The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-04-25

HERMrT-(Peter was sincere)-she will look
into the whited sepulchres of England-and
when she does, she will find that she has
struck upon something many fold more horri.
BILE than any thing connected with American
slavery
The SPIRITUALIsTs.-These people are making
themselves satisfied over statement from Bremen,
that table of sixty pounds weight was moved there
by persons sitting around it and holding their
across it with their hands in contact. In the in.
stance described, the table first moved its axis
and then In northwardiy line-the persons NOV,
ing with it. They concluded to touch arms and
the table stopped they brought their hands in con-
tact again, and the table moved again. Finally it
returned to the place it started from, and rested
from its labors steadily its legs as it did be-.
fore the little promenade it took in obedience to
The wills of the persons around it. This table
movement is claimed by the spiritualists part
of their psychological system. 1t is an exceeding
ly agreeable experiment for young ladies and gen
tlemen, and we should suppose would be very pop
ulsr In the Bremen case, it is mentioned that one
Of the ladies got tired and broke the ring by retr
ing. Those that remained, soon closed it up again
and the experiment went on. Wen be bound for
II, sho old enS took plesaurs In
that delightful sensation produced by the contact
of the hands of the youthful and ardent, among
young ladies and gentlemen. In these experiments
we have not doubt the young men asss, the ia
ble-a leetle-just to keep up the Illusion increase
curiosity, and cause the more frequent repetition of
the experiment The ely young rascals, as thew
are
Tv,n1a rof fbaC rr, TIL
some statements of wonderful things newly come
TO pass. marvellous medicinal spring has, it
states, been discovered by spiritual direction, in
Carroll, Chstague county, New York. This looks
very like Yankee trick-a regular Barnum =
That spring will have a great run. This adyer
tisement will put it decidedly ahead 1t was. no
doubt, all spiritual affair. The spirit moved the
interested person to make the discovery, and he
will have spirit and ingenuity enough to profit BY
1t. Another remarkable affair is the "1nanifesta.
tom of the presence of the spirit of deceased hus
band to his wife-a few days after his death-6rst
by the usual appearance produced by the breath
upon the face of the mirror, and then the appear.
ance of likeness of the deceased in the mirror
with subsequent raps, informing his family that he
had simply come to redeem promise that he would
let them know after his death that he was present
Cruel old man, couldn't he be quiet and let his fam
lily alones The event created great excitement
and was witnessed by all the family, including the
Irish servant girl, who was SO frightened that she
ran away but returned in day or so. She would
have showed her good sense, by never returning
to the trapping family" What deal of uneasi
ness will the visions of the old rapper from below
give that poor girl The Telegraph has yet anoth.
er miracle, in the spiritual impression upon the
mind of Miss M, that her mother was about To
die: the correctness of which, sustained by the
death of the old lady that morning.
These lmpresslons-or rather these fears-that
sldpsrents and old friends are soon to die ara al.
ways present with afectionately disposed perssps.
and as Miss Ms impression did not give the exact
time OF the death of her dear old mother. she did
not even arrive at that surprising result: lucky
prediction
1t is remarkable fact of the age that there are
thousands of poor people deuded into belief of
Lnese spiritual rappings and manifestations But
efeei satisfaction from the fact that the delu.
sion il altogether Northern, and has taken no root
In the South ills certainly consoling that if slave
ryis the evil Northern fanatics represent it, the
people among whom it exists are free from the
curse OF those mad vagaries of the enthusiasts of
the day which destroy the peace and happiness
oiso large number of people at the North.
nat IL" somewhat remarkable that this delusion
snoaio exist any where at this age. There was an
inteigent printer in this Office short Ii me since
VINO was believer in rappings We suggested to
nj" tne inconsistency of the mode of communcs.
'on oy reps with spirit. A rap was produced BY
TWO substances coming suddenly together, and we
could not see how anything ETHEREAL could produce
such an eject We asked how was it that spirits
came to communicate In that manner Unless
they had all et In convention and agreed on that
mode, we did not sec how they could all adopt it,
He answered that the system of raps was invented
by DR.. Framklis tive years ago. He then went
into description of the modus operandi, which ct
course was utterly absurd to US, since we neither
admitted NOR understood their theories We felt a
little regret that our prototype, DR. Franklin.
should hkve been saddled with such an absurd in.
venton-an invention which, were he alive, none
would more detest than he. We mention this case
~ss one in point. In other sespests tie young gen