The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1854-01-12
Our EXCHANGES.

We shou'd long ago, have noticed the last is
sue of Graham and Godey's Magazines. They
have come to us with their usual pro,nptness
| "n1 -'-e-"ec, and promising yet greuter ella aims
upon ihe patronage of liberal reading public
We have nlso received the valuable md nble
republications of Dlackwood, Nortl, British Re-
view and London Quarterly. Contents of the
last are as follows: The Institute of Franco -.
Aurder of Thomas II. Beckett; Louis XVII !:
the Da"phin in the Temple; The Holy Places :;
Diary OF casnubon; Life of Hayden a reply to
review of the life of the same unfortunate ort.
lst IN Blackwood; in the former he is lardcj
and commscratc'l. i'll the latter, held ,,p TO the
contempt of postc'i'y. Electro Biology, Mes
mcr.m and Table Turning. If anv ono of our
r'a-erf, Is still confused and doubling OH this
exciting subject, he should, by alI means, reud
this article; it proposes to give clear, logical
account OF tile whole matter. And if its phil
osoPhy Is true, which we hnvc long believed. if
diss'Pates into worse than thin uir all the ouocl-
cry OF subtle electric currents, and familiar com.
inunlcations with the spirit world The review
eli bases the whole manifestation OH the common
Prihe'P'e of dominant ideas and suggestion IT..
'erhai ana external; that is when the mind 10
completely absorbed and fixed on one subject
iosing for the time its normal power of yo.iton
IL can no longer produce that association of ieos
which constitutes judgment, md is at the mcrcv
oi every h'nt or suggestion given by the opera
oi-he'ce 'hc astonishing manifestations Table
turning is nothing more than involuntaLle mus.
cuinr action; the rapping is produced dcxterous,v
oy the loot, hence women arc the rapping mn.
dinms Tho modus oprandi of conyers;pp with
lhc Dead was first published by Mr.. Z. II.
Lewes IN weekly newspaper This gentleman
considered that Mrs. Hayden probably derived
her indications when to rap from some invo,un.
n'y'sign ofthe question, US his pointer arrived
at the letter, which should form il,e next compo.
neht OF the answer--this eign being either dc.
lay III passing to the next lettor, or soma unco,.
'cious gesture which would be perceived by an
observer haLtually on the watch By pu,oo,e,v
giving such indications he caused Mrs. HAYDEN h
rap out answers Of tho most absnrdly, erroneous
character We also haze on our talls n.
January number of the Southern ouarterlv Ro.
view; an unusually able edition-The con,ent.
ars;-Cuba and the hcTrpartite Treaty; My Novel
ny Bnlwer; The People; American Educational
Works; The Public Health Cary. on the slavs
Trade, BY Mrs Louisa IS. McCord; Literary
nWoolgsthesings; Busy Moments. by an Idle
:Wornan. Wewish time wss allowed n. to no,;o.
some of thtse articles, further than the u,c,.
'nouncen'ent Of tl,ir heads Our literary 3nusI;c
must feeiits rolen,a obligation TO maintain Mi.
abba Quarterly hndaxpdncnt of Southern feelino
opinion ana lnind| III :s1c. 94., 81 50 ~ =
- rs - f---r-447ii sss si--l- & (, 4 tsgs
. Ass ;k'euA,D Hs.pos Of Charleston. has. ad.
d'essed le,sss to R F.l4ssr.osq passos him :
sen feess "a eEria. In rcsptet 10 ithe following
ssmsrh in she asdiscr,ai corr.4endsn.e. Of the;
Patriots III b toe IL did once runter. Aat