New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-22

thunder, which, beng the action OF miha "as
therefore the voice of the new mind. sketched
this theory, and it was published in The Nom
parea of Cincinnati. | came to this conclu-
sion. for was satisfied that the Mediums had
nothing TO do with the phenoaena. Wine was
asking mental questions, they were laughing ana
talking with others in the room, and pad no )rt
OF attention TO what was doing. At the same
time. I had mental questions answered thst the
Mediums could not know had asked, nd my
self did not know how they should be answered
until after inquiries, when | found they were an-
swered correctly. | was satisfied by this that
nothing but another mind, either of superior
p,wer or having the power OF consulting those
tat did know and in this way answering correct
w could have dictated those answers.
found that | was not the only one answered
in this way. gentleman who had been success
fIl in getting correct replies came INTO the ONCE
where was sitting, and told me the Spirits had
answered him incorrectly for once he had asked
where his wife was, suppOslng her to be IN New
York the reply was, At -, on Long Island
This. he said, could not be so, for he knew Of no
such place as they Indicated. few days after
was with him at the Post Office when he received
n letter from his wife, and the first line ran "
have Just returned from Long island" We COM
pared dates, and found the reply ~ Taps to have
leen correct. Since then have had Medium
under nv own control, and gwen the subject as
close investigation as possible, and have had
many things told that no one IN the room could
possibly know not knowing myself until after sub
sequent inquiry. DIR. Richmond appears not TO
have met with ANYTHING of the kind.
That our minds have powers that act without
our cognZance through our senses IS as ImpOssi-
bic to believe as to believe that these phenomena
are caused By the spirits OF the departed
Again: call it Electricity, Magnetism, what
is gained! The spirit exercises powers equal to
nine If not superior. | have heard, with many
Others, the most perfect notes and the most exqu-
site music on the guitar. thus produced. One
time, the company were seated around large
dining table, the Medium sitting some six feet or
more from me- and the guitar lying under the ia
ble between my feet, and bending over to
satisfy myself that one could touch it, and
there was a very beau fn and perfect accompany
nlent played TO the singing of lady present.. A
number of persons, with myself, have heard the
guitar stuck and notes sounded IN the light, when
al pre- sent could see. The bell has been violently
rlng in the light. whenever called for 1t not
the SWING OF the bell, bur the clapper alone
moved; and this has been done when the bell has
been held between the thumb and fore finger.
The Kissing or whistling noise spoken of by DR..
Richmond | have heard IN four different parts of
the room at once. Ii was more like the chirpmg
of young bird than any thing else.
One evening, when all were sitting quietly. there
was light touch on the floor, tthis DR.. Richmond
mentions y when the music commenced 1t was
accompanied by, may call it dancing on the loor.
We called on these spirits to dance while one
playsd Ii was done. The touch of each spirit
was distinct. When they ceased, a gentleman
present requested them to commune with him
mentally In "a moment. the music recommended,
accompanied by dancing. remarked that there
was the moccason touch and he told me when
they stopped that he had called on the spirit OF
TeCumsch for the Indian war-dance. He then
called mentally for a celebrated stagc-dancer, and
the step was light but different from tn, Indians
lie then mentally requested the spirit Of Pagtninl
to plny on one string. which was almost lnstanta-
neOus Y done. The scraplng noise on the wall and
cIapping of hands then came without being called
for and without any one III the room even having
All idea oft The music playedby the spirits none
OF us had ever before heard aud night afternght,
when called for, they would repeat the different
ans Ii not guitar music and once only have
known them TO use the irets and played guitar
music. In playing, the notes are full and louder
than have ever heard them struck BY hand. When
PLAYING, they appeared to touch the string with the
ipgor-nail. 1t had that peculiar sound. At times
the ups were louder than at Others and once
| noticed this particularly and when the lights
were blown cut, the music commenced, dancing
ana playing the guitar \ lady present re-
quested them to come and dance close by her.
They did so, and then went to each one in the
room. | was sitting in remote corner with ht-
tie boy when scraplng commenced on the chair
the boy sat On. The music pla ing very loud.
Being suspicious, got down on the floor by the
boy. ana. taxing ms iand IN one OF mlne, placed
10y other hand on the char where had heard the
scraping and had my hand touched by two fin
gers. he ends of two fingers felt distinctly Il
second time, and twice after four fingers so slowly
that The nails appeared TO make an impression on
my hand. There we're only five Others in the
room beside the boy and myself, and we kept up a
running conversation. | knew by this that the
Medium and all were sitting still. Missiles were
thrown about the room at different times. We
placed common sewing tiumole III the bottom OF
u tunber and they moved the thimble. have
seen and heard great deal more, the greater part
of which has been enumerated by Dr. Richmond.
Abercrombie gives as a fact that one lobe of the
brain has been known to wther and dry up, and
Yet the person retain all his mental and ply seal
faculties. This would not appear to agree with
the theory laid down by DIR. Richmond. His the
DRY is very ingenious. hut there are few of the
facts above stated which do not agree with it. |
i'll iecapituate
Answers made to questions that neither the
medium nor the person asking could give until al
ter inquiry; the music which none of those pres
cnt had ever heard before: doing things which
stufttd all those in the room, they not expecting
nor thinking ofthcm We have often insisted and
did all We could TO induce them to play, yet they
would poIsist IN doing something else which shows
the ,olition of a distinct mind
repeat the qucstion-Can the mind have attri-
butcs in full force and making manifestations
without the senses being aware of such action |
The touching my hand and playing the guitar
may be proof OF the dawning of new mind, created
from the great reservoir OF mind, by which mind
Will he created by mind, without being cogged by
the body.
| have used the term Spirits for do not
know what else To call it. do not attribute in
correct replies TO the Devil a 80 many do, nor do
! think tIey are accounted for by DIR. RichmOnds |
theory In the exchange of ideas by the human
family, where We have been accustomed from our
Infancy to use certain sounds called language,
tlr.-. HE
meaning intellgbly Mt all times hence the great
difficulty in oratory in the adaptation of terms to
convey thought rs to give the right impression.
II, then, it is difficult for US after a fe-ti ne
spent in acquiring language, to always give the
correct IMPRESSION how mnch more difficult it
l. - .-..u 4 II 1.