Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-12-03

at least thirty thousand converts in this
city, and there are million in the country
al large it was revealed to me by the
Spirits seven months beforehand that Spir-
tualsm would break out in Europe as well
as here, and now it is extended over Eng
land and other countries of Europe, and it
has found its way even into Asia the most
intellectual and most learned men are be-
levers in it.
Q.-1s that the case here?
.4.-Yes; if you only saw what letters
| get from all parts of the coun,ry-from
judges, clergymen, editors of newspapers,
men of high postion-you would be as
tonished in this city the most respectable
and intelligent classes have become con-
verts.
Q.-I think the rapid sale of your Book
at dollar and quarter per copy is a proof
of that. have learned from the publishers
that il has already reached four editions,
and is likely 10 equal the sale of Uncle
Toms Cabin
A.-Yrs, they cannot supply the de-
mand.
Q.-Would it not have been better 10
have made it cheaper!
A.-That was my opnion; / wished 10
have it sold at fifty cents; but for the first
10000 copies the publishers have an agree
ment, and ! cannot reduce the price till
after that number is disposed of; | don't
want TO make money of it, but 10 diffuse il
among the people.
Q.-I perceive il is but the first volume.
Is there another to come?
A.--Oh, yes. Look at that pile OF man
uscript under the table. There is more
there than would make another volume of
the same size. Besides, / have materials
for still more.
Q.-What is 10 be the nature Of the sec
ond volume?
Alt will enter more in detail into the
occupations and employment of the Spirits
in the spheres. The public mind is hardly
prepared for these revelations as vet
There are some things we have seen and
heard that we dare not tell now, because
We would not be believed.
Q.-1S it not possible TO account for the
phenomena mentioned in your book by re-
ierring them 10 the workings of the imagi-
nation.
a-How the ID could ten persons
imaginatlons be affected in :he same way
at the same time ? They have said that my
Imagination has become the prey of NOR
bid melancholy on the account OF the loss
OF my wife, and that this will account for
what | have seen and heard. | candidly
confess that | was laborng under mental
| depression about the time my attention was
directed TO the subject. But what has this
to do with facts witnessed equally by my
self and others! 1t is useless 10 talk oi
Imagination when we know that we have
been cop:ersant with facts. What amount
OF persuasion wonld induce me TO believe
that am not now looking at you! Then,
when we find such men as Judge Fowler,
Of the Supreme Court OF Kentucky, firm
believers in the system, from their own ex-
perience, what other conclusion can any
rational mind come TO then that this is a
tremendous reality Judge Fowler called
on me some months ago, and converseti
with him on the subject, and introduced
him TO the circles. He not only became a
convert, but is now preaching SpiIituallsm
in his own family, members of which are
mediums. You have seen Gov. Tallmadge's
letters. The first time l ever had any
communication, was one night when was
lying in bed awake, reading. was not
thinking on the subject at all. The mani
| festa,ion was as distinct to my senses as any
thing ever was. When my friend Isaac
] Hopper was sick, called to see him, and
on my way home | visited a medium and
asked question mentally about the health
OF MIR. Hopper, and whether he would re-
cover. The medium answered he was
already dead. No one present knew the
question ] asked. / went back and found
my friend dead. His spirit has since Wis
tied me. Where is the Imagination in
this ? ! could mention many names of per-
| sons in high station who are believers, but
for the fear Of the ridicule with which they
would be visited. Look at the manner in
which have been mlsrepresenteG in the
Times and the Journal of Commerce. This
is what destroys the influence of the press.
The EUeniug Post is good paper. Judge
you Tor yourself. II this thing be true,
there is something worth knowing in it,
and il deserves investigation. Unreasona-
Bile tests ought not TO be asked. For in
stance, man wrote 10 me to say that il
would have been better that Bacon and
Swedenborg had communicated with me
in Latin, in which they wrote, when liv-
ing, that the public might have an oPpor.
ntuity Of comparing their style. How
many in the United States are Judges oi
the Latin style OF Bacon and Swedenborg
Q.-I should like very much TO be pres
ent at some of these circles, and see and
hear for myself.
Ave have private circles whicn ar,
only for the initiated, and those somewha
developed. There is private circle al
my house twice in the week-Sundays an,
Thursdays; but there are public circle
where money is charged. There is Mrs
Coan, OF White Street, and Mrs. Brown
of West Twenty-sixth Street, at who's
residences rappings and Spiritual communi
cations can be witnessed.
Q.-And is money charged!
.A.-Yes; | had 10 begin there, ant
plodding through much that was perplex
ing, worked my own way upward. 1t re
qures vast amount of patience and perse
verence. | know another lady-a Mrs
Seymour Of Sixth Avenue--who is so ex
| nOisits a medinn that cha can dascriha mos