Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-03-06

attended in the afternoon DR. Underl delivered ano-
Their spirit lecture addressed this time the mediums
which the reporter describes livery long and prosy
1t expressed the deepest soctude for the welfare Of the
mediums thanked them for their labors announced
shrewd business tact have these Spirits an i'm
portant book soon be given to the world through
Cleveland medium" The report says:
Toward the close Of the lecture numerous rappngs
heard in the vicinity of several mediums Mr. Lewis then led
in singing.
Experiences called for and Mr. G. =. Lewis
lated his rather remarkable considering Judge Price,
OF Mahoning invited upon the stand relate his expe-
rence and while doing was interrupted by the vbratoy
manifestations Of the right of Mr. Steele in the gallery
who announced that Swedenborg had communication to
make Swedenborg stated that there not sufficient har
rappngs Of other mediums Singing resorted to- and Mr.
Lewis Where the twelve apoesY The spirits
muncated that more lively music would be agreeable and Mr.
Tiffany invited ladies TO forward and and sing He
suggested Three grains of corn the spirit air for the piano
and the Old Granite State also played and sung Rap
pings and vibratory manifestations frequent Of the
male female mediums being exercised
Of the rkngs Of the revyass in Kentucky
ago. and the early Mormons Of more modern times.
Still the demonstrations powerful and satisfac
tory anticipated and spirits through medums we'll
believers declared that harmony and Of mind
must be obtained; Of separating the saints from
the heather must be devised Mr. Robinson Of Summit stated
that twenty delegates from that county and
among them several mediums They had TO get their
faith strengthened and the Of unbeevers destroyed
the spirit influences Such should withdraw fow started
when adjournment for half hour moved with the
understanding that but spuaists should then be ad
mitted Before the question put young rushed
door against that he had before spoken pub
lie but the spirits commanded him to speak against this
course 90. The motion was carried.
On consultation IL resolved TO bring the mediums to-
gehe upon the platform This done to the number Of
forty fifty, about third males. The mediums Of all
ages children Of twelve to old of sixty They
in circle the platform, Dr. Underhl standing in
the manager Sptuasts admitted TO the hail.
the being subject the Of crvoynnt at
the door, The again commenced with music and tho
ybratoy manifestations appings were more general and
violent than when the were among
Prey fha rio nd of Wi
More music resorted and Vote yourself Farm
| was sung Dr. Underhi spoke few moments with much
the also considerably
cd in power white haired gentleman and exhorted
few moments at the time jerking and twitchng all
young who had been violently exercised by jerks and
spasms and for moments In of Indian
precisely the Mormons affected when they sup
the indians the lost tribes and they had received
promised land The spirit Of Black Hawk Ind probably
turned to Cuyahoga to vndcate the truth of history
The fell far short Of those promised that
Mr. Tiffany took charge Of the mediums He stated that the
three classes of medumsrapping vbraory and WHITING
would not harmonic when seatcd promscuousy and the
must sit together They thus arranged but the
convincing manifestations did come and the last effort to
call spirits from the vastly deep was by turning all but the
rapping mediums from the STAGE This accomplished the fail
apparent than and as it growing dark
and the mediums if not spirits, needed refreshments an ad
journment was carried mem. CON-
At the evening session spirits honored the mediums
with communications there being too many heather
present Mr. Tiffany, however, had spirit lecture
ready processing to be statement Of the spiritual theory
1t was very papable plagiarism from Swedenborgs
writings and the spirits might have saved themselves
hard raps by referring Mr.. to the books, the
whole discourse being nothing than the as earth
SO in heaven" theory As the speaker became tedious,
the uruy spirits in the audience took the cue from the
casion and trapped hard that the speaker cut short
the lecture whether with without the consent of the
spirits who dictated it is said stronger evidence
of disagreement between the spirits next manifested
Dr. Underh rising denied that A. J. Davis of Pough-
keepsie authorized exponent OF the spiritual sys
tenn the bitter rivalry of even spiritual authors! That
announcement of Forthcoming book betokens war be-
the parsans of the Poughkeepsie and Ceve
land mediums The feud has, in fact already broken ou
for this announcement made the speaker
was prevented from saying any thing more by IAN
usual rapping in all parts of the house." The closing
of the day ridiculous but humiatng proceedings
and those of the of the following day. are
thus described by the Herald:
"A of the audience favorng adjournment fol-
lowed but question having been propounded to Mr. Tiffany
by in the crowd quite houseul to order
For hours questions and answers followed and seye
raj gentlemen engaged in the discussion. Blows
and taken, in good nature mainly and the whole apping
theory knocked the great Of the audience
The hard hits both sides received with cheers and
laughter and Mr. T. found full match in gentleman who
had the theory and practice of the
of the spruass until he proved them TO be humbug In
the question why mediums give false
swe Mr. asserted that mediums had no control of the an
swers that spirits alone responsible. The gentleman
then related instance Of his experience In Rochester
he with Others had an interview with BENJAMIN Franklin
through the well known Miss Margaret Fox An from
Franklin raped out by Of the alphabet and when
read by the medium, pronounced ungammatica by
gentleman the table, second time IL raped out by
the spirit and again pronounced ungrammatica Miss Fox
Immediately left the table Indignantly with the emphatic
mark, You all know don't understand grammar The
noise and confusion such, and prolonged that
lost Mr.. IT'S reoiner
During the discussion the gentleman offered present to
the mediums 500 If all Of them, and their spirits Mt
the convention, would give correct any Of ten
questions he would write out seal up and deposite in safe,
and we understood Mr.. I. TO accept the test
"The discussion continued until old gentleman,
who seemed firm believer offered to back up his opinion
md n horse e