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H° 11' lUc On- l>i\in«> llm nall animating s oil of n il; -,i tlmt t» f’“ " 1 "t <<e>d, of llu> lupor world, or .if the sold o f m m , (lint

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o state-menu wo lut'e made regarding |lie substantiality o. o'vo or hfe,(;ind oliu b ihro.'uKr will vluiMu> are-. equally ;»j>- f.icnblo io tho world >•:' life, or the spirittnl ha\» coiilir-•".Uorv c'ij.-u co within the rcacli o f nu n tho m ean.'* etpatily * 1 :i1 'rhi h I’i'o .luo.v-.n tiols, slnpi must nlway» I o snpc rior to the thing produc'd. .-••ntn \1» d, ami shape <1 Tim supi- riot ika. proceed* iV. iu tlio inferior. 'Wheilw-r i* the Mini , on il man*.- f >, or ih« i >y within which erviffed it, tho more read vxi'i.-’.nv ; Sorrow and gladness can bo di*lingui>hcd in the

the human voice. U the tone supeti >r to tho correspond- li;-* 111w a-<l emotions I or i- it reasonable to think that vl •• - und »>f gladness produced the gbuliress iUolf ■' “ Sh dl the ft\o bo.i t *tv ‘h'aâuisi him that he wot h therewith} or i-hitll the raw nut- ®!!.v '•“'sh' a gains* him that shaketh it ! as if tho r.-d should -h.*k- Usell ag.dust them that lift it up, or .as if ilio ft.-vlF should lift up

as if ii w.To no wood” Vet '.his 5* precisely the pottieii those*oet..py who a> ribe t-* matter that which belong* to spirit, und who - •. in,' in t'.e natural world the rainifcstation* o f t ie ■worlj . f 1 '• within, ..!• .* themselves to think they are bet the ell-,-!s t,f matter use'll'. That which conies lis t into existence- in tho uni r of ..re it: t\ contains within it, and - .r u s as a basis for, a'! th - prenou- . \i>n : e.\ iu orderly sen. * ; thin from the •acre outward form or expression, Up to the FeumUiu o f Life. And m:.-. ’v. ns t»|.. Fust Cause h tho most real , xi-tSti- e, that wviid wl ieh i< the i .m Him ia the order of er-V-aw. must be prop.irtiv.udly nn.re .usual and jwif.vt, superior nnd ddl'.-rcnt in iub'taiu:.., to the wol'.I " , now cvi.-. iou*ly inh -M; It is as a la n e compare 1 t ' ft* .-hadow.

After alij thou, it i.s not >o man cions that nirti should hold so b-u-ti.. ,;-’r to life, at' i lu-;>o on. the' know in-t why. lor an vver- 1 s»t:ng bv.u » beyond n:*t. ;!a! death, since ii::luv of .-jmitual J.h- into ii • • i., , -.-.iiil' c luuiu: :- ites som, thing .»! its nature ;* n j 1. « v.e could r.e, u c life without at tho s.une tuuo pnrt.iku g of the d ',i to life, is not easy to conceive.

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,1 - til-. ::i to b '.ieVe Ir. ('-. .Vs o:.i-tv!ie->, and conjunct tmn will. II,;:i th .t bv is ;”t e ' . r ordaitnd ; ai.d "i.-.-n the truth can • r; }• ratjyuai c-'iieeptiens e f liim ar<en ten au o i n-.w effjr'.s aie ôlunftnly made to obtain not now facu'i.. > .l st hi - ti.ore pure, more heaven y, more like the iruuicv of I; ; ai.d a. .’ ui-ii, * ivit!i i: tho v ver-accodipauv tng felicity and ha:m uv . : , :i, yhic’a they only know who have made the w .jc m ,l v'. " Ue ve p, . iA t , , van tvs jo u r Father who is in htaven is perfect.”—J . U. w. — Crisis.

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to forward commmiicalion i for tho e.vluimn of this paper, as well as tlie-s * who hate ov.'a-um to writ- oil buntl- -a connected with til- . 'Ublishmctil, fdionld be drefill i > nddriWN t imrl. - I’.n(rult;.. I'aitri.l-e and Briltrtii, or Snnm vt. Ti;i.koi«avi| ; ot otberwi .. (heir requests may n.U Ih> promptly atlctidcd l<>. All lelleri a idr.".'d lo It. Brillnn Will bo regarded a- private, and io- inam unopcnctl until Ins return.

H It I T T A N ’ S S P I It ( T tJ A f, T E L E (i R A P II

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D R E A M S.D ;.r is often conv. y to the mind impressions much more la-t-

ing and \iv .l than th-sc received through the ugeucics of wakeful She ; and tins >, in a m nou-:. owing to the f . . t that our fcel- i.-gs r : are deeply vr.yiy. d in th- visitati.iiis o',our si ■■'/■■■- hours, than with t.', - every Jay thing* <>f MS*; foraj_ t _d__. j - ; . .: ci 'i.i:n-: '.re •* and events which makeUp o- - life !;erc. a -.- Mtr-,: . I nicchanii illy from day to Jay. as cor.s:it iiiag the ord-ir of c\i-1 ::> cw h ile tbu thought and the ail l-: 01.5 ro-el unreslraincd over lle ir favorite field.- o f coat, in- pia.i ,i)—coloring all . bjecia with those shades which are most agr. ab'-e to the -w -. and tli*: day-dreams fall full as short of fid tidin-n: in actual l’f*, and abound as much in f.mta>y as our 'roam* a: night do— yea, more s o ; for th> re is >onieihing-.levat-

ing and peace-giving ia these deep, f.undi.ir tones that steal all utuwar.s ujsja our s i.. ping hours, ar.d though dimly ro-memb *rcd afterward, we caulot drive them wholly from u*, i.or would we if we • • i ll . You -..it it is but a dream ’ as such it u no l.-- wor.hv oar 0 1 .5'Jfr.ali >n. Our life is a dr am too. Man is a dreamer’.— Sh aJjw y hands beckon bun astray, and th* o vanish in thin a ir : he btii els i-a-tlcs o f cob-webs, ar.d paints the skits in cb>rs th .1 fade -ooti away ; be pursues buiteriko.s till they have changed into birds of night, andstr.mgo rhapes till they have dis- a; r ;arod iu the valley of darkness ; lie gropes lik^ an owl in the day-time, and says it is morning when it ia evening. Lie turn.- his h r : lo the Great Father, and s-c-s distorted images of the ineflhble Divine glories, lying broktn upon the devastated earth; he i: is who wand, rs forth in life, and dr.ams that he is a god.

It affection which give-, color to life— which give* ro-ttoour la:xJV*.. But there are various kinds or qualities of affection— from ti;a fogs and tain ted effluvia of a degenerated human will to the aim-anted zi-phyrs that glow in the blue ether of heaven. And dreams are as diversified res the colorings o f human life ; awakening, in turn, all the emotions of love, anger, or fear common to us in every-day experience, and accompanied with an earn^-l’*. :> of purj-ose scarcely equaled in the phases of wuking- life. Them ar- the dreams which disturb, more or lets, our sleep, oftentimes awaking us abruptly, and claiming no very distant re- Utionship with cxb rnil thing-1, and sugcv.s'.iiig the exciting cause as ari-iug ffv.ru previous ctrcunisUmco, or from rome known emotions previously cxi-ting.

But uh.re are dream* winch wo can not recall! W e awak. from along, ev .if- flc.j*. and arc refr.shed ns from the riv.r < livin ’' wat* r*. W e feel a sense of some influence, wLi. li v o lmv

,i us of. but which we now knov ,-forms lade as we open our < y< • Tlita-i are those dreams which

'gin. T.-d a little child that the >, and it at once beci-m. * a truth 1, until the shadows of a cold, ghl in his soul— but the doori i t tin- lapse of a troubled life*, he

, , r dr.-air.' that l»- is n g o J, but lies down to hl..q., lik. a i! i, i!r.' door I- agnu thrown open, a m>fi Lre.tlh c-mio<

- _ - • xiig . . . to him ag nn—the gn en ii Id . 1 C .in" t > make ill. heart gl.«d forevermore— In■: m, w n.| o f hi. dr.um— btit !••• knows that hi- life is r.- <iud with overflowing In art lie renews Ins youth. F.-i

1 many a day— Imt JiisslumbcT* were uneven, •m—but he dreams again like a little child,

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5s;sv i. I l.-fl N.-w York, on Monday tho iTtli tilt., I havo not found it convenient to enter:nin you with . von th» most impor- fwt 4b- t.h c f tho incidents of mv joW nay; nor have l broo fa vored with aeonvetiimit op,wrtimilv to cotuimmicnto the r. -ultn . t rnv hc-tv obseiv.ition-, respecting the progress o f spiritual ideas, : rd th.- -ii.pi.'-is of the U -form ition over the scientific material- 1- 1 aud flieologicsl skepticism of the ago Y et ow n where the all*c .nquorii.g j-.vw rof Truth i? tnanife-'t, while the observer b c.dk i t > witness many il lust nil ion* o f human weakness and fully .iniuti" flu’s5 who utt mpt to arrest and turn back tho currotiU of inspired thought. Thu opposition i> powerless, and iu many places aim - t cotom.mds v'tir sympathy on account o f it* vwnk and h- '}•)• =' eonJitioii. Over :1k- giaves o f old id-as the inspired teacher Incubate* the mo-t vit d prinoipltfs. Beneath his fe ,,rc s -jiiiU-li. r* " full of dead men*.* b o n e s b u t from every door

- ii.- 1- l i l c d away, and a commanding voice bids tin- unconscious sleeper* .iw.ik - lo behold the lit s i nuncTtoN ! Wo 1< to cherUb all beautiful and solemn momorios of great deeds- nnd -a red places, hut i- is only* a living inspiration that can fill up the nioas'ir-.' o f our joy, nnd cm o every liber o f the heart to thrill in unison with the Divine pulsations. The inspired man feels th.- c'.-Tgie* o f tho ini mortal world flowing into and through iv* wit-h; being. II:* -pirif is full o f light, and a t tiuK-S the uutcr form bi-c.'im-s luminous and glow* with unearthly splendor. Tie-.-j irit'ial sun rUea in tho Sou l; tho body, like an alabaster >'uuK-, temp 1* and subdues tho divine effulgence which it can not conceal, ami the more “ excellent glory” of tho spiritual life shine* through the palace gates that lead to the outer world.

When I left New-York, my health was som.-vvh.il impaired by unusual labor, loss of sleep and a kind of intlu -nza from which I had b en Miilering for several days. A t Narrowsburg, on Ibi Erie Kafroad, 1 loft a warm car and took a scat in an open stagecoach, in which I traveled some sixteen miles to Uonesdnlo, l ’a.,

•rc I lectured in the evening of the same day (December Itili). The Court IIoti*o was well tilled w ith intelligent p.-oplo, all of

hom seemed to ho interested in the subject. The effort on pari was attended with some inconvenience, owing to a feverish excitement about the bruin and extreme hoarseness. Tho next morning I was 11 al ly speechless, the secretions were deranged

l the symptoms of fever were strong and unmistakable. 1 was ongug. .1 to speak in the evening of that di»y «*■ 0..rbonJ<ilc,

id, iud od. was aUvertiscsl for a course o f three Lectures, to Ia- g irt 11 in th.it plnco on consecutive nights; but my “ door of

c w a s closed, and I was obliged to ui-appoint my friends During tli,!>.- three days I was confined to my room most of the time, and under medical treatment. I was, however, most fortu-

stopping at tlie public house kept by Mr. Henry Dart, from whom I received the most cordial and fraternal attentions, and whose estimable l.i ly was also mindful of ail ray wants.

In TIoi:;-dale the Spirits are a t work in the churches, and it is quite apparent that the clergy exert but a feeble influence vvliih the old shadows of the dogmatic theology are being scattered and consume.] by the brightness of their coining. Spiritualism approaches them very much as the kingdom of heaven came to the Jvws, “ not with observation,” but in silence and almost imperceptibly. Y et it comes with the unfailing demonstrations of it.* power. I 11 the Presbyterian church of that place, the Spirits are cordially entertained and honored as heavenly guests by some of the most influential members. The pastor does uot attempt to exorcise the Spirits, nnd we are therefore left to infer that, in h:s judgment they arc celestial visitants whoso presence and influence is needed to quicken the faith o f the church, and lo invert its members with robes o f divine light. May they thu* vlo lvc the naked everywhere, and make the barren wastes o f the old Zion bloom with the freshness of the new Ed.-n. jj

I will here record some examples of spiritual intercourse which wore made known to mo during my brief sojourn at Honcsdalc. About tho middle of April, 185.1, a gentleman of superior intelligence and unblemished reputation, who holds a prominent posi- ti- n in society and is still an influential member o f the church, wa* v idled by a Sj.irit who assumed the Control of his hand, and wrote the following:

“ Jn aix weeks you will follow to the grave’’—

Here- the gonlcmnn interrupted the communication, and indignantly resisted the influence, thinking that the Spirit wished t* trill.- with his feelings, and that no good Spirit would make such an announcein nt. A* the six weeks drew lo a close, he felt considerable anxiety, but at length when the time had ■ spired, and thin. tubers of Id* family wore still all in their usual health, he wa? relicv-f-d from hi* apprehensions. But the solemn event came to pa-a as tho Spirit had predicted. On the last day o f May h little hoy fell into the water and whs drowned. J (1 * fair form p.-rbh.-d as the spring departed, find tho lirel flowers of summer bloomed above his l.tilc grave.

S >m-! time nft -r th : o ' -urrence o f the event already described, the Spirit that made tin prophetic announcement visiusl tin ber-.- tv. 1 father and rcfe-rn-d to the former communication. Tin j a out desired to know— if the- Spirits wen: aware o f what wa uboal to transpire— why they could not have communicated *uch inf.rinatioii as would have enabled him to avert the calamity. 11m reply, in *ut.*t a tree, wa-, that the child's removal wa* < fleeted agreeably lo tho Divine mil:, and that no power on earth, or in the Spirit-vvoilJ, could have pr< v.-nt. <! his departure, All the Spirits could hope lo do in such a case, was to prepare the fetlicr’s mind for an event which the world regards a* deeply ■voh "in and moiiriifiil, to lliu end that Lo might meet the same with becoming tirruri. -* and composure.

Tho same gentleman related nnolher similar expcrieiic-. One day (.'apt. It. Middenly nnd inysUriomly app.-ar.d to him, and a Spirit at tli .-ame rime inf iniu d him of tho fact that the Captain li.i.l d-parted tiii- life. Our friend made n record of lln.su eir- cniiutancrit, und deposited tho uieinoraniluni in a d«.*k in hi- olli Subsequently a letter was received (written after the nniiouucein.-nt by tho Spirit), confirming thu previous intolli gene1). On reading tho letter, our friend remarked lo his wife

that tho dejiiMiuro of t'upiniii jl.n a> »o n> >1- i<» him, that a i»it hail l».-. n tli - r-ii iual Ii..,,,,, 0flh*-. ittliiig-, and thftt if tin- add hut |.>ok iu u f.'ilain p'.„.- in In* ..(li. >*, 1 h>. WoiiLI find

hi> record of tho uv'iMil iitnJa nt thu Uni’-. Tin |udv imini-di.it. I; vv.nl to the plnco judical. >1, and tju-re foitnd a written Hlal/'iin nl of the fu.,t, in tin. h,-tintwriting ,,f ),«-■ )m*h:cjid,

\ (listiiigiiwlii 1 momLor of „n.» ■ f tit" learned prof--emir in Ilniiiad lie, in the OUlti.e nf ft )M<rxo»l*l tllL lvievv "illl th.i wiitor, related a l.n.l us-|e ,-(ing 1)1. tment <•! it .L'pm .d rIniin, which hi worth recording. T.-u d«v» bcfnio th" Mtllornenl i>u mail.-, ii fspiril raliio 10 him nmi , ,,(iiiiMioiiaI..) the pn ei - t- im on which they would finally ilinpono of Iho Mil.j. et Nine day alior this Intel view with (ho S|,)ri(, ilm t'.ppn-itu parly forwarded to otir informant lorntn and pn,pin-id* I-a a m 111. 11,1 nt ; but ;■ tiny were very dilhrelit fioin th..-.* jn.luarid l.y lie- .Spirits, and. at the Miiio lime, nltogi liter iiii*ati*fectory, ilo-y were prompilv rejected. Tho next day, Imwever, thu very condition* named l»v the Spirils were- olfernl and uu. pi. d ; and this rir.ulled from inter views Lelw.uii other p.-n-oii., and DegOlintion* of will, h our friend wa* totally ignorant at tb,. time o f their oecurren-

On 0110 Oco.i'ion thu gentlentan lit't ref* rred lo had a - i.k child, nf nmi which ho felt >unn> concern. The boy had a raging fever which oonlinue.l without tho plight*it mitigation until 11

rtiango Spirit came, and using the father as n iDcdinm, iinm<- diatvly reduced tlie few-r. The Spirit W-ing ?olicitcd t<' give In* iniim., replied that hu wa* rJr. , ami that when he wits intho bixly he lived ill Ulien, N. V. «»n inquiring of n per- s.*n V'lioso r.-sid.-nco js in Utiui, whether r-hi; w;is ncquoiat-d «nh a physician by that name, the nn»vv. r wa*, " O you, y.-ry well; but he has L.cn dual foine time.” In publishing thou- illustration* of spiiitual intercouiRe, tho writer Im* been rr- qile-sti d to suppress nanie.*, but the render may ho ussurcrl that tho facts are derived from mo t unqUMli»nnbh- sourco.

Tho opposore o f Spiritualism at llonr-sdnle have been peculiarly unfortunate. One of tho first ri> -igmilizo l.ini*e!f in that region, by hi* warfare against tho Spirits, was Bev. John Mol" o f tho l'resbyterian church, l lo openly declared his ho*til< purposes toward “ the armies of In riven," and continued to fight with remarkable valor until the f t late required h is trrvit After tho opening of his campaign against tin* Spirits hu hrt*'> evasion to uso fast liorsc.1, and tho scllislmoss of (Jio pcnplo in that part of tho country led them <0 dispute his right to tin possession of no has limn five lint o-., which were employed ii his rervice. The parties who claimed tho animals, some how 0

other made out their case, after which tho public authoritic. honored Mr. Mol" with a pressing invitation to take up fib residence in the Stale mansion at Sing Sing, where he now rtgidi

But the man who look the initiative in opposing Spiritualism in Honcsdale, was K -v. Mr. Baker, a Baptist clergyman who lived in Bethany, Pa. B akers zeal for the Lord wa* untirin; and noisy. He preached against the Spirit-* and contribute, articles to tho press, which wero pnblislu-d in the Honc-dah papers. TJo seems to have been a prissionnto admirer o f tin beauliftil, and lie was one of the heaviest slockholdom in what a certain inspired old bachelor once denominated the “ weaker vessels" [probably spoken by apostolic ‘ ‘ permission” and not by divine “ commandment] that could bo found this side o f Salt Lake. He had nt least five of thoso vessels, and was negotiating lor another, when tho Spirits, rather unceremoniously, crossed his track. Tho circumstances of the case will bo likely interest tho reader, and 1 will therefore record thorn in this con nection.

A young woman who lived near Honcsdale, was engaged h D.iLoi, and doubtless thought that she was highly honored having contracted a marriage alliance with a clergyman, one occasion this young woman went «o see Miss Weyont, a medium who resides at Binghampton, and inquired if any Spirit had aught of interest to communicate to her. She w svvt-red in tho affirmative, and the following significant passage of Scripture was spoiled out by an invisible intelligence ;

“ Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife without a cause

Nothing further could be obtained at that time. The voting lady wrote again nnd again lo tho circle, and received on eacl succeeding occasion precisely the same message. Nothing could be elicited, and this, she thought, was meaningless in its npplication to her case. On the occasion o f her third interview with the Spirit, sho ventured lo a>k Mr. P . G. Goodrich, a Spiritualist, wlmt the invisible powers could possibly mean by constantly repeating this Scripture to her. Ho replied (hat I: did not know, unless her clerical suitor had a wife already. At her next interview with Baker, the young lady disclosed what had transpired at the circle*. The K-.-verend transgressor never visited her again, but soon engaged himself to a Miss B . in tin same neighborhood. A gentleman who knew Baker to bo a married man, but had concealed tho fact nt B .'s request, sought an interview, nnd addressed him substantially as folli I understand that you are about to marry Miss B ., and I feel it lo be my duty lo disclose to her family the facts respecting y present relations. Moreover, this Spiritualism which you so strenuously oppose, I have examined and find it to bo true. “ W ell," said Baker, " I f it is (rue I don't leant to krnotc it.' Baker left forthwith for T\xa*, hut subsequently returned u Brooklyn, N. Y., and there consummated hi* sixth marriage. Ono of his wives whom bo had utterly abandoned, pursued him ; at li-w instigation he was arrested, (lied lbr hi* offenses, and convicted. Mr. Baker now resides on tho east bank o f tho IlinUon, mid iu the same liotreo with Rev. John Mo!.-.

The reasons why such men oppose Spiritualism are so <>b' ion- that a further elucidation of the 0.111'•..* i* quite unnecessary*. A *ingfe additional remark, and 1 leave this subject. It is not with an air of triumph or a fee.ling of pha-uro that we regard the lull of any man. \Ve should rather weep to ro-o the moral nature prostrate and life a frightful desolation. While it may l>< necessary to record such examples as a ju.*L and salutary reprooi lo the wayward, and as a timely caution to others— whose woik-i o f darkness je t wait in secret the time of sonic revealing angel— wo shall Mill do well to n-iiicinl"’r, that Chanty rathei prefer* to diaw lu-r vail of light over th® deeds of human frailty, while she mourns in silence amid >o< n> •' *’l moral ruin.

On Friday, December ‘-‘ 1st. I l. l't Hoii.-xdalo an hour before- dnyl-ght for the in are si dc-j6t on tho Erie Railroad, which i. sixteen tnile.* distant. I La i not fully recovered front inv indisposition, hut a* 1 was expected to lecture in Bnflaloon Saturday. Sunday and Monday evening*, I had <*f course no time to spin*-, and was therefore obliged to resume my journey. Tho hill* wore covered with snow, and the cold was intense. T he la»v o' nature, according to tho philosophers, says that cold contract.* all things, hut it appears to me that the road between Uom -<IaL

o r g a n i z a t i o n .

, ( report o fTin fi.flowing brief onf-reii".' so;in.« iiiontl. iiuce, Upon a <n*idr-iatio!/, conlaining •'» pieaniW'

Igiiniitatir,pp. .

7ar!;> at <»nr spiritual , K-icb l uhjr pi* "fired for o u r; t>l; d c-dUrtiuitof f -i' nf

hnvo tnk'ii m;mo of my frkivU , "!/'< i/> think |1" rt’d.miplioji o f humnnity d*-p< ud - on a"

.........il paper org.-iiii/aiiuii (a- /h-.y >y). " a l l aL h V," My!ii--'-. . rr-j.fi. . nit?d iu tin: * j.o rt , ap)" «" d to have L. ■ i- l iny>e>f{p (I. ir < ‘ttiitniliou s«v • al d"gr. n ; bn’. I :tm my ot.-< rvatioinf thnUndi’ .'dual* are- - - l 'i'’"» iojm-'-l >- ■ it public ■ tun;.!-; o f iln ir wr*.i"«l •• *-»! tJi- I h •*.•■/ ’>’ ■lioiiLh-'l by poop).. i,yj-i 1 stimatiug n.V iiuli’.iij'u l <>.. ioiportafic*- J prefer t,. (/• J.-ilccn at my par value. I p however, that tl.i. -.rill L , iu i l l .- /aiod of f.i i f Sf. ;,hcw after reading my r< mark , • ver d drgrw s below r>-m. marks upon which Mr. Yoimg coionr i.U . -r- refwrUd •’«'» follows:

Mr l'uflrhl-e r*-:ul tin/ pr'-.m'.lc to the constitotioo. ond f- a.::'-'- 1 Unit orgAiit/itrini.s imt iii(/t -b d un.-.'i for lir- hun-. '.l f.i’We have « '-ret pothfe-ilorfsol/.ittoo--. ut-.- uod national —ii>*. pr,'nc(|i»J •rcoetlts of which arc oofifliol to orpaUzstioi.t nr:-t cliq'n .wbc-'-object I* to ami *w«-»l h without regard t>. taOtvI-lost rlpht'; and wo aim abound w ith religious and social orjrioSz t̂foo*. whieli, up \o 1 the present (iu*j. have been mainly r« m wkaMo for educ»’ on sod I'bd" (raining of sh.irp d'lvparauta ulid cvp-i*. HMUllkn. who, Iu t'--:r pat- |hanu< uil of victory over r »« b o-.tn-r. (’• D'-nilly forp-.-t wli.-.' If . lc pfincipt- I

they may liuv--Imv-d lrt<-> -d will, to t!»n Ir-afn-iiiijr. V.’l.at li v.iot d •«. ; „h'i- was a profrer organ!ration of l!.-: imlnh/u .l. J l v.c cm x-'< lii* tnvi rfeht, he will m.-.k-* clothes (o fit tllmrelf. Or,-.»oixxt-on* want to Wit ili'-ir li-h is ibre tli-y have caught It. If. loavim Is. *' First e-itc'r your lirli."—TrJryriij-h, Juniuiry J . I /.

On this report Mr. Young remarks:

On raiding th-- strove, 1 was forcibly remind ■>! of the remark of re-me writer, --Thaino i n w a s more uot-ke another than he vro*occasionslJy uolikc him <-U.: I lu-.-.i i-»k' u the Tui.cmui-u from it* coiomencenu'nt,and hnvo always admire d Mi. Partridge's maunnr of treatinir hi - 1 .A j-:i. whenevef he haft opp-’iired in ft- column'1. I!-(J the c. r-_-jn»rk* look m- all “ BhocI:." And tin- r- .-idu *1 wuy of rolvlng the fc* ruing paradox .e'm * (o h*. to suppose tho rp’-ftk- r t«> have be«.-a in a state of infed ‘•ntilnr to that in which he penned the note doscrttuid in Lit “ Night with the Spirits." Tho position that or/anl/.i'.Joo- h>v : not ftooom- plitii- d iotiii. for the good of mankind, sc rim particularly unhappy.Could there h ive h e U * Il.- leant progfe-* in tho p.-v-t without orgn'-ca- (ioiiB of soma sort l Eixfl now, w'hilher ,c!iouhl wv l.-nd wvr.- :i!i *u • -.u- zatfou— all l»a-— nbo'i-lufl, were such 11 thing possiblef ir no*. Ill"

tunc idt-a of .1 community, a* yet, on Hi!* jifnm l without organ’z.fl.oD,■vlnurd ’ Tru<*. lire higher the point gained in tho : ealo of it- ing l y joefrty, the k-« re-train- - !! >>o required to rmlnlatn order. In tu<? higher sphere* we suppose all to acr. roleiy from altraciion. But oven hero n (outitulkn prohibiting J"jury tho neighbor, ttod g'nrati’- • big

10 nil the uj-tins of “ life, liberty, ami tho pur tr«T of happiut",” could work no harm, however unmec.- ary it rniglit l><-.

The question, therefore, is not whether «.• s',nil have org-inlwittoaR I ,J/ V . or not, but whether or not v.v -itall orgnolxc m tbu to t manut-r our j L’r" d- wirelom can devise for the good of veL.-ty. Mr. P, adroit* Cut orgnti- j t'20 /.■ i::j zations do produce effecC*. by s.*yiug that r-Jigiou* org.-.n .: .-,'-o- ; ,];0 , ,r|Jeducate and train sharp disputant* ittid ".vp -ri wranglers. tVell, what [. _r t-lro- should wo csp'-ct from the s -tu ia -i oombiDofiuas— it ir llt- ir i ' z3 .Ifgitioutu fruit. Each mu*i prove Itself iinmicttlnte, un-1 all el : ! ” un’"“ 11 lurcticti). Aud -'union i* strength," whei her lx -rt.-d for goad or til. I bn

1 nui glad to see Mr. Partridge engaged in tho development *•' th--' individual, a* jr certainly netd* <lt« most strcmm-i? ‘XerlJoni in that direction, to prewut the d-sidly mephltio vapor* eoatinudlly exhaling from the horrid cstj.o .1 of competllioa, from blotting out cv -ry noble emetion of the soul. }

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O ut or'''it.!/ ifioit don

uizaUfrrw practically nuD1 jjiropl-' f." l to tlijiik, or th at tlieif r>;nrl< 0 cm, y, M iintin a r>» ■I.',...; . .M i r , t t * } ,Ltfi :• j tiro ill dividual (<s ( Jn '" /ea /lln s rrta to rs . Jf f,

nizalfoiia can prepond* r >t<- for g , J ; . 1 I/O I (-, it: '.triKt' I V’ ifll f '".tl e r.

M/lwI by (lu'ir rid. r* cvIII. iudv.i dual re ihif/lii(',') low i>l,i *.

ly l-reii ! Org.iMz.Ai'ms g< noinn(" in cg'-t‘ :ir ,}om or 1| by de»iri . {,/r j/J.tcrr i(.,-} firein-, nnd ainh li

re ui»". |and control f:i - m 'yi". l i icy nro cultinYoungJ and dap's til a nth or. ty. 71ii t- arc not C

T he re- 1in (Jn- rank; • .-'piriliuilift In cc-/ - fit til*

'•I bv h i,.h i

ions in Amuri'n : Spirjtrjafist. fn.

1 SpirittKih-r

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I 1 ty fa l s e the'jri ., ), . tu.-o all sudi T-. i' g, if) wLat* \- r ; o f th- world £!.- inti-:, from th- r e f r - . ’y o f tho c iw . ophy. i l t.r ;,i

fid, or .-q.niinal phwtiotnern, rum Onco b.e abjudobcd.

Spiiitualf t- i.s-day :.r-- Jo a tu t. a'-.n » a f •! 0 to if true plitio* >phy, or n-'ng t'.rdtty’K wi.s-1' m into alder and un.,’.tT ft i, equally unplu'Josoj.Ifieal and pre’ u; forth a creed, eniJxxJyu.g the tru • and fulur.i phcnorneiui— l uiuli rnto* 1 iu the o«:W fi;

regard all tho prexcat and

vil/i tb -o ,-ifnl >, •>. )-■ h i and

but partiaih it-—a* it i*

; i!i.*pirattL)n*. \VbX* « j t h t

poj ibil ■ hi Jog. ■it not that forced arc-''.Lining uniiy of opinions which cro- .ds demand, but ui.it; '■ ;

tru th , i je h u f* ndrjgh^ d ring— in the l e.-L 0Mo iern Spiiiiu .jistn ciifi! rs from the old in this; /. i: t

frank cxpro.ion c-f thought from c very individual ov,r, 1

every individual member becomes conscious of it* Wasting • fore any limited portion can be purified by breaking up litc *011 and admitting the light of heaven T I f no then surety tho uol Ciiught.”

But if. on the contrary, there are hundreds of both , exes oa the cart! having eye* to g-.-j and near'. : to feci, read / to org miz- ,»u UdsssxwitA .*-a-au catto 1 il u-:oc.*',iou >>: mu’ittl Tmur.ine• again every want— in other word*, ready to extend the prinelp!e o: harm: niziug Capital und lal>or, adopted by Mr. Partridge himself in the pro- I J-. cution of a particular branch, lo every sphere of hum in industry and ■.•tfort—why, then, tho netv gv.nn::il is airrady ■■ cl-! - it'." at I x-!.

Kotv, an) there n> inonir.e iu such an liioiUtring fo r the go.d o f hiunnnitf in tach a glirions ir r!. f If not. I j mistake the signs of the lime*- And faribcr, if ip-ritual cm does not I lend directly to .i*somnox, by etrvngthuniag the sense of brotherhood | in the human heart, then I have wholly miiupprehended its tcachii *nd rigniOcance. fcTEruKS tocxc

tliousaad* of sufllelt-nt nobility of foul, to bar- 1 loungf, arid fill other*, li:r s:ociatioo, already yem in g for the prieihgt of tlrecirolvc*, but th ey mu*t

, 're- [men Ire r.* diveree ;e* the b/ad« o f gras* jn the field uh h h ' !• r. 1 ' .

*a ^ Ic les or bigb pricet) U>engage irr <1-. b .to or wrarigii; _• .verbal show or pride o f opinions. I am re- o'. ■:

nto U« lb-* equal rij*uU arid pri-.?i»g-. - t c ry Atuaaa l • ill never willii/g!_v participate in Statute* or Jews wifi

me from lisbiiiuos amTre-t-ojisib li:*.-*. as an indiridui! wiil I participate- iu organir itfe-ns requiring * .e;-*; . - jo t or (rule o f concession or compromise of my opin

Ititd right to n u t' iraclice infringe upci

my neighbor’s rights.One o f l *o things must J*o true o f all secrc: s. <:.-Uc-

l their secret i* worlirlcs j humanity by withholding if. It' 1 bare

-wiiur.-ir g a ure.-.y

The following remarks are not intended to apply to appro- I significance o f /noti. ra re-ii:re :r, it is calcuhikd t » • priate national and State government*, but lo all those petty [people above tho chiJiu-h plane or > xr . Cliques, and an:organizalious which divert effort from making (lie gel mc-nt wbnt it should b e :

Although there is but a shade of difference -ignifieonce of the terms “ organization” and “ .n~; applied to men and women united in various enterpn-c:

Modern fi

.1 govern-1 phic* or fame, and bring men from therr cnnnnrÎ places behind creeds, statute* and privileged organitdiow. s

l-c-twe.n tho I restore them to the dignity of tnte manhood, iu-JR idualired > •ocialion” ns J organized in the Jiviuo Iw ititude*.

this I There is, however, no living, practical idea extant wriboM sltade of difference becomes wider and wider a* these terms are 1 gxaizatioH. It* organizauoa, it ietaloae, will natural ’-o

enornllv used iu the practical affairs of life. Tho term “a*so' Men and women will be attracted 1. it as the partiVL * of j ! i.ition” is generally applied to two or more persons united for cal uatureareattraciedto.the living energies fanvn. in l*-.i*i*.

business or charitablo purposes, wherein the differences iu relr ve?‘-'1-'1 gious and |x>lit:atl opinion* are net essentially involved, llonco °t this we see men and women who entertain the most diverse or inions humai in politics and religion, associated together iu business and churl* 1’ able purposes. To this form of association for these purpu

*ee no objection. But I do object to all associations funned in : pursuance of w hat are called statute; fer tho purpose of enjoying JI

special privileges w Inch mere h ies convey utes have 110 sjrecial privileges in thoinvlies

K-v h ue thev rteal from inJividual*. and uirower ava •Ives of tin -e privilege* are participants—according t

prritualram afford! without any ext-.-roaf paper orj heart* pulsate ns car to the*) living itumo

!".*. Mr. Young would have a paper organ > purp

illustrious " S ir a lio n . Mr.li-v •

r bang

Thn. U ’-I he w

aud Narrowsburg must be an oxeopt>°n to the law. I >shorter that morning than

MainlyOil ill"diJ not find it

proo cling Monday.Tho ineicieut* of my journey to Buffalo are rot worth record

ing. Siifiieo it lo .-ay, Ch.il at "lev ii ifeha-k on Friday night I f.iiind myself snugly cpiaitere-d in tho hospitable abode of our good friend Stephen Dudley.

I .drill coniiiui" this correspondent') ns 10011 and .-.* often m drcuinslaiice.* will permit. Wherever 1 nut iu person, iu Spirit I run with you nlway. *. n. bkiitan .

aw— in (lie theft. All such associations exist in eontraventio if the equal right.* of maukiud, and tend l>* demoralize, dv giad ubjugafc! and absorb the individual. Tins growing evil i I'oung America is fast killing out native individuality and moral

responsibility, anJ subjugating the tu:u*- s atul reducing them 1 ■ the plane o f the seif--of the old ountries.

The term “ organir itioir is usually applied to anv uunrbcr of persons joining iu c Urdu written oritepljed articles of ngrt-eineiit

faith for politie-.il or religious propagandist!!. No two of tlivsi- nsotis, sepaialdy from civil other, and without agreeni.-ut, si Id state tln-ir views in the same word*, nor iu words of siiui- r signific-mce, for the t.iu)ido re-.t-oii that there are duubs of

d.ffe-ix’nce in their opiuioi.s; and probably no two poisons in the id.- universe pree-i-v!) agree iu the idea* involved in anv v**en- .1 point o f faith. In order to organize perrons (or the jirouinl-

“atiou of any pli.v" o f polit'c* or religion, olio o f two things inu-l bo cKni" ; \ , "'.(li. r the- c< ntral idv .1* inv*Ived in the enter- prise must be found and pu-f* nlcff a* the creed o f the' clujito. or

•me pt-isou must be s"L "led a* the iufitliblo oracle wlic e \vi» doru i- both law and Gospel, mid demand.* implicit obedience in thought, or at least e \pn ~ iein.

Org.inuatsuns are- fonnc’d,nnd c-xist only, by and llirougb mental cvnc*: ion*. T!i"v aro made out of tMiii|-iontii-e.T individuals. Tlu-y are- an illcgitinuito cross-breed, and are- truly said to have " no souls." -1 In* must bo so from the natures of the c.i-«\ They cs'ii i-l «.f tiro c-xeresciiid * fr o m human soul*, but which are destitute of tho cjivtin- g"inunatiug c-leiircnt Many olln rwi-e dig nifi'd persons blindly tido tln-so mental mules wherever lln-y go. If we- ask tlu-ir faith, Jitnl what they are trying |t> dev, or whitlu-i tli'-y are bound, they refer us to the donl.-v they ride for ai answer. Appeal to them in the name and behalf of injure cl and mil. ring humanity,lo desist from (4_wrong, or leu \e-rl their inlb eiiee lor rigliteotisiie-a among uteti, and thu reply i*, “ il is not in

strutted hoid and authority, for th* strength. Does he want to force people, body who Joes not believe as he d-vs

Laws and sta t-[ tear down high steeples! or what docs] impart; what- j --trength he proposes to concentrate in an

i] a h ead to constitute a urodorn i*pirita«Ii*t 0 J have fer an org»uizatr«>n of men./ would I

It seems hardly possible that a n y Spiritual ish as to feel that wo need an orguniration to p mentiil or pbysiextl vfeienee. Ono Spiritnalret, wit truth buckled on. i* able to put to flight nil the lllegilinut ganizL-d p avers in Christendom. The atrongrh and popi Mr. Young would have, is ju st what I in **; fear. W ear Mantle rev- iving acccasions from the ranks o f c erek n aid tecs of de.id forru*, who never knew- the p.iteuov of -1 1 idea; und they Como with all the zeal to g.\!

rely repburthat they weni u.-cust uned to apply to the Jen ?>ld faith. They feel that it is cc-.end.il to the- sp •t" God's kingdom in the earth, that th< j 1 1 ;•f another nun's pulpit, or be* sent on a nr—ion fo .l*t :v

'■line where else-. S.tch /e.tl i.- not m-corel tu spiritual 1, dge. 1 question tho pre'i|»ric.-ly of tnakitig Spiritualist*

than they can l*o humanised, tvml Held

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D r, D o ff* Mr tiro !3.-3ff.Bv a " .tumiinrc it from Dr. D ..1*. vvl/'cll will b ’

mother column, il t i U l ' p , . 1 i .. it ?,.i, K " a:ful in u c .-iccontj'li'ltmi t :to f hi* , - ,{ -u. “ imt to0 it It tl c subject elf SpiriiualiMn,'’ Li t Iron roustrr1 -spoil* to mmti-re it* itirjulrie* re -1 .•ifj.g tho reasonschange of Yt"C\S, lo cuter the fie ld a a lecturer on the

Thus: c- 'b o will give tli • Dovtor a Ire tr'ttig will find hitg'-ttiott exponent 0 hi* th« me. ____M r. T ifltan y.

1. will I,- -c-'-ti bv 11 Micer in ani'tlu r p li •■. *' and popular expounder o f Spiriiuuli'in -.r J tho pltv, h i* bc-en engaged to cb-Uver Mtp\ilotwu(<f lure.'. Mr. Tiffiittj’.* labors for the la*t l " * 11 much to elevate tin* general standud *'* *' among SpiritualisU iu N- »v York, W illin '1-'

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•H of Vh: t-lov, .m ol el' Rut iutue-.t,, many rh ng.« | Si nt a dov. . 1 p * tr f ", t.li'jltDl It .It 0 IV 1 vd not To at Mid ll-y Spir.t birth.

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With n tvj.,,1^,.-wT-lly 1 »tUe jn ^ ila Oa ii • wvivg ,.. tu.giv lightt c. Vt d . ll V-V .ud .1 l-j.-v i. It-Wald.

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oral ho:

ib t.il.R

i. found Ihc ehuii

excitement in your oily in regard lo (he of the Davenports, No. 195 Bowery, on

-t .-ok. 1 mint m v c tv • mall space in your i.i., - . J and experienced on that occasion. •i.T to give su impartial account of tin way bo to mo to be compelled lo believe spiritual manifestations who aro so lost (o

i to deliberately attempt to pulm oil ritual origin. uauiiVsfritio r» which they tliemscltcs produce, hun-d-.y aft. n.non. .7th 1 repaired to the rooms of Mr. >rt. ami found there >omc forty persons of both sexes, assembled

the expected n m n -i itions. After the company were seated, is were ext.ngulshod, and great cure was taken to uiuko the rfeclly dark. The two lads were seated, one nl either end of shaped table in the center of tbe room. For u few moments silence reigned, when a Flight vibration of the strings of a ... heard, gr.-.'iualiy iucrca-ii-g to the full power of tlio instru-

Sound* also w, iv hoard from some of the other instruments on .■!. by xb > way. wore two guitar.', a tambouriuo. a violin,

re I- b j I'- i ; b r ,.. and tw ordinary ■ iv.-.'.cu.: trumpets. Soon. us indicated byt to iv ■... e;c I s.,;l .As. the guitar* a..d the tambourine commenced their gyrationsmrrat.d :.t : arv,„s.i to..o». moving with grc.it rapidity (the string:', being con-■ I'M b-.'.n-g j . uc.i ' n napi/.d'. ooea-ioially being brought to and lightly touching: J . He .... , f :h • vi iter*. This , vhibition continued at intervals for a eon

begone I ivtl '.e i . w h e n one of the parly, who had loft hi.:-'rt>. T.-. : J 5fawj ej on the carpel lowanl the center of■ it. • m «:i ■ | ,. | ■„ had been occupied by the cldi -t Davenport boy. vacant, liei...»po*iii.ia j iu o 'c,tael with ihc p .1 il eMreniitios of wh.it lie considered

7 ' ■ | a cy.rit clothed in tl. h : he caught hold of the leg-, imd received. i »! lb •• j . ,r v . a t . v. r* ■ biev. on Ids bead; he caught the instrument

i ' i with l, b ch ih1.1..W u,'.- ■ teen from the hands of the Spirit, who lieuJ toward the tn'ue. He then threw the tambourine ill that direction.

!* 1 • •• '' ,l ! hif.'.n : ;h • old, • t boy on hi held. The violin w as thru thrown from1 c j the i.vie ’..i ih* dir.eiion of the gentleman c*n the floor, and struck

•’ ac.ota.T p. r. on and a d.- k w ith a crash, breaking the Instrument in1 - • ‘ ‘ |>i c . The r.i- vii, lighted, and n* no one was much Injured, order

.- : wed. ih- room >i i .Luk.-n, ,1. uud the p'-rfornmnee proceeded lore, m compsnicd by a loud no- • ;v> of two perron* pounding on oor or la'il- with some hard substance, ringing the bolls, etc., etc v. ■ suddenly iuv rrup'.id by the production of a light from u lantern from behind (ho desk at the west end of the hall. Tin t>cing thrown directly upon the .-t. ene of the performance in the r of the room ueur the table, the oldest boy was distinctly seen in ct of aiding in the production of the manifostntioas, out of his

a .l several feci distant from the table, llo Immediately, oil g the light, resumed bis chair, the instruments lying upon the wh.-rc he was win u the light was produced. Much confusion en-

l will, therefore, give my own opinion of the matter ill il very lord — .. .. I ha. • not u r .lienal doubt that the oldest Davenport vas deliberately attempting to deceive those present, by at least g iu the production of the manifestations himself, and by his own

free will.On Friday morniDg the ”s:ii till., 1 again visited the rooms by

special invitation, at which lime there wore present Mr. Davenpoit, b:- twoso Mi. Cob ('. r nil id;- -, a getitU tnon who i>. a strong, r to me, and Jour bumbb- nan-. \i llii; ,w I received decidedly tlio most tmuxt-'O demon drat in i of spiritual Jinwnco which il has ever !<e«a my fortune to expcriei.ee during my extensive uml thorough investigatin'.! of these nwderii Wnndi i . Without onlcrlog into minute detail of all the mo.ill, latlons that occurred ill this sitting, l will pas*

Do- m . i important part of the :t : i..g perfonuaiice. The mediums vrore i.Mte-d al the table, n. ou the previous day, and were tied into their chairs, tbi.r hand being alM) tied together The whole llv P r-o > piv»rnt. exclusive of the medium*, were scaled oil the south ide n| 'I'" hall, ul-ii.t light feet from the table. After silting In

t!i ■ way f-.r a f . nd.iut. . :.ud after tome slight mauifcslatioiii hail lv II given. Mr. I'.ulr ;.:e prop, - d Uiul Mr. Coles, Mr. Davenport and the strange gentleman, should remain where they vveie - - .v i' . I. liiiblin;' i.i.'li olh.r by the hand, whilst he (Mr. 1*.) would •* •117 the - 11 at the .. t mil of the hall, and 1 the1 one nt the v,.- i end. and s.« if (ho ypi. il . omld, in that puailioii. bring to us. and touch un v>ilh, tan iii-trumoubi, nt the i.iinu lime jdiiying upon Ih in. In hi.! r that our p • i;i >u t:i ,y b • under i-.id, I vv illMate llml

'h e '." ! end id' !-i • hall, platform. Were oleVllUid some six nr right Imrho al >ve ili" floor, with permanent ,1. I.. In front uf the :• it-,, the d k brill},' nhiuit tw. A f f el from the lmy», who were lb d lo the table in th. e ’ll. r of lie- hall, .. ; v. . Hippo ,:d. No light had been admitttd lo tie i .muu during all tiii- lime. ,r vvhllbl Mr. 1*. mid my,elf changed ,.,ir p! s from Hi i.lo to the • ml of the room. Wo Imd been In out place* hut a moment. I . it.u.. upon the edg • of the ; .-at ami leaning tore.aid, m that my lac- vvai about even with the flout of the disk, .•ail toy li i'id- slightly j ’toj. ,-tiug over the t v l w h e n 1 received a v,ry n l - ' ' hlovv upon my no -. ev ,'l. ntly with the large cud of the • niiar, making the instrument crack mine, and my probo-oi ' more, uml tortiiifa’ the hlood lively. I ot mien called for u light; for some

rea-oii none wu produc'd for n minute <a- two, uml 1 uguiu oulb d lor ami in ii'te.l U|WU hav ing a light, when Iho elde.il l*oy cried out, “ The Spirit>< hu»o throw u Uie out of inv chair.’' The gnx being lighted, the lK,y ,VA; di-covered at the table loom d from the voids, except uuo foot, »hn h ho hud Millieii ul time to have lied after I leeeivvd the blow. Tlio hnnJkerJiiel with which hit Imnd- had been tied together, wus found lying on the floor bemlo the d> A where I wwi sealed.

•ntvd lo give them another opportunity. Iihmeoi ami u,. ...dm} K scaled myself at the table with the two boys (ion- lit It tlcry I diiim ) uml Mi . I'ui lridgO, Hi- loiter holding om hand of cm.li of the

| hoy a In hi *, nud J holding tlio other htmda lu mine, imd with our foot

llcub ntt nidi

llml II

t of the tn,yi. No qllll > |'. |sii|| w >■. i.i " •I, mid I he llghl.i CXtillyn! WhileH;h the iiomp i was h-aid. ap,di,,i/,n •ay i,>ml wu. , mid nuiliiug .-h mliv. |,

eu—-. ami ixplaoatMi', pn port lug to ,-me from tie r '*- The voice 1 earn'd. .,-,i t!ll. p,, ,|ir „|ll(

" 1 »"suag*. In uiv jud,;in ml, eorrv ponded pn-« i-ely >. tilt l.v >i , l by him la I did the • ami -.till do. believe

a» l mil another Spirit. Unu did (be talking vere igher tilings done ill 'hr\l Hum wha li e.mld not, ill my

opi'lloil. luvie Inch . , e.implished bv , el, | ,,, |,0(|, „f til" bu< Tin lr“" ,ll' t "W > '"-d and pbici-,1 Hgaiuvt 0,̂ |,i ad. uml d'ivvil ov. r my b.n l, |.. my wa I M.i hat was Wke-i |rom lily head al my r..pie I. and tbioW U a VOU'I.I. ,.,! |,. nuiee «m 111,. II.,. (l|,. sillii. being don.lo Mr. Farni.lgc. . \c. pi p, tvgard b> «h- hat ; amt I . • i taiisfled lli.i Hi • la l ui.iibo:,, d n„,nif, i.i’.lo"' a. well ..., many others that l wilae ..d .,t e.ieli „r dm . . I ivllvmbd al Mr. D '. tool • , wu.pi educed only by Hie a,-, m y of supet i i.v „b'ie lul' lli: • i'» ■ - And In

dwiihalandiBg tlir atlempU abovec l I ■ the pari of Die old,-

ha o tllin..; , vvllicl. ||.' alone did, > ' mom-III doubled, the imvbmu, d llml tlmv „i .• |„,th , f lie m,

, doiibl,

“ he pas i prod ticDuring

a. all- mpt

..n ,Il ci

being

lie room on Saturday, a guitar ml-, and while 1 could uml did n on! i,uilly play • d upon

Uupo -il l - that any hu n i- d i In* imdnimcul.

•u. I Will

1 Mippo

e.liilou ui>1 alone.

>rui uould h»I have now ftililllc.l my prumUu t> giv,

uni" llmt Mr. I.i.iwnport lias every npp eu iind truthful inna, and I have never fbr a would counlvnaneo any deception on the pi il hiuiself; but, on tin- eimlraiy, h • lia* on nil oceaa'oiw furni I, ,, eveiy f.eilily In Ida pow, v for a rigid imd eiille.il c\mi I nr. t ion. lint I fear that he in common with many otli. i -. has been often deceived by tile trid.-. and deception of the obb. t boy, and by III* too gicc.i

Indeed, in ilii.i matter of being oicr-ercdulom- hu i ic.ve b-iMi .uipii ed tv* see vvilli wllill gircdlnc - sunn

ave had much experience iu the ,, investigations, swallow every tliul comes Ihnuigh n medium, as ulv*olut« truth, vvltlmul giving

Hi" Stlbyrel maili l" ive-.ivod OH,, llioiigllt, Hill" bcli'K gro: -Iv rbeeivrrl >y lliedi "igiiing tin lu-elve-, and exp—ing llii-.e with vvluUU they a-. .- iai,' to ridioule. SplrlluiilIslH ilumUl he parliaulurly caulioiw in all

iheir invcsiig.vtlons. auil mlyeot nil uinuifc.-lulloiiH to the rloiCM -criiliny : and whenever they detect any attentpt:i n( deception or imposition oil the pun of media, expo ,• them lo the public, uml by thus doing, shew them and the world that we will not counlciiiiuc iuiposlure ami deception in any form or ter any purpo-e.

Let us net. in giving lo the world the rCMilta of our experience, imitate the example of our opponents by keeping back a part of the facia, bul even though they should overthrow our most cherished hopes, let ih. be into lo principle, and Ihu* give llio.-o who may b. Imposed to cheat amt deceive, to understand that by so doing they un only hope to reap the legitimate fruits of dishonesty, the contempt i-i.l scorn of all honest mimic. Tin- philosophy of inter-oOinnuinlclkUoii between this earth mid the Spirit ..pin itt . need* no extraneous aid

n it, for it ii* founded on the work of ISikuxai. Tkvtd, uml nil omblned power* of error, enperstltion and deception, can n irovv it or materially cheek It* progress.

Yours, for truth and humanity,It. P. QABDN'Xll, U.P.

IO 111- : ,|l■j -ct uf hi-* work, vvhil-i aread, i '. But, my greatly respect,sincerely 1 egret hi* iudiilgei.ee in.loin mnl parity of J ; Christ.bul by th -r general character -byUlliuife-'l mm mnl subject of their

A C R IT IC IS M AND S U G G E S T IO N .Uni i.xvii u:. Bond Co.. III., January 2, lSai>.

i vnua P.VKTiunaB, Eig.Vv Ih ic Sir I I eel i.iwtctul lo Mr. Brit tan and yourself for the very

iud clous and acceptable iimnner in which you have presented the sub ieet of Spiritualism to the public; and lam satis h-tl that the success which Ins attend.d im propa-atlon throughout Christendom, limy b, lai gely nttrlbuit d lo your colon, amt unreinitting eil'orls in its botialb

No journal reach is me which l open with moro eagerness, or i.-o.i with more satisfaction, than Iho Sriiuritvi. Ti.ic <:n vftt. I have watehid Mr. Brill in's course vviih the eye of u critic, yet I 'rust not un uacaudid or iinfriuudly one ; mid I conceive him to be u man iu all respectv, ml minibly ijualithd for the position ho oecti]iies as editor of the Snttm'vt l'i LEcuarn.

l’ermlt nte to say, that 1 have read Dr. Haro’s book, and think it cm not fail to have a great mnl s ilut iry influeiie-. Its cllecl will Ik; veiy much inerv.i-ed by his plan ot introducing sonic account of the i.invrk able experiences uml comers inns of others. The work h i-, hovv-vi r. it tup rl'ociion*. and hiiiio unlucky errors of judgment are displa; < d. I

will say imihlug of In-- poetry, nor his puligrce. nor ot his bold crlll i-i-in uml condemnation of the Obi Teslaim-ni, nor ot the introduction o' •natter that might be d- enied ii r- levant to the object, if not entirely so

.1 the siinm lime uninteresting to tua-i id trluiid-, 1 must say that 1 do um-i sonic remarks derogatory to the vv • We judge men not by Iso'at-.ul fee's,

.• th liv-i

lostimonj, ;o perfoelly, so gloriou-ly,•carts ot uicu.sdoct i<|utvoe:vl fentini loiiMful reeorvl, and hold them up to iho world •iiatidtug palp ible notice and it pi- hens on .' 1 Ueloug to no reel of re

i vet in comtiion wiili ih Christian nurture uml e.luea

hy iu tho name of llcaveu ■lienee for c r it ic is m U hy thus out

■i devoutly cherished s-ntlmenl of tin iral torce of tlio greatest, tin

The-- ill adv i • d iinimAdv enkuis upon the imputed : entimeiits of om .-.I ib .if to the hi'iirt*. and, as wo arc con*'.!luted Mid educated, so iudlt .icnsabl ■ to tho ho|""' mill tbe iuppl". -. of inau. will condemn lilt Kwk, and prove u .criou* injury to tlio cause of SpiritualUni, lu thi

Oral is of tliou-.aii.il. 1. Ill' N w Testament impute* unv s-atinient tole-u* Ohrisi, inootnpntilile with the wh.bmi, purity, Iwjnovoleuc-’, and ' Sod-like charity which coiiHlltutc hi* oharaet -r, every int- lligcnt mind, without a second thought, iit-ciitclivcly utirlhiitcs It to an error in tin- i-xt. Neither the head nor ib- heart can for n uiuiuent admit a doubt •f his 'iialiim and immaculate pmlty.

The mi. takes of this gr* ally t. p. eted author can only be deplored Why could not th sc siivuti* conrctil to sulnult tholr literary vvarc-, lo ill- inoro experleneed yol oharitabl-'eye ot lii nd ttr7tt.ni. before expo-. ing them to the " n’h/o, • . B it their liraiiu lire their own.'

Now, my dene sir. you may will ask. to what practical end this p i'll-: In the llrsi place, 1 desito lo congratulate, and to thank von

-i ou able, r* ultni*. uml ruee sfnl eo lidairer with 1‘rofe ..-or Brlttan in

eir life uml coiivcr.-itioil - by tinShall IVe, in the face of •.

-o triumphalilly establ shed in • Innl.* from an ancient, obscure. mnl

, ill" world iis glaring errors, .1

l.g.OlllstS - IO o established Imroh,iii-io f mink n w ho have the •enetit

Hon. 1 lov - and venerate tin- e araoter' • ty pos.-ibly v ,1. have f.vilin i. Ye.-house such an tie itnaii.-ii of . xoellenago the most n,'i, d, Hi - mi* i d. vo

nuuinn heart, m .1 strive to 1, eu thepurest anil the 1.1 example ku wu to

a cause ih ar to hiiiumiliy ; -uml then. t» d'ree your aileittlo ■ to Ih,practical ini reuou that in it h- drawn from th C V - lh'folT) IIS ol Drlime, llln v tluable book 1- in a . tloti-, degree. d-pi ivnl ot it US, frii-uvK< by bid ltd,) mnl orioneoii" judgement. U ter estimable wot k - nil

are inarr-d by simil vr deferw. T i . probably i* vll netand in it sin. lid be, lliltd.x i not till* i t-u- ot lets relative b Spiritnull in lend, il very de»iiah|,> that plain, oh-nr. iiiielllglblo a ■d commoii-TOlisO v evv of th- i-iibjcot should be prepii . *1. Him vv»ui. give a

O R. D O D 3 ’ BA C K BRAIN T H E O R Y - |. »" '■

Ml filemU uml my opp. - mo eonltnnnllr ............ . uie, s'ltc- I hcil'• hI - i - .»•«-.,

lie “plrll ph-uomena on natural J at'* '" I1’1 d •

n or* Ulan n - r .ntl.lled that lit- y i-n. . - d d i

'filing o i lb." I t'Iras.| It i- i: " I - i Ir i. ......... .. l-oy. i ,il.'-i right f i t T h i ' ling '»• rl «l to iia a- thi I'luanivtion <•(

y I > ni.nigi;!.. a mtO'il- or

Vj * love'-pint*. I

'liml n» f*r ill they »-.< } rtotly | bllowiphio

I

'•mi b her of nil < mild um lirial.- i

•r II.h. 'r p.p u i f J „

...V III > l-| ■ I II* -I . I il Ini' I dmi'lt IH. I -is ...-I i p 'h< U I - •

lay In oar t i l t s.itm- f„l tho— W:I--, ii,ay ■ iu|

■ a v eil. < ' .h e !, | tile y» could i

• th ■!>r*lh ( than live upm

' I " - , no. w" limit hum in Ii .ml*. I tr ...Id In n ........... I" 111",.l. I .bull III. s mi.' a - i k .|s |.l.i\-ii, • ... ,| .1 . C - 1 • I h.............. i l ....... - M l " '•’ "■<.............. ........................... . r i -• i ' |

". r . I.n,- 1 -V .'.I 111"h «..u lilt I tod d

T E S V B Y CU RIN G RAD H A B IT S .

1 i

iudvoml nti 11 e clulrv

11

enlly deep t ami reveals things of which bis volunfar

standing In Hie cert bmm (the front brah

npres- upon him nil hi-i mvn 1 o> ling-. ih •

ul« p .u c -a tl

iV.r,-,*. w...

I • W! II •iud hv.l ju t

he'«Lw a'mis ii o' nib un • ■'. I I •, that :

•spirit i operal- u|hhi the back bro; i. a i l, ihro ich ih - !>j«tnit ’. • of hi ink •iiysi Tious imluie eommituk-;i" t!i irm - i : - -• •. In'.-ll g -ic- o I |o..v io men. U mm eon through tills ujrdoitu impre ■ h'.- (ril.m-m in. lit-1 onmorul Spirit-mu-t do it ibroig'i t': • ;ni i m'liom. I nm - i 1 dial they do ; for they have given mi the high'.-<• f--tili.it i %,:■ k. d I have li.’eu rai-, d in my etiair s -voral inch-. ? from the floor vvlih !••; I iud repeat) d rapping*, aud in th; proteiiee ot n good vvltm • • Hence my IkioK is true, uml with (ha o\c -ptlon i>f a few thing' truck ..-at and a lew added, th- sontlmcnl iiall Icould de»it.-

l'rofe-For Bush, in hU notlco and review ot my l • In* showu that •Swtdenltorg was lie fore m- in cxplntnitig th- nature and otlKc of the biek brain iw regards its (mw- rs and insiinets. Yet l .i.-u-r k’.ew ib.l Sin deuhorg or any mu\ ou ill- glob • badi v< r cutiria'n. ,1 i .o '.ian '-I i. All my books were vviitlen, us 1 s.ipp,, In th-. cb ciro-p vehol->;;V il ■late. 1 am now •- iii-ii- d that tli-y vn r-' written under Spirit itilluemv, and hoDCo 1 urn entitled to no honor wba'-vi r.

Tii oonolnsion, I am oorapdled lo say, Hint ow ing t-> mriou.. attacks iud misrepresentations, uml to the uuocasing rail of my con. -poudent:. o come out and d •fend mys If, I have ••oueludecl to p into th- i! Id

-iud lecture. Not only my friends and opp--rs, but vi : - „f bri jat immortals call me. I am therefore ready to attend the call of my fr icmK Lot Spiritualists hour mi) mid they will be : ali.-ti-.d.

Yours forever, John dov vi; uoi

lblfl.il •

loell nl, ' I lag i o g

' r w^ : n

D R . D O D S ’ T H E O R Y .1 nave read with mi ill late rest in a laU u im'Mi

an nrtiolo from Dr. TXxls, wherein hrevidence, to give up some ot Ills skepticism In relatio i to our *Ulions,” but still holds ou to hi< favorite “ back-hrala theory.

ihc past two years, I can sp'.ik from po-sbe.. i i • --.V.’gr that r :ni or rm ’•• lum i- not employed ut all in communications o

lectual ehnrueter.Usually, altar a lung sifting, nhen 1 have bgea .-p• ikl,;.; I feel :l j ,

•onversalion bus l.rea h Ivlwnrdg, a sense of fujigr and Cotupariton, In the.

I told him I d d Hot drink li

ar, ilk or -

ad, • i inline.,villi -all .

with the Spir.t of Dr. Ruuui f .a l icleuce whiie iu thu loi . lo Iho haek braiu IlumI that only, 1 1 imprvsions u organs we • mploy our selves- i» nnployevl; in music. T.inv Number, e tc .; that is, where .vriling, lu.iMOvl, and tl low ol lurc.l.ini. j / vllaiilCler, tho liuib0. 11cr medium > huvo nuy (aril1. L- ih.il it bo given to the vtotld, o thu. . matter.

Yoms truly

•I language. When a long phllo-ophvilli such a. Spirit n* Volt ore ,-rtelt iu the te , soiling fa-nl ties, r'.o.i-i/»,!«. I f laugh er and m rrim ut

1 tho organ of M ' . t, al ■ in

is'cotTcct, llt re sho lid bo felt a fell-,f i t * ' , nml ito te only ; but I never ban t, nor do Iliad any other medium'Ml that regie■a.: •“ ‘' I T " " uuiiy to hold a consult*. an .-xpvriei1C- *1 surgeon aud teach, iwho gave iii hi , luphal o and il ,■l ■ ; aid ilia! Spirit- U.-ed the / 0 t blu;i iulelb et u.»l char .er r -p n e .- ly t i

>*, ill com cl - it.o'i. the o t.; hi o f l.vugilmnl T one; in c a lc i la tio j. the , rg ,-

the brain i-* employ.,1 nt nil. Ill -i, r uv diuui-,. Hi.; (nil teneo is win by vur v ,H*vtl oegon* only '"'ing *>te c„d .r mini mat:am ou til -, top c, il i* d s

tlv y would kite

' I of ll ' d sc

■ S

RSONAL AN 3 SFECt.V

I "'ll lectvlie, T

T H E D A V E N P O R T S A N D T H E S P I R I T H A N D .A* the Davenport family have v- i- d holding their public - tlllg)

for Spiritual MauifostniioTi iu this oily, il i- hat tight that tlio public should know Ihc earns-.' which led to lb. ir sudden t. rnilmip.cn.

On Mr. Davenport'- arrival In New Yoik on the is h December last,! ̂ho engaged me to act as h.s ugeut, and 1 cute red into his service under a serious Cotivicdoa ;k.U hi.- uu> hoi * i*• i,- n liable ,»;;J verii.ible m -ii urn-, and that the nooderful monlfr r’atioua which had tuiheiio been ,|, nude in their pi« '.•nee \v>io really produced by Spirit ng ney.

Ihidvvitu. .-id ih. -.' uiuuifrslalmiis in Bnlfalo. mid l-ell-v.d then ;>ll genuine, uml of cour-o cxpvcud that, whatever might bu prorated '» j ,.x . \;r0 this city would b- of the fame character, t'ircuiusiaiie-s 'ave since; M-. Tti.w v proved lo mo that, howovar Iruthlut the Uullalo mauifeatalie i* may rt. ;,.kjf . ,A. huvo been, the d-m •n'tnvti-n ■ m .t- in Ncv Yoik have b eu ,o f-"' j g '.',V|,-A,. deceptive as to war runt me in doubling thorn all iu bjm-g iho produe

-, fee

glv) Lecture, two

IM I eeturo f'

I ) ...Mr. Daveuport held twenty-three lilting' in this city, at all ot which.

: we one, I vv as present. I t was Ai the third or fourth silling that my mispioloiia w ile aroused that w in- d. oeplion wu- being pi ay.si by the Uiys, mid tin ; e misplelons b.e.uii" ilv. p t and sltv.ng-T ut ew ry mic- eoedilig silling, until they rip. m l into po-ilive e •••victio.i that the ls>y• vveio tlui chief, if not the only Spirits eng igvd iu the iu mil, . l.vt'oi... I j l' 'p » l'

nv upon thi 1

Itesl

ii-litute, \\k d I ire at tho S to

. lately given a c

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ave not Inn • at pie-cat to pi, -ent i • the piildio nil 1 know upon tbl ̂ ,l' 1 ''Is rerv'ir. s.ibjeot Suflleo it to say, at this time, Ih.vi 1 have I. pi a harp lookouj l;,:v 1 11. i nn ic will leotnte In h

. in ieel g, nenit know |. ,lg- ol i|, • , i iilenee I - :-.iiMin il a i il now exist- ol :li b iteliiu ; • and I. H.l.-iiei 1 Snail a work Is much needed ; aiul -neli a work, giving a full Imt not f-,, prolix nau.vfrve ot tho best an then Ho ■ I. .1 uml most interesting fact* In spirifrtal inlereoin -e, w ould oouiinaml an extinsive eireulatioii, Inipari. knowlo.lg.i which tho public mlinl i.. It inly 1111,1 auxin"-* lo receive mnl ptwvo tlio best defon o of .Spmltunlli III and I he best vindicnfrim ol tlio noble and liilr-ped .Spirits who huvo publicly irputtied llln einse.

To prepare mieli a work. 1 ktinvv of no man no coiupaUmt or suitable a* your friend Bnti.in. Ili-i v. pul,.'-Ion would give ll eli.ir,voter, and lls iiilrinsie eve, ll-ne- Insure Its p,.r„i in-nl suee."*. Tlio eau-o denmmls Midi a work, mnl ll* idttornnd puMi her could Dot l.vil lo be i,'miner »t< ,1 for their labor.

Ilovv, ver thin sugg,-sllou may . trike you, I am tmro you v\111 purvlon mo for re -p otlully ptvm iitliig a to your consideration. "I'mo no po» "Ible motive could lit ll ,i* m • in- blit love f-r III- d im -. ."',1 entire cmulde lie- in Ilia ubllliy uml sound dl ei. timi of I'rol, .or Brittan amt your* ll. Jlellevo me, d< or sir, With umch kindlier • and im ped.

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from the beg,lining, mid although l h. penton.ll proof Ol the de.'eptlou which tl.,; b eri i raotlC',1 by ill" Dav« i port b'y •, I could not .ti, , tt,I iu publicly proving tlnlr d c it unfrl Thun day morning. Jam m y Sili, on which i-o I o u g h t them ui the

I nut of palming oil- an old Woolen glnvo .--frill.d lor tho e, ,n*lon. iv ., i veritable Spirit hand produe,,1 l-y S p ill iigcuc). The Spirit (.') hml

rapped out ou Iho prevlotiH day Unit they would produ, • a I,ami ou Tuevday illuming lo a r, loot few. Iho persons pie , nt when the hoax was attempted to bo plujidvvero Mr. t'limle • 1‘arlrldgo of thu T u t inivni, Mr. S. tk Clark ol Browlway, Mr ll Miiipliv of Cleveland, Ohio, and myself. A • Mr. Ikirlridge had oil, n r eu a g-uuluo Spirit- limul, lie was of oourso pri.pured to detiet the deception. I mu not advised ii;> lo tlio vxpi tleiico of tho other geiilleniou. Th- room was iiiudii *o dimly dark by turning down tlio g..-., that only the m- io shape amt outline of nuy o'-j-el near (tie futile at tv hi h w- r it e<'<thl I'1’ <!'•■ eerned. The boy no diiim* vveie r ,i ,d al two eoim i- <•' the tahl-. ami the Ooiii|»iii v nround the . l,b • and vine end. I, .vv ieg 'he v ml u. a . t the boy • open and uuooeiiplovl. Fiuni this latter < ml of 'he table th.- Spirit ling, i , slowly run 'V d. and a* slowly r> tu ,d , t>. lug r- p -at, .1 lav, or lim e t'l'ie-. o a* lo give < ach prison a lair view ol ll. l lw o ' then lappwl upon tho table to completely darken the ivom by turning oil Uie

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