The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-07-22

the Spiritualist religion, and how de-
ligbii0l it WAS TO BOid sweet converse
with the spirits OF the dear departed;
and concluded by saying that We shouid
be true 20 the highest and oeSt tnSt ~ -
within US, and then We could not iaH
10 Dc happy. a EemeEkable-Iookin King
gentleman who peddled rszor'stroPs
around Nassau street, then let loose on
the crowd enough elcquence 70 nSSe
disposed of a shipload OF his wares. ne
auGstroohized The sun, mooni STARS anu
IightniLiZ. and afforded all present
sISoi de3i of fun al his witty remarks.
n was understood that he took no sugar
in MS coffee. During the speaking
about thirty or forty people congrSSA-
ted in the woods above The pTeclplce 10
form
THE CIRCLES,
Of which there were TWO, inside Of the
other. Those inside sat down, but
those outside stood up. In about seven
or eight minutes shuddsr WIS OBJ
served to pass over the frame o. a "o-
man in the inner circle. She gradual
" became quite cUnyulsed, sobbed and
rubbed her hands violently for space
of I'VE or six minutes, then threw her
arms around an electrified bulI.froS.
The crowd commenced 10 get frighten-
ed. One medium made my stsFioos pasSes
over her and down her BACK Gut all 20
no HTAil. Inc dglAAllOI lbNiSa-sESs -
more Il led their powers with no better
SUCCESS. until Il mulaItO medium cried
out, "She is under the influence OF the
spirit of Catholic priest This wo-
man then made LOT Of passes, among
which was the sign oil the cross, that
succeeded in restoring CONSCIOUSNESS.
The clairvoyant stated that the priest
was trying 10 convert her, out she
had struggled with him success
fuIIy. II WAS afterwards ssceT-
tanned that this woman was an Orange
Protestant OF the stricte5t order, ana
thar bpr mind had been dwelling on
religion for some time past AnotheF
woman. who came from massachusetts
went of into a trance and became pos
sas-ej of the spirit OF an Indian" She
.craIr bled over the precipice in an Hg-
onizing way, causing the spectators
great terror, and gave vent u lot o.
uumitigated twaddie about squaws,
wampum, and fire water. She spoke
in broken English that still had t~anS
OF Yankee land about II, and the noble
savage that possessed her seem
ed to have been model Brave, as ne
wanted to get home TO Lis squaW, De-
sides being down on hrewsteT. shortly
after this Indian got back TO his hsppy
hunting grounds, another medium be-
come hlled with the spirit of Lola
Montez, who smiled gracefully, hirted
frightiully, and went deeply into
discussion OF woman rights. some
OF the mediums present declared
the spirit was to strong for the
clairvoyaDt, and the shade OF Lola
was LEFT in peace. In about an
hour after this, This same medium was
POSSESSED OF another spirit and cried
out, tho for a fiddle and tiue plat
form" and behold! the ethereal sub
stance OF the late Jim Crow was
among the crowd. The mediums ca
periug caused the gaping rustics ranged
around, great establishment, aud one
big negro weHch said. in evident fear.
God d mercy what am dem dar? OBJ,
golIy!" Everybody enjoyed the fun,
and amiability was the order OF the day.
The rain inIeriered "a little with the
dancing, but among one thousand OF
twelve hundred people, there are al,
ways sure TO be some adopts in the art
OF amusing, and a party from SIR. Con
ways theatre, Brooklyn, made the
weIkin ring with songs and cOmical
speeches. The boat LETT at six, and in
au hour after the party was landed al
Christopher street in pelung rain
storm.