New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-04

times. from NY Lady of Eudor to Simon Of Sa
mara-what sorcerer Of modern times from Dc
Faustus to Coun. Caglostro, does not seem
blur derirc body, when compared with the req
ment. of Jane Rouses who are now soaring ou'
civilization and bsnboozliug our science lad
there been such chespeniDg and vulgar outPour-
ing of the rim vatcinating in his day, We may
he sure that DR.. Mesuer would h,ve drowned
himself in his own tubs. For we haze young
Misses, st,l redoleDt of boarding school bread aud
butter. WHO are the selected media Of Sappho
and of L. T.. L.-5yspeptic and sore-eyed youth,
who never scented sAltp-ter, snd who are, for all
that. the chosen moutbp'eces Of Alexander,
Frederic and the Duke of WeIlington-blundering
quack., who, TO save themselves from hempen
exodus. could 70. define "cosmogony who, II
tie piper had fallen upon their heads, would only
have rubbed the sore spot aud esten the fruit aud
who are filed with tie spirit of Newton and VIII
soon be full Of the spiris Of Humbolds-"gre't
"arithmeticians" who msy know that two and
two make four ard may not, who have nightly con-
fluctuations with the soul OF the illustrlous La
Place. la the words of the fine old hymn, "we
tread upon enchanted ground our houses from
the root. rafters to the coalhoes are crowded with
angel ysitants who guard against our entertaining
them uuawares, BY kicking up tremendous bob
bery. We have letters f,om our greatest possible
graudfatbers and most distant defunct relatives,
and are upon hee-snd. thou terms with the deni-
zens of the Spirit. World from sphere No. to
sphere No. :.
These wonderful discoveries, inspirations and visi
tatiOns have produced novel literature, and a
new TECHNOLOGY Of barbaric mystery. The
medium" or medic" or media ALL these
Examinations are in vogue, although we prefer tie
ultimate of the first With pretty strong ssperate-
dis1ain the English language. Thus, we are told
pe rmit US to mount the tripod for moment-thas
a "mediumistic view of the rudlmental" aud
"omnifc" philosophy will psychologists US
into "harmonialn commissions by which We shall
increase our "receptivity and decrease our
"mundanity" until we shall get on. of our dis
"harmonized condition, become "subl mated
"angels" and be able to write carnations"
All these words we copy from new book called
Messages from John Quincy Adams in which
that great man is made in the spirit to TAX abom-
inabe nonsense which he certainly never did 10
the hesh-in which he is IN .de to write bad poetry
in which be is converted into q bad grammari.n,
bad rhetorican, bad logician, and a rather vul-
gar angel. Lmprimis, of the poetry. In relating
bis celestial experiences Mr.. Adams is perpeta
ally bursting into song, OF which the following are
specimens:
'Wil prove to ,bee thai thou caust still
In tones Of elcquence,
Breath forth Thy MOBILES, sentiments
In freedoms dear deiensa
That ttou visit still those halls
Where much q life you spent.
And where the higher powers Of mind
In Justice's cause were lent"
This morsel, We believe, is sung by John Hau-
cock as q sort of welcome After this "eght
beautiful female spirits in a silver girdle of light"
sing:
"EOH you knor that angels caa
Speak unto embodied man"
The preface to this mysterious volume says:
/" There is considerable poetry interviewer in the
"work, ard it is proper to state that the medium
:" is 90 poet" Proper enough, perhsps, but GER
tairly unnecessary.
The .pirit of Dir. J. Q. Adams, We my also
rotice, writes remarkably fine English, e. g.:
Then noi.el..,y pas. from their earthly
wings c each Pe1uned 1ephyr may o.t he erlh a'Pra9a
OF the soul assured ef the OF that happier Life be-
yend ovefo"in: with fasfan blessings and celestial soe'
The oriou. orb Of Dayue have beoys tina: the
Sun here referred to ju PeePins from beyond the E
hills rising In stately grandeur from his frof bed throwing
the soft efusence OF hi, mellow beam, the eewy lowers
and them ,tsn ike precious diamonds In the sor
seous luster Of his Light and power
We have other fine words and many novel cpl
thets. " TIE waving cataract thunders as well
as roars; the meandering rill murmurs''; the
" lasbing waves of the ocean echo; the calm,
"placd waves reject; the very birds chant;
the ,ky is no. only "calm but " blue; the per-
fume Of the flowers is balmy" the trees are
both "tsll and majestic" These are the apprO-
pirate adjectves used by the late President of the
United States upon returning TO the scenes Of bis
nativity. He utters through one Joseph Styles, a
medium or media, much more nonsenae; and if We
should prefix the letter sd" with dash after it,
to the word nonsense" we do not believe that
the Recording Ange would begrudse us an expung-
ing tear.
The spirit Of the Younger Adams, upon its first
arrival st Quincy, finds nobody up, and spend, an
idle hour in gazing upon scenes (Which are inc.
" rasably engraved upon the tablets Of memory
and in "imbibing fragrant lessons" Having
encountered meejum' Of proper " organism"
he proceeds tO dictate volume of four hundred
and fifty pages; in fact, " finds j. ID. Styles" by
whom he is both Impressed and pressed-nto
the service. The dinner table is brought out, and
the Split of Adams begins to relate his eIperi.
ences-his m,dia experiences as he calls them
how be has walked through the spheres with Gill
bert H. de Lafayette, who is as polite French