Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-05-01
miscellaneous.
From Sartain's Magazine for May.
Views From q C0rIcr,...NO. lY.
A TABULAR view OF THiSes SPIRITUAL.
AND TEMPORAL.
ny GEORGE s. BuRLEfaR.

three worlds, one would say, should sniisly
the most nclivc curiosity. But curiosity,
more insatiatc than the lcancst OF all vsinucd
lean kline, comes from deyOuriug the iutest
OF It's namcsakes with kcencr hunger than
before. What wonder, then, that my curl
osity was awake with eageruess TO take
peep, when new window was flung open,
commanding, not merely another world, but
The other world What if the medium for
the transmission of light, was the Opaque
lenf of a pine table the pntrurchs oil old
had no clearer windows for this world.
Let me not intimate, so early in my story
Jet no one intimate so carly in the history
of spiritual communications, that this VIM
dow did not, aud does not open over the
Vertable wOndcr-rcuul, but rather into sOue
quite terrestrial laboratory, ! know we must
bc cautious. The case Of the anxious truv-
eiler, who, to discover the state of the wealth
CT at night, thrust his head into the cupboard,
mistuking il for n window, is n warning. -
What is the weather." inquired his COM
panon. "Oh, il is dark rs Egypt, and L
smriis Of old cheese" he replied.
Ii have sometimes thought the weather.
from this new window was as dark, aud
smelt of cheese, or other matters not less
earthly, will mohcslly believe that have
looked from tho wrong aperture. Something
is opening, surely; il not to tho grcGt out
doors, then, perhnps, TO the pantry, which
may also result in knowledge.
My business is not row with tlio reality,
hut with the appearance OF those naUtesta-
tions called spiritual; aud if confiue myself
10 the funny side of the show, 1t is because
my nostrils still retain Il faint smell OF cheese |!
Spirits, OF one kind or Other, to be in the
mouths OF everybody. The "Kuppings," and
"Tappings" are not less a matter Of talk in
regard to ardent spirits. Tnc Maine Liquor
Law, rolling out barrels and drcnching the
earth with their contents, has much in com
mon with the revelation which is bringing
such an influx OF dsemboded spirits TO the
earth. ii these mysterious demonstrations
and dcvelOpments--or,as the Sadducees may
say, demonstrations aud paopc-ments-
are not from the same progressive force that
produced the Maine Law, they are, in the
main, produced by II similar law, newly en-
acted, perhaps, empowering heir-arches and
lower-archics To turn om spirits without the
incumbranco OF htbenS corpus In vain the
sad mourner, like piiiul sheriff, cunsgus
them to, ." the Tonbs;' they are us large, as
as life, at least, aud not quite free from row
dysm, in all quarters.
Set down rs "goue," in the tables OF NOR
tality, they are come again, aud the tables
are turned, in n fashion whch might warrant
the assertion that the domestic altar is
shaken to its foundation; for what comes
nearer representing that ideal piece of fur
niture, than the family table, where Ilymen
first offered pair OF "turllc-doves," and at.
terwards the 'young pigeons" in their sea-
son?
Contrary to the old phenomenon, i, is now
the spirits TINT become tipsy, as it intoXicnt-
ed with delight AT tho new turn which things
are taking in their favour; or perhaps, from
sympathizing with us, in rnpt admiration of
the telegraphic despatch with which know-
edge is gained, now that we can drink il ut
the tap, instead Of waiting for some llelico-
nian up-bearer,-queenly lIehe, or Queen
of Sheba, TO bring It from It's fountain bead.
We must suppose that the eccentric Rapp
Tor is it lhc famous Knox?l has made more
proselytcs in lhe other world thnn he was
able to do IN this; or that bis disciples, not
content with the noise they made while in
the fesh, arc determined to Justify their
name among the living. il might be sup
posed tina, persons coming back TO Il world
70 long their home, and to old acdunintan.
ces, would walk in without knocking,-bu
change ottimes viii change manners though
in some cases those who have acquired the
mysterious nrt Of writing with n pencil shu
fast in book, have left their cards according
10 earthly courtesy.
The most elaborate civilites, however, arc
passed between the invisible vsi,ers and the
table; whether from dearer recollecIions
connected with it, or from its greater suscep
tibilty to psyhcal Impressions is not reveal
ed. The fact is obvious, from the manI
spirited, il not exactly spiritual maneauvre.
which it perlorms,-if this Frenchy deriya
tive is not too Irish when applied to the Leg,
of table. The unseen guests pay thei,
courtesies TO the table, when, almost carried
away witt, the excitement of its novel power
bows and scrapes ms gracefully as only ioul
kneeless wooden legs could bow and scrapc
I'LL, often entirely overcome, il comes entire.
lyover, and yields itself, like any other disci
ciple OF Fox, TO the inward guidance of the
spirit relying no more upon its natural un.
derstanding, for its uprigbtness.
This result is not bad, when the table !,
set expressly tor such guests, but very disas
trous when it is I" set" for carnal annette
No tea, or dinner service is respected, ii then
this superdnimdted quadrnped yields itself I,
the service of spirits. Britannia ware, he
fore It is aware, will find itself us completed,
fioored as ever the sons of Briiannl
were. Knives and forks will cut mud run
and sancers be dashed in spite of their sauce
the best white Paris platter, will not be wortl
pinch OF Paris piatre-5idne; while Chin,
fowls and foul china, turkeys and Turke,
carpets, or bacon-fat aud Brussels, in ON,
mingled confusion, will convince the mos
sksptical that something uncommon is on
the tGpis, and that tables are turning over d
new leaf in the history of cabinet-ware.
That all this ia typsical no one can deny
Witness the overthrow of successive cnbi.
nets in the old world; witness, also, in our
own country, the qundrennial destruction
nnd reconstruction Of Cabinets, Boards nnd
Bureaus,- not to mention tho new creh,
'ion of new Benches,-when q new Presi