The North-Carolinian., 1853-11-12
MWRI'IEI GARDLllNlAM,
FAYETT TEVILL N. C..
SHfrifual3Sm.

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The New York Herald contains highly -
teresting account of interview between one
OF the Reporters of that paper and JudgesEd-
moads of New York, the celebrated advocate
OF spiritualism, who has recently published
volume of 500 pages ON the subject Judge
Edmonds was RECENTLY Judge of the Supreme
Court of New York, man of great legal abil-'
/ ity and extensive literary attainments. His
example and influence are. therefore calcuiafetl
! to exert a very considerable inflpencosssz1Fe,
ffaTc not room Tor any thing Ike a fa1f nssc1ht
| of his opinions given in this interview, but
will present brief abstract of them upon some
leading topics which will be found highly inter
csting.
Judge f. says that Spiritua1ism is system
ofreligion, not opposed to christianity, Gin which
he frmly believes,) but supplemental and adj
jutory to it. The Mosaic and christian dispen-
sations he thinks were good in their day, but
| the new one is better. He thinks it will make
men better by imprcssing the reality on them
that the spirits always with them and the
spectators OF every mean action. Says the
Judge:
at is impossible for spirtualist to be a
rogue. 1t Will make men better. / know it
has made me better. A curious case occurred
In CIRCLE which shows the Importance of spir-
ltuallsm. medium said to "a friend of mine
''you have had disagreement with your wife
| and have fallen out with her because she did a
very mean thing" This literally true, and
L was the only man present who knew it, What
salutary effect, therefore, must this have upon
domestic matters! See how it would reform
our legislation, too! If men were spiritualsts
they would never consent to capital punishment
| for crime
Q. Why SO?
\. Because it would be removing a man from
| a worse to a better condition.
q. Do criminals that are hanged 90 direct to
| heaven?
| \. No, but any condition out of this world
| IS better than their condition here. The wicked
continue in hell after they die, until they are
developed and purified.
G. DO the spirits of negroes ever come?
\. No, not that am aware Of; have never
! thought of that and it is important, because
you know they say the African race have no
souls | saw two colored mediums in the South.
O. W hat IS your view of hell?
| \. 1t is condition, and not a locality: and
though there is literal fire or that sort of
thing, the spirits Of the wicked suffer dreadfqIy
they are in the most horrible and black de
spair, and are kept in ignorance of the future
heaven that awaits them When bad men die,
they are only delivered from the bonda@e of the
body, and not Of the mind.
z. Do these spirits ever communicate their
sufferings to the circles?
n. They do, in the most fearful manner; and
the spirits of the just also communicate their
happiness.
z. Have the spirits bodies after death?
A: Certainly, but spiritual bodies, which are
continually becoming more highly developed
They have homes but they wander from
planet to planet and over the regions of infinite
space. That is the reason that sometimes they
are not within call In sleep the spirit is alb
tin h<,,1x- 4
by some little umbilical cord. What the spirit
does in sleep is concealed from US in life. When
we die it is all revealed, and then both our
sleeping and waking moments will make up our
existence. Such is the philosophy of sleep, and
it shows how important that our waking life
should be pure, for sleep will partake Of the
same character.
q. Do the spirits always tell the truth?
a. No; for there evil lying spirits as
well good, and must learn to distinguish
between them by reason, just as we
distinguish between the good and the evil in
this life.
Q. Then we are liable to be led astray by
some of the spirits?
| A. Certainly; and some ofthese fellows cut
extraordinary pranks, and do immense mischief
and the only way to defeat them is by bringing
discretion on their teachings by the agency 0
. good spirits. There is great deal of fanati
! csm. \ man who was led astray by fanati
$ cal medium cured in this way: He wa
directed to dig into the earth six feet at a cer
tain spot when he would find vast quantity G
= gold. He did so, but found none. He wa
then directed by the spirit to dig two feet more
but still he found none. Again he was directe
to dig another foot He did, and found nothing
: upon which he said to- the spirit "You ar
humbugging me-" The spirit replied, "To b
sure l am; go home you fool, and attend t
r. r. your business" There is another case of ma
who is operating in stocks in Wall street unde
the influence OF a fanatical spirit, which is keel
ing him posted i'll advance of the mails about tn
operations of the Rothschlds in Europe Th
is man will probably be ruined. How absurd it
1t to consult the spirits such matters -
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5. \ New Town IN GUILFoRD-The sale of N
kendalls lots at thd depot on the Central Ra
Road where the Fayetteville & Western Plan
- Road crosses the Rail Road, took place Q
Friday the 21st October. This depot is situa
ed l 6 miles southwest of Greensboro and
A. said to be a handsome location for a town. "
learn that Mr. Kendall sold on the 21st abou
i'd 25 acres divided off in acre and half acr
t lots and that the whole brought about f'cemf5
= enin hundred dollars-S3O2, 90 being the highest
and $40. 90 the lowest at which any lot was BIZ
off Before the location of the Rail and Planl
Roads the same lands would nrt have brough
more than ST. g. at farlhest 50 per acre
~ This does not look much like running the far
d mers through whose lands the roads pass. W