The New York herald., 1868-05-25
THE SPiRiTUALlST rs.
Everett Rooms and Elsewhere.

MIS-. q. Fannie Allyn still continues to eectrify the
credulous by speaking at the Everett Rooms upon
subjects suggested by the audience, and Conklin and
ms "reminiscences yet prove interesting to the hdbi
ties of Dodworth. Both succeed in making their
discourscs remarkably uninterestng to the general
hearer and remarkably interesting 10 the initiated
who have had Or expect TO have similar experiences.
The usual conference at Dodworth Hall took place
yesterday AFTERNOON but proved the occasion of an
exceedingly slender audience. 1t was simply
group-a fororn band-that greeted the spectator at
three O'Clock yesterday afternoon though the invita-
tiOns "Open to all" and seats free, were temptingIy
pacarded at the door, just in sight of any passer the
sidewalk and may probably be considered as ac-
counting for the presence Of every member of the
group with the exception Of the speakers and three
or four Old sagers in free discussion, who cultivate
the Hyperion Curls as badges OF distinction, ana
AFFECT the philosophical to the extent OF fits Of
abstraction in which they cannot be wholly RESPONSE
BILE for their own peculiar behavior. In every
feature, the general scene Metropolitan Hail
over again, without either addition, subtraction or
substantial modification Of any sort. There were the
same faces In the audiences In fact, IL one took the
trouble to count noses, the same speakers in part
with addition OF a few faces that metropolitan Hall
knew not, not from any want OF proclivity their
part, but because, not being In town In those hol-
cyon days OF free thought, they were quite to far
TO- N me no p r a. oTa wand and bear
Description OF the audience would be superfluOus,
since there was no audience to describe, with the
pedier's dozen OF gentlemen with long boards and
sallow, sanrony compilations, who, though they
We're IN no mood or abstraction Just at the moment,
had all the appearance and external symptoms of
being about TO be seized with spasm in the throes
OF which they might abstract anytbLng which should
prove TO be abstracfabie, even from gentleman's
pocket. Not but that these FITS OF abstraction
nave thus far proved perfectly innocent having
at least resulted IN the abstraction OF nothing
Valuable, either substantial philosophical,
though ,i for wnat the result might be, were
the tendency to abstraction To be permitted
iis iul headway, 1t is more difficult to be re-
spoDslbe. There can be no profitable abstraction,
however, where there IL nothing 10 abstract and the
audience Deng peculiarly wanting IN articles worth
tle fOuDle, there was no reason the part of any
'stihctOnlst present To carry his mood beyond It's
legal aud proper limits. There being no temptation
ol course nobody abstracted anything except him
sell, procedure TO which the unnitated of the
audience hetook themselves before even the first
speaker had completed his term Of fifteen minutes.
The subject OF discussion for the afternoon Was
lheoiogy ana Modern Splrualism.r The hrs,
speaker was among the most venerable or all tlr
medilmistic abstractonists present. This ven
eraDe gentleman eNnlnined his idea of the
advantages oi Spirllualism the pre-
vaing religion with an carnesthess worthy
OF better cause though with more ness than
lucidness or noliIgibiity. The second speaker was
Dr. Bullock, the 0eaginous who followed with
TRADE ffom has standpoint against all doubtcrs OF
the truths OF Spiriualism; and the third was Old
hdbttue OF Metropolitan Hall I'm the palmy days of
the ten cent admission fee. There being nobody TO
dissent the spiptuasts had the argument all In their
own way nothing salient occurring TO disturb The
current Of stale, pseudo philosophical stupidity
which flowed on ceaselessy for hour or more.
while one by one the memoefs OF the audience re-
tired with clatter Of boots and samming of doors
respectful 10 the babbing apostles OF The stupidity in
question,