New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-14
TIE spIRI7UALISTS IN THE COCNrRX

terdsy. on the gIornds of Mr Hoyt a; Winfield. l. L.
70 participate in PIC Die. At Least, that VAS the
o-tensbe object Of the gathering; bat the NM ,ri,y Of
the people, insteso 81 oi-poring themselves on tho
greensward. frnec circle 10 a neighboring th'cket
sne listened 10 'he oral manifestation. The Assem-
blage did not exceed $40 person., aad mot OF the
leading professors % 'the science were abssnt.
When our reporter arrived lady named French
was just concluding al inspired speech. He Wa in
formed that it wa very fus Effort 1t was sabse-
que ptly announced that reporter ~er- present., and
they publicly requested not to mention the names
of the speakers, might lead to considerable en-
barassment among the more timid.
A ford, midole-aged gentleman, editor OF one OF
tie Spiritual publication, made speech nom r"s-
trum. He sad substance toat he had seep or sup
posed be had seen, spirits. He generally sa~ them
daily at al, hour; ey looked like III shadows seen
in mirror twenty or thirty feet distant Occasionally
he saw them in brighter light than the sun, distinct
and palpsble. lie also coDversed with them, some
times in bis normal state, at other times
through bis spiritual being. he generally
apprised Of their desires to and converse with
him, by star of the first magnitude passing before
his eyes Then he LAID down bls work aud entered
into consideration with them He related that macy
years ago, before he became Spnuaiist, he vas in
Sunday School, where the minister telling lidls
children that uress they repeated they would no cast
into hell Immediately, to his eyes the ceiling faded
away ara he saw the innumerable hosts Of Hes
ven" looking with delight upon the children aud in
pity upon their erroneous teachers On recent
occasion he saw q little boy perform on the
violin in pubic. Mozart's spirit stood beside
him and stroked biz hand, and made
bis touches more firm and faulfless. The boy
passed over opera, and begun " Hail Columbia whea
Mozart stepped back apace, aid above hun appeared
a group famous departed Americans. who aided him
in biz performance, and looked on approvinsy. He
wished reporters note that Sprtualsts very gener
ally believed II the inspiration Of the Bible 10 GER
tain extent aid they led more and more to respect
s teachings, aud believe 1t TO have been inspired Ut
God Spiritualism broad platforni-so broad
that it allowed the largest latitudes might be-
eve in God and Christ or not, just as he chose.
httIe midele sged man, with bald head aud
gold spectacles, who had been many years a member
of the American Bible Society, aud light in the
Methodist Churcn could not agree with the former
speaker III regard to the Bible He thought it ab-
surd many parts ard IrIeoorceable with reason
tina, h- rejected it, and the God of wuch taught,
toto. He said much more, in d very rambling mauner
but the above was the only point could IN
have done In past ages, but 1t altogether out
of date.
very weak-lookiDg man, who locked like city
catan in consumption having nothing To SAY, stepped
into the circle and said it, III very bad English, with
hands and eyes uptuned, as If III prayer.
Our reporter then took stroll through the thcket
Oil found a number Of coy little parties enjoying
themselves il divers rational ways. very Interest
ing young lady, golden rDglets, helped hun to SOME
exec lent coffee and baked pears for viii III no "1s
very grateful Tbs lady aro her sister toe daughters
of the hort he given to undt rsand were nedu u"
OF uncommon power. Incidentally he learned That
their father had taught them the # typesettng.
in which they we're very proficient. They both sc
type and printed al a hard-press at thei
b, me- q few !, DIS dir at. Wien reporter head
that thase hail-looking young women were
able to work q hand printing press, he expressed u
La ural surprise, whereupou the eldest modestly
remarked that they much better for the exer
else, and both of them regarded the woman who
could not support herself unfit to be supported by
a husband.
Subsequently, circle was got up n another part O.
the thcket tor the purpose Of giving scne physical
mantle stations to the reporters. But the old circle
was speedily deserted for the center Of attraction
AID i, grew ploportionably large "A gentleman whose
the cicle, 1t destroyed his wife's power as q
M. dunn. Exercises commeuceu by Singing:
There is land Of pure delight"
Others sang in ali entraDced state but their super
natural efiurts not very brilliant. This circle
fortm s,ely contained very weak minded, sandy
haired ninD, who every FIVE minutes impressed
to get up aud say something in - normal state !; nat
Re always stopped sboIt of what he meant to COM
II uncate, weakly iDtiuatlng that it quite
sessary 10 say snytbDg more upon the subjsct. We
have seen just sucn n.ane exhibitions ia tue iustitu
ton under Dr. Ranney care Oh Backwood's Island.
where they are generally classed As iucurable fhe
wif. OF the man who objected t. Ink hands began
to h. peat some rbapeoCica schemes IN
very drawing tone, wheu the sandy. haired indi-
yioua gave vent 10 one Of his normal impressions,
completely throwing the lady off the track. Her
husbsnd l. oked if be wanted to punch the incura-
Bile. head, ana sharply tod him to shat up wOico
b. ipoobtueDtly did
Ata spare spuffy posed lady after many jerks and
coptO>ous that strongly soggesteo the necessity OF a.
afcteotlda and burned feathers, got up, and With
great many "sa,s rs and says h's' aud says
She's to how she came from Bostrg, whar sued
been convaned TO Sp. eriuslism from the ouzzum Ut
tie Meiherdist Cherch, of which sue wac member
Before she Speeuailat she useo TO 90 tn Gu mp
ne.tiI's and soe often had the peo.er on her; ou;
wunst rhe had it strong that fvrt~enyfour hours
she was in trouce, aid carried INT" speeres gar
she'd never any idee cd aiore. The rest ut her
discourse, which ~as delivered with closed eyes ana
many gIinaces, cousst. d of exhrr' alton L. her
hearers 10 pursue the path Of glory Before sue got
through, bury, dark-compleSicned, shock-head-d
man rushed along, aud jumping into toe circle.
proyeled around at the feet OF the sediums yelhog