New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-11
spiritualisn Caught Mapping.

| Spiritualism caught severe blow when Judge
Edmonds was induced to believe, about two years
ago. the ingenious romance of Mr. Ever and endorsed
communication from IN Individual in the spirit land
who had existence out of the fancy OF his anufac-
turer. Spiritualism still more recently met with q
melancholy expose in Ohio, when, in presence OF the
Hon. Mr.. Giddings, two young lady mediums pur-
ported to make deceased friend in adarkened room,
blow trumpet, and when the light came, were found
to have black circles around their mouths, made by
mixture of lamp-black and grease, secretly smeared
on the instrument in advance by an aroit spectator.
But, than all this, is the subjoined joke the
Spiritual Telegraph of New York city, by seri-
GUS wag, in the shape Of poem from the spirit of
Thomas Paine which proves to be an acrostic ridi-
culing sprituasm itself in the keenest manner The
following is the article ITSELF it appeared in the
Telegraph on the 9th Of December last:
COMMUNICATION THROUGH BOY,
We have been requested to insert the following,
which was originally forwarded to another party in
this city.-ED.
SIR My child, sickly boy of thirteen years, has
been for three months what is called medium for
speaking, and am frank to say never evinced any
particular precocous mentality when not in this, to
me, unaccountable state He has frequently, of late,
presented me with prose communications from a
spirit said to be Thomas Paine and yesterday stated
to me, if would take pencil, he would send me a
| short poem, which, perhaps would remove from my
mind all doubts as to the origin of the matter AS
mysefare totally incapable Of putting four lines Of
rhyme together, you may think it at least strange
link in most mysterious chain Of some new philo
| sophy, call it what name you please.
If you proper to publish it, would like to have
you, If convenient, introduce, if you have them, any
other lines from the spirit Of 7. p, that may fol
my own satisfaction, compare and form my own con
clusion to any possible reflex regards matter
not mind-from my mind to the mediums.
Respectfully yours,
/ BUFFALO, Sd No. RIG.
/ Time never had beginning, hath no end "a
| H Hath nought to spring from rolling DER. 3
Each Of a tliouSu Hpptin p yaar will and
4 Great Nature not one transient moment more.
| Regard the circle, ye but mortal now
Earths Utimatum! Look and thou shalt see
Ags upon ase hath ,l, rolled yet man thy brow,
| Earth hath fulfilled her work Creations God al.
\ Saw life and beauty blend in glorious man;
The stars of morning shown when, at His word,
1 All chaos changed and Progress was the plan
Stars sang and suns and worlds in float round
Soon life, the sensuous germ that meier would die,
| In harmony with Natures laws is found
Singing this Joyous, glorious melody;
Time was, time is time on shall roll
/ Her course s mans; his destiny is life,
4 Great for great actions for the upward strife
| Reach out, and heayenward, onward to progress,
/ Each mind must leave with eartG its earthly she'll
/ All worms do change, thou seest their nature Dress
4 The world around thee, mat, these changes tell;
/ Shall leave its dust to mix with dust more;
| The spirit, dying never, enters space
/ Pure science free from here is found,
| Intelligence unknown to mortal seer; ..-.
incomprshensibs q sage s on esfths low sphere
/ Tell earth-born nnortals to prepare to live
Upon no plan Utopian after death;
| All here is real no rest to mind we give
| Light light we seek by light we speak, we Breathe
t Serene, in good created, prove;
The Law Progressive bears us on above.
1 By taking the capital letters that commence eacl
line of this rare poem, and arranging them in tbt
| form of sentence the reader will soon ascertain
that in the writer's opinion The greatest ass is the
4 greatest Spirtualist"