New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-13

n,;.hsd .na active i,,ember for years past Of the
:. Dmocratic" party of New'iors, as the intimate
friend and boon companion oil John Van Buren,,
ESQ.,, Capt. Rynders may fairly St himself down as
knowing NOT merely the true pronun> 'iation oil the
uord b,if about a. much of the natural Laws winch
govern the gyroscopc as any man living, whe,ner
IN fine body or out of il; and yet strange to say he
failed 70 derive the advantage which ne might ana
ought 70 have done from this superior knowledge
Here was evidently case of diamond cut diamond
The ,droitness of Mrs Cora V. l.. Hatch, at least
when in the transitory state seems to be not ihie-
rior 70 that of Capt Isaiah Rynders in spite oil his
superior age and long practice at Tammany Hail.
The gallant Captain, we must say was gum! ."
this occasion of very gross mistake, oil "nicn 'ne
trance medium did not fail to take instant adVan-
tage 1t is an excellent rule, well undersiood 0!
practical members Of the Bar, and one might have
supposed therefore, well understood by capt
Rynders never TO put a second question TIL you
have got an answer to your first or to express It IN
style more familiar to him, not to mix liquors
not to call for second glass till your trst Is emp
tied. This excellent rule our inquisitye President
of the Empire Club and Federal Marshal of the
Southern District of New-York on this occasion
forgot or disregarded. Without waiting for
an answer as TO his question about the gyro-
scope-a subject as to which he would have been
perfectly at home-Our too greedy aud too mqusi-
tive. not to say too confident and too seltsuticent
questoner, forgetful of the old saying that " fools
rush in where angels fear to tread must needs fol-
low up that inquiry with three others. These were
ques tons about the origin of plants and animals and
the divine or human nature of Jesus of Nazareth-as
to W hch il is fair to presume that Mrs. Cora V. l..
Hatch in her simple personal state-let alone her
being trance medium-or for that matter, any
medium school girl of fifteen years Of age, knows,
to say the least of it, quite as much as Captain
Isaish Rynders. whose attention has been too much
taken up with his Tammany Hall studies of the
natural laws that govern the gyroscOpe to allow him
10 devote much of his time or talents to the subject
of natural history or to questions Of controversial
or dogmatic theology. Yet in saying this, we must
not be supposed to express any doubt that had
Captain Rynders turned his attention that way he
might have greatly exceed in dogmatic theology,
and instead of being, as he is, President OF the
Empire Club and Marshal of the Southern District
of New-York, might perhaps have been editor-in-
chief Of The Ne,c- York ObSerrer.
The trance medium gave distinguished proof,
if not of supernatural enlightenment, at least of
human sagacity in proitng at once by the plumber
which Capt Rynders had made Quickly passing
by the matter of the gyroscOpe, she came down
upon her uncautious questoner in flood of tran
scendental metaphysics which appeared to take him
quite off his understanding, and speedily swept him
into waters evidently far too deep for him. Indeed
at the close of this discourse, Mr.. Rynders ap-
pearcd to be an altered man. All the antipathy
which he had hitherto at times exhibited against
female oratory had entirely disappeared. He ex-
pressed himself surprised, delighted, almost con-
yinccd He bad dropped in to scof, so he con-
fessed or in his own language and that of the En-
pire Club, "to have little fun" He remained
if not to pray, at least to be profoundly impressed
with both the prayers and the preaching oi the
trance medium, aud the sunny ringlets, fresh COM
plexion and good looks generally of Mrs. Cora V.
l.. Hatch The Captain in his public confession,
made indeed no illusions to these latter points yet
they can hardly be supposed to have been without
their effect. Finally, like new Hercules at the
feet of Omphse, he seated himself at the feet OF
Mrs. Cora V. L. Hatch and announced himself as
a constant attendant upon her future public min
istratiOns.
Well begun, they say, is half done. Let Mrs.
Cora " l.. Hatch 90 on and perfect this remark
able conversion. Let her present to the public
Capt Isaiah Rynders/ by the force of spiritual in
fuences made into decent, modest and well-be
havcd citizen. That would be test of spiritual
power such as few skeptics would be able to
gansay.