Washington telegraph., 1851-10-29
of the Tele graph.
New YoRK. Oct. l, 1851.

New YoRK, Oct /, 1851.
The London Times is still writing on the. Cubal
,sstion Threats are no longer made, but th
ssrn.ditionists are abused as 'pirates," "maraud
nf s ruffians," "eaemes of the whole ciyiizet
r.-s'rld." r' ..meu who would pIundes London, Liver
"oo or New York as fast as they would Cuba,
e. &c. But as this abuse and these terms are
~, echoes of what some American journals have
wrtten, we cannot be angry with the Tunes.
The Times would, 60 further, and threaten, as
srd TO be its fashion, did il not know that English
threats do not lrighten Americans now, but OILY
provoke them .e,
,snting u rupture between Spain and the United
states. and Of preserving to the former her valua-
-. co,onv. but with the introduction of some
;ndspeusable reforms in the internal government
Of Cuba.
The long-taked of, long looked-for Democratic
p.,;6cation Meeting, came off at Tammany Hall
,be NIGHT before last. All was quiet. and the
D.mocracv were as soeiable as doves. On the
.t,nd. were the most opposite elements: Dan
SckIss and Lorenzo B. Shepard, Isaiah Rynders
and Jobp Cochrane, Tom Carr and Elijah Purdy;
,lI frateruizing together "for the name." But,
sn;,s Of all this, it was not, as remarked with
, sob by stauuch old LocofocO standing near
me one of those old fashioned, uproarious, soul
;usnlriug meetings which used to put courage IN
,hs hearts of the Democracy in times gone by.
I, was what "crackspan" would call "a put up
.s.,r There was loud cheering now and then,
b., !, had no bottom: it sounded if it proceeded
S.om empty stomachs. The fact is, the leaders
nav come before the public, and pretend that
,hsy acoulesce in the nominations as mpeh as
thew please, but the ticket teiA net receive undi-
v,dsd support The very men who shouted the
loudsst from that stand, were the very men who,
:, heart are resolved TO kill the ticket. Why,
,be very fact of John Cochrane supporting ticket
s enough to take from it 900 votes ia New York
city alone. This meeting was pleasant affair;
il was sociable, harmonious, and all that scrt oi
thing and was quite as entertaining as an evening
seat in the Bowery Theatre. But the democracy
were not there--the bone and sinew o: the party
were not there Neither will they be at the polls
on the day of the election. Mark 1t well, and
rmake note ont.
MANI of your readers have, of course, seen OF
heard of the correspondence between Greer, Of
Iowa, and the members of the D'mocratic Ma
tioua Committee, mysteriously obtained by the
New York Herald, and published by that paper
some week ago 1t will be remembered that the
richest of all these efusions from these national
yeprese natives of Locofocaism. was that OF DON
aLdson, of Texas. Now, by far the most inter
eslng and important portion of this letter was
omitted by the Herald, whose only aim n pub
Ii.hing the CORES pOndenCe was 10 get the start
of any other paper, without hurting "the party
which il SO powerfully assists under the gr!se OF
neutrality and independence. ! Was rehably M
formed this morning, however. that the portion
of said letter for which Atf*** were substituted
by the Herald, will be made public in a few days,
owing to the stand taken by the Richmond En-
0uirer. which has beeu publishing private letters
from Mr. Greer, which are calculated to Irrtate
The Herald into doing all the mischief in its power.
There is Il good deal of curiosity in thus CITY 10
know what these omitted porsionS are
4 large number OF persons in this CITY are
converts to the new theory Of Intercourse with
the Spirit World; and in many families mysteri-
GUS knockings, similar to those which FIRST orlgi-
mated in Rochester, are regularly heard.
On Sunday last William fish6ough, one Of ;he
leaders OF this sect, and "seceder irom the
Andrew Jackson DAVIS School, delivered a lee
lur- on certain 'new revelations" WHICH he AYERS
haze been made to him, partly by vision and
partly by clairvoyance. The theory traced out
by Flshbough agrees, in the main, with the hiple;
Heaven being represented as Order, Lie, &c,
while He'll is represe nted Chaos, Disorder and
Misery. Davis, on the contrary, claims tha'
there is no hell nor punishment alter death
Six .'circles" have been organized in this city,
meeting OIL different evenings of the week. All
OF these "circles" oongregate every Sabbath. IN
rooms which have been engaged in Broadway.
The purpose OF all this is said to be morally, rei-
giOn and spiritual knowledge.
All the "crces" are under the direction OF one
christian spirit, for the sake of preserving order;
because" as Mr.. FishbOugh says, ''Ii all kinds
Of spirits were allowed To communicate, the result
would be like allowing all persons who chose 10
send messages over telegraph WIRE Some
would oe true, some ridiculous, and some false
and malignant"
The directing Spirit which has been engaged,
is held responsible for all communications" and
has promised TO do all in his power to control
them. Strangers are admitted when introduced
by member of the "circies." Rules OF order
aud business have been drawn up, and It IS con-
tdently expect ed that revelations will be more
important and more frequent than ever before.
The "facully" Of this city have recently had a
real good time Of it. Like some OF their patients,
they have been going it with perfect looseness,
the difference being that while their patients have
been loose only in their bowels, the doctors have
slightly relaxed those moral girdles with which
their manners are supposed TO he bound ou the
arrival of the GreenpOrt traii at brooklyn, on
Saturday afternoon, l was surprised TO meet
large party Of gentlemen, all Of whom recog-
nzed as city physicians, each accompanied by
large barrel and sundry boxes and baskets. On
enquiry, found that party of nne-all doctors
had been for ten days Oh fishing excursion to
The lower end of Loag Island, and the ominous
looking barrels contained the RIunder which was
being brought home for Distribution among friends
was told that the "black fishing this year was
excellent; the fish being of fine sizes, averaging
lrom two 10 three pounds each. The above party
brought home over l400 lbs, aud had canght
nearly twice that weight.
Yours truly,
PETER PIKE.