The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-10

AZ rb,as O'clock the faithful came together again, and
oute humber OF unbeeyes came also, TO look II nor
s Henry q Wright delivered himself very freely
TO The brethren talking lnhde,y with ghpness 'na'
| was duly admired Hs was followed by
Brother E. v. Wilson, Of Illinois, melanchoy iook-
ing b.rsute and yarn-spinning medium no knew irom
several observations he had taken tha Jonn rierpons
vas now IN the OF the heavens bright particular
Mr.. Joceyn jumped up at once. when this statement
was mada and cried out that John Perpoint was just
ansr speak ng TO him, and promised another verse Of
the poem. ,,,
orator. wound up With Bryant the poet and de-
c!aedle should WRAP he drapey OF his couch around
him and wake up In the summer land
Rev G. Is. Harrison commenced--I think II John
Perpoin hereto OF He 10 here he would feel
overw hemed with the eulogles passed upon him.
Rev Moses Hall told story OF an amateur medium
that brought before Perpont and wrote sentence
backwards unconscious!y, which, on being held 10
u rror aud translated, bore some tremendous thing IN
Hebrew.
But the sranges. feature Of tho whole days proceed
ings was the apps arance OF delegate from the other
world in utter contempt OF all mundane credentials.
This was Captain Barnes OF New Jersey SIX feet ana
n hg ana ou hS be- s swora
gale that he thought OF quitting the marine
Business and taking up something less proiane as
SAID Le deli gate from the other world, and
looking up the skyghts IN the hall seemed 10 sigh
to get back again. He held chart In his hand large az
the map OF United States, and ann unced his read
ness TO plot any number OF souls through the intricate
channos that lead 10 the spirit cnd He admitted he
wasn't much in the spirit world as Wright but ne
knew more about the way to get there, He wouldn's
worship man. not even -. he thought thes
ali and wanted some Kind OF pii0t 10 put
en- right He about to express some other
thoughts that abored big within HIM, but committee
that wanted to report cut him short very rudey We
desired his chart but the rudeness OF the conf
mlttee 80 wounded his spiritual feelings tnat be re-
fused.
Singing came, and to tho music Of an autlquated
piano of virgins and two OF the sterner kind
sang Rosae adapted words OF elevated sound
and meat than those having renee prairie
flower Committees order and said every
thing would bo Strengthened up tomorrow or the day
after If nothing occurred to break connection with the
spirit land
| Grand Tabienu of Religions Gropcrs-The
shakers shake Hands with the Spirits-The
Joint STOCK Observation-Disclosures TO Harry
| md MuItipiy-Spirits to Give UP Their
| Tricks and send the Demented TO Bedinm-
Rich and RHcy Incidents-The Jersey Cap.
tain Plays King Lenr-In Despair He Joins
| the Shnkess-iiis lInp Of the Heavenly Cone
| tinent Lost o the Spirits-JGhn Bv0uginm n
CLEVELAND Sept 4, 1867
To gld refined god paint tho lily add pungency
onion peel NTH the OF garlic, may be esteemed
the of wasteul and ridiculous excess but just
waeful and ridiculous did yesterday consider any
attempt to give moro que complexion than it
tualy wore to the convention of ghous bloomer bed
amites, inhdes and dervshes that assembled in this
city Yet this morning We are wiling to ADM. the
INNING OF yesterdays picture BIO extended to ad-
vantage. The canvas, we thought, had boen covered,
and the lights aud shades nim taby BONDED; but the
final touca yet wanting; its absence unnotced.
Bat shall com 10 u by and by.
Nine ten miles from here hundred and
won Of the shaker persuasion ind ng their way
TO wealth In this world and 10 the hope Of salvation
the next They area strange people, with strange dress
strange faces, and strange metaphysical tendencies
They till the soil whie they pra the Lord, aud when
their hands unemployed they dance Wild dervsh
dances 10 the music If weird mnsrelsy. No conjuga
oys and sorrows disturb their ocular con.entment no
midnight Opponents vile scrspng nddles heard
under Their windows a moonlight eve, and mis-
cheyous children give pain TO ineir reooso rho parld
Ol ha iCpdh Inv tho fahla
rappug fraternity TO them !, appeared the shakers held
some views in common with themselves; else WHY this
serenity, this glorious result of splrluasc fcengf
However, TO cat the matter short, time ago the
spirits paid tue Shakers visit prayed with hem aud
shakersh 9aadrle and breakdown, and spent the time
tli near We ,i9se ss Oh. sssi' as harry as IN the
ing else to rappedte Shakers III knuckles
by teng them 10 60 and get married, holy
patched UP and the Shakers invited their
secuaon Tor visit to the Congress Of gnouls. To-day.
in ambulance wagons ShaGerdom entered Ciegeland,
The ungn1y city, and repaired Brsinarl's Hail. Led
by elderly gentleman In ndescrbabie SUIT and
antealluyian nat twenty old brothers aud sisters
here was one young thing about forty found their
way in among the Gemeptod reformors, 10 the delight
indeed OF every cd spirit present They kindly
invited 10 seats the platform, where, seated a row,
with speciac,es ana Shaker flannel all over,
they formed me cynosure o. every shoash eye. il
understood by many that negotiations would be
entered into between the secs for the purpose OF
ing JOINT stock company with matrimonial basis
tie Shakers TO marry and multiply and tue spirits TO
give their ropo and table tricks and send the crazy
their crowd for proper treatment the lunato
asylum. This limited the Oldest elder OF tue
shaker deles atou by seedy looking spirit who owl
dony coveted SUIT Of Shaker flannel and perhaps
OF pretty at homo into tho bargain
But the Old FELLOW failed to it in that light Ho ar
gued there two classes OF men in the word-one
who follow the example of Adam who took a rib 10 his
BOSOM and the other called higher level VINO can
take RIB at all Or tbose he belonged the latter,
ana was proceeding TO debate on the regenoraou OF tge
flesh, leaong. OF course 10 delicate topics whe
the spirit got uneasy and excused himself By ng he
bad Iorg item to pay his respects to the sisters. And
h. t.dt old chr at.Aa ufft
the dear old ladies' anu giided away to position the
PLATFORM from which ne soon afterwards seized the
opportunity TO tell the audience that paper he
started was only ten cents copy or So year. Tho
boomers were early in the hall this morning; they
came early TO avoid the annoyance Of boot oil cks,
whose eternal 'SAne yer boots. sir =! Is so frequent
later in the day. Ana ". r. Jocely o, for Pier
as though lsid under CONTINUATION by dozen airy
spirits and as fast as no shook OF enc re fastened
on by another Tnis impression we received from the
spasmodc nature Of hsspecches The FIRST business Of tho
Convention related TO the speakers whom it would be
beat to select FOR the evening. The gh0us from the
Eas1 ramed three from that section; bus the Western
delegates objected, and enormous hoosier named
Wilson, large enough to fifty spirits Of wanted
the evening deyoted 10 impromptu addresses limiting
each twenty inmates The Chairman OF the Business
Committee aud operator on tho wires TO the Sumner
land came forward with lowering look and In sepu-
chral voice demanded who this Wilson that dared
to propose curailipg the nspir uttoraroes OF the
saints Captain Barnes, tho fisherman from Jerscy the
living King Lear with all tho frenzy OF Ccrdelas ather
rose up his at this the stTapgost yet
most commanding spirit in the ihrons-and in a voice
claimed Sic tho mouthpioce OF tho angel Gabri II
Sencei silencei silencel" And silence most profound
prevailed.
The President, however jumped mp, indignant at the
fisherman usurping hts functions and cried out you
making noise than the angel Gabriel hmselfn
The Captain, the delegate from the other world, ia.
censcd al the remark, replied prompty:-A delegate
from Heaven cir. has night to its thunder aud
thercupon subsidized.
The spiritual genius william Toohy, IRISH
mana real, live OF tho sod-corpulent aud red
enough 20 whr good sized shilelan or put pint OF
whsNoy out OF sight He carried himself very jauniiIy,
tipping wink TO tho boomers, who bushed aud
struggled TO smile. Toby read these resolu,ons:--
Whereas In recent number Of the Banner there
address to the citizens OF he United Third
Constitutional Convention OF Spruass In which
the following 1guage: Before sprituslsts will
consent have the infaiibhiiy the Bbe tho deity OF
Jesus and the ca authority OF these quondsm friends
Of God crarnned down souls constitution
OF cur repuu We viii hght u tGstards gorged with
a. tiusl nd