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The March to Moscow.TIMKS OF IH10.

T h e E m p e r o r N a p l i e w o u ld s e t o f f O n a s u m m e r r x c u r s i o i i t o M o sc o w ;

T h e f i e l d s w e r e g r e e n , a n d t h e s k y w a s b lu e , M o r h le u ! I u ib lu e ! ,

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And so he got to Moscow, lie found the place too hot for hint.

For they set, fire to Moscow.To get there had cost him ado.Anil then no better course bn knew.

While tlm fields were green and the sky was blue, Morhleu! Parblcau!

But to march buck again from Moscow.The Russians they stuck close to him

All on tho road from Moscow,There was Tortnazow and Jemnlow

And all the others that end in ow; Milarudovjtch and Jnlodovitch,

And Knrnetehkowiteh,And all the others that ond in itch;

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Aud all the others that end in offsky;And Platoff he play’d them off,

And Shouvaloff he sbovcl'd them off,And Markoff he marked them off.And Krosnoff he cross’d them off,And Tuclioffi, he tonch’d them off,And Bornskoff he bon d thrnr off,And Kutousoff he cut them off.And Parenzoff he pnred the n off,And Woronzoff be worried them off, And'Doctoroff he doctor'd them off,And Rodionoff he flogg’d them off,And, last of all. an Admiral came,A terrible man with a terrible name.

A name which you all know by sight very well, Bnt which no one can 6peak, and no one can

spell.They stuck close to Nap with all their might;

Tficy were on the left and on the right, Behind and before, and hy day and by night;

He would rather parfez-vous than fight;But parlez*vous no more would do,

For they remembered Moscow;And then-eamo on the frost and snow,

All on the road from Moscow.The fields were so white, and the sky so blue,

Saerebleau! Ventrebleu!What a horrible journey from Moscowl The devil take tnc hindmost, quoth Nap,

All on the road from Moscow!For he thought it small delight.To fight all day and freeze all night,

And so. not knowing what else to do,When the fields were so white and sky so blue,

Morhleu! Parbleu!He stole away, I tell you true.All on the road from Moscow.

•Twas as much too cold upon the road As ’twas too hot in Moscow;

But there is a place which he must go to.Where the fire is red and the brimstone blue,

Morhleu! Parbleu!He’ll find it hotter than Moscow!

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In the autumn of 1823, Governor Duval, and other commissioners on the part of the United Stated concluded a treaty with the chiefs and warriors or the Florida Indians, by which the latter, for certain considerations, ceded” all claims to the whole territory, ex cepting a district iu the eastern part, to which they were to remove, and within which they were to reside for twenty years. Several of the chiefi signed the treaty with great reluctance; but nope opposed it more strongly than Nr* mAtm a , principal chiefofthc Mickasookies, a fierce and warlike people, many of them Creeks by origin, who lived about the Mic- kascokie lake. Neamathla had always been active in those depredations on the frontiers of Georgia, which had brought vengeance and ruin on the Seminolcs. He was a remarkable man; upv,*»rd of sixty years of age, and six feet high, with a fine eye, and a strongly-marked countenance, over which he possessed great command. His hatred of tho white men ap peared to bo mixod with contempt: on the common people he looked down with infinite scorn. He seemed unwilling to acknowledge any superiority of rank or dignity in Governor Duval, claiming to associate with him on terms of equality, as two great chieftains. Though he had been prevailed upon to sign the treaty, his heart revolted at it- In one of his frank conversations with Governor Duval, he ob-

| served: “This country belongs to the red man; and if I had the number of warriors at my com-

1 maud that this ualion once had, I would not

leave a white man on my lands. I would ex terminate (he whole. I can say this to yort, for you can understand me: yon are a mnn; but I would not say it to your people. They’d Cry out I was a savrtge, and would take my life. They cannot appreciate tho feeling® of a man that loves his country.”

Ah Florida had but recently been erected into a territory, every thing as yet was in a rude and simple style. The Governor, to make himself acquainted with tho Indians, and to be near At hand to keep an eye Upon them, fixed his residence at Tallahassee, near tho Fowel towns, inhabited by tho Mickasookies. His government palace for a time was a mere log- house, ami he lived on hunters' fare. The village of Neamathla was but about three miles off, and thither the governor occasionally rode, to visit the old chieftain. In one of those visits, he found Neamathla seated in his wigwam, in the center of the village, surrounded by his warriors. The governor had brought him some liquor as a present, bnt it mounted quick ly into his brain, aud rendered him quite boast ful and belligerent Tho theme ever upper most in his mind, was tho treaty with the whites. “It was true,” ho said, "the red men had made such a treaty, bnt the white men had not acted up to i t The red men had re ceived none of the money nnd the cattle that had been promised them; the treaty, therefore was at an end, and they did not mean to be bound by it"

Governor Duval calmly represented to him that the time appointed in the treaty for the payment and delivery of the money and the attle had not yet arrived. This the old chief

tain knew full well, but ho chose, for tho mo ment, to pretend ignorance. He kept on drinking and talking, his voice growing louder and louder, until it resounded all over the vil lage. He held in his hand a long knife, with which ho had been rasping tobacco; this he kept flourishing backward and forward, as he talked, by way of giving effect to his words, brandishing it at times within an inch of the governor’s throat. He concluded his tirade by relating, that the country belonged to the red men, nnd that sooher than give it up, his bones and the bones of his people shonld bleach upon its soil.

Duval knew that the object of all this blus ter was to see whether he could be intimidated. He kept his eye, therefore, fixed steadily on the chief, and the moment ho concluded with his mfenace, seized him by tho bosom of his hunting-shirt, and clenching his other fist

‘I’ve heard what you have said," replied he “You have made a treaty, yet you say your bones shall bleach before you comply with i t As sure as there is a sun in heaven, your bones shall bleach, if you do not fulfil every article of that treaty! I’ll let you know that I am first here, and will see that you do your duty!"

Upon this the old chieftain threw himself back, burst into a fit of laughter, and declared that all he had said was in joke. The gover nor suspected, however, that there was a grave meaning at the bottom of this jocularity.

For two months, every thiug went on smoothly: the Indians repaired daily to the log-cabin palace of the governor, at Talla hassee, and appeared perfectly contented. All (it once they ceased their visits, and for three or four days not one was to be seen. Gover nor Duval began to apprehend that some mischief was brewing. On the evening of the fourth day, a chief named Yellow-Hair, a re solute, intelligent fellow, who had always evinced an attachment for the governor, en tered his cabin about twelve o’clock at night, and informed him, that between four and five hundred warriors, painted and decorated, were assembled to hold a secret war-talk at Nea- matbla’a town. He had slipped off to give in telligence, at the risk of his life, and hastened back lest his absence should be discovered.

Governor Duval passed an anxious night after this intelligence. He knew the Jalent and the daring character of Neamathla; he recol lected the threats he had thrown out; he re flected that about eighty white families were scattered widely apart, over a great extent of country, and might be swept away at once, should the Indians, as he feared, determine to clear the country. That he did not exaggerate the danger of the case, has been proved by the horrid scenes of Indian warfare which have sine# desolated that devoted region. After a night of sleepless cogitation Duval determined on a measure suited to his prompt and resolute character. Knowing the admiration of the savages for personal courage, he determined, by a sudden surprise, to endeavor to overawe and check them. It wns hazarding much; but where so many lives were in jeopardy, he felt bouud to incur the hazard.

Accordingly, on the next morning, lie set off on horseback, attended merely by a white man, who had been reared among the Seminoles, and understood their language and manners, and who acted as interpreter. They struck jnto an Indian “trail," leading to Neamathla's vilage. After proceeding about half a mile, Governor Duval informed the interpeter of the

object of bis expedition. The latter, though a bold rnau, paused aud remonstrated. The Indians among whom they were going were among the most desperate and discontented of the nation. Many of them were veteran war riors, impoverished and cxnspcratad by defeat, and ready to set their lives at any hazard. He said that if they were holding a war council, it must be with desperate intent, and it would be certain death to intrude among them.

Duval made light of his apprehensions: ho Baid he wns perfectly well acquainted with the Indian character, and should certainly proceed. So saying, he rode on. When within half a mile of the village, the interpreter addressed him again, in such a tremulous tone, that Duval turned and looked him in the face. He was deadly pale, and once mote urged the governor to return, as they would certainly be massacred if they proceeded.

Duval repeated his determination to go on, but advised the other to return, lest bis pale face should betray fear to the Indians, and they might take advantage of it. The interpreter replied that he would rather die a thousand deaths, than have it said he bad deserted his leader when in peril.

Duval then told him he must translate fafch- fully all he should say to the Indians, without softening a word. The interpreter promised faithfully to do so, addifig that he well knew, when they were once in the town, nothing but boldness could save them.

They now rode into the village and advanced to the council-house. This was rather a group of four houses, forming a square, in the center of which was a great council-fire. The houses were open in front, towards the fire, and closed in the rear. A t each corner of the square* there was an interval between the houses, for ingress and egress. In these houses sat the old men and the chiefs; the young men were gathered round the fire. Neamathla presided at the council, elevated on a higher seat than the rest. %

Govemor Duval entered by one of the cor- nor intervals, and rode boldly into the center of the square. The young men made way for him; an old man who was speaking,paused in the midst of his harangue. In au instant thirty or forty rifles were cocked and levelled. Never had Duval heard so loud a click of trig gers; it seemed to strike to his heart He gave one glance at the Indians, and turned off with an air of contempt H e did not dare, he says to look again, least it might affect his nerves, and on the firmness of his nerves every thing depended.

The chief threw up his arms. The rifles were lowered. Duval breathed more freely; he felt disposed to leap from his horse, but re strained himself, and dismounted leisurely. He then walked deliberately up to Neamathla, and demanded, in an authoritative tone, what were his motives for holding that council. The mo ment he made this demand, the orator sat down. The chief made no reply, but hung his head in apparent confusion. After a moment's pause, Duval proceeded.

“I am well aware of the meaning of this war- council; and deem it my duty to wara you against prosecuting the schemes you have been devising. If a single hair of a white man in this country falls to the ground, I will hang you and your chiefs on the trees around your council-house I You cannot pretend to with stand the power of the white men. You are in the palm of the hand of your Great Father at Washington, who can crush you like an egg-shell! You may kill me; I am but oneman; but recollect, white men are numerous as the leaves on the trees. Remember the fate of your warriors whose bones are whitening in battle-fielcs. Remember your wives and child- who perished in swamps. Do you want to provoke more hostilities? Another war with the white men, and there will not be a Seminole left to tell the story of his race.”

Seeing the effect of his words, he concluded by appointing a day for the Indians to meet him at St. Marks, and give an account of their conduct He then rode off, without giving them time to recover from their surprise. That night he rode forty miles to Apalachicola River, to the tribe of the same name, who were in feud with the Seminoles. They promptly put two hundred aud fifty warriors at his dis posal, whom he ordered to be at S t Marks at the appointed day. He seat out runners, also, and mustered one hundred of the militia to re pair to the same place, together with a number of regulars from the army. All bis arrange ments were successful.

Having taken these measures, he returned to Tallahassee, to the neigborhood of the con spirators, to show them that he was not afraid Here he ascertained, through Yellow-Hair, that nine towns were disaffected, and had been concerned iu the conspiracy. He was careful to inform himself, from the same source, of the uames of the warriers iu each of those towns who were most popular, though poor, and des titute of rank and command.

IVhen the appointed day was at hand for the meeting at St. Marks, Governor Duval act

off with Neamathla, who was at tho head of eight or nine hundred warriors, bnt who feared to venture into the fort Without him. As they entered the fort, ami saw troops and militia drawn up there, and a force of Apalachicola soldiers stationed on the opposite batik of the river, they thought they were betrayed, and were about to fly; but Duval assured them they were safe, and that when the talk, was over, they might go home unmolested.

A grand talk was now held, in which the late con*piracy was discussed. As he had foreseen, Neamathla und the other old chiefs threw all the blame upon the young men.— “Well," replied Duval, “with us white men, when we find a man incompetent to govern those under him, we pat him down, and ap point another in his place. Now, as you all acknowledge you cannot manage your young men, wo must pat chiefs ovor them who can."

So saying, ho deposed Neamathla first; ap pointing another in his place; and so with all the rest; taking care to substitute the warriors who had been pointed our to him as poor and popular; putting medals round their necks, and investing them with great ceremoncy. The Indians were surprised and delighted at finding the appointments fall upon the very men they would themselves have chosen, and hailed them with acclamations. The warriors thus unex pectedly elevated to command, and clothed with dignity, were secured to the interests of the govemor, and sure to keep an eye on the disaffected. As to the great chief Neamathla, he left the country in disgust, and returned to the Creek Nation, who elected him a chief of one of their towns. Thus by the resolute spirit aud prompt sagacity of one man, a dangerous conspiracy was completely defeated. Govemor Duval was afterwards enabled to re move the whole nation, through bis own per sonal influence, without the aid of the General Government

N o t e .—The foregoing anecdotes concerning the Seminoles, were gathered in conversation with Governor Duval (the original of Ralph Ringwood.)

Correspondence of the N. Y. Tribune,Clairvoyance.

Dear Sir.—There is in this.place a Clairvoy ant, Dndrew Jackson Davis, whose wonderful powers have for a long time astonished many of our citizcQf. This young man is eighteen years of age, is uneducated and is very general ly known.

What is perfectly astonishing i3, when in the ’Clairvoyant state, he is complete master of the general sciences, such as physiology, pathology, anatomy, geology, hydrology, phrenology, as tronomy, medicines, &c. He is conversant with all these sciences—distinctly points their fundamental truths and exposes their incidental errors He has spoken also in as many dif ferent languages, and whilst in that state is able and willing to give instruction on any subject which will be of any benefit to man kind. He has already explained many pheno mena in nature which the learned have been unable to fathom, such for instance as the cause of the Variation of the Magnetic Needle.

Of late he has given four lessons on Animal Magnitism. The theory of Magnitism, given in the lectures, is entirely new, and beau tiful beyond description. He shows in a clear and lucid manner, that Mesmerism is a science, and that all its phenomona are accounted for on natural principles, thus removing all the mystery in which the subject has been shroud ed, and completely reversing all former theories which have been put forth; and he has given Mesmerism a new name, expressive of this fact, that o f “Clairmativeness.”• Within the last twelve months, this yonnj man has examined and prescribed for upwards of one hundred persons, and restored them to health. The names of these persons can be given if called for. Among the number, I will mention Dr. Chas. Thatcher, an eminent phy sician of this town. This gentleman, for four years past, was afflicted with ulceration of the bowels, in consequence of which he was obliged to give up the practice of medicine. He is now restored to health.

This young man has aften astonished and confounded me by revealing to me my own thoughts when I have been sitting beside him in a trance state. And be has frequently done the same with others, iu the presence of many witnesses.

He is still engaged in giving us lectures on various subjects, and all these lectures in due time will be given to tho public.

By giviog the above a place in your paper, you will much oblige myself and many of your readers in this viciuity.

Very respectfully yours,GIDEON SMITH.

Paster of the First Universalist Socy.Poughkeepsie, Feb. 15, 1845.

Glory.—Trae glory takes root, and even spreads: all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.—Cicero.

The Scalp Dance.A correspondent of the St. Anthony Ex

press gives the following account of a grand scalp dance witnessed by him in a recent trip up the Minnesota River. W e trust the tram will soon come when these mournful proofs of savage ferocity and cruelty will be no more known among uA:

“On the day of our arrival at Traverse, a war party got In, nearing a3 trophies of their -uccesslul vu or, three Chippewa scalps.— Where they got them we could not learn with certainty except that one was taken up the Mississippi, within a mile or two of the Chip pewa Agent's house. The Sionx were to havi» a grand scalp dance that night in honor of ths glorious event, and we who bad lived all oar lives in Down East city barbarism, were anxi ous to have a view of this soul elevating, heroic spectacle. W e were on the ground early, not so early, however, but that all tha preparations for the dance had been made.—* Three small stakes had been driven in the ground, to the top of which little hoops were fastened, and on these hoops the lately taken scalps were stretched, the long hair dangling down, moist and sticky with the clotted blood.

“About twelve paces distant, the warriorj who took part in the chants stationed them selves, three and four deep, and varying iu number, as some came and others left, froti thirty to fifty. A t first the unaccustomed eaj can distinguish no music or harmony in the song of triumph and defi race; it seems a jum ble of shrieks and howls, a choir of hyena a and wolves; but'in a very little while the sym phony which runs through the whole can be traced, and it actually s joined to me sometimes, when I closed my eyeS and shut out the sur rounding accompaniments, as if I were listening to old time camp meeting hymns familiar to me long ago. But a single glance at the swarthy and painted savages, their ugly faces lit up by the light of the fire burning in the middle of the circle, dispelled such an illusion. There is here no worship of the God who gave life, and has promised to avenge its wanton destruction; no reverence or devotion indicated in these countenances for the Great Spirit who commanded men to love each other; nothing but fierce passion, unbridled hate, defiant energy can be seen, and these are expressed in every shout and motion with wonderful effecL

“By and by the young sqnaws move into the circle, and while alternating with the men in the soDg, dance round the scalps with an ease and uniformity of motion which nothing but long practice could give, in the way in which it is done. The feet are kept close to gether, and the dance is a sort of sideways hop on the ball of the foot Bnt so exactly do they keep time, and so precisely does each one measure the ground over which she is to go, that as they move round shoulder to shoulder, and pressing one againgt another, you almost fancy they are carried on rollers, and without any effort of their own. The men and squaws Dever sing together, but alternately, and at intervals the chorns is interrupted by a general war-whoop, after vh:ch they begin afresh.— How long it was kipi up we cannot tell. After lookiDg on for more than an hour and ex hausting the novelty of the scene we betook ourselves to bed, but not to souned sleep, for we were often waked and always heard the drum and the chant, unceasing and tireless.

“To one who has only read of scalp dances in Cooper's novels, and has been accostomed to regard them as mythic things far distant from the tenor of his life and most unlikely to cross his experience, the sight of one is certain ly strange and interesting. They are yet com mon in our Territory, and from the common state of warfare existing between the Sioux and Chippewas, almost of daily occurrence.— But one cannot help thinking from how large a portion of the continent the advance- of civilization has already banished them, and how brief the period now is before they shall be seen no more. When the infi rior race shall have finally perished before the superior; when, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, cultivated farms, the hum of cities, the steamboat and the rail car, shall evidence the triumph of Chris tianized labor, one of the custom of the de stroyed race least to be regretted will be the scalp dance and the bloody cruelty which fur nishes its occasion.”

11 is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex, as to convince each other. — Wilkins.

Reading.—Read not to contradict and con fute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find Talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.— Bacon.

P r a is e .—It is the greatest possibe Praise to be praised by a man who is himself deserving of Praise.— From the Latin.

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J g t o f f o g r c s s .STEPHEN ALBRO, Editor.^

BUFFALO, JUN E 2, 1855.

Buffalo Legislation.

W e clip the following from the Common Council report, as published in tho City paper:

$ 1 9 . I t s h a l l n o t 'b o l a w f u l f o r a n y p e r s o n to o p e n o r k e e p o p e n a n y s t o r e o r s h o p f o r t h e s e l l i n g o r v e n d i n g o f a n y g o o d s , w a r e s o r m e r c h a n d i s e ; o r a n y b a r b e r s u o p . r e c e s s , o r d i n a r y o r p e t t y g r o c e r y , f o r t i n , t r a n s a c t i o n o f , th p b u s i n e s s t h e r e o f o n S u n d a y , w i t h i n t h o c i t y o f B u f f a lo .

' ■ t h e p e n a l t y o f t e n d o l l a r s t o r e a c h a n devery offense. ELI CODE*. Mayor.

Approved, May 15,1855.W e very well remember the election which

was held last fall, for the choice of Aldermen sind other city officers. W e remember much o f the popular discussions anterior to the elec tion and to tho caucuses. W e remembermany topics relating to city improvements, necessary ordinances, Ac. W e remember much that was said against the imposition of such Jiigh taxes os tho people havo to pay, and wo remember that the most of it was said by those who would help to make them higher if they could wheedle the people into giving them an Opportunity to do so. Wo remember that there was much said about the improper conduct of those to whom the people had to jook for such sanatory measures as would pro tect theip from pestileuce; and we remember that we did not believe the grumblers would do any better themselves, if they had the places. W e remember that there was much paid, by some people, about the necessity of abating moral nuisances, such as grog-shops, .gambling-houses, brothels, and those travelling iniquities termed circusses, which, for the time i^eing, are worse than all the others. All these .things we heard discussed by the people, and Ihose who were elected to manage the public affairs in the Common Council, could learn, and probably did learn what was the will of the majority of the people, on those mooted subjects, so that they could act understanding-

*ly as their representatives.Among all that was talked of as likely to

'require. the attention and legislative action of those representatives of the people of the city,

’we never heard Barbels Shopsjonce mention ed. Probably not a single voter of the city had the most distant idea that he was electing a municipal legislature which would think of entering a barbers shop for any other purpose thau to be shorn of their capillary excrescences. Every voter thought he was electing Aider- men to attend to the public coucemB which legitimately fall under their functional duties; by no means expecting that they would feel themselves authorized to interfere between barbers and their customers, and to dictate to them what days of the week they might, and what days they might not, shave and be shaved on. Unexpected as such interference might have been, to the electors of the city, and un expected as such meddling should be, to every man of sense and deceucy, it seems, by the above extract, tb it at least a majority of the Municipal Council have deemed it their duty, as representatives of the people, to step be tween their constituents and the barbers, and to prohibit the latter from shaving the beards of the former, on that particular day of the week which is known by the name of Sun day.

Now, there are a number of questions to be asked and answered in relation to this restric tion. The firet question is: Where do they derive their authority? The people of the city, whom they should represent, have never uttered such a wish, nor indicated such a will. Does the city charter require them to do that which their constituents do not desire to havo done? W e think not. Nor do we believe that they havo a right to prevent men from being shaved on Sunday, even if the people were fools enough to desire such a restriction. That they have a right to abate moral nui sances, we grant. But is a barber’s shop a moral nuisance? N ot only is there no such thing as what is termed rowdyism practised in any of the barber’s shops of this city, that we have ever visited, but we can conscientiously affirm that a barber’s shop is the only place where men resort and women do not, that is free, at all times, from immoral conduct and all disturbances of the peace. In a well regu lated barber’s shop, there is no load conversa tion, on any day of the week. Men do not even talk politics, in times of high political ex citement, in borber’s shops. Barbers do not ‘keep intoxicating liquors to sell, nor oysters to be eaten. Meu have to bo silent when tho razor is playing around their mouths. What, then, is the necessity for this restriction? Who has asked for it? Is it asked for by those who shave themselves at home, on Sunday morn ing? What busiuess is it to them what day of the week a man chooses to be shaved? any third persons injured when the first person shaves the second? Many men are Bhaved every day in the week. Havo they not a right

' thus to be shaved? And has not a barber a right to shave a bearded customer, in his own shop, on any day of the week? Who has a right to say no?

Is it religion that requires this interference with the affairs of private citizens? Have the clergy been using their influence to induce this meddlesome act of legislation? W c should be sorry to know that the clergy would be so envious as to begrudge to the barbers the few sixjMjnccs which they receive on Sunday, or that they should be so hypocritical as to af fect holy horror at the barber’s breach of tho Sabbath; because they make all sheir gain by Sabbath labor, and should bo ashamed to complain that others make a few dimes on that day, by performing' a work of necessity which injures nobody and disturbes nobody.

But the religious fanatic sayB it is offensive to God for men to shave their beards off, or have them shaved off, on Sauday, and there fore they must be restrained by the strong arm of tho law. How do they know that it is offensive to God? Has He ever told them so? Moses pretended to receive a law from God, forbidding men to labor on Saturday.— This wns deemed necessary, that the ignorant Jews might be collected together aud taught by the wise and learned ones. Jesus Christ did not regard that law as binding, in his day; and lie labored for the good of mankind every day of the week; nor did he substitute Sunday for Saturday, to be kept as a Sabbath, as some ignorant people have beeu led to be lieve. Conscience, then, can have nothing to do with the question. Tho idea of holy time was repudiated by the great head of the Christian Church; and it was repudiated by Luther and Calvin. Who, then, has a right to interdict any honest labor on the first day of tho week, under the pretext that it is holy time? None, most assuredly.

“The civil law,” say the Christian bigot and his echoing legislators, “forbids all men to la bor on the first day of the week; aud it is the duty of all municipal bodies to see that law enforced.” Yes, such a law stands on the statute books of many States of this Union; and, in some States, in days gone by, it has been attempted to be enforced, but invariably with much more prejudice to the peace, har mony and morality of the community, thau would havo been caused by allowing each one to follow tho dictates of conscience, under the more salntatary influence of public senti ment Men cannot be forced into any religious observances. The worship of God must be the free and voluntary act of the soul, or God will never be worshipped, either in earth or heaven; and all coercion and compulsion which are used to restrain or enforce religious obser vances, are acts of usurpation, tyranny and wrong.

W e are and ever have been in favor of hav ing one day in each week spt apart for rest from toil, both physical aud intellectual; and we would prefer having one day in six thus set apart; for five-sixths of the time is enough for any one to toil. And we would have the ob servance of this day of rest so far enforced by law as to prevent masters or employers from compelling their servants or employees to labor on that day. And if the immoral portion of the community devoted the day to disorderly conduct, we would have a stronger police on that day, to protect civil citizens in the en joyment of peace and quietness. But we never did favor the idea of protecting the pretended reserved rights of Almighty God, by statutory enactments and by force of arms. W e are ready to acknowledge ourselves dependent up on our Heavenly Father for protection; but we cannot subscribe to the doctrine that the dependence between God and His human children, is reciprocal. Hence, when we hear one set of men announce themselves aathe conservators of the rights of the Deity, and sec them persecuting their brethren, for God’s sake, wo cannot help looking upon them either blinded fanatics or vile hypocrites.

W e should like to know what onr “Defend ers of the Faith” think of the rights of those classes of people who conscientiously keep the seventh day of the week as their Sabbath, ac cording to the law of Moses. Do they think their rights should be trampled on, because they are in the minority? This is acting on the principle that "might makes right,” which is tho doctrine of tyrants the world over. And we should like to know how they intend to prevent one man from shaving the beard off of another man’s face, on any day of the week on which they agree to have it done, provid ing that it is done within their own premises, and no outsider is disturbed or injured by it. It is our opinion that the man who would make a complaint or bring a suit against a barber for an offence against such a meddle some regulation as this, would find little sym pathy or fellowship among souls that are worth saving.

How soon will the Council commence legislating on Sunday-cooking, Sunday-dish- washing and Sunday-nail-paring and nose picking? If they intend to follow Mosses into peoples kitchens, to regulate matters there, i t will be necessary for them to appoint a com mittee on dinner pots, whose duty it shall be to visit the kitchens of their constituents and see what may be concealed under their pot-lids; for it is certainly as sinful to seethe flesh, on Sunday, as it is to shave faces on that day.— Who shall constitute tho dinner-pot committee? W e shall see.

Bishop Timon and the St. Louis Church.

It is a matter af general notoriety that the trustees of tho St. Louis (Catholic) Church, have refused, and still continue to refuse, to hand over tho temporalities of that congrega tion to Bishop Timo n, to be held by him as the agent of the Pope; preferring to hold the property for tho cougregatiou to whom it be longs, in accordance with the statutes of the State, enacted for the regulation of church organizations aud church property.

For a series of years there has been a con tinuous warfare betweeu that cougregatiou aud the minions of the Pope of Rome, in this coun try. And on account of the incorigibility of the said trustees and congregation, and the pertinacity with which they cling to their own property.instead of handing it over to tho Pope, to augment his power in this country, as all his liege subjects in America are required to do, they, the said offenders, have beeu, by his holiness, Pius IX, through his bishops, cursed by picce-meal and damned in bulk, and declared to bo without priest, bishop, pope, Christ, God or salvation, and joint heirs, with Satan, of eternal wrath, brimstone and flames. And they have solemnly declared and vowed that every brick and piece of mortar which be longs to that edifice, shall crumble to dust by the lapse of ages, ere one curse, damn or irt- terdict which they have piled upon it and the congregation and trustees, shall be removed.

Now, although we would be willing, for a liberal per diem compensation, to sit ten hours each day, as a target for all the papish prela cy of Christendom to curse at, yet these ana themas are fearful things to those besotted minds which are in the trammels of Jesuitism and, hence, have their efficacy in the enforce ment of their tyrannical requirements.

After all, only see what harmless things all these formidable curses arc, when the breath of a bishop can blow them away and leave not a scar or a stain behind! I t will be seen, by the subjoined extract, that these withering curses can be lifted aud set aside, by a bishop, with as much facility as a kitchen maid can remove a pot-lid. Bishop T imo n has found a priest whom he loves so well, that he has re deemed the whole S t Louis congregation, trustees and all, from those ponderous anathe mas which were to have crushed them and held them down in eternal perdition, and this merely for the sake of gratifying that priest’s desire to preach in that house!

Here is tho way he lifts all curses and inter dicts:

Bu f f a l o , May 1st 1855.The pious, learned and zealous missionary,

Father Weniger, [wishing to labor for the sal-

Continuation of the scries,-of spiritual communic|ii)ous, ou the burnished plate,through Rev. C. H a mmo n d .

CONTRADICTIONS RELIABLE.

Ro c h e s t e r , N o v . 2^th, 18&3. “Strangers tell us of the night.What tho sTgns of promise are.”

“Behold,liow groat a matter a little fire kindlcth.” Surprise and consternation have overtaken

the conservatism of the nohprogresfeiortist; fear- fulness hath surprised the hypocrite ; dreamy mysticism is retreating before the bright splen dors o f truth, radiant witblight falling upon the darkness of the world ; and the winter of ig norance aud error, thus far hast thou come; hero let thy proud, disdainful waves rise no higher, approach no nearer; for the day of thy visitation hath come also. And from the shores of light, there comoth a voice, saying, Fence be still.” The waves retire; the sea is

calm; and the ship moves gracefully on her voyage to the port of salvation.

Ye friends of progress, behold ye not the signs of promise? Cast your eyes on the bosom of that beautiful sea, and throw out upon its surface tho lead that yqu may measure its soundings; and the lino reaches not the fathom less immensity of the waters. That vessel,* wafted by the breeze from heaveu, glides ma jestically, and her crew have no fear. All is well. Bread enough, and to spare. N o ico- bergs in her path, no rocks, nor shoals, nor whirlpools, nor hurricanes, to interrupt the voy agers iu their onward, upward course. There is one who stands at the helm, and on his brow I read the word, “wisdom.” And that wisdom perceives the course which it is prudent to pur sue. He knows the latitude and the longitude, the direction aud the progress of the ship.— He surveys, as with a glance, the trackless bosom of the wide waters. H e measures with the ken of absolute infallibility the distance, and the means which are essential to success. His voice is soft as the ./Eolian harp, gentle as the evening, mild as the morning, truthful as God. In the infinity of his wisdom, he guides, by the unerring law of right, the consequences through the medium of his power.

Revelation is of God, and not of map. It is the unfoldings of the wisdom of God in na ture. It is the development and presentation of the harmony of the universe. It is said among you, that this revelation does not pro fess to come from God, but from spirits, who have lived in the body. But we say unto you, “all things are of God,” aud all truth, all wis dom, all love, and all spirits, are of God; yet the all of love and wisdom, no spirit has ever

„ . „ communicated to man. It is true, that spiritsration of souls in the only German Church communicate. l t k tnKj that apirita receive of this Diocese, which has not* yet heard his' noble and truly Christian eloquence,] requests me to withdraw the Excommunication from

A Misfortune.

A day or two previous to the removal of our office, we received, from our worthy bro ther FrNNEY, of Ohio, a communication for our paper, together with an announcement that he would be at Syracuse (we think it was Syra cuse) about Sunday the 3rd of June, and would radiate therefrom to all places to which he might be called to labor in the cause of Spiritualism. The misfortune which happened us was, that, in the tear-np, tumble and turmoil of removing, our friend’s favor made its escape, and has, ever since, successfully elnded our pursuit Had wc remembered his address we should have written to him lor a new copy; but we could not find even his address in any of our repositories, exterior or interior. We hope, however, that we shall have the pleasure of seeing him as he passes, and the advantage of hearing his lectures.

j?gr The monthly meeting of business, for the Harmonial Association, will take place on Monday evening next. A full attendance is necessary, as business of importance will claim the society’s attention.

the Trustees. I can refuse nothing to this worthy priest of God; consenting therefore to this request I hereby declare that the Infer- dict of S t Louis Church is removed; and I also declare that the Excommunication of the Trustees will cease as soon as the Holy Tri- duan in the St. Louis Chnrch shall begin.

fJoHN, Bishop of Buffalo.

More bogus Spiritualism.

With a view to disabuse the conductors of the Spiritiuil Telegraph, as well as those who read and believe the accounts of Spiritual mani festations, as published in that ably conducted paper, we copied from i t iu our last issue, a lying letter received from a Buffalo correspon dent, over the signature of J o s e ph W. Th o ma s . Having ascertained that the whole communi cation was false, we 90 stated in our comments, and marked the article in the paper which we sent to the Telegraph. A s the paper cop- taining this marked article, was mailed on Fri day, the 18th inst, it was in full time to pre vent further imposition upon the Telegraph, from the same source. Expecting to find our remarks copied in the Telegraph of the 26th inst, we looked to see what the editor would say in relation to the imposition. Instead of finding what we looked for, we found another communication of the same spurious character, which, it appears, Mr. P a r t r id u e had read in the Spiritual Conference.. W e copy the fol lowing:

‘Mr. Partridge read extracts from recent letters, showiug the progress of Spiritualism, and also the foliowipg letter:Me s s e r s . P a r t r id g e a n d Br it t a n ,

‘I am one of a party of gentlemen who meet regularly every Saturday evening for the pur pose of holding communication with Spirits. W e hold our meetings in the office of Mr. A. H. Frank, over his Sash aud Blind manufac tory, situated at the corner of Oak and Clin ton Streets. A t our meeting of last evening we had some very startling manifestations. The table, a very heavy one, was moved about the room, rocked to and fro, and finally was raised into the air, where it floated like a feather for several seconds, and all without the contact of mortal hands. The door was locked by one of the company, and the key taken out and laid upon the table. The Spirits were then requested to open the door, und in a few mi nutes the key was seen to rise from the table and move slowly (in the air) toward the door; when there, it was inserted into the keyhole, and the bolt thrown open; and, lastly, but not least, the steam engine below was put in motion and run nearly three minutes, by the watch, after we were enabled to get down stairs to it.

Respectfully yours, etc., * * *“P. S.—There was certainly no steam in

the boilers, for the reason that there bad been no fire under them lor three days. * *

W e are at a loss to conclude whether Messrs. P a r t r id g e and Br it t a n place more confi dence in the fabrications of their correspon dent than they do in our authorized contra dictions, or whether they passed unheeded the the article which we directed their attention to, for their benefit. Be it as it may, we havo again applied to Mr. F r a n k , who assures us that this, like the other, is totally false; no such circles having been hold in any part of his premises, and no Such circumstances hav ing taken place there.

communications, in an ascending series of circles, expanding as they ascend; so that truth comes down to meu in the semblance of a tunnel To explain: Here is a small circle; above it is an other, wider; above that is another circle, still wider; and so on, aud on. Is it not apparent, that the lower circle does not embrace , the area, of the higher; does not, in other words, encompass so great a field. Thus it is in the ascending series of progressive development The lower can receive only what it can con tain; but, by its expanded experience of wis dom and love, by its extension in a knowledge of nature and her laws, it rises to the next po sition above it, and so on, ever advancing.

It has been asserted, that retrogression is possible. Mind commences in the earth sphere ns an atom only. How far can it retrogress from that atom? Is there any thing less than an atom? I f so, tell us what it is. But this atom, in its movements, attracts to itself con genial relations, until it lias a diameter capa ble of measurement Nor does it cease its operations then; for it moves and progresses, step by step, in the scale of expansiveness, un til its original condition is lost by the accumu lation of knowledge. This is progress in knowledge.

All knowledge is spiritual; for without spirit, knowledge is not But its devotees may be classified: first, the minds that only compre hend and understand natural objects through the organs of material sense. Such must have gross materials, those that are adapted to their vision, so that portions of nature are tangible to them. But the intangible is, after all, the mainspring, the moving power, of the whole machinery of nature—intangible to human sight only—for the invisible things of creation disclose a wisdom as far surpassing the material, as* the luminary of day exceeds in his bright ness the remotest star in the remotest constel lation of the universe.

Second. Say to thy friend, open thy mind, and let thy vision intuitively see thyself. And when that vision shall penetrate into the mys tery of the human spirit, and understand its own being, and its relation to other beings, and other beings to still other beiugs, all link ed in one harmonious whole, it will then be qualified to appreciate its dependence upon others, and all others upon God. N o truth has ever yet been uttered by mau but what originated from God, and came from him as the source of all truth. But it flows through channels, mediums, like streams in the valleys. And assuredly, no stream can exceed the ca pacity of the channel, without inundating the valleys. In communicating from the sphere of light, no greater stream can bo thrown upon the world of humanity than the avenues of communication will bear. Whatever truth, therefore, may seem to you to be mortal in its origin, is, nevertheless, spiritual, but fragmen tary. Partial developments are outpourings of celestial wisdom among the different media.

Third. It is alledged that every stream flows through one chaunel; rivers from these flow

‘ * A vessel was here distinctly seen riding upon a shoreless sea, Ac., os described.

through greater chatinels. Thus does the Mississippi vary from the rivulet that flows in to the Potomac. Their directions are not the same. Nevertheless, water is water, flowing to tho north, south, cast, or west; yet the water that forms tho rivulet, supplying the Potornao, is a part of the whole. It varies in its course and in its magnitude, und possibly in its rapid ity and purity: yet it is not so voluminous or so expausive. Other streams are less; because, first, either the channel will not admit o f more water, or second, tho source will not supply i t But is the channel to blame because it contains more water than can be used, or less than can be employed?

But, it is said, they contradict each other. True, so does the west windjconsradict the cost;so do two minds, in the form, contradict each other, in appearance, in every thing which con stitutes their individuality. If there were no contradictions, there would be no individuality. N o two men, or women, have forms precisely alike. Will you reason, because they do not agree, are unlike, that, therefore, they do not exist? I toll you, nay; but because they do not agree, are unlike, you are ablo to identify them. Therefore, because spirits are unlike each other, because they think differently from each other, and are differently progressed, you can distin guish them by their difference. But, upon the hypothesis, that they all look alike, think alike, and act alike, you could never identify them.

Consistency of wise Skeptics.

Tho "Scientific American” must, of necessity, bo conducted by one a “hcad-and-shoulders" above the ordinary stature of human intellect. The name requires that much superiority, at least. It is the misfortune of such great geniuses that they are always under the im pression that much is required of them, and are always seeking occasions to display ‘the superabundance and profundity of their knowl edge. The conductor of the periodical above named, saw, in some paper, an account o f an electrical machine which J o n a t h a n R o o ms had constructed, by spirit direction. Of this gen erator of electricity ho procured an engraving for his paper, and appended to it the necessary explanations. This done, he spoke of some of the phenomena witnessed in K oons’ spirit room, and topped up as follows:

W e have given enough, we think, of the spiritual feats performed in this room to con vince any one that they are sublimely nonsen sical. When a machine is invented by a hu man being, it can do something—has a rela tion and an arrangement of parts, and although it may have some defects, it evinces design, miDd, and genius. But here is a machine con structed under the direction of Spirits, who are claimed to b e higher intelligences, and yet it exhibits the grossest ignorance of all science. But then it is like everything else connected with pretended spiritual revelations that we have read. It has no point, no aim, and has produced, according to the Universe’s own statements, no result but what can be witnes sed in any juggling legerdemain establishment in Gotham. It is a wonder to us that any grown up meu and women in our country, where we boast so much intelligence, can suffer themselves to be deluded with such nonsense.

Now read the following, which is another editorial in the same paper, and ask yourself what the opinionss and sentiments of such would-be philosophers are good for:

Not to Ridicule or Despise New Things.

The world's history is full of the persecution of great men, who stepped forward in advance of their age, warning us to look kindly on ho nest purposes, and to judge with charity what we do not comprehend. Let us not ridicule ore despise new things because they conflict with our observation or seem to be impracti cable. There is hardly a discovery or inven tion in art that has not had its day of trial and discouragement. Many a man has gone heart-broken to his grave, in whom the fire of genius has burned, unseen and unappreciated, when adverse circumstances, or shrinking timi dity, or cold neglect, or the want of a kind word, has come like a mountain upon him and kept his secret buried forever. Prison bars have been pressed by throbbing brows which would have redeemed the world. The records of the world are full o f the neglect of merit

The Spiritual hoax in California.

On the 4th page of this paper, will be found the correspondence of Judge E d mo n d s, ad dressed to tho New York Herald, ou the sub ject of E w e r ’s - pretended hoax, which proves, as wo think, conclusively, that Mr. E w e r was hoaxed by the spirit of Lane, when he sup posed he was hoaxing his readers.

As we have before stated,we deemed the pre tended phenomenon too extravagant to be true, and omitted to publish the account, till it had appeared in several other papers, and till we had received positive assurance from an elevated spirit, that no man in the flesh could possibly have produced that article, without spiritual aid.

Professor Da y t o n , after assuring us that he knew nothing of the circumstances, personally, remarked os follows: “I do not believe there is a mind on earth capable of producing such philosophy as that article contains, without spiritual aid.” He explained to us the signifi cation of the terms used in that article, such as ‘'Out creations,” “Arch.” "Arch and mo tion.” “Arch, motion and action." “Arch, motion, action and harmony." His conclu sion was that, whether the facts were true or not, the philosophy was true, and the facts were not impossible.

Every thing that conveys useful in formation is a fit subject for liberal curiosity.

Buffalo Weekly Price CurrentFlour, extra, - - perbbL $l0.50@llJ)0

“ com. to good, West’n, •• 9.50@10.00<• per Rack, - . . 4.62@5.25

Buckwheat flour, per cwt - - 4.50mlioiuneaL " 2.00

Pork, new - $17.50 - old. - “ $18

$ 5 .0 0“ prime, . « 15.00

Dressed hogs, per cwt Fish, white, - . a ’ 8.25

u u . hlf “ 4.76Salt, fine, - . « 2.00

!' coarse, - 2.25“ trout, 8.00" - h lf “ 4.25

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W e have one which was received too late for this week’s paper. It is lrom the eularged spirit of a young lady of this city, who depart ed to the spirit world Inst Summer or Antumn, we have fogotten which. Her communication is beautiful, thrillingly interesting, and highly instructive. She asks us to suppress her full name, but to givo her initials— "A. F.”

A few evenings since, when Miss B r o o k s sat down to tea, with the other members of the family, loud rapping was heard about her chair. Mr. B. enquired who was there, and was ans wered, when he called tho alphabet, that it was Jo S mit h . J o enquired if he could be permitted to come there and give a lecture for this paper. Mr. B. consented, and enquired what subject he would lecture on. H is reply was; “The evils of Mortnonism.” The time agreed on for its delivery, was Monday next Hence we venture to promise it, and have no doubt that it will be interesting.

BeSedes these, we are expecting lectures from oar worthy spirit friends, S mit h and D a y t o n .

Our friend W il s o n next week.

Familiarity of our Spirit Friends.The day after our last publication, whilst

Bitting at our desk, Rev. C. Hammond came in and took a seat with us. After exchanging our friendly salutations and a few words on current subjects, his hand was moved to write. We handed him paper and pencil, and the spirit, addressing U6, enquired if we had any editorial prepared for our next issue. Mr. H. read the question, and we replied in the nega tive. "Suppose” said the spirit, “you write on the second coming of Christ;” to which sug gestion he subscribed the name of E. C. Day- ton . W e replied that we would much prefer that Professor D ayton should write on that subject himself, and suggested that Mr. H. should accommodate him with the use of his hand. Mr. H. complied, and so did Professor D a y t o n ; and the following was written in a few minutes:

SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.

Much has been written about the coming of Christ a second time without sin unto salva tion. I t is a serious mistake of the clergy that leads them to suppose that Christ will reap pear in flesh and blood to judge the world in his own person by the principles which he in culcated. He tasted death but once for all, and he was raised once for all. H e can not return to assume a body of flesh and blood again, nor is it necessary. He lives in the home of the glorified and will not die any more.

W hat then is the second coming of Christ? He comes to earth, not in material form as men live but in glory—yea—in the glory of his Father. Do you ask, what is the glory of the Father? Look into the works of his hands, spread out before you in the great book of truth, whose golden pages reflect his infinite Bkill and wisdom. Look at the principles, the harmonies, and the perfection which may be seen in the heavens above, and the earth be neath you. In the glory of the Father—in the majesty of his wisdom—in the harmony of his supreme power, and in the captivating at traction of his love, Christ will appear on the earth a second time, without sin unto sal vation. He will appear in works of love, in deeds of mercy, in acts which will show his •presence and his power. He will come to you, ye dwellers in the form, in the sovereignty of his immortal principles, in the purity of his deathless love, by such agencies as will pro mote the welfare of families, and make all na tions blessed. And when he comes he will show tho world his righteousness, aud^make known his wisdom by such demonstrations of liis spirits, as will leave their impress upon all succeeding generations.

The coming of Christ is the coming of his truth, or the reappearance of his love and wisdom again on earth. This coming is near at hand: Already many have felt the demon strations of his presence in gifts they have re ceived from the spheres of light and truth.— Already many feel his principles of righteous ness stirring their souls to labor for the reform of mankind, and the usheriDg in of that day when peace shall cover the whole earth as the water do the sea, and a new song shall inspire the hearts of earth’s weary pilgrims.

Hence, wtton Christian principles shall rule tho heart, when love shall govern the soul, and wisdom direct tho judgment, Christ will have appeared to that miud, and it will glorify Hod by doing good to all, as it lias opportunity. I have now written all that may bo necessary at preseut on tho second coming of Christ to bless or judge tho world.

E . 0 . D a y t o n .

Irresistible Conviction.

About tho 12th Inst., whilst Miss B r o o k s was sitting in her room alono, she hoard raps on tho table by which sho was sitting; nnd, ou enquiring what was wanted, was answered by the spirit: 1 want to sco uiy mother. There upon tho following dialoguo ensued:

Miss B. Who aro you?Spirit, My name iB Ei.l k n.Miss B. What besides El l k n?Spirit, E l l k n P a bk k .Miss. B. Where docs your mother live? Spirit Sho lives in Pontiac, Evans, Erie

Co. I left the body lrom home, in the west, and my remains were brought home for interment 1 want you to send my communication to my mother. Direct it to Z a l mo n P a r k k .

Miss B. I must decline doing that I have frequently been deceived by lying spirits, and do not wish to bo trifled with.

Spirit Do you know Mrs. W. E. Lo w e l l , of this city?

Miss B. I do, very well.Spirit If you will go to her you can learn

the truth about me, for sho kucw my brother at the water cure.

This was the conclusion of tho first interview. Subsequently Miss B. went to see Mrs. Lo w e l i , and made the necessary inquiry. Mrs. L. in formed her that she was at the water cure at the same time that the brother of the spirit, E l l e n , was there; but his name was “P a r k s ," instead of "Pa r k e .” Tho spirit was then con suited, there, in relation to tho name; and she persisted in spelling it P a r k e . Miss B. still omitted to write, till Sunday evening, the 20th inst A t that time Mr. W. E. L o w e l l and myself were at the house of Mr. B r o o k s , and were sitting at the table with Mr. and Miss B. Raps were heard, and soon the alphabet was called for. I asked who was rapping. To which the spirit responded: E l l e n . I want to see my mother. Do send for her to come here, that I may communicate with her. Mr. L o w e l l then asked Miss B. if she had sent E l l e n ’s communication to her mother; to which she replied In the negative. He then volenteered to write to her brother, and send i t The spirit, hearing this, thanked Mr. L. for his kindness. He asked her how he should address her brother. She said: I used to call him Z a l . Y o u must direct your letter to Za l m o n P a r k e , Pontiac, Eire Co., N . Y .— He wrote the next day; and Mrs. P a r k e , the mother of the spirit, came the next Saturday, and confirmed every word of the spirits com munication, even to the spelling of tho name. E l l e n communicated some language of love to her mother, and controlled another medium, who was present, to embrace her. She then appointed another meeting, at the honse of Mr. L o w e l l , at 10 o’clock on Sunday morning. Miss B. and Mrs. P a r k e , met accordingly, at Mr. Lo w e l l ’s , and E l l e n was present and delivered, through the raps, the following beau tiful communications to her parents. First to her mother:

My d e a r mo t h e r .—From the great central Source comes the highest and noblest thoughts of the human mind. Mind is immoral, and must answer the voice of its God, by ascending onward in the heaven of knowledge and the paradise of power. The brillant eye may fade and the lovely features become rigid, as if chiseled by some mighty Bculptor, and the animated form become like a statue of sculp tured marble, cold and motionless; bat the soul rests not in the tomb, but passes through the ch&Dge and mounts on angel's wiDgs, to its home in heaven.

"When I was away from friends so dear, and lay upon my couch of pain, to breathe my weary life away, my mother’s soothing voice was not there to calm the last hours of my material life. But those careful beings from the home of God, came to wipe the cold drops from my brow, and to chase away the burning tears from my fevered cheek, which were em- blemmatical of my thoughts of home—my happy childhood home. I wept when called to my eternal rest, not because I was afraid to go, but because I longed to see you, my mo ther; for I knew not that when my spirit be came immortalised, I could still seek your side and breathe into your soul of still a higher and holier love. But O, happy, happy thought! that I can again fold you to my bosom and say I still love. God has given us nature, on whose bosom volumes may bo read nnd the living truths o f your maker inculcated. 0 , my mother, in your aged years, I am near; and when you are summoned home, I will strike my harp of heavenly praise, to greet your noble spirit here. Bo free in your mind, my mother, and live to do good till Gods mes sengers are sent to bring you away. Then the spirit land will be opened before you.

E l l e n .

A t the conclusion of this address, the spirit said: “Rest fifteen minutes.” A t the end of the fifteen minutes, she nguiu commenced, ad dressing herself to her father, who was not present.

Before giving this second address, it may be proper to inform the reader that Mr. P a r k e , the father of E l l e n , had been speculating upon the bible theology the most of his life, and had nearly arrived at the conclusion that the immortality of the soul depended on faith in the vicarious atonement by Jesus Christ.— His faith seems to incline to tho doctrine of the annihilation of the wicked. We thus speak,

not from our owc> knowledge, but from infor mation received.

My d e a r k a t i i k i l — 'Tho simple flower is an omouatiou from thu groat divine Being; and, in its opeuiug petals, you cun behold tho eter nal progressive principlo. Tho flower is ma terial, containing, within its outer creation, thu elements of immortality. So with tho bihlo— it is muterial, and yet contains evidences of immortality. In tho flower, you cun read a volume in a word, nnd flud tho living truth of God in the manifestations of its inner principles; and this attracts tho human mind to tho per ceptible elements of its surrounding nature.— If you confine yourself within tho lids of the biblo, you must contemplate tho reading and ideas there, without tho real, undying evidences of universal nuturo being made manifest to your inner being. You can put tho root into tho ground yoursolf, und see tho demonstrations of its progression; but you cannot write a bible and then watch its progression; for it is an ancient production; and when you reverence the bible, you, too, reverence the names of men whom you never saw nor know, and know not that they are reliable, only from what the bible says; while, if you study nature yourself, independent of other sources of intelligence, you will learn tho naked truth, coming from the Deity.

My father, I love you, and I long to see you come boldly forward and proclaim the glad tidings that come from your heavenly Father. I know that the little flower came purer from God than tho bible. You must compare these too principles together, and you will discover ono to be immrotal, nnd the other material. Receive the good and the true, wherever found; and this will land yon safely on the shores of immortality. Be firm in your mind, in your advanced years, for spirits are ever near to cheer you and to pro tect you from the storms of your earthly life. I am with you, my father: 1 have not forgot ten you. Though my spirit is invisible to you, believe that I am near, and heaven will be your reward.

Your spirit child, E l l e n .

Never was there conviction more full and free from doubt, than that which was produced in the mind of this worthy mother, by these communications from her spirit daughter.— Where is the cavelling philosopher, that will talk about the “reflex” of somebody’s mind, in the first interview between E llen and Miss B r o o k s ?

Come, wise one, who affirms that all true in formation received through spiritual com munications, is contained in some incarnate mind present, tell ns what mind contained the information imparted to Miss B r o o k s , when this spirit first approached her and told her name, her brother’s name, the residence of her mother, the fact that she departed this life far from home, and that her remains were brought home for interment Miss B r o o k s did not know that such a person hod ever lived; and she was alone with the communicating spirit Was this information in the mind of Miss B? I f so, how did it get there?

Come D o c t o r s , let us hear you kneeologiae on this subject It may be that you can in form ns, here in America, how knees aro in spired with kuowledgo which the mind has never received. Why carry your philosophy to Paris, where they have so much, when your own country and countrymen are so needy? There may be a long-sighted philanthropy in your conduct; but we do not see how it can be justified on the principle of patriotism.

For the Age o f Progress.Communication from 8ir John Franklin.

Mr. A l b r o :Agreeable to promise, I send you Sir John’s

communication. This came last October, whilst Mrs. S. of Syracuse, and Mrs. W. of this place, were visiting in New Bedford.— Both of the ladies are mediums. As they sat together Mrs. S. was physically controled, ap pearing to suffer much by the expression of the face and writhing of the body. A t the same time she was made to run her thumb across the table, producing a noiso resembling the straining of the cordage and creoking of the timbers of a ship; and, by a motion of the body describing tho heavy roll o f a ship in distress. While this was going on, the other medium received the impression of its being Sir J o h n , and described to those around, his suffering and that of his crew, and of their death.

Then to her vision was presented a plate with the likeness of a man; his appearance indicating suffering and destitution; the hair long, and on the head a covering which re sembled a bag with the end hanging down; the face nearly covered with hair; on his body a heavy wool shirt, such as the laboring men wear, fitting tight A t the sumo time that this was given to Mrs. W. Mrs. S. was also describing one that she had presented to her sight, corresponding in all particulars. Mrs, W. also stated that tho savages had in their possession relics, such as swords, spears aud various things that they had parted with; and among them were things belonging to Sir J o h n personally, and conld be identified as such. After all this had taken place, Mrs. S. said that she had written a communication from Sir J o h n in the morning, but had not mentioned it to any ono. A the request of all present, Mrs. S. brought it from her room, when it was found to correspond to that given through Mrs. W. A few lines were given that night, in addition, and a few more another eve ning, through Mrs. S. which completed the communication. It may possibly strengthen the evidence in tho minds of some, os it has done in mine, by saying tho ladies aro related by marriage to tho GrenellB.

If I recollect rightly, wo had uot heard of

tho diaowvcry of Hlr J o h n's fnlo, till afterOclobor.

Your's,C. A. C-

THE COMMUNICATION.To my wife and friendH do I wish to mako

myself understood, und do seek for a riinnncl, through which it may ho possible to communi cate intelligence, proving beyond doubt, the nctual fato of myself und others of my as sociates, who stood at my side, and iu the hour of peril nnd death, manfally resolved to share with their Commander, whatever might befall him. It was on ship board that wo penalised. There we suffered and bled, driven to that extremity, when self dcfcnco was our lost and only resort Wc struggled nnd fought like tigers. This wn?, when rcmonstrunco was in vain, and not one hope of reconciliation remained. When the conflict began, it wus bold and bloody, and tho last fearful strokes were bedewed with tears and blood. How ever, misery reigned there; and in that conflict, beneath the warring of natures elements above us, and the uplifted daggers of infuriated men, humanity yielded; we bowed ourselves to the dust, and awakened from mortality to find our selves within the portals which 6cpuratc time from eternity, and where wo could view in the distance, whole bands of spirits, already made pure through the will of the great Infinite.-— Placed as wc now are, beyond tho reach of mortal aid, useless will be any effort to recover us, and gratefully acknowledging the kind in tentions of all who aided in fitting out both vessels and men, in order to search us out, it will now remaiu with us to impress you all, as far as lies in our power, with great and noble impulses, so that your influence and acts of kindness may find a range, through every portion of your habitable globe.

In this delicious atmosphere, where my im mortal part now exists, and beyond tho re gions of ice and snow, those regions where only the Polar Bear, the Seal, and tho swarthy Esquimaux can find a climate congenial to their wants, we abound in luxuries in profusion, to satisfy our every wish. With these wo may include such delightful prospects to gratify the vision, as you, who have not yet thrown off your humanity, cannot in any way conceive of.

I will return to my earthly trials: In tumult and in strife was our passage accelerated; these powerful elements, through which are destruc tion and death made inevitable, we were driven to meet our fate. My men were brave—none could be braver—and ever ready to obey their Commander, until worn out by cold, hunger and fatigue, they became savage in their na tures; and in that evil hour did they plot vengeance, and conspired to rid themselves of my presence, which, to them, had become odious; not because I had acted unkindly, or that I had proved dishonorable in my dealings with him; but disappointment, in connection with the extreme rigors of that northern clime, all conduced to increase their ravings and fire them with revenge. Too late to retrace their phrensied resolutions, madly did they rush to that dreadful deed, and headloDg were they driven to destroying their fellow men. You may ask, did they not suffer too! I answer, yes, verily they went down, down, and were engulpbed beneath the waves, in that conflict over which they seemed to have no control.

Ijj my present condition, I can make myself useful. I will search out the mariner. I will try to direct him in his course. It may be in my power to assist in nautical knowledge, and to encourage the poor sailor, when his barque is in danger from shoals or from breakers, which he has already espied. And now am I gratified, in beholding in the distance a spirit that I recognize, ns being once the father of the person through whom I make this known. He can assist me, for his eye is already rang ing through infinitude, and already it rests on a sail in danger. I cannot approach him, for as yet he is beyond me; but he can exert his influence in a manner to avert that fatal shock He has already accomplished it: yet the sailor knows it not He has no means of knowing. And now I bid the medium be faithful. I have been accustomed to command, und it is my will now that I shall be obeyed in this.— Do you not already behold, in the dim dis tance, those rays of knowledge which are emanating from the great Giver, and enlarging and expanding, and which ore destined to en lighten the whole face of nature? They will expand more and more, and truth will be re flected from them as from a mirror. Goodness must and will reign triamph&nt, and the great and mighty Jehovah will reign supreme in love. Man will then no longer war with his fellow, but peace must reign triumphant.— Hasten, then, tho time, by all means that may lie within your reach. Do not lag behind, leaving the work for others to perform. Be diligent, for it is only by diligenco that the work can be accomplished. I thank you for your indulgence in obeying those impulses which have been thrown over you, and will bid you farewell.

J o h n F r a n k l i n .

A Touching Incident.A lady relates to us the following: As she

was passing along Eighth st, ou Saturday, she saw a delicate looking youDg woman comiug out from a basement, with a basket in her hand, containing a few articles of needle work, which it seems she was trying to sell from door to door. She was in tears and was heard to exclaim in a low voice "must I starve!” The lady accosted her kindly, aud perceived that she was the picture of distress. Though tidy and rather genteel in appearance, yet wearing a countenance that told but too well that she was famishing for food. She said, in substance, that sho was married, hud ono child, was

English, and hail lived comfortably, her hus- houd having had good employment; but now ho had none; starvation was'staring them in tho face. She had resorted to the noodle to keep them olive, and had mado theso little articles and was trying to Bell them; but with poor success. None could tell tho distress she felt in being repulsed, or being cheapened down in her prices. One lady in a carriage offered her ton cents for a piece of work, the materials of which were worth eighteen pence. She looked tho lady in the face, she said, while her heart sunk within her. She entered one house where u table was set with food. She longed for some of it, and hoped it would be offered her, but it was not, she ventured to ask for some, but was refused, (by domestics, no doubt) She had read and heard of sufferings, but never dreamed there was such realities as Bhe found them. The lady narrating this, gave the poor woman some change, but took nothing from her basket to diminish her little stock o f ; goods. There is a reward for anch os give to the needy. Let those then, who occupy in viting mansions not give too much authority to their servants to repel the applicant from the door. They may thereby thrust away “Angcl3 unawares.”—JV. Y. Tribune.

Correspondence o f the New England Spiritualist.A Clergyman's Testimony.

De a r Sir :—Though not hitherto known or identified as a modern “Spiritualist,” I have, so far as time and circumstances have permitted, examined the claims, and tested the merits of the new development, in the light of reason aud revelation. I have never been favored with a personal observation of remarkable facts, such as published in your paper, and elsewhere, nor with tho experience, that many declare they have had, in reference to the matter. But notwithstanding, the results of my investiga tions of the subject, are, as near as I can now relate, as follows:—

1. I believe that the spirits of the dead arc in an active, and a conscious state.

2. That they retain their individual identity, and are interested in the welfare of the living on earth, and especially, their dear friends.

3. That they have communicated with, and ministered to, mankind on earth, in ages past.

4. That they do, or ought to, so com municate and minister, at the present day.

5. That heaven is near us, and its hosts around us, seeking to bring heaven and earth together.

6. That a demonstration of their presence by infallible signs, and incontrovertible proofj is the great want of the times, to remove skep ticism and pour consolation into the heart- stricken and sorrowful.

7. That such proof is being given, or the “facts” published, unexplainable by science, or natural laws, are a tissue of lies, which, it is strange enough, with so many eagle-eyed ene mies, are not exposed as such, to the gaze and contempt of the world.

8. That the same rule, that would invalidate the testimony of such “facts,” would also in validate the testimony concerning the miracles, resurrection, &c., of Jesus Christ.

9. That the same principle shonld be follow ed in testing the origin and genuineness of modern spiritual communications, as of ancient, the main evidence being their intrinsic value.

10. That modern “spirits,” whether in the flesh, or out, must be “tried” by some standard, as the ancient, namely, by the sense of right in one’3 own souL

11. That “believers” now should possess the same “gift,” do as great “works,” and have the same “signs follow them," as appeared in the days of Christ and the apostles.

12. That their appearance again would be strong evidence that Chrit is coming in “great power and glory.”

13. That the doctrines taught by Spiritual ists, especially that of the progression of all mankind to holiness and happiness, are con sistent with the gospel of Christ.

14. That “the universe within,” the interior, the soul of man is where we must “look” for “the appearing of Christ and his kingdom,” for “the new heavens and new earth wherein dwclleth righteousness.”

15. That the old “heavens,” tho Mohamome- daD, the Roman Catholic, and all her harlot daughters, must “pass away with a great noise,” aud their corrupt “elements melt with fervent heat,” their “’wood, hay and stubble” be con sumed, and the old “earth and the works there in,” meaning political powers and all their cor ruption, shall be “burned up.” All these shall be destroyed by the fiery trial, “consumed by the Spirit o f God’s mouth” and destroyed by the brightness of his coming.

16. That this “kingdom” within cannot be “shaken,” but shall break in pieces, and destroy all other kingdoms, and the kingdoms of this world shall become tlie kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ.

17. I believe that wc are now “lookiug for> and hasting unto this coming of the day of God,” that the old heavens arc being “dissolved,’’ that we are emphatically “coming unto mount Zion, and unto the city of tho living God, the , heavenly Jerusalem, to an innumerable com pany of angels, aud to the spirits of just meu made perfect”

18. I believe that there wjll be such a time ; of shaking soon among the ecelesiastical heav ens, and political powers, as was never yet known, but it shall be iu such a way, that to those who cannot discern the signs of the times, the result will not be perceived, or an ticipated. To such “that day will conic as a thief,” because they will be in darkness aud unbelief. Christ “will come in a way that many look not for him," in a way to really harm none, and in terror to none, but to such as shall deplore the destruction of their cherish ed idols and iniquities.

19. 1 believe that as the old heavens and

earth pass away, nnd the new come on, women will lie elevated to equal rights and privileges with tho other sex, as in the new kingdom "there is neither male nor female," recognition of neither sex, sect, cast, birth, condition or race, "but all are one in Christ Jesus."

20. I believe that the “rightenousness” of the “new heavens and new earth” will exclude therefrom all intemperance, war, slavery, licen tiousness, capital punishment, all crime, pride, worldliueas, selfishness and injustice, ull manner of sin, and nought shall “hart or destroy in ail this holy mountain.”

L. P e r r y . North Bangor, N . Y. April 2,1855.

Is the Sun Inhabited.

Bir David Brewster makes the following re marks relative to the structure of the sun:

Bo ntrong has been the belief that the snn cannot be a habitable world, that a scientific gentleman was pronounced by his medical at tendants to be insane, because he sent a paper to the Royal Society, in which he maintained that the light of the sun proceeds from a dense and universal aurora, which may afford ample light to the inhabitants of the surface beneath, and yet be at a distance aloft as not to be among them; that there may be water and dry land there, hills and dales, rain and fair weather, and that as the light and season must be eter nal, the son may be conceived to be by far the most blissful habitation of the whole system. In less than ten years after this apparently extravagant notion was considered a proof of insanity, it was maintained by Sir William Herschel as a rational and probable opinion, which might be deduced from his own ob servation on the structure of the sun.

S DUDLEY & SONS,51 Ma in S t r e e t .

TH E S u b s e n b o r s h a v e o n h a n d a g e n e r a l a s s o r t m e n t o f H A R D W A R E , C U T L E R Y ,

«fcc., m a n y a r t i c l e s o f w h i c h a r e e x p r e s s l y d e s i g n e d f o r S t e a m b o a t s , H o t e l s a n d P r iv a t e F a m il ie s . W e i n v i t e t h e a t t e n t i o n o f t h o s e p u r c h a s in g

P L A N I S H E D T A B L E W A R E , t o e x a m in e o u r s t o c k , c o n s i s t i n g o f C o f f e e a n d T e a U r n s , S t e a k a n d F i s h h e a t e r s . S o u p T u r e e n s , D i s h C o v e r s , <fcc., ifcc., w h i c h w e a r e c o n s t a n t l y m a n u f a c t u r i n g i n t h e m o s t e l e g a n t s t y l e ; a n d in b e a u t y o f f i n i s h u n s u r p a s s e d b y a n y o t h e r e s t a b l i s h m e n t i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s .

W e a l s o h a v e o n h a n d a n e x t r a q u a l i t y o f L E A T H E R H O S E ,

o f o u r own m a n u f a c t u r e ; a l s o . F i r e E x g in e s , F o r c e P u m ps , < tc . W e a r e , l i k e w i s e , t h e s o l e a g e n t s i n t h i s c i t y o f H . R . W o r t h in g t o n ’s R e n o w n e dP a t e n t S t e a m S a f e t y P u m p a n d F i r e E n g i n e .

W e m a n u f a c t u r e R a i l r o a d L a n t e r n s , S i g n a l L a m p s f o r S t e a m b o a t s , a n d a g r e a t l y im p r o v e d C O O K S T O V E , d e s i g n e d e x p r e s s l y f o r S t e a m b o a t s , P r o p e l l e r s a n d H o te l s .

A l a r g e q u a n t i t y a n d a s s o r t m e n t o f S t e a m a n d W a t e r G U A G E S , a n d b e a u t i f u l l y f in is h e d

G O N G B E L L S , f o r S t e a m b o a t s a n d H o t e l s , c o m p r i s e p a r t o f o u r s to c k .

W e a r e , l i k e w i s e , p r e p a r e d t o e x e c u te a n y O r d e r f o rS T E A M B O A T , O O P P E R , T I N A N D S H E E T

I R O N W O R K ,

w i t h o u r u s u a l p r o m p t n e s s a n d u p o n t e r m s t h a t g iv e g o o d s a t i s f a c t i o n . S . D U D L E Y <fc S O N S ,

l t f 5 7 M a in s t r e e t .

SPIRITUAL BOOKS.L y r i c o f t h e M o r n i n g L a n d . A b e a u t i f u l P o e m

o f 5 0 0 0 l i n e s . P r i c e 7 5 c e n t s .V o ic e s f r o m t h e S p i r i t - L a n d , t h r o u g h N a t h a n

F r a n c i s W h i t e , M e d iu m . P r i c e 7 5 c e n t s .E p i c o f t h e S t a iT y H e a v e n . S p o k e n b y T h o m a s

L . H a r r i s , w h i l e i n t h e t r a n c e s t a t e . P r i c e 7 5 c . S p i r i t u a l i s m . B y J u d g e E d m o n d s a n d D r . G .

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S p i r i t M in s t r e l . P r i c e 2 5 c e n t s .T h e H a r m o n i a l M a n . B y A J . D a v i s . P r i c e 3 0 c . N i g h t S i d e O f N a t u r e : o r , G h o s t s a n d G h o s t

S e e r s . B y C a th a r i n e C r o w e . P r i c e $ 1 .T h e P h i l o s o p h y o f S p i r i t u a l I n t e r c o u r s e . B y

A . J . D a v i s . P r i c e d O c e n t s .L i g h t f r o m t h e S p i r i t W o r ld . B y R e v . C h a r l e s

H a m m o n d . P r i c e 7 5 c e n t s .F a s c i n a t i o n , o r t h e P h i l o s o p h y o f C h a r m i n g .—

B y J o h n B . N e w m a n . P r i c e 4 0 c e n t s . S h a d o w L a n d : o r . t h e S e e r . B y M r s . E . O a k s

S m i t h . P r i c e 2 5 c e n t s .S p i r i t - V o i c e s . D i c t a t e d b y S p i r i t s f o r t h e u s e

o f C i r c l e s . P r i c e 3 7 ^ c e n t s .F o r S a l e b y T . S . H A W K S .

P o s t O ff ic e B u i l d i n g .

BOTANIC MEDICINE DISPENSARY.

D B . W I G G I N S , M . D .. w o u ld r e s p e c t f u l l y • n o t i f y t h e c i t i z e n s o f B u f f a lo a n d t h e p u b l i c a t l a r g e , t h a t h e h a s o p e n e d a w h o le s a l e a n d

r e t a i lB O T A N I C M E D I C I N E D E P O T ,

O n t h e c o r n e r o f N i a g a r a a n d W e s t E a g l e s t s - i n t h e c i t y o f B u f f a lo , w h e r e h e w i l l c o n s t a n t l y k e e p a f u l l a n d c h o ic e a s s o r t m e n t o f B O T A N I C M E D I C I N E S , c o m p r i s i n g a l l t h e v a r i e t i e s o f R o o t s , H e r b s , P o w d e r s , D e c o c t io n s a n d C o m p o u n d s . w h i c h a r e u s e d b y F a m i l i e s a n d P r a c t i s i n g P h y s i c i a n s . H e w i l l t a k e e s p e c i a l c a r e t o h a v e a l l h i s M e d i c i n e s n o t o n l y g e n u i n e , b u t o f t h e f i r s t q u a l i t y , a n d a l l o f p r e p a r a t i o n s f ro m t h e l a t e s t g r o w t h s . H e w i l l t a k e c a r e n e v e r t o b e o u t o f t h e O ld C o m p o u n d s , s u c h a s

Composition No. 6, or Hot Drops,S p i c e d B i t t e r s , M o t h e r ’s R e l i e f , S t o m a c h a n d C a t h a r t i c P i l l s L i v e r D ro p s , N e u t r a l i z i n g M ix t u r e , H o n e y C o u g h B a l s a m , a s u p e r i o r r e m e d y f o r C o u g h s a n d C o l d s , R h e u m a t i c L i n i m e n t , a n d

CHOLERA SYRUP,w h i c h w a s e x t e n s i v e l y u s e d i n ’4 9 a n d ’5 2 , w i t h u n f a i l i n g s u c c e s s , w h e n t a k e n i n t h e i n c i p i e n t s t a e e o f t h e d i s e a s e .

T h e a d v a n t a g e a u d s a f e t y o f p r o c u r i n g M e d i c i n e s a t s u c h a n e s t a b l i s h m e n t , a n d f r o m a r e g u l a r B o t a n i c P h y s i c i a n , w h o s e p r o f e s s io n a l k n o w l e d g e a n d p r a c t i c a l e x p e r i e n c e p r u c l u d e a l l c o n t i n g e n c y o f v e n d i n g p o is o n s , m u s t b e o b v i o u s t o e v e r y o n e . H e h o p e s b y u s i n g e v e r y e n d e a v o r to s e r v e t h e p u b l i c s a t i s f a c t o r i l y , t o m e r i t p a t r o n a g o , a n d e a r n t h e g o o d w i l l o f a l l w h o f a v o r h i m w i t h t h e i r c u s to m .

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209 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.R . J . C O M P T O N , P r o p r i e t o r .

HA V I N G P u r c h a s e d t h e e n t i r e i n t e r e s t o f m y c o - p a r t n e r s , a n d h a v i n g t h e m o s t e x

t e n s iv e e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f t h e k i n d i n t h e w e s t . I a m p r e p a r e d t o f i l l c o n t r a c t s f o r t h e l a r g e s t k i n d o f w o r k , w i r h p u n c t u a l i t y a n d i n t h e b e s t s t y l e .

J a n u a r y 8 ,1 8 5 5 . " R - J - G .

JOHN H. COLEMAN,f ' t E N E R A L D E A L E R I N P A I N T S , O I L S , • \ X G lnss, S ash , <fcc., w h o le sa le a n d r e ta i l

P A T E N T M E D I C I N E D E P O T ,

N o . 2 2 3 M a in S t r e e t , c o r n e r o f S w a n , B u f f a lo .

C O L E M A N ’S G A L L E R Y — L o o k i n g G la s s a n d P o r t r a i t F r a m e M a n u f a c t o r y , N o . 7 E a s t S w a n s t r e e t . l t f

The Great Spiritualist Controversy Be tween Judge Edmonds and Mr. Ewer, of San Francisco—Extraordinary Letter from the Judge—Mr. Ewers Fictitious Hero no Fiction at all.

T r in ity B uil dino , May 14,1855.To J a s . Go r do n Bknnr t t , Esq., Editor Herald

Sir—-You were kind enough some time since to insert for mo a letter iu answer to an attrn-k made on me through your columns by tho edi tor of tho San Francisco magazine. The Pioneer.

I then said all 1 could say at that time. Hut since then I have received further information on the subject, which I have embodied in tho accompanying article, and as that article is necessary to my full dofeuce, I take tho liber ty o f asking for it a place in your columns, that the same readers who saw the attack may sec the defence. Yours, &c., J. W E d mo n d s.

THE CALIFORNIA NANEFESTATION

I find that a more important lesson than 1 dreamed of is to be learned from that which was intended as a fiction, and was exulted over as a successful imposition on my credulity.

It will be recollected by our readers, that when I obtained the number of tho San Fran cisco magazine which contained the first of the articles, I received through a medium, in whom I had great confidence, a communication from what purported to be tho spirit o f the man whose death was there recorded, and that after wards I received another communication pur porting to be from the same source, and which came to me through the same medium. These I knew to be as veritable spirit-communions as any I had ever received, and when afterward the editor of that magazine announced bis whole narrative to be a sheer fabrication of his own, I was much less disturbed by the exposure of my credulousness and his abuse ofconfidenci in the use ho made of a private letter, than I was by the apparent falsity of the spirit-com munication. To have my confidence so shaken in spirit-communing worried me not a little. And though I had had occasion to witness instances of false communications, and had of ten warned myself and others of the dangers from this source, I had never experienced so marked an instance of this danger, nor one so unaccountable. The only solution I could imagine was, that some unprogressed spirit, designing to expose and mortify me, and per haps impair my usefulness in this new field of labor, had assumed a character or identity which did not belong to him. And it worried me, because 1 s&w how many timid minds, just entering upon investigation, might be dri ven back by so glaring an iustauce of the unreliability of the intercourse. Y et that I could not help, and I had no right to com plain that, even at my expense, 60 important a lesson as that of due caution should be taught to myself and others, and I submitted, there fore, with as good a grace as I could to the mortification, hoping that good would grow out of it.

The point was this, that the articles in the California magazine purported to be au ac count of the death, and manifestation after ward,from a man by the name of “John F.Lane.’ The communications which I received bore purported to be from the same “John F. Lane;” and now the letter of exposure from the edi tor of that magazine avowed that there was no such man as “John F. Lane," but he was a fiction merely, an imaginary character, existing only in the fancy of that writer. He says: -‘1 gave the name of John F. Lane to my leading fictitious character”—“The surprise was as noth ing to my astonishment on being made acquain ted by him with the fact that he had several spiritual interviews with my defunct fictitious character, John F. Lane."

That I had had “several spiritual interviews' with a person professing to be his "John F. Lane," I knew, for I could not be mistaken in respect to the circumstances attending them, and 1 knew that they could in no respect be fabrications of the medium, but if “John F. Lane” was merely a fictitious character, a,fig ment of that writer's brain, then his articles were in no respect spiritual, and I had had no communication with any spirit having any con nection with them.

From his avowal or his fictiou I supposed that such was the fact, until I received the let ter from Mr. Gamble, a medium in Philadel phia, which I published in the April number of our monthly magazine, The Sacred Circle. That letter conveyed to me for the first time the idea that after all the fictions with which that editor had ornamented his story, it was in fact, in its material parts, a spirit communi cation, and that the same spirit which had in fluenced him to write it, had in very deed spoken to me. I was surprised that the idea had not occurred to me, because that writer says, “With regard to my being a writing me-

uel in the 2d regiment United States Dragoons, and was engaged under General Jessup iu the Florida war. Llo had invented an improve ment iu pontoons uud bridges fo r the u s q of the army, which, in August, 1836, was submitted to a board of oxamination ordered by Gen. Jessup, and subsequently to another board or dered by CoL Brooks, the reports of both of which boards are contained in tlm pamphlet, and speak favorably of Copt. Lane's inven tion. Then follow this extract:[From tho Army and Navy Chronicle, Was hington City.]

P o n t o o n E q u it a o k .— In our lost paper we gave the reports of two boards of officers upon experiments bridges made with tho pontoon in vented by Col. J. F., Lano, of tho United States Army; and iu tho present number wc have copied un article from the Uuited Service Journal for August, giving an account of tho exhibition of two (Mirant, descriptions of pon toons ou tho river Medway.

Tho decided superiority of the invention b( Colonel Lano over the English improvements may be seen at a gluncc.

The pontoons and cordage for the entire bridge of Col. Lane, sufficient to cross a deep and rapid river of 350 feet width, very cosily conveyed to the place in a single wagon; the English account boosts that a portion only ol the apparatus, sifficient for forming twenty-one feet of bridge, was packed up iu a wagon drawn by four horses. To transport, therefore the apparatus of the English plan, to construct a bridge of 350 feet, would require seventeen four horse wagons, while the whole of Col. Lane’s was couveycd iu a single wagon.

Again, to form a bridge of 350 feet ou tho English plan required 16 canoes of 22 feet each and seven men are employed to manage two caneos, thus calliug for fifty-six men, although it is said that thirty will be sufficient. Col. Lane’s bridge is simple, and the entire equip ment is capable of the utmost facility and rapi dity of use, and may be manoeuvred and secu red by a few men.

American iugenuity has achieved another triumph, and laid the military community un der additional obligations.

As Col Lane’s bridge is formed of india rub ber pontoons, we have extracted from some English publication, as germain to the subject an account of various plants which produce caoutchouc.

It is to be lamented that the early and dis tressing death of Col. Laue should have occur red before he had seen his iuveutiou generally, used as well in this country as iu England.

W a s h in g t o n Cit y , Nov. 3. 1836.By officers in the army, just arrived iu this

city from Florida, we learn that a very tragi cal affair occured at the encampment near the old site of Fort Lorane on the 18th ult.

Col. John F. Laue, of the 2d regiment of Dragoons, had arrived that day with his cotn- mand, consisting of six hundred and ninety friendly Creek Indiana and niuety regular troops; he had complained several times ou the march of oppressive pain in the forehead, and it was thought that lie exhibited some symp toms of insauity.

On the day of his arrival, however, ho ap peared to be in good spirits, and conversed freely with the officers. While in Capt. Galt’s tent be again complaiucd of the severe pain in his forehead. He soon after retired to his own tent, and when some persons entered they found him recliuing on his knee with his sword pierced through his right eye, so as to pene trate the brain; he lingered about half au hour.

N'o cause can be assigned for the act other than a supposition that the responsibilities and the fatigues of the march had produced an in flammation of the braiu.

Col. Lane was much respected by his broth er officers, and possessed the entire confidence of Gen. Jessup, who conferred upon him the important and responsible command of the friendly Creeks.

I confess that this whole matter is as surpri sing to me as it can be to any one, and it shows how accurate is the information convey ed through Mr. Gamble, and how satisfactory a solution is thus given of what appeared so strange in this matter.

Any one who will carefully read the com munications from Col. Laue, given through that Western editor—a medium as be confesses himself to be, will observe two intellectual features which characterized Col. L.—one, his mechanical genius, and the other his mental aberration; and the believers in the spiritual philosophy will see, in this instance, strong corroboration of their belief, that man enters the next world just what he is here—that that life is but a continuation of this, and until he begins his progression, his existence there just what bis ulterior existence was here.

The Western editor was evidently used a medium without bis knowing it, thus cxem-

dium, I had never had any hesitancy in say- ' plifying another great truth, that we are even ing that my hand was at times moved in a very singular manner, without any direct volition on my part to my knowledge.”

Still I supposed that John F. Lane was in deed a fictitious personage, who might as well have been called Doesticks, or Smith. Our readers will then judge of my surprise when, a few days since, a gentleman accosted me in the street, and asked me if I had ever known or heard of Colonel Lane, of the army? This gentleman took no interest in spiritualism, but he had seen Mr. Ewer's letter in the Herald, and having himself known Colonel Lane, he would show me who he was. In the course of two or three days he brought to my office a pamphlet, published iu this city in 1849, called “Reports on India Rubber Air Pontoons and Bridges from the United States Quartermasters' and Ordnance Deparments."

From thut pamphlet it appears that John F. Lane was a captain and brevet lieutenant colo-

more frequently and more intimately connected with and influenced by the spirit-world for good or evil than the ignorant and unreflecting have anyideaof. Supposing himself to be uttering bis own thoughts, and so little acquainted with the operations of his own mind, that he says be could not discover any evidence of the in terposition of disembodied spirit, he was yet used ns the unconscious instruments of giving utterance to the incoherent ravings of a mind not yet recovered from tho disease which ac companied its exit from this fife. Had he pos sessed more knowledge of the subject on which be has ventured to betray bis own ignorance— had he.indeed been as well instructed only the merest novice among the candid investiga tors of this great matter, he would not only have known when he was used as a medium, lint he would not have been b o superfluous as to ex pect from all spiritcommunications entire accura cy, or to wonder that we should receive as spiri-

communicution, but as I w n about' visiting Springfield when I received ft ,11 oik tflfco trouble of going to Hartford for the plrrpdtW of sub- hfittirfg tlib document to n psych(Vnirtf-leal 'ex amination through Mrs. Mcftler, iu onleiV if possible, to that its origin, and tiScertaiir whelli- x or not it originated in tlib mipor-mmullltu;

spheres. I, of courtc, did not let Mrs. Mi liriotv anything of the character of the ifricnnierrt, but altiipley requested her to give mo her impres sions conccrnig it, which she did, ns follows. She said: “The fintt sensation is us i f f was floating in nlr; the next a burning sensation on the forehead, and J see a very bright light, like tho radiations of the ran; I see mi aged mule Spirit, by his side two female spirits; back of him, over each shoulder, etdnd t wo male spirits each possessing different dcvelopements of mind but all comingling, forming the more perfect oneness. The aged man has had more experi ence, hus becu lohger ill the spirit-world than either of the others; he represents Wisdom; the two middle-aged females1 represent Will, possessing active, energetic! minds, keen and active perception; the females represent Love; they lean on the arm of the aged mao, Wisdom, as their guide, thus representing Love. Will and Wisdom, which give three prominent cha racteristics which should be the governing prin ciples in tho life of every individual existing. There wus a combination of1 spirit-influences that influenced this communication: it partakes of both spiritual and the earthly—a strong de sire ou the part of the spirit1, as1 well as the in dividual through whom this is dictated, to ad vance some new and mystified subjects which they cannot comprehend themselves, nor can and other porson fully comprehend them. There is a great deal of excitement, I should f xdge, existing in the brain of the medium; ideas do not come clear; 'tin mystified, and does not dis tin ct explain thc'subject I cannot arrive at any distinct character; it is a mixture of cha racteristics and a curious conglomeration of things unexplained and uuoxplainable.” Thus, you have the document, and can take it for what it is worth. I hope you will find it con venient to examine this matter further, and as certain the facts in the case through reliable media, as I have felt, and still feel, that our opponents may, like Haman of old, swing frbrti their own gallows. 1 hope soon to be in your city, and will thefi rmore. fully explain the qiriJ cumstanoes'ol this case; I should, in justice, Say that the medium through whom this came has never read Ewer's letter or given the sub ject' any thought.

Fraternally yourr, •1L F. G a r d n e r .

Dedham, A pril 28. 1855.Dr. Ga r d n e r :—Deat Sir—I am now im*

pressed to write to you pn tlie late vexatious subject by the hnnd of a medium dnf Dedham. I, John F. Lane, took advantage of a favor able i opportunity, alid impressed Mc. iEwer— who is an unconscious medium, as many are now on this earth; he, Mr. Ewer, ivna induced

. to write and publish wliat we impressed on him.I had also been to Judge Edmonds, and lot4' causes which we shall hereafter explain; we were not permitted to explain»tb tho Judge, who was induced to write and pubhshiiwhat he knew of us. i ornl ; i ip i ;

Many—very many—from thelfirst ages, or from the immediate progenitor o f Melchisedcc, have prophesied, in prose and verse, .of mams future without being consiods at the time that it, was anything more than the revel o f fancy. But Mr. Ewer will yet have proof that I did come to him and impress him, and from the wl ole being brought-before the community as it has been-, much more attention has been called to the subject than otherwise there wipld have been. It has been a source of some doubts and many unpleasant .feelings, with the Judge, and especially among his friends; but lot me assure you that great good will arise from Judge Eduionds publ siting what ho was induced to by his owu circle of guardian spi- rits. v y ..............

Many, to ridicule a subject (which thcBible was written to prov j, the povyer of inspiration or direct spiritual instruction to man), will make every effort to become aeqainted with pi any leading particulars, and sometimes will investigate much of whtfr they think tho mi- nutis, for greater power to, ridicule a subject they dislike. This— this is the reason why .they have left things as they have been; but ffot only the Judge, but his friends, will rejoice with exceeding great joy when they iu the fur ture, will see that out of a little confusion apd some uneasiness has arisen much good to many.

J o h n F. La n e .;Written by the hand of a medium in Ded

ham Mass.E l iz a II. Ta f t .

2d P. S.—Evidence on this subject is ae- commuluting ou my hands. On this day,,-(Mjay

.15.) I received from San Francisco a number of the Daily California Chronicle for April 16, in which I find the following article:—

E d it o r s Ch r o n ic l e .— It is a curious fact, if Mr. Ewer's “John F. Lane’’ be fictiou, that there did live and die in our owu duy and ge neration areal “John F. Lane.” He was a young gentleman of distinguished ability apd attainments, but impatieut of distinction. He died by his own hand during the Florida war. Tho followingjs au extract from the; list of gfa- iduates of ithe Military Academy,, published in 1S5U:— k

“Johu F. Lane, Brevet 2d Lieut, of Artil lery, July 1st, 1828. Second Lieut. 4frt Ar tillery, sumo date. Acting Assistant j-Yofes- sor of Mathematics, Military Academy, from August 31st,, 1828, to 1'leb. 1st,, 182'J Assis tant, Quartermaster from June, 1834, tp Ifray 17, 1835. Capt. 2d Dragoons, June 8th 1S36

tual-ihtercourse teachings that conflicted with tho generally received doctrines of spiritualism.

But there are more valuable lessous taught us; by this incfrleutttban the, more eetposure of the absurdities iuot-which ignoruuco may betray us and we Outfit not to bo unmindful of theifi.

Col. Latie passed into the Bpirit world a lunntic, and I have recent, uud to mo satisfac tory, reason to know that ho iH only now, after a lapse of nearly twenty years, beginning to awaken from tho condition of ipcntul derange* nient which marked tho closb of his earthly life; and this incident, with which he hus had much to do both iu California and in New York, has been u main instrument in arousing him and starting him in that progression which is1 his det tiny.

Nor is this tho only iitstanco in which the effect of insunity upon the spirit-lift1! lias been revealed to me. I will mention a few others because they tend to illustrate one Of the great truths which spirit-intercourse is unfolding to us, namely, how much of this file, its perver sions as well as it3 progression, wc bear with us iu our passage through the valley of death.

It is not long since thut a gentleman called Ut my house who had lor several years been connected ns physican with some of our most important lunatic asylum®. Through one of the mediums then present he got into commu nication with the spirits, and among them was a younggirl, who had been one of his patients who hud been n raving maniac, and' had died in the asylum within two or three years. She hud not yet entirely recovered the soundness of her mind. She Was sufficiently restored to be conscious of her situation, ahd that her mind would yet at times wander in spite of herself, realizing, even in the spirit world, the beauti ful description of Erskine— not that reason was entirely overthrown, but that distraction ;at down beside it and held her mind trembling, in its place.

Once I bad come to me a female who, in her insaliitv, had committed shiciae. When the awoke in the spirit-world her mind was still distracted, but her mental abberation having been produced by physical causes only, it soon passed away after the cause hud been removed, rad she became sane and conscious.

I have had many interviews with the spirit afa woman who died in Vermont at th e1 age of thirty-six. ller namo, she pays, was Sally Crocker. A t the early age of two or three years, when a promisiug child, she had a bruin fever, from which she arose a confirmed idibt, and so continued until her death. Anil it boa been one of the most interesting manifestations I have ever had, to witness the progress of her mind, oven in her spirit life, in arising out of the (landless of its idiocy. A t first her con versations were those of helpless inanity, with only here and there glimpses of thought and intellect. But as she continued to commune with us, her mind rapidly progressed, her child liko simplicity continued, ,her gentle temper and kindly affections were displayed, but she was day by day becoming more capable of thinkiug and reasoning aod realizing her con dition. And she thus came to earth—iu this mauncr exemplifying to me another great truth of our uature—she thus came,, in ordciv by her intercourse with earth, to learn the les sons which it is the end and aim of. our earthly existence to teach to us all, but which, in her case, her existence here had failed to teach.

There is still another instance now,, in my recollection. I t was that of an elderly person whom I had known in life. She died amani&c and had been frightfully so for months before her exit 1 was permitted to behold her spirit life after htr entrauce there. It was indeed melancholy. Her mania continued—nay, it increased—until she sunk into a state of drivel ling idiocy. But Lhat did not continue, i ler regeneration at length begun, and she is now progressing, but slowly— very slowly; for in her case there was at the foundation of her nature an obtuse selfishness, which ever, in man’s existence, bore or in the spirit world, produces its depressing effects, while in the idiot girl there was a self sacrificing, affectiopate nature, which was faithfully performing its task of spiritual elevation. ,

What was the condition of Col. Lane in these respects I know not, nor what there was in his earthly propensities or life to retard or hasten his regeneration. These things are cer tain: that there was such a man in reality as John F. Lane; that he died a lunatic; lhat he has influenced that Western editor, and spoken through him; that he has communed with me through a medium here, and directly through myself, and that his communications to me and through that editor have all display ed the characteristics which marked his earth ly life.

And from the iucident, ns from many, many others, we gather the warning that the life, here be well directed, for its perversions will follow it herafter.

J. W . E.V. S.—Since writing the foregoing 1 have

received the following letter from my friend,Dr. Gardner, with its accompanying communi cation. They speak for themselves, and show, that there are more things in heaven and curth. than are dreamed of in MtV Ewer’s philosophy

B o s t o n , May 7, 1855.Dear Judge—Inclosed I send you a docu

ment, as I received it from the hands of tho medium through whose hand it came. I have ever since the Ewer letter was published,, thought that perhaps, after all, Mr. Ewer might have written that account under spirit impression, uncousciously to himself and if that should prove to be the. case on investiga tion, it will prove of greator vqlue to the cause

I of spiritualism than it could have been had not Mr. Ewer acknowledged himself a liar for the j Colonel, commanding regiment mounted Creek purpose of holding the whole subject up to volunteers, serving in Florida war, from Sept, popular ridicule and contempt. I do not know j 1836, to Qptober 19. 1836. Died . Oep>- whut amount of reliance can be placed on the her 19, 1836, at Fort Lorane, Florida."

There Messrs. Editors, is a veritable; ge nuine"'John F. Lane," and no mistake. When Jhilge Edmonds summoned the spii4l of,‘J.F.L.' who is authorized to say that llio genuine John did not, respond?

Oh! there are lots Of liars in tho other world, so the spiritualists tell us. What matters i,l whether the “Cocklans Ghost" itself, or the, “spirit" of Baron Munchausen, or of "the ge nuine John” trotted out and sold this crazy Judge Edmonds? To adopt the sentiment of frorJ Grizzle'8 e.\pllcut r. murk to Queen Dollal- o))a, we may say ;—

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