The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-02-29

LECTURE on sriRiTu.LrsM.-Thomas Gales
Forster delivered another OF his lectures on
spiritualism at Harmonial Hall last evening.
The lecturer said that there were many people
protesting TO believe that spirituaism was a
mere phantom. II, however, they would inycsti.
gS,sh me tSsS sne
:plfitusi Seins-,hst he physical and intelies'
lie infinitely described the human brain and
body, and said that atheists argued that the
brain Of man was the mind Of man, and claimed
that II the mind OF man 10 immortal, then
The brain can be destroyed, and this theory was
ors the q sSe
Theology admits that BY some sort Of alchemy
man Is TO become immortal, but does not demon
SpiritusiIsm demonstratcs that the vital prin.
cipie does not dwell In the brain or mind Of man,
but that there is some other agent, Man has an
The human mind 70 as formless az the air we
breathe. It is capable of education, and may be
Is Written on the universe, and the brain does
not constitute an exception 70 this Inevitable
law Of nature: All vitality Is In spirit, and not
by the. nervous ibres. The yoltaic or electric
mental current Of the mind is impressible from
Without. II is not the body Or brain that fell:
Spirit q the positive principle, matter the mega
tive. Matter docs not move except through the
The departed spirit Is q. conscious individual.
ity, and communes with those left behind There
were nearly ten million spiritualists who could
The lecturer then advertcd to the fact that the
same spirit which had prosecuted and ostracised
people in former times, because they could not
believe what they were ordered to believe, was
still alive, but that II was not so demonstrative,
because the thinking and reading public had out.
sss pGss h ss
God to let forth certain doctrines, and none
dare gainsay their theories. Hence ostraeism
pspiriiuaiists believe tina. they can do their
fcllow-men more good by rolling up their sleeves
and going to work for them than by going
'" The Spiritual sehpoi believes that not human
soul created by God will be lost, but that all will
live on IN their appropriate sphere ..,,,n,r =,
dreams" and coutended that It was not the spirit
which needed SLEEP, but the brain and body, and
dreams were the action OF the spirits'
A BAD MATRIMONIAL ALLrANcg.-Soon after
last Christmas person Of the female persuasion,
emigrated from the green felds OF Erin to the
metropolis Of the great American nation and
pitched her fortunes In an alley in SwAmpoodle.
Not long thereafter she formed a considerable
liking for one Mr. James Collins, not so cx.
perienced, by several stretches, in the ways and
the wooings Of this world.
James was, In the due course Of time, capti-
waited, claimed and captured, and was led,
Aioysfus, where the twain were made one flesh
on Tuesday night last: Things worked smoothly
for a few hours, and James Collins was so well
dered to his blushing and gushing bride the deed
for his shsnty aud t2eo In greenbacks, as we arc
fss ~ y sey
of true love never runs smooth" and so tproved
to turn out In the present instance.
1t appears that James had In his shanty an
invalid friend-not a female-whom he had made
up his mind to care for until the said invalid
should "pass In his checks" alias die. Now,
we do not wonder at the tender-hea richness OF
the said James Collins, since he has experienced
many pps and downs In life, one leg being some
what .horssthsn the oihe5 and said other being in
now Mrs. Mary collins did not incline, by some;
so there was row somewhere soon.
into r the nT beiieS That The Above Mary
was a solacing committee, when she proffered
him a bottle Of whisky alias nitrc.slyeerine.
soon perfectly obliylous, and completely at the
mercy Of his pn.uspected foe.
"a process Of ejectment was then and there In
pSs!s Cow s Witch S ssass and se May co
fius al wSs!e apd sole control Of the premises.
Mssys dear husband, who related his pnex.
peetsd woes ~ Michael Shay and his wife and
Sns Thomas kssad M sns
SSim ns f and 30 .slwileS M W tsshs 4ss p
his and 70 70 Il
/, tehastisement which they adJudssd was due
hsf, -,und the door closed against them, and
,fSeyi the triple,presslre force causing in
,he door late,; good order. Mary was duly
10 ssr sna S% ,,d ds
parted. Mary's turn Gu; swIer, OF the Seventh
time Officers Lynch and L, Justice Walters
precinct, escorted the trio IL '>cked up. and
headquarters, where they were It. I we heard
where they spent last night: The las Justice
OF James Collins, he was hunting tor 'Sfy
was searching for the same dignitary for quo
icdrrdnfo.
EJEcTMENT PROM THE OARS At GonDoNs-
WILLIE. VA-Thc Lynchburg NeTs has the fol-
lowing item:
Gordonsville on Friday among the colored popu-
lation by the summary cjectment of three negro