Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1853-06-04

the "great and glorious principles of the Demo.
cratic party' in the background, and adopting the
Homestead bill and the name of its author az
their war>cry in the present canvass.
BThe Petersburg IntelHgencer, in its issue
OF Thursday, undertakes to enlighten US MS to the
manner in which the Democratic party have OBJ.
tanned such an overwhelming ascendancy in that
city. 1t ascribes this result to three causes
first, to the extension of the right of suffrage
secondly, to the nomination of Con- Scott; and
thirdly, to the Bolts feud, which, according to
our contemporary, has '.extended its desolating
agency throughout the State" and the traces of
which he thinks he has ''seen very distinstIy iu
Petersburg" We forbear to enter into an exam.
lnatlon of the sufficiency of these excuses, mas
much as the task would be Improbable one at
best, and we might moreover be led into the dis
cusslon OF old matters that had as we'll be let
alone. We are content with having walked
up the editor of the Intellieencer and iu.
duced him to undertake serious investigation
OF the causes that have led to the decliue
aud fall of the Wbig party in Petersburg. We
do not think that he has yet hit upon the true
explanation, but we have no doubt that if he con-
tinues his philosophical meditatons ON the sub
Ject, he will arrive at the secret at last, and will
And 1t In lazy, Inefficient and worthless organi-
cation among the Wings of his town. Having
detected the true cause of the evil, the remedy
will be obvious and easy. We can readily IN
derstand from the hints afforded by our contempt.
rary's article, how the Wings of Petersburg have
been beaten down. Instead of working at home
they have amused themselves with listlessy
watching the progress Of '.Bous feuds' in this
district.
Professor J. H. Anderson. the great Wizard
of the North, who not long ago astonishe1 the
natives of this city with his fsats of ugglery, is
now performing in New York. He processes to
expose spiritual rapping and few days ago he
offered reward of $1,000 to any person who
would produce cause to be produced. any raps
in his presence for which he could not account Oh
scientific principles. The rappers took up his
offer and the following is their version OF what &C.
CURED:
This offer was brought to the notice of Mrs.
Ann l.. Brown formerly Fish) who accepted it,
and nothed the Professor that she with her sister
Kate Fox, would attend his exhibition on the
evening aforesaid, which she did accomp aned by
her sister and Mr. Partridge who, Mr.. L. on
Professor AS call, came forward to the platform,
and there proposed, as Mrs. Brown had previous
~ done by letter, that committee of seven
should be chosen from the audience-two gem
temen and two ladies by Prof. A., and two gen.
| tlemen and one lady on the part of Mrs. Brown
which committee should decide whether ''raps''
were then aid there made at Mrs. BIS desire by
some Invisible power, and without any percepti-
BILE or conscious agency therein on the part of any
person present.
| Prof. A. refused to submit the question to any
such Committee, though he was to choose a ma
Jority Of its members, but insisted first that he
himself, and then that the whole audience pre-
sent should be the arbiters. though it was mani
testify impossible that more than half the audi
ence could be brought enough to determine
with any sort of certainty how the 'raps' or
conclusions were prodsced, while many of them
| would probably be unable to hear them at all
Finding nothing like a scrutiny and decision at
tainabe, Mr.. Partridge left the platform AMI sat
hearing himself and his party denounced aud
berated by the Professor. not much to the sat-
sfaction of the auditors, to the close of his per-
Torrance.
/ LUTHERAN SYNoD-The General SYNOD of
the Lutheran Church WIS in session in Winches-
ter last week. This body meets every third year.
end embraces all the Synods Of the United States,
about thousand ciergymen and over three thou.
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