New-York daily tribune., 1856-06-09

The Spiritual Telegraph, which has recently COM
menced its fifth volume in quarto FORM gives
"Spirituslists' Directory" from which We learn
that there are thirteen male and six female advo
Gates now in the field as regular lecturers, whib
nine weekly newspapers and four monthly magazines
are published by the belIevers-six Of the thirt.ea
periodicals. in this State, oJe in Boston, three n
Ohio, two in Indians, and one in Hin lis. Eight
"healing mediums" Generally clairvOyant', We
believe, though most of them are not expressly 90
announced), advertise regularly in The Telegraph,
beside Dumber of "te-t mediums" for communi.
cations with persons who have passed through tho
change called death. Only two of the "healins
mediums" as yet, advertise spec ics-such as tho
proiane world nrevereDtly and, perhaps, uDiastly
terms "qusck medicines but the system is Jet
young, and must have time to attain mature deve.
spment. Ninety different works are advertised u
for sale by Partridge & Britain, most Of them
treating of or illustrating Spiritualism, and about
fifty of them, if we mistake not, published BY them
originally. And We may add to this birds-eys
view of the field that the Spritualists in certdn
sections, but especially along the southern shore
of Lake Erie, are regarded by themselves snd
others as distinct religious fraternity having their
own weekly meetings, their preachers, hymnboOf,
&c, and also their divisions into sects as yet not
very clearly defined, but characterized by their
greater accordance or disaccordance with tho usu'
ally adop ed standards. One OF their newspapers
il nsmed The CHRISTIAN SPiritxatist-an affir@s.
tive which implies a nsgati7e-and good many Oh
the books which profess to be dictated from tns
other side of the curtain have very free fashion
of Scr plural exc gesis, while some reduce The 10
spirstion of the Bible TO level with that Of tho
sbsst,r, Vedas and other indsputaby ancient ana
authes tic theologic records. He, therefore, whs
becomes Splrtuolst in the expectation that b
wiil thereby ascend from doubt and eontentoab b
upanimity and certainty with regard to the fass
life, is preparing for himielf disappointment
Again The Telegraph is conducted in q candiA
honest, truth.seekiDg spirit, always courteous
adyerssries and generous toward De@ ideas; DUNE
who snbscribes for this or any other perioSea' er
pectDg 10 be thereby convinced Of the ud'h a"
Spiritualisn' is unlikely to be gratlfed. M'"
Of it's contents will be found 20 contemplate ~
edifcation of the saints, not the conversion Z"
tiles. The writer's assume the truth OF Their '~
damental theory to be already demonstrS'e'
elf evident, and devote Themselves to some an.
cation or perfection Of what is termed the
losophy of'he subjsct, which, for oa''lderf s'r
to prove rather slow reading. At least VIC
found it 60. ht
One other pcint: Iti' a very old a''amp'. ...as
If nfn could see INTO The world ofsPlrts 'n' "A
would be general neglect of mundane n,e'.' ,,,o,
svocatioDs; while i, pa. been assumed 'o'' h.x
erosion would then be moral imPoS'i"ihu -.
nrecIoded b, tAs viss, certainty Of r.'fio"s
60 ,,s our observation extends, the fac'' WIZ
os,a 70 those who think they gee clear across 'Ol
40 No, corfrm thee bypotbeses ihe ep'fha'
ws have me, che rish 10 prjadice' against ea',~
.,;n and would rather have the best End Oh
.n' LIN than ,be other one. In saying thi'' we"
no,r, iuply that they are not as honest aud -
a,e,t a. otbers: bat sinply that they are ver!
IKE other people-still more like themselves
:, ev believed like other people. There arc 90,
boue.t men aud some most decided ras'ai a,
tbom-tbe editor Of the Border 'Rdiiia oi' %Iw
Cleveland being enlisted in their ranbs'