The New York herald., 1870-08-29
SriayTlaL EEuMeUG.


The Spirits Concerning the War in Europe
Their Views the Young Dcmacrucy--Kc.
formation from Eey onG che Jordan-iErH.
Ewer's xpimnutians--Chaylcs Dic,scas Writ
ing Peetry-PboiOsr2phy III the Dur8.
The cause of Splrituasn has been on the wanc
recently to so great an extent that the movets IN it
have been forced Of late to pander TO the popular
appetite, which proceeding Is, OF course, anIagons-
tic to all spiritual rules In the outside they
have invoked are included discussions on every
subject pertinent To 1.-THE spiritual issue;' and yes
terday, at Masonic Hall, IL Thirteenth street. they
sat In a session OF two hours ana Il
half in length. There was lady in
the chair, a Mrs. Marqnand whose duty it was to
'tme" the speakers. giving each of the orators ten
minutes in which 60 have his or her say. The ten
minutes occupied were usually long enough to con-
vince any that In choosing public speaking Tor
vocation the persons above Interested would make
A MOST LASESrABLE MISTAKE
Indeed, their piping or wheezlng voices and mis-
taken gestures were only matched by Their bad
grammar and lack OF IDEAS Among the gentlemen
speaking were the following, whose names are
known 10 others beside themselvcs:--Cregory, Mad
dox, Tnompson lngels, Lewis. Davis and Dresser.
The great topic was ihe war in Europe, and Loils
Napoleon got II reruai cawing because he did few
KIND deeds to poor old Pho Mono. AS 10 the land
question II much used by the orators that Il
disinteresed worldly mind might without any
breach OF Christian charity suspect several of the
speakers tu have an eye TO eIecting q sale OF q Dad
bargain Ia Western lands through sp,ritualisic
means. But Mrs. Ewer-yes, Mrs. Ewer--,iid come To
the point without any mistake. What a voice that
lady has Never did orator, ancient or modern,
hammer ahIe with his or her fsts just al the right
moment, so we'll as Mrs. Ever knows how 10 do.
She promised the HERALD reporter 10 give him
copy or u beautiful poem She wrote IN the happy
and glorious rans.toly fstate OF medium. Tne
poem alluded 10 was dictated by no less spirit
tnan Charles Dickens; but Mrs. Ever backed dow
at the very last moment. 10 the eternal cons.erna-
ton OF the HERALD reporter. However, she informed
the meeting OF q few
VERY ENLIvENING FACTS
OF recent occurrence in The spirit world. To make q
long story sDorl, there was seance, or reunion,
II called al MIS- Bah er's IN Forty fourth street.
evening not long agO-ln fact one evening last
week. Mrs.iBakers daughter, sweet Arabela, who
has been, TO speak vernacularly, In The spirit
land some fourteen or fifteen years. appeared
under the table and then and there no smaller
painter than Raphael. who mas been in the spirit
land, as everybody knows ever so long, appeared
ana took her porrait ia penclling. sticking his
name on corner lest there might be by unSpItnal-
s,ic heathens the slightest doubt apout the fact IN
the mind OF posterlty. Not only was this exraor-
binary feat ACCOMPLISHED. but Mrs. Newton who re-
sides in FOty-third street had the most sublime
gra6carlon of seeing once more, In photography,
several children OF hers who went TO the spirit
land several years ago. though the rascal
OF an artist WHO placed tie lenses ana fixed the po-
sition under the table, III this case had the hard
heart of not letting his name be known But all
TINS was not done without The spiritualisc minds Of
those present being sooihed and asonishcd W the
''most lovely music ever neardn on the piano.
SOFT AND MELANCHOLY MUSIC
Cnot ra-ra-ras, nor 'Shoo, Fly nor 'Good-by,
John, nor There's Fortune on Before U.s. Boys u
said Mrs. Ever, heavenly music. ike lovers talk in
the quiet evening tne was heard While things were
gong on under tne table. Nay. kind spirit took
up me guitar, and after putting itself to immense
troube' NOW Is at Ter the sprltyJ tune the guI-
tar 10 the same key witn the piano, finally
ceeded, and then-oh aud then such infinitely
sweet sounds, sucD neiodous music,
''SUCH BEwlrCHING AEIAs'
never were heard since Adam used TO whistle im-
piOvisOs IN Inc Garden OF Eden and that saying
q very great deal, indeed After Mrs. Ever got
through with her enthusiastic address several males
sald tlieir !essons-or b., tRe way, every speaker
hai his speech OF by nearr, and there
was no a lille iun occasioned more than once by
the speaker getting "stuck,n and consequently for
uilHg-tnen came an e,ection for president re-
next n0nin, " hich resulted IN Mrs. Marq,nd being
tfunipbdnty reelected, much 10 The ciagrin OF all
the ladies' present, WHO souty voted ..nayn and
openly adfO afed . ntie chairman. The affair
enaed viii toie.ab!e decency, but there can he NJ
doupt about the lact thpt al concerned elt In theil
secret souls that the whole thing was clap-trap O
the most siperD dcscriyton.