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VOL. XLI. ( ««ffiSÍLa | BOSTON, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1877. j «5 ASA-, | . NO. '6.

Banner Contents.Fiiibt Paob.—The Tíoíirum.'-Splrltual Splieres—No. 4.SncoND PAax.-SpirltuaUsm:-Tho Jintlonaloof Splrltuallsm. SprlUg

Song. Banner Corre»pondence:—Lotters from Indiana, New Jorsey, renníylvania, Massachusetts, Now York, and Maryland. -

Thiud Paob.-Foreign Uorrespondence:—A Medium In Egypt. The Annftersari/.'—Reports of Celebrations In Now Orleans, La., Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Chicago, III. Organization In Washington, D. C. Obltuary Notices, etc.

FOUUTU Paob. — Editorial Articles:—War and Its Resulta, Dr. Winslow on Insanity from Spiritualism, etc. Tho Ordeal of Spiritualism— A Doctor bringing Fagols to tho Flro.

FirTU Paob.—B rief Editorials, Now Advertisoments, etc.Sixtu PAo s.—Message -Departmení.'—Bplrlt Messages through tlio Mo-

dlumslilpot Mrs. JennloS. Kudd.Sívbnth Paob.—Spirit Moosages through the Medluunldpof Mrs. Sarah

A. Danskln. “Médiums In Boston,1’ Book and Mtscollaueons Ad- vertisememts.

Eiouth Paob.—Spiritualism Abroad:—Review of tho Foreign Splrlf- ualisfic Exchanges of tho Bannorof Light. Thocdure Parker. Brief Paragraphs. Curreuf Evoulo, etc.

. mostnim.

SPIRITUAL SPHERES.■ NUMBER FOUR.

A Lecture Delivered by Itri. Cora I.. V. Rlcbmond before tbo Nplritunl Lecture AMoelatlon of Chicago, III.

tRcportod verbafim for tbo Banner of Light. I

INTRODUCTORY.[Before tho commencoment of the discourse (said tho control) we have a

slaíemeut to make, which is' that tho locturo this ovonlng will ' bo by three sepárate Iufrlligrucea in three suparafo splieres, or states, of splrim- al life. Those who have boon present on preceding Sabbath evenlngs will remember that "Spiritual Spheres" has boon tho subject—tho fUrre sphorest first, “The SpUere of Seni‘iliheue”; eeoond, “Tho SpUere of Honollconuo”; third, “The Sphere of Lovo and Wisdom.” Thls evoulug you will have .a discourse, first, from tho splioro of Self. It will not bo under tho direct control of tho spirit, but It will be a direct stalemeuf from that spirit coucoruiug Ills coucliliou ln spiritual life. Wo trust the audieuce will boar In mind these facts while liofeulug to the fhree grades qf spiritual llfo depicled fo-uight.| ■

THE LECTURE (FIRSTLadies.and Gentlemen—I am requesled to make a slatemeuf.

Impelled crrtaluly not by my own desire, but by .a maudale which I do not seem ablo ' to dloobey, I make this olalemeut. It Is lncoucrlvable to me how It can lie ot any value to you. For my own part I should not choose to make known what I shall make known hero; but as I am Impelled I will describe to you my condition since deparllug from earthly life. My departure Is very recent, and although I seem to be able to describe it, I am Iu no way able to uaderslaud.

My ofacceoo Iu earthly exioteuce, the achievem^nt of what I most deolred, -the method of that achievemeut, - perhaps some of you are aware of. It . certaiuly was according to tho accept- ed methods of human existen^. -, I found very early in life that to oucceed one must care chiefly for one’s self. I - certaiuly did so. I found that to be honored and reopected among my fellow-men I must oucceed.

, I did . oucceed. What measure .of honor 1. received I know not, but I know that ' I won my point. The obotacleo to suc- ceso were, regard for others and lack of will-power. The . regard for others I soon ceased to be troubled wljh, for I found very few- had regard for.me. I certainly had a ' ouffelent- amount of will-power to avail myself ' of the methods of ex-

i: lotqnce in the - commercial . life in which I was eugaged.. The end - aud - aim of human exioteuce was arrlved af. - I do ii/not say that I never had any compuncôn. I do not say that *>1 never thought - there might' be something better. I do not -■jsay that there- were not times when that did not - seem -to oat- psfymy whole existence. I -saw nothing better preoentlug l itself; I saw nota^ which , would command the regard i. and respeo.f of my fellow-beings. I saw no other avenue to

work out my way to success. I became prermluent in the ? region of my active sphere of life. I am not aware that I ever -

voluntarily forgof my own Interests ¡ I am not aware that I ever gave' to any human being auyUlug that I could not spare; I am not aware that I ever gave as an object of charity or - beuevoletace, auythlng but what I considered would

i bring me a return. I did not consider It a good Investment fo -■ give away what -1 ueeded myoelf—fo throw away sympafny

and oharlty upon the uudesrrviug, probably, at toast uponí, thoee who would" forget It very shortly. í may have given to , , some one who was In sorrow or in want. If I did, ll was very , likely in order not to be froubled with íhem.

■ 1 - state myself fairly before you. I did not wish to be good, i I wished to do my duty so far as would leave me blameleos ; before my fellow-man and gain the pdnf of success in life. I ■i. kurw fhaf death would come sometí me; I did not know where í,lt would take me. - I know of no other world but the one I * toerbltod. I knew - of no other way to- iunablf that world ex

cept to conquer fhe IUIuss iu it ¡ if never occurred to .o thaf ' I ougm to be couquered, for I did not create mysell; íhe fac- ulttos of my mind - were noí of my own creatíon; íhe desires of my life were not of my own matlon. If I could- afford - lf, wUos. business was it?

I am dead, now; the world calls me so. I won fhe point which a - million men failed to achiev.. - There were words

’. writteu apd spoken of m. praloiug íhe success, buf despls- ing íhe means of if. Those who do nof succeed .mploy fhe

.same meens; fh.y fall because fh.y have not th. ablllty. ' TUer. - may be fhose who never employ fUos. means. Of

course I know all abouf phila^^hro]^;?; of course I know all about religion, but I have not found in fhes. fwo elemento tUaf which the world most prlzes, and I have nof tound fUaf, unfll many centuries, philauthropists are valued, or fhaf those who have greaf piety are among fhelr fellow-beings praised. I am now dead, and of course I know fhe c^^dl^lon into whlch I -have entered; I have made lt for myself; I do not know that I care at present fo escape from lf. Why should I care? Th. world offered me nothing; I expected nothiug from lf. Whaf I galued I wresfed from lf, and 1 am r.ady to meet my fafe. Somehow I find myself, however, wlô ̂re- sonrces.- If ls a singular fact fhaf I have noticed since my advenf into fhis new state of exlstmc. fhaf fh. usual methods by which I could - turn my energy to account upon - earth fall me. . '

I found myself seemlugly upon a -barren plain, at flrsf standing all alone; I did nof mind thaf, buf I found nethlng of free, of leaf, - or shrub, or plant, nor was I aware wUether anythtog grew In the place fo whlch I had come. Presently I saw warehouses; I íhouglií -1 would find employment fhere af least—congenial - possibly. As -I approached them fhey vanlshed. Finally when I gained one lt was empty. Baffled again. I saw some shlps coming over a sea; I fUongUt, “Here will be si cargo af leasf for me to aftend to.” The

: shlps came ln near - the shore, and there seemed fo be no life ^ on board that I oonld discover. Baffled again. I saw habl-

fatlons very like one tUaf I had bullded; tUere were familiar faces apprarlug fUere, buf as I apprcacUrd, they vanlshed, and a form resmibllng one who died rather unexpectedly, and under peculiar circnmstaucrs, because of the failure of a contrací, whlch was no fault of mine, but his—his face Umêd me. I cast tUat aslde. I saw some squalld- houses; I tUoughf I mlgUt. renovate them. As I approached tUem I found tUem InUablted by persons wUom I had nof brneíltrd.- Baf^rd again.

I am iutrlligenf euongh to know tUo moral of all tUis. I rrcognlze ln tUe empty llne of waôês my own earthly power and spiritual poverly. I recogidz. in fhe shlps that - bring mo no cargo tUe fací tUat I Uave no Investment Uere probably In tUe rigUt directlen. I recognê in fhe habltatlcu fUaf.was my pride, and Iu the face tUat haunfs It, my own prlde at tUe expense of a fgllow-beiug. I recoguize In tUo rows of squalld hcnsrs, tUat I must pass aud repass every day, tUe people who siipposed that I had w^nged fhem.

I'caurot say whether I sUall ever Uave any Investments ln tUis world tUat -1 Uave entered. I cannot- say wluíher I- shall ever fake an Interesí iu tUe metUods of life arouud me. TUere seems fo bo uotUlng real, -notUlng substautlal, notUlng thaf wlll pay. I do uot take much stock ln tUat self-abuegation of - wUlch I Uave Ueard so mucU, siuce I - Xuow tUat I Uave seen as much pride aud as -mucU siI^sIibiss wlth piety as -.lse- wUere. Ido uot -know about pUilaufhropy; - I -always supposed if to be - auotUer kind of ambiticn. Very likely lf is.

TUer. came to m. oue day slnce I cam. into fhis- spUere a little chlld. I am sure I was glad to seo - the child ; if had a pleasant face, aud it bore a ftower. It did not certaiuly grow lu any region round abonf me. I asked wher. it cam. from. Sh. said lt, cam. - from where tUey love little chlldreu, and wher. iho motUers live. Then I fUcnght of my mother aud of my children. I Uad dou. justly by fUem before th. woHd; I cannot - say that I had doue justly by them ln - my -U.art and life, and I woudrred if it was possible that tU. whole - fonnda tion of my exlstonce had been a mistake, and fhat I really - haiínof - lived, and had nof - succii!.!, aud was really dead. The fomb arouud m. seems to bo - fasUloued of my own life; it ls empty and void of useful thlngs, but still exlsfs as tU. - shadows of - fU. tUings tUaf employed my time upon earth. All tU. scenes tUat I am able to w^^s bear trstimouy of my owu haudlwork, but tUey brlug me no return; tU.y yi.ld no frultlon; they ar. ther. simply for me to see. All forms of thought in whlch - I may eugag. seem to be th. ecUces of tUo tUoughfs thaf I Uad iu - my .artUly stafe aud plans for greater success aud power, aud I Uear - the slghs and ■.th.'groaus of many an aspirlng man who wenf down becaus. I would succeed. ' .

Thls may be a - &tat. that wlll last forever. If maybe tUaf if wlll be lnterestiag to you, but If I Uad been leff to tU. choic. I sUould c^^talnly say tUat - lf ls none of your Interesl aud noue of your busluess. TU. commou courtesy of eartUly .xlstence mlgUt preveuf m. from saylug so, .xc.pt ln a busl- uIss transacílon ; buf I have been called Uere to make fUis stafemeat. TUese ar. my exact sentiments. TUis is my precise fram. óf mind. I car. for my Iutrnsís - upon earth ; I car. for my family so far as regards tUat Interest for fU. fies fhat bound me to tUem, wUafever tUey may hav. bnu. There ar. other thlugs tUat Uaunt m., fhat I do uot car. fo meufloU. I do - not know whefher thls state wlll last forever, or whetUer ouf of tUat presence of a little chlld I am to be in- structed Uow to plant som. seed tUat wlll grow, or shlp som. - cargo fhaf wlll Uav. weighí, or fill my .mp^yârehouses wlth - somethlug of valu. iu tUis laud. People com. and go; friendo Uave Coû^^r^t^^lated me, I am sure I do uot kuow for what I A íhoui^lUÍj usf occurs fo me. I wouder if lf is a part of my uew buslU.ss to tell fUis to you, fUaf you may Uave a better - cargo auAbrtter fllled wareUouses tUan I Uav. ? I go; I leav. my sfato)nenU; I care uothlug about lt.

SECOND OTATE (CHANGE OF CONTROL).

I come to you, dear friendo, after fUe summous of th. guldeo who control thls- .medium, - to mak. otat.ment of oomewhat connectod with fhe otate ln wUlch I flud-myself for many y.ars siuce my departur. from earthly life. I was ou'. kuowu amoug men - fo oome .xteut. I Uad - lUterest lu affairs of State. I chiefly loved fUe - country thaf I tUougUt valued humauify - moot. I Uav. oiiu a oUadow go out from your presence who oeems fo Uav. no - hom. iu oplrltual life, whoo.' grand powers of miud Uav. beeu perverted to th. ou. aim of individual -ag- grandlzement. I oee fU. gleam Whch oUlnes acrooo - hls pafh- way even now. - It doubfless will be fho beginulug of some lourpasslug career in spiritual . fe, oince'whrn fher. - io a re- bonud ln gr.at mluds'that Uav. •been greatly -perverted, fUe rebound ls as greaf in the oppcolte dlrectlou. .

My owu couociousuros - of iuflrmity, wUeu I .utered splrito- al exlstmc., prrvrutrd me from properly judglug ao to tUe condition iu which I entered. I felt myoelf uuworthy of - any - Ulgh eotate; I felf Iudlvldually my own shorfcomiugs. 1 had oom.what of prlde> - aud, coupled - wltU my love of humaulty, I fear wao a little of ambltlou. I otrove, howrvrr, fo make my- o.lf beloved, aud Iu doiug fhis I doubtleoo overcam. much of my individual pride. I atreve to make mys.lf believe fUat my alms w.r. for otUers. After what manner I broongUt my owu country fo - aid in fh. abolltlon of olavery in her colGules, after whaf manu.r I beoought her fo lmprov. fh. conditiou of h.r criminalo, - r.ached you acroos th. waters, aud America Uas followed in fU. wak. of EuglaUd, aud fh. abolitlou of slav.ry Uas been bought with Uumau blood. Buf tUe gr.at uaflons of fh. earth go ou toward freedom, aud fh. UigU.of work of mau becomes th". asolstauc. of hls fellow-mau.

My exlst.uce in oplrlfual llf. Uas been among kindred minds who, llk. myoelf, have soughf ou earth feebly, and U.r. wlth more or lesa succeos, to ameliorat. fh. - condlflou of humauify aud of'thos. beueath uo. I do not say tUaf we hav. doue fUio nnawervingly. I do not oay ' fhaf uothlug of self ever cr.pt in, buf I do say fUaf if into my mind fUer. was a cousciouo- n.sa of -.xaltatlon or pride above thos. bearath, I felt wltUlu myself fh. acourg. of such couocienc. - as would .ven baffto th. tortores of -auy outward luquioitlou fo lufllct. Iu th. spiritual state to wUlch I was admitted aud welcomed, I f.ar with too much kiudllurss, I hav. - been lntroduced aS one of tU. co-workers of fUaf sphere of beneücent counsel wUo seek for tU. .l.vatlou of fh. natlous of -fUe earth by th. modlflca- tiou of ail laws, of all codes aud of all Intoruatloual cnotomo tUat mar human -llf. or degrade Uumau 1x101.101. I ^lleve fhaf I Uavr diocovered that the wellspriag of human rxlstrnce Uas lts origiu iu a UlgUrr aad -loftier motive thau fhat of fUe individual puroult of individual ambltlou or pleasure for fhe profif or aggraudlzemenf thaf may come to fhr person. I be- lirvr fhaf I know tUaf wUorver forgets himsrlf In aldlug otUrra, thrrrby augmenta thrlr Uappluroo and his owu. May- br wr somefimrs do fhis for fhe augmeutafion of our own - happiness, but wr cauuof do lf succrsofully lf fhat br fUr para- monut aim.

I discover lu the sphere that I - iuhablt all those miuds wUo Uave.succeoofnlly, iu times - past, plead wlth legiolatoro and .Withiicnnsellors of uafious for tUr upllftlug of auy clusa of per'S'ous from bcadagr. I - recoguize here tUo ooverelsu soma tUaf Uave olrlveu to releaoe tUr uatlono of tUo East from oerf- dom. ; tUose wUo Uavr striveu to releaoe Italy from the doublo tUralldom of servitud. aud priratcraff; tUos.who Uave striveu to release Europe from tlie tUralldom of tUe laws tUat lufllct heavy peualtleo upon tUe poor, wUile tUey sustain tUo rlcU ; of tUose wUo wish rvery wUerr thaf Uumau life sUall - be Ueld sacred, aud that uo Uumau belug oliull arrogate to Uimself tUe rigUf aud prlvilege of taklug away tUat wUlcU he caaaet cou- frr upou his fellew•brlag. I believr fhat our aim toward tUis objecí bus brought aUdit-largrly the -'resulto whlch liavo eu- sued - upou earth. - Repreoeutaflvr mludo from - all the uatlous of the earth, -c^^p^^^îug tegether lu spiritual exioteuce and theu agaiu Impreoolug those - fhaf olt lu legiolatlve hallo upou earth, cauaet fall to produce resulta.

TUrrrfero I oay that when slav.ry has beeu abe|iohed lu Euglaud aud lu America, wheu serfdom - lias disappeared from Ruosla, wlien the peasautry of Frauce have riseu lo a higher eotate, wheu Ilaly has beeu dlSeufhralled meaourably, wheu - thr East io belug - rapidly redeemed from her crimes aud servitud., aud Wihi the Western laud - ls glowlug with a premiso of leftier civllizatlen aud freedom for mau, I oay there io - eu- c^^ragemitî^'t for the spirits lu thr sphere of beneficeuce to whlch 1 beloug to ceatiane our efferto - lu that directieu aud carry - forward our earueot appealo to the mludo of such legiolatoro upou rarth ifo- are ready. Your owu Charles Sumner

detractlug from Ulo own aim for tho npliftiag of theslave| could - Uot'Yall to br a menthplece of the ophrre whlch hls brow already-fouched. Over iu Euglaud, Cebdea, aud uow the BrlgUts"; Sir Roben Perl, riseu to our owu eotate, carrylug forward- - thr alma that wrre a pertieu of my owu - llfr, couI! not fall - to - reach tho sphere which I iuhablt, rveu iu fhelr placeo - lu - Parliament. Wo cemmeace with earthly miuds, when they arr uot aware of it. Wo olt uearlu solemn cenacil aud wait for tho eppertuuo memeat wheu a breatli may eacenrase a word that rloe wioe were uot opekea. If tho epportnalty were lost, lf thr heart were falteriug, if the miud Ueollated, theu wr might brlug a power that would make that cenrase greater. Abraham Liucela, sisaiag the emaacipatieu proclaman™, mlghf' uot lmve dour tillo but for a voice that came freni. that sphere of riseu souls who gavo him tho otreugth that human legiolatlea Uesltated so Ious to glvr. The hand fhat released iho oerfo of Rusoia might uot lu the faco of Europe aud her rlvalrleo Uave dared to do this but for thr pewer ImpeUiug, aud waruiug that lt lo not safe to Ueol- tate to do a - soo! deed when fhe hour lo ripe, feariug tho ceu- oequcuces. The Genova arbltratiou, premlsiug peace to tho nafieas of tho earth where wur Uas beeu tho cuatoin, might be considered a prrcedeuf uot Safr fo eotabllsh Iu the face of the agltatiug causes of pelitical otrife lu Europe aud lu América, but whether safe or uot, tho precedent Io there, aud he ls held all the - more respeaolble who violales a - compact that has

^beeu pesoible to be formed iu the fuce of great lrritatien.•> Wo gulued tlieoe poluta by olow degreeo. The IuUabitauts of earth are wo^t- to think by mauy deviatlug metlmds; some- tlmeo they are of pollcy aud oemrtlmeo of fear ; but a soo! acf or - a soo! law ouce proclalmed upou earth, remaiuo fUero to face the. violctora of it, aud rveu lf the -aatiea fall back, the - law is there for the euc^îragenienf of future geiieratlous. The - maooacre of Sau Denlage -wao considered evldeuce thaf olavery sUenId uot have beeu abelished—an lasnrrectien of a race bro^hí about by severr cruentos aud agitatien - of loug yeiî^s; but wao lf uot rather a cemment ou olavery itself that could have so crusUed aud sUng a race as to lead tUem to8nchdeed8?

All honor aud praise fo fhat race that, seenlugly held by some emuipeteat Uaud, walted thr hour of thelr deliverauce ln your owu laud. All heuer aud praise to that p.lety whlch trusted to the God of deliverauce iuotead of to tho hand of violince for the releaoe - of alavés, aud who made thr first trauogresoero of human righto also tho first traasgresoero agalUof fhe - last aud highest of Uumau righto, that of Uumau life. If meu must go to war, fhe ceadltieu that sows tho seeds of -strlfe - Uad better be - reaped by tUose who oow fUem thau by tUose who 6ow fhem uot. If you Uave oewu lu the wiud it is better fo reap iu fhe whlrlwlud thau to briug ofhera luto the tornado to gather your harveoto for you.

The great work of human emauclpatleu aud elevafien lo nof pelltlcal merely; lt bicorns uarrowed dowu to the limita uol ouly of State aud Church, but to lUose municipal tows and local legislatlous that make up largely the happlueos aud presperity - of cemmuuitles. Nay, more - fhau thls, I find lt uarrowed dowu fo iho very small compaso of the individual Uumau life, and fhat for proper leglslatlea we nust Uave proper legiolators, we must have proper individuals, aud the individuals must have iho right thengUto, aud musí not’ be faken because avallable or because lt -lo tho best pollcy. The temperizlug pollcy of mauy uatleas has put off tho day of battle, buf culmiuated the day of earthiquake. The tem- perlzlag pollcy.. of many people causes fhe wouud to be - Uealed ovér thaf should be probed aud cured, aud bringa about de- ofructlou to the natido and to fhe social fabrlc of life. The real basio, -I find, must be wlth fhe Individual; the real teu- derueos to the crlmiual, and nof to-the crlme. We do uot need - to pity jails and penltentiaries; - they are nade of weed, or stone, or iron; but fhe man thaf Io lu there io the object of our commli^î^átlon—Ulo crlme we condenu. Let us exclude the.crime - by nproetlag the cause of it. Wo ueverYff8trey a tree’by- cUeppIag off fhe brauches. Let uo - find aud red ouf ^0. subtle Influencia ln human life fhat lead to - misery aud poverty aud lguerauce aud crlme. Let us disoeniaate kaewl- edge. Let uo spread abroad useful moral Iafernatleu. Lef uo Uave ocUeeIs thaf will eotabllsh thls iufernatleu to the eye of even fhe peere8t - aud most degraded belug. Let uo make fhe ceadltieus of moral growth possible iu the world. Let us have - all invitatleuo to the higher aud loftier. Ay, tillo is fhe oecret—fhe tenderuess for fhe individual lo fers<>ttea lu the ceudemnatlen- of fhe offeuce. We forget the love while we renember ' the juolÎce.. We foêt the human belug while we - renember the wroug luflicted upon otoer human beluga.

The -great power of beueficeuce is cenpasoloaate as well ao just—healo fhe careleoo chlld, or - fhe wayward, while af fhe same time coudemnlag fhe i waywardueso, the folly or fhe crlme. Between fhe oifeuce aud fhe offender the law has drawn no llne. In fhe sphere where I.dwell the offeuce ls a moral ceudltlou, aud uof the iudlvlduality. The culprit pasoes into the ahadow; the shadow may renalu there for otUers fo paso lufo, but the culprit must be rescued from If. He who goio -into a crime does uot iuteud to go there forever; he goia blludly aud wlth paoslou, or ls drlveu ou by igaerauce and l&^lk of moral pewer. - ’We hav. uo bustoesa to. say thaf because he ls there we shall make hlm stay forever. We

Uave uo right because a mau 0^010 to drowu himself, uot fo offer him means of aooiotauce ; lt Io our busluess to oave him If wo cau, aud restore hls morul saulty, aud teach him - that lt ls braver to live thau to dlu. What would tho world oay If au uufertuaale mau or woman ou the- brlnk of deotrucliea, led by their owu folly, were left to drown- because they chose -to take that step - themoelves? Suicide lias - beeu made a crine ; of coun. it lo a - nadaeoo, aud lo uot all crlme a Bîîîies of maduros? Sliull we uot rescue a mau from moral - suicide ao well as physical? Shall we add murder to suicide? 1 thiuk uot. I- thiuk that iu tho nere eullghtened ages the gallows will he imkuowu. I thiuk that iu tho more eallshteued period of time peulteutlarles iu their present form wlll bo uu- kuowu. You liavo luebriate usylums, bllud aaylnns, asyluna for the deaf uud dumb, aud tho wbole world io au asylum iu case of war. Is uot the daily warfareof llfe,ao tryiug to miud aud heart aud spirit ao tho one great batlle that leudo heroea ou to moral or physlcal victory, aud malma them wheu they are proud of lt? Do uof these inople, fulllug all about you lu daily exioteuce, otruggle uo maufully, olrive ao bravely, aud wlsh to evercene yet caaaet ?

Tho oauitary board Io abroad wheu tho tocoiii of Waterlee, or tho Crimea, or the American war io sounded ¡ tho moral oauitary board of aatioao Io uot alert iu tho daily battle.fleld of life. .Wo let meu go^lown through iudlffereuce, threngU iuertia, tbroiigb care for enroelveo, through tho varloua tliluga that eccnpy. - when a word, a sngge.otieu, u llclplag•haad w^tld furu tho ocale with them. Thls io’ the greut moral pewer that io to be abroad iu tbe wm-ld—that you aro never to forget your respeuslblllteo to our auotUer; that you'are never to ferget- íhat you ure ou life’s batlle-field, aud thaf (lie ouffer- iug aud - the sluful and fhe varlous kiudo of moral <>bllqnily lu the world are lo be met aud overcome by you. There aro helps to do - it - everywhere, aldlug hands exteilded from tho skieo, wllllug mludo reachiug down ; but we cauuot reacli all tho way. You do uot beglu to bulld au edlfice from the lop —we cauuef put ou the dome mitH you have1 laid the - feuuda- tieu uud made the wullo. Tho 01^01^ of moral aud social life of earth must be cenlmence1^here by you. - Wliat tho splrlt-werld cau do io to euconrage the laborera, poluf oul tho aim of tho edlfice, show tho lnmertal obligatlous that lie beyoud, aud waif wlth tho stan^y-crowued dome of perfect social aud politlcal life for you at laol - to posseos. Bul liere - ou eartli ' your owu -deeds, aud lives, aud perceptiouo, .ducaled aud prompted by uo, must lay tho corner oloue. You must faoh- ien the walls, aud lf they are not secura aUd crumble away

.youmusl faobleu them isiíu, uufil fniully wheu ou liptoe, as far ao you cau reuch wlth every lofly aim - aud e>udeavor you rear the social fabrlc, lay ila fenadatiea lu Uunaa equallly, iulnlmaa justlc., iu huiiiau love; theu the handsof spirltS easaged lu tho same work reach dowu from thelr Ueiglit aud crowu IIio edifico - wlth the dome íhat they have fashioned.

Wo ure bmildiiig lldo way. Il ls our aim iu íhe future, wherever there Io sufferlug or olu, lo fnd the cause ond aa- suage lt; aud the great moral heallug of íhe world oliull go. ou wheu every miud aud' lieuirt feels ida aud her respoaolbility lu ■ preoeallag thls fabrlc for - ího augels lo crowu. '

THIRD OTATE (CHANGE OF CONTROL).t ■ ' ■ ■■ From that diviue eslalo

Wl^re souls musí move aud llvo Iu a supreme accord,

Wbere guardlau augels, brudlug, ever walí To Scatter far earíUward - TUe oue, tho ble’siiíd word;

Prom where the portal opeus junt beyond,To show íhe' gllmmerlug ' light fhat glauce* through,

Aud uuoeeu splemlorHi beautiful yet hmd, .lleveal the lighí that Heaveu give* to you; a

From where tho soul, forRetrul of all palu, Kloeu bey^d Ito doubt, beyoud Its fear,

Beyeud Its hope, beyond all lt may galu, Walío ouly, iu that otllleot aimo.Hphero,

For the beheoí of the oue Perfect Miud Thaf rules aull goverus by snprolueol power,

I come, your varylug lUoiigUto Iu love to Uiud, Aud wiodem, at thls drear aud darkeued hour.

TUe íUree•feld life that, Iu tho sphereoabove, . ‘Is pictured ío your mludo aud tUonghí te-uigUí,

May bere, by vliarmed work of truth aud lovo,Be made ío gleam wllh loflleot lullneuce‘ bright; '

Each soul, up-gêwiag from Ila lower oíale,May faohiea vuí of kindly deeds Ito Uome,

. t Aud theu beyond may tonob the pearly gato TUrengb which the Iuuermost of light - must come,

Oh, uot Iu hope aud fear, uor yeí Iu wue, But throngb the pathway of a Mosoed control,

Thaf dreada uo palU, uo torture bere below, lio Ií perform the great work of íhe soul l .

To do tho thiug thaf God iutemls you to; To act your part Iu tU6 groat play of life;

To let suuHghí or tejupest glimmer throiigh,• While you go ou with hope aud porpose’ rife; . ’’’

To do the duty uearest to your haud,Asking uor praise uor blame from Uumau miud, #

’ Buf ouly síreugth, fhaf íhe divine commaud May all your purpeoe wllh Ills pntp»eoe blud.

To aok uoí whietUer mortal joy or.woe, Eased upou lowor matures, mau shall gaiu,

. But whiether Iu the upward, ou ward ilowThe truth may uot oemetimeo be w^glU wlíh palu;

Whether to take tho step aud plauí tho germ .Withiu the futui^ü’a uot a-hlgber thiug

Thau charity; wo, stoepiag, view ího worm, Aud And uo bhd upou tho lofty wiug.

Ah! wo musí cllmb If wo would gaiu the beigbt! t We musí ufold by whi^^yer palu

Tho tborns of life - must brlug us, or ího uight, Aud never ask If’twlll be dawu agaiu, •

Buf ouly, pressiug forward Iu íhe dark,Feel thaf a Uaud Is ’reuud us everywbere,

Aud, wbetber sileuí, cold, voiceleso aud Bt^^k, Thero still Is semetbiug Iu íhe sileut air

That bida us go' aud do our be! íhe while,Ball oA Iu nukuowu seas, aud vaaqnisb them,

While all íhe time íbo splrlt’s lovlug amile uWalls to receive us wlth Us diadem.

We knov Il 'heí; we musí uol seek the gemo That watt íhe oeulaloag the ohlalag otraud;

We ouly kuow íhat all aloug íbo hems Of life’s sberes are íhe we&ry wasles of saud,

Aud sloues íhat pierce the feet aud heart so oore;But still we bear, aud íread, aud suffer ou,

Nearlug íhe llghí, aud the soul evermere .Fluda slreugíU aud suoleaaaoe ío lean upou- ’

StI■eugtb for ího maríyrs, beaveuward drlveu,by Abio,Slreugtb for tho prisouer, from tho duageou cell

Wresíed wllhouta hopo ou earth, or uame.Wo kuow thaf from íhe - beaveu lo lowest hell

The law of life aud God’s love Iulerveues,Aud soms by Blow degre-es reach fluí esíalo .

Of triumpU, where the spirit ever leaus •*Aoross the bars of beaveu—Iu|y rnuof waif For God^s oue word of calm, divine beheoí, *

Thaf trlumphs over all of life below, .Yeí do all fhat Is ueedful, seek fhe best

Thaf you cau íhink aud fhaf your souls cau kuow.

The beauty seen lo partly iu hlm who sees. Kludueso ha3 resiolless charma.—[ROchester. ■ - _.

• A

i LIGHT. MAY 5, 1877.9 B A-N IT EE OF

alisnt.

ng a lanker to there are a lot i

a medium hero or there wliea compared with tlie | welfaro of a great social, moral, religunis aad scieatific revolution, Spiritualism, iadeed, mean

' ing all these tiiings"? The public medium is tlie i red liag that is thnintod in tlie earaged Orthodox

ami pselld<rscioatillc face. They t‘y at it, tenr ¡ it to tatters, aad then souad tliegrrd aows abroad i that the enemy lias been completely routed, aad■ tytyeafter Spiritualism is lot alone for a while, ‘ liy- niid-liye, howeeer, it makes a noiso once ! moró ; the Orthodox aad pseudo-scientists again■ combine, another red rag is trampled ia the dust; | tlie fury of the assailaats abates becauso of tlio i lacerated victim, and penco oace moro roigas inour yeligiras ami .scieatific Warsaw. Did these valiant-dofenders of ‘true' religion, nnd wliat not, really appreciate tlmt their labors up to tho present aro worse thaa vain, they woald make still more detormiaed erforts to suppress wlmt they aro pleased to term a superstitlra. One day tlie wholo world—at least tlie Oythrdrx reli- giotís world—will bo engaged against us, but that will not bo until Spiritualism is so stroaij that it caa affrnrd to accepttlie clmlleagt. Uatil it is suffciently prwerful for tills, spirits will apply their wisdom to keep tlie enemy under the delusion that lio is really stampiag it ouâ Whoro there is one profossioaal medium before the public, thero are ao less than a scno, aad perhaps fifty or a'lmndred, about whom thooutsido world never hears a word. Members of this vast army of 'workors’ are lodged ' ia every- community-

“ At tlie quiet firoside mediumship comes ua- srniglit to datlgllttr, son, or mrtyer, aad having produced a cortain result, in a quiet way, goes ao further, and wliea forced out of its legitimato spIcio, oftea results iii a so-called ‘exeosuro ’— that is to sny, the spirits rofuse to optiate, thinking it not wise, aad ' tlio person with mediumistic prwer, unavailable for the noaco, Is prrnrunced a fraud, because it is assumcd tlmt a tiliag tlmt lias been done once can be done again at any time. I am Icic admittiag you iato what may bo called tlie rationale of Spiritualism. Tlio study of tills is as important as tlmt peitaining to tlio pyoaomcaa itself, but as yet ft is-rather back- ward. for Spiritualism is still y-ning.”

“Then you hold-that Spiritualism is underaa ia‘^<^^lliiêot superei.sira, working for its best ia- terest.s?” ■

" I do most certainly. I nm aot at all surprised thaS such scieatists as Huxley, Darwin aad Tya- dall pyraraace is a fraud. Many SpiriSualists find faulS with men of Shis class for aot giving the matter more attontíoa, feeling assured Shat if they - did gornd results wo'uld follow. I nm dlsprttd to deal moro fairly with these geatlemen. I will givo maay of the leading mea of science credit for excelleat intentions trward Spiritirnlism— ami if Shoy-nre. aot convinced of its -verity -hoy are not to llame. Tlie fact is tlmt Spiritualism is not yet propared to receive tlie indorsement of science in tile aggregate, and witii fow oxcep- SIods, wlion noted scientists investigate, tlie re- suIS is n fiasco. Henee it is tlmt they should aot be blnaiOd for writing iS down a fraud. Such a eraelusirn is buS tlio candid'result of thoir obsor- vaSimis. IS wrnuld be a diffieulS task for me So ' toll you why I think Slmt tho pycarmcaa nre purposely wiSyhold from many leading scientists wíio.- have madu -aStompts So investigaSo. I can only iadicate my - argtuiient: Scienco ‘ms iSs own baS- tle So light. Tlio cllurch at 'largo is arrayod against - it, just as iS is agninst Spiritualism. WiSh wlmt limy bo called' Slie liberal public, however,'scienco Is in high favor, and is Shus doing a grand work' for Slie cause of raSional ideas. IS is only withia a fow years SlmS scieaco lias dared So assumr Sho aggres.sive. Hamper it with Shis ill-favored .SpiriSualism, and it - would lose much of its labryioasly-acqaircd vaaSage. Splyitaalism is She friead of scionce. It will never make war on it, for .scieaco, wlion it is scieaco, means truth, - nad wISI-us Spiritualism means SruSh—thaSoy imtliing. If yem can coavinco nvo SlmS IS is aot truth, I am yorn debSor. I sook truth oaly. Aaother polnS. Should tlio leadors of tcleaeo, or a ' majoriSy of - thom, annrunce thomsolvjos as ' Spiritualists, juS imagine wlmt a yubbub it would mako I In splte of stroauras .oppositlm from somo quarters, Slie army of laecstlgatrrs would bo swollod earrmrusly, and tlio world wimld lo lltorally turned upslde down. This must not le, and no wise dispensaSlon, having a controlllng inllacace, would eranScnaace the pre- cipitaS■ira of such a crisis, wlion Silo - work caa le dono far more <*ffectiially, and la gmid time, by geatler means. SpiriSualism, like* all groat truShs, lias 'ISs daagers. I have ovor loea fully aller -to them, and noShiag would gyleve mo more than to soe a suddon, reerwholmlng outbursS of phenrm- ena. It miglit aot cause blrrdsllcd—at loast not la America or Englaad—lut it would soS father ' against son, husland agalnsS wlfo, brotiior agalnsS titSer. SpiriSualism is icrnrclastie, as

1 arc all gonuiae religfons. Up So tio present timo 1 'iS lias aoS cost a drop - of llmd—buS for Sho ovlls - tlmS a now religlon, lot - lrrte upon aa illy-pro-

pared cíimaiunlty, will drag la its Srnla, oae - nood only study Slie IisSory- of early CirlstlanlSy, wioa wives- lofS their irnslaads wlSiout com- puncSlrn; wlion inaldeas fled tieir iomes to moot cortain death aS tlio stake, or So locome tio proy of wild loasts la tho arena, aad wien tens - of thousaads rushod into tio deserts of Syrla, sSrrd for years on srlitary plllais, or torSurod Shemsc■lees ouS of all semblaaco of iumaniSy. Many centurios elapsod lefore Sho CirisSIan ro- 11^1^ sottled down lato a beneficeiiS sSaSe of quIoSIsm. Tie advoat of Cirlstlanlty was a more preparaStoa. It lacks tie olomont of solf- propagaSion. ' IS is limlSod to Sie lrandarles of cree*d —lroad and -beautiful, but still a croed. It is furShermore tled So tlie dcad'crrpsc of Sie old Jewish dlspensatimn, nad, sSraggle as it will, it cannoS rld ISsolf of tils burdea- Finally, iS yosSs oa mlraclo, claimed to le rutsido of naSural law. In Sils iS is agalnsS tho age, and must succuml.”

"BuS is noS SpiriSualism basod on somethlag very similar So tlio old miraclos ?”

"NoS aS nil. SpiriSualism dceltivcly rejocSs ' tho morost susplelra tlmt thero is anytilag in this world outsldo 'of natural law. CirlstlanlSy says, ‘ Bdievo,’ Spiritualism says, ‘Pravo.’ This is aota belioving-ago—it 'is a provlng one. All Slilngs must submit So tho ordoal of Invostiga- Sma, and if anything fails So mort- tlie test, it must go ly tlm loard. We hold Siat Cliristlaai- ty is not meoSiag tlie SosS of the ago.

“ Were it still equal So its mlssloa it would aoS bo supplaated. IS 'is vlslbly failing. Under iSs teachiags Slie world - is rapidly turning infidel,

i All scieaco is arrayod 'agalnsS lS. Tio ' world calis for absrlaSe proof—and So givo this is Sie mlsslon

ôf- SpiriSualism. Bofore Siils was tie sSaSe of ' miad of a considerable prySlra of mankind, 'Spir- iSaallsm had ao mission. - It could mly brew miteilcf- It could oaly furnlsh marSyrs for Sio sSake and glbbet/ But wiSh tio advaace of miad a neu{ yeligloas era becamo possllle, aad tlio ro- sulS is a religion basod on dem()nstyatlrn.”

"But- doos aot a bolief in SpiriSaallsm lead So sueeystition?"

" Oa n few mlads lS produces what mlgliS - prob- ally be called suporstltlon—tlmS is to say, nrn- believers wnld givo it tiaS name. Altyrugy I am convlaced tiaS Slio spiritual crptrals uso - dls- criminatlon in Sioir work of crnvorslrn, ' still ail wio beermr Splrituallsts aro not monSally propared for so powerful a solvent, aad tio illumi- nated - vistas of SiougiS thaS- aro oponed up lo- fore tiiom bewllder and dazo Shem for a longer or shrySer timo. Supoistition is a yelic of Christlani- Sy ImporSod into SpiriSualism. Under CirisSiani- Sy was propagaSed Sho ghost and lrbgrblln idea, aad fear of Sio doad is still a cratrrlllng influ- eaco. - SaperstiSirn has an element of heredlSy in it. It is traasmiSted from one goneyatloa - to Slie next. Tie virus of tio dark ages is sSill -in She volas of many pooplo, and whaSeeer tiey toucli is rvoreatt by tio iauntlngs of tiaS dread past. But Sie amount of mischiof ShaS ' thus on- suos is -roally quito inconsiderablo. I am sur- prisod ShaS lS is -not tea-fold gyeatoy. It is a nollo age Slmt can welerme - and accept SpiriSualism. IS is tio perfccSirn of Sie ratloial miad tiaS can - commune with Sho dead as It -doos wiSh tho llv- iag. - To this advance wo are ladobSed - So tho spirit of skoptlclsm. It removed ail yulbisi, and, ' sSaadlag on tie suro fouadatlra of denial - until proven, it troatod She - iew-comer in a calm, yo- flective mood, aad iS is in tils Semper tho livlng simuld moot - Sie so-callod dead. Spiyituallsm wants no iovivals. Tio rovival olomenS is aS bosS - a dangorous one; and if crupled with Spir- itualism, iS would soS tho wholo world in a blaze.

The Itittioniile <>f SpiriliuiiMiii as Net ' ' Forth bj an OI<i inve.stigatol*: Whiy ;

Exe>msllyes «l' False .Hediiims do not ' Shake tlie Faith ol the True lh■lit‘e,- ¡ ¡ er; The Attitude of Sfienee ami -i Itcligion Toward Spiritualism: Its Progress During a tluarter ofa C’eu- , j tury; The Status of Spiyitaalism. ll[Tho followiag aytll^lo oa Spirllualhlll, uiilehwo copy ¡

from íhe Chicago Hally Tim-s I* Ia ihe frym of an in- i terview with aa oid Splritaali^t; huí venturu to guess ’that this form Is hut a illsgul-o mlH'h-’l hy the wrltoy, i Whom wo saêtct to he Mr. ^Tt••h•l•il•k_ F. CooR, a well- - kiown Iavostigator, ami for maay years coaaoctod with ¡ that Jiurnall-Eia II. or LJ

The .31st of MíucI was celebrated in overy part of the civilizod world as a day held ia high esteem by Spirltaallsts—ienrtlng the twenty-ninth anai- versary of the famous Kr(■y^tster rappiiags.

Wyateetr origia mav heattributed to tyrse dis- turbances, it caamit he doaied that they have made a noise ia the wrnrld. Whetyt•r the rosult of trickery, as maay bolievo, or prodiiced.by sunramumlano iatelligeaces, as others fondly bold—wyateeer the cause, it -must be coafessed by partisaaaad oppoaeat that they have wielded aa ialluenco, followed up as they have. beea by oRier pyearmeaa, ciHier Itaaiat or spurlrus, that, for errd or ovil, is makiag Itself felt ia the world.

Tlie past two or threo years IiAvc' put Spiritu- alism to a very severo test. “Explosores” have frllowed "exposures," uatil oae would thiak I that there was aot a medium left ia tho cruntry i that was recognized as “geaidia1” evoa by I Spiritualists themsolves. With a view to foeliag i

' what may he called the. Spiritualistic pulse, the writer vlsited a woll-known iiive.stigatnr coa- ; siderably idontified with the cause, aad a ploas- ! ant interview followed.

Ia tlie crarse of tiiecoaversatioa the writer re- - marked, "- How do Spiritmalists- feel about these ■ oxprsarts? Arc they aot afraid that what lias ' beea tlie fate of so - maay will be the fate of all mediumi?” !

“The world at.largo," lie aaswered' thought- | • fully, “seems to have a very crudo irntirni about

tlie matter. 1 am aot surprised at tills—indeed, | I should lie oxceodiagly astoaished were it oCier- , wise. I caii assure you tlmt the s(>^^îÎIio1‘ox- ¡

"postiros ' do not afect Spiritualists ia tlie least. i 1 - will tell you why. Spiritunlistsare made up of ' two classes—those- who are aaturally ready to bolieve aaythiag ami eeeyythlng that lias 'tho least superaatural ílavw about it, aad their dia- metrical opprsltes. The foniieryoii oaaartsliake ■because they am brniml to believe aiiyway; tlie latter you caaaot shake because they have beea p persisteat aad - goae dowa to the very bottom, aad are aot to lie surprised by oae, a dozea, or a thnisaiid ‘exposures,' for the reasoa tlmt all ¡ aloag tlie path of their iavestigatioa they met tlie

" verv tiliag with which you aow coafroat them, aau ‘frauds' are as 'familiar to them as the genuino. Wliea you ask ai. old Spiritualist like myself to discratiaae my belief ia sp|yit-c,rmmua- ioa, because of the exprsuyes aow curreat, it strikes me a gemd deal like advisiag a banker to discontinuo bis business because there are a lot ¡ of spurious baak-aotes ia circiilatioii? Tho fact that aew crunteyfelts are almost daily discovered will aot dismay him. - Very properly lie“will answer you, ‘ -My dear sir, I am well aware that' thereis much spariras money ia clrculatioa ; but there is also just as much good as there evor was. My business, carried oa these maay years, ‘ms fa- miliarized me with boBi. 1 caa discriminate betweea tliegui.d and bad at sight. Now and then, perhaps, tío bogus will for a little time deceive tlie very elect, but, beliove mo, all frauds are shoTt-lived.' •

“ Tlie banker,” continued'tlie spiritual investigator, "lias many peculiar ways by means of which lie sorts tlie genuino from tlie spuylou's. Sometimos it- would puzzlehim to tollyoti bow lie does it, lint lieseldom errs. It isso withaa old in- vostigator. Abollttruemedllimsllip there is aa at- mrspyeyo which you liy-aml-liye come to recog- aize, aad, kmiwing it, though a thousaad tyros cry,‘It is a fraud,' your oxetritacod porceptioa Informs you tlmt it is genuino, aad you will,feel disposed to stand up for it. 1 liave heard it said tlmt Spiritualists are aot Hio proper persons to coaduct aa iavestigatioa. This, too, is.said by sci- ontists. - Lot me oxtmse the fallacy of this argu- ment by aasworiag tlmt scientists aro aot tlie prop- or -persons to make scieatific iaecitlgatioas. To - hear them talk, oae would imagino tlmt Spiritual- ists were born so ; that tho belief ia tlio super- muadane was a part of their hdiorit-aace,-wIcd the fact is tlmt aot moro than one-tenth.aye what jou might call natural believers—coatributioas ’ from the cliurches—whilo the rtller aiae-toaths" aro recruited from tlie ranks of infidelity aad ma- terialism. Theso constituto' the- investigators. Perhaps a majority of -Uiern bogan their - investi- gatioas with astroag prejudice against what they wtye disposed to call ‘ aa old - disoaso breakiag out ia a now spot.', To their suypyise they found srmctlliag thoy could aot explaia by morely giving it a nanm such as ‘oxpectnntatteatioa,- ‘ ua- crasclous ctyebratioa,' ‘ psychic force,' ‘ predis- prsltloa,' or ovea ‘a mixture - of delusion aad aumbug.' Beiag candid, they continuod to iaves- tigato. They made -slow progress, perhaps, but went steadily fw-ward, aad by-and-bye accumu- lated such vast stores of ovideace and oxptyieaco, tlmt to doubt loager would be-toiaeny supromacy to ytasra aad the soases ; aad wlion a Spiritunl- ist is so coastituted, tho exeo.sure of a pretended medium hero aad Uiere- gives him no sort of concera.

“No more does it shake a Cllristian’s belief ia the morals of his religion to loara, as lie almost daily must, tlmt tho members of tlio miaistry are discrverod ia tlio cyaractor of pedéstriians ia ' by nnd forbiJdea ways'; mediums aro oftea wroag- fully accusod—moro oftea, for thoy have as yet aot tho rospoct of the general public, as have mea of the dotn—aad lieneo you must aot take it amiss if- Spiritualists sometimes prefer to mako their own expostiros, assumiag tlmt - they are bot- ter qualified foy tlie task than the individual who ‘exposes 'tho oatiro business'after tlio oxpori- onces of a singlo sitting.”

“Still, you must admit,” tlio writer took occa- sioa to romnrk, “that theso yopryted exposures of prominent mediums injuro the cause?” j

“ Wlmt I - will admit is th is: tlmt these roported expostiros for a time .srmewlmt afect tlio nmk-

. ing of propaganda. That is to say, coaverts - aro slower ia aanouncing themsolves. In fact, however,' converts were aovor so numerous as they have beea during this ‘ exposuro ' excitemoat. Tho roason - lios at hand. A ^rson roads ia a paper tlmt s^,aad-so, a medium, lias been.‘ex- flrsed.' Now bo ‘ms a friend who is a Spiritual- st—a fact tlmt ‘ms grieved him sorely—and ho

imagines that if -lie can ’raly ‘expose' a medium ' at home, ho will cure- his- friend of his deluslrn. Be repairs to tlio nearest ‘spirit shop,' and before tlie coarse jest 1ms - fairly left bis lips he is dumfruaded, if not crnelncod—thragy it may hapnon that his skepticism will bo only tho more confirmed, for tho oxptrieaces of - no two investigators are just alike. To aa old Spiritualist the professional ‘.medium-exposer ' is always a pleasant ' -sight. lie kaows the .exposer’s advont'Is suro to be followod by a season of earaest inquiry. Having seen tho ‘oxposuro,‘a person is aaturally anxious 'to witaess somewlmt o- that which it prosumes to‘oxposo,’aad mediums - flruylsy never so woll as whoa there Is a ‘prrftssiraal exposer ‘ about, or just after somo ono ia their own ranks has beon ‘ exposed ‘ - ia the aewspapers. But, after all, the public medium does aot cut nearly the figure with refereaco to Spiritualism that most perple supprse. Exposo evory public medium Ia tho cruntry If jou will, tho citadel romaias unslmkon. Public mediums are but the rutwrrks. It is upon - them the attacks are made. Now aad then a weak or illy-dofended spot may bo fond and a breach offected. But wltyia all romaias seroao. If there Is any truth in Spiritualism wyatovoy, it behroves us to think that ia thoir wisdom spirits may cIomc to work in a peculiar wi^—.^ according to tlio, acceptod way of tho wwld—and whilo it may sound straage, I am preparad to say that I btlloee that spirits tyemsolees havo assisted to bring about an ap- poayaace of fraud—and I have no doubt for a

benericoaS purpose, for what is tio marSyidom of IS is woll tiaS SplylSuallsm simuld moot wiSh fro- ■ ’ " ’........... ...... ■ -- i quenS chocks. IS will moot with them ns ofSen

as tlio influonces crnSrrlllng iS deem bosS. A fow of She leading Splrituallsts iave loaraod Sho lesson So mako hasSe slowly, aad are in no iurry to‘push Sie g-od work'; out Slie majorlty, aad espocially new converts, aro evor oagoi to orgaaa- izo and cariy tie war into Africa. BuS all such '

are, at -l-east for tlie present, futlle. Evory forwayd larvemeDt, ualess made with discretion, will bo followod ly a roacSion, until such Simo wlion man, Totli as an individual and in tlie ag- grogato, siall bo alio to handle Shls social and rollgfous nitro-glycorine wlSloaS causing an explosión.” ‘ .

“Accordlng So yony vlow, tio prtltlrn of a Spiritualist is not alSogoSIor -an eavlalle one?” . " Evory roso lias its thorns. With She' boon of i ' positive knowledge of the life ycrcartcr, -come palnful dutios aad tilais. I wnld advlso no one So InvosSIgaSo SplrlSualltm nt- Sils iaaetare uaioss he feels oqual So puSting iis slrulder So tie wiool —in fino, uaioss lio is erntelrat of iaving somo- wiat of tie spirit of a martyr in him. It was noS cetrybrdy who crald lo na alrlitirnlst-twenty- ^vo yoars ago. IS is noS eeerybrdy wio can bo a Spii^lûailst now aad savo bis tclr-rcsetct ly doiag Iiis duSy. Truth biings with lS rlllgaSlrns. Tiwu- sands are bclloecys, but daio - noS own lS. To such Sioir 'knrwledgc lilags liSSle pioasure. A still, small volco is evoi active -la Siom, calling Shem cowards, priSrornt, sIivos to world li aoss and public rplalrn. BoStor never prstcst She kiowledge Shan to acquire lS and SaclSiy ditrwn it."

“Thon yn wmld llave ail loilovers boldly an- nranco Shemsoivos?”

”Far from' it. It is purely a-maSSer of individual erntcloaec. As such—in a' few iasSancos —IS may entail moio martyrdom So ropress tian So 'aaaraneo Sie facS. Tils prslSlrn applios wlti forco to tio enso of severa. ministeis in Cyieagr. They nro ns confirmed SplIltaailsSs as myself, aad would aanruaee ticmsclees as such Sr-morrow if Shoy did noS fool that their duty iay in an opersito dliectlon. AS preseaS Shey rceapy laigo fiems of uttrulnttt. By degioos Shoy are lilnglng Sioly ftocks ouS of the rtglras of exciu- siecnoss and illlboialISy. Ia tlils Shoy aro 'dolng a nobley work foi maaklad Shan Shoy eruld pos- slbly do -as SplrltuailsSs, wltiouS pulplts, and lioaeo, as I have myself takea- recaslrn So Soil Shem, it is tlieir duty So sSIck So Sioir posts as . long as Shoy can do so witirnut loslng the InsS ecttlgo of solf-rcsecct. - Tlie fact of tie maStor is nowadays, wlion you tcIattil tio lack of a ill- oral mlnlster you a're very noai the cuticlo of a Spirituallsit.”

“If youi Sheoriosaio true, you presenS a diffl- culS probiom to Sio human miad. WliaS aio Seirltualitts So do? llow' siall thoy diserecr wiethor or not Siey aro in iaimony wiSh -tie pulposos of timso - InSelllgencos wirn, accordiag So your vlow, are guldlng Siils m^îîmîa?”

“ Tiey ' will fnd it if Siiey sook it lateiilgeaSly. BuS a single raetrr oators lnSo tlie piollom—tiie iuman miad. If Siey will study this in ail its rolatlons to Sho pasS, tie prosent, nnd - Sie fuSuie, they-iave tlio key. SaItiy iiiSrry is repleto with - ■iétsons. Wliat crastltatcs a statesman ? Whoro doos lie derivoids icssras? lie studlos tio human miad, iSs rporatirns ia tlie pasS, aad appreclat- ing that undor similar cradit-lrns tie miad wlli oporato simllariy, lio simpes ils erursc accordlag- ly. StaSosmansilp is ermprtcd of, abrat oqual paits of a knowledge of ilstory aad human aa- Sure, which 1 iavo dosigaated as miad. Tlie selritual probiom is Sio proliom of tlie sSaSos- man, combinod wlSi Siat of tie morailst and Sie reformor. Tlio Siuo statesman is nevor n oae. sldod man. lio biends ladicallsm with 'erlltcIea- tlsm ; lio docs not teai down bofore lio - is ready to lulld ; lie iolds boti Slio old nad Siio now aS tlioii ' Sruo valué; lio does noS heediossiy shock' public seatiment, Slie wel aad worr of ali mir passious; lio studies tio public Sompor, aad aov- or dashos forwaid So tlie erint whoie ids aStack wmld involvo a er|iisira. Llko a skiiled ongi- noor lio saps and miaos, and willo tie enemy is asieop lie -oaters tilo citadel and prsscttcs hlm- solf of it withrltS tio sioddlag of a drop of blnd. So complox a subjocS can oaly be troated in a general way except snoelfic casos aro presonSod foi soiiiSlmi—So my miad nt present Spiritualism wouid lo pyomoSod hy an‘aggIessleo crnscrea- tlvo ’ cruIto. I would sap aad mine raShor tian indulge in assauits.”

“ SpiriSualism is pecaliarly an American Iasti- SaSlon, is it no?”

“ Wlmt is kaown as Modern SpiriSuallsm—for SelriSllalltm under oShor namos is as old as tho illls—iad iSs blrth iore twonty-nine - years ago, luS now It can ' no longor be called an American ia^îSution. Tho leaven is working In oecry- pait of Sio habitable globo. In rcglras wiero even tlio moyo namos of Methodism, Proslytorian- ism or Eeltcopaiiaulsm aô unknown, Spirltual- ism is a vital facS. In Mexlco, in ConSial America, in Soptb Amoilca, Shoro are noS oaly maay Seirituailtts, but tiey even havo Sioir priatod oigans. At Capo Town, Arrien, tlio SpliiSual- ists own tlio fiaosS iaii in the place. In New Zoa- land a flourlshlng paper is pullislied; iikowiso lu Australia.' Ia Russla it is sSrong aS courS and among tlio nobiliSy. In a quartor of a contury it ias spread ali otoi - tho woyid—no, Siis is wrong; almost slmultanerasiy lS droppod down in oveiy part of Sie woiid. - Otier religims may - he comparad to rivors-SIat flow onward, waSeiiag only tiioiy owa couisos, willo Spiritualism is liko Sho hcaeon-i()ra rala tiaS failsovorywhoro. AS pros- oat Shoro aro botwoen Shlrty and forSy perirdi- cais published in Sio iateresS of SpiriSualism.”

" W IaS of tlio ciargo Slmt Spiritualism leads to ilcentfousaoss and immoraiity ? ”

“ Tlmt ciargo is boti true and falso. So much is Srue tlmt Sieie iave ' been oxhibiSlons of gross iicenSlrtltness la - ernaeeSlrn with Spiritualism, lut not growlng out of SpiriSualism per se any moro Sian any otior movement having a yevolu- tfonary tondoncy. Wionever old iastitutioas aro OTerSirown and aew oaos ostabllsiOd aa intor- rognum rccurs, wioa tiieold imlit-saro tirowa oE and She now onos aoS yeS puS on. You may call - it She - naked, simmeioss poilod. Wiien iiloity camo So Franco loss tian a huadrod years ago, sie was rccrgnlztd as a sSrumpot, and woisiiined ia She porsoa of a' livlng imilot. Tiey made a mistako. Thoy mlsSrrk for tho whito-roled viigia LilerSy ier lasor, scarieS-liued sistoy, Li- coaso. Ali ycerlatirnt make Sils mistako aS She ratsot. Ordoi is ceoiatirn. It comes with Simo. Sl)iriSaalltm is So-day a kalcidrscrpc. Tio loau- tlral nad Sio laso, Sie true and She false, are nil strangeiy inte*rmhigled, but iS- requires no ve-y dlscriminating oye to foroSoii the ead. The drogs will somer or laSor go to ' Slio boSSom, leaving tho rost all tio purer and ioalShlor for She shaking up.”

“ Wlmt is Slie numorical streagSh of SpiriSual- ism in América?”

“Thoir numboy has been osSimated aS five oy slx millions, lut ail such talk is wild. The probable figuro is betweOa one and Swo millions—poy- lmps nonr Swo milliont.”

“ Whoro aro tlio chiof centros in Shls country ? ’’ “ SpiriSualism is spread pretSy evOniy ail over

tie land, thrugh Slio most activo centros aro Brs- ton and Chicago. In Shis ciSy, Sho number of bolioveys may lo safoly put down aS Swonty-fieo tiousand, tyragl not a SwonSy-firty part aro acS- iv^^y idoatifled with Sio element always' oagor for tho fray.”

8PBING SONG.

Rolls tho long breakor in splendor, and glances Loaping in light!

Laughing and singiag the swift ripple dances, Sparkliag and briglh;

Up tyrough the ytaeen tho curlew is flylng, Soaring so ííÎiI

Sweotly his wild' notes are ringing, aad dying Lost in the sky.

GH^ter the sails to the south-wlnd caroening, White-winged and bravio;

Bowing to breeze and to hollow, and loaning Low iTer tho wavo.

Btaatlfal wind, with tho touch of a lover Leading the hrara,

Holping the winter-w^^ world to recover Ail its lost f.owers.

Gladly I hear tby warm whispor of raptuiô. Sorraw is o’or!

Earth all her music aad bloom shall racapture, Happy once more l „

—Celia Thaxter,

Iudianu.I-’ORT WAYNE.—Wm. Lyao writes: “The

following coincidence occurted on Thursday, April 12th : A family by the Dame of Clay reside on the east side of the city. They had a iittlo boy (Toddie) four and a half years old¡ a very active and interesting little fellow, who roquiiod watching, as he would run away whenever the opportunity offered. At • the time I allude to he was in the garden witli ills father, at about 2 ' o'clock ' v. M. The father having occasion to leave the place a short time, left the little fellow without notifying his mother. ' When he returned Toddie was gone. Father, mother, and the other childroa, all started in pursuit of tlio runaway. After a fiuitloss search, the mother returned to tlie house ffrst, and being all alone, she sat down awalting tlie return of the others, but while she sat there she heard the voice of Toddie very distinctly calling to her from the cellar: ‘ Oh, mamma. ao come■ quick.’ She ran out. of the house and down into the cellar calling to her boy, but no answer was returned; lie was not there. In the meanwhile Toddie had strayed away nearly a - milo and a half in a westerly direction through tlie city, a part of tlie distance on a railroad track, where he finally became tired, and sat down upon one of the rails, with his little feet turned in- wards. This was about three o'clock ns nearly as can be judged. A lady saw him, but was unable to reacli him in time to save him, nnd a passiag train struck him, and throw him off tlie track. She hastened and picked him up. It being a froight train, it was stopped as ,soon as possible, and backed up to where the fatal blow was struck. Toddie was not then dead, but died soon afterwards at the hospital, where the good woman accompaiiied him, ho being an oaSiio straagor in that parS of the towa. After a time some hiende of the paronts ioariag of an accldont to a child by tlie cars, and that lie was then at ' the hospital, repaired thither and found it was Sliolr little son. After Toddie had been made as comfortable as bis coadlSion would admit of, the mother and the lady who lmd so kladiy assisted the little fellow began to converse in relation to the accident. Wlion tlie mother remarked that she heard his voice calling to her from the cellar, uslag tho words quotod above, tlie other lady, much surprised, quickly replied: ‘ Why, those-were the very words he uttered while Iwas holding him in my arms waiting for the train to come back to take us to my residence, which was beside the railroad ! ' These facts 1 have from reliable porsoas iatimato witii the family. The hearing of the voice and tlie time of tlie accident- do -not seem to be at variance. The parties were entire sSraagois to each other, and the distance iaterveaiag“one and a half miles.”

TERRE HAUTE.—Jamos Hook writes: " ' We liavo been watching with latorest -the controver- sy, pro and con., on the subject of organization in tlie Spiritualistic ranks. Id this section we nre for organizatioa on a business basis, eschew- ing all creeds, believiag that tlie cause will bo strengthened by sucli an organizatioa, on the simple ground that in union there is strongth. The position occupied by the Banaer of Light suits us, and we hope a movement in that direction will be had sooa. Wo have felt tho aeed of it; we have had cliarge in part of oae of tlie best modlums in tlie country for a long time, aad it has beea an uphill fgiiS, nearly all the while, against ignorance, . prejudice, and willful mls- represeation, to which all or nearly all good mo- diums are subjected, by pretended' friends as well as open foes, aad it is oar opiaion that organization will in some measnre remedy the wide-spread ovil.”

New Jersey.NEW BRUNSWICK. — Dr. H. L.' Fairchild

writes, April 20tSi: “An estimable lady of this place passed to the Summer-Land ' a few weeks ago, yielding to brilla fever, produced by intense watching for weeks ' by tlie bedside of a sick mother. The family beiag Splrituallsts, highly respected, though traduced for their belief, iiave been iasulted by many who have coastituted themselves a huge coroner's jury, publicly re- cordiag that the cause of the lady’s demise was ‘her belief in Spiritualism.' Her character was so amiable, - with a disposition truly aagelic, it was not surprisiag that a large coacourse atteaded the funeral ceremonies; but as tlie people - passed- to view for the last time the face, so sweet even in deaSii, many were the oxclama- tions, ‘ poor creature,' ‘ poor dear,' from the fair sex, castlng a tribute of pity, not at the loss, but of her beiag so deluded as to have espoused the cause which they deemed the reason of her ‘tak- iag off.' I do not propose to comment upon the above, but to state that a few Sunday ovonlngs since, passiag aloag on my way homeward, I heard considerable noise in achurch(?), and desiring to investigate tlie cause, entered, taking a back seat., A poor - Imitation of Mr. Moody had

'so psychologized a portion of the audience that it required no very vivid imaglnation to believe I was really in a Bedlam, and that some of the shrieking, excited, deluded people who were calling upon Jesus—some oxclaimiag, ‘Oh, I see him!' ‘Oh, I see him!'—were suitable subjects for removal thereto. I could not help’but con- trast the quiet, orderly assemblage of Spiî^û'' alists, iatent upon obtainiag absolute, tangible proofs of immortality, with the present bois- terous scene.

Penusylvania.PHILADELPHIA. — The following resolu-

tions conceraing the demise of Dr. Samuel Max- well have -been received by us from ' an oficial source: -

Whereas. Prof. Samuel' Maxwoll, M. D., departed tills llIoAprilllSli, 1877: lu conahleration of tills ovont we, aslils associates In collego relations, present the lollowlag to his bercaved wiro ami family as an expression of our Bympa- thy In tlieir houy of trial:

Resolved, That we, tho. Facility of tho Philadelphia Unlversllyof Medicine and Surgory, record the removal (hy death) of oae of aur members to a highor and happier spiritual oxisSoaco, Prof, Samuel Maxwoll, late Prolessor of Chemlstry In tho above Iin>Situtlon.

Risolved, That tho Into Prof. Maxwoll was a most able and siiccessful teacher of chemistry, nnd that In his death the Iastitution has lost a most valuable aud cherished member.

Resolved, That tho character -of Prof. ■ Maxwell as a moral, social and professional geatleman was unexception- able, and It is with tho deepiest feeliags of sadness that wo submit to tho Ovcrrulhig Providente which basso suddenly removed him from ills sphere of usoralaoss.

Resolved, That' we will ever cherish the memory of our distinguished colleague, and ever appreciate bis abilities, graces aad usetulnoss. and we offor most affectioaately our condoleace to his wife and family In this great aflfletion, trusting that they may be simported by the great Ituler of human evento, andbogulded by an Overruling Providence,

Resolved, That tho Faculty attead the funeral In a body aad pay tlieir last tribute of respect to him who has so en- deared lilniBelf to all tho members of the institutlon.

Resolved, Tlmt theso resolutions he read at his funeral obsequies, aud a copy he sent to his family.

(Signed,) F. r. Millek, Dean,J. nANDOLra Rqwand, Sec. pro tern.

April 13th, 1877. . .

Massachusetts.MARSHFIELD.—Mrs. ' M. P. Brown and Mrs.

M. ' A. - Baker, 'writiag from this place recently, unite - in recommeading to the attention of the public, as a medium of honesty and worth, Mr. Caswell, of 9 Hancock street, Bunker Hill Dis- trict, Boston, their good words being founded on ' actual oxeerienco as to the power and acute- ness of his development. '

LOWELL.—Ed. S. Varney writes, - under a ' recent date: "On Sunday evening, April 8th, Henry C. Lull of Boston spoke in this place, and at the conclusion of his lecture, a most coa- vincing test was given 'through his organism. He was controlled by what purported to be -the spirit of William Livingston, a well-known gentleman of Lowell, who passed from earth-life some years ago. This control stated, during his remarks, that his son, Dr. Alfred Livingston, joined him - on the 19th of March last—which is coÎ^^<^t; he also said that he had a son liviag in Lowell, whose name was William - E. Liviagston, and who had- ‘ Hon.’prefixed - to his name, which . is also correct, - Mr. L. having recently served in the. State Legislatura. It was remarked by - a gentleman in the audience (Mr. Levi Stevens, - of Low-

----------------- :----------- ---------------?—: ell, who had been well acquaintod with tlie de- ceased;) that it seemed as though the ascended spirit of William Livingston was really ' talkiag to them, so well did he preserve his identity. As Mr. Lull is a perfect stranger to tlie Livingstons aad to Lowell, the test is all the leSSoi.”

CHICOPEE.—Dr. W. L. Jack, of Haverhill, writing from Siils town, speaks highly of ' the many tiuo friends of liberal sontimonS who find a residence there. Several of ‘ its citizens he classes with tlie - pioneers of the spiritual cause prominent amojthem beiag Mr. A. Bullens, a leading merchant/who lias arraaged a hall over ' his store wherein the SpirltualIsS meetings are held, and where Mrs. Sarah Byrnes, of Wollaston Hoigits, lias recently called together large audiences. Mr. W. H. Gillmore, a prominent maa- ufacturer in Chicopee, is also mentioaed - as oae who earnestly contributes ijoth of his means and his influence to assist the cause of spirit return and communion, beiag aided in the work by ills estimable lady. Many others are to be found in the place who have worked indefatigably for years to advance Spiritualism in the commuaity. Dr. Jack coacludes by assuriag us that the Banner - of Light is met with by him wherever he journeys, aad it is his privilege to hear the warm- est encomiums passed upon its course and man- agemeat.

New York.NEW YORK CITY.—Wm.Wiggin, Magnetic

Healer,;No. 1300 Broadway, writes: "Nellie J. T. Brigham has been engaged for one year to lecture for tlie Society of Spiritualists which meets at Republican Hall, tills city. Her lectures are listened to by attentive and appreciative au- dieaces: ia fact, the numbers Inórense contin- ually. The Society opeas its doors free to tho public, and pays the expense by voluntary monthly - subscriptions.

Miss ' Ellon McAllister, daughter of Judge McAllister, of Chicago, is controlled by spirits to execute very difficult music on tlie piaao, and tho manner in which themes that are given her by the audieace are improvised, is said by musical experts to he truly wonderful.

Mrs. A. G. Wood, who for over ten - years has been very successful in Chicago- in healiag mag- netically, is aow located at No. 222 W. 37th street, this city, and is doiag exceedingly well.

As a sample of practical.Spiritûalism, I will here state oae of tlie many good deeds done by the members of the Helping Hand Society: Mrs.H. N. Reee, a veey worthy womaa-aan reBable medium, was incapacitated by a 'loag sickness, so that tlie spirits could not make use of her as aa iastrument of crmmunicatirn with mortals, when some of the ladies conaected witii tho ‘ nelpiag Hand ' gave her a btntfit, which was well attended, aad a - g^d^ sum of money was raised for her. Skeptics caanot say but that Is practical.”

YORKERSÊvert Gale writes, April 21st, as follows: " I saw - in the Banaer a fow weeks past that you said you - - weye cytdibly iaformed that Dr. W. O. Page was a good healiag ' medium. Please allow me to say in vtyificatirn of whom- srteey informed you, that my wife was sick with hemoyyhage, and was given up by tho pyysiciaas. She was so low she could not speak, nor raise a hand. A spirit said ‘ tlie only help for her was magaetism ; send for Dr. Page.” I employed a messenger, wíio drove seeentten miles to the city of New York, aad retuyntd in a few llrurs with Dr. Page, aaa ia less than twenty minutes siie could speak aad - raise her yands, and aftoywayds rapidly yocreered.. Ifeel that words are inadequate to express the gratitude I owe to the invisibles and Dr. Page.”

NEW YORK CITY.—M. Young writes: - “ I have atteaded about tweaty-five of Mrs. Wil- son's - mateylaliziag sódicos. I consider her -a great matorializiag mtdium. - I have sptcimtas- of cloGi which I saw woeen by spirits tyyrugy htr mtdiumsliip. 1 have held one end of tho cloth- whilo it was being w^tn by spirit haads. This was ia tiie light, -aud may - not bo new to you, but ■ it was to me.” ,

ALBANY—A. B. Tratt wites: "It --is grati- fying indttd, in those days of blue light and bluo laws, to know that yorn: - Banntr continuos - to rtflect upon mankind tho puro, life-giviag light of Nature, causing the seods of common sense and ytason to spriag up and fîî^îsli in tho land, giviag promise, in tlie not far distant futuro, of a rich llayvtst of tllrught, and also giving assurance that, here and htyeafttr, seed time and yareest shall havo no end; that wyatsreeey ye sow- that shall yo reap; also that tho value of ' the crop depends upon the light - wo yoctive. Givo us mme light!”

Miaryland.BALTIMORE.— Charles E. Brooks writes,

April 23d: " I?rof. T. S. A. Pope, of the ‘ Scien- tific Chureli ' advocacy, has been lecturlng at Ly- ceum Hall, 92 W. Baltimore street, during the past three Sunday nigits, to fair audiences. He - contends that ‘ Spiritualism is the outgrowth of exhausted Ciristiaalty,' in a new, superior aad' progressive ' form; ' and that' the Cirist' of Scrlp- ture ' is the unfoldiag of immortal principles, in- herent in human nature thousands of ages before. the birtlrf~tlie Nazarene,' &c. . He is a deep, philosophical thinker and expounder of sciontifc religious ideas, aad has awakeped considerable interest in tlie minds of maay intelligent citizens of‘this community. Personally, witiln the time he has been here, I have foliad him a gentleman far above the average portion of humanity for sympathy and such fraternal characteristics as go to coafirm and make up a true, sincere, -and a loviag soul. - Thougli he dlffers somewhat In his general views and opinions from those of myself aad a few others oa certain of the spiritual phenomena, I - nevertheless greatly approciaSo his superior taleat,' and thipk him justly eatitled to think and speak wliat I believe are the honest, uasophisticated convictions of his soul. Besides, lie is an active and an eaergetic - Individual.

Whilst among us, lie proposes to open his office on every Wednesday night, at - 630 W. Lombard street, for the purpose of farming and ' establish- iag wliat lie terms a ‘scieatific clrclo.’, in which he will - Soach- the - laws governing ‘spiritual lat- teries,' &c.” * .

A Lecûye by Mrs.' Hyzey.To tho Editor of tho Banner of Light:'

I must ask permissioa to givo brief exprossioa to- my tyrught about a' lecturo to which I had the groat pleasure to listen yectntly. - Alcibiados - said, “ When Socrates speaks of virtue my- tears flow like - rain, aad I earnestly desire a -better life”; and suroly oao must be moro -insensible to tho influeacos of truth aad virtuo than that - yenrwnod Grook demagoguo, who could - sit ua- moved under the sublimo iaspirational locture which - Mrs. Hyzor delivored on that rccasioa. Hor theme was' “Iaspiratioa,” aad surely she gavo us of tho “ waters of lifo ” from tho doepest - fountain of aagelic wisdom.

I dare aot attempt aa abstract report: my pea is too prosy for the task. I should fall - as far short as the jou-íM Franklin did of yeprrducing - Addisoa from momory. I caa only say it traa- scends any locturo or sermon to which I over listened. If this is a specimen of -her lectuyes, I deeply regrot having squaaderod - opportunitios - for neariag her in the past, and do most oaraostly commend 'nor to my friends as ono whoso inspirad uttorancos aro, in my humblo opinion. worthy of the pyofrundost . tyrugyt if not “ of all acceptation.”

Truly sho wields the glittering blado of the spirit, -and ' thrusts it to the hoart and mayyow of subjectivo truth. ' Hor eioc^îon is good, hor ox- presstoa - poetic, - her logic 'perfoct. Sheistina- scendently transcendental, yot so lucid Is her speoch that whilo a - Plato would he Instructod, a - child would uaderstand and be profitod by it. - I am often disapp()lntedwitylectures' fromthrse- claimíng to -be Inspirad: but with this speaker I . must' confess I am delighted.

T. AUGUSTOS Blakd.Rochester, N. Y. ■ ’

MAY 5, 1877,i ««=» B A. - iN CNER OF LIG-HT. 3

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J)arcign C.amsponmnce.

A .Hcdiuin in Egypt,To the Editor or tho -Hanner - oí Light: -

1 presume there are many oí your readers who will never come to Egypt, and yet inay havo seme interest In the ceentry; It docs not seem possible that a month oí travel from New'Vork could bring ono -Into a laud where every semblance oí American or English life Is lost sight or, Iu Europe- one Is constantly able to draw comparieons and note differences, but In Egypt everything te so far behind the times, that comparison seems out oí the <leestien. It 1b six days' sail írom Venice to Aloxandria, acrets tho Adri- atic and Medlterranean Seas, and Ií calm, might be very Tileas.'uni;. on reaching the port oí Alexandria, small boats meet flie stenmor, and aftoraBhort row, one Is landed on terra Jtrma-so It mould seem woro It not - for the Incessant Btream or talk and noise made by the porters, who seize you, liaggago atid all, vory much In the .samo manner as dogs do a bone, and tho strongest carries you to Ills vehicle; you have not the slightest preference In tho - matter, aml amid shoetsand noise you are taken to your hotel,

Alexandria, Is apiree full oí Interest, not so much In Its present condition as its - past history; It seems Incredible that tt could ever have been a city where tho sciences ílour- ished, unless It might bo tho sclonco of doing nothing, The Oriental costume Is worn largely hero, -tho men wear- 1 ing Turkish trousers and Immense turbans, generally red 1 and white; the women wear long, ííowlng garments, usually dark In color, with their faces always veiled up to tho eyes; Indeed, írom tho balcony tho costume of every nation ’ and oí every color can bo seen, At noon, overy store Is closed, and the proprietors go to their homos and sleep until three o'clock, when thoy return to - tliolr places oí betlness and resume their duties, It Is a remarkable fact that nearly one-third oí tho population are blind, either In ono or both eyes, .

Among the things to Bee In Alexandria are Pompey's Pillar and Cleopatra's Needles; tho height of the Pillar Is ono hundred íeet, the dlamoter at the base- 11 ten íeet, It Is oí red polished marblo, elegant In dnish, and stands on a sll^lit emlnenco near a berylng-place; somo gontlemen írom Glasgow are said to have takoti dinner on tho top oí It «^0 yearsngo, Cleopatra's Needles are two obelisks, ono stsnding and tho other lying down, and uoarly covered with earth; thoy are In tho eastern part oí tho city; thoy nre about sevontyfeet In height, Mohamet Alt gave tho fallen ono to tho English govcrnment, and It Is now about being moved, Wo wero also shown tho ruins oí a Christian church, destroyed, so said tho guide, " between three and four thousand yearsngo” I It was useless to reíer him to Father Thomas's Almanac—tho truth Is ono thing these people never tell,From Alexandria wo take the Egyptian Ilallroad, and

aíter'riding through tho most delightful country, arrlve, just as tho setting buu ts bathing all tho world with Its llglit, In Cairo, which Is much tho íínest city In Egypt; the Oriental customs are preserved hero; tho Great Khe- dive, the ruler, lives here In smiiptuous style, and has a “ncrij wlfo each day,1* Indeed so It would seem, Ibo- lleve he has - only three wives, hut an immonso number of Clrcassian slavos In the harem, Ills ladles dress In tho

- latest Paris fashions, A wlíoIn Cairo costs -about thirty Noialeoat, which Is paid to tho girl's íather; Ií at any time she leaves her husband tho money must be roturned; a man may have as many wives as he can pny for, provided he has not more than seven at onetlme, The men are In- dolent, A man with two wlvos never does anything but sltand smoke;'hls wlvos labor írom morning till night un- ceaslngly, The oppesers to Woman's Itlghts say, "Let women - take tbo scytho, tho pickaxe, go Into the- íleld, And then wo will talk about hor rights.” These Egyptian woên do all that; the reservolr now building has much oí Its work done by women; they carry - tho stone and mor- tar In baskets on their heads twelve hours a day, and that, too, while their lazy husbands take all thoy can earn,

Nothing can ever oquat tho poverty oí tho lower cla3303 ; they are taxed to tho last - íarthing, that tho royalty of the rulers may ho kept up, There Is a bit of gossip going tho

.rotmds In Cairo: ThoMInlstoroí Finance (ImUating the examploof somo Illustrious statesmen of my own country) was proved a defaulter to tho amount of twelve thousand pounds 1 Ho was banished, and Is said to havo committed suicide, His aílalis wero taken In hand by tho ofllcers oí State; lie had íive wives and a harem of three hundred

Those, it Is said, wore sold at private sale, Is slavery ahollslied In Egypt V Hu also lmd a ycimg daughter who had a palace adjoining his, with some ffty retainers, She was nine years old, and about being marrlcd, Tho discloseres broke ofí the match, I hope wo shall hear no more oí " yomig América.”

A carriage ride of ten miles over a dollghtful road brings one to the far-íamed pyramids, Every child who has seen a plcture oí the pyramids has a perfect Idea oí how they look; the largest one Is four hundred and tovontyfeet In perpendicular height; tho ascent Is made up tho side; ono Arab goes ahead, two on each sldo; one steps In advance to pull you up, ono behind to push you as you go - up; In other words, "glvoyou a boosst” while a boy carries a vessel oí water, It Is a wearisome journoy, and the view scarcely rewards one for tho trouble,

The religion being -Mahometan, wo must of course visit a mosque or church, - They are circular In form, and have one lofty minaret, Tho Mosquo oí - Mahomet All Is by far

■ tho flnest one In Cairo, It Ib built oí alabaster taken írom- the pyramids; bis tomb Is In one sldo of the.mosque, The faithful are nlways obliged to remove tliolr shoes, hut wo paid a few plasters, and some loote- over-shoes woro drawn over our boots, and wo wero allowed to enter,

The íloor was covered with Turkish rugs, There Is notli- lng ln the chiirch-no seats, organ or gallery, It demon- strates the necesslty of tho lníleenceof women, for with all Its boanty It Is repulsive, Women aro neeer allowed to enter there, Before the tomb oí Molmmet All sevoral men were sitting on the íloor, an opon - book > beíore them, with beads In their bands, chanting In nsnanner that would excite the envyof a N'ow York auctioneer, From tho site oí - tlilb mosque a vory fine view oí tho whole Aity can be obtained, We havo all heard oí Mecca, and havo more or less woven a sort of seperstltioes halo aroead It In our minds, Now Is the time of the Pilgrimage, and hundreds are setting out to make it, Well, all I can sayB, If any of my friends think there Is any poetry about - tbo pilgrims going to Mecca, don’t come to Cairo to Bee them when thoy start, The wandering gypsies that soaetlmes Invest our country towns are princes In cemparlson to them, About seven thousand make the journoy annually, Rotiirning, those who Mínlr they have sin, cast themselves before somo one of tholr rulers, whose í itle I forgot, and ho rides over them, - his horse actually stepping upon their bolles, and Ií any one Is hurt they shout for joy, fall upon his neck and kiss him, for God has - thus signiíied bis íorgiveness, Who shall say ‘' there aro no spirits in prison'' V

There Is an Italian Opera House,- where performances are given, and also tho Theatre Francatse, both undor tho patrrnago of the Great Khedive, As Friday Is the sacred day, Bunday becomes the gala-day, Conccrts aro - given every aíternoon In the park by a fino orchestra,

No one can visit Cairo without having at leas.t ono donkey ride; a few more venturesome may try a camel; the most

> timid, surely a donkey, Opposlte the hotel Is a BtamPwhero '■ 'the donkey master, Ah Sinn, has nine donkeys, Our party

have decided to drive, so coming down -the steps I shout: ‘ 1 Donkey 1 ’' Instantly the nine come, as on the wings of angels, ílying across the street, not minding the sidewalk or passers-by, and each boy declaring that his Is a "eiery good donleeg,'' Babel Is perfect qulot cdmpared to the - racket these creaturcs make,

Tho queStlen Is declded-tlie íive disappolnted boys drive back tho íive disappolnted donkeys to their places, Every donkey has a name, and among the ílrst presented was “VankecDeodlc.” I ought to have been patrlotic -and given the national donkey the -preícrence; but a leer In the eye and a turn of the head mado mofeol that "Vankee Doodloand I -had not beeter ride- to town thatday. ” I seated myself on the back of the "Flying Dutchman,” and all was then ready for the drive, Each donkey has a boy who runs behind him with a stick, to keep him In mo- tion, guide him, and help you pick yourself up when you are thrown ofí; so all you havo to de Is to keep your seat, I need not add-that the most dexterous will ílnd himself busily employed, We Btarted on very well, the friends of the party presenting a flne appearance, I told my donkey- boy I woulS not ride very fast at flrst; now a donkey-boy has a very small vocabulary, and bo only caught tho words

âst, upop which he. belabored the por^r donkey; back went the respected ears or my vallant steed, and like “ Tam O^hantee” I spedaway, Soon donkey-boy and friends were left far behind, Some poet says, "What Is there In a name?” I answer, "A great deal In a name, Ií It Is the Flying Dutcnman and belongs to a small grey donkey,” - Coming to a steep hank, my donkey, belleving “ variety to be thespice of lífo,” ran down thee bank andout Intoa fleld, where he showed anoHer side of 11b amiable nature by planting Ms four feet fast to the eartt, with tte evident Intention of spending tte day there, I surveyed tte fleld— and me donkey—ana tlien, ftlnklag moral suasion wuuld do but little gom,- thouglt I would appeal In anotter manner; so I took tbo oud ofthe reins and "warmed” tlscars, as some maihers do thoseof Cieir diildren wIcp both aro ont of sorts, There was no apparent Iapresslon produced, and a finaliy made up my m1nd to dIsmount, w hen, as sud- dcnly ashetad st">pped- bo started —p Ule cmhaakment, and turning toward the hotel gave me a delightíul ride home, Letalldyyeeritics try doikey-ridlng, and ho sure

" and -ask for tte " Ilying Diriman,’’The museums are full of wonders and tbe 10x00^ nre íill-

ed with curlousthlngs; the hotels ore all that could be desired, and English and French are coaaonly spoken, To those who enloy cvcryttlng thot can conduce to comfort and heolth, mis city offers unrivoled offrocfion during the winter monHis,' -

I trust the cause of Bptrlfuollsm Is not falling for wont or earthly- workers, ond that yon, Mr, Editor, ore receiving the hearry coííiparatlon oí all true spirits in the b^y, To- morrow I start for the Holy Lond, With kindest regards to oh my rrlends In dear America I am,

„ Falttfullyyours, - J, -Wltfl FLETCHkn,•- Brand Hotel, Cairo, Egypt, March tó, -1877,

®jn ^nnibM’snrn.Anniversary of Modern Spiritualism in " New Orleans.To tte Editor of Lio Baaner of Llgtt:

Tic New Cricoas Atsoeiat1on -oí Su1rlLnal1stt tcld tieir meeting March 31st, In - Tumpuraneu n^n^li, wilci ot an early tour dat filied to its - ut- mest eapae1ty, Tic lady membcrs tad convcrt- cd tic Uiaeu Inte o folry beiFer; rntus atd vare fiodurs cevcrcd ttagu, c1aaduilurt and daiit wilt garlands oí bloem, '

The Prcsldctt; Judge R,,G, W, Jcwcli, euuaud tie mcctlng witli a brlcf oad pelntcd addrutt, ond, os mony ttrangurs were present, gavc o full cxplanarina oí out hul1uí anO tcochlngs, os well os an occount oí tic risc oad progrcss of Modern Bp1r1tnai1tm. qlesing tius: “By tils knndludgu wc ore breegit Iato dircct and personal rclotleas, witi ■ ttetu wto tove 1 stnífiud níf this mortal coil '—wltt tiosc wio iave still as muci usc íor, atd etjey life quite as muct, noy mere, tton wc new ctjey lt, If ttelr lives have been well tuuat wtllc here wltt ut. Wc call thof uh1leteu1y, er seluatlíic religión, dtieh tas gcown out oí tils ditcevery - by tic ‘Fox.girls,’ ‘Modera Bulritnai- ltm.’ It Is the same fundamental trutt, ied- cvcr, which wos in tic uetsutsien oí uuriapt all natiens In the corller iistery of maakiad. Evl- dcnces oí this fact obound tireugtout tic taerud velnmus, But It dat apurouriotu•d by tte uccíc- slattlct, oad cuaningly -dlusounte,nalleud omotg tic pcoulc, tiey f nally ond-cffectuolly prcvcttitg lis use, on tic piea of tnucrtLltioa, - Many dark and bloedy ages Intervenc butdecn oncleat and modern Suiritnalism: durltg this perlod oí terrible darkauts. when lt would eeeasioaally ereu eut In some individual ln ene or mere oí Its moty piases oí mcdinms1ip, -tiat person was morked ¿er purteentlen atd - final cruel deolt, Ttank God, we iave golfea rld ef fie stnekiot oí igae- raaee tiol bound our aaeeslers. Wc tovo grod- ually uregrcssed te tiot ceadltien wtcreln wo are ucrmitlud to it^nirc iato all tilags under lio sua, upen tto uo-Li, wltiln tic naivcrtu—cven itle tie erigía oí uvil, out oí wtict wo fad tiot good liings nre evolved by lie iafitiLc God, It entibies mcn aad wemcn ; oad wo mevc ea, ux- clolmlag witttic pool, trutifully: ,

* No pent-up Utico eontróctt our powert; But Uio wiole b -niinllcss unlycse- s-mtrsj ”

Tliis addrcts dat fellowcd by a ftic rendlllon oí Meudclssotu’s “Song wltteut W^^ds,"- by a yonng sea oí Dr, Wilieít, wio proeiises to alióla eaviahlc nelerluly os o musician, Mrt, E, L, Soxen fellowcd ln a pelnlud addrutt. Stc ios loag buea - iduallílud dlli tio liberal cleraeat aad Spirituailtm, as a fuarlutt ouueacat oí Crlie - doxy and oa caraett advócale ef womnn’s cmoui- ciualion from pricstly rulo, bcllcvitg tils tto turctt means oí ulevatitg tic human roce, oad ogruclng íully with Iagcrseil ia tls ideo tiol " no long os hahict lie ln domen’s Jips, and they ktucl beíore the tdin•horn devlls, fear ond foili, - matkind can - never progruss os liuy elicrditu deuld,"

Sotg3 were sung by dlíferett mcmhert. atd Dr, Rohurlt ruclled "Onl ef lie Deplis,” it a vury eífective mannur, Mrt. Mary - Fiuld read an cttay hcarlag upon Bplritnailtm it lis itlln- caec, ante and uott-tatal. ^01 cilidrct, atd was uarlleulariy fullcilont ln ier use ef latguage and gettle ucrseatlea oí love - atd suntlmcal. Ste cle.scd wilt o huantlínl poce, " Colch tic Bnnthlac.”

Prof, E, V,- Wlên foiiodcd. wlli on carnctt, cloquent addrutt. oad tcld Iils andicaec in the clesust ottenlion for more fian tolf on tour, Mr, Wllsen tos done muct to urevekc tiougit among tkcutict; ond tteugh some opuotu ilt rodicól nllcrancct, tote can fall lo rc.succl tim - as o fcarlctt - uxuonnder - oí tils didcly accuplud uiileteutlcal ruligiea.

Tte Suirltuallttt of New Crluant tovo ruatea to congratulóle liumtulvct upot licir prutuat cenditloa, oad may well look topufelly ferdard ln the future,

“ For tto good time coming, tlio yet lo be, Deuonds on tie good time now,”

moiiy aml - unjoyeeat of tho occasion, -boli morii- itiK and evening.

The evening exercises opened—after tho usual invocation — with a “ciristeting" cc-umoay, which was wltacsscd by' a largo audience with much apparent interest, a w-uott of llowers being used instead of water, Then followed a most eloquení and exhaustive 'discourse by Mrs.-Kich- mond, upon tho ' following ■ sublect: " What lias Spiritualism dono for tho enllghlenmcnt nml ad- vancementof maakiad in tho last twenty-nine years?” concluding with an unusually interest- mg and lengthy Inspirational poem,

Yours truly, Du, W, N, IIamblki'on.85 Clark street, Chicago, April 2Ut, 187,

Orgnntziitioii In Wnshiiigiou, I), C,To tte Editor of the Banner of Llgtt:

1 iave fie plcature te Iníorm you tiat tte Sterm-eleud dilet tos been íor ttree yeors ever- t1adew1ng Buirltnalltm ln ti1t city, is brettkltg up, and under tte genial laílecnec oí tio sun oí pregIuss Is rapldly passltg away, atd, 1 tepe,- to be remembered no more, Tie old stelcty tavitg beceme extiact, asucecttínl eífort tas beea mode te orgoalze o new one based upen declared urln- ciulct oí -trnLt oad rigiteeusaess, I am very iapuy to soy ttat tie members oí tte old seelcty are eerdially uniting lt tillé movement, witt large aeccss1ett from wittout, ond tio uromlto, se fnr as wo coa see, is very ílatLering, I tope we moy oll bo oble te come upot o ilgter pióte oí tienglt atd actien,- ond uniting our efforts bo oble to do o grent work,it tliis city íor Ltese wio sit ln darktctt and under tio stodow oí deatt,

Ttt plaln, simple, uaestenLat^lous and utmls- takabie “ Declaraíion of Principies-" adopted by this "Society o1 Progressive Spiritualists ” is as follows:

Wo óekaowlcdge Lio Falherhoed ond Motierteod of on Ia^âitely wist, lovlng oad peweríui Intelllgence,-wto Is deslgnoLed by tio term God, or its equlvoieat, by îllman- kind,

We aeknowlcdge tto utiversol Brotierineid oí Moa, dtetbernti Earth embodied, or In Lie Bld-■lL- World dis- embodled, ' .*

We ocktowiedge tte ¿act oí Inter-coinmunleii hctweca ptrsousdwelilng Ia bott ttates ot exitteace,

We ackiiowledge Lie Tict oí eternoi P-•ogrettiet, ond Lie 0.11x01101 retting on eoci per-soti to fitnr to promofe, aot oalv tls own suirituol dcveloulaent, tut ttat olse oí oíí

We aekaowledge fiof Imu<< rallttes Iadulg' - d It Lead to degrodoLloa, otil Ltot wilie wo tote tte sin, we love tto titaer, oad would ielp tim to rise ahove Ids siii,

We declare onrtelvc« ouuo.sed to every ¿orm oí Immor- oilty,- omotg d1ict, wittout closely uorlienlH1zillg, we would tome Stivory, Piyslcol ond Bulritnól, Liceiitiou.s- aett, Drnakcaaest, Violotloa oí tte Soaetlty oí tte Mur- rlage Relation, Lying, ExtorLlop, Dlt1eactLy aad Itiu- moalty; ond wo tovo no sympoLiy witi tte Baekldler atd tte Siatderer,

Tio new toelety, endorsltg tiose principies atd otier tnmaniltorian provisions oí Lio Cotstl- tutien, met en tte evening of Wednesday, 18ti Itst,, at Dr, McEwen’s, to elect ofllcers íor tio coming year, atd to ^^.stltuLe suct otier measures- ns were deemed ncectsary to etsure succcst, Tio t)flíccrt elecLed to servo írom fie present time te tio frst Suadoy ln June, 1878, nre Jeta Mayliew, Pre.sident; j. Broinerd, Vlec-Prcti- dent; S, W, Boidwia, Seeretory; George WtiLe, Treatnrcr; N, Fronk WtiLe, A, E, Duacon, II, M, ttlgby, Stcdardt, Tte Presldeat d1ll stertly wrlte to certain speakers wie tovo beea desl?- nated by tie tocicty as dct1rahlc, Le ocî^^y our platíorm du-ing tto cemitg seoson, It Is heped tiey will bt wllliag te respoad reodlly-to our in- vltatloat, - I may be addrcstcd 458 M Btreet, S, W,, Washington, D, - C,

Yenrt ier truth and humatity,John Mayhew, President.

Washington, D. C., April 21st, 1877,

Counoil Bluffs, Iowa.A correspeadent forwardt us tie fellewlng ab-

stract (¿rom tte columna-of the Globe oí tiat city) oí the remarles made by Mrt. Mattie Iiulett Parry durltg tie analvcrtary excrcltct tliere:

V We iave met Legether ettcntlhly for the purpose oí celebrotiag tio advent oí - Modera Spirit- uollsm, Tie pirase Modera Buiritnalitm slg- tifles really to tte wo-ld enLtide oí investlgarien nottlng hnt o series of trlcks calcnlatcd te deceive our tcnsct atd beget onetier - tnucrstitien mere daagcrens to mental freedom even tton tiose already ln exlstcncc. To tietc, iewever, wto tove come neltier with prejudlce to di.stort nor fear te bar out atd intimidóte iote.st- laves- tigatlea, - lt means much mere. It mcaat tie an- sdcrlag of tte -qucttlon iskíid ote ea the verge of deoti, by tte weman wto loved iim : ‘ Tell me,’ ste said, ‘Is-tiere anotter land to diitt you are gola/?? Stail we meet tiere? And, meetlag, siall we - kaew ond love eocli otier tiere os we do tere?’ iUe aatwcrcd, ‘I, toe, tove - atked tie queseen—iave asked It ef tte stream tiat ran hahbllag at my feet, and lt grew ttraage- ly sllent; atkcd It oí tte tliis tiat looked eternal, but they hld ttelr faces ín -fio cieudu; atkcd of tte stors tiat wolked tie shlnltg pati ef teoven, but tiey turned owoy ond left me lt darkncts; I cotnot tell ií wb siall -meet agoln, or, if meeting, we siall knew ond love each ether tiere,’ To rn, Modern Splritualitm Is fie discevery of that unknown centlnent tiat lay beyond tte sllent -waters of deatt—tiat contlaent for wtich tte rcl1glent world has been tcarcilng se long, Ci, strange incengrulty of belieí and facttdt1at ttey win, of oll tie world, sienld tove welcemed tils discevery, were tie f^st, as tiey centlnue to be tte last, to stand apart ond refuse to investigóte os o demeastrable trntt' what ttey tove - aiwoys tought os o tieeretlcal one I - 1 tove seen, iotging In ' tie rotunda - of our natiotai capitel, o- iltterlcal uictnre tiat repre- sents Columhns before tte kltg oad queen of ene of the klagdems of tie old world, pleodlng for the mcant ond teip te enoble tim te prese- cnte iis work ln di.scovering fie new, Cuuetcd to tim, preminent ln the foregreund, ore cturct- men, - priestt from ttelr aitors, and meaks from tieir cloistered celis, ormed witi maantcriuts te prove ttat tiere ceuld be no nnknedn- ceatlnent, Faillag to d1ttluatc tte dream, as tiey called lt, by orgumett, ttey were ready -fien to aaatte- matlze tim for tls prctnmpt1on. Yet he follew- ed tls dream to tie fulíillme^t, ond gove to fie world o contlnent en wtich to try - tte experi- ment ef universal freedom, Aad se Spirltuoi- ism, In tweaty-elgit yeors, tos hrengit te mere fian ten milllons ef souls tte -dcmoattratlen Oí tte exlstence oí tils iltherto unknown, centlnent; hat taken away falit ond ios íulíliled tope; has stretcted fie wires of cemmualen, pnlsat1ng -witi love aad sympotiy, from ote sitre to tte otier, and blended Into ote llíe the tere ond tte hereaíter,”

'b Chicago, 111.To tho Editor Of the Banner of Light:

Owing to a ■ slight Inadvertence, a report oí the exercises In honor oí -the Twcaty-Níntt Aani- versary oí the Advent oí Modera - Spiritualism ■ has not been íorwarded to you as early as might have been dUslrable, yet It was surely not on occount oí any ' lock oí interest in the exercises on that occasion, which toek place at ' Grow’s Hall, 517 W, Madisen street, under- the auspices oí the ■ Flrst Society oí ■Spiriteallsts ' oí Chicago, on Sun- day, April - 1st,

The merulag exercises consisted oí an elo- quent discourse by Mrs, Cora L, V, Ricimead, upon subjects presented by the audience, sug- gestive malaly of the advent, triáis and strug- gles of the - new "gospel ” for recogaltlea, aíter which a confercacc meeting for acorly an hour succeeded, toa-minuto speeches being in order, In which quite a number of persons participated, The exercises - c^^cludcd - with a' highly appropri- ate iasplratloaal poem by Mrs, Rictmoad,

I should ' aet, however, omlt - to slole that the very eífcient services oí a- woll-trolncd cheir of some ten voices, contributed - lorgcly to the bar-

Nciii-Aiinniil Coiivenfion of .'(lie Nrw Ilnmp- Hiirc Mnte Amam'IhíIon of NplrlImilIMN.

Tlie New Hampstire Stoto AssocJatitn oí Hptiitmiiists will told Its regular Bcmi-Aaaeal Coaventlea ot BrailíOnl, May Uti, 12tt ond 13ti, Brodíord Is sltuated obout twea- Ij’-iÎx miles from Coacord, on tio Cotcord ond Claremont Rallroad, - Taking everytilag - Iato coasideratiot — tte mouatoia sceaery, wilct Ik grand aad Imposhig, tie tes- pitailty oí tiu Splritualists, good ietid occemmodatloas, tte rallroad ¿aciiltles, Ac.—tie place Is -well Milted ¿or tim BpiîtllallHt,s or tte Stotu to told o groad - coimcil,

Tiu services oí Geo, A, -Fuller, oí Steriern, Masi., oad Mrs CarrleTryoti, or Nosiuo, N, It,, iave been secured ¿or tio entlre Conveatiot, .

lod all tiese wto ore lnterptted In tho advotcemeat of Bpiritualltm Ia tte Graaite State assemble at til» Conven- tita, ¿or tie purpose tí odopliag o roliotal Platíerm tí Prladoees, oad o CoiiHtitiition wilct t1all set íortt In tio plaiaest possible teran, Relet oí Govt>rium'uLfíl^ tte State Astociatlea oí BplriteoliHtt, .

Tie committee will do everytilag Ia ttelr power to make oll the meet lugs letcre^tlagand Instructive, Furtiermore, beileviag In organizaron as on esîo^llal low oí toture, aad tiat Bplrilualitm Is to Vxempi from tie actloa oí tils low, 8têlHlttlS|ttO'rtH will it mode lowardorgaaUlag iato working order tieapiritma) ¿orces oí the State,

Let oll win attend tils Coaventlea come with tie deter- miaatiea to ielt) make tils one oí tie graadett ever teld In New Hampttirc, Oko. S. Monuan, Pres,

GKO, A, Fo^.LEit, Sec'tK Muvwu, Mîs*. CiAmES A, Fuwi.ku. )IMl SYLVi£STen Wooi), W<)mwl(tín. Gko. H. Mohoan, )

Spiritualism and Insanity,' BY EUGENE CROWELL, Mi D,,

Author of " The Identity *»/ Primitive ('hritdiantty and Modtrn etc,,

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Solar and Spiritual Liqht,AND OTHER LECTURES,

Delivered by CORA L. V. TAPPAN,CííMIMlíllNC

MEDItmiS AN1> MEIHVMSIIir, Sr'HimTAI. MOl.VI.NTS.

THE OHTf.OOH FOlt FirEEnOM. TltE 1IINTOHY OF OC'l FETISM.

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Passeil to Spirit-Iill'c:From St, Louis, Mo., on the morning oí Tuesdoy, April

3d, Mrs, Josioh Anderson. *■Aíter a íew bours of Iliaess, during wtict ao daagcr tad

beea appreliemiccl, Hmquleily passed away, altlougt ¿rom tte ¿rat mnmeat of ottock she reit tiat sie was going, Sie saw 1er splritíríeads oround ter, recegalzed among ttem tie íomiliar ¿aces oí loved ones, amt declared- ier reodiaess omi auxiury to go, Her traasltloa was so rapid and peace- ¿ul, tiat tte quiet aml tely possever tad reolly taken place oro -lovlng tearts tad time to mourn, or lovliig eyes te weep, itHteiaed like a ' “trontlatioll.” aml tte frleads wto carne ttroaglng to gaze oatte casket wilci tad ield topêc|ousatoul*gem, could scarce realize, ts tiey looked on tie plocid íaco crowned wltt tte llewero sie loved, tiot tte splrit tad really ílown,

Mrs, Nettle Peose Fox (wio Is still tie guestof Mr, Aa - demea and aow located in our city,) coaducted tiu fuaerol services, oad during ter touctlag Invocotloa aml Insplra- tleaal conselatioas, tte alr seotaed so tilled witi ieovetiy Iaflueiices, tiat tie breottlagoí (te angels was felt In every liearL Aad wiea upen tur ears ¿ell tie seng,. “Ste’s crossed tte stialag river,” írom tio Ups oí tie glíted lady tttôugt wtom tio dords «^1 glven, nil prestid- folt tiot tiere Is Imbed “nodeutt,” aml tiat tur sister, tavlng lived ln tte heaety oí tolinett, tod only “gone up* tlgier.”

Mrs, Anderson will te mouraed aml long remembered by a iost of our médiums aml lecturers, wio iave so often íouad o welctme ln ter tarmoaieus tome, -

E. G. Planck.

Arcaiia of Spiritualism:A MANUAL OF

SPIRITUAL SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY,BV HUDSCN TUTTLE.

This work embodies thu results oí ttu oultor’s research- es and experience» durltg tho post- twenty years, oud Is without doubt the most tierougi presentation oí thu subject of Modern Spiritualism iolo-o tiu public,

IL t-uuts of the Evídeucus oí SplrltmlliHm*, the Relations of Mníteraml Forcé to rplrll; the Spiritual Atiaotphereef the Universe; the Relation oí the Spiriteal to tho Animal In Man; Animal Magueism—Us Bteadll-iet, -Laws and Relations to SplHt; tbo Ptunoecuo omi Lawsof spírlt; the Piillnsophv of Death; Med!mn.,thlp; Heaven oei Holl, Lia) Sttpposed Aludesoí tiu Departu - t; the Splrlt’s Homo; and tie Relíglous Aspects oí Spiritualitm Acccptiug geneiolly admlttud truths as Its basis, It beildt on facts - uad appeals not to the pas-lons and prejudices of men and women, hut to tliolr Impartial reason and common suuse,

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From Standam, Masa., April R^Îi, Mary N,, wlfoof John Parker, formerly of IIollls, N, 11., aj the ripe ago oí 7-1 years. '

Mrs, Parker potsested a gonial, selí-sacrllIcIng spirit, and >was beloved by oll who knew her, oudit can no truly said of her that the world Is bettor íor her taviag lived in It, and that eorth has oacol’gtl less, Mrs, P,, more than tw^ty years ago, discovered that tho Spiritual Ptilottpty wos conslstent with her views oí the noture oí things, nml thorefore embraced it as her religion, ond lived it In her dally life, The Banner oí Light wasHer weekly vibltant, ond írom a perusol oí it 8toderlvcd great comfort ond con- solation, As years odvonced nml ñor- health íulled her, she conversed freely concerning her iow home ínsptrit- liío; It seemed to hor like conL - mplatlngo permanent obode In o nelgtho^lag city, where relatives and írltat.s had proceded her; therefore the “sting ’’ of death wasturned Into o full realization or tho mission ond use or material life, oud became o joy to her splrit insteod of on tuicertointy or wlÛ awaited her In “Uio beyond,” Her splrit being moterially ond splrituolly matured, ond being aaxioet to go to hor spirit-homo, tbo chonge of spUores wos greeted bv her gloriíied splrit with Uellgnf. Mrs, P, âves on earth O tushond, twu ctlldrcn, four Drettert and sittert, oud many dear frlcndt, whio will not mourn her as lost, hut as gone beíore to join tho spirlt•fricndt who havo -preceded lier, Tho funeral st^vlcct vero conducted hy tho Rov, Mr, Fairchild, His remarks. being In íull harmony with her belief In the philotopty or Bpirltualltm, olso occorded with the views oí many oí her reelailves and íriends present, Tho splrit entrance to the lmmnrtol sptcrcs, os wltnettcd hy kindred tplrils. hos been terolded to o beloved brothtr now lu eorth-form,- H,

From San Joté, Cal., April 10)b, Ellen M,, wlfoof J, K, Fuller,

Aíter yeors oí feehlenest ond o severe sickness, o convoy of ongeis come and took her spirit bock with them, sIic re- luctoafly leaving íour little chiplren, the last n mero bobe, She wos íormerly Ellen M, Gates, of Cass Ce,, MIcI,, and well known - os a medium, and ono of the gentle ond lovlng klud, making mony friends, On the 12th tho neor ond dear friends gattercd obout tho body, and listened to such wordtt* os I could give them to atteagc grieí, and then we íol-- lodcd tho body ten miles into tho country to B.a^t^^t^traa,■ wterc wo deposlted It In the rural turylag•ground neor tho tomt oí the parents oí Mr, Fuller—tte motíer for many years known os a medium, both In Cass Co,, MIiÎi,, ond ln Californio, At the grove -wore ot.teahled o large circle oí dear friends to listen to the words that came to mo ond went írom mo ns roin from o cloud, It wos o beautiful fiight, even ln the teors, td hctnld tho shell lert on earth wIMo the spirit had gono os a buttex^^y-írom Its deserted cose, Mony readers of the Banner hove known the motter oud Ellen, tmt íew have known eiHer UioI did not love them, The nest oí little aotterlcss birds havo gone1 to tho grandaotter,■and wIIí o kind fotter’s care we trust will grow to manhoîd, , Wauiien Cbase.

San José, April 13M, 1877,

From -Calais, Vt,, March 1lth, Charlie Leo Bttddard, youagctt son of Horvey oud Louiso Stoddord, - oged -18 yeors oud 7 aontts,

Thot terrible dlttast, consumption, wosted the form ond releosed the splrit, ero the friends were prepared íor the sad cvoiR, a muther ond faBier, o siner ond hroftcr mourn deeply ils departure, while o largo circle oí friends s^t^ly miss nís genial nature, his lively presence ot tholr sociol gattcringe, -Within three yeors the death-angel ios visited their iome íour times, taking o lovely deugt,er, o darling child and Its motiier, God’s hlestcd truth, spirit- coamuaion, sustains them In their great sorrow, Tho wrlter’s services iovo been required ot each one oí tieso funerols, ond the controlling’ splrit oífered words of In- sfructlon ond comfort, God bless ond ongeis help the be- reovedon£’slnfhls8od toerl Abbie \V. Tanneb.

- From Vincennes, Ind,, on Sundoy, - April 15th, Mrs, Mary Agnew, oged 49 yeors,

. Sister Agnew wos a Arm Bpl^ltuollsf, aud on inveteróte ond untlring worker In tho cause she loved so Wei, Spir- ituolism to her wos science. ptllotopty ond religion In every pense of tie word, With - tie knodleelge she possessed sie patted from mn^taltolmalortol life, recognizing the prospects odaltlng ior In tie lond of ier hopes, Sie woto kind and aífectionate moHer, friend ond n - -ghbor, leodlng o life of exemplary gtodacts, May tie iutboad, son ond friends, íeel ond realize ttaf the wiíe, motiier ond friend lives and loves with o love deottltts ond divine, ■

. B.From iis home In Siownee - Townsilp, Fountain Co,, -

Ind,, Geo, H, Golloway, Esq,, on the flOtionnlversory oí his eorthly exístenco,

Rro, Gollowoy wos for more tltan ílfty years o resident of tiis counfy, and wos well ond fovorobly known as on up- rlpiL honest, consclentious citizen, os well os an ovodcd oufspnkcn BpIrlteolltf, He was o member of tie Society of ‘^Progresslve Friends.” and ils departure to tie hlgi- er life win ie missed hy his íamlly and mony frle,nds,

StoneBluffs ind,, Aprllllh 1877» G. M., Jn.

From North Cambridge, Masa,,- Feb, 2flth, Frederlck - A, M, Perry, In bis 63d yeor,

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BY WASH, A, DANSK1N, ,Tils volunte glves o coreíul occount oí Lie atitiior’s ln-

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AMEIUCAN ^^>lllt^TÛALIS^^^N,(IN

MCHALS, THEOLOGY AND RELIGIONWITH ClLSEBVATIONH ON

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True and Fabulous Theology.PARTS I, AND II,

MV TIIOMAS PAINE,Author o^ K“Cctâtaon “Amf.eican CríMf,”

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> Ur. Winslow on Insanity irom Spiritualism.

Dr. Turbes Winslow, a pbytltlan of some note ' in London, recently came out with an attack on Ssiillualism. in which lie atterted- that- there i were ten thousand lunatics, made such by Spirit-

' ualism, in confinementin the United States; also■ that there were twenty thousand mediums, and ■' that tbete gradually become ' ‘‘hiaggard idiots, : mad, or stupid.”

Iu reply to these -loute arid rld'ituluut atter" tions, Dr. E. dowell, of Brooklyn, N. V., one of

■ the most honored names in Spiritualism, collect- . ed from tlie Superintendents of the v-arious Ameri- 1 can hospitals and asylums for - ttie insane, elabo-

rate returns entirely refuting ttie statements of Dr. Winslow. A copy of iiis admirable Reply to Dr.' Winslow was sent to tlie latter by M^.. A.

' (Oxon.), with the request that Dr. W. would ; make the proper amend, and acknowledge his : Kbvious error. But lie evaded tlie demand, and - : no satisfactor}’ answer having been obtained 1 from him, the currespundence cluted with the

fullowing letter from M. A. (Oxon.) which, it is hardly necetsary to say, Dr. Winslow has not

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COlbY, and - Itu^lness Letters Isaac II, ItiCH, Itaniierof Light I’uliistiliiK House. Itostun, Mías......

’ MoiiF./tx SpibITC u.irM-^T’lie k-v f^-llilrh tinluckt the* mysteries of tlu. I’.i't. cxpluint the Present, ami de»ton- strates the Future exl-tence of man. .

Wur anil IIs RfmiiilH. -war which Bu-Ma lias at Jast openly de- against Turkey is a religions one, ,so

itiissia acenses Turkey of not being sin- her promises to execute certain reforms

• “ Lavrence v. the Queen.”Tiiis case was brougit up, £.pril 14th,' before

the Lord Chief Justme, Queen’s Bench, (London) and Mr. Justme Mellor. After a brief parley, during which Mr. Ignatius Williams en- deavored to siov tfie efroneous nature of the ver- •- dict and judgment- on this indictment against tie medium, Lavrence, nnd boti juttltet lovered theif dignity by not only laugiiing themselves, but by allowing fenewed peals of derision (at the expense of the prisonef and iis cause) on tie part- of those present to disturb - the gravity usually attendant on tie simplest order of legal proceedings, -tie judgment of the court ielow vas tnt- tained. The Spiritualist for April 20ti says of this action:“It is more likely than not that the pfison

doors iave cloted upon an innocent man. .. I . The effect of tie declsluns in tie Lavrence care will ie to bring home tie knowledge to many thoutandt of - Her subjects,that it is quite puttible for ignorance and a priori ideas to condemn an innocent man in British law courts. Directly the judges pronuunced the de- cision Mr. Mattey rose from his seat among tie, barflstefs. and shuok bandt with Mr. Lawrence before the ' whole couft. All we can do in these matters is to record in these pages the names of tie judges, men of stlente, and other persons ignorant of tie nat.ufe of psytholuglcal phenomena, wio nevertheless pronounce decisions there- nn - Tn tie fntMre, to tie tonnr nf BiemspDns and theif - famMie.t. tiey ' will occupy tiie eame place in iistory as tiose vio condemned Galileo. They act in good - faiti, but they ' are ignorant.

Tne present Conservative Government lias spent great sums of tie money of Britisi tax- payers in the prutecutlon of mediums, ' the only result being the avakening of great sympathy for the medium't. and the national disgrace of the fettering of tclentlflt investigaRon. What can he done to remove the ignorance of psythol- ogy of those vio administef the law? A few weeks ago Mr. Eglinton, the medium, expressed the wish that Mr. Flowers, the magistrate, would' sew him up to the neck in a sack, and in the presence of- responsible witnesses, test the phenomena which take place in his presence. Mr. Flowers refused. In our opinion the Spiritualists’ pefence Committee siould' still further. fix the historical fe- sponsibility of the lmphisuvment of Mr. Law- renee upon the Gnvernmint'by applying fof bis-- releate. and in tburt' and sharp words pointing , out that there is no evidence of any diffefence vhatevef between what ' took place in tie presence of Mr. Lawrence.. as testified by ignorant peonle, and tie phenomena certified to be genu- ine by those wio understand the subject, including Messrs. Cruuket and Varley, Fellows of the ' Royal Society. ”

The Ordeal of Spiritaalism-.A Doctor Bringing Fagots to the Flre.

Every now and then some doctor of pbyslt meets with a tate of spiritual mediumship in his practice tlmt furnishes the octatlon for a new essay on popular delusions, or an opportunity to theorize on the abnormal pottibilltlet of -human nature. Having no idea that there is anyUing of man but his body, and following the lead of ' such ttlentlfit ignesfatui as Dr. Hammond and Dr. Marvin, they tusí into the papers and at the same time ventiiate their science and their ig- nofance. The latest example of this kind is presented in the tate' of Dr. James McHenry Small- .

: woud. of Baltimore, who published in a recent number of the New -York World a two-coCumn account of the phenomena presented in the case of

j a lady under his treatment. That she is neithef ’ ignorant,' subject to sudden impulses, morbidly sensitivo nof unduly imaginative, but on the contrafy higlily intelligent, extremely cool and severely fational, we learn from the explicit tes- tlmcny of - Dr. Smallwood blmtelf. On these

! points we quote - the following paragraph fromj hisletter:j “Miras—Is a lady of extellentJlldglnent and father I superior Inteliigence. She has been well educated, having j graduated at the I .stltute while It was under the

charge of Mis. Lincoln Phelps, and she has exercised a I natural taste for literature by reading the Best hook8,. '--TIjefe Is noUing myttital In her tempefament; she Ib of i atbre^ûl anilc-quable ditputition, r-atier undemonstrative ' and fetifing. and her impulses are more u ndeftoned -i-i^n i quick or vioient . . . Iler intellett seems us tool, as calm, i as bright as a Sabbath noon ln l)ecPInlwf, and here is a logi-

cal dlfrttnest and cogency in her methods and scope of ' thouggit which have ofien made me regret that Mis. X. did not sacrifice ber woman’s life and domestlcity to the larrier fields and more etbefeal nwards nf intellectual pur-

[ sulis. If her poivoisof expfettion had at all come near ‘ her rat loci native forces, and been properly tultivated. sbe i would have had few peers amongst the great women of the i toultt^y.** -j This lady claims that she is "a spiritual mag- I net,” and that her nature is so poiarized as to j be sensitive to the lnflllente- of other spieres. . She entertains the idea that she is ln “sympathy | with the hidden pulses of humanity,” and what ! was at first but “a simple vibratiion,” an occa- | sfonal “ wave or shock," has become “a permanent tonditlon - ” by “an unbroken and

- ous tuffent tha t forms a telegraphic cummunica- 1 tion ipíveon hep ■ tontc,ousness and.the spiereof inward principies and the fealltlet of a spirit- . ual life and world.” She has periods of preternatural wakefulness, followed by deep sleep, re- sembling profound lethafgy or a state of magnetic coma, during which ail the functluns of the vital organs 'are performed with tiieir usual regu- larity. ' All the suffering she experiences results from her own instinctire efforts to resist the myste-

rrúûs power or influence that from time to time attaults her tentatlon, Constlousnets and will. Dr. -Smallwood testifies - that if a death octufs in the immediate nelghburhuod ' coincidentally with one of these attacks, she is simultaneously re- lieved; but the beneficial effects’do - not continue after the process of detompotltlun supervenes. The Doctor has experimented on his patient by taking her “to dea^li-beds, to cemetefles and even to hospitals and dlssectlng-ruomt,- always being struck by some strange phenomena which she exhibited.”

It is said that the iady is not a Spiritualist, though her husband, who is a lawyer, ‘‘is a half- iearied believef in that inane faith for the dol- drums.” It is admitted that the “ patient has a distinct, novel and ingenious demonulugy of her own.” She is clairvoyant, and to her own vision the vail of the -temple of - her spirit is rent; in otlier -words - her body Is transparent, and she can perceive the organic action of the whole vital apparatus. The Doctor telis us - that “ this is by - no means the ordinari’ tlalfvoyante of the dis- ciples of animal magnetism”; but he offers no evidence in tuppurt of - his attumptlon. - The trutli is that tlalrvoyance. as the word implies, is the power to see clearly, and clear sight is ev-' e^viiere, and at all times, - essentially the same pover, vliether -developed in an artificially induced sleep, or otbefwlte by the psytllo•magnetlt action of spirits on the faculties of the human mind. ■

Some idea of the lady's system of demonology, . which - her piysician tbaratterlzet as “ distinct, | novel and ingenious,” may be derived from the

following extract: /i “ She contenás for the actual Immanent 'existence and j presence around us of a race of 4splr¡tual1 beings, in their

nature neitier fríendiy nor hostlle to man as man, yet mingling ln ami inteffefing with human tonce^ntfof their own purpuset and lit pursuit of tieir own business. . , , These spifitt derive tieir pabulum and take tieir suste- nance from the mental energies of man, his will, iis consciousness, iis streams of no matter what form ofnerve- '

' force, byanrôtestof frustrating, snalogou!^toollf pfntettet , of ffuttfating tie piysical potentialities of grain and otier I food-sources and íurning to our own use the Torces that j would otierwise iave sprungup ln wieat and corn. What '

of pover we arrest In the corn which we grind and eat and I convert from its original end of germinating and-pfodut-- Ing otiier corn Into a source of supply of nervefforce and' a means or fettoring nerve vaste. Is one of the Immeusufa- * ' ble but most enormous putentialitlet of natufe. So^wiat I these spirits, for vios-o exislento Mrs. X tontends, con- I sume of human brain-force and enefgy by tieir frustrating

devices must be, upon ier iyootiesis, an entirely lntaltu- lable potentiality.of mind. It Is notacaseot pafatititm, for Mrs. X. admits, I believe, the superlorlty to man oT the spifits pastufing upon iim, In the same sense that she tuntedet tie supefiofity of tie ox to the grasses viito be crops from the meadow."

These are intefesting suggettlons, in which we fetognlze'tome of tlie elements of a pfofound piilosopiy: In -the estimation of Df. Smallwood tiese views are tie offapring of disease ; - but he nevefthelett makes them tie ground of certain improbable tpetulatlons about tie haf- vests the spifits reap ' in “great disasters, battles, plagues, pestilences, ' when men - suddenly die with brain-forces in -full sap.” In tie toufte of his featunlng, from premises furnished by his patient, ie refers to tie “ rape - of tie flowee” ' by the bee, and suggests that it may possibly turn ' out that the favishment of our brain-TOTces may , - be only tie provident weeding of an over-full garden with a view to - a more perfect - gfowth of wliat remains. The idea seems to ie that these spirits, - like vampires, feed upon or absorb tie vital forces of the living and tie dying. •

The Doctor admits tiat iis patient is accus- tomed to combat tiese notfons, “makDg tie point that, in her observation, the spifits only seize upon the active and developed mental energies, tie will, tie consciousness and the like,” and tiat “they never seem to want a thought until it has sent up its fruit stalk, and is at least' - in flower.” Tiis would seem to ' Indicate a decided prefefence for tioughts and Ideas tiat are prolific of practica! results. Herein is the evidence of a wonderful degree of intelllgente anil - discîmination, quite eqnal to tie discovery and refutaRon of - tie fallatiout- assumptions of a

, learned 'doctor of medicine. And yet these supe, rfor povers ' are, after all, presumed to he only ' the manifold fofms of disease. All thesé iypo-,

netical spifits are nothing else hut tie curious crotciets and phantom shapes of a disordefed brain. • ’

Df. .¡^^Îlvood’s patient is a spiritual trance medipm; but in tbe name of stlente we are re- quifed -to believe that the very sonrees of this amazing inteliigence are tbe accidental qnlfks and quavers of the “ nefvouis system unstrung the ' peculiar method of tie lady’s madness, of tie morbid and monttfons creations tontelved and - born of the imagination of a sick woman i .

We bave tbns disposed of this last sample of -1 the Bmallwool employed to fenev tie flfes of the

opposition to the grandes tfoth ever annunciat- ed on earth. S. B. Bbitctan.

‘‘Spirit, Embodied and .msemboidied in Some of its Moldes or Action.”

Under this title, a new and important work by M. A. (Oxon.) is now complete, and will be - pub- litbed- as soon as a suflicient number of subscriH ers are obtained to secure the writer against ab- tolute loss. The following brief outline will show the. comprehensive and highly interesting character of the work :

Introduction defining -the scote of the work, which will mainly be: To- ' present a view of Spiritualism in its various aspects, and to give tlie reader a ' summary of a typical work- under each section. It will -commence with a general treaUse on the Claims and Pretentlolit and Present State of Spiritualism. A - bird's eye view will be given, elaborated in the six following sec- tions, tlje italicized book being reviewed and illustrated from («ithers named with it.'1

Section I. Historical.—Epes Sargent's Planchete; Wallace’s Miracles, rcc.; Ilowitt’s His- tory of the Supernatural; Shoi’ter's Two Worids; Judge Edmondt't Tracts ;- E. Hendrye’s History.

Section II. Scientific'—Crookes’8 Reteartb- e.s ; Tuttle's Arcanaj Hare’s Spiritualism Scien- tifically Explained ; De Morgan's From Matter to Spirit.

Section III. Phenomenal —Olcott's ".People from the Other Worrd"; Epes Sargent’s “Proof Palpable”; Wolfe’s “Startling Facts.”

Section IV. Ci.aihvovance, Psvchomethic. —Denton's "Soul of Things."

Section V. Reliuiovs. — Cro^^ll’s "Primi- tire Ohnstiéinity"; Robert- Dale Kwen’s “Ad- drett■to the Clergy "; (Debatable Land,) S. C. Hall’s “ Use of Spiritualism.”

Section VI. Occült.—“Art Magic ”; “Ghost Land " ; Mine. Blavatsky’s “Vail of Isis.” (An original chapter examining the claims of magic, and sketching its history.)

In addition to the above 'there will be a con - eluding treatise on tile'"Trans-corporeal Action of Spirit,” illustrated by aUtbentit records, with especial reference to spirit action at the time of death, in the case of apparitlont. Ac., traced to its source and motive- spring.

, M. A. (Oxon.) is one of the ablest and most single - hearted workers in the taute of Spiritualism. To high, scholarly culture he unites medial power, and is consequently thoroughly in ¿arnest, as he knows that our representative facts are true from both' his inner and outer experience and study. No more devoted - and selflsacrlflclng laborer lias yet appeared. lie - has never 'mude, or aimed to make a penny out of Splrltualism.- and we will venture to say that he is not likely to vary in his feelings and purposes on this subject. '''

The - proposed work will cost ten shillings (English) a copy. Five hundred subscribers are needed, and about half this number have been obtained in England. - Cannot Americdn Spiritual- ists furnish the rest? - A subscription paper is now open at the Banner of Light office, and we hope that names will he speedily sent in. A com- pendium ot^ all the - truly valuable matter in the leading works on Spiritualism is much -needed ; and the propused volume will undoubtedly supply lt- ■ _ _ '

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March 1877.To Dr. L. S. FvrbiS Winslow: iSm—It is hard-'

lv necessary for me spend further time in en- deavoring- to force from you a confetslon of - your fault. You cannot justify your position; yet vou decline to set yourself right by abandoning It, and apologizing for your error.

You"see no reason to doubt the accuracy of the returns ” which even the organ of your own profession (the Lancet) contemptuously throws over. It matters very little, for your statements - have been already so discredited, and your tactics soexposed in the Standard, -that to pursue tlie matter further. seems almost like ‘‘hitting a man when lie is down.”

Englishmen do not like that, hut they like as little tlie tcurte or conduct which lias laid you open tn castigation. And your discredited pain- plilet would he unworthy of notice altogether, were it not that it- is a typeof- the -spirit preva- lent among’ certain persons who think themtelves justîfied in treating Spiritualitm in a way which they would Jiever apply to other tubjectt. and Spiritualists according to a code of lio.nor not current among gentlemen. Those of us'' who know that su'cii delusion as exists with respect to the phenomena known as spiritual or psychical is purely on your side, -are determined that you shall not add to this the further delusion that you may pursue these -tactics with impunity.

The pamphlet you have printed, and tlie manner in which you have sought to defend the mis- statements it contains, are - alike contemptible, It is wonderful that a physician, who must be

should ever have committed himself-to sucli a farrago of -nontente.

It is n still - greater 'marvel that any man wtio has tlie right to' put D.C - L. after his name should have written a pamphlet in such English as any - fourth-form ' school-boy would he able to correct, and would he ashamed to use in one of his exer- ci.scs. ,

But the greatest marvel of all is that a gentle- mnn in your position should condescend to aline

i of defence sucli as that which you have thought i proper to adopt.! If those hypothetical statistics of yours ever I see light, I shall he happy to deal with them.

Meantime I shall consider myself at liberty to i use this correspondence as I find ottatlon. '

Note.—Th* Lancet 1 the chief organ of tlie prcietticn In England. l’s ccntctnp:ucut paragraph was reprinted , In theSpit Itiianjit NMvspip-r. together with averydamag- . Itg c<>rll.-pnnibnce. in the London Standard, between a | clergyman and l»r. L. S. Forlus Wintlcw,

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Iiotli - armies are now moving forward from the north and the south, to meet one another -'in the shock of battle. At what- point the encqunter will take place it is ditii - -ult to predict with - cer-

- t.ainty; still, great military operations cannot in the very nature - of tilings o -'cur far from the re- cogniz-d highways of human travel. By cross- ing the River I’rutii, which runs almost straight

j smith into the Danube, the Russians enter ornfof the three states which compose Iioumania, which principality the Danube separates from Turk/y on tlie south. Parallel with the Danube lies the Turkish province of Bulgaria, and - below that, almost parallel again witli tin; Danube, streteli the Balkan .Mmmtains. So that the Danube, with its strongly fortified Turkish towns'on its south bank, coi^nsîtútes tin; first line of defence for Turkey, and the'Balkan Mountain rango, witli its fortified passes, the second line. Sluimla lies between in the open country. connected directly with Varna on the Blank Sea, and is the great fortified camp of Turkey on the north.

We need not indulge in any speculations or prophecies in respect to this war : it will prove .nodifferent in one sense from every other; and tlmt -sense is, that from its beginning, no one can foresee its ending.' The better opinion seems to he tlmt it will be the greatest war of centuries, and will result in changing the map of modern Europe. - For ourselves, we expect if it lasts long’ enough, to see an entirely new state to become the result of it, that shall streteli to the east and soutli of Austria from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. And it is not impossible, if Germany becomes engaged in it actively, ns doubtless she already is passively, that Au-tria will have to part with all her remaining claims in South Germany and move her ctiief capital eastward from Vienna to Pestli; or, nt any rate, to take up her position in the future to the east of where It is now. _

Germany must stand behind Russia in' tills en- counter, or the latter would not show such alnc- - rity in making war in the present deplorable state of her finances. And 'it looks very much as if- both Germany and Russia were resolved to in- volve England in the conflict. It is morally certain - tlmt England will -never stand by and see Constantinople fall into the hands of the Rus- sians. And - morcover, there is little - doubt that- Russia would he glad to see England paid off, as France already has been, for her part in the - Cri- mean war. Where- Russia cannot work by herself she can througdi Germany. They two are today the powers that aspire to command Europe. But - France is excited, and England feels stung by the Russian manifestó; it would’be no dream for England to make common cause again with France, this time -against Germany as well as Russia; and a formidable Mahometan- confed- eracy in Asia, having its -origin with the Khans and extending into British India, is already one of- the ominious suggestions that combine to make this the most ^pendons war in modern history. ' >

|3f7" Augustus Day, of Detroit, -Mich., writes: ‘‘Allow me to say that after tw^tj-seven years of investigating Spiritualism, by reading at least twenty thousand pages of hooks, visiting mediums and circles, and attending all the lectures I could when at home- and when in other cities, it is my candid opinion that for the money paid, tlie Banner of Light exceeds all other methods for information upon the subject. I would sooner miss my - dinner than its appearance each Sunday.” . •

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Appeal for flic ' Inilians.A delegation of Quakers recently called on

President Rayes at tlie White House, to say a word for ' the peace policy toward the Indians, and were favorably received. Among the party was the venerable Mrs. Wharton,'wI^cIs now nearly ninety years of age, hut is still- 'interested as ever in tlie cause - of humanity. This lady, with great dignity of hearing and a sincerity which won tlie hearts - of all prese'ñtTrhad the following address: —

" jíy I)enr Friend. President Jji/yes—Right- eousnéss e^nltetli tlie people, hut sin, if allowed, destroyetli tlie nation ; and oh, I beg thee to use ail thy power to prevent it! When a little girl in Rilllade)phia,'I was atcuttumed to seeing the Indians come into our city, delegated to the Gov- ernment. meekly seeking for peace and frater- nity. I felt much interested in their cause. That was- seventy years ago, and during my long life I -have not ceased to feel tliat unvarying regard.. The stronger tlie persecution the deeper ' my tym-'"

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! life shall have performed its mission on earth.1 As a member of tills general committee. I have 1 visited the Indians in their homes in the Western■ wilds, and been in tlie wigwams of tile seven i agencies of our branch of the Society of Friends, i and I know we are doing much good. Our men and our young women are with them, away

i from their refined and pleasant hom‘es, whilst i. sewing societies in -all tlie meetings are working i for (he - unclad heathen. And oh, we rejoice to

learn from thy own lips to■ day that thou cansí ; sympathiie with us in our work of peace and lore, • lie true to thy promise, and hold nip our hands., i Thou art at the head of the greatest nation on i earth, upheld by thirty-eight sovereign States and forty-five millions of people, surely possessed - of too much virtue to go against tlie humane spirit evinced by thee in our presence to-day. Farewell! We- go hack to our homes in joy, peace and hope.”

Tlie Ciat Let Out of the Bug.A Rev. G. H. Humphrey, the pastor of

First Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Pitts- burgh Co., Penn., lias braced up his nerves to swearing or conceltt pitch, and issued a pamphlet With the title that no doubt exactly expresses his feelings over the situation of things. Unable longer to restrain his wrath at seeing the current which progress in religious matters is taking, lie sits down to write. We can see him as he seats himself at his desk to try to indite Iiis feel-

I ings rather than IiIs thoughts. They leap in- | voluntarily to tlie point of iiis pen. “ IIell and Damnation !” is IiIs mental- exclamation, and lie puts it down in black and white before him, because Iiis hand refuses to let him say anything less.

It - is one of his "happy thoughts,” no doubt. He owns up to it, in fact. He confesses that he purposely uses this sulphurous title on an innocent pamphlet, " because it is exactly the subject of the treati.se,” and “because there is need of reaction from the sickly mawkisliness that pre- vails on tliis subject.” He wants simply to force people to get rid of that “ siekly mawkishness.” ne - prefers to revel in tlie healthy delights of

- '" hell and damnation.” It is with perfect satis- faction that he exclaims—" there is a hell and he gloats over his statement that " lost souls are gone - to the tough darkness of the second death— tlie smoke of their torment ascendeth - forever and ever.” Wliat a happy wretch thisRev. Mr. Humphrey must be! How invaluable ns a consoler at the hour when heart and flesh faileth ! We sincerely hope - he - may have all the “ hell and - damnation ” he sighs for himself, and not -be making other people unhappy in diff erent spheres.

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I . .I Has just been brought out by Colby A Rich, I No, 9 Montgomery Rlate. Boston. It is entitled i “The Golden Melodies,” and is a new series ' of words and music for tie use of Lyceums, Circles and Camp-Meetings. S. 'W. Tuckef. known to the-p^hllt by his superb songs, “Evergreen Sho;^^,”z“My n<jme Beyond the Tide,” and otiers, is its autiof. This little book, published in convenient form, is not a coHecnon of old music re publlsbed. but the -contents are mostiy original, and it ins been prepared to meet a vant which is now felt all over the count-ry. For contents, see advertltement elsewiere.

A New Song Book

1ST A Convention of . the Liberáis of Cañada was held at Toronto, the ' 14tli, 10th and 16th of April. It was the first Liberal Convention ever held in the Dominion. Measures were adopted to' sustain Liberal lecturers, encourage the sale of books, and to start and support ' a free-thought journal at Toronto. J. J. .Evans, of that city, a well-known business man, presided over the de liberations of the Convention, and among other workers Wm. McDonnell, author of "Exeter Hall,” took an active and earnest part in the prc* ceedings. - An address was given .each evening by ' B. F. Underwood, to very large . audiences. Mr. Bell, of Boston, was also one of the speakers. Before the Convention adjourned, it organ- izel what is to be known as the “Free Thought Association of Canada.”.

- A Noliceable Ceremony.A pleasant -occasion was the marriageOf - Miss

Dora Fish to Mr. Vi\n Darrow, at the residence of the bride's father, Milan, O., on the 0th of April. Hudton Tuttle, offiîi^îng, is reported by the local paper to have - said, after the usual questions - : . •

“ I -need not tell you that the contract you have made is more than - a civil - agreemenn; that the obligation you have taken is the most sacred it is possible for human beings to assume. It not only affects yourselves, but all with whom you are related. By no possibility can you thrust it aside or avoid the infinite responsibilities it will bring. It not' only will -.endure until death, but we fondly believe will bloom ' in immortal beauty on the evergreen shores of eternal life. Know- ing that you fully understand the character of this obligaRon,' and are willing to share the burdens as well as happiness it may bring, I pronounce you husband and wife; and may the good .angels guard you and yours; may your life-lines be cast in pleasant places, and may you ever he true to yourselves.”

The departure of the happy pair to the train which bore them to their Western home was the cause - of many tears from friends and relatives mingling in - the overfull cup of joy.

Professed Controls.Information' is wanted by a corresponded; as

to the identity or past history of the following persons, 'now ^posed to be in the - splrlt>world. and professing to control an English medium who has given evidence of superior scientific knowledge ' while subject -to influence:

“Walter Tracy, claiming to have been a student in Yale College; enlhted as a Federal - sol- dier ; was at Bull Run; lost a finger while clean- ing his - musket.” ’

“.William Tracy of Utica, N. Y., cousin of Walter Tracy; a lecturer on temperance. In con- nettlon with him there - is reference to ‘old Judge White, who knew - him.’ ”

“Hold the Fort.”The Religio’Philosophical -Journal, of Chicago,

has under the editorial head of its ^sue for May Bth a kind and soulful letter from Andrew

: Jacôn Davis, wherein he countelt Col. Bundy, the earnest and - enterprising editor of that paper, to “ stand by ” his guns, and speaks many words of hopeful cheer and practical advice which we are sure wili find an echo in the heart of every well-wisher of the cause who may peruse them. - To this epistle from the truly Harmonial Seer, Col. B. replies in kindred tone, declaring it to be- his intention to carry on, to as successful an Usee as it may be given him to do, the work inaugu- rated by Mr. S. S. Jones during his life - in the form. Among oBier ttraightforward things Col. Bundy writes as follows, -while referring to tlfe duty now imminently pressing upon Spiritualists:

"With strong. well organized local societies, hard-working, high-minded lecturers, and pure literature, we can not only strike the shackles from the slaves of error and tuperttltlon. but we can do far more: we can attract their attention and respect. We can teach -them -what we ourselves know, that nothing is so ennobling, so ele- vating, and so powerful for good as a knowledge of the grand truths taught by Spiritualism.”

We heartily join with- Bro. Davis in wishing our contemporary, the Rellglo-Phllotophlcal Journal, the fullest mensure of succett. and trust that the hands of Col. Bundy will ever be strengthened - by - ample pecuniary supplies for the ardu- ous work into - which he has entered.

t®" - Many of our people—tlie very best—have of late had tlttlngt with Mr. C. H. Foster, (the test medium,) now at - the Winthrop House, 34 Bowdoin street, this city. - Several clergymen have likewise visited him, not one of whom have pronounced him- otherwlte than a “ wonderful man.” No person attending his séances can tell what his or her -test -maybe. Not long since, to a stranger who visited him, the medium remarked : “A spirit who calls herself Susan, says you have something in your pocket that belonged to her. What is it?” The stranger took -from his pocket two artificial teeth, which he had carried for about forty years. He seemed greatly surprised at the incident, and considered it a capital test, especially as the name given by Mr. Foster of the person who owned the teeth was correct.'

BTThe “ Tabernacular ” -services in Boston closed Sunday, April 29th. The Herald for Monday, in commenting upon - his - work says of Moody: “ His -theology is a relic of barbarism. His doctrinal sermons have been the assertion and reiteration of dogmas which the civilization of tlie age has left behind, and which the evangelical pulpit generally has - allowed to fade out. His stern realism has arrested attention, nnd his vigorous assertions have had some effect on the people brought up in the old doctrines, in the way of reviving their tuperttltlont. ... Mr. Moody’s theolpgy, carried outt- to its logical conclusion, would put an end to all science and phl-' losophy, all progress of the race through the in- tellec:-.”

'ET Dr. Carter Blake, a prominent English Spiritualist, with whose name our readers are familiar, has been - called - of late to suffer much in the way of - physical illness. Late advices from Great Britain inform us that though much prostrated his condition has slightly Improved. . Spiritualism can spare none of its workers, and - we therefore hope- our transatlantic brother -will be still spared to give of his influence and effort for - the advancenient of the cause.

' 157“ Wo wish it distinctly understood that Mrs. Rudd, the medium engaged - at- this office, taires- no fee3 for spirit communications. She sits exclusively for us, is paid by this establishment for her services, and the - messages given through her instrumentality are printed -from week to week in these columns. " As we freely receive from the spirit-world, we as freely give to" the inhabitants of earth. ■

V3T Thomas Lees informs us (in a note which arrived too late for insertion last week) that in consequence of the immense snccess of the exii- bition, on March 31st, -by the Children’a Progressive Lyceum of Cleveland, 0.,tbat organization will hold a grand May Festival on Friday evening, May 4th, at Turner’s Hall.

137 Giles B. Stebiins, Esq., of Detroit, Mich., is,- we are informed, busily engaged in compiling a volume to be entitled- “ Poems of the Life Be yond.” He lias recently had, during the Sundays of April, a highly successful - campaign as a lecturer in Battle Creekf Mich., but is now at home In Detroit.

E3F The Spiritualists will hold a two days’. meeting at Hardin. City, Hardin Co., Iowa, on the 19th and 20th of May. The friends are cordially invited to attend and bring provitlunt and blankets. The meeting will he conducted by 0. H. Godfrey, and others.

137“ The fine essay on Spirit^âi^^m; by John Wetherbee, Esq., read at a recent meeting of the Boston Radical Club, will appear in the Banner of Light for May 12th. '

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Gone Iliglier.Oa-April - 24th, Sarah Abbir Goodale, wife of

Darwiu C. Goodale, and daughter of Dr’ Johu i. Cuurlee the ploonrr traanc -erUtuer, passsC ou from her resldruce 22 Causeway street, Bos- ton, aftrr a mortal. exprrlrnce of thirty-nwo years and miree months. ' ’ Rrr decrase was occasioued by cousumption, whlch had wrought' Its work upon her for some ' two years past, though It was more perceptible during the last few months; she was however, at the extreme hour, spared a -

■ leagthenrd period of helplessnrss, bring only confined to her bed for some three days previous to her drcrase.

Ber funeral exercises were held at her home, on the morniag of Saturday, April 28th, Rev. Johu P: . Bland.(Uainarian), of Caml^ridgeporn. officiatiaR’ The íl^âl of-eriags contributed,-especially those from the Royal Arch -Chapter of Masons (a harp), and a floral anchor from the artizans at Mason & Ramil^'s Órgan Works, were very fine; slnging appiopriate to the occasiou was also renderrd by a quartette from the same body of frleadS’ The place of mrrtiag was fllled with those who had kaowa Mrs. Goodale In the past, and desired to unite In brarlng wlt- ness to her purity of hrart and lifr.

Mr. Bland ln well chosen ' words -spoke of the qulet, unobtruslve pathway along which the de- ceasrd had moved, and of the good and genial lnflueace she had shrd ou all who came within thesphrreof hrr - activities. Thr life of a man or woman was the best commentary concerning them; who could believe that all this klndness of heart, this tradrrnrss of frrliag, had gone out lu the gloom of a ray'ess uight; he could uot; if (as some believed) there were Indrrd - no after life for man she had fully utilizrd this, and performrd her every duty wril, but ho pre- ferrrd to look upon hrr as the urisru and re- spleadent heir of a glorious immortality in the paradise of God. The remalus, at the conclusion of the services, wero removed to MoniR Auburu for Interment, May the corn-ortiag lu- flueuces of an assured commuaion with his ascended loved one be with Brj’ Currier In this hour of his aflictioti, eriagiag to his henrt, aud to those of her husband and frieads that " peace whlch passcth understandlag."

Npiri^^^^list Meetings lu Boston.Hochkstkii Hall. — Chiidren'a' Progresaive Lyceum

No. r bmiiis its sessions every Sunday iimniing nt this bail, 730 Washington street, commencing at 10)4 o'clock, Tlie public cordially Invited. - J. B. Hatch, Conductor.

New Eiia Hall, Hotel Cotirman, 174 Tremont street.— Reiî^li^^^from Art Magic mid discussions on spiritual Science, ate participated /In on cacti Sumlray evening nt this ‘ ......•— -- ----------* *»-s. Emma Ilurdlnge llrittuu,

Eaolk Hall,SI6 Washingtonstraet. corner ->/ Etrnex.— Tist Circle evety Sunday morning nt 10) a. sí. Inspira- tional speaking at 2)4 and 7)4 P- u. Good mediums und speakers always present.

Nassau Hall.—Tbo Free Plat form Society of Spiritualists bold a Free Circle, with good, reliable mediums, every Sunday, at 10)4 a. M. Moses Hull speaks nt 2)4 and7)4.

Pythian Temple, 176 Tremont atreeí-—Tbo Spiritual* ist Ladles’ Aid Society will bold a Test Circle every Fri- day evening, commencing at 7)4 o'clock. Many promlnent mediums have voluateered tlieir services. Aumission 25 cents. Mrs. John Wooes, Presiden^; MlbsMI. L. llarrcrt,

, Secretary. 4Chahle8TOwn DiSTinCT, Evening Star Hall.-Spirit-

ual meetings are Ireld lu this bail every Sunday afternoon, at 8 o'clock, • ,

Fatal Effects ot Vaccluat-lou.A case has recently been decided ln Court at

Covington, Ky., where a physician, who was sued for damages for vacclnating a child with impure "virus,” the result being its death, .was ordered to pay to the parents the sum of $5,000. This pernicious practico of Inoculating the human system with rank poison as a preventive of small pox, thereby entailing even worse diseases ' upon humanity for generations to come, should be abolished entirely. A movement is on foot in England to have it done away with, but is making slow headway as yet in consequence of the lu- fluence the "regular” M. D.s still possess ' over the minds of the authorities-.

Another Veteran ' Gone.A brief - letter from Dr. L. K. Coonley, dated

Newark, N. J., April 23d, says: "Grover -C. Stewart, an old and very radical Spiritualist, author of ‘ The Hierophant,’ passed from the earth- form last Sunday, at 2 o'clock p. m. . He was a very remarkabie man.' Funeral services on Tuesday; Dr. R. T. Hallock, of New York, is to officiate.”

I’liinclictte lNow is the tlme-to purchase and circuíate Epes

Sargent, Esq.'s, valuable and exhaustive work:- " Planchetíe ; or The Despair of Science." Those who would know the bed-rock facts concerning Modern Spiritualism, its phenomena and their outgrowth, will find the work eminently fit- ted for the giving of the desired information. For

. sale by Colby & Rich, No. 9 Montgomery Place,- Boston, Mass.

gives us pleasure to announce that Col. John O. Bundv, tho acting manager of the Reli- glo-Philosophlcal Publishing House, has also be

" come the -chief editor of the Journal. - Col. B. - Is a geatlemaa well adapted for his new position, being a firm Spiritualist and a worthy man. This

''-Publishing House, which is devoted - to the cause of Spiritualism, Is about to - remove its headquar- ters to a more eligible location in one of the finest business structures in Chicago, corner of La Salle and Washington- streets. Success to- the new administration. We need - all the legitimate accessories to our - ranks which the importañce of our cause can enlist, ns superstition, self-interest and bigotry are in comblnation against the spiritual truths vouchsafed us from the angel- world. Let us be firm in the right, and victory - will surely crown our efforts.

I®” A. S. Hayward,'magnrtic physician, after M(iy 5th -will discontinue his office practice during - the summer months, and visit - different. towns and - cities where his services may - be desired. He will also continue his magnetized paper treatment at a distance. Letter address -for the present, 9 Moatgomery Place, Boston. During his tour he will take subscriptions for the Banner of Light.

Readings and Diecussions on Spiritual Science. — Mrs. - Emma Hardingo- Britten will givej her next Sunday Evening Reading from "Art Magic,” at New Era Hall, 17G Tremont street, Boston, on May Gth; subject, " DivinaRon andMagic amongst theJews.” ' Thereadiag will be succeeded by a short address, after which the audience will discuss the - subject, and - the proceedings will be summed up by Mrs. -Britten.

EST. Sojourner Truth—the oldest public speaker ih the world—(a notice of 'the reduced price of whose life-narrative will be found in anotar colum^) is, though nearly one hundred-years old, still alive,, with power as an orator—a fact borne witness to by the Governor and State Leg- islature of Michigan, whom she recently ad-

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tST "he Rochester (N. H.) phenomena -still contiñue to attract the widest - public- atteatioa— as witness the recent files - of the Haverhill Pub- lisher. We have no- doubt that the discussion now going on will - brarg'ood fruit in the futuje.f

Eíf A concise and clear-cut review of the po- sitions recently taken with regard to Spiritual- ism and its phenomena by Prof.' W. B. Carpen- ter, has been prepared for our columas by Giles B. Stebbins, Esq., and will appear soon.

EíF yisit the Children' Spiritual Lyceum at Rochester Hall, Boston, on Sunday moralag, and our word for it, dear - reader, you will be amply paid for the time thus expended. . .

1ST Robert Cooper can now be addressed by those desiring to procure any of his fine musical compositloas. or to consult him on other busi-

• ness, at 943 - Washington street, Boston.

. BFProf. - S. B. Brlttan’s great - work, “Manand' His Rei,ations,” should be in -the hands bf all thinkers. ,

MovementsofLMtarerBand Médiums.Capt.H. H.-Brown wiii be atElaêlI, Mich.,

May 6th and June 3d; at, Oraagevllle. May 8th, 9th, 10th;-at Wayland, May 13th; atSoutli Haven, May 20tht; at South Bend, Ind., May 2^Hi ; at

of the Wisconsin Association, at PcIico-s Hbaii, uuder direction of Mrs. ton, Wis., June 8th, 9th, 10th. Betweea these • dates he expects to visit Alamo, Otsego, Alaska 1 and other points In Michigan. Can make a few ' week- day engagements. He starts on a trip as ■ far east as Boston, in July, to return In Septem- ber, and would like to make eagagemrats on the route. Address him at Battle Creok, Mich.

Geo. C. Waite, lrcturrr. has changed his - resi- • dence from South Thomaston to Sandy Point, Maine.

Mrs. A. C. Torrey Hawks, Insplrational trance speaker, will answer calls to lecture through- the months of May, June and July, In the States of Tenarssre. Arkansas aadi'Tfrxas.- ner address is 314 Jeferson street extended, Memphis, Tenn.

Prof. M. Milleson speaks again in Lynn, Mass., at Pythian Hall, before thq First Society of Spiritualists, on Sunday aftrraooa and ev^ng, - May - Gth. He ' also will deliver a course of four lectures In Lowell, Mass., lacluding Sunday, May 13^11, afternoon and evening, and May 15th and 16th, at 8 p; m. Subjects — " Development of Spirit Art," "How Spirit Portraits are Óbtaia- ed,” "Psychic Force,” "Intuition and Black Art."

J. n. Mott, the materializing medium of Mem- phis, Mo., is going to New Orieans, where he will remain a month. -

■ Thomas Gales Forster, spiritual pioneer lecturer, is in St. - Louis. [Write to us, Thomas.]

Mrs. Mary J. Hollis has lately assumed a new name, that of Mrs. Dr. He^y Billings. The couple will visit England the coming summer.

W. F. Jamieson is to hold a debate in Glen- wood, Iowa, May 9th to I7tll—niar sessions. He speaks there on Sundays nt -present. Address Glenwood, -Iowa. Mr. J. is a close student and an energetic worker. Success to him. ’

Heny C. Lull, Iaspiratioaal lecturer - and test medium, has been speaking for the past mopth In Lowell, Mass., to good audiences. He - will lecture in Lynn, Mass., on Sunday, May, 13th. Would like; to make eagagemrats during the months of May and - June. Address him, 943 - Washington street, Boston.

Dr. H. P. Fairfield will Roture upon the Philosophy of Spiritualism at D. F. White’s Hall, In Lower Howeville, - south part - of Fitzwilliam, N. H., Sunday, May 13th, at 10y a. m., and v. m. Friends of progress are all invited to' be present, as an organization Is contemplaRd’

Mrs. Sarah A. Wiley Is to speak in the Splît- ualists’ Hall In Bartoasville, Vermont, Sunday, May 6th.

,tST Mr. -Horace 11. Day, Esq., of New York, who Is - said to be the sole owner of tho ' American side of Niagara Falls, has addressed the Gov- eraor-GeaeraI of Canada with refrreace to the utilization of the immeuso water power of that renoward lo^^lity for manufacturing purposes. The chief points of his scheme are the formation of compressed-air, by means of the water power, and its appliance to drive the machinery of cot- tonfactories, placed -where coaveaient, the air being conveyed in pipes and applied to the com- . mon steam eagiar, and the manufacture, by this means, of cotton cloth so near to the producing points of. the raw cotton and of - the food stapies as materially to ' lessen the cost of productioa’

t®“ Mrs. L. -A. E., writing from Bartoavillr, Vt., says : " I think the Banner grows better anil better every week; that the spirit communications are excrllrnt, and I wish I could largely increase your list of subscriben.” [That is what we need most of all jhst -Now, and we do hope the lukewarm in the cause will give this Important maiter a little cioser attentîon’ Surely the laborér is worthy of his hire. While the enemy is attacking us on all sides it behoaves every Spiritualist Wlio considers Spiritualism worth sustaining to lend a helping hand to those who stand promiaratly on the baUle-fieid- of progress.]

1®" A -Western contempórary remarks: "Massa- chusetts, Illinois and ' Wisconsin have rrlrcted the -Pill-dozers’ Bill.” It is to be hoped that other States that had similar bilis smuggled through their Legislatures will see to- it that they are speedily repealed. Laws should never be enact- ed to oppress the peoplo ‘in any particular’ Of late years too much chartered - corporation ' lobby- iaflueacr has been exerted in favor of the few at the expense of the many. •

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Spiritualists of April 15th states that the Zouave Jacob, healing medium, " denles Christ and ac-, ^^w^ges the Indian Krishaa ”; moreover, he displays the name of the latter upon enormous - placards In his dispensa^. He 'operates upon patients without charge, and succeeds In effect- ing occasional cures’ We gave a full account of the curative powers possessed by Zouave Jacob in these columns many years ago’

IST Silas' Arthur, the musical medium of Ohio, it is said plays the guitar and banjo and four other instrumenta at the same time, playing each one as any other performer would play it alone’ - He fs denomlnated a "musical wonder.” It is -al- ieged he played two different airs at the same time, the one on (he- harmonicon and the oRier on the guitar’ ' .

tST Dr. John Mayhew, President of the Spiritualist Society, Washington, D. C., writes April 2^tth: " In the notice 1 sent you bf the organiza tion of our society I gave the name of Baldwin as Secreta^ It should have been Mrs’ W. N. Holt.”

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Rochester Hall.—Tho. Chlldreifs Progresslve Lyceum held its usual service Iu Rochester.llaii Sunday moraing, April 29th, the 'foliowitg programme exrcuted to the satisfactiim of tho large audience therq assembled: Piano solos, Anna Folsom, Paulino' Rabrrmau : Sougs, Nellie Thomas, Jennie Miller, Jennie Shuman, Flor- ence Danforth'; Readiag, Mr. J. B. Hatch, Conductor ; Recltanionsby Lizzie Giles, Grade Ames, Jennie Ellis, Jeunie Bickneii, Ella Carr, Ernesn lue Eldridge aud Miss Lizzie J. Thompsoa.

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aspect of the weather, this place of merting was well filled at all the services on Sunday last’ The morning circle was very .iatrrrstiag, and much was said and done which ' might lastruct any caudid and rrflectlve mind. •

In the afternoon, Mrs. S. Dick being somewliat - iadisaosed did not give. the Ircturu which was anticlpated, but instead gave us a few practical thoughts upou matters of interesí, and conuected with the ahiiosoahy of Spiritualism, supplementi ing the same by answeriag a number of sealed questioas, which were testified to ns bring per- fectiy correct by those areseatiag them. - Mrs. Wildes, of Dorchester, also read the fourth of the essays, (whlch have been written through her- . hand; aud deslgned especially for Eagie Rail,) which was replete with elevated sentlment. In the .vciIir Mrs. Dick rUvc a highly Instructivo lecture upon "The Reasonof the Hopo Within Me," unrraniag some personal experiences wliich were very interestiag, also auSwerlag aiiother iastaiimenn of qaestloas with equally ns good success as in the aftrraooa’ •

Mrs. Dick wiii lecture uext Sunday a-ternoon and eveaiag in the above uamed place, and also auswer a limited number of sealed questlons’

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Misses Lizzie J. ThomaBon aud Florence Don- forth, by thelr frieads, at Palne Hall, Boston, Frlday e.veuing,' April 27th, toolc place according to aapolntmean, under directiou of Miss Lucette Webster and Conductpr Hatch of the Boston Lyceum. . Tho exercises' were mainly performed by pupils of Miss Webster, and tlieir work boro excollent witaess to the íaithfular‘ss of this popular instructor’ The programme consiste! of music and slugiag, Iu whlch Miss Florrnce Dan- forth, Miss Ida Foster, W. II. Alies, Grade Falr- baaks, Jennie Shumau, - Misses Bastings and Dolbeare, Mrs. aud Miss Priuce,- Messrs’ Dear- born aud Alies, and Mr. Fairbanks contributed in full measure to the eajoymeat of-tho audience ; also recltanioas of a high order of merit by Eva Masury, II. D. Simonds, Ella Fox, Wllson, . L. E. Buiiock and Miss Lizzie J. Thomp- soa. . Mr. Endress and Miss Fox in a scene from Knowles’s Play of "Leve”; - Messrs. Frank Union and J. P, Ilill ln the well-kaewu quarrel scrne benweea Brutus and Cassius; and Miss Thema.sen nnd II. D. Simonds in the.. Baicoiiy Scrne from Romeo and Juliet, reflccted great credit upou themselves. The house wns well flllrd, and tho occasion a preneuaced success’

The In^dependent Dramatic Association, (II. B. Jehusea, Manager, II. B. Drlsko, Stage Man ager,) wlil, in responso to many - rrquests, reprat thrir performance of Fred Maisden’s new and original comedy ln .four acts, entlBed " Clouds,” at the Union Hall, 18 Beyistea street, ou Monday eveulaR, May 7th. Tho members uro aii promii arat Lyceum-workers, and deserve the counte- ^^0 o- the' liberal public’

Closing Aîssembly. —The Ladles' . Aid Society will give thelr last - party (for -the sea-son) for dancing at New Era llail, 176 Tremonn street, on Friday evenlag, May 4th. They deserve a generous patnmage’

^f The Shreveport, La., - Spiritualists - have- perfected an organizadon by electlug Judge R. J. Looney, Presideun; W. C. Piggott and 'J. W. Fuller, Vice Presidenta - Rufus Tabor, Secretary, and A. P. Wiiiiams, Treasurer.

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tST'M. A. Benuett, Secretary, writes from Rutland, ' Vt., April 2í)th: " A body of Spiritualists met at No. 2 East street, Feb. 1lth, for tlie purpose of organizing a society of Spiritualists, and appointed tho. following board of offiicrr: President, Mrs. Mary L. Jewett, M. D.; Vice President, John G. Bradun'- Secretary, Mrs. Mar- cia A. Bennett - Treasurer, Oscar B. De>arborn. The society is to be known as the Progressive So- ciety of Spiritualists of Rutland.; our motto:1 We are sreking Truth.' Wo hope that tlie society may be remembered by all lovers of truth, and aided ' by the spirit-world ever and always."

EST On the evening . of Tuesday, April 2-tlh, a delegatiou of the -friends of Mrs. Maggie J. Fol- som, the clairvoyant and medium, "surprised " ’ her at her resldence No. 41 Dover street, Boston. Tho services partook of a - social character, hut were varied with the - presentation to Mrs. F. of " an ornamental box with - something in it,” also with music, and some short addresses by Mr. Bacon, Mr. Robinspn, Mrs. Nelson (in trance), Mr. Hilton, Mr. Gates, Col. Atwood and others. The partaking of a collation closed tho order of exercises. •__

|3f" Emily Kislingbury, Secretary of tho Brit- ish National Association of Spiritualists, writes to Mr. Harrison’s journal under date of April 14th that, tlie Easter recess having passed, the stauces for inquirers re - commenced on Thurs- day, April 12tli, at - 38 Great Russell street, tlie medium being' Mr. Eglinton. The tests used were of a most precise character, and the phe- uomena during the sitting were of interest.

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Isn't it singular that many of those who make the most professions of " following Jesus," are the most radical and pestilent mischief breeders we have 7—The Gardiner Home Journal. -

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The Golden Molodies.A NEW CGLLECT1ON OF

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LTCEUMS, CIRCLES ÍND CUP-lBaTMa.BY B. W. TUCKEB. '

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ORIGINAL PIECES:Beautiful Angelrure Waitlng for Me. -

There’sa Laud of Fadeless Beauty.Oh, show inti tlie spirit's irnmoíUl Abode,

tlweet Meeting There.Lotiging for Home.. " .

, My Arbor of Love. Muvlng Bemrward.

1 shall kuow’hls Angel Name. Waltlng’mid the ■Hhadows.

IleautUui Laudof IHfo. Tho Wiiliug Worker.

Home of Best, .Trust lu God.

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Angel Vlidtants.Sweet Bellectlous.

• Looking Over. •Gathered Home. -

Wlmt Is Heaven VBeautiful City. '

Not Yet.Looking Beyond.

Let Men Love Cue Another. Strike all your Harps.

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each tot-ek In tM* Drpiriiiirtit, -We also publish oti this pa*e reports of Spirit Messages

given dncO week In Ulllflfmrd, Md., through the mediumship of - Mrs. Sakai! ' A. danskin. *

These messages indicate that spirits carry with them the cOaractt*nrrtk's of ihclr earthOUc to that bey<lnd—whdther for g«*l or dvll-rlnne•t|ue||flJ those uho pass from the» darth•sphe•re io an undev.lopcd state, eveotuallj progress to a OlgOdr cl)udltlon;

Wo ask the reader to recdlvd no doctrine* put forth by ' spirits in tOesd celnmns that does oot comport with his or

her reason.' All expressas much of truth as they pdrcdivd— nomerd; _ - ........ . -............. . ..................

The Banner of Light Free-C’lrcle Meeting»Are held at *V.. 9 Munígnufru Place, (.secoii! story.) cor*

* Province street, everj Tl’ESDAY, THL’KfiDAY ANDFniDAY AFTKKNOUN. The Hall will -boopen at 2 o’clock, aud services commeoeeat U o'chH’k prdclsdlJ, at which time the doors wilt he cloned, ndltOdr allowing dutrancd uor egress until the conclusion of the s6ance, except In case of absolute ndce^s|ty. The public are cordtally invltfd.

As ioi'St -of the messages given at th« Banoer Cir- cles aud published on this page are from eotire stranger- spirits to our medium nod eursdlves. it is ddslrabld that tuose» wluf from time to time maj rdcognlze the p«rtycom- municatiog. should 1er^vardsn :h verillcations to this oflico

4or publle.ation. A few do oo, but we verbally hear of numerous vdrifc.afleu^; jet thus-) most Iutdrestdd fall to give us the pro^>f. This Is to be regretted. Hut we hope» those lntdresfed w III In future do us the - favor to respond to our reynisf.

O* Questions answdred at these S/iances are ofte»n pro- peunde(d bj Individuals amoiiR the» a;.d;ened. Those read to tOd coutr•eling Iutelligdncd by the C0alrman, are seot Iu by cerrd8pendeutS; . .

99^ Donatioos of tl(nw*rs sellcitd<i;' Lkwis M. WiLFon, Clâii'man,

REPORTS OF SPIRIT MESSAGESG1VEN TIIIIOIOÍ11 TIIK MEDlfMSUie OF

mus. jujnie n. uiiio.

Invocation,• Oil, thou Father aml Mother God,' wilt thou hear us ns we come before thee ! Wilt thou bless us ami guide us ns we return to earth anil en- deavor to bring to the children of men ilowers of truth, bright blossoms of immortality. '

. Questions and Answers.,Coxtkoij.ino Sl■IlrtT.—I1 you have any ques-

tfons; Mr. Chairman, we will now consider them.QüEs.—[From-the aadieaee.] Hove you any

evidence -derived from higher orders- of spirits that we shall retoin our individuality throughent eternity ? * , . ,

Ans.—It Is true thot as o mnn dleth so he is. Fieôes to ills own place, and his individuolity Is sustained through, eternity. You need not fear; ns yon ore an individnol here, so will you be an individuol there.

Q.—I would like to osk o -quesCon relotive to the Summer-Lond. Is - it bcated upon this or upon some other planet? •

A.—Your Suminer-Land Is obove your world. We can only simplity the ideo by soying thot it Is terrace above terroce; yet there are mony spirits hovering here in your ■ life, ond their Summer- Lond is your land. There ore some enfranchised spirits that. come to - us in the Summer-Lond, .wiich is above ond beyond yours. To moke ourselves better nodersteed wo will soy there is o wheel within o wheel, tenace above terrace.- In spirit-lne we can journey beyond this planet ond visit ethers, when sufl1cleIltly developed to do so. When you come immediately from earth, with enrth’s snrronndings, to splrit-li1e, you will proceed at first but o little woy beyeod your planet. There we shall receive you, ond give you strength to go onword ond upword. - You need not fear; each hour ond each doy is on hour and o day of progression.

Q.— [From the audienee.] If wo nre born in- to the spirit-world os- we ore born - here, noked, who or what clolbes us? '■

• A.—We deny, Mr. Choirman, thot we ore born Into spirit-life just ns we nre horn into eorth-lifo, for nil nature speoks of pregre.ssien. Each suc- cessive birtli is more ond more progressive. Sq when wo leave eortli behind Us ond ore born into the spiritual, we have spiritual clothing ; in fact,' we nre known very much by the cloUies we wear. Mo^ôI you in tills life have learned to soy, “ The dress is not tho mon or the woman.’’ In spirit-life everyfhlog is syubolicol — the dress snows the man or the woman, because we drow to ourselves hertqlp colors, certain textoresof cfoth- ing which indicote our charocter..- For lostaoee, white will typify piirity; blue is ever true; red signifles strength. And yet in - spirit-life thero is o red stripe, which we trust none - of you before us to- doy will be willing to wear. As soon ns wo enter the spiritual there is o clothing thot comes to us—gorments " not mode witli hoiids”; spiritual gorments, which we nre ever ready ond wUling to wear. •

Q.—In the life of Newteo, from four yeors of ' oge on to thirty, there seems to be o great - stride

in progression. ,I1 this continues, wlmt must he his mental status in-o mlllleo yeors?

A.—From four yeors upward was a big stride; jou can contemplate it for yourselves. A New- ton does not stand still, but he works on ond on, ever upward, until ho enn no longer reach eortli, but must give his ideas of life ond the results of his experience through mediumlstle spirits, and they, in turn, to mediums in eorth - life.

• Q.—Con spirits, retoniing threngh media, remember names, Incidents, &c., - with which they were once fomiilor, with-the some accuracy as when inhabiting their own body ? •

,,- A.'—Tills, perhaps, Mr. Chairman, is one of the vmost important quesôos* we could have given

us, and 1 eertoillly am interested - in ausweriog it to the best of my ability, becouse there ore con- tinually mlsllnderstandiogs in regord to this motter, ond - spirits eemiog bock threngh mediums

, and eenversiog with their 1rlends are expected ,- to call up nil the incidents of the-past.-to give

names, dates, places of resideoee, and all the little detoils- of life. Let one oeqnoloted with mesmerism" who understands how to wield its power, take a subject, and try to impress on his or her brain nil the little minute tilings of his lifp, ond see if lie con moke that individual re- present him completely. If he does so, - he will nnd that mnny of his thoughts, m^y of his ideos, ond many of his experleoees will come - to the surface very satisfactorAy. But, - again, he will find thot his subject eaouet eomprehendhlm completely ; there will be somesnd mistakes, ond the world will shout “Humbug.'' As the spirit of the operator affects the spirit of tl\e subject in eort^^-lHe, so just in the same manner spirits freed from the boily attempt to use their power and loflueoee over mediums here in the form— sometimes completely eoveleplog them with their magnetism, ot other times Impresslng upon the brain, by what you might call spiritual mesmerism, the facts nnd incidents of their lives. Now I have ôwn instames of spirits controlling beautifully some medium—In fact I hove myself been talking as reodily ond ns freely threngh one as thengh in eorth-lifo, when oll of a sudden'- somebody cut short my remorks by interposlog

’ questleos such os: “ What did you do such a doy of your life ?” “ What did you do such a year?” The cuestions come In between me and the IoHu- ence 1 - wos exerting, and attracted -my ottentleu to auether thing, and entirely broke -the threod of the thenght, ond -1 was standing: nowhere. Then they said, " Is this - reolly yen, or Is it some one else?”. I remember well on instouee of a spirit coming through this very individuol I hove

' pessessleo of to-day; and giving little Incidente of her life. She was talking with - a friend and

~ telling her of some of her experiences and of some walks they hod taken together—some frolics they bod had, which the medium, -having lived some hundred of miles away, could never have been cognlzant of. This wos going on very sot- isfactorily, when, all of a sndden, the sp^ît was interrupted by the questleu being abruptly put, “ Whot was your brother’s middle name ?” The

- iuflneoce was cut off at once, and it was an impos-Tnfluence was cut off at once, and it was an impos- and above; tbey stand not here; they stand, as 1 t slbllíty for the spirit to give It. T tell you there were, above, in that great circle. - TOej bring to ls.gíeat difficnlty In controlling ' a medium. We us their love, their power, and they ask ns to use have got to learn to do many things—to hold on, it each and every hour; they ask ns to give it to to Influence, to send forth our thoughts, and to you, not darkly, but wisely; and they ask us to rem'eiílb'er. Some of you, on recovering from say to yon, each and every ohe, that there Is a a‘fytiof'sickness and looking at an article of home beyond this earth, there 1b power beyond fornitura in the room, have been unable to speak I this earth, and the angels are watching and wait-1a ltytlo-f'8lckuess and looking at an article of home beyond this earth, there 1b power beyond some individual spirit, that crowding will re- furnltUre in the room, have been unable to speak I this earth, and the angels are watching and wait-1 act on your own nature. I came here to-day

its name; many of you may understand some- tOiog of this. Then, again, you ' occasioiially try ' to recall a name which you say to yourself you know perfectly well; it Is . impressed on your broin, hut you cannot, for the life of you, call it up at thnt particular moment when you most wish to do so. Now if these things.could only be more generally understood, tlierp would be more charity for mediums tlioo tOt-fe is to- day. Unless you .learn the a b c of Spiritualism you cannot learn the a b abs. The organs of memory of the medium cannot always be the same as those of tlie spirit, consequently they 'cannot act always in harmony. The true way of talking with spirits Is to let them say what they please. They will remember far more of their life than they- will if you stop .them suddenly with, I might say, “Who made God?” These may he rambling remarks, hut I would bid all seeking for spiritual communion to remember that they them - selves, for the time, forget what they very well know. It is the.same with spirits.

Sabra Louisa Brown.i want mj frieods to know thot I hove eemn.

My - oame is Sobro Lulso Browo. I passed away Io New Hoven, some five yeors ogeI I come hock with tOe ossnrnoee thot - oll is light ond benuti1nl. Thot which i hove exaerieoend ln mj new home hos been worth more to me thao all of llfe’s sojenrnI i would soy to my deorly bnleved eomaauloo, and to etOnrs, “ Ooly look up; l—k up to the - bright beluga, bejofld i Do oot l—k dowo, but feqk up to the bright, hoppj future.”

Samuel Cooper.i do n’t thiok i understood the wImIs of this

subject. You open this room, i uoderstand thot, ood furolsh It neeerdiag to the Ideas of spirits, ond ollow us to comlnllnlentn wlotever we wlll. Certalnlj thot is o very Oumoultorlon idnoI Do you expect to get onythlog- ill roturo for it? W'ell, sir, i lave very -littln to soy. i am Oere uaeo your plotfono, - wlth oumerous otOerjspirits, yet I reolly do n’t understond why i’vf^cemeI There wos a pewnr thot brought mo. i om very glod to sneok to tOe friends before me—i dou't' feel that 1 om copable of iostructiOg the public— thot the spirit-world is o greot Inmortal sOereI it is l>nouti11lli it ls graud I i wlll soy to them, lf - tOey leoro to uoderstand ood reeelvn the iu- structlons of tho s]>irlt-werld, ood - realize thnt tOey ore to go from tills world to nnetOer, lt wmld rnke tills world brighter for theni, nnd - thej wnld see more sunsliine'thao' tOey liovq ever seen before. My oome is Somuel Ceeper; I passed ownj ot Alex^^ria, Va. tou moj know loo bj reputotloo ; you moy hove heord of tOe " Cooper Tnetles," ond some other matters.

God bless humaolty, God bless Spirituolism, ood God bless olí. true Sairltunlists, is all ícon soy.

Susan Jordan.Con onybedy come? [Yes.] - AVell, I've got

In now. I got hold of this lody’s head. I do n’t know but. I sholl rumple her hoir; I don't know how to keep it smeeth. I never -kept mine surcoDi. My nome Is Suson Jordan. I went owoy from Baltimore. I used to sell things, candy, - pep-cern, nnd so forth. My mother used to believe in this thing, ond I did n’t, and she said, “Suson, if yon-go away, I want you to come back.” She ’s up in one^ . those lofty rooms. - Sho ’s sewing with oll her might to keep herself from starvation. She suffers a good deal since I- went awoy. Now, sir, I’ve come back, ond I want her to understand thot I am here. Her name -is Ilarriet L. I ’ve told you my name, so I om going. That’s oll I've. got to say, sir. Thonk you, sir.

George L. Davenport.I wish you to soy, sir, if consistent with your

management, thot George L. Davenport, of Dubuque, comes here, and sends his nome to his Mentís, to his sister Saroh, and to Ills wife, Ann, - nnd if they would like to eemmunicote with hl all they’ve got to do Is to go to some medium, nnd I will monifest. I was tweuty-seveu years old when I passed owoy.

Mary Defoe Grath.My name,'sir, is - Mary Defoe Groth. I come,

sir, not because I expected to do any goed, but because I expected to get a great deol of good myself. I had hard times in earth•li1e. I nove seen many hopes go down in dnrkness, ond I came here to-doy hoping I ' might do good to semebedy, for thot semebedy proposed to como to your Circle- Boom, but is not here. 1 trust when my name is seen the person will be glad and publicly acknowledge thot I hove come. - I bring o bosket, and - it is fllled with the -nuts of life nnd with ftowers. I bring the “forget-me-noe” ond the wild rose, nnd I bring the ehestnnt. I hope they - will not forget me.

John Bliss.My name is John Bliss. I come from New

York City. I wish to say to many friends thot I om hero; thot thero is no such tiling as death— whot seems so is simply tronsition, the casting off of one old gorment and the putting on o new one. I never realized it till since I got here. I réolize it fully now. I wish to soy to my friends —especially to my sister—If they will go where there ]s one of these mediums, ond give mean epportuaity to control, I sholl be very happy. If not, they mayrest ossured they will heor from me from every point of the compass where I con get hold. '

Stephen Tevelin. , 'I come from New York Citj, sir; my nome is

Stephen Develin. I wish to soy to mj friends If they hove anj request to moke, anything they wisn to say, if they will meet me ot a suitoble place, at suitoble hours, I sholl be very glod to heor from them. I come here be^ûse I knew no oBier outlet. I - felt - that this wos free, therefore I eeme. Trusting jou will forgive me, I bid you good afteruoeo.

Katie.I desire, -Mr. Choirman, to send o message to

my husband—o neorer friend I connot expect to reach. I would like to soy to him thot I have watched his progress, I hove felt thot I must ho near him. Althengh I - kww that M. is very strongly attached to him, and that she comes very neor to his soul, still I feel sometimes that 1 watch - over him ond guide him in a stronger sense. I can leod him up higher thon she can. Tell him Sidney gives his name with mine, to- doy, and he will understand it. - I promised to come here; I promised to bring him -proofs of the immiî^toliity of the soul, but I find myself to day inadequate to -the - work. Soy to him I -trust he will work on and upword, thot lie will not leave one stone notnroed until he nuderstauds the whole mjsterj, until he nuderstauds the great, the divine principle which comes to the soul, which opens itself like a great, immeuse ctoset- in which - we con read our lives.' Tell him I am

.near him at noon- tide, at m^^ning light and at evenlug, to bless him ond to guide him. Tell him Katie Is ever near. -

Direct my letter to Charles C. That will be snffc¡eot. •

Frank.A.There Is a bright Immortal path through which

all musjt walk, through which each individual, - however besotted, however slofnl, -however dark, however light, must walk. It leads to a brighter future, to - a graoder development, to - a great hereafter, and as you sit here before us to- day, we look up to those who once stood in earth- life, who are grand and noble speclmeos ot humanity, whom you hove crowned, with the evergreen wreath, and we soy to you, Look up and above; they stand not here. they stand, as It

BANNER OF LIGH T.Ing for you to come. The - curtoin -sholl foll down so lightly that you jourselves -con push it one side and see lute the1 greot beyond. We say to you that the time is eendog when eoch and every - ’ nouseheld shall feel the presence of the Immor- tols. We shall stand beside jour hearths,- we sholl listen to your voices, ond speok to you - as in doys - of old.

•V George AUn Pray.

I Gmdsome difliciUtjih coming here this after- oeen, aídVet I felt that I would like to come, beeonseT<»oew that I still live, I koow■,thot,this Is a grohd^Sf^lipsophy, thot Spiritualism- Is,- true, and- 1 woulí’-reoch- my friends and/ moke them feel that all Is well. No motter what may no motter -whot their feelings may be.. In 'regard - to the post, it is well with me. True, It Would hove been well hod I heeded the admenitieus of 'mj motoer. Hod I given close attentleu to. -her - lotnltleos I might have been on earth to-day. But ambltlen poteted me onword, ond business which I longed to enter seemed to beckon-me awoy, and 1 went. I thenght there was something - stronge, bnt thot It must be uoosense which coused my mother to feel 1 must not go for one - yeor. But time passed on, and the seeds that Were sowq in mj being at the time life was germinating,- -manifested themselves,- and proved to . me thot I must stay my hand. The atfpesphere wherein Iíl'ved developed those drqad sjmptoms. of diseasej-yet still I worked on, and I tried with- oll the powers of mj being to throw oside -thot dreod disease ond stand before the world in mj maoheod, but nt lost I wos obliged to succumb, obliged to bow- my heod to the old - disease, which went to my lungs ond - took me from this life to the spirit-life. I know thej - have weodered why tliev hove not heord from me through this chan- nel.' This js the first time the way hos seemed' open to me, thot I have f^^nd a clear aVenüe. throiigh widen I eenld céme, feeling that.my- frleods wo^ld reeegOlze me, so aa. to giv$,'ê; strength w“en they sholl see my n^me. ' '

Yes, Spiritualism is ene'groud truth. Oh, how beontl1nl are our lands i Would I -Could picture to jou the splrlt•werld, but, were - jou to realize it, poor, hungrj souls of earth, jou would long to lí-ovo this plnce nnd come to us, jou would gladlj free jourselves from earth; you would do anjthing to get oway; ond yet if jou woit -not Jenr allotted time, if you work not out jour own lives, jou ore denied the beauties of tills life.

Mj.nome is George Allen Pray. I possed owoy in Canada.

Hattie E. Williams.Will jou please say, Mr. Chnirmon, thot ^^f^tie

E. Wlân!' wbopasssd awaa i n Dennve, Colorado, returns to doy and would bo very,glad if ony of her frinnds w^M feel that they con coll naeo her ? Infleed, I know - of quite o number who have w^tered if I was coming bock. Yes, I om here. I hod 1rlnods in Watertown, Mass - I om very glod to - retarn, very glod to - give my name here, ond - to say I know thot Salrltuollsm is true - God bless yen oll, dear friends. Koow tills, thot I om often with jou.

. George Shaw. 'I -wish jou wmld soy, sir, thot Gnergn Show, ;

who possed out írom New Orleons over two yeors - ngo, came to this Circle Reem ; and if there ore ‘ ooj friends that would like to call uaen me, I would he very glod - to hove them do so. Rest ossured I will be ready to respond to their coll and to shake hands with them the best I know how- - I don’t expect I - shall - remember everytOlog. - 1 con’t do that. 'Toticseem' to think, as we come to jou from time to Vjwh os spirits, thot we ought to remember evnrytOlng. There ’s a g—d deol to lnnrn.- One thing Is, to hold on to the lostrn- ment wo cor^t^^<^l; then we have -to impress our thoughts on her brain and give them out. We hove to talk, to tOlok, ond to hold oo. Theiê ’s three things to do at eoen, aod that; 's more than most men cou do. I know it ’s said yon can do two thiogs at a time vory well; but when it comes to a trioitj there’s a g—d deol to go through.

I do u't expect to moke mjself monifest os I ..-ould like to, but I want them to uoderstond th at 1 am here, and if thej want to hear from me I wish - they would go to eoe of -these mediums, - iostrumeots, or whi^^yer jou coll ’em. It’s a queer coocerO, onyOew, frieods, this way of get- ting back, - But I’m glad to cemn, glad to- moke mjself manifest. I would like to soy, if Som is aoywhere round ond would like to hear from me, let him coll for me. ’

Helen S——.Mr. C0oirmno, I '0nvn beeu iu spirit-life some

years, yet I have had but litíle rest. I went out bj taking my own life, by hangiog, ond I will tell jou why. I wos afraid of “ MetOnr Gruu- dj. Site lmd brought her pewers to bear oh me; - she had roised her hydro-êad.ood, serpent- like, hissed in my face, and I locked couragk . thongO I - koew I was Iu the right, to face it; I felt I hod retoer go out of this life. Biut when I come up here and fouod thot I should - hove stoyed - in the form ood faced it, aod oot have beeo afroid, It wos - to me a matter of sorrow. And - jet 1 have werknd on, feeliog that I would do all the g—d I eenld. - Still the word was ever, “ Cemn, you must go back- to eorth aud tell jour story, or jou con never go eoward;” I am a teocOer to- doy iu the seOeel for little children, aod -yet, with all tOe- brightoess there is, with oll the dear love these little eons give - me. ever comes up, “ Ym must go back to eorth oud tell jour stî^'v i ” ood I Oovn cemn. You will please say that - Hel- en S., of M-----o, romes here to-doy, aud she issorry she faced uot the world. +

Dr. Albert Riggs.If you hove sanee io your- columns, 1 would

like jou to say that Dr. Riggs, of C0elsno, hos returoed here and says to his Irlnods, All is well with me, aod I am stronger aod better prepared to cepn with tOeelegJ thao ever before. 1 have found it much as I wos told. Spirituolism is - very precious - to me. Ask them to go onword ooO upward, not to - fear, oot to feel lenely, for Albert is with them.

John. Norris. .Will you please say that John Norris, of Bos

ton, who passed away some ten years ago, would he glad to communicate with any friend who would like to receive him? I think this will reach a nephew -of mine, and he will 'respond to my call, and I shall be permltted to talk with him. I was about fifty-flve years old when I passed awny.

Dr.P—.There is a - greot change in life. One con stand

upon the plotform In your - life and con condemn his fellow-moo■,- and soy he is wicked ond unjust, ot the some time he himself may be - more wlckeO ond unjust thon those he coudemus. In earth- life I was one who had much to make life beoutiful, much to moke life pleasant and dear, and . yet - 1 did not mean to be nucharltable or noklod, but toe scoles of Justice were - very uieely bol- onced for me, ond whatever was my just due I felt I could coll in to tayself. I have tried to do good, and tried to do good to- those who lived in poveety; hut by my own want of íeve, by my own lack of - a1fectleu for my fellow-mon, I possed into the spirit-world. As 1 have in toe past, so I to-day stand before you and ackUewledge - that I, by my own octs, by my own words, was the cause of my going into toe spirit-world at toe time I did; ana on individual possed out from this life beeonse he -took -my life. Now, can it he possible thot two wrongs make a right? I know I did wrong in urging him on to the point which I did. You soy ne did wrong to take a life he could not give; and yet I am as much responsible for taking his - life - as he is respeoslble for taking mine—ond in spirit-life we see it so. I came here to-day, 1 know not why, Impelled by some force, thot 1 might speak to the children of earth and say to them, “Be ever true to yourselves; know thot that which yon coll , justice may sometimes be evli; for here, whot you may weigh In the scales and call right, may crowd

flownsome individual spirit;-and If you crowd some individual spirit, that ^wI^ will re-

to - saj to you that what seems evil moj he uode- vnloaed good, ond thot thougO you moy feel It Is Íust to put - jour fellew-moo in prison, and to mog him by the neck till he is dead, jet I, who

wms seot into the sairlt-llfn bj - the hood of ao- otoer, find thot 1 was as culpable of his deoto os he - was ol mine. You con call me Dr. P—-.

■ ; Chin Pan Shu. f ,Me wout to comee mucOen goedv Me koow

muchen of the. Melicao’' comnn; - Me want to comee mnnhen, Me wont to sanOkee mucOen. Me want' tosâyee Chin Pau - Shu do comee. Me - §o<ld)frnm me -countree; me comee to - yoiL - He -

oee - just wiiat you deen; Me trjee mucOnd to - getee gold. Me getee muchen tired,; me fnnl, muchee bod. - an' me mueOen sick; def me layee - down, me - alee—mueOee go^. Me oo fiOdbn it os flej tdllee'me. Me want - to cemnn - back- aod ^llee. Me deo’t know mnchnn, but me waot to sojee—no- such place as dey felfee, but brightee, brlgOtdn, much<dn’mucOnn brightee—muchee; geodee time an’,Iiopi>j time. Me muchee happy. - Me wont to seod dis to John SineeOI, Sao Francisco. - MueOne 'bligee.

George D. Moore.A frfeod of mine In ' Atlaoto hos asked me, if it

were pesslble thot I come bock, that I would go to -0^ - Bonner- of Light Circle and just give my oame,- .0^^ D. Moore. - I have come here in - accerdonce with' thot request. - I regis'ter ray name, aod - soy to the frieod thot I Oave been hero, ood tOnt -my.lifo's hopes, ond the hopes that - I had before I passed away into the salr1t^^- al, are all true, aod I rejuro to tell him so, trust-. Ing thot he will look well to the ,waj of his owo life, and be reody to meet his God as I have met my God and the aogel-werld; ,

Fanny Spencer,;Mr. Chairmoo, It will give me great pleosure to

commôicate- here - to- day, If you have room for my story, before I forget it. forl have beeo listeo- iog to the questions and the aoswers. Before I forget it I will give ym - mj oame—Foony Spen- cer. I possed out of the form at Yates City, 111. I would soj to mj frieods thot I hove got through with tho old wnaknnssds, ond life seems one grood lllnmiontnd day. - I feel oReo os if I would like to coovej - mj happlonss to the dear ooes here, -ond yet it'is lmpesslble for me,to pUtare it reallj os it is, nnd tell them oll of the beontfes of it, for 1 coooot -find looguoge to express it, but I wout them to know thot I have -come here, ood I shall be ever reodj, os iu the past, to give them my hood.

Obed W. Bartlett.I - ’ve got o short letter to put in the pest-efflee.

If there Is ooJbedy thot would like to tolk to Obed W. Bartlett, of the COorlnstowo Dlstri8t, who has been gone obent a ' year—went out some time io the spring, I tOlnk—T shall he very lmppj to see 'em. 1 was obout fliftj-eight yeors - old—iu my fiifty.ulntO yeor.

Susan S. Bates¡Is there ooj room to-doy for little girls? I’ve -

icome here - with most my whofe familj, and I ’d just like to let toe folks kpow thnt I can come. ' It’s pretty hard. I doo’t reallj knowhow to say it; I did n’t koow much about writing letters. I den’t sigOj^Ja-I^Tffd^jTrGtlll I get it done, do I? [SiTywhotyou wish to, Ood the reportar will write It down for you.l Well, I did n’t thiok you 'd have so many folks here. I kuew semetoing - of this, I saw o spiritlust as I was golog out, or ceming up here, so I wos u’t

„afroid. I was u’t scored, becansn father come oud helped me, and then there wastliree more of us up here* ood we left mamma all otooe. But she ’s a Spirituolist oow. There hove beeo some chaoges, but we 've got along with it uicely. We've got a uice Oemn, and it ’s a big family oow we 're all together. They ’ll know me, because they used to koow Graodpo Show. ■ My uame Is Susan S. ' I was seven yeors old, going ou eight years, wOnu I went away from North Abington. This is a real pleasant place, jou 've got so many beoutiful ffewers oll around here.

Annie Jenkins.Verily, friend, [to the COalrmoo,] thee has a

pleasant gathering. I am glad to meet thee. I - come with difflculty to-day—hope thee will excuse me, but I feel so much the necessity of bringing thee love and - telling thee of the great wisdom power above. Thee must not forget that thee hns a great - duty to do. Thee must - remember that there is a great work for tOee; that' the spirit-world is so near' thee that thou canst, If thou wouldst .open - thine eyes, see into it; hut tliee gets darkened by - the material—thee feels so mdcli the need - of gold, thougli. thee covers it all

-over. . •Now I would say to the Spiritualists, Be of good

cheer; thee needst not fear, for -the angels are taking thee by the hand, and will hold thee up. Only love, love, ye must have much loVe for - each other. Ye must feel that ye are brothers and sls- ters ; ye must take each other by the hand. Oh - Spiritualists, thee must send out thy love. The time is coming when there Is a trial before -tliee —thee must stand steadfast -in - the truth. Truly the angel-world is,a place of love. I wish thou - couldst beOold it; ' thou wouldst feel that the dew of love -was falling on thy foreheads.

Thou shouldst have one little hour a day devoted to toe spiritual, then thou wouldst grow much. Oh, Spiritualists I ye must love -each other. Annie Junkins, who went out from Prov- idence, R. I., through tOe'flre, returns to-day.

Jimmie Stiles.I can’t sit and talk about love; nobody never

did love me, nor uutOlu'. Did n’t I that ’s sure I My - name—you can have it if you want it. I s’pose you ’ll tell me to get out, when you 've got it? [No; you are welcome.] My name is Jim- mie Stiles. Aipt -that a good enongh name ? I did n’t always have - that name, though. When the cops came I never -gived It to them. Don’t s’pose you want me to come. Wouldn’t have come if that Quaker had n’t have pushed me In. Did n’t want to - come, nor nuthin’. I knew you would n’t want to see me. I aint got no love for nobod'y; nhbhdy never loved me. Why should- I love anybody? Don’t care if they did shut me up and beot me I Auyhow, I did get out. Glad of it, too 1 They can’t catch me agin if they try. - Thdy potched up that old body and put it In the box and burled it. Don’t care i Do n’t want it no more. Can’t catch this one If they try I I really thouglit that old Quaker used to be there. When she come for me she come like a Oeatheu Chinee, she did. She just pushed me up -here. Well, I like it. I ’m more dressed up than I ever was afore.

Doyou want to know where I got out ? Won’t tell ye where it was, bnt It was in 1874—very near - toe last of- It. ’T was pretty: near Christt- mas when I got out; two or three days afore, I guess—I do n't know sure. I went out In POlla- delphla—won’ttellye Where. Now I guess you ’ll letmego. Where’ll Igo? [ThatQuaker lady wiiltakeyouaway.] Ido feel better. IdonT want her to take hold of my shoulder so hard.

George Stevens.I ’ll give my name, sir, as George Stevens, of

Detroit. I promised a friend of mine, about two weeks ago, that, if it was possible, I would make my appearance at this circle'and give my name, and he promised to look over the sheet and see If it was there.- I koow - very well that he will be surprised when he sees, it, because he may not believe It was me who - said it; but I cannot'understand how he can well deny the facts - when they are -here before him. I have come, occord- ing to agreement, and I wonld say to him that the chmmuuicatihu which he received from me was correct. He knew that much that I sild was strange, and felt that the medium must have ob- taloed knowledge In some way or other. Now I would like to say to him, If you will leave off a little of the old-time creed, and jnst - take on - a little bit of common sense and toe Spiritual Philosophy, yon will get - through too world a - great - deal better, - and find your domestic relations in a

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better COnditieU than at present; I shall rap at your d^r pretty often. f'd like to hbve you visit my - wife and children, If they think it ’a wrong to receive me, all right; I’ll wait unt.il- they cou. - I never expect anybody to - swallo'w' any thing except-they ' ve got a mont-h to swallbw - with. . 1 do n’t - expect tó put a quart of auythiug - into a pint measure. - I cou wait until -they - cou - receive me. I want this friend of mine—Henry —to look out for me. >

¡; George Lunt. . v

Wiliyou please say that George Lunt, of Savan- oaO, called here to-day, that he may a'waken In - the -minds of his -wife and children a - desire to ¡know somethlng of this phlloshphy?- It'wlll be - ¡sufficlent for me to send - this word, for I have a friend who will present the paper to them.

' Dr. J. Mitchell.I can’t really understand) Mr. Chairman, why

I came here this afternoon. I have heard of your Banner Circle, many times, and I, have not cared to communicate, feeling that nobody would, perhaps, receive me - if I did; but there seems to . be a magnetism here to-day—In fact, Mr. Chairman, I have -been here a great many times, and have looked you over and over, and there never - has seemed to be a - magnetism which gave me a power to control. I knew something of religion. I supposed I - uudnrstoed It pretty well. I believed In tne "salvation of man through the blood of Christ,” that only through that could he he saved. I knew somethlng of medicine, - and the workings of the human body. I know that we physicians are apt to look pretty sharp, -but I never allowed a skeptical thoucht to cdme up, if I cohld help It. I ever -tried to be faithful to my Sunday school class, to all who came within the reach o, ray lu- fluence. I certainly had a. good deol of experienee with quite a rough class of men, and yet I have seen - the Infidel pass away Just as happily as I ever saw those denominated Christians.i Yet, for myself, I saw no beauty In aught but religion. I felt that they passed á'way in Ignorance. But tp-day I return hero, for as I said before thero is a magnetism that brings me here, and I return hoping to tell the fruth when I say to those who came in- contáct with me in earth-life, I was con- scientimis in my belief then, I am conseientihus in my statement to -day. I know that this great-.. pH^soet^ is true, and I feel as if I would like to return to eartli and enter our old church and tell my story, tell of my entrance Into this Sum-

-mer-Land, and toll them all I’ve seen and heard;but I know well, that I might not be allowed to - speak it. For the tOird time I repeat, there Is a • magnetism Imre which helps me to work.. I will record my name as Dr. J.- Mitchell. They knew me well In Chelsea, Mass., where I once lived. .

John D. Williams.?John D. Willioms, wOo - died iu New York

City some uIos yeors agb, returns here to-day to say to. some who hove attrocted him to cemn bock ot times to toe old club room, Goed-bJn I I have got semet01ng better to do. Don’t thiok of me; do n’t osk for me. ' I want to be a mau. T

‘Want to get up there wOnre my wife, Moy, Is. T want to get hold of my sister Lucj’s haud. - T waot to progress. I have beeu down here long nnengO, attrocted by the old - loflnnocnsI I waot to soj, “ Geed•bye.’’ 1 've tried to get away, but I coullln’tI - I was informed that if I wmld visit thls.plnce, thot would free me. If so, Mr. ' Cholr- mao, ond jou ever come up here, you shall he well poid’ for the privilege I hove eojoyed lo com- log- ’ ■

Zekie,It’s a rainy day, alnt it, sir? And oo rainy

days all the little folks can come, can’t they, sir? I ’ve been twice before; can I come three times ?

I want to send a - message to mamma, and send It right away, to papa, too. I want to say that Grandpa has come here to-day—Grandpa Br^ks. Eva comes,, too, and Eddie came with me- and holds my hands. Tell mamma not to worry any more, but to feel that we are all round—Pearlle and I are taking care of her and papa. - I want her to be real happy. - I can’t get to her any other way, so I have come here to' the Banner. If she ’d only get smart, so - she ’d be able to go to some mediums, I would n’t come to the Banner so often. Please sayI am glad to come. I am growing real fast. e seen both grandmas—three of ’em. I ântpapa and mamma to feel that I am Hiere, every n Ot. I love baby ever so much. My name, ZekieXjii.

Tom White.Ho, massa. - [Itow do you do?] Dunno, duu-

no how I do. Guess don’t do' nuffln’. Can’t tell wliar I - be. I 'so dunno what to say, now I ’se got here. - I’se dunno what I cum fur. - ’Spect nobody care wedqr I cum or not. Do you care? [You are welcome.] Don’t see nufflu’ef my massa or missus -here. ’Spect it ’s too fur off for ’em' to eum, aint it? You know. whar dey live— Baton Rouge? I used to live down - dar. I b’long to massa and missus White. ► Dey was white all over,- beside de name, but dey dido’t used to be white-hearted no more dan I; and massa James up here aint any ■ whiter dan I be. I 'se jest as white as he. - Can’t put no horsewhip on me ef 1 do n’t hold de horse jest right for him—can’t help hlsself. I won’t hold It at all no more.

Dunno how I got down here. ’Spect I flled— seems so. ■ Anyhow, I cum—got here. I 'se cel- ored. [Then taking hold of the flowers on toe table, - he added:] De black won’t rub off, not a bit. Wish I could take ’em. Massa wouldn’t like -me to do - dat. ’Spect I aint geed-manuered.

Say old Tom White cum. Dat’s all de name I knowed, - 'eause I b’long to ’em. I aint berry oíd; dey alius called -me old Tom. I’sea nigger—black—none of your'lasses -niggers. - I'se a real nigger, a ’spectable one, too. An' massa White gits it all right? Do n’t care. Can’t step - on me no more. Ef he hadn’t whipped dat» - Dinah so, an' dat Mary, dev been alive now. We go dowo dar sometimes. Aint much left - oh de old place, but we can - raise a row- dar.

Massa [to the Chairman], I feel much obliged to jou. I feel better. B’lieve I ’se grown white, so I'se going. Yes, I'se grown - white. [After examining toe medium's dress, he said:] - rTaint dis kind ob clothes I want. Dis don’t -makes jacket, nohow. It’s - too short. I rather hab dat one, [poinîng- to -the Chairman's coot,] I’se'. grown white I T’ll come agin. Geod-bye; '

Benjamin Glover. ‘It gives me great píeasure to report myself

here this afterueeu;. - My name is Benjamin Glover. I belonged In Plymouth, Vt. I am an oíd man, but I feel- 'yeung again. I no louger look for toe “Sweet bj-aud bye,’’ dear friends, hut it is the present I enjoy, the communion with beloved ones in my splrlt-home. I desire to thank all who had anything to do with my funeral, or who had aught to do with anything- connected with me - in life; I desire to thank tOem kludlv for toe interest they manifested. I was a' Spirit- ualist before I passed away. I - am a- SplrHî^^li^t - to-day. I was -some eighty-seven;years - old.'- I have lieen gone about two . years. - I thank God for toe privilege of returning to - this Banner Cir- cle.

Eunice.Mr. Chairman, can I claim - your indulgence

this afternoon ? I feel ti?at I would like to speak to my father and - mother. My mother does not feel at all well, ahd" -1 - know no other way of reaching her directly. True, there are many mediums, but I - know that - If I reach her through the columna of the Banner - it will have more weight with her- than it otherwise would, and If you will please to advance my message I wlll do all for you that 1 can to aid you In your way of progresistan. I wish you would say to mother to take 'courage; not to feel so fenely; that’Henry and ' I are clasping hands with her, we are staod- lug right around her, and if the dark -hour comes, andthe valley of the -shadow of death—as she looks upon it—ls near her, - we shall light the candle of faith and lead toe wajr carefúlly: she need- not- fear. Say to father that I - would be glad if he would communicate wlth ns wherever

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BANNER. OF LIGHThe can. Say -to hfm he need not fear that prfde of pospon or love o^.-power has actuated the fu- dfvfdtals through whom we used to oommtuioate. but that they are ever ready to liad thefr afd and hold the houds of all4 that need thefr assfsta^ê” Say to father and mother I am proeresslue, and that ff I had learned more of thfs pínlosophy Si- fore I passed IuOo the spfrit-world í should nave understoed more of lffe, and should have escaped many of the mfstakes wlfal were made. God bless them all ¡ angcls gufde and guard them.. I thank you, Mr. Chalrmat, for the opportu- nfty ot agarn - preseutiue my vfews, and ' scuditg a message .to my frleuds. Say ft’s from Eunfac. to her father and mother It-----. ’

Xílisrclhniun us.

MEB8AGE8 FROM THE BPIBIT-WOBLD .GIVEN TlIIIOUGIt THE MEDIUMB1111' OF

MBS. SABAH A. DANjSKIN.

. James Lynah.James Lyuah was my - uamn. I diíd at Chis-

uuI'Bfll, Philabllphia. bul I was from Charlis- lon, S. C. Thire Is a dnstfuy Ihat works oul eviry man’s path, howivnr rtggld or pliasant ft may Sí. The iuo°npríhlnsiví nind of man, whfli dfvmg down hernjn tho material. nivir c°np^lhlud8 thi laws nor Ihn works of Ihn fu- flufte. ’ 1

B°vlVlr praolioally hn may lalk, howevir r°nanlfoally he may spiak. sI11I be uevir spiaks wfth o°nfldlnol rigardiug Ihat w°td^rUtl change callnd dit^tti; I hold mysilf with °thlr8. Whin we ari chHdrin we lalk as ch^lîî^n; whin wn ari min we are callnd upon lo act as men. How mauy priachers or prfisls ari Ihore who act up lo whal Ihey prnach ? Tbiy fuslfll fn Ihn ' human brafu thi fiar and awi of God. -Ask y°ursllf. Is IIIs rfght? 1 say no. Whin a man slnps oul futo Ufe the firsl ififug - he fs latehl fs thal he must die; aflir thal hn Is lift lo grope hfs own way Iu darkuiss. Is Ifils righl ? 1 say uo. Man sh°dld nevir Sí taught lo fiar God, he should Si laueht lo lovn hfm, for wluiê Ihire Is all lovn Ihire Is no room for hale.

I bild. passid from thfs IIUí lo a Siltir. a fluir aud a purnr oun, bul I stariid uol ou my journiy wflh fiar of mnetfug my ilirnal Falher: and - wlíy ? I wlighld ft, I miasurid ft, aud I ana- lyznd II fn my sllent nlditalions. and the wIiís- plrfne angils cami, uusiiu Sy othirs, Sul uol uuíill Sy me. aud lold mo of Iho homi biyond Ihn grave; made me aoqtaiuted wfth Its plols aud Ils plans, and whiu I entirid fute that ldnfn°Us cUy I was not a slraugnr Ihiri, I mit Ihosi I once kniw. Thi erletf^g was gfvnn, aud 1 was Saptizlb and made oun of Ihn uumSir. Thin Iho whfspiriug- angel came agafu, aud spake Ihus: “Return; thy garmiuls are nol yet frin from the material of narlh. Return; mtke Ihy brilhrin acquafulid wflb Ihfs new trulh, tho niw sunis aud Ihe uiw dnf°ldneuts which havi Sien gfveu lo y°d.” And uow. wrflteu ou my forehiad fs IIIs: “Fiar not God, hul love km, for Iu lovfng hfm thou sbalt draw ufgb uuto hfm. He jls aud be wíII ivnr Si a fallir unto you. Thfs Is - Ihn kfngdom of -hiavin.” Aud wfth fl I swiip all Ihe dust of narlh away from my gameils. aud riturn, aud takn up my cup aud drfuk—drink from tho Uounlain of kn°v^ idgi. Farewell; I go.

Ann .Purdy.I dild nnar Ihe Black Horsn Taveru, fu Har-

U°rb C°tnly, ”aryitub. ”y uame was Aun Ptrdy. You sne I dfd n’l Iívi thnrn all the tfmi. 1 was U°rnlrly of Baltfn°rl County, aud uow comis Ibi jatei to thi limon. ■

I was jusl aSout efehty ynars old whin I wiut away from biri, aud rially fl snims siringe to me bow I got oul, and where I am, and what ís gofug to Slo°nl of mi. Thire’s two síIis lo tlris quis- Ifou. I’m a spífíI^, aud sifll-I know, sin. aud fíil. Now bow dons that o°ni aSout? Is Íí on aoo°unt of somn of my nnrves SiIic rnlaxed. or fs thfs o°mlng.blre and g^ng and- snnlug aud flnlfng—is fl lo Si of any usn to me or usn to oibnrs ? I fnnl striuglhinid Iu my nind. for fl was wiak and fiibli wflb agí and fnfirmftfis whiob sinmid IIIIIí by Ifitle lo pass away, and I appiar lo o°npfeblnb tbe usn of ‘au°lnlr lffe. wflb all ihn SimIIis attachid lo fl.

Am I ivnr lo go on In IIIs way,- exprissfng mysilf from poíuI lo poíiI, or wfll Ibe tfme como when - Ihn wnariid soul wfll find resl? Angils hovir - unar me;.now thiy Sathi mi fn swiil odors; now they bH mi rafso my mfud 'from nartb lo hiavin wbnre thi angiIs dwill, aud Ibey wfll gdfde Ihn - wnary fnnl and tbey wfll gê rest to Ihn wiarfnd miud, aud liach me. Ibiy say, Ihai diath fs nol so - hard as °nol I Ihougbl

• fl was. •1 fiel thn ziphyrs fan me as °nol thiy dfd - In

my Srfght gfrlh°°d days. Oh, yi wbo - placed me Iu the coílhuand IighIlUlb down tbe sorews. aud l°wereb fl fn thn grouud, and gave dusl lo dusl aud asbns to ashis—I am not thire I I am loll- fug fn Ihe sufril lo mauffnst God lo mysilf as will as - to all of you wbo s°netfnns gavi mi Und words and at olhers gavn me harsbuiss. II Is - nol will lo lfvn Siyond the ynars - of usnfulunss, for then you S10°nl lr°dblls°nl and Ifrisome lo olbers. '

I am going away uow. I bave done my work:. I do not know Ihal I shall comí again; ff I do wfll I Si wllo°ne? [Always wllo°ne.] EIuI glUlr°ds fnnlfug brouglil me bnrn t°'nfeht. lo pour out the joyous tidfngs. Even th°ugh wn ale, we carry Ibn snusns wlth us to Ibn Sladtfful world of spfrfl.

Harriet Burtts.In Charlnslown, ”assaohusltls. Harrfel Burtts

by namn. I was - Sorn fn Riohnond1 Vfrglnfa. Sut for mauy years I ifvnd Iu Charlnslown. Mas- sachusnlts. ”y fathnr’s uamn was John; my motines uamn, ”ary Gfldnlmnnl.

The -Soundliss dufvirsl fs mfne. I am -nol hampirid on nfihnr síIi Sy cirotnslanols.' Wilb bounsly of purposn do I -now reluru from tbe griin felds of Edin to spriad Ihe bladtifdl Ibougbl of a lffe - bly°tb thn gravo—wflh pnr- pilual youlh and- SladtfUul uufolbnenl Intel- llotually.. '

God. Ihe IiAiIIí nftd. thn nlnrnal rulir, Ibe ' fouudir of all lbiues. naribly or spiritually. - sfts

upon a wIIIi Ihronn; hn has IÍs snal fu Ihe - biart of eviry oun wbo Is a Mind lo hfmsnlf and a frfnnd lo hfs nifghbor. Why. Ihern fs n°tbiug more pliasaul Ihan lo dfe, wbnu Ihn ootsofluoe Is clnar and tbe ninb has- fls purposn for > good'; Ihin no prnachir niid como to pass you Ibrough Ihe rnalms of ifgbl ntirnal. - for Ihe work bas binn done aud musl be doun Sy y°drsllf. Oh. I had some ynars. I had somn -experilu01s fn Ibe material world. I bad somn plnasaul sdrr°undiugs. I, loo. lfkn othnrs. s°nliines wnpl ovir thlugs which siemid lo me dark; Sul now I can sen Ihal II was for my ultinatn e°°d, for I am now luj°ylng Ihal piacn wbioh passis luí undirstand- ^2 of man.

Inflnfte Jddge, - wbeu - Ihou bibs^ - cali mi I dfd auswnr. - Thy homn now - fs my bomn. wflh all Ihal biauOy. wflb all - Ihal graudeur whfch words from mysilf can nevir convny lo thn human niub. Blissid arn Ihny who Iíí In Ihemsilvis, for Ibny sball lnblrfl Ihe kfngb°m uol made wfth

- hands. .I Ibfnk I had rlaobld>8°nevhern -nnar tbe age

of sivnuty-flve. ’TIs -a goldiu -|briad -of iffn Ihal gfvi8 mi powir lo sinp back and takn up my w°nanh°°b. Are you g^ng lo gfve thfs to Ihe world? rCii^^^^^^; IwfllsnudlItotheBaunnr.] Somn wfll tnrm me nTaOte. Wbat cari I for Ibat? I am only w°rkiue out my nature.

material acOlon- of iffn; Sul whin we spring out luto Ihn Bpirltda1 wi have time for tb°uebt and nidliati°n. Iu Ibis world wn arn nol - crampid

í°Wtil'í.iWbat of fl? If I was a captafn I was not I TUe cuamx of place. \ ■ j H RHODE M D' ’barsh or uukind. I only bad to bo oSiyid. for. - -rarj yt p ■QTíTO’Ii’D’Q|hn iaws of sNpu dernM f|. Wn|1. Míe nteras DR. H. B. STORER O Clalraudíent aml Clulrvoyunt, Me<llc»larn ovir. tho rains have fallnn. thn winds imvo .. n . fSlowu. ihn sbfp bas Sinu tosse' to aud fro. and I New Offic°. 29 mellan Place, Boston. I and Elcolro-Nisgiueie Uenlcr, bavn al lasi Sien landid on thn sborn of humor- I ”H8. JULIA ”. CARPENTÉR, ............................... . -tali|y Th,l'saH I've got to uay T?E\DS ibnInlnrior oondftfou of bis paliints wflb pnr-|a|f|y. xnai s ... I Ve gm |o say^ 'Medical Clnlrvoyant. . icct oorrlotniss, poinifng out iviry disiasi’d condi-

E TREAT all forms of Cbroulo Disnasn wilb rnmark- iS'Ul|n‘g°u1ar1R'ra1Jttato,°ntioP”l1lnea10ltohoítoi 0tius iRhkfUig ____ ___ fhS,In su0Olss, by app1fohtfons lo lbo uorvo w1- ihn-ooudftf°us llioesHUry for riceivfug kUowledge. an'

ttlVEN 1'HHonnM TUV Mriinreuuin nv.viia 1 trns of iun spfun, by our powir from pbysiofhns fn -splrlt•llfll lie bas for thopastGIVEN 'iIIJ{OUJEJNN¡I,EEH ”iEiDÍIU”aHIP OF ”B8d NEW ORGANIC REMEDIES, Inu yihrs Snnu F^hoiiofug phy”obm fn thn clty of Fllila-

t « * JENNIE d. ||UDU, W a didpblh, and Iu hoknowlldgld amf inroilnd as such by thnJamos Eaion; Di-tc m .Jirimiab Kllbdru; Wllifn; Col. Rewlrent, Detergent and Nutritive. Hohrd of llialll.

Evoritt FiaSody; Jolm íroni; Tom; Julia Coles; Cora | ,,, , " , ,, ... .

A,nbrEwilgba! Jobu D llllm°nt; C“ra -Au8us,hi ka^wvoioauo nxh'w»^ fi" sh,uw m I- SDjrít PhysiCians EXamine the PatfentEdward F. Whrd: Gnorgo Bowers: Mury U. Frostí Hiu- direot!ollsfor trihtmiul, soul lo hll phrls of ibo oodulry UJIlHl IRJdlUlUllu HA(U1HUU U1U IdllOUl.

dhítoa AFfrn” fiw’vwmEllM ,?. IV°uUUIn■hU,hí Tls- .i1111111:---------------- 1-------------.---------- Dlo• '23. Dr. It. will, on riolivfng full uml 'xacl tumo and ad-'.amA1!1'. SlíwÂt^í iEIIas if. 11°nn.1mhU| M u r oVll, ■ ztm? ■? IM l CAE* drnss, agí, marrind or uumarriod, aud f2,°°, reffdOBi aSifraih1? Il¿nkWíooAUnfll°fnnSAndÛlAbnlm; h— ^Cliihrils I. P. CREENLEAF, BIfiri|ldüotor lo exaiiihieilii-persoiunamid nrn| report allS|hrhh Jl Kirkwoobí ^wg' A. ^rlubo|mí 11 , Charles Medical Clairvoyaat and Homeoâthie Ehuîdan, tbo disnosid ooudI1IpnSl also thn modo oí Irnatmiui nerist

Mary A. Duren: Gnorgo Sawynr: NioboIhsTow°r: Lydfo fYFFICE ol 8« Montgomiry PIaoOl Boom 4, Bost°n, warraott mUsUm"^™ rli'íi.U1!' dlrimtioits* ^ri!|l0rholdywo11 Unlis; Choadlir Clopp; Nolbanloí Joyon; Luo1dsDl Wnt- O ”rtr. Ottlro Touro from 0 A. ”. lo 4 J*. ”. Prisoripl iww¿J saIis1aotory 11511115 If diriolions orn stífr||y w.-- moríí WfI1fam 8. B?8,go°.d| .. r li.o'U.s given. a»' Medlonm snul wbon desfred, Palíenos MiiUrliusufictoUl to lost oun wink will bi soul by mall,

AndrtTOT'.FoBs: Diíío M. Mltoa: JobnS.Sml|h; Cb.rito vfsitidat Ibelr bomosi. l’o riles Jolui' In niurrlh¿°. Fu- ond lwo spirit mnifnotfo Irioiminls bi gfvnn, ami wbat- i..- GlOí,•?°-Nl Pal111 JDoiatU(»-^Lo°|n„,. un£his..hlt^________________________”ays. nvir nlsn thn spirit (doctor may dirnol, funl! caws of trn*at-

mAJ'1u d. -KPg; ^^lU't-1 —-'VA^síín»-^nUf0 íEnf°1iu° —— . . ■ ■ . fug pallónos al o distauro sdrressfu1lyl Inttirs from ihn po-IlntHiews1 Giorgo N. F1skl, .WD.muG Slth B. tiwh- Qy |U|a| InStltutA lli»lor a nnar frfiad sbould bo rerefvid os ofien us otro oingí tífmmous^ I Dr. Maln s Healtll Instltute, i wink, so as lo kenp up iho maguillo eurrini wbfoh Hows. — at NO. 00 DOVER STREET, BOSTON. . from Iho bnalir lo Iho poilinl. -

GIVEN TMOOTH TBE ..MEDíU”SÎI> OF - -MIIS. riTOOSE 'islrfng a Medical Dfognosfs of Disenso, wfll I ir i* i i i ur i t»SARAH A. DANsÎN^ JL plnnsn nuolosn $1,00, o look -of hofr. o riturn - posiogi MOdlCKted Rlld MlUUltitiZOd Paper,

Luelo Iinzin; Dounls; Edword Colemon. stamp, an' iho addríss, ond slnlo six ond ogo, All Modl- | ° . 17clneg with dlrectlons for troatment. extra. AprB 2L • Maguilfznd for inrh spoolnl roso, Is oto of ibi mosl potinl

__< rimi'iis, ou' ofton tho Sist modo of gfvfng maguilloMrs S. E. CroSSman M. D. iriotminl. as fl Iavolvos no Uioliag of dníleaey ion snuslt CC>r©» V ■»■•■■■■*■ ifvi persou. Ho has had iho biso of sureiss In eurfiig dfs-LAIRVOYANT- iAND ”AGNETIC- 1 I oasi of iho Lniga,IicnrliEívnr, Kfdnny nml Ntom-..mTiranei-Midlumi Speclayt'y: CurfngCancers, nnh| or ouy disensnd poro whoro It oon Si applfed, Fríen,

mors ond Fomolo Complalnts. Examines at auy 'fslaiiri. I sfx shiits Ui,00, wlih full difietloas.HAi timadf AnvFDTicriuicuT I Terms$2,00. Als°”1dwIUll Maguillo i,a^î-UJ,00. ^^Tro- ■-BALTIMO|t ADVb|TISEmENT. montslronl, B°pl°u. Suites. - Aprll2L v» iin i -n

. —Z, —■■ ■■— , 1- .---------- »----------- livêr and Blood-Purifying Pills,SARAH As DANSKIN,||__ MrS. Maggle FolSOm ComposidoU ibobiso knowu-AnOI.1I1II°usun' Blood-Piirl-

1 1ITILL stfll continui gfvfng Mi'ieal Examinnliousond fylng propiriiis In iho vigilublo kiiigdom, omf tnodo i>y bkuoinlan in» »» W Bdslulss Tisis ai 41 Dovor striiti olihougb n°0| as hna' wbili undir tbo maguióle control, thus givfug thnmrnysiCian of tne .new Scnoolv Uormirlyi Iu portnirshfp wlth or uudirsdplrvfsf°uof I)r. tbospirit-vitnlfzingpowefwh”liIs iho only forro ifiat ean

1I. R. Htoror^ Dio. 18. Obfow olf dfseoso muí revivo oudbufld up on exhauste' sos-I’upn of DF. Benjttmln R^n. ■ -- -----;\ ------- Ohmhn HoOti-? im mi-So’^fatUd» womon aud eblldrin a

Office, No.70JÍ So^rî^toga Sireel, Baltimore, Md. Susie . W lilis F letcher, S’U'lih-S’r|l;tniVadinmUn bni,0■iinO°°UiaiíSOelSS ln :riailne ibam, TRANCE MEDIUM, 7 Mouig°mlrn Dora, B°slonl A''rass, __ —

Uffleo bours 0 lo 3 . Moy 5. | J. H. RHODES. M. D.,DURING flfiiau yiarspasó Mits. Danskin líos bien tha I ~~—__ _ .... —_

pdpll°fond madlum-Uorthe sn-rílof Dr. Bonj. Rushi MISS LOTTIE FOWLER, 258 Norlh 0lh BOfllI, Phfiadllphla, Paaianycasas pr°n°dncid hopiliss lave bain parmoniu^l^ fos 17 -îm . t . ti»*curo' througb har Instrumanloifty^ onHE world-ronowni' Splrlida1 Ml'fdml Ims roturan' 17 ___________________________._

Sha Is elalraudlani au' olafrvoyanil Rands tho Intariof X from Europa. 40 Bioeh siriit, Boston, ”asBl Hours nrvu « c o>n $4 <R «1 nn !condltlonof tho patfint, whitbir pfls°ntor ol a dlsianei; | 11 0o7. . 4\v* —Aprli 2I. | The Sclentxil.c WUUUel i .md Dr. Busb iraols 110. cosa wflb a solnnliflc skfll which 'bos Saín grially enhaiicid Sy bis flfty yaois’ axpirlniiei In ibe world-°f spirlts., . , n __ ____

an'-iwo BlOmps, ______ .. _____ _______

^bjmfxsnntnts.

Ibn world-of snufts. i MRS. JENNIE POTTER, THE PLANCHETTE.Applfcalfon by lnllor, nnolosing Consullatfon Feo, $2,00 "XTEDIUM—Test, Modfoal aud Buslnoss-lHO C^s^tlessl., |

nd iwo slamps, wfll rnonfvn prompl attnntion, . MX nnar 300 Trnmont si. Hours 9 lo 9. tíûdaas 2 to 9 -* -------- May 5. —4w* ________ __________________________

The American Lung-Healer, aTk. henry g. lull. Busíuiss aud MndkalPrrnarrd nnd MnnnMtfd bu Mrn Dnnukin "JL Clafrvoyant. Uoouf8 043 WaBhfnKtoU «triol, (cor. Iu-Preparedanaílatmetlieaby Jdrs. Danskln, dlunuplaco.) Hours from 6 a. v. lo 12, 2 to s, GeneralbíD | c<CIENCK fs unabln lo nxnlafu tliomvstoriou9n^form-

Is au unfaflfug rnmnda for all disnasns of tho Throal aud Ifngs, -tnrms ono dollar. Cfrclns Thursday and Sunday SC N , , OXp.a . I. mystol^,ot’^ .mLungs. Tubehcuiar CONSUJii’Tiox has bnnu cured nvnufngs. Admission, 25 conts. - law* —Aprfl 7. I M .utos °f una won<l°rrul RUm Ids|rumnn|, wmch ^ltesby II. ------------------------------------------------l’rlcn $2,00 pnr bottlc. Tliren botlles for $5,00. Addrnss

WASH.A. DANSK1N, lfultlmorn, Md. March 31.

THE WRITING PLANCHETTE! THE WRUTNG PLANOHETTE!

THE WRITING PLANCHETTE!

tJctu ■fftrrh ^bb.crtiscnxcirfe.

I3w’—Aprfl 7. ,Ininlliglui anftwnrH to qunsifons asknd nHbir aloud or mon- ^M. ^M. HARDY, lally. Thosoduaoquainildwflh fl w°dld So asioni8hld at

------ ------------------------------------------------------------- --- ----------- - ■ . xTrttr AftriiTTTM xir. a__________ u.L-a Bomn of Iho rosults Ihat- havo binn ailafned ibrough Its IníNí?hm”EDnUMlnNo. 4 COn0O^dt•Si^^la!°ítrcO1B!|°U‘ I aglnoy, aud no done8tio oiroll sbould Sn witbout oun. All Offlon bours from 9 to 3.__________ - —March 2L _ | fuvl8tigators who dnBirn praotion fu wrfiing fnoXi!lmsbIp

MI • JJ • JJ. - XLe f T H1.1S | - * - u HAYWARD Vfial ”aetlt,fo PtyBfolan Bhodld avafl ihemsilvis of thoso - “l,lanob°ttn8," wÍIou o. „ A RDaJuít'VuOaiO^1, VE;^^rtlOnin?dfsnnsi « tira n!n<ll- may hn consultid ou all udlBiionB, as also foroommunloa-'Hay Sn Addrnksnd (III furthernoHce: XX.« 5Davfs s|., B^tou.. Eâdloa,tlB 'he.isi whninnldft ilous from diolasld rnlaiivesor friludB.1 Pacmk minen c111 JaGs. Maguo11/1' Fapir «nuby ron. Frl<n50 01niB. completn wfth box, poucflC&r6 Bann6f Of Hjgnt, BOSton, Mass. Aprfl 7._______________________________ aml (lfrloiions, Sy whicb auy onn cun nasfly dndnrBtanbD- r. W1LLIU may bi addrnssid as abovn. From lilis A/T ES. J. O. EWELL, Insplrational and Hial- h,<,w.t° “"J0, , , - '

polulSocanaltnndlothndfagnoBfng of dlsiasn by bafr fUL tag, sulte2, Hotil Norwood, cor. of Oak aml Wash- 1 mdagraph whii1s................................................... 9LOO.lud Eidwritfng, Ho 0lalnB tbál his pownrs fu this linn fugion sts., Boston, (lnlranon ou Ash st.) Hours 10 to 5. 1°singo rr1O.arn durlvalnd, comblning, as hoodoos, aoouraln el-ntl^M Aprfl 7. _ • | For salí wbolisalo nml rniafl by COLBY A RICH, alknowlndgnwttb k<rtn anusnarohfngClTlrTTyanon. I------------ :—íUiHrKNldü -̂-------- -------- No. 9 Montgomiry Flaco, oo^D°rof Provlnco sirint (lownrtbDr•Iovdan8s0tnl1!nBlnssy1sln,.1Sk1 cCauo|rnatsue<la|t1aisuaan81os rrRANcSsatíeTOWnstBiook-1MoiT.jiostou.Mtass.-_____ :_________________ ^-ôc..ttI?lmSt'Enin1™v1to!aSlySsIiBnlin<CaaIO tbi SmO°tUl°lI1UatnI ants T lfneslriil, til. Elmo, Sufln 1, Boslon. Hours lio 4.00tmpSl|l^Pif°“SSsyoasS°aí!°ffy)oth sexls?11 PuWto s0auO1s Bimday rnumBign. ____________ m. 1L

Dr. Wllllsisnnrmlttna to rifnr to -udmnrods partios wbo ............... 'nave bnnn odrlu by blssyst°m of practlcn whin all ollurs I toffendíor Arcullrs nad<StíoUwin .eütU™ p08ta!-0nSrt|lTp■ malí 5o'0i'n'ti^ ."nd staiup;-”WlíOie’Tl’fn-readiug^$i1;(»■aUá

bena for Cmlan niíd Btfturmus.________ APr1lT 2 slamps. 75 Dovifslriol, Boslon. Iw*-Mny6.

Tlo naele a°til°l of NPENCK’S •I’OMTIVE AND NEGATIVE

I'OWDEUN over 'isaosis “f oll klnd-s Is won'erft hayoud oll pfacn>lllI>tl \

ilay iha r’OsNTTlVES for ouy ond oll monitor “f 'la- ai”('H ixeipó Poralysfsi or Polsy, Bliadaiss, Dooftass, T'ypbOs omi Typbofd Fi-virs. ■'

Ilay lio NKGATIVUN .for Iarolósisl “f Polsy, Blftd- tass, DtaoUiiaiis, TopIus ond - Typloid Favars. -a

Buy o Box of II”UF FGSITIVEN AND ÂEF NEGAT^ms f“l Clills oml F-vir.

FAMPHEETN wilb full - °xploua0lods mailad feae. AGHNTN waniad averywlare.

Mailad, pontpai'i for 81,00 per Box, or 0 Boxea for ?5,0^l Salid motio ol “ur fisk aud expoiisa Sy Ituigfstnrnd .lit°r, or Sy PosO “Ufea Monay Ordor moda poyoSla ii

Ntntlon D.. Now York City. ..Ad'riss, I^HOF. I”AYTON NI’KINEE, "23 k.Wtb sirnat. Nnw York (/l1tO’l ' _

Noli nlu at the ilunnor of Light Ornee. No. 9 Monígoniery Pitare, Ronton, Jlam»_______ April 7.

' IIALE’SHONEY OF ÍOlEljOUHD AND TAB '

FOR THE CURE OF

Conffbs, f'olda. Influoticn, Ilonmonraa. DldlcnU HreaUiliiR. nml nil A flections of t líe Tliront,-

llronclilnl Tiibea nml Iainga, lriulluglo Consumplion.

THIS IufolllSla I-mido fs aomposnd of Obi HONRY“U iba plout - ll“fvlouudi *iii el-mieol uiif“n wilb Tau-

Balm, axirooii' ff“m olí Life PhincU’Lk of ola for- ast tria auikh Halsamka, “f ilolm o! Ull°.d1.

Tla Hoiiny of íloreloujd sooinus anh scatteks oll Ir- rftations ot' Ia1fdmnnÔifB, at' tbi Taf•BaIn clkankxa and HEAl.s lio tbiooi ou' iiIr»paH:igis ll^^lllug to tla IdtgSl Five nddilional Iugi-diiuis k-ip lio oigans ao“l, moiati nml Iu baoltlful nCif“ih L-i no pinjudici Kiip yon from tiyiug Ibis gfiat mndiefua of o aammis Doctor, wba bas sova' ihodsoabs “U ilvis Sy It iu bfs largo prívate prae- lliu. , i

N. II .—Tlo Tor lUIrn bos no had taste or smili.50 CENTS ANI> $1 1KU HtO^TLC,

Ginoi saving lo Suy laigi siza. .

“Pike’s Toothache Drops”Curo iu"1 Minute.

1 Sold by ull DruggíKts.

U. N. ClllTTCNTON. Tiop., N. Y.Doci 3fo—íy < .

Tí2Í^^F?A 1’701^^111?*? 'we~wítí ifMrjlüf ílfrso JA-VHiJA I v7; F MfI0 ? H1||l-<^ Tliieu <IIb|iomc o-f 100 IMANOON A* urronuí linnd.ofíl^liít^m tfiikcra, Í1lcltl<l11lfr IVATKltN’, at low- ee príeva fon cnoíf o^ íiiNtiilIinc'iiN or lo inl unllí Jmfd ior. than evnr before oiênedl WATMlDÍk IRAND. NIUCrAltK nnd UPIt^CHIT PIANOS A

OIUJANS. (INCLUDING TIIKIít NK1V IUUVK- N’III AND IIOI OOIIC.) ore the HBST |VADBl 7 Octave Pliuioa 8150. - 7 í*Udo. 8I(10. nol iiund n year. M,¿* ’Níop OrfaiN .55. I Slopa 8'5. 7 Stop* 870. 8 Sio|»a 975. 10 Síopa 800. 12 MopaNlücitith. not iited ii yoir. la - penled order amt wanmaled. ItOCÍUANO TIIAvDIiING AGfSNTN IVANT-ID. Iiiutlruled Uaunluffiiea Mufled. A ílSnrní dio- emunl to Tracher*, Ministers. (Cutrchts, Scho-^^s, Lndges, etc. Sheet musle ni hnlf pelee. IIOHAUE IVA- TKRS iV 8ONS. Mnat^íacíerera nnd Deialera.-ÍO HA^T i -IlIf NTBEBTl New York. P. O. Iiox 3567.”ay.'i.-i2w

JUST ISSUEO.

“ The Anal^ysis of ' Religious. Belief,”IJY VISCOUNT AMBERLEY.

Son of Lord John Russell, late Premier of England,

_______ __ MEDIOMEFÍJÍ.M[RS. JENN1E CROSSE, Test, Clnirvoyuul, I ' ou,lvl. BuBfnnss and Hoalfug Mndiun. SIxMiuiBtlous by <■ .----- -- --------- --- - ------ *----- -- PlanchetteAttachment.

FANNIE REK1ICK, I a HIMPLE and Iugnnfonsapparatnsfor tlledevelonmoultíplrftual and Physlcal’ffealfng, 3G2 Tromoul at., Boslon. XX. of wrhfn^nnrfûfufhjp. fl rau ho rnadllj^'atlaihjud

Aprfl 28.— 2w* . . lo any l’lulloholto, aud fs dnsfgned lo n.lfminatn all IIicoHos---------------------------------- ------------------------------- .í- of fraud aud nuoonsoious muscular aotiou ou Iho part of

w T *A---------1NIJLLS, C|al^voyaut, Iho mndfum. All persona who can suoon8sfully work Blau-a^ Tranco and 1’rophntÍC Mcdfum, 31 Oak si. Tnrms f1. chotln, can asonrtain by tho use of (ho attaohmnut whether

Aprfl 7.—Om, thoy possess tho trun modlunlslln wl•itiug power. . Wfth..... .......... ....................................................................r-:------ :— IIIs atlaohmenl, Blanchillu bicomos a soieulifio Iustru-

* mnnl for InvnHSieators. '............— - --- I Prlco of Mcdlumeter......................................................... 91,60 w—May 5, | “ “ “ and Plauohnltn combine!....-2,50

Postago fren.For salo bj’ COLBY A RICH, al No, 9 Monlffomura

Place, corner of Proviuon sirnnl (lownr Roer), HuMion, Mass. . . ■

SOUL . READING-*,Or Flóalonl1rlalií Dellneniíoii oU Charoci—i.

MltS. A. B. SEVERANCE wodl' rospuatfu11younodueo | TUGIJÍSíTÍA i)VVINI'ILLS, Clnff’W.lt io Ol— puSiloilni il“s— wbo wísb, oud wfll vlsli bar íu AYTrOnec n..' l’r— ----- ------- ••• ,- C iv^yî.1

purson, sote “1 t^lu^trietoguaoli or b-ok ot batí, nliii-vlll give 1 A • f rouec-oud 11 ou oeeuraie 'aserlptiou “filiolr lcn'lug iroiis oU obaroatcr . __________________________________________________________gn' p—oulliî-ltlas ofdisppBltl“Uí morkad cloiigasluposl .lid (TLAKA A. FIELO. ”oen-0fa Phosiaiat; 11l- fotdre IlUa; plnilon1 dlsansc, wítb praserlpOl“U tlaraaorí I i spl10ifoll01 mwk,,,- va1Iai”Tcst nad 1iuslnoss ”o- wliat bosincsi ili—y or— lost odnpie' -to pdrsoa lu “rdar t“bo ( ̂,|p 1.2aVV0nI8niIstS1?Ct CllU!^t1“U1IaMlOSsCSi d dw-Ui"^”“sueeassaulí tbo physleol ou' maniol "'optaliou “f ibosa íu- <2 -̂------------- w ,, Ul,y> o-., ■ p“stO¿e-fl—ó............. .............Iindiugmarrlaga; gu' ljíuts io tlu Inlormonlousiyinor- QAMHEL GHOVER, HEALING MEDIUM, No. Fo1 solo Sy Coun1 “Íi-Rcch,C ... No, 9 .”onii 11A'd1FCC11 'aIlu—OiÍoUl *2,<<MRSfAtBa■eCEVStilnApS'CE I® ”0 Dwígllsi. Dr. U. wííl ailcu' fu1laralc 1f roquoslc'. ' — - -.......— ........ j

Cdltra Br“oti b—tw—cu Clurel ot' i’voirl— ctrrctSl > ”nre| 8.April 7. Whítc Wolcii WolWoril Co„ Wls ivfRS- C - H. tÎLDES. No. 8 Eolot sOfiel, BeB- m.in TiTimTin o nnvinw nn I "’X ton. Mondaos, Tuisdonsi Wa'nisdaos au' -Thurs- THE DINGEE & CONARD CO.’S Idons. Hours 10 lo 12 aud 2 lo 4. ’ 2w’—Aprli 28.

BEAFTIFÜI, EVEB-BIfOOJIIJi« -- — -----------------------------------------------------■ <'£> SPIRIT POWER I I877. ‘Pilca $3,50 o yoor. ' ' . . ' '

|S^ N^^^F.EISM IN KI’IltIT MEDICINE I í1,75 C°XltnPÍ°rlSffUeIa eopn«4 ÜLTÍhT utí , a"d Acuti Now -Is y°dr-t1m° ' i°aidb8sPr°iSSif,oerI popar, wbirbSirongPoOPlanta, sultobla for lmmidiota flowcrfiig, ™ Ml»dl^tns. __________ diseussns oIl suSjneis ootairtid with iha bapplniss jf 111011-sln|«ito.v Sy- moi1. TOrt-imld, BapIalJb1lIvâl•IetrnBl I MRS.■ EMMA EMERY. kfnd. Addiiss J.P.NÎNDUM. .your chotce. oll lobílnd, for 8I1 I2 lor 82) I0 for 8<l| 20 „ , TT, . Invcat -gntor Office,for 94; 35 for 95. For lOaiiits ineb o'dRlonal,ouoMnit- SpIrlidaI Ma'fum on' Magnolia Baalarl 204 Washiagiou í Puínc.Mfîifi^^fniinlflccnl Premilumi Itoao to avary 'ollar's worib or- Avanuo, Chelsia, Moiil Auril7. - ' '' ■ Hostoii,Mama.darid. Bend for our NEW «I’inB: TO ROSE CUL- -pXTERN ALLY—Sy mognatlzid ban's on' paper. In- -------.—.— ------- ----------------- -------------------- -- m--TURE, ou' cboosi from ovor 800 flnasi soris. Wo moka ll larnally—Sy mogueilzadtP°wdars, praparid ibrough T>„LL2 Apa /IRn-vf Pif TTanlfT, liosi°sG^cn1tSpccI^lIty.an<0rautnllargestRote-grow- bii mlUldiushi]) Sy |ho dfrici- aelfon of BPilttphn1i1cIauSl BaDDltt s Vllctlt of ' AedlLUt ers (n America. ItiUir io 100,000 oiistomars In iho Uullnd A slanoa wilb ibo splrlt-bon' Is bol' for aoeb spielol rosa, motas ond Conada. THE DINGEE A CONARD CO., omltîifrdirielfons Impllcltio-oSeynd. J pr. e. D. UoSblttbas pripafid o laigo; ban'somnCltnrlUOBE-Gnowiniis, WoBt Giova, Cheatar Co., Po. . 4^ Sand Sy mall o lock of hofr, full nomo and ogo, oud ofUcnllli, ovir n yaid ioiiK, io Si buag up In homns,

FaS. 10,-íOteow $1 lor axamlnatlon. Magnatlzid pripoiottons for ono sohools ond -liclura-rooms. Tla foitowlng aro somi of Ils- ■■ ■■■ month. $2. bao'fnffs: TliLawsof Natina; Tlu Low of low^r; TlaDR J E BRIGGS’S l4atOMRrl EMERY wfll manipúlate indios ouly, an' LOw t°IeBornlhno;aWôOW to PromoliHioUh; Howlo Di-J-zxb. o triol tiam ot th-lr liomp-wlian di.s'rad- ' ' siroy Hoiltb; How to Cura Dfsaosa)ll°w io Driss; How

TVTc. rvn S-, "Wa-k-ra /1f A'drass, MRS. EMMA EMERY, 204 Washington 0’1- io £01; Whot to Eat; ílow lo Siiip; How Oo BfUln, ale..CjUCld • 1 nuo,JChnís^______._________ _______ _w—Appr- 1 "L iaoobitg peopi to ba tbiir own doctois on Oha powarful

foií tub cFFccTuALiand suuc cuhc of the mola ■ "Frieo05i“naI1asPip¡ffStOfoN1a0e'ano•sr^ -jtt TlTCf? A QTCl ÍTC1 nfñMW A üiRiil AlliUlflI AfAUMA ■ For salí by COLBY A RICH, ot No. 9 MontgomnryPloro.ALL DIsEASES ■OF WOMEn^ I on • | rornir of Provlncosorinl (lowir floir), Boqlon, Mass, if

Thasi P°w,darSl Sy Ohifr dulquallad - -Tonlo Propirtfisi , , ’prisirva from dlsiasiibosa 'aliento ond eomplax orgons, T’nn Snintlial IVÍTTOtarTTupou iba pirfnot an' hioitby aetlou of wbfeh so grinólO Til UPlllidOI AUysillO.dipnn' ibo giuaral haolib and bopplniss of nil womin. . _Thny Oro irUy Woman’s Frlind, bilng o Conolu Loeol ‘ albo,Curo for oll ihn aomplalnts Inol'lntol to fanoIlSl Tlay rni x~-4 *a u_*i "w* jaora put up Iu Soxis; moy ho sint Sy malí on rorolpt of 11 ^TT.ll.OSt.l.'V . JI/lDfl.prioa, $I,00 par box, or 0 Sox-s for 85,00. «7 ’

For solo wholnsoln ond raiofl hv COLBY A RICH, olNo. 9 Monlgomary Plora, cortir of Provine- sirial (lowar BY THE - LATE DR. I. B. RANDOLIH.flcoir), B°st°nl Moss. ,_______________ - -_____________ . ' __ ______________________________________________ _______

hull . sc chamberlain’s |Author o ‘XX’ ‘1^^^'' ’ ‘"F Dr. Garvit’s ^^^Harrb lowdir. ’Magn3tic and El^triC Powders. -pvERYBODY should 1007ibosa works who chin»Uor A8Oh^1l0,d| rDt<albí.%A^n1‘íd>a^llrni°bníitld ^$‘"01 of

Great Nervinê, Regulator, and BloodPurifler. EKT0tí°nloftEartbnnuii'fafntyOIn' ‘OtoBota,lnI!lllnt-¿UtlJUett0li 011»oioy, «‘ó»,:,,“u.would toi inko .nnothodsandd-Hurs

A COMI’LETE AND RELIABLE FAMILY MED- an¿toU^K,nUtoO¡il1'O0VI!'f'‘•aGSlOO°S'0On8Lad!i°» V”lOlebO| snUtto ou mo™“'I was°ín<idUOeadWlryrtovTw1 .^"C'ilt'Orl-bi1 andUm1-' ICINE. PURELY VEGETABLE. a'Bon« fíM7F^‘Ute GbOa0.ln- L0UU wl1i So sani 0“ him” oh

Tho MAGNETIC POWDERS ldr° oIIP°oI01voor Aeulo rtf-ss^JlkSCbnRAlNDoÍLALNI,OI05MBISS(nU-nf Stlflbl'‘dTpnldo" FoltinCp>cp°f|¡eB0ill:' 'loInñe1kSlÓt|J«^.0LBY’||•’"■R|(OBlO oD18eases. Ufissltg K. C. uandoîu, nômissoufi sine-0, TPlI|n'l°l For salo wbolisola and rnlail Sy COLBY S RICH, ot

Tba ELECTRIC POWDERS euro oll Nagoilva “r Chrou- Om°o_________________________________ . 1 8“" ■pl|nt“ No. 9 ”ontgmiiory Plaai, eornar of Provine- s'.iiii (lowarlo Dlsnasis. | a ata ata ■ a ata F, ■■ B ata I floor),' Boston, Mass.____________l ______________ ___

I Box.......... '........ '.......................... .....81,00 ...O Box-a............ 5,00

■; - THE

Boston Investigator,TIlEiMAf reform journal In pub1ia’ati“Ui wfll ciitcr

upon Its Fortu-SeventhÛW) Year on the 26ll of Aprfl,

PATENT OFFICE,46 SCHOOL STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

BROWN BROTHERS, SOLICITORS.B' ROWN BROTHERShavolla1lppuoUccc1“ifnIoxpurlelleo

of fiatccu yoara. San' for panipllot of luatruoUouB. Aprfl B,—oom

ANNOUN CEM'ENT. i................... ■¿¿■.úi.v miií........................... | rnHE VOICE OF ANGELA, n(Htnd aud managid by Mis. J eUHiC S. Rudd.

cení uy ihm.. l spfrfls, hirilofori publfslind moulbly, oonlaiufng ' ■For -salo- wbolnsaln- aud rnlafl by COLBY &-BICH, al nothfng bul mossngrs from splrfts of all grados of pro- mINE Photogriipbs of Ibf.s wnll-kuown workir — now -

No. 0 Montgomnry Placn, cornnr of l’rovluco slrool (lowor grisslon, wfll bo fsdld tbn 1st and P^tb of - nacb moulh F MEDIUM AT the Hannkii OB Light 1’ui>i.ic Fiieb floor), Boston, Mass. I from Its omco of publlt^t^tlou, 5 Dwlglu striot, Boston. | ciuci.KK-bavu bnnu slcdrnd rrom Ibo stddf°of Warrin,

Mass., oommnucfng January 1st, 1877. Prfcn por yiar, In- 405 Washfnglou slrnit, Boston.cludlug poslago, $1,W; lnss Ifmn In propor,tiou. All littnrs Tbu ufclurns uro In lwo slzes-tho pifcis 50 conls amf 2oaud mallor for tbi papnr (to rnolfvn allnutfou) musl bo ad- celltir 1 >drissnd (post-paid) lo Ibo dudnrsfgund. Specimen copies I For sale by COLIIY A RICH, al No. 0 Montgomiry'res. Tho “Hiato,” au autobfograpbyof tbo uudlrsigund, Plací, cornnr of Provlnco slriil (lownr lloor), lfoslun,for salí as abovi. l’rlcn $L80, postagoll cinls. ”ass.

• D. C. DKNSMOUK, , j 1' Pdblfshír VoiUe oíf Angei.s.

ÁWORK of proround resnareh, amf just the (lifiig for Iuqulriug, thinkiug - pnopln. Tho leiigthy and abln ar-

tlclo on “Jnsus Chrfst * I» aluno worth four tfmoH tho prfen of Hr* work.

KepuSllHhod complcto In onn volume from Iho London iiIIIÍoh, (2 vols. 6vo), amf at ouo-tiflh tho prfco. Cloth, #l; leather, $I; moroooo, gflt ilgn, 91 To Soui by mall at thnso prima. D. *M. IIENXETT, l’llbHslli'|•ÎBI Efghth sIreet, Now York. -Iw—Aprl -21.Ai118. A. C. WOOD, Ciulrvoyllnt and MucucO- IvA lc lUiys^lclan, 22! WosI U7lb street, New York. 12 .ye^rrs' practio^» Iu AVm> j'orAaud Chicago, f real Iugnllehron- ic dfseasis. Corrict diaeu<»sf» of dfsoase gên Io parUes at a dfsi^n^^*Hy so ullug a lock of hal rand |2 00. Siitlcaetlon guamuf'I’d, and rnfeiences If reqnfred. - ’lw-AprniM.

AWON DKKFUL Diagnosis of Dlnana given ut tlTowtrS ofmy Mediaal Hand 1oi 50 ninisami stamp, Ofiad look

of halr. sUni age am- six . Medfainii pul up by spirli old. sunt ol low ralas. . Magniifznd Caloirh Bl1dlf Oí spirit pra- serlpi1°t). 50(’uiiltaiid ^tamUl MItflf ELLA BRÁDÑElli J01i,UordB°n Blork, Easi 2dstM Oswigoi N.Y, .

April II. -Ow* •-TIIK MAGNETIC TIIEATMUNT.

SEND TWEN'TY-FlVE CENTS to DR. ANDREW STUNK, Troo, N. Y., and obtofn a large, hfghly lilus-

liotod Book on thfs Byatem of vílollziug treatment.Aprfl 7.- *

A UST1N KENT ON LOVE ANI) . MAR- Xx RIAGE.—Thn Book, "free Loae." In paper- eovcr, tho Complicó, “Mrs. Woodhull. and Ilnr Soetal frrr

and Tract, “(C)i0ugfil-Lov^: Thr Trur anddhr Faltar" tognther wfth one or two othnr - l’ainphlnts or Tracts, nml Photto^t^t^^h <»f Mr, Kntitnnd mysol!, wfll -all hn snn0 - by mall ou rnonip0 of 50 cmits, f much noedand shall he gratnful for tho moiiny, Address.MRtf, AUSTIN KENT, tftockhSlnl, S0..Lawrnucn Co., N. Y’,

Nov. 4. *

DISCOURSES

Captain Butler. 'Captafn Butler, • of Galveston, Tcxns. ognd

thfrty-í^cî^r; formerly of Edgeffeld, South Caro lfna. ' When a man dios. ciliar wftl J-ngtl of time spread out before film, or - wfth ' shortness, he finds he stfll has time and place to search and find out what he fs. who he ls, and whence he carne; Sut hard workto find out whither he fs gOlOg.i

It fs -n mattar that concento -nobody Sut myself —as regarás thfs offldavlt whfch I om making: nor do I understand the lellni of the law. I wfll do the thfng as will as I can, because I am - S-fug learned. ft by some one else. . It takes ' a stouter heart to live than to dl^: for fn - the Ifvlng we are - constantly whfppfng and befng whfpped by. the

PHOTOGRAPHSOF THOMAS PAINF-M e-llii| MON’l'MENT ERECTED IN HONOR OF THOS. , .................

PAINE-25 oiuts^^ , for sola os oSovi<MRN. CORA U, V. TAPPAN—Impirlal, BOc-tts; Cfirte • i. c. djcnmous, . $ i—-------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------

'o Visita, 25 oauts. Dac. l FuSiisbar VoiCK O» ANGELS. GONE HOME!MBS. NEMJffE M. FEINT, Médium-.nnlpe^la1, 50 -----------------------------::——2—-------- ~ .T N " .. .

mImÂ. D.CRIDGE—Cabltít, 60 e-uti) Carta'eVislto Mercantile Savings Institution, . ^'I/izZiE Doten, tbo muslo ^compose' by Ii. Coopeh,25 c-uls. ° } oud d-dlooled lo Luibir Colby, Esq. By tbi somi oulbor,DR.II. F. OARDNER-nmp°r10ll 60 oints. N“B11 Wo , l(rcct . “Tba Brfgli CatosllolSb“re,’- Ac.For sola w|p1lso1a ot' raiofl by COLBY < RICH, ot No. B81 War1flaflt°n a‘rccti B°aot, F^-^" wlnWto aa' - rltOfI bO COf BY A RICH Ot

Non BMtMO'F10*, COrUar 7 FrovJL.Ca streíI (1ow0r 1DEPOSITS madi lii ibis Iustlóutton will 'raw Iuter-si nF.“ÍÍ ”0>n -¿VohOlali0Ptaa:,a' c1-*10-1 “7 CtoJíBce strRI<(lowot f _̂_______ ■„__ D quartarly, eommonclng“u ibo flral'oy “f -April, July, amor), Boston, MOss.

__ - „ __ ___ _ Z_1 OctoSir otd Jauuaro Iu -acb yaar. Dlvl'ltbs payaSIa íu ------- H------------!------— ---- =2-=--;-=—MAGNETIC - TREATmentî 0da1yuua1Id'»y|o a^JsoiruinaiihiDíf^ strawberry plants.

HOt-E ?dasolnrauoeí ti1in-8mo“st "s^'l UtIllS1dt¿0-Btt^1at1|,WÍtS °1tallybyuha n-w “ov’ngs Uk tow._______ lim-FMb. .. , Al1 NW1ahrrRl1olnSIae,<M0sS1, r.VaiL f ApUSIn tbi Stote, con So oee“mmodoiid on rias“taS1a ierms ol ... ___r,______8 FRATT, N“rtl Rn0'lagl Mossi -- - °w.„A.prí‘ 'iba risl'inoa of -H. L. STONE, -Graatflaldl Moss. Slould Do YoUr OWn Printing. I l^^HF ISYCHIC STAND AND DETECTOR.raUerancas So '-siró', oddrass Du. JOSEPH BEALS, I vz, wpvkov .r.irii fnr ,nir nnd nnn.r nfíer^nm. I J Invonta' So Fraacis J. Ll|plitl Tbo “SJ—ci “f Ib—- Mradüí SMJO80; BEKrB¿W-.L■HCLAOOViyWlNiamsSure, ewtapXGOLJDINa'S Po/FIOIAL PEJE:SlS>'aad^¡electro- Psyeble S|8Ud .ls stariy to retoto tlm prnmlar |-11|—l- 0|p|

” JAprií MÍ-W’ <t. . ECSTWI Ht Crr“OkIyn’ N. Ôrtntfrcardf. C‘"“ p Otffl|^0U—n’nItJ1 tO^laUUt“SsS—«s-', touls —HoX —0 o’-—mitd' OutfLtS from $1 up. . “f ib— mamum. Tbls oSj-el Is occomplisbi' by iba us— “f-8 'A1 X u I Send 3 etat stampfor new Iltustrated Catalogue, J ot "IploS-t wlleb Obi ml'lun caanoi sao, oud tbo looatioii

POWER has 'Saín gfvan me to daíluaato ohorooler, ' lo GOLpING A €Om ”0 ForO HÍII Nquiare, BostonJ “f wlitoh mno So clou8a,d„8t.ib“ pia0Sotr.a-Of-|l->“SiOtrV.a.rl OWorlSe tba maní8va0n4 lnipítuoíUil0,o0|faB “fpl-ilp ApfOÍ28-4w _________________ The - m^tamprXhJa ilo’m,. “lCotl|«“ - U^tofhedMIOed1-sons, ou' i“metfnli to íu'leoie óbiir fdidre ou' ISalr best ““ 0U'-IU¿ «s.|oî1lArvP1krOn£lt-ItinftanlnReerPêriaê- sa^Heí^how7sp0Ut.go8uí' Pp^tl||i»ni-|tlw|1t1ne“0lS<láUd^lmsltdlaaslrh8FdrWOltíne” DR. J. R* NEWTONtateageandKxt, ond enplosa $ l,», - wilb statapedondad- T>OSSESSES tla power oU hnoliug ot o 'ísionce, Iu 8 'i- The Stdndwlll opéralo w tllsdressil'el11VeIUe>X*. C.i|8npód 8UdF gr—a n—v-r equaili'. How—ver griot ihe 'islote—, | nuec-ss eorrisp“n'lug io tloir moHumlsílo powar.

JOHN M.BPEAR.2210 Mt, Ve1Uon st., Flfl^tohl". Dr. N. p-r-onns-ur-s-s wondertul by 10081161^^ .etlCTa Price,83,5o.noatagelree.Jfm.lH.-0M’ dpeAr’ M v •’ Ill*8dllnlfnl I os¿11 y .^ê -y nm-sonal treirtment. Feelor magneUzed . For Mito, wlotoratoon7 “itali, Sy COLC>V-«-RI,C.lBi-------------------------------------- ;--------------------------------------------------- 1'.liten- 5dollars. Hn mostrasesone letter lssufficlent ; but Agíate. 8| N“. 9 M“utgonlrn 1 |aea, eoniar “f 1 rovto"-

OT»TT»vnnrr ATTcm TTrt„Ts I iu o para-ci cura Isnoíoffaclad Sy.ííio fist iiioimaul, mng-1 Mnao0 í|“war flMir). BMto.i, Moss. . -owspirat u alast home, tollz-d popar will So s“nt ol “uo '“Han osluet. lligístar tVSHHAFÍ No 18 - Im^wO PIaCn S0U F10U-QZ» HOVER BTm n—ni Woslíugtou st.. Bostou. - Ro^s -bone ía°ek P. a od'rass, uuií1 UurtSlr n“Olcl|„Ea*t B.ScHHA.FrL, NO. I?e1iosásaCu-1u1a-IíaiclS8«ai U °kUL|o ICl-So tlo doy. w—ík “1 m“ntl. ilns. WESTON. L^vtrmort MiUs, Maíi^St _----------- .---- .------ Aprl1 21^ Clí^fo„rUiC■snarM1“s^^^1alul,1ya'“uUSC8 u “U e81'b“ald| freo 0“

Moy ^l-íw» . I _ ..S. ■■ I—vCly r-8^'î:oa OS— ’BnuUcr of Llgbi.-wbo wfll Uoiwor'Sino two- il1nu•eeni sOamps. .___________ Omt—April 7.ZT Siven-sluó U2.™, 70 kfu's. Guus aad lllll-stPVIl VPF<! *5 0“ í50<, Uloiistar Tilusirntc' catalogue loi nülUllulb J.cen1istanlPl WESTERN GUN WUBEes,'- 60 Dnarasunstroai, C'lleagoi HI, I3wa-Aprll28.

flbOfk Eool wcik lo Aganls. G^ds SOoplc. lO.^» Tas-1 7AU. J. W. DENNIS, No.- 1V(V'W. 4tl sOin-O, Jk¿YJf ilmoulols rcealva'. Tcrms liberal. Poróloulors I _L/clnclnuatl, O. DENNIS’S ARGENTINA, o Clair- Oral. J. WORTH A GO., RH N. Mala st.. Só. I voyant Duaólar1eo for tbi olconsíag on' prainrvoól“U ol iba

‘ " ____________ 13wa—AprÍ1 28 | tEeTH. . Sauds^____________ ' Jan. 6.OIT AT BaST

THROUGH THE MEDTUM8H1P OF

Mrs. . Cora ' L. V. Tappan.TlilHlfciti^lfnl volumo crnitafns as much miattnr as four

ordfnary books of tho samo hulk. U fucludns

Fifty-Four Discourses,Reportid verbaiim, and corridid by Mrs. -Tappan'B

' Gufdis;

.Sixty-Threo Extemporaneona Poema, and . Sixteen Extracts.

Plafn cloih $2,00, poslage 12 ciuts.For sale wbolisalo and rniHH by COLBY A RICH, at

No. 9 Monlgomiry Place, corner of Proviuon sirnnl (lownr filan’), Hoston, Mass. _____ _______ _ __ _________If

Ropp’s Easy CalculatorLsancw public.^tlloltbal musl prove of lucalcukfbl°lluo)flt lo Furmors, Mcchaufcs am! Buslmess Miu. It L norayid nml original as to Kia-tli ihn mosl, scholarly. amf yit so sünp/fmnd praetical Ibat Ibo most illitcral* fn lleuf'esnan instan(anfouHl¡/ lticonm ffls own aecountant. Ii ltaSIlS ibousands lo ac^ca^^^tlish In a mlnuli wbat they o•»lUl| nol learn lo ealotlaln, In mauy inontbs , # ml.

Tbi (Irsl parl coulafus an lntflnla nut)sysU-ni or Tallos wlfcb sliow at a glancr. Iho ixact value of all klmlsor Grafn, Stock, Hay, Coil, Lumbir. M?n•oball<lfsn, etc,, from oîe pound up to near load amf fur any prfcn tbai Ihn ml^kit -fs lfkily to riach; ibe Iulirnsl ou auy sum fo. auy limn al 0, 7, 8 amf fu per cent.; o°rrlol miasurnmnul of allkfndsof Lumber, Saw bogs, Clstirns, lanks, Gran- arfes, Bfus, Wngou lfnds. Coru Crfbs, a 'I lfui, \\ ages and mauy ol hir valuabli lablis ..............

* TlieSdtoud part Isapraclical A^flhmntic, amf imb°dins a shripln malhnmalical princlpli| wbfcb enablis any one famUfar wfth Iho fundamiuial rules to Siooni a l¡nhtninn ^^lleulator: ami by whieh ovir fwodhfrd# of Ibn Uguris amf labor^nquirid by the °rdinar^ fuitlurls. llnd/rllcôlu, wflh Ibifr Inlrfoacfis, aro entirelu avoided.•Tho work Is uicily priulid on 1lui Ihited papir, Is will nml ilngautly bound lu pa -Xet-h - ok shapi, aud fs aooont panlnd T>y a tílllcalo Slati, Mumorutidum amf Rockii for papnrs. - .

Ffnn Englfsb clotb, $1,00, postigo frio. .Fur salewholisale aud, retaH by COLBY A RICH, al

No. 9 Montgomery Place, coruerof Provinoe street (lownr - floor), Boslon, Mass,

BSHRAFL, No. 18 ■ Prospect Place, San Fiau-• cisco. Col.i will ccnn a bcautlful sppelinen oO -lis

NEW GOSPET' OF HFATTH DUmont C. Dake, M> D., _____GO5JrEL HEALAH, TJRACTTCAL FllYSIClAN on' - Magnotíc Hagi-r. I n„ Scveii-s|u| 82/c(ONTATNING sav—u s-olíous on Vital Mngucllsm ond F Curci-Clroulo Dlsnosci Ineld-nt - í“ Soib sexos wlcn I tlPynlVPyi! $5 ó“ $50<, ”

„lllutBrated,aaoaipuf8ffuns, by ÜB. STONE. Forsglc oll otbcr mcllubi fgil. Ofiocs 15 HuSbor' Court, CHcgco. IlUIb!.1 uiu ¡j-cent staiup. 8t tlls office, Príec $1,25; olotS-bound copias, $2l5<) post- . Remedías scui 0“ any od'rassl ■ - Ulorcb3. 6----------------- , , ..________ ______ ____°g— 18 ccn|^^__ __ .__ •___ ._____________^rxTT’Egei'Wí^ 1o.m<T’—s-1 *ivl J W. DENNIS, No.- IVO' W. ”tl stf--t,

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South 'América: No brighter poriodical comes to hand than tho Eco de America, published at Buenos Ayros. In every dopartmont of litora- tore It commands' j^sp-cL In science, art, poli- rias, gcvernmenr, a•jjudlalcn.s - spirit aharaatorlzog »nd tempers its cpinions, It is ever to bo re- grettod, however, thar a portion of its fair pages are not devoted to an oqually Judicious examinaron of tho claims of Spiritualism. '

Tho Eco notices with high commondation the ’ acta of tho present governor of Paraguay, S. I). ' Juan Bautista Giil,* wio is “soeking the advance-

ment of his country, and with Immtnse sacrificas is attompting to., reiahllltaro the ruins of the grand, .social, political and religious edifico which ho encounterod. Those who do -not know the oxtrom-ly sad - iistory of Paraguay, the peculiar character and educarlcn of its untorrnnate patv pie, can form no idea of tho - progress which has been made - in a little time under the paternal care of Gov. Gill; the more astonishing When we considor the thousands of -<íiîcultlos in his way which ■ he has had to vanquish; aiming - at notii- mg less thnn infusing a now onergy- into the Paraguayans, and a reaon.srrnaticn of tho nation- alidad." The sad soil, which has boon wat by many toars and drenchod with hlcod, will -have »now a.spect; but - if educaUon is to bo loft to the priast, if the schools -and collagas are to be andar tha diraction of an arcibishop, however worthy ho may ha as n. man, farewall, we may say, to any permanent national advancement.

Anothar article in a tollcwing numbor of tie Eco undtr tho haad of "Sacclon Doctrinal," sup- '

: ports by a few words what I have just snggested: “And whithershall we drift if our priasts are conquerad by thoir ignorance? And" who will a>nduar tho pooplo In need, if those who attempt to lead them vorify whnt Christ said In rogard to the blind laading the blind ? ”

The nblo writar, Dr. .I. A. Escudero, continuas hare also his historical sketchas. I have hatOre me his "Batiilahom of Judea,” written in his graaeful style; also the "Faastot the Nativity," “ Controyarsia,” and much elso that it would bo

' wall to trafScriba if space permUt-d.Rerista Espiritista of Montevideo : No numbor

of this intaresrltg poriodical has reached me sinca my - last reviaw, but I - will turn back to ono klroady noticed, to ' cull a ftw words from an arti- clo by its editor, "Ono Absoluta God.” : "By the study of Spiritoalism, or, better said, by tho ûdy of tha salanae espirita, we know that tho oarth—the planet on which wa tamporarily live —is a placa of axpiations and of trinls, by which tiosa who inhabit it como to expiate tho fanlrs 'commiltod in anterior livas, and by manns of ' this axpiation purify their spirits. . . . By doing good wa dafent avil. - In dafaating -vil do we not fail in charit;y? ■ No. - Because on the edifico of srror wa construct tho sumptuous palace of truth. - . . Unmasking falsa mediums and ' those who sall Spiritoalism, we follow whare Christ led whon ha aasrlgarad tho monoy-cliangars in the remple,"

Maxico : La ]lustracion Espirita has its usual abundaRco of aUractiva - mattar. Don Santiago

'Sierra lends his able ' pan to a acnsldararlcn of the universa from a saientifia nnd splrlruall.sric point of viaw ; and nftar expressing some opinions regarding tha action of tho Craator upon mattar of which thore is no augmantation or 'dlmlnnrlcn, bnt in regard to which there is - an.action equiva- lcnt to an addirlon of a cortain quantity of forcO, he says: "To arrive at this conclusion we will first oxpound In a briaf manner tho famous hy- potiesis of universal etolution, which one will Ijií largely e,abfrared in tho work of the Englisi master In philosophy, Herbort Spanaar, (Sao his " First Principlos,” ' also " Principlos of Psychol-

, ^^y and Sci-nce,” and the works of W^t, ÍTreekel, Dumont, Ribot, Cliford, Bain, &c.) Tha universo in all its manltestaticns, physical, êmical, hiclogical, intollectnal, moral and social,, nevar remains ldenriaally the same (a si rîsmo,) but is always ' in a state of transforma- tion; It is a number given of - forcas which aro convortod one into tha otiier, srrugglltg among themselves porpetoally, tending without censing to an aquillhrinm. which Is always nnstahle.’’

. After aotsidering some adverse prcpcslrlcns, hnd stating that according toliio law of evolnrlon tho qualitias of tho spirit are simply a mode of man- ifesrarlcn of mattor, ht'adds: "Tiio -doctrino of avcluricn gains ground -day by day by its intor- prerarlcn of the piysical nnd organic world, the

■ llutilcrirles most eminent, -as Lyali, Darwin, ITackel, Lubbock and Broco, having given ' no lime support to- it; in fact, tio most eminent piysicists and narnrallsrs have unitad under tie banner raised by Darwin nnd Spencar, but bofore them by tiie disringnlshed laarnad Spiritualisr, Russall W'allaco:” '

Following tho .abovo is an able article by Don Juan Cordero, of which I must give a few lines. Ue is treating, and aartaitly most laarnedly, of the history of -dogmas, and -says: "In all aonn-

■ tries thara have axisted m-n -who with authoriza- tion or crherwise have taken tho name of God and legisiated in his name for tho governmant of tie remainder of their fellcw-creatnres, Manou, Manes, Minos, Zcroasrer, Mosas, etc., are only a prolongation of - tho sacerdotal powar of tho Brahmatma. The initia^d wio, probably discontentad, wisiod to divulge the sacrets, and fly-

‘ mg from pergacntion to naighboring paoples to' carry to them civilizaHon and advanaement,.(al • t'Annto) fall into the same errors-and weak- nessos, .i:: did lime more than transter,'with moro or lass fid-lUy, the vicious organization of India under tho sacerdotal yoko to parts far and noar. Suci is tho history of the inspired of God, and such tie intaliihlas in theif dealaraticns up to' tie pariod of Christ’g advent.” The writor tion givas an aacounr of the various " acuncils ” that wore hold by imperial or e^Jegiagtical au- tiority in beialf of - priegtcratt - In tho early ages - of -Christianity, grapiically Oi^^^îîng iistory and bringing his chservations on tho doeds of tho ciurci down to tho timo - and acts of Pius IX.

The llustracion also says that " tie spiritual movement Is every day' moro activo and frnitful in spito of tie dark and persistent intrigues of tho clerical ol-mont. Suits multiply, but overy ono of them ' but serves to fx public arrenticn upon tho qnegticn filosifica, whici, - basad on reason and scionce, makes an adherant of tho disaf- teatod who deaideg to study it.”

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optas with a translation of Miss 'Anna Black- well’.s “ Introduction " to her traaslatioa of Ear- ' dac’s " Book of Médiums.”* In this, she makes . mention also of the "Book of the Spirits,” and says: . “They not only -mutually alucidate each other (s'eclairent), but are a complement to ’or complete one the othiannd subsaqueatly that the “ Book of Médiums " does nbt. address itself to mat-rlatlsts. It is a citar exposltion of a grand work, considerad to be traaslated with that maa- ifest ability which has characterized her other productions.

This is followed by a l-ngtlíy notice of Ilep- worth Dixon’s “ New America,” rraaslated into the French tanguag- by M. PhHarata Charles, The more salient poiats of tho -book are here produced briefly, such as relate to the Indians, the Mormons, the Slinkers, and the Spiritualists, It will doubtless interest the French reader if it does -not impart to him any true kaowledga of the Americana, as the now dominant class, or of their many Valuable institutions. •

Mons. Rosen, No. 43 stroat Victoir-, -Paris, acm^lunlCates to the R-vu- two predictions of death which had come under his notice, both of which were - fulfilled. A medium, companion of Mme. nonorine L—, said toher: “Yoiurde - censed friend, Mme. Barban, appaarad to me last night and said : ‘ nonorine will - not reach fifty- two years.’ Mme. L---- , thinking it to bo onlya - draam, ' gave ño head to it, but ' a few days after, on the 1st of Ajiril, died suddenly of apoplaxy, . and would have been fifty-two on the 3d.” (This - same medium saw in the night a friend, who, ap- proaching her,,- extnnded her hand, saying : - “ Adiau, I depart for the other world.” The next day the medium ttarntd that her friend had died at the hour in which she had appanrad at her bedside nnd bada her farewelL

I find here also (though it may seem tardy) a notice- of the - cremation of - Baron de Palm. The ' editor - of the Revue thanks Messrs. Col. Olcott nnd II. J. Newton for their courttous - iavitatioa to attend said cremation, but owing to the divid- ing ocean he was obligad to forego tho satisfac- tioii he would othtrwlst have had. Further notes of a scientific character, in relation - to - this aífair, will appaar at some - futura time in said magazine.

Several interasting communications through medlif, and a translation from the Italian regarding one of the last dascendants of Zoroastor, add to the value of this axcellant periodical.

^^^lîinn: Le Oalileen, No. 3, of Ostend, has . an article on aducatioa, of religion as a aocessi- ty, and on original sin; but as they nre som-- what letgthy, and cannot well bo abbreviated, I will give now no further notice of them.

Le' Messager, of Liage, April aumbOi^ has its frst columns gracod by an article from the pen of Mme. Dufaura. Justice and - Love is her thame. “ Man thirsts for the truth,” sho says; but she is avideatly not acquainted with the American clergy and politicians. Money, place, and our creed have vastly more influence here than the truHi, Mme. D.’s closing paragraph, however, is this: "Now -how can we reconcile tho idea of a just and good God with the pains that make - humanity writhe upon this earth, which, to a superficial observer, seem exception- al, incomprehensible in the harmonious order of tho universe? There is the'eternal question, mother of strange legoads,- where are ever cra- dlad the cradulity of paoplas, without ovar solv- ing - the problam, the most important, perhaps, encountered in this holy thirst for tho truth.”

The same paper reports from Donai a singular case of obsessson; and a son plends for the prayers of his Bolgina brethrea - in bahalf of his aff ictad father. - At a seance - which he attended, 'evil spirits were summoned, that they might be assisted out of their bad condition. One of them, it seems, had so got possossion of -this M. Jasu- prat, that his - mechanical - work was - interfered with to such nh extent during the day that ho was l^^y to lose his place and his salary. The very wood upon which -he was working would change color; it would- turn white after flve or six efrorts to make- it of a necessary dark hut. His labor was hence much - augmented, and ha was obliged to work some sixteen or eighteen hours - per day.

The Messager, quoting from an American papar, says: "The Indians of Idaho recognize the presence of the spirits of their dtceastd fritnds. During the Modoc war we - invariably obtained - through their mediumshlp aews of fights and the results of battlas, six or seven days in advance of the arrival of information by post.”

"Physiology of following theabove, should have attention if space permitted ¡ also,.“Catholicism before the time of Christ,” and several minor arricias, one of which in- cludes a notice of Buguet, advancing the idea that he Is now a secret agent of the police. He has -in raality - established a gallery on whose fa- gade is placed, Photographic Anti- Spirite.

El Criterio Espiritista, of Madrid, is largely devoted to a consideration of the subject, “ Catholi- cism before the time of Christ,” and a “ Contestación ’’ relative to the same by the able scñolar,- the Viscount de - TorrcsSolanot. The March number of this magazine lias also several original articles, and a translation from the Italian by the writer last named. In the former of these he advocates an inttrnationat - congress of Spiritualists to be held in -Paris during the great - " Ex- position ” there - in I878. Those which he names as doubtless prepared to take an active part in such an assemblage, are " La Federation Espirita,” of Belglum; “The British National Association of Spiritualists," ■ England. “ La Sociedad Central Espirita,” of the Republic of México; and “El Central Gentrat del Esplritismo,” in Spain. Notice is also taken, and with - a hope of its ultimate success, of the attempt in this country to form a national association and unite all the disc^^^^^t ttemtnrs under the one broad banner of simple Spiritualism.

The Critic, with many other noticeable contri- butions, has tome good words for tue Banner^ôf - Light, referring to its publication of M. - A. (Oxon’s) response to Mr. Carpente^s vagarles; to testimonies in favo^ Jennie S. Rudd; toNTeHie Brigham’s lecturas In -Briî^l^l^; to Dr. ‘ J. -R. Newton as healing at Louisviile; - to Mrs. Maud Lord, whose powers and charms all racognize; to Mr. Foster’s wondtrfut - medinmshtp, and Mrs. Danskln as having made notable diagnoses. The Rev. Samuel Watson’s most 0x^11-^ “ Spiritual Magazine ” is also namtd, as wtll as his stances, to which he has invited persons ilustradas, who - desire to study the phenomona of Spiritualism.

An able advocate of and a writer on Spiritual- ism has, for his “Hldrologia Medíca/Just rt- ctived a prize of ton thousand reales—about ont thousand' two hundred and fifty dollars—from "Tho Royal Acad-my of Mei^lî^l^^,” In Madrid. Tho noted Spiritualist ^^jptain of Infantry,- D. Cmsar Bassols, has - beon called to the s^rotary-

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ship de causas in the milltary 'district of Castilla la Nueva. Our Madrid critic also startg that - D, José Maqner has just published, at Kingston, Ja maica, a work entitlo - l “ Impressions of Spiritualism since my conversion, and Revelations from beyond the tomb.” In Auckla^, Australia, where a year ago Spirituansm wasûnknown, they have now a large " Society of Spiritualists,” which holds both public and private stssions. At a late meeting, at Melbourne,' of the “Spiritual - Socitty,” five.hhpdred dollars were subscribid for the propagation of Spirirnalism.

La Revelacion, of Alicante, has resumid its publication, undtr the heading of Ecos, of those valuable contribuôna regarding our faith, written by " our illnsrrious sister,” Dona Amalia Domingo Soler. ' .

Since my last Review, no Annali Bello Spirit- ismo, of Turin, has reachtd me, nor Pyehische Studien, ofLeipsic. Two numbers of -the Scan- dinavian Dagslystr, however, are at hand, con- taining articlos on Communism, Soclalism, the Gjangers, and - Polltics.'

.Theodorc I’urkerl-The namo of Theodort Parker is novar ' men-

rlcnod by those who know him but in tornas of afoction and rovertnce. Tho solidity of his in- rtllear and tho amazing extont and variety of his acquiromOnts ,wert aakncwlodged by his koonost assailan ts; tho transparent bl1aury of his character won universal - rospect; his activo, practical - and unsoctarlan benofiaenae was felt in countless homos of tho poor: but only those who had the honor of his trlondsnip knew what a tender, sym- patheric nature he possess-d—how full of the .sonso of boauty, purity and holinoss he was. It is not easy to write of him as he appoared at -his Sunday evening rtceptions . without the suspicion of extravagance. Those who remomber the cloar light of his ayos—so - free from worldiinoss and guile, so oarnest 'and single in thoir rogard—and

’ who recall his gracious spotañ and the magnetic pressure of his hand, cannot but fotl how poorly qualifiod such a rough and voliomont man as -the Rev. Mr. Cook is to understand ' him or his opinions. - •

The groat proacher has boon exhibited now 'for woeks on the dissocting tabla, and the knives and pincers of the demonstrarar have boon busv - upon his doctrines and him. The “Orthodox ” public hoars ' with rapture every holltrling phraso, and overy spocios of vilification of the man whom they so dreadod while living, and tcr/wllcse speedy doath thoy had prayed to their Olfl Testa- mont God. ■ For it will not bo torgottlojtilat at a Park-streor 'mooting, while tho old rheclcgy was sraggorlng undtr his terrible blows, Mr. Parker in porson was the subject of- prayor. " Put a hook in his jawsl” was oñe ' of the Christian potitions—worrhy of a place in Mr. Cook’s litany —“Convort him! ” prayod anoRi-r, “or if that ' is not consistent with thy wiso purposos, we pray -thoe to removo him out of the world I” That is; “ give us poace from his nttacks by fixing him in an erornlry of torment.” -- Charlrahlo, gentrous, loving soul I whon we picaro that prayor mooting, what a ravishing vision of the humanizing, refining inflnenco of “orthodox” piety. ’

Since tho doath of Mr. - Parker great changos have taken place in and out of this “ Orthodox ” camp. The eiforrs of Parker had - boen mainly destructivo. He attacked the Calvinista thoory ' with all 'the earnostnoss of his nature, and not in vain. The numbor Of his profess-d followers furnlSlits ho moasure of the results of his work. Tho Twenry-Eighrñ Congregational S^îoty "may flourish or may fado,” bid tho sotd sown by its illnsrricns minister has takon root in thousands of souls among nil classos, and largely among the “ evangelicals,” The clorgy, of comso, will not admit this, but the proof of it is every- wIô. Tho clergy- nover hoar the honost spoooh, nor know the honost thcngñts of men upon - rhose topics. Chnrcñ-going men, with the minister in sight, bogin to put their minds in order, in a Sab- bath day ' attire, as it, were, and show thoir ccnn- tenancos sickliod o’er with a cast of othor worldiinoss. But while each " Crthcdcx ”tboliever' himsolf miglit rosent the impurarlcn of Pî^kêr-

. ism, and while he still imngines himsolf a pillar of faith, you will find that ho has not the faiti of two centuries, nor of one contury ago. Rocall a few evident facts: Infant damnation has bocomo an obsolote dogma, and ' is mentioned or rhcUghr of only with horror. The literal fire of holl is no longer insistod upon, except by a few Ignorant or simplo-mindtd ptrsons for whom Mr. Moody is the f tting proachor. The old Dictmos of a personal devil are as tainr as faded phcrographs. Tho name survivos, but only as the symbol of a tcrgctren terror. The d-lugO, with Its matho- matical impossibility and its attondant train -of impcssihillrles, contradictiong and absurdiês, is - qnierly put asido as a tradition of some geo^gic convulsion that devastatod a large portion or the earth. - ■ ..

That the earth and tho moon stopped in their majestic courso 'about tho - central sun, at the command of a chief of a predatory tribo, so that he might prolong his day of suaaossfnl butchery— who believos it? No man of intollect—not oven the clergy themsolvos. It is probable that Mr. Moody doos. Pooplo may say. thoy believe it be- aause it is in tho Bible, as thoy may think they think what is nnrhlnkable. - But the life of such marvels is gono. The porception of the reign of law ^1™^!^ the universe makes such ' a ' tale as idle as the fall of Phaeton from ' the sun chari- ot. So of the Biblical ahronolcgyr very few except in romote ' district beli-vo that the history of the - human race, whether rhrcngh evclntion or otherwiso, has boon compris-d in six thonsand years. Thore are explanationg, of course—thoro must be-to show that ' the facts of science aro in harmony with the Jewish records or legends, But the -xplanations take all the vitality - out of the text, and loave a painful sense of Incompleto- noss and nnaefrainty, fatal to the claim of inspiration. Hugh Millers have toiled upon this problem until thqir hoarts broko - with the 'strain. Divines have dogmatizad. Protossors of science, who happon to be alergymen, have - triad to mez- zo tint the anragcnlstia linos of the tradition and ' new fact But in vain. No one in his soul be- lieves in the literal truth of the first chaptor of Genesis. Perhaps Mr. Cook may beli-vo it. If he does, will he not .puMicty subject the account of the six -days of creation to the samo stri'ct exam- ination - which he has given to evolution ? Will he daro' go over this ground, ' every stop of it, witi- cnr flinching, and under tho electric light of scionce?—Boston Sunday Times. ,

Veriflcatlon of Spirit Hessages.To the Editor of tho Bannor of Light:.

In your issue of Jan. sti, I877, I notic-da mes-' sage from one Soti Stoddard of Hingham. I knew the man for many years, and had doalings with him. As 'he srates, he was a iorso-trad-r, and livod on tho road from Hingham to Scituate, on an -elovated part of It called “ Mount Blue,” as his message reads. His doath (by “ being thrown from a bridge”) m^t havo occurred since my removal from Hingham ; but the mossage is in all respects aharacreristia of tho man, and I havo no doubt whatever of Its authenticity.

There are also .meggageg from two old piysi- cians of Hingham, whose names were like house- hold words to tho Inhabllante of that town tho first half of tho present aonrury. - I refer to Dr. Grldley Thaxter, In your issne of Feb. I7th last, and Dr. Shuto, in that of March I0th. Both messages are charaatoristia of tho men, as many oti-rs bosides myself can regrify. Thore can he no doubt of their identity and tie ^êctness of neir mogsageg. • ■ ■ *

. Truly yours, Wm. Storgib.345 Broadway, New York. .

W The Banner of Light publishes a aommn- nication purporting to como from Rev. Arthur Caverno, torougi tho mediumshlp - of Mrs. Jennie S. Rudd. Rev. Arthur Caverno used to preach in tho Free Baptist Ciurci in - this city. WO have do doubt that tioro is quite as much truti in this aommunicarion as in tho averago of his digacurseg of tho samo longth.—Gardiner (Me.) Home Journal.

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BRIEF ■ PARAGRAPHS,Short Sermon.—Man tcvogooth the ovil that is to como:'

ho vomoiuhoroth it wi-n It Is past: be aon81iIeovad - not that tho or afiticticn wd^deth deoper than tho amic-ricn Itsoir. Think not of thy pain, hut whon It Is upon thoo, and tiou sialt avoid wiat most would hurt theo.

A pooi woman wont to an omin-nt iut oaaentvia suv- geon, to Inquiro wiat was tho pvopov rroatmonr for Boma bodily wound. “Tut on a aataplasm/’.wag tio angw0r., "But, Doctor, It's for a ahll(l.’’- “Then put on a kitíen- 4 plasm.’’ -_______ ’____________

SrniNO.-Tha Crahga (N. J.) Jom^nal Is vogpcnslhla Iov tho

Tho hlagged rain IBuds huvgring I UraeslnagOa I Lawns laugiing I Moadows m-wy I Pagtuvag pvcphagylng I Gavdonavg ara busy I Beautittll spring wearhav.Tio music of tio mosquito will soon bo hoard In - tho

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To tagran omory to lcathov, boll gluo vory thin, add a littlo milk, raisa tio pila or tha laathov, and put on tha gluo with tha brusi. Then gpvinkle on tho om-ry, and lot It accl. % _

Tio imJX)0lant thing Is not so - much to be, as to do.— Grace O. Bihb. ■ 'Tio Earl or Caitiness Is qf a mocianical turn of mlnd;

Ilo lias Inventad a tapa loom, a graam caniaga to run on or- dinary roads, and a gvaviraring - compass, which Ib said to bo tbo gtoadiagr known.

Tio gvaarogr genius tio liravavy world of Amoviaa has miggod in manyyaavg Is MailameLo Vort, -Whcdlod1 Marci I3ti, at Augusta, Ga. '

Evary ono hls party has tio karnal and crharg> only tho shell. Wiovoag thoy are all ant to lot tio kovnol jl!cueand disputo abcut tho sholl, as It tiat wero tho kor- nal.—_

Castor oil applied to leariav bolting Is qno of tho bost ar- rlalog to bo round Iov- kaoping It gctr and pliablo; It Is also a pvasovvatlvo of l-aliar. - '

Ono dny. Just atrav King tíclcmcn had .wiôi a aclllmn of solid llcnpavai| of wiso and moral prcvavbg, bo rcck his aldast son by tic\elhcw, led iim down tha back way of tio palaco, rhrcugh - tno back yard, past tho wo^sied, out Into tha alloy, haakod him up baiiind - Ahlrcpol’g wccdspito, lcckad warily avcund to seo that no ote was list-ning, and wiispovod Into tha young man'gaav, “Mtyson.a littlo office In a gpvaadsaaglo Hí- iuguvanao company Is bottov tian a •cart-loadoí pvotovvod stock In tha Opiilrminos.’’ ArI the-n tha mcnavah thraw iis i-ad on ono gido. dvcwln his chin, giur on-ayo, and gazod at iis cftgpvingaIn -Silonaa, ..liirâe yaavg atrarward. whon tio Gr-at Hebraic Ccngcl!dared Brovmy.Jcvdan Life Assllânao Company, of whici that In- tolHgoiit young princo was pvogident,- wont Into baRR- vunrcK. tho-young man was abio to-ot his tatiov, wno was a llr-tla gicrt at tho rima. havo 275.000 shokals for 00 days ou bis simpla noto of baud,—Burlington Hawis-Eye,.

“This insuvanca policy Is a queer thing,” said DoIIs, voflectivoly. “ ir Iaan’r soll it, I aansccl It; and If I cancel It, I cai’t sell It.”

A New MuctLAGE.—Tio J^^^nal de Pharmaoie gratos that)?, to a grrcng gcluticn of gum arable, measuring fluid ozs., a goluricn of 30 gvaing gulpiata of alfTminum dissolved In H oz, water bo addod, a vory grrcng mucilaga Is formed, aapablcct fastening wood tcgothav, or of monding pcraolain or glass._________________ '

Wharhov-wcman is intoviov, sup-vÍov, tho equal, or tho acMplomo^tof man, It still vamaing uiuo that each human baiug would tinive host lindar tha tulleBt cultura and witi tho lavgogr liberty to grow.—Grace; Anna Liwis.

Why should arMeís livaon paint? Becaus- It - suito UI-Íi- palate.' _ ' --j

A god Quaker was wont to ' say, “I oxpoat\to pass rhrough rills woiIí burGaco. I r, tiovofcvat thova boany kindnosg I can show - or any good that I can do Iov my ^1- 1cw-hoings, lot mo -not IoI-v or negloct Ir, for I shall not pass this way again.”

If tha young man wio sat Ia rha cialr whora a lady iad lafr a dish or mapla gugav ro cod, will laavo tha dish at Thist1a’g bcokstcro, io will sava himsolf - - turthov trouHo. - —Orange {A. J.) Jo^^^-nal.

An In-v-ronr suburban 0x^01^- vomavkg: “James Parton having married his f rst wíÍo's daughtervand tiat daughrev having presented Mr. Jamos Parton wirh -a baby, Mr. Parton ias bocome Its own - tati-v, aad no loagor wa-ps h-cauga ho Is an orplian. ”

1877.Men all ln debt,

•' Wivas In a pet.Boys mere mnscles.Girls puffs . nnd nidios,

And everj body cheated.

An old rhearrical dead-hoad—Tie Skull of Yorlck. '

A Now York pcliaoman shot at a mad dog and hit a man In tho nock. Than tho man was mad. .

Tho saint of tho futuro will hold hls body as nchlo as his snlrit, and of equal Imporranco. Tho - hravosr gcul Is uso- lOss In a corruptad hody.—7fudson Tuttle.

During tho review of tho Sunday gañcol loggcn last Sunday tho quesOon was asked, “What hoaamo of Elijah?” and tho ontiro acngrogaticn was doMod by a small shrill voico matpiped out with oxtromo unarlcn, “Ho wont to hoavon liko a ñcuso aflro, you bet.”

Springfleld, IU., has a fomalo dontist. Sho Ib said to bo a lailvcf|gon tio oxtraaticu.—N. Y. Commerctal Advertiser. Such a woman Is bound topull tirougb llro-peacoably if sho can, fcrcep-lv ir sha mllgt.—.^'orri»fown He-raid. Such dis- acuraging talk Is aalclltatod'rn mako iho young woman feol downln tho moutii.—Burlington Hawk-Eue.

Thero aro now sixty-nino dally, weokly, and monthly periodicals In Bongaloo and Tamil, tho two languagos of India In which tho groatogr litorary activity Ib at prosont shown. Twolvo of tiloso s^y-nlno arqUavotod to Muggu|- man lntorogrg, and ab^t twenty to ChrisUan. All tho rest of tho prcduaticng aro puroly Hindu, •

Country pationco Is lcng-gufforing. but at timos garaas- tic, as tho tollcwlng shows: “At frst thero moanders

' tñrcugh tiis seaticn a book agent, then a tin cart, then a tito man, men a patent medicino Individual, then two tramps, tiion a rñiot or two. tion n salvo man. than halt-a- dozoo dupliaatog of each, and Anally tho cider-barrol buyor, tho whKo-wiro alctñog-lino IoIIow and tho lighruing-rcd demon Incarnato.''—Springfleld Repuhlican.

It Is not high crimos, such aS rchhory and murdor, which destroy tho peaco of sMlety. Tbo villago gcggip, family quarrols, Joalou1lee, ' and - hiakoringg hotwoon noighhcrg, and moddlogomonosg and tattling, aro no worms that oat Into all social happlnosg.

hnvonricng havo takon from woman tbo distad; tbo ghur- tlo and tbo loom, only to call hor gonius Into widor work.— Mary N. Adame._______ ______________

To Pbepakk an Eoo fob an Invalid.—Boat an ogg until vory light; add goasonlng to tho tasto; thon stoam until thorcuithly warmed rhrcugh■ -puH not hardonod—this will tako about two minutos. An ogg- preparad In tbis way will not distross ovan vory songltlv01grcmaabs.

Tho Chinase havo a morñcd or waterproof ng pagtohcard, liy mixing parts or staakod limo Into threo parts of fresh bloîd, witi a lltt’p alum addod. As gccn as mixed, tho pagtohcavd Is hrushod ovar with two guaaogglvo coat- ings of tiis pvoparatlun. and rbng hoacmog lmpovvlcug to waaor.—Ameriean Stationer.

A taso of guppcsod doath and guhêquent voruvn to acn- gclcugness voacnrly Mcun-d at Cambridge, England, whore a vallvcad portar namod haw^^ was guddenly - takon III with hvcnahlrlg. and was gccn pvoncunaod doad by tu piysician. Anor lying In hlB cofín for two days, and as ho was abd to bo huvlod, be - guddonly alarmad his fvlondg by rising and quiotly taking his urnal chair, and ho has sinco onrlvoly voacvovod.

If you would put yorn Ideas Into good pvcgo, thoy would supear much IoMoi than whon dvogged up In poor poetry. Evon Intovicv pioso can b^/aot along with sometimos, hot bad poÛy causos novvcugn0gg In tho vosUov, and that Is not a thlog to ho onacllragod.—Ed itor Boston Investigador to a Poetical Contributor.

A young man living on a farm at Dockera, Australia, ro- contly IpII asloop on a B>fa aftov a hard day’s work, but anor lying thore somo tlfue ho guddouly avcgo and wont cutofdocvg. Althcugh asloop, hcpaggod throughsovoral gatos, aavotully untying and vorasrontng tho compUcstod knots of ropo with which thoy waro s-curod, wont to tho ghoop-fcld aod ghavponod a palr of Bhears, caught a sheop and acmplototy shoared It bofore ho was awakonod by his acmpanicng. Ti^gi tho night wss a vory dark ono, tho shoop was shoared as woll as if it bad boon hroaddayllgbt.

Antidota to .Stbyciinia.—Tho East Indian phygl- alang recommond nlcdla as tho sureat autldoto, whicn Is givon In oxceodlng small quantltiog In ghovvy sovoral timos a day. In dotaulr of nlacrla, a doao<:tlcn of rohaaac loavos (half an cunao to a -pint) Is givon.—Amcr. Jour, of Pharm.

Tbo Turkish angwov to tho domands of Ruggla—No Czarl

That Is (In my opinion) tho most porfoct govarnment whore an Injury to any one la no concern of all.—Solon.

Tho Finy-EighUi Annlvorgavy of American Odd Follow- ship was c-lebratod gonorally thrcughcur tio ccuntvy on TImrBday, April 28 th.

When will tho spiritual - “harmonlal phllc3cpbers ” harmonizo? Don't all speak at once.

TnE Tblephone.—Tho appa^tus is wo^t^^rfuny - slm- 61e. Only a relograph wire, a -linrao-aho^ magnot, two tllces aod a vibrating disk at oaci ond, and a maiogany

box on tbo tabla, of tbo appoarance of an ordina^y phcrcg- raphor’s camera. Tho tubo In tho ond Is nsedjn this par-

tlcrnar case to spoak Into and hoar out of. - Within the box Is a horso-shoe magnot. Opposite each arm of the magnot Is a helix of the usual aonstruatlon. One end of the wire among the helices Is aunneared with the ground and the other wlth Boston or the placo In operating aunneatiun Set up against the helices, within a sixteenth of an loch, is a sheet of thin polished Iron, upon which tho voice oí the operator Impinges when speaking. The magnet Induces an electrical current jn the telegraph wire.. The vibrating disk Imparts pulsations- to the eIeotrlaal curr-nt cornís spondlng to the Bluu^(íg, which are convoyad to Boston and reproduce rhomsolvog upon tho vibrating disk thor^win oxactnoss of tono and artltûlatlon. The - litUe four Inchos ot Iron- luners tho whole gamut of the human voice.

The Atlantic Houbo at Salisbury Beach wm r-conOy aold to Mrs. Otorgo Hills fort9100.

An anocdote of long standing has Just sat down.

VENICE.White swan of cities, slumbering In thy nest

Ho wonderfully built among the reeds Of the lagoon, that felices theo and- feeds, 'As sayeth thy old historian and thy gueslt -

White water-lily, cradled and caressed By ocean streams, and from tbe 8111 and weeda Llftlng tliy Rolden pls tila with thelr seeds, Thy sun-lllurnlned splreS, thy crown and crestl

White phantom city, whose untrodden streets Are rivera, and whose pavemonts are the shifting Shadows of palaces arid strips of sky;

I wait to Beto thee vanish like the fleets- Seen In mirage,- or towers of cloud uplifting In air their iinsubstantial masonrv. ‘

—[Kanrp W. Longfellow, in Atlantic Monihly,

The most Intalligent dog known—tho type-sstten- PhiU adetphla Bulletin. .

The writer of the above Is a Spitz pup.—The Tupe-Setter,

Does n't a man contract a debt when ho pays part of It?— Lowell Courier. __________________

They have only Just Introduced tho bell punch on tho San Francisco str—t-car linas, and this Is what ono of tha 'Prisco conductors says about it: “ If a conductor knocks down for ten cents, that 's ste.iling, but If a stockliolder ?ets away with $10,600, tliat ’s a neat business transactlon.t ’sall mighty nice, hut I toll yon If yon wanted to keep a

stockholder from stealing, you would have to harness a fog- hell to him."

Current Events.War was d-clared, on Monday, April 23d, b-tw-en Rus-

sia and Turkoy. Again, for the fourth time In rhig con tu- . ry, tho legions of tho Cross -are arrayed against Uios- of tho Crescént. Itappears as rhongh the gonrence In tho lea- ture of Mrs, Cora L. V. Richmond, on our tat page, wa? being provod truo, viz., "Thetemporlzlngp>ollayot many natlons has put off the day of baUlo, hut anlmlnared tho day of earthquake, ” Along a line of baUlo which sproads five hundred miles, from Oalatz on the Danubo to Erzoum and Batoum In Asia, the hostil- forces frown -upon each othor at all grrategia points. England has thus far main- tain-d nenrraliry, and has promulgated a doalararion of that aharaator In the Queen’s name, forbidding British sub- jeatg aiding either bolligerent; Franco Is busy with hor proposod Exposition, and d-clares her Intention of remaining gtriatly neutral; what Gormany and Austria may do Is lioyond prophocy, tbougb thoy are on the nonrrat side of tho quosUon at present. Itoumanla holds a passive "i^^ti- tudo toward Runia, hllowlng a free right of way to the Czar’s troops, but announalng that any attempt, on the ’ part - of Turkey, to violate her rorrlrory will transform hor - Into an ally of Runia. H^r'^lals reported as preparing to' defond hor frontier againgr any rorward movement on tho part of the Snltan'g army; and the most extraordinary of- forts aro found noctssary, on tho part of the Oreek govern- mont, to provent Its ontlre army from deserUng In ordor that It may take part in tho war ag.alngr Its old heredita- ry enemy, the Turks. Persia is evidontly w^^-IUquíI! not as yot openly In action—to agglgr the Czar agalngr tbe Sultan. Egypt’s khodlve, burdonod by the d-manUs ot foroign hond-holdoro, and awod by Russia’s rñrear to bom- bard Aloxandria, Is by no moans hasty In forwarding tho troops domanded by his Suzerain at Coustanrlnople. Tho gtrarogia rosults of the f rst wook ot tho war may bo briefly pummed up as follows: The Rusgiang have s-cured tho pas-

'¿ago of the Danube at or below Galata, Thoir main body lo aonaentratod to tho west of Galatz, so as -to th'ôaton enher Wlddln or 111181^^;- they have r-duc-d the Turks to tho d-fensivo. - The Xalatlc half of tho war Is much sim- plor and easy to nndergrand. On Wednosday, April - 25th, tbo Grand Duke Mlclia-l moved In two colmaos, ono on Erzeroum, tho other on Batoum. Erzoroum is In the Interior of Armenia, about one hundrod and tw^ty miles from Kars, and a great dfpp>o of tho caravan trado, Batoum Is - , an inslgulllaant village on tho comí of the Euxlue. The advence on Erzoroum was, In all probabll^y, the main moyement; that on Batoum a divorsion to protect tho Rus- sian' aommllniaaticng. This mov^mont In Asia has boon rightly judgod ns a more feint to keop the Sultan’s tr^ps lu that quarter busy, so that they may noí be rransferrod to ctherparrgct their llned detenae. As we go to press tho loft wing of tho Runian army in Europtan Turkoy Is at R-nl, tho Grand Duka Nicholas having bis h-adquarters at J assy, and a battle Is reportad as Immlnont at Brallow, In front of GalaU, The Danube has been clos-d to navigaUon by pro- alamaticn from Russia. Hcbarr Pasha, tho English naval offcer In tho service of tho Porto, Is reportad to have a splondid and well-appolntod fleet at his command, but the tolograph agsigng to many localin-s to him nat his fleld of cperaticng cannot now ho gately designated, Russia has 300,000 mon on tbo Danubo, and 125,000 men In Cauaasug, while tbe cppcsing foraog of tbo Turks are 100,000 along the Danube, and 60,000, or less, in Asia Minor. Tho Czar Is playing for a hoavy stake. Even Napol-on the Groat, In his day, said of Ccnstantincple: “ Runia wanted It, andl could not resign It. Ccngrantincple Is worth an empire of lrgolf. It Is the real keygtcne of powítr; for he who pos- sogg(¡s..t may rulo tho world.” \

An extensivo acnfagrarlcn oaaurred on Saturday afternoon In the Pbanar quarter of Ccngtanrinople. Six huodred hcugeg were degrrcyed. Tho Are originated acci- donrally 01)^ two o'ôck, and raged until nina In the evoning. Tho' Ncckolla district was entir-ly destroy-d. A mosque built all of gtcne was ruinad. Two woman wore killed. .

It Is reportad that the c-lebrated Sreveng battery has ' boen purchas-d by Ruggla of parttes la this country for use In tae pres-nt war, at a cost of $1,000,00^—11 took $3,000,000 to build It,

Ex-Unitod Sratog Sonator William G. B^wnlow (bottor known as "Parst^n” Brownlow,) died at Knoxville, Tonn., Sunday, April 29th, Ho wae born In Wythe Co., Va., In I805.

Advlc^ from Capetown state that the South African ex- hlblrlcn was oponod on the^th of April by Sir Bartle Frore, A roport was read. from Mr, Edmund Jchngon, Europtan acmmigglcnor, rogretting tbo ahgonae of acntrlburlcng from Amarica, Thore Is a paucity of continental exhibits. The exhibiUon Is rogarded a suaaogg. ' '

Mitchall, the American goograpUor, has arrived at Suoz, from Maggcwab, He gayg tho report of the capture cfGcns dar by tho King of Suva Is ^^0. .

Ono thousand bouses were destroyed at Tokio, Japan, on - the 0th of Aprll. ,

Tho Novelty Works building In Montreal, Canada, was dogtrcyod by Are Sunday morning, April 20th, and nino - persons wero killod and ton gerlcugly w^ndad by. falling walls, The flro Is subposed to havo boen tho- work of an lnaendlary. Half tho hnglêgg porti^ of the -village of ' Canojoharte, N.- Y., was dogrroyed by firo on the same day, onralllng a prcporry loM of $200,00^.-- ' •

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