American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-06-03
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Tie K1EE Potfoh1kA Wit which our
eitiFsrs we're 20 delighted last weeks a.
gain in The city snd will exhibit at the
Court Houss ibis evening; iho,s who
were unable 70 visit Il during si,s 1osarnsr
s1bibilIon hers viIl-ASw hsss ss opSeau.
niiy Of doing 80. Go .srly il you wish a
I good seat, itrsmains bul one night and we
predict serOwced htase; it +, really good.
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For the LabeassI Ohfstts.
: Carr cLAakE:-I thank ,Dr. Scott fnr
lis kindness in banding me over, 70, bis
family physician, wouli bowsvrv.s prefer
applying 20 lhs, other frieud Of bis, that
CIairyoyaDt Midieo. who sometime sincs
IGNORED Lancaster with visit, and actdsl.
y discovered an applicant for relief. 10 be
bsrl Of besiing. after a by stander had
whispered into bis ear that she was. deaf
as an adder; I cannot give the exact date
ofthat event. il was about the fine the
Dr.. travelled 80 or go miles to hear Spirit,
usl concert: where the visitors were usher,
ed into, q ,rOom.s from which euery roy Of
!, light iegs c,l',1uliy excluded. and tbeir ears
fegaied with dnlcet sopadc,--sthe perform.
: ers heing. hs ghosts OF Handel, HAYDEN,
a. Co. ;tbe Dr.sdid not publish bis inpres.
sions Of that scene, and i can only guess,
that he "beIieved the evidence Of his own
senses" Credulous indeed must the man
' be. wbo.could be goled BY such stale
tri: X; and yet. these musical lyperlonnanc
were. and would still be appealed to, as
evidence OF The truth OF Spirilualism, had
they not received a death blow last sum
mer in Columbus. by the detection of the
corporeaI performets. As the DR.. is evil
depdy ignorant, Of a suhj-ct that be has
been 'investigaling for twenty-five years"
: | shall endeavor to enllghten him, by brief
. ly stating a fact connected with the histo-
: ry of Mesmerism. q fact. I presume,
7 known to every intelligent man IN the com
J munity. Mesmer. after exhibiting his won.
: derful performances 10 the Parisians, pre-.
;, scented his claims to the Academy Of Arts
y !, and S ences at Paris,as the author or ori
y ginator Of new Science; a committee o
: investigation was appointed, DR.. Frsnklin
!. our Minister to France, was .courteously re
= quested to cooperate. and the report o
= ttat committee consigned Mesmerism t
2 the tomb Of the Capulets forever; and
= think lhazard nothing in saying. that j
;, ever any body Of scientific men condo
= sceuds so far. as to take Clairvoyance intC
consider 'tion. 1t will share the same fate.
20 AS no doubt many Of your readers. woul'
like TO know what Clairvoyant is. vii
you allow me to give specimen, to illus
trate the class. A Clairyoyant. il honest
s, is an imaginative, fsnatical. wishing dream
re er. firm believer in The visions Of his owl
s fancy, (many who assume the maze an
!. make or find dupes, turn their simuate
% manufactures into articles OF profit, } hen:
Is we have,tead diggers and treasarerseekert
m minute descriptions OF Fairy land, with il
le SIX circles. and the occupation and employ
y ment OF the spirits there; in short Hothin
III in the Heavens above, in the Earth be
a meath, or in the Waters under the E rth
in is beyond their ken; 10 give an example
lie Andrew Jackson Davis, a noted Clairvoy
t, ant, made a visit TO the planets in our sola
!. system, and describes the inhabitants .thei
D. peculiarities, &c. Unfortunately when III
" whole,uuiverss was under his eye, b D fail
Of ed TO see a planet, subsequently discover
as ed by Lsverrier, and thus suffered Scienc
to to claim the merit cfa discovery, which
r. if made by Davis, might have innuced u
st to believe that his facts were not all draw
or from his imagination. sit t.lsss.
" DR.. Scott quotes with pride as proof {
q, modern spiritualism such llIustrous dee
in Piles as Prof. Hare, Hon. Tallmadge. .Jude
a. Emons. and he might have added. or
in more, had not modesty prevented, 1t is q
e. proof that spiritaalsm is not delusiol
rs, because it ia embraced by hundreds;
e. larg' part Of mankind at one time believe
cd in Witchcraft, many eminent men we
n followers of Emanuel Swedenburg, belie'
ed in the divine mission OF johanna Soutl
coat, and at the present time many siuce
Ic disciples Of mormonism are equal in ever
* respect in intellsct and requirements
r. Prof. Hare. Hon. Tallmadge and jude
nd Emons. the 9Dr's. logic only proves tbs
ms "strong minded men are sometimes I'll
K subjects OF strong ha'lusinstions." fins
-s- Dlent INSANITY while il sDares the intelle