Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-03-27
DAILY EVENING STAR.
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE,

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4 .;-i,tain delivered second lecture on Spir.
rnalisIn. at Carusis Saloon, which was moder-
-sly attended, the room being about two.
sicds filled, but as in the preceding Iectnre
eIivereI on the previous Thursday night
lsre we're no rappiny manifestations. the lee.
are being simply disquistion upon the NH
4 ..sophv OF the subject
The lecturer began by commenting upon the
A ur>:Ienttc behavior OF the sa,.a,ts forr.His
hi, aew branch OF philosophy. ennn.;o,;a... ts
Ee:1ne that the whole universe NAV no FL ,ss;.
Jed unto the two heads of mind and mater
4 his he sud, could not be controverted. either
4 sT TIE tneOlOglan or the religions man
4 IthcuSn the materlalist might dissent from
his do;tIlne' 1t was not, however. his inten-
aOn 20 attempt discussion of this fact taking
: i As granted by the majority of the people.
|. Ire OF the main properties of matter was uni
4 Tcrsally acknowledged 70 be inertia so that
/ was necessary for mind to ac., in order TO
sIuSe any movement of matter. excluding, of
course such disturbances Of the equilibrium of
matter as sometimes took place For instance
when cloud became heavily charged with
electricity, the electric fluid would move to
some other body, in order to establish the
equilibrium
!. The lecturer continued at some further
aength in the above mentioned manner. and
IL the course of it, illustrated the subject of
spirltua!lsEn, by remarklDg that mere human
viii was Incapable of performing MANY of the
phenomena that were often occurring. Forey.
ample, he would defy the whole Senate and
House Of Representatives, by the mere act of
will TO discharge the electricity from charged
Leyden jar, although they continued the at
tempt from now until the passage of the Ne
braska bill. Laughter. The lecturer then
related some Instances of the actual operation
of the spirit world, remarking that he had
seen weight of so pounds moved about with
out any visible agency, and boasted of the
RAPID spread Of this new philosophy, saying.
that only lew years ago, it had originated at
Rochester IN this country, when its opponents
attributed the rappings to the action of the
GeneSSec rails, but now IL had extended unto
the palaces OF princes, before the Pope and
bis Cardinals, and into the halls of fashion.
tt opponents were now compelled to admit.
that the tennessee Falls could not be every
Nherr, and were forced to seek some other ar
sument. In the same manner, animal mag
Detism had been denied, then clairyoyauce.
both of which were new admitted by their
opponents. provided that they could get rid of
spiritusliSm.
In the course of his discourse, the lecturer
gave his idea OF what is spirit saving that
if was probably only an invisible form Of mat
ter illustrating il by electricity, which was
invisible, and only seen through its effects. In
fact lie would define spirit, not as shadow
shadow. He then entered into the early his
tory CT the subject remarking that the first
account that we have of q spiritual visitation
was in the Book of Job, the highly beautiful
account of which, as given in the Bible. the
lecturer read, remarkiDg that the spirit mani
tested its presence in two ways that are now
very usual; namely, he felt it and heard it.
yet saw 1t not. tic then mentioned the in
stances of Nebuchadnezzer and Belsbazzar
Observing that the latter case although not to
be doubted. was less clearly established than
the modern experiences For example. he was
drunk when he saw the handwriting On the
wall. and probably the rest of the COM
pany did not witness it at ali-that it was
merely visible TO his mental vision. The case
oi - yohn, IN writing the Apocalypse, was
cited. In this instance, st. John was q mere
writing medium, and was dictated to by a
spirit. The lecturer then read the account as
gwen In the New Testament in which St
John was about to worship the spirit but was
TO- idden BY him-the words of the spirit. in
reply, proving that it was the spirit of one of
the aneient prophets. With respect to the
SUBJECT OF writing mediums, he remarked that
mere were at present a great MANY in the
country, and that there was vet unpublished
great quantity of manuscripts, indited by
spirits He mentioned the name of Dr. Barker.
u PenGsy lyaRla, who Is IN eminent instance of
writing medium. He was originally con-
hrmed sceptlc, and was converted in a sinou-
lar manner. He was walked up once at three
oelotk IN the morning by voice, which said
10 him--Write write,'' This command was
afterwards repeated with increased importu-
nifty He resisted for some time, bu, was at
length compelled to obey. The spirit then
dictated some words to the effect tina. a rela.
i've at long distance off, was seriously ill.
a few days after. the order 10 write was re.
Peated at the same hour in the morning, but
this time he was determined to resist cOny;e-
ton, and 0bStinately refused to do as he was
ordered In the course Of the day, he received
two Geographic dispatches, one informing him
o. the illness OF his relative and the other thai
De had died about the time when he received
the second visitation, IL was likewise related
o. Judge Edmonds that an intimate friend of
us, named Isaac Jay Hopper. was seriously |
sl;k, and that the Judge, after having paid a |
VISIT TO his friend, called in the course of the |
same day on LAZY in New York who is a |
well known medium, and inquired what spir- |
Ii. had been lately present lie was inform |
ed that the spirit Of Isaac Jay Hopper had been |
mere That is impossible. replied the |
Judge for lie Is still alive The lady how
ever, insisted upon the correctness of her |
statement and the Judge, Fastening to the |
Ec'l fence VI MS friend. found that he had ex- |
pred about an hour previously
Inc singular case Of Captain Griffith, COM
loIk and New Orleans. was likewise men
Tened. Whilst at sea, about two hundred |
niles from land, as he supposed, be retired |
one night To his berth, and was suddenly
awakened by vote, which said breakers |
aaead lie rushed deck, and all was
CaA4ull, Lot The least danger appearing, the |
captain retired to rest and the warning was
sglln repeated. He repaired again on deck.
Va, ali was secure. a third time he retired
Shd third time the warning was repeated
lie Immediately returned to the deck and
'heTc were the breakefs ahead. while the
vessel was rushing onward to destruction.
although the danger had not been seen by
the crew on watch.
Inc testimony of Professor Wells of Har-
ward College, respecting the moving of a pom
dsIeuS taole without any visible agency, on
when the Professor and two others sat, was
read as signed by himself.
towards the conclusion. the lecturer pro-
Q-ted IN elegantly bound volume of poetry
which he said was one of the most convincing
Proofs Of the truth Of spirituali=n, as it con-
sisted vt several thousand lines Of poetry
which, 10 his own knowledge were indited by
a spirlt, i'll the short space of thrty-six hours
AID some minutes the most rapid instance of /
composition ever known. Many of the pas
saSes. the lecturer Observed were far superior
70 anything ever written by Shelley. \ gen
ueinsn present desired 10 have some of the
passages read request with which the lee
tU'e. tompiled, who then read passage which
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