The New York Herald Newspaper, November 1, 1851, Page 6

8 ___ —— : and e Wo: ‘+ Rights Convention. he Certificates and Authorities. Our Boston Correspondence. Boston, Oot. 29, 1351. ‘To James Gorvon Benner, Esq., Eprror or tu New Yorx Herap: My Dear Sin—The plans embracing the secret are placed in your possession for careful con- sideration. ‘They are at your disposal. Perhaps it is full time that an impartial disclo- sure should follow, disclosure based solely upon personal observation and experience. af It is now upwards of two years since the disco- very of certain “ Mysterious Sounds,” or * Spiri- tual Rappings,” or ‘Rochester Knockings,” a3 they are classed, occurred. Embracing such range of singular manifestations, the subject in question attracted at the outset the attention of the public to such a degree as te call forth calm investigation —vain and interminable dispute. At the present date, the subject is regarded as one of powerful im- t, having thousands of believers, who, in their 4 as Girm as the very hilis themselves. As mysteries become a matter of science, it clearly follows that the wind of man will not be- come contented without explanation. This is uni- versal. Hence aroge the question at once—‘ How are these mysterious sounds produced? how theso singular rappings ! how the method, and what is the secret ! or are they spiritual manifestations?” Man asked man, yea, the world at |: A pause ‘a long pause ensued, and even to- the ques tion remains unanswered. Speculative inferences and wild projects have been advanced; but its proper application, in plain English, the mystery in ‘ail its bearings, is what the world wants to know. ‘The task imposed is to reveal the secret. According to statistical records, we must surely be breathing in an age when humbug scems to be reigning in ite very zenith. Alshough it has been publicly stated by perecns of humbug, or, if you choose, pocket notoriety, that these * mysterious gounds” were not of this earth, by others that they produced by the joints of the toes, of the | knee, of the elbow, and so on, allow an humble ia- | dividual to say, that their theory im foto is a theory | based wholly upon guess work, and nothing more ‘There is no philosophy in their theme to | euch an argument. fore proceeding, let me say that I sonsider it a | duty I owe to the public and to myself, ly aad | fully to unfold the priucipies I profess, and the end | I propose to attain. Let ridicule and vain boasting remain uncalled for. All I demand is, that as other writers have been heard upon this same n subject, grant me the same common civility. ‘be idea that these ** mysterious sounds” are | *piritual or supe Patura’—that they are attributed to disembodied spirits which once inhabited human bodies—is totally absurd inthe extreme. And it | is, indeed, sir, a sorrowful thought, that the sabject | in vogue bas done so much mischief aire ly amid the ranks of the human family, especially in creat- ing serious injury—even aberration of mind. May | this mischiet, embracing so much artful hypocrisy, | be checked for ever. | Mr. Bepnett, bere is the whole grand eecret: | rious | rienced cause life- en trical condition “ It is only nece: mariner’s compass, w! is beirg charged with electricity, control, lozes this power in the time of a tem: by the active state of this element around, aapee eee’ to wove Oe om nen . ‘ery susceptible persons experience . tions, from a disturbed state of the electrical ele- ment within them, long before the state of the heavens declare it, that a tempest approaches. Saeed by reason . eciag state of brain, ecome drowsy ani jeep.’ At our ext einting, we again, as usual, produced the rappings. Let me here remark, by the way, that my friend has never been able to produce them himself. My reasons for having him to assist mo were because he would favor my nervous tempera- ment to a great degree, in saving me from exerting myself, and, at the same time, cause the sounds to become louder than though Tt performed the task alone, Being well conversant with the subject, he considers we an extraordinary impresse. On one occasion, neither of us could dace the loast rap. For several times, of late, | have entered my room sclw, and was unable to get up avy rappings at all; while, again, I could start the spirits in doub'e quick time, and get 01 @ dozen raps at my eall, either soft or bard. | sometimes use the samo linge other people do, ** Will tue spirits converse with me?’ Then, again, when I can’t get steam up, I call out in this manner, “ Pat, are you there ? it so, manifest it by giving thr: ps.” Most | a Pat obeyed, but sometimes be wouldn't ear me. Sometimes | would say that | didn’t care, when off would start the rappin, If asked him to give me louder and louder oi ifa right rap, then loud one, th low. One stormy evening, not long ago, I couldn’t it the first sign of the rappings; Jat last gave up the ghost, and retired ear midnight | awoke, and 1 perceived that the storm had passed, and it was quite clear overhead, and cold without. I said to myeelf, lean wake up Pat in a hurry now, for 1 feel just like it. I will jump out of bed, place m: bands upon the table, slyly, in the dark, and I will ask Pat if be isn’t dry. I did so, determined to do all ] had anticipated, and that Pat should prefer the liquor 1 should will. ‘ And Pat, my dear, are ou down there,” said J, stoutly, as! placed my ands upon the table. He instantly answered ina loud knock. And, Pat, are youdry? Inasecond he answered in the affirmative. It was a good loud thump. ‘* Will you rap when [ name the right kind These sounds—these mysterious rappings— are pro- duced by electricity. It iscaused by the electricity | passing off from the system—even from the thumbs ard fingers But, again. Here is the main hidden treasure. | Of course, you will now ask, that if we consider | this to be so, reveal how the sounds are prodaced ! Sir, electrieity, when brought in contact with a | bard substance, produces a sound. | lt is pow wpwards of two months since [ throwed | aside my bocks, having, by close study, for many | weeks prior to that period of time, come to tho con- | clusion to base my whole faith upon the ideal caught in regard to this one point: Electricity, when touching @ hard cubstunce, produces a sound. | At that very moment, | ‘elt convinced that I held the secret in my band. Here were my impartial reasons. Electricity was once consi eubject—a branch to be studied by itself—possess ing, like the other divisions, its owa special inves | tigators, cultivated by particular observers and ex- | perimentalists, in complete independence of all ! otber sciences. ‘This, mark you, was before Gal- | vani and Volta But, to-day, it is universally ad- mitted that electricity and magnetism constitute cne and the same section of science, and that the true principles of vitulity—the vital force—is elec- tricity. All the phesomeua cf magnetic polarity, red ag an isolated | attraction, and repulsion, enter into the domain of | De | tab, Meunier, or Solly, and the same principles are | electricity. Even you may cousult Badeley, endoreed. yuo, whore study, for years, was upon mentsl and physical electropatby, or electricity, of liquor?” He gave @ very stout knock “ Do you want gin? rum! then is it whiskey? brandy? Mongahela ” Here came a thundering rap. Of | course, it should be so, for I willed it Now, Mr. Bennett, sometimes | feel confident that | am well charged with asurplus of electricity, and can even feel it escaping from off my finger ends. Yet, perhaps, when | placed my hands apoa the table, | could perceive no sounds at all at first. Do you ask, then, why the hinderance? Why can’t yeu produee the rappings at once, if, as you say, you dictate them at your will! Sir, lam avxicus to explain. : The table, the stand, the chair, or whatever my bands are upon, placed in a position already de- ecribed, bas got to become magnetized to a certain degree before 1 can produce any distinc: sound. After a certain quacuty of electricity has passed from my person, then | can begia to ‘hold coaverse with the spirics,” from a low toa high note. Tais can be kept up until there is a lack of electricity. Like tho telegraphic wires without tue electrical action of the ba‘tery, there is no motion. With it, otherwise silent organz are made to speak! Yet bethink! some impresses can produce them at their calling, and at the same time, in various places about the room. Give me time; grant me more practice, and | can “ kick up as big @ muss” as the best of them. the substance of youth, while youth must siudy, before 1t can attain the feelings of man- £0 wil . The more I pras- ofa more power- | ful will than ot end the reasen why they can | preduce the * pir: without placiog their hands tice the more | =) newer thus :— «Electricity _is the fourth ip, our.grniraaahy tits first three. The firet comprises ali the solids as oy whetber organized or unorganized, inert motion, animate or inanimate. This element bas its Jaws, through which, when uniersteod, we pop ap or destroy. It gives visible form our bodies, and, for their existence, our bodies are dependent upon its laws. So, too, with water, or the aqueous element. 1 has its laws, and mate connection with the solids. Yea, it ev in them, having, for a wise purp« in dite self into every part it consticu inci pal partof our weight, and about the same Portion of the earth’s gravity. U; it, too, and its laws, our bed'es are conte quently dependent. “Our argument is, electricity controls the mi- Buteet particle of organized matter, and the ele- ments which constit that particle. A dwtarb- ance in this element weakens its grasp, and changes its relation to the constituents of our boties. It is he connecting link between ment—mind—and the grosser elo- “ But how is th m supplied with this agent? And from whence btained! Llow does it be- come disturbed? And how it be restored! [t | i pt, @ force continually employed, has been suggested, would soon "be cheust 1, we there no weans for const: an renewing the supply “Nature has provided three avenues through which the animal functions are furnished life important forse. First, the stomach — lagee. Both solids and fiaids are of electricity in large quantities. When either received inte the stomach, electricity is receive and when ne or decomporition takes pl. jd through the system at g- Every article of it, but as an illustration of the quantit; plied, we will refer particularly to nature's beverage tie a | those very sangaine believers of “spiritual manifes | outset. EEGFERROD PRESS SEL A ARERR Eno PRQEd throw elect icity trom the system by that strong power of will, and whenever it meets a hard suo- | stance, then follows a sound; the report that tables | can be made to move, er even towhbirl about the room, is 80. W bile electricity constitutes the element of life, it becomes the seivant of the mind; it being tae Vital part ef man. In one sense, | will admit to tations,” that the vital part of man, or in other words, the essence is spiritual. For instanse, what is the essence of the orange or rose! It is the spirit | of the orange or the rose. Allow me now to call your attention to the visible appearance of elee- | irieity, ag it escapes from the boay. Here is a grand example " | TC. Athingon, Esq, M. P, C. S, &s., Weat | minster, Lnglacd, declares that in numeroas cases | of cholera, in the collapse state of the disease, he hag teen streams cf electricity issuing frem the body to the distance of an inch and a balf, and that by | directing the knuck/e of the hand to any part of the body it would be met by sinctillations or eparks o¢ | electricity, accompanied with a crackling noise, and of the same appearance as those observed on touching the Leyden jar when charged! Thore currents appear more distinct if the patient has been insolated by being enveloped in dry blankets. As the work of death progresses, thes curronte of electricity become less distinet, and when the vical i: ey entirely cease. My great desire is, rite,” the imposition may be stop “the di y not be ex vurpose cf ding converse with the spirit world it is for this reason that | freely make the disslo- sure—tbat | have sought the leading business jour- nal of the United in doing so —a public jour- —water. Professor Farraday asserts, that from actual experimente he finds that a single in of cold water is d of clestricity enough to charge +00,000 jar, of ti dimensions’ Whata want surprising does the system, then, receive in drinking a fall 5 lass! 3 “ Electricity, in point of rarity, if not expansive- nese, is as much above the element of air, as the atmerpbere is above the sc lids and fluids of earth its subtie graep is fixed upon the minutest atom that floats in space, and upon the solid granite at th mouptain’sbase. F te it to be alike the power of sttcnstion -thesubelanee the organizing, animat- If this be so, planets joverned by its , and the beating heart 008 tale formed, rge'abes aslnaicd, the eotwal’ oe etables animat, ani » chaaben ergeals tablished zed, the vital functi blished ant iss foeme the high ee ir author if it were needed. Bus potsing now from this to the method of obtaining the ‘ rap tap- r allow me in a plain manner to noe sely ab e oi with 's middle ared man who wes well evening, &. one there made ae Placing hour period, the sounds were distinct and aadi- Fiz i a F é tal i i se x air H He then endeavored to produce them but failed. f then tried and made tape.” | repeated it and ny will was stronger. Soon [ that | was impatient, and could vent myself in keeping in s quietetate. We area ove the evening, We sgein repeated it. The were louder sod stronger than evor, although weather was very inclement. We could fow, a2 electricity became imperceptithe. ast remember that nerves are the con. electriity. Lamy . in eleo- w me to quote from eo distarbance of this element im the econ. from exhaustion by exoemes alone. in the grosser elements without, and their action within our sy! have their of- cha the relations of more rubtie It ie well known, that if the Leyden jar bo See FY f ze inte # nal which, like the London Times, rious chanp the very **! take their breakfast copy of that same journal before them, rt Not oneout of twenty can produce the “rapping: Ido not w I have overrated it. The metbod of doing them is this:—(iet an im- presse, and to do that choose a very nervous porsoa, or some one who understands the les of ele x tricity. Enter a room; place your upona le fietw and let your attit be easy and comfort able. t your bands remain lightly, for it doos no goed to prers or bear down should be placed uw: ovber, like bis, pla each other. Now, do not brace your mind against but let it be perfectiy free ve a will for the efleet, that of causing rounds upon the table. 2 matfiret I pees through several sittings. Y: tient— you will soon produce them. hen, as other persons have ; but f one grand secret:—If you wish to con- ith what they call “ epirite,” do is solely by be given to all, especially to ove able to Rroduen the ‘0 28, the brain and nervous system are directly within the control of electricity. By = derangement of clement of the nerves, disturbance and exhaustion follow. Tax the brain strongly upon this subject, now under Com aa Lt pl yy man soon become weak. In practising “re * 9 it will not take long to a. pore ners pale, even Consens ¢ in appearance. unbelievers. ~% electricity the hu- panied me. My mission was to hear a young girl, of eleven years of ne, meer “ sounds,” by placing. a wos the iy wey were seven persons . see vory readily consented Tien the its,” when invited. upon a table standi: various tria 5 ad the m| pe * This bad been the onse with her three weeks, prior to our visit. Having tried in vain, the p st last bade hor to stop, she feel- ing convineed thet is was areless. Now, why wae it ait ams young, umpressi new the “rape l” It is ae plain as It cause the parent had the obid com own influence ; because the will of the fuprime over the . She saw some twent; days before that it affected her youuthfal ay: thet it 7} her nervous, slseniers. pole, Drvaght Req will ageinet oll farther z % it ue Childhood must learn to know | object sought | et | The child was ready anxious— | ings of thisimposition. Had have gone there Bor the will of the parent said something right the | exe Peer atase take van ce hare reverse. - been in regard to said’ point, providing It is the will that directs all communication with the spirits saw St to converse with You. the “spirits,” as they are called. Questions and | The more | invest this subject, the more aneuers one given ly. Reason for @ mo- | discoveries | make. ere is nce in elec- ment with r, P: G. and F. G. 5. ®| tricity, While seated at the tea of the City learned and able t Hi in this city, on Sunday last (Oct. 26,) hap. “ Beings are one and varied; one, because the | pened to place my left hand brow, to aid same power animates them, because the same ele- | my eyes to see clearly an out-door show-bill, which | ments them ; varied, because that power, | had just observed posted upoa » brick wall. The those , are found in a of Ham is 3 cP instant that I did so, m: ome teamed to ore 80 ferent velope: ut, W. | much elictricity asto e perce} le tome. tty) apy ent of those ele- | | soon left the id tomy room. I degree relope of ifestation of that power? The cfream ee in whieh the being is found, its « Mise ntecmeanes are favorable or unfavora- F tifle or bring out the native powers ofthe being sey may pm mine a deve- lopement differe: ure, the monstrosity, error, or crime, The cause of this is not in the uature of the being, but in his medium, which has caused him to de from the condi- tions peculiar to the society in which he lives, and to return to the general conditions common to all men, to all times, to all places. «In the influence of the mediums is found the cause of the variety of beings; they are what they are made by the mediums in which th in the | tense, that this medium may favor or hinder their developement, or may, in fine, make them abso- lutely deviate from the forms and conditions be- longing to their species, that is to say, produce mon . The cause of physical monstrosity is not in the nature of beings, but in the influence of tke mediums in which they live.” Finding that the young girl was altogether under the influence of the mother—that her mind was made up that the ‘ rappings'’ were well tincturod with superpatural motiver—it placed me in rather @ singular position. My task was, to become supreme over the ent—to make my will triumphant over all the others. At the same time I felt confident in myself—confident that I could place my hands upon the very table, and start the ** spiritual rappings” et once. Our next meve was to seat ourselves around the table—seven of us—placing our hands upon thé same, each touch- ing the other, ard, by so doing, forming a perfect cbain. But no ‘sounds” were produced. doubtedly the large table was somewhat charged with electricity in ite way ie hier next tried to produce them al She still failed I immediately placed my h upon the table with hers, and politely asked the “ spirits” to converse with . In a second’s time the “ rappings” commenced. They were strong and frequent. I then bade the young impresse to converse with the * spirits,” we remaining in the same position. Not knowing, up to this time, how the ‘‘sounds”’ were produced, as | had not whispered the grand secret, she at once commenced tu do so, under the strong imprettion thet they were supernatural. In a second she was in communication, as sbe supposed, with a near and dear friend, who paid tho debt of ratuze but a sbort time agoin a foreign clime. Questions were asked, and answers giveo aczord- ingly. 1 soon made up my mind that the *‘ rap- pings ” should stop, and, at my will it was done, | my will being supremo. Then, again, I ‘0 ened the valve,” and started away the “ rappings ” Now, this young lady is the only person who has ever been able to produce the ‘mysterious sounds” in | the whole town, and her way, as | said before, is by the head, andnot by the hands. My next move was to reveal the secret, and to prove that 11 was an out ard out imposition of the blackest dye. I iavited | them all to withiraw from the table. Thoy did 80. I then took the oldest person ia the room, my friend, and seating ourselves in such @ manner as to | allow nothing to touch the table save our hands, | we at once bad the spirits with us. My friend withdrawing from the table, | then invited the pa- | rent of the young impresse to seat herself. ‘The | rappings were at once renewed. A young lady placing her hends upon the tablo with mine, as urual, produced them. Then a gentleman took a seat, and we had them strong and frequent. A young lad was next invited, and the .* rap tap- taps” were with us instantly. Leaving the table, the seventh and last one was the young impresse. We two had them better than ever. 1 then whis- pered in her e: nd told her that I intended to ** converse wit! spirit of my brother, and that [ | intended to epell out bis name by the alphabet—his name being Henery.” I politely asked the ontire c'rcle to give their due attention, as | intended to | show how a bereaved family could be imposed upon by this dastardly imposition. | then began in a serious tone— “Will the spirits converse with met” They an- swered in th rmatave. “Is itthe spirit of my | dear old granafatner Sienee prevatied. “Are you here, grand: No answer “Is it the epi- rit of my sister Mary?” No er. ** My bro- | ther ?” A loud rep followed hen Fran you | pre baen gm mers TREE te tare 7 | Brotber Henery.” A very loud rap followed. * ‘fo be eure now that is you, will the spirit apell the | peme, if I will call over the alphabet (” stout rap ensued. “ I then begin with the letter A; waen it came to H, a rap followed. Commencing the al- pbabet sgain, it avswered to the letter LE; | letter N; thon startiog ageiv, it rapped when I | called cut, E, R,and Y. I then asked the young | tmpresse, to state what I whispered to her at the She informed them that | irtended to con | verre with my brother Henery, and spell his name | out by the alphabet.” | Now, Mr. Bennett, you begin to see this imposi- tion inaclearer light. You see the influence of an wmpresse, and the power of mediums. Whit aa | amount of mischif bas been dono by those | “ mysterious sounds ;” and bow ‘the dollar” | bas been poc Throughout the country “ spi- rit rappers’ ill at work in various places. A | great many of the buman family are sanguine, very tanguine, in their belief taat they are the spi- | rits of disembodied rpirits, which once inhabited human bodies. Think of tne tears that have been shed by their spiritual manifestations. ‘* Bat,” one of the “* merchant prinses” to me, * | con- | versed some six months ago with the epirit con- | cerning my enly brother, who was on board of the | Ulfated steamsbip President, and is told mo all | about him, epelt out hie name to we, told me when be was born, and what our partiog words were when weshook,hands forever.” | immediately asked him why he went to hoid converse with spirits ? red, that it wa: it i 7 rits told you before you went there, dis course, I did ; but nobody | An explanation soon convinced the power of will, of the influence of a medi: anim presse. He sconsaw that | could tell him about pwreek of a cargo of Turks [sland salt, and f Philaielphia house, of whi was knowing to in both mind and pocket, though this all occurred in 1846. As he professed philosophical man, | asked him to con lations of heat, electricity, magnetism, aid optics, to each other. Admitting that the and third divisions were one, | then read this act from the works of Meunier :— Of the four divisions that we selected at the | other, fo that there remain, in reality, only three. What are the relations of these to other? We know that at one time they were considered absolutely distinct. But now the three | form @ serics perfectly analogous. There is not | an important fact inone which has nct its corre- sponding fact in the other two. Every new disco Wry establishes new conncctiors between them, | apd from this moment, it i* impossible to get an exact knowledge of one, without being proloandly | versed in all three.” At the time, sir, when I caueed the entire circle to reat themerlves, one by one, at the table, and | bad proved what I had predicted, the seven to pro- duce the “‘rappings,” | then invited them to sit clear away from the table, as 1 was about to pro- duce them alone. Piacing my bands upon the ade the loudest sounds, and bad them in is. It wae admitted that wed were louder than any of the other ones previously pro- gentlemen chen tried it without je outto get two or three rape it their mind upen the subject, and soon cause them to “rap” as well as | practice | myself. | _ As was quite nervous, | said to myself, “Wo will have po more ‘rappings’ here to night; chat is fixed fact.” It was tested—butall in vain. My will was rupteme. We soon parted | _ Thus you see how people oan be led away, fooled, duped, imposed upon. Take this eubject in hand, and at Bret, to a skeptic, the facts are complex, obscure, devoid of interest; and any science heaven will remain #0, but only so vag Dong they are badly in; they become simple, ciear, interesting, when sciences bare been the object of profound study. mplicity, we are told, 1s the inseparable character | of perfection. Youbave but to bring this in pori- | tion home to yeurself—into Ps own fawily—to fee! its effects. Supposing s deadly enemy of yours to perpetrate » hoax upon you whish ws" hg + into tears, in the following ould #0 arrange it thet you the sad iutelligen: | dr by the next | mer, of the death ot your lady and whem you left in Paris bat a short go, avd it would be donein such @ manner to cavee you to believe it. With a sad yo once regard all other subjects as o im portance, and over U ad inteiligence yor our whol Go, sir, with- ft enying ore word t * that you come to con + is upon your mind? How renpest It i# the serious subject ander which you ere laboring, Ask, sir, question after question, ond whet is the result! You have tri- uo phactly held oo impor'ial communication with | ho spirits of both wife aud son. Syoh are tae vyac- Une | totho , » Ri juickly cleared my table of everything, seated my- FS 4 allowed tay chin to touch po poy of the @ little less than no time, the rappisgs began, and it was in this way, rap, rap, rap, tap, tap, in quick succession, and then soundin, thump. I lifted my chin, and all was still. For several times I it. Thus you seo that I can produce them with my chin alone. I miss belonging to a bg family, who oan drum out tunes b; wing her head to touch a table or any bard substance. Both of us tried to drum out akee Doodle,” with our hands remaining still » the table, she sheng it at the same time. ‘e made out to get “Yankee Doodle” fairly started, and then “rappings” stopped. e tried ‘Old Hundred,” and made out consider- ably well for two minutes or so, and then the “spirits” gave out. 1 am also acquainted with a gentleman who can’t get the “trappings,” to do his best, yet he has made a table move, whirl, and even fall over toward Certificates given by the very impresses themselves can be obtained ; also from persons who ha’ tneseed the sights. No longer ago than last Tueeday evening, (Octo- ber 28th,) we bad a fine time with the “‘rappings,” at the residence of tleman, who is a promi- nent member of th ‘There were four persons present, himself and lady, friend and myself. Others were invited, but previous sagngernsaie ims peded them. I was confident that I had got among | those who were quite skeptical, for reason that they said so, voluntaril: fter chatting for some | Massacnusetrs.—The whig party, in Massachu- setts are more firmly united at this time than for several years before. The chief dependence to carry the a) election, however, is upon the prestige of Mr. Webster's name for the Presi- dency. The attempted coalition between the de- mocrats and free soil party has not been so suceess- ful as that of last year, and there is babilit that Hon. Robert’ Winthrop, the whig candidat fanteed, and’oogh battling for the’ oy. The © 8) h oo 88 ot the State is unanimons ta fron ‘ot Mr. thro p, and there is an evident disposition to favor the nomination of Mr. Webster. The State Sete takes piace caine iB. inst., mor after which, @ convention of the w: party w 0 0: to press the claims of Mr. We eter. Gov. Bout: wi heed pent incumbent, is the candidate of the dem ic partys but the free soilers, who voted for bim at the election, now refuse him their su; t, and have centred their forces on Hon. John. Paltey. Mr. P. carries a large vote in his own dis- trict, and will, doubtless, defeat the democratic candidate. Virarnta.—The last election, on tho 15th ult.» decided the fate of the new constitution, and it was adopted by an almost unanimous vote. Tho election for State officers and members of the State Legisature will take place in December, and the parties are canvassing the State. In ths south- eastern portion of the State there is a strong South- ern rights feeling, but when compared with the conservative spirit of the State, it is but a small mi- oe The people of the State generally are dis- posed to acquiesce in the measures of the compro- wise, and will not listen to the idea of a disruption of ber relations with her sister States. Mr. John- son is the democratic candidate for Governor, but there is considerable dissatiefaction manifested in certain portions of the State against his nomiaa- tion. He was appointed by the last Legislature halt bour upon the oon topics of the day, I told them that they must excuse me for my impolite- | nees, but I was bound to roll the table out into the middle of the parlor, and eee if I conldu’t start some | “rappings.” Auntie at once to the motion, | everything was soon ready, The family had never heard them, save the husband. The four were seated at the table, upon which our hands rested. | Having laughed and carried on too much during the early part of the evening, | had become very nervous. | at once remaiked, that as soon as I be- | came a little more quiet, everything would work to a better advantage Jn a short time we bad the “rappings” upon tho table. ‘They were feeble, frequent, and in various places. My friend, who accompanied me, knowi well my pature, and seeing that 1 wae too fall o! laugbter, bade me to adjourn for a short period, an- til Feoula keep more quiet. We soon had those ** mysterious sounds” again, louder, stouter and in greater number. All hands were now pretty well ex:ited. | now stopped and explained the secret. It at once satisluctory. At my calling, the “ rappings” were renewed. ‘To show the lady how persons couli be imposed upon, we made up our minds to consider them ‘* spirits,” and in the original way, we talked with many * de- parted spirits,” belonging to various families, After we had made them upen the floor, chair aud table, I invited the circle to place their ear near the takle, so as to be satisfactory, as I would pro- duce them in another way known only to myself. | ‘They did co. I then placed my hands behind me, wy chair well back from the table, so that my feet | and hands might be free from any connection with the same 1 now allowed my chin to touch the table; ‘the ‘*rappings”’ began in a hurry, and it was a steady snappiog, cracking and thumping. ‘They were in various parts of the table. ‘Tnis was repented severe] times, and the * mysterious sonnds” were always frequent and audible. ‘Thus you have, my dear sir, these few facts in regard to this notorious subject. The truth of thesa views will appear more evident as the subjest is dis cussed, for, like all others, as they are perfected, they are simplified—become more and more simple in proportion as they are geveralized—so that the highest degree of generalization will likewize be the bighest degree of simplicity. The study of connec- tions is the transition between the search after facta and that after the laws which goverx them—bo- tween the history of mtific applization and that ot pure science We old that there is a perfect spalogy between them. Lke science, industry bo- gan by isolated divisions; like science, it will end | in unity. In expesing the “ Rochester Knockiags,” as they | were orgiually called, ] have done it wit intention. Practice will demonstrate it m ly te the stheptic. The person who beli ; us sounds” are spiritual, or, in natural, has but to thiak so uatil bes otherwise 1 trouble you again upon this ‘j to present to those *“* very fenguiee believers in spirits,’ through the New the best circles, signed and sworn to by pupils, who, heaving taken tuition, have become able to bold con- verse with the @ bere id down, which aro freely given, ithout money and without price,” by him who eubecribes himself Your bumble and obedient rervant, CERTIFICATES. went at a private exhibition Mr. Vooe explained how the Were produced. After revealing the seoret, | seven per | Ile caused them al! to prodace them with ‘The state- “rey pings he courted sounds upon the table. Ther sone prevent bim,one by ome Of chat number I was one. ment, #» given by him. i# an impartial one. experure Was satisfactory. To me his The communication with | well done © epirite ’ was acmirabi: JOHN G. LOW, Malden street. | Crrisea, Mase, Oct. 28 1851. ‘This is to certify, that I was present at a private tainment. on Saturday evening, October 26th, by Mr Jobn D Vere, on which occasion he produced the “mysterious rappings,”’ in bis way, as he has exposed it. SIMEON BULLERFLELD, Merchant, No, 44), Long Wharf, Boston. Ocromen 28, 1861 I do most cheerfully bear wituess that his Matements thereof ED. Z. KOMBRBY, 02); Cornhill. | , Wet1, / Besser, Beg.» ifeates, and I write this to say that I am oted with the gentlemen who signed them; and they are persons in whose veracity and judgment ihe utmost confidence cae be placed Very respectfully. your obt #t., ¥RANOCIS TUKEY, City Marshal of Boston. Bostow, Oetober 20, 1861 2 Marine Aitairs, Tre Lave Gare at P Gilbert Smith. of Harwic! K Baker. of Dennis, who Jate destructive gale, im steamebip Kure pa ing list of versels wrecked, observation — Fehoovers Eleancr, of Gloucester, maste and rudder gone; hull good. Fulton. of Newburyport, in good order. Grafton. of Dennis, spare end bull good—sold. Montano, of Hingham, rails, rigging and masts bow—bull OG and verre! bi epere. ond in good ord sold. J. W. Burnham, Gleveester. in good order—maste standit Powhata: of Gloucester, anc Mary Scotchburn. of masts stending—versels stripped and sold. Sarah & Hope, of Harwich, epers sanding. huli good—sold Franklin Dy xter, of Dennis, all hands lost; verset bilged andreld Harriett Newell of Harw \d—two lives lost. Cohsnnet. of Harwich. asbore. and under contract Portamouth, found sunk off of) . Powhatan, ewbaryport, at — F contract to be got o1 eold. | Neind Queen. of Cohareet, had been ashore at Traci¢e, , apd war goteil. At Carcumpec, schooners Golden Rule, | of Glopeester. was got cf shore in order. The Ri- val. of T: got off leaking Melrose, of Pro vincetow m, ashore near St. Peters, was under contract to | be get of. Tbe Fairplay, believed of Hingham, was ashore bear St. Peters Two rehocners. one of them having two top sails, were feenrunk off North Cape About twenty~ vessels were lost op the coast, outride the irland, Nearly eighty vesrei*. come of them English and French fishing versela. hed been ashore at and near Malpec A three rail schooner. with it out of water, was reen tupk off Hog Island. close by Prince Edward Island. Some blocks were taken from her, marked “Bilen’ Tae body of © man, suppored to be from the same vessel, bg ty Olay, of Tremont, M. of er Henry Olay, it, Me. formerty, Hirgbam. was nchore near the came place and her stern | piece, with the mame, ko, had drifted ashore. A body, #0] any quantity of certificates from | epirit world,” by teliowing the | | | : | mn D, Vose. | | nm Saturday evening. October | heard the “rappings.” #4 exposed by John D. | strictly true | | that the accow to eucceed Governor Floyd, in the event of the rejection of the new constitution by the people. Mr. Sumner, the candidate of tho whig party, is from the western portion of the State, and is Shorea by the Petersburg Democrat and Rich- mond Enguirer with being free soil in his prediles- tions. The result is involved in doubt, though beth parties are sanguine of success. ‘Tho fate elec- tion for members of Congress is decidedly in favor of the democrats, and there is cpg prospect that that party will be successful in the State election. New Yorx.—The parties in this State are ina most extraordinary condition, and it seems impossi- ble to tell what will be done. There are six dis- tinct organizations in the field, four of which are splits from the old parties. The democrats are more united than they have been for several years past, and are making strong efforts to take the power from the hands of the whigs. The conven. tion of the anti-rent party decided to adopt the democratic ticket, ond it is likely most of their forces will be governed by the action of tha: con- vention. The Union safety party, principally con- | fined to this city, will also add considerably to the prospective success of the democrats, as many of the more prominent members of the whig party are pledged to the support of the mixed ticket adopted by the committee. The wholeof the tickots will bave their supporters, though several of them will receive but a small vote. ‘The industrial and liberty party tickets will probably receive but few votes. Like the Union party, the working men have adopted portions of both the whig asd demo- | cratic tickets, and, in several instances, both have chosen ugon the same candidate. Party ties are sought to be abolished, and the whigs make the canal enlargement question the issue of the con- tost, though in several of the county conventions the Fugitive Slave law has been denounced. This do punciation of that law has not been confiaed wholly | to the whig party ; but some of the democratie eon- | | veutions in the western counties have expressed their determination to oppose its execution to the last. The democrats deny that they oppose the canal improvements, but oppose the mode in which the im provements are intended to be carried out by the whigs In the legislative tickets there is unity in the parties, axd the regular party nominations Will be supported, except in this city, waere there are ceveral shoots from the old parti nomes of natioval reform and temper ‘These latter have several candidates, but prefer pledge from those nominated by others to farther | their views in the event of their election, The western portion ¢f the State is thoroughly free soil, and there is little doubt bat the whigs will elect a mejority of the legislature from that section. Mississivet.—The contest in this State wages | fiercely, and already the opposing candidates have had personal conflicts,even to the shedding of blood. " uc is anion and disunion Col. Jefferson he candidate of the disunion perty, ia now canvassing the State, and the papers of his party seem sanguine of ruccess. Tnere is very little doubt, however, of the election of General Foote, who is supperted by the whig and union portion of the democratic parties. The late convention elec- | to which man will over tion may be fairly taken as an index of tho result | of the approaching election, though the majority will probebly be less, in consequence of the gre Prreonal popularity of Col. Davis. Every can date in the field is a democrat, and the con‘est is | upen sectional grounds, without any consideration ol former party ties The United States vs. Joshua Howard, late Marshal of Mi ligan —Action of assumpsit, to recover ba- | lance due from defendant, of $1,113 13, ia bis hands, for which be bad preeented vouchers which were re- | jected by the accounting officers in Washington, although they were duly certified, taxed and allow. ed by the Court, or one of the Judges thereof. After | | the presentation of such vouchers, all of which, savo | one, had been proseated to the Auditor and U troller, and by them rejected as credits to fexdent, the court o ed the jury on the jr pointe presented by the counsel tor the defendant, as | | follows, vi I. That ali vouchers for the legal feea of ork, attorney, marshal, witnesses and jurors, in ** criminal prosecutions,” if certified ard examined by the court, or one of the judges thereof, must be passed in the uswel msnuer at, end the amount thereof paid out of, the Treatury of the United States, and that the jury must allow to | the defendant all euch items ; and that the certii- cate aud examination by the court or judge, in such cases, urder the 4th section of act 1742, is conclu. sive of the legality of said fees, and final ; and | Bye at Washington city cannot look behin t cortificate— (Act Sth May, ‘#2, soo. 4, vol. 1, utes at Large, on page 277.— Opinions of Judge Stary and Chief Justice Taney, on file in the Clerk's office ) That by 4th section, above referred to, the judge is made the auditing officer of the Treasury Department, as much as any other auditor in the Treasury Department at Washing- ton. When accounts are allowod and examined by the Judge, we instruct you to give credit to the | defendant. Congress has clothed the Judge with moet com| ent to ja Slowed, are te be ; © ; and if accounts are once id They cannot go behind the | certificate uf the at Washington, and ifhe, | the Judge, or Cow 8 pasesd on the account, t! deor is closed sgainet the government; it is final, | and the accounts are not to be egaia disturbed. II. ‘That the compensation of the Marshal, and other | officers of the Court, in civil cases, in this district, | do not require the examination and certificate | of the Judge—they are fixed by the act of 15/1, which provides that “for any services, (incl: the compeneation for mileage,) performed by | ofticers (Marsbal, Clerk, or Attorney,) in the dis- obarge of their official duties, for which no compen- sation wae provided by the law of the State of | Micbigen en the third of Mareb, 1841, (the day of the parrage of said act,) such officers shall receive eu bh fees as are now, (March 3, 1941,) allowed by law, recording to the culating usag cf the raid courts of the United States —(U. 8. ste tutes at large, vol 5, page 437) Ill. Tnat on the third of March, 1541, the day of the of act, there was no compensation Jaws of the State of “icin to either the Sheriff, Clerk or Attorneys of the courts, “5 coreequently, the compensation of the , Clerk and Attorneys, in civil cases in the courts of this district, are to be taxed allowed “ sccording to the exi of of the v 1, '# accounts, in ‘titers, taxed and allowed according to the that of her onptain, had wathed ashore. Mirerda sod Minerva of Mareich, Richard Baker, dr, of Dennis, and Fakir of Newport, had not been heard fem ‘The gentlemen who furnish us with the above partion- lars state t best information they couid ob- fifty lives had been lost in the = Boston Courier, Oct. 0, Lavncnep —At Waldoboro, recently, by Joseph Clark Erq..@ fine ebip of 925 tons, called the KB. damner ewned by the builder, ia conjunction with Moers. RB Sumner. cf New Orleans, Means & Clerk, of Boston, and Copt. 8, bye, of Usetine, who will command her. Algo, ‘Mt BL Harriman, & euperior eb ip of 624 tons, called BL, Harriman represenced to be a clipper, owned ¢ builder, by Merers, Foster & Nickerson. of New Yerk, Pradwy, of iMaverbill, Maca. and Capt. Joa, Arey, of Reekiand. ho wilt command her. Als. by Mr Jax Cook, @ beautiful bark of 966 tons, called the Jamos ook owned by him and Capt. Watson. of Friendship, Me, who wil mand her. Also. by Merwe W. & A. Storer, 8 five rhip of 880 tons called the Leavitt Storer, owaed by the | oviders. and Copt. Gragie, of Qushiog, Me., who he ore nae ‘ , were ‘owed by law according to the then (March 3, 1841) existing usage and prastice of the courts of the United States,” for State; and that the defendant is entitled to a for each voucher to taxed and certified under said rales. V. That if the jury find from the vouchers addaced pal ape A the same have D jed the judges there: ill all euch voucher: if they fied from the vouch by the defendant in civil cases, that taxed and oertified, “* according to usege and ctice of the Circuit Court of the United States” for this district, as it existed on the third of March, 1841, they will then allow all sach vouchers as credits to the defendant. — (Aot of 1792. ~Act of March 3, 1843 ) After hearing the charge of the Court, Romy retired, and atier® few minutes consultation, al lowed to the defendant all the itema rejected | he Comptroller, and rendered a verdict in favor of the United States, for $3 35. Geor C. Bates, U. 8. Distri ttorney, for Lb. DyBeld, Lay, fox By suthority as an auditing officer, and as the one | Pos TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. I was happy te see, in your paper of the 23d inst , that there was at leastone woman bold enough to stend forward and denounce the meetings hell at Worcester, termed “Women’s Rights Convention.” Ihave read all your reports on that subject, ani blush to think that any of my sox, or the gentle sex, as the “lords of creation” are pleased to name us, should so far forget themselves and their duties as to stand up and publicly acknowledge such unfeminine opinions. Tell mo in what capa- city, in what station, does a woman appear more honorable, more loveable, and more engaging, than in that of wife and mother? Behold her, lulling her little, helpless infant to rest, with a low, swoes voice, the babe’s eyes upturned to hers, with such loving, trusting confidence! Seo hew smile is re- turned for smile ; with what archness the little one watches its mother’s face, there to see approval or disapproval of its actions! And when, at last, it sweetly and softly lisps that dearest of all names, “* Mother,” who can express that fond parent’s de- light—who can tell how her heart palpitates with +e , and bow, in her inmost soul, she blesses God r that treasure ? Again, behold the wife, the mother, at the coush of the sick. With what careful hand sho smeoths tho pillow, bathes the aching, feverish brow, cools the parched lips, gently and soothingly replios ta the impatient calls of the loved one helplessly pros- trated there! With what anxiety, with what unre- mitting care and patience, ehe watches and awaits for returning consciousness, and how blest, how more than repaid, she feels when onse agate that pale face turns to her, the eye undimmed by fe andthe mouth now wreathed in grateful si ‘Women who stand up at those disgracet{ul meet ings know not the pleasure of awaiting a husband’s return to his cheerful fireside. They have never pro- perly fulfilled the duties of a wite, or they would never wish to give up the delight of welcoming the father of their children at night, aiter his laborious duties of the day. What would man do if ho re- turned to hie home, knowing that there would be no wife to make his evening leasantly, no sweet voice to soothe him when he is in trouvle, no swile of affection to cheer him ? For what would woman renounce these, and many, many other pleasant ocsupations and duties, which I will not at present name, but which every right- minded woman must feel? To usurp man’s place? Does she expect to shine brighter in court as a law- yer, in the pulpit as a preacher, or in the ranks ag a ecldier, than in the domestic circle ?~ Does wo- man fear that men can do without her? Let her cast aside such fears—God created woman fur maa. Let us therefore remember this, and as the presidin; deity of our homes, let us shine forth as bright an: brilliant stars to guide our husbands to their abodes of peace and happiness. ‘ Margaret” says truly, that ‘‘the names of wite and home are inseparable andequally sacred ;” and, as long as man continues to look forward to home as bis haven of rest afver the toils of the day, so long will wife be a sacred name, that will ever be pronounced with feclings of love and reverence by him for whom created. I cannot belp a feeling of dislike stealing over me when | think of our sex adopting the * Bloomer costume,” or, to speak more plainly, “wearing the breeches,” which, in my opinion, ia the incipient step to the clection booths, gin eaops, and gambling houses, &s., &v., all of which must follow, if she ovce usurps man’s place. Then, teil me, where wili the respect be due to our sox, or, ratber, will there be any respect duo to them? Instead of our looking up to man as our protector, we sha!l have to stand by ourselves, act as firemen, | errather firewomon, perform military duty, chew tobacco, and diink rum as sailors. Our sons, our daughters, will become degraded beiags, in- stead of noble men and gentle women. Farewell, then, to virtue, honor, peace, aad happiness Wowen can hold no holier, no more sicred office, than that ot wife and mother—let us. then, exdeavor to feel the responaibility of our station, and by {uifilling our duties to our husbands, in setting pure aud virtuous examples to eur sons and daughters, in early teaching thom their several duties to their God, their fellow creatures, end themselyvce-—let us place ourselves on @ pedestal poiat with feelings of the holies: love and reveren: Gutea. New York, Oct 2 * . A Congress of Republics. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK HERALD Boston, Oot. 25, 1351. Tho speech of Mr. Corey, of Ohio, upon our foreign policy, the Tammany tail resolutions, and § thereo: appeared in the eome s)asation here; and the matter is ove which should, and doubtiess very soon wil', command the deep atten tion of every portion of ovr country. The despois of tae Cid World are holding ovn- claves r they stand in fron do a @ the best methods of aup- prossing i righted, indeod, must be ba who supposes their efforts will fined to the eastern Continent. loased by the brilliantexample which our country aflords of self-governmont, and the happiness resulting therefrom, the oppressed millions of E e have determined to cast off their fetters. From tg nations representatives are coa- stantly rea & our shoros, to swell our ranks and taste the bl 48 of liberty; every returo mail bears back to their dscoufirmation of the glad tidings Which bave excited the Old World—thus enla: | snd fanning the dircontent; while oaca steamship built, and every improvement made in the same, | widens ard shortens the ocean bridge destined, ere long, to bear to their reecue the Americaa knight- errants of liberty. With thore facts before the world, is it reasonable to suppose that the monarchies of uropo will be content to combat the disease now sapping their vitale, and make no effort to reach the exciting eauge t And in view of the avowed combination they have formed for th ‘esvion of republivaa- jem; of the fa hted e uaning and knavery, which have in modern time: irked their courre, and the hellish disregard of justice, mercy end truth, evinced by them whenever they havean end to accomplish, is it wise, is it safo, te await ab their bands ablow, before even thioking of propa- ration ! Or, is itour nation’s duty, es the moat pro- minent and powerful of liberty’s children, gone- rously to shield the weaker, and prudently seek to fraternize with and unite all the republics of both tinents !—in other words, send forth acall for » ress of republics t ceasity for action of this kind may soon penly appear; Switzerland and the free cities of Germany are already throatened. The former, prehensive of her danger, bas already stretched forte d; though limited ia extens, she pre- jpite all secret attempts to proluse anar- chy and confugion within her borders, too suocoas- fulanexample of democratic foverament to be longer tolerated in the heart of Uurope; and the sea ports of the latter presen: also a terminus for our 8, of which absolatiem ud by Koseuth ited States—* Ob, that you had been a neighbor- ing nation”—will yet be, to all iatents, fuldled, through the thousand lines by which our Collins will reach every seaport in Europe; and then Italy, Hungary, and well deserving ‘Turkey even, will not want for backers. The absorption of Switzerland and the I'ree Cities is but the firet step of the despotic combina- tion. France of cour to follow; and with refe- rence to her, a cunniog move recom: making ort of second edition to Prince lresident Na- leon’s Roman one,—that is, the pitting of the Jallic Cock against the American Eagle, out of “*f for Spain. This would bo & Id it be effected ; but the umbugged Fre: ministry may attempt ; and h the ristocracy, who wou fer the vale of Russian Canr to that of an English President, Po second the movement, never would the Bri- tith people, despite their commercial interests. Let us watch and pray, for a brilliant scone may open upon the world in 1852. The despots of Eu- rope bave, at Warsaw, thrown down the gauntlet. Let a Congress of Republics speedily take i yy, Sate or Cunan Jnwets at New OntRans.— Last week, J. L. Carman, ir, sold threehundred pieces of jewelry, many of them in- trivsically very valua’ be rare stones, ele~ gantly set—many were valuable trom their ee and quaint form and character. Those were contributions of the ladies of Cuba, to the redeem their isle from the bondage of the Span- jard. They embraced every character of jewelry, from the coral necklace of an infant— emerald of little miss—to the brilliant and lustrous pearl of the full grown donna; andthe old fashioned breastpin locket; and .even t tacles of the matron. Many of the pieces ed With th Wo m be re + 380, marked which the fair Vaturia gave 3s mt earri ¢ of Cuban indepe whilst in- numerable Marias, Isabellas, (ness, &s., robbed their caskets of thele jewols, and offered them a; thealtar of “Querida Cuba.” of this collecti just have . Sold at Lior foourse, mych less