New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-01

....s are also taking their wholesome medicines
lieh have proved beneficial 70 the moral heai'h u
a. lsdies and gentlemen Of England II. T.. A.
Lsuis Napoleon IL administering SOCIALISM W :u -
vr,nch 10 rapdly proceeding doses and the Doargeoo
afpsris are complaining that OF bis goou,es are
large az slopathic pills. AMI that &c Was niruy i1 -
him to Danish the old practitioner ana os"ou june 'se
dangerous quantities which they pfescloe.u' a"as5
kjueef under pretence Of ystemenurey oPPosed
20 theirs ia not only administering the Saue nea1hes
but In almost equally large and nauseous u"ses ne
undoubtedly the successful Vi 'ne age
and notwithstanding bis barberous sargcAi Operations
Of Dec Ie1 NV private opinion is that he Is the most
nscfnI al Europe at the present time and 10 the
urss.nt sssse a things do not speak OF principle ana
kosor but Of action and utility Louis Philippe had
isb mined the moral health OF France by excessive
;,;.si corrptjon and mendacty. The socialist fever
~ set;onary commissions endangered the very life Of
the nacp but Louis Napoleon, believe, viii restore
Tr,,re 10 ouiet health and common again, what
ever bis own fate may be, as Emperor and head OF re-
yiyed d. nasty.
rutiI All parties are, 70 some extent, agreed in
theory at least and legislation having actually
commenced TO realize the practical details
Of many long vexed questions there lu in public
eontroyersy quite remarkable in contrast with the v0
ept agitation of preyiO6s years 10 all the countries Of
Europe but this calm has been converted into a
fresbfne breeze Of late by vstfrOmthe spirit rappers
of America. Several mediums" have crossed the
Atlantic and through them, the spirits Of Bsnjsm1
fIanhl n, nBudD Jtub, JcHcIsOu OcObFM
Washington and other renowned spirits Of departed men
ard women have been astonishing the world with their
communications 10 mortsls in the flesh The parsons
and philosophers are puzzled 10 account for these
strange tricks and supeTstiti0ns" believing there
Ia something in them; others deDOuncng them vile
impostuIes have been 70 listen 10 the raps bnt cannot
understand themye spirit purpOrtng to be that Ofmy
mother who died rs years ago, spelled out her christian
and her maiden correctly; and that astOnished
me- and seemed to set aside all idea Of mpOst1re bat
shortly afterward a spirit manifested desire u speak
TO e. and gave its name as that of my friend William
Henry Charming Of Boston; when asked the date Of
HI. death the 9Th Of February, 1853 raped out
have since been informed that William Henry Chan
ring il not dead at ALL and in inquring q the spirits
what this meant, informed that the spirit which
came 10 me not thatof my friend William Henry, but
that OF bis uncle and the year Of his death 1852 Ga
iDquirng how the ofdate arOseI informed that
tbs should be explained to other OCCASION and
now am suspended between doubt and ignorance await
ing the light which is promised 70 explain discrep
sDcies have given you my own case as a sample Of
what sakiDg place pretty generally with respect TO the
"spiTit rappers" in England. What will come Of it
cannot say but the parsons maintain already that they
are "uDblessed spirits who venture to disturb the
peace OF this innocent world in order to recruit for the
lower regions which in danger Of being depOpu
late by the untrBg zeal aud holiness Of Chstend0m 10
the Of true religion. These spirit rappngs"
opening religious controversy in the world again. and
teem TO announce religious agitation as intense
that Of socialism and political reform have been since
the Tefo nation set the spirit Of religions controversy
partially at rest. But. you know Of this in the
United States than We in Europe. HUGH DoHERrT