The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-04-23
THE SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH.

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We learn from the New York Tribune, that
paper with the above title is to be established
| in New York and Brooklyn, and that il is to be
the organ of the Spiritual Rappers. We make
| the following quotation from the prospectus ::
| SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH.-Friends of Spir-
| itualism: To meet the demand of the times,
and to furnish an earthly channel through
which the important facts and communications
emanating from The Spirit World may be col
lected together and presented for the mutual
benefit of mankind. it is proposed to establish
in the city of New York paper, TO be issued
| weekly, commencing the first week in May,
| 1852, to be entitled as above.
The Spiritual Telegraph will be devoted
chiefly TO an impartial presentation of the evil
dence of intercourse between the natural and
| spiritual worlds, and communications of gene
raj interest from spirits, through whatever ME-
| dunn and wherever they may have been given,
| and however diverse the sentiments may be in
themselves, or from those held by mortals; to
| the end that all the facts in spiritual phenome-
ma, and all The sentiments expressed by spirits,
| may be brought together in one sheet, and
made accessible to everv person, energizing
thought, progress and social intercourse, and
exert their influence in harmoniZing and eleva-
ting the mind.
If these men do not subject themselves to the
charge ofreceiving money on false pretences,
then there is no use for any such law. They
propose to open channel of communication
with the spiritual world, and to receive GER
tain sum of money for every revelation. What
is this but receiving money under false pre-
fences
Strange as it may appear, Notwithstanding
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lately undergone, there are still, according to
the Express, large number Of persons, some
of them very wealthy, in New York, who still
believe in it. One Of the rappers, the same pa
per says. who figures very conspic uously in
the Trapping" exhibitions al the Howard Ho
TEL is now in the upper part of the city, rapid
ly amassing fortune. She has already q
splendidly furnished mansion, and keeps an of.
fee where she receives her victims.
THE FRESH OF I'LL AND THE MONUMENT.
| Since our article of Wednesday last appeared, a
friend has given further inforunatiou touch
| ing the monument on the Turkey Island estate Ii
raised, not to mark the height of the flood but
TO commemorate it, and is upon ground much high.
| er than any fresh has reached. 1t stands about
| mile from the James River, and about Quarter of
| a mile from the west shore of Turkey Island
Greek, which divides Henrico county from Charles
City. 1t is surrounded by thick growth of Dung
pines the of the forest reea that flourish
ed in the days of the Randolphs, in THE Park
for park was once there, with high palipgs
around it, and dun deer within-aHd the name still
adheres to the place. The monument is an obelisk,
OF brick, faced with stone, originally some IS or 80
feet high but the summit, to the extent OF several
feet, has been broken of by falling trees. There are
inscriptions tn rec of the faces of the obesk one
of which has been worn as to be partly ilegible
We copy them below ver6atin
On the East Face-"The foundation of tbis nil
lar was laid in the caanlitous year III, when all
the great rivers OF this country were swept by in
undations never before experienced, which changed
the face OF nature, and left traces of their violence
that will remain for ages
On the South Face" In the year l772 this mon.
ument was raised to the memory of the first Rich.
ard and Jane Randolph, of Curles, by their third
son, to whose parental affection, industry and
economy he was indebted tor their tenderness in in.
fancy, good education in youth, and ample for.
tune at mature age.
On the Vest Face
"Oh! earth, to him indulgent be-
r cest bestowed on thee
x barren hills with useful shade
twinking ril!s each silent glade
to wear thoughtful gloom,
Natures vernal bloom"
Among the changes in the face of nature al
ludei to in the first inscription, was the total dsap.
pearance of island at the mouth of the creek.
called Turkey Island" which has bequeathed its
name to the creek, and the estate on the main land
now the property of Col. Robert Pickett, of this
city. We are struck with the reelection, that in SO
short period as mas elapsed, great physical
| changes have been almost forgotten, and the pos.
sessions OF powerful family have passed into the
| hands of strangers. Little did the third son" of
| Richard and Jane Randolph, of Curles anticipate,
when he penned the second inscription, that the
waves OF revolution in politics and legislation were
| SO soon to sweep away the landmarks of colonial
aristocracy, with the hereditary acres upon which
they were planted. A more pleasing thought, how
ever, is suggested by the flial uietv which hare