The sun., 1872-02-26
TROUBLED SPIRITUALISTS.
DR. SLIDE OTERHIULED IN THE
GRE1T CONGREGATGON.
\ Conference Of Spiritunlisrs whnt shall he

GRE1T CONGREGATION
: Conference or SpiritunIists What Shall he
Done with Mediums who Practise De-
rrptiOn AN Mediums Pronounced Tricl-
stcrs shades IIou-ckecper's Experiences.
TIC spiritual synagogue Of the me
tupolis is at Apollo Hall, on Broadway. Here
un Sunday mornings and evenings the true be-
licyers are cdinod 10y the preaching Of spirits
through ordinary niortals "a mediums. ON sun
day afternoons conference meetings are held at
which no Prcsbytenal cdct enforccs silence on
the par; Of the females, nor does paddock
secure the mouths Of the males. II is a free and
easy occasion for the interchange Of views ex-
pcrience5, and opinions. AZ these conferences
the interests of spirltualsm are discussed with
moro than ordinary freedom, and everybody
struggles for an opportunity to ventilate the
ideas that may oppress them.
On Sunday afternoon, week ago, the query
was started what shall he done with mediums
WHO practise deceptlon2 The consideration OF
this grave and fruitful topic brought out some
personal illusions TO Dr. Slade, who, by common
consent was SGT down hunhug; but the main
question was not decided at the hour of adjourn
ment and the question went over for further
discussion yesterday.
A SPIRITUAL CONFERENCE.
Yesterday afternoon about one hundred
spirtualists paid each their ten cents admit
tance fec TO the long-haired doorkecper,
and arranged themselves within, to cdify or
he eoincd. A SUS reporter likewise paid
his ten cents and took seat among the
queer congregation IL was a motley assemblage
of old men and old women, Young men and mid
de-aged women, and one child There were
num-. er Of gray headed or hald-headed old men
present, all Of whom were portiy. There were
also q good many mutherly looking danes
in gold spectaclcs, The thin-y isagcd por-
| ton Of the audience were In the minority.
In hall Ia ulsH L lHaNn ns Nn
| people. and am audience Of lUO is ali ogether
| insufficient to deaden the echoes; so that the
Hut this little disadvantage didn't seem To truu
| hle the loquacious ones who constituted the
| whole number present.
| DISTANCE As A PROMOTER OF AFFECTION
| At precisely ~ o'clock tall and slender
| brother took the platform and called the meet
| ing TO order Then god-spectacled brother
| patient hearing. The stranger proved to be
| ministcrial-loOklng little old man, with sus-
| picion Of Wcsleyanism In his discourse, who said
| he came from Richmond and was formerly
| prisoner, but was now prison superintendent.
lie said he had a very tender Affection Tor his
| family when he was good ways away from
them, which he thought was common with man
Kind in general. lie admitted that he hadn't
| half so much love for his wife and children when
| with them as he had on this occasion when en-
joying the fellowship Of his brethren and sisters
Of the Spiritual faith several hundred miles from
tualists or spiritualism, but he had TO have his
about prison reform and the love of God as a
| conserNaior of public morality.
After this the chairman announced that inc
rules ~ the nssgciation limited all speakers TO
ten minutes. and that the ladies' had the prefer
| enco for the floor when they desired II.
| SPIRITUAL MEDIUMS ALL TRICRsrERs.
| A gentleman who was announced Us Mr.. Farms
worth was the tr>t speaker, and the most intelli-
| gent looking and clear spoken man In the assem-
| blage lie Is an ex-prcsdcnt of the Association.
| lie referred TO some remarks that he had made
| on the previous SUNDAY, and said that the i'm
| preston had obtained that he meant to cast
| doubts upon Dr. SHADES mcdiumship. This, he
| declared was not his purpose. lie had merely
said that he was acquainted with all the leading
| medium from the Fox girls down. ana that
| dscep,i"n. This, he insisted, did not prove that
| they were not mediums As for Slade. the speak
| er had met him when he trst came To New York.
| aud had tested him ln such manner hat there
was no doubt left In his mind OF his inediumistic
powers. lie related several instances to prove
AssoRrEp opINIoNs.
| After rarnswurth, the foor was taken hy a
bEld headed man, who looked like an Irish
nothing to saw about sIadc Then a tau jersey.
man took the floor, aui talked about the Rev.
lice. lie seemed to bc a decided inndel He
was followed 10y Young gentleman who looked
ISSs r%ad%"y dry f"od f'T mcam. wSs
TO ne extent , a. h'S ten min ,@inuts,, Sand ana
Then sood-lookins man of middle age Who
resemhled Charles f. Wi'hour, ESQ., Of the Iri-
bum. dressed up. consumed ten minutes In
|
| After HIM came patriarch with a white beard
who looked like one Of the Morayan talk ng
| aud had been minister NJ the gospel but had
| lot over II. lie talked about nothing IN pUticu-
lar until the Chairman called time, and lac sub
4 FEMALE MEDIUM DEFENDS THE Profession
The next speaker was youngish looking fe
male, with funny ittic Alpine hat ON her head
and an abundance II curls arranged with great
exaCtness underneath. She wore eyeglasses, and
| after saving anything would peer through them
| a som nbpdy in the audience IN manner tnal
Implied, get around that II you can. she wa
nmedilm, and talked with such Voluhlllty ma
Il was impossible to gather the subject Bu
she was very earnest, gesticulated violently
pounded the palm OF her lett hand Win ne
rgl fist and screamed loud enough to be heart
| half a mile away. She produced letter whit
was understood TO be from her deceased grand
| ism was not a humbug The Chairman had L
rap her OF when her ten minutes was up.
, COMING TO THE sLtpE CASE.
The Chairman then announced that there wa
| n lady present who could tell the audience al
! | about the operat lns OF DR.. Slade, and cae'
| upon her to come forward. Instantly there wa
patforin as possible 10 hear the Expected rcycia
I lions. At the same time nearly every other per
| copy Of The SUN of last Thursday, containing
the tIo,t OF SHADES trlckery. While, all t1i
, | was going on, the lady indicated rose from th
rear 81 the aud cnce, and advanced to ro-i
, | ton directly in front uf the platform. She Wa
very Seyab I1' easci sI1 @ M"man sgSn She 80 saG III
J was not Slilituali-t hut had always been ul
earnest seeker iicr truth. she had been az
! guautod NI.. .d' many years. sac was a.
, | .n.Hyf. g. i.. .f -. .i.t - wife, and was witt
...I .,Irl .,." ...ti years ago, and Laid hc
| ua.i. urI .....t .u I.i iui Auriul. AilD H.
. | iua..al Sl.ar made h,- home with her Ia
, SHADES uoC,E,lGrEns STORY.
: She came to New York last fall. and fouu
r | sladp here who invited her to his house, an
i sine went there, and had remained there unl
y disgust. She th'ureuted his trickery IN produC
4 ing pretended spiritual faces substantially a