t u s e fu l, m o s t in te re s tin g to y o u . B u t a s it is c u s to m a r y , in w r it in g to a f r ie n d in a fo re ig n c o u n try , to s a y s o m e th in g o f h o m e a f fa irs , so I w ill g iv e y o u a sm all s k e tc h «if th e p ro c e e d in g s o f th e c o n g r e g a te d m illio n s th a t in h a b it th e w o r ld o f s p i r i t s . I f co m m o tio n w a s a te rm th a t co u ld b e p ro p e r ly a p p lie d in s p e a k in g o f th e co n d itio n o f d is e m b o d ie d s p i r i t s , I m ig h t s a y th a t a t p re s e n t th e re w a s c o m m o tio n in h e a v e n . T h e re v o lu tio n th a t is g o in g on in th e e a r th is fe lt, an d a c k n o w l­e d g e d th ro u g h a ll th e u p p e r s p h e r e s . T h e o b je c t o f th e e a r th ’s re fo rm a tio n a n d red<*mpiion is o n e to w h ic h th e p o w e r of th o s p ir i ts is d i re c te d , n o t o n ly in a s in g le b u t a u n ite d c a p a c ity . W e h a v e s p ir i tu a l a s s o c ia t io n s , to w h ic h a re a t ta c h e d v ig ila n c e c o m m itte e s , w h o s e b u s in e s s it is to s e e k o u t a n d s e le c t p ro p e r m e d iu m s fo r S p ir i tu a l c o m m u n ic a tio n — m e d iu m s w h o se b o d ie s an d m in d s a r e in s u c h h a rm o n y a s to afford a sa fe a n d re lia b le c h a n n e l for th e c o n v e y a n c e o f S p ir it- th o u g h t ; fo r th o u g h t is th e la n g u a g e o f s p ir i ts . A v e ry la rg e p ro p o r tio n o f th e now p a r tly d e v e lo p e d m e d iu m s w ill be u n a b le to a t ta in a m u c h h ig h e r s ta te o f p e r fe c tio n in c la i r ­v o y a n t p ro g re s s io n (fo r it is o f c la irv o y a n t m e d iu m s I am now s p e a k in g ) w ith o u t s u s ta in in g an in ju ry b o th m e n ta l an«l p h y s ­ica l ; a n d , o f c o u r s e , s p ir i ts , w h o a r e good a n d w is e , m u st d e s is t from th e i r e ffo rts to u rg e fu r th e r th e d e v e lo p m e n t o f s u c h in d iv id u a ls .

B u t y o u w ill a s k , “ W ill th e s e m e d iu m s b e le ft to th e m e rc y o f u n d e v e lo p e d s p ir i ts 7” to w h ic h I a n s w e r N o ; th e y w ill he g u id e d , c a re d for, an d p ro te c te d to th e e x te n t o f S p ir it - p o w e r , an d if th e i r a s p ira tio n s c o n tin u e h ig h an d h o ly , th e y w ill h a v e m i ll in g to fe a r from h av in g b e e n p a r tia lly in tro d u c e d to th e hidd«*n m y s te r ie s o f th e S p ir it-h o m e . I k n o w it is o fte n u rg e d a s an o b je c tio n to sp ir i tu a lism , an d n o t a l to g e th e r w ith o u t g ro u n d , th a t s p ir i tu a l d e v e lo p m e n t h a s b e e n in m a n y in s ta n c e s p ro d u c tiv e o f p h y s ic a l a n d m e n ta l d e r a n g e m e n t ; hu t a d m ittin g th is , it d«ies n o t fo llow th a t it is th e fau lt o f th e p h i lo so p h y . I t is th e fa u lt o f ig n o ra n c e a ttr ib u ta b le to an im p e rfe c t k n o w l­e d g e o f th e la w s o f m in d , an d o f th e re la t io n s s u b s is tin g b e tw e e n in in tl an d b o d y . A« th e c h a n n e l for co m m u n ica tio n b e tw e e n th e f irs t a n d u p p e r s p h e r e s b e c o m e s w id e n e d and p e rfe c te d , w e sh a ll he ab le to c o m m u n ic a te k n o w le d g e on th e s e s u b je c ts su ff ic ie n t to p la c e m a n k in d b e y o n d th e re a c h o f

y o u r . iw n d e v e lo p m e n t, s o d a l s o « f e » w«>r«U o f J o u r affé« ,

l io n a te n«7ice, As to y iitirse lv o s, I »/n W jo i« d * " /•e lf , tog«*tljrr « u h y o u r ««tiier a t te n d a n t « p in !« . W V<,u «lay g ro w in g m«rre an«l fh**re nti(»re»»ihle. I «»fien h o h l s p i r i t ­ual c o m m u n io n w ith y o u w h e n y o u a re n«»t a w a re o f m y per­so n a l p re s e n c e . Y ou. D iu rn i, s i H a )« r«'i|w m d to m y • Ig u a l, With a d e s ire to k n o w w h a t I w ish . M y w is h a t Aucb tim e s •• to h av e you fe*d th e p re s e n c e o f a S p ir it - fa th e r wb«»*e In te re s t m y o u r w e lfa re Ita» mere**«'«! a thoU ssnd-f«dd » lu ce h e p a s se d from (h e b o d y . N ow I w ill a n s w e r a q u e ry th a t o ften « ris e s hi .M ary’« m in d , m Iiu Ii is , w h y a lie d œ » not d e ­velop w ith g rim ie r ra p id ity , It m c h ie fly o w in g to h e r p h y s ­ica l co n d itio n H«*r b ody h a s ln*en out o f r* p a ir from in fan c y an d th e re fo re 0 la rg e /»«rtion o f th e sp ir i tu a l in flu en c e goe* to xuNtnni flir* d isease«! p o r tio n s o f h e r sy s te m . Nh«- sh o u ld n o t In? im p a tie n t n o r d is c o u ra g e d , h u t e n d e a v o r u» k e e p h« r bod y in «» h e a lth fu l a co n d itio n a* p o ss ib le , re m e m b e rin g th<* i*»u> ra n e a g i r e n her hy the sp irit* o f th e pood an d w ise , th a t s h e is th e o b je c t o f th e i r c o n tin u e d r a r e a n d p ro te c tio n , an«l tb s f th e y a r e d e v e lo p in g a n d p re p a r in g h e r f.*r a *ph»*r.* o f u s . lu lm an d h a p p in e s s .

«iivrii tliruugli Mr* T ¡I ttown. Jan ÎÎ8, 1 H.V",

as y ou a r e s e e n by u s , y o u w o u ld k n o w th a t th is w e re not I d a n g e r. A s M rs . I Ai w e is g e tt in g fa tig u e d ,* I w ill d ro p th is p o ss ib le , in th e s e n s e in w h ic h y o u e x p e c t it. I^*t us try to su b je c t , an d s a y a few w o rd s o f e n c o u ra g e m e n t in re g a rd to

r e a c h y o u r a p p re c ia tiv e p o w e rs w ith a few n e w th o u g h ts upon { * Mn. L. wm jait recorsrinf Irvin nekne««.

P R O V E R B S BY TH E S P IR IT S .sy c. jiannokd, m*tu i *

CHAPTER VI.A »/on«- sinks in Water; s I,ark ftn.it* ; so many men sink, while others

rise on flic Wn o f spiritual proprea* Askest tlu»U the cause ’ Ms/» i* ■ roin|K>nn<| of earth snd spirit When earth control* he «ink*, when »pirit »(tracts he ri*e« U w governs M h .

M ignet¿«hi i* »Itraction ; he who is msgnriir.e«) with esrth i» stlrxete«) to earth ; he sinks ; hut Ur who j« magnetize«! hy »pin/ i» attr«ete«l to heaven. sn«l ri*«'» al>ove earth All nature u full o f magnetiarn, and no man lix«-tli who ¿» not magnetize«!

’Hie sensual man i» magnetized hjr sensual th ings; /he spiritual man by ipiritual thing*.

I have »een man moved hy gohl, hy fashion, hy custom, hy pa*»ion, hy lust, by anger, hy pri«lc, hy shame, hy fear, hy ignorance; and I have seen the caUHO which magnetized him. And yet he did not know (hat he Wa*

magnet iz«*d. I hare seen the man moved hy «pirit», and he knew it n o t ; but I liAve never seen a spirit who moved a man Inn knew what he «lid Movement is either «town, or up, or parallel Down is o f earth , up i* of sp ir it; parallel js a balance of forces.

Ho who seeketh heaven shall find it, but lie who KCfketb earth »toll not find th e spirit. Change the direction o f the vessel, and it will reach a «lillerent port Look upward, and your soul shall find light ; downward and it will find darkness.

Earth hath its monntains, its, valleys, its plain», iu wide rivers and its narrow streams, it* Imjail lakes and its small ponds ; so have men their different organizations All men are no/ mountains, nor valley«, nor p lains; each occupies a position ; an«l each is necessary to (he existence o f the other. As a valley can not ezist without a mountain or hill, so a hill ran not exist without a valley; tho plain is an unbroken surface—a parallel midway, tolow a mountain, higher than a valley—three things harmonious

nature, though unlike in appc&ranre The mountain »endeth forth utreams to the valley, and yet the supply is undimini»he«l; the valley re- ceiveth the water, and eomplaineth n«d , so he who is low, humble, and uncomplaining, may receive the wisdom of higher spheres

T he stream descends to water the valley, or the plain ; sympathy meets w a n t; streams make channels; hut the stream should be graduated to the channel, otherwise (he hanks are overflown ; so should man receive in­struction as the capacity of hi« mind is capable of receiving it.

Overflow the banks, and you inundate the valley; so overwhelm the reason, and destruction of the spiritual culture is inevitable. He who is wise will not give what will do injury, and he who understands his own goo«l will not ask it.

A* streams flow from mountains for the good o f valleys, so jl«*th w isdom descend from heaven to refresh the nce«ly of earth.

Esteem thy friend, not hate thy enem y; he that hatelb bis like hateth him self; he that sympathizeth with his like mocketh not the works of God. Sayest thou nature is w ro n g ; who then is rig h t7 sayest thou nature is r ig h t; who then is wrong I He who wars with his own spirit and ijuarrels with the works of Owl, is w ro n g ; but he who sees wisdom in all things, and harmonizes his mind therewith, is right, and the blessing of peace is with him.

To the pure in heart streams receive no coloring; to the narrow and selfish, the stream is conformed to the channel ; hut channels may be widened by streams, and shallow water become deep

T he atmosphere sustains wat«*r; clouds discharge rain ; rain falls upon the ju st and the unjust, but the earth receives the blessing, an<! blesses because it is bless«»!. Dost thou ask why the earth is blessed7 W ouldst thou know that it is blessed, because it receives what is usefu l; so thou mayest learn that he who reeeiveth good and rejecteth it not, is blessed as rain blcsselh the earth.

I have seen man hope for blessing without rain ; I have heard him murmur at nature and her gifts, when he refused the means of their growth ;

have known him to rejert the truth because he would not acknowledge the way in which it was transmitted ; and I have seen his soul in a desert land, thirsting for water and starving for bread Then he said, “ Nature is partial in her gift*-’’

Man is selfish ; he hath eyes, hut they are dim ; ears, but they arc d u l l ; speech, hut it is uncertain ; anil yet he maketh his own wisdom the test, the criterion, o f all truth. W hat he knoweth is well ; what he knoweth not is no test of right to him. He maketh what he knoweth a test of what he knoweth not. He saith. “ This saying is tru e ; that saying is untrue, and untrue l«ecause not contained in the my saying.” W hat is a saying, hut the expression of mind 7 W hat is the expression of mind but an utterance of its wis«]orn 7 W ho may not utter a diflerent saying, and who will say that saying is wrong, untrue 7 May not different mountains and valleys and streams e x is t7 He who studies nature, learns that all truth is not contained in any one saying, or any one Imok, nor all bonks

Spare thy friend who weejieth over thy progress. Spare not the truth, but let thy opposer have only what he will not abuse

T um no man from thro who srokelh instruction . waste not thy strongth over a fire, nor thy time with the idle and dishonest It i« thy «July to divest thyself o f such society as invite thee to Ik* negligent of thy culture, and thou shouldst never o|K*n thy door» to avarice, nor invite the longue o f »lander to visit thro

Beware of deceit; she hath a lying tongue; she nioeketh instruction she smiles to betray ; sh«* kisses to crucify ; «he halh many subj«*et», and she weeps only in solitude. Her tear» are eroetidile; her *oul is full o f vipers , they sting like asps ; they bite like scorpions ; and he who invite* her society invites her plagues.

Make no compromises with ev il; form no alliances with wrong ; expel selfish wisdom from thy presence ; but tum not thou away the wi*dom which open* to thee the bli»s of h«*avrn

He who taketh a serpent in his bosom, an add«-r to his fare, must not complain if he receivro a wound ; so he who mingleth with the Jeeeitful and shareth their confidence will regret his folly when the poison «-orrode* his flesh

Take counsel o f him w ho is ready to do tliee good, but follow not the advico of him who seeketh thy harm. Wisdom is thy m otto ; truth thy gu ide; progress thv wish ; salvation thy hope ; eternity thy destiny, an«! industry thy path to holiness and heaven.

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TH E I v l Xo x l o r rum £ r i l* * K l, so d th e to tt ie of B ro therhood , »1 illustrated in facts to d /,!>•• »um« n* o f » ( iin tu s l In terrouraB and b m « ( m of love sa d un ity , u d rhv rsc te riv tie to k en s from d e p ar ted f ri ra d s , g iven st tto •* (learnti f.tght Cirri*. - IV in rh e tte r. N H , Mr*. C . D . F re n ch , m ed ium . A rr» n (rd , w ith app rop ria te notes, exp lana tions, e tc. By D. J . M andril. D esigned exp rrasljr to illn stra te the h ifb ea t fo rm ol M odern F p in tu x l c om m union , and to a n sw e r the question, *• JJ Out* (king* a rt HptritmsL, th a t f o o d w ill they do r A thol f lle p h t, M aa*.; D . J . M andril.

Thi* is an octavo pam phlri o f about one hundred page*, containing a number of Message« from Spirit*, several o f which arc «aid to have em­anated from persons who were distinguished, while on earth, for their philanthropic desires and efforts. T he communications for the most part, like some which wc have published in these columns, exhibit humanilary fillin g , but are not remarkable for their vigor of thought or expression.

Brother Mandell c m in ascribing tbe stirring and beautiful poem, en ­titled “ I h e W utcher on the Tow er,” to a lady in Connecticut. The reader will find it on tiic last page o f this paper credited to the proper author.

W e have not yet received any copies of the work, but presume that Brother Mandell will send us a package in a few days, so that we may be aide to »upplv orders hereafter T b e retail price is 30 cent*.

T in t Crystal Pala, r —T his magnificent edifice, which has been in process o f erection in this city for the last year, for exhibition o f the pro­ducts of the arts aud industry of all nations, will be opened with inaugu­rative ceremonies, on the I4th inst. It is expected that the President of the I n iu d .Stales, with sc venti members of his cabinet, will be present on that occasion. In anticipation of a great rush, the directors, as we under­stand, have concluded to limit the admissions on that day to those who arc specially invited, and those who hold season tickets, which may be purchased at $10 a-piecc. On the 15th, and thereafter, tbe “ Palace” will be accessible to the public generally.

N ew Monx of E xtiwouishino F ire. — An agent of an insurance company in the city of Troy, says, that some year* ago he saved his property from the flam«** by th row ing tu /p h u r on the fire after it had so far progres*«*«] as not to be cxtinguishable b r any other means immediately at hand The sulphur, from its strong a/linity for oxygen, absorbs that element from the portions o f the air which surround« the previously burn­ing substance*, while the combustion of the sulphur g m e n ie t sulphurous * acid gas in large quantities, which immediately extinguishes the flames. The gentleman thinks that all fire* in ships, steamboats, and closed rooms might tie speedily extinguished in thi* way, when water, in the quantities possible to be used, would be entirely unavailing. T his plan, however, obviously would not succeed in the open air.

S« knk in a C ucrch.—, \ lady named Mrs. O. Driscoll, iu the Police Court yesterday, stated that she attended the morning service iu the Cathedral, and went into a pew in which her daughter had rented two seats While on her knees, the owner of the remainder of the pew made his appearance and ordered her to leave it. .She mildly refused The sexton, Michael O’Mailon. was called, and told to take her out Mrs. D still refusing, the sexton caught her by the shoulders, and by the assistance of another man, she was violently «lragged from the pew. In the conflict her clothing was tom, and her arms and neck badly bruised. They then dragged her out of the church, placed her in the watch-house, and entered a charge of disorderly conduct against her But the Court having been advised of the cruel treatment the lady had received, placed the »exton on the prisoner’s #4*at for disorderly conduct, and called Mrs O. D to witness The Court severely censured the course of the sexton. He was fined wenty dollars and cost*. in. Com. T ith .

T he Dxkkne«» G one —Our friend. M. A. Tow nsend, w riting from New Brighton, Pa., under «late o f June 27, says . “ A little boy, b lin d from birth, aged about four year», died in this village a few days ago with scar- iKina. About an hour before the little sufferin’ departed, be exclaim ed: P a . I see now . D a rk n e tt is a l t gone. D ay is eornr r His lather,

who knows little of psychology, inferred from the incident that he was better, and would prot>ably recover. But an hour passed, and he wa# with the angels ”

T h s P resident and a P oor B oy .— A W ashington dispatch, o f the 27th ult., says.

“ A boy, only twelve years old, who walked all the way from Ohio to W ashington, called on the President to-day. He said he was an orphan, «upporled and educated by a poor aunt, and had come to ask a place in the navy. The President was deeply aflerted by bis story and the evidence o f hi* perseverance, and gave him several pieces of gold, and invited him local! again. T he t«oy left, but was followed by a gentleman who wit­nessed the interview, and who saw him exchange the gold he had received for bank notes, which he mailed in a letter to hi* poor relative. His en­terprise is likely to be rewarded by the place he seeks.”

A rts of the A ncients . — T he Homan walls were built without mortar, and yet so nicely joined that you could not get a penknife between them One of the obelisk* that were taken to France was worked upon by an engraver for three weeks, and after spoiling several cases of his best tools, he could only engrave two lines. These would imply instru­ments superior to our own. If Champollion can be trusted, the Damascus blades o f the crusading times can not be rivaled They could be bent double without breaking. Allusions to the cold-blast may be found in the Hindoo writing* o f seven hundred years ago, where it is said that a chieftain who had no sword, and waiting for one to be forged, grew so impatient that he seized it from the anvil while red hot. and ruahed up a mountain si«le to join the fray, when the cold air tempered it before he met the foe Every one who has read S ir W alte r Scott’s work«, knows the description o f a banquet-meeting between Richard Occur dc Lion and Saladin, where each tested the character of his weapon; Richard cut an iron bar at a blow, but Saladin severed a light cushion at a touch ; and throwing up a kerchief so light that it floate«] away on the air, drew his blade acroas it without any disturbance of it* easy motion, dividing it in two pieces — W e n d ell Phillip».

Conji’rino M lpk E asy.—T he celebrated bottle feat, o f pouring a great arirty o f wines aiul liquors from a common glass bottle, i* both simple

and silly The common glass bottle, borrowed from the audience, is, o f course, not tbe one used on such occasions, but is exchanged for another, made of japanned tin, and furnished internally with receptacles for the different kinds of liquors. Kach receptacle has a valve ; and these valve# may Ik* o{>en<d or closed at pleasure, by stops on the outside o f tbe bottle, arranged for the finger* like the keys of a musical instrument. The com­partments having no connection with the mouth of the bottle, except by the valves, the bottle may at any time be rinsed with water, and moreliquor poured out. ____________ ___________

West M ln« (ed .—T he friends of Spiritualism in the region o' " are notified that there will be Public Iaxrture* »* eitherSunday, 10th instant. Morning and Afternoon, on ^ y 0^ mthe Kditor of tbe T kleokaph, or J- K. Ingail», K*q • be expected to speak.

40 P A R T R I D G E A N D B R I T T A N ’S S P I R I T U A L T E L E G R A P H .

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^ h*l JtMl ilv>u «V, Io q i w jirh c r on tin 'to ivo r!Í* ik e Bay breaking ' como« ihe wishej-for hour?I oil um th e nil’ll«, an,I »tm ob al<n<ihl thy hand.

I f tho bright mom in ; dawns upon tho lu n l."*’ T h e »lam are clour above m et Bcwvrly ant*H m dimmed it* ray», in tOVArNM to the su ti;B ut yol I »00, on it)« bur ¡ion's verge,Som e ftvir, faint streak*, an i f tho fifth* »»irgo

'• t a o k forth a ¡¿.mi, oil wilrbW O» ^ ***’**’*•T h o jHvpIo wake and languish tor *h* hour;Long have lliov dwelt >'• dark...-»», an.l tl.oy pino For tho fell daylight that » ** kno,y w M * » -”*. 1 1 " , ,i0n 00//—iho morn i* cloudy « till;Thor» 1» a radiance on tho diwtaat h il l ;Kvon ■» fi wstch. tho «lory «wins to grow.Hut the «taiT* blink* and the lught-brectr* Wow ”•• And is that all ’ oh w tic h rr 00 th«' tourer,|„nuk forth ag a in ; it m ust bo near tho h o u r;Do«« thau not *ee tin* anowy mountain copes,Aud th e green wood» beneath them on tho slope» ?**

“ A mi«t envelop* thorn ; I can not truce Their outline, hut the Bay cornea on i|Uicv;T ho rlouB» nail up in gold anB anihor flake*.And all the »tar» f lo w dim, Th«* morning break* "•• HY thank thro, lonely w atcher on the tower;Rut look again, and toll o» hour by hour All thou boholJcut; m any o f ua «lio Ero th e day eome* ; oh, give them a reply."

•* I seo the hULtopa now ; ami chanticleer í.’rttw» hi« prophetic carol on mino c a r ;I «ce the distant wood« and field* o f corn.And ocean gloaniing in the light o f morn."“ A gain—again, oh watcher on the tower!VV o thirst for daylight, and We hide the hour,Patient, but longing, 'lo ll u a shall it be A bright, cairn, glorious daylight for the freo’ ”

" I hopo, bul can not tell, I hear a song Vivid as iltir itself, and clear and strong As of a lark—young prophet o f the noon—Pouring in sunlight hi« seraphic tu n c ."

" What docs he say * oh w atcher o f the tow er ‘1» he a prophet I Doth the daw ning hour Inspire hi* music 'r 1« hi» chant sublim e With the lull glorie« o f th e coming tim o 1*’

“ He prophesies—his heart is full-—his lay Tell* of the brightness o f a peaceful day !A day not cloudless, nor devoid of storm,But «unity for the moat, and cloar and w arm .”

•• Wo thank thee, watcher on th e lonely tower,For all thou tolle-st Sing« he o f an hour When Error shall decay, and T ru th grow strong ?When Rights shall rule supremo and vanquish W rong?"

M H a sings o f Brotherhood, and joy, and peace;Of days when jealousies and hate shall cease ;When, war shall die, and man’s progressive mind Soar as unfettered as its God designed."

“ Well «Jone, thou watcher on the lonely tow er !Is the day breaking? dawns the happy h o u r’W e pine to see it. Tell u s yet againIf th« broad daylight breaks upon the p la in ."

“ It break«—it contra—tlie mi*ty shadows fly—A nary radiance gleam» upon the sk y ;T he mountain-tops reflect it calm and clear;T he p la in is ye t in shade, bu t d a y is near T

m a g n e t i c c l a i r v o y a n c e .

Our readers have, doubtless., heard of Alexis, the distin­guished So/nnainbuJi.si and Seer, who, for some time past, has astonished the sana ns of Paris with the nightly exhibition, of his remarkable powers. The fallowing extract from the for­eign correspondence of the Daily Times will nllbrd some idea

•of the interest which attends his exhibitions :I hadl the pleasure, the other night, in an A m enean ¡saloon, o f seeing

Alexis, the bc*t and moot celebrated sorunamhiilint in Europe, u nder the influence of magnetism About fifty person«, interested in such matters, were present. Alexis is a man of about thirty years of age, although he appears much younger He lias spent fully h a lf h is waking hours during the last ten years in sleep. O n the present Oceanian, hi* eyes w ere first stopped by two large wads of cotton-wool, ami over these three.* o r four thick handkereliiofa w ere wound, crossing each other in different direc­tions. He could no more sec through the»«* obstacle* than he could see through a mattress or a ( ■l*r»htr*> cheese. Nevertheless, he played a game of t ta r l t with a gentleman from Orleans, and won it. I may add, that the cards used were bought at a grocer’* half an hour before, by m yself and, that any «tupición o f prepared cards, would be completely idle and absurd.

He picked up the tricks with a rapidity that showed how clearly he knew the position of the cards upon the table. Keeping those dealt to him in hi» left hand, he held the card he meant to play in his right, and never once changed it upon the play of hi« partner. He knew his adver­sary*« hand as well as he know his own. Up to this occasion, all the ex­periments in magnetism that I had ever witnessed had been more or less manifest failures. But. after this, skepticism is hardly possible to an eye­witness. I would ra ther believe in the supernatural than in the impos­sible Mr Goodrich, who was an unbeliever, liad brought from hi» office a letter, hidden at the center o f ha lf a dozen envelopes, and the nature of who«« content» no one knew but him self H e was willing to believe, if Alexis read the signature. After one hesitation, and one error in the first letter, he did read it He took a pencil and paper, and wrote the following

u rro * duo—He then exclaimed, without finishing the word, " (T est V ictor ¡fugo!"

The envelope» sere then opened, the letter was unfolded, arid the signa­ture, \ ietor Hugo, w n certainly at the bottom o f it. T h # H was very like » D, and Alexis had taken it for one, till a sight o f the remaining letter* caused him to look bark and correct the error T h is would *erm decisive,

I Wth-w that it convinced some dozen pcraori* who had considered theioMrt»« beyond conviction H r then dr*cribed the appearance, age, and sex of the child of % lady present, with unerring accuracy ; he fum­bled terribly over the name, *»i.l lK*t h , luul n r , „ Ilur .men i t ;that it mx. not French, and. finally, ft«* u a Turkish name. 'The parents « u l that it was He then wrote the word Aimar, wliich was the name in qu«t,cm Opening a book in the middle,, a book on America, which he had certainly never »er„. he read a line tr„ pages ahead T he following was the line •• Unit > » , . p tm ÍUr«i, u„, fofM|V/, .roble."

H e la d itaile one m ufak. la d rrad 1« ,./ ,„(■ ,.„far „ 0„j.e iu . So far iron, eurh . .Ifa Jfarortfag from ,fa of p ,rfon„.once. I think it « U . lo il Hr . a a t o l lo fa«*,fa. the do*uerrere l ,p e o f Hiwkori, bn« of W alrington, in d « r,l fa , naMcno cnee. on,l placed before biro. He exclaimed a« once, and apparent!, «iihont re í lion, that the pereon waa fa Ike room—and tken corrreted liimaelf. .aping that a peroro, o f the .am e name wae in Ike room. Tlria taae true—Uta gentleman was George Washington Bartlett, of the United States Navy. He was then asked to write the name of the portrait He wrote George W i, but could get no further This shows that it was no waking gur»« for if it hail been, he would certainly have concluded a name wliich the interest o f the audienre and their evident anxiety to have him go on, muni have convinced him he liad commenced correctly. T he omission of the final t in the French name firo rg ts , and the u»e of the Idler W, which does not ex ist in the French alphabet, are details worth noticing

However, he finished his t*«lt acceptably in another way He seized .k , work on A roxricc. ill which f a Iroi ,r« l , f-» mlnfam fa-farc. fa r,,.)

orcr . f a l e e r . . xapU lf. »'»PC"1 ** * — 'T f " ” 'Mul u id in a d'CW 'O „mrumr. which du p fa ,« ! ffa c«< ro r., , f l.u

mind, ** T hat's jt ; the engraving (and dfeguorrttotypn aro one and tho »aiuo He nex t was asked to point out tho best pianist in tho room. T he gen llemon offered him their hand* ill tu rn , hut lit* rejected all w ith tho most sum mary gesture* Hu» ho soixed and shook hoartily the hand o f M Jules Cohort, « young man not eighteen years o f ago, who has won four first prices at the Conservatoire, and i» A uber's alti) egre, in the evanfin atioti o f pupils, etc He was not only the best pianist in tho room, hut )« (he boot among the whole rising generation. T h e only obstacle in his way is, that his father i* a millionaire. Alexis them described a scene o f »hip wreck, in which the questioner (a lady) w as an actor, w ith »neh accuracy ami recalled tho thrilling spectacle with »uch present humor, that the holy ami Jangh lef retired to a corner, where they sobbed audibly for ha lf an hour.

He remained in this s ta te from tiiiu* to eleven, ami I do not remember that lie made a single m istake o f any m agnitude. I f he did, they w ere forgotten in the general micce»* o f the evening, ll is urged against Aloxjs ami the sincerity o f his m agnetic «lumber», tha t the Academy o f Medicine iflcred him lOAJOOf i f he would go and subm it him self to their ordea), and

that he refusiti. W h e th er such an offer was ever inaile, I do no t know T he Academy has declared, however, in n published report, that it is im ­possible to deny the existence and phenom ena o f the m agnetic sleep. T he American audience collected to see Alexis, w ere all, w ith the exception o f a bright-eyed lady, w ho looks o* i f »he would not even believe in oaths or protestation», convinced th a t thee«* was som ething more in m agnetism than good guessing, adroit jugg ling , and dexterous legerdemain.

T H E S P IR IT S A T T H E F R E N C H C A P IT A L .

The Paris correspondent of tho Now York T im e s , under date* of May Oth, thus discourses on tho groat world-thomo

It «com* to m e tha t I ha vo said enough about table tu rn in g in Far»«, and that l am becom ing repetitious, i f not tedious. I m ust «ay, however, that such is th e fever, tha t there is hardly a house in Pari» th a t the phenom e­non has not invaded Experiment« are daily m ade at the Observatory, at the Hotel Dion, at the Institute, at tlu* Eeolo Poly technique». T h o editor» o f the l Vi ion M ed ica ls , an authority in it« speciality, devote, tw o columns to the narration o f a marvelous series o f “ experiences’’ th a t they them ­selves performed. It w ill not ho long before you will seo the G overnm ent appoint a commission to make investigations, and to address a report upon w hat they shall discover to tho M inister o f the In terior. A n em inent phy­sician call* for the appointm ent o f such a com m ission, in an able artic le of the C o n xlita tia n n eL H e says, “ T h is phenom enon w ill tu rn ou t for good or for evil, ju s t as philosophers and scientific inen shall desire. I f they deny it, doubt it, neglect it, w ithou t experim ent, it will full into unw orthy hand* ; it will become obscured by exaggera tion and en thusiasm ; it will serve to revive and propagate the m ysterious practice o f th e occult sciences; it will be delivered over to credulity , and tho use and em ploym ent o f char­latans ; while, on th e o ther hand , i f the savana accept it and study it, it will become, perhaps, the initial fact o f som e im m ense discovery. For, in looking upon this table, upon w hich I w rite these lines, I can no t help crying out, like G alileo, ‘ It tu rns, n evertheless!’ *’

T he F rench will set the A m erican* an exam ple. 'Flic A m erican »»vans have kept aloof, and, in th e space o f tw o yearn— three years, perhaps—no explanation ha* been offered o f a fact w hich ha* stared then« m th e face the whole time. Said M. A rago, the o th e r day, to a gentlem an w ith whom he was conversing upon the su b je c t: “ W h a t has M r . S i / l im tm s a id to ia ll th is? " Mr. Sillium n has said nothing. Mr. S illim an has kept aloof. All the professors, the instructors, those who study far those w ho have not the tim e to study for them selves, have kept clear o f a m atter w hich they did not discover, and w hich th ey consequently can not recognise. H ere it will be different—three w eeks have not passed since the first experim ent in Paris was m ade, a t w hich 1 w as present, and o f w hich I have w ritten to y o u ; and yet the subject has penetrated th e Academ y o f Sciences, and stirred the echoes o f the silen t halls o f learning. W o shall soon have a theory, anti perhaps a practical application o f the p henom enon ; and we shall alw ays w onder th a t they did not proceed from A m erica in 1850, instead of from France in 1853.

T he F cuitU tvn . o f Ju les Jan in th is m orning, trea ts o f no th ing bu t table turning ; and that of A uguste L ireux , in the C o n s titu tio n n e l , conta ins an account b f a series of extrem ely successful experim ent*, in which he, Emile A ngirr, Baroche, Ferrien , o f th e Academy o f Sciences, and others, all skeptics w hen they began, wore convicted believers w hen they finished. T h e Illu s tra tio n gives a large engraving of a family party a t table. T hree thea te rs are preparing burlesque* upon tho popular phenom enon or delu­sion, as some few pers is t in ca lling it. According to one act o f theorists, it is to lead to the discovery o f perpetual motion ; to another, it i* to Jet u s into the secret o f life, and consequently overturn the C hristian religion, and in, fact all religion. A nother think that the p riests will interpose and pu t a stop to it—frow n it dow n in some w ay—m iracles roust not be allowed to become common. I t is well to keep them for periods o f spiritual famine, when faith needs to be rekindled, and treasures require replenishm ent. T here is one unpleasant feature in th is otherw ise agreeable spectacle o f a city anim ated with one sentim ent, and alive w ith one desire ; tw o or three persons have been made ill by too g rea t nervous exertion, and one young m an is in danger o f death.

P H IU D O R , TH E C H E S S-P L A Y E RA* a young man. Pifilidor exorcised hi* remarkable talent a»

making money. In Germany, England, and Holland he heat all the best players, Although he gave them advantage« More than once he wn» known to direct the game o f a person played out of his sight, while he liitmsOlf was playing another gam e; but effort» of that kind fatigued hit head so much that h* discontinued them T he Count d’Artoi», how having heard of the fact, greatly desired 10 witness it, nnd sent word to I’hiljdor th a t he would play him in that maimer for u hundred loui* d'ors Philiilor, after duly w arning the prince that he » n s sure to beat him, at last yielded to hi» wish nnd accepted the l»cl W hen the Count 0 ‘Artoi* had »ejected the tw o player* who were to conduct the game, a* lie wn» quite decided to pay tho hundred loui* d ’or* however the thing turned out he secretly prevailed upon Phtlidor M «econd falsely to execute ono o f the order* given to him. T his understanding effected, the game began, and had proceeded but a very short while, when Philidor having told hi player to move a knight, the player moved a bishop, and twenty moves afterw ard informed him that hi« adversary checked hi* king with hi* queen.

T h a i is impossible,” cried Philidor; “ our knight would take bon •Hilt the knight is not there,” replied tho prince’s accom plice; “ it is

the bishop."R esting his head upon hi« hands, Philidor »at buried in reflection, until

he recalled to his memory the whole progress of the gomiA t the fifth move,” he at lust «aid, “ when 1 told you to advance n

knight, you made a m istake and advanced n bishop.*'A t thoso word* the Count, seized with wonder and admiration, rose

from hi« »eat, confessed the trick, and asked Philidor'« pardon. N ext m orning he sent hint his hundred loui» in n gold box, bearing Ids initial« in diamonds.

ENcnvNTtcn Mountain in T ax*» .—*Thoy have strange tiling* in Taya* n* well a* wicked doing«. 'File following account o f a great natural curiosity in that country i* from the T exas T elegraph . Thi« singular m ountain, o r hill, i« situated on the head water« o f tho Sollec—a «mall tribu tary o f the Colorado, about eighty mile* from Bostrop, in a north­w esterly direction. It is about three hundred feet high, and appear* to he a»i enorm ous oval rock, partly imbedded in tho earth. W hen the sun «liinea, the light i» reflected from its polished surface a* from an immense m irror, and the whole m ountain glow* with such a dazzling radiance that the beholder w ho views it, even from a distance o f four or five mile«, is unable to gaze upon it w ithout experiencing a painful sensation, similar to that w hich 1« felt when looking upon the rising sun. Tho ascent o f the hill ia ao very gradual tha t persons can easily wulk up to the top ; but thi rock is so smooth aud slippery that those that moke the attem pt are coin polled to w ear moccasins or stocking* instead o f shoes. T h is act, together w ith tho nam e o f the place, Holy M ountain, reminds tho visitant very forcibly o f the command made to Mose* a t M ount Horeb, “ P u t off thy shoes from o ff thy feet.” Tho CamnnchcR regard this hill w ith re­ligious veneration, and the Indian pilgrims frequently assemble from the rem otest borders of the tribe to perform their Panim rites upon its summit.

TuK N tso tiik T ablrs” to Goon A coo o n t —T able m oving is the topic o f tho day in Paris. A French paper, tho C ourier du W ord, has a suggestion on the subject worthy of a Yankee. It proposes the applica­tion o f th is new motive-power to railway locomotion. Third-class pas­sengers, who will receive a free ticket in consideration of their services, are to form a chain about a table, moving on a pivot, ami connected by suitable m achinery w ith th e wheels. By placing their hunds upon the table it w ill revolve, aud thus propel the cars. T h e C ourier calculates th a t the m agnetic force o f tw enty travelers will be sufficient to propel a train ca rry ing tw o hundred passengers, and an cquul w eight o f freight, at a ra te o f tw enty mile« the hour .— P ath h in d e r .

S IN G U L A R D IS C O V E R Y .T h era is no th ing new under the sun T he A m erican coffin w hich .a t

traded so m uch atten tion at the G rea t E xhibition o f 1851, and which by producing the vacuum by m eans o f the a ir pum p, w as though t to be an entirely new method o f preserving corpses front decay, has ju s t been proved to have been known in th e m iddle ages. W hile dem olishing th e old church o f the ancient W elsh College at H ehnsted t, n e a r Brunsw ick, a coffin made o f lead was discovered, th e lid o f w liich w tis o f glas* o f im m ense thick­ness, containing the hotly o f a young g irl, apparently about tw elve years o f age, w hich still preserved every appearance o f y o u th and freshness, although the coffin bore date 1401. A private le tte r from a bystander tells us tha t the face and figure o f the child w ere perfect as in life, no t a single sign o f decay being risible throughout the w hole person. 'Flic check pre­served ¡1* delicate rose tint, the forehead ita snow y w hiteness T h e hair, w hich w as o f a l»eautiful gold color, was parted on th e brow, and fell in long ringlet« over the bosom, crisp and fresh as though the child had lain down to sleep a few moment* before. T h e dreaa o f w h ite satin , embroid­ered in gold flower«, th e shoes o f w hite velvet, the lacc apron, all seem ed bright as i f new ly purchased ; and, more astonishing still, the hunch o f lilies held in th e hand o f the corpse «till looked as fresh and moi»t as though the dew still hung upon it. T h e w orkmen engaged in the demolition o f the building w ere «truck w ith aw e, and im mediately w en t in quest o f the* chief m agistrate o f the place, who soon arrived on the spot, accompanied by several o f th e inhabitants.

Unfortunately the w orthy functionary having recently been made the victim of n practical jo k e in th e town, and being h a lf suNpicious th a t the same tiling was intended, would no t believe in the reality , nnd seizing a »panic from the hand o f one o f the w orkm en w ho stood near, dealt a heavy blow upon the lid o f tho coffin, and sm ashed one or tw o o f the diamond- sliaped pane» o f gloss o f w hich it w as com posed. In a moment, nnd while we yet gazed, a thin cloud o f dust or vapor, like a w reath o f smoke, rose up from the colfin, dimmed the sight and vailed the corpse from our iew. W hen it hail disjippcarod we gazed dow nw ard in aw e; no thing

remained of w hat had struck u* w ith »o m uch in terest and w onder—all had vanished, and left naught behind but a heap o f discolored dust, a few rags o f tinsel, and one or tw o dried bones.

T h e rage ami despair o f H err W , tho great an tiquary and sa v a n t o f the place, knew no bound». He did b is be»t to collect the fragment* tha t remained, and that *amo evening th e coflin w as conveyed to B runs­wick. w here it will no doubt form one o f the greatest ornament» o f the museum. T h ere appear« no doubt tha t the high preservation o f the corpse had lteen produced by the ab*traction o f all a ir from the coffin. It i* sup- [tosrd that the child belonged to «orne g reat professor o f the University, who had jMTlormcd the experim ent in »ecret, as it ia curious that amid all this care concerning the body o f tho child, no mean» should have been taken to preserve her nam e from oblivion. N o nam e is engraved upon the coffin, not even her initial*—nothing but the date o f the year in w hich »he died or vva» buried— 1-RH.— L ondon jfltla*.

S omething very mkk a M iracle.—T h e JVorth B ritish D a ily M a il has the following, u nder the title o f ” Remarkable O ccurrence “ A little girl had her left eye so completely covered w ith a w hite speck tha t it was rendered sightlees. A few days since, while am using herself out o f doors, a dove descended from a neighboring dwelling-house, and, a« i f in search o f food, removed the speck w ith it« bill, w ithout causing tho slightest injury, so that ever since the vision of the girl haa been perfect.”

S pir it R a pping« and N ecromancy— A C ure.—»Beecher’s hypothesis o f a —— ( “ Oh ! breathe not his nam e,” ) seems to be gaining ground. T he P resbytery o f ChillieoUie endorsed it, a few days ago, by adopting a reso­lution declaring spirit rapping* a “ revival o f tho old abomination of necromancy, so decidedly condem ned in the W ord o f G o d ,"an d proceeded thereupon to suspend tw o members who had been engaged in the diabolical pastime.

It is presum ed th a t th is policy o f sending people to t h e ------ in orderto save them from him, will prove a very beneficial curative. W c trust it will be generally tried .^ -E x c h a n g e

M iss H arriet H osm er , t h e S culptor.— A le tter to the New York T im e s says, o f th is young lady, tha t sho “ promises to become one o f the m ost finished sculptors in the world. Slic is under the tuition o f Mr G ibson, and has modeled a large bust o f Y enus, to G ibson’s infinite am azem ent and delight ; lie takes all Rome to sec it, and »ay* there is no sculptor in Rome w ho could do it better, while th ere is m any who could not approach it.

T h e N ew Y ork Qbseroer would like to know how “ reverend” women arc going to comply w ith St. P aul's requisition that “ a bishop m ust be tho husband o f one wife.” W hereupon som e W este rn editor irreverently solve« th e problem , by suggesting that said women should marry the old grannies in pantaloons who edit newspaper*, and are eternally cackling out their apprehensions tha t wom an is getting “ out o f h er sphere” w hen­ever she attem pts to do any good or earn an independent subsistence.

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A P hoimuy —W e loam from Fort S m ith (A rk ) H e ra ld th a t there i* young mam in that place, about 21 or 22 year* o f age, who is nn idiot

except in the rom putation of num bers, and in th is respect he is a prodigy. 'I V l ir r a td says Hi* mind appears to he occupied altogether in count­ing, day mul night. Ho can give correct answ ers to the m ost difficult quriuion* prupoutnlcd instantaneously, by hi» head, for he had no education whatever. H e will not leave hi* mother at any lim e, *nd lie is a perfect child in thi* respect. How he can render ao easily as he does, accurate aniwiTH to all questions pu t to him, is * mystery to u*. T h ere appears to be no limit to his power* o f calculation.

V aluable R e c e ipt s .— T o become rich, save your money and sear your conscience.

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none o f your own.T o become exalted to a little oilicc, he ready at all times to act os a tool

for big men.T o become poor, he h o n ed and avoid suspicion.T o become insane, spread your sentim ent* without consulting the oracles.T o become unfortunate, p rin t your thought!T o become slandered, edit a paper and tell the tru th .— W aukesha

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Messages from the Suporior State.Communicated by John Murray, through J. M. Sponr. Price, 50 cent« ; postage,8 cents.

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PUBLISHED MONTHLY.T h is work, edtUkl by S, B. Brittan, i» the only Magwine in the United

State« which ia devoted to an inquiry into the la w s of the Spiritual Uni­verso. Jt trout« ospcciiilly o f the philosophy o f Vital, Mental, and Spiritual Phenomena, and presents, as far aa possible, a classification of the variow Psychical Condition* and M anifestations now attracting attention in Eu. rope and America. T ho following will indicate distinctly the prominent , features o f the w o rk :

1- L ive« ok the &p.kr* and R eformer».Each num ber o f T h e Shokinah will contain a biographical »ketch of««*

prominent S eer , distinguished Reformer, or eminent Spiritualist. In the selection of subjects for this departm ent we shall observe no restricted limits, nor regard with undue partiality any particular sect, party, or elm T hese biographical sketches will each he accompanied with an elegant portrait o f tho subject, engraved on steel, cxpreasly for T nk Shesinim.

2- E lements ok Spiritual Soirnck.Containing the Editor’s Philosophy o f the Soul, it* relation«, »uuccpti-

bilitms, and powers, illustrated hy numerous farts and ex|ieriineut».3. C lassification of S piritual P henomena.Embracing concise statem ents o f the more important facts which belong

to the departm ent o f modern mystical science.4. Psyciiometrical Skrtchks.T hese sketches ol Divino C haracter* art* given by a Lady while in the

waking state, who derive* her impressions by holding a letter from the un­known person against her forehead.

6. Essays on im portant question« o f Social and Political Economy.

(J. O k i u in a i- P o e t r y and M u s ic .

7. R eview s.— E specially o f such works as illustrate the progres» ofth* world in natural, political, social, and spiritual Science.

CoNTkinuToits.— Rev. Jome* Richardson, J r . ; O W . W ight; 0 P S tu a rt; Horace G reeley; Hon. J. W . Edm onds; V. C. Taylor; J. K­Inga lls; D. M‘Mahon, J r . ; W n . W illiam s; Señor A dad us Calpe; WS. C ourtney ; France* H. G reen; Sarah Helen W hitm an; Annette Bish­op ; Mrs. Lucy A. M illington; Mr». S. S. S m ith ; Henry Clay Preus«, and others.

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Mr». M. LONG. S piritual ami* C lairvovant Medium, No. ft Th»^- son Street, near Canal, New York. Sittings for Spiritual Intercourse &w 3 to 6, and from 8 to 10, except Saturday evening. Admission Wrreii C lairvoyant Examinations for the discovery and cure o f di*e*»e, fow 16 a m. to 1 p m. For examination ami prescription, f t . $ ^

C LA IR V O Y A N C E A pplir d to th e D iscovery and C urb op »ll Di* e a sR* ; and to the delineation o f human character. How to convri bad habits, «He Person* at a di«tan«re must send a lock ol hair nd fee the secure attention. ( 'hart« o f the Mind, lfi page*. $2 fo #6 ^<dical Examination $2 . and Prescription Ç4, when by agency, and |1 93, when subject is present Dr. R. will lecture on Spiritualtao m»* kindred subjects, at points not over 200 miles from l lica. He will ^ always assisted by Spirits o f Intelligence and Truth.

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