Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-26

VOLUME XXXIll.
services but for the last two years he had
the privilege Of charging During that time
he had been engaged in healing By the apes
tolie mode, by the imposition much imposi-
tom Of hands. Hundreds would testify 10
the efficacy Of the mighty influence which
he contracted, aud whereby they had been
I relieved from disease. During the last ten
/ years he had been directed by a contract
with an invisible power-as positive con-
tract as he could make with mortal. The
spirits had informed him that he would in
time have a comfortable house on earth.
! The prospect was now that he would have
such beautiful house before the labors Of
this earth were finished.
/ THE TRANCE MEDIUM AGAIN.
/ Miss CoLBURN, the trance medium, had
! BIZ time become sufficiently charged with the
! influence, and was led out to face the audi
ence She is a young female with ruddy
/ complexion, and a rather broad face with
/ retreating chin. She is Of slight figure.
/ She was dressed in a black dress, with blue
I trimmings and had a blue streamer flying
/ out Of her head-gear. She did not announce
| the names Of the spirits she represented;
bat, in an exceedingly artificial manner,
commenced, with her eyes closed, the delive-
~ Of an address from we" the aforesaid
spirits. The burden Of her talk was a com
monplace and somewhat ungrammatical ex-
hOrtation to progress, "GO on, continue, per-
severe, and otherwise advance with the good
work" At the conclusion Of her talk she
resumed her spasmodic exertions and sub
sided
A REVEREND sPIRITUALIsT.
Rev Mr.. FISH was now called for, and
came forward, complaining that, as he had
reformed from the ministry, it was not fair
10 apply the old NICKNAME" 10 him. He
considered this meeting providential, in
fact they were bound to Providence. (Joke.)
He thought the spirits could just as well get
into a meeting on the boat as into one ON
the shore lie proceeded to relate an incl
dent alleged to have happened on one of the
Sound boats.
A SPIRIT SAVES A sHIPWRBCK.
The story runs that, on a dark and dreary
night (ride yellow covered novel; a certain
clerk Of a certain boat found a mysterious
and intangible stranger in the clerks Office;
clerk was frightened, and notified the cap
tain Of the presence Of the intangible stranger.
The captain was not frightened, forthwith
went to look after the valuables in the Office.
OF course there was no intangible stranger
visible, but on the slate was written these
words,
BEAR AWAY TO THE NORTH.
The captain did bear away to the North,
and fell in with disabled vessel and saved |
many lives, among them that of a gentleman
who was recognized by the clerk as the in
tangible stranger aforesaid and, mirubGe
dictit, the handwriting of both the rescued !
gentlemen and the intangible stranger cor
responded and the rescued gentleman had
not even dreamed of writing on a slate Mr.. !
Fish's deduction seemed 70 be that there is
such a thing as a communication frcm the |
spirit as a live man as well as from that of |
a dead one.
After this Fish story, the gentleman con-
cluded with some observations showing that |
there was as much benefit in a sermon that
made you laugh as in one that madeyou cry. |
sKEPTIcs.
At this point a skeptical young gentle |
man, much resembling ohm in the auto
crat Of the Breakfast Table" wanted to see !
some manifestations. Likewise a crusty but
sensible old gentleman wanted 70 see some |
raps. Also quiet but shrewd matron init
mated in low tone that she wished the |
spirits would cure her headache.
HE'LL.
Mr.. DRAKE lno'connection Of the Bitters |
said he couldn't swallow the retribution doc |
trines Of the church-eternal misery and all |
that. He was convinced Of the truth Of the |
manifestations because, when under the in |
iluence," his daughter, a frail girl, could |
move a table in spite Of the efforts of two of |
the strongest men.
THE SPIRITS CURE A SORE THROAT.
Mr.. LEECA, Of Newark, a small but aged /
gentleman, who evinced symptoms through /
out the evening, announced that at first he /
thought he could not speak on account of a
sore throat, but the presence Of spirit friends !
had relieved him. But he didn't make a
speech.
ANOTHER TRANCE MEDIUM.
Mr.. DANsKTS concluded the introduction |
Of speakers, by presenting an exceedingly /
tall and prepossessing lady who had been /
subject TO galvanics for about an hour. She |
turned her face 10 the WALL and With some |
contempt for the rules of rhetoric, gram |
mar, and elOcutiOn, began with the lruism |
81 am always pleased to talk" Tile sum
and substance of her point was, that people |
were better on account Of spiritualism Ii |
they were not made better they were not |
true spiritualists. She wound up abruptly, |
and staggered safely until some gentlemen |
led her TO a seat.
Chairman DANsKrN finished the speech |
making 10y an earnest and impressive narraA
ton of spirit experiences in his own family, |
and, after a vote of thanks to the Captain, |
and an Intellectual attempt to get up some |
spiritual music, the meeting separated.
RAPs IN 4 STATE ROOM.
Somewhat agitated by the various exhibit
tions fthe "meeiums," retired to my berth, |
but alas, not to rest The rafting noises Of
a steamer are Of themselves sufficiently pro-
vocative of wakelulness, but ! was for time
constantly annoyed by the persistent and IT.
regular tapping Of something against the
partition. applied the usual test-questions
concerning my deceased relatives, and be-
came convinced that the raps must come
from spirits, because every answer was
wrong For instance, the spirits insisted
that my parents were both defunct, when in
fact, both are alive and well, and likely to
take their rations regularly for some time to
come. 1t did not shake my belief in the
spirits at all when in the morning | found /
the toilet closet open and the door slamming
against the wall.
KIND HOSPITALITY.
II seems that the Yankee spiritualists Of
Providence, with view Of saving their own
travelling expenses invited the convention
TO meet in this city, rendering to the menu
bers the free use Of the hall, a fraternal
greeting, and kind hospitality" Thereupon
most Of the members on the boat, thinking
that kind hospitality meant breakfast as
soon as they landed, about A. NJ, proceed
ed to Pratts Hall. But the hall was closed,
and, after due consultation, it was deter
mined TO go somewhere and get breakfast"
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