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rgntsrfo eocordlng to Aet of Congress In th* year ISO?, by1 WtutiM Writ* A Co., to tbo.OJstk'* Offloe .of tbo‘Dis­

trict Ooort ot th* Unliod flute*, for fa* District of H**fa- ebusetto.]' ' ’ , ', , 1

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the discipline of life.BT CUBA W1LBUXX,

r OHAPTERIV. 1 ■ ' 1 '

• The BlyMoPy •fOakflaat HtwfL1 :' i

<• Be thou a* chaste as Ice. os ptjre as enow, thou .Bhatt not escape o*famny: ”-~anaMPXinx. ' 1 ‘

must begin by saying a flaw words about myself.’’ Thus commenced Nuree' Ain st to. •• J was a 'wjdow.'a young widow, poor and broken down by sorrow and the low of my dear, good hnahand. when I camo to Oakfast H*B. I bad never lived In a place of service before, but I hoard of Mr. Northrap’a generous heart, of hklady’a genii* disposition, and I determined tb try my’lucli. The first time I saw your mother. M!m Jessie; ' she was lilting bn tbe pfazta overlooking tho Bdoth hills, and my heart went out toward bor at ono1 "bound. Bhe looked to sweet, bo beautiful 1 with her Urge dark eyes •ed drooping lashes, ber’splendid gold-brown, curly h»ir. Her entile was sail, her voice »low'nnd shft, I knew'st once sbe bad trouble, and I longed to soothe her a* I would a little child; but of cinreo, I could n’t

take such a liberty. Bhe engaged me at good wages,' sod for light duties—the dear, unhappy 14dy 1

Well, two years I lived with her, receiving many a present from tho master. Ho was lively and more io-

.cfal theo: he didn’t look so awful atom nndcold, when yon were born, my dearie; and I took 'you, too. to my heart. Mrs. Northrup loved Jessamine flowers most of all.'and so yon were christened Jasmin*, with the holy name of Maty attached, and that will bo yonr real nine In heaved. I had never been blessed with a child, so I loved my mistress’s baby all the more. Dot j know and saw ttrsf sohie sboret grief lay heavy on Lr heart. I puzzled here and there, and st lost I found ont why her cheek was bo palo'aiwky*. her smile *0 sad, her eyes so fall of tears.' I hud qdlck oyes. and vihat they did n’t eeo. she. ‘dear lamb; little by little told toe: tor she Wasn't ablt proud, hot llk* tbo psesent lady at nil,” '

Nome Ainslie sighed. 1 ' ' ' ."Well, dear, it seems she bad been a poor girl, and

had worked for alivlng, doing embroideries and fancy work, and never knowing what It waa to have a silk gown, Yoa won’t mind my telling yon tbte. for, Mis* Jssste, yoa’ve got common sense, and you'dn n’t scorn Ibe poor, and schff at humble things, Our Saviour was bom tn a manger, you know. Yonr dear mamma was born and brought np in a little tow-roofed cottage, an qnly child, and Wben Mr. Northrup first saw ber, sbe was tending her Invalid mother. Ho fell In lovo with her beauty and grace and goodness, and though he might have married the richest lady in tho land, bo preferred that: cottage-rose.' Miss Mary Wilder, her name was. did n’t wish to many tbo great gentleman; her heart had been given to ono in hor own station of life, a bravo young seaman. But be was too poojr to take ber ont of poverty; ha was mate, or something.' of a vessel that made long voyages to foreign parte. Old Mre. Wilder was proud and peevish, from long slck- c’8n. When Mr. Northrop offered marriage to her daughter, she Insisted on her accepting such good for­tune; bnt Mies Mary oonld not bring her mind to It for ever so long. Bhe was faltbfdl to th* absent ooe ihs bed given her maidenly promlue to. Bometblng of this eho said to Mr. Northrop, bathe was so bewitched by ber beauty, arid determined to have hor for bte own, that be did n't pay much attention to bor objec­tions, but worried her every day with prayers to bo- tom* bte wife. • ■ ' •

At last tbo old lady prevailed upon bar, with tesrs •nd entreaties, to give him a favorable answer,' ' Miss Mary waa a good daughter; sbe found that eho could fotaister to her mother’s wants, perhaps prolong ber life. In better circumstances; arid sbe might wait for

year* before her lover could earn enough to marry •1th, Bo she asked for a year’s time, prnmldlng to become Mr. Herbert Northrop's wife at tbo end of that time. Bfae bud tben not beard from tbe young man for many month*; ' •' \ ' I

Ths year passed away and be’never came back or -•rpt*. and she gave him up s* dead. Bbo oonld n't believe be was faithless. Bo the linaster marrie'd her. aod be brought her to tbe Hall, and loaded ber with; tonksta and dresses, aud all aorta of 8m things; and, t1’* was *uoh o' lady by nature, ahe never was but of place In tbe grandest company .’ ■

Bnt be could n't take tjie load off her mind, and the sorrow off her loving heart. Bhe used to fear him, «’«n fo tbe flret days of tbeir murribge, because of hla Meal family pride. The’old lady died MOn riftsr tbo wedding; she never lived to oomo to the Hall; botdf corits* everything was done to make ber test day* borh- fortable. I know Miss' Mary would never haVo mab- rted tbs master after her mother's death. ; ■ ■ f > •

Wo,i> dearie. you.WM ■ great solace to ber. T nevrir “• a mother no completely absorbed In a.ohlidi' Bhe fairly worablped you; she never grive you Into the d»re of servants, 8be did everything for you.und watcbed °’*ryou Mover the greatest treasure onr !>ord could fllv*. Mr, Northrop didn’t like it that ehe'gave'w much time to ber child; he wanted ber to rooelvdinore «omp*ny , to go- visiting In tbe neighborhood, to enjoy tbe fuhlon*, and the dlnner-partiM. and the gay do- lo j* of tbe world, Poor lady I her heart'wun’t In •U l bc»e, tb 1 age | s h e .was sorrowful and ribsebUnlnded, Md cored for nolbiogon tbi* earth but you. Bhe nriv-

mimed ber devotion*, and never failed tin‘fitity tn ” kwbaudt but she 'oonld n’t itritum bls lover and

no hypocrite, ah* did n’t pretend to.; And De .*kw ll, and Itobafod bl* prood upfritt and When-be feuud that preseufa, and ,car*a»a. and falklbg. And *»»Wy dldaftcliAf*, aayuBbct, why. M grew erora ■M h»rah„*nd q*|<i nttpteasaai'tJtfags, and reminded Wfof th* Jow|j position,he bad tskaa.ber ffo»~of kl he. hafi, Aon*, fpr, ber;,A*d eb* never.answered *

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word, but.quietly loft the rofln;, atiij w*|il lllpto,b*r' ojatory and penned opt h«r sorrow: fate, (jvp.bqsom of the BJessed Virgin, aod prayed for etfepglh jo do her, ^uty.and.bear.lwr.proes.” .............................,t

: . Njirse Alnells llftqfi pp to me bor,tear-fillod eye*J Bhe most have road the expression of my ort<n»oucd faps, the meaning of py coovulslrely olanobpd.bandB:

Bo fieqrlp;. remember ba Is yoar fatfipr, , W* .’fi & •* forgiven. Men *m

^meMntSn^w'dael^llied when anything thwarts' tbeir wishes. God has patience with n*;,fat. n* be for­bearing to each other I” • |

.;11 kissed tbe meek brow. tbo eyelids that.shod tear* fat>P»y bslurofl ona. and with outward ealmnesa 1 Ila-1 tpnqd.to the eventful narration that she- had: gathered all hor remaining strength to give. ... . . -• jj •» From my b«art I pitied th* : dear lady:, but wbat, conlfi I do. to make hor happier! .Only when I spoke of yon. find pointed put th*-bright, happy future thrt awaited you ah* would smite, and her feqe would light up. .and sbe would kfas yoa and say, looking op to heaven: , . , ; : u | , i.-...> ‘

• Oh Father, fat me Uvo to see her happy I’, ,Well; to como to .what, must be told, ;yoor father

found .home .writing of. here—a sort of journal—In .wblqh she pal down her.thoughts; and something In It of tha.dead lover, stirred np hla wrath, and be wm ter-' rlbly wrought np. and said eome thing* iiu,t hurt his |adyfaree|lpgn eo badly: ahe oould n't get over IL ■:

‘Oh, Anna I* said sbo tomo. ‘to think ha could deem mo forgetful, of my. duty I’ Bhe orlod In my anttellke a1 baby, end .from that day was- mate ahsltMtod nndl

paler, than ever. ■ - . ■ ., •;Ono time, you was about; two years old. tbe mutet;

went on a,Joornoy. «omo twenty miles from here, and| while bo was goao the greet mfofortaM happened tbat coat your mother's life, and brought suspicion oa her name. - ■■ . . i . .. ,

.Do n't move, dearfo; I 'll tell It as shortly as I can. must, for eho bade mo do it. 'fheyoung man.aiie bad

been engaged to waa not dead; bo had been ship-' wrecked,'and for four or five years been tossed Aboutj boro and there, before ho could return to bls home. Ho heqrd of Mies Mary's marriage, and ba resolved to1 look on bor face, onoo;more. Bo he oame to the Hall.! I saw bim: be was tall as your father, but1 hfa eye*; were blue, and hfa hair was a light brown. He looked i gpod, and klnd.and sorrowful; but of course wasn’t' os grand looking a* your pap*. I camo op and told fay mtatress tbat a stranger wauled, to sep ber In the front drawing-room. Well, ah* want .down, and *oon I hoard a shriek, nnd in I roabed to find ray lady on tbe floor In a dead faint, and to see tbe stranger knoo)-, Ing beside her, crying and wringing hte hands, and calling bar hte fast angel. I knew at once bow it wo*. , so I said eome kind words to him. and I carried my1 poor mletrere into another,room, and revived hor. Sbe threw her arms around my neck, end cried like h child:

•Oh. Anne, dear I’ said sbo. "*• my ala baa visited I me. I perjured myself for life,.and now . A* is bore I' ObGodt ohGodt’ . ' ■ ’

I did n’t .know what to eay to consols hor. m I led I hor to her own room, and loft hor praying before the crucifix. Well, aa I went down again 1. heard load talking in tbe drawing-room, and a* I went In to speak; to the sailor gentlemen, wbo should J soo but master It Borno evil, splri t brought him fa just nt tbatmomen t. Ha was abusing and threatening tba stranger, telling bim ble nemo waa too well known to him. that be' wanted no vagabonds about hie promises, and tbat bo wonld shoot, bim like a dog, if he over ventured to: ubow bte face again. Tbe .young man, looking bim' steadily in ths face, asked him. if he bed.no faith In

human virtue, in man'* reepcot for woman?Tho maater said be did n't went any parleying with

him. and ordered,him to quit tbo bouse. Ha went/

aud 1 ran to my mtetreue. Andoh, dearie .such a quar­rel m tbey that very day I I never saw my dear,' quiet lady eo exulted; her cheeks blazed, and ber eyes flatbed like suns I Bhe called her husband, a tyrant, and said sbo would never forgive bte unjust aosplciona,, Hte last words, as ho let the room that day, were

these: • ' r • <• You shall be watched, Madam I’ , • .Thte la a queer world, and people In It make mischief

for each other, wben they ought to be making peace| and bappineua. There was a gentleman used to visit: here, who baa been but once to see tbo master, some years ego when yon were a little girl, Yon ..have a good memory.Mias Jafsle. yoo know, who | moan—Mr. Mark Catfiffb.” . > ,i I started to my feet, m I exclaimed: '.! ’ . :. ■ >; Hnf—that dark, strange, curious, man you would never,tell me about? Why can’t I remember allT>

heard and'saw •while be wm here? I was sick after be went away—I remember that.” :. ■ < I. “Don't try to remember anything about < him, myi

pef: bo wm the evil spirit of thfa bouse; and: for the life of me I could never , tel) tbs: why, Well, m 1 beard afterwards, he aroused your father's snaplclon a of your poor mother's fidelity to him. My dear child,! you are innocent in the way* of the world: may the' blessed saint* forever keep yoo ao. But appearance* were against the mlstrwa—terribly against her. I idpn’t know dearie, bow it happened, or wbat he saw apd.heard, but Mr. Northrop found the sailor gentle­man In tbe house In tbe dead of night, and Mr, Cat- llffb.dragged him ont, or your father would have mur­dered hfau, Tben. there was a aceno butween tbe mat­ter nnd bte lady; she protesting bor. innocence, and be, fiirioua m a madman, would n't listen to anything she; had toaay. ;'. . ' •«•'’" |

AR atoooe. I beard my infatre** scream; and I ran to ber assistance, bot wm .forbidden to enter her room.' by Mr. Catllff*. wbo kept watch at ths door. BomeJ

thing *wfal bad taken place. I beard my .dear lady moan and Wall; and 1 fell 'on my knee* aod crlbd and prayed tube let Iff; bnt Mr. Oetllffe'put me baok-not roughly, bu^^Jlt^jMpniraql^'be.WM nmster there. I never slept Fwfak.tboA afafit, and at daylight tbere wm the traveling-carriage .before the Hall gate, add distress's trunks upd It; and' ybbr. mu (be c: «*?' rjod down.stair* by MQi^bityl^nil tlfafb8f),..ti>ed: dlesomo man- ' Bbo :W*A ‘wrapped opfan large cloak,' tbuugh. it wM tbu mMdte 'ttfrred, oqr raised a 0njm(i

ww^ber faps, too-. 1 jMggad facAMdnok-ntbsr, Olli mm dented. ' ' Ixia "smb^l^i 'iv. l

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Tbe carriage whirled off with tny lady, Msrk Oat- I llffb.and the master, Before Mr. Northrup Jen. he I told mo to tell riba servants that tha tnlitrtM had been < taken suddenly Mid dangerously 111 In the night: that | he waa taking her to a pbyalclan who cured each din. < eases,- ‘I wasto hint that the dear lady bad gone out I of her mind I Bo bound me lo tecreey of wbat I . knew.ai be wanted ma to remain with yoo. dear child.I promfood everything, and made oor *enante believe the falsehood. Tbe Lord forgive m*(,JH«*er lied be­fore; '8omy story aooonnted' for the cry they bed heard —th* sailor gentleman waa dragged away witboot any oncoming him. end I had went back to bed all wbo bad beard the shriek of tha mistress. ■, ’

While Mr. Northrup waa gone.'a strange, queer, odd* looking woman, dressed all 1^ black, tall and gannt. oamo to me and brought mo tho package yon bave lo yoor. lap.* She Joel peered through tbs'bushes, and 1 stretched oot a long, bony hand and'arm. and said, 1 ■ Forybu, faithful Anna;’ and then abe disappeared like a/gboet. only 1 did hear her fbotatepa on tbo I gavel-path. Well dearie child, them waa a letter for me. and it war Written by a trembling, dying hand, and In It ehe aald ehe waa Innocent. Tbe writing was 1 kind of wild-like aa If eho waa n’t ia bar own right

mind—I could .n’t welt , make it out . Bbo entrusted i yon to my.care, and enjoined mo to be secret aa regard­ed all tbat had pawned. ■ On yonr eighteenth birthday yon were to know all.. it baa pleased tbe Lord to call mo sooner. 1 thought it iny duty to tell you before I die.”'..‘ : j «- - , •'■ ,

Oh. tall tne, nurse, did be, my latbar-dtd that bad ■Han, Catllffb, kill her? She wont withthem; ahe was in.-their power.ft"ni"

<• “God .only know*, love. Men do fearfal things when they forget themselves. In' their passions. - Mr. Northrup wa* terrible In there days, but I can’t bring myself to believe be wouldralso bls hast) against her. and 1 do n’t think Mark'Cellifib, wicked sal always thought be waa. could dqrAoLi rather think-the fright and the misery killedQier—ehe was almost dead when she wa* carried out of the' bouso., A week after I received the letter, them aster re turbid. He looked

sad and pale, and wore mourning clothes: tho dear, poor lady waa gone to rest. Ho told me bo had been with her to tbe last. Bo would n’t answer any ques­tions. and.ho forbade me over mentioning her name tn bls presence, or talking to you about ber. • He had a monument creeled to her memory, and be told mo the name of tbo place she was. buried (L . tte servants did nol suvpeqt anything. ad*d since AtavV/ed» nil bake been changed. I am the . only cnsf remaining that

knows wbat happened here. I would n’t have loft you for the f rename* of the United Kingdom. I kept watch over those papers in fear and trembling. Yon boo I bavo always worn tbo key .around my nook,.I was eo |o dread of some one taking them. Now. dearie, 1 havo told yon ail.” . ,

Tbla revelation bf mystery. made with the labored breath and frequent pauses of exhausted energy, gave me the long-desired olue to tbo reason of my father's coldness, Jn tbo child, be hated tbe memory, and somewhat of tho resemblance, of the low-born mother. He had accused hep of some monotrons wrong—un­faithful new to him. I scarcely k now wbat that meant, for . I was an unsophisticated child pf Nature. But J understood that eome horrible suspicion attached Itself to the fair fame of my departed one. But in my soul a voice of majesty and power cried out In agony of filial

love and defence, “She Is innocent t Bhe Is pure as iho saintly name she bears I’.’ , -

. 1 asked Nurse. Ainslie for tbe letter my mother badsent her. She said sbe had .destroyed It at the request of ttiewiitey. 1 gave the sick woman her soothing

d rau ght. an d b astened from ihp room to cal! Itosita. I was Impatient tobeajone, to read rpy. mother's mis-

sivo. to nnravpl still farther the mystery of misfortune that encompassed .m*. I met the mulatto in the poo sage. Bbo anxiously scanned my face, and smoothing

• tny halt with both ber soft, cslm^lisptnslng bands, she said. In u low and pitying voice:

■ • Has the trouble and the grief-time come, my child ? , Bear np, bear np 1 Borrow ts sent by him who known

all thing!). We all have to suffer someway in tbis world of tribulation. Pray to the Lord, honey dnr-

i ling I He bring you ont all safe I Ton come oht ail ; right, Mias Jessie.”

I thanked her, snd asked ber to remain with nurse, ; While I went away to my chamber for awhile. ,Bbe

said sbe' Lad come for tbat purpose., Returningtbe

sick room, I kissed tbe brow, cheeks and bands of my mother’s faithful friend, aod carefolly closing tbe com. inuntoating doors. I hastened lo my prayer-nook, lit my lamp. and placed It on tbe altar-table. Kneeling on a cushion, before it, I broke tbeiae*!, and with a thrill of revereniia) awe and fove,,w|th fast falling, ifeartwrang tears, commenced the perusal of my moth er’a letter. .

, CHAPTER V. ...

,, The Vuernuoe of • Broken Henri, -. Appearances deceive. ,

And th!* ono axiom 1* a standing rule.”

• . ,t. “No moref Word* of despair t yet earth’s, all cart b’s tbe wm

Their passion breathes— ths desolately deep I That sonrid lo heaveo—oh 1 Image then tne flofr

r-. ’ Uf giadnen In Ita toifos—to part, to weep— •. • j . No morel’?.j- ••

... . , • , ■ • 'Mbs, Humans.

f./’My Jittle oblld.ny Innocent one, deprived (bus early of * mother’s guard Ian cart, with tny. last failing breath I bless ibee. tbou my heaven-tent, comforting angel 1 If by my sufferings and eomvp J nfrrdeemed worthy ef a place amid the ransomed one*of God, from tbe eternal shore* will. I watch over tbee. gladly ex­changing the giofie* of my hthvenly 'afaMle fpr tjie

murky atmosphere of earth, if 1 can only be permitted io’braioh okek tboo, side by side with' tby own gnord- fari spirit. I would Inspire the* to ail hoble effort, to

tbe supreme oonquert ,of eelf. to tbe attainment of purity tbat ta beyond tb* knowledge |f tfel* *pneaal trbrld. to a rljg^teoomeas tbat is acceptable to God, nof vaunted pf mrin'glone, . ., t ‘ , rJ.' ’ Jirale’dalilng. spme one In future day* may teH you th»t yorirfond, unhappy mother wm'of.ioworj. gfti'.’of plebeian prdpin*)lle*. tbst it ws* * condescen­

sion on tjie Mrt pf tb* wbaltby, honored and Influent 'till Heibcrt Nortbrap tojnarryber. tbst she w4* no.

^^elevftwi'Md'dngged ’.n^ilitrd'

n»m* into dishdoor. My child, God does nit measora Intellect and heart by worldly roles. Donees have ut on thrones, and »mld tbe darkness, rubbish snd ro. pnteivenes* of poverty, H«. the Orest Distributor. b*s oast the pcart-gtesm* of purest lives, the diamond sctatillatlone of grandest Intellect, the celestial radi. once of holy, self-abnegating love*. My precious ooe. I have been Mined by all. a vtelonmy,. Blerri realltlcs have interposed tholr looming horrors betwixt my cherished dream* of happing*. My soaring spirit h« been bound In fetters, oh, far more galling than the pritoner'a chain I My child. I bave lived :iu soul aparted from this turbulent, conventional, unjust end mocking world; my solitude hM been peopled by mes­sengers from tbe Inner realm*, by angel visitant*, who came to teach wbat man as yet dire not proclaim fa tbe churches, or .woman respond to from her Inmost soul. Mecbanioahy I followed the outer routine of re-

Hgloun observance, a* part and symbolic expression of indwelling troths, unspoken and unaccepted In their holinera. My God was not * far-off, benignant Fathen Ho was to me so ever present essence, made visible to oye sad heart in every beantifal and graceful form of Hfe; ho wm io mo no inexorable Judge, no partial lover of hla creation; he wm th* universal nil; wboae sun-rays’ glory falls alike, in compensating be*uty and Inspirational power on tbora who strive to do bis will, fa a solemn aummotie on tho aelttably engrossed and viciously enamored of evil ways.

My life wq* one continued aspiration of love; doubt less it needed tho purification of sorrow and bitter, bitter disappointment. I go hence witb ouo grief only at my heart—tint I muqt leave thoo, tny untried, ten­der one. to tho conflicts of thl* meroenaty, plotting world I Oh, tbat I could take thee fa my erm*, and . with thee glide fearless and belter I ng over the div I ding sen I But I will importune tho Omnipotent God. who ever listens to the mother’s prayer, and through hta myriad and ministering channels of responding love.

1 eball be taught the moans whereby to hover aroand tbee, by flay and by night, in sorrow snd in joy. In life and attbe lut'closing hour. I will speak to theo Id the eigblug wind*. In tba whispering flowers, in the flow of waves, from mountain tops, and from the placid valleys. God’s teaching voice* of Nature shall*

bear the I nip teas of thy mother's tones of love.I was humbly born, my child, of poor and honest

pareute. whose birthright wo* toll, almost from the cradle. My father departed for tbe land of rest and recotnpeuee with forgiving love upon tie lip* for the haughty nnd tilled roppreuora who had kept him chained to tbs toll-mart during life. I Inherited much of hla etrangbnws of thought, bl* vhfonary schemes of human Improvement, hla heretical Idea* of religion, hla revolutionary code, a* bls exalted views were termed by others. Had bo lived, tbe sacrifice that forced me into a gilded misery had never been exact­ed. My yonng life migjrt bave been dedicated to in­cessant labor, but never to regret and sorrow. I should not havo been prematurely driven from this probation­ary earth.

Tbe violets bloomed over hte mortal reeling-place when I bad completed my fourteenth year. Tho neigh bore said I waa < a cold, bard-hearted girl,’ for ) shed no tear upon bl* grave. In the solitude of my own room, I wept for tbe lost companionship and the ten. der. visible care withdrawn ; bnt 1 communed in thought and feeling, In aspiration and devotion with him as before. Uuly tbe veil of tense was between my vision and the deer, oft-frequent pretence. >

1 A daughter of the people. I, felt grandly exalted by a lovo of humanity and tho concclouanesB of uneeMuh ef. fort, above the mere external planes of earthly posi­tion. I loved Nature, and sbe taught mo more than

boojt*. I felt that poetry was true worship; that labor was sanctified by bonpst endeavor; that ibe treasures

i of jh* mind and heart were Imperishable, tbo joy* of the spirit wore eternal. Therefore I did not pray and speak, and feet, and love, and hope, and fear m others did. I wiis happy within myielf.

My desr, worldly-minded mother urged on me tbo necessity of entering upon.a wealthy marriage, which, with my beauty, a* she fondly styled my few persona) attractions, my not ungraceful appearance, might el*, veto me to a high and enviable position, and relieve u* from the ever-recurring necessity of toll. Gently bnt firmly 1 refused compliance with ber request, for to me bad come tbo purest, holiest gift that angels ever gave Into woman’s keeping. One of those exceptional na­tures that eeom to bo commissioned of our Father to shed blessings arouhd them wherever tbey abide, of­fered to me, poor, bumble Mary Wilder, all the board­ed store of aflectteD, tbe crown of a completed men- hood, the sceptre qf a world ruling love. L'lerenpe May was ten years my senior; but perfectjbeallh, a su­perior mind, a benevolent beart. bad kept his features

molded la tho charm pf youth. He wa* bom of a noble mother, one wbo bore the honors of an ancient house, the test descendant; of a haughty race of old time no­bility. . Left en orphan, heiress of VMt werttb, en­dowed with that spirit net beauty that attracts tbe roul-love of tbe few, sbe descended from ber lofry st* tion to wed with ono her equal in tbe eight of God. bot proscribed by that exclusive class that named ber tut associate. The persecutions of tbe world followed tbem for yearn, but in tbeir happiness tbey defied It* outcries. Much joy was theirs, and wltbln a week both loving spirits were reunited in tbe world above. Clarenco was then a boy of sixteen, well cultured, brought np fa an atmosphere of love snd harmony. Tbis only child shonld bave Inherited the vut estates of bis mother, bot unjust and partial lews deprived bim of ble rjghtful home and dues. Tben be wondered

off to foreign lands, satisfying ths craving* of bls soul for tho beantifal, in the humblest capacity. Ho went to sea. and amid rude ond undoogebfal surroundings ever retained tbe purity of bte mind and morals, tho gentleoeae and refinement of bte being.

I loved bltn. daughter, with an affection that you Fill one day understand. Many love with tbe blind­ness of.fanoy, the Intoxication of passion, tba Inexpe­rience of tb* heart.. First fa?« !• often bnt*folly, from which ibe disciplined soul awfikes to smite in pitying remembrance. Dot K.wm not so with . os. po bid known trial, sorrow, vlolteltad*. Tbe great world, with Ita tbroogs.of fa*blqnabls beauties, be de. splaed; be honored labor, and reverenced true yomto-

mother’s spiritoal Intuition* and dear- stgbtMMN bf offbclten hod descended to the *on. an^

with tbat was blended the father's independent mind,

the many virtues of the humble, skillful artisan.My school of training bad been a peculiar ono: vanl-

ty aod lovo of admiration bad never ensnared my heart, and atilt I needed tbo discipline ot sorrow, for I had built the heart-homo of too many hopes on earth. We loved from ihe flrat. and lo tbat lovo tbere was no fluctuation of feeling; no alternations of doubt and fear perplexed ns: never an unholyjjrougbt din. tarbed the sammer-ourrpnt of that dlvino repose and oonfldonoe. Divested Of every particle of groosnene, it. ted ns to heights where sensual and calculating sentiment are unknown, it was a love worthy of tbo benidlotion of tho angels, guarded in a vestallo fane, and forever consecrated nolo God. Home day my child will learn tbat aoch lovo knows no fall, that It 1* e union ofeouls Ihat care not for the perish. ‘' able frame, that sooner would tbe star-world* aud tho a«n-orbs fall from their divinely appointed place* than aoch a lovo trail ita angelic loatro in tho Impure dost of earth.

Oh, when will tho world learn that pure lovo Is. a Bavlonr and a shield, sn onlgrowtb of tbe immortal essence, a part of God. o symbol and reality of eternal life I Oh, doubters, scoffer*, men with tbe heart* of beasts, and wodien with distorted souls, will you oot

bollovo tbat aaMpslon le possible from tbo lower planes? from IbeVondltlon of tbe animal, tbe grovel­

ing states?. Why Will you pereiat In linking unholy, devastating passion with chaste and everlasting love 7 why bind tbe spirit to Ita fleshly bonds? wby yield forever to Ibe templing demons of desire, when blessed angels beckon lo a celestial communion of purity t Oh, world I world I clothing thyself forever In tho scarlet mantle of thy iniquities, and striving to coat Ita Inrld shadow on Iho notions of tbe pure and wisely loving, oh when, my God 1 Father of Love nnd Source of Purity I shall tbe serpent oeuae to wound tby ohll- dreo, and tbo reign of evil die? Upon tho shrinking shoulder* of woman fa laid the heaviest cross; wben will bor virginal loro bo honored, her dlvino maternity bo ncknowledged ?

Do I apeak Intelligibly to tho auakenlng heart of my child? Ob, Jasmine, tbinu Isa warring nature; boed to tbe counsels of maternal love. Guard well tlio avenues of feollug, the Impulsiveness of tby character; beware of tho simulated love that looks lo tho earthly possession only; beware of Jls'uudcr current of blight­ing passion. Tho love that is all purity, i* distant worship, la reverential homage, ia tenderness enwrspt In soul communion. It fa chary ot careaeoa, and out­ward demonstrations of ita depth aud fervor. It la world-wide in It* InQuenco. notselilbb in Ils approprl*. tion. The ons chosen spirit Is its help-mate for time and for eternity. Ils highest Inspirational gift*-aro for that only ono; but from tbat contra! love proceed tbo self abnegations, the charities ihat bleu, the in­fluences that elevate, the forgiveness that ia enjoined ofvGod, tbe brotherhood of mon, tho peace, regenera­tion, nnd happiness of the world.

My daughter, dear, lovc-flowerof my spirit, I rec yon In yonr early womanhood; thoeblId-marks are on your brow and cbcck. Retain forever tbo characlorlsiica of thy blessed childhood, lie pine us now. be loving nnto all, bo trne and faithful to tby appointed tasks, laltaeinful mother, who. from her dying bed thus entreats ber only child? Yes. my beloved, rhave failed In living out my ideal Ufa of purity, truth, and □ae to Indan. From a min taken idea of duty, I sacriflced my life. 1 uttered perjured vows, and for this am I justly punished. But of that gross and revolting crime they accuse me of, I am Innocent I I *tu Inno­cent, tny child, so help rue God 1 Uh. Jasmine, dear­est, somo day, perhaps, your father will tell you a fear­ful tale of the low-born wife's deep guilt. As you love my memory, as you be I lovo in God aud hope for Heaven. I Implore you. fail love It not. Only In thia, I ask yon to d labelfove yo ur fat her. 11 e baa hern cruel ly, shamefully deceived [ 1 pity, I forgive bim for all; even for—

Do uotillow one revengeful feeling to usurp tho place of tbe fllfal love and respect you owe to him. Surely bo will love my Hallo child, and some day—for God Is just, as well as merciful—perhaps ikt may be Hte chosen Instrument to bring’to light her mother'* innocence. I care not tbat my Imputed crime I* hid­den from tho world. Ho. your father, believes It. A bold, bad, unscrupulous mun baa aspersed my fame of womanhood. 1 will not rest In Heaven till tbat fame fa cleared of the foul end rile accusation. .

Bit, witb trembling hand and falling sight I was tracing my brief life history for the perusal of my bereft child. Clarence went abroad to obtain the meana needed for onr future subsistence. Few and abort were tbo blessed meetings wo bad. My mother frowned upon our love, but faith iu the future In. aplred us with patient fortitude. Bometlmes he hoped that some fortunate turn of circumstance would re­turn to him bls mother’s patrimony, but these hopes were doomed to a complete frustration. So we hoped for success from tbo labor of oor bands and brain, for Clarence, endowed with rare poetical genius and du- ncripltve power*, was compiling narratives of travel, aod a book of poems, tbo principal subject* touching upon the wonder* and beauties of God'* reflective mir­ror. tbe glorious sea. A friendly publisher bad prom­bed bl* aid. We wore calmly bopeful of tbe fattire In. onr Father's univene.

Then esmo a time of borrowing anxiety and gloom. A dim forbndlog overcame me at tbe last porting, and I knew, although bo spoke not. Ibat bis heart echoed tbe haunting feat* of mine.

I nover hoard from him again. Months sped oa. How in tny heart I mourned, tbe pitying, overvatch- Ing *ngols know. Wbat silent, voiceless agony I en­dured, 1* known alotie to him, wbo wields tbe disci,

pllnary rod. Then Mr. Northrup camo and offered ’ marriage to ma, tbe sad and lonely teller. My poor mother wm an Invalid, our earnings were scant. Dur future enshrouded In gloom. I resisted long tbo. querulous pleading* of my feeble parent. J longed to surround her witb comfort*, to cheer her last day* with ease' from car*. I asked for a year’* respite, vainly hoping still against despair. Tho year passed on—no tiding* oame of Olsrcnoo. From tbe Bret. I believed him d*ad. Tro year* bad sped tbolr flight since hia last kla* of parting wm pressed npon tny aching brow. I became the wife of Hesbart Northrup.

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ate deslpe of possession op tho other. YPtl^tanot wholly false to myself--1 Md yqut fother of. my.lua Jove snd wrecked bop** H« 0[UJ ^iled”«A^«1 would learn io love blm lo time. , .'

Ob, Jessie. Bowreb D»rer ** »»»k ss Ahls., Toll,’ starve snd suffer, dfo If need be, for thoee you love, bot never, never, as yon yalaeyoor spirit’s rest, utter the petfood vow* tbat bind yon. in fatten to so wretched * lot u mine. My mother, for whom I ko-

riflceJ so much, died coon after my inauspicious mar* rlsge—before tbe ancestral Splendora of the home of tbe Northrup’s had greeted her eager eight. Then did I darkly feel tbe pressure of the Iron chains, soemootb- ly gilded, that encircled me forever here.

Wben you wore bom. the ono joy was given to my life. For you I resolved to lite, lo beat with all. ”

My Ularonce returned. Unexpectedly, without warn­ing or premonition, he stood before me. Badly altered —patiently resigned to tbe irritable, be came lo bid me farewell for life. Shipwrecked, etortn-toirod. driv.' en hither and thither, ho (t last bad reached bla native shores to Hod rac tbe wife of another—tbe miserable, envied lady of Oakfast Hall. 1 was carried aenralevs from bis preeonco ere many words had been said, and Jasmine, my daughter, Inner taubit fute agafo!

Yet, mayhap yonr father, unforgiving bis fancied lojorios. nursing his haughty pride of opinion, as is the fashion of bls oobendiug race, will tell yoo tbat Clar­ence. toy former lover, was found in my chamber st tbe dead of night. It is false, my cblld I false as tbo vile, ploitlog heart that forged tbs block falsehood 1 Clarence was too pure and honorable ever to intrude bls presence upon me. I am your mother, child. Tbink yon I wonld bold a secret meeting with him; unmindful of even my bitterest duty?,• i . ■

Your father had forbidden him the house. He would never bare reentered It, even were tbat prohibition unsaid. My journal, in which I noted down my thoughts, bad fallen into lit. Northrop's hinds, and misconstruing what he read, be deemed me a faith­less wife. Wbat demon biioded blm that tearful night? Wbo was it, that, issuing from tbe largo closet in my room, ro>bed lute the pssasge. end in the doorway waa Intercepted by my huebind, and changed blmIniosn in­furiate fiend 1 Ji r«i» not Clarerut. What did MarkCatlltfu there, al Ibat time and honr 7 Ob evil.-, and pursuing genius) Wbat haro 1 done to tbee? 1 was brought bltber dying, and yot 1 bare had strength Imparted to write this defence to uiy child. I am fitlilog fast. A few short hours, perhaps, aod I shall be at rest. 1 shall be ireo 1 I shall watch over thee nnd ClareuM. Bren over him who—

My faithful Anna will remain to watch over tbee. Barely, thtv friend will be granted to tby helpless years. Tbet thy father may love tbee. tbit she who in tbe future will take my place, tuay prove a maternal guide, la my most ferrant prsyor In this sad hour. Love your lather, live righteously, my cblld, follow tbe faithful counsels of my good Anna, and above all, never yield tby conscience to the suggestive tempta­tions of aught on eartb. Llvoa brave, pure life. En­dure Mllerlng noblymbecome*tby womanhood. For­give as tho great Teacher enjoins, even tby ntoajma'' llguaut foes, my Jasmine I

And, my cblld, through life, be it bright or darkened! as God shall will, beware of the influence and the ma­chinations of Mark Catliflb. And wben time (ball give tbee wisdom, strive to relieve tby poor deluded fa­ther from the nightmare power of this wicked man.

God bless thee, my precious gem I My soo) flower 1 Farewell I Remember mein tby prayers. Ever think with love and pity of thy mother 1 To tbe holy keep­ing oitho Lord of all I cooflde tbee, now and forever I ■ForeweR, my child I Eartb bolds no pang w deep as that of leaving thee I Believe tbat from tbe home of splrit-llfe. tboo shall bo watched over and goided by tby loving mother. Miry Wipobk NoRrnnor.”

There was tbo date of long years passed, tbe name of a distant, obscore town. I pondered tong end deeply over tbe precious writing tbet revested to me so much of my Toother’s noNo heart. I thanked God that ebe was innocent of the wrong Imputed to her. But tbe mystery of her death 7 Whal bad caused II? Had rhe died of grief ond sorrow ? Or bad the bund sworn to cberlsb and protect, lifted Itself against ber innocent aod martyr-life I No answer came to these sonl ques­tionings, and 1 lifted my heart in prayer to tbe beloved guardian mother, dwelling wltb tbo redeemed of God.

Wben I returned to tho sick-room. 1 found Rosita on her knees by the bedside weeping silently. I bent over the still form of my’nurse. Tbe face wore a smite of beatific peocrfolness. bnt it was whitened to tbeJiae of the pillow It rested oq. The mW. bright eyes were closed, tbe-tbin hands -clasped over tbe qutetofeast, tbe repo« was that of death. Her gentle.' loving spirit had taken flight from earth. I lost then tbe enforced calmness tbat had sustained me fur bouts. I stood face to face wltb my great loneliness, unloved, amid

Jmy foes. A bitter, overwhelming flood of despair submerged my befog. J was yet the uncontrolled child of impulse, the slave of feeling. 1 threw myself upon the floor and writbed Ibero like a crushed worm. Weeping frantically, colling on my Narso Alnsifo to return; on my mother to take me to ber bosom. I know not wbst I aatd and did In my unreflecting grief and terror of desolation, but I raved sod screamed so loudly tbet I alarmed the household, and tbe servants came rushing lu. end were soon followed by my father and Agatha, and lhe gaunt, stalking form of Mra. Strong, who dragged in my pate and trembling govern-

ess."Wbat is tbe matter here?" demanded my father,

in bb clear, prond voice.• • Land-sakes I what Am broke loose?” queried tbe

grenadter.molher.••Oh, . Herbert, dear, what la it?” plead shrinking,

timid Agitha. ....... . . r—•-Oh. Mra. Strong. I tbink Alnalle is dead, and

tbatra what bas affected Mis* J wale so. Oh, please, let go my arm. you bort me, madam.” aald Miss Dean. I felt suddenly sobered, calm, invested with almost tny umal defiant dignity and composure. I

was rotting In the.oroos of Rosita, ber light bands were aoolhing tbe agony of my brain. I remembered my mother’* injunctions of forgiveness, bnt for worlds I oould not then have spoken either In'Iove or docile respect lo any of them. I merely pointed to tb* bed.

Hoell*explained wbat I coold not say. ,. "Hoilftoityl a nice fust lo make because It pleases the Lord to call ooe of ble creatnree home I Enough' to scare, a regiment out of tbeir five natural (enaes I Jtsn»ioe.wHlyont»er«Metobeafool?'’-,;-

Thi* from Mrs. 4Uong. ' i1 only replied by a glance that canted the deme to

lift np ber hand* In amazement, and take a step back- ' .ward*. . Agatha clang to my faiber in real or feigned

dtsfreea. Bla feoe relaxed not its severity, but bis’ *rt» tenderly wound 1 toolf around ber waist. I was | fed ftaffl the room by Rosita, wbo, unheeding ber mi»- trtuu' command to “let that silly chit take, care of terntlf.” did »ot ,o’# m*’ >t>e *tlm»wbat

.aoolhad'lba aching at my heart, tho burning pain of ‘ g»y brow, with,* kits snd.a blessing, the good woman Wt-uaa ta my own chamber, alone wlthta'' navstnent ata night- |

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It la not all of life to live,■Tte pile tip stores of treunre,

That We may roll In lorfry ’And gratify oor plraanre;

It is not right to look with scornOn homble, honeatlsbor, , ■

. Tben fill onr purse with profits frotn . -Vnr poor, hard-working neighbor.

One should hdt own whole marble blocks, W hUe other* pay for [ewes;

One should dot feed bls neighbor** flocks, Then bare the smallest fleeces;

It 1a not right to tbrut ptasfde ■'Earth’s true bot poor pattake’’*-

, Then gather s<i tta barley sheaves

Upon a thousand acres I.... It Is not all of life jojlye

For wealth."for fame and atatlon;

It is not wise to give to rogue'Tbe ruling of tbe cation;

Lt Is not right that law divideTbe poor men's only shilling. .

To build np pomp, to foster pride Upon some worthies* villain.

We should not chain our ship it (ateAt other people’* palings,

Or whet our prunlng-knlfo of hate Upon another's fallings;

We eho'nid not tee) that we are safe Without the oil and leaven,

Or think that ont* tbe only gate Tbrougb wblcb all enter heaven;

i For wben onr life-book is unsealedAt bearen’s greatrebearul.: *.- ■■

We-then may wish onr charities Had been more uni venial;

May wish we bad to otters been More' kindiy-in onr foe I logs.

And. ta our trade and marketing, More honest lo our dealings,*

Flay wlah our lodgers told more deeds Of giving, tban of selling; ’

Tb at we bad turn ed more btavy wheels < Around tbe poor man's dwelling;-

May wish our names on seals and charts.Tbat tell of Came and story,

Were writ in love on humen hearts,-.With golden pens of glory 1

Life's alms should be tb make mankindUnc family of brothers,

By pourlog out love’s dll and wine On bleeding hearts of others;

To brighten up ite rusty strings, Tbat long have been neglected,

To bring meh op to social life. Where lhey will be respected.

Then may we In the right grow strong, Knowing and possessing—

For only deeds of love and troth tV111 ever bring a blessing.

May rich aod poor, may blgb aod low.Be wed In bonds fraternal.

And sing at last Redeeming Love, Beyond tbe gate BopernaL

natchuood Coltogt. 1868.

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DRAFTED:A STOJIY OF THE WAR.

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It was a pleasant, home-like place—a neat cottage half bld by graceful foliage. Everything betokened peace and bapplneae. Involuntarily I sighed m I passed It at tbe close o’a pleasant autumn day, on ray return from my day's labor; for 1 bad beard tbat the good husband and father had been drafted for tbe

army.As 1 was passing, I saw tbo once happy owner come

from tbo bouse, aod walk thoughtfully down the path. He did not notice my approach, but imstened on, as though bo could lose in rapid motion, eome of the load of sorrow that lay at bla heart.

Thinking words might possibly relieve him, I ap­proached and bade him a cheerful •* good evening.” Ho raised bls clear brown ryes to mine, aud with tbe pressure of bfe strong, honest hand, answered me. It was deeper tban words. I love lo take a band like ibat. H usures mb, by its warm grasp, of honor and friendship. ’ '

••tttelL” I stammered. •* 1 suppose It’s troe—”•* Yes, ” be replied, knowing <rt<n I was about to

aay. "I’m drafted. I conld stand It.” ho added, al tbe same limo brublng away a tear, •• but I fear Mary will miss me*, it will be hard for ter, poor one.” .

Here bls deep voice gave way, and be turned to bide tta fast-falling tears, If I bad thought blm manly

and brave before, bte behaviour nbw orqwned that manhood wllh a holy grandeur. ,

1 laid my band open bte shoulder, and said:•■George, I am exempted,’os you know, by physical

laabllity; hut'if it was In my power gladly would I be your substitute.”

He looked tenderly npnn me wltb a deep, loving gate, such wa mother might give ber child wbd had proffered h Ib tiny aid to some great deed:

■■Never 1" be sxolalmed. '" Never eball it be said tbat George Clinton shrank from duty.”

All bis manly spirit now revived. I gazed on him with reverence and admiration. Wa parted In the1 evening shadows—I to spend my evening alone,'iritb my books and writing—he to join his dear ones,'anti to spend, perhaps, tbe last evening upon earth #iib

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-• The nlaUohi of the Irish Jwpolailoh to the esue of emanribatlon and fres'■ iMtltfilbha In ibis country, tari 'flu’ LlbWfc?.’’ '6 '■'ofis' Wtalifod -fo ottllenge tatfc8kMUn«oi;jUi'UrW<Mtbitnerol anxiety. '■'> J

Tbe next day was the one for bit departure. He was to join bls regiment, aerera) miles dialant, pridr was to accompany him to the city, and bear ta the. lonely wife tbe latest words from ber hJtib^nS.1 I

called early tbe following day, and found them bearing very bravely their coming separation,. Hla little tay! was clinging lovingly to papa, teasing blm not'"to do and make mamma cry,” accompanying hte tedder, entreaties with most loving careases. • Truly. I 'thought,i It requires more courage to brave this ecene. ihat; to, meet lhe foe npon tbo field. " . ’. His wife wm busy about the room, try|ug nobly to'

bide Ibo tears wblcb would flow. Bhe forced them back when tbe moment camo, and the brave, gojdier'

folded her to bis heart. Thera wm no word, no, «x^. nal sign of tbo great grief of parting, fie ratted hte

son in bis arms, gave him a quick embrace, aqd turned front'bis treasures. The^door closed.between them. He turned Dot for on Instant, but walked rapidly and1 silently on., . ./.'.I ,'■•“■■■ ‘"t >. ■

Thiu the loving hearts, eeparated-^pnp, to scenes of action, the other to a lonely, uneventful life, save tbe1 joy’wbich bls letter* would f>ring, and thi firtaff tas- pens* of days Abd weeks when tha'tattlaarageff.i Brave hearts ire tbey Who’hro left behind., Drive wo- man,bearing the tlta'of woe; parting With fo<M ones, leaving tbeir blcedlbk bearii td ta Skied by time.

Ab.’ the battle Of HM le’gfeat. 7'j ' .'J t' A* #e walked oh ihwitence, I could not bnt think df the thousand of deaolete hotiesand tbe wall of wid­owed betrU. '■■■• <■■■ •'' 5: *"My ta&pufoii btakethiidtitfriteiioetawrotatafl

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’ ft I.have mU^ltabU.'Vba «IA " that I ritafl over »,-lf life ftot, I knbtr (Joi) will protect «y dea», out. If lhhouidWl,” beoontiBMd, "toftUtary^to, bepaJm,' iSdi Wwtinnly In odf htavehly Father. flrBo' ta4ta‘0*it tar, lie apMrows."; !. :>.' • j-.-, ■- t'i,

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■trapsfjpive been too gloomy fols acid for. I mMlhars mpta’bope^ fori may live to return."(.'

A.fet Jjonra’’jide brought ut to oar derduationi he., to Jolti hlatSgfjhMit-l to returqanfi comfort (be Iphs- ly wtpng my hand at ^artldg.jind sold:

" Henry, tf i *hoald not live, be q Mend to Mary nafftlpjfttloon*." .

I ptaqied bl* hand In reply, and vowed to be faithful to hi* reqaest, .>

It wpatefe Ia tbe evening when { opeued the gate and walked pjp the graveled path' to- tb* cottage. Hla wife wai st ibe door lo meet roe. Her face wm pate with trace* of team, yet ber manner was calm. Bbe led me to ber boy. wbo had cried bltnsetf to sleep, vainly calling for “ Papa." He waa to l|ke bit father —the oatta honest, brown eyes, tbe urn* hatatnd

brow. I leaned over and klued tbe beaotlfol buy. and thought, wltb swelling heart, of tbo father's flrat

1 night ftbm home, ‘-V |1 thin hade hto wife good night, but not- before I

had ottered a brief, earnest prayer for the absent onei and implored protection aod bletelngt for those at home. • .<..! ■■, .... . |

A feeling of interett, with a sense of mydnty. led me often to visit the wife of my friend. What joy I experienced a* I conveyed bit Bret letter. How eager-

. ly her mild bine eyes ran over tho pages. After a hasty perusal, tbewidr" n • ,

. •• George it welh has been io one battle, and is un­harmed. Be send* much love to you. and hopes you continno yonr qalla to help mo pass away the week* of hla absence." ' ' i-”- . ’ - •• ,

I could not inar her joy tkea >■ but the next visit I told her of tbeifdt* rumors which were In circolatlon; G------- . like every town, had ite busybodies, wbo, hav­ing no employment of their own, conclude to transact

, buimm for other*. ■' .1 will here state that I was a tingle man; and taught

school in, tbe"village of G~—-i George-end myaelf had been CrtlMtitnda fot many yearv Would I betray

. that sacred trutt In bis absence; No, nothing but tbe 1 purest feeling* bad animated my mind. It Was to re­

lieve ber lonely life, that I spent some of the bouts of the long evening* with her; y« lhey were toclhl. pleas­ant hours to me.- My soul was dismasted with the Idle ramorat yet I knew I mast be prudent and almoef wholly discontinue my calls. ' Asl waa obliged topass her home ev$ry day to my school; It wa* no easy task to do so. If 1 bad a paper or book which I knew she would enjoy, I meat dispatch a servant. At first my, nature recoiled at :the servitude. Could I not mafol

t lain my own standard and be an individual? -1 anta, rally bravedrpubllo opinion, but when tbe question oi Are honor waa at atoke. of course 1 withdrew my visits,' or rather limited then to strict and well-regulated calls.'For myself. 1 should bave been glad to have braved the false reports.

Such are the elements of society; It allows us noth­ing. sud tbe weU dfspcaed suffer on account of those wbo are not so. Her mind mlased the toning of there: visit*.;; Bbe needed, like every woman, eotne- thlog naw and fresh thrown into ber every-day life— and now more than ever. Her round of duties was not food - for bar sonl, and when evening came abe

j -wanted companionship. At her request. 1 visited In company with, acquaintances; bnt conversation, at such times, is too general and mixed, for puy one to Jirivs pauonsl taoeflL J wm always remembered In

poatcrtpjte’hlp tetter*,rand ofteahad one for myself

from tbe tbe braye hearted soldier.

> At test one oame to me written fn a strange hand. I f trembled violently a* I broke the seal. How great I wu my anguish to learn that my friend was no mote. , I recalled tbe boar of onr parting. Hia teat letter, so t foil of hope sod trust. Alas I how Boon had the Dealb- , Angel called blm hence. Dear, braye' beart I loried,

word* connoi paint the depths of yoar noble sacrifice.i Long did I weep for the brave one; bnt now a sad,

sad dnty was mine, to inform bis wife of tbe dreadfuli news.' ' ' . r, I tried to be calm, as I-again walked tbe little path

to her homo. Sbe sat at tEe window, and camo qutek- . fy out to meet me. She was expecting a letter, and

coaid not wait for me to enter. I almost wished tbat she had even a forebod lug—but' that night she wm on- usually cheerful, almost gay—*6 close doea Borrow

, tread in! tbe steps of Joy.

Ab, it Beemed to me that It required more tban a soldier’s bravery to break to heritbe awful tidings.. Wa»-1 not, after all. fnarlng riypart In the great.

, struggle? It wm all I''could bear at that moment.. Was 1 not a soldier? Are they all upon a battlefield ?"I’m expecting a letter from George," ebe said.

Joyously/ "Have you One for me ?”I tried to bo calm—1 tote calm. The pallor wbioh

etole over my features taald tat be unnoticed by her., Oh, tell me-teD me all I" she crle^. In piercing

tones, then sank lifeteas at my feet. . ! 'I gammoned a neighbor. Long, long did we work

I to bring ber to life—no. It seemed more like bringing , ber to death; for wbat had life now for ber? ' •' . !

As ebe reiorned to coaeolobanees. sbe cart a look of deepest anguish upon ns, As though we bad given her: heart It* great tide or grief; It waa more than I could, bear, aod great tears coursed down tny cb^eka. In all her'ftief, tben, ebe tnrned to comfort me, but grew deathly pale again, and would bave rwooneij.but, the

cry of ber boy rooeed tbe mother,, and love triumphed ■ oyer's n go (sb. ■ .. . . ;

Live, live for him I" I said, in seeb earned, plead- . Ing tones, it was as though anotbyr voice had spoke tho

words. '" : . '• ')- '8be arose tad tremblldgly went to tta bedside of

tar bdy.'wta hid called rdF" fafktta," In bis dreams.’ Then kneeling beside 'him. sbe burled ber face in the clothes, and gave one moan—such a cry of anguish as

, 1 hope never to bear again. It thrilled me. It sent my soul surging like wildcat waves, crying for rest—for, peace. If tbo human adul has such capacity for an. gnish. wbat. I thought, must ba It* emotions of Joy if there is height, as great aa' deptb, and there most bo. :

The moap of aogoish changed to sounds more heart, rending. It seemed as'though ber bearf-sttlnga were slowly breaking. Bat when the boy awoke, and with a cry of fright at seeing ue, beside blm, ata stifled bee

sad moans, and tenderly lulled him to rest again.■At midnight, 1 left them In tbe care of tho kind

neighbor—a voman ofriorty years, who bad aeed all heXtreuores fade. Ai) her Jewels bad beea garnored to her •• Fetter’s bonse." and noir willingly wonld abe bare obeyed a summon* to depart. - <’

all i«.Mt.'

lowUS^tawat gjntia.wfll and dlMtajf bflj I b!m( ’{ •/|W wajiata noTas taty,’’ and tatfi^ht wut Jn rate'' tSkojtiU'we^n'rMdBUgrMtdeilgi*. jg1 •

J I-carried the relics to her. Fresh tears ffoWd. rtd *trt«WSVefFri>atontbo lone above of ber life. Ber rtafl-llko nature bent ta the great afonq, '(ireoefully ata bowed, while the Wil era fell rand the itcnzr bejA '■ arocidltat e' . . . J '■* It required some heroism to go from tbat onoe pita# ■

ant Home, to leave so many pleasant asebalatieni, ( around which, ware closured tbe memory of ao many , happy bosra. Bnt for ber child ^sbe would bate sank, ( Bls loving nature made ber brave; end nobly did ehe , leave the hallowed spot, end go oat Into the cold, i

strange world to eatu her livelihood. * . ,[ walked beside her Mabe trod tho little path to the

dusty road. 8^ Ukd ber life. I thought, leaving her , path of happlceas towelk ths dusty highway of life, with ao shady foliage to shelter berfrom tbs summer’s , beat and chilly blasts of winter. Tbey are brave ' who fall in battle, but it is harder for those wbo sit at lodely hearthstones, year after year, oloee.

There was no longer for bet a strong arm to protect, or a firm and developed mind to guide. Ber own bauds must now provide the bread for herself and child.

lu tbe busy city the wife of my lamented friend found emplbymint. I visited hefnow without'fear of gos­sip. I fried to lighten eome of her burdens, by st tend­ing to some df tbe rougher duties of life. Pay by day a fewest!beams crept Into ber life, and ahe grew stron­ger. I spent my Sabbaths in tbe olty, and gave most of the time tb her and her boy.

Gradually she developed •• under tbe rod.” The woman foae, grand and beautiful, from the ruin of her hopes'. She would apeak for hours other noble husband, and; with tear-beamiog eyes,' thank God for'tbe joys and lessons of tho past.

A year passed away. Tn its cycle many, many hearts were widowed. Badges of mourning multiplied. The sunlight of joy went out in many homes, for tboarands fell, and the bereaved wept’for the voices forever hushed. l-,:- ■

At the close bf a summer day, I walked hurriedly to the boms'of my frlbhd, My heart throbbed with new and strange emotions, for low had crept gently into my soul.' One year ago. I would dot have dreamed it. My emotions seemed too varied and changing tube analysed. At one moment 1 was filled with fear, then exultant.': I wm not brave or assured In my emotions, fpr 1 knew, that tbe wife of my friend could not love as she onoe had, {expected ho more than to re-kindle the dythg flame to a. faint glow upon her heart’s altar. She needed protection.. I wanted tbe right to guard ber nnd pluck tba thorns from her pathway.

At twilight I sought to tell her rdy love, for I felt it would be to her as tbd sunset—mild, serene and peace­ful. : The glory of ber day bad gone down.

, •• Mary," I Bald, •• will you give me the HgKt to love and protect you? If you can find a place In yoor heart for another love, will you take mine ? But if In Marching.' yon find that first loved Image so enshrined tbat'nll others must be but brotherly love—tell roe- do notfear to pain me. and a brother's love, pare, deep and lasting, shall bo yours.”

Bbe gaud n motnvnt into my face, then gave one glanoe heavenward. I knot ber answer before she gave it. • ■ ' '

** I love you u my dear and only brother." she said, then fell weeping Into my arms.. From that moment I knew my feeling for ber. 'it wan attention, end tenderest pity, not the vital soul- psMioa the lover must have for tbe one be would call Ms own.

Thus we found our frue.relation. "I grieved, when I thought that ( bad pained her, bnt my position waa now dearly defined. I coold be more fo her? end give ber a brother’s protection. ” " •'

I soothed her wltb kindest words as ahe lay for a time Upon my breast. u

We parted tbat night nearer In feeling, and yet sb differently related from what I expected,'

At I left her a mom of relief catne over mt that all this bad happened, snd resulted aa It dld. A new Joy thrilled my being. IKada ritterl >' ‘

A few weeks after. I ,tnet: at the Masbore one to whom my nul responded. Bow different were my emotions. There was no tender pity—but love, deep paMlonate love, answering behrt to heart, soul to son!.

I purchased tbe cottage where Mary and her husband had pissed tbolr early years, years gemmed with joy. One autumn evening I eenfa carriage for ‘Mary and her cblld. Bhe knew notbing of tbe purchase, Ind the

driver was 1 he true ted to have her remain in profound Ignorance of her destination.I had writted in my note that 'ebe was to meet ub a

few miles from tbe city, to'be introduced to my wife. Tbe room which sbe had occupied'in former years waa fitted tor ber. A crayon portrait of her husband bang, over ber bed. ft waa'an excellent likeness, the' pro­gress of which I had been watchlog for several days with almost boyish impatience. It was executed by, my wife, and I was both prond’end happy. ■

Tha window! of ber room opened Upon tbe lawn which.Ueorge and sbe bad spent many hours in adorn-, log. It was now looking finely, and gemmed with; rich abtumn Bowere,' iFlowert-of ■ rate'beauty and aweetest fragranee were gracefolly arranged in her room. ■ I ••• :

*• Do yon think ebe will be happy here ?" said a rlcb voice at my side, u I was walking the long aisles of memory; and'for a moment was lost In tbe winding, j ’ ■ "Happy?”"I nbewefed. interrogatively. "How

can ehe be otherwise ?’’ I checked myself tn my fail- neasof Joy;' I almost forgot het'cap had been drained, ■while mine wss Jut rilled. I drew my darling to my heart, and prayed tbat she might be spared to me many years. • •

Jost as I began to be somewhat restless, for I longed to see my staler, the eoond ot a carriage was heard? Nearer—nearer—ono moment more, and I folded hor to my heart—another and ehe was kissing the brow Of my wife with a mother's tenderness. ■ Would my tide ofjoy ebb? Two of earth’s moot beautlfal women for my companions, and the darling boy of my friend to''

grace my home. I treiobled with excess of joy; andi Involuntarily prayed for strength U bear the tide of happiness which bed flowed to my life.

Many emotions were risible in the tone of deer Mary, aawaled her to herroom. Memoryitldes awdpt fast and strong open her, bnt ebe grasped ihd green banks' of hor prttmi Hfe. and with more composure and. cheerfulneae tban >m could expect, Jolndfi uAttheevej nlugmtal. .1 =■' ' > ".< • 1 - ■ ,

It was a pleasant group around'tar first supper in our own home.: The spirit of that loved one mut have been with nt, fOr theta seemed a halo of oalm joy resting upon ounaonle. • -'

We are striving to meat the duties of life obeerfnlly as they come; and to stand upon life’s battle-ground ready for our Muter'a work, ' :>

TS’-m/wr.uqLroip wytinra.

.^ilkwhfch i?ttaMtiy ptatta of the preaen.

ourAltow^otnitrymeni-efthe "Conw?vftita ttor-soeinedVtIilhk promised id,little of soZ o***,'h^taauied somewhat of an upect which nta very rsatanably lead bnetoaoppose that the etm < fast .ipprdaehlng.- Tbe questions which arke u natural raroli ot -the • • emancipation proelSi«jOB u are receiving spot» solution m will forever mlu rL,

I any doubta >Mb regard to the wisdom, efficaw Ita good policy of ttat dooninepC .It ta* been proved ta., oonoiMiraly, and beyond ths shadow of a doubt tita thia sot on tta part of Prealdeht Lfntain wai tbs' tor, jone wbioh waa wanted to ldtltet signal and'jrreparabu Ipjuty open tho rebel 0* use. Men df radfod prociivuiM have foretold, from the beginning of tbe «tniggi»«ta this policy mut and mould eventually pnvail; an* j*, witbatanding the sneers of tho "Conservative1'Trad* and tbe opposition of tbe Conservative ” rabblT

their wisdom aod foresight in this matter, at least' bave been firmly established. Tbat the flegfo w«i fight, and make an efficient soldier tn the anny.ot Republic, has been demonstrated on every batting

where be bas been tried. The record of hfo valor u written in bla blood, alike upon tbe bordera ofKs’w.^ aod along tho earthworks of Port Hudson. ’' ?

That the rebels have been materially, fatally fojOrtj by the Immense draft whioh bas been njadepu thefr labortag and producing population by the President’, proclamation, no one. I think, will have the hardihood to deny. That the armlea of the Republic bare been augmented in a very efficient and profitable digtb* It these black troops, no one can doubt. Where, tbet te that " untold amount of evil,” which we wtn warned, wllh one breath, was to come of this born scAone,” while with the next it was asserted tbat tbe mere issuing ofa paper emancipation wouidatnouot to nothing, and would be laughed at as ", a good joke” by tbe rebels, wbo'would not be afraid of tbo « ftiia. fal colored folks” leaving their paternal care to cut themselves on tbe cold charities of the barbarous Yso- kees? The " Southern brethren” have not been “ex­asperated” to such a fearful extent aa it was foretold tbey would be. Indeed, It would be bard to add uy. thing to tbe naturally ferocious and fiendish apyt which exult* ta desecrating graves, and making tro­phies.of human bones.

Standing, a* we do now, in tbe very fulfillment cf the promises pt this measure for the benefit of humo- tty and tbe success of onr arms, we may safely aay that none of the evils which were so warningly predicted by the great " peace” apostles of tbe firm. VaUandlg- ham i Co. have'resalted. The trial ha* been mads

under many disadvantages, and agalut tta Mfitlotrf and Judgment, I may say, of tbe mass of tbe,people, and it baa proved an eminent aoccess. -

In all - probability, tbe opening spring of 1864 »fi! look upon tbe dead, or dying, embers of this gigsatlo civil conflagration. Emancipation is a success; negro

soldiers are a success; tbe substitution of free for slave labor is a aoccess. aa proved by the experiment made, uodpr the moat inauspicious circumstances, at Hiltoa Head; and all these are but the preludes to tbe gnad success which is to come, and whioh will place every foot of territory again under the"old flag,” and de­monstrate to the world that tbe •> civilisation of ite puritan”—with God's troth as its standard, apd ite ^reat .watchwords, of Liberty,” political and reli­gious, " Equality" and >< popular Education" as Its object* —is superior to the civilisation of tbe cavalier, tbe fundamental principle of wbioh 1* that voapltsl should own labor." and that •• civil aud religious Ub erty" and " popular edocatlon.” are affaire whioheo*. cernthe/na who govern and uot the many who are governed. * .

And after this shall tare been done; after the old flag shall have been bang ont again from every strong- bold. And, from every blH top throughout tbe length and breadth of the land; afteypveiy traitor aball han laid down bis sword and returned to hie allegiance— atlll.willnot the most dangerous hour .of onr political exitte'nee be past, .., ,

There te one lasne yet to be decided by tbe Americas people, which will cause tbe Republic to tremble to its very, foundations. The question of " Freedom or Sla­very* ’ will haye been answered affirmatively, but tte' question of. '.* equality or no equality” ^hich Is to arise ont of Jhe answer given to the farmer questlcs will remain to be settled. Tbat this qaestlon-if Ji comes up for solution, and I am of tbe opinion tbalh wf|I—will be one of great magnitude and verypsipler

Ing in its nature, no one can doubt for a mo meat vte looks calmly and candidly at affairs as they now ulrt I In this nation, with reference to this matter. It will not be any longer a question bounded by territorial lines, but one.of national breadth, having effect u well tn the distant jegfoua of California u along the banks of the Mississippi, of equal interest ta Mita and In Texas, ‘

The, ■* Harm ” of this race, which tbe result cl lib wan by the enlightened policy of an able oxecotta. has been to eef free, is then, in my opinion, the gml question for tba next decade or two. On tbe one sta will he mustered all tbe forces and argument* that ert did. earnest and enlightened minds can bring to bar: on the other, all. the low-browed malice, all tbeiUsff calumny and blind prejudice that partisan faction eu call to it* aid, will be marshaled ta battle order by ta demagogue and political quack.. .Tlmenuatdetetata

with whom stall, rest tbg victory. .Time most del* mine ,whether oor nation is to walk onward in ttewb limo path of eelf-purifloatfon. np to tbe high hills e! I perfect freedom, or whether, polluted by crime, fc* 1 I .with tajartice, sad. rotten with corruption, shsnut I dnk,pnd perish by tar own Sltbtaeu, after taring rid* I den ^triumphantly thsJ crimson tide ot civil war W° I the harbor of peace MdxJctoiy,I

art lrSwnt

sonsttog U> nbt W’W* hrdtiter total lhe erldeno leNConelul • ffeltnow ut.WebiT pec ol lari tta In oomtnohi1

■many of wb pbyateai ffb life. Ando retail#ill tl spjrit-llfe th the wrohgi abandon the

If one of though be- light,* ’ he v cturauter, u octet wai « If tbo eplrii (JldD will hi wilbib Mm; In tbo flesh deni and < vld'cal, hyp< ebondriao 1 eorrow 1* » rowlog spti

Is always co of tbe mow are difficult recogolzed. ihcb ease*, leaves ua m Eplrftnfiteb their aelf-p

thert was- setts; I has

Tbe numt -ly medlamp quite as ma as there are We stall be liar easel, s tai derangb

I oeptfbrlra lo aoonmuli certainly N

many of wh Influence.-

JfAon Hi

NIGr ‘

'Tta nigh ■Mid the 'Tie nlgt The brigl Toe nigbi And ills To teU tn To breatt The glad Ah.1 tbe Bo# my Foe, the J,

Ahi.ihej

Ai I well When th< Amid tta Werewb Bseet tai Ai I wsl Amid th Eeoeatb The moo Alas I fo Ahl wo For fo.nl O'er the

Abt wel ’Mid the The clou And tbe Ah t I te To bury Dot tier Away fo Away fo Awayfo db t bis

Far dow Bls feet That lea Tbe stal Frame* Despair Wheat! Rae gon Bas pa* Bas got Baetroi The ibo Oar joy'

Ahl Ahl Ahl Ab IBp tber

• Aatnod Vp tbet To join The lav.

we w< we wt

> (i-, ,, ■ ...Months pmd : the.fountstn of sorrow wu net dry.

Day by day the bereaved one pined for tbe brave love which would never again be here. Oh, It iwu bard to irootber tbo bcart-slgbi and live on when the sun: shine of hor life waa getyt. . . '

In a few days the.arlipjas wblfh w«re fpnnd upon hid

perron, or rather beside hlm,'fqrwardpd by p thought; fol friend, reached mb.' A welj-woni.let^r—the m|u.' )stare of bis wife and ohitd. ani a' atusll diary wbioh he bad kept, were all.' Hto cfo'ihdf and watpb had^eeti taken by relil ‘h(itde|.' th’eM ^pre dropped, .bretde him as of ta Value’to .them. ' , ’. .; ' ‘ ? i

(They would dnl/pfota' tjre.wound—imU I must do!tta< .'ta,^i'Muld1>^ed|<idji>r

waa It so differed;" I bid none to mourn for me, 1

• A Baacnrui. Thocost.—I wot reading the other day. that on.the shores of >the Adriatic Bea tbe wives' of the fishermen, whoee husbands bave gone far oil upon, tbe deep, ate th tbe habit, at eventide, of going down to the seashore, and slnging. ta fetrtale Voices only cad.' tbe flretstaoss'ofa beantlfnl hymn; afuirtbey bafu'tank lit. they wili listeu'.tm they near, borne by tba wind across the.deaoft^t, the aooqud. elAnse. song by their' gsliant hnsbeiidi as they are tossed1 by lhe.gale npon' the'vrtw, abdboib lire happy. Perhk'pslf we cbnld llston, we, too,'might hear- oh’ tbl* dedert' World of cure eottw soaodisome whisper beetle from hifaiV.to'fe-' OSgsa

are pilgrims and alranwre, aad looM-Merkelty Otot hath foundation,—.Dr, /As ftaMtagv. 1

MEDIUMSHIP AND OBSESSION. ,i >, bto. b. waLUitatox; m.'fi. '-

, • ♦ ■: -,l. i • ''r--1 _i. ,-i ’ ■ ort ■,fn a recent reportof one of tbe Earopesn '*InstfWfc»*

far tb* Insane, It Is stated that * one-thlrd ’»«(tte J* Uent*:Were mads -Cwiw iy Sp<rituaUe»'J’" »♦ find American journals make baste to dopy ud* 1-’*'' late that report. ’ If ii fa rtrictly troe, It *«*« *

circulated. If not trae.w* should be'*bl*'W “w that !• Bplritualtem ”nr« not the •■ cause« «*

derangem*tta. tt.'.'rr-'f• v•■■'-We have' often 'heretofore examined tba

InaanoImrtitntlaM. ud find that *' rellgltW* gloo* oxcltamenti'.’ Ao., &c.’.Lare assigned OS tte of tbe fosanity. Now we deny that •• •religion* m«nt”> tenth# •" caese ’’ of -th# der*D8eBtD\,3a» truth fo. tbst e«ch Ud atl.of these p«r*ou AW WJ suoeptlble to Influence* from spfritllfe, Uo* P"^ ,ofireJIgloo*excitement only tarnishes tba . S rap id’develop meh t of mediuiubfp, wMt®'tw

otberwHaejreiult 'from other fnflWBC**! spfrtitaieiiBte i* » »t«*M<rf ’“'•Lof mediumship- All mankind d*M.lo,rtJS(nh1

- tbta* I’.wh# 1 become inaub- dnrfng rellgfotf NJ*. U4 ottref* who 'tacotoe medium* In bP1™7X\j.

anaautaeqoenUy «*ue, are floeneeof tta spirit* <m these pettataMff»TT

iwtaliyJgtnred. snd into-A'FtetttaBy tartrflettanstrated'tttt

dntaSMtaAMta tnat a row nave a roooepUMllty, and aro known u •' JUdf ua*.

■ r.’WhcM, "’hose i

-And Un Booad Ahl 1; And wi to wd<

• . T° iigh And lo Relieve. !• '. 4

I Wefiqi rtmarkst In tbe Ur Mpom btex^ • Passing aid), long eenhluu ward* be mentofi Yfoksbut sfppi ue content < took on( Uon.'i'Bi tag the r cult to M Sumter, t WSf 0 P( wffi

a

'C5

bci'MWlJn’a flfwiVarfsty ways, often per-

donating lhe Indian', the'W.'"Mto ““■to be Winndiritood.i' In wmhraii ettlonsof fritbsr torixter. hdibaad to wife. i*reat to «bild. the evidence Is even more interesting, and often not IssacoDClnalvb. 4 ‘''vr'

We know that our friends'are near ne and influence — We have demonstrated beyond a doubt, tbat their nsosllsrities ere so retained tbst yoli shall detect them L^mtnuhlcattoM through twenty different mediums,

B(Uy of whom -will'bo affected by symptoms of tbe physics) disea* that carried lhe friend to Ute spirit­life. And wb bave more fully proved that the person retain* All thd elements of okaracter and desire lo tbo jplrttllfe tbat ruled in the natural, until be shall sbe the wrong of bte motive And purpose, and choose Co, abandon tbe evil. ........... • ’ “ ’

If eno of tbls class should Influence a medium, though he- may at times assame to bo an •• angel of light,’’ be will aa certainly, in time, aotout hls true character, as the Indian will show bls. Jf thatebar- ecterwas selfish, tbe medium will be aflWted by it. If tbe spirit be proud or vain of bls powers, the me­dium will have every possible element of vanitystlrred within him; ifthe spirit feels deep sorrow'for hls life la the flesh—if he I feels poor In bls splrilnal develop- Bent and character, and obtains control of an indi­vidual. hypochondria le the certain rcenlt. Tbe hypo- eboodriao Is always a1 medium, niiconsolous tbat hte sorrow Is wholly caused by the despair of soma sor­rowing spirit, under whose Influence he bas oome. It tv always carable, and usually In n short time. Many of the most obstinate and perplexing cases of insanity are dlffioolt only because tbe influence of spirits te not recognised. We have devoted ourselves to tbe cure of snehoseoe, and every day’s observatlod and inquiry leaves os more and more certain. VYo know that some Bp!rito?>lste deny tbat individuals are ever deprived of tbeir selr-posBMslon by spirits. Bo 1 might deny that there was any coal oil beneath the aoll of Masaachn- tetts; I bave never known of,any.

Tbe number wbo suffer from wbat wo term diaorder- -jy mediumship, is rapidly Increasing, and there are

quite as many among thoao who sooff at Spiritualism, as tbere are among those who know what a medium is. We shall be very glad io receive accounts if any pecu­liar cases, and will cheerfully visit such cases of men­tal derangement, not’ too distant, without charge; ox-

| oept for traveling expenses, as It is onr earnest desire to seen mutate and promulgate evidence that relief oaa certainly be afforded to this large class of sufferers, for many of whom there te no relidt, except through spirit influence. ' ' ■

Hilton Hilt Hemediat Inililult.' >

Written for ths Banner of Light

RLIGHT ABB SEPTEMBER1 ‘ SY W1LFBID 1TTLLETB. '

>TIs night and the drear winds are sighing - 'Mid the maples that fringe the lone shore; ■ ’Tie night Snd the month la September, The bright moon la shining, and ah I I remember Toe nights, tha Septembers, of yore;And 1 list for the voice ot the maples, : To toll me their tales as qf yore,’........ •/To breathe to my soul. In weird whispers, The glad tales tbey told me before; I • AM the glad tales of yore— 1 Mori my heart with emotion la trembling For.thejoy of the memories of yore,

Ab I they sighed, as we sigh in our gladness. As I walked In tbeir shadows last year, When the night-winds of early September, Amid their rich leaves I remember, .

' Were whispering tbeir tales In my e»r; Baeet tales, whloh no other might hear. As 1 walked with my lost ono, my Florence, Amid Ibe green forests down here, Denestb tbe blue skies snd the moonlight; Tbe moonlight so calm and so cldar, Alas I for the hopes of September;Ah I woo for the hopes of last year. For to-night the winds moan so sadly, O'er tbe burden 1 've brought them down here.

Ah I weird are tbe voices of demons : '•Mid the ripple of waters out there; , The clouds blot the moonlight in heaven— ■ And the promptings ot dreadful despair,' Ah 1 I leel in my heart the black madness, To bury my burden out there, Dot ibere, where the river rolls darkly. .- Away from my realm of despair; . . .A way from the madness which han nts ma. 1Away from the demon Despair.(Jh 1 bis feet never tread tbe deep chambers

Far down where tbe white corals are; , . Hls feel cannot tread the bright stairway That leads from onr blaoknoM, np there; The stairway of star-lands, Jhat leads ua From earth to oor heaven up there, Despair may not shadow tbe mortal, When tho soul tbst he baonted of yore Has gone through silence and darkness, ■ t Das passed from this ww-onmbered shore;Hu gone o'er tbe cold rashing river, Haa trodden the far spirit-shore, ■ „ : Tho shore by whose eunUgbted waters , . • Onr joy-flowers shall bloom evermore.

Ah) well for ibis night In September,' Ah 1 well for tble reign of despair, Ah 1 well tor ibo joys I remember. Ah t well for the glories up there; Dp tbere. Where the stare shine’so'brightly,'

< As mocking lbs demon Despair; '■ •Up tbere, where hope bids ns hasten To Join with the loved and the fair; ’ ■■■"•'; ‘ The lovad aad tbe lost ones Who left us. As we walked o'er tbe land of Despair; ' Whose dyes caught tbe glowjpf onr Alden. " • ’ Whose ears caught tbe voices ao rare,''' " And they left us hmld onr bleklt detertA’' Bound fast In lhe mesbek df Carol’' Ahl 1 know-tbit toy Florence Is’ witting’ '' ' And watebiogtd welcome me tbfrrpf,', . To welcome me'unTro.ta'tho care fjindi, To lighten me up from despair, p.And love me.for^ver and aver............. '.. r ;... ,Relieved Of my tears and despair. .,, .,, t.

Sior® or T.ess iecsarflte^.I We find tn the London Saturday Ilovtew, somatvery remarkable,specimens of accuracy In relation to affldn lo the United Blates, snob As our blstolry, ged^apby and pb|ltf cs,' ‘ Coqslderlng that’iha Review le an organ bf excessively illgb.'foTylab culture, it Is perhaps worth

a patting notice. : We omit all mention of ite proph’o. »W> long persisted In, that Lee would certainly pcs- •ess himself bf 'Philadelphia and Baltimore, add after- wards become mister of Washington and the Uovern- mint of the Nation; and likewise of Hi assertion that Vicksburg never conld bo takbn, and that the Missis- rippl could never:be open to Federal navigation; and content onruivKs isritb its last prophet^, ibdt tbaat- tack on Charleston would pt-dire fnlllo boyottd n ques­tion.' > Said this oterwlieToty organ—••‘After efanifh teg the rough plans before ut of tbe harboh'lt lt diffi­cult to see how any real attack can bo niad'^in Fbr Bomter. before tha battertea on Cummings' Point, be-

Sn®SC8K^iS«MSS^ thsFMld he would shd toma*otdh; !*ao'kstdto'li the yrittehmlnd in reference to tttattahs'Mrtalnlng’to'tbto cuntry. e-r/.->.‘i !.l v! 11 or-v .u .1 i' '>1 .K 1 >’

PHOGEE88iv» 'eoNr0irrfON. Ilift i •< . i ■1rh...M.!-:T j

AN INTERESTING BB33I0N OF THRBB DATS, j.* . ..riMT PAT.

At 10 a. m, Friday- W«i Sept., ISM. the. friends of Progress convened In tho Town Hal), Potsdam. Bt. Lawrence CoantV, N. Y.' Upon motion of 8. C. Crane, Esq., ‘J. W. B; Touhey’ was elected President, and toot -the chair with’pvllnent remarks upon tbo gen­era) snhject of couvqi>lloM;.whlqh he regarded as the world’s colleges for education,of the popular mind-! The Iter. James Francis’ wm elected Vice-President; a, B. Prescott end B. M. Lawrence, Secretaries: and Mr. and Mrs. Blswsoa, Mr- dhd Mrs..B. U. Crane.-Mr., ud Mr*. M. Wait, and Mrs. B, L. Chappell, Commutes of Financed • .'

Dy request oftbe President. Mr. L. B. Cushman, tbo vocalist, sang wltb Sue effect a cavatina from Luola de Lommennoor, entitled, "Don't bo angry. Moth-, er.’’ ,

Tho morning session wbs spent In an (btercbange ofi thought upon tbe relations of BplritualiaM to. reform, and their duty to the people and to thqmselves—many, members participating’In the discussion. After tha elnging of "The world’would be the bettor for It." by Mr. Cushman, the Convention ndjo arced to meet 2 o’clock, in continuation of th* Conference. j

Afternoon Session.—The Rev. Mr, Frauds spoke up­on the nature ot true worship, and gave reason for the bone wltbtu bim. ’ ‘ ' ' ’

Mr. Lawrence spoke of the power of Bpiritaallsm In turning bia mind and bls lire into the work df. reform.

Leo Miller (aid that the missionor.BplrituSHsm wm to save the yrorld by kindness, and to pradiot tbo Christianity wblob tbo Church professed, Organiza-

i tion would be essential to futurp humanitarian labors.Mr. Phelps bad sought fdr fifty years among all de­

nominations for something that oould satisfy the sou), and bad but now found (rue rest.

Mr. Grant spoke eloquently of tbe emancipation of hte mind from tbe great rotate of theology wblcb had bound him for twenty-eight years.

Mr. L'ralg had long studied Nature, though tt mem­ber of tho M. E. Church at the present tJrine, he found tbo teachings of Bpiritualtem most nssrly to corn; spend wl'h those of Nature.

Mr. Chapman loved Spiritualism because It did bim good-caused him to lave all men, add to walk In a new life. ■. . , t.

Mr. Smith' lived almost alone. In Canada; was deslr ous to have speaking In bte section. I

Mrs. Blawaon testified to the saving and consoling effect of the angelic healing ministrations.

The Chairman advocated the necessity of making our lives and our religion pleasant; and declared tba power of mirth and music in doing good.

Other perrons participated in tbe Conference, which waa enlivened by a humoroussongfrom Mr. Cushman, wbo also gave the ballad eutltled,‘'Old Aunty Bose;"

■■ Then lot us learn to live in love,• To soothe each other’s woes, And In tbat bettor land aboye

We 'll all meet Aunty Rose." Evening Session.—After singing by Mr. Farley and

Miss Chappell. Leo Miller mode .an Invocation, and delivered a discourse—snidest; •• The New.Dispensa­tion, or tbe Approaching Manhood oftbe Race," Tbe speaker remarked, that than was a progressive being, analogy and history con Ur toed tho fact that the race, like nventbing el^e lu Nature, bad. iu Infancy, Ita in­cipient life, from which it will gradually advance till It reach tbo fall statare of macthooL Tne bora an race may bo likened unto, an individual with three pe­riods' of life—infancy, childhood .and manhobd. In­fancy Is characterized by selfishness and animalism, and te governed by loro,- childhood by lovo and faifh. and ie governed by enamel* and - aMori/y ; roanhood by reason and wisdom, and ia governed by prinei. tiu. These three periods of life with tbe race have three dlatlnct dispensations. Two of these are recognized by Christendom, viz., tbo Mosaic and Christian; but we are approaching a tblrtL Tbe Bret properly belonged to the Infancy of the race, and waa born of tbo animal propensities at tbe base of the brain, and expressed itself by absolute law, force nnd coercion; It was "an eye for an eye," and •• blood for blood.’’ The higher moral faculties not being un­folded, tbeao forcible measures weye best calculated to govern man; In fact tbe only taw which could be ap­preciated; it coerced them lute their duty, and by fear of retaliation restrained them from doing wrong— therefore good. Bat tbe race, by an Inherent taw of growth as natural to It aa with the Individual, moM- urauiy outgrew ita infancy lijv vichildhood. Then was born tbe second dispensation, which was tbe legitimate oflkprlng of the moral senti­ments; and ite language was Love. It fa known as tbe Christian dispensation, and Is characterized by tattb, hope aud an abiding confidence tn euperinr au-( tborlty. It "bellevoth all tbings, hbpeth all things." i Like childhood tt fa unreasoning, The cbtld believes tbe earth fa round or fiat, as the case may be,-’because the teacher says ao. not because it intellectually com- prebends tbe fact, l-alth and confidence are brought' Into exercise. It selects its deified examples and tries to imitate them. But wlfeu ii "becomes a man," It • ■puls away childish tbings." snd exercises reason.

During the past two thousand years, the race, or the elder member of tbe human family baB been passing through its childhood, tod Is now approaching its manhood; and a third diB]«nsation corresponding to tbls state is being born of tbo intellectual faculties. Ita characteriatio expression fa betenco, Reason and Wisdom. Tbe Cbr^tlsn world to-day Is in a transi­tion between authority and reason. In proportion to the advance of aolenoe, philosophy and reason, there baa been a suspense of faith, skepticism has followed ( until it seemed almost inevitable, tbat the religions hopes oftbe world were doomed to be shipwrecked on the dark shoals of Infidelity. Science, falling to de­monstrate man's immortality, ran into a soulless ma­terialism. It called for proof compatible with tbe ge­nus of tho age—tangible evidence—when lo 1 tbe cur­tains of eternal day were rolled up,, snd tha dear de­parted of other days stood revealed tp thu astonished gaze of man. Tbls Ib the commencement of. a New; Dispensation, which will revolutionize the world of thought and feeltng, removingby tbelight ofintellect, ' reason and philosophy, Ibo errors and supcrotillona of the past, while it will be wedded to tbo simple, pure and beautiful Religion of Lora, growing out of the moral sentimchta, and taught by none so forcibly as by tbe martyr of Cavalry.

Iteaaqu apd Religion will go hand in hand, strew­ing everywhere tbe bletcdnge of love, wisdom and harmony. Partition’ walls which- now divide the sec­tarian world wilt melt away before tbe rising snnof this Dispensation of Wisdom, and ono creed—love tq God and love to man—wUl unite the families of earth In onu great1 ftaternul Brotherhdod. ‘ t.’

Muslo by the cb6lr followed, when Mr. Chappell wu introduced. Bbosalfi sbe did not feel impressed to speak a* present. Bbe was known to. many oftbe audience, by virtue' of'previous labors. Bbe wished at present to'bare tbe time occupied by those the sa dienoe bad Hot board. Bhe knew their capacities and capabilities, and felt willing to resign tbe pleasure of instruotlug tbe audience,to their mloislratloo". Be- aide*, there were quite a number from abroad, who had physical Mwell aa mental needs, tofneol which some One must do the labor of tbo household.’ ’1 Fba proposed therefore..for* tiros, to wash dishes, cook food, and prepare the homo, that the friend* might find food and conveniences for tbeir refreshment and.rest when the labors uf tba day will olose. ’ , i

Mr. Todhey followed,-and mad* some genera) re-! parks on tbe relation and dignity of labor, aa aa, agency nod civilizer Ip.life. •/

Tbe current of thought wm Interrupted by Mrs, Burt, who represented and spoke for p spirit-doctor, who suggested the propriety of an adjournment, as the f*l|gue of coming to. m welt m the pleseure of listen­ing while at (he Convention, had created » demand for rest.- ’ . . . ;

The suggestion was deetned timely, and after a few- remarks by the President, and 'ti lively song from Mr,. Qiujhmau, the Convention adjourned. ......... I

' ' BXCOND DAT. , ... , ■' Dnribg the morpink ctmference. 6. 0. Crane, F^q.1, i gAve some inrtnictivo experiences. Tbe intultlonh of Dis youth had oft suggested the possibility of spirit; I Intercourse,.wRbput however giving him any.pblfoeo-1 phy of tbe fapt. Tha liny raps, therefore, were aug. gestlve aids, as they helped him to tbe long coveted explanation. Itnmortality wm to him. noW, reality, and Bplrltnaltem opened the thoroughfare of knowl- ■ edge which ended in spirituality:f For growth In this phaser of hls life, be was much Indebted , to,a.visit he ■ paid to'Dr. Fellows, ai through the meOlurtiebipof the ; Cooter, he was eared of adorig blending deafness. The ; time .occupied -in. this .manifestation of tpirlbllfe., (which some would call ^jnjracle,) occupied fifteen rnlhntes'. > ■ '

Mr. Tobbey called stteHttdii to'som4'df )t>e so-oa!M ■ superstitions of tbo Roman Catholic Church,- Miitiy of the facta stated were bo|remly nbv*)jbut quite amusing to the majority of the audience. . Be suggest­ed, however, that these phase* of./altb naedad to-b* Investigated from the sclentiflb rtAudpoipl before they could1 Genome of; mnch eduoatlonkl-vlIue'to'Ute inoat era Spiritualist, i»>'i»Ta‘/

■ Mf. Lawrenoe followed, add' reed Mme inilmotlro *»d eloqseat wrlttogs through Mr. OuthniiV, ■ •"

The mteUog olowedby liniflhg "Tbe vacant chair,” by Mr. H. U. Farley,

Afternoon se?alon.—^r. Law^nce sang tbe opening

! Mre. UbappaU oaid tbst becatue sbe loved Bpiris aal lam,, sbe loved to proclaim H to minds tbst e*a Appro- elate I*® brood principles oud.wwe to tbe soot. Sbe eo ■teemed It a gteat' and glbHotii' tbinff to live at this time. Human life la tbo highest visible expression of Deity.: Anything that, can-bo ,of tue to It, to unfold wid to ripgit It, that |htog lo .worthy, is noble, and right. Bnt anything which may be used, may be abated. Tbe raliforinnds of life are its lerfvoni. Bhe sometlmu heard It Mid, "Wero l this orribat one, I should not like to look book over, roy life.’’ ittwas nat.hecauM sho had never stumbled, or nover been whipped, but it wm trne that the speaker wu unvil. ling to lose a chapter of her life.

Mr. Farley sang a piece entitled "theragged enat.”■ Loo Miller, of Worcester; ttass., waa next Intro- duoed by the I'tealdent, end- epo|ke with marked effect on iho following preamble apd (resolution:,, Whereas, the liberty, prosperity and bappinesa of a people under ulvil government, depend on tte adrnlo iatration of, and obMleocc to righteous end Jut taws; and whereas. Improvements and reforms in tbo civil government oan be accomplished only by agitation of thought, genera! enlightenment, aqd aa appeal to the ballot-box, therefore. ’

Rttobod, Tbat Spiritualists.1 Raformere, Progressive Friends, and ail wbo love their fellow-men, organise a Itellglo-l'oHtlcal Awtociaticn. or Party, to the end tbat a hlgher oivllisatlQU may dawn upon society, the nation and tbo world, through the practical appllca tion of laws' 'and principles which they deem more powerful for good then have yet been recognised in tbo Administration of oivll government.

Attheqlosa.pf tbo address, tbe audience tom and song the reform army song, to tho lune of "Hie eoul Is marcblng'on.” '

Mr. Touhey then said the use nod abtfte of prisons bad long sluoo furalabed subject matter-for thought apd conaomnatlon to the phllantbropUt .and tho ro- former. Ho gave bouio ol hls.pffn experiences as Ulna- trative of tho offurte that had been mode to break up tbe monotony and rolitariness of prison life, '-lie con­demned in emphatic terms tbe present system which robs the prisoner both pf bls time and tbe proceeds of hla labor. The correction fqr wblcb, he said, will obmo'lnto use as soon as wo are educated to treat tbe unfortunates- as erring brothers, rather than depraved crimiDalL, To tbls end be recopuaeuded tho giving of labor at so much tbo hour, to all persons capable of ‘perfonnlng good and acceptable work. This would ■nave lhe good of helping the prisoner without wrong, ing tho contractor, or necessarily creating additional tax to tbe State. ... i

Mr. Miller acknowledged the value ortho suggestion, and elaborated toe practical value nf organizing benev olentand humanitarian effbrts. Criminals, id bis es­timation, were eoolety-lnspectora, aud tho natural pro­testors against organised iuJustice................

The meeting thqp ploeed by singing.Evening Serial on—’Tho President of the Convention

: remarked, he had been Informed thst some of tho Jtood «of the village were in friendly conoerii regard-

9 humorous songs of Mr. Cuabman. Aud as these bad been introduue.d to enliven'tbo iplnd and give variety to the exercises, he was well aware of tho, real solldlade'of-these persons for tbo propriety of our speakers and the-prosperity of our meetings. He wished It distinctly understood, however, tbat tbe members of the Convention recognized the need of mirth, and insisted dpon making cheerfulness a part of the religion of dally life. To this end they worked to raise mirthfulness from aataulc SModatioua to the .dignity and use it occupies, as au evangel of nature. They think thus aa tbe time Is not beyond the memory of those acquainted with ecclesiastical history, when the performance of the "religious drama" was opened by prayer. The Convention, therefore, cannot apolo­gize for ita theerfulness, at ties tbo Issue is fundamen­tal. Believing In tbe growth of 'Ideas, It was natural to hope the friends of •■the Church" would oco day see and recognize tbe religions character and spiritual uses of bqmoraua anecdote and song.

' Tho piece of choral music, "My Bbenherd will sup. ply my need." wes sang, when Mr. Lawrence estu: He i deaired to show tho relations of Spiritualism ip tho Blbla, Ho compared , tbo coming or Bpiritaallsm to the bidding of the guests to the Marriage Sn'ppor, (Math; 22: ll.) nnd thought th® regret would be deep

?Dn.d ?AW«o’r« cause found without tbe wedding garment of purity, Many would then bo cast out as warnings to alj to clothe Spiritualism wllh a pure life or leave It alone. He also spoke of tbe utosof- ft»tlnt--and prayer, and suggested when soy faculty becskoe excessive, it should bo starved; wben defective; if should be cultd- vated. ®

Mr. Cushman recited "What we want," another version of tvbioh was oung by tha vocalist and his companions. The effect waa most exhilarating.

Mr. Miller spoke on 8plritaali?iq iu general, and Ita relations to the Bible in particular. He alluded to tbe test!monies "of Milton, Wesley, H. W. Beecher, Mrs. Btowe, Tennyson and Longfellow, co to thb beauty and poetry of spirit intercourse and angel minlstra- tions. The discourse was long, and was one of lbs happiest efforts of the Convention, :

At ita close, Mr. Miller gave tbe, history of a picture representing the likeness of hfs Sp! It slster, it came to hltn most unexpectedly, and st a time when he was Lecturing against HptrituaUaru, ... .

Mr. Cashman sang with, most t Oder effect, "The dreams of childhood." and the meet ng adjourned.

[OONOLUPED IN 0VU N XT.)

happiest efforts of tha Convention,

lecturing against bptritaaltam, :

dreams of childhood?' and the meet

and Itipoq Wia.Onkoah 1b b email city of abut eight thousand

inbabitaute, on a plat of ground lielng moderately

from tho marabee that border, iho F £ river st Ita can- floenoe with Lake Winnebago, his lake,, (about twenty tnllm long) la tippod tbo qnantJy, like Lake Michigan, then | by geography, is tbe lower end I' tha water-level. Fond du Lao is at tbe eoatb, and Del shnetrthe north ead, end to lumber le tbe priqoipa and commerce of botb, tbey are ri11 bas a ellght . advantage in proxltni Fond du Lao.ln proximity to the pre I; anno well lu a game of eee caw i Railroad between. Our friends n koeb, but not as well situated,(m Bn Spencer's eburob makes tbem In Fond du Lao.

They held lhe quarterly meeting,s Oekosh, thelStb and.13th last., and had tbo large hall in the city crowded at each regular meeting. J V. Wilson, Mrs. S. J. Warner, and myself, did moalif the speaking, except lu cuuforenco, where sever aud proved ability, knowledge a: meeting brought in o large amoun

arttole of export1 cities. Oskosh

to, timber, and lee, and tbey bal- ith the Lake and

Stronger In Oe-

hail in the city

AMw tijJVUKlU^r others look partInterest. .The

of Intellect, andproved tbe cause of Bpiritaallsm Js 11) .established In that section. The next' te to bo held 1 Bro..Spencer’s Church, in Fond du l-aa.'in wblcb t _.,_____asMnjbled again to hear me on the ,1 h Inst.

BfpSti [a also a city with about for jbousind tnbab

Haute lequl-dlalani from Oskosh and 7r ~T., — |n the northwest corner town of Fon lu tfio country, and on a branch of the La Crosse raHJ, bies a parson to get .to or from it c« q day.by rail. It ls’one of the handsomest town* 1: PjndotiriuJ high up on the prairie, but contains a betjrtjl pmphllhe-

good audiences

. mfj du L?c, and

i tad, which ona-

_________, , . , > Dutiful Ceresco borne of tbe Wisconsin Phalanx, wb members com-

the tblrty-two

Irlfo, rum, reil- luts 'since it r bate greatly of tbs West, huacollege,

1 Sil the otbor <M; i-'i . .-

Wj>H>0un,

atre valley of rich dry tend, once fhe

posed tbe idost diorol, dprlgbt. bonei and Intelligent Inhabitants that' ever lived In iho t n. bnt tboy'are scattered and mostly gone.' One, h( iver. st)]| rep­resents tho district in tbe Izgiilatnde id several hold eofiunivlonain the army. 'But four the tblrty-two families are still residents ot tho bea fal vallsy oaoe so happy and active. Jealousy, envy” giou and accompanying vices prod Ii gave np ite lands, snd sin and ml y prevailed; but It is like moat new to ;and a greet wheat region and market, i obutohes, schools, taverns, grogeries, ‘ viler appartansnces. to,make a great

tfspf.Ti, 'li:, -

, Hurts sends ns ten: thousand trai oor windows and dborsafs shot to th sing awhile on tbo roof, snd then fly 1j

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hut, because Ute/ alt and

,lf yrt 'ato tnylnrl a Carpet fat di ifllty. ehooas ■nail fltfarts.) '! •’•’* • "u ’

■rong way, oouso- per, or north end

® ft CdM'PKAy fOR' THE; tsOMHEnS.

Bon and girls, do you know tbit « gnat battle la now being fought in tbe land Jqr you/ For you. u well as formllHnna of men and women wbo are strag­gling to preserve tbe Uniom which tbeir fat bora left to tbem? Do jou tvb, think, as you rotap and 'play, or hurry In laughing groups to tbo school house, that, even then, many a poor, bleeding soldier may tie dying In yourequse? That, In tbe camp, [p ibq tjojpltAl, snd-OT'tbe terrible battle-field, thousands'ara suffering privation, pain aud torture, iu order that you and yours tnay be prosperousaud happy ? Vet such Is the case. . If, those ou whom, oudor God, the fate of the ustlon depends fail ns now. your future will bo sadly different from what tbe noble founders of our country Intended it should be. Washington, nfy bright eyed boy, my rosy-cheeked girl, meant that you should grow op members of a glorious l/,rvm,—tbut you should live under lhe protection of tbo Acieriuau Hag—that when you were In other lauds you could point toward tbo great American continent and say, •• There Is my home, In th» United Blalner'—where the question could never be asked, •• Do you belong to iho Confed- orate Btates or to tbe Northern States I’’—and where, should yon see an American flag waving from a build, teg or masthead, you would never have to look twice to see whether it was your flag or the tlagof the spoil-' era who bad destroyed tbe glorious nation ofyohr fore­fathers. '

y°aDK friends. It Is your war as well as ours that is being fought now. For you, thousands aro de­prived of home, friends and life; for you, many a tru<| woman Is sobbing la ber lonely borne to-day for tbe husband or son she shall seo on eartb no more; end for you many a boy and girl are waiting now for tbe dear footstep they can never hear egatn.. •• But," 1 bear you ask, •• What can we do? ' Ware children, and cannot fight or labor in tbe hospital and

I will tell you what you can do. Yoo con be good and faithful, cheering sad comfortlog the hearts of those wbo aro suffering none thu less because they are forced to all at borne sending from their anXIous hesrte a mournful echo to tbo din of the battle tteld, Yon can, with tbe labor of your busy hands, each add your mite to tbo relief of lhe wounded aud Buffering. And, above all. you can prey; you whose clear voices aro ever sweetest to bls ear who loved you on earth', and wbo loves and watches over you from beaven—wboso arm twined tenderly around tbe little ones of eighteen centuries ego, and wbo inriled all children then and forever to >• come unto him.'-’

Ask tbls Friend, dear chllflen, to help us, to cheer the hearts of tha stricken, and to strengthen and bleu tbe biave fellows who ore on tbe battle-ground to-day. Tbla you oan pray for, and he will not deny you. Yun oan aak.-too, for light on your own paths—light tbat will make you ebo little dudes sblniug like Jewels in your way, that now In your darkness you trample In tho dust

Think how much, after all. your young hands could do I Au Insect is a little thing, and yet if every In­sect in tbe land could deposit a few grains of sand on Ibe boundary between Norlb and Booth, a mountain chain would arise, If every boy and girl lo the North should give one cent a week to tbo military hospitals, thousands of sick am) wounded men might enjoy com­forts and Inxuries impossible to them now; or If a lithe of tbla money were appropriated to the purchase of fabrics, and every girl should tew onoyard a week for the Banltary Commission, how long, think yon, wonld men in levers grrfw woree for the need of clean shirts? How Jong would tbe good workers of the Commission cry out for more gamonts, more towels, more bod tinea 7 Why, a lady who la nursing in the military hospitals told mo tho other day tbat she had seen stout mon cry with Joy wben a clean handker­chief woe hid upon tbeir pillows, Jdttle girls 1 Row ' long do you think It would take tha milliom of girls In tba Norlb, to hem a few thouoqnd handkerchiefs ? Tbey need not bo bem-stltcbed, or embroidered—any soft piece of linen, old or new. will do; look tn tbe rag-bags hanging forgotten In dark pantries, and try II you cannot Und something to hem that a sick man Will be glad to receive.

I have only given a few hints—dropped, I trust, a stray seed here and there, which, tatting root in some warm hearts.. may grow to gnodly fruit. Boys tmd girls, ash for tho light of which 1 nave e;>oken. With layB from heaven shining upon your souls, lhe simple wnrh ”U“ia8 ;ur yuu wTn Y.. mro-icO, wort, that u lll not conflict wltb study or play, but will enable you to soy to yonr Friend, whose enr Is ever bent to your ye- til ions, "lyord, help us all, young and old. Incur war; may its tearful scenes soon be over. Help the poor soldiers, give them courage end strength; lead our enemies in;o ways of patriotism and truth; and, U Lord 1 let ua keep the Union longer yet and longer —purer than It wes before, and with new life given by thee."—Afew lurA Indtpendait,

PnsMcd to Spirit LifteiOn Friday, August 28th, at J o’clock x. u., Farah

M., wife df Nelson Rbbblns, of Newport, N. Y., aged 33 years 2 months and 3 days.

Aware of the approaching dissolution for months ere tho event took place, sbk often intimated (be same to ber friends, and-mode provision for tbe occasion with tbe same calmness of Judgment with which ahe wonld prepare tho work ot a day. Bho spoke of her change ua mere commonplace event, and made known bur every wish with the utmost coolness, Bho lived and passed away in tho apirit of a true reformer.

Though young In years, her mind bad attained the maturity of riper age. With high aspirations, and an organization naturally susceptible of spirit influence, . her eara were ever upen to tbe sweot breathings of in­spiration, and hor words fell npon tbo listener ns the rich cadences of lhe higher spheres. Her knowledge of the Harmonlal Philosophy was largely intuitive; end m u Spiritualist sad Returner she was belter oak., culatod for a leader than a foUower.

' Though she has lain aside lhe form visible to tbe mortal eye, she still lingers amid tbe scenes of ber for­mer life, and near io those In whose society she wav wont to mingle. Though aba bu passed from view, sbe still Ilves. Bho Uvea, not only In the abode of Hie disembodied spirit, bat in tho in Que ace which ebo has left behind ber—ebe lives in the example, as well as effect, ot ber superior powers u n disclpltnarlsn—rite Ilves in tbe thoughts which ber words have eo frequent­ly awakened and so permanently established in other minds— sbe lives In the strength ebe bas imparted to the cause sho eo devotedly e»pdused; and last, though not least, she lives in the afflactions of Chose sbe bu left behind ber,

<• When our scnls shall leave tbls dwelling, The glory of one fair and virtuous action Is above all the 'scutcheons on our tomb, Or silken banners over us." F. 6. T.

From Homer, N. Y., Sept. 15th, Joseph Bates, 82 years., ■■ ■ . • ••• ■ ,

Although not a firm believer tn Bpiritaallsm before tbe spirit took its flight, lie conversed with bia wife, who had been dead twenty-six years; and wu anxious to go.- AO aged lady who wm standing by his bed- aide, isaw bls companion aud many others waiting to bear him company to tbe bolter land, Otto of bls sons and a daughter were with hip, but do not’feel to mourn as those Who’ never eipedI to see hltn again, but firmly believe and know he bas’ not - gone to "the borne from whence no traveler returns." bat is dally with us. and we *hall meet him agala when we change tbo mortal for the Immortal.

July 1st, Ulysses Warner, of Hamburgh, Conn., 23 years.

The deceased was a member of Co. P.. 20th regiment C, V., and received a wound.In the battle at Port Hud- sod. Jane Hlh. Erysipelas and fever, Induced by ble wound, resulted in death, and bls body calmly rests on Southern soil. He lived in the belief of spiritual In­tercourse. sad, bo'loogts he retained bls conscious- aces, was Aapp/ln the mt philotophy, leaving a wife sod little ones to sit lonely at the fireside, still may bis dear presence Ungar la spirit paar them, lo guide and bless.

Ho was a worthy man, and one In whoso Integrity confidence might well bo placed. This tribute of re­spect te doe tbe memory of him, who was my friend.

M. L. BkciwiTH.Proridrnre, Jl. Z, Stpi. 21,1863..

Prom East Eddington;Ma.; Fopt, 8th> of hrtln-fever, Emery Chspin, eldest aon of Daniel and Annie Spin­ney. aged IH years and 6 months.

Emery Chapin , wu a child of more than ordinary promise. Ills excellent qualities and amiable disposi­tion endeared him to ’hit friends, and all Who kceW him loved him. His parents and broihsr and sister will mourn bls early doparlure; bat ws foal wsured that beautiful visions oftbe " Bettv Laqd?' cheer tuero in tbls deep affliction. Though their eyes msy be bedimmed with team. yM. beholding their loved ou u te “ hears the angel welcome " from hls elds/

brother, wbo passed on iefore, they will bow submis­sively to tbo All-Wise, ood with patience tbey win wait for tho reunion 14 the;‘' Father's bouse of msny tnerujow" . ■ JL.r

viLt(l™t>no”r'Ho" 4mbroso Henry, youngest son Of Eliuo B. sad Amanda M. Averill, aged 0 years sod u mOtJlnB. -v 4. . ► r J - •

'*’D,unl*1,’e BB<1 generoos hearted boy. ho bss been nttIedJl0BivUle P°or CAr* "I bl> earthly houw io

bo nurtured by tho angels. ,

N- H., Hept. 4tb. of' dlptheris, Al(red Kldrt'r' 80 5

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Abo, Bept,. lOtb, vane disease, Lewis H-. sou oftbe above.

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From Lyma Wl.., Darwto fltone, aged 2T years. In delicate health from four yetrs of ago. Ills funeral was attended by Mrt. U. M. Htowe, of Janesville.

IraOTHBEBB’ APPOINTMENTS.[We dutre to kcoy thia Lht perfectly reliable, aud in enter

to do tbla It la neeevsary tbat Speakera notify us promptly of tbeir appointments to lecture. Lecture Cvmmitleev niu plaua Inform ui of anyebange In the regularappoiuttnenta, u published. As wo publish the appoinlnuntt at Lecturers gratuitously; we hope they win roclprocato by catling the attention of Ibotr ttekrera to tbo Basirsn or Liout.

Mat. Bornu E. OMvestn will <po«k In tyceurn Raff (a Bootou,October ll. 8ho will answer valla ui speak In Naw Kngla'.d after thal dmi). AdJrosv, till Oct. 1st, Potsdam, N. T,; alter that tlino. Boston, caro Banner of Light. An early application ll requested.

H. B. Stoss a. Inspirational speaker, will lecture Id Ly­ceum Had, Boslou, oot 18. Addrovu Vo, i ffarreo straot Bolton.

Mas. yxssr Dins 8xtv;r will locluro tn Lyceum HalL Bolton, Oak to. Address, KiltUrd, N. II.

Miaa Ltasta Dotis will speak tn PliUadotpb^ Ta., Oct. 11,18 tad to; In Boston. Nov,« aud fell. Address Pavi­lion, 81 (Tremont street, Boston, Mass.

Mas. M. 8. Townsanb will apeak tn Trorldsnoe, R. I., during Oct,; Is Hllfonl, Mbm., Nov. I and 8; In Troy, N. Dcc-imlwr; rhlladtrlpbla, lu Jan. Address ua stxrva, or undgowator, Vermont.

Mas. Awe spa M. Frisos will loot uro tn Hr a. iron!, Oct 11; In Portland, Doo. Sand 13. Addreu, bow Yore tiny.

, Maa. Avohsta A. Conaiau will opt st in UuffMo, N November; In I'btliidolplila, Ta.,Doc.; lu Troy. V. Y- Jan Address, box 810, Lowell, Mass, '

Mas. Lairsa Dsyoaca Onnoos will apeak tn Chicopee, HMalDBeptember; SprInglteld, Hass.,In October, Address M uIhvo Of bus 3o3, La Crosse, Wls.

Msi. flaaari A, lloaTos will S|*ak In Murlab, N. Y., Oct. II; In lloutlogcon, Vt, October U; In Ludlow, October to; It! flildgeaaur, Nov, 1; in Iterulfag, Nov. 8; lo Lowell, Mau., during March Address, 11 randoo, Vt,

Mtse Exsa Hoostod. will lecture tn Portland, Mo., dur- Ing Oct.; tn Wllllmnoile, Conn., Nor.; In Tsniimn, Mass, and Uummorrllln, Ct, during Dec. Would bo trappy loniskoen- gageoonlwyur lhe lumaindorof tho winter and spring tu earij m ;<osslblo. Address, Manchester, K. II., or as sburo.

Mns. Maur M. Wood will speak tn Yoiboru', tho mnntb of October. Address. West Kllllngly, Corin, fltio will main bor roll nnd winter ongsgemeuts Imiuedlately.

Mas Lanas' M. Qctuts will speak lu uloirburn, Me., Oct. 11. Address Bangor, Mo , care J. D. Rich.

Miss Manilla L. Btcawr-rn, trsneo s|uikor. will ten­ure In Taubbrn. Mass., uciobor 11; In Qotecy, tlclolor 13 amiss; in I'hlhulclpbla, pu,, during Nov.-, In Loa oil, dur­ing Dec.; In Hprlbgtlold Hsu..duiiug January; in htaffir.1, CL: during Veil. Address al Now Huron, caro of George Dvckwlth. Reference, B. B. Sturer, Datum.

Do, L. K. and Mbs. B. A. Cooklbt will lecture In Green Co. mid (lie aonlti part of Bcheliarlc Co., N V., tbo teller part of Sept nod llret parlofO.t Address, Mrelway, Green Co . N, Tt. 1

Mns, LanaaCi’rrr spoaksat the Convention In Rich mend, Ind., Get J3; lu iiostun, Maae.. Nov 8 and 1.1, pr.il.nbly; in Plilln-tclphla through Feb. Commltlui s Kmt re-|ui< irig her terriers, will ptosso address L. B, Wilson, < arc '• Bonner ut Dglii," Deaton, or. P. P. Cuppy, Dayton, O.

Mns. Amwa M. MtoLtSBBOok. Bos S9V. Bridgeport, Con,-;, Bill lecture In Chlcopeo, In Oct; In Luwell. lu Nov.; In Butfslo, N. Y., in Doe ; In Brldg<i|i,,rt Conn., Jsn ami Feb. lurer.ds visiting Vernronl In Maicli, ana will receive proposals to lecture In that titato during the nioatti.

Mis. JssiriB fl. Ruud, tronas speaker, will lecture In Norton. Miss., UcL 11 ami 98, moriilug and ala rnoon.

Mus N Bins J. Tsur lb. tnspl rational * teak or, Jackson­ville, Vu, Is engaged to speak, on fluudnya ono half the limo tbo present year, al AsUKeld. Mme.; al Shelburne Folia one (junrter dill,,, and ai Jacksonville. Vi., lire remain­ing quarter. Bho will epeuk tu those vicinities on «oek •toys, ll roquirist.

Wabbbb Okasb will lecture In Elkhart Ind., OcInter 11, 18 nod 23; In llluomtoginn. Ill, Nor. I; -iq ciluun, Nov, 8 Be will receive subscriptions fur lhe Banner of Light.

N. fl. Gunnar, trance speaker, LowelL will spesk In Worvesler, Och 18, Nur, l aud Doc. 0,

Isaac P. Giusruar will speak In Dover. Oct. It; In Port, laud, Deo. Id aud 27 Address. Exeter Mills ur Bangor, Mo.

liras Maar A, Tnowaa, 01 nd no all. Ohla, will a leak in Biol;luond, lud.. at the Yearly Meeting, “cl. 23, 24 aud 23.

Hub H. F. M Bnowx will speak lu Hiurgle, Mlcb., Oct ♦ and II. Letters, while tbere may ba addressed care of J G. Wall Esq.

Maa. E. A. Bliss, flpringftdd, Mass., will speak lu Troy, N. Y„ through Gel.; hi Qumov. Mias., Nor. I, 8, 18 aud eo ■ in Wvrcnaler, Deo. 15. £b and 97.

P. L. II. Willis, poetw>mo.r address, during Popf. and <>vt, will ba Unucock. N, D. lie will speak lu Coldwater, Midi , Bepu 27; lu Hancock, N. 11., through Oct; lu Troy, N Y., through Nov. ’

Acsrax E. Burmns will speak In Ea't Be'hol. VI, on tbo second Bunday of every moults during the corning tear, Ad­dress, Woodstock, Vl

Lgo Mthii will speak tn Prorldonce, It. 1., Nor. 8,13 and W. Letters addressed to Worcester, Mats, at any time, will te duly rettjlvod.

Obables A. Uatdeh will speak lu Qldtewn. Mo., floc 4 and H ; tn Dover, O0L IB amt 98; In Bangor, Nov 1, 6. IB ami 99; lo Kenduekeag. Nov. kO; tn Oldtown, during Leo.

Wm. Dinrorr fa desirous to deliver hls Geological cm.reo of SIX lectures In nuyof Lhe loans of New England,or nsigh- t»rli,g Blalet, nnd would engage with parties lu tnat eltect. He may bo addressed tu tbo earn of nils oltlee.

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ot residence Of Lecturers and Mediums, st tho lew price cf twonly-llro cents par Uno for three montbs. An It lakes eight words on au average to complete a Udsl the advertiser can soe tu odraoco bow much It will cod to advertise In this de­partment, snd remit aocoidlujgly. When * speaker has ao appointment to lecture, llto nutleo and a/llreaa »|U bo pub­lished flraluitoutfy under Itcal or “Lecturers' Appjlnt- menio."J

Da.H.F. 0Ainirxa.Pavilion,37 Tremont street, Bestoa will answer calls to lecture, , apll—f

Miss Emma Rsintsos. 8th dlti Av. Now Totk. <10— ly® Jassis Loeo's address for the ureas nt Is Warsaw, Ilan*

eockCu, 111., earn Prof. A. H. Wut^lirn. sepM-3m® Mas. 8. Knot Ames will answer colls tolecturo tn North­

ern tnd'ana aud Western Michigan for tlircu mouths. Ad* dress Immedlatty, Fremont Centro, Lake Co., Illa, octlfi-* *

Mis. flABAH A. Btexes. termotly Hiss Sarah A. Magoon trance apeikor, will answer calls tolectuie. Address, No.8? Spring sltooh E, Oambrldgo, Mmi.

Mns. K, A, Krncsnoav will make Doming Pall aud Winter tu tho W.iL 8t, Philadelphia, Pa.

Mss. FAMMra.BcnMxx Pxltom , __________ _Northampton, Mate., care of W. 11. Felton, adg. B—8m«

Awnta Loan CnaMiaiLsix, Musical medium, may ba ad- dressed at 22 Chapman street. Button. Maas nugJJ—

Mis. 0. A. Ftrcu, trance speaker.' Address. 898 <ih street. New York City, tn23—Stat®

Da A. P. Prsccw, oHro No, 7 Myrtle alreot, Boston, will answer calls to loccuro or attend funerals, augfl—3m*

W. W. Rdsiell, magnotlc healing medium, .Rutland Ve.. will snawcr celts to leetnro, oo3—8m®

Joss T. Amos, magnetic physician amt progressive lec­turer, 6 Pearl at res L Rochester, N, Tt.. P. 0. box 2001.

oei3-— 8aj*Maa.O. M. Btowb, lecturer end rerdlcal clairvoyant, will

an I not calls to lecture, *r visit the sick. Examinations by totter, on receipt of autograph, (1. Address Jsnesvtite, Wisconsin. ; - septU—im*

Mtas Ltztta M. A- Oiilbt, Inspirational speaker, ears of Jarnos Lawreufe, Cleveland, O. Will apeak week orenlngs • and all end fUnsreta. ocl3—Im*

Mm. Jclii L. Biowk, trance sneaker, will maks engage- manta for the coming fl-'J n-jd winter tn tho West. Addrot a, Prophetatowq Ulluolel Will answer calls lo altnod fut erale.

mgtO—<m»Mies Biaart A. Nurr will answer calls to lecture In New

Hampablro, Vermont or KMaidiueelie. Address, Glare* snout, N. H. aeptlP—8n>®

Gxo. A. Pnrici, trance speaker and writing modium Auburn, Mo, will answer calls lo lecture. JylB—3tn®

Met. A. P. Beoww, (formerly Mrs. A. P. Thompson,) ad* dress, BUJobnsbory Centre, VL lyl6—3tn® ,-

J. B. Lovilaxd, still answer eaUe to lecture. Addrsse,' for tho prewant, WlMImioilo, Conn. Spll-f

L. Juno Paanni'e address is Cincinnati, Ohio, apll—? J. M. Fetatn*. Beckford, Illinois. ooitfr-fBay. Antw BaLLon, lecturer, 1 toped al o, Mail.’ apll—f ; W. F. JiMisaoi, trance speaker, Faw Paw, Ulcb. apll-? it. fl. WsriviMS. iranoo speaker,'Albion, Ifloki. apU>-f

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The Banner, . . ■, It mgy not be fully appreciated at the offioe, or known to the retdero of tbo. Bawsiin. at It la to mo, that tbe Bakneb 1s emphatically rife people’s paper- tbe poor man’s and poor womans friend, and the hope of many almost despairing hearts struggling with the crashing weight of fatoo systems-fretting with ley eaatoms—oppressed wltb tbe suffocating smoke of a false and tuminj religion, or drifted ashore by the rnshtog currents of popularity.

Hundreds of persons or families who can. scarcely secure tbe nece»s*rie* of life taka tho Bakneb, and tbink tbey cannot do without It; and many 1 know wbo cannot get together the sum to send for It six. months, contrive to save Ove cents each week, and boy U at a newsroom—often at rooms where they will oot keep them to sell, bnt will get all that persons will take regularly.

I And In traveling extensively over tbe region and through tbe ranks of Spiritualism, that a majority of the wealthy families who take but one spiritual paper take tho Herald of Progress, while a majority of the middle and poorer classes take the B* nheb, and some take both and cannot spare either, or tell whloh they like best. I am glad to find snob, and wish there were more, for sorely there Is variety and value enough in each to pay tbe yearly price of both, even to a man who has to earn the money by labor of bis bands. But what I bave especially noticed and attempted to note bere. was the thousands of broken harps tbat are hong on tbls willow—the thousands tbat look through weeping eyes aod saddened countenances toyonrspirit messages snd other messages, as tbe only sure promise and reliable hope of a fairer and happier hereafter tor tho down-trodden, tho oppressed, and tbe broken­hearted. Weekly yoor sheet carries healing balm to thousands of hearts wounded by tbe darts and daggers of envy, malice, hate or scorn, and wbo look In vain lo the popular societies and tbeir^poro and books, lo religion, politics, or morals.

I send yon the following Ultte poem, written by one of there struggling eonlr, whoso pen and needle have been barely able (or year# to save her and her lovely daughter from the frosts of poverty, now a resident of Indiana, with a eon) relined and well.devcloped, strug­gling to educate ber daughter, aod asking where and how she can do It, and not eeli ber soul tor a mess of sectarian pottage. 1 cannot answer. Shall we ever have an answer for such 1 Wabhen Casas.

Jlipon, JH*., Sept. 13, 1863.

The following la tho poem alluded to above:

I *ve hung my harp on the willow, Yet I cannot forget its tone:

bike the voice of the walling billow. Seems the echo of my own.

Aod Its murmurs often haunt me. Like tho voice oCMve, In dreams;

Like sweet mem’rrea when they chant tne. A requiem sad. It seems.

At times, when my heart seems breaking. I take It up, and try

To forget In Its voice the aching Void, that within doth lie.

But ao sad ia the plaint It gives me, As 1 wake Ite feeble-strafo.

Hint the effort only grieves mo, So 1 lay It down again. .

Yes, " I’ve hang my harp on the willow,” And I hear tbe wild winds play

All night, in ite trembling wires;Ils whisperings eeeni to say:

•• No more will tby weary heart-beats, Keep time with this restive strain;

For tbe storm that hath crashed tby spirit, ■ - Hath broken tby harp lo twain.”

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Corrcwponslcuce in Brief.Mu. Editor—I send you the following extract from

a private letter I received a few daya since from my brother, to show yoo in what estimation your Baxxca te held tn Obfo. Tt is dated North Union, near Cleve­land. September 20.1803. North Onton te a Shaker village, seven miles from Cleveland, tbe writer being th* prodding elder. A. H. P.

••I received soma copies of tbe Banmbb or Ltottv from you, for which plwe accept tnf thanks. J con­sider ft the beet, most reliable Spiritual paper pub­lished In the United States. 1 think wo shall sub. scribe for it ere long. There was one extraordinary communlcatton in it not tong since, purporting to come from Theodon Pa>k>r ou Iho subject of 'The fu­ture of America.' Tbat wse a valuable document. We read it with much Interest. Tbo subject was worthy Of tbe author. Those wbo were acquainted wllb him white In the form could eueUy identify him all through the uholeleeture. These gifts and spirit mao I fen tat ions wore familiar to us. end had been lor some twelve year* be­fore tbey went to tbe world la tbelr present form or phase.

1» la not strange, my brother, tbat any should call lo question the trutb and reality of departed epiriu re- tarn I ng and communicating co tbeir t rienda ou earth lo the term? Some good, some bad. a>me reliable, and some not reliable; but all aro epirile of some kind, or grade, just a* tbey were here In the form; many of them undeveloped and unprogreued. ,

Soon, very soon, the millions on earth now will be in tbe olber world, and wbat will be their existence there? Will It not be spirt Inal or aplritextotence? Wbat else can it be? OnrrphyBtcal bodies will be lo tbe grave, re turning back to dust. Dust thou art, and unto dost tbou sbalt return, ob mortal man. Tula Is tbe irrevocable decree of the Almighty. And who ean eacap* unlverea) application to tbe whole bu. mau race ?

Let us live every day a* though ft wore our last. Let ua live for God and eternity. Let us live for tha spirit. Let us cultivate love aud good will to all tncn, and especially to tbe household of faith wbo believe In a true and rational Bplritualfam on eartb.

I am as ever, yours. Ac. J. B. P. ”

Enclosed I send you two and a half dollars for tbe Bakkes op Liobt. Your new paper makesa*plen- did show, and the Btory you bave Just commenced ex- f cite* tho curiosity of readers here very muob. Tbe Messages. Lectures, del.are all very interesting. Tbe paper 1* well thought of by those wbo read it about here. Yonro. Ac., Ben*. Gunnison. .

Ent, Pa., Sept. 28, 1803. ,

..... A TBouonrntL Bobsobibeb fa the following, a* the , subjoined note will testify: *

Brotdeu Colby—You *11 receive Bnbscripllon* for tbe Banneb.” won't you, and save me ibe trouble of writing again by sud-by? Please accredit tbeenclosed halfyear *nbecrlnllon to Anna M. Simonds, Foster’s Ctoaalng, o. Bbe has already paid to tbe flrst ot Feb­ruary, 18W. ' Susan 0. Bimokdb.

A Youthful Medium.Henry Allen,.only eleven years of age, who resides

• with'hie uncle, Myron Brewster, la Hyde Park, North*

ere Vermont. I* said to be a remarkable medium for varied spirit-manifestaUons. HU friends possessed no

knowledge of bis medium powers nine months ago. Since tbat time tbey bare rapidly developed. Jn bU

preoence, la open daylight, writes a correspondent, ras steal Instruments will play and belle be rung, keep­ing good time, without contactof bands. When tbe light fa taken away tbe manlfeatstlons. however, aro much vorp powerful. Tbe musical Instruments will

’float over tbe heads of those present at these toance*. playing the while. 8. Brittan Informs ua that young

Allen visited Me bouse at South Harwick, on several ftAMBtnrjs Our correspondent adds. “Tbebait tenet*, told About lh* wonderful things tbat are done in lbe

presence of thi* boy-medlnm. Some of tbo most re­spectable people in Vermont can boar witness to the trulhof what lasaert.7 . '.

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I “ I cannot believe tbst etvlUsatlon lollaltnirnsy wltb tho inn will link Into endleu night lo gratify ths ambition ot the leader of tbte revolt wbo t«k to* *

1 Wade through slaughter to a throne ■’••• And abut the galea of mercy oo mankind*; .

but I have a far other and far brighter vision before my **ra.II nay be but a vision, bnl 1 stall cberiih K I mo one vast OontediralloD stretching from tbo froten north In one un­broken Uno io tbe glowing Moth, and from tbo wild billows of tba Atlantic wealward lo lhe calmer waters of the PuISc; snd I sm ono people, nnd one law, and oneHogtiige. arid one faith, and, over all lhat vast CooUnent. tbe homo of freedom and retogo for the oppressed ot every row and of every dime"— Extract from Mn BrlfhCt Speer ow Jawrfonn 4/airi, drlfwred at Birmingham, England.*

Tbe Great Strangle in this Country,In perusing the tart/talented, more or less spiritual,

and.wholly,antagonistic Letter to Thomaa Carlyle” in tbe last number of tbe Atlantic Monthly, we came to a passage whiob *o truthfully stated' tbe purport' of the terrible struggle In which we are at present en* gaged on tbls continent, that we quote il aa a text from which to bang some reflections wblch are natural­ly suggested by current events. The writer Is endeav­oring to demonstrate'to Mr. Carlyle why be has no right to Judge n* or oor affaire. He eaya: _

•'There is a spiritual nature of mao, which Is ever and everywhere tbe same; and, tbroogb the necessary Jfresence of tbls In every human being, there fa a com­mon sense and a common conscience, which make each man one with all Olbera. Herein America we are erefc- •ns to give lAv/ere* of political eooerriipitjf toriisoometon and vaitiwnarore-assumlDg that all political problems are at last question! of simple Jost ice, courage, good sente, and fellow-feeling, wblch any sound'bearl aud healthy intelligence may appreciate.”.. •.

It la an excellent statement of tbe issue; and. fur­ther, it happens to express Just tbo idea with Which our labors have been Inspired, in the treatment of there great practical questions which bave to do with tbe future of our national life. To Aie common and unilne epintual nature of our people we are .‘striving, ao far as Iu us lies, to give the force of political eoweign- fy. It must, io fact, result In tbls, or ehe iu some, thing worse, Our politics are of a certainty to become spiritualized, or tbey must grow worse than tbey were before. Tbs ward room odor muat give way to a purer one, and tbe coarse politician to tbe lead of higher and nobler influences. Were the destinies of this greet nation of freemen to be In the bands and at tbe mercy ofthe coarse and common men who once held qe fa tholr unrelenting gripe by tbe force of custom and party drill combined, wbat would become of tbe hopes which are centred. In the advancement of tbte people, and the aspirations which torment the beat of ua wltb their perpetual onteat?

It le. as the writer of the article already alluded to Uya-“ Wedo not deny Difference (in men); we re­cognize tbe truth of spiritual Degree; we merely elect the common element at the material,out of which to eoseti- tW«, and Ae fora by uJiieA to operate, Ao SUM," Now tben, wbat to do with that *' common element.” It te not outy a power Id cue Blate, we are to recognise It u As power, and tbe only one which may claim to be supreme. It must, perforce, be exalted: it must be made noble: it muat be rendered as intelligent as pos. alble; ft must be Infused with tbs bigbest and moat vigorous spiritual qualities. It cannot be kept longer out of tight, whether by parties Jn tbe Blate, or clans in tbe Cburcb. or Infidels and acoffero in society, that a great epiritual fact He* at the base St our political aystein. This fa ally of sister Slates was us ver drawn together, by sympathy In a common course of sufferlpg and by tho ties of a common Interest afterward, just for a few ambitious men to supply themselves with offices and display to the publlo view an aasumed Im­portance by virtue of such trifling poweselone, nor yet for tbe sake of demonstrating to lhe foreign world tbat such a fraternity could centralize a power in a brief Ums. which alt other nations would be obliged to re­spect; none of these cheap and more obvious purposes would in any sense correspond to tb\extended prepa. rations wbicb were made for tbe birth of such a peo­

ple.Our career was mapped out by tbe superior powers

on a very dlffarent scale from this. It ws* to make a great people, noble and exalted, rather than a strong government; a large community of indioiduale, rather than of one which should be represented by a few men of power; a bappy fusion of a variety of human ele­ment*, which should in turn produce anew style of character, to be infused.with * spiritual life and vigor such a* never entered distinctively ipto a race before. Events bave. In the hands of superior directors, been all along combining, like the clouds of heaven, to col­lect these thunders which bave been rending tbe atmo­sphere; bit the bow of heavenly promise was truly set of old, and, after the tempest aod tbe uproar shall oesse, there will certainly ensue a calm tbat will be glorious above description. The rains tbat beat wltb snob power wilt by that time have revived tbe eartb, end forced a fresh vigor into every plant and blade

which before wa* drooping. . -Oor struggle te to elevate tbe Common to tbat point

where. It. will become the Good, and eo will of right rale and govern oor national destinies. Tbe popular sentiment require* to be raised io tbst standard' pt which it will exercise a controlling Influence oyer pub. Ho aervante, so that tbey shall conceive and cberfah no other purpose* than those whiob rule tbs publlo heart snd mind. Aa a free people, the average sentiment muat always govern tut; and hence It te of the highest importance that ft be worthy ia every respect of. tbe governing place. We bave followed at tbe beels ot lt> tereet and self hitherto; henceforward we shall porno* higher aims, and be inspired wltb mere worthy mo­tives. Tbo Interior life te to become more t^erpoiutra- live In tbe future, and usurp ibe place ef tb* two exf^ rier end euperflolal. We are to lire in end for mean­ings more, and les* for show* and pro teutons. Wear* to come oot of our present trial* purified of tbe droes which clung io oitr national character, and enter,upon s carcer whore splendors we would not .hav.e believed

possible bnt yesterday, bad they been dtetinctly re­vealed to ns. • A..

■there te nothing but h'opcfblbess in any view ft* choose to take of oor present circumstance*. ,Tbe donbt, tbe oppressed feeling, tbe anxiety, the tamult of thought, the outright fear—*11 these will be gone through aa dblldrqn p*** through dark place*, filled wltb imagining* fair more terrible than any realities

could be; and when we reach that place ybore tbe reach ol them all, where we can look back and behold lhe fogsand clouds and:tempest* through which we have safely pt»«a, fAm.WW «haH, for tbe Jlroi time, awakpn toa propdf ooilirolbuuMa exphrience*

wblch have tor wise porpoaes been laid npon us, aud to tho actual growth aad advpnoemont which we have mad*. ’*fl Mall ihei ^meawilhi.tiroflrilteredMii;' tlm*nU;*nll:oiir' ,^««<

rant*, our inSUtailou willall an*wer to tbentw order

m Mtbfallyg* face tntwors unto . fsoo Jq ibs water.; Wo sbalt Jtavs.beoonte a truly qgirtfum natta t and ou pure light will attract tbe eye* of th* wuri& w >. t,, I

..pote»tAE£«j^f x . ■This favorite expounder of the Spiritual PMlosopby

was greeted OS Bundayt Sept, 3?th, wfrb ero^defi H. dietice*, and many were obliged to go nwiy for Want ot room, In tbe afternoon th*' gave an address uno •dally sound In argument and phlloeophl^lIre**o)it^J upon the tbem* of •‘ Personal Ideittty; or. tot'^jrqr to the qttMtion, * Who am I ?’ ” ;tjnder a strong th- splratioMl influence, ahe treated tho subject in a man. ner tong to be remembered by all wbo beard it. Wo bope to be able ’print fhja lecture in th* Bkittpr* be­

fore many weeks. *- .Popular Delusion*, 1' wu the subject of her ere

ning discourte > ’ It wa* cue of d'rep historical research,

very Iptjntqtlye and Interesting. After the lecture wa* through, sfio gave the following beautiful poem, under tbe Inspiration of - Robert Burns, entitled,' ‘

/.... W0BD8 O» CHEEB, - .'GunTEMrintB: -y/."' ' '

’ . Although not prtoen^lo'ycny sight, ,,... ■ l, J gio ye greeting hero to nlgktl ■ ■ t,.;/. h .

Not cfatmtog to be perfect quite, ■ - -Fra* taint o’pa**lon.-:<' 1 ■ ■ •-

' Yet WHl Phauid my speech aright, . ." u Inguld Scotch'fsshtonl '. _

/ Oh, could some can tie’ word o’ mine,

, < But make yonr careworn faces shine, ■. - ;Or cause the hearts jn grief that pine.

To throb with pleasure, ' ’ ■ ', " 'Then wsd my cup to suld lang syfiis,

: - Fill to Ito measure,_ a . ■ ■ ■ 'Ths grifclooe powers above us know..

. > How«*tr.a weight of want and woe Must be the lot. of those who go .

■*' Through earth to heaven;But ay, ths life aboon will show

Wherefore 't wa* given. ;». . j • ■ fj z .t . I J '; And tbat gold God who loves uta’,

Wbo sees the cbltterin|f sparrow fa’, ;i,’- ' ’ Will never tura hfa faee iwa’,. ‘ /-

. Tbpogb,you should atrv; •■' ‘

But all bla wandering sheep will ea' :•. <. > Bact to the way. ‘ " '"'

Bo muckle^ are tbe cate* o’ men. > - ■. j, TbatJTrutb at time*, I* hard token, .

. . . And Error, to,her grousomeS den— . . 'Bo dark and eerie, :

Wiles those wbo have n*. heart to men’K Pair wanderer* weary.

Aldck T how mony a luckless wight Has gane t^lef00 in Error’s night, Not that bp bad le*a levs tor right

Than countless libers; - ’’But that be lacked tbe keener sight

Of bl* gold britbers. ' ■ ■

Lo I Calvin, Knox, 'and ImtlMr, cry • . ••Ihaiethetrutb”—''.audl”—”anfit”— ' Puir linnets I if yegaog agley,

Tbo de'li will bae ye,Apdjhen the Lord will stand abelgh, '

And will na seve ye.

Bot hoplie fff hoolie i na sue fa*t, When Gabriel shall blew hte blast, ■ And Heaven and Esrlh own have passed,

These lang eyne Mints ■Bball And balth de'll end helI.st last, ,

• Mere'plou* feints. ....

The upright,’ honest-hearted man, . . '

Wbo strives to do tbe best he oan, Need never fear the Church’s baa,

'• / pr heli’s damnation; ‘• . . For God Will need^"“l»eci»t nl». ’

For hi* salvation. ■ t

Tbeono who knows oor deepest need*, Reck* little bow man count* hte beads,

.. For Righteousness te not in Creeds,• ’ Or solemn faces;

Bnt rather lire In kindly deeds,> And Christian graces.

Tben never fear! wl’ purpose leal A bead to think, a heart to feel For human woe and human weal— (

Na preachin’ loun||J, ... .Your sacred birthright ere can steal

To heaven aboon, .

Tsk’TIT tent p’ troth, and heed tbte wells The. man .who ains makes hte ate hell; There ten* wanrse de’ilthan Mnuel’t

’ •> ’ ;ButGodfa strongest,: /"' . And'wfiea pair human fiearte rebel, .

Hehauldsont longest.

With loving kind ness wljl he wait,Till all tbe prodigals o'fate ,

■: Return uuto their fair estate,And blessings mony;

.. Nor wUl lie shut the gowden gate , .: - Of heaven on ony, , • ’ ../

■ Cheerful, tTrombliug. iftrest -------- -----------------

* Mias'Bitrtilt A; Nutt at Eycetim HtpU,. ■' Just , as , we were sending, our , forms to press, wa

learned that the Lecture Committee of the "Lycdum Society of Bplritutliits in this city, had engaged the tervlce* of Miss Barah Al Nu|t, lo Qll tlulr desk in

place <rf Mrs, Chappell,,-who was obliged to disappoint them qn bocouut^f. Indisposition. ■■ ■ ' Mis* Nutt; we are in fanned, is a y bung lady not yet seventeen years of age; that she was. a medium far spirit control at the age of nine. From that time to

the present ahe has. been under the guiding and devel­oping Infioenoe of the spirits, who have so' folly de­veloped her. powers as to pronounco. lter qapable of doing credit to the cause and to herself. She bas si- ready spoken many times lu public. In "New Hamp­shire. her native plate,'With utonlshlog abllt ty, u we are informed by oompetebt judge*. ' ' .

Her course of splritpsl -development has been some, wbat similar to that through , which' Mrs: Cora Hatch passed, Mediums who are'trained and devetopedjin-, der tbe guidance' aiiil wisdom of the spirit*'. fronTan early age, rarely, if ever, fall to make good and roll*'

bl*, mediums. The worst enemy they bave to fest1 It the too laudaeloba flattely bf personal friends. '• T,‘

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... Mra, CJhapitcU, of Potedam, N. Y.We understand'ibat this lady, who wa* engaged to

leoture In this city last Sunday,.van not able to meet her engagement, on account of lijne**,. Bbe did not

inform the Committee of the fact t|H late in.tb* week, hoping fo the last that she would feet strong enough to cbm*.But It appears Inch' was not the ossa, and qur‘ friend* were much disappointed, for there ws* quite a grow|og desire to hear ber lu this oily, sa well as In out neighboring oltle* snd to wn*. .

; !lff»^F'W‘?r® ...-R^fSihr .._ .. . ... . H*v«aalut. ... . -'M*

" "‘ Aaetiimn Thonghls. '”Tte foelMuboiy days' h*ve Mme^tbe sdddast of

tte yy*r; ”’**y some/whlle others, disciplined In heart anfi /splrl^*|ji*rt by the triil* aod experience* of time,

feel that ite earth 1* beautiful even in ber waning ees- soa: nte gorgeous msgullloenee of field Ud forest Is 'M'rioft'ttSlutiveof decay; It euggwtetety change, Mlutejy and qqeded. cut of which ebg|i'biqteom new

ferment beauty; .Aud aa tbe outward world to typical ofrtb* Inner, an the calm autumn of llfeoflera no eofr towlttg iteed'of disenchantment to the gatherer df Ira. mortal besom**; ft give • harvest yield of gtsclooi

pluUtndp. , The sptritnal crown of tbe noble worker to drconted-’ wfth tbe imperfebsble roses of etenisl; spring;1 tte ' teol’rnnfading youth-emblem. There, too, flub la’perennial lustre tbe glorious tnldeummer; gents, and th* wealth of autumn fruit aud flowers—all ■ a**etnbl*|jn accordant beauty, aud the triune seasons smile In tte regal adornment of a kingly eouL To tbe true barmonfal phltosopber-tbat to, the simple, lb,*- 1 Ing. ever-bopefn) child of tbe Great father of *11 —there' le no winter ot th* soul, no gloomy looking forward to long nights ot spirit coldness and storm, to day* nn- brightened by the vivifying inntolne of God’e smite.' Winter ta ip the external only! beautiful, bome-bleMlng,. and fraught,'^rith many fireside Joys, But tn the inner; realm there will trail festoons of roses over summer­swards, and tbe perfumed breezes of June will regale, tbe sente, and tbe unbound waters mirror the cerulean deeps of besvetj.' The tried and faithful heart need fear no change |a time; the; pausing seasone all are revelations of besnty. Imbued with lesson* of wisdom, entlebed by *nneWne from tbe realm* of endless sum­mer. Tbe circling years bot bring ue nlgber to the world of frait|on and lasting peace.

France and England.: '' ';.It storie* run true, there is a speck of trouble te.

tween . France and ber ancient rival acron theeban; nel. Bhonld ft lead to anything like an outbreak, it would prove s.decided advantage to us, Under, present clroumitonces. jt appears that die Sultan of Turkey tried to bring, about nn agreement between these two' western poweraon tbe Suez Ganel question, bot babas finally failed ’lit bte endeavors. , lip,'Jbu withdrawn certain pripUege* from the French Canal Company, BU*b as tbe oonneulon he formerly made of lands bor. dering on tbe fresh water'canal, and likewise abol- tebed pcremptpt|ly all forced labor on tbe public works of Egypt. This new resolution be bre communicated to the French Company by a special messenger. Snob'

a step ento off tbe'prospect of tbe French obtaining a foothold on tbe Isthmus forever. It fe said that Napo­leon does hot like the intelligence any too well, and it

fa currently believed tbat be will oppose It.with might and main. The Paris journals say tbe French Govern., ment will not yield an inch. If not, then England must, or there will be trouble; for it te hot to be sup-, posed tbat France will readily abandon ite dreams of Eastern power, all of which rest upon tbl* connection by the Way ofthe Bqez Isthmus. .

. Oan* and the Bebels’.Tbe dltibrenoe in the treatment of our men tn rebel

bandsand tbelr met* In ours, is marked enough to eland as a lasting Illustration of the'different idea* that inspire the contending powers .In the field. Onr two unhappy captains, wbo are confined in the rebel; prison at Richmond, under sentence ot death, are kept in a narrow cage, wltb no light save frotu'the top, and

neither ventila||qn noy facilities for ordinary oleaoll- ness. The two men whom we bare ordered Into con-

n>iral for me tbreawnea lives v, me; other two. are treated like gentleman, and with every consideration for their comfqrvaud self-respect. It must clearly ba, tte Intention of Davis, foiled In bis threat to exeout*. tbe two Union Captains, to take tbelr Ilves by tbe slower process of bard usage aod Ig­nominious treatment. Thus tbey may seem to have died, altbpogh tbey would not lea* be murdered than If they bad been shot to death wltb musketry. Tbeir Here te what Davis to after, to Appease the clamor of certain persons and presses behind him. And Ale Is

chivalry 1 Tbte fa Blasts of the better order of govern­ment which Is promised at the hand* of tbe Bontbem leaders I' , ■, ■

Beverdy Johnson.This gentleman remarked, in tbe course of alate

Speech in Maryland tbat “slavery must forever be tbo

causa of national ,rouble amJ weakness," and ibat “It ■ will be matter fot national rejoicing. when it becomes constitudonally txtinot.” Thia language to held by .

a prominent Boitbern man, with any but radical views in bis mite, and influenced by none of those i higher and abstrot views which are aupposed to enter : into lhe conductind speech of professed Abolitionist*. ‘ Mr. Beverdy Jobson Ie and long ba* been, one of the f ablest consUtotlnal lawyers in the cofintty. He baa 1 bold the Importat office of Attorney General of the . United State*. Iota a leading citizen of Maryland;; and may be eoppeed to know somewhat of the fasti.! tutlon of which b speaks. We may hear the doom of slavery pronooned by tbe words of snob men. The ‘ people desire, lore and.more, tube rid ofthe bne ' trouble wbicb oersbadows tbelr happiness. Relief will come to that in tbe form :of emancipation. In ' some cases, end f outright *bolltion fa others. Th* I people will free lemselvesst last from theload which ; ba* bo long bets tbem down. ' ' ..............11

J Loslbsome. ft Stop.'.-fAlMIML'.! HTroa, . 1 ■'..•■ ' ' i-' “ A*tray,_ (jn fellow. W Pay aUesttaD.

•” • ' ■ ■ These Days.-Cpuld there s more spiritual weather than that

which goes wl tithe days now emptied from tbo skies over tbe earth I Tbey aro more '.than golden; and tbelr atmospber bas a strange influence in ehipiog the thoughts an coloring the yejittaient*. There are brisk, bright minings now,, and sunny noons, and gorgeous sunset These aro tbe days of the "sere and yellow leaf,” le “melancholy days” are come—tbo > 'saddest of theiar.” ’ 'ft isbarvest time for tbe heart, as well as for b farmer. To take long and solitary strolls on tbe sire, over tbe bills, end In tbe woods,

is just tbe sort reaction jrhtcb pie nature beems to Crave. Form the thoughts are so tempered and

toned by tbeafoephere/ahd the heart feels with such delight the induces of sun and warmth, that none but sweetest esrtenoes can' be inwardly conaumm^ ted, and the dame are allegether bfbapplncaa and heaven. Bcatfnl thought* come to one while besita ngon tbe old sue wall, and the'most treasured expo* riences dwell th ua in the shadows of tbo chestnute.

/ N«gro;<J»yBlry,. !. The report* tbo wonderful deeds of negro cavalry ' are more tbantere*tlog —tbey have an air of romance ' about them w:h none of u* drestned porelble. One' story fa told acme negroes from a Mississippi plan. ■ ration, who, ttbe aewaofAtUckby'tbe’formerown.; erof tba ptettion, suddenly mounted bareback upon tbo mule*, i pot off.fill, chase after them. Tbe black cavairyldlttg with;no other means ot guiding tbeir snlmelsso* rope bolter, kept far ahosd otlbo white men,» followed on their horses, and drove tbe assallonbcrojM a stream, killing and wounding ■ several of th. before their white friends conld come ' up,. The awe showed ihemselvro qnlckl ,brave., ■ end perstate Tbeyueen iwo***d ithe elream Uimu reives, srid,took. *TBi7.bane.tbat bad been stolen : from tbe pt*Uon, prond to h*vu tbeir .whltooo- workers wife ihefr feat* on tbe side of .tte Ueion,. ■

,to/* ho don’t know nt, Wq Wi>b h* did,. Hewou^l find tta one of the c1ev*re»i

fellows in tbe world; fa Dy alive to thi suiTeringe W humanity revrywLrj/Who* ibd) yearn* cbnUntiklly lid aid hfaifeltow, creature* les*,fortunately clrctuwUopetl (hpn ninueff., <1*11 round, frfend.Oamsqn. We should

b* moetb*ppy to shake you by th*,h*nfl» A'-.f • ’ ■’ill .• ,•■ Ibirr.• vltr.rirnt '■•!! t'l.-lilitL;!.'"'

'! hi^Woilier'pf, itfc 'Hatch'*' tfo* Vili iwpublished in U;* Mino.-;, ft" Is .mUUM> M Tu Natiokal Srauoozjr,” ’ ' —”t>

:<»»r Al, Mi wi.. Tfaewurthy fubject of Abia rtetoh, wJtqlaiggm^L known throughout, th* Bfato of Ajhlp.a* arrived.ln Boston; tom* two wt«ka also*, bringWul ten of introduction from Brother Mtado^w.-.TirttJe From' A oonveroatlon w Uh ■. tb* old gentlemaa, (»a learnad that b* ..was advised, to go to Bpsfon by m.

i*pldlrfrieoda,.with th* aasursnce.that If he didM b» wopld receive bf neflt thereby, both In mUj|jjujdtody When b* inquired, of pii eplriUguid.ee, whom he pasu tha habit of opuulring af>.hte hpF* to Polchcm*, Conn., from time to..|lm*, It it, would not stunt him to go ami see DooJor Hewton. then ,in B*rU Wj theyatUl insisted upon hte going to Boetou/. Flnct^ • (bat bls spirit-gnldeewquld notrellutjulsb the.(£3

bis vWring tbe Puritan City, and th*( ,all si-nrr^,,. ot. hfa own falfad against, tbelret M at ias) upon hi* Journey under tho most favorable tirctm?"

atamm, • ■ . ................'e.:,..-,.. ,Upon bte safe arrival in our city, Father Dean

directed to thia office, where be at once predated' hfe tetters of introduction to oqr, brother associate. Messrs. Crowell and Bleb,. After stating to. thm gm. tiemen Ute object ot bte visit to Boston, which was to recruit bis bodily health and acquire all. the knop), edge possible from consultation with the most rails, ble medtom* of our city, it wa* at. last agreed op^ that ear aged brother should become the gaealpt jq, Crowell during hi* sojourn in town. ThteptopoiL (Ion waa received with, delight by Father Dean, vrfam- to quote hia own worda-wUil: , ’ t'll seemed. to remove, a burden, from.me,lu a

ment, when Mr. Crowell said hs did n't know of any. thing better be could do for me - than to take ma hem with bim, Jf I conld put up with hia aooommojatloui. I was drawn right to bim, and felt easy, u aoon as he said I might go.wilb him, and satisfied that my dj^. tion WM ordered before I came to your city.” 1

, He further remarked, that every one be.wulottf. duced to, and got acquainted pith, during Ms stay iu Boatop, Beamed,to. enter into sympathy.,withhim, m made him, feel iiuit they were hl* friends, and Almost

htekindred, f. ... . ■ .Il may bo well for ua to bere state, tbat Father beta

—an ex-iptoteter of tbe Gospel, and for some time artt Ident bf Milan, Ohio—has three children, in the spipf-

' world, .a daughter and two sons. To the loss of th* latter, may be attributed the feeble health of onr aged

. brother. .During hte ytelt ,to Boston, Father Jtea4vu the. grateful recipient of some three or,four epfritaal favor* from hte loved ones In tbe spirit-land. ,Ths clr.

' cumstances which led to the bestowal of those gift,, are related in the following letter of our friend, to, j, f. Gilman Pike, of this city:

<>0n tbe evening of tbe llth of September, I was st Mrs. Conant's room. About eight o'clock sbe,was ea. tranced by a female spirit, known as 'Marlon.'’ After a conversation of perhaps fifteen or 'twenty minute*

■ with her, she remarked tbat a gentleman stranger in* present, who wished to.speak with me.11 asked if he would bu able to do sc 1 and ehe replied ibat fa* would, and Immediately said 'good-by,* and gave'up control.: In a few seconds Mr*. Conant was oontroltefi by tbe stranger, who, begging pardon for tbe intrufaa, .stated tbat he wished to learn something of the mu* nor of controlling the medium, who. although per sonally a stranger to Mm, he felt not to be entirely so, from the fact of bte having been a reader ofthe 'Mm. eage Department* of the Banhbb ot Lioht. Ho then

' proceeded to aay: ... . ...; . .*1 was Surgeon of tbe 25th Ohio Begiment, and was

: present at tbe last Bull Hun fight. AH was confusion, and by some strange neglect, or mistake, no provision was made for the subsistence of the Begiment. i was tour days with scarcely a mouthful of food, and exposed to tbeInotemenoyof the weather. 1 performed mydu- Hee to tbe sick and wounded, until I eonld no tourer

«®b«u»ted to the earth. 1 wa. takes to lbe hospital in Georgetown. Fever followed as tbs consequence of my exposure and eufroriog, and soon terminated my eartb-Hie.

1 left an aged father and mother. My fatber Is a medium, and a firm believer In tbe Spiritual Pbiicko. pby. At tbe time tbat be announced himself as a Spirit- allot, he was a preacher of the Orthodox faith/Bls ?>™»a8&A0’,r' ln8Ua^,of receiving the 'New Light,’

,®* r 19 Wl •Pl*** ’ and deserted him.There was always a perfect understanding between

ZX’ta/ and a?0Wr br°toer, wk rat physician. This younger brother, shortly after mr death, came to the spirlt-iimd, and is now bere -with me. Another brother, with whom my father fry been stopping, te a preacher of tbe Orthodox faith. He bas no sympathy with Spiritualism, My fatherho

tbroogb many trials, and Is uow bowed down ew)pess. He has not long to stay en '

earth, and I wish to do something to relieve him before ' heM“«’totbe spirt t world.. lateo left a wife and six children to OArtb-llie,’1 - - ■

To my inquiry, ‘Where ia' your father?’ this Spirit replied, i Ha k now lr yonr oity?' J then slid,• De you wish to communicate wltb him through this medium? If so, I will endeavor to aid you in the se, compltehment of your desire? The spirit answered,* I shall be very hoppy to do bo, and shall feel grate­ful to you for any aid you can render me? Here out conversation terminated, ' ' ' ’.

The next morning I went to the Banhkr op Liust offioe, and there’ learned more of tbo old gentJemu. whom I had as yet never Beep.- ;In tbe.forenoon, Fitb er Dean called upon' me, in company wltb Mr. D. H., Crowell. :i stated to him wbat ie here written, sod. engsged to meet him at Mra. Conant** rooms tbe sure '* evening. 1 was present at lhe appointed time; bnt I eball not attempt to picture to you the meeting to ' tween father and son. it was one of thcee affecting.

scenes tbat oannot be detcriM. * .. ■ •" Very respectfully youre. ;

J. T, Cilmi* Pnfa Hancoek Haute, Court Square, Borton, Matt." - - ■

Tho spirit who hold tbe above conversation wither, Pike, and'who subsequently communed with his ow* father, was known in lhe army a« Surgeon W. T, Dean, ble name In full having been William Franklrt Dean. An eminent surgeon, a faithful husband, as4 devoted child, he fell a victim to typhoid fever, white nobly discharging hte duties to the eiek and wbsfiW of his regiment. . ■■ • . • ... . /

Deprived o( tlje earth-presenoe of this beloved m. may our aged brother feel tbe nearness of his spirit, and If ke the poet, still have strength to cry: '■ *

. '■ Immortality O’ersweeps j • All pains, all tears, all time, all fear* —and prate Into my ears this truth—Tbou'liv’st forever?' •

Before leaving for hte home Jn Connecticut, Father ‘ Dean received a written communication, purjwittyV to com* from hte daughter in the spirit laud, the nt* 8* usoript of which be kjndly placed In our bands f« publication. Here III*;' ' ■ ' ' '■ ■ „ My Best of Fathers—From my splrtt-hbinp I *■£ yon word* of lore and: cheer. Ob mourn" no to**** for , those wbo have , so lately Joined me. frrtMf* ’’ bafipy. ’Boon you wJUseetbe wisdom of fb* F*"" In tbelr death, fof He bringpth good ont oi pHI. ft" James that the few of the Lord,nit tlte/Mhi* “* > ginfog of Wiadom.. Your loringdattabtw,,,

ipbp'JjidtyidMl whom the eplrji oails James, in •** Abqy» communication, 1s doubtless her brother, B»fr er^nd J. ,A, ,De*u. of Co!obes(er. Coon,, with ***

p*thor DMn.isat present reaiding,., , May the memory of aor.new)y-mad» friend a vjdt" Boeton ioog Bvq. to;hfa..heart,.as It wJB toowew*

And when.ln Umq tbe.angel Death shall bear to;t|M oeieqUti spheres, may. tte return,to;*!* ”

gtadden jth* ““te tf eboh.ef bl* brethren a* lawta he es^n|j/yjiii*yard of the Father. .,

uMblt^A at Bowls'* Gallery, 1* Bmnxwr M*fj.w» fl A, m. to fi r. M, Bee ft by *B meena.

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flA*) XEB.-QF UGBTf. 5...CM? »r Ball’ll Pwwe^-

Oor Mend snd dorrmponfiaijt, Dr. J|. Holbrook, of Waukesh*. WtocoMia. who bas been very 111 of Hte. paid ns s' visit * l>w day* since, and wo were glad to see blm In inch flneaplrjta aud health. He bu been In odr oily aome time under medical treatment, and wo are bappy to learn that be h*e t«oelved great benefit through ibe aid of a iplrllual medium. Dr. H. to one of tbe moat tealou* tupportereof our cause In tho We*t. and through bt* InatromentaJily some of tbe ablest advpoate* of tb* Spiritual Pblloaopby bave been induced to visit Waukesha, the result of which bas been a very large Inoreato of believers in Spiritualism in tbe Western vineyard, and In that place In particu­lar. . God and bnmanily will bless all snob noble souls. ■ ■■ .

Just before leaving dur olty for bls Western borne,

the Doctor sent us a note, lo jrblch be sqja, " I bad a terrible fit of sickness during last fall and winter, which brought me near to the grave. I wm carried t|iroagh It by epitit-power, through the mediumship ot Mrs. Fanny Wheelock; but tho vitalizing forces were so.wetk, that to regain my health proved to bo out. of tbe question.” After alluding to the cause and nature of his disease, he says. •• J was strongly imprevsod that the spiritual magnetic forces, when rightly ap- piled, would restore mo to i)«*llh. I wm recommend­ed to visit Mrs. Kirby Wilson, residing at 41 Garrison avenue. Boston, and It to now Just two weeks since the spirits through Mra. Wilson began their work, and to-day I am discharged, aqd by the Invisibles pro­

nounced free from disease; aud I can assure you 1 bave hot felt so well for years. Bach te spirit-power, and I am doubly thankful to that power whloh has been so potent for my restoration. ” ■ ’

Another Day “Among the Pines.’*The 29th ot September, the day selected for a picnic

arqong the pines of Island Grove, Abington, by the Spiritualists, was one of there genial and balmy sea­sons which Nature has In store (but rarely exhibile) for the especial benefit df mortals. But owing to a want of proper aud timely notice of the Intended ox* cureion, not a very largo party availed themselves of this opportunity to breathe tbe pare air of beaven >> from without the city’s walls.’’ Yet thoae who did go had a good sociable time, and enjoyed the healthful recreations of the day finely.

Bealdes music and dancing, bowling and swinging, etc., there wm an Inielleotual feast of spiritual food, served up by trance and normal speakers. Among those who furnished the delicacies at this repast were Miss Lizzie Doten, Mias Hyder. Mrs. Johnson, and Messrs. Wetherbee, Atwood. Bacon, Bickford, Cool. Idge and Dr. Gardner, whoso respective offerings were finely relished and well digested, after which tbe party leisurely repaired to the can, and after about an hour’s ride through the variegated scenery of a pleasant part

of the country, arrived aafeljl home,' feeling very grate- fal to bur xealoua friend, Dr.\Gardner, for hia untiring

effort* to render these exonnlbns pleasant, social and respectable, which alms ho h^a succeeded admirably in

carrying out.

•..' new ,■ THiBxtP-AijiwATiinnflTi'or-TneTneKtogand

Queen. By Refry 0 Wright authorot"Tbe Em- , ntr* of th*/Mother, ’’ *to. Im- Ifimo., pp. 160. , EUton: BolaM*rab.For e»J» al the Banner of Light

. Offloe.. . . • ....r: i .Mr.,Wright fo widely and moot favorably known as

,n gtl'e and Malona laborer la tbe came of reform, and 1 a new work from hfo pen la eore to command the re- jerds of a circle of readers at once extensive and com- poeed of enlightened men and women. In this work on Self-Abnegation, he diaegua, the retaitoas of bu- 1 mtn being* lo one another In the spirit of tree love and ro«i Mil-denial. He affirms that Ml/«bnegatlon.

or Mlf-aacrlfioc. "to tho most taered and ennobling dft- jnand of human nature," and dontos that self-prater- ■ ration fo Natnro’a ^rat tear. Thus be latere to over, threw tbe old role -of ulflsbneM. and would substitute for it tbo true "higher law,” that we should love our fellow beings wjftj tba^ perfeot lore which Christi*n tty teaehs, as te their due. as God’s oraatopss. To most men, Mr- Wright's teaching* will appear, ab­surd, which only shows how necessary It Is that tbey should become hte poplla. That he Is in the right, to pre’ved by the conduct of oven, the moat hard hearted of men on many occasions. The meanest of creatures ndmires generosity—in otters: and every man's blood becomes warmer, and circulates more rapidly, when he read, of heroic deeds performed, and noble lAcrlflces (node. This shows that selfishness 1, not the animat­

ing principle of humaplty, though It may have at­tained to enortnon, development in consequence, of humanity's vlcloM education.. Wa recommend al).io

read what Mr. Wright has to say on this subject—a subject that should, be of engrossing interest, and which will become so as soon as man shall bays ^e- gun to think soundly on both bls worldly and hfo eter*

sal into recto. The Christian law Is what te oxpoqnito, and this te doe, la a fervent and an effectual manner, the only way In which tbe mind of mankind can be reacted, and great end enduring reforms te ellboted. for tbo lasting welfare of tho race. ' ,

Tbb Boor, of Thinosl— The following oritlclsm on Prof. Denton's new Work, to from tbe Christian Exam. Iner,1 a monthly magazine, devoted mainly to tho lu tercets of the Unitarian sect. " Tbo Soul of Things " to steadily gaining Ih popularity with tbe publlo mind, which Is not surprising, for it to one of the most Inter­esting and remarkable works of the age. -

<• Onr attention Dm been culled to a small volume rather transcendental In title, thoroughly scientific In form, and lu substance bo romanlio. wild and magical, that one ia tempted lo class it among tbe fanciful speculations rather than the sober discussions of pbil- osopby. Aside from tbo singularity of Its matter, however, there te nothing about it to raise a question oe to It* entire good faith, and mattor of-fact reality. Tho writer. Mr. Denton, fo a man, os we learn, of some eminence m a geologist and practical explorer of mine,. By habit a man of acute and del lente observa­tion. he had noticed the great difference among per sons In euwaiptlbllity to certain Impressions received from inorganic substances held lu tte hand or ne,r any sensitive portion of the nervous system, especially the forehead. Following up bls observations he found that aome persons of extremely delicate organization received, not only impressions corresponding to the physical .atrueliiro of bodies; bnt othera, which te

.could only ascribe lo impressions made formerly upon these objects, and preserved in their molecular struc­ture, so M to affect all after impreeslona transmitted through them. Thus a piece of quartz or marble not Only has its peculiar effect upon the nervous system answering to Its mineralogical structure, but it con­veys to one wbo la wmeltlvo enough to receive them, the image, which have fallen upon It from the number­toss object* and scone, with wblcb It has been in eon. tact. Every object. In short > is a mirror, which not only reflocte. but treasures up and repeats forever after ‘whatever sconee h*ve been transacted In Its presence. Thus, to take two exempted from this volume: A bit of marble from Caracallas's batha. tak^n at random from a box of specimens, nnd held in tho hand of ouo not seeing It. or having any knowledge what it is. brings np vivid picture, of Roman luxury; and a frag­ment of fesell coral repeats tho scenes of tbe remote period Wben It was wrought by Ila busy fabricators in lhe ocean depths. About a hundred or these obsorva- Uom are reported and condensed, m taken from the mouth ot the Indy who was the principal subject of these phenomena. Tho circumstances and the result ret on the good faith of the reporter; and they ap­pear to him to open the way to a boundless field, not only of curious experiment, but of strictly wlentlflo discovery. From meteorites what may wa not learn of the inter-planetary spaces, or from forella of the geo­logic period*, or from antiquarian relics, of detail* of human history, life end mannere wholly nndlooovera- bla in any other way? .

It Is not easy to'state this Interesting speculation In brief, so' as to make it seem intelligible, or even sane. Still one or two approaches have been made to it b*- fore, which may. perhaps, help bring It within tho range of fair diiscuuijon. There are several well au­thenticated Instances of persona susceptible, in lhe way doaorlbod, to impressions from manuscript held in tbe hand, so (is to give with curious accuracy the moral characteristics of tho writer. And the scientific (coder will remember an argument of Sir Clmtle* Babbage, pub- I iehed about twenty years ago. In which ho urges the

- rhedbtolitre tyerpeluify of fmprenion* mod* by usaulatory morios—*s (n sound, color nnd even thought—to prove by physical analogy, the reality of moral retribution In a future life. These speculations were canted out somewhat further In a little book called "The Star* and tbo Barth," which attracted aome attention among tbe curious aud thoughtful; and were Included In the argument presented by Mr. (now 1‘realdent) Hlll. un­der tbo title, *>Gaometry and Faith." in which the ve- various scientific analogies aro grouped with more fe­licity and skill than we remember elsewhere. Httll in ■pH* of all previous familiarity with this order of tbought In general, wo are staggered and perplexed when it comes as now, under tbs sober galse ,of the literal reporting of feet aod experiment. The special and molt marvellous power represented, to be pos­se wed by tbe subject of these ex peri monte. Mra. Den- too. 1s, that In tho vast multitude of groups of Im preulon, thus recorded in the substance, ehe la able to single and follow out at will any particular group; so that the fragment of on ancient building shall recall tbo pomp of ita days of splendor, and the proocalon of events that bave attended Ita ruin and decay; or else tbe scenes of Ito geological formation, and the se­crets of the dark places of the earth. In short, there If* no Incident In tbe pant life of tbe earth orman, which bos not left Its-material Image stamped some­where, and whose record may nol bo actually read wben submitted to reuse, sufficiently acute. Of tho tone of this remarkable book, it Is enough to say that It la sober and ehioere; Ils ethical lessons are well pul; and the teeming wllduoab of ita facts le cocntterpolted by a calm, candid and lucid exposition of the theory upon which they rest.’* , . .

Tax Pacino Monthly for September ban oome to hand. Ita contents fully sustain Ita fast growing pop­ularity.' California may well bo proud of thia ropte- MUtethe of ita literature. . • •

Tli« Press.

The English Press areghddenly shifting tbeir ground.

After aillmore I brow, hot some very significant hints along with hh shells and Greek fire, at Charleston, the London Timeh began to think tho fittlugtout of pirate vessels gone about tar enough, and sudden­ly changed ita tone. Thereupon the other papers fol­low suit with commendable baste. They see it now, or begin to, in ito true light. .Tbey can understand the reason of matters aud Iblags. It is really pitiful, tbat a groat nation Ilka Great Britain, should thus be driven to advocate the cause ot common justice by reason of ita feara chiefly; it degrades such a nation lu the eye* of tiro civilised world, and deprives It of all tho moral power It may once haye been possessed of. Wo ace rejoiced, of ootyee. to see tills reform in tha' tone of tbo British press, lot the motive for tbo same be what it may. It 1a high time some sort of meas­ures was adopted by that Government to put a stop to a reties ot flagrant outrages, which was certain drift It into wyr with tbla country In ashort time.

Mr. Foster iia Heston.This gentleman, who possesses excellent medium

powers, h doing a good work hero at this time. He Is giving undoubted evidence to many skeptical minds

.of the’ presence of Invisible beings near and around blm and them. This Is all wa need to know to Induce ns to learn the facta for ourselves. Hie rooms are at No, 11 Suffolk Place. A correspondent, iu alluding lo

Mr. says:■‘Noone can witness the manifestation of Mr. Fos­

ter’s mediumship without being moved to a sure con­viction of ths claims of Spiritualism;, without being satisfied beyond a doubt that their departed relatives and friends still lire and lovp, by Incontrovertible aud numerous teste.’' '

BmIos and Iflnime Uallroad.H gives ml great pleasure to endorse tho following,

irhlch we clip from tho Boston Post. No wonder‘this road Is doing so muoh busluess. It Is well dddervlng (te patronage It so liberally receives: "■ '' ’

“The Boston and MAIns Railroad owes no (mall pow tlon ot tta prosperity aod popularity with lhe travel.

' tag poblle, io ihe -boslDCM oapaolty and oDlform ■ )M Bsperintondent, Wilham Mkbbitt,

“I- Hh despatches his nume^vu* duUOs In so ay»- wmatlc a meaner, that, nd niattor bow great the pre*, "re, there Is no toofoslott dr delayi promptneas and order enable him to meet all requirements satisfacto- nslty. and tha, advance the Interests of tbe Corpora- yen, and please ell onetomor*. A good Buperlaten- aent fo u essential to.a Road m gteam power."

W^ellp the following from l[io Belvidere (ill.) Stan- of Hept. 18th:' ■ ? : . ?

t J.*!!?' ®',p' MbAita has bees oolalng the dimes daN tag Uie note week fln expOjlng Bpirlta«ll,ra; We rtn- ffttatand tbejDavenport J Boys have eooepted hfo $w ^•UflBgh.'.'B»e Informed by several,Uut the rap-

"H-Mag wil *nobfi>afo peWonnod by LelanI, U‘* g’“Ql“e ““IferteMoiui than ebalk

■ .............. n*w.l.t s i |> i, i ' .n

A poor fellow wbo p«wMd Mg>Ato!i^ that be nW money with «fof^^

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ALL SORTS 0F_ PARAGRAPHS.. ConnuortoM.—Io H*q article. Spirit Intaroeuno, in onr last lune, first oolntnn. second paragraph, for ■‘ VJx Medlcatrlx," read Vi* jfedioatrixj and In same line, (or « Ninos Formations," reed Nita, Formatimu/ also on foortb page, third paragraph, for <> reader's" credibility, read rearer credibility.

W«. Dinton. Esq., tbo author of Sent of Tbluga, bas just ended a very interesting coons of Lecture* on Geology in Foxboro. Be will lecture lo Milford till tbe lltb of October, end In Providence till tbe filet. All Bplrltnallelee as well aa other people should listen to hl* lectures. ~ ___

After reading tbe advertisement of a stocking up porter, Digby seriously asked If the Inventor wm not a Kqlght of the .Garter, .

A Pike’s Peaker, writing to a Minnesota Jouraal, says the miners are very tnnob discouraged In tbat re­gion ; they have to dig through a solid vein of silver four test thick before they reach tbs gold 1

Tbe best can bear reproof wbo merit praise.

One hundred thousand volumes were sold at tbe book trade sale In Now York recently.

About two million, of greenbacks sre at Port Royal for tbs payment of tho troop,, awaiting tbo arrival of paymastere to be paid over.

It la estimated tbat tbe rebels loss on tn average one hundred eiaves per day. At this rate, according to their prerent value. Becesh Sroold be out of pocket lu

one year $30,000,000 I Mammon to their god—and that 'a wbat they are flghUng for. But tbo kingdom of God is to bo set up on earth Instead. Tbe time Is not far distant -..................... •

The beat tribute to Barna that Digby known of, Is mutton tallow. : , ■ '_______

Tbe rebel government still threatens to rales tbe black flag Inscribed with the skell aud oroas-bones. Well, skull and cross-hones would be a very expreauive emblem ol the Confederate government, ns being about all there le left of it—Freni we.

Late news from Mexico Inform us tbat the Mexicans are concentrating forces at Ban Lula Potosi, and are determined to tight tha French till they drive them from the soli.

The Atlanta Southern Confederacy newspaper bas raised Its price to $30 per year. A pretty steep price.

It Is said a grand revolution te in embryo at tbo French capital, liable to barat oot at any moment

The Banian fleet now In New York harbor it is thought will visit Boston. Hope eo.

Those grapes came safely to band, friend Hudson Tuttle. Many thanks are your dua for thus remember­ing the •• poor printer." God bless yon and yours, cornea from all our hearts.

SeK-rlghteoaoueS* some times steps ap on so high a pedestal of «t« own erraiion, that it overlooks altogether that cardinal virtue. Charity. •• He who glvoth to the poortendoth to the Lord," iho good book saya—and such cannot, iu our opinion, be so very wicked as the rel(righteous would attempt lo make them.

Ubn. Banks is to bo our next President. Mark th«- ________-________

Buch to tho prereuro of goods going West, that tbe New York Central Ballroad bad, one day teat week, five hundred car-loads beyond the capacity of tho road to transport. Put this in your pipe aud smoke It, Jolm Bull. _______________

Doing pretty well In war times for lhe Kortborfli Blates U> send $383,000 to suffering Europeans.

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Announcpia-cniH. .Mrs. Sarah A. Byrnes will address the Spiritualists

of Quincy oa Bunday next. Oct. 11. , • , .. Lizzie Deleo left last week Tor Philadelphia, where

tbo le engaged to lectors through tiro month of October.

' • Wo know your •• nondescript” writer’s name, Mend Gerri,on, and are aware of bl* motive, In attack­ing u«.-, He has been at It for the past two years. H, talk about being excluded from our columns, forsooth I His gross billingsgate of ua and our* In tbe Investiga­tor taught us to hare nothing to do with blm. You, under the oiroamatanoes, Mr. Garrison, would bave acted . in s' simitar, maniwr—and yon will yet, doubt­tom. ■.. ■

/ Ton Hotkl, ob.Oolomd BAiLOttfl* Boms, rNo. fi Dover, .street, .New York jolty, under thodfroo- tlon of the American Seamen’s Friend Society, fo jXfftliy ofpptronsge, .< /. r. ' .. .

](ie*d (be inlerestlng repoH^^rs, Monjihrop. of tbfl SpirljuAl UonrenJIqn jn’Bol^Wwoi## °F

Spiritual Experience;Bays a brief paragraph which to now going tho

round* —*‘The longer you keep a canary bird In a cage, the sweeter It will sing; so tbe more revere tho disci­pline of the good man’s experience, the sweeter tbo song of bls spiritual Ufa. The gold that le refined in i

the hottest furnace comes oat the brightest, and the i character molded by Intense beat, will exhibit the > moat wondrous excellence." That is nothing but the common experience. Only Ibrougb experience, which Include, and Implies suffering, can wo knbw end real­lee and progress. To wish for a life without trial and trouble, la to crave a dead state ot existence—a vege­table existence altogether. We do not at tho time know when we are bleased. Our obstacles are but rough coated onto for ua to erack, and they all con­tain meat of tho sweetest and most nourishing sort. We are inodo Intensely happy by resitting an InoreMO of Individual power; and that cornea only with tho ef- forte which we make to overcome obstacles.

Theonforcomontof tbe death penalty ta the Army "”’°o1

of tbe Potomac 1* rapidly desreavtag the number of <ta- •ortlons. <

Tbo Fashions" say tunic over-dreate* in rich lac, will be very popular this winter, and have been im­ported In charming patterns.

Nothing te at present tranipiring in the Army of tbe Polomao, Indicative of a forward movement. Il I, un­derstood from rebel sources that Lee will act on tbe

I defensive. Hut we incline to the belief that he will unike a Hank movement, by and-by, and try hia north­ern campaign over again.

A private letter to na of a recent date from one ot ! oar soldiers nt Morris Island. B. 0. , nays— -Rebel of- fleers. and privates are coming within our lines as fart aa they can see a ctianoe. Abont fifty a week desert. I should think, and tbeir officers encourage It. Tbey aro down on Beauregard."

Mr. Edmund Kirk, author of "Among the Pines," has prepared, as wo understand, a lecture on lhe

| ■■Boathem Whites;** their acetal and political aharao- terlstlcs," which be will give tbo coming (all and win-

I ter before any literary societies tbat may desire bl*

, Mrvleea- He can be oddreared, •■Care of ContinentalMonthly, New York." * ■ .

An account of the Progressive Convention at I’ota- dam. N. Y., fo on the third page. Also something for tho children to rernl, under lhe appropriate beading.

• We have several wry long communications on hand, which we feel disposed to print; we are sorely per­plexed bow snd when we can find room for them, pro­

. riding we keep up onr aeual variety of reading matter.

6now, send us eom^ pens.' , ‘ '

The publlo reoeptiim extended to'the Buasltn, taNow York, wu tnos4enthusiastic. Fifteen regiments formed tbo escort, anh tbe spectators are said lo bars

reached tho number - official welcome was the military. The a

. Tbe flag ot truce wet Now York arrived at Fcrtres, Monroe Bept. 80U> with six hundred and thirty ex-

■ changed Federal prlfoaera.,,......... ,

- It is said there arelonly about 20,000 colored men In the service. WhoMfault is It that there are not 200.­000 In Uncle Barn's Employ ?

It is said lhe travel on Lake Buperior la superior travel. I ,

• ' Raaaau oriraa Dawen’ win bear to mlodthat o*s ooitaa «r*l > J. P. flsow, 83 Godar street, N. Y.,( will gel by raturo'iuallget any other way. W

f 100,000. At the City Hell the tendered, and the goests reviewed hole affair passed of! finely.

more gnod, Steel An* than you can have med Ultra. it Je 27,

. Essays by fl he'Invisibles.An essay by one of tho Invisibles may be found on

tbo sixth page of tbla latue. Subject: ** Explana* TION OF TBK PaBABLS OF TUB LOAVBB AND FlSUBS " Abo, among ** Questions aud Answers.* ’ an allusion to Spirit'Photography, ibe spirit taking the ground of its practicability, under tbe right conditions; that It wm done years ago In the Old World, etc. '

ADVE1 TI8EMRNT8,O**r lermo are eu ccwlu per llwo for the Aral

and eight cbnio | er llae for each oabaeguent fnaerllo**. Pbj<m ml inrarlahly lj* Advance.

DYSPEPSIA AND FITS

bA tare Cure Tor lhe dlrtrcutog complaint* I* now mid*

known |Ba"Taa*Tl*l oa Ifotiien a>d Natits lUnm riirii.TioiA" publjhed by DR. O._ PBELPB DHOWS. The prewnpuon, furol ‘ ‘ ... . .while In e ataio of Irani It, never hiring filled 1 case* of Fit* M o< Djr

di ed him by a young clairvoyant (III, n< .beieuied everybody who bleu*tn 11 e.logic CMS. • nit equally sure In

__________ ji epeln; ind .the logtfidteau mny bo found In any drug ttort Soul tree to ell on receipt of on. stomp to prepay potto Address. Da. O. PHELPS BROWN, Mo. 1» Oread fltrtoi, Jf*ey City, M. J. . , lw*. . Oot .10,

SOCIABLES!

TUB third .course of be Union eoouetMatLyoamn Bill, will oommono* ot toehdiyoveatnf, Oot. Mui, Ute, and

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THE PERSONAL MEMOIRSor

THD CELESHATED 8PIRIT-MLEDIUM, mntitlkd,

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THE

SOUL OF THINGS:• OR.

PSYCHOMETRICBESFARCHES AND DISCOVERIES.

M WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH M. F* DENTON,

“ Enter Into tbo aoul of thing*." — WordtwriS.

OO NTBNTS:Pabt I.—F*yohomoirlc Roiearcho* and Dltooveric*.Ouanaal—Picture* on tbs Retina and Brain. Picture,

formed on tbo Bella* when botiolillng Object*; There Pic­ture* Kndurtug; Picture* aeen etch cloud eje*; Virion* ot tbe Blind; Vl«luo» ol object* teen long before by the Bick and Heilthy ; All Object* once teen are pcrmauenUy

Ouanza g.—Picture, on Burroondlng Object*. ’ Daguorrean Ploturm; Picture* taken In the Vuk; Picture* ukou oo •II BKilo*continually, nnd enduring** tboM Bodie*; AU put Illltory lhu> Recorded.

Cbavt» 8.—Payebomelry. Dr. Buchanan'* Experiment*; Kdootior Medicine* Utkin Fereoti* when bold lathe Ilnud; Character* deacrlbed Lum Unwen Letter*.

OuiTTBi 1—Experiment*. Experiment* wllb Geological. Meteoric, Mliceilancou*, Geographical. Archeological, and Metallo Specimen*

Onarraa *. —Remarkable Phenomena .Explained. Bjcctral lUualon*; Anpantlona; Vlllea*

Ouanaa 0.—Utility of Fh*ycho<nelry. Utility of Peycbotn- etry to the Geologlet, the Palooniotoglit, the Minor, the Aatronomer, lhe Phyelologltt. and the AtmUimlrl; IU Mil- ploymeut In Uie cure ot btceate*-. lu benefit to Uio Artlel and the Uino,Ian; Radiant Force* puling from Human Being* and Inttueuclng Othera; Influence of People ou the Country In wblcb they lire; Influence of a Country on tho rno,ilj; Woman more auBoeptlble lo r,ychometrle In­fluence than Man; Paycbometry na a Director of Ortmo.

ChaptmL—Myaterle* Revealed. Fortune-Toiling; Dreamt; Relic* and Amulet*; Hal loci nation*.

Onrril 8.—Conctutlon. Pajohemelry rereats the Power* ei the Boul; A* the Body Ifocontn Weaker It become* Btrongor; Held cnee of our Future Exlrtenco.

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MaBBA-OSB TO BQ PDBGI8HED.Turing, S71U—Invocation; "Ths Atonement

0 hrlil;" Qaetilooi and Aiunn; Oyrus Donning, vo hit brother Thoma* Downing, of FprlngtlalJ, N. Y.; Harriot 0 umtnlnni, to her mother. In Troy; Col. Moica Delano, to Wife. Evelyn Dolino, ot Rlchnmn-1, V*. •

TAUndoy Srpt. IT.—Invocation; •• Do ucddontnl tnjurfei to the Pbyalou Daly, or MtKormnllOD of Growth causo or produce (Monnlty of lhe spiritual l>ody, when tn’-roduned In­to tbo spirit world?" Boney Phillip*, lo ber ton. Andrew Jockaou Phillips,of Fredenckalmrs. Ya.; Mows Dwight, to hla wife, Carotins Dwight, otNew York: Arthur K Dolavau. to hit father, Richard Ixtevaa; dull* French, lo her mother lu St Louie. Mo,

Afandoy, Sept $1.—Invocation; “Arc there ttwclflcappll- incenot the Arte and ftcience* to external objoew la tbo Bpkereif" Question* and Answors; Thoma*Christian, to hls friends. In Montgomery, All.; Motet Ademe, lo nit mother. Ollvs Adems, of Remington. 0.; Arts Delaney, to her grandmother In Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

Itesxduy. Sept ML—hivocsuon; “By whst principle or theory do the Spirit* tell w here lust or stolon properly may be foundr* QucsUons and Ansuern; Richard Stanwood, o( Portsmouth. V*.; Jahn Scully; James Donahoe; Jorlali Leonard, to hte parent*

JTiunday, Apt. 84.— Invocation ; “The Origin of Species In Nature;" Questions aud Answers; James Pour. of tho jtlti Mess.Rog-, to bte mother, ia Boston ; Jetemteh KlllotU to Bov. Illratn Klltott, of Maine: Melina La reh u. to her bro-hor. Peter Larohu, New York City.Monday, Sept. 28.—Invocation; “Tho aplrlt of tho Isle Gan. Doaureganl ;** Question* and A use ere; liobcrt 8. Emngton. to bte family In Bsniitvm. Md ; Dan Swoonev, to bte wife In Hamilton. 0.: Merle Loulre Decker, to her hue­bind. ThotnM P. Decker, of the Federal Army.

Jucxtoy, S*. —Invocation; "What does the control-Ung spirit roran. hy being egsln out wrought through mortal­ity?- Questionssnd Answers; Colonel Toro Alton, (rebel,) to Nathan Benton.lo Georgia; John K.Orator, lobio moth­er. Abigail Graves, of Now Uavou, CL; Agues ttomere. to liar brolbo* In New York; Philip Ro;>e*. to Appleton Mason and Tbotnaa Kennedy, of Now Orleans, Ln.

ot

Invocation.Father. Mother. Spirit of all Life, the human

stretches out ite tiny amis and vainly strives to en­compass tbeo. Although We may never be able to even pronounce tby name, yet we will worship tbee, we will forever odore tbee. Ob Spirit of Life, we praise tbee for tbe wondrous manifestations of tby power. We praise tbee for those mountains of beauty and power that are rising upon Unman Uy’s continent, speaking of law immutable.yet ever changing law; for we recognize change everywhere, and although to us tbou eeemeet to bo tbe same God to-day and for­ever. yet aa tbe soul marches upward, u years of pro­gress are added to it, It begins to acknowledge tbat thou art ever changing, tbst tby manifestations are wondrouvly grand. Oh Spirit, who art ever boly aud divine, we acknowledge tby presence, tby power, tby beauty In all things. We feel that Ihoogh we aro finite, thou art Infinite; though we may not' and can­not perfectly comprehend thee, still we know tbat tbou art our Father, tbat we are a part of thyself: end If tbou art good, verily, we are to nlso. Ob our Father, this wondrous law by whicb wo are controlled as wc journey through darkness. and lay hold of these things that are mysterious in themselves, tbst seem surround­ed by flen*q darkness, wc know that Ibe future wilt unfold tbem. We know that the future will sweep away tbe darkness, and what we cannot understand tbls hour, ob Spirit of Life, we shall sorely know the neat; and although we closely study tby law. yet wo can only grasp those things that are necessary for our good, for oor bappioen hereafter, bo we rejoice In thy love, in thy wisdom, ob Father. So we rejoice in

| tby name forever and ever. Sept. 14.

soul

Explanation of tho Parabio of tho Loaves and Fishes.

Wbat subject will tbe friends present for oor consid­eration In tbo present ?

Question.—** Will yon explain tbe lull meaning of tbte puMge Id Jobo, where Jesus said. * Gatbor np tbe fragments, that nothing be lost'—referring lo tbe loaves and fishes?’'

We believe that all the leachings of Jesus were fraught with a double meaning, bnt we believe this no more of him than of others spiritually endowed. His­tory. or tbe Record, tells us tbat be told bis friends to gather up tbe fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. If bo did indeed Issue tbls command to bte fol­lowers, we are to suppose tbat be Intended lo preach tbem a sermon thereby, to give Ibero a lesson that might not only serve them for tbe hour, but their en­tire lives; not merely Ibo life wblch wm mortal, but tbeir entire lives, stretching into Hie far and distant foltire.

Ju view of tbe destitution which exists to day, and existed, doubtless, in the days of Jesus—for bo tells us, or told hte followers, that tbe poor should always be witb tbem, that there ebonld never be a time when poverty, as pertaining to this life, should be swept, away from the earth—*’ The poor ye shall always bave with yoa.”. Materially, our brother, Jesus, probably intended to Impress upon hie disciples, tbat tbey should make no waste. Nature makes none. Then gatb- er up ell you do not need for your special benefit, that others wbo stand in need of bread, may receive it at yonr bends. He desired tbem, doubtless, to feel that there should be no waste in any form of life, as there was none with Nature.

Nature never wastes anything in ber creations. Whatever te unnecessary to tbe unfoldmeot of one form ofllfe, to taken on for tbe building up of another. Give

and take, ia written throughout tbe entire realm of Na­ture. Go where you will, you will find the words, ” I give bot to receive, and 1 receive ‘but to give again,” stamped on all her forms of life.

No* we said that all tbe saying* of Jesus had their double meaning. We believe wo have spoken tbe

. truth. .How many, we ask, are there wbo bave perused life, or tbe manifestationsot life properly? Ho* many are there who bave not grasped more al [W material than at tbs spirit of life, who have not swallowed tbo letter, and never come nigh to the spirit of tte letter? The present forms of religion will answw the question. If al) bad understood tbo spiritual meanings attached to the sayings of Jesus, then you, tod wiser forma of religion, then you bad worshiped inspirit and in truth. Instead of tbe dead letter. We tore no wish to speak dlsrepsctfnlly of any of tto old forms of religion, . Wo know that tbey

have Mrred yoa well. We know that tbey have served . 0b oblldita of part age* well; but wb know, too, tbat

there 1* a blgtor end better form of religion tban that whlcji ttfl. part.ban,toatowed,.upon you,, and from wbleh yoa would tore r^etved btglior light, diviner ■ tnithr anil a totttr unfnldnient. ' ! 7 -

-Gaihsr np th*fragments. let nothing te lost." It wu Mid by one who woo the constant friend of Jews, that b^wm continually striving to Impress tbl* troth npon'tho mind* of bio follbwera. 1 He deaired-W teach

them that tbey should not eocbew tbo small thing* of Ilfs; tboy obonld not Ignore tbe little troth* tbat were offered them from obeooro place* i that they should not call oommon law on clean, tbat had an existence on tbo earth; they should learn Chat tho impress of troth waa everywhere—tbat troth might be given tbrongb publicans and tinners, u well u through tbo Up* of Juns. ’

Now tbl* friend tells us that many wbo followed our elder brother, wbo professed to believe In hla doctrine, did eo, trembling between, falih bud God, and tbelr duty to God and humanity. And bo tell* na, Jean* took ocenalon to Impress tbla troth upon tbem at all time* and seasons, that tbey ahould gather truth from al) sources, and team tbat then ie oo troth, how­ever humble, tbat doesnot carry witb it light to humani­ty; and although ofttlmea only a email etar might be seen In tbe finnanent of morality, yot It nevertheless wu a star, that would light some benighted souls on their way to heaven. So at tbo time referred to be soya, •■Gather up tbo fragments, let nothing bo lost.” Tbls remark, although appllng directly to those wbo needed material substance at tbo time it was made, bu also a spiritual significance. It teaches mankind lo make use of all things, however email! tbst tbey should learn from the world of Nature to let nothing be lost. Tbte te our view in brief upon tbte subject.

Sept. 14. ■

Questions and Answers.Quits.—Will you pleats to explain tbo phenomena of

object* being stamped on the bodies of those who bave been struck by lightning 1

AHs.—According to the tew pertaining to tbe ole- ment light, it would bo an absolute Impossiolllty for aoy object to stand betweeen the element existing In lightning and tbe person to be struck, without print­ing tbat object upon tbe body of tbe person struck by lightning. We say It would ba co absolute Im­possibility for any object to come between tbe clement existing *nd tbe body to receive tbe lightning stroke, without the impress or stamp of tbat object upon the

body struck. .Your spirit picture* or photographs concerning

wblch there has been eo much controversy of late are produced by tbe same law, by action of the same pow­er. And although you aro not acquainted with tbat law, still that law exists, else spirit photography oould nev­er exist. Tbe some power te there, and whatever object becomes so far condensed aa to be denser than the rays of light, must be stamped npon tbe object on wblcb It te concentrated, or upon whicb tbe power te thrown. Aod again, tbo human body te a perfect plate, whereon certain objects, or all objects, may be fully daguereo. typed under the condition spoken of. If It is a gal-

■ vsnlc battery for foreign thought, or spiritual light, il possesses also tho elements requisite for the bring ing forth ot tboso forms of life spoken of—the cane In question, for instance. We will suppose that this body—[oor medium]—Is placed in a position to receive the rays of light as thrown from tbe lightning flash dur­ing a thunder-storm. wbat would be Ibe resultT There would be tbe Impress or print npon her body of all the objects that intervene between tbe body in question aud the rays of light. Here te tbe plate, there tbe sunbeam, and between tbe two tbe object to be da­

guerreotype d.Q.—Are tho pictures of spirits produced in reality

ua yoo speak of?A.—Or. in otber words, was a disembodied spirit

ever photographed, or made apparent to the physical senses, or vision ? We have just affirmed that this has been done; we now declare our belief in the genuine, ncos of. spirit photography, although we will not pre­tend to deny tbat there te at tbe present time much Imposition mingled with it. It te like the human sonl In early youth. Wben it te In childhood, then it te weak; It te nol surrounded witb tbe power tbat It has in after years, or st a more mature period of life. Thus lbs science of spirit photography Is but In ite Infancy al tbe present day; but. nevertheless, It tea truth, and this truth bas been demonstrated, not only in fourdey,

but fifteen, twenty, thirty, forty, over fifty years ago, lu the old country. Many, very many facts, concern­ing spirit photography aro upon record in tbe Uld World, and though ss a science, spirit photography is as yet but io Ita Infancy, nevertheless, It te full of truth, and tbe future will demonstrate ite truth to yon. too. Now you have only vagus demonstrations here and there; but, by-and-by, tbey will become eo numerous tbat none need ask, Are tboy indeed true?

Sept. 14.

Theodore Payson Dunbridge.I wish to Identify myself m clearly as pooslble. 1

shall be obliged to oak tbat yoo be very patient, while I rehearse a brief portion of my past life, in order that 1 may be known to those 1 wish to open communion

with.I was forty-six year* of age—forty-six year* five

week* end three days—wben I was called to leave my body. 1 wm born lo Tennessee, and nurtured under influences tbat seemed to como from North and South. 1 was attached to tbo North, but more particularly at tacbed to the South- My Interests were all there, aud I adopted tbe customs of tbo South, and believed in all honesty that I did right.

Ten years ago. while on a visit North and West, J chanced to heurof two ladies. I believe, 1 am not certain, bot tblnk they were called tbe Fox girls. They lived near ftocheeter. in New York, and I re. member I went some thirty-five mile* oat of my way to visit them—not because I supposed there was anything sopcrnatoral and spjjiibal In their manifestations, but more for tbe sake of curiosity, as thousands have done. So In. company with my goo4 friend, who te at thia moment, I believe, occupying a high position st Well­ington, I vlsted the ladies Just mentioned.

Among olber maolfeetailoM. I received a telegram purporting to come from an elder brother I had then In the world ot spirit, and was addressed to Theodore. I should eay this camo in answer to a proposition of mine, which was. ” Can the spirit* tell mo bow long I ahall live, and how I shall die?” Now [ knew that several members of my family bad died of cancer, a disease wblcb I dreaded exceedingly, aod I asked tha

question, because I felt a desire to know my own fate. Tbe answer whloh I received in reply to my question was, Theodore, you,will die by violence at the hands of loyal subjects.” jf I remember correctly, tbe an­swer was rapped out and written down by tbe smallest lady, or one of tbe sisters. -I did not pay much atten­tion to tho telegram. Still I could not but feet that there was some slight degree of truth in it. And there was my name, and I was a stranger to tho ladles, while tbe initiate wero those of tny dcoeaaod brother. I said it was vary singular, snd tbe ladles merely

asked, •• Do yon know such a person)” I said, “Yes, 1 tblnk 1 have known such an one;” and ah though 1 determined to give the telegram no further thought, still I thought enough of it to keep-it. 1

. took It homo, exhibited It a* a curiosity to my friends, and, I may add. I bsd a good deal ot sport over ft.

1 showed ft to one friend in particular, and that I* tbe Mend I spoke of a* being In Washington now. Be siy*, "Theodore, 1 think you are-going to desert your country, to come under English role. Perhaps you are going to,enter the artny or navy, orore going to pass out of thl* mundane sphere. Wecannot tell

what the future has in More fop w.’’.”1W’*ii,"i Mid, ■■I don’t know; I certainly do not contemplate any audit movement no*, and I cannot for tny lite ooncdlvo

wby toe apirlt'.’l? spirit ft wm who oommunioatod this j Idlelligence, ahould bare ao answered my qnerijon. - It cannot be that tor own country it about to be In*' ▼olved In war.”' My friend replied. “ I *m not *o cer­tain about tbat.’"‘However. I don't tblnk that will bsveanytblng to do with you or I.” i .

Well, u I aMd'before. 1 preserved tbe telegram, and 1 still think It may be found among my paper* —though I ’m not certain of,It—at my former residence In Mont­gomery, Alabama, for there I resided up tojhe time of my entering tto Confederate *rmy. My Dome, In foil, wm Ttotoore.Payaon Dailbridge- The name, of the brother oomlog^.wM James K. Dnnbridge, and I be*. Hove tbe signature received was J. K... Afterwards I requested, mentally, that tho name, should to given entire, .tod, I received tbo James, and filled It out myself upon the piper. .’ ■, ‘

1 lost my life at the battle of Chancetldrsvllle, How true the predict Ito was. you may all judge. *• Theo­dore, you will die by violence, at tto hands of loyal subjects." Did I riot die so! Ami not a living wit­ness to the troth of that simple spirit telegram? My God 1 I am, I appeal to yoor Secretary pf tto Navy tor the troth of whit I state, as, being on tbe otber aide

of tbe river, 1 cannot prove It. But, thank God; I am nol ont of being. -I have told my story. I have, given tho truth, end 1 call upon tbe remaining friends in earthdlfe to prove *bal I cannot.

1 have simply one purpose in view by coming tore, to-day. I care veiy little abont convincing the publlo of tbte new truth, for I know very well that sooner or later all most toller*. But l oothe because I am self­fob; all are. to a greater or leu degree. I feel that I shall be happier by admlng. because 1 feet that I shall excite a desire upon tto pert of my friends to speak with me. for tbey knliw very well that I entertained a

hope that I might some day return to them, and if I know aught of human nature, they will very naturally suppose that 1 might to looking round in tbte new spirit-world, to see if there wm not some way by which I might relnm to earth again. Now I believe that I bave given evidence strong enough to prove my Identi­ty to tto friends I have on earth.

1 bave not much to say in defence of my. own posi­tion *s regards‘this war, but I will simply remark that I do not- regret tbe step I took, for If there la a spiritual overturning going on throughout, tto length' and breadth of your fair land. 1 am satisfied there must bo two aides |o tho question. There can be no great move made without, conteoding forces. There must be light and dai knees, it there tod been no Southern opinion, there wdnld have been nowan tf thote had been no war. you wonld have had no better govern­ment, end if no belter, government, my God I It seems to me yoo wonld have gone to bolL Farewell.

Sept. 14. ....... -

Gina--A Slave.Major Jason Conrad, of New Orleans, Louisiana,

was my lather, and I waa bls elave. By the assistance ol kind friends f.come tore to-day. not tonprak hard words to the man who was my master, bat to tell blm of a homo beyond the grave, of a country beyond the turmoils of this life. Ho does not believe In any here­after. I need to think tbat hta Infldellty was a solace to blm. and the only toaven bo ever knew, for did ho believe there was a hereafter, he might possibly fear tbat bte place would! to none of the best f

1 bave been tn the spirit-world eight years. I was, seventeen years of ago wbeu I died. 1 was sold when twelve yearn of age, and went down to Georgia. My mother was afterwards sold, and happened to to bought by the gentleman wbo owned the next planta­tion; so we were frequently together. After that, my mother was bought by my master. My father often v idl­ed tbe place where I was. and saw my mother, and I had been taught by my mother tbat to was my father—so ft was nothing new to qie, ,^K_ . .. . . : ,

During lhe eight year* that I bave been a spirit, 1 have gained much knowledge. I longed to know something bf tto world when tore. Books were de­nied me, and I used to often try to read wbat was written upon the bales of cottoB and the casks of tnr- pentiuo on tte plantation, by the help of others wbo knew more tban I did, But I knew very little here. But oh, 1 am free to £ain knowledge in tho spirit­world, for there te a school here where all can go wbo wish to.

I've often listened, as I hare been listening to the conversation ol those who are upon tbe earth, and 1 've often known them to talk like tbte: Jr tbe negroes or slaves were aware ot tbo object ot thia war. it seems as If they would rise themselves. Oh, I wonted to tell tbem that tbte rebellion, this outbreak was nothing new, bot had beeh talked of for year*. 1 remember we used to pray God that war might come and we te liberated, for we knew that in tbat was our only hope of freedom, and I bave prayed in my childish way that God might come In bls vengeance and smite our oppressor*. But after I came to the spirit-world, I learned to think dilfereutly about slavery, and was willing to wait God’s time for abolishing ft, or wait until the spirit of 1’rogresa should teach men and wo­men better things.

My father has some knowledge of Spiritualism. He te not a stranger to it. He's heard of it. Some of hte acquaintances are believers In ft, and be has often said, In .talking of it. - Why do n’t somebody come to ms ? If there is any hereafter, if spirits do live after death, why do n’t some one that I know como to mt ? I’m thinking,’’he ssys. "that ft will take more power than they are said to possess, for any aplrlt to convince me that there Is ao hereafter." It may be so. ahd again ft may-not be so. It may be tbat Ms own chlld wilLte tbe one appointed by God to win him back from Infi. delity, and to tall him that ttere js a world beyond the grave, and a hell of conscience more terrible than the one.our pastor used to tall us abont,. ,

My master’s daughter. Lacy—the whom, the world recognize* as bls child—is with ne here, and te one of. my chief instructors. Bte says, • Father, the voice qf your chtid comes across the’wlteri of"(feitt',' ppeatlhg to yon. Ganat Gena speaks I ' Yoh eold "ber Into'*

slavery years ago. You brought lor Into life again In the spirit-world. Bhe is tne mv. But she speaks 1 Bhe Uvea—she do n’t condemn. iBhe only says, -Fa­tter, there le a spirit-1 tfc. and yok-’ll sooner or later be obliged to come to me.’ ' She wfli not te yonr judge, but God will.” And Lucy eays.bl. too, tbrongb da*

na, speak to you. You mounted when I left you, and you said yonr eon of life had i trover Kt, and your brightest hopes wero crushed. afy bome te In tte spirit-world no*, and I live to t^aoh Gann ttet which

custom denied her hero.”Ask my father that be meet-

,, - a: 41 $ |T * - ’-.7*1 »•? n # - : 7-------firtt place, I buddow yqn want my ham;* f I wi* bcalled 71mwhere wu I ^fn. In Beirut..noi down heroIn tta fiut? but.icroM the bfff pond, [irelwidt]... „ .... . „ , ; why.an th*<various tribes at'.watiwithi—vSort, but acrore thq big pond. [irelwd?J other?• • 81 nrply Meauro’ttoWhlterton'hto where I got two steters and a fatter, end I flupppM a enrich his pocket, to atnua wealth by ipecclatin,

robMntf.'and stealliig thi’Indian’s ^/ The» ’*L tt

tear ua away frombur home*, remove u* friiiii oto fi»*. fttnillv b’pOfti take onr little'ones awsy from «*; hunt to end sell to ss slave*. ’ • -■ - n .•

Now tf on* htodrol thousand Frenotanap stirmi* com* Into tote city, or into yonr dly of New y04V and tats potoeulon of It. drive you out bt It' forts you away from all tbat te dear to yow drytear ybur children from yon and sell‘1 theti —make an unmerclfh] war ppon yob, hunt and atobi yon, In tto name of Jostles and Bight?white tooth', ere. we ask hbw! wonld ydi fee]? Wonld ydu' itito • sHently by and make nd attempt to 'tfefeijiryptfr- all? No, ho; you know you *’# ’0itwtoi tbe Infilto attempts to defend blpuclt, Indignint mil. lion* raise their voices to annihilate the •• jtodbkjh;” Instead of endeavoring to protect him.’ Ob, realise something of tto poteen wo have drank from tto' cap which the White man to* placed to bur tips, tf* wish our race to live, having equal privileges to 1(0 tto same as the White man, and. not be bunted down Illtil wolves, and suffer extermination.

We are aware tbat tbe majority of opr Wbjte broth­ers believe we are doomed to extermination by tto rolling wheels of Civilization ahd Progression. - Pr»y tell ns, ebonld not civilization and progression (tefehd and protect us as n nation, end see tost our right* irt maintained T We wish tto Red snd White man.totai toward each other, and ant as brothers; but Instead of that being'now tbe cate, tbe White man excites totrel to the Indian by hte cruelty. ’’ We meet yon here i* brothers, and greet you ns such. We give yph hilt blessings, and our health-giving power;bnd we 'to. - seech you to give us ybbr aid In oor tohqlf. Implore yonr great /adter', your President herd at Washington, as ll ta our wteb, and reqnest him to specially eat apart (or your I]ed brothers /our grand reseryes, and tp -no longer drive those of onr race yet. remaining frptpitolr own native soil, and we can assure you they wiu live together In harmony. , , .’. Request him to send hte regiments of armed mqp and bte cannon to protect bs, instead of extermlnsj. ing us. Tell him to aend oar race agricultural ^, plemeqta instead of bullet*. pud, ,we ,will ehpit pur White brothere what *e can,do. Giveuaeducation and take away the bad fire water which ie dertroy. te'g'our people at the Instigation of tto whlte sp*. culatore and traders, and you *jjl see that in a short time you will have a very different opinion of . tto

Indian* tban you ever entertained before-. Give nor race 4 home, education end agricultural implements, we implore you. Our race, as youre. Is capable'of im. proyement—we know, it; and to-day, conditions, aa bad

aa they, are, which surround lhe Indians, we say there Is not an Indian agency In tbe country that Is not et pable qf aelf-austeuance, were It'hot for yonr’ tbleviog agents, . '..., ■

Now look to tbte, dear White brothers, for our:pee. plo. and to you, noble Chief Beeson, we wofild say-w* will stimulate you on In your good work, until victor/ shall have given yon her crown. We are able to give you a history of onr origin, and we hope tbat we atoll to able to give a good history of Its destination. Wd are here with smiling faces—we-' who bave warre^

against each other on earth. But we have forgiven each other, and are no* true brothere in set and deed; and we appeal. White brothers, to yon, lhat whatever fault you think yod hate tp’ find against ua, that you

lay It aside, and, be in thonght,.deed and act, out brothers.. Prove to each other your firm and devoted friendship. ' ■ ' -

. We will come to you again at acme ftrtore time , and give yon more information relative to (ra'raelves and our race. Wo now bid you an affectionate farewell; and though we may not at present commune with you again yety abbn. we wonld.have ypu know and really that we shall be with yon and' flrbnhd yon,.and urg*

you on to do your destined part. :’ ■ King-Phillip, • ■

. Txcuxbm, .

- :, B1LLT BOWLtOS.

molhor.living. ' . .I've 4 wife snd two'little one* here In tbte country;

one sister and a brother's widow, and plenty of qpns- ina and acquaintance* be*|de*. I do d’4 know any­thing aboutUli »pirit religion, anyway, though they uy ft ’a a something we've all got to dp with. I used aomotlmss to think when 1 wa* hero, egad, I’ll throw away thp Cafhplio 'Bit)!*; and gc to teaven my

own way, ’J used to think so when the ptd felloy, within me would get' np. He’d sometimes rise n and want to talk, .hut I'd generally say, alt down, (hr the priest and the Church hu only a right to speak. The Mother Church is the one id apeak, apd all the time I’d not feel so at all. Dgid/tlipt 's done with, and I’m myself. ' ’ ' ' .. . 1 '

Well. now I want to talk io thy family. I want to

come right into tbelr consclouness. To.be sure, I've not got the physical power tn lie hpnd* and feet tbit

,1 had when I lived here on tbs earth, bot l ean coma, and I got the power outside. Egad, I am thq spirit, Tbit’a wbat I want to convey to my wife and friends. I have no. trad*. ' I was a laborer, and worked by tbe '(lay, I saw wood, or do anything else, if there was anything to' be done. I vm not a beggar by any means. When I wOs here I earned iny bread by the iweat of my brow, and my God, 1 was as Independent 'as Queen'Victoria; but I do n’t think much of1 her, 'anyway. I got that' feollhg in" me against, England when I waa In Ireland. I suppose ate ’a veil enough In her place. *’ • '

Now about my folk*. , T suppow ttere ’a bodies like these everywhere. Suppose 1 ask my wife to go to one of tbem. [That’ll do,] Now she knows tbat I belonged to the'Hth New York Volunteers, Company I. 1 wu a Midler, and after I lose my life in war, 1 got soma of the glory, or took seme anyway to myself, I’wai no coward, and when 1 lost my'life fighting for my adopted coon tiy, I thought I’d just take some of the glory, and whatever we take and appropriate tb ounelves, it onr‘own forever. I fight and die, and here I am back again, not exactly tn ibe body of an

Irishman, bnt a stnoil Yankee lady.Now 1 want my wife tb go to some place wtert

I can prove to1 bei'I’m'hurting1 but myself, and

I ’ll tell her about the children, t do n’t Went them cooped up in tha Catholic Church. They ’ve got heads, and the priest-Bees they’ve, get heads, add he’d like, to eduodte them for th^ Church, And

one of the little ones has got a good voice for singing, and the priest would like to get him for the Church choir. '. ' ■■ ■ '

Now I should like io have Mary, niy wife, know tbat lam myself, just' as much as I ever wte; then ebb.’ll not feel afraid to trust' things to me. Now do you send bur letters? [We publish them In a paper,; Yea. so I beard.. Is it a' pamphlet, dr newspaper! What is it ? Is it tte Ledger ? [No; the Bannib o r Light, a Boston paper.] Ah. It’a not In New York City l am in then ? [No, yon ’re in Boston.] What persua­sion Is your paper? [No particular'persuasion.] Ah, sort of an Infidel thing; [It ’* a spiritual paper.] Ab yes, Longhi to have thought of tbat before. [Were yon killed aj war ?] Faith, I whs killed, and In battle, too. There was an umber of battles before Richmond. The Seven Pines, ■ that ’* wbat It was called. I was killed there, that is to'say, I wu wounded, and some­how 1 was nbt taken off the field; [Bid you die there ?j Yes, and wu chucked Into one of the trenches, [Where was yonr wife when you last heard frbm be?.] In Fin. ley’s Court. [Her name|f] Mary—simply Mary, that .isall. ' ' -j '■ •

Well, now, Major,'what 1* it you expidt of me ?

What i* the dhmsgb ? : [Nothing; come Again.]' Faith, I ’ll come when L cbm '■ But it 'a Jost like thia, It ’a a very smalt place'we bave to come in. .There '* always a big'crowd waiting to come, and what’s the most lucky gets in. [How did you expect to pay?] Faith, I do n’t know; but when I was on the earth, I had to pay for everything, if it wa* only to go to Confession [W hat power have you td pay rrow?)- Not any at all. perhaps. I was told in tte spirit-world to come here. To-day Is the first 1 know about this place. 1 was told to go to such a place, and Bend some word to my

family. . ... ’ ..(What did you mean by an infidel paper?] Faith,

It 'b not Christian. When he told me ft was not any persuasiou, I thought it,must infidel. Faith, I bad

tbat question taming over .In my mind abont , tte Catholic religion.. Jt.wuell the light 1 had. It wu a small one, and I oould hardly, see tte way with that.

Well, now,. Major, I do, the test I can fomake myrolfknown hare. Ttey.wyyog.give to anyone, and I suppose you ’ll not withhold it from me.. Bome time, perhaps. I *11 be able to give you. , [Give to otb* era there that need It.] There ’a plenty here ttet needs ft. Faith, ttere’s one uka of me, and egad,.I ask of another. It’s pretty much ibe same in tte eptrlt-*orid as with you on earth. Well, I *m much obliged to you .anyway, for this, and all I hope, ta, I'lVtucoeed in reaching my friends,, so that 1 oan

talk this way at-home. Gpod-by to you. Bept, 14.

is children—the one whom the world recognized to bl child, and tbe other who waabteslave—butbolhnqv free>Xhemthey can come , and speok ^^lm; aud it. -hey do n’t convince him of the Immortality of the e ul, and of tbe world

beyond tbe tomb, at tbelr first« Dingy they 'll try no

more.; ■ ’Bend my tetter, please, per]>|

He may get ft. Try; ’t will do i Bept. 14.’ .... 1

pa to Now Orleans, harm to send. •’>

. . Timothy Or drd. ; , .Egad, tbls Spiritualism-la ftje H.broom that swoops .

oulal) the dirty corMre. <Ga ley uaed to tell me ; something like this; A new town eweep* clean. This

ere Spiritualism, I believe, tey* Id ostbehllte, forjf , it wasn’t I think ft wouldn’t k >whow to creep into ' the oornera as it doy*- ; |t'fl)jl*t "thinking. ’ ../.-JiiiwKjf,

.Well, Major, I oome hero-w — —------ — ,what I can do for wlfc. Mj/to? ft.a long oie, tot I *11 cut1 H ’ to at rt aa P can, Io the

r ■ jeo something about;

An Indian Council in Splrlt-Land.Mn. Editob— AltbpughJUUe is said to direct public

attention to Spiritualism In .ttfo city, still there te a deepen’d growing Interest In thtfvuMeet, and private circles are all tbe time kept np among, tbe moat Intel- Hgentfamilies. ” T

, It is proposed to have regular spiritual meetings, and arrangements are no* being mode to secure lec­turers, One is already engaged to begin a course early In December next, At ont of onr circles, a great Conn­ell of Indian Spirits being held, they gave ns many communications of Interest. The follbwlng, given through the band of our medium, we deem best to of­fer you for publication la your columns. '•

.Yours, ic., Ohs or rna CiRCLB. W<mA<njlon. D, 24.1M3. , ,

Mt Frishpb—We, 0c, representative* of the vari­ous tribes that toys, once’ intobite^ yonr earth Are here assembled to expresa to yA ttolr b[gb.iipprecla-, tlon ot your labon, venerably ohkirtL John Deeson.

You bare been for years’ thq' champion <jt the' In-’ dittos’ rights. You bays ltvsd amongst the Indians,

and consequently are able to testify to,the wrong* and great injustice dbne to them; ‘ ‘ t

We eeo’aud we kndw tbo mlndsof the public con­cerning our poor, down-trodden, bunted noe. All of tto injuries wblch the White man bia inflicted Upon the Hod man are written In opr gnat took, mid wbed our .white brothers come to thia place, we will ebow them tbe account we have for ttom to settle.

We love our white brotbero, and smoke our peace?

pipes with them; bot tbelr Mmidship is that of tbe tow­ard'* —ft ta pretence—ti ft towardic*. We di not mean to say that the Indian* are not UkewiM; but take both; as a mare, and tto greatest foiling will be found tn the White man, • -j -;‘i “ -

Our white 'brothera, not content With killing,'shoot­ing and hunting us, Incite different tribes of cor ns* lion to kill and murder each other. TtoVtea, tbe CamsnctH*, ■-tbe Klawre, ths Ctortkees.’lbe'tiBppe- ways; tto' Chickasaw,’ tho Blouxi the OMgtoltll* PaHrv < nees.-tto Winnebagos. tbsPsnobtoolfctod'retoiiteflitiP tires of all the remnante of these' tiiridAb’ltrftAii’ifiri

. Tbe Indiaiu. ".f-. .lam hlgiiiy grail Bpd, Mr. Editor, with, Father Bee­

: son'a i proposition with regard to the Indiana. That ’ . looks to me1 like justice—simple ‘fiuiUe, not " ffile- i placed philanthropy." I am' glad, todrftfp glad, tbst

there te a man to write such a proposition, and a paper which will allow It to reach tbe eyes of the people.

And now I wish’to propose ttot those who approve that' proposition express their approbation, and peti­

tion Congress to consider it and act on ft. I. know number* of good men and women who would sign such petition, and 1 would gladly aid In Ha circulation. The Indians have better' reasons, for,their hostility ' toward ns than have the white rebels and guerrillas?! the Southern States. They have been wronged by in­dividual* Connected with the Government, and they have doubtless been incited to theft tote of hostility by the enemies of onr Government.. If we are a stipe, tier, race, let ua too* ft by aote of Justice, or even mercy, toward onr inferiors. Let ns remember that a# races of men, red, white and black, are tbe children'of our common Father, and have a right to some portion of the earth, on which to live and develop a* beet they can, the talents tbey poaeeaa, whether great or until, tot them bave a permanent borne, and thds secure te

ourselves a permanent peace. . . .itSuppose another race of men—even a superior race—

were to land on our shores, deal with n* ae onr father* did with them1, and finally drive to buck, away Tron our homes *nd the graves bf our sires, a* wfi' baft them, would not ut make eome resistance?, would vt not remember these things and retallste on tbeagpto sore,? TJi'ep let us bo merciful, and not imitate tbote w» edi/iavages- ’ . ......

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Charter 1. Evidences of Man', Immortality drawn, from Hlstonr.—SpIrlwMum of tbe Nation* University of die Belief In ibe future BiteUnee; Teaching, of Naimo; Whnik wm tbi, Problem solved t Record, of tbe Hindoo,; Their ■ •scrod Book,; Of iho Hebrew* Aaootlc*. Bonnlu, tiowar of Spirit. Fenian and Chaldean Beltolh; Ancient Sage,; Greek,; Poon; ncalod; Mythology; Tho Middle Passage; Bplmen- loe> of Crete; Cassandra, Prince,, of Tro,; The Solution. i

Cbspier 8. Proof, ot Immorulliy drawn from III,lory Opncl'‘<b>L The Hornsn Sibyls; Oracles of Delphi; Soloo- < Honor Pythls; Dodoman Oracles: Brittle Oracle,; Pyth,go- tm: HIsDocirinei; Socrates; ni,Teachings; Platon!,m;

? Be«hls;Ct>rltt; Urlyonureh Futiora; Witchcraft; The Solution of iho Problem by eho Prosent Age; A now Ammenl drawn from Iho Nature of iho Human Bulrlk

pWDr ?■„ ELU!,nc<‘?t liuu’ortalily dorlvod from Modern Spiritual!,ni. Tbe Method by which we propose lo make our flovelatlon, positive; Prool,; Movltu of Tables and olber ponderable Object,; Inlclltgenco m«nlrelted;

, Laplace', Problem of Probabilities; Tbe Chain of Argu- 1 meets. Objections, and Th eerie, considered:—1. Aro spirts

Manifestations th. Work ot Salon! 1. Ot Evil Spirit, t 8. Are they produced Ly detached vitalised Btcclrlollv 1 S.

, By Od Force! 5. By Docepilun! By Halleolonion! IdeuU- . Station of aSpirfl; Idontllles the Individuality of all eth­

ers; Varied Forms of Communication; Object of; Our Evi­dence becomes poslllve.

Chaptars. The Objects of Modern Spiritualism. Poeitlon —’ Christianity; Jewish Religion; Of Cbrtsl's Reformation ; Heralatlon; Progretilvo; Not Infallible; Mutual Relatione of Revelation I and Science; State of the World; Iroi>c,,l- blllty of believing what I, contradlo'ory to ItoMon; Toler­ance; The Combat between tbe Conservative and tbo He- former; Primary Object of Spiritualism; Ml,taken Ideas; Spiritual Being, the true Philosopher', Stone; Warning Man of Danger, discovering Treasoro, delecting Crime; Tbe Truth Declared; The True Object.

Chapter 5. Consideration of Spiritual Phenomena, end tbeir distinction from such aa are not Spiritual, hutdenon- deuton Similar Law,. Introductory; Division of the Sub­ject:—!. Mcemerlsm; A Bomnamuollim; 3. Ilalluclua tlons; A Apparitions; 3. Dreams; 8. Influence of the Me­dium; T. Influence of Conditions; 8. Position and Intalll- genco of tbe Communlcatiug Spirit.

Chapter#. Space Ether, hpaoe; Incomprehensibility of Di,lance; OfMloutanots; "Air of Beaven;" Conjectures ot the Indian Philosopher,; Oftho Ionian School; uf Pyth­agoras; Of Empedocles; Modem Speculation and De mon- election; Olber's Proof; Herachcl's Slate moot: Limited Traoaparonoy of Space; Retardation ofCotnola; Plauotary Motion,; Ol.Space Etbcr.

Chapter 7. Philosophy of the Imponderable Agent, tn their Relation lo Spirit. Ltonx—lu Velocity; Bacon's Oon lecture verified; Aaalyil, of; Philosophy of Color,: Tha Utdulatary Theory: Length of Ware,; Collision of Waves; Newtonian Hypothesi,; Proofr ol tbe Wave Theory; Argu­ment, agalnat the Theory of Tranauilsalon; Ultjeouen, con­sidered.

Usat.—Aualytliof Bolar; Ita BcbUon, to Light; Refera­ble ta a common Cai no.

Chapter a. philosophy of the Imponderable Agou'.e In tbolr Relation, lo Spirit, concluded. General Consideration Ol tho Bolar F|cotrum; ELsareicivv—Ila Source; Condition of»n Electrified Body; Velocity of Electricity: Ita Relation, tatbeoilier imponderable Agent* MaqstvtSK—liaKela- Uons and Function,; On Foaox; NiivgAvu; lielchon- baeh'. Investigative, i.How Examined; Crystals, Magnets, •ud Mineral* In tbolr Odle Relations; Correspondence of tbe Magnoiltm of the Earth sndof Man; Dltlbrenoo frpm Light, Heat, Electricity, Magnetism; Proposed Clutillca. Uoo.

Chapters. Tbe Imponderable Agent, ae manlfetled tn Living Being* Sun,; Pulsating Hearts; Light; Heat; Electricity; Magnetlsrn; Z'Clbor in tbo Relation, to Life aud Inorganic Nature; Elouli Id Fishc,; Gouonri Comldoi- atieu.

Chapter 10. Spiritual Element* Infinite Progress qflhe Element,; Soil of Granite Mountain,. Potash a, applied to; Phosphorus aiirlled to; Infinite vartHy of Matter; • Lino of Demaroatluu between ibe Imponderable Agent, and Spiritu­al Elements; Philosophy of Orvanlo Attractions; Bplrlluwl Element* their Character and Functions.

Chapter ll. Animal Magnetism, (Zoe. blsm.) ll, Pblloao pby. Law,, Application and Relation ta Spiritualism; Sytn- Sstbv; Illustrations ol; Anlrasls can Influence Aaloials;

tan can Influence Animal,; Animal, can Influence Man; Man can itifluenco Msn; A common Can,o for these Plio- nomena; Exploded Ohject'ons; Roforablolo Zoethor. (aero, aura;) Animal Mxgnctleui; Proofs; Imprutiklily nf Ihe Brain; Poychomolry: It, Uwe; Doctrine of Spbore,; Zocthlem; Body and Mind mould each other: Psychomctry; ll, ftclatloni ta Aulmnl Magnetism; Estimate of tho Num­ber of BuscoptfLIo Perceptions; How known; Choice of Testa; Application to tho Science,.

Chapter 19. Anlmsl Magnetism, Us Philosophy, Uwe, Application,sndRolallon to Spiritualism. Clairvoyance the Harbinger Of the next State; Incomprehensibility of Mind ; Mind can become Independent of tbo Dody; It, Six Blaus: 1. Activity and Repose; 2, Impressible Stalo; 8. Magn tic; 4. Clairvoyant; 5. Super-clairvoyant; 6. Death, or Indo- dont-BpIritual: Description and Illustration of ihe,oStales; Explanation of Impressibility; One Mind can centre) anoth­er; Philosophynf such Control; Illustration; Spirit Inter­course through Impressibility: It, Difficulties; Low Spirit* (Evil!) Tbeir Habitation;' Influence; Physical Manifesta­tion* bow produced; By wbat Oku of Spirit,; Spectral Ap­paritions, how produced; One Law holds good lu the entire Domain, of Alagoellsm aod Spiritualism; Proofs and lllue- tratlon,.

Chapter 18. Philosophy of Chsngo and Death. Wonder, of Change; An Arah an Fable: Cyclo of Organic Form,; Cause of Change In the Unlvem.

Chaplet H. Philosophy of Change and Death concluded. A Clairvoyant Itevelmion; A Death-bed Scene; Parting of Spirit and Body; Spiritual Experience; Wliatlhoysay of tho Middle Passage: Revelation of an Atheist; <1f a Spiritualist; Robert Owen; The Arcana of Dentil disclosed.

Chanter 15. Spirit, tte Origin, Faculties, end Power Whit I, Spirilt What I, Ita Origin! Value of Metaphysi­cal and Theological Knowledge; True Method of Research; Mloroscoplc eno Clairvoyant Revelation,; Cl room sun oca of Birth of tbe new Being; Office of tbo Sperm and Germ Celle; Tbeir Unloo, Ho,cite of; Further Growth of the Germ: Tbe Dual Structure of Mao; Intuition a Guido; Au Anecdote from Bt. Augustine; Plutarch's Opinion; The Problem of Man', Immortality a vexed Qucltlon; Tne Doo trine, of Cause and Effect introduced Into the Realm of Spirit; Prout Hint tbe Spirit retain, Ite Form and Beu,„; Clstrvoyant Testimony; Our own Evidence; The Spirit Body; Ita Reladoo to the Physical; It, Fatal Growth; Period of Indlvlduallxat’nn; Row tar must Msn bodevel- oped lo booomo Immortal! Beasts mortal, and why; Tbo Lino Of Demarcation between Mortal and Immortal lit Inga;Necessary Condition, of Im mortal Hlly;

Chapter 10. A Clairvoyant’, Vlowof th. Bptrit Sphere. Description uf the Sensation, wben enloiltg Ihe Clairvoy­ant Btete; Wby not terminated by Death: Floating on a Magnetlo Hirer; view of the Sphere; Scenery described; Tbe Mansion; Occupation oflte Ibtnstas: Return.

Chapter 17. Philosophy of tho Spirit World. Tbe Spirit­ual Body; Spirit Life; Or oui Hoax; Biblical Account uf Hearoa; The Law; Clairvoyant Testimony on Emanation,; The Spirit World; Uow derived; Illustrations; Tho Spheres; Di»l*nce from the Barth; Blie; Rotation of; Relation of to Spirit*; Howl etched: Siu of tbe Sixth Sphere, or Zone, estimated; Argument, against tbe Existence of aueb Zones refuted; Circle,and Societies explained; Cause ot Confu­sion; Tho Horae ol tbe Bicesod; The Homo of the Impure (Edit) Relation of Spirit to Physical Matter; How Spirit* travel through Space: Annihilation of Spirit*; Description of tbo BcooodSphere; DwelUigs, Animals, Manner* Ac,; The Society.

Chapter 18. flplrit Life, Offloe of Spirit Revelation, Tbeir Necessity: Spirit, retain all tbolr Fanoltin; Affinity; Condition of Good and Bad; No Line of Distinction drawn between them; Condition of Spirit,; Howard,and Tunlih- monte; The Miser; The Animal Man; Tho u,w-born Spirit an exact Copy ot the Man; A more cheering Picture; Un- cbangeahleriaiofOrganltadon ; Capsbllllle, of Spirit; No Forgiveness; Earth a Primary School; Better Conditions In the Spheres th ,n on Earth; Spirit Missionaries; their La­bors; Heaven of tne Aitrononiet,; of tbe Philosopher; of Uie Foot; of the Historian, de.; Conjugal Love and the M,r- rlige Uelailon; listentfon of the Animal Faculileo; Diffi­culty Of Elevated Spirit, commur.lcallng with Barth; Lower Spirits can more readily do so; Why! Tho doom of tbe Bui- elds; Heaven ,nd Bell; Conditions of Mind, sod on Fartb as much a* in In tbe Sphere,; Life of a True Philosopher.

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CONTENTS:

Preface; Introduction; The Old Testament; Tbe Bible and other Sacred Books; The New Testament; Bl,lory and tbe Bible; Biblies) Contradiction,; On tbe Propbets; Pagan Mythology; Creation oftbs World; Jesus Christ; Miracles; Popery; The Priesthood; Dr. power'. Sermon Criticised; Tbe Christis* aod the Heathen; Effect, of Delinking the Bible; Solomon', Bongs.

taxi n.Double of Infidels; Question, of Zope to the Doctor! of

Divinity; Louer to thoOlergy; Scripture Narratives—The Tote a-Teto wllb Satan; The Myttioal Craft; John Calvin ; The Passage In Joaepbu, ; Wesley',: Letter, publlabed In Hetherington’, Trial (Prom tbe Lite of the Bev, John Wesley, published In 1799.)

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ANSWERSEver-Recurring Questions

FROM THE PEOPLE.(A SEQUEL TO THE PENETRALIA.)

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io its:—■•Bach man ll capable of rendering high service to ho man-

Uy: but whether humanity gets It from bim, or tbe reverse, will over remain for tbe world to decide............... Now heream I, 'ailing faithfully lu accordance with my personality and lln boundartei. If yon know bow to u, onto, a, ray na­ture prescribes, I shall yield you a permanent benefit. But If, In your Ignorance uf yourself, (and therefore of me.) you do not pul me to CAt but service, you will moo fool tbe pen-

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Tbe friends of Progressive Idea, will Ond tbla work ono ol tbe most comprehensive aod usernl volumes ihoy bavo 1* sued. It Invito, tbe perusal not only of tbosa vitally Inter­ested lu tbe topic,discussed, but of alt ptrimt capaAU oj pvttinf a question. Tbe book embraces a wide range of subject* An examination of thle work will reveal ihe deunese of style aud vigor of method ohaxwolorUIng the Beplle*

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th mm iim:A COLUDTIOH • OF

HYMNS AND MUSICxoa tn uex or

SPIRITUALISTS IN THEIR CIRCLES AND PUBLIC MEETINGS.

By J. B. Packard aad J. 8, Leveland,

xiTsirr rxow rn rtiracx. >Spiritualism, a, wo element of social loduence.hs, become

a died fact. Nothing can conceal the truth tbst a wider, deeper and more potent lu Ou eooe Is exerted by 11 then by nay other principle merelyinoral Circles meet In almost every oommunlly—Bunday meeting, ar, held In various plaoee—State Convention, are called, and books, pnmphlois, aad weekly and monthly periodicals are Issued. Tbe friends of Spiritualism will not wish to ,eo that Influence diminish­ed, but extended. Apd nothing more powerfully contribute, to ouch a result then the fascination of music and song. We conceive the true Ido,of « book- for popular uw to Include both minis and poetry, and bave msde our book according­ly. We bave endeavored lo collect tbe beet of tho popular music, with whalof poetry waa adapted lo tbeute of Spirit- uelll* which, wllb wna| I, original, will render our Minstrel see trust, a welcome visitant to many an aspiring ,oul and oircle. : '• ' —

- nrrtxx or Tun*To show how beantlhilly the Hymn, and Mnsloaro adapted

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Alter lllb's eventful midoat Angel Tootewpi; Amon; Assembled at the closing hour; Assurance; Awake tbe eoog tbat gave lo earth; Balerma; Beauty of tbe Bplrll- Land; Better Land; Bllsa) Boyisten; BrauleStreet; Cam­bridge;' Circle; Come y* dleMneolate; Coronation; Day Is break log; Dream Land; Eden of lore; Edinburg; km- mons; Evening; Fairest blowom, tbou art tkdlng; Faith,

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TBANBMIGBATI0B81

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PHILOSOPHICALLY CONSIDERED.BY OHABDES B. WOODHUFF. M.D.

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The author re,to hl, statement, and oonelusion, wholly on Nature, unwilling either to thwart ber plan, or neglect ber luggetUon* He ,how, that marriage inake, more peo­ple actually wretched than ba;py, becansell I, not sought with an ooderelandlngof Ibe right principtu. He prove, the utter ulOsboes, ,nd unworthlneu of loo many mar­riage* and charge, them with woo, untold. And bo demon­strate, very oosoloiiv.ly that. If rcelety wonld redeem It­self and become fresh and new, ft must apply itadf to thl, most Important ot alt topic, flrat of alL ■ Marriage, In hte opinion, isaometbtug more (ban a eopartnerehlo, or simply an agreement between two persons to try to live together without quarrel! ng. It mu st oo wholly of Lor* or It I, aAlter* r-i ‘ ' ' '

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TWELVE MESSAGESFROM THE SPIRIT OF

JOBS QUINCY ADAMS,THROUGH JOSEPH D. 8TILE8, MKpiUM,

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Th* President Introduced Ur, Walter Hide and'ala- I ter, whose moalosl talents rendered tbem a very pleas­ing addition to tbe extrelee*. They sang “The Bkr 1-ark." When tho song commenced, the sole* sound ed upon the ear like tbe melodious strains of betrenly muslo. I'erbsps s* tbe lark roars ro near tbe apirit < home wa might have caught the echo from the angel 1 chorus, ao full of melody did tbe atmosphere seem to 1 be around ua. . • i

The President next-introduced to tbe audlenoe, Dr. E. 0. Dnnn. oi Rockford, HL. wbo fo laboring In the capacity of a beallog medium. Be gave a brief ac­count of tbe mode used in examining ble patients.

Tbe President then made some very Interesting re'- 1 marks in favor of women. Thought that men a* hus­bands. ought to see thst their wives have as good op­portunities aa tbey have themselves to cultivate tbe intellect. If thoy cannot be spared from their domestic duites. supply tbem with books and- pictures. .Make 1 them companions for yoo in the higher Ute.

Dr. Morrison made some remarks In reference to the medinin.rhlp of the Davenport Boys, and B. P. Leland's lectures.

Adjourned to Bonday morning.Tbe Davenports occupied the Halt In the evening.At eight o'clock a.m., many were aeen wending

their way toward tbe Hall where we were again to as­semble. The morning son shone with unusual splendor upon tbe Autumn-tinted foliage, chasing away the dewy tears tbat night had wept over dying Nature. The str 'was deliclouslr cool and exhilarating, and oor spirits buoyant with nappy.anticipations.

Tbe President opened tbe meeting by reading a chap­ter from tbe New Testament on “Spiritual Gifts,’’ followed by a soul stirring invocation.

Mr.' Dayton said: Tbe firet word* tbat tell upon hit ear In Ibe morning, was, “What a failure last night’s performance wa*.'' Bald, leaking from an external standpoint. It was; but Interiorly,Tt was right. There Ik nothing like outward opposition to develops tbo spiritual nature. Bald bo nad himself, in times past, mown ofl a great deal of gse, or physical magnetism, and It had been a benefit to him. Bald he carried round with hltn a spiritual looking-glass, and when any one Injured Mm, be looked Into It. He saw writ­ten, “Father, forgive them, for they know not whst they do." Again he read in golden letter*. •• Lovo yonr enemies. Wben I see people cursing each other,' i cannot say it fo wrong In their condition, for I may be as for wrong in my condition. T can say, I bave fought my list fight, I have kept the faith, I have made eome enemies, bnt God bless them.

Mr. Clark improvised and sung a song. Subject, given by a lady In ths audience, “My Country."

Mrs. Brown said: She bad heard a great many thing* said egalnst 8. P. lAtaod. Spoke other acquaintance with hls mother when be was a boy. She once asked ber some quertlons in regard to hte Intelleotatl devel­opment. His mother raid bo waa a very bright and Intelligent boy. bnt be had one very prominent fault, and tbat was bte propensity for lying. Tble he has IJved ont true to hls developement, Bbe said be had ont- fudalned Juda*, for Judas was a better man. because be huog himself. But this modern Judos had been a witness to some of the most striking manifestations In the country, which eattefled her tbat bo was a mal­formation. While professing to bi a Spiritualist, he told so many erroneous things tbat tbe Spiritualists re­fused to support bim tn his monstrosities, so be bas fallen back to the condition where be belongs. Buch as Jonah sod tbe whale. Samson end tbe Coxes.

Mr. Davenport, sen., said: As moet of the audience were present at their edatico tbe night before, be owed tbem an apology for detaining them eo long. He blamed himself for yielding In one thing to the many ridiculous proposition* made by the Commitlee.

Tbe President said: Mr, Leland la not doing toy damage to a good cause; it la tbe money-getting spirit no doubt tbst prompts bim. Baid he blamed Mr. Da­venport for bis prosy speech tbo night before, because it required bim to follow with another as ridiculous, taking on so much time before tbey conld proceed to the manifestations,

HIm Belle Bcougall said: 1 believe Mr Leland has told hl* friends in Belvidere, tbat he heard me say I could not give bnt two or three lectures, and tbono I had committed to memory. Tbat I never waa Influ. eooed in my life, and was not tbo author of my lec­tures. 1 soy here tbat I never told Mr. Iceland so. 1 never talked with him on the subject of Spiritualism In my life. I consider him a liar and a disgrace to tho name of a man. 1 would as soon think of denying my mother, as to deny that I am Influenced by spirits. Thonght Mr. Leland wa* unfortunate in selecting Belvidere to make such a statement, a place where sbe had lectured about forty times Dot sbe said. I am glad be told it; If w* were not Interfered with we could not grow. If tbe stagnant pools of opr natures were not stirred up. we oould not proereu. Opposition 1a th* life of trade. Bhe gave a very Interesting account of ber growth lu Bplrltnalfom, told of ber father’s conversion from A the l>m to ^plrltualtem. and ber mother'* conversion from Presbyterisnistn to.SpIrltualtam. Tho audience were most of them affected to team during her recital.

Morning lecture, by Mrs. Hobart. Bold she bad not come on to the stand to make a great speech, bnt to tell a few wholesome truths; said r-he wonld attempt to prove tbe manifestations of tbe Bible, by quoting the eighteenth chapter of Genuais. Daniel, BamneL the woman of Endor, transfiguration of Christ, Rev. Bt. John, and others; said sbe wished to draw their minds to the many ancient, as well as tho many modern men Ifostailoos. showing ■ tbem .that sbe was aiding those who believe io tbe plenary Inspiration or the Bible; said they would take tbo testimony of tbe man Peter, wbo denied hls master, but to day they call lhe Daven­ports Impostors. Sbe said. “ Do not think tbat I come to find fault with yoa as Christiane, or tbs Bible. I am not talking about the Book: tho Book Is talking about itself, dplrituslhm has a right to hold tbe Church responsible for the Bpiritaallsm of to-day. We only look upon the manifestation* of today differing from the peat as any other thing differs from tbe put. Do not fur to do as doubling 1 bomu did. Try the ehenomena. Bay like him, 1 My Lord and my God.'"

aid sbe did not know anything about tbe Davenport Boys, bnt said tt wu right, to prove all tbings. and bold fut tbat which ta good; use It. but not abuse it; welcome it for tbe application of truth, but do not per­vert IL

Mr. Hide and Bister sang a chant, “It I* well " It wu song with that same ronl-allrring melody with wblcb they are so beautifully gifted in song.

Dr. Monison—Subject, “Troth.” He said: It te with high and holy reverence I approach this theme. While I gaze upon yoo as individuals, I see your Inte­rior natures. Tbere Is not a mtad here wbo Is not re­ceiving divine troth from tbe great centre of light; a* your heart beats, his beert beats—tbe great Father of the universe. Man in bis eoul te God. Did you ever think yon are more tban too oan conceive of? The

.spark that te in you ie divine love. Ail tbere Is In the world is love, we wilt take tbe seven prismatic rays of light, and yon will find tbe.dtfferent rays of truth., Tbo sun of truth shines upon a worm os much as upon tbe greateat archangel. Only men appropriate It* use. Let us show by our works tbst we have made a good use of these truths, that our interior nature* are lit up with that divine spark, tbat which shall ebine forth In onr outward lives,

Meeting adjourned to 1 o’clock.Meeting called to order by the President.................. ,.Conference opened.Mi*. Brown read* poem. Lecture. “To woman.”

Bhe said: You well know that if any greet good fo to come, it 1s to come from woman. Bhe fo a saviour, as well as a martyr. How long 1* woman to be orooifled between two thieves—Law and Chrtettanlty. It has been sold. All are born with equal rights. It should have been enid. All have this right except negroes, women and Idiots. Why Is ll tbat your daughter haa not the same opportunities with yonr eon. Cironm- staucee and law bave done more for yonr sone tban your daughters. Wbo Is at fault for the weakness of woman? ' Parents, you sro at fault for sending tbem to Vanity Fair. Open tbe gates to knowledgeforyonr daughter, as well asyourson. Let ber choose her own profession. The world te asking for strong-minded wo­men. strong in body also. Let them steer the Ship of Btate. If they wish—yes, lhe ship that te well-nigh wrecked. Old Yale stands a* * monument of knowl­edge', but a woman never entered it* walls only to eay, *> wbat a fine opportunity my brother bas had. to as­cend the Mount of Learning." Yet she te to prepare for tho future men and women. Woman should never, come to tbelmarriege alter until she bas aa thorough * knowledge ol physiology a* sbe has of fashion plates. It Is for her to asoend the mount of knowledge with hat more fortunate brother, i.et women be Mid tbe full price for their labor as well as men. J do not ask to be paid as ranch because I am a woman, bnt be­cause I think I can say just as good things as they oan.

Song by Walter Hide and stater. Words given by bte apirit wife; muslo composed by himself.

Mr Peebles.—BoRjoot. “ Wbat I* Truth?" He said: My heart and sent need living truth. Tbl* day and age give us living Inspiration. I do not wish to eat grass Docanse Nebocbadnewiar did, or chase foxes because Bunsen did. Bold tbe Davenport* wore demonslratlng wbat were to him troths In the present day. He retat.

RTOriSIdtam. hoiJSS vuruosanvo; evunu —uthat none. evX'skeMlci Jw^ld treat tbom Ilabci^; knives enough to cut them loose, MJWbnld EotWVa

CONVENTION OF 8FIRITVAI8TS. HELD IN BELVIDEKL^BOONK COMITY, ILL,

SEPTEMBER 19tb and 2<Mh, 1B63.

(Reported far tbe B»nner of Light.]

Oo my way to tbe Belvidere Convention. I had occa­sion tb-efop at tbo depot lo Cherry Valley. I tbere beard that! a man by tbo name of 8. P. Leland, bad been lecturing In Belvidere during the past week, against tho Philosophy of Spiritualism and Ite vert- OUS pbnes of manifestation. Leland, knowing that tho Davenports were to bo nt Belvidere during tha Con­vention. bad undertaken to explain sway nil tbe man­ifestations produced through their organism, pro nounclng them fraudulent, slclght-of hand performers and gross “humbugs." to ibo entire satisfaction pf tbe so-called Cbrtotteoa of Belvidere.

Upon reaching tbo place, ( found tbat a large por­tion of the Inhabitants were laboring under a great state of exo liemen t In consequence of said lectures, wblcb condition conld not be favorable to tbe success of tbe Consention, or tbe manifestations to be pro­duced through tbe Davenport mediums. However, upon reaching tbe home of Mr. Hiram’ Bidwell, of . Belvidere, where I wes greeted with a warm band­grasp end cordial reception, and -where 1 met many other Jrlend* of progross, eome of whom had come from a distance to attend the meeting, we were soon surrounded by an atmosphere of harmony, and oor hearts rejoiced that we had again met to enjoy another social. Intellectual, and npiritual toast. We felt that the golden charm of sympathy jinked every heart, and from our Interior natures we could say, “ We will go forth in our strength to cotnUt with the enemies tbat aro now encompassing us, carrying with us lhe weap- ons of lz>ve and Truth.”

At 0 o'clock a. ji., a number of tho friends assem­bled in tbe hall where tbe meeting was to be held, tbe weather bring thought too cold for tbe meeting to be bold In the grove, aa was Intended.

Tbe meeting waa organized by appointing Prof. D. - Y, Kilgore. President, and Nn. H. F. M. Brown, Vice President; Mra. M. Monltbrop, Secretary, and Mire Bell Bcougall, Aaristant Secretary.

Speakers present'. Mm. II. F. M. Brown, Mr. J M. Peebles. Rockford. Ill : Mra. Hobart. Wl*.; Dr. Mor­rison, Belvidere. Ill ; Mias Relle Bcougall. Rockford, III.: Mrs. Col. Mitchell. Chicago. III.; Mr. Dayton, McHenry Co.. Ill; Mr. Parks. Mr. Walter Hide. Wto.; Mr. Samuel Clark. Belvidere. III.; Mra. B. H. Morrill, and Dr. E. C. Dunn, (medical clairvoyant.) both of Rockford. 111.

Tbe President suggested, and on motion it was car­ried. tbat tbe remainder of tbe morning be spent In a * Conference, allowing each speaker fifteen minutes.

Conference opened with an invocation by Mr. Bam’l Clark. He then spoke uf tho necessity of moving on with a determined purpose, walking on a spiritual plane, working for the ultimate perfection of tba spirit.

Mrs. II. F. M. Brown said. The meeting was free for each one to express tbeir highest thoughts, whether , for or against the Convention. Let each one glorify ' tbe Hod within himself.

Mr. Dayton said. He bad beard several lectures from B. P. Leland; waa glad- be bad heard all tbe mon- atrocities that be conld bring forth: waa natlsfled bo wan doing more good for the cause than barm.

Mr. Parka was of the same opinion. Also said, He hoped all would stand firm to the great principles of Spiritualism, wbleh would lead them onward, being guided by Divine wisdom.

Mrs. Brown made some remarks in regard to tbe mediumship of ibo Davenport Boys.

Meeting adjourned until I o'clock.Batarday afternoon Session.—Meeting called to or­

der by the President. Conference to last one hour. Mra. Brown and J. M. Peebles, speakers for the after­noon.

Conference opened. The President thought It was a bad way to progress spiritually In lotting lime run away: hoped all would Improve the opportunity in ex­pressing their thoughts.

Mr. P. 8. Ellis said. This lathe spring-time of life: unless we sow seed we cannot expect a harvest; hoped wu would not neglect any opportunity that might be offered to cultivate tbe spiritual nature within us; be-

- I lived tbere was snob a thing as tbe spirit's retrograd­ing wneu tbe weeds were allowed to grow iu tbe soul's garden.

Dr. Morrison did not believe that tho spirit could retrograde. Raid. Man In tbe present is walking on tbe treadmill of Ute. Imagine a large wheel which te constantly in mbtlon. The strong man and tbo weak are bolb guided by tbls wheel; perhaps the weaker one falls many times before be steps on to ibe platform of Individuality, while tbe strong man Is capable of walk­ing Independent of tbo motion of the wheel. Every man has a soul that will come forth in tbe full devel­opment of perfection. Truth to-day will not bo truth to-morrow. How many aro ahead of yoo to-day?—the very path that yon have trod you look baok npon as not worthy of your attention.

Mr. Dayton asked. Is there an evil lu tha universe? Does tbe father. when be 'chastises hte child, bave evil lo hte heart ? I cannot discover tbst there to any evil Intended by tbo Divine Mind. I can see no evil in God; we aro all liable to commit errors; tboy stand in tbe wav, as a flaming sword to protect the tree of Life. 1 would not wipe them away; they aro stepping-stones to tbe tree of Knowledge; for every time we leave aa error behind, we find out a new truth, which, a* we step forward, will become an error, and still another truth will take its place.

Nr. Samuel Clark stated to tbo audience, tbat he would improvise and sing a song, and wished them to giro him a subject. •• Hope” was given, which he rang Bret fn a foreign language, afterwards in Eng­lish. *

Mr.. Hide made a few remarks In reference to Mr. Letend’a efforts to overthrow Spiritualism.

Conference dosed.Afternoon lecture by Mrs. H. F. M. Brown, Sub­

ject, ■■ Spirit Life.” Bhesaid. 1 am not here today to condemn any person; but I am here to give my opinion of tbe destiny of ths human soul. My Idea is tbat tbe spirit ever existed wllb God. There'ere some philosophers, such as Shelley, Paine end others, wbo believed tbat the tool bas always bad an individu­alized existence; tbat the epint bas existed In every beast, grass, and flower. Tbe spirit is materia); if not. it to nothing; if it was nol. it could not suffer tbe pangs of hell, or enjoy tbe felicity of heaven. The question has often been asked, *■ Where Is tbe spirit­world?" This earth te the spirit world; It may be tbe flrot sphere of spiritual life. My heaven or bell tommenced hare. I expect to exist in my own soul- kingdom. When I find I bave Injured one soul I have injured myself, nnd tbere 1 find hell; tbere Is tbo worm tbat dletn not. and the fire that fo not quenched. Whenever there is a human soul tbere tea judgment ent There Is heaven, tbere Is bell. Some think when they go to the spirit-world, tbat a put ot tbeir fatuities are blotted out. Has God made anything tact te unholy, because perverted or diseased f You might as well blot out the stars from tbe heavens, as to blot out a single germ of tbe human soul.

Bold she believed Benjamin Franklin was now as- stating In laying tbe telegraph between tbe two worlds. In tho eplrlt-world the beggar has thrown off bis rags, the aged pilgrim has laid aside bls staff. Tho minis­ter his robe. All aro known as they are. In tbe epIrlGlaud, spirits will come to yoo because of the rela­tionship of soul, not because they were rocked in the same cradle when ia tbe eartb sphere, for brother and stater may be as far apart as tbe most distant relation can be.. Tbe great God In bis wisdom baa made a supply for every demand of tbe human seal. If you rob tne. you rob your own soul, for we are all drops from tho Great Fountain. In tbe spirit world we are still pupils, we take lessons of those spirits who are in advance of us. How much can we team In four score years and ten. Ask the aged philosopher If be knows wbat are ths component parts of a thought? Or, what psinta tba flower f Wben you learn tho law tbat gov­erns tbe Planets, or the law that governs your own soul, you wili also lasrn tbat planets are yet unborn. Your rest tbere will be in labor. Wbat haa become ot tbe poets.add tba painters? Are tbey not yet engaged iu writing and painting tbeir Ufa-tboughte?

Dr. Dunn road a poem.Mr. Peebles next said: Man indeed ie a noble being.

As a physical being, he is conjoined wifo ell that is materiel. As a spiritual being, he Is conjoined wltb all that 1s Divine. Does not beltovo -thet at death man’s spirit goes op tn a cloud, end serenades the AL mighty forever, but lives lu sptrit-llfe a rational being, subject to laws aud conditions tbe same aa when here, working out ble individuality. I am sorry not to be able to give more of this talented lecture. Brother Peebles’s meaner of speaking la rather rapid, whloh

. makeatt difficult to take down tbo ideas 1n a con­densed form ao aa to do justice to tbe speaker. Hls naqMr.and address are rery pleasing, which make

. bta’teplnree doubly interesting.

Spiritualists ware not the originators of wbat te terms di ’ ’ tbe doctrine ot Free Love,’ said tbat doctrine dated I back as far aa Botcnon, ,

Tho President made a few closing remarks, in regard; to the manifestations that were to be produced that1 same evening by the Davenports. Bald be.wished we could all'bave the true spirit of Jesus, praying for onr: enemies with that same charily tbst Jesus old. Let ua ebow by our lives that we have a bettor religion than, tbo ministers preach.

Tbe following resolutions wore read and adopted;WA«re<u, Doctrines of a pernicious tendency have'

been sanctioned, directly or indirectly, byjthe precepts' end practices of some of our lecturer* on Bpiritaallsm; therefore.

JtaWATbat we, as Spiritualists, repudiate lhe doc­trines of what ie designated as Free Love, and tbat wo will employ aa speakers only those whose characters end teachings are belle red tu bo In harmony with the great moral precepts of true Christian Bplritualtom. '

Rackoed, That we consider it tbesacred duty.cf those already lo the conjugal relation, to strive, by every means In tbeir power, to live batmonionaly In that re­lation, instead of seeking tbeir re called ■■ affinities"—1 too often tbo mere temporary grail flea tion of uneancll- flod ambition and unrestrained lust.

U<»ofo*ri,'Th*t It la tbe duty of all wbo believe In Spiritualism to do tbeir share in sustaining all truly spiritual teachers, and also to discourage those leo i tnrera whose conduct to rude, and whore deportment ia undignified, or who**' character is Immoral. i

Utnlotd, Tbst Conventions are productive of mental: growth, yet a greater good would accrue if tbo same amount of money raised for speakers was paid fora free public spiritual library. 1.

Reeoloed. That Spiritualism Is the John tbe Baptist, preparing In the world’e wilderness the way for tbo I world’s Havlour.

Received, Tbat tbe thanks of tbls Convention be ten- dered to Prof. 0. Y. Kilgore, for tho very able man­ner fn whloh he bu discharged hla duties as President.,

Reeolved, That wo tender our thanks to tbe citizens of Belvidere, for tbo kind hospitality extended to tbo friends from a distance.

Retained, Thst a report of tbls Convention bo rent to the Rising Tide. Banner of Llgbt. and Herald of Pro grass.

The exercises closed at five o'clock r M. Tbe con. gregstlon arose and.eang “Old Hundred.” All seemed happier end better for being there I consider tho meeting a perfect success. Mr. Leland’s influence was powerleu; not a discordant ripple disturbed tbe smooth current of our course throughout tbe proceedings. Ev­ery eye glistened,with delight, and every countenance wore tbe marks of satisfaction. Tbe good-bys were laden with blessings, and we parted each for our sev­eral homes, richerln spiritual tbings. wiser and better for having met. ...

Yours in tha cause of Progress. -Ivy Cottage, Bockfora, 111. M. MouLTHROP.

The Dmrenport Medlnms.1 am sorry, Mr. Editor, to bave to record anything

unpleasant in connection with tbe Belvidere Conven­tion. held on tbe 19Ut and 20lb of September, bnt Jus. lice to Mr. Oavenport-and bls two sons demands that sotnetblng should be said. as Mr. 8. P. Leland’s friends are reporting false ud slanderous things iu relation to them.

Whiles. P. Lelud was lecturing In Belvidere, Boone Co., ID., (1 think about two weeks ago) against the manifestations produced by lhe Davenport Boys, he told hla friends there he wonld meet the Boys lu that place on the above-named evenings. He also published a challenge, both in the Elgin ud Belvidere papers, thst be would do what bo bad stated, namely, detoot, expose or repeat anything that a spiritual meoium might produce.. The following copy of a tertificato was handed me while In Belvidere:.

Eloin. 8epL l?th, 1803.We. tbe undersigned, citizens of Elgin, Kane Co.,

III., do hereby certify thst on tbe 18tb day of tble month. In our presence ud bearing, the Davenport Boys did propose to B. P. Leland that he should meet them on tbe evenings Of tbe 15th and 10th. in Bher. men Ball, and make good bis pretensions (or chal­lenge) published in tbe Gazette of August Sth, name, ly, tbat he should expose, detect, repeat, Ac., ud that the eaid 8. P; Leland absolutely refund to meet them on those terms, as published over bls own signature. -

(Signed) 8. Gaos.A. B. Fiet.

. ,.... Wh.Uwbn.On astordey and Bunday etonlngs. BepL19tb and

20lb. tbo Davenport Boys occupied the ball In which tbe Splritnaliste were holding tbeir Convention, hop­ing to meet B. P. Lstand tbere, but tbey were disap­pointed. Tbe room/ both evenings, was densely

pecked, and 1 oonld fee) that a contentions Influence' pervaded the atmosphere, making it doubtful whether ■ tho spirits could produce any manifestation or not un­der such Inharmonious conditions.

It wee very difficult to select a committee that would be satisfactory to all where tbere was ao much opposl- tion. Tbe Leland spirit seemed to bold them captive against all reason snd common decency. I will nol attempt to give an account of tbe mode and manner used in tbe proceedings. I could not wltb my pen do justice to tbo scene.

When tbe boys came to take tbeir places upon the stand forexamination before being tied, tbey were treated more like criminals condemned for execution, surrounded by a swarm of bloodthirsty ruffians, with ropes enough to bang ten men, than Instruments in tbo hande of God to demonstrate the troth of tbe im­mortality of tho soul. All sense of decency, honor, morality or religion seemed drowned In tbe spirit of opposition tbat there reigned.

I was surprised and ashamed that in tbls age of light and reason tbere could bo In as small a place aa Belvi­dere, so many tbat had beard tho Gospel of Jeans Christ preached, calling themselves the “rulers, scribes end elders," should consult together how they could best destroy these young men. .They came to the con elusion that by divesting tbem of their clothing, chok­ing them with ropes,, handcuffing tbem, tying them with waxed ends, and using divers blade of torture, tboy could partly satisfy tbe cravings of tbeir depraved hearts. , .

Oh, Christians of tho nineteenth century, ia it not time tbat tbe John tho Baptist of Spiritualism was preparing tbe way for a better religion—a religion that Christ truly taught and lived, and for which be suf. tend a martyr's death—a religion of faith, hope, love, charity—charity that endurethall things for the sake of truth?

I really felt white witnessing what I have above stated. that should God In any special Providence be tempted to rain down fire and brimstone into this modern “Bodom,” that aside from tbe Spiritualists, there would not be Christianity enough to save the place from destruction. But notwithstanding all the opposing elemeets tbat could be brought to bear, tbe spirits did manifest themselves In a manner that waa sufflolent to convince any reasonable skeptic.

On Bunday evenings pair of bandcoffit wore placed upon their wrists by tho sheriff of tbe place, aud they were fastened into the Cabinet wltb sixty feet of rope. In about fifteen minutes tbe door was opened by eome unseen power, and the yonng men were found tied so- curely with the ropes, while tbo bandenffa were still upon their wrists. Tbe door df the Cabinet was again, closed, in tho course of a few minutes tbe handcuffs wore unlocked, and one pair waa thrown out from tbe orifice at tbe top of tbe Cabinet, and the other pair left In tbe Cabinet. While the boys were yet tied, hands were shown at tbo orifice, Instruments were played upon and bells rung, but still all this was not enough to put down tty cry, “Crucify tbem, cracify them,” or rather, speaking In a more modem sense. “Humbug, bumbag." ’

I understood, from (ibe Davenport Boys .that a member of the Commlttre made bls boast Jn the Hotel in Belvidere,' on Bunday , evening, In tbe pros ence of several wltueapes, tbat if he had been allowed to Ito the boys, aa be wished or intended to do, on Saturday night, they nevf r, would Jiave oome opt df tba Cabinet alive; oven If tbeir fother Oonld bare found

that noM.evsdskepUcsrwoaid treat them Ilchdly; knlvesenough to cut them loose, nd1wduiu EotUXTs spokebewtifolly of tMlOTS-eleuaent lumeo; sstd that been able to do it in time to eave thelr livea. ■ •

Tbere was likewise fenlt/oond with. Mr. Davenport C**pn*f vTb*originalstorycf thefor cbargiag a fee el the door on Bunday evening, eon. 7^* urigtoal wrestliag Jacobi Toe origii eeqoently they gave a free circle to an audlenoe of sis bo ndred people. Durin g tbe exercise a collection was taken up amounting to four dollars and five cents. Tbeir Incidental expenses on Bunday were ten dollars,. On awry, rniwsopny. out an Monday morning a few of tbe Spiritualists mads up T'rAMM^AntisMB^

six dollars for tbem, which, with tbe olher four dol- rodei tore and five oenta. covered tbeir expenses. (

I have but a few more words to say. snd that is,. ductlon*.that tbo Boys have never to my knowledge, (and I' ,£"**?•**• —The Biwacd Fall the and Fiow.offe.

~ _ _ •- . . . ... Droll AAEvtla-iJhaMfi* RrnriLi RsarniM Aali’t swacK--

ed In any fraud, or 1against tbem. May tho good angels guide them on . their mission and protect them front those who would In thoit ignorance injure them. May their mission be yet to convince thousands of tbo soul's immortality.

I am dear air. youre for truth, .11. MOOLTUOP.

Icy Collage, Jfoel/ortla UI,

Ok Foot.—Tbow *bo can u veil *s not enjoy rural ptewures at this eesson, would' better do eo. We do not go crazy over a fltotlll ride over tbe old country roads, u many people do. but prefer a thorough-paced walk across tbe fields, along the sides of the streams, In and ont ot the woodland patches, across the mead­ows. and up and down tbo. hillsides. There Is more of Nature to bo enjoyed on foot, than in any other way. A pedestrian can go anywhere. AU the nooks of sweet scenery open at onoe to him, while they are bid­den from tbo people in carriages. We feel ashamed of our paltry foot performances, when we think of the doings of tho Lake Poets in the north of England—tbe Christopher Norths, tbe DeQnlnceys, tbe Southeys, and tho Wordsworths, wbo used to walk tbeir forty aud fifty miles k day. and neighbor about at a twenty mile distance, aa easily as If they were but a door or two apart. ' ■

K>o iiwmo tbe Bible ami Oriental Heroes and Eveuu. kSl Ideouty of names, Aa.; Cortona U|ht oo tbo Ana of

trtarchs; Sidon; The FrtesU of Sall; Tbe Nev AriuueiTL and Creek History neirlj 18.000-yean ago; ZAOpOyranw Human'History vol M,d*X> yeareof Olrfiiantoo; story, Pbltoeophy, date end elteou of Iho “Flood;" a a.. 1,_ _ rw v

)• PARTA^AMMaurBorope. Chapter 1.—Creese OMlta). (Oder then Bgrut; Tbo cyclopean etrootures of SontoMti Europe; sb, j^jpUan menu menu; Wby toe Pnuu?

I ffr«nM* ot America) Hlerodyphl^; hewDj!

Mint bug UQTO( LV ■uunrowftvt ^osoos. «

have attended a number of their edanoes.) been detect- " ' • tu anytbing ever been proven BVyloi indican two dlwnot ntchnt of anUquiiy t

■ -- ,1., ...r ,n..i. .ni.U'h.m An each other oo Ibeisamo epor, Witha vesUntorratbetween*CHmaa L—The flotione ot Cbronoloay, Aaoleni

H“il»val; Tbe Aril Cotti and Mytbloal character ef u. jrlutipti Bpoobs oi Boman History, Begal, RopubUoaaMd

Ckovtu S —Ten thousand yam of Italia TradlUoe t Errors sad Adjitatmenla of vhe Bcmao Year sad ChLLil/ ftom Romulus to Pope Gregory. ? /* ’

CiurTSa 6.—alienee and Ignorance ot tbe Clarteat Wh tera rotative to tbe most important sod carious Huts or called Contemporaneous History.'

Oaarns ?.—Ethnological;. ;be Genesis of Nations,Csayvsi 8,—The Gorilla ve. Man; fo lhe Inter bnt a de.

Tolopad form of tbe Mammalia?—or Is he tbe loltlti a now range of urrestlel existence—of a now kingdom of Nature t If the latter, wbat a future lies bofoia biml » a

PART A—Fossil Msn. Cftarraa L—DIsootot of Hnm«» Bkolotons in the West Indies, tbo Klrtdtie Caveru. Qaetwo Caverns de Engboole. Florida, and elsewhere, Irom 50,oon to 100,000 years old; Human remainstiomGravnlBin., “Flint Weapons." __ J

Cnarras S.—The skeleton ol a Whale found wttoahu. man weapon, InsBcotcb hill; Tbe float) Slks and buwi^ bone* ol Ireland; Human remains end Elephants' tee to found lo non-troplcti climatos. Indicating sn «n <>t jem yeare at least; Mr. Koch aud hit Hint srrow-headii from •‘Drift;" Homan remains found In a Booky Mountain hu WL ' ■-

Oaarrsa 3 -John Elliott, in tho “Geologist on Fossil ihm - end remains Land In Durham; Tbo Heatbory-Bun Dtooor. erics; Prof Bosley, F. R. 8..on tire oelebraud “Maakinni BkuU;" Tbe Trent Skull and Ite dlraenilont; Human, fo, mains from Neanderthal; The Belgian Skull, lotrod with the bones of bean, hyenas end dopbaou; Tbe Haant aid MscUooburgBIteletona; Dr, Bcbauffnnuson on thePlea Skeleton;" Tbe Mewslsde Skull; Tbe Benneu Cranlnw; Tbe Montrowaud bvstreliaped human tktiRi; Tbe Kaslhaa BkuU and Ita measurement; Skull of a Gorilla oomparod wllb thatof Msn; Skulls from Etrona, aud their dunn. alone; Human Bones from Switzerland; Copenhagen tout) skulls compared with tbat of an Atbanteo Negro; Profcaaot Owen on Ancient Omnia; Tbe Engle 8kuU, ''lhe oldul record of msn on earth-," Tbe Dollchbcenbtito Crania- Anta. Msn, Chimpanzee, Negroes; Table Ol the oldeet humaa relica found wltb fossil mammalia; Tables of the EatUet; Etldencooof tbo Hamon Raoo.

Onerrai 4.—proceedings ot various Geolcgteal BoctsUes, anddlocororlea of foeall man by thou members; “JHlata In iho Drift-,’* Liverpool, Glasgow, tbroo skull*; Prof. Dork.0. 0. Bloke, and 8.1. Maokie on " Unmao FosellaJoseph Proelwlch, Bsq^oa "Fossil Man;" Thohuman remainsro- foreble to three geological agee back of this present I John Kroos,Parts,Flint Implements Oriel. Flint Uatcbete; Rouen, Clermont, Human BemtiasMid Fossil Elephants. Rhlnooe- roe. Oxen aod Cats found five hundred and Jartg fict aloes high teahr nurfcf English Human Fosalle; 0.0. Bites on “Peal Life rn Booth America;” Indian Giants; Apes aa large aa Man; Professor King on Natural Beleotion; Dsr. win's Theory; Dr, Buckner on the Monkey-ortgtn of the Negro snd other Msn; A host of names In favor ot tho “De­rivative Theory;1' Human Bemalustn Alluvium; Tbo River­bed Bketaton I The Leicester Skull and Its meuuromsnk ■

Oiarrsi 5 —Rr Omira—Prof. Oria vi. Tlu Gtol^tu, on lhe “ Antiquity of Man."

Oovotrestos.—The Past, tbe Present, and Suture of lbs Earth and Man. Tbe Better Timo Oomlog. >

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Answering Sealed Letters.We have made arrangements with a competent me­

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Yearly Meetlug.The Indiana Yearly Meeting of the Friends of Pro­

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All the friends of humanity are invited to come and participate. Speakers coming this way will be wel­comed. Arrangements are made to bave a good time.

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Richmond, lad.

WOTXOEB OB' MEETINGS.Bostou.—Bootsri or SriniTvahisTi, Liosom BaluTs*-

■owTdr,'(bppueltohead ortknooi eireou)—Meetings are bold every Sunday, st81-8 and f 1 4 r. tt. Admrrsum Fm Lecturer* engaged:—B. B Storer, Vetober IS; Mra, Fanny Davie Smith. OoU 85 ; Mra. Laura M'alpine Cuppy Nov. 0 and 15. probably; Miss Lizzie Ootan. Nur. 28 and 89; Mia. M. 8,Townsend, two Sundays lb March.

OoHrinanos Bar. I. No. UBkOMVtsitie-ranT.BoaTOii.— Ths Spiritual Oonferoncs roosts every Tuesday eve- atng, at 7 i-8 o'clock.

CuakbsarowH.—Tbeflplriloaltets of Charlestown will hold meeunge at Oily Hall, every Sunday afternoon and evening, during the season. Every arrangement has been made to have those mootings Interesting and instructive. Tho public are Invited.

Lowau.—Spiritualism bold meetings in Wells HalL The following locturere are engaged to spok forenoon nod after­noon:—8. J. Finney, daring October; Hr*. A. M. Middle- brook, Nov. LS.1S aad 88; Hiss Marton L Deck with dur­ing Dea.; Miss Nellie J. Temple during Jan.; Austin E. Simmons, first two Sundays tn Febu Ur*. C. P. Works, last two Sundays tn Feb.; Mre Sarah A. Horton, during Maron.

Oaioopsa, Mata.—Muaie Hall he* boon hired by tbeSpirit­ualist*. Mooting* will bo hold Buodayo, afternoon and evening, speakers engaged:—Mr*. A. M. Middlebrook. Ook 11, 18 aud 25; Miss Nellie J. Temple, Nov. L 8,15, M and 89.

QtnncT.— Mootings over* Bunday, at Johnson's HalL Service* In the forenoon at ill 1-2, end tn the afternoon ot 8 1-8 o'clock. Bpeteore engagedHr*. Barth A. Byrnoa Octi 11; Mie* MarlhsL. Bookwitb. Oct, 18 and 85; Mrs. E. A. Biles. Nov. 1. 8,15 aad Si.

Foxa mo'.—Meetings lo the Town Ball. Speaker engaged: Mrs St Macomber Wood, Oct. 18.

PonTLxiro. Ms.—Tbe Bplrltosltete of this city hold regu­lar ruoetiuga ovary Bunday In Mechanics* Hall, cor­ner of Congreu and Cawo streota. Sunday aobool and free Conference tn tbe forenoon, Lectures afternoon and evening, al 8 and 7 1-8 o'clock. Speaker* engaged:— Emma Houoton, month of Oct; B. J. Finney, month or Nov.; Mra A. M. Speuoo, Deo. fl end IS; Isaac P. Greenteal, Doo. » and 87.

Baaoos. Me.—The Bplrltnellete hold regular meeting* every Bonday aft* moon and evnnJog. and a Conference every Thursday evening, in Pioneer Chapel, a bouse owned ex­clusively by them, end capable Of seating six hundred person*. Speakers engaged:—Mra. A. M. Middlebrook. Oct. IL 18 and 85; Charlo* A. Haydon, Nov. 1, fl, 15and 88.

Naw Took.—Dodworlh'* UtiL Meeltnga every Sunday morning aud evening, al 10 1-8 aud 7 18 o'clock. Tbe meeting* ar* tree. -

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tktiodoctost:Adam not tbe firstmsn: Men built cities In Asia thirty-

five thousand years ago; Luke Burke and the crodiblliy ot History; Tbo AteoTGenius; tbe New Tork Tribune and Leonard Homer on Egyptian P-ttery ISAiXr years old; now we know tbat the Egyptians made Pottery 7,500 years before Adam's date: Ibfl Artesian Well tnrlngsof tbe Fraoob Ea* gingers In the Egyptian Dolls; Discovery oftbe oolosss! statue of Rbampse* 11, and wbat followed Jt; Synodic* and ibo Chaldean Chronology, etreteblng back M.000 years t Oblnean Kings 15.000 years ago; Pu-An-Kv, tbe origins! 1 Ohlnaman, created 189,000 yearn ago 1 <-»'•' ■* '.

PART I. — Oaimt L— Adam; Manos. Egypt t Meties (Mitralro) not iho graudaon or Noah; Rabbinical Forgery Demonelreted; Herodotus and MneotbO—tbeir eredolbty and credibility ; The First Man, according to tbo Egyptians; Bunsen's Dedootion Ibaloivilized men Inhabited tbe Nilotic lands over W.000 yearn ago; Poretan Chronology—MahSbed, Jy AflYam, God and the FtrethtaU; A Beatheota Philoaopby; Who built Baalbeo ahd tbe Pyramids; DM Gpd'or Ute gous oraateAdamy Borneottriotissuggestions; Prenariousfouu. datlon or Adam and the Adamfo chtory, ‘ ' ' ' , ‘

Cairns 11.—Gain. Caln’s wlte, Lam-oh’s wires—whei did they get them?- The answer; Pro-AdamIte nations.ee») of Eden; Job— who vrasbo?—certainly not n"descendant of Adam; Numerous Bcriptortlaothoritlosestahlliblbgthe hi tatenop of meh nol or Adam's rate) Continued ta olbe 'chapters. .-tv-,. ■ ,f

Jsirrii HL—On tbs banks of the Nile': What an ludtai Chief thought of the Bhatn, Ham usd Jnphot tradition; Bronze,Btoelaod Glasi <WX| yeare ago; Are Jopra, James Ism, Damascus, Pre-Adamite cities? Philological Obsam tlonv; Specimens of two New TAnguages now growing.

Csarrsn IV.—flqirlttem, Table-turning, Roaierpolablrai, Pbllooopharta Btcue aud flllklrof Life a.OOOyeary ago; Negro King*ol Egypt; Has tho Nigro ever oxeeiiod hte'pratenl condiuonf What tbe mohumeote of Roni llaassn aay abont It; Is Jehovah (lavob) and' Slublm ot Graesls the Eternal God. or ad Oriebtal mythical god? Tbe two acooiihtatrf Man’s creation from Goueela, side by side: Molohleadok. anfl who bo probably was; IhejPeutateoobt “There were gtente lo those days. .>- .r<

Ou arm V.~“Coastiog lhe Headlands of Eternity I* A charge ogatntt tbo Jewish JMMne; Borne'.scriptnrat .tefr rtotlonhl Ttto-IAbbala Adam, 'Evo-and tbaDerUriwe Adultery; Her second crim* and what It w»; tbs sone of i leh; Beroans and tbo Chaldean Genesis I SsandlnaVlanCou- oology from the Proto-Edda. - /i i' '.' -1 _______

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