The New York herald., 1851-11-01
proceedings. The child was ready and snxious-
but the will of the parent said something right the

but the win of the parent said something right the
reverse. -,
the "epirits," rs they are allied Questions aud
answers are given accordingly. Reason Tor mo-
ment with v. Meunier, Z. q. and r. " D.,
learned and able scholar
Beings are one and varied; one, because the
same power animstes them, because the same eie'
ments constitute them varied, because tnat powef'
those elements are found in each OF them IN ait'
ferent degree of developement. But, what oeter-
mines the degree OF deyeoPensns oi .hst movsra
The circumstances in which the being Is FOUND, its
circumam bient medium.
.sThose circumstances are favorable or unfavora-
BILE they may stife bring out the native powers
of the being !; they may determine in him deve-
lopement different from that which his nature, the
degree of civilization to which he belongs, and the
moral law under which he lives, tended TO produce.
Thew NAV even determine q development contrary
to that law, that is produce moral or intellectual
mopstrosity, error, or crime, The cause of this is
not in the nstare of the being, but in his medium,
which has caused him to depart from the condi,
tons pecu ar to the society in which he lives, and
to return to the general conditions common to all
men, TO all times, to all places.
sin the influence of the mediums is found the
cause of the variety of BEINGS they are what they
are made by the mediums in which they live, in the
tense that this medium may favor or hinder their
developement, or may, in fine, make them abso-
lutely deviate from the forms and conditions be-
longing to their species, that is to say, produce
not in the nature of beings, but in the influence of
tie mediums in which they live"
Finding that the young girl was altogether under
the influence Of the mother - that her mind was
with supernatural notives--it placed me in rather
q singular position. My task WAS, TO become
supreme over the parent - to make my VIII
triumphant over all the others. At the same time
felt confident in myself-confdent that | could
place my hands upon the very table, and start the
spiritual rappings" at once: Our next meve
was to seat ourselves around the table-seven of
us-placing our hands upon the same, each touch
ing the 9th .r, ard, by SO doing, forming perfect
chain. But no "sounds" were produced. n
doubted]y the large table was somewha charged
with electricity in it's way. The daughter next
tried to produce them alone. She still failed L
imme diately placed my hands upon the table with
hers, and politely asked the spirits" to converse
with ne. Ia a seconds time the " rapplngs
commenced. They were strong and frequent. l
then bade the young tmwcsse to converse with the
spirits" we remaining in the same position. Not
knowing, up to this time, how he Z" sounds were
produced, as had not whis psred the grand secret,
she at once commenced to do so, under the strong
impression that they were supernatural. In
second she was in com munication, as she supposed,
with a and dear friend, who paid the dsbt OF
LatuIe but a short time ago In foreign cline.
Questions were asked, and answers given &C ,ord-
ingly. ] soon made up my mind that the - rap
pings should stop, and, al my will it was done,
my will being supreme. Then. again, | "opeaed
tie valve" and started away the "rsppings"
Now, this young lady is the only person who mas
ever been able to produce the my ysterous sounds in
tie whole town, and her way as said before, ID by
the head, and no. by the hands. My next move was
to reveal the secret and to prove that II was an out
and out imposition Of the blacklist dye. invited
them all to with iraw from the table. They did
so. | then took the Oldest person ia the room, my
friend, and seating ourselves in such manner rs to
allow nothing to touch the table save our hands,
we at once had the spirits with US. My ffieni
Withdrawing from the table, then invited the pa
mt of tha rnuru 1D19yf9 n hargalf
rappipgs were at once renewed. young lady
placing her hands upon the table with mine, as
usual produced them Then gentleman took
seat and We had then N strong and frequent.
youDg lad was next invited, and the :" rap tap
taps" we're with Us instantly. Leaving the table,
the seventh and last one was the young tmpesse.
We two had them better than ever. then shi5-
pered in her ear, and told her that intended to
''converse with the spirit Of my brother, and that
intended to spell out bis name by the aphabet-his
name being Henery" / politely asked the entire
circle to give their due attention, as intended to
show how bereaved family could be i'm posed upon
by this dastardly imposition. l then began in a
"Wil the spirits converse with me - They an
swered in the affirmative Is it the spirit of my
dear old grandfather % Silence prevailed. 'Are
tit Of my si,ter Msryl' NJ answer. my bro
tber" loud rep followed "a, % Then Francis, ySgg
Brother Henery." A very loud rap followed. "To
be sure now that is you, will the spirit spell the
name, if will call over the alphabet y stout
rap ensuei. -" then begin with the letter when
IL came to II, a rap followed. Commencing the nj.
phabet 5gaiD, Il answered 20 the letter l. 70 tho
letter n then starting again, It raped when
called cut, Il, X, and Y. then asked the young
iH1rcsSs, to state what Whispered TO her at the
outset. she informed them that Intended TO con-
verse with my brother Henery, and spen his name
out by The alphabet"
Now, MIR. Bennett, you begin to see this i'm posi-
tion in clearer light. You see the inflsence OF an
amount Of misohi,f has been done by these
" "mysterious sounds - and how the dollar"
has been poeketsd. Throughout the country "s spi-
lit rappers still at work in various places. a
great many OF the human family are san yuiue,
very sapguine in their belief aat they the spi-
rits Of disembodied spirits, which once inhs bted
human bodies. Think Of the tears that have been
shed by their spiritual manifestations, " But,"
Gays one of the "merchant prnces" to me, " con.
yersed some six months ago with the spirit con.
cerning my oniy brother, who was on board Of the
III fated steamship President, and /; told Inc all
about him, fpelt out his name TO NE, told me when
be was born, ard what our parting words were
whom we shook. hands forever" Immediately asked
him why be went 10 hold conyerse With the spirits
lie answerod, that II was solely TO inquire abous his
brother "Well," said ], 'you knew every thing the
spirits told you before you wen, there did you not T.
" OF courie, | did bat nobody else in the room
knew It," An explanation soon convinced him Of
the power Of will, Of the influence Of medium aud
n pesse. He soon saw that could tell him about
thc bulpWrtek OI car EO VI lurhH rait, anu
the failure of certain Phila iepbs house Of which
he was knowing to in both mind and pocket, al
though this all occurred in 1876. As be professed
10 be quite philosophical an, asked him to con
slider the relations Of heat, electricity, nagne tism
al d optics, 10 each other Admitting that the
second and third divisions were one, then read this
extract frem the works of Meunier -
"Of the four divisions that we selected at the
outset, We have seen that two Of them have melted
into each other go that there remain, in reality,
only three. What are the relations Of these TO
each otherl We kno that At one time they were
considered absolutely distinct. But now the three
form q series perfectly analogous. Thsre Is not
i'm IoTtsnt fact In one which has net its corre-
spending fact IN the other two Every new disco.
vry establishes new connections between them,
apdfrom this moment, H. y impossible 20 get an
exact knowledge of one, without, being profoundly
verstd in ell three"
At the time, sir, when caused the entire circle
TO teat themselves, one by one, at the table, and
had proved what bad predicted, the seven to pro
duce the ''rsppings," then invited them to cit