The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-07-19
PROGRESSIVE SP1RlTUALISM.

GhOstly, the Gloomy, the Glad, the
Gushing, and the Classy Assembled In
Immense Numbers-TrRnceS, Dances,
and sandwiches-speech Songs,
and SpOOkE-The Man VINO Took
nOlsugar in Ris Coffee on Hand, Etc.
The Progressive Spiritualists of New York
and Brooklyn assembled together, with their
wives, children, young men, and maidens and
betook themselves to Fort Lee on the steamer
Thomas Hulse, which lett the foot of Chris
topher street at 10 o'clock yesterday morning.
When this collection of communicates with the
spirit land were all on board, the visitor had
before him such menagerie of longhaTed
men and emaclated, wild-looking women as
perhaps he never before witnessed. Here the
model medium bloomed in perfection with his
Leonide locks brushed back from his noble
brow In the regulation literary style, a patri-
archal beard flowed down to his breast, and
he looks meekly from out a pair of dim
grey eyes that sometimes assume haggard
sometimes q wild and wearied look. His con-
versation is transcendental, logical aud lucid
as ink, and the listener, in the vain attempt to
follow the thread of his arguments, finds HIM
self wading considerably out of his depth in a
sea of verbosity.
THE SCENES ON BOARD
were quite amusing from the presence Of an
eccentric individual who rejoces in O regal
name. This gentleman was seemingly an artless
youth OF some sixty summers, with stentorian
voice. He had spirtualiSm badly on the brain
as the most trivial remark addressed to him on
the state of the weather, or anything equally
inconsequent, was sure to have the ludicrous
effect OF starting him on spiritalistic yarn
which he reeled off at a terrible rate, and it
afforded a select few much amusement to OBJ
serve the way he generally turned the subject
towards his favonte topic. He was OF opinion
that Christ was imbued with the spirit of Con.
fucius, and the Christian doctrine of damnation
seemed to excite his particular ire. He was
particularly fond of the expression doctrine of
damnation," and never lost an opportunity of
ringing it in Around this genius was an assem-
blage of women, who dwelt lovingly on every
word uttered by this spritualst sage. Curiosity
was excited to know what his profession was,
as he had a knack of showing the extraordi-
nary affinity between spirtualism and patent
medicines, he urging that the spirit of his
grandfather had revealed to him drugs that
would cure everything, from broken limb to
the last stages OF consumption; and now his at
tention is engrossed in growing spiritualistic
grape vine, the seeding of which was revealed
to him in like manner by his accommodating
ancestor. Altogether the conversation and
rhapsodies of this queer vender of patent medi-
cines was strange medley, embracing every
thing from the omniscience of God and grape
vines to comic stories and sentimental spiritual
ism. The other mediums were quite roared
down by this lion, and kept themselves in re-
serve for performance on shore. Occasionally
smile would ripple on the face of one of the
party who was not spiIitnallst, but he was
gently warned not to indulge in laugh, as the
unbelievers we're in the minority, and 1t would
go pretty rough with them in the event of
row. The females greatly affected corkscrew
curls, and Paris milllner would have been
shocked to death to have seen the curiously
combined coors of their tolettes. Pink silk
with yellow trimmings would have been rather
a neat and quiet display alongside some of the
gorgeous dresses of the lady mediums.
At length Fort Lee is reached, and after
landing of baskets, containing a superabun-
dance of earthly food and spirits is effected,
these festive religionists wind their way up to
the summit of the mount.
THE GROUND
is reached at length, and preliminary skirmish
takes place for the possession of tables before
the main muffin struggle is opened. When the
feast was finished dancing was commenced in
right good style. The unsophistlcated youths
went at it with their coats of and lighted cigars
in their mouths, fast and furious became the
reels ana waltZes, and all was going merry as
o marriage bell, when a gentlemen IN q ''tall
hat" ventured to remark on the improperly of
dancing with coats off and smoking In the pre-
sence Of ladies. The newcomer was evidently
q scholar as well as gentleman Tor he pre-
faced his observations with the remark that
such proceedings were not ''engregate' nor
"disiingy." After this, proceedings were CON
Quoted on the strictest order OF etiquette. This
was merely an episode, not given with the in
tention of limiting that the audience were not
well-bIed, for indeed they were all highly re
Bpectable people, and conducted themselves
with the greatest propriety.
THE SPEAKERS STAND.
Here the Hon. Warren Chase, of Ohio, was
exhorting his hearers to live properly IN thls
world, so as to be prepared for another sIate OF
existence; and that the farther we advanced In
this world the further we would ind ourselves
advanced in the next, or, as we go out OF thle
world, the next will find us. He spoke very ter,
Vently, and was listened to with great deal oil
attention by an appreciative audience. When
he finished two ladies sang charming duett to
a very plaintiVe melody, and after 1t MIR. Andrew
jackson Davis, the founder OF progress III
lyceumsD in the United States spoke to the
effect that the spirituaists were the advanced
guards of future civilization, and they should
have to encounter much contumely and derision
but in the end would triumph, and from the
ranks of the little boys OF the lyceum now before
them would spring the future legislators o.
these United States. Mr. Davis is a pleasing
looking gentleman, and evidently sincere
fair faith in the doctrines OF spirltuaiism
he either discountenances all outer exhibitions
conducive of rldicule, and in his conversation
and manners shows NO eccentrclty. lie wa
followed by his wife, Mrs. Davis, who spoke II
a beautifully modulated and silvery voice. Sh'
graphically described the many comforts ina ma
attend the Spiritualst religion, and how de
lighttul it was to hold sweet converse with tn
spirits of the dear departed, and concluded by
saying that we should be true TO the highes
and best that is within u.s. and then we coulC
not fail to be happy. A remarkabe-lookint
gentleman who peddled lazor-strops arounC
Nassau street, then let loose on the, Grove
enough eloquence to have disposed OF Q asnlPtoe'
of his wares. He apostrophized the sun, moon
stars, aud lightning, and afforded all present
good deal OF fun at his witty Vemarks, II wa
understood that he took no sugar in his coffee
During the speaking about thirty or. fort
people congregated in the woods above the pr'
clpice to form
THE CIRCLES,
OF which there were two one inside the othe
Ihose Instue sat down, but those outside Etoo
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