The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1855-03-14

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,he erection Of Lodge for the. .entrancs
and other embellishments. ,,g: ;, !. !. 5. !
On Sunday evening Psof Hare deliv- !:
cred second lecture at SAMSON street
Hall, on sPiriiualism. The large room
was densely crowded, hut 10y entering il
r'alf an hour bef,re the time appointed
TOR the commencement of the exercises.
] was enabled to get tolcrably conf
Portable seat. His lecture WAS proceed /,
ii by the singing of hymn by the
'pirituslized portion of the audience, for
you must know they have a collection
o' poetic etfusions dignified by that name.
He exhibited his different apparatusss to-
'est the accuracy as well IS TO facilitate
the operations Of the rapper. His best
'le,ice consists Of dial with the letters
+ he alphabet printed upon the outer
'dges Of it, just as the figures Indicating
he different hours are painted upon the
face Of clock. Tie hand is made 10 J.
rerolve and thus TO point at the differ .
-"t letters by horizontal platform con-
neeted with the dial. Upon this plat
form, the hands Of the medium are placed.
with bis face turned TO the back Of the
dial, so that he cannot see the letters,
AMI in this manner the Professor asscsts
he receives ineligible communications !,
with great raPidi,y. the hand pointing !
to different letters, aud thus forming !.
words and sentences rs rapidly as he
can write thenf down. The communica-
tions lie first received, were in answsr
to what he terms test questions---su,h
as giving the names Of persons long
since dead, and known only to himself,
dc, but since his conversation they have.
taken wider range. He asserted that
he had been informed that the spiri,s of
nearly "ll the deceased Vice Presidents
and many other important characters
had been attending his lectures, and that
lie had recently had n communication
from George Washington. The CONVEX
| satiou had commenced l,y the Professor.
asking him whether he knew how ard,
ent an admirer OF him he had been,
and whether he had ever heard Of n /.
piece Of poetry lie had written eulogis-
tic OF him. The answer was the express
sion o. desire that he would repea, the
poetry. which he did. The spirit an
>wered that he had enieavored while on.
earth I" faithfully obey the impressions.
made upon his mind Ly superior intelli--,
gences, with ~l,a, .Scsess his country,
men could best pr1e. lie also advised,
the Professor 10 proceed with his invesii-.
cations Of the saljrs,, aud TO enligl,en,
the public in reference to it, regardless
OF 'he opinions shd sssers Of the increti..
ulons,' dc. The Professor then read a
long communicated from t,s katbe,,.
(Which he asserted Washington lad smnc-,
ti"ned,) ruIpo'ting TO lie a iull description.
ofihe celestial World, the main features.
of WHICH Sc,e, that il was divided into,
different spheres, from the first TO the.
seventh, that those in the UPPER spheres.
had The rover Of descending into tho.
lower ones. and holding communication.
with those who resided in them, .s we'll
as with the Inhabitants Of this mundsne.
sphere through the mediums, lut the.
spirits in tie hwrI sphere could not as
eend even temporarily into the uppor
spheres before they were properly quail,
'hed f"r the transition; plaU in the. fuiura-
world the mind coD,inaes rs active ms in,
this, bat IMPROVES more rapidly that itf'
is clothed in n form not unlike tie lody
here, hut mach more beautiful. and so.
ETHEREAL that il can Rlile though spare
with electric raPidi! iha, the future world
is beautiful beyond description, with bloo-
ming flowers. DC, and eelesiisl music re-
sounds through the air in melodious
strains, Dc. The Professor may have
made few converts among his large
audience. but the general oli,,ion sc. med
to lie that he was dcmenied on this sub
jcct. Whatever phenomena exist in cor-..
nect'on With it seems tome more likely
-" lie ewing TO new develcpn chi ofelair.
royance, and the couAequent repro.luc,ion
through the agency VI the ,pedlus os,Ae
P'ec'ncis,el hleas os impressions Of The. |.
interrogation than to any spiritual agency.
| A sad illustration Of the violencr ofsee-
tartan acrimony oecu,red here the oibes.
day. A husband aud vile haze bees is,
Ing Tor sdp'e ysars' in comparative o. :
trangement from eael, other, but without
any decided demonstrations Of los,ili.y,
Their daughter, now a young lady offs.
years Of age, has recently, after having.
been educated in tie religious faith of ,be
mother, conciu.led to adoi,f IN liz stead.