New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-11
THE NIGHT SIDE OF NATURE.
PROGRESS OF GHOsTOLoGY IN AMERICA.
Most Astonishing and Curious Phenomena.


We have lattery not heard much about the spiritual phe
pomepa so called the last important event in that line
which we now recolect having been the formation OF Mr.
NPTalmadge's and Mr. H. II. Day orthodox association
of aecolyes in the new revelation But though the pubic
attention ia no longer called TO the subject as when It's
wonde rs possessed the attraction of novelty 1t Is not TO DE
supposed that the business OF ghostseeing ana tsoc
pounding checked in the least or that the conversion o
skoptics is not going forward with as much rapdiy rs
ever The literature of the phenomena is ncreasng-ere
are not less we should say than about hundred distinct
hooks upon them-and the journals devoted to Their
weekly exposition numerous as they are, all wear the
asnset of thrift and prosperity One of them calculates
that over 200 900 believe that is the figure
have been raised out of the abyss Of absolute n6delty
into belief in spiritual existence by the intervention OF the
RAINING tipping and jerking ghosts In the med-
cal line too these mysterious agencies are dong strong
business Aside from the prescribing mediums ahu son
pambuls,s-not TO be conounded with those whose hu
minated tansparencies every evening In broadway aac'
the crowd of passers to see the spiritual denonstfaonS
q, one or two shi ngs admissonthere are various rem
edes of ehoeily origin which proer heath 10 tue sue
INC a, ths most reasonable rates. Nerve-soohng vital
- ohonsonetic nostrums for bowel complaints
hrii md nsvchoue,ric modes of treatment, are all
accessible q, the world of sufferers and we presume th"i
none Of them ia half as injurious TO the human syS-
TEN as the prescriptions of any regular OIL o
good old csomel-giving and bood-letanS SCHOOL n"'
ihese are rather the exterior manifestations OF this psrcn
lar form Of what Mrs. Grove calls the Night Side Oh Ma
ture The inner wonders are of another characters some o'
them novel; and all of them curious especially 10 'hose
Who stuoy the Out-ofthe-way phenomena OF me niu"
We accordingly copy below variety of interesting mar
ratives from recent ghost-seeng papers,
NEW MOTIVE POwER-sPIRITUAL PHYS
IOLOGY.
F,oz TAe Iiostoa Nee Era, JpAe q.
TWAS announced 10 Mrs. -, by spiritual inteii-
ones several months since, that she would become
a,hsr In some new sense-that she would be the Mary
go Nov Disponsaiion." The announcement gwen
do circumstances the most impressive, and in connoc
,;or ,.h a most beautiful and instructive vision IN which
as strikugly eucdated most important spiritual les
sonnamcy the true significance OF the cross as an en
hf of spiritual advancement All Wno were present on
I occasion were deeply impressed with the superior ca
sc;ties and exalted moral Attainments oil the
pmmnncatng "a evidenced by the profound ana COM
rsLensyc character of thor teachings NeNes,uT'cs
r. nrophecy or announcement spoken OF uonsn
;,b marked emphasis and directed 10 he put on
,ss moi believed TO have any peculiar meanlhg: We"
hnagbt 10 refer possibly, the maternal ieehns ~'.'
s ssd felt toward individuals, who mad through ~.
.r.n,r,ntniity been instructed in the trains OF INC
IT. -Lfcscrby Least of all was there The silsnto~'
G 10, !, had any relation whatever 20 the ineCh ~
hem Z: kgS Rex Nc one eonnee'so "'