The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-12

or 10 the necessity Of obtrudins myself
tine public with the announcement that the article In
character for vsracity I conceive that hsv'
perfect right, as q truthful man, to propcuno
theory which have never seen In print befc
- S someto hold up tsven 4 charge Of sTrcsa.es
result Of unaided mind on EARTH in contrast VII
theory purporting to come from world beyond
Gsve-to contrast theory wnicn INN, con
with theory which contradicts itself, ard there
cannot possibly be- true; believe that have PEI
right 70 wesye this theory insS - hcs,rn xs,cn
applied against spiritualsm, without subiecting 10,
to the charge Of being man regardless Of the high
tates Of truth. shall say no moro on this POINT b.
the spirituslsts to treat the matter more ct len
through the pages Of my own periodical.
Mr.. Austin also states that the little grl-anu'
to little JAMIE" another character in the tale
living at the house where resided, and that q
"writng medium" This reminds me very forcibl
the story Of the "Three Black Crows, and only.ff
how eager spritualsts are to believe what they
cations are searches, not after truth, but after
for their theory. II may not be irrelevant 10
to say that after the article was pu6
wa. a little girl, = or was anywhere 10
neighborhood Of 4 little girl, the questio.
frequently asked. sIs that little Jane Lane r Az
fact that at the house where occupied room
was little girl, an adopted daughter Of the "a 4
With regard to my being "wrting medium" :
never had any hestancy in saying that my ma
ut times moved in a very singular manner, witho
direct voition my part to my knowledge.
may also take this occasion to say that, after
OF calm investigation, could and can discover g
dcnce Of the interpdsltlon Of disembodied sou,
hand has nevsr gwen me information OF any inn
whatever, although have given 1t . fair cham
has never answered any test question correct
the contrary by careful introspection and delic''.
mory have been able to trace every answer which
penned while In this abnormal condition TO the indir
action Of my own mind. cannot, of course, state q
with the same poxtiveness with wh:h can state Il
this paper Is before me; but state it with the o.
positiveness with which can assert Ipy fact o.
mory.
II Mr.. Austin had made inquiries-as he should
done-he would have found, as others did that
was no house in the locality designated IS tn
where Lane died.
But all this ia as naught Whatever confidence.
EdmoAds may have had In the GOODNESS and good
ment Of his friend, the latter gentlemans statsme
gardpg the doubt existing here, should have sum
lead him to caution. But, this out Of the quest
cannot conceive how anything could have weigh
i0ta against the glazing internal evidences in :
Eventful Nights noted above, as SO plainly indie
that IL could not be narration Of fact1that
The grammatical er rors that have crept into thu
ticle during the last six months, propose to say
thing about; but conceive it to be proper 10 remA
thatthe title which gave to the article was not W
derful Revelations-The Eventful Nights" &C.,
!" Wonderful but True, or The Eyentful Nights"
into which IL has been varously altered by other han
but simply, The Eventful Nights Of August Goth
21st." ,. G. EVER
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Z, 1855.