New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-09


iey; she night lobe suppl ing the leit side Of ihe
body with motion and sensa ION. and vice versa-
Muscular notion is produced by the power o.
tia will over these nerve currents. These posi-
tons are sustained by many physiologisss apd
by all experimenters in magne,s,n q. In Europe md
America, many claim that the brain. fsosn ovr
food thrown into the blood, generates & tfss!,
which is electricity, or some OF It's mo,ss asicus
This fluid is the agent on which mes ae,.Asrs
and bioligizers operate. This is a ant,eTsrl spi.
mission.
DR.. Shell, Of London, claims to have desc :. -
strated that muscular action aud all nss.ss,
seeing feeling, &c, are yoltaic, or y
by the movements OF electricity IN the
over the nerves.
In the lower animals, we find the mesm,
state 10 exist the cat ion or tiger can be nle +,
meriIec. In the symnors, or electric eel, We ~,
the will throwing elec,nc snocxs ~ith such powegec
to kil the horse AID pafabzs a man. The scpeoe
has the same power. (See Hamoolits acoouns 81
the eel in South Amercs.l Every medsem that I
have ever questioned, and ire, have been namss0as,
say they feel IN the wrists aBo arms durxV :sppink
and Writing, electric currents, nunbsess ma
slight shocks resembling electric shocks. IN s,ms
this fact is marked, the arm being numb and panfcs
to the shoulder. One medium. ply scisls can psc-
duce this numbness oy as ~iil at any time NaGs-
ness or shocks are periodical, coming on when ait
ting in a circle.
By doubling the hands OF mediums OF .ns nbls
you may render the raps louder, the COEs<ntS OF
course being thfown together. have ncftcef gaet
the Taps were loudeet when the meoiums fAssd .at
table and had their hands Cd II, and also sas the
came most readily when tie air was dry "a aa' N
the medium willing 10 have thom. TyInt e>,stS
Of the medium stops the an also The seg-sslon
Of currents IN degree. Writ Dg me iume froQuen1-
" have spasms, Jerks, cramps and conlortoas Of ~
hand sDd forearm, some times violent 10 reader
il impossible for them to lite TIL queled BY dag
ing.
Other mediums 90 into absolute spasnA and con-
toTti0Ds OF boCy and limbs. but Will write, % oo3n
the condition is little controlled Others 20 inia
the sleep with SHOCK and write, xao %
talk With spirlts In person With these pfellms
nsries, We will cordense as much as possible de-
scription of a few MEDIUMS .v
FIRST: Miss. w. whites poetry and prose style .
rhapsCdcal, eliptcal has me nervous sempera-;
With great rapidly gets com nuaioat Qua from By&
ron & Co. Got communic iaon from J. q. A---1z
TO Mr. G. style, rhapsodical spouting on the AoeS
liton Of slavery medium eSidently ndusncsd BY
the Qusstoner, with whom she bad sat u circles
communications often contradictory.
Second: clergyman. with hlsh nervous ten
peramsnt, orthodox and conscienciouss tells his
spirits to answer in the fear OF God They do So
ano are all pious. all agree 18th him In theology ~
the main He Is an EBs isbmsn, and all spif1ts use
his style OF spelling, whether they are YaAksese ~
English, learned or unlearued, children or adultes
and all ages and klncs OF sorits preach ssoet
equally well through this medlum, write In his
style only and use capital Letters and grammar ~
he uses them. He has written hundreds OF pages.
His wife is q good mesmer.o SUBJECT, aud sshsn
asleep, sees and talks W IN spirits. His daus h1eys
with her fathers temperament, sptrHse&r u NE
waking state spirit bieno gave him disseftA-
ton on theology, but did not sligo his middle naas
right when asked 10 explain he said, he had forget
fsnit redeemed spirits Oh no, always kno taet1
names" When asked why hs remembered he frst
ard last name, be said, Wa d,dur believe the 81
Bile, and wouldn't believe him II ne told HE namc.~
This spirit wrote IN chdract rustic style and han4s
uriting also. The medium suew his style and haul
writing While living. Ny INST wfes spkit wsolo
also for him. | told MIN she ~roe peculiar hsn4
she first wIOte verT tine, then told him she w
heauy he asked her to Initiate her Whiting; The
ached, and heavy pressure was felt aud mas
lire hapc was given, which IN no 9lse reso moIO
hers. told him she ~Ioe still heavier, sad ~
wrote heavier as IMPRESSED ais mind l aheQ NV
to write line to her fatte. ana told hun me lass
name, but not his first She wrote, and missed h,o
first name and correctly save the last which VA
known TO the medium Il
Her brother and ny self called on the medium nek
spirit ca me into the seen oy the meotomu
daughter and recognized Iesem) ing her br0yney,
and stood looking al Jue. Sac wrote nht snees
TO her brother but could not GsI has ndns outrsZes.
ted 81 could not said spirits forgot thoiI u1enor
names frequently. she has never Told the Names 81
her ehiidren. 1 had never sat IN circles WIKI ~
medium ard he could not BY rappesf get ~
tsrstic, snkro IN 70 tas -
where the nsdidm vas rot accurate IN that paSs]
ncuSr.
communications from numerous sprits--old middle.
aged ard youbg children. They al use nsr style q
spelling ana the same phr sses run through them ss
only The child. spirit would tax baby combines.
This medium Taps anu l have called The spirit 81
electricity, and be would rap When asked - rap
thrs @, Ave eight tiIes, ~ouid DO SD Always Win
accuracy. IL oRly seemed Necessary 10 suggest ~
the mud the number OF raps, and hsy cast
the BODY electricity Ia other cases, have
known responses from dog spirits and ho5ss.spinte-
They seem quite Intelligent considering. uttIo
spirit up, calling hsrsen wary, claiming 70 ~
my guardian ard the friend OF my hrss VIE. 80
gave her residence as in New York. but no saeh VI!
laEe or county ever txis.ed ia the sta@, nor go =
Iow that my wife ever had mend ot her ueAe.
She, with another meolum, claimed 10 % nv Wilee
relative. asked her II she vas mares when 80
died. She answered no, og. would nave oeen - Il
week and sdced, I" o, deaTw as though sac yes Ten
bad about it ash ed her To whom. she reploo -
me, II had come along She defended nsfeo1 hom
the Bible for Jestng, and quoted scryesle W.
pously and said JokiIg was "a "ay sac asa ~ -
spirit Is great theooglan, and writes much ios ~
clergyman, ON The Bible. IL IL possible thos te0elog
dying unmarried, while rsveiins IN the su1n4n! q
glory in tho regions OF the best feel feeresul ~
dear ~ OIL that subject Possibly. Inc neallm "
this case has nervous lympnasic sDpemoeos,
highly mirthful, and loves fun. The omssenoss -
handwriting always occur where the meo1eo -
close knowledge Of It. or he person isceIs!e2 -.
communication has such kno~ledge. me9uo ~
from lawy er's spirit what was claimed - ~ 49,.
writing, and was Recognized as sucn ytTou1lSs3
especially the signature The mealum ~ ~ ~
ashavng never seen the PERSONS Whiting vnuo nve
irg. The Spirit wrote ~ his '0fnef iay ysueI-~
STYLE psooIcaa kind glorlfcation ofshe ineafe
This inflated hand writIDg, noSever, rsss~s!es ~
that the medium wrote. from aDy spIt, ~ ~
ouen,Iy wrete so badly that the spirits the0ootvo9
could not read IT, The ls~ser ~rote IN ~ eeoZ
way while Iiying-a Kind Of unea'tbly scTewh =
know Of no case where spirit has fos1o9o1 -
name when II was known - the meciu0, bQe -
merous instances occur where the medium ala -
kuo the name some spirits sul alter theh as1nee
three or four times, and tuen get them SsonGs ~
medium not moving what tvs. .es-I
The same law prevails as 10 age and tine Of eoot3
a. in names, the spirit always falling 10 give bic ~
riaht unless she medium hue ss n, or ~ peso04
who questions the spirit his kno Wedge q e. -
then the medium fails 10 give Il rgh unless - ~
sat In circles with the qussttoner so a. - toSm 81
magnetic connection 49, ~
Fourth: Medium q short thick male, lsygs bF4j -
usyvoua and impresslble-a GOOD ina o>tIGI. A.