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

If they attempted interference with the most glorious
and heaven born creed ever vouchsared TO man.
Henry G. Wright SO help him God, wouldn't battle his
hand In brothers. blood to single institution on
this footstooL Yesterday they said man was the en-
political privileges they were ready TO cut each others
Threats.
the resolutions we're laid on the table In the mean
time the Shakers looked with wondering inter-
est One especially, with very red face, and with hair
cut after the tonsorai fashion In vogue Sing Sing,
gazed awful looks the fire eating spirits breath
ing birthstone and iuclfer matches The shaker women
looked through their spectacles IN aInazement, and
seemed 10 wish they at homo making Shaker fan.
mel aud otherwise serving themselves and the commu-
nifty In the afternoon Shakers and all found their way
back TO the spiritual arena, where discussion began
upon the best method OF teaching the young ideas OF the
! tito gnouls how to shoot.
Mrs Joscelyn wife Of the great JOSS said she couldn't
Keep Ter seat when she head the interesting subject OF
chiidren's training beng discussed. She should say
shng and being lady, Of course she was lnduigeo
Then camo
Toohy, the Irishman, or John Brougham in Disguise
in fact II must have been John. playing OF one of his
pranks for future generations 10 laugh at But who
should stalk up The table at this juncture but the cap
from Jersey irrepressibe Barnes the fisher
and delegate from earthly constituency. Alas
for Barnes ghoul OF the earth, earthly laid a
and that none but mundane creatures allowed to
unbosom themselves there But Barnes was undeterred
and attn s mighty aaS Ss yo
the delegate from heaven you are all gone up Al
this moment he was surrounded-a Samson in the hands
OF the Pnstn ,s-pushed about, whred around; but
above tho din could be heard his laundering
voce-'T warn you, friends; warn you, warn you
Forced to yield he put on his hat walked across the
stage every inch King Lear and taking down his chart
Of the heavenly continent exclaimed, 'fes, my
friends, you have been weighed In the balance and
found waiting" Then, slowly rolling up his valuable
map, he mattsred. in a low bass voice, "You're
doomed do med, doomed" Casting his eyes down
from altitude of six tee he sudseny spled the row
Of Shakers and laying his chart aside, uttered with
vivacly, Gan right again. III jine the Saakers-In
ne EN-" and taking the first specialized matron ey the
hand said he 'Youre all right. old sister, you'll see the
tobacco
mouth and chewing 1ercely he strobe across the stage
aga and disappeared tor the remainder OF the evening
Ars Clark poke next, aud didn't she speak her piece
daintily Children, she remarked, were different from
adults the former required color and beauty 10 interest
them, but the latter needed other pabalun As for her
she could read Charles Lamb and BIO happy (Ea ought
TO be PROUD; once In while she looked into the New
Testament but there was little OF Interest there Tor her;
lighter literature grat1ed her TASTE more, and SO on
with female discursiveness
the saints behought themselves Of supper aud
wended their way thereto. Back a4an to the han,
where Just now DR.. Ealieck Of Philadelphia and Miss
Wilhelm OF tho endiy city, together with Brother
Loyeand strain ng their mental inspiration in tho
vain attempt to mark the boundaries OF tho unknown
realms of space. Tomorrow they talk the school ques
ion over again.
The Humors OF Spiritunlism-The freshman
TINT lost His Head and still Felt Comfort
abie-The Medium that Struck lie for the
Benefit of Hunanity-The Angels that Led
Him to the Well, aud the Price He Asks for
Shures-The Spirits In Counci-An Adv ocRte
md White. Coolies and Crowf0ot Indians ia
Sit at the One Tabie-Nesiern and Eastern
Spirits in Celiision-ltnrc Fun.
CLEVELAND, Sept. S, 1861
To the Christian believer the vagaries Of spiituasn
must appear the most provokingy absurd II no; the
most profane, in which the conscious human mind OF
this age could possibly indulge. If we smile when We
hear medium gravely relate an interview he had with
the departed shade Of Irshman who tells him had
A.; "a N h.lJ ipt a,oh
valley but is very comfortably provided for in the
summer land, except that he has hoad for anything
(xind of bothered, SUPPOSED evity certainly
excusable, for anything moro supremely ridiculous
could scarcely present itself 10 facotious imagination
Blu. there feature in sprtualism more attractive to
OF its disciples than tho humor OF the bapless
Irishman. Linked with Its ethereaiistic aspirations Is
ss:asA n,nfa,aliin-a gross. groyehng mercenary
which, but for the redeening fact OF good and up
right but de'uded men being involved in the movement
Is enough 10 mpeach It's every profession Here comes
brother Abraham James, Of Pennsyivaaia 1--WE omit tho
Post ofiice) medium with special wr,s OF bis own
communicating with the spirit land the back of his
lar hid from view by mating OF greasy black hair,
and eyes turned awry in the truo spiftuast.c fashion
Now what has bgother Jane. to say for himself 10 the
intelligent spirits from twenty States OF the Union
Does lie ell them OF the many turns and the number of
mlestones on the road to the summer land On, no
brother James believes the summer land is nearer TO
Pennsylvania than TO Heaven. lie band OF spirits
pst i'm visit to enlghten him the geological and
purpose OF beneatng humanity. After mlnv revela-
tons OF the geological order they used him last year
for especial work. TO be devoted 10 the benefit OF
spirtualism Whlo passing along In "a blsgy with
friend he violently influenced by unseen power
forced to get out aud lot half way. There no lay
down. and invisible voices speaking in the tongue OF
Shakespeare, pronounced-whatp Inc prospects OF
brother James salvationf Mo- the presence OF pctro
ieum oil well was commenced which Is now far
advanced and the shares only six hundred dollars
each the OIL to be used for spirit lamps Adeu. brother
James, Your Jokes pleasant and to yourself profit
able Aud this Il the glorious and religion OF
these advanced times, which, dating from the table rap
ping tricks of the Fox family, In Rochester has eradl.
ally loose from all forms OF Christianity and taken
up the philosophy of the pagan Greeks
Yesterday VIC were led 10 expect that compronise
would be effected by the spirits wi the dcmurc aud
terestng Shakers; but though the latter shake with
the chnis, there IS little hope that they will shake
OIL their notions 10 follow the ghoush ways Of the
former. Silent and sensible, the Shakers home,
pioneering, doubt, on the fantastic humors of the
ghculs aud shocked at the fantastic dress of the bloom
time the atcnuatcd hairy looking crowd OF
cuno males and self educated females being in attend
The Lyceum or chidren's school, was discussed,
ana here may DO parenthet cay stated that this forms
OF tho principal objects OF the convention, namely,
TO give tue utmost attention to the training OF children
in the ways Of spiritlasm that when they shuttle
or tue mortal coi IA favorite expresson) they may
join hoir pspas and mammss in the bright summer land
DR. Bruce OF Shoreham, VT, and ID. j. Rayner, OF Ere
Pa delivered themselves on the school question,
ing parents 10 keep their children away from the evil
influence OF secariansm lin other words Christianity
fond was next given by sprtusllzed ady-spiritual-
ze In the that the color OF her skin has nothing
anaagous IN nature, and her eyes were unlike the
binary optics Of humanity Ia expression The harmony
OF the song over, scene Of discord followed Western
spirils arrayed against Eastern ditto, and anything
but an angelic disposition exhibited by either Mr.
Wilson, monstrous outgrowth OF the Illinois pralrics
pitched 10 with true Western independence aud tod the
oesglnous natives OF the Hub they had TOO much
opinion OF their own importance
thin lipped nervous, consunptlve looking spirit
named Mapde followed in the wake OF wilson and said
II toe people OF Boston to rule the Convention
least had spirit enough to reject such pretensons
II evident that strong sectiops. feeling prevailed
all because the Eastern fellows wanted to mouopozs
the Convention for the discussion Of Iyceum or child
reus education, and the Western fellows went In for
combining that subject to bref allotted time aud
devong more or their attention to the subject VI spirit.
usiism Itself, ITS wants prospects, progress, &c
Brother Wheeler sai!ow Yankee, took up the cudgel
for Boston, but the monster Wilson, the prairie wolf
bounced upon him. told him shut up aud the poor
Boslonan creep into his splrtraisiic shell and then
Wilson took the foor raked the whole Eas, from Jersey
20 Vermont; made use OF word which he intend d
for some otter, and called II "a dpsg torguo," aud