New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-17

On as Is,01 ,rss. % my being directed % make .gP
o.,n snd wh:ch did come 70 Mr. Wileys nencf al
eo$ TsoTS Of the Mysteious NoisesCspron Barron "a
m. to,,oving experiment shows more posmveiy,
.;e the total Independence Of the intelligence WHICH
49,. ON the medium IN the cases they aiiude 10 AT ono
time myself tried the experiment OF counting N 'ne
following manner. ] took several shells nom S4'u
hs.le. ON the table, tsna lake shea closed my nana
and naced Il under the table entirely OUT OF hgni ana
rrs,ed M many rape there were shells II was
~ rect,v AZ knew how many shells there were
=; nv hand resolved to test it in another way 10 see
n there was possibility OF my mind having any ihnu
in the matter TOOK xs sun II ,he answer.
orc ccyrcct then requested friend who sat ~ tne
HE 10 out his hand in the basket take out some sneis
without knowing the number ana pas .neli ,n.o
- 1vhere none could see l. The number was tod a
CORRECTLY as before We continued this ciass OF expen
,oents for long time without the least failure In getting
vhe,e S.ss the mediums mind in this easel Was
she so perectly yet unconscousy cairvoyant as 20
see how TO count the small shells thas
were in our handsi feo why could she not teii any
other class of facts by clarvoyancei The following
an extract from Rev. A. H. Jarvis, of Rochester, l.:
The fnct in reference my friend Pickard Is what yon
aeGre He was at nv house on Friday afternoon Aprio
szs None Of the Fox family present While at the
teatable had free communications on different suee
Picard was requested questions He desired to know
who Il was that would answer questions The was
am YOUR mother Mary Pckard" Her name or TIE yaef
Of h dat ga. not .. The 1.s nso ots aG nss
He there received communication puporting to be nom
his mother saying Your child is dead; He came ,m'e
home uockporf 80 miles dsan He left in the stase az
orsAM At u N. returned to my house my wiie .eet
ing with telegraph envelope broke tne sea- ao ~
mentally fret, as follows: .,,o ION
n, ,eerurh from Loehpor H. Jarvi, No VEST
Tel Mr. PicisrJ you find him, his child dd IA,
A'r ,rsn read il to NV wife and sad the best
and most convincing evidences of the OF ,ose
visible agents. and then added Oods Telegraph "' 'u'
Yours, truly, A. d. JARVIS.
To. E w. CAPRox, Auburn
consider these quite enough, yet might NIL az many
columns as Dr. Richmond has prove that there were
in which neither the mind of the medium nor the
company dictated the answer. / have seen beau
,;fo, correct and grammatical communications spelled
out with mediums who could not spe dozen consecu-
five words in the Engli.h language correctly have
seen names spelled of persons which the interrogation
would declare incorrect and the "spirts insist were
correct and subsequently turned out that the name was
correct and the persons mistaken could take up col
umns in stating cases within my own knowledge where
the communication was contrary to the opinions of every
one present. and subsequently proved to be true lhave
.cen this repeatedly in the of telling Names ages
&c. of persons not present, and which not known
to any and have seer them fail where the ques
TONER did know end eat in the circle so as to form
magnetic current The Dr's theory fails here entirely
Another class of facts-the moving, &c.is accounted
for ON the same principle viz of electricity. Tins may
be true as to the immediate agency but must be intel
Hpentlv directed Vdcuam does not sufficiently account
for II for the articles moved not only TALL toward or move
toward the mediums but from them and to and from
In the same instant or as requested by persons, ana
without any request They also occur both by day and
night Things not only seem to be in notion but we
IL, rad U
lighter than the air when they are taken up how Is Il
that when attempt to hit they are as nee,y as ever
Would not the law of grayaton be as hep 10 us as 70
the air or would they be light for one purpose and not
for another 7 Ii,
But here Genes up another class OF facts OF when !
have been abundantly cognzant l aiiude 10 muslc,u
sounds 10th with and without Instruments Those WIN
ont instruments were full beautiful and perfect In tune
and time so far as we could Judge of exquisite music,
and vet we often heard them in the presence OF me.
dunn at Auburn who knew nothing OF music herself ana
often more often than otherwise person present VINO
knew enything about music except one person, VINO was
good though not artistic singer. They were sounds
such the human voice could not make ana 70 DC sa
that the medium did not often magnetized her and letf
her 80 perfectly rigid that she could not move muscle
without partially removing it. am tar from being sue
ceplle to any kind of mesmeric or biological influences
and an not given TO "dreaming," asleep or awake
Moreover, had band Of cool-leaded persons en-
gagged in the Investigations at that time Including the
medium none OF whom ever saw inaiiies any VI ,,a'
fnpatics which has taken possession OF so many advo-
Gates of epirituaism, well as religious exctencnts
But the musc we did hear, not only once or twlce,
but scores of timer it came at hrs when we were no.
expcctnc il took by surprise; our minds ud hot
hrnp II for ii was midst without asking we nad
no thought getting it without visible nstrunents
dluson il can as well be said OF the magnetic theory
Scores of individuals know it to be fact, and must DO
met ty n reasonable account
So Of ,u.c on the guitar. with hundreds OF others,
h.yc heard il repeatedly have heard it when knew
moi person present could play tune on that or any
other Instrument The tunes were played, sometimes
rogue sled and sometimes without feluefn nave
numerous Not only this, but | have seen the guitar
taken up to the ceiling entirely beyond the reach OF the
company and passed around the room, IHa ha, ~
recfed iii Did the minds OF those present move the
guitar sringsf As the guitar moved IN oil direcuons
and into all parts Of the ROOM the rdcr1a must nave
been so extensive MS to have prevented our pfeahs,
tka, was the right solution These class OF FACTS
which DR. r. has not come in contact with, or which
he did wish to touch, but they are nevertheiess
facts How then can il be made to appear tnat
Mediums in fact nothing more than new race OF
scpsmiules and cairyoyans aud the mind oil all mediums
a. evidently under the law OF dTean as the EARN u
der the law Of attraction"
The earth never fails net under this law OF aitrac-
ton This rule knor does fail and hence 1t is not me
law of these communications and the pro"nnc'aaenfo
that all "spirit manifestations are the WORK Oh spits IN
the body, Is at least premature
In regard writing mediums. am not so wen Pre
pared 10 Judge have never myself seen anything rem.
able frcm that source am sa,ished thal uc limit
could easily operate on the media that tnsy ts. oe
very easily deceived themselves. man who had been
medium for some time writes that IL was so impos-
sble for him to judge how much was and no" much
was not his own mind, that he gave 1t up lie IL avery
discerning thinking philosophical man. and has no zen,
dency to fanstieism somnsmbuism lie Is skcpncai
ON all matters pertaining to the mysterious ana unseen
vet he declares that there influence ~ WORK.
out of him and beyond his control
beeve FIRST published the suggestion that there was
much electricity something resembling IT, concerned
in the production of these phenomena and gave az my
opinion that il the agent used TO produce them
tried hard 10 establish the Doctors theory IN my own
mind but four years pretty constant experience inves
sest0n and observation, convinccs me that eiectcuy
oau the agent and there Is moving intelligence De-
yund that was, first, In common with all those VINO
sought 10 give the fair investigation r'cuied
for defending the mediums from the charge OF deception
and fraud Now all the main facts and occurrences are