Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1852-10-20
'oND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.


WORCESTER, Sept. 50, 1852.
The convention met to- day in the
City Hall The Rev. Adm Ballou
took the chair, and called the meet
ing to order at II o'clock.
Andrew Jackson Davis was intro
duccd to the convention, and read
what he said was a true and faith
full record of visions he had seen, and
commune atoms he had received
from an inhabitant Of the spirit sph
eres. A description was given of a
congress Of spirits which Mr.. Davis
saw with his spiritual eyes. His
angel showed him cross of hail
stones suspended in the air; and also,
great fields of pondrous electric ele
ments and meteoric stones, ana told
him that the laws of gravitation were
not yet well understood. The spirit
showed him these to prove that spir-
itual bodies, which were matter spir-
itualized, could walk, move, and have
their being in the superior spheres,
without any yiulation of natural law
The Hplrit told Nh togo and cal1hl1l(
70 repentance md life, for the king
dom Of heaven was at hand.
Mr.. Hewitt read communication
written by the spirit of John Han.
cock, which was approved by the
spirits Of George Washington, Pat
rick Henry, Roger Sherman, and
Benjamin Franklin. 1t is said that
John M Spear was yet to be the won
der of the world. He would 60 forth
to heal the sick, and do many mar
vellous things. John Hancock, Pat
rick Henry, etc, seem to have for
gotten their grammer, and acquired
a style of preaching peculiar to
Shakers, Ranters, Jerkers, and Bark
ers. 1t was a poor prediction. T.
A lady on the platform be gan TO
shake, and cry out .-"Oh! that
could shake all things that are to be
shaken! Oh! that l could tell my ex-
perience since | was twelve years
old-draw near, for the day is
breakingv
A Scotchman named Davidson,
looking like the wizard in Campbelrs
poem of "Lochiers Warning" rose,
and said that the spirit of John Han
cock had just told him that certain
words had been used by the medium
in the communication read by Mr..
Hewitt which he did not approve of.
A lady read a communication from
a spirit in Ohio. 1t called on the
spiritualists to be full oflove. 1t was
a regular Ranter's splurge of sermon
izing.
The body, at this point, adjourned
till two o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention re- assembled at
two o'clock. .. ..... ......
A Shaker said the Shakers were
spiritualists. He said marriages was
at the root of all the worlds sin, folly
and suffering. 1t was the basis of
all seltishness; until marriage and
family were abolished the world
could not be regenerated.
A red-faced fat, brawny Irish
woman, from High Rock, rose, with
her eyes shut, and her head hanging
down, and spoke a lot of bad En-
glish in a harsh voice.
At the same time, a young man
behind her whirled his hands about,
rolled his head, clapped his hands,
and then Selling mans hat, began
to write with pencil and paper upon
the crown thereof.
About four yards from these, two
lunatics, tall idiot, with pale,
cadaverous face and black beard, got
upon his feet and whirIed round like
a top, clapping his hand, shaking
and muttering. At last he made a
dead point with one of his hands at
the Irish medium, who was granting,
blowing and rolling her head like
person under the influence of opium.
Mr.. Bingham objected to these de-
monstrations.
A member, much excited, deman-
ded that the spirits, should be allow
ed to talk. ........
A big, fat man of the John Rogers
breed, who sat on the platform, cried
out, "Obey God rather than man
Let the spirits speak Amen, Amen"
This scene exceeded all that could
be imagined Of Bedlamism and folly.
The chairman repudiated all such
fanaticism and folly as this. lftheseI
were rpipituut eommunica tions, It,
preferred the communications we
could have from the spirits of living
men. He would not allow his reason
to be imposed upon by such irrational
demonstrations.
The chairman is man of talent
apparently, and has candor and
reason. How he got into such
squal is beyond comprehension.
The convention adjourned for three
months, to meet at some other local
ity in this State.
DTA Spaniard named d. Castro,
alias ID. Valincia, of the Mexican
army, has been arrested at Cincin-
natl, on suspicion of having stolen
the $4,000 lost at the Weddall
House few days since.