DEVOTED TO 1R4 TIONAL SPIRITUALISM J^JSTD PRACTICAL REFORM.

N E W S E R I E S . B O S T O N , N E W Y O R K A N D C H I C A G O , S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 8 , 1 8 5 8 . . Y O L . I . . . . N O . 1 9 .

F o r th e S p iritu a l A ge.

T H E P A R A G R A P H S E R IE S —N o. I U .GOOD-----E V IL .

Very notable in our movement, and among those who claim to be its especial favorers, is the attempt to inculcate respect­ing “ Good and Evil,” a confusion of these cardinal moral dis­tinctions with the ncmmena of growth. Consistently, by this theory, a lie is held to be a merely ungrown entity, which, -when “ grown to more,” has ceased to be a lie, and become the tru th;—similarly of theft, ungrown honesty, and of vio­lence, a fully matured cuddling caress.

What can be the possible use of confounding things so radi­cally unlike, as the phenomena of evil with the noumena of growth?

Is it not clearly manifest, that the only result which can ac­crue to humanity from immaturity (H/igrown-ess) is an imper­fect good 7—while the consequences of evil, as we know, imply absence of, and positive expulsion of, good. < '• To execute the passions—those primary motors of human life—so as to cause results inimical to the best interests of the individual, is evil (moral). To execute them so as to subserve the best interest of the individual, is good.

To abolish the existing and indispensable distinction between these two things—to confound by an inept and false analogy evil with growth, would, if not negatived, ultimately disarm our moral organization and unfit us for being guided to that which is true and good.

O f course we are practically, not philosophically, defining our subject; else we might demonstrate that the origin o f evil is coeval with the origin o f 'personality.

G L IB IG N O R A N C E .

Equally noticeable is that t e r r i b l e don de la familiaritc which moves men and women -to speak with flaring confidence on topics utterly and absolutely removed from their acquaint­ance^—which prompts them to decide on the claims and doc­trines of a Swedenborg, and other kindred topics equally ex­cluded from their studies, or even from their Cursory perusal.

They are unqualified in their verdicts, because their verdicts are unhampered by any doubts which knowledge or thought might suggest.

To be ignorant cannot (according to their practice) consti­tute any obstacle in the way of a correct judgment on the most central questions. ^

Erroneous judgment, rash judgment, founded on incomplete knowledge, cannot be guarded against; for we are all inces­santly making mistakes. But against the mistakes arising from absolute ignorance, we ought surely to be on our guard.

T IM E -----S PA C E-----T H E IN F IN IT E U N IO N . •

In the universal order, these are so intimatized, that they cannot be separated in'thought even by the craft of the most absolutely subtle and perfect analysis. Man’s faculty of ab­straction is utterly powerless to dissolve for an instant the In ­finite Union.

T H E W IL L -----PE R SO N A L FR E E D O M .

Freedom in the execution of the will consists in a modifica­tion of the character of an action, through the determination of the actor (subject). From this point, i. e., punctum saliens, it follows or takes outward place, conformably to the law of human nature, and is the result or product of the coalition of law and liberty, freedom and necessity, reconciled. I f there were no freedom, there would be no history; if there were no necessity, there would be no. science.

U SE O F M E T A P H Y S IC S.

They are as indispensable as mathematics, but we greatly need simplicity in our metaphysical researches,— plain truths or inferences, plainly phrased, less pomp, scholastic pretension, but a summing up in a more exact logical (even say mathe­matical,) style, of what we know. Terseness, brevity, is the sign of exact scientific knowledge.

I had rather know a few (cardinal") truths well, than to sup­pose I knew much more.

T H E WORLD-----V E R R IE R ’S D EM O N STR A TIO N .

Prof. Yerrier’s famous demonstration is of the postulate-that the “ mere natural world has no absolute existence. But neither is it a non-entity; for there is no non-entity, any morehan there is entity,-Qut of relation to all intelligence.” But

this theory had already been stated by p writer in Blackwood for 1842, in these words : “ I t is perfectly true that the ex­istence of matter depends entirely upon the presence,—that is, either the real or the ideal presence—of a conscious mind. But it does not follow from this that there would be nff matter if no such conscious mind were present, or thought of as pres­ent ; because no matter depends just as much upon the real or the ideal presence of a conscious mind.” I f this be true, the speculative theologian (if he defer to the truth,) will be obliged to abandon as an error his dog^a— the existence of person be­foro matter (when matter was not)—and the philosopher will be acquired to do likewise with his hypothesis—the existence

of matter before person.* And as a pendant to this, we may state that the cosmology of the so-called “ Harmonial Philoso­phy,” which is made to consist in a constant congress between “ Father God” and “ Mother Nature,” is obviously highly un- philosophical; since, if God be not discretely different from “ Mother Nature,” then their progeny could not be different; and man, we know, as regards his moral life, is not a merely natural production, but a super (not non) natural system.

T H E C LA IM S OF T H E P R IE S T H O O D .

I f doctrine be necessary to man’s complete and ultimate happiness in a spiritual sense, the pretence of churchmen to decide it, and to seek to impose it on their fellows, except phi­losophically, is as preposterous an invasion of the moral realm, as their professing to lay down the laws of motion or to decide against the Copernican system was of science. For the vital laws of reason affirm one indispensable condition for the solu­tion of the religious as of all other problems,— free-agency is essential to spiritual development, The facts of the spiritual consciousness in all ages, will emerge from their perennial source in the human breast, and, if allowed to take root unin­terfered with by any controlling force from without, will inevi­tably develop into doctrines. But these will change from era to era,— it is only when they assume to be a finale that they become pernicious.

B O E IIM E ’S SYSTEM — C O R P O R E IT IE S .

[No person of Medieval times who has reported his ideas and internal perceptions, is so aptly described by the word Mystic, as Boehme.]

God, according to Boehme, is not mere being,— he is all which manifests itself in an external universe. The external nature, or Mysterium Magnum, may be called the external co relation of the Divine Wisdom ; that is to say, ideas from the Divine Wisdom take external form or corporeity, as natu­ral properties in the external Nature, in which are seven forms of life, or active principles, or fountain spirits, Or generatrixes of existence— o f which each one is both parent and child o f all the others—a statement which thfe student has in vain en­deavored to apprehend as rational. I f it be true, its meaning is to be divined rather than undefstood. These are the as­tringent quality, the sweet quality, the bitter quality, the qual­ity of fire, the quality of sound, the quality of love, and the quality of corporeity or essential substance. The first of these fountain spirits is the principle of all contractile force; it produces hardness, and the rocks are hard because this astrin­gent quality is prevalent in them, or primus, &c., of the oth-

\ers.

According to Boehme, evil is not merely contingent, not merely incidental or extrinsically induced,— “ it is necessary to manifest good.” , . .

Respecting post-mortem human life, Boehme says, in accord with Swedenborg, that “ their own evil passions are the tor­ments of ‘ lost’ souls.” E p o c h .

* P rof. V e rrie r ’s conclusions seem to u s , a f te r ca re fu l te s tin g , to e s ­ta b lish a m ere draicn-battle g ro u n d betw een th e oppositions o f theology a n d p h ilo sophy ,— a g ro u n d w h ich , w ith o u t reco n c ilin g , s im p ly nu llifies an d d es tro y s th e in te g r ity o f both .

W e a re here m erely su m m a ry in g conclusions a n d t l ie ir in ferences— else i t w ould be o u r object to show, n o tw ith s ta n d in g th e S co ttish m eta­p h y s ic ia n ’s fam ous “ d e m o n s tra tio n ,” t h a t w e must e i th e r find person o ld e r 'than m a tte r (dog m atize— prosodize o f G od— th e so lu tion o f the m ere p r ie s t)— o r w e must find m a tte r o ld er th a n i t (p h ilo so p h ize )— th e a t te m p t to do bo th is co n trad ic to ry . If , w hen we th in k o f th e c re a ­tiv e nisus, i. e ., genetic processes, w e can n o t possibly do so w ith o u t im p ly in g p erso n ; y e t i t does n o t follow th a t p erso n a n te -d a te d (w as p r io r to ) m a tte r . P e rso n n ecessa rily p re-supposes materia l process. A n d no m an ta lk s w ell as a lo g ic ian , m u ch less a s a m eta -p h y sic ian , w ho str iv es to close th e chronolog ical d is tin c tio n betw een m a tte r a n d th e o rig in o f person .

In s tan tan e o u s C hange U nreasonab le .An instantaneous change, either from good to evil, or from

evil to good, if effected in a sovereign manner, by a foreign power,1 and effected irrespectively of an economy of motives, would rather be the annihilation of one being, and the crea­tion of another, than the -changing .of the character of the same being; for it is of the very nature of a change of char­acter that there be an internal process, a concurrence of the will, and yielding of the rational faculties to rational induce­ments, and also the giving way of one species of desires, and of one class of habits, to another. While, therefore, it con­sists perfectly with the abstract reason of things, and with what we see around us in nature, to expect that the future transition from the present mode of existence to another, will be effected immediately by the divine power, it directly con­tradicts,- not merely the reason of things abstractedly, but our actual knowledge and experience of the principles of the moral and intellectual system, to hope for any such sovereign reno­vation of our dispositions, as consequent upon an enlargement of our faculties, or upon a change of scene, circumstance, and society.— Isaac Taylor.

B o o k s .— “ The greatest charm of a book is, perhaps, that we see in them that other men have suffered what we have. Some souls we ever find who could have responded to all our agony, be it what it may. This, at least, robs misery of its loneliness.”

F o r the S p iritua l A ge.

, LIFE’S ANNALS. \ .B T O E O B Q E S T E A R N S . .

T here is a science li ttle s tu d ied y e t,A n d ’y e t enough to k now , beyond a d o u b t,T h a t a ll su b s ta n tia l th in g s a n d essences W hich m eet a n d p a r t in N a tu re , g ive a n d tak e A n ab id in g im press o f w h a t th e y a re . .T h is is A ssocia tion ’s perfec t law .’T is seen in iro n h a rd e n in g by h e a t,And in a magnet’s marriage-rite with steel;

’T is b e tte r seen in p la n ts , w h ich g ro w a n d d ie;B u t n e v e r q u ite r e tu rn to w h a t th ey w e re ;—

. ’T is p la in in a ll th e agencies o f life.T h e food we e a t we c o n s tan tly ex c re te , •T he a ir w e b re a th e we in s ta n tly ex h a le ;A n d y e t these elem en ts y h ic h com e a n d go L eave a f te r th em a n in c rem en t o f s tre n g th .

’T is fe lt in a ll th e in te rco u rse o f M ind . ■ .T he b rie fe s t m eetings in society A re ev e rla s tin g in th e ir good resu lts .

„ E x am p le perish es , b u t n o t its Influence .F r ie n d s go a w ay , b u t F rie n d sh ip s ta y s w ith us.T ra n s ie n t th e p a in o f sickness o r o f w ro n g ,B u t lo n g th e F o rtitu d e th e y g e n e ra te ,—L a s tin g th e m em ory o f p leasu res fleet.W it, B e a u ty a n d W o rth , how sa d ly th e y d ie! 'M usic a n d M ir th , w hile we lis ten th e y f ly ;A n d y e t th e y leave a w orsh ip in th e h e a r t ,B y w hich w e le a rn how needfu l ’tis to p a r t W ith w h a t we love, th a t we m ay fu lly p rize .O f a ll o u r u n ions form ed b en ea th th e sk ies,N o t one w ill la s t ; o f a ll Soul to uches h e re ,W e can ta k e n o th in g tp o u r fu tu re sp h e re ,E x cep t th e s ta m p s o f every influence fe lt, ■A n d d u p lica te s o f a l l to o th ers d e a lt.

T h u s N a tu re is th e sc rib e o f a ll even ts .E a c h p a r tic le p reserv es its h is to ry ,A n d ev ery sou l i ts ow n b io g rap h y .H e re is th e Book o f Life. A ll t h a t we do A nd a l l th a t w e e n d u re is , in th e a c t ,M a g n e tica lly im aged on th e b ra in ,A n d on th e p sych ica l sensorium D ag u e rreo ty p ed , so i t is v isib le To a ll c la irv o y a n ts ev erlastin g ly .

' T h is is th e basis o f a ll m em ory ;W ith o u t i t none could recollect a fac t,O r com prehend th e lin g u a l sig n s o f th o u g h t.W h en we rem em b er scenes o f sense ag one,W e do b u t re a d w h a t’s w ritte n on th e w alls O f th e S o u l’s ch a m b e r—ju s t w h a t o th e rs m a y ,W ith o p p o rtu n ity , an d o u r consen t.

. So every m an a n d w om an is a book;A n d ev ery a n im a l, a n d p la n t , a n d flower,A n d pebble , a n d f ra g m e n t o f ch an g efu l e a r th ,H a th in itse lf its ow n ad v e n tu ro u s tale^In ly reco rd ed , y e t to sp ir it eyes !A s read ab le a s a n y p r in te d page.

W e s t A c t o n , M a rc h , 1858.

F o r th e S p ir itu a l A g e .

A R G U M E N T . *BY S. M. PETERS.

In the present crumbling condition of the so-called religious systems of this country, it becomes a necessity of thc times that men should have some harbor to steer into, or some an­chor to hold on to, till the theological thunder-gust has ex­hausted itself. That this country needs a new Church, has become vividly apparent to all candid thinkers, and even a small portion of the clergy has made the same discovery. But while this Church, or Philosophy, is being established, and the spiritual facts of the present Revelation are being classified, the chaotic masses of perished and perishing systems of faith want something to do. Our Anglo-Saxon proclivi­ties forbid us to be idle, and accordingly, like Samson of old, each individual has picked up a jaw-bone and walked into the Philistines. Polemical controversy is the order of the day, from the pulpit to the pot-house.

In order, however, to profit by this war of words, there is need of the use of argument in all controversy or discussion of principles. Men who bandy words in defence of favorite the­ories, without being satisfied with their own logic—howmuch- soever their followers may be satisfied— must eventually retire from the contest, crest-fallen and defeated.

Professor Mattison exploded table-tipping some years ago. His disciples honestly believed that the question was finally disposed of. Af|;er the publication of his book, the Professor undertook to prove his theory by tipping a table himself; but he failed. Whether or not the Professor exploded himself in the experiment, is unknown to the writer, for nothing has been heard from the table-tipper since. A host of others have fol­lowed in the same wake with the same result, but of this more anon. Sophistry and assumption are not the weapons for this warfare ; we want argument, and we must have it.

And what is argument ? Argument is based upon compari­son. There is no possible way to test the value of an object, or the merits of a principle, without a comparison with some other object, or principle. And in view of this fact, every friend of progress must sincerely regret that tbe opponents of Spiritualism have utterly squandered their time and conferred no benefit upon themselves or us, during a controversy of eight years, for the simple reason that they have kept all the time outside of the pale of argument.

The most common ,mode of attack upon the Spiritual Citadel has been, and still is, to deny the facts altogether. Now. aome of the most convincing manifestations of spirit-existence that I have yet heard of, occurred in my own house, when none but my own family was present. Be it remembered, also, that these, phenomena were unexpected and uncalled for.

I was extremely skeptical on all subjects beyond the region of tangibility, and so I demanded argument, or scientific ex­planation. The Spiritualist said, “ I t is the work of spirits.” The Materialist said, “ You are deluded and have seen noth­ing.” And the ipse dixit of one side was worth just as much to me as that of the other. On the whole, however, I have given the Materialist the full benefits of my society, in mat­ters of a discussionary nature. I f I want spiritual manifesta­tions, I go among Spiritualists ; but if I want argument, I go among theologians, and look for it. And my friends of the Spiritual Fraternity all over the land doubtless will be grati­fied to hear that I have grown strong during the two years last past, in a vain search for argument, in a region where “ angel visits” are “ few and far between.” The reason is ob­vious. The lack of argument on the other side serves every day more and more to convince me that there is no argument to meet the facts, which stand right where I saw them five years ago.

Like all other religiously educated mortals, I possess a cer­tain amount of reverence for “ standard authority.” And ac­cordingly among those to whom I look for argument, I have— inadvertently as it were—given Professor Felton the prefer­ence.

Professor Felton can read Greek in his normal condition, and he is “ posted up” in physical science. He might wield a two-edged sword. He can “ read the Bible for himself,” without going to Rome or Westminster. He can compare the facts therein recorded with the fucts of to-day, and test the relative merits of each class, by a scientific comparison. I f he knew his own £ower, and had half the moral independence, of Moses, he would astonish the Pharaoh of Mammon— divide the Red Sea of Materialism— cause the Horeb of truth to spout like a New York hydrant— make the Sinai of supersti­tion bellow and smoke— confound the fiery serpents of secta­rianism—and lead the way over the desert of formal religion into the promised land of Spiritual Knowledge.

But what has he done ? Let us see. As a member of a committee, he investigated the current phenomena, and prom­ised a report, which has not appeared at the time of this .wri­ting.* He has also attended several spiritual meetings and taken part in the services. His remarks on those occasions I now design to notice under the head of argument. His exact words are not now before me, but I shall give the substance of his assumptions correctly. __

Professor Felton denies that a table was ever moved with­out physical contact. He says it is contrary to the immutable operation of physical law, which law is better evidence than the testimony of one hundred credible witnesses. We ;agree with him ; we admit that men may be deceived ; but when we ask him to explain how Elijah made iron float on the surface of water, or how Jonah lived three days in the stomach of a fish, without air, and without being dissolved by the gastric juice of said stomach, he evades the issue entirely, by saying, “ that is a different matter altogether.” He drops his “ phys­ical law” like a hot iron; he contradicts his own theology, which holds that the laws of God are unchangeable through all time. ^Now what can we think ? Thoughts come up un­bidden, and we are forced to the c o n c l u s io n that Professor Fel­ton is a mere Goliath, whom any boy David in our ranks can prostrate with the first pebble that he flings at his head. . Other thoughts, still more unpleasant, arise and takg the form of a question, namely : Which does Professor Felton believe—the Bible, or his physical law theory? I f he believes one, he must of necessity reject the other.

Again, he says that all men are inspired directly from God, and not through the agency of angels or spirits. The amount of this is. that certain grades of mind are not the mediums of communication between the Divine Mind and lower phases of intelligence. Magnificent idea! But where is the Bible now ? St. Paul teaches the doctrine of the “ Ministration of Angels.” But the Feltonian Suspension creates a greater panic in the upper regions than the bank suspensions have m the lower. Perhaps millions of ministering spirits, thus thrown out of employment, have been holding indignation meetings’, the past winter and pouring torrents of complaint into the atmosphere of Harvard. But where is Harvard ? According to the Feltonian System, the University of Har­vard is dropped by the side of the physical law. ‘‘All men are inspired directly from God,” and if so, the Professors of H ar­vard are impostors, in presuming to explain to others: the na­ture and obligations»of the revelations of God. I f the Felto­nian System of Inspiration is correct, it will be seen that the

* O u r co rre sp o n d en t is in e r ro r in th is p a r t ic u la r . P ro f. F e lto n w as n o t a m em ber o f th e A lbion C om m ittee, th o u g h p ro b ab ly its o rig in a to r . P ro f . A gassiz is u n d ersto o d to be c h a rg e d w ith th e d u ty o f p re p a r in g th is r e p o r t , b u t he seem s to hav e been th u s fa r m ore concerned ab o u t th e im m o rta lity o f tu r t le s , e tc ., th a n o f m a n .— E d .

Bible is false, and all the institutions of the world outrageous and tyrannical. '

Like all other novel stories, however, the Feltonian System has a spice of truth in it. I believe that all men are inspired directly from God in the gift of life, and in the intelligent constitution of the hutnan spirit. But if all intelligence of a spiritual nature is conveyed directly from the Divine to the human mind, then all Theological Institutions, Bible Societies, Tract Societies and Foreign Missionary Societies are shameless impositions.

As I said at the outset, I want argument, and have not en­tirely given up finding it. Common opponents, when treating of Spiritualism,'have seldom originated even an embryo idea; but Professor Felton has, and to him I still look for something in the shape of argument. He owes it to me, and to every other man where his name has been heard, to be consistent with him­self in this momentous question.

Present appearances seem to indicate that he is about to retire frotn the contest, but he has no right to do it without admitting himself vanquished. I f he has found our philoso­phy to be true, it is his duty to proclaim it. I f he believes it to be false, it is equally his duty to oppose it. I f his physi­cal law theory is the lever to overturn the structure of our faith, let him apply it to thercorner-stone, and if the Bible goes down with it to ruin, he will be hailed as the annihilator of two mighty errors. And if in the experiment he should discover that there are physical lawB not yet understood, and spiritual laws not taught at Harvard, he will have the satis­faction of knowing that there is something yet to learn, and something to live for. i

F o r th e S p ir itu a l A g e .

U N R E A SO N A B L E N E SS O F B IB K E -B E L T E V E R S,^ W H O R E JE C T M O D ER N S P IR IT U A L IS M .

A co rre sp o n d en t, a f te r a d v e r tin g to a labo red d is c o u r s e i n p r o o f o f th e a u th e n tic ity o f th e B ib le , b y a c le rg y m a n w h o scoffis a t m o d e rn sp ir it-c o m m u n ica tio n , th u s p u n g e n tly p o r tra y s t h e in c o n s is te n c y o f

B ib le w orsh ippers a n d th e a b su rd ity o f a n e x c lu s iv e p a s t r e v e la t io n :

Sabbath after Sabbath the clergymen labor most assiduous]j to prove true the declarations and manifestations recoided in that book by eminent seers and prophets; but if you tell them you doubt them not, for the reason that you have had sufficient evidence at the present day to prove the reality of like occur­rences, they hold up their hands in holy horror and denounce the testimony as false— telling you that the day of miracles is past— that we have no right to expect such manifestations of spirit-power as were given in the days of Christ and his apos­tles—that God no longer reveals himself in such wonderful ways, but has given us a record, and we should .be satisfied therewith.

Is it possible that God revealed himself eighteen hundred years ago to a few inhabitants of earth, and then veiled his being in mystery forever afterward ? I f so,—if because we have the letter of Scripture we must be deprived of all imme­diate manifestations of Christ and his spirit,—we are great losers by that Jblessed Book, and we might reasonably say, “ Lord, bring us back to the dispensation of Moses! Thy Jewish servants could formerly converse with thee face to face, but now we know nothing of thee but by their writings. They viewed thy glory in various wonderful appearances, but we are indulged only with black lines telling us of thy glory. They had the bright Shekinah, and we have only obscure descrip­tions of it. They were blessed with lively oracles,-and we only with a dead letter. Alas ! the apostles and inspired men are all dead, and thou, Jesus, our mediator, priest and proph­et, canst not be consulted to any purpose, for thou manifcstest thyself no more! O Lord, if because we have this blessed picture of thee we must have vo discovery of the glorious original, have compassion on us— take back the precious Book, and impart thy more precious self to us, as thou didst to thy ancient people !”

Such, dear reader, would be my prayer, did I believe that this was the case; but I thank God that I do not. I believe he still continues to revealjhimself to man, as truly so as he did anciently. Yet if man rejects this revelation, he will not be benefitted by it, but will continue to grope his way in dark­ness, stumbling at every step; while if he accepts, a brighter and more glorious light than may be derived from that-'*Book will illumine his pathway, and guide him oh to a higher and holier life beyond. A. W a lk e b .

C l a r e m o n t , N. H., March 14, 1858.

The man of genius thinks for himself; his opinions aro sometimes contrary to those commonly received ; he therefore shocks the vanity of the greatest number. To offend nobody, we should have no ideas but those of the world; as man is then without genius and without enemies. .

Satire is an ugly weapon in the work of reform. I t teara asunder, it cauterizes, it blisters. No one' is really made-bet­ter through it. The one assailed, though he may fear tiie sting, will never be better through its application, though he may seem so. A satirist lives all the time in boiling water.

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*T H E T H E O R Y O F M E D I U M S H I P . .The following paragraphs occur in a letter received by us

sometime since, from a gentleman distinguished alike for his exalted position in the literary world, and his vigorous oppo­sition to modern Spiritualism. As he has forcibly presented a

' point which has occasioned no little difficulty to many minds beside his own, we are induced to attempt its elucidation, in the hope that the effort may be useful to some of our readers, if not to him. The press of other topics has prevented our giving it earlier attention: • 1

“ I t seem s to m e th a t y o u a n d o th e r believers a re c o n s ta n tly fa llin g in to th e s tra n g e s t fa llacies. W e a rg u e a g a in s t th e re a lity of sp ir itu a l agen cy in th e a lleged com m u n ica tio n s from tho o th e r w orld , from th e c h a ra c te r o f these com m unications— as poor, v u lg a r , a n d so on. Y ou a d m it th e p o v e rty a n d v u lg a r i ty o f w lia t comes in th e nam e of C han- n in g , fo r exam ple:— b iit in s te a d of a d m ittin g th e .log ica l- conclusion t h a t su o h m a tte r cou ld n o t h av e come from th e disem bodied sp ir i t , b u t m u s t hav e com e from th e m in d o f th e m edium w hich i t ex ac tly re p re ­se n ts , you re so r t to th e m ere assu m p tio n th a t^ th e co m m u n ica tin g sp ir it m u s t conform to th e m e n ta l condition o f th e m edium — a n assum ption- n o t only u n su p p o rte d by fac ts , b u t co n trad ic to ry to th e lead ing idea of s p ir i tu a l com m unication itself.

“ In th e first p lace , y o u assum o th e th eo ry of s p ir itu a l com m unica­t io n ; a n d th en y o u assum e, w ith o u t facts an d ag a in s t fac ts, th e thec*y o f lim ita tio n by th e in te llec tu a l” aefects o f th e m ed iu m ,— an assu m p ­tio n defended b y a n o th e r a ssu m p tio n , an d th e tw o assu m p tio n s c o n tra ­d ic to ry to each o ther. I f th e com m unicating sp ir it m u st conform to th e in te llec tu a l defects of th e m ed ium , th en th e co m m u n ica tio n can h a v e no v a lu e beyond w h a t th e m edium him self, w ith o u t th e sp ir it , ca n g ive it. I f th o u g h t a n d lan g u ag e a re n o t on ly n o t those o f th e B p i r i t , b u t w holly d itfe ren t, in w h a t sense can th e com m unication be sa id to com e from th e sp ir i t ? an d of w h a t use is i t for th e sp ir it to a t­te m p t to com m unicate w hen h is ideas an d lan g u ag e a re so ch an g ed an d falsified ?

“ I hearfl a w om an sp e a k ,— o r, as it w as asserted , th e h ig h e r in te l­ligences w ere sp e ak in g th ro u g h h e r ,— a week since. H er lan g u ag e w as v u lg a r in th e la s t d eg ree , a n d h e r ideas w ere p a l t r y , confused an d m eagre . T en tim es, in an add ress o f h a lf an h o u r , she used learn in th e sense o f teach. N ow, i f h ig h e r in te lligences w ere speak in g th ro u g h h e r o rg an s , th ey cou ld .have sa id teach as well as learn. T he defect ■was n o t in th e organs, b u t in th e mind; an d acco rd in g to th e th eo ry , h e r m in d w as n o t a t w ork , b u t th e sp ir its w ere w ork in g w ith h er o r­gan ism .

“ M r. H a tc h , w hen I h a d - th e p leasu re o f h e a r in g M rs. H a tc h , la id dow n th e sam e th e o ry , a n d i l lu s tra te d i t b y th e supposed analogy of th e m usica l in s tru m e n t. B eethoven , s i tt in g dow n to an im perfec t in ­s t r u m e n t , m akes im perfec t m usic . B u t th is is n o t th e w ay to p u t th e case. I n th e theo ry o f sp irit-possession , th e instrument is n o t defec­tiv e . T he in s tru m e n t is th e m ed iu m ’s organism. T he m ed iu m ’s mind is defective— an d th a t m in d h a s n o th in g to do w ith th e com m unication . T h e t r u e analogy is th is : A p oor p la y e r s its dow n to th e in s tru m e n t,a n d p roduces poor m usic . B eethoven s its dow n to th e sam e in s tru ­m e n t an d o u t com es a sym phony . If , p re te n d in g to be B e ethoven , he p roduces on ly th e sam e m usic w h ich th e b ad p e rfo rm er p ro d u ced , we Bhould a ssu red ly te ll h im he w as n o t B eethoven a t a ll, b u t a m ere p r e ­te n d e r .”

' With all due respect for our correspondent’s opinion, we think that, instead of our having fallen into the “ strangest fallacies” on this subject, he and those who stumble with him, have failed to apprehend the theory of mediumship as held by rational ind philosophical Spiritualists in general. He has merely caught up some crude and absurd notions, which may possibly be entertained by minds unfamiliar with mental and psychical science, and erroneously attributes them to us. One thing is certain: we have never made any such contradictory

• assumptions as are stated in the first two paragraphs above.First, we do not, properly speaking, assume the theory of

spiritual communication in any case ; nor do we accept it, un­less it is proved to us by facts. I t is the intelligence commu­nicating who makes the assumption. This claim on the part of the communicating intelligence, while it is in itself a pre­sumptive evidence of spiritual origin, yet is so overborne by the improbability arising mainly from its novelty, that wc de­mand it should be substantiated by ample proof, before we can accept it as a fact. I f the intelligence succeeds in a given ease in furnishing'such proof to our understanding, we believe the claim. I f not, we cannot believe, though we may not posi­tively deny it. -

Again, we affirm that the imperfections of communications,— such as poverty and inaccuracy of language, paucity of ideas, and even errors of fact,— are not of themselves sufficient to d isprove disembodied spirit-agency iu the production in any case where such claim is made ;—much less, in any case where, aside from these imperfections, clear proof of such agency is afforded. And for the plain reason that these characteristics uiay have been imparted by the instrumentality or medium employed in making the communication. -

Such are our positions. The first we will leave to stand on its own merits. The last we will attempt to justify by pre­senting what seems to us the true theory of the kinds of me­diumship here called in question.

I f disembodied spirits act upon and through persons in the body in any way, it is evident that they do it in various ways and degrees.

One mode wc conceive to be by the infusion, suggestion or influx of ideas .into the mind of the medium, while that mind itself furnishes the language, being fully conscious, and acting w ith the inspiring mind. This is conscious inspiration, and we deem it the highest form of mediumship, although it may fur­nish no positive and clear proof of ab e x tr a spirit-aid, except to the individual thua aided.

Another way we apprehend is by thc con tro l of either the organs of speeeh, or of the hand, by a will foreign to that of the medium, while his or her consciousness is left entire.

A third method is by the control of the medium’s organism, while his or her consciousness is entirely destroyed, and the intellect and will inactive.

A fourth phase is when these several states are more or less blendid. -

There are numerous other phases of mediumship, but these are sufficient for the present purpose.

Now, in the form of spirit-communication first mentioned, it cannot be expected that the medium or inspired person will give utterance to ideas beyond his own mental capacity. This would seem as much a mathematical impossibility as to force t ’ie torrent o f N iagara through an inch hose pipe. He may, however, express those which are beyond his visual ability

when not thus specially aided. But if the inspiring intelli­gence has thoughts greater than the mental calibre of the me­dium, these must obviously remain unexpressed, while only such as can flow through, find utterance. Nor will the me-O ’dium, in clothing these ideas in language, be expected to be free fronf his usual peculiarities and inaccuracies, if he has them—though he may be enabled, by his general mental eleva­tion, more or less to excel his ordinary style.

In the second and third forms of mediumship, however, the case is bv many supposed to be different. I t a disembodied mind directly controls the organs of utterance,.why cannot this mind speak-one word as well as another, and give utter­ance to the grandest thoughts that ever sprung from the mind of an archangel, as well as to the paltry ideas with which the medium is familiar? Is not the .human organism “ a^erfect instrument” for the expression of thought? and hence are not the meagrenesa and imperfections so commonly exhibited to be attributed to the mind communicating, and not to the organ­ism used ? .

We think not, and will give our reasons.I t is generally conceded that we—i. e., our internal

selves—act through our external bodies as mediums, both in speaking and in writing. I t is evident also that when we do so, we (that is, our inner selves, including intellect, will and con­sciousness,) in some way act immediately upon some interven­ing substance between the thinking principle and the external organs. This intermediate something (whether it be the vis­ible brain and nervous system, or an imponderable organism pervading these) must be an organized instrument, fitted to represent the action of the thinking agent within, and hence must be its exact counterpart in all respects; but negative to it, so as to be controlled by it. If, then, we term the think­ing principle (that in which thoughts originate of first come to our consciousness,) the positive mind, this more exter­nal counterpart and representative of it may be called the negative mind. The latter cannot originate ideas—it merely transmits them; it is not in itself a personal entity, but acts only as acted upon. Thus we have a sort of duality of mind— positive and negative— the latter the medium of the former to the external world; the two, however, ordinarily acting togeth­er as one, scf that few people imagine any such duality. Something like this, substantially, we are confident must be admitted to exist by every student of mental science, whether our nomenclature be adopted or not.

Now this negative department t>f the mental organism, or medium of the inner ; self, being in itself unintelligent, has to be educated, taught koiu, and habituated to represent in words and acts the thoughts and determinations of the superior or positive mind; and until thoroughly trained it does this im­perfectly. ' Hence all know the difficulty, if not the impossi­bility, of expressing in language or acts the highest concep­tions of our inner selves. How long the schoolboy toils over his copy-book before he can compel his hand to imitate the el­egant penmanship he desires to equal. How long the student struggles against bad habits in pronunciation and in grammar, after he (i. e. his superior or positive mind) knows the right and desires to attain it. The reason is that the negative mentalOorganism has to be trained before it becomcs a perfect instru­ment of expression. And, since it is in its nature composed of lower and grosser material than the superior portion of the the mind, it can never fu lly express the conceptions of the highest consciousness. All poets, musicians, artists, know this. Who, indeed, ever succeeded in expressing his highest ideal, either in song, music, sculpture, or any other external repre­sentation ?

This analysis is, we think, sufficient to make it entirely clear that no human organism is or can be a perfect instru­ment for the communication o f the mind's highest conceptions — that it is and must be defective at least to the degree that the training of the negative portion of the mental organism is defective. I f this is the case as regards minds while in the body, the same must be equally true of those disembod­ied, when they attempt to use the organisms of mediums.

The application of this law to the. case cited by our corres­pondent is obvious. Of course, we do not undertake to say whether that was a case of real or pretended spirit-influence. This must be determined by legitimate evidences. We only affirm that meagreness of ideas and vulgarity (commonness) of language is no proof to the contrary. And for the plain reasons that, if inspired through the superior portion of her own mind, while she might give utterance to thoughts above her usual range, yet (if she was an uncultivated woman, as would appear) these thoughts might be very poor and paltry to our highly cultivated correspondent; and, such as they were, they would naturally be expressed iu the ordinary lan­guage of the medium. If, on the other hand, the superior portion of the medium’s mind was r:ot in action ; but, instead, the inferior or negative part was directly acted on by a disem­bodied mind (if her own mind could act upon it, why could not another as well,— provided she willingly retired and sur­rendered it to other control ?), then, this representative organ would naturally be expectcd still to act after its habituated manner— that is, .its tendency would be to use the phraseolo­gy to which it has become accustomed, errors and all, and it would be incompetent; to the fit expression of ideas much above the level to which it has been trained. Dr. Johnson himself could not bo expected to talk decent English through an uncul­tivated organism. 'By taking pains, however, and carefully over­ruling, by an access of spiritual force, these tendencies to er­roneous language, the controlling spirit may measurably cor­rect the'm (as we have known it to do- in some instances)— in the same way that the school-boy and the student strive to corrcct the erroneous habits which their own organisms have acquired.

Thus the theory of mediumship, as we understand it, in­volves no fallacies or absurdities, but entirely accords with the common sense and common experience of mankind. But, says our correspondent,—

“ I f th e co m m u n ica tin g sp ir i t m u st conform to th e in te lle c tu a l dc- fe c ts 'o f th e m ed ium , th en th e com m unication can hav e no v a lu e beyond th a t w h ich th e m ed ium h im se lf, w ith o u t th e sp ir i t , can g iv e i t . ”

I f the spirit communicates moral or philosophical truths, their “ value” depends not in the least upon who utters them, but upon their intrinsic character. But if he communicates facts, unknown to the medium, for the purpose of proving himself a dis­embodied intelligence, then their “ value” is precisely commen­surate with the amount of proof they afford of the reality of a spiritual existence. Again : ' -

“ I f th e th o u g h t a n d lan g u a g e a re n o t those of th e s p ir i t , b u t w hol­ly d itfe ren t, in w h a t sen se can th e com m unication be sa id to come from

th e s p i r i t ? ” ' *

On our theory, both thought and language may partially come from the spirit, but in all cases are liable to be mixed up with those of the medium, and to be modified by his capac- ties and culture. And this theory, in the last particular, at

icast, is precisely that of every intelligent thcologiau respect­

ing the inspiration of Bible-writers. All agree that the pecu­liarities of style manifested by David, Isaiah, Luke, John, Paul and Peter, are to be referred to the individual mental characteristics and training of these “ inspired” men. I f the “ Holy Ghost,” in writing through Paul and Peter, could not or did not prevent their making grammatical blunders in their provincial Greek, (as every Biblical scholar knows they did) why should the humbler ghosts of our day be expected in all cases to overrule the defective training of their mediums ? Lastly,—

l< O f w h a t use is i t for th e sp ir i t to a t te m p t to co m m unicate Tvhen h is ideas an d la n g u a g e a re so ch an g ed au d falsified?**

This, if no more: he may impart, though imperfectly, ideas which are above the common range of the medium’s thoughts, and of those of the audience—though perhaps greatly below those of our learned correspondent. By this means minds are stimulated to action and inquiry, and of these comes growth. With growth' come larger capacity and discrimination. And if, with ail the crudities and imperfections incident to the condition in which people are, disembodied intelligences suc­ceed in giving positive and living demonstrations of an after­life (as they have done to thousands and* millions), and thus open to the soul's conceptions the certainty of a condition of endless progress, where happiness will depend solely on character, they will perform a mighty service for Humanity in a department where the priesthood of modern Christianity has been, eminently unsuccessful. a. e. n.

A S S O C I A T I V E M O V E M E N T ^

From The Movement, (published by Allen & Underhill, New York,) we learu that—

“ S evera l m en of w ea lth in New Y o rk , B uffalo , a n d C hicago, hav e it in con tem pla tion to estab lish som ew here in th e 'West a Leviathan F arm , o f from 1 to 2 d 0 ,000 acres. T h e ir object is to do for a g r ic u ltu re by th e use o f com bined w ealth an d th e pow er o f m ach in e ry , w h a t has been done in th e p as t h a lf -c e n tu ry , by th e r a ilro a d an d fac to ry to su ­persede th e old stage-coach a n d th e sp inn in g -w h ee l. T hey w ill o rg a n ­ize th e v as t t ra c t iu to tw o riva lized e s tab lish m en ts , w ith a m ilita ry o r­g an iza tio n of lab o r, g ig an tic m ach in e ry , to plow , p la n t , re a p an d re n ­d er h a rv ests , v as t he rd s o f ho rses , sheep an d c a ttle o f th e m ost select stock , a n d tire cu ltiv a tio n o f f ru i t an d g ra in s upon a g ra n d scale. The o rg an iza tio n w ill ju s t ly com bine th e in te rests o f c a p ita l an d lab o r, and by its collossal econom ies, a n d its scientific ap p lian ces o f c rea tiv e in ­d u s tr ia l pow er, an d its ju s t system of d is tr ib u tio n , i t w ill a tte m p t to g ive to th e w orld the exam ple o f a tru e R ep u b lic , a n Industr ia l Com­monwealth, w here p o v e rty , d u p lic ity , ro b b ery a n d c rim e sh a ll be u n ­k n o w n .”

While we have little faith in the success of any such gigan­tic scheme,—for the reason that we think it will be found im­possible to sufficiently harmonize the number of individuals necessary to its operation,—yet we are interested to see what can be done in the way indicated. Social harmony, we appre­hend, can be attained only by gradual groivth, and by those who are willing to make self-denial for the good o f others a ruling principle. The same paper states that—

“ A College o f Social Science w ill soon be o rgan ized in New Y ork. The object is n o t on ly to ed u ca te a p ro p a g a n d a , an d q u a lify an able b an d of m ale an d fem ale le c tu re rs , to p re sen t th e p rin c ip le s o f Social Science to th e p rog ressiv e m inds o f the w orld , b u t also to ed ucate social eng in eers au d o rg an ize rs to e n te r p ra c tic a lly upon th e g re a t w ork o f re c o n s tru c tin g society. L e c tu re room s h av e a lre a d y been se cu re d , an d m an y of th e iiritia l step s ta k e n to c a rry o u t its p u rp o se s .”

A correspondent, over the signature of “ St. Simon,” gives us a lengthened statement of his experience in various associ­ative efforts—from which he has learned that—

“ Tiie la rg e m a jo rity of believers in p ro g ress iv e reform a re on ly th e ­ore tica lly in d o c tr in a te d . F ro m th e ir ow n a c tu a l su ffe rin g s , th ey a re led to in d u lg e a hope o f som eth ing b e tte r . B u t how th e tru e an d s p ir ­itu a l o rd er is to be b ro u g h t a b o u t, m an y , w ho seem to sy m p a th ize w ith p rog ress an d associa tion , have as l i ttle co rre c t idea as h a d th e Jew s of th e ir R edeem er. T he ad v en t o f th e son o f a c a rp e n te r , a ssocia ting w ith h im fisherm en from G alilee, p ro c la im in g , n o t w a r an d d e s tru c tio n , b u t peace a n d good-w ill to a i l m en , aston ish ed th em w ith its p re su m p - tiou.

“ F ro m th e experience I h av e re la ted , I a m in c red u lo u s o f th e suc­cess o f a n y of the e n te rp rise s now in o p e ra tio n , o r th a t m ay be a ttem p ted for somo tim e to come. W e m u s t m ake th e sacrifice o f w a it­in g u n ti l o u r n e ighbors becom e m ore sensib le of th e w a n t o f h a rm o n y w hich ex is ts— a t th e sam e tim e develop ing ourselves in th a t w hich is social an d rec ip ro ca l. I m ake th ese r e m a rk s w ith th c sim p le desire of benefitting those w ho receive th e g re a t t r u th th a t th e re is to be in th is sp he re a fu lfillm en t o f th e p rophecy o f ‘ The R eign o f Ju s t ic e .’ ”

Another correspondent writes in a somewhat different strain, as follows:

E d it o r s o r t h e S p i r i t u a l A g e :— W elcom e th e h ead in g o f the f i r s t

p a g e o f y o u r p a p e r o f A p r i l 3 d ,— P r a c t ic a l R e f o r m . T r u l y h a s i t

b e e n s a i d , “ i f w e w o u ld k e e p o u r head i n th e heav en s , o u r f e e t m u s t

b e p l a n t e d o n th e e a r t h . ”

P le a sa n t h av e been th e v isions o f th e spirit-^land revealed to u s by o u r sp ir it-i 'r ien d s ; b u t it is n o t to be believed th a t th e ir m ission is m ere ly to a s su re us of a b lessed im m o rta lity ; n o r to d e ta c h u s from o ld form s an d ro u tin e a n d b lin d schools; b u t th a t , w hen e r ro r has been w eeded o u t, an d the evil is b roken u p an d exposed to G od’s sun^ l ig h t , w ith th is d iv ine ra d ia n c e sh a ll come a n in flux o f new elem ents o f life an d t r u th to every recep tiv e soul.

W e can n o t be idle. W e sh a ll be in c ited by o u r sp ir it-f r ie n d s to la b o r for th e good of o u r fellow -beings. In s te a d of th a t m iserab le in tro v e r t ­ed h a b it of m in d , th e consequence o f false teach in g s— a c o n tin u a l looking in to th e s ta te o f th e h e a r t— th e re w ill be a h e a lth y ou t­going of th e affections, an d th e q uestion is u rg e d , “ W h a t can we do p ra c tic a lly fo r th e im p ro v em en t o f m a n ’s e x te rn a l condition on the e a r th ” ? W e c a n n o t w ait t i l l w e a re ourse lves p erfec t before we a t­tem p t to m odel a p e rfec t society. I f the Ideal is g iven u s , le t us s tru g ­gle a f te r it. C ircu m stan ces a c t u p o n th e c eu te rs tan c e , a n d th e re is co n s ta n t reac tio n . E specia lly do we need im proved cond itions o f e x te r n a l life for th e n u r tu re o f o u r ch ild ren . If th ey m u s t be educated in th e o ld school, th ey w ill com e o u t m u ch th e sam e persons th a t we w ere , an d th a t m an y o th e rs a re .

I t seem s to u s a good b eg in n in g th a t D r. W elling ton proposes. W e w ish h im success in h is u n d e r ta k in g . W e only object to h is requiring h is p u p ils to w o rk c e r ta in h o u rs in th e g a rd en . W e h av e n o d o u b t th a t in fac t ho w ould induce them to do it. W ork can be m ade a t t r a c t ­ive to every h e a lth y person . C hild ren a re g re a t w o rk e rs ; th e y a re eag e r to im ita te every opera tio n th a t th ey w itness. T h e ir ac tiv ities ru n to m isch ief for w a n t o f d irec tion . T hey need v a r ie ty , en co u rag em en t an d cheerfu l co m p an y , an d alm ost an y w ork w ill becomc p la y to them .

W h a t C h arles F o u rie r h as w r itte n up o n E d u ca tio n is w o rth o u r stud}-, th o u g h we m ay n o t accept a ll h is philosophy n o r be able to g ra sp h is w hole system of social science. j i . x .

New York, April 6.We agree with our correspondent that “ a continual look­

ing into the state of the heart,” without efforts or aspira­tions for the good of others, e-vinces an unhealthful condi­tion. Nevertheless, undertaking to reform the world while utterly regardless of our own internal conditions, while prompt­ed solely by self-love, will prove equally useless. As well might one leper attempt to cure another by the laying on of hands. The stream cannot be expected to rise higher, nor be much purer, than the fountain. a . e . >\

T H E N E W U S E S f O F I R O N .For once at least, it must be conceded by those who oppose

our spiritual ideas—that we have chosen a substantial theme. Some may very naturally suppose that iron is a heavy subject. But that depends in a great degree on the manner in which it is treated. If, indeed, it should prove to'be such in the hands of one who never served an apprenticeship at the Iron business, we may still make it apparent that in the skillful hands of Hutch­inson & Wickersham, 812 Broadway, New York, the subject assumes every light and graceful form which the artistic hand and the prolific imagination can either fashion or devise. Those who may be disposed to think that Iron is a dull subject, would do well to think further, and remember that scissors, lancets, razors a‘nd all other _ keen things except pure vinegar, genuine wit, and bright "eyes, are among the multiform crea- ations which the subject necessarily involves.

The savage tribes and semi-barbarous nations of the earth have always exhibited a marked preference fpr the precious metals ; and in countries of little culture and an inferior civili­zation, gold, silver,»and precious stones have been valued above all earthly treasures ; not, however, because they were neces­sary as a circulating medium or currency— for in this respect they are not indispensable— but because they can be molded into splendid ornaments to adorn the persons and to gratify j

the empty ambition of tho rich and proud. Kings and princes I attached a fictitious-importance to them and, in a greater or | less degree, made their own false estimates of their worth the j

standards whereby the value of far more useful things has ! long been determined. By these they audaciously presumed ! to measure the dignity of human nature and sacrilegiously i

fixed the market price of all things, not even excepting vir- j

tue, the interests of Religion and the functions of the priest­hood.

But in the light of the present time gold and silver are scarcely to be included among the most precious metals. Iron \ is by far the most serviceable of all the mineral products of. the earth, and hence it is the most precious, if its value be deter­mined by a true criterion— the standard ordained by its uses. Indeed, Iron is of greater practical utility than all the other metals together. Deprive us of this one, and half the busi- j

ness of the world would be instantly suspended, and every ! branch of industry be smitten with a mortal paralysis. In the wide sphere of mere mundane uses, what has not Iron ac­complished ! Not only does it form the industrial implements and domestic utensils of the farm, ihe work-shop and the kitch­en, but it a'ssumes many higher places, and its relations and functions are at once grand a'nd imposing as they are di­versified and beautiful. The grcat'world itself,-including New Jersey, has been recently “ fenced in” with iron rails. In fact we have hardly commenced to enumerate its uses when we say, in addition to all these, Iron is instrumental in restraining and guiding the impetuous spirits of the Elements of fire and wa­ter, and that it forms the highway over which the lightnings of heaven travel as bearers of dispatches to all the civilized nations of the earth.

We will briefly enumerate some of the new and elegant ap­plications of Iron to the Mechanic Arts and the objects of practical utility, which delight the eye and the mind of the visitor as he enters the “ Warehouse of the New York Wire Railing Company.” There are Iron Fences, Wire Railings, Window, Hatchway and Heater Guards, of every desirable style, from the simplest to the most elaborately wrought and artistic patterns. These are specifically adapted to Farms, Door-yards, Public and Private Gardens, Parks, Rural Ceme­teries, Tree Boxes, Wall, Stair and Office Railing. There are also Ornamental Lamps and Posts, Portals and Gate-wa}'s, in all thg styles of ancient and modern architecture; Bedsteads, Cribs, Cradles and numberless articles of Household Furni­ture ; Bulwark Netting, Window Lintels and Sills, Bracket's, Chimney Tops, Columns, Caps and Cornices, of many styles and pieces; Balconies, Verandahs, Summer Houses, Bronze Statues and Fountains, all of which combine the utmost grace and elegance with the greatest durability and economy.

In our youth Iron was chiefly associated in the mind with thc rudest and most ungraceful forms, such as horse-shoes, crow-bars, grubbing-hoes, bush-scythes, gun-barrels, anvils and trip-hammers. We had scarcely conceived the feasibility of its being wrought into forms of grace and beauty I t was then simply an article of utility, and few if any.had.so much as thought of using it for ornamental purposes. But the ge­nius of the Age has transformed the solid and shapeless mass­es into almost every attractive form which the creative imagi­nation and cultivated taste ean either fashion or appreciate. One has only to'-entcr Hutchinson & Wickersham’s exhibition rooms to almost imagine that he is in some fairy temple which the invisible ministers of Beauty have mysteriously created and adorned for their own amusement. A poet might fancy thaf'some great-magician had touched with his wand the Iron ribs of the mountains, and that they had been suddenly trans­formed into all delicate and beautiful creations. The Spirit of Mechanical Invention has here achieved a success which fills the stranger with a delightful surprise. The solid metal is made to represent and to embalm, in many imperishable forms, various rare and felicitous devices, which—if viewed at a lit­tle distance—appear not less delicate and fanciful than the pattern of a lace collar, or the embroidery on a lady’s hand­kerchief. Had the genius of Fairy Land been at work, through the delicate fingers of his subjects, on the most flexible mate­rials, we could scarcely have expected to witness the creation of more diversified, captivating and beautiful forms than those we have briefly noticed but will not attempt to de­scribe. s. B. B.

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Tiie P aragraph Series.— The somewhat fragmentary ex­cogitations of our correspondent E poch, under this head, may not interest all classes of readers, nor do they in all respects represent our own ideas on the topics discussed. Nevertheless, we commend them as furnishing incentives to thought in the di­rection of metaphysics—a department where it behooves all Spiritualists to be in advance of externalists of every name.

A H a r d R u b .— The Springfield Republican, after stating the facts respecting the communication lately given in Chinese through Mr. Mansfield, indulges in the following gibe at the expense of its late worthy oo-adjutor in the “ naked’’ cal­umny :

“ I t is expected th a t P ro f. F elton w ill d iscuss th e sub jec t in a series of six co lum n a r tic le s in th e B oston C o u rie r , iu w h ich he w ill show t h a t M ansfield is a k n av e an d A r Showe a fool, a n d th a t th e C hinese c h a ra c te rs w ritte n by th e fo rm er w ere in lact h ig h D u tc h , an d con­veyed no in te llig ib le m ean in g . T liis opens th e field for a n in te re s tin g d iscussion for th e n e x t s ix m o n th s .”

R e v i e w o f t i i e C h r i s t i a n F r e e m a n — We design next week, in accordance with the wishes of many of our readers, .0 commence a review of a series of articles on Spiritual­ism now in progress of publication in the Christian Freeman. We shall endeavor to makerrar review brief and to the point; nd think we shall show most clearly that Spiritualism has by

•11 odds the best of the argument against the mesmeric and od- irce philosophers. We trust the friends of spiritual truth will

, .:e that the A g e is widely circulated and in the right quarters.

We go to the grave of a friend, saying, “ A man is dead;” Ijut angels throng about him, siying, “ A man is born.”

E x tra o rd in a ry D em o n stra tio n s in In d ia n a .S K E P T IC A L I X O E X r iT T W U O L L T A T F A C L T .

The following extraordinary narrative we should hesitate to lay before the public, did it not come from a reliable source. The occurrences, we learn, have occasioned great excitement ia the vicinity where they happened, and the evidence seems to be of a conclusive character^ Our correspondent will excuse us for omitting, for the sake of brevity, his incidental com­ments.

A t t i c a , I n d . , 'M a r c h 2 8 , 1S58.

B r o . B r i t t a n - ,— D ear S ir :— I hav e recen tly w itnessed th e m o st w on­d e r fu l sp ir itu a l m an ifesta tio n s th a t I h av e ev e r seen o r h e a rd of. T h in k in g th ey m ig h t be som ew hat in te re s tin g to a t le a s t a p o rtio n o f th e re ad e rs o f th e A g e , I h av e concluded to g ive y o u th e fac ts a s th e y tra n sp ire d . • ' -

O n S a tu rd a y , 2 0 th in s t . , th e re cam e to th is p lace M r. A. B . P u tn a m , o f S ou th B end , I n d ., an d w ith h im a y o u n g m an by th e nam e o f S am ­u e l B. C ollins , a m ed ium foV p h y sic a l m an ifesta tio n s. T be m anifesta­tions m a in ly consisted o f ty in g C ollins w ith cords o r com m on ro p es , an d u n ty in g , &c. •

T he S a tu rd a y even ing they cam e h ere they h ad b u t a sm a ll aud ience .A com m ittee o f five w as chosen by th e m ee tin g to tie Collins. T h is th ey d id w ith a com m on b ed -co rd , six tv -five feet long. A fte r th e com ­m ittee h ad consum ed th e w hole cord in ty in g th e m edium from head to foot, w ith h an d s b eh ind h im , th e y rep o rted to the m e e tin g th a t C ollins could n o t u n tie h im se lf .\ H e w as th e n la id upon th e flooi* in a d a rk an te-room ad jo in ing th e p u b lic h a ll , w here no person cou ld g e t access w ith o u t th e know ledge of th e com m ittee, an d sa id com m ittee rep o rted th a t fact to th e aud ience a f te r th o ro u g h ly se a rc h in g the room s, a n d th a t room being one secre tly chosen by th e committer)— th e sam e b e in g a d ifferen t room from th e one w e h ad p rev io u sly chosen. T hia m ove w as m ade by the com m ittee to f ru s t ra te a n y p re p a ra tio n s th a t m ig h t h av e been m ade. In seven teen m in u te s a f te r th e com m ittee r e t ire d from th e an te -ro o m , tln e e ra p s w ere h ea rd as a s ig n a l for th em to e n te r . T hey found th e m edium in a tra n c e condition , cold as a co rp se , a n d en t i re ly free from th e ro p e , w ith a ll th e k n o ts u n tie d , a n d th e ro p e n ice­ly coiled u p ly in g som e fifteen feet from h im . T he com m ittee a g a in left th e room , leav in g th e rope an d m edium as th ey found th e m , a n d in fifteen m in u tes ag a in e n te red , a n d found th e m ed ium in a n e n tra n c e d o r ab n o rm al cond ition , t ig h tly b o u n d , w ith h a n d s a n d feet d ra w n t ig h tly b e h in d h im , a n d , i f possib le , bound m ore se cu re ly th a n th e com m ittee had p rev io u sly tied h im , an d in seven m in u tes less tim e.

T he n ex t ev en in g , be in g S u n d a y , I in v ite d som e fifteen o r tw en ty o f th e bes t an d m o st re liab le citizens o f th e p lace , w ho w ere sk e p tic s , w ith as m an y m ore believers, to m y house to w itness th e m an ife s ta tio n s; a t w hich tim e .the u nbelievers tied Collins to th re e iron stap le s w h ich w ere d riv en s tro n g ly in to th e floor, a f te r la y in g h im on liis b a c k , s tre tc h in g h im as f a r as h is ex trem itie s could ex tend . T hey used 125 feet o f c lo thes lin e , a t th e sam e tim e ta k in g good c a re to leave a ll th e en d s o f th e lin es ta k e n back to th e s ta p le s , an d v e ry sa fe ly a n d com plica ted ly tied . T hc stap le s w ere fo u r feet from h is h a n d s a n d fee t; th e y w e re d r iv e n dow n a t th re e d ifferen t po in ts, fo rm in g a V .— bein g one fo r each h a n d a n d one fo r bo th feet. We th e n a ll le ft th e room a f te r w e w ero fu lly satisfied he w as safely b o u n d , beyond h is ow n pow er to unloose him self. W e g u a rd e d th e room upon a ll sid es, w ell k n o w in g th e re w as no one ih th e room save th e m edium . In one h o u r an d tw en ty -fiv e m in u tes th e m edium w as com pletely loosed from th e c o rd , th e k n o ts b e ing a ll u n tie d , th e s ta p le s safe in th e ir resp ec tiv e p laces , a n d th e ropes n ice ly coiled. T he sp ir it o f one J a c k W illiam s-p u rp o rts to be th e pow er w ho u n tie s th e mediMm.

T he n e x t d a y , be in g M onday , g re a t excitem en t p rev a iled in A ttic a in consequence o f these so-called m irac les h a v in g tak en place. I n th e eve­n in g we w en t to th e S p ir itu a l H a ll, w here M r. P u tn a m gave a sh o r t le c tu re to a la rg e au d ien ce , a f te r w h ich th e m edium w as a g a in t ie d , by a select com m ittee, w ith ab o u t th c u su a l a m o u n t o f co rd , a n d a s supposed , in a n im proved m a n n e r , w h ich in d u ced g r e a t b oasts from som e in th e au d ien ce , th a t h e w ould n o t be loosed th a t tim e , sa y in g h e m u st su re ly s ta rv e to d e a th before he cou ld be loosed b y a n y p o w er save by some p h y sic a l m an o th e r th a n h im self. H e w as th e n p laced u n d e r a box in th e presence o f th e au d ien ce , w hich box h a d been p re ­p a re d by th e people o f A ttic a d u r in g th e d a y , as th ey w ere susp ic io u s o f th e an te -ro o m opera tio n s. I n tw e n ty m in u te s a f te r p u t t in g h im u n d e r th e box th re e r a p s w ere g iv e n ; th e box w as ra ise d , a n d th e m e­d iu m found perfec tly free from th e rop es, a n d th e ropes free from k n o ts . T hey th en tu rn e d th e box b ack , leav in g th e ropes a n d m edium u n d e r ­n e a th , an d in e ig h t m in u tes th e s ig n a l w as g iv en , th e box w as ra is e d , a n d th e m edium w as found tied in a v e ry co m plica ted a n d help less m a n n e r , so th a t it took tw o m en ten m in u te s to loose h im , a fter doing some cutting. T h is th e inv isib les h a d n e v e r don e , n e ith e r h a d th ey in a n y o th e r w ay severed the cords.

T he n e x t d ay th e ex c item en t o r cu rio s ity am ongst th e sk e p tic s be­cam e in ten re . Som e offered to b e t la rg e am o u n ts th a t th ey cou ld tie h im in such a m a n n e r th a t he could n o t loose h im self, as th e y accused h im o f doing. The ofier w as tw ice accep ted by th e w r i te r , fo r th e a m o u n t o f one h u n d re d d o lla rs , on cond itio n th a t th e m oney forfeited shou ld go to th e benefit o f th e p o o r; b u t before th e tim e cam e for ty in g th e b e ttin g g en tlem en declined. T he w r ite r th e n posted a no tice in a p ub lic p lace , offering to p u t u p one h u n d re d d o lla rs a g a in s t th e sam e a m o u n t, th e fo rfe itu re to go to th e r e lie f o f th e poo r, for a n y m an w h o w ould tie sa id C ollins in a m a n n e r th a t he could n o t be loosed as u s u a l ,— w ith these c o n d itio n s ,—th a t he shou ld be tied w ith a n y com­m on rop e , lin e o r co rd , in a n y m a n n e r o r form ex cep t t ig h t a ro u n d th e th ro a t , o r to an y p o n derab le su b s ta n c e , o r in a m a n n e r th a t w ould in ­ju r e th e m edium . H ow ever, th e re w as no one to acce p t th e offer th a t day .

In the even ing , as u su a l, we found ourse lves in S p ir itu a l H a ll, w hich w as full o f sp e c ta to rs . T h is n ig h t no p a in s w ere sp a red in p re p a r in g to tie h im . The aud ience fu rn ish ed a n d b ro u g h t in to th e h a ll (iOO feet o f sm all-sized bed-cord. J\'ow comes thc lug o f w ar. A co m m ittee w as selected by th e au d ien ce , w ho w ere e n tire s k e p t ic s . . S aid com m it­tee consisted o f four m en , w ho h ad a ll d ay boasted th a t th ey could su c ­cessfully tie o r b in d h im ; th ey w ere m en in whom th e co m m u n ity h a d im plic it confidence, for th e ir in g e n u ity an d ca re . T he au d ien ce con­sis ted o f m any o rthodox c h u rc h m em bers, w ho m an ifested a n in tcm -edesire th a t he sh ou ld be tied in a m a n n e r th a t he ccu ld n o t be loosed__som e of th em , I am so rry to say , m an ifestin g a n u n g e n tle m a n lv a n d u n c h r is t ia n 's p ir i t . T he com m ittee p roceeded to tie , an d w hen th ey h a d used u p about^.OO feet o f co rd , a n d consum ed one h o u r o f tim e , th ey d iscovered th a t th e y h a d go t h im b o u n d so t ig h t th a t th e y h a d in a

m easu re s topped th e c irc u la tio n o f blood in th e e x tre m itie s , cspcc ia lly in th e a rm s a n d w ris ts ; so m u ch so th a t these w ere fast sw elling a n d th e h an d s tu rn in g b lack . N o tw ith s ta n d in g a ll th is , th e m edium to ld them to keep on ty in g un til- they w ere con ten ted . T hey d id c o n tin u e , u n t i l th ey h a d used u p one m ore cord a n d tw en ty -fiv e m in u te s m o te tim e, w hen th e com m ittee becam e se rio u sly a la rm e d a t th e sw ellin g o f h is ex trem itie s an d th e b lack en in g o f h is h a n d s , a n d re p o rte d t h a t m ore cord w ould be use less, s:\jdng th a t i f he cou ld be loosed from th a t a m o u n t, as th ey h ad co n s tru c te d i t , he could be from a l l th e ropes o r co rds th a t cou ld be p u t upon h im , an d for th e ir p a r t th ey w ere sa tisfied he could no t be loosed. T he au d ien ce consen ted , w ith th e excep tio n o f tw o o r th re e m odern C h ris tian s , w ho w a n te d m ore co rd p u t on. T h e w hole aud ience could th en see th a t h is a rm s w ere so b a d ly sw ollen n s to bed th e co rd in to the flesh com pletely , an d h is h a n d s w ere n e a r ly a s b lack as a b la c k h a t . No one o f thc au d ien ce w ill den y th is . H e w as th e n as u su a l p laced u n d e r th e box, th e com m ittee h a v in g consum ed one h o u r an d tw en ty -fo u r m in u te s o f tim e , a n d ab o u t 2*50 feet o f co rd .

A fte r th e m edium h ad been u n d e r the box one h o u r a n d tw e n ty m in ­u te s th e aud ience g en era lly becam e considerab ly u n easy , a n d som e w e ie r e a lly a la rm ed as to th e sa fe ty o f h is life. I n th e m ean tim e th e c la i r v o y an t s ig h t o f M iss M ary M cM u rtrie (w hom a ll th a t know h e r h a v e im p lic it confidence in ,) w as opened, w hich caused h e r to be a la rm e d fo r a m om en t, w hen she exclaim ed to h e r frien d s w ho sa t n e a r h e r t h a t she could then see four persons w ith C ollins, a n d th ey w ere loosen in g u p th e kno ts a n d p u llin g th e m edium o u t o f th e co rd s w ith o u t u n tv i r g th e kno ts . T h is w as a th in g w holly un lo o k ed for -by an y one in th e aud ienc* , as none of u s h a d ev e r w itnessed th e lik e , su p p o s in g th a t , i f loosed a t a ll, he w ould be u n tied . In th i r ty m in u te s m o re th e s ig n a l w as g iven , th e box ra ised , th e m edium found freed from th e co rd s a n d th e k n o ts s till tied ! T he cords resem bled a ijio u th le ss fish -n e t, m ore th a n a n y th in g else I cou ld th in k of.

N e x t, th e box w as tu rn e d dow n w ith th e m ed ium a n d a n o th e r co rd u n d e rn e a th ; an d in te n -m in u te s , as u su a l, th e m ed iu m w as found w ith h is neck tied to h is k n ees , h is ch in p ro jec tin g o v e r h is k n e e s , h is ie c t b o u n d v e ry tig h tly to g e th e r , a n d h is h a n d s tie d s tro n g ly to g e th e r

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T H E S F I . R X T T J A . L A Gr E .th e low er p a r t o f 'h i s b ack . T he ends o f th e cord w ere so disposed of t h a t th e y cou ld n o t be a n d w ere n o t found. -The com m ittee cou ld loose h im in no o th e r w ay ex cep t b y cu ttin g th e cord! T hus ended th e scene fo r t h a t n ig h t.

M e ssrs .-P u tn am a n d C ollins in tended leav in g th e n e s t m o rn in g , w h en a b a n te r cam e from a n o tab ly self-conceited personage o f th is c i ty , th a t he w ould ti<j the m edium on a w ager, w h ich , w hen forfeited, Bhould go to th e re lie f o f th e poor. M r. P u tn a m accep ted , a n d s ta y ed o v e r u n til even ing , when said personage did not appear in Ike audience at a l l ! So th e audience chose th e sam e old com m ittee, save tw o, th in k in g th ey could im prove by experience.. I cou ld , how ever, see no im provem en t, except in m ak in g a rope-collar. T hey m ad e it b y com­m en cin g in th e m iddle o f one o f th e bed-cords an d co iling i t four tim es• round the neck, a n d th en se rv in g sa id co lla r w ith th e sam e, a n d k n o t­tin g every se rv e ; th en ta k in g each end dow n e ach a rm , h a lf -h itc h in g a n d tig h tly ty in g each h itch , an d w e ltin g each k n o t as i t w as tied , be­in g a tu rn , h a lf-h itch a n d k n o t every tw o inches a ll th e w ay to h is h a n d s ; th en ta k in g severa l tu rn s a ro u n d h is th ig h s , la sh in g each h a n d to each th ig h very t ig h tly , an d beyond a possib ility o f h is slip p in g h is h a n d s o u t ; th e n , to p re v e n t s lip p in g h is h a n d s o u t. th ey lac*d h is h a n d s a n d a rm s to h is body, a n d one lo th e o th e r , a ll th e w ay u p in f ro n t , co n tin u in g over the shou lders , lac in g , h itc h in g a n d ty in g -c le a r d o w n b eh ind as in fron t— taking^good c a re th a t h e w ould have no use o f h is a rm s w h a tev e r, fo r he could n o t possibly bend th em o n e w ay o r an o th e r . They th e n tied h is legs in a s im ila r m a n n e r, ty in g h is feet ■very tig h tly to g e th er, th e n c o n tin u in g to l i e - a l l th e w ay u p i a f ro n t a n d c a r ry in g it by a co n tin u a l k n o ttin g process, a n d spliccd th e l i s t en d of th c cord an d also tied th e end in betw een th e shou ld e r-b lad es on th e back , w here a ll the k n o ts o f th e ends o f a ll the ropes d u r in g a ll th e ty in g o f the tw o la s t n ig h ts w ere finished, ta k in g good care to keep a ll k n o ts en tire ly ou t o f reach of h is fingers. They th en took a n e x tra bed-cord an d w ra p t h im from one end to th e o th e r , ty in g a k n o t beh ind L im to every tu rn . In fac t, w hen he was fin ished , he w as as stiff an d a s help less as a s tic k o f wood. The com m ittee th e n s te p t aside so th a t n i l the aud ience could see h im , w hen he was e n tra n c e d , a u d th e a t te n d ­in g s p ir it ( J a c k ,) th re w -o r pushed h im over-on th e floor, s tr ik in g on h is r ig h t cheek-bone, w ith o u t in ju rin g h im in th e leas t. T he cheek­b o n e w as th e fire t p a r t o f h is form th a t s tru c k th e floor. T h a t I held »3 good evidence th a t he w as' stiff an d could n o t bend o r h e lp h im self in th e least. (U p to th e n ex t m o rn in g , w hen he w en t aw ay , th e cheek w as n o t a t a ll sw ollen , an d show ed no signs o f h a v in g been in ju re d ) . H e was now to a ll ap p ea ran ce inside o f a com plete n e t ; th e re was p ro b ab ly no four inches o f cord th a t waa no t h a rd kno ttod to an o th e r •part, an d th e k c o ts w et as they w ere tied , leav in g it to a ll ap p earan ce a n im possib ility for h im to be freed from the cord w ith o u t firs t u n ty in g th e kno ts. H e th en w as. placed u n d e r th e box, an d in tw o .hours an d tw en ty -five m inu tes th e s ig n a l w as g iven , the b o x .ra ised , an d he was com plete ly freed from ijie cord an d n e t-w o rk , without one o f its Icnots being untied ! T he com m ittee rep o rted th ey d id n o t b?lieve he coa id t e tied in a m a n n e r t h a t he would no t be freed .

T hu s ended th e m anifesta tions w ith C ollins in th is place. I believe ■he is do ing m u ch gctod, an d co n v incing m an y of th e t r u th th a t inv isib le be ings a re a ro u n d up, an d hence th a t th e soul is im m o rta l. I sa y , suc­cess to a ll such w orkers in the sp ir itu a l cause! I h a v e p reserv ed the o e ts th a t cam e off from h im , as I consider them w ell w orth in sp e c tin g by a ll. I consider these dem onstra tions some o f tho m ost m yste rio u s .physical m an ifesta tions th a t we h av e a n y record of, e ith e r in o r o u t o f B ible H is to ry , p a r t io u lt r ly t h e g e ttin g o u t o f th e n e ts , w hich w ere la sh e d so tig h tly to th e m edium . I have w ith in th e la s t tw o y e a rs w it­nessed a g r e i t m any sp ir itu a l m an ifesta tio n s,.a lso re a d a n d h e a rd o f m a n y , b u t none so e x tra o rd in a ry as these two last. T he com m ittee are n i l satisfied th a t th e -knots 'which w ere found in the n e ts w ere th e id en ­tic a l kno ts w hich th ey p u t in , a u d tied in a m a n n e r w hich th ey could n o t have u n tie d w ith th e ir 'o w n fingers.

I n conclusion , I w ill say th a t S p iritu a lism is in c reas in g very fast in <he W abash y a lley , especially in th is place.

Y ours i n T ru th , F. E . G r i d l e y .

D o s f o i t r n i b D i r i i t i f u .

L e c t u r e s , D is c u s s io n s , e t c .— In o rd e r to g ive g re a te r v a r ie ty to ■our columns and m eet th e ta s te s -of a ll c lasses o f re a d e rs , w e propose in fu tu re to give only occasionally a n y ex ten d ed re p o rts o f lec tu res an d discussions. T h is w ill enab le u s , am ong o th e r th in g s , to p re se n t a ■better array c f ' ac ts , w h ich a re , a f te r a ll, th e foundation stones o f o u rf .i i th -s tru c tu re . I n th e opinion of m an y , an ounce of fac t is w orth a p o u n d o f th e o ry ; w e hope no t to su rfe it them w ith th e la tte r .

T h e M e l o d e o n M e e t i n g s . — The a tte n d a n c e a t th e M elodeon la s t •Sunday w as q u ite full.; th e even ing aud ience n u m b ered n o t less th a n •a thousand . W e m ention the fac t m ere ly to show th a t th e “ g re a t a t- tra c t io u ” in th e w ay o f rev iv a l m eetings in th e se c ta ria n ch u rch es ■does n o t d im in ish th e in te re s t o f th e people to know w h a t th e sp ir its m a y have to sa y on ''the v ita l questio n s o f m a n ’s n a tu re .

T h ro u g h M rs. H en d e rto n ’s m ed ium sh ip th e F irs t C om m andm en t w as •discoursed fro m as a te x t in th e afternoon . T he su b je c t o f th e ev en in g lec tu re w as “ The R easonab leness o f F u tu re E u d le s3 P u n is h m e n t.” T h e con trad ic tions a n d inconsistencies o f th e o rth o d o x d o c trin e on th is su b je c t w ere exposed; a n d th e passages o f S c r ip tu re on w hich it is a s­su m e d to be founded w ere exam in ed , each in th e lig h t o f th e o th e r , an d .all in th e lig h t o f N a tu re a u d R eason.

I t seem s s tra n g e th a t an y ra tio n a l m in d can lis ten to such cand id ■expositions o f th is qu estio n , to su ch p leas in favor o f a God of love an d tn e rc y , an d e till lean to a v erd ic t w hich denies h im these a t tr ib u te s . B u t ih e d ay s o f th e d o c trin e o f endless to r tu r e a re n u m b ered ; its be­lievers a re be ing ra p id ly w ashed aw ay by th e flood o f t r u th w h ich is ■descending from th e sp h e res .

T i i e C o n f l u e n c e , on T h u rsd a y even ing o f la s t w eek, w as m ain ly o ccup ied by M r. Ifew ton , in ex p la in in g , by th e use o f a d iag ram , h is id ea o f th e in te rn a l co n stitu tio n o f m a n , in an sw er to th e q u estio n ,

' W h u t is the hum an Soul? The co nsidera tion o f th e sam e topic w as c o n tin u e d to th e n e x t m eeting , w hen o th ers a re expectcd to p re se n t th e i r ^ e w s .

E m m a H a r d i n g e i n B o s t o n . — We a re p leased a t th e an n o u n cem en t t h a t M iss H ard in g e , o f N ew Y o rk , is to speak in Boston on S u n d ay nex t. E v ery w h ere th a t she h a s le c tu re d , she is spoken of in te rm s of h ig h com m endation by bo th th e S p ir itu a lis t a n d opposition p ress . U n­lik e m an y speakers w ho h av e baen ra ised u p for o u r cause , she is a person who h as e n j o y e d th e ad v a n ta g e s o f in te lle c tu a l c u ltu re . H er l i te ra ry ta le n t is o f no m ean o rd e r, as o u r re a d e rs w ill te s tify w hen th e y a re inform ed th a t th e s to ries an d o th e r a r tic le s w hich hav e ap ­p eared in th e A c e u n d e r th e nom de p lume o f E z r a a r e em anations from h e r g ifted m in d ; an d to add to h e r qualifica tions as a sp e a k e r , she h a s e D jo y e d th e ad v an tag es o f exce llen t e lo cu tio n ary tra in in g . I f we a re r ig h t in o u r an tic ip a tio n s , a r ic h tr e a t a w a its h e r h e a re rs n e x t S ab b a th . W e a ro in form ed th a t s"he speaks ex tem p o re from im pression , th o u g h n o t in th e tra n c e sta te .

B r e a d . — I t is an acknow ledged fac t th a t th e A m ericans a re b eh ind th e tim es in m ak in g good d igestib le b read . D yspepsia is now here else bo p re v a le n t as in th is c o u n try . H ence we h a il w ith p leasu re th e a n ­nouncem ent o f an y im provem en t in th is firs t o f th e dom estic a r ts . A n ad v ertisem en t w ill be found in o u r eo lum ns o f a m ethod of m ak in g b re a d w ith o u t y e a s t o r pow ders. T he m ethod is w o rth a n ex p erim en t. W e h a v e tas ted some sam ples an d w ere su rp r ise d to find th em so l ig h t, sw ee t an d p a la ta b le . _

‘N o r w i c h , C o n n . — M r. W . W . T h ay e r o f B oston , lec tu red on S p irit­u a lism in N o rw ich , C onn ., la s t S a b b a th . Sub jec t in th e a fte rn o o n , “ S p iritu a lism a H e a r t E x e rc ise ,” an d in the E v en in g “ R evo lu tion .” '

T i i e V e r m o n t C o n v e n t i o n . — T he C onvention o f S p ir itu a lis ts an d o th e r frien d s o f M en ta l F reedom , in V erm o n t, is to be held th is y e a r a t R u tla n d , on th e 2 5 tb , 2Gth a n d 27 th o f J u n e . T he c a ll w ill be issued soon.

S p i r i t u a l i s m i n S u t t o n , N . H .— W e a re p leased to notice th a t th e frien d s o f sp ir itu a l p rog ression in S u tto n a re aw ak e to th e in te re s ts of sp ir itu a l t r u th . T hey hav e re c e n tly o rgan ized a society , to be know n a s li The Sutton ( N .H . ) S p ir i tu a l Association for th e d iffusion of sp ir i tu a l science.” '

T he cause in th a t v ic in ity , we le a rn , is in a p ro sp ero u s co n d itio n , an d th e m eetings o f the- society (w h ich a re ho lden in th e c e n tre v illage m e e tin g -h o u se ) .a re of a conference c h a ra c te r . A n in v ita tio n is ex­te n d e d to th e frien d s genera lly to m eet w ith th em for co-operation . L e c tu re rs who can m ake it conven ien t to m eet w ith them m ay ad d ress

I L K . L i t t l e , E sq ., Sec.

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C onference a t 18 F o u rth A venue.T u e s d a y E v e n i n g , A p ril 2 7 th . '

D r. G ra y s ta te d th a t , since th e action o f th e lec tu re com m ittee, p r i ­v a te p a r t ie s h a d ta k e n D odw orth H a ll, a n d th e lec tu res th e re w ould be con tin u ed . T he p la n w as to em ploy le c tu re rs an d p ay th em , an d ch a rg e a fee a t th e door. T he lec tu re s w ould be g iven m o rn in g and ev en in g , on S u n d a y s , a s h ere to fo re ; a n d in o rd e r to a c t in h a rm o n y a n d c o n c e r t w ith th is a r ra n g e m e n t, h e h a d p re p a re d a p ro g ram m e for th e m eetings a t C lin to n H a ll, w hich he proceeded to su b m it.

T he re p o r t proposed th a t th e C lin ton H a ll m eetings shou ld be know n as th e N ew Y ork S p ir i tu a l L yceu m ; th a t its sessions sh o u ld be free , a n d be held a t 3 o ’clock on S u n d ay s in th e a f te rn o o n , a n d on one eve­n in g in th e week for C onference; th a t a t th e S u n d a y m eeting a sh o r t lec tu re o r essay shou ld be re a d , to be follow ed b y conversa tion o f a a h o u r , o r h o u r an d a h a lf ou th e su b jec t o f th e lec tu re o r essay , a t w hich th e le c tu r e r sh ou ld p re s id e ; th a t a t th e C onference, th e p ro p o u n d er o f th e q uestion shou ld a c t as m o d e ra to r; a n d th a t a c u ra to r sh o u ld be appo in ted and p a id for k eep in g a reco rd o f th e doings o f th e L y ceu m , a n d fo r fu rn ish in g a b s tra c ts to th e v a rio u s s p ir i tu a l p ap e rs fo r p u b lica ­tion .

D r. < 3 a a t also re a d 6. com m unication from a G erm an g en tlem an , re la t in g to som e sp ir i tu a l m an ifesta tio n s a t D osblen, _Ga., h is fo rm er p lace o f abode, th e substan ce o f w hich w as as follows :

In th e su m m er o f 1824, he, in com pany w ith h is p a r e n ts , v isited a b eau tifu l g ro v e , w hich had long been sh u t u p . T he visit was to g ra tify his m other. T he grove o rig in a lly h ad been a r tis tic a lly la id o u t w ith w alks , a rb o rs , hedges an d th e like, a n d th ey seated them selves in an o ld a rb o r a ro u n d a stone tab le . L eav in g h is p a re n ts th e re , he s tro lled a lo n g th e hedge, an d before re jo in in g them , saw a s ig h t w hich caused h im to .scream lu s tily , a n d ' b ro u g h t h is p a re n ts to h is side . I t w as a g rey b ag as ta ll a s a m an , B ut so th in th a t he could p la in ly see a m an in side o f i t , an d a lto g e th e r th e b ag an d m an w ere o f such m a te r ia l th a t he could look th ro u g h th em a n d see a re d rose g ro w in g in th e hedge b eh in d . '

T he ch ro n ic les o f the tow n th ro w lig h t on th is ap p a r itio n . The g ro u n d s in q u estio n , an d bu ild in g s of th e e s ta te to w hich th ey belonged , w ere rep u ted to be h a u n te d . These chron ic les av e r th a t two b ro th e rs , ow ners o f th e es ta te , in a n c ie n t tim es, h ad q u a rre lle d in g am in g , an d -destroyed each o th e r ; an d th a t th e ir p e r tu rb e d sp ir its could n o t rest. T he sa c ris ta n h a d succeeded in la y in g one o f them an d enclosing h im in a bag , b u t th e o th e r w as s till ab ro ad . V arious s ig h ts a n d sounds, a p p a r itio n s , op en in g a u d sh u t t in g o f doors, an d blow s from unseen h a n d s , a t th e o ld m ansion , a n d in the g rove , a tte s te d th e g e n e ra l t r u th o f th e legend , dow n so la te as 1850, w hen the la s t o f th e fam ily w hich hail occup ied-the place for h u n d re d s o f y e a rs , d ied , an d the an n o yances ceased.

D r. B a r t i i o l e t sa id , th a t a n in te llig e n t g en tlem an , a n a tiv e In d ia n , an d professed skep ti? as to S p ir itu a lis m , called on h im th e o th e r d ay , an d in th e course o f th e ir conv ersa tio n , sa id th a t h e w ould te ll h im w h a t he n ev er to ld a w h ite m an before. W hen he w as a y o u n g m an , h e w as in th e h a b it o f r e t ir in g to a .g rove a n d sin g in g a song to th e G rea t S p ir i t ; a n d d u r in g th e p erfo rm an ce , th e b u sh es w ould w ave in rh y th m , a n d tw ist in sp ira ls , in a n sw er to th e invocation .

A t m y re q u e s t, con tin u ed D r. B ., m y In d ia n f rien d su n g th e song in m y presence. D u rin g th e s in g in g , a lad y m edium who w as th e re , becam e en tra n c e d , perso n a ted severa l In d ia n c h a ra c te rs , a n d g av e h im a com ­m u n ica tio n . S till he w as in c red u lo u s , a n d as th o u g h d e te rm in ed n o t to be conv inced , th re w h im self dow n on a sofa. T he m edium follow ed, ho ld in g u p a r ig id a rm , an d d ec la rin g th a t she cou ld n o t be released u n t i l he recognized th e token . H e ex am in ed , a n d found i t a m ason­ic s ig n ; a n d on h is acknow ledging th e s ig n a l, th e m ed ium w as set free. _

A n d r e w . T a c k s o n D a v i s sa id , he lik ed th e p la n o f th e com m ittee, b u t w ould p re fe r th e sim ple n am e o f N ew Y ork L y ceu m , leav in g th e w ord spiri tual ou t. T he objects o f th e association a re designed to be g en e ra l, to em brace a ll questions o f h u m a n i n t e r ^ t , a n d all th e g re a t reform s o f th e da}-. The w ord sp ir i tu a l , a s com m only u n d e r­stood, does n o t cover th e g ro u n d . W e m ay u n d e rs ta n d i t so, b u t u n ­fo rtu n a te ly th e w orld m akes th e d ic tio n a rie s , custom es tab lish es th e m ean in g o f te rm s , an d we m u st su b m it. T he w ord p h ilo soph ical, in some resp ec ts , w ould be b e tto r , b u t th a t te rm w ould f r ig h te n th e N ew Y o rk people. N o th in g w ould d is tre ss them so m uch as the supposition th a t th ey w ere to be called on to do th e ir aw n th in k in g . To S p ir i tu a l­ists the om ission o f th e w ord sp ir i tua l , w ill m ake no difference, w hile i t m ay re n d e r th e 'a t te n d a n c e o f o th ers who w ould like to com e, f re e r an d easier. H e w as m ost h e a r tily g lad o f th is m ovem ent. Tw elve m en , su ch as m ig h t be g a th e re d in such a p lace , m ig h t form a censo- r iu m , o r th o u g h t-fo u n t for th e n a tio n ; fu rn ish b ra iu s for th e G overn ­m en t, an d in ten y e a rs , ho ld th e rein3 an d co n tro l th e d es tin ies o f t h e co u n try . - •

A fte r some co n v ersa tio n , th e w ord sp ir i tua l w as s tr ic k e n fro m th e title .

M r. V a n V l e c k : su b m itted th e follow ing q u estio n : M ay n o t m edium s be in sp ired to sp eak , from a circ le o f em bodied s p ir i ts , o r from a g en ­e ra l th o u g h t-sp h e re , as well as by disem bodied s p ir its ?

M r. V a n V l e c k sa id , he w as a m edium h im self, an d accustom ed to sp e ak in g in a t r a n c e s ta te ; an d he believed a ll those fo rm s o f in sp ira ­tion possible.

D r. G r a y sa id : O n h is w ay h ith e r he h a d m et a m an w ho h a d been labo red w ith by h is p a s to r for be in g a S p ir i tu a lis t, a n d th re a te n e d w ith ex-com m unication . The lay m an defended h im se lf im p u ls iv e ly , b u t in such a m a n n e r as to close th a t b ra n c h of th e a rg u m e n t. H e w as th en influenced a g a in , an d ,g a v e the c le rg y m an some solem n w ords o f w a rn ­in g , w hich seem ed ta 'a ffec t h im deeply . O n s e p a ra tin g , h e m erely s a id , 't'~W ell, f rien d , let every one be fu lly p ersu ad e d iu h is own m in d .” V ery sh o rtly a f te r, ih e m in is te r p reach ed a v e ry d ifferen t serm on from h is fo rm er ones. A bou t th e sam e tim e th e lay m an w as a t Ju d g e E d­m o nds’, w hen L a u ra E dm onds, w ith o u t kno w in g a n y th in g ab o u t these c ircu m stan ces , becam e influenced by a n I r is h s p ir i t , w ho sa id to h im , “ D on’t be w orried ab o u t th e in te rv ie w y o u h ad w ith th a t g re a t m an . Y ou d id h im a g re a t deal o f .g o o d .” A s to th e q u e s tio n , th e sp e a k e r’s opin ion w as, t h a t ev e ry one who comes h e a r t i ly in to a su b jec t, is in ­sp ired by th e m inds an d op in ions o f a ll those w ho h av e gone before h im , an d have felt deep ly on th a t sub jec t. C icero say s, th a t poets o ugh t to be ho ly , for th ey a re energ ized by a Holy sp ir it.

M r. V a n V l e c k said he th o u g h t im pression th e h ig h est form o f m e­d iu m sh ip . U nless o u r in te rn a l facu lties a re opened— o u r in tu itio n — we ga in li t t le personal benefit. A ll a re m ed iu m s; b u t those w ho go from circ le to circle to ge t in s tru c tio n , o r to receive dog m atic d irec ­tio n s, a re n o t S p ir itu a lis ts in every h ig h sense o f th e te rm .

M r. C o l e s sa id : T he gods can no t on ly com e dow n to u s , b u t we can go u p to them . O u r o rg an s a re in sp ired in to a c tiv ity by th e ir ap p ro ­p r ia te s tim u la n ts , w h e th e r from th is w orld o r th e o th er. T he various scenes o f life, as we w itness th em , excite u s to m e rrim e n t w hen we a re sa d , o r sadness w hen we a re m e r ry ; a n d a n in s u lt will fire u s w ith passion . U n d er these s tim u la n ts o u r pow ers in c e r ta in d irec tions a re v as tly in c rease d ; a n d w hen th u s e levated to th e level o f a sp ir i t , we need no in sp ira tio n fro m h im , for w e occupy th e sam e em inence w ith him self. J- E- o.

Com pnir cf J a c ts .

D o d w o r t i i ’s . — A rran g e m en ts have been m ade to con tin u e th e S ab ­b a th L ec tu res , m o rn in g a n d ev en in g , a t D o d w o rth ’s H a ll , for th e en ­su in g y e a r , b u t u n d e r a l i t t le d ifferen t p ro g ram m e. I t is now a p r i ­v a te en te rp rise , on th e p a r t o f tw o o r th ree p u b lic -sp irited in d iv id u a ls , w ho w ill em ploy an d p ay th e le c tu re rs , an d ch a rg e a sm all fee, in p a r t rem u n era tio n o f expenses, a t th e door. M r. D av is com m ences a series of lec tu res a t th a t p lace n e x t S abbath .

T u e N e w Y o r k L y c e u m . — The N ew Y ork C onference, h ith e r to m eet­in g a t 18 F o u r th A v en u e , w ill ho ld its sessions d u r in g th e c u r re n t y e a r , a t C lin ton H a ll, A stor P lace , u n d e r th e nam e o f th e N ew Y ork Lyceum . I t w ill hold tw o sessions a w eek, viz: on S u n d a y a fternoon a t 3 o ’c lock, w hen a sh o r t lec tu re w ill be g iv en , o r essay re a d , an d an h o u r o r m ore be devoted to co n v e rsa tio n ; a n d on T u esd ay even ing , w h ich w ill be th e re g u la r C onference. A ll th e exercises o f th e Lyceum a re free.

W om an-’s R i c i i t s .— G eorge W . C u rtis de livered a lec tu re in New Y o rk , re c e n tly , on th e sub jec t o f “ F a ir P la y to W o m an ,” from th e r e ­p o r t o f w hich we copy th e follow ing ex trac t:

“ N ever w ould th e re be, he th o u g h t, a com plete re fo rm , n e v e r w ouldju s tic e be done to w om an, u n t i l she is allow ed, lik e m en, to em ployh e rse lf in a n y vocation for w hich N a tu re h as assigned h e r a cap a c ity ,w h e th e r th a t vocation be th e c u ltiv a tio n o f th e a r t s , th e s ta g e , p re a c h ­in g , m cdic ine , law , o r a d m in is te rin g th c g o v e rn m en t.”

S p irit-T eleg raph ing .EiTthe course o f th e la te p u b lic discussion w ith D r. H an so n , M r.

B r i t ta n in tro d u c ed m any, im p o rta n t fac ts in su p p o r t o f th e s p ir itu a l th eo ry . A m ong o th e rs he gave th e follow ing exam ples from h is own experience to show w ith w h a t p rec ision sp ir its can a c t a s b e a re rs o f d ispa tch es :

O n one occasion, w hile on m y w ay from New Y o rk to B o sto n , I re ­solved to pass th e n ig h t in H a r tfo rd , an d re g re tte d th a t i t h ad n o t oc­c u r re d to m e, before leav in g th e c ity , to send a te leg rap h ic m essage ov er th e w ire to m y frien d D r. M e ttle r , an n o u n c in g m y in te n tio n to re ­m a in over n ig h t a t h is house. I w as som ew here n e a r S tam ford w hen i t occu rred to m e th a t possib ly h im se lf o r h is wife m ig h t be absen t. I n s ta n tly I felt a soft h a n d p laced on m y h ead , a n d w as im m ed ia te ly in form ed , in an sw er to m y m en ta l question , who th e in v isib le p erson ­age w as, th e responses bein g g iv en by g en tle touches from th e unseen h a n d . I m e n ta lly sa id ,

“ W ill you go to H a rtfo rd a n d in form those frien d s t h a t I am on m y w ay to B o sto n , a n d w ill stop w ith th em to -n ig h t ?”

A n affirm ative a n sw er w as g iven in th e m a n n e r a lre a d y de­sc rib ed , an d im m edia te ly th e m essenger d ep a rted . O n m y a r r iv a l a t H a r tfo rd I w en t d ire c tly to m y fr ie n d ’s h ouse , a n d m e t th e D octor a t th e door, whose firs t w ords w ere,

“ W ell, he re you a re , su re e n o u g h .”I in q u ire d , “ W h at do y o u m e a n ? ”“ W h y ,” sa id he , “ a com m unication was m ade to M rs. M e ttle r ,

a t su ch an h o u r , th a t y o u w ere ou y o u r w ay E a s t , a n d w ould stop h e re to -n ig h t.”

So you see th a t th is inv isib le m essenger c a rr ie d th is d isp a tc h from S tam fo rd , ta k in g i t from m y m in d , an d deliv e red i t co rre c tly in th is c ity .

O n a n o th e r occasion , soon a f te r leav in g B oston for N ew Y o rk , w here I h a d been de ta in ed two d ay s longer th a n I a n tic ip a te d , I began to th in k th a t m y fam ily m ig h t be d is tu rb e d a t m y p ro tra c te d absence, an d re g re tte d th a t I h ad n o t d isp a tc h ed a m essage by m agnetic te le­g ra p h , to th e effect th a t I had ju s t s ta r te d for hom e, an d w ould a r r iv e in th e ev en in g o f th a t day . W hen th is th o u g h t occu rred to m e I was a t o r n e a r F ra m in g h a m , on ly a few m iles from B oston. Im m ed ia te ly th e g en tle a n d noiseless m essenger w as a t m y side , an d I could feel th e touch as d is tin c tly as th a t o f a n y p erson o r object in th e v isib le w orld.

“ W ill you b ea r th is d isp a tc h to m y fam ily in N ew Y o rk ? — S ay th a t I am on my way home , that you saw me in the cars , and that 1 shall arr ive at seven o'clock this evening ?” The an sw er w as in the affirm ­ativ e .

No one o f th e m em bers o f m y fam ily w as in a s itu a tio n a t th e tim e to receive su c h a com m unication d ire c tly , o r w ith o u t th e a id of a n in te rm e d ia te ag en t. M y second d a u g h te r h a d been se n t th a t m o rn ­in g to m y p lace o f business, to a sc e r ta in if m y p a r tn e r h a d received a n y in fo rm atio n w hich w ould ex p la in th e cause o f m y co n tin u ed ab ­sence. She w as re tu rn in g hom e d isa p p o in ted , w hen she w as p rom pted to stop a t th e room s of M rs. F re n c h , w ho, h a v in g lea rn ed from the Telegraph th a t I h ad gone to N ew E n g la n d , in q u ire d i f I l ia d re tu rn e d . O n b eing to ld th a t I h ad n o t, a n d likew ise th a t m y u n u su a l p u n c tu a l­ity on o th e r s im ila r occasions h ad induced th e a p p reh en s io n th a t I m ig h t be ill, M rs. F . w as im m edia te ly influenced by a S p ir it , an d sa id ,

“ L a u ra , w a it; I h av e a m essage for y o u r m o th er. A S p irit w ho is h ere tells me th a t she ju s t saw your fa th e r in thc cars; that he is on his way lo ,V (B Y o r k , and will be a I his hotel at seven o'c lock this eve­n i n g ." J

T h is d isp a tc h w as im m ed ia te ly ca rr ie d hom e a n d delivered . T h u s , y o u see, th a t a m essage convey in g in te lligence in prec ise la n g u a g e w as c a rr ie d 200 m iles, an d deliv ered alm ost w ord for w ord . I f th is w as n o t done by a Spirit), in th e nam e of reason by w lia t a g e n t w as th e net p erfo rm ed ? W h a t k in d o f evidence w ill rem ove p o p u la r skep tic ism , a n d sa tis fy th e d o u b tin g o f th e ac tive agency o f S p ir its in th e a ffa irs o f m en , i f su c h fac ts m ake no im pression ?

Story of an Indian Chief. .M rs. M. S. Tow nsend co m m unicates th e follow ing n a r ra t iv e re la te d

to h er by an In d ia n c h ie f whom she re c e n tly m e t in h e r trav e ls . She found h im to be a m an o f m u ch in te lligence , a n d h ad no d o u b t o f h is honesty a n d tru th fu ln e s s :

I m et a n In d ia n chief, n o t long since , an d h ea rd h im re p e a t a s in g u la r s to ry o f h is ch ildhood , w hich I firs t lea rn ed from h im s ix .m o n th s ago. H e sa id th a t w hen a ch ild , n ea rly fo rty y e a rs ago , he rem em bered of a n u n c le ’s be in g very sick , an d th a t th e m em bers o f h is fam ily , h a v in g ex h au s ted th e ir sk ill on h im w ith o u t success, concluded to tak e h im to a g re a t m edicine m an who lived ab o u t s ix ty m iles aw ay . A fte r they h a d gone h a lf th e w ay , th ey p itch ed th e ir t e n t , a n d p re p a re d to spend th e n ig h t.

W hile th ey w ere a ro u n d th e ir fire , th e re cam e a sou n d as o f some p erson d ro p p in g in to th e ir m id s t, an d soon th ey h e a rd a voice, th o u g h no person could be se en , sa y in g to them th a t th e m edicine ch ie f knew th ey w ere com ing w ith t h e i r sick one to h is w igw am , an d h ad come th u s to m eet th em ,— th a t th ey w ould reach h is w igw am n e x t d a y , w hen th e su n w as go ing dow n, an d find h im s ta n d in g a t th e door. A gain th e y h e a rd a noise as o f some one d e p a r tin g , a n d th e n a ll w as qu ie t. T he c h ie f sa id th a t h is fa th e r recognized th e voice as th a t o f th e m cd i­cine m an , a n d seem ed to u n d e rs ta n d it.

On th e m orrow th ey resum ed th e ir jo u rn e y , an d as th e su n w as s in k ­in g beh ind th e w estern h ills , th ey cam e in s ig h t o f th e w ig tvam , an d a t the door stood th e g re a t m edicine m an . H e sa id , “ Y es, I knew you w ere co m in g ; I w ent to m eet y o u ;” an d rep ea ted w h a t th e y .heard th e n ic h t before w hen no form w as visible. T he voice w as th e sam e an d th e w ords th e sam e.

The sick m an w as cu red an d lived til l w ith in th re e o r fo u r y e a rs o f th e p resen t tim e.

H e to ld u s m an y m ore v e ry in te re s t in g th iu g s o f a sp ir i tu a l n a tu re .

Warning of a Catastrophe.T he B ris to l, E ng . Tim es o f M a rch Gth, reco rd s the follow ing case o f

p rem o n itio n :

On T h u rsd a y m o rn in g (M arch 4 th ) , one o f those shock in g an d de­p lo rab le c a ta s tro p h ies w hich a re in c id en ta l to collier}- o p era tio n s, oc­c u r re d a t M essrs. Pow ell an d S ons’ p i t a t C rom pe, n e a r M o u n ta in A sh , by w h ich tw e n ty lives w ere lo st. » « * *

S everal m o th e rs an d w ives a re now m o an in g over th e corpses, b u t c a n n o t a s c e r ta in w h eth er th ey a re those o f th e ir sons a n d h u sb a n d s o r of s tra n g e rs . O ne lad w as so b u rn t th a t n o t a th re a d o f h is c lo thes w a s le f t , a n d h is shoe only enab led h is re la tiv es to id en tify th e body. T h is la d rcas very r e lu c ta n t to go to h is w o rk on th e p rev io u s even ing say in g to his p a re n ts th a t he h ad a p re sen tim en t th a t som eth in g te r r i - ib le w as go ing to h ap p en . T hey la u g h ed a t h is su p e rs titio n , a n d com ­pelled h im to go, a n d a re now alm ost f ra n tic w ith th e idea th a t th ey h ad d r iv e n th e ir d e a r son to d e s tru c tio n .

Saved by Spirit-Intervention.M r. II . S te w a rt, o f I th a c a , N . Y ., re la tes th a t in 1S-38 h e w as em ­

ployed by th e A m erican C onsul a t B a h ia , S o u th A m erica , to r u n a boat on th e S a n ta M a r r iv e r . In h is em ploy w ere an old sa ilo r a n d a colored boy in te rp re te r . O n one o f h is t r ip s th e bo a t r a n a g ro u n d on a shoa l a n d w as held till a f te r m id n ig h t. M r. S te w a rt a n d th e boy fell asleep an d left th e old sa ilo r oil w atch . T ow ards m id n ig h t M r. S. was a roused b y som e th in g like a g a lv an ic shock, an d he h e a rd an inv isib le voice sa y in g , Go up on deck! H es ita tin g a few m om ents, th e w a rn in g cam e ag a in . H e obeyed it. A rriv in g on deck, he found th e boy an d old m an asleep , an d beg an to h av e app reh en sio n s o f som e d a n g e r , a s it becam e ev iden t th e w a rn in g cam e from an invisib le source. S h o rtly a f te r , he d iscovered a susp icious look ing ro w -b o a t noiselessly ap­p ro a c h in g th e vessel. H e a ro u sed th e m an an d boy an d o rd ered th em to lie in w aitin g for a n y em ergency th a t m ig h t a r ise . T he boa t, m anned b y ten o r a dozen h a n d s , a t List cam e n e a r , and M r. S tew art dem anded to know w h a t w as w anted . T he an sw er o f th c .le a d e r was su ch as to in d ica te an in ten tio n to rob an d p lu n d er. W ith a bold de­te rm in e d voice, M r. S. called a loud for the boy to h a n d h im a m uske t. O n h e a r in g th is , th e p ira te s fled a n d ^ ° on d isap p eared . H ad it n o t been for th e w a rn in g voice o f th e iivvisibles, a ll th ree w ould hav e been m u rd e red . S ince th a t tim e M r.^S tew art h as becom e a devoted sp ir i t- m edium , an d now u n d e rs ta n d s m an y sim ila r experiences d u r in g h is ea rly life.— Clarion.

Httms of Interest.

A n o t h e r B o y P r e a c h e e .— A p ro d ig y th a t h a s been p ro d u ced by th e re v iv a l in N ew Y o rk is a boy p re a c h e r n am ed C rad m o n d K en n ed y , 15 y e a rs old. H e h a s been licensed to p re a c h b y th e B a p tis ts , an d is d ra w in g crow ds to h e a r h im n e a r ly every n ig h t. H is serm ons a re ve­h em en t in s ty le , b u t d isp lay co n siderab le m a tu r ity o f th o u g h t.

Rev. M r. P i e r p o n t i n P o r t l a n d . — T he P o r tla n d Transcr ip t says: “ R ev. J o h n P ie rp o n t add ressed crow ded aud iences a t M ech an ic ’s H all la s t S ab b a th a fternoon a n d ev en in g , on th 6 su b jec t o f S p iritu a lism . H e n a r ra te d m a n y re m a rk a b le fac ts th a t h a d come u n d e r h is observa­tio n , in b i^ o w n fam ily , a n d a rg u e d th a t th e s p ir itu a l hypo thesis w as th e( m ost p ro b ab le so lu tion o f th e p h en o m en a .” '

W h o m t h e L o r d L o v e t h . — A n E xch an g e say s a w ell-know n B oston c le rg y m an w ho h as been p ray ed for a t m ore th a n on« evang e lica l m eeting of la te , th a t he m ig h t be Iprought to a d ifferen t cond ition o f m in d in re ­g a rd to theo log ical m a tte rs , h a s c e r ta in ly d u r in g th e w in te r an d sp r in g been no o rd in a ry su ffere r in a p h y sic a l o r Jo b -lik e sense. H e h a s been afflicted d u r in g th a t season w ith no less th a n f i f t y boils an d one ab­scess. Is th is a n evidence o f G od’s w ra th o r a tok en o f h is love ? The S c r ip tu re sa ith , “ W hom th e L o rd lo v e th , he c lia s te n e th ,” &c.

A G o o d O n e.—-We saw a good anecdo te th e o th e r d a y , ab o u t lo n g p reach in g . A lad y took h e r so n , o f some five o r s ix y e a rs , io ch u rch . A fter th e m in is te r h a d been p re a c h in g ab o u t h a lf a n h o u r , th e li ttle fellow beg an to nod. T he m o th er a roused h im in to a tte n tio n severa l tim es, b y p in ch in g . B u t as it seem ed a hopeless case, she concluded to le t h im sleep u n d is tu rb e d . A fter th e little fellow h ad h ad h is n ap o u t, he aw oke, an d saw th e m in is te r h o ld in g fo rth . H e looked u p in his m o th e r 's face, an d in n o cen tly asked— “ is i t this S u n d a y n ig h t, or is it next S u n d ay n ig h t? ”

L p u is N a po l e o n .— L e tte rs from p erso n s w ho a re co n v ersa n t w ith th e c o u r t, an d in a position to know m an y p a r t ic u la rs ab o u t th e E m pe­ro r p e rso n a lly , affirm th a t Louis N apoleon , lik e h is g re a t unc le , believes in h is s ta r , an d deem s h is ow n body in v u ln e ra b le . The sc ra tch upon his face, th e re fo re , w hich he suffered on th e 1 4 th o f J a n u a r y has a la rm ed h im , as i t w ere , b y seeing th e ta lism a n b ro k en , o r by find ing h im se lf obliged to re g a rd it as a false one. H is fa th e r , th e ex -K in g of H o llan d , w as su p e rs titio u s in the h ig h es t deg ree , a n d believed th a t h is b e ing im p o ten t a n d p a ra ly tic in th e h a n d s , a n d p a r t ly in h is legs, w as th e re su lt o f a poisoned s h ir t w h ich h ad been c u rsed to h im by in c a n ­ta tio n . ■

(Dbitmirn |loticcs.

R i p e n e d f o r t h e S p i u i t - L i f e . — M r. C y r u s P e r k i n s , of B a rn a rd , V t., aged 70 3'c a rs , 'was tak en to th e h ig h e r hom e on th e 2 1 st o f A p ril. H is com panion ■went before , a n d th e c h ild ren who rem a in in th e form a re com forted w ith th e a s su ra n c e th a t th e ir fa th e r ia 720/ dead, b u t lives a s p ir i t free from p a in a n d care .

A t S ou th R e ad in g , V t ., sam e d a y , M rs. R e b e c c a D a v i s , aged G3, ■wife o f E d m u n d D avis. M rs. M. S. T ow nsend "was th e in s tru m e n t o f com m unication a t bo th p laces on ih e occasion o f the fu n e ra l services. The w ords spoken from a t th e fu n e ra l o f M rs. D. w ere these: “ Thean g e ls cam e, an d she d e p a rte d w ith th em , leav in g th e d u s t to r e tu rn to d u s t , w hile th e sp ir it goes to God who gave i t .” She w as a n in te llec ­tu a l , k in d , an d affectionate w ife, m o th e r , ne ig h b o r an d friend . Those le ft b eh in d a re com forted w ith, a hope th a t she is s ti l l w ith them to counsel a n d bless.

I s a i a h M u n r o e , o f S h re w sb u ry , M ass ., d e p a rte d th is life o n th e 22d u ltim o , aged 71 y e a rs , 5 m o n th s an d 22 days.

T he im m edia te cause o f M r. M u u ro e ’s d e p a r tu re from th e scenes an d responsib ilities o f th e o u tw a rd life , w as a local d isease in one o f the low er lim b s, w h ich occasioned th e p a r t ia l d es tru c tio n o f th e foot an d f ina lly re su lte d in m ortifica tion . H e w as confined in a g re a te r o r le^s deg ree for some ten m o n th s , a n d m uch o f th a t tim e he w as th e sub jec t o f a m ost p a in fu l o rdeal. W hile in h e a lth he took l i t t le o r no in te re s t in S p ir itu a lism ; b u t* th e m in is try o f su ffering a n d th e p rospect o f d is­so lu tio n led h im to a n ex am in a tio n o f its c la im s, an d in th e closing pe­riod o f h is m o rta l life he enjoyed its p rice less conso la tions in th e sw eet peace a n d solem n t r u s t w hich a re only in sp ire d by th e positive a s su r ­ance o f a n o th e r a n d a h ig h e r life.

M r. M unroe h a d no c h ild re n b o rn to h im , b u t d u r in g h is life he adop ted no less th a n four, to w hom he w as a k in d g u a rd ia n a n d a fa th er. T h ree o f th e n u m b e r p receded h im a t th e p o rta ls o f th e o th er life.* T he o th er— a li t t le g ir l som e tw elve y e a rs o f age— still rem a in s a n d is le ft to th e te n d e r ca re o f M rs. M u n ro e , who also h as one or m ore ch ild ren o f h e r ow n by a fo rm er m a rria g e .

M rs. M. h a s been confirm ed an d estab lish ed in th e g re a t p rin c ip le s of th e S p ir itu a l P h ilo so p h y a n d life, for severa l y ea rs , an d in th is try in g even t h e r sp ir it finds re s t on its su re foundations. Above th e conse­c ra ted d u s t th e en fran ch ised sp ir i t w alks fo rth in th c robes o f its im ­m o rta lity , a m o n g th e sh in in g hosts o f th e redeem ed an d su ch as never die. M ay flow ers o f hope an d jo y sp r in g u p a n d bloom in the w ilder ness o f each so rro w in g h e a r t ; m ay p u re loves, in sp ired th o u g h ts , an d noble v ir tu e s— like liv in g p la n ts by th e r iv e r— flourish in th e soul an d ad o rn th e ru g g e d w ays o f life , m a k in g ex istence itse lf a t once a d iv ine revela tio n an d a sacred offering to h u m a n ity a n d to H eaven.

T he fu n e ra l w as n u m ero u sly a tte n d e d on M onday afte rn o o n , 21st. in s t., w hen th e w r ite r de livered a n ad d ress on th e evidences o f the sp ir i tu a l n a tu re an d im m o rta l life o f m an . s. b . b .

* Ono of them was Mr. Rico, Into of Owegn, N. Y., a gentleman widely known and everywhere cst-.'cmrd as a mau of unusual oncr/v and intelligence a? well "as a consis­tent Spiritual!-:, and w hi ?<-nv m.-nnhs since suddenly expired while seated in his chair at a friend's house in New Yurk.

A t R u tla n d , V t., th e sp ir it o f M rs. R e b e c c a M .t d a u g h te r o f Josiah F re n c h a n d wife o f N ew m an W eeks, le ft th e form on T h u rsd ay even ing abo u t 10 o ’oluck, A p ril 2 2 J , 1S-*)S, in th e "2 d y e a r o f h e r ago. T hus e a rly h as been ca lled from o u r m idst one o f th e m ost am iab le o f women. I t is seldom we find in one person so m a n y r ip e n e d qualities. The d a u g h te r o f m ost affectionate p a re n ts , one o f a g ro u p of s is te rs beloved m ost te n d e r ly , a n d a n ev e r-fa ilin g sp r in g o f jo y to h e r b ro thers . Ae a m em ber o f soc iety , a wife an d a m o th e r, h e rs w as an exam ple alw ays com m and ing deep an d earne.-t a d m ira tio n . T here w as a b eau ty and g race ab o u t h e r th a t a lw ay s shone w ith a p e c u lia r eloquence from h e r co u n ten an ce as if h e r soul wns speak in g . F u lly im bued w ith an en ­lig h ten ed an d lib e ra l p h ilo so p h y , a lw ay s m a in ta in in g h e r opinion w ith th e cand id sim p lic ity o f t r u th , en livened -w ith a w it th a t shone w ith a s teady inoffensive l ig h t, a n d sw eet benevolence th a t n ev e r de­ceived. ‘

In h e r la s t sickness, w hich h as las ted for m an y m on ths, m ost b e a u ti­fu lly h a s been i l lu s tra te d th e pow er a n d s tre n g th of th e S p iritu a l P h i­losophy ,— alw ay s calm an d se rene , fu ll o f hope an d t r u s t an d joy , n ev e r im p a tie n t, m eeting a ll w ho ap p ro ach ed w ith a sm ile. To w ait upon h e r w as a coveted p leasu re eagerly sough t by h e r w hole house­h o ld , a n d it w as very g ra tify in g to h e r to be a tte n d e d by them.

O u th e a fte rn o o n o f h e r d e p a r tu re , w hich was c le a r a n d su n n y , I w en t in to h e r room . A heav en ly sm ile l i t u p h e r fea tu res as I a p - I p roachcd h e r bedside w here she lay w ith h e r pa le h a n d clasped in h e r j fa th e r 's , w ho sa t by h e r side. She sa id to m e in a low , sw eet voice, “ I i

am perfec tly su re I am n e a r ly th ro u g h no w .’* I said to h e r— ** I t is a b eau tifu l d ay to g o .” *'• O y e s ,’* she rep lied , “ i t is a b e a u tifu l d ay , a n d a b eau tifu l seaso n .” I asked h e r if th e fu tu re looked lo n e ly ? “ O n o ,” w as h e r a n sw e r; «* I hav e n o t a d o u b t o r a fe a r ; i t ’s a ll jo y o u s;I am free from p a in , b u t seek r e s t .” I th en rem ark ed th a t th e change w ould on ly be th e closing of th e e x te rn a l a n d th e open ing of th e iu n e r sense. “ T h a t is a ll , as I sh a ll g ra d u a lly aw ake to th e r a p tu re o f the S p ir it L ife .” A s I le ft th e room th e sam e b eau tifu l sm ile illum ined h e r fea tu re s w ith a ra d ia n c e I sh a ll long rem em ber. As th e evening a ir becam e h eavy h e r b re a th in g becam e too d ifficu lt to con tin u e , an d

*5 he d e p a r te d . •B u t th e go lden b a n d th a t b in d s u s to h e r— th a t b inds e a r th to

heav en — h as n o t been b ro k en . E ven w hen some d e a r an d p recious one o f o u r household b an d is y ie ld in g to th e pow er o f D eath , th e h e a r t is b u sy b u ild in g th e m ystic la d d e r o f F a ith , by w hich we can follow th e a scen d in g S p ir i t an d look in upon th e life o f im m o rta ls , an d w ith th e sw eet sa n c tity o f th e s ig h t re s tin g upon o u r w hole being , can r e tu rn to go abo u t o u r d a ily ta sk s re jo ic ing upo n th e peace th a t h as passed upon t h e beloved. M y frie n d , in d u lg e in t h i s p le a sa n t r o v e r y ; d ream o n — i t

w i l l s o o n be a re a lity . J . L.

T H E S P I R I T U A L A G E .B O S T O N A N D N E W Y O R K , M A Y 8 , 1858.

L e t t e r s R e c e i v e d . — N . W eek s, J . W escott, “ A non ,” O. H . W e llin g to n , R . B . H arw ood, M. M ulle tt, E . W olcott, J . L . B ird , F . E p p e s , W . J . C ondit, A . M . D ignow - ity , P- F le tcher, J . C . W oodm an, W . P rio r, A . M organ , E . J . N o rth cu t, J . D od g e2 , W . T ripp , P . A . C onsalus, S. EL Block, Ii. M . W hitcom b, F . J o c e ly n , ST. 3 . Tow naend, L. S trick land , E . W . K n igh t, C. B . G risw old, F . L . W ad sw o rth , D . C. D a n ie l , S- P . B icknell, G. H ough ton , A . P . C onan t, J . B a rb e r, S. D. C la rk , A . H o tc h k is s , I I . T . F airfield 2, C. 0 . F axon , L . A. Olin, D . C . G ates, C . C hase, W . K och, A . G . H a rr lp , C. W hitw ood, A . T . D euel, L . K in n ev E . Lewis, M . R . Sedgw ick, 0 . J . M u lle n , C . P - F eckham , D. R . S tone, J . l i . S terling, D. I I . W rig h t, F . V . , A . G . B ra k h a m , T . P .

• P ierce, R . Collins, L . D. Joh n so n , J . D. L ord. ■

P E R S O N A L A N D S P E C I A L .

M rs. M . S. T ow .\se .nd w ill speak a t P o m fre t, V t., on th e th i rd S u n ­d a y in M ay. '

L o r in g M o o d y w il l le c tu r e in S to n e h a m e v e n in g n e s t , M a y 9 , a t 7 1 -2 o ’c lo ck .

T uw n H a ll , on S u n d ay

M rs. J . W . C u r r i e r w ill receive c a lls to le c tu re in the trance st&ta / u p o n the S a b b a th , o r a t a n y o th e r tim e d esired . Mrs. C. is aClairvoj-Va n t , H ea lin g , a n d T est M ass. :

M ed ium . A d d ress J . AV. C u r r i e r , L ow ell,

M rs . C. E . D o r h a x w ould in fo rm h e r frien d s , a n d those who m*y w ish to co n su lt h e r , t h a t she h a s rem oved to N e w a rk , N. J . , where abe w ill co n tin u e to m ak e ex am in a tio n s a n d p re sc r ip tio n s for the sick. R esidence, 3G1 B ro ad s tree t.

T he su b sc rib e r co n tin u es to receive ca lls to le c ta re on S p iritu a lism . H e is p re p a re d to p re se n t th e su b je c t in i ts P h en o m en a], B ib lica l a n d P h ilosoph ical a sp ec ts ; a lso , to d iscuss its c la im s to p u b lic fav o r, w itk a n y h onorab le d isp u ta n t . J o h n H o b a & t .

R eferences— D r. H . F . G a rd n e r a n d A. E . N ew ton.

M iss S a r a i i A. M a g o u x , T ran ce S p eak in g M ed iu m , w ill a n sw er ca lls for sp e ak in g on th e S a b b a th , o r a t a u y o th e r tim e . A ddress h e r a t C a m b rid g e p o rt, M a ss ., c a re Geo. L . Cade.

G e o r g e S t e a r n s , a u th o r o f “ T he M istake o f C h ris ten d o m ,” w ill an sw er ca lls , in an y d irec tio n , to le c tu re on th e v a r io u s Im p o sitio n s o f E cclesias tica l A u th o r i ty , as w ell as on th e ~R ational E v id e n ce o f Life a f te r D ea th , an d P ro sp ec tiv e H a p p in e ss th e re in . A d d ress , u n t i l f u r th e r n o tice . W est A cto n , M ass.

M E E T IN G S IN BOSTON.S u n d a y M e e t i n g s . — M i s s E m m a H a r d i n g e , o f N ew Y o rk , w il l

speak a t th e M elodeon on S u n d a y n e x t , a t 3 a n d 7 1 -2 o ’c lock . P . M .. S p i r i t u a l i s t M e e t i n g s w ill be h e ld a t No. 14 B rom field S t . , e v e ry

S u n d a y a fte rn o o n . A dm ission free . A C i r c l e fo r -in ed iu m develop­m e n t a n d s p ir i tu a l m an ifesta tio n s w ill be he ld ev ery S u n d a y m o rn in g a n d even ing a t th e sam e placa. A dm ission 5 cen ts .

W e e k l y C o n f e r e n c e M e e t i n g . , every T h u rsd a y ev e n in g , a t N o . 1 4 B rom field s t r e e t , com m encing a t 7 1 -2 o’clock.

M E D IU M S IN BOSTON. „J . T . M A N S F IE L D , M edium fer answ ering S ealed L e tte rs , m a y b e a d d r e ssed a t

N o. 3 W in te r stree t, B oston (over G. T u rnbu ll & Co.’s d ry goods store).T eries— M r . M. devotes h is whole tim e to th is business, a n d cha rges a fee o f $ 1

an d four postage s tam p s to p a y re tu rn postage , for his efforts to o b ta in a n o n x ic e r , b u t does nu t g u a ran tee an answ er for th is sura.

P ersons who w ish a g u a ran tee w ill receive an answ er to th e ir le tte rs , or th e le t t e r an d m oney w ill be re tu rn e d in t h i r t y d a ys fr o m i t s r e c e p tio n . C h a rg e for

g u a ran tee , $3.N o le tte rs w ill rcceive a tten tio n unless accom panied w ith th e prop er fee .M r. M ansfield w ill receive v isitors a t h is o f f i c e o n M ondays, W ednesdays a n d S a t

a rd a v s . P ersons a re requested not to ca ll on o th e r d ay s . 59 t fM iss R . T . A M ED Y , 32 A llen stree t, Bo3ton, T rance S peak ing M edium , w ill answ er

ca lls for ppeaking on the S abbath au d a t a n y o th e r tim e th e friends m a y d es ire . A d * dress he r a t 32 Allen stree t, Boston. X T She w ill a lso a tte n d funera ls.

M rs. It. I I . B U R T , W ritin g an d T rance M edium , 2-11-2 W in ter street— R o o m I S . I ln u rs from 10 to 1, and from 2 to 7. 2—3aa _

M rs. K N IG H T , W ritin g M edium , 15 M ontgom ery p lace , u p on« f lig h t o f s ta ir s

door No. 4. H ours 9 to 1 an d 2 to 5: T erm s 50 cents a seance.M rs. B E A N , R ap p in g , W riting an d T rance M edium . H o u rs from 9 to 1 A . M .

for M edical E x am in a tio n s , and 2 to 5 an d 7 to 9 I \ M . for M anifestations, a t N o. 51 K neeland stree t.

M rs. B . K . L IT T L E , (form erly M iss E llis ) T est M edium , b y R a p p in g , W r it in g and T rance . Room s N o. 46 E lliot s tree t. H o u rs from 9 to 12 A . M ., a n d 2 to 6 P . i l . Term s $1 p e r h o u r for one o r tw o persons; 50 cen ts for each a d d it io n a l p e r so o . C la irv o y an t E x am in a tio n s for D iseases an d P resc rip tions , $1.

M rs. D. C . K E N D A L L , A k t i s t , N o. S3 C am bridge St., B oston. F lo w e r s , L a n d ­scapes, etc ., p a in ted u n d e r S p iritu a l In fluence . C ircles M onday a n d F r id a y e v e n in g s .

M E S . M E T T L E R ’S P B E S C E IP T IO N S P B E P A E E D .O c t a v i c s K i n g , 054 W ash ing ton s tre e t, B oston, is especially au tho rized to p u t u p

M rs. M ettler’s P rescrip tions. A c o n s ta n t su p p ly of M rs. M ettler’s R em ed ies o n han d . ' 19— 8t*

W A N T E D .Good and reliable T est M edium s, w ith whom p e rm an en t an d sa tisfac to ry a r r a n g e ­

m ents w ill be m ade. A ddress or ca ll upon S. T . M UN SON , 5 G reat Jo n es S t., N e w

York.___________________________________________ „________________ l T - t f

P U B L IC O EA L D ISC U SSIO N .S piritua lism and the O pposition, a t H artfo rd , betw een S. B . B r it ta n , an d D r. D *I> .

I la n so n . P rice 3S cents. M rs. H a tc h 's D iscourses on R elig ion , M orals, P h ilo so p h y , a n d M etaphysics. P rice $1 .00 . T he M istake of C h ris tendom ; o r J e su a a n d h i* G ospel before P au l au d C h ris tian ity . P rice $1.00. J u s t p ub lished , a n d for sa le b y B EL A M A R SH , No. 14 Brom field s tre e t.__________________________ IT —tf

COTTAGE TO L E T IN M A L D E N ,2 1-2 miles from Boston.

A n ea t C o ttage, con ta in ing six rooms, w ith b a rn an d o th e r ou t-build ing* a tta c h e d , p leasan tly located in M alden. R en t *200. F o r p a r ticu la rs inqu ire a t th c office o f th« S p ir i tu a l A g e . _____________________________ [Boston, A pril 15, 1S58.

, M E S . M E T T L E E ’S M E D IC IN E S .R e s to ra tiv e S y r u p — Price $1 p.-r bottle. D y s e n te r y C ord ia l—50 ccn ts . E l i x i r

50 cts. c u tra liz ir .g M ix tu r e —5U ccnts. J* u ln iu n n r ic — $1. L in im e n t—$1 H e a l i n g O i n t m e n t — 25 cents p e r box. F or sale by B EL A M A R SH , Nd. 14 Brom field stree t, Boston. _____________ _____________ ________________________ 14 t f

P U B L IC O EA L D ISCU SSIO N .’ S P I R I T U A L I S M A N D T H E O P P O S I T I O N

On t r i a l b e fo re th e sa m e t r ib u n a l .I t is the privilege of all to read and the r ig h t cf every o a e to ju d g e .

The recent Oral Discussion a t H ertfo rd between S. B. B t . i t t a s , of T h e S p ir itu A A g e . and D r. I>. D. H an so n ', of the F r e e “C ongregational C hurch cf th a t c ity , is now in press, and will be published in a few days. I t will m *Uc an e legan t o c ta v o .b o o k o t ab o u t 150 pages, prin ted on fine p ap e r and su itab ly bound. T he price will b« t t c e n ts single copies. A discount of onc-thir.l will l>e allowed to the tra d e , an d to th o se w h « purchase a num ber of copies for g ra tu ito u s d istribu tion . Let thc friends an d op p oscra of Spiritualism send on the ir orders w ithout d e b y , addressed to S .T . U U N SO N «k CO., No. 5 G reat Jo n es stree t, New Y ork.

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S P IR IT U A L BOOKS AND P E B Ip D IC A L S .C E N T R A L D EPO T, NO. 5 GRE AT JO N E S S T R E E T , N E W Y O RK .

Office of the S p iritua l Age.S T . MUNSON k Co., A gent?, second door E a s t pf B ro ad w ay , op p o s ite th e L a ­

F arg e , keep a ll the R e f o r m P ublica tions, toge ther w ith a sp lend id asso rtm en t o f S p ir it­u a l Books, all of w hich will be soM a t the lowest pub lisher’s prices for ca sh . A ll p « - sons who wish to purchase the class of Books m entioned, w ill find It Tor th e ir a d r u tage to send th e ir orders to M unson A: Co., who will give in s ta n t a tte n tio n to th e d «

m a n d i of th e ir custom ers. S ubscrip tions received for allS p i r i tu a l a n d B e fo rm P a p e rs a n d S e r ia l P u b l ic a t io n s .

Books and o ther m erchand ise ordered a t o u r estab lishm ent, n o t ex cep tin g l l i s c e l la - n e o u s a n d School Books, S ta tionery , * c . , will be sen t th ro u g h th e post office, b y th * press, or in p riv a te h an d s , as m ay be d irected , w ithou t d e lay , an d a ll p ap e rs a e d p e i i

odicals forw arded as soon as published.All S p iritua lists and Reform ers who v isit New Y ork , a re requested to c a ll , im m e d i­

a te ly on the ir a rriv a l, a t M unson k Co.’s, for the purpose of r e g is te r in g tk e i r n a m e * Bv th is m eans they m ay become know n to thc friends in th is c ity , a n d th u s t h e ir la te res ts and p leasure m ay be essen tially prom oted.

M erchants an d o thers from different p a r ts o f t h e co u n try , w ho w a n t a n y o f th «

S p iritua l papers , should call a t the office of T h e S p ir i t u a l A g e , an d subsc ribe . Tfe# location is cen tra l, and the whole es tab lishm en t on th e first floor, so th a t ou r cu stom ers are no t requ ired to ascend an y lofly flights to inaccessib le u p p e r room s to tind

S. T . M U N SO N A: CO ., A gen ts, N o . 5 G reat J o n e s stree t, N . Y .

W . s . C 0 C R T N E 7 , B E N J . K . T A T S t -

CO U ETN EY & P A Y N E ,A T T O R N E Y S A N D C O U N S E L L O R S A T L A W .

Offices N o. 340 B ro ad w ay , N ew Y o rk , an d N o. 10 C e u r t s tree t, B rook lya .M essrs. C ourtney an d P ay n e w ill g ive th e ir a tten tio n to the prosecution a n d colic

tion of claim s an d ft.ll business p e r ta in in g to th e profession, in th« C ourta o t New Y or lind B rooklyn an d the ad jo in in g counties.

B y th e ir p ro m p t a n d und iv ided a ttcn tio * to bu iim tss th«y hope to de*err« t M l *h ixe a f tho p a tr* * a* e of th e s p ir itu a l pubM«,

B IC E ’S S P IB IT M E D IC IN E S .P u r i f y i n g S y r u p % P rice $1,00 p e r b o ttle . N e r v e S o o th in g E l i x i r , P r ice 50 c«nt»

p e r bottle . H e a lin g O in tm e n t^ P rice 25 cents p e r b o s . P u lm o n a r y Syrup* Pr*** 50 cents p e r bo ttle .

These M edicines h ave a ll been te sted and can be relied upon ; th e y co n ta in n o p o i son . T hey a re a ll p re p a re d f r o m s p ir i t d ir e c t io n s b y W il l ia m E . RlC*- r a 1 by B E L A M A R S II, N o. 14 Brom fleld stree t. B oiton .

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T H E S P I R I T T T - A - L A . Q - E .

interestingN O T AS A CHTLD.

“ I do not know how that may be, said the mother, lifting her head and looking through almost blinding tears, into the face of her friend. “ The poet may be right, and,

‘ Not as a ch ild sh a ll I a g a in behold h im ,’

“ but the thought brings no comfort. I have lost my child, and my heart looks eagerly forward to a reunion with him in Heaven; to the blessed hour when I shall again hold him in my arms.”

“ As a babe?” • •“ O, yes. As a darling babe, pure, and beautiful as a

cherub.”“ And then you would have him linger in babyhood forever?”

asked the friend.The mother did not reply.“ Did you expect him always to remain a child here ?

Would perpetual infancy have satisfied your maternal heart? Had you not already begun to look forward to the period when intellectual manhood would come with its crowning hon­ors 7” ■

“ I t is true,” sighed the mother. '“ As it would have been here, so it will be there. ^Here,

the growth of his body, would have been parallel, if I may so speak, with the growth of his mind. The natural and visible would have been developed in harmony with the spiritual and the invisible. Your child would have grown to manhood in­tellectually, as well as bodily. And you would not have had it otherwise. Growth— development—the going on to per­fection, are the laws of life ; and more emphatically so as ap­pertaining to the life of the human soul. That life in all its high activities, burns still in the soul of your lost darling, and he will grow, in the world of angelic spirits to which our Fath­er has removed him, up to the full stature of angels, a glorified form of intelligence and wisdom. He cannot linger in feeble babyhood; in the innocence of simple ignorance; but must advance with the heavenly cycles o f changing and renewed states.”, “ And is this all the- comfort you bring to my yearning heart?” said the mother. “ My darling, if all you say be true, is lost to me forever.”

“ He was not your’s, but God’s.” The friend spoke softly, yet with a firm utterance.

“ He was mine to love,” replied the bereaved one.“ And your love,would confer upon its precious object the

richest blessings. Dear friend! Lift your thoughts a little way above the clouds that sorrow has gathered around your heart, and let perception come into an atmosphere radiant with light from the Sun of truth. Think cf your child as destined to become, in the better world to which God has removed him, a wise and loving angel. Picture to your imagination the higher happiness, springing from higher capacities and higher uses, which must crown the angelic life. Doing this, and lov­ing your lost darling, I know that you cannot ask for him a perpetual babyhood in Heaven.”

“ I will ask nothing for him but what ‘ Our Father’ pleaseth to give,” said the mother in calmer tones. “ My love is sel­fish, I know. I called that babe mine—mine in the broadest sense—yet he was God’s, as every other creature is His—one of the stones in His living temple—one of the members of His Kingdom. I t does not comfort me in my great sorrow to think that, as a child, I shall not again behold him, but rays of a new light are streaming into my mind, and I see things in new aspects and new relations. Out of this deep affliction good will arise.”

“ Just as certainly,” added the friend, “ as that the Sun shines and the dew falls. I t will be better for you and better for the child. To both will come a resurrection into higher and purer life.”— T. S. Arthur.

P A IN A B L E S S IN G .Sir Humphrey Davy, when a boy, with the defiant constancy

of youth which had as yet suffered nothing, held the opinion that pain was no evil. He was refuted by a crab who bit his toe when he was bathing, and made him roar loud enough to be heard a half a mile off. I f he had maintained instead, that ;•pain was a good, his doctrine would have been unimpeachable. Unless the whole constitution of the world were altered our very existence depends upon our sensibility to suffering.

An anecdote, which is quoted by Dr. Carpenter in his “ Principles of Human Physiology,” from the “ Journal of a Naturalist,” shows the fatal effects of a temporary suspension o f this law of our nature. A drover went to sleep upon a winter’s evening upon the platform of a lime-kiln, with one leg resting upon the stones which had been piled up to burn through the night- That which was a gentle warmth when he lay down, became a consuming fire before he rose up. His foot was burnt off above the ankle, and when, roused in the morning by the man who superintended the lime-kiln, he put his stump, unconscious of his misfortune, to the ground, the extremity crumbled into fragments. Whether he had b6en lulled into torpor by the carbonic acid driven off from j the limestone, or whatever else may have been the cause ofTns in­sensibility, he felt no pain, and through his very exemption from this lot of humanity, expired a fortnight afterwards in Bristol hospital.

Without the warning voice of pain, life would be a series of similar disasters. The crab, to the lasting detriment of chem­istry, might have eaten off the future Sir Humphrey’s foot while he was swimming, without his entertaining the slightest suspicion of the ravages that were going on. Had he survived the injuries from the crab, he would yet have been cut off in the morning of his famous career, if, when experimenting upon the gases, the terrible oppression at the chest had not warned him to cease inhaling the carburetted hydrogen ; nor, after a long struggle for life, would he have recovered to say to his alarmed assistant, “ I do not think I shall die.” Without physical pain infancy wmdd be rpaimtd, or perish before ex­perience could inform it o f its/changes. Lord Kaimes ad­vises parents to cut the finger^of their children “ cunningly” with a knife, that the little innocents might associate suffer­ing with the glittering blad(3 before they could do themselves a worse injury; but if no smart accompanied the wound, they would cut up their own fingers with the same glee that they cut a stick, and burn them in the candle with the same delight that they burn a piece of paper in the fire. Without pain we could not proportion our actions to the strength o f our frame, or our exertions to its powers o f endurance. In the impetuosity of youth we should strike blows that would crush our hands, and break our arms ; we fhould take leaps that would discolate our limbs; and no lon­ger taught by fatiguo that the muscles needed repose, we should

continue our sports and our walking tours till we had worn out the living tissue with the same unconsciousness that we now wear out our coats and our shoes.

The very nutriment which is the support o f life would fre­quently prove owr death. Mirabeau said of a man who was idle as he was. corpulent, that his only use was to show how far the skin would stretch without bursting. Without pain, this limit would be constantly exceeded, and epicures, experi­encing no uneasy sensations, would continue their festivities un­til they .met-with the fate of the frog in the fable^who was ambitious .of emulating the size of the ox. Sir Charles Bell mentions the case of a patient who had lost the sense of heat in his right hand, and who, unconscious that the cover of a pan which had fallen into the fire waB burning hot, took it out and deliberately returned it to its proper place, to the destruc­tion of the skin of the palm and the fingers. This of itself would be an accident of incessant occurrence . if the monitor were wanting which makes us drop such materials more has tily than we pick them up. Pain is the grand preserver of existence, the sleepless sentinel that watches over our safety, and makes us both start away from the injury that is present, and guard against it carefully in the time to come.

IN T E R E S T IN G A N EC D O T E .Mr. A. H. Bogart, was a native of the city of Albany,

where, at the early age of twenty-one years, he died, in 1826. He was engaged in the study of the law at the time of his de­cease, and, as we have learned from an eminent member of the bar in that city, gave the highest promise of professional rep­utation, when his studies were interrupted by the illness which terminated in his death. He wrote with singular rapidity, and would frequently astonish his companions by an improvis­ation equal to the elaborate performances of some poets of distinguished reputation. I t was good-naturedly hinted on one occasion that his impromptus were prepared beforehand, and he was asked if he would .submit to the application of a test of his poetical abilities. He' promptly acceded, and a most difficult one was immediately proposed. Among his in­timate friends were the late Col. John B. Yan Schaick and Charles Hoffman, both of whom were present. Said Van Schaick, taking up a cdpy of Byron, “ The name of Lydia Kane"— a lady distinguished for her beauty and her clever­ness, who died a year or two since, but who was then just blushing into womanhood— “ the name of Lydia Kane has in it the same number of letters as a stanza of ‘ Childe Harold ;’ write them down in a column.” They were so written by Bo­gart, Hoffman and himself. “ Now,” he continued, “ I will open the poem at random ; and for the ends of the lines in Miss Lydia’s acrostic shall be used the words ending those of the verse on which my finger may rest.” The stanza thus selected was th is : . .

A n d m u st th ey fa ll? th e y o u n g , th e p ro u d , th e b ra v e ,To sw ell one b loated c h ie f s unw holesom e re ig n ?No step betw een subm ission an d a g ra v e ?T he r ise o f ra p in e a n d th e fa ll o f S p a in ?A nd d o th th e P ow er th a t m an ad ores o rd a inT h eir doom , n o r heed th e su p p lia n t’s a p p e a l?Is a ll th a t d esp era te v a lo r a c ts in v a in ?A n d counsel sa^B, a n d p a tr io tic zea l?T he v e te ra n ’s sk ill, y o u th ’s fire , an d m an h o o d ’s h e a r t o f s te e l? :

The following stanza was composed by Bogart within the succeeding ten minutes—the period fixed in a wager—finished before his companions had reached a fourth line, and read to them as we print it—

L ovely an d loved, o’e r th e u n c o n q u e r’d b ra v eY o u r ch a rm s resis tless , m atch less g ir l , sh a ll re ig n !D {It -as th e m o th er holds h e r in f a n t’s g ra v eI n L ove’s ow n re g io n , w arm , ro m an tic S pain !A n d sh ou ld y o u r P a te to c o u rts y o u r s te p s o rd a in ,K ^ in g s w ould in v a in to re g a l pom p appeal,A n d lo rd ly b ishops kneel to you in v a in ,N o r V a lo r ’s fire, L a w ’s pow er, n o r C h u rc h m a n ’s zealE n d u re ’g a in s t L ove’s ( tim e ’s u p !) u n ta rn ish e d steel!

We need not inform the reader that few of the most facile versifiers could have accomplished the task in hours. Bogart nearly always composed with the same rapidity, and his pieces were marked by the liveliest wit and most apposite illustra­tion.

P u r ita n L a w s.How unjust, uncharitable, not to say ridiculous and abomi­

nable, appear to us many of the laws made and enforced by our worthy forefathers. The veriest stickler for conservatism would hardly pronounce them just or sensible in the light of our day and generation. Yet who can say that viewed through the retrospect of a couple of centuries our laws and customs may not many of them appear equally absurd, equally at va­riance with the spirit of that Lord whom they are made to honor. The adversaries of progress to-day, however, may be as honest in their views as were our great-grandfathers in leg­islation like this :

“ Whoever shall profane the Lord's day by doing unneces­sary work, by unnecessary travelling or by sports and recrea­tion, he or they who so transgress, shall forfeit forty shillings, or be publicly whipped; but if it shall appear to have been done presumptuously, such person or persons shall be put to death, or otherwise severely punished, at the discretion of the court. '

“ No one shall run on the Sabbath day or walk in his garden, or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting.. “ No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep houses, cut hair, or shave on the Sabbath day.

“ No woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath or fasting day.

“ If .any man shall kiss his wife, or wife her husband, on the Lord’s day, the party in fault shall be punished at the dis­cretion of the magistrate.”

P hysiognom y.Nature is honest. Every living creature on the globe is

compelled to carry its character at its mast-head. There is no misprint ifr'the book of nature. Her language is unmistakable. Every creature has its own peculiarities, by which its charac­teristics and habits may be determined. Behold the difference in the fowls of heaven and the beasts of earth. Here is the eagle with its savage beak and talons, and the gentle cooing dove. The terrible lion, and the timid hare. The monstrous elephant, and tiny quadruped. Who can fail to read their va­rious characters stamped thus indelibly upon them ? And when we come to man, we find that the more he resembles any species or class o f the lower creation, the more his character approximates to theirs. Every thought and emotion leaves its impress alike on the soul and the face. There can be no evasion of the “ law.”

The bloated sot and the upright man, the ignoramus and the man of thought, the sturdy yeoman and delicate female,— all present themselves in proof of this theory. A little atten­tion to this science would save many an honest citizen from the sly, designing, and selfish villian, dnd give men a better under­standing of cach other.— News Letter.c v

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T or th o S p ir itu a l A j e .

h e a v e n l y d a w n i n g .B T MADC3E CAEBOL.

S oftly !— th e H eaven ly m o rn in g b re a k s ;D row n n o t ita g lo ry in te a rs .

S o ftly !— th e s p ir i t im m o rta l aw a k e s ;W ak es in jo y ’s end less y ears!

H a r k !— th e y a re s in g in g sw eetly a n d lo w ,T h e ir w elcom ing m elodies;

L e t n o t th e voice o f o u r selfish woe,J a r on th e h arm on ies!

Soon w e b u ry th e d ead p a in a w a y ; **E a r th ly to e a r th ly re s ig n in g .

V eil n o t th y sou l in l ig h t o f th e d a y ,O n o u r beloved n ew -sh in in g .

B e a u tifu l ov er th e r a d ia n t h e ig h t A ngelic fo o tp rin ts a re sh in iD g;

T u rn n o t aw ay from th e p rom isefu l l ig h t ,B a c k to th y selfish re p in in g .

H opefu lly th o u from th y bo n d ag e a r is e ;Look from th y shadow y m o rn in g ,

U p to th e b eau tifu l p a th s o f th e sk ie s,W elcom e o u r an g e l r e tu rn in g .

TB O D D EN F L O W E B S .BY TENNYSON.

T h ere aife som e h e a r ts th a t , lik e th e lov ing v in e , C lin g to u n k in d ly rocks a n d ru in e d tow ers,

S p ir its t h a t suffer an d do n o t rep in e—P a tie n t a n d sw eet as low ly tro d d en flow ers,

T h a t from th e p asse r’s heel a r ise ,A n d g iv e b ack odorous b re a th in s te a d o f sighs.

B u t th e re a re o th e r h e a r ts th a t w ill n o t feel T he low ly love th a t h a u n ts th e ir eyes an d e a r s ;

T h a t w o u n d fond fa ith w ith a n g e r w orse th a n stee l, A n d o u t o f p i ty ’s sp r in g d ra w id le tea rs .

O h , N a tu re ! sh a ll i t ev er be th y w ill111 th in g s w ith good to m in g le , good w ith ill 1

W h y shou ld th e heavy foot o f so rro w p ress T he w illing h e a r t o f u n c o m p ris in g love—

M eek c h a r ity th a t sh rin k s n o t from d is tre ts , G entleness, lo th h er ty r a n ts to re p ro v e ?

T h o u g h v ir tu e weep forever a n d lam en t,W ill one h a rd h e a r t tu r n to h e r a n d r e p e n t?

W h y sh o u ld th e reed be b ro k en t h a t w ill b en d ,A n d th e y th a t d raw th e te a rs in o th e r ’s eyes,

Feel th e ir ow n a n g u ish w ith o u t en d ,T h e ir su m m er d a rk en ed w ith th e sm oke o f s ig h t 7

S u re Love, to some fa ir E den o f h is ow n W ill flee a t la s t a n d leave u s h e re alone.

Love w eepeth alw ays— w eepeth for th e p a s t ,F o r woes t h a t a re , for woes th a t m ay b e tid e ;

W h y sh o u ld n o t h a rd am b itio n w eep a t la s t,E n v y a n d h a tre d , av a ric e a n d p r id e ?

F a te w h ispe rs Sorrow , sorrow is y o u r lo t,T hey w ould be rebels— love reb e lle th no t.

F A N N Y ’S E B E O B .F a n n y sh u ts h e r sm ilin g eyes,

. T h en , because she c a n n o t see,T h o u g h tless s im p le ton ! sh e c rie s ,“ A h! you c a n ’t see m e!”

F a n n y ’s lik e th e skep tic v a in ,W ho w ith sp ir it s h u t a n d d im ,

T h in k s because he sees n o t H eav en . H eaven can n o t see n o t h im !

LO V E.

L ove, lik e th e g ra v e , levels e a r th ’s v a in d is tin c tio n s ; H e a r ts b lend b en ea th its in fluence , a s th e co lors B len d in th e ra in b o w , w here each se p a ra te h u e G row s fa in t an d fa in te r , til l i ts v a r ie d t in ts F a d e on o u r w an d e rin g eyes, a n d we behold N o th in g b u t heaven .

W hen th e h e a r t is fu ll, th e overflow O f b liss , by being sh a re d , is sw eeter s t i l l .”

L IG H T B R E A D ,W I T H O U T Y E A S T O B P O W D E R S .

X T H ow to m ake l ig h t dclicious B read w ith sim ple F lo u r an d W a te r o n ly . I t can be p repared for the oven in a few m inu tes (w ith «oarse or fine flour) and m ay be ea ten w arm by in ra lid s w ithou t in ju ry . R E C E IP T S FOR H E A L T H F U L CO OK IN G, &c. —a iittle H an d Book, p rice 10 cents, sen t postage free for four s tam p s, b y ^ M . H U N T , Boston W a te r C ure, 18 L a G range P lace , B oston. 18—Ct.

M ISS M . M U NSON,M E D IC A L C LA IR V O Y A N T A ND T R A N C E M E D IU ll,

N O . 3 W I N T E R S T R E E T , B O S T O N . I M iss M. w ill devote M ondays, W ednesdays an d F rid ay s to g iv ing com m unications,

an d a lte rn a te d ay s to m edical exam inations . Tf.um s—C om m unications, in tran ce or by w riting , one hour, $1 . E x a m in a tio n of p a tien ts in person, h a lf a n hou r, $1. I f by h a ir in the h an d s of an o th er person , $2. I f by h a ir sen t by m ail, req u irin g the exam ination to be w ritten ou t, $3 . M edicines, conveniently p u t u p , w ill be furnished w hen requ ired . 18—tf

T E S T M E D IU M S W A N T E D !Two good Test M edium s, w riting , tip p in g , or seeing, w anted perm an en tly . A ddres*

Dr. N . C. L E W IS , N o. 70 T rem ont stree t, B oston. 18—tf

850 BEWAKD!I w ill p a y a n y te st-m ed ium fifty dollars, who will inform me of the w hereabouts of

G i l b e r t M u l l e x , who left S outh Dover, D utchess Co., N . Y ., in 1S39. H e is su p ­posed to go u n d e r thc nam e of M organ a t present. H e w as in A sh tabu la , Ohio, w hen la st h ea rd from . Send yo u r answ ers, w hen ob ta ined , to 0 . J . M U L L E N , W ayne S ta­tion, D u P age Co., 111. 16— tf

$ 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 W O B T H OF C A B P E T S !!A T A N D E R S O N ' S T E N S P A C I O U S S A L E S R O O M S ,

N o. 9 9 B o w e ry , N e w T o rk .T h is is th e la rg e s t E s ta b l is h m e n t in th e U n ite d S ta te s , w h ere C arpets are

so ld a t th e ch e a p est ra te s . ( W il l be so ld a t a g rea t sa cr ifice ).LOOK AT T IIE FO L LO W IN G CA SH T R IC E S !

E ng lish V elvet C arpe ting , $1.12 1-2, $1.25, $1 37 1-2 per y a rd .E ng lish B russe ls C arpe ts , 75c, SOc, 90c, to $1.

T hree-P ly C arpetings, 87 l-2 c , $1.B eautifu l In g ra in C arpe ts , 31c, 40c, 50c, 60c.

F loor Oil C loths, 30c, 37 l-2 c , 50c, 60c. W hite a n d Checked M atting , M ats, R ugs, W indow Shades, D ruggets , T ab le an d P i­

ano C overs, and C om M atting for C hurches— all a t lo w p r ic c s ! Gooda packed and sh ipped , free of expense!

N . B . A ll a rtic les w arran ted as rep resen ted . U pholstery executed p rom p tly , by an experienced han d , who h as done the upho lstery for th is es ta b lish m e n t/o r 17 years.

X T F am ilies v isiting the g rea t m etropolis should ca ll an d exam ine the euorm ous stock of C arpe ts . H IR A M A ND ERSO N, N o. 99 B o w e b t ,

10 t 30 S ign of the la rg est Gold E ag le in A m erica.

F B IE N D S OF L IB E R T Y ! LO V EBS OF GOOD B E A D IN G !!S U B S C R IB E FO R T H E S P IN D L E C IT Y ID E A . '

A sp icy , o rig inal w eekly p ap e r, published a t Low ell, M ass., th e only J o u rn a l p ub ­lished in New E ng lan d , w hich m anfully b a ttle s for the r ig h ts of m echanics a n d opera­tives.

X T E verybody ca n ta k e it. Only 50 cen ts a y e a r ; 25 cents for s ix m on ths; 13 cen ts for th ree months*, in v a r ia b ly i n a d va n c e . -

1 7 __A ddress E d i t o r S p i k d l k C i t t I d e a , Lowell, Mags.

B E M O V A L! B E M O V A L !D R . A . B . N EW C O M B , H E A L IN G M E D IU M , h as rem oved from No. 2 Suffolk

P lace, an d ta k en room s a t the U n i t a r y H om e, 23 E lio t s tree t. P a tien ts w ill con tin ­ue to be tre a te d w ith th e sam e successful p lan o f prac tice h ith e rto pu rsued by D r. N. u n d e r the d irec tion of the h ighe r In te lligences. I n add ition to th is , th e benefits, of a q u i e t an d h arm on ia l hom e m ay be secured to those w ho, w ith personal trea tm en t, m aj desire p le a san t room s an d board a t a m odera te ch a rg e . P a tie n ts w ill confer a favor b y g iv ing notice in advance of th e ir com ing. ' 17—tf

L IF E OF A S E E R . F IF T H E D IT IO N .T H E A U T O B IO G R A PH Y OF A N D B E W JA CK SO N D A V IS.

E N T IT L E D “ T H E M A G IC S T A F F .”1 H IS V olum e gives an accu ra te an d ra tio n a l accoun t of th e Social, Psychological,

a n d L ite ra ry ca ree r of th e A uthor, beg inn ing w ith h is firs t m em ories, and ascend Ing, s tep b y s tep , th ro u g h every subsequen t y ea r, to th e p resen t period . Some id e a of th e W ork m a y be derived from the following :

Of those s tran g e events w hich h ave m ark ed th e A u tho r’s m ost p r iv a te an d In te rio r experiences, th e descrip tions a re m arvellously beau tifu l, an d the whole is d istingu ished by a s ty le a t once sim ple an d pathetic , rom an tic and fam iliar, o rig inal a n d en te rta in ­ing . T be V olum e con ta ins 552 pages, 12rao. I llu s tra te d . P rice,' $1.25.

O rders w ill be p rom p tly filled by th e P ub lish ers . 'Single copies sent by mail) postage free. J• S. BROWN & 00^

No. 22 Frankfort street, New York.

M B S . M E T T L E B ; S M E D IC IN E S .A ll these rem edies a re com pounded accord ing to M rs. M ettler’s d irec tions, g iven

w hile in a s ta te o f C la irvoyance , a n d a re p u re ly vege tab le , a n d perfec tly eafe u n d er a l l c ircum stances.

M r s . M c t t le r 's R e s to r a t iv e S y r u p .—F o r a n im p u re s ta te of th e blood, derange­m e n t o f th e Secretions, B ilious O bstructions, U n eq u a l C ircu lation , S ick an d N ervous H ead ach e , In a c t iv i ty o f th e L iver, C onstipa tion o f th e Bow els, I r r i ta tio n o f th e M u- cuous M em brane, e tc . P rice p e r bo ttle , $1 .

M r s M e t t le r 's D y s e n te r y C ord ia l.— A S to m a c h a n d B o w e l C o rre c to r . P rice p e r bo Stle, 50 cen ts.

M r s . M e t t le r 's C e leb ra ted E l i x i r .— F o r C holera, Colic P a in s , C ram ps o f th e S tom ach and 'B ow els, R heum atic an d N eu ralg ic P a in s , B ilious S tom ach, F ev er an d A gue, an d in te rn a l in ju ries . P rice p e r bo ttle , 60 cen ts . '

M r s M e t t le r 's N e u t r a l iz in g M ix tu r e — F o r B ilious O bstructions, A c id ity o f th e S tom ach, D yspepsia , C onstipa tion of th e Bow els, H eadache, an d F ebrile sym ptom s occasioned b y cold o r w orm s. P rice p e r bo ttle , 50 cents.

M r s . M e t t le r 's P u lm o n a r ia — F o r Colds, I r r i ta tio n of “th e T h ro a t an d L ungs, H em orrhage , A sthm a, C onsum ption , W hooping C ough, an d a ll d iseases of th e R esp i­ra to ry O rgans. P rice p e r bo ttle , $1 . /

M r s . M e t t le r 's H e a lin g O in tm e n t .—F o r B u r n s , S c a l d s , F resh C u ts a n d W ounds o f alm ost every descrip tion , Boils, S alt R heum , B listers , Swelled an d Sore B rea sts or N ipp les, G lan d u la r Swelling, P iles, C happed H a n d s o r C haffing. P rice p e r box, 25 cen ts .

M r s . M e t t le r 's R e m a rk a b le a n d U n p re c e d e n te d L in im e n t .—F o r L am eness and W eakness of several p a r ts o f th e h u m a n system , C ontracted M uscles an d S inew s, R heum atic , In fla m m ato ry an d N eu ralg ic A ffections, C allous an d Stiff J o in ts , S pas­m odic C ontractions, e tc ., e tc . P rice p e r bo ttle , $1 .

J a m b s M c C l e s t e r , P rop rie to r.5—tf S. T . M UNSON A gent, 5 G rea t Jo n es s tree t, New Y ork.

M B S. E . J . F R E N C H , CLA IRV O Y A N T P H Y S IC IA N .M rs. F ren ch is now perm anen tly located a t N o. 8 F o u rth A venue, n ea r 8th stree t,

N ew Y ork , w here she con tinues d a ily to m ake exam inations and p rescribe for th e sick w ith g re a t success. P a r tie s from a d is tance , o r w ho from severe illness can n o t v is it h e r a t he r room s, a re requested to enclose a lock of h a ir a n d a t le as t one of th e prom ­inen t sym ptom s. E x a m in a tio n a n d p rescrip tion $5 , in v a riab ly in advance .

M RS. F R E N C H ’S M E D IC IN E S .T hese rea lly v a luab le vege tab le com pounds (as the testim ony of h u nd reds of liv ing

w itnesses w ill p rove,) a re still p rep are d w ith g re a t ca re by the subscriber, w ho, afte r n e a rly five y e a rs ’ experience an d observation , feels no t ouly w arran te d in g iv ing them a s till w ider c ircu la tion , b u t a d u ty he owes to suffering h u m a n ity , to m ake them m ore genera lly know n. W ith th is view we h av e recen tly sim plified the classification for gene ra l use.

L u n g a n d C ough S y r u p —F o r B ronch ia l an d L u n g A ffections, C oughs, Colds, W hooping C ough, C roup, &c. -

T h e N e r v e V i ta l F lu id s , classified As N os. 3 an d 5. No. 3— F o r im purities o f the B lood, L iver a u d K idney A ffections, H eadache, D yspepsia , "General N ervous D ebility , an d for a ll d iseases w here the stom ach is im plicated .

N o. 5— F o r Tic D oloreux, N eu ra lg ia , R heu m atism , St. V itu s D ance, P a lsy , C ram p, Colic, C holera M orbus, a n d a ll severe nervous affections.

C h ill F e v e r M ix tu r e .—This rem edy is inva luab le . U n like m ost rem edies for th is d isease , i t leaves no s tin g b eh ind . .

T h e E x te r n a l F lu id — As a n ex te rn a l app lica tio n for the allev ia tion of p a in an d soreness, for sp ra in s , bru ises, &c., th is flu id is unequa lled , a n d should be in every fam ily .

S a lv e s .— W e h ave a v a r ie ty of Salves an d L in im ents, for C u taneous E ru p tio n s , F e l­ons, W hite Sw ellings-, Boils, B ea lings , &c.*, also for P iles a n d C orns. P rice 25 cents p e r box. *

T hese fluids a re sold a t $1 p e r bo ttle . P ackages of s ix bo ttles securely boxed an d sen t by exp ress to a ll sections of the coun try for $5 . A liberal d iscoun t to agen ts.

S. C U LB ER T SO N , A gen t, N o. 8 F o u rth A venue, N . Y.I h av e recen tly fitted u p , and h ave now in fu ll opera tion a t N o. 8 F o u rth A venue,

New Y ork , O r ie n ta l B a th s . These b a th s canno t be too h igh ly app rec ia ted as rem e d ia l ag en ts for m an y conditions of the h u m an organ ism , w hile as a m ere lu x u ry they a re u nequa lled . S. C u l b e r t s o n .

C ON SU M PTION A N D D IS E A S E S OF T H E T H B O A T ,S u c c e s s fu l ly C u red by In h a lin g Cold M e d ic a te d V apors .

’ D R . A N D R E W STONE, P hysic ian to th e T roy L ung In s titu te , inven to r o f the cele­b ra te d P u lm o m e te r , or L ung T ester, and ed ito r of the u In v a lid ’s O racle,” is tr e a t­ing w ith aston ish ing success, a ll D iseases of th e L ungs, the T h ro a t an d H e a rt, A sth ­m a , B ronch itis , L a ry n g itis , an d T u b e rcu la r C onsum ption , w ith his new discovered sys­tem of Cold M edicated V apors, w hich a re b rea th ed d irec tly in to the lungs an d the sea t o f d isease . . .

T h is discovery is based upon tru e scientific p rinc ip les. The vapo rs a re so p repared a n d com posed, as to disso lve tu b e rcu la r m a tte r in th e lungs an d cause i t to be expec­to ra te d ,—a t th e sam e tim e i t trav erse s every m inu te a ir tu b e an d cell, a n d u lcera ted cav e rn in th e lungs, causing them to hea l, q u ie ting th e cough , subdu ing the n igh t sw eats , th e hectic fever an d chills.

C onsum ption , th a t a ll p rev a ilin g d isease, w hich is now ca rry in g one h u n d red thous­a n d a n n u a lly in th e U n ited S ta tes, to a p rem a tu re g rave , an d w hich b rin g s th e black p a ll over so m a n y fam ilies, b lig h ts so m a n y young h ea rts an d b lasts so m a n y p ro s­p ec ts , is now as cu rab le in m y hands, u n d e r m y system of tre a tm en t, as a n y o ther dis­ease , if adop ted in an y p ru d e n t season, before th e v ita l energies of th e constitu tion a re too fa r depressed .

P ack a g es of S a p o rs —w ith a ll th e tre a tm e n t an d inha le r, w ith bo th w ritten and p rin ted adv ice for a three m o n th s’ course, $25,—for one m onth , $15.

X T D r . Stone is p e rm itted to refer to the N ew Y ork E d ito r of the A g e for inform a­tion respecting th e n a tu re a n d success of h is tre a tm e n t by th e inha la tio n o f cold m ed­ic a te d vapo rs . A ddress, D r . A n d r e w S t o n e ,

N o. 96 F ifth stree t, T roy, N . Y.

M B S. M E T T L E R ’S P B E S C B IP T IO N S .D R . S. D . G R A N T , NO. 524 M A IN S T R E E T , H A R T FO R D .

H av in g opened a store a t the above num ber for the sale of M edicines genera lly , and especially of B o t a n i c an d E c l e c t i c R e m e d i e s , I am p rep ared to p u t u p p rescrip tions an d to forw ard them to an y p a r t of th e coun try . I am especially au tho rized to say th a t M rs. M e t t l e r w ill n o t take an y responsib ility for the p rescrip tions she gives, il th e M edicines a re obtained elsewhere in th is city . She ta k es th is course in o rder th a t th e p a tien ts , as well a s herself, m a y be fairly d e a lt w ith . C om plain ts have been m ade of the failu re of he r Rem edies, w hen the fau lt h a s been d irectly traced to the incorrect m an n er in w hich h e r prescrip tions h ave been p u t up . im pure and v itia ted artic les hav ing been used , and , no t unfrequen tly , o ther m edicines su b stitu ted , b y persons who have p u t u p the p rescrip tion for those she has prescribed . This h as operated w ith m an ifest in justice , and it is to avoid these inaccuracies of th e d ru g shops th a t the estab lishm ent of the undersigned h as been opened.

I have ju s t received from W . S. M e r r i l l & Co., of C inc innati, Ohio, every varie ty of th e ir ce leb rated C o n c e n t r a t e d M e d i c i n e s ; also, a la rge stock from the New Leb anon Society of Shakers, fresh and genuine. N one b u t the very best shall be k e p t by m e. D R . S. D . G RA N T.

M RS. M E T T L E R ’S M E D IC IN E S —R esto ra tive S yrup , D ysen te ry C ordia l, Pulm o n a ria , N eu tra liz ing M ix tu re , C holera E lix ir , L in im ent, O intm ent, P las te rs , &c., alw ays on h an d , fresh from th e factory . 12— tf

S PER IT -B EM ED Y FO R D Y S P E P S IA .A recipe for th e effectual cu re of th is d istressing com plain t, sim ple in its p rep a ra ­

tion, inexpensive, an d pu re ly vegetable , will be forw arded to an y address on rece ip t of six red s tam ps. This rem edy h a £ been, an d is now, being used w ith the g rea tes t sue cess in th is class of cases, an d was g iven by sp irit pow er th ro u g h the m ed ium ship of the undersigned, who desires to give it to the public on the above condition, know ing

\ g re a t good will resu lt from its use. A ddress (w ith s tam p s enclosed) A . B . N e w c o m b ,

j 23 E lio t s tree t, Boston, M ass. 13— tf

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W M . E . B IC E , CLA IBV O Y A N T P H Y S IC IA N ,O F F IC E No. 1 H udson P lace, n ex t to 27 H udso rr S tree t, Boston, M ass. I f sickness

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