The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-16
The Late Spiritual Revelation from San
Francisco.
LETTER FROM JUDGE EDMoNDs.
No s6 CHAMBERS STREET, March IA, 1856.


Francisco.
LETTER FROM JUDGE EDMONDS.
No. Sc CHAMBERS STREET, March IL, 1886.
TO TM EDITOR THE HERALD
Your paper of the 18th contains a letter from San
Francisco, with the signature OF f. c. Ever from which
it appears that fool enough to receive as
article under his name, published in the Pioneer
monthly magazine edited by him, and which purported
its face to DO the relation Of facts within his
knowledge.
1t is true did receive 1t. But / also received
letter from gentleman Of San Francisco assuring me
OF its truth. learned inquiry that Mr. Z had an
office under the general government Mr.. Le Compts,
of the publishers OF the Pioneer that this
gave the assurance that Mr.. Ever was gentlsu,n
utterly incapable o. perpetratog such fraud that
by gentleman direct from San Francisco oopy OF bis
magazine, without the slshtest ntimaton his part
that the articles we're otherwise than what they pro-
essed to be, namely the reson of actual fact but
that, the contrary, he had said to his messenger
when Intercepted by him. 'Do you think would pub.
medium in whose oommu uications / had been in tia
habit of placing good deal of confidence, received
messages which tended in the same direction.
1t was under these circumstances that trusted the
truthfulness Of Mr.. Ever; and IL would sesm--if
this letter to you 10 eeuunethat was guled and m.
posed upon by fabrication.
the object Of device and all the pains taken to
carry II out was to impose on my confidence, IT has
If the object to show the dangers of spiritual
intercourse, and how liable to be decsived by
false or fabricated communications, it quite
cefsary for long learned that and have earnestly
once and again, given utterance to warning gainst
If the object to give the pain of learning that
a gentleman occupying public station, and appearing
some pretensOn to standing in literature,
worthy the conhds nee had reposed in his word-t
equally necessary for had already learnsd the pub
JIG use he had made OF private letter which had writ
ten him in the confidence which hope will always OBJ.
tain among gentlemen and 1t not demanded tsat he
own fraud
If the purpose to convince me that men having
fair exterior conld still be otherwise than what they
seemed 1t was also unnecessary for had not presided
80 long crimnpl court without learning some
thing Of the degradation to which the influence Of evil
passions, and perverted education MAJ sink the fair
est seeming among
But If the purpose was to induce me to withhold all
confidence in my fellow man or all reliance upon spirit
communion, 1t has sgnaliy failed.
have been imposed upon many times in my life and
grow older and the instances multiply around me-
/ am admonshed to greater caution than hsbitual
with me in my more confding years. But cannot yet
Withhold al confidence IN my ellsw man or IN ine YES
his instrumentality. J. W. EDM0NDS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
One two facts in relation to F. G. Ewer's letter
published in Mondays HERALD sh ,uld BIS stated 10 jus
tice to the spiiituasts of this city.
The first s that with the exception of Judge Emonds
ard Mr. Tochey, the editor Of the Christian ypiritual
the fiction OF Mr.. Ever was received with universal
skeptcsm. This is shown by the fact that at large
conference of spiritual SITS held few evenings after Mr.
Ewer's fiction published in this city, there but
possessed OF sufficient credulty to manifest the
slightest faith in the story, and this man Mr..
Toohey
The fact that should be mentioned Is that Judge
tdmonds, though he has achieved deservedly high
position In the community, both man and jurist,
is by Sir Oracle among spirualists Indeed,
true OF spritu than OF any other class OF
people in the world that each Individual is obliged from
the pature Of the facts brought before him. to stand dis
tine upon his judgment and to refuse positively
to have his reputation for sanity common sense
placed upon the shoulders of any however high his
reputation for sagacity worldly wisdom.
II you will allow the above statements to go TO the
world through the medium OF the HERALD, you will
greatly oblige yours, truly, w. J. BAUER.
New YORK March Ia, 1855.