The New York Herald Newspaper, February 17, 1855, Page 1

- WHOLE NO. 6749. MORNING FDITION—SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1855. SPECIAL NOTICES. ADVERTISEMENTS RENEWED EVERY DAY. A; A; THE MFMBERS OF WASHINGTON LODGE, frequented. without ex to moet in their Lodge room ai, Mi “EDWARD DYAS, A. R.8. its of land, cotfee farms and cottages, Ac. uaintance places oo AAR ATE entrusting or ion Mr. od Ypagexe ‘mine > and tolee. , SHIP OWNERS, SHIPMAS- and connected with commerce, are re- juested to attend a public to be held this day, rc at the Merchants’ Kxchange, at3}¢ 0’ » consideration matters aow before Congress 5 M. H. GRINNS! LIVINGstos, f Committee. E. E. MORGAN, of the stockholders of the Ameri- canand Iron Pavement Company, at their office, 210 Broadway, New York, on the 15th aay of February next, at 12 M., for the election of seven trustees. New York, Jeu, 24, 1855. I. H. SAGE, Sec’y, ‘OTICE.—I HEREBY CAUTION AND NOTIFY THE iblic not to negotiate the three following uotes, ome. They are are ull dated November 22, 1854, -gix and 66-1 six: dollars cack, payable to the order ‘of Jutte;one note two months after date; one note three mouths after dats; one note four months after date. JOHN COKELL, 172 Forsyth street. OTICE—{ HEREBY CAUTION ALL PERSONS trading fora promissory note, drawn b; ‘ood in my favor, for $35¥, dated July 25th, 1854, ‘months, 20 said nots has been mislaid or stolen. MARY QUINN, 67 Cannon street, at YORK AND Mail be oeerre 4 Company, 66 Wall street.—New fork, Feb. ya Be . Notice.—The annual election for | Directors of Company will be held at this office, on br a March next, between the hours of 12 M. and 2P. WM. L. YOULE, Secretary. | "ATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN.—THE THIRTIETH LIVERPOOL UNITED STATES annual exhibition of ihe National Academy, will bo «' ‘Opened to the public on Monday, March 12, at 649 Broad- way, between Prince ani Sp streets. Artists will epee send their usual lists to undersigned, at the niversity, ae soon as possible; and they are particular- ly desired to have their works in readiness by or imme- tely after the first day of March, as the arrangemen's will absolutely forbid the admission of any contribution whatever later than Monday, the 5th. ey must alao semember that the limited capacity of the present tem. galleries will necessarily confine every exhivitor 8 smaller space on the walls than heretofore, ‘ Var- y” will be on Saturday, the 10th of March, 10 A.M to4P.M., without further notice. By order of the Council. T, ADDISON RICHARDS, ponding Secretary N. A. id Corres: New York, February 15, 185: ‘OTICE TO HACKMEN.—THERE “WILL BE A MEET- ing of owners and drivers of public hacks, at No. this evening, February 17th, at 8 o'clock, See eat enren ale reanseed, aI asineee of ae portance rought before the meeting. or- , der of JAMES LEONARD, Chairman. Wx. H. Capuve, Secretary. U. A—GRAND CELEBRATION OF THE 123D ‘ton, on ‘tion at the cadomy ‘ourteent ‘triotic observance revived b; @ national holiday, with spirit, and all chapters and mem: complete and report their arrange- to avoid confusion. For though ‘the demonstration must be in harmony with the times, d, be fully creditable. Members of the the State, whose chapters are‘not re- ported, are requested to unite with their brethren in the in pperonriate regalia, The Honorable the of States are requested to report early the umber of chapters or members that will accom; their proper place in line may be Delegates to the Convention will please be punctual in on Wednesday evenings. ri W. OSBORNE, Chairman, 278 Grand street. Rita eSraiamars}Seeiarie U. A. REGALIA.—CHAPTLR3 OR MEMBERS OF the onier cased regalia for the a hin give orders early, Equipments pro for ‘oc marahals. one sbould’ be left without W. W. OS80RN, 278 Grand street. . Ol nrets THE NEW CREEK COMPANY, 35 WALL anniversary of the birthday of Wasbii instant — of Februai F New York.—Notice.—An election for five ‘Directors of the New Creek Company will be held on Montag, Hebensey 26th inst., at the office of the Com- ‘ork, between the hours of 10 and 12 transfer books will be closed from the 19th New York, Feb. 14, 1855. IXTH AVENUE RAILROAD.—NOTICE TO PASSEN mote. ordinance the eara are requested to S and below it make it con- street crowing geing up, gers are venient to take and leave the care on those sroesles ¥ door, to leave theni on the side next to the ride- ‘and not to jump on or off while they are in motion. WM. EBBIT, Superintendent. STOCKHOLDERS OF THE PHENIX MINING and Manufactering rany. of ia are inform- ‘that at the request of several of the stockholders who object of forming the new mining , Mee subscriptions for the remaining shares reopened until Saturday next, the 17th inst. Oa ‘that day the subscriptions will be finally closed and the utoek ‘Apply at 13 Broadway, room No. 5, mecond , between land 4 P. M. LOST AND FOUND. IXCHANGED, OR TAKEN THROUGH MISTAKE, AT Ferrero’« ball, Fourteenth street, on Thi y * evening, 16th inst., in gentlemen’s dressing room, a la- dies’ large pisid woollen shawl, dark color; one taken for same, similar color. Any one having the same will oblige the owner by returning it for exchange, at 773 dite A | THE 16TH INsT., A GOLD WATCH and chain, with charms and locket attaches, wich owner can ve roviny an ex. 7 Pr CHORGE N, CUTTERS penses, to Apily 18 John street, up stairs. Ninth avenue and Fourteenth street line of stages, out in Broadway, near Eighth street, can have ee a nib Main 10st 7 lost, IN SOMPKINS SQUARE vicinity, a gold wal a in, made Loe Gils sett, gw No. 18,900. The flader will leaving the same at the hardware store 216 Greenwich street. NOT! in DRAWN BY BERNHARD & favor of Karl Brounfelder, dated » lea it with Bernhard & Nosen' iad the payment tapseet bas, Wore York, December 18, 1453, on demand, for seven - ere vith interest’, ‘The Bader wil be liver. office. bus nd of no use to apy one EVENING OF JANUARY 1std, AN old fashioned gold ' ) n ring (representing two ri initials M. McA. t letters on the taside. leaving the same *, 289 Broadway. rewarted bj MORSING IN THE WAVERLEY Sixth avenue, from, tventy- iat the Ae it is ofa rl, the Ander will leaving it x ‘the Naticnal Democrat office, 34 ional, THE MILITARY. LIGHT GUARD, ATTENTION.—THE MEM. bers and friends of the above company are respect- requested to meet at No. Fehrs prmete rg oe na nus sas a TL tae ul i MEETING OF THE SPIRIT RAPPERS. Two Thousand Table Tippers in the Tabernacle. GRAND RALLY OF THE BELIEVERS LAST NIGHT Speeches of Gov. Tallmadge, Rev. T. L. Harris, Judge Edmonds, &e., &., &. A call was published in the daily papers for a mass meeting of spiritualists—i. e, persons who believe in the new theory of communicating with departed spirits by means of tippings of tables, knocks, and other physica) demonstrations—to be held last evening at the Taber. nacle. It was further announced that Mr. T. L, Harris, the author of a spiritual epic, Judge Edmonds, Mr. Dexter, and other well known lights in the world of ma- terial spirits, would be present, The announcement created a great deal of curiosity, and at an early hour the Tabernacle was crowded to excess with sceptics and believers, It was the largest meeting of the season, and included all sorts of people, impelled by all sorts of motives. At least one-third of the audience were women, from which susceptible sex the new spiritual party draws its best media and its firmest adherents. Some of the regular attendants at the women’s sights and anti-slavery meetings were present, There was some délay in starting the meeting, which seemed to be under the direction of Mr. Partrid; editor of a spiritual newspaper, end during this time a middle-aged woman in the audience favored it with some remarks, more severe than coherent, She denounced the spiritualists and Judge Edmonds as a set of devils. She had quite an audience at first, but after speaking a few words she complied with the request of a young man who earnestly urged her to ‘' simmer down.” The audience was getting rather restive, and some rappings, not spiritual, wero heard in the gallery. At this juncture Mr. Britton, a spiritual publisher, came forward and mace an apology, for the geatleman who had been engaged to preside at the orgun, but had not appeared, He called on Mr. Harris to supply his place, Mr. Harris did not appear, and there was a long pause: with more stamping and tome hissing. Mr. Brirron again came forward, and said that the vocal music would be givem without an accompaniment, and be done as well as it could under the circumstances, (Applause.) ‘Thereupon several ladies and gentlemea came forward and gave the chant—‘ How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings!’’ During the last part of this performance there was some disturbance in the gallery, caused by a pugilistic encounter between two highly excited young gentlemen. A large number of pereons expressed audibly a wish that these Lelligerents should be put out, and “ order reigned in Warsaw.’’ The platform was occupied by some of the recognized leaders of the movement, including Judge Edmonds, Governor Tallmadge, Dr. Hallock, Dr. Orton, and others. Rey. T. L. Hanns, a clergyman of the Vniversalist persuasion, came forward and delivered a prayer. He blessed God for making spiritualism known on earth, and prayed that further developementa might be made, and that great good to men might result from them. Mr, Britton introduced ex-Governor Tauumavor, who said:— Laptes ann Gextixwen—It is with the greatest reluc- Tance that | undertake to say a word this evening upon the subject of spir:uslism; not a relac upon the subject, but because my time is limited that I can neither co justice te thi to myself. It is, therefore, proposed merel # me preliminary remarks before the gentlemen to whom this duty ia assigned will speak; and these remarks must of course be very cesultory. The subject of spiritu. alism has not been generally understood by a large por- tion of the community. There are two reasons, perhaps, why it has not been wholly understood, and why #0 many prejudices exist against it. The first is the course taken by the public * in not presenting the facts connected with it to the public mind. In saying this I do not say it for the purpose of casting censure ‘igo pert Hew] but merely to express my own regrets, Tre conductors of the press have had reasons satisfactory to themselves for withholding this information. Facts bave been developed, in the course of the investigation of spiritualism, of the most astouuding character. They have exhibited phenomena the most extracrdinary in tae bistory of the world, and whether it be spiritual or philosophical, it is worthy the investigation of every [eae and intelligent mind. Ce anya and hisses.) ‘he time wil! come—and | predict that that time is not fai will rect one, neers they believed it to be such; but they will feel the truth of what I say on this occasion. There is another reason why spiritualism has not been \er- stood—why the prejudices of the public, mind have been fo wrought upon—it is be it has been denounced from the sacred desk also, and denounced by those who bave acknowledged they never investigated the subject, who profess to know nothing about it, and who still have undertaken to give, what they call light, in ard toit. Now, I undertake to say that those spiritual manifestations are in accordance with the Bible~that the Bible es the manifestations, aud the mauifesta- tions prove the Bible. 1 therefore maintain in ail this the trutbe of the Bible, Leng, “2 they have been ignored and denounced by many. We have had one instance—I allude to an occasion ia the city of Washington—where the Rev. Dr. Butler—I speak of him merely becaase he put his views pefore the world, undertaking to contra- dict these manifestationsa— A Voick—A curious coincidence. Mr. TALLMADGE—As I remarked, I will not occupy more than a few minutes, and it is not ei wish or intention to go into a formal investigation of the subject. If 1 one or two evenings I would be enabled to do that ye to it which | find it impossible to do now. I mere- 'y intend on this occasien, during the few mjnutes al- lotted me, to read one or two commanications on this subject. ‘It purports to be given through the rappings and tipptn , and is signed “John the Beloved,” and you will dod what is put forth in it to be worthy of serious consideration, of the source frym which ft comes:— ‘Tne following communication, the author of that Epistle, was made to a select cire tellectual ladies ribed im th purporting to come from enforces the same doctrine. It of the most intelligent and in- en—a circle cot id of th’ jergyman. I tor by letter, ax welt, itwas the table:— Lo an arsembly of wise men from the East a West, and the North the South, lawyers an: divines, are met to try t ‘Yo are instructed from By shall kno pard chance his spots, or the E: ie apiritlenves the earthly form fora s tomple. My lit anrion Y When ‘th ritual, the Laine is the same, bot ing children, ye loves yo friend to the race for whieh JOUN THE BELOVED. And here is be aya from John Howard sical am et sned the troubled spir id led forth the epar' 4 in the sunlight of freedom—ti T have looke mn the poor al ave inspired his when reviled, it to look or aba be Lost in bili te glow and ox and be atiracted. hele ft 10 er inher oper, thle, f \d reflected. abode upon reflected, as from the face of & polished mitters the image of the Moat High from every heart of every son’ of SON HOWARD The following plece of poetry was communicated through a young lady not more fourteen years of age. say that it will stand cam of Banger ‘laugh ter)—The Banner, A Foebe ate whe in 2 au! po ‘ me Mr. TALLMapGe—I1t was given thro: & you ' Tx Voirce—Ab, now it have got itt (Vaughan y Here the speaker read the following piece of poetry: — OUR NATIONAL ENSIGN, Flag of the planet gems! Whose supphire ciroled diadems sea, and shore, and sky— children gaze ‘pon thy ellver blaze, Nor kindle at thy rs: nner! att era Flont thou forever o'er our land. | ~ THE NEW YORK HERALD. —_ + PRICE TWO CENTS. Flag of the bird of Jove! that I bave some repuguance in Who left his home, the clouds aboye, it; but I have submitted to the tations o. my To point the hero’s lightning path— rather than to the dictates of my own feeli: 6. Around thee will we oan, While, on the one band, P acsnowledge mo submisai 2 litt’ring sword in hand, to popular clamor, while! cannot bow in obedience to* ear to guard the land the conventionalities of society that would traimmel m: quell’d the British lion’s wrath: » while I acknowledge no wasea’age to that fell Ting of the West! be thou unfurled, spirit of'eectarianism, and.ciaim the right to stand up ‘Till the last trump arouse the world! in the supremacy of my reason, and ac! rrledgi Bo Flag of two ocean allegiance except to the source from whence I rived flee ely all power—on the other band I acknowledge the duty I From deep to deep, in storm and foam— owe to those who have imbibed and entertain the same Though with the cun'e ved set faith that I bave, and who say to me I have no right to Thou sink'st to slumber, yet be #0 selfish as to close my lips when I ean be of service With him in glory great Thou risest and bint ‘bare hie tomb! ‘Thou banner! beautiful and grand, Float thou for ever ov’r our land! to so tacaure, Therefore I yield my own feelings, and afar before you on this Doehdioa: jut I came now not to enieavor to demonstrate to you the reality of Intereoure between us and the apinita of the departed, not my purpose. How vai tile would it The Rev. Tuomas L, Harn was the next epeaker, The | be for me to uitemyt it i—how idle ad presureptuous the following is the substance of bis speech:—Friends, he | task when God himself has planted the testimony ia your said, in the remarks Iam about to make, I shall try to | Midst, makes it pring up at your own fireside! I come give you a compact statement of what spiritualism is, | Bt tuerelore, now ay soc uhestth tai ag Spiritualism is twofold—subjective and objective. Under | investigated think we have discovered in relatios to ais the subjective there is that realm of pure thought | mighty rabjeet, aad I come in a age that many who which the intellect operates on in all times—that realm | Mest UP our inhi toe tagie thet miuoeds by the from which genius has come forth to do it mighty work. There is also an objective spiritualism—an ex- There is much to learn. kyven the most forward amor us have learned little of that which is so freely proffe: tous, The harvest isimmense—the field is great—la- ternal territory—sensible demonstrations of spirita— | 1irery are war ted for the werk iethaae wien. facts solid facts, and these facts serve as the basis of a | ed to investigate. Wavy dillcoltios aie get to bs over. grand inductive philosophy. (Applause.) I ask no | come. We have to contend with prejudices of early edu- cation—the violence of religious dogmas—the active hos- tility of fear—against the most unhappy and palpable ignorance of the subject, not merely of the world at large, Dut even amongyt ourselves. We have to com tend with our own fanatici*m; for I assure you, from oe own experience anc observation, that the fascination of this iutercourre is so great that its tendency is to lead the mind away from its proper judgment, and instit a spirit of fanaticiem most revolting to the’ calm and opens, and seek no ee, for the words I utter are worthy of ent thought, WRen the disciples asked Jesus—‘‘Art thou he that should come, or look we for another?’’—he pointed to physical facts—' 6 6 age, the hysical facts—to the blind made to , the deaf to hear, and so forth. Thus do we te night. We simply point to realities—to facts which addrei themselves to all; and we ask to be judged by the evi- dences we produce. The facts of spiritualism are its best angument. First, we assert our faith ia modern | natural mind, We have also to contend against the spiritualiem, because it proved by rappings which can | proclivities of the age to build theories, Theory after come and do come from no other squree than the world | theory is built in our ignorance; and yet all of spirits. these things we are constantly called upon to Much as these rappings are spit upon, in- formation is conveyed ,from tle spirits through their means, It is the speaking eye, the beating heart, and not the drapery of the person we behold. You do not the stability of a thing by the mode in wnich it sed. To us these spirit rappings come as bura- ing and potent facts ffom departed friends, Thus it was with those who stood in the Zelegraph office waiting to hear news of the lost ones ia the wresk of the Arctic. Have not our hearts been torn by opposite theories ax to the everlasting angaish of the loved and cherished enes— whether they had struggle against, and in co doing we forget that all truth is slow in its progress with mankind: and the more important and vast the truth, the more difficult it a for the human mind to comprehend and theorize upon. How many thousand yen passed away before one h mankind were building How truth acknowledged, whic! theories upon in regard to ouryplanetary system? often were well established tacts thrown aside, | to sustain the theory that the earth was thi the upiverse? At length facts enough were ive the true philosophy to mankind. in reference to this great mire of laced to bad we ask now, cone to heaven or passed to the lake of fire hject, such aid ia i hen we assert that a that a tetegraphic wire r: out | gation that we may obt enough upon whi and connects us with the world beyond, many say that | can build some theory io to this mighty truth, if the spirits wil! only help them to build up some eccle- | It is no matter in what form that investigation may be ical tyranny of their own, they will believe. But | prorecuted—whetber at the table with its Saleh rp irits cannot be used in'such a way. The spirits pine or in the higher walks of spiritual ins estigation— prove that man is better than his accidents and superior e it in what form it may, itis the number of minds to his creeds; and because they do this, men contend Pigott them with appeals to the passiony and the fears of multitudes, The question [asx is whether my de- parted friends are sate or nott We want to have light on this subject. We have thousands of paths around us in all the confusion of Christianity, and do not know which road to take, As fathers and mothers, as wives and husbands, a8 children and friends, we go to the spiritual manifestations, and if our friends do but speak, it is evough. Isball be tola that, after all, this is not practical, I may admit that the spirits will not tell of euch things as the accession of Louis eeu or the storming of Sebastopol. But lask wh it is not practical to know that a dear departed 4 bas gone up to heaven for ever and ever? And you, ye spirits above, ye deom it practical to come back to men and communicate the ravishing realiues of a better life. There are 500,000 Inteligent men in America, who have publicly asserted we wish to enlist in thie matter, [(he planetary dis- coveries made by thousands of telescopes were here alluded to as an illustration of this principle.] We ask that intelligent 1minds of this country and of Christen- dom shall devote to this subject also the same atteation, that out of this wide spread inyostigation, truth may come, There are many questions in refereace to this whole subject of spiritualiem, that the very best informed cannot answer. We cannot say what it {a that produces the raps, we cannot say what ft is that causes the table to move, but we know what is infinitely more important—that throvgh these raps aad this motioa there is an intelligence which speaks tous that we can understand. fo we may pot know what itis that causes & blade of grars to grow, but we know what use to make of it when it is grown. When Franklin discovered electricity, he built his theory, and that great philosopher and wise man made a practical use of his discovery, aut that @ phenomena of spiritualism ate occasioned by mankind have in after years acknowledged the ben spirits. We canuot explain the rationale of the mode, | Of it. So it is with spiritualism. There are many things but we appeal, as Christ did, to the facts of the case. | We cannot understand, yet we may know the reality, T ask, ed of old, bas this thing been done in Heal use of it. What we ask in that acorneri Not only in’ America, but in Europe, 44 whould do as we have stations are believed in, These be. | dont—make a practical application of the kaowle the fact that stands before us gray haired men and women—they are But wany asic wh clergymen, physicians, merchants, mechanics, and | the usr—wiat benefit can possibly flow from itr With philosophers. Every clars in soc ety, from the highest to y filends, it is not the gratification of an idle Use lowest—all bave yielded up their testimony to the ity—it is not to pander to a diseased truth of these facts. “The rappings have been heard in | *ppetite for the marvelleus—it t# something beyond the most crowJed assemblies, and in the lonely midnight | thai—we believe that we find it in the amehoration of our condition here and hereafter, and the extend ng of | our knowledge both of the arts and aciences. We be- | lieve that we can have a practical use of inealeulable ad- vantage to man here, where he is enlightened, or else- where, where he may be enslaved or im ignorance. We believa that we find’ the advantage in the knowledge of our temporal and future conditions, The intercourse with wpirite of the departed Las always been a religious theory. History, both srored and profane, is full of ac counts of such communications. And thus we see a power recognised mm ail ages of the world. Shall we imi- tate the dark ages and remain in blindness, or shall we invertigate it for ourselres We ark permission todo this, and we ask that all intelligent mids shall assist us in the work There never war a time #0 favorabl the prerent for such invest gations, For the last fifty years we bave been steadily advancing in the arts and acieners, voll we ba inen to a proper piteh, prepa The qu whother clamber. And what has been said through these com- munications? Millions of test answers have been given to heart questions from the millions departed to the millions yet in this mortality. Despise it as some may, itis an if the mighty heart of ali departed spirits im: pelied its love drops to our mortal sphere, and left them on the lone and bereaved ones ip Unis lower earth. It in said that 200,000 gentlemen ot America who did not believe in the immortality of the soul, have been converted, thiough communications with spirits, toa belief ia the rerurrecticnof the dead. Laak, if God's blessing is not then on this cause’ We aasert also that spirits actu- ally communicate without any visible intervention o mediums, One of the most scientific men in the world ot long since, th: had seen five sheets of id down, and five pencils, grasped by pet writing out communications, unaided by mortal sd. (exclamsations of incredulity ) If we beileve ia thet mony of five hundred persons who lived eighteen hui for the cw dred years ago that Jesus Christ dled, a not boun all remain im the dark, or search for the tight. But to accept testimony to kindred facts coming, not from | *Uppose we are willing to investigate—rome minds will Judeans, but from Americans—men who have grown k of what benelit will it be to ur? This kn ge will of vast service to us in many respects. Many myste. te made clear, We shall understand a s better, and the connection of the sou will be made plain to us, It will be of th to us in increasing the range of our (ntellige the service of God and their country! ‘a man—why trample on # man because he honest ly testifies to what his eyes have seen and his ears havo heard of this great fact of immortal lifer We beleve in spiritualism, because spirits assume temporal organiza- Pistiomantet < _— tion and hold communications with us, Not long Lend proedind ay wateae oF Ganstoxes atten ean Heat Sotho Boi A es Reh ua <td | Seas-psceee ad GHAL GE Bpteshs, Bist Wham this teres acquainted with Greek, Sas deh oh a dondiam by | i# found within us, He power is greater than anything General Bizarrus, the ‘late President of the Greek | that we bave any idea of Tt dives down luto our hearts Senate toa Greek gentleman from Athens, now in this | #p reveals cur most secret thoughts, city. We are tolo in the Bible that on the day of Pente. | the speaker seen the strony ma earest secrets were laid bare. Why ra Many atime had | bowed down when his cost, by the gift of the Spirit, every man from all quar And, if this Is trae—if tere of the globe heard the Aposties nucdealy speak in | this should become general, who can say that falsehood their own tongues. Now, here is a repetition of this | and deceit may not be prevented? Whatit may do here after, is shown by what is done already. Spiritualism hes already reclaimed the erring—it hag arrested the aul c thas reformed the crunkard—it has reclaimed the thief—it has comforted the monrner—it hes taught henomenon. Yet, when Greek Persian dialects roi! out through people of to-day trample on t Latin, Hebrew and i *# mouths, ti which tell sraetign’ a aoe Wana the bOevess | us to meet our fellow man with better and higher feel h ‘seen, are ostracized ings—it teaches us that office is not for tae #poils, but theee manifestations have not been moek | a place of henor destined to adorn ita holder. It teaches not the cry gone up—if these be trus, save thyselt, | Us ¥hat death is, and robs it of its terrors—it demou and come’ down from this cross, wherever thou | o man bis own exintence in after life. No wan art erueified, ¢ who believe in immortality r seeing these facts, can doubt that he may commit: | admit that if the spirit, after death, could hold its | ate with the spirit his Ceparted nd. We corpselike hand, or speak through human Lips, {t could | #!ready reaped many advantages from ap tell us what it had seen. We are told in Scripture that | ‘bis is we api the disciples of Christ passed into such a condition that | they might see and converse with spirits, Therefore, | ou believers in these truths of Scripture—believers that liod never ccntradicts himself—believers in the realities that the departed dead can «peak, Iask you whether you ought not to believe corresponsling facts in the testimony | of just men and true in regard to spiritualism’? If you believe in the evidence of the senses at one time, are you not bound to believe in the evidence of the senses at ry, why not pursue it—why not cher. investigate it? And may we not ask, if tit is the work of apirits of evil, by wh 0 we to know this’ The progress of spir not been arrested by opposition or perseca- destined to roll over the land, gatherin sirength at every fireside, and enciching the land, ant Dearing you up to a country where we may stand hand another time? It is admitted that man does not origi | ‘8 band as one great brotherhood of freemen, worship hate ideae—that his intellect is en rapport with the skies, | Ping one God, banishing from our midst the fell spirit Every religious tect teaches thie, “We stand upon the | of sectarianirm, which bas 0 long armed man against semé platform as that stood upon by Plato aod | his fellow. = Other ancient philosophers, and we find in external | Alter » Lenediction, the audience dispersed. phenomena the evidences of internal faith. Aa by body are connected with the earth, so by the Inquests, connected with the skies. Not alone are " py Bewe Rew Ov Stmoa—S: A rv) faimmanttetoetie mice | Dram by Bewo Rey Over sy a Stmon—Snockixa ic forms, Using our intellectual facul. | Casno-Vesterday Coroner Hilton held an inquest at the ‘are convinced on the evidence of | New York Horpital upon the body of John Betts, thir teen years of age, whe died from severe injuries received by being run over, on Sunday last, by & sleigh, on the Bloomingdale road, The evidence elicited on the in quest went to show that while the deseased was cross ing the road he was knocked down and run over by « sleigh, Griven ata rapid rate by two young men about twenty two or twenty three years of age, who, on per ceiving the milrchief they had caused, Jumped out of the ¢ willing to friends, for suffer reproach fe your kin’nesw @ endeavored to explain is sentences were so long that his hearers were | inca: able of travelling with him to the end; others (to | rpen were #0 abitruse that no one cou cecerstond een, } , and all were so heaped | sleigh, took the injured boy in thelr arms, aud carrying up with such prolific imagery that common | bam in their vehicle as faras Thirty-eighth st. aud Sev sense was veldom, if ever, displayed before the | avenus, brought bim into a drug store t @ental vision of an {otelligent nnd discriminating audi- ence. Mr. Harris recei very feeble encouragement | by way of applause. He dwelt witn peculiar emphasis on hin power to produce facts in support of the theories of spirituatiem; but though his assertions and bypotheses | were numerour enough, bis facts, with thelr wonted | stubbornness, remained resolutely in the back ground, and would not be produced. Mr. Brrratx announced that the last epeaker (Rev. Mr. Harris), about to make @ Southern tour fur the purpone of spreading the ¢octrine of spiritualism—that this tour was undertaken by the rev. siderable pecuniary lows, and that, therefore, » collec tion would now be taken up for him. ‘The choirthen sung another hymn, and the boxes were passed around, Joux W. Epmonps, formerly one of toe Judges of th Supreme Court, came forward and said:—it is with feel ings of repugnance that | canmot scce unt for or describe that I rise now to address you upon this ceeasion. Four years have now rolled over my head since I became an investigator wu the subject to which your attention bas thi: evening been . N two bave ved away since I became a firm believe in ity of the apothecary, the store on some pretext, to look after bi quently conveyed to the Dr. was treated by On an @ body, ft the skull had been | red, and that both eyes had been forced from t | kets, from the vicleuse of the Injuries received. | The jury rendered = verdict of death fiom injuries | ceived from being rum over by a sleigh driven by per ke Warrants have been issued for the ar rest of the unknown young men, and from the descrip tion given of thetr appesrance and min it in very probable that their arrest will be soon « held an inqnert yesterday, at the how tieth street, upon the body of Eliza McGovern, » woman about 30 years of age, who came to her death, ae is a! | jommed up, the ice extending in every direction | nesred on the Bo nets apd philosophy, aod yet I have never. leged, from malpractice. The case being one wyetein wntil now, addressed an assemblage of my fel sever) parties were involved, Coroner 0’ Donaell hough! jow citivens in this place upon this subject. it his duty to strictly investigate the matter, From the In other parts of the United States—beginuing at the | evicence elicited {t appears that the deceased, being ia | Fast, and with the Missssippi—i have | labor and very ill, rent to the dispensary corner of availed myself of the opportunity of speaking to many | Second avenue and Twenty-third street. for medical al’ 0 were strangers to me; but never Bow have! | that the surgeon there sent joung student, named among those who bave known me from my youth, | Nicholson, to attend the worms: Bot fowling tempted to «ey aught upon this subject lean | tof success, was Ioogriag weareely account for the rej 1 now feel Le from Gispepeary, who the wlek woman, a0¢ tered its tavestigations at time when to belie: itis — eaured her death from malpractice The ite troth was to me a treasure beyond aught | jury rendered the foliowing verdict in this case —' We that earth could confer, I pursued it earnestly, renl- fort Mok vivtons wiv Tiyhese penpeh a I wild u, fe after m awe, lure ves tay @ fosporiant leevom that ‘ | Gnd that the deceased came to ber death from s ruptu jo ‘eof opinion that Dr, \4 Ineorepetent obstretrician, and it was culpable in Dr. Hilben to I war taught the belief war nots | send « young man, sod an inexperieseed one, to atiend matter of volition. But I was not desirous to thrust my | the deceased, and further, we recommend the proper opinions on others, eS ye my inquiries, there. | sutborities to cause the discontinuance of sacl prec fore. and imbibed be quietly, eeeetrastecty, sod | tice.” nel 4, wi . But to m Surprise I found that | I tm thie county, bensting of ite . I was not per U. &, Commiasioner's Office. mitted to do I found thet in this T was not ,_ Betore J. W. Nelson, Raq, free to pursue the truth—I found thet my deepert Fra. 16.—United States Commissioner Nelson has (is and troest were to be torn with ruthless | minsed the charge brought by Marshal A. Mathis sgacnrt when I saw ft to exercise my birth | Coptain Willlem W. Vanderbilt for perjury, is having r es an American in sok for the trath, | sworn at the Custom House, on the th day of Keptem evn the insccent sof of: members | ber last, that be was the owner of the eteameliy Ade of my family were held up before tas pu as the vic. | iside— Mathis baving wholly felled to 1 the ebarge time of on indecent wager, 1 do aot woeder, Toogeter 1 sf ra , EP Sh Be wads, | ponnale contaln'ng 0:29 The Japan Squadron. HOW SAUSAGES ARE MADE— SICKENING REVELATIONS AMRIV AL OF THE STORESHIP LEXINGTON, The Committee on Public Health of the Board of ous. | The United ates storestitp Lexington artived yester- cllmen, consisting of Mensra, Ranney, Smith, Couen- | day from Hong Rx, China. Sifteen invalids belonging boven, Slevin and Cooper, met yesterday afternoon at 3 | to the East India #q Uadron have returned im the Lexing- o'clock, in the City Hall, to hear parties interested in | ton. Died, at sem, Jax’ 12, 1855, Whomas Campbell, ma- ,*he ordinance proposed to be passed’ prohibiting the | rine, received from the MAacedouian, Hong Kong. * ughtering of meat cattle below Fiftieth street. There are on board the L. seventy en cases of exotic Dr} Down1na, the City Inspector, appeared before the | plants fir the government, collects,’ ia China, Lee comm “tteo, and stated a number of interesting facts in | Choo, and Japan. “They are in charge of Dr. James referer €@ to the slaughtering of animals in this city. In | Morrow, agriculturist in the Japan expeait. on — his opin ‘on the day was not far distant when the city authoritie * would be compelled to pass an ordinance oimilar to be one proposed, prohibiting the slaughtering The followlug in a Ust of the officers att, Whed to the Lexington —~ Jobn J. Glasson, Lieut. Comma lag of animals in’ the city, It would be an act of justice to pina ag ~ omy | M) the butchers thereselves to do 0, as they would be William A.) rons f fotae stant Surgeon thereby preve, 6d from increasing expenses to their Robert D. Minor, \dabipman. ” long. . De. Downing referred to the pork packtn, Robert Selden, ena, which be waid was fast leoving Cinbonatl John J, Odell, Purser's Clerk This city in now { vst becoming the great depot for that * trade. Eome week ¥ 44 many as ten thousand head of pork arrive in this c.@y, anda geutleman informed him Marine Affairs. Tor Curves Sau Gackiie Dusmaerep, axp Drownurd that he bad jseen over eleven hundred cars on ‘ " the Eris railroad, filled with cattle ef various | Of 4 Nesuxn ov Cuymm Paswewcxns—The New York kindy, which were to bo slaughtered in this | clipper sbip Gazelle, Captain Dollard, from city ‘In the Sixteenth ward vast numbers of enitlo are | 4 hd ss sa aaah g cisco for China, was towed into Hopg Kong December 6, completely dismasted ina heavy typhoon ia November. The followlag are the particulars from the tog — killed—more than in anyother ware in the city. Oue firm slaughters on an eversge ous hog a minute the year round, and several others do an imoiense bustaces. here was one subject Mr. Downing felt some hositetior Nov 8. E-, moderate, clea in mention'ng: It waa the prastice, but tuo common. of | from W , ship under all stalidiogeaite Bee gr certain butchers making use of the ment of hoga and | ine xotting equally, took mall Weht aelle. and otber eattle that had died from beiag suffocated in | 4 1 took two reefs im the wopaaila, furled’ the cars, or over-driven so ax to cause death, The law | jib and spanker, Ks M., wjualls increasing, with = 4 allbends to close reef the s lomt fore and maintopsaily: farl- and loresal, aod bove the ship to E., very visient, with a tremendowe OA. M,, maintey gallant mast blown wer” Se A.M, was struck by ® sea, which knocked the shipew Lar beam ends, and as the’ maismast struck the water, it wan broken close to the deck, taking the micenmast with it; the slip then righted somewbat, but waa met gave him jurisdiction over cate dying in the city; but | thore thatcame to the city doad he had no control over. | Dr. Unpxnxaite inquired of the Lnapector what became of the dead animals’ Were they not converted into | WING replied, that to the best of his lmowledge belief they were; ‘and, he continued, were I to let | the pyblic know all I am acquainted with on this subject they Would be inceed astonished. What wobld they | think, for instamee, of the meat of » cow which he had | sea. soized, ag it was about being sold, which was absolutely | by a second sea, putting the foretopusast crosutreen een putritying, # pressed agai t out of night uncer water, and a the slip straight hind quart ugh from ana na? cued wp, the foremast went close to the deck, taking the: And yet th day and under | bowsprit with it, The abip then rightod ith prevent regulations there in no way of stopping it. with 0 Beary t list to starboard, the ballast and «tores having beet Dr. Uspexnm, (dixgusted)—I am hencelerth @ con- vy hy nen bn to that aide; sounded the pumps and found tea feet nine | | | vert to vegitaria nim inches water in the bold ; put the Chinese pasne: Mr. Dowsing covtinned at rome length to give his | pumping, and the crew colting away the wreck ; mo reasons fer removing the slaughtering establisnmenta | we could get the wreck clear, the Lends and copper were cout of the city, badly cut, and the stem 1 off two luchos, After he had concinded, no other person appearing, to A great deal of time 4 taken in getting the wreck argue the question, the committee postpoved the turther | clear, owing to the spare having gone under the whip’ consideration of the subject until next Friday, at the | bottem, leaving the lea rd vader water; it took name place | sixty ove hours to get the out of the whip: Feveral other matters came befors the committee, but were laid over until the next meeting the whip it broke the and th hed down, nearly Alling ing the chronometer, vextaate, ping to the captain and hie algr eek breaking up all the staterooms on the lee side Had not Dollard Arrival of the Steamboat Commodore. | BAYETY OF ALL THE PASKENVERS— EXCITING ‘THOR | OW THE SOUND—BLOCKADED IN A FIELD OF 108 For | | | SIXTY HOURS. the steward been in thy Considerable excitement Las been manifested during the last few days, conrequent upon7the non-arrival of the steamboat Commodore, Captain Trazee, which left i 4 becf, nnd @ few bags Stonington for thin city on last Tuenday night, with ono | all were putop the vers hundred and nineteen passengers. It was reported, and ‘a bisoult a day—there being 159 believed by many, that some serious accident had taken f the crew. place, and, perchance, lives ware lost; however, wo have | tye ship having nelther, fostrusmnte uae ekating the pleasure to announce her safe arrival Inst night, | board. Nov 96, at21’, M, » topaall schooner was seem much to the gratification of the passengers and their | "ering vorthwant and, being anxious to aacertain hie anxiously awaiting friends. | thowing at the time s algnalof distress; but Taachseons It seems, on Wednesday morning, at between eleven | (yok otice, and kept on her course. and twelve o'clock, when off Sand Point, the boat be- | ideation, however, was shown by Cap- came enclosed by masses of floating ice, until blocked up completely, Tho working of the engine was soon | British bark Senator, who tendered Lis best assittance; but his bind offers were dochimed after stopped, the ice causing the engine to hang on the centre, and thus disabled, wore compelled to remain | | with thouks, as the Gazelle waa then close upon a far o' ) Chinamen left, Kong, where she arrived with the maintopeall yard far a ‘cremast baving « mizen topsail set on it; matatep- geilect and poyalmasts for the main oest, with a maka Lopgallantesi) aud « #mall sail over it; staddingsallboam t, with foretopgalisntentl set to it; fore asthe eye could reach. Many of tlie passenge goton the ice to assixt the hands with levers \ cate the engine, from the centre, but all their labors were of noavail. The began to blow from th south east, and in the afternoon the steamboat Conn in Wilcocks, hove in right. A , and khe bore Fr upper deck broken; in fact ral of the crew a the ship start. re washed ns to break w passage way , in wo doing, sino, hung on own exertion of the Connecticut, and, in extricating the again became hnng on the centre. now clear, fourd be could do no good, previous tt bad beom & heavy swell from W. by 8. to W. 8. W. tie Corven Birr Gowen Garn.—A letter from am twas almost sandown, and the | peer of 4 * ted I and no other prospect but eo | “Mer of thin veanel, dated Pat remain ice bound night; hore they remained all that 1. (Sunday) night. al) Thursday and Thursday night, up to half past. 4. W six o'clock on Friday evening, when’ relieved by the | Yanterbilt, Captain Stouw, On coming up, | Captein tone was first called upon to fureish them | with provisions and water, and then fuel, After that | | | i} the continued his course and raninto ¢ taking our jibboom, carrying ® gellantmast, ke We were to the rowthward of this place, twelve days from Shamge hae. We were twenty hours getting bi bs parrage ever Leard of was de the Vandubilt, with her pow engine ox tricm ed them from their ley porition, wad they arrived safely lant night, between 9 and 10 o'clock. The passen gira rey that alter t alarm way over, they becam romewhat reconeiled ir situation, and imagined | themselves on an exploriog expedition. The express | agent and some others supplied with @ pole, started | Jetained here a weml, raining almost com- ly fast, having made three from the beat on the ice in search of land, but after | Gays rum slvee leaving Shanghae of 550, 360 and 390 being gone for several hours in the fog, they returned | mile by observation. We saile! om the 224 November upsuccersful, declaring they could see nothing vefore | 1 Cumpany with the clipper ship Furprise for New them but a fleld of ice | York. Capt. Hanlett having charta that Urought hime It is seldom that a scene of this description ia wit. | into Formora by a eut through the island, the Barpriae. but on the ith the lookd ut aliead, upper walla jut M. wang cote ove tue hort- nd; there wax only wa region would bave be dears, and the pol: * cntinued to gain upon her o made ber oat to be the curprise; at sundown « about 4 miles ahead, wilh @ fine fresh brees, slightly quarter 1 royal seering both sides at 10 re er close slony: pesk) and ot IZ hen we passed City Intelligence. at Tor Straw Fine Exoww —The ntearm fire engine for the city of Boat arrived here on Thursday night, on its route from Cincinnati, aud will ou exhibition in the Park ay, when ite utility and power will be fully tested. | rangements for the trial of this novel inyentiva | be conducted by a joint committee of the Board of Aldermen and Councilmen, who are to make « report on tter to the Common Council, The ‘Miles Green. | wood’’—for ruch ix the name of the machine the Park, and wan virited yestereay by thousands of | persons, who all looked with astonishment upon the | piece of mechanism, Many of the Gremen among the viniters were not backward in praising the structure, al though they felt, no doubt, thet it was rather an vow astern. round 15 hb London. Our lippers, vie. 8 leet, ‘all tack ¥ eo without diMeulty, ingly regret this acevient to our ship depriving them of the opportunity to try it.’ Rerice oy for Starronmanne —The letter bag of the {1 fated ship Staffordshire, which was loet in December, | 1660, was recently found om the beach at Mable Islan@. | 1) contetns the ship's papers, ber register, bills of lad is now in ke. The popers that were founa to be in « toleral come visiter among the fire engine companies at present | state of prene , were vent to the owners of the in existence in thin elty. To day, at 1¥ o'clock, the trink + Train k Co, of ton, and the register of will come off in front of the City Hall—the Exempt Fire | versel has been presented at the custom house, Engine Company are to compete with the new inven tion, and will put into use thelr new engine, (f meriy 42's double Cecker.) To prevent any inter somewhat tolled. Mostof the contents of the bag were recuced tos pulp by the action of the ses. ruption or dirorder, the spot be Dep 1 1aeD Ae oy Te Verromas—lMo Goame 10 wy ‘The bark James N. Cooper, which arrived yerterday morning from Hird Island, February 2, confirme the report of the selrare of the island by the Venerusian who, at that date, were in full poseasion, snd that no guano could be had con veasels there. eur thus giving distinguisbed visiters ¢, and the men working the appari out. The Miles Greenwoor r from the cistern in front of the Chief's hich the suction pipes will be let & draw her own water, and pl the same time the inven tion is a novelty, and as the test of ite usefuloess ix a | very tmportant matter to the eity of New York, there will be, po doubt, a large gathering in the lark to-day. A police force will be on hand to pee that the mont per fect order will be maintained, an there w be other . wise, @ great deal of crushing and disorder among the | » immense mass of people that will be present to witness | | | | authoritics cfice, into Thur many he machine wil our «treame No Haurat Texas Inasta—The brig Walhonding, which ariived yesterday morning, in 21 days from lnagua, home in ballast, there being no salt there or of we or Turks Island the exhibition. Tur Last or rik Pennam Gorr Eerenrnine —It will be remembered that © committee appointed, by « meeting held in Metropolitan Hall, of those interested in | the Perham Gift Eaterprise, to distribute the property of the concern as svon as the result of the drawing was What wae done by that comvolteee, ie | The U. 8. steamer Fulton w Thowss Jen 29, ve for Hants Crux next ‘The U. & vhip Vent alla was at Phanghee Nov. 6—~ell well Personal Intelligence. mace known. now a tatter of public nctoristy, and need not be de | ARRITALA. talled here. After the drawing had taken place «great At the Irving Mese,—tlon. Robert MeCwll mber of people found thers to be the fortunate ' ei vet TB the Declaration of ere of a seven by pleture ot - st edcipbin: Samael B Phill pe, book with nothing im it. Yet logrl phys Rams ye: rty of P edna the entery ‘ the forts mmittee met at No syorition of the property, bu’ 4 reporter that the meeting It is certainly due to the publi fr Retuctere Me jement of the final disposition of the property, Will | y\\ Vicrsles Masel Kon BW, Mentington, Rome: they do 1? rae De Rola, 3 rth Caroling, HON Mixer, Badtale Farieee ov tax Fomor Maurrino.—At the meeting of | “ the committer of arrangements sppoleted to get uy | 1 protracted fusion meeting in Tacomany Hall, belt Mb instant, they ad #4 to lest evening, the Accordingly, last n'ght the coal bole ue aration mi be expecte! meet «) Rathbern, Aliamy ' 1éth inet of the fasion | The reporter i ilirptgerert; James Coline te e- from room to reem, thinking that perhaps | ‘ - dv: A Lashoong, | a be eo "4 & meeting in some hole or corner to him uo | f°" 4° 0 2 Lenndow B Vea ® or Alvany ining dining room, the From Mertth. he wnghty he found iat wae J ite net = at reported thet during the event ble one mae wer nren attended the meetiog of the comm tee, be emtrmetion. What has become of the fortonieter Where le Capt Ryndery? Poceurt Preamo —Mr A Wilkinson, formerly of Rich mond, Ve., but at present in basiness ot No. 19 Barclay ot, in this city, had bie pocket picked of « porte while om his wey from Phils the Camden ond Amboy ralirost. | i be bad left the om Agen ne OM) Larhevinn, @ Per of Ben ire Wyeket, Folocs, t Ore Gh monte CX delpbia to this eity Mr W, 4id wot ducover bie lone tm the ehip RB Fortes—Copt Riche doom, y bent landing st pier No. 1, aot be stromgiyly ee% © prom Naeeew, inthe Merk Stenlep—Cies T Monell, pecte that some ox pert pich poobet extract | * D8 Week, W Mieke me the wallet, while be was passing from the boat tothe | Bike fn the serreer Pills leet there were 2 sof seven Goeller inthe ship Bee Serpent—Mee GR Melt SAS tees of Sennen! whieh being rather | ve. Mine hl Weep | eraree money, this fect muny lead to the discovery ef the | From Talvabuone. te the bork Orive- David Deve, @ ore- asics. geet weet bea by © 8 Comput et Coline