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&ekrjf ap Ij. VOL. 1. AH INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS DEVOTED TO LITER All V, SCIENTIFIC, ICBICI^BA^ POfiMnjCAL AND GE1EBAL IXTEULIUJEJfCE. ONEIDA, MADISON COUNTY, N. Y., SATURDAY, DECEMBE&fi, 1851. NO. 9. THE For th e Oneida Telegraph, \ What ia Truth ?»—Pontius Pilute ONEIDA TELEGEAPH , Little did the peeiplc-feanng governor, think Will be published every Saturday at Oneida, (De-, that the despised man ho addres-se-d, was the pot,)Mulison Co., N Y. ' D. H. FROST, Editor «fc Proprietor A. K. EATON, Conductor of Scientific Department. For th e Telegraph. Tbe Rapping* Agyin. MR. Eorron:—Although the inconsistency ! which I pointed out ui my last in \ A Read only being on earth, who could fully and ! L , r - S \ reasoning upon the observation of facts, clearly answer the solemn inquiry, \ what is 1 un j » &M \ arill sa f,, theorising,\ is not very truth ?\ winch the superior <}ignity of his ' | prisoner had wruDg from his reluctant lips, I That he understood the true character of Je- OFFICE—No. 2, E MPIRE B LOCK , (up stairs.) I . . , .. , , TEUBit-One dollar and TwentyXe Cents per sus - wo mU3t ^PP 081 -' that tl « '\'unated Jew, annum, in advance, to office and mail gubserihen), would have clamored in vain for his crucifix- One Dollar and Fifty Cents, in advance u» Village But blinded by his own selfish love of subscribers, who receive their paper by the Carrier J Where ten or more copiesare sent bv mail to one popular favor, he became the sinful instrument office, they will be furnished at One Dollar eac-l., , u{ & l )enuvo | cut p row dence, m executing the and the person obtaining the names and sending us . \ the money, shall receive a copy for his trouble. ; great sacribee for man's redemption Hut it RATES OF ADVEttrisiNG. is not our object to review the character of One Square, 8 Weeks, • • $1 00. Pilate. The question, \ what is truth ' \ is of 3 Months, • • a no 0 ... 5 on \ •• I Year, s 00. A liberal discount made to those who advertise ((U( . reccmllg or rejecting the truth, depends ' our present and future*, happiness or misery — J On this single point turns our eternal des tiny. I Where, then, shall we learn the truth t— I Shall man instruct us? Ho is not only igno \ runt, but his heart is full of \ de<vitfulness and his '' tongue an unruly evil full of dead- gennane to the question of my \evident fail ure\ to be candid, I could not refrain from noticing it as evidence of the confusing which Ins ideas must have been involved,-! far higher importance, to us, than the fate of a subordinate officer of the Roman power On by the year All communications must be pott paid. §y Standing on alngh poin t o f Savage Moun tain , while th e \chang e of horses \ was goin g on and lookin g a t the dark foliag e fa r behind , and a V |K-, bright, son. suniij, uiui \ aflea lamtscap e before , all rrelirialn ,lW t ' 1 \\\- nl.tfi-g*! nncnn I;., I . u i '^.^UV Uolaoll ^ mA \--Uw-hp. Txttcr pTXVCTSC my mind wit h pan.fil interest th e fam e an d fate of t'nngs,\ \ea, even hi s ver y countenance, too a beautifu l an d gifte d New England girl , who fifteen I .. . . » ,. . , , , years ago tfrxxf in a simila r position, an d poure d j otlen wears tho mnsk of black-hearU'd hypo- on t her feeling s i n som e vcrs« B which ar e wel l wort h i ency D o we turn t o the works of nature ? quoting her e Written on the Alleghenies. The broad, the bright , th e gloriou s West , Is sprea d befor e m e now' Where th e gray mints of morning rr- t Beneath yo n niout tain's brow ' The- b mm! is past—th e goa l is « on — The regio n of the setting sun I s ope n to m y vie w Land of th e valinu t an d the free— My own Green Mountai n land—to thee, And thine , a lon g adieu' 1 hai l thee, Valley of the West, For what tho u yet shal t be' I h.'.il thoe for the hope s that icot L'po n th y destiny 1 Here—from this iiiuuutain height , 1 see Thy brigh t waves floating to the sea, 'llnn e erne a 'd fieldi outspr t ail. And feel that in the book of funic, Proudly shnll th y record i J nam e I n late r days be rea d Yt t while I gnz e upo n the,, now, All gloriou s as tho u ar t A clou d is restin g on m y brow, A weight upo n m y heart. To me—in all th y youthfu l pride— 'lhou ar t a lan d of care s untried , Uf untol d hopes and fears. Thou art—yet not for the e I grieve, But fo r the tar-off lan d 1 lea \i , I loo k on thee wit h tears. t) ' brightly , brightly , glow thy skie<, I n summer' s sunn y hours ' The gree n eart h seerae a paradi* e Arrayed i n summe r flowers' But oh' ther e is a lan d afa r \\ hos e skies tome ar e brighte r fa r Along the Atlanti c shor e ' For eyes beneat h their radian t Bhrine In kindlie r glance s answere d mi m — Can these thei r ligh t restore ? Upon the lofty boun d I stand , — That port s the East and Wes t Before me —lies a fair y lan d , Behind— a hmtie of rett ' Here, Hope he r wild enchantmen t fling*, l'ortray s al l bright and lovolv things , My footsteps to allure— But there, in Memory ' s light, I see All tha t wasonre most dear to m< — My yonng heart' s cynosure ' \ S o sang \ V IOLA,\ (l>aur a M Ilawley o f Vermont.) fifteen years ago , standin g i n he r young girlhoo d o n th e summit o f tb e Alleghunies , and castin g ber pro - | To the unaided human intellect; her volutin ! is a sealed mystery. Where, than, shall vv<. , look/ Man is weak, and wicked, and nature's ! teachings, too blind and enigmatical to teach j us '• what i.s truth '\ j But thauks to a kind and lov in\ Prov i-I o deuce, in the volume of divine inspiration, ' truth, living truth is wrtttui on eve n page | There tho question is solved so fully and luckily, that none need to search in vain — That being \ who c*Jiuiot lie,\ has written U I with his own hand, and scaled it with his ' blood The Bible is a stream flowing from God — the fountain of all truth—to bless the earth with its healing waters. Ami oh' the 'depth of that fountain Who shall fathom I I it I It is unfailing, infinite an I eternal — | There, and there oul\. can we safe I v re-t our .'hopes of present happiness or future felicity ! In th< light of rev elation, the inv'stc i ies of na ' ture ale uu.scalcd Things vvhieh before were hut ill\ accounted for as the work of chain e, | .ire found to be the prodlli ti\iis of infinite wi s dom, powi r and b< ni vol. i.- e, as combined m the (i».d of the Bible \S hat short of tins, j could have planned and executed a work so j s II pen loui, c imjilie ite 1 harmonious and | beautiful f On the earth, nothing is out of place but sin Excepting its ravage\ every thing is perfecth adapted to the happiness of man. Truth is immutable It has been fitlv com pared to a rock for firmness. Whoever has | stood on some rocky shore and seen tin 1 tempest mustering its billowy squadron- for the onset, and seen them inove successive |y to [ the charge, and thought of their enormous 1 weight, and almost resistless force, and then seen them shattered at his feet, may form some idea of the correctness and beauty of the sy in I MJ I But still it is on I v a pcruhing symbol of an imperishable realitv For truth, ves all truth, is as eternal as 0'«1 himself But we have something more to do, than merely to learn the nature and force of truth We are to search the tw o volumes Gi*l has given us,—tho Bible and Nature—and when we find what is truth , when we, discover the immoveable rock, there arc we to take our po- \Mi wnw he made that charge It was otilv, of course, in commenting upon the facts I stated, that he could expose my want of candor; but in doing tins, he lias the charity to \suppose that my observation was accurate and my statement correct. H e then acknowledges Ins own entire ignorance of the facts, and receives them just as 1 had stated This is verv. far from containing his asser tion , and I K unisi other acknowledge that he was unjust in making it, or consent to be con sidered as ontirelj failing in a due regard for the truth ^ As ho cannot impeach my state ment;^^aj[bcceds to deny that tho facts are sufficieat ^l ^UJlhoriie the belief, that they are I the inunifmtRtions of departed spirits. In do ing tins, he singles out one wlihJ! Ue callk \ important,\ and disposes of all others m a very summary manner, by charging mediums with deception and dishonesty. If this is \ A Reader's\ idea of fairness and j candor, it is certain that no honest man will envv him the profession of either his principles or his opinions. It must he well known to every man of common intelligence, that what I stated are but instances of a vast multitude of nianifesta tions made in different sections of the country, and through a large number of mediums, who are entirely unacquainted with each other ' It may be easy for a min of \ A ReaderV' views and principles, to assert without inves tigation or knowledge, that all these ino*- diums are dishorn-it and practiced rm re tru ks, or to use his own expression, that they had \common cuten^ss\ and exercised it to d<- ui '.i ' 1 apprehend that a person who will investigate this subject with truth, fairness inel uuparlialitv. observe the means and man ii« r of siali manifestation*., the uulcssiiess ,.f • \prcs.s,oii and ai!ion on the pait of the me diuuis, wliuh , inv coiiMitioii to tl quite as much as the tacts eif giving intelh gi nee and corns t .ui»«irs will form a verv ditiereiit com hisioti But the \important fact,\ \A Heiulet\ cannot explain even in this wav, he frauklv admits, that his philosophy breaks down with him at this point, and \ that he has no explanation whatever to ofier He contend* upon the authority of a Heathen poet as well as upon hiseiwn \high al\ vincing. The sitting wits protracted, but noth ing elicited which would be likely to establish in hw mind, tho pris»enco of an intelligence beyond tbe persons present. As 1 before said, all wer»exeeedinglv anxious thai some eonv mc- mg tests should WTgiven The evetung\vJore away, pirtions ofoenpture were designated to bo read, by mediums, who rapped with the feet. But nothing spelled out that was at all convincing to the stranger, that any spirit, or unseen intelligence, had communicated through (them. At the close of the meeting, the stran ger rose and said, that in \ne respe-ct he was happily disappointed, that when he came he had not expeeted to see any thing,\ no, said uig placed him above all suspicion, should ( The Hungarian Settlement In the have some testa that should to him be con work. Iron ore of a superior quality ia found in im mense quantities, and from it are made, by tho African Arts ai ^* re * t ' • Traveller* in Africa all coincide in one im- Wc find in the Spring fold (III ) Journal, a portant particular, namely^ that the native* of \ Summer view of Ne w Bud.i,\ the Ilunga-' that continent exhibit a remarkable degree of nan settlement, under Go v I'jhazy *\Tt is I genius, and display in their numerous manu- situated in the southwestern part of Iowa, in ' fact it reel articles sue h a knowlexlg* of mechaa- the e'ounty of Decatur, at a distance of about u-s as to agreeably surprise all who have heard loU miles fnmi the Mississippi river, 10 0 mi lew of, or been privileged to beheld their handi- from the Missouri, and about ten miles uurtli of the boundary line of the State of Iowa and Missouri The aspect of the- country presents ridges of elevation, narrow ravines, and occa-' untaught natives, ornamental and useful arti- sionaMy wide spread valhes, all covered with|cles, such as spesars, arrows, rings, chain*,boea, a nch soil, varying from one to three fe< t bracelets, etc A small but regular amount of de -ep, which displays its frintfuhiess in the , this material, made into a peculiar shape), is abundant production of gr.ess, of fruit, aud 1 calle-d a \bar and appuars to be the stand- u .-PI — : . , i ard of value bv which their currency is regu- | l.lted They are exceedingly skilful in the tanning ' and manufacture, of leather. Their amulet i e 'iLses, spoar and dagger sheaths, whips, bri dles, jioiiehe-s, powder-flasks, sandals, boots, , are made with remarkable neatness. 1 lu addition to these, may be named their On a high tunbrreel ridge, on the left bank' war-horns made from the tusks of elephants of tins river, stands Ne-vv Budie, the rc*ulenee and other animals their musical instruments of Gov Tjliiuy, and tin intended abode ol —the strings of the \banjo\ being formed Kossuth At this point the timber extends ! from fibres of trees. Their bags for carrying flowers. The Thompson river, about 50 v.ard in width, but too shallow for navigable pur poses, winds slowly through Dciatur eeiuntv in a south eastern direction, on its wav to tin Missouri Its ce>urse Is lllle'el bv a lleav V bodv f timber, from one to three milts wi.J ni uit. he, \ not even the spirit of Christ ,\ but said that \ he klievod that God was trulv presi ni , sistmg chiefly of vug er m-iple, bl.uk wah —that he believed he knew what it w is to! white oak and elm love God, and that he \eril\ of a truth be In \ - ed that the spirit of Christ was in th it huh- circle:\ but said \ ho was astonished that so | K ,^,,,), At j„ mit t | lc tmluor cU eitds | from fibres o f trees. geiod people as he believed some IU that arch onlv a short distatu'i from the river, and di materials, and baskets of all sizess and desenp- to be, should he so astonishingly deceived and | vt 'W'ff e irciiitotisly to the north and south , tions, aro wrought with jrreat symmetry and misled by the mediums present, wtth Thtfli feet that he fell as who ramic 'd ' t,L ' 4t ' embraces' an extensive op t -ii •i T i I '-rett wtth ttrxtrrrant grass, and c < though he i , . „ °. . meadow- eov crowned with • a multitude of flowers, whose brilliant colors could not leave the house until he had warned | lm the. liveliness e.f the scene Viewed \u*ftnty fro-m to**. tho l4M«*os of thcix innumerable ane/iiseful trees, plants, 4c, The palm tree, says a traveller, \ is applied by them to t three hundred and sixty-five uses.— all, both young and old, of the dreadful folly > from the residence of the Governor, it seems I Huts are thatched with palm leaves; its fibres there was in putting the \least dependance } one of tho highest pictures of nature;—its j are- used for fishing tackle, ropes, sieves, twine, glowing beauties chastened and heighteni'd b\ eke , a rough cloth is made from tho mner upon what these people rapped out—that there was not a shadow of doubt m his mind, that the\ manufactured the whole filing, and had not the least ability to nip any thing nny more than he had himself that if thi'V, either of them (for two e>r three mediums were present) e'ould rap out or answer one qii .-sthm whicln no one in the room but hmisi If hid know 1 ledge of, ho then would hi lievo it from tho spirits, and not until then At this moment one of the mediums was apparently by some m\olimti m power, taki n forciblv,suddenly and quickly from his the surrounding gloom of the forest. From the same place, through the foliage of the trees, the Thompson river m i\ !«• seen glielmg bank, the fruit is roasted, and is excellent; the oil serves for butter; and tbe wine is a favorite drmk. f wildfowls, and j In some portions of Africa, they are exceed- the ivsort of troops of door, which visit it to I mgly skilful in making canoes. These are dug along, the homo of flocks slake their thirst or cool m its waters. Tho dwelling is a log cabin, about fifty feet 'eiigth, twenty in width, one story high, in and placed m the centre of the room Tin foot commenced rapping \<r ) loud The stranger asked if the' spirit wished lo,-. ininn I \re youth' spint \f ray mother.' \Ves\ | If you are the spirit of my mother, will v on I rap m\ age' I'lien thirtv inn, |,,nd audi >ut of trees, nnd are amazingly large. Some ire c ipable of eurryiujjr from fifty to one hurt- „ . . rs •, ' ro< '' a,K ' tify' persons, besides ten or twelve with a shingle roof The interior is divide-d i hanets to pull Mats in abundance, of all kinds, sizes and qualities, manufactured, < hiefly by tho women. Those mats are used for many purples—to sleep on, partition off rooms, for bed-curtains, eairpets, sc.; the fine ones make nice table-covers, and are used for clothing. They look as if they were woven— to be'into threu compartments, and has a floor formed out of logs, split—the flat side smoothed and placed uppermost. One of these apartments, as is common m the West ern country, is used for a kitchen, a dining, l.nr., and bed room A modern cookiiio- stove arguments, that »c should not \drag in a spirit unless it is reallv iiecelc-l\ doubtless, a sututarv rub. But doe- port \ A Ke-adi r's position ? It amounts to this, that if phenomena can be explained with out referring tin in to spiritual manifestations, it should be' done, but in tins case \A Read er\ aelmits his mabilitv to make sue h explana tio n upon nn\ natural principli , vvh\ then should he insert tint this vvas a \natural phenomenon,\ the virv i use that the rule sup poses is here presente-el This fact is inex plicable, unless it is considered as a \spiri tual manifestation\ But if it is so considered, stands near the fire pi.ice', and opposite, on i are sometimes eight feet wide, and fifteen or shelves aud wall, cooking titeiisils and Uiblc 1 twenty feet long. furniture are ueally arranged. At the other Clothes aro made in abundance ; they are , end of the room two single beds aro placed spun (without any wheel) from the native cot- nieute with him \ \ . s ^ Arc you i|„. sp lrl , | uK-xr^tiLK furnished , th- siiowv white of their i ton. and woven in a strip from five to ten ofabrotlnr' \No\' Ofiisi*tcr' \No.\ Im. n contrasting with the v u i,| hues of their j mcbe»|»nde, then cut to liie length they want on. nt.il colors A tihlc stands near the- the cloth, and sewed together. Various fig- wiudovv, lo.iile.l with books, document* and urea aro made in weaving. Tho colors are newspapers Maps are' displave-d on the walls, , handsome and permanent. Pottery made of ,,,,,,,1 I ' ,, mi.1 overhead is plaord a coil.-.'tion of guns, | clay is verv common, and stands the fire as i distinct raps w, re given This, h. s lH |, w a, •. j„, t „i^ swoids and seimetars of the best ma I weil as any other ; the vessels aro of all liiea, teri.il, the most skillful coiistrintion and su perbly ornaincnted But, most conspicuous TM i i i*^ l '' r ''*\'\' i gazmg as it vvcre, witl'i a calm melaiie holv ex- 1 to the American article—more durable and ur I h e alphabet w.istlnii \ ,, i i . I.I i. i H„ a ' i pre.ssiou on those who lost wealth, exalted nnc called for, and Peri) spoiled out He then f rMi \^ endeared society and a bclov e-d country \ In making clothes, tho Maudingoes are very .asked if h. h<ld a brother in the sj.irit world ' in a he-lpless struggle expert to cut and sew shirts and other kinds Answer, \no ' If |, 0 |,.„1 a s^ter there' — ' In front of the dwelling a field, containing; °f garments, and in making their cap and m;irn \iars had s ] u .' a \°ut twenty acres, is < learcI, fenced and un-i robes. '. I _ .1 der cultivation A flock of sheep, selected for • Wooden spoons, of a neat, fine quality, ar« All tlieso questions, he hU1)er|)ir wu<jl growmg qualities, feed in ' al*> pnxluced , and bowls, fine and supe- the pasture ground, while over a wilder ruiige rl \ r . from a pint to a half-barrel, neat and a herel of cows and several horses are seat cheap. Wooden fish-hooks are made, and tered ; every appearance promising to these 1 \\\ch used, largo fish-baskets, also, for catch- his agi He ilien aske. inotlu r had been inn thee This is, | it sup- | Jiv e I) 1 his, to s IM I, w a> low rii in\ years | r , ten.il, the most skillful constriction and su I from a quart to twenty gallons. Hats, similar i i th spirit- » \rid' It w i>' perbly ornaincnted But, most c..nspicuous to tlm American palm-leaf summer hats, ara rapped scv.n He therfasked tkfj christian ! ot ' al ' ,s 1 1 \l'^'\ 1 \ 1 portrait e.f Washington, made in various styles, and aro much superior name of Jgiii 'niotlii Ansvvi r, \ \ is How iininy yiars had been then ' \ One said, Wire' aus Wired coireetlv Iu addition to the facts above stilted, 1 will relate one more euciiiustaiu'e vvbisti occurred at a sitting beat week, which I attendee!. At h ird fated exiliu a yet happv home 1 m g fish Many of their gree-gees display ( much skill in their manufacture. Soap, good tins silting the me.huiu was u ,l,|fidcnu mod . Coorea AM, HI S P IDLWIISK —Mr Coper, ] ™d cheap, is abundant. Jugs, bottles, bowls, est anel unassuming person. The circle vvas' in the preface to his new cditiem of the Hpv, irfc ' n, \' <1 . (<'arthen.) and a multitude of otb,- (Jirccte.1 by the spirits as nip]»-d out bv alpha 1 t«'lls us that when the second v,.lurrw of ih^. , ,r uttl \ <-l\\gs we cannot now mentioa, very bet, at least bv what purporte.1 to be th. s |Jir . was slowly printing, from manuscript, mg.-nious and KktWfel. that was barely dry when it went into the j compositor's hands, the publisher miumiieil , THE HIOUKR L\w.—A.U parties who con- thitthe work might gn.w to a hngth that ceivo themselves wronged, are apt to resort to would consume ih « profits To set his mind tho doctrine of the higher law ; witness tbs at rest, th<> hist chapter was actually vv ntteu, following from the London Tablet, a Catholic its, and as I vcnlv believe' were -to elosej th, sitting by prayer, and after making inqiiuv who shoulel close, tin medium was designated Ui be the person N .w all present knowing' the diffidence of the medium, aud that up to , , , , , that time she had never pra\ ed m i>ublic, some tbe explanation is simple and casv 1 • ' „,,,,„,, , ,'ono in the circle propeised to close bv t>rav er. A Keader believes in the existence of, , , * r . pheti c eou l forward into tb e regio n to which she I 'ng . Her words liv e in my memory , M clo als o the lineament s of he r fine fac e bu t in a ; Perish ' no' tha t is impossible. Let the: was emigratin g Her words liv e i n my memory , < s,Uon ' and '\ nlnt «>\ \ «r l*r *\i in th e contest . quie t graveyard, nea r tb e fall s o f th e Ohio, ebe wu < laid t o rest, a very few year s afterward* , an d ther e \•deep* th e slee p tha t know* n o waking,\ excep t in tb e Heaven provided for the good and th e beauti ful i n th a great hP»-«e>n»r— Correspondent uf the National Era. Drawias; Water. sa MISS pnass CARIT. I had drunk, with lip ungated. Where tbe founts of pleasure burst, I had hewn out broken cisterns, And they mocked my spirit's thirst, And I said, life is a desert, Hot and measureless, and dry, Aid God will not give me water, \Though I pray, and faint, and die. Spjtke there then a friend and brother, ./Rise, and roll the stone away, TTiere are founts of life up-springing In thy pathway every day.', Tien I said my heart was sinful, Very sinful wa» my speech ; All the wells of God's salvation Are too deep for me to reach. And he answered, \ Bis* and labor— Etoubt and idleness is death, Shape thee out a goodly vessel. With tbe strong hands of thy faith.\ So I sought and shapsd the vessel. Then knatt lowly, his—Mr there. And I drew ap living water With the gaidea chata of prayer. —National Era. powers of darkness master all their hosts anel urge tho onset ever so furiously ; though, like the ocean waters, they may roar and elash about us; like those very waters they will be broken to fragments and perish at our feet, while we, if tho real friends and defenders of the faith, shall ever triumph in the encoun ter. Readers, are you contending for the truth ? If so, go on persevenngly in the gionous struggle, and may the God of truth nerve your arm with moral strength sufficient for the conflict. If not, look around you. Be- i hold tbe grim and giant forms of intemperance, war and slavery, aye, think of sin and ini quity in all their ten thousand shapes, and see if you can find no truth to defend ; no enemy to oppose; no position to maintain up on the immutable rock, remembering, that if you are not for the truth, yo u are against it, that a moral neutrality is impossible; and that, unless you secure a position of safety on the rock, you must inevitably dash againsi it and perish. * Oueula, Nov. , '61. A seaman «ho bad escaped one of tbe re- <*ntahipw»«ck», was asked by a lady how be felt when tke wares dashed over him. \ Wet, madame, tpute wet.\ BROUGHAM AND LVNOHUBST .—Brougham, speaking of the salary attached to tbe rumored appointment to the new judgeship, said it was all moonshine. Lyndhurst, in his dry and waggish way, remarked, \ May so, my (Lord Harry ; hut I have AiConfoundsil strong notion that, moonshine though it be, you would like to see tbe first quarter of it.\ spirits, he asserts, as firmly as 1 do, why then does he reject tho evidence of their com municating with tbe living? Is it a thing impossibleDoes not the old and new Tes tament every when tench, that in former times spiritual communications were made to the living, and that not e>nly good, but bad spir its, made such c minunications—and why not now ? It is true, they may not be made in a form to meet tho gentleman's ideas. H e may be looking for them in the cloud, and in the vvhirl-wmd, the earthquake, or the fire, and not m the still, small voice. But he should remember, that with God, all things are pos sible, and that his ways are mysterious. Tho instance which he has cited, to prove that this is a natural phenomena, proves directly the reverse. They are all clearly cases of the mind, or spirit not yet having departed from the body, casting off for a time its clayey shackles, and acting mdepeneent of the ordi nary channsU of communication with the ex ternal world. He admits, it could see without the aid of tho physical organs of sight; could travel over space without tbe visible means by which distance is overcome. If the spirit performs sach powers while imprisoned in the l»oely, it is hard for \ A Reader\ to conceive that it possesses a wider scope of action when freed from i t In singling out an isolated fact, as \ a Reader\ has done, he presents a very nar row and imperfect view of the manifestations that have be &i given. I was present at a sit ting that occurred, sinse those I hare before narrated, where all present were anxious that a certain stranger, whose character and stand- printed, and paged several weeks before the paper, speaking of the Ecclesiastical Title chapters winch preceded it were even thought | Bill.— Evening Pott; of. ) \ Neither in England, nor in Ireland, will _ i the Catholic* oliey the law—that is, the law THE LAST AKOLMENT—Though Pitt's moral ;0 f t| ie Imperial Parliament. They have, ot or physi.-al courage never shrank from man,' are likely to have, liefore them two things vet Sherman vvas the antagonist with whom , called laws, which unhappily, (or happily,) he evidently least desire-d to c >mo into colli- contradict each oth«>r. Both cannot be obeyed, si<>n, and with whom the collision, when it did ' „ n d both caunot bo disobeyed. One of thsra occur, was of the most fretful nature. There ,* tho law of God, tho other is no law at all; were « thousand instances of that ** keen en- i t pretends to be an Act of Parliament; bat is counter of their wits,\ in which person was t| lc . ythics of legislation it has no more force or more involved than party | va i Ul . t i, all a solemn enactment that th« moon \ 1 leave,\ said Pitt, ai the conclusion of an , s made <>f green cheeso It is not a law, but and thus relieve tho medium from tins her present I 'mbarassment, when theatasvlphttbet was called for, and tins sentence spelled. \The medium will remember the injunction to close this sitting by prayer ; \ who, after considera ble hesitancy, obeyed the injunction. Now, was this \aetiteness in the iiieelium\—vvas it dictated by the spirits—or, the aeutcness of • this modest and sedate person, to perplex and j attack of this kind,—\ I leave the honorable ' a lie, a Parliamentary he, which its very Wtr em harass herself. I do not pretend to theo- gentleman, what he likes so well, tho woman's j terers know to be false, and which they (Ms- rise nor ph.losoph.se upon these facts, nor have! pnvtlage-the last word.' 8 h end an startedl- boratcly put forth as a falsehood,, CsatseM <* up. \ I ara jHirfectly sensible, said ho, \ of j contempt and ignominy, so that they can- I selected this as being mot* peculiar than a ^ favof whj( | h ^ ^ llonorublo genUKUmn thousand others which might be mentioned. . m eans , in offering me a privilege so peculiarly I have carefully observed these, and leave the i adapted to himself; but I must beg leave to solution to men of u logical anel well-disciphn- ] decline the gift. I have no wish for the last ed mmds,\ knowing full well that if these' word '' 1 am content with having the last ar- been, and is being, carried into tain their hold of office. O f these two tilings we need hardly to say which will be obeyed, and which disobeyed. 33r »4nw of God, tfcal is, the Pope's command, will be, orjs4Jb «r n ksa t&e facts can be explained on any natural or phil osophical principles, our Logicians will most surely do it , and if they fail to explain them, I have the charity to believe they will no lon ger say upon the authority of a Heathen, nor upon still greater authority, their own logical acume, that it is unnecessary to call in the Bid of Spirits to enable us to explain these facts.— gument, A Cv/Trrsa RETORT.—After the vounger Mr. Pitt had made his speech in tbe House of Commons, Sir Robert Walpole, in a sarcastic note, remarked: * \ I apprehend the young gentleman has not sown all his wild oa'ts „' to which Ur. Pitt replied, m o rejoinder \ Ago has its privileges, and youth m*y have its faults; but the gentleman affords But I fear I have drawn out this commnmca-! am pi e illustration that 1 still retain food tion to a length hardly warrantable, and will desist further communication for tbe present. Yours, <fec, A BEUEVBR IN THE RAPI'INOS. RESEMBLANCE ANO ANALOOT.—Mr. Pitt compared the constant opposition of Sheridan to an eterpal drag -chain, clogging all the wheels, retarding the career, andwnparrassing the progress of government ilr. Sheridan, replied, that a real drag-chm* sU/iersd from this imaginary drag-chain of the minister m one important essential: it was applied only when the machine was going down the kill. enough for geese to peck at.\ THK POWKR OF CALM DSUVSRY.—A cele brated divine, who was remarkable in the first period of his ministry, for a boisterous mode of preachinr, suddenly changed bis whole manner ia the pulpit, and adopted a mild and dsspassioned mode of delivery. One of his brethren, obaervbg it, inquired of him what had induced, Sim to make the ohaoge. He answered, \ \When I was young, I thought it was the thuttdtr that killed the people; but, , — ,;»sr-!i=*w when I grew wiser, I diseWered that it was remonstrated.'with-1MJi«* iF«jM| • - -• • '• '—lof the act, bw>t\awy>ied,-»Xosy$afc% the lightning; se I determined-to thunder 1 and lighten more.\ Parliamentary lie is being spit 9po*V trampled under foot, and treated. S* ail kesxat men treat a lie that is rigorously disobeyed,' * SMKBIDAM A«I > Lxvi*.—Sheridan never S sve Lewis any of the profits of tbe CasUe pact re. .One day, Lewis, being in company with him, said, u ftheridan, J will auk* y<m* large bet.\ Sheridan, who was always ready to. make a wager, however incoe vest fecit JM might find it to pay, if lost, asked «4f*ri/« \ What bet 1\ \ All the pro4Us of my Casjje Spectre,\ ropliad Lewis. \I will UaTyt* what,\ said Sheridan, who never found JUs match at repartee, \ I will make you a \TS »j small on<»—what it is worth.\ HAPPINESS or SLAVES .—Sir JelimJPoyie, being told ia the House of' Ceanacsjs^ ba thos* inttrsstid in keeping up this sfcrra'trnan, that this sbuws were Mfff, aaii nViat^attaV him of a nsaa when* he a ^-4M ^s*saklijiV. warren, 'sewin* *s> U^naesHh at * ferret likes it ahjsVe all things.\
