New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-27
A SPIRITUALIST CONVENTION IN CHAU-
TAUQUE.
A HARMoNIAL CITY TO BE FOUNDED.

Ceyysspopdsnee Of The n. D. Tribune
KIApTosE VALLEY, CHAur. Co., Sept 81 looe'
This is a holy spot of earth. The verdaut swa'd
that carpets this pleasant vale is haowed aud hence
forth is not to be decorated with the footprints Of the
profsne write thus for and in behalf Of Sprtuahsm,
IOr be it known this very pot-KIAuIosE-which is
situate seven miles due south Of jamestown village is
the great center of attraction with the Spitusts of
the entire country This is really the fact National
Convention, appointed year since by jewellers in
the Spir, W orld was organized this ground Friday,
the 18th ns and closed its abors Sunday last at
supret And rest assured, that Convention has made
an "impression." II was attended by nearly all the
distir guished Spirualsts in the United States and
among its speakers the Rev. John N. Spear, MIR.
Codding Mr.. Loveland DIR. Wellington, DIR. Newton,
John Stirling, Mr.. Britt, Mrs Branch, Mrs. Lewis,
Mrs. Trsutom, Miss Tompson, aud others vi equal
celebrity Bot before presenting the "dongs OF that
Convention desire TO Prepare the way by enlighten-
vslley.
In the Spring Of 1853 the wife and daughters of John
Chase then a denizen hereebouis, became "trance.
mediums and through them very important histori-
cal information received. IL was stated that
many centuries ansoedent to the discovery OF tins
ccrtnent by Columbus, the Valley OF the klautone,
together with extensive fertile country surrounding
IT, wac densely populated by refined and highly cul-
tivated people. They lived = pure and harmonious
dsmocrscy With them Reform had done its per-
feet work; 80 that evil was wholly unknown. With
them, disease, physical OF moral, was never named
for they were as exempt from II as were our first
parents they were seduced by the forbidden fruit
IN the Garden OF Eden. They had no written consttu
tion-no lawf-ro iron cusioms-hu. we're righteously
governed by the impulses Of their own pure and holy
Iearis The marriage institution had NJ existence with
this holy and happy people. Questioned Free Love
was the law If the affections Man and woman were
guidedby the whispering of their attendant guardians
apd met by divine opportunity. They gazed on each
other with holy pleasure spake always uttering the
unettered words of Affection grew rapturOusly happy
Ia NDryrpd hearts
ccststic responses, their hands invuinntarly joined
their lps freighted with the honey of pure love, met
with a holy conclusion. their spirits united and their
sous esscIce melted and blended as the yapors melt
an3 blend in transparent ether-ihus completing har-
mortal and holy wedseck.
This htile green soallop, where the Convention
held was the geographical center Of the nation and
here stood It's capital city. That city magnificent
beyond all earthly comparison. The prevailing style
of its architecture was copied from Nature. Every
building, public or private, had circular ground
pan aud internally il vaulted and painted blue in
Imitation Of the ethereal canopy. Windows were not
in use. Every building was lighted during the day by
n gorgeous and dazzling brilliant solar hight, and in
the night by pale lunar lamp, together with almost
inIunerable stellar lights tospanghng the whole
cerulean vaulted roof and walls of the edhhce.
Externally, the city incoinparably grad and
magnificent II was profusely Gd,Sned with lofty
domes tTets, spires, coonnsdes and baftements, al
of which were wrought in style of ornate beauty aud
spendor before nor since known architectural
skin Tie city was also be0utifed with walks. pleas
ARE grounds and gardens wherein the hand of cutVx
ton had bro,ght forth the greenest and scftes, q
swards the most symmetrical shrubs and Trees aai
tie rsrest and schest flowers thsi gaddened the
vison ~ mortal Hsn.
Near tie oentsr Of the city were two magnetic
springs, tie waters of which sufficient 10 cure
any disease with which human flesh was afflicted.
They were & few fee, apart, and their waters
opposite in ther magnetic quatiesthat is the water
al of the spsngs wac post'se and the water ii the
o&lrr was negatios SO one Of the springs
sortod To by those efrmarey afflicted, and the other
by tbose suffering with rSgat.ce DISEASE
How long this bsrwcpisl nation existed is Dot yet