The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-11-07

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city, gathered to hear William E. Bal
ley, Esq. lecture on Spiritualism. Th'
deepest interest was felt in the lecture
for it is we'll known that Mr.. Bailey
has, for years, been close observer and
investigator OF Modern Spiritusli'm
besides being well known as q man who
would give the result Of his investiga-
tious no matter who liked or disliked
his conclusions.
The lecture was one that cannot be
properly reported. 1t wants all the
motions and signs and different styles
Of obtaining spiritual communication
az acted out by the speaker to give it
the rscinsss and zest impaired to it by
Mr.. Bailey. AS he said at starting, he
talked as much, if not more, to the eye
a. to the ear.
Before commencing his lecture, OF
social talk, for it was more that thsn
anything else, he called on Jacob Grubt
10 assist him, to be Mr.. Bailey, when
Mr.. Bailey was Foster or Slade, or any
other celebrated mediums heinterview'
ed, in order that the style of the seance
could be acted out.
He said he would first tell them what
he saw, heard and felt-he did not
smell it, though others say they did,
and talked of delicious aroma-at
seances dark and light at Cascade eta
ton, New York, in the house OF a Mrs.
Andrews, the Mecca OF spiritualism.
He then went on to tell how they eat
round in a circle, holding each others
hands, IN the dark, while lights appear.
ed dancing round the room, faces were
seen, cool breezes felt and feeling
as OF cold water being sprinkled
in their faces and on their heGds, though
it was not water after all. How they
felt blows on their hands and faCeR,
without the aid Of apparent human
means He did not pretend to say how
it was all done; he only .tGted the
facts as he found them. He saw whai
were called sprit forms appear and
disappear, when the room in which TIE
.eapce wes held was again lighted
He gave very humorous declaration
of the manner in which an Indian
spirit went rafting II? and down in anr
sNer to questions,
His experience with q writing msdl-
in New York, whose name hiss escaped
us, were very interesting. lie read
several letter purporting 10 have been
written by Mr.. Bailey's friends in the
epirit world in answer TO letters written
by him. He would write his cemmuni-
cation on a piece OF paper and fold
it up so thst no modal could read 1t
without first unfolding it, sni yet they
were read by some apparently super
natural power, and correct and proper
answers were giveu in every instance.
The lecturer did not presume TO say
how it was all done; he only gave the
facts as he found them
He had read in q Cleveland paper Of
the death by drowning OF q George
Bailey, with three o:hers, aud thinking
the George Bailey might pe an absent
brother, he consulted medium and
learned that it was his brother, and all
the particulars ofEi death. Sometime
afterwards be received q letter from his
brother George, who Was still the
flesh, live and we'll. This, said Mr..
Bailey, teaches me not TO place implicit
confidence in Communications from the
spirit land, because il you do
you are bound to get fooled.
His experience with Slade was sim
gular and convinced Mr.. Bailey that
there Was something in the subject
tina, he did not understsni lie did
act build on faith, but on knowledge,
for when q man krt1g thing that
thing was truth or be could not know it.
Mr.. Bailey held his audience for
about two hours and q half and in a
pleasant, social everyday conversational
sort OF way, told them all he bad seen
without attempting to give an opinion
whether the wonders he saw had been
produced by spirits or not. He had
hardly finished when his audience left.
They thought be had quit, but he
hadn't.
HAHiLroN's OPERA HoUsE,-The
play OF the Lady OF Lyons did not draw
As large house last night as the mer-
it's Of tn. play-one Of the most beauti-
full in the lapguage-or Mr.. Adams de-
served. We can't Say that we were al
together pleased with it. The Beat
seant was not near &c good as Treville
could have rendered it. Mr.. Adams
Melnotte was sll that could have been
asked for. Mrs. Barrett gave us an