New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-12-05
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a respected ccrF>spondtn. in Daicheu &c.
| zritss 10 say thst the accosu, ne DubIirhs1 TIE
ether dag CT singular n0'ss. head II The western
pa. Of this STATS IL calculated - excite profou &c
attention, AID prepare TIE minds Of me- Tor more
| extrso rdissry developments. The same writer
ESQ recalls some similar perform tncs, vhich took
plsos Ia the i,zi.y Of NJ Thorns IL Da;cb,n,
ssout sixty ysars Eiace, vhsn knockines Ike
tncss Of Rochester. were hssr3 Ia connection
with the presence a 8 female member Of TIE
family snd promises j, no better hand shs,l IN
oeltske, 20 Erits c1s ard and Is he !tcis Ia ths,
case II ace ia, however. thE; NJ. ThorBes fam
lily gh7it never went beyond PoGldirs on the
f0or. and alter having sstonished great number
Of persons by ia performances in that line, gave
up the occupation shd vAI 10 more heard from.
We cannot regard with any other feeling than
respect that natural instinct c. re heart, winch
in one way or smother f5rn1s word Of spiritual
existences a. no in pAssabls remove from oar nat0
ral life and We have little sympathy with sach
un,cieDtiho presumption as PASSES the verdict OF
humbUs" upon every fact II does not understand.
No doubt thsro are several things which men are
not yet capable Of explaining and probably Il will
be some time before the catalogues exhsust
ed. Anoug them l. the relation bstTeen the
spiritual snd natural spheres Of human life upon
which many intelligent persons supPoas Aesmer-
i'm. ClslrYoytnce and ell THAI oias Of phenomena
20 have thrown = grst. deal Of lisht. Or course,
such being the case. va ck,erfuly publish al nsS
facts ii at may bs supposed to have bearing %
toe subject, and take care 20 keep cur reader, in
formed about that as well as about ether matters
For ourselves We really cannot see that these
singular revelations and experiences have, SO far
amounted 10 much. We have yet 70 hear OF
oairrovsnf whose statements concerning iactf
were reliable, Or whose facts were any better
thsn any oihsr persons, or wso could disoc17se
nationally Without mixing 10 proportion Of non.
sense. And as for tbess spirits In western New
York or elsewhere, it strikes "a they might be
better engaged than in going about TO give from
ons to thrss knocks on the eoor in response 70
successive letters Of :h5 .pnsbet tnd We are
confident that ghosts who hsd anything to com
nunicste worth listening TO- would hardly stoop 70
so uuiDtsres.ing. business ss hsnmerins. ltis
certain sso ths, crowds Of people would never
be got together, nor would Committees Of rsspec-
table gentlemen &c sYPci1'ed n Investigate the
process employed By child or sn idiot in .humf'
ius the wall with stick or hammer and It u
difficult to understand why spirits Who act with
- little reason g. children or idiots, should be
trested with sny more confederation. IL seems
az fit wou'd be much batter to pay them no AZ
tention &, all and then ihey would probably drop
toe Joke torn their activity elsewhere tnd de-
vote their time perhaps, TO more profitable work
Our correspondent regards 'hese noises AZ the
precursors OF more extraordinary developments.
We trust they may be If they are the precursors
Of anything. But granting that they have some.
thing Of the importance which persons endowed
with liberal orgsn Of wonder suppose we do
not undevs..ra .aGt they Or the class Of phesone-
IA 20 which they belong. can ever be expanded or
improved into the Of largely increasing our
stock Of Information. 1t msy be, however that
some short cot to truth will be- opened 80 that the
long and diff ,ult route Of obserysilon sno thought
nay safely be abandoned if so men will gladly
svsil themselves Of the advantages thus Afforded.
Meanwhile, most people wii adhere - .hs usosi
1sy and the jadicious will look calmly and fairly
10 possible at all facts and Judge them BY their
own value whether they pretend to DO produced
BY one cause Or spcthe,