New-York daily tribune., 1865-08-12
4 oRAMMAR. DEFYING MEDIUM.
GRAND TRANCE ORATioN.
DrOAI Scenes and incidents.
Extraordinary commingling OF the
Celestial and terrestrial.


celebration on the part Of remarkable fanatics who
den,,ninste themselves The Spiritual Baptist Church
and Progressive Association. \ preliminary ciIeu'
Ar and excursion ticket had previously advertised
sma porten OF our fellow. citizens bn more pariicu
rly the NewYcrk press, that upon Friday, the llth
lust ON excursion would proceed by boat to Glen Cove
where the Rev. Prof Noycs Wheeler would be bap
Sised by immersion. in the East River by daughter
sfZon into the Kingdom of the Bride the LambsWiiei"
when "the Candidate for Baptism would deliver
discourse advocating the right of females to preach
also sermon on Baptism and that at the same time
"the waters Of East River. near the Grove. would be
dedicated to Alnghty.God for baptisma purposes
The circular further sets forth;
The High Preste,s the sister who administers the Baptism
pa tha, serious ard interesting occasion will aDot the hesd
f the Candidate with Holy Oil and also recognize Him
tbe High Priest and MaerBudcr OF the true ChnToh o'
Daughter Of Zion the Hand Maiden Of he Lord viii pre-
sent to the Rev. Prof Ncyes Wheeler bite Linen Robe
1Ss & 'e Ter h Holy W.s 5ds1 OF e aDs me ocsn, Sister
semny declare before Heaven and s the people present
s.s es IN tS ' PsSod and 70 become One in the father
sad n the Son 70 bnS up bis My dsps and Ses t. %
pledge themselves, mutually, to perform
THE START.
The barge WIN. II. Morton, accompanied by tug
boat left the foot OF Morton.st, North River, at
O'Clock yesterday morning. On board were party OF
e1cursionists the number Of twelve. The candidate
forisptism, Prof Moves Wheeler. oflcated as the
Master Of Ceremonies but the Daughter Of Zion. Mrs.
Draper who TO baptze him, and confer upon him
the robe Of glory the principal obiecpf attention
The rest Of the party consisted of delegation Of e
male spiritusists all Of whom young and pretty,
and one Of whom possessed remarkable beauty,
TIE SON OF ZION.
Prof Wheeler is eccentric individual whose
personal appearance will warrant description He ID
shout 60 years of age and lis head is covered with
sparse growth of long whitisb, yellow hair Lis long
xaunt attenuated dscolored face being orIamenteC
with a struggling growth Of faded yellow beard. Hl
form 10 tall thin rail- and attired in nondescrip
black suit of uncertain age The Professors manner
mighty and exaggerated in the extreme his Language
hesitating weak and vague; and mis- foaf tRs,'noh
suggests good. .natured imbece or harmless lunatc.
THE DAUGHTER OF ZION.
The Daughter of Zion, Mrs. Draper, Is corpulent
dDublechinned. middie.aged woman. Of rustic aspect
who weighs about three hundred pounds and IL capable
of q wonderful flow Of ungrammaticsl language Ac
cordDg TO the eccentric Wheeler she Is medium O
unequaed quaihcatens is iavoTite cothdGnie OF The
Virgin Mary and is in the habit OF asscciatng witt
angels much more than with mortals. Without this
assurance from the Professor would think her the
last mortal selected by high spiritual agencies Tor tbe
slucidation Of Divine srcaaa She looks ike PLAIN
smple country housewife. whose thoughts seldom rise
above the minuiia Of the mundane sphere.
MORE PAsSESGERS.
From Morton-st the barge proceeded around the
BATTERY TO the East River foot of Broomest. whore
she received more passengers. Among those who came
board this point seven rowd.es. Bow
ery pleasure-seekers who mad got wind OF IN pc cua
mature OF the excursion, and evidently anticipated some
rare Developments They were accompanied oy women
were rather noisy, but gOOd.natuTedy 10, and APP
peared TO be known the Professor for whose dignity
however, they displayed little regard. But.
Just as the boat was on the point oil starting
DRAWBACK
occurred which threatened to interfere seriously with
the Of the expedition The Professor came upon
the upper deck and informed the excusionts that The
Captain Of the barge refused TO proceed further unless
his expenses defrayed on the SPOT He Vhe Pro-
fessor) proposed that contribution be taken up for
shat purpose but the crowd were not ahuen and did
not see the proposition in powerful illumination AZ.
Ter much discussion decided to retorn 20 Morton.
st. and abandon the trip.
observing that all the morning he he'd been impressed
witt premonition that God was not willing the bap-
fsm should proceed that day, and that therefore, he
recoDciled TO the disappointment though he con
siderably out Of pocket by the failure. lie certainly
had little Of the appearance OF who il frequently
In pocket But tbe Bowery gentlemen looked upon the
shing fraud" and were determined that the bap-
tism should take place.
Lively DISCUSSION
ensued between the Professor and the boys wherein
little by little the limited theological views Of tho
former were expressed. Some such conversation oc.
carred:
che baptism somehow. suppose we have it here the
Prof-What, in this filthy water,
Second boy. $50 much the more need for its puri
Profit can be, boys. East River is too dirty 70
be purified. have control in the matter at all
An controlled by the Daughter OF Zion there and she
by the Revelation Of the Spirit The Lord isn't wiling
for me TO be baptized to-day or il would take place
First Boy."-Wen, We must roe yon in your white
robe ANYHOW. Put that on FOL Us. ana that will do
Prof. (resoutely)lt can't be done. The robe is in
che Daughters possession and she made II by direction
OF the angels, You don't understand how 1t s BOYS.
You see am controlled by the Daughter entirely. She
IL the greatest medium in the wordlivos in frances
spirits. Every day she goes among the angels In
heaven aud sits at the feet Of the Virgin Mary and at
night she is with the angel Gabriel aad the Lamb Of
God II she has a revelation to-day, she will bapti1e
me otherwise, she won't. There's no use trying to
her; you won't have any effect on her II she does
mot receive a revelation from God.
But the boys" determined TO try the efficacy OF
q coax; so they proceeded to the old lady aud the fol-
Towing
INTERVIEW WITH TIE DAUGHTER OF ZION
occurred.
First Boy Madame the Professor says he can't
be baptized uniess you SOY Now. cant We get
your CONSENT Or, at least, let Us have the Iobe Of
Daughter (blandly).-I don't know no ways by which
81 may be.
tickets and don't like be swindlcd out Of the 6ap
4ism-you see 10 isn't fair.
Daugbter-There aini such thing that can DO DID.
unless there's revelation.
Third "Boyn-But why didn't you say that on the.
billsf do you suppose were going 10 give away -
cents for revelation,
Daughter with afable solcmnity)-There must be
veyeation We believe that there amt suc thing
As any true Christian religion among many Of the
present sects. We believe IN arriving at DIVINE reye
Nation only through the baptism according as was
mi, laid down by the directions Of Jesus Christ, and
fas without this there ANT no such thing as spiritual
~ instance wanted three bricks the other day to
nssa yy Ig, sse slAs! abI t9gy 'S00l e@ ~