Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 9, Number 3, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 13 July 1878 — Page 5

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A PAPER

FOR THE

PEOPLE.

P. S. WESTFALL,

KDITOA AND PROPRIETOR.

TERRE HAUTE, JULY IS, 1878

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TWO XDITZOm

Of tbls Paper are published. Xbe FIRST EDITION, on Friday Evening I IMM a large circulation to theaurronnding towns, when it la void by newsboys and

fhs 8B00ND EDITION, oil SatnrdayEVen inc. goes into the hands of nearly every reading person in the city, and the fturn en of this immediate vicinity.

Every Week's Issue is, in foot, TWO NEWSPAPERS,-' In which all Advertisements appear far

DNS UKABG*.

ACOORBINO to tbe Cincinnati Gazette •matters are getting into shape for lively fall trade.

HON. M. C. HURTER was enthusiastic ally and without opposition renominated for Congress at Brazil on Than day.

WE are told that over eight millions of the new silver dollars have been coined. And yet they are only occasion* ally seen in this region.

In St. Lonis the other day a man charged with murder in the first degree, pleaded gailty and was sentenced to be hang August 23. This was tbe first Instance of the kind in the history oi the lcifcy-

THE elevated railroads In New York iijCity are complained of by the people along the line on account of the perpet**ual noise and clatter which they make, ^and suite are threatened against thetn aa nuisances. _____________

THE medical university at Ann' Arbor is receiving a great deal of free advertising. It is stated that processions of

f*strangers

from tbe railroad depot to the

^college, to search for stolen bodies aire ^ao common aa to no longer excite com' mentor curiosity.

THE glowing accounts received from all quarters, justify the belief that the crop product of our country will be ^larger than it has been for years, and ^although It seems Inevitable that prices ^mnst descend to a lower scale than ^rnled since the war, the very great increase in tbe amounts produced will sfnlly compensate for the depreciation in '^prices.-—-sgsB^ssaam:

A WASHINGTON dispatch denies the ^report that the attorney general was about to render an opinion that government employes were entitled to ten 'hours' psy for eight hoars' work. The ^'departments are governed by the recent ^decision of the supreme court that ten -/hours' pay can be exacted for eight ^hours' work only when there is a special 4 contract to that effect. fS r—?

EMINENT physicians sound a not* of ^warning to mothers against the nse of ibaby carriages in which the little ones sit facing the nurse and are pushed backward. The natural desire of the eye Is to draw nearer to what It sees, and the practice of reversing this nor* mal order of things and causing surrounding objeots to recede is liable to afTect injuriously the development of both sight and brain. s=xastxsss^t3t!s3e

BEFORE tbe panic of 1873, thousands were quitting farming and moving into tbe clUes and villages. The growth of cities and villages all over tbe country was abnormally rapid. Now the tide has turned the other way, and the unemployed and surplus population of cities is turning Its attention to terming. This is right. Any fcmily with twenty acres of good land, well worked, Is sure of not suffering from positive wank Any Atmlly with forty acrsa la certain of a ffclr living, and any family with a quarter section Is in the way to live handsomely by and by.

J. M. Hnx, a news agent and telegraph operator at Marion, Indiana, held the Inoky ticket which drew the 150,000 prias In the Now Orleans lottery on Wednesday last. Hill hss been notiflod that the money awaits his order. His tioket coot him but two dollars. Mr. Hill, It Is said, has an invalid wife and several relatives dependent on him for inpport, and Is withal an industrious and excellent young man. No .one, therefore, will begrudge 'him his Jfood luck, but those who lnvestinlotteries hereafter on the strength of this windfall will be fast as foolish as those who bought tickoei beretofore.Theilghtning does strike sometimes, bat It's "mighty uncertain."

SOMR persons are exercised about the talked-of candidacy of Gen. Grant to* President In 1880, and insist that to renominate Gen. Grant would be a practical abandonment of republican pctoeh pM and WM*#1* *hf*«f W a *m§archy. It Is truo thattH* tepubfltM form of government in Ibis country has always *Mfb eonsid&e* Wtbe Ngfet Of an expertmaal, lUi which time alone could reveal, yet tn the light of tbe last seventeen yoaw, experiment of free government looks much less doubt tot than it once did. A govtniment that could successfully pot down the great rebellion, endure tbe perils of the reoonetructlon period which followed, and the strain of the electoral com* mission, most be pretty strongly put together It is doubtfel if we shall have any severer trials than these for a long time to come. The republic is safe if tbe patriotism of the people only remain* nnoorrupted.

THE Sbah of Penis and his suite did hot tl^ bftla when ibqr wen In Parti and Lon^on a year or two ago and they have tOenshowsred with them diirlng thai/ present yiait to Paris. The ttadeemen of tip! dt? don't see why a bloated sovereign shouldn't pay htebills aa well aa poorer men. It basoften been obeerved la thia country aa well aa elsewhere that the rich are the poorest debtnn. The sppllcstion in such oaaaaof a

little law has a tendency to remind soch parties that they are bnman, after all, and subject to conditions similar to thoee which surround the masses.

THE figures of drink are among the most amazing of statistics. At a little gathering of lager beer drinkers and makers, in New Yorkand ofNew York the other night, the facta as to the conr aumptionof this product were brought out. The leading New York and Staten Island breweries sold in New York between May 1,1877, and .May 1,1878, the total amount of 5,771,896 kegs of lager. There are 115 glasses in a keg, so that for that year New York drank tbe mod' est sum of 663,787,040 glasses of lager beer. At 5 centaaglass, this would cost about 133,000,000. y,

AMONG the incidents of this gear's Fourth of July festivities have been the usual casualities from guns and pistols fired Into the air. More than half the people, ignorant and intelligent alike, think that a bullet is only dangerous when it is coming direct from tbe gun or pistol, imagining that.a ball fired into tkeair can do nobody any harm, The Turks knew better and put their knowledge to good account in firing oVer mountain tops during the late war, "and the slightest knowledge of mechanics would teach that after tbe ball has taken its turn In the air it returns to the earth with a force that increases in geo metrical ratio with every foot traversed.

ALL IS not lovely in the Democratic camp at Indianapolis. When Dr. Fuller, who was chairman of the fpunty can tral committee In 1876, wound up its affairs be claimed that there was due him from several, of the candidates about 91,500 on their subscriptions lo the campaign fund, and he brought suit to recover the money. Lately the Dbc tor's attorneys have prepared anamended complaint which goes into details more fully than the original one. In his new complaint the Doctor alleges that the defendants induced him to advance money out of his private means to carry on the campaign by representing that they were expecting abont 9700,000 from tbe east and other sources, and tbat they would repay him any anms he should expend. Tbe Doctor says they did in foot reoeive large sums of money but instead of reimbursing him the 91,500 he expended, they used the money for "organizing and arming, bands of lawless and dangerous mOn, for the purpoee of driving lawful voters from the polls at different precincts In said oonnty, and of killing and destroying them if they should resist, and especially of kUllnt*nd driving away from the poll* the^ colored men and voters of different wards of tbe city.": The publication of the substantial |srt of this complaint in the News has sent an electric thrill through the Democratic heart and It is intimated that Dr. Faller's claim f(lll ^.lfciridate4jtifchftut further oontost,.^^

AIM SA V1QATIOS.

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Professor RlteheU has Invented a flying machine, or navigable balloon,which is said to be far In advance of anything in that line ever before accomplished. It la deecrlbed in detail, and a picture of It given, in Hairper* Weekly for July 13. The machine consists of a gas bag In the form of a cylinder, as feet longby 13 feet in diameter, and 4lled withhydrogen gas. Underneath this cylinder la attached a light frame work of brass, which tarnishes a ssat for tbe operator and a support for certain machinery which be operates. This machinery conoonaists of two sell of fan wbeels,about two feet In diameter, connected by gearing with a cog wheel which he turas with both hands. Ibo tens can be given a epeed of 1,000 and 3,800 revolutions per minute respectively. Bis feet rest on two pedals, which, by proper movements, enable him to turn she line so aa to saftcLllM balloon ipsraid, downward or lo thus giving him osmplete^eonteol of its ooursaib

Hitherto tho insurmountable difficulty In jpfall navigripil has been to make tlm liali^l|^^ agalnet tbe wind, fills, it Is tbcngbt, J^6feeeor Ritchell bas aeoofli|9Mbed. In a trial trip recently made at Hartfordt Cmn., he ascended from IM tape ball grodbds to a hlghtof 200 feet and then wsnt out over the Cbanecttcut riwr. The air was oomper«tivety $alin at fiast and tbe new engineabcyed ibxaaateVia tondsoine style.* Jhreeenilf, however, •sat storm came ip am£tbo wild blew strong from the shore bat the Protsesor pot hack in tbe teeth of the wind and came landed within a few feet of the from which be Sft. o«^. Now if the hand and foot work re^uUed Is not top

might bsoome popular,

Iaiimtr rrtlgions peopfe, wbo disapprove of tho diama, never dmm,of

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tend tossy that the Influence of tbe drama is alwaya bad. To be sure the ST^o, degrsdatlod to which wnale descends. The dance hall, the free uncart ba& the rmort oi prostitutes KM thMves, S snare which is spread in every large city on the globe to entrap tbe unwary, woold perish instantly if marie won sljallshod Is there a sane manor wo* who would murder tbe mvseon this aooonntr

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iTERRE HAUTE a&TUTKDAY EVEN IN G^MAIL.

SPIRITUALISM. fM

REPLY TO REV. DAKWOOD.% In every age, progreaa in art,sclenoe or religion has been met and oppoeod by thoei whoee interest or limited vision did not permit them to look beyond their standpoint of observation. Igno* ranee, anarchy, superstition and brnte force ruled the world in the pest ages. As the advance of intellectual development began, persecution followed. 8ervetus was burned st the stake for differing in opinion with John Calvitt. Gain leo was imprisoned isnd threatened with death for deolaring ajKientifio fact, and was forced to recant to save his life. Reformers and thoee who stepped out in advance of the times became the target for the batteries pi all wbo diffbred with them. Lnther and Weeley stepped put and braved the storm. Uhiversslism, another step in advanoe oame upon the scene of action, and sll the^batteriee an well as the small arms of the evangelical alliance were discharged at its advancing column. It kept steadily on, like Napoleon's old guard until It gained position, liberalizing ibis minds of tbe people by logic and common tense. At this period modern Spiritualism made Its advent with its mysterious raps and knocking^ table tlpplnge, Ac. Ignorance was amused,^science amased or confounded^ superstition alarmed. The devil was loose among the people, the shepherd's corralled their flocks and uttered words of warning against admitting this imp of Satan within their gates. The priesthood prayed and incanted to exorcise this devil, btit like tiinquo's ghost It would not down. A. J. Davis, an illiterate youth on a cobbler's bench, was made to ntteir wordsof wisdom that confounded the learned'ajodnaturesdi vine revelations was the result. Prof. Hare, of Philadelphia, was engaged to sci9ntifioally write the thing down and give it a quietus. The result wa». Hare was con* verted to the faith and wrote it up. The virus spread. The judge on tbe bench, the lawyer at his books, the merchant at bis counter, the Workman at his bench, tbe divine in his desk or at his rosary,! was not proof against tbe ^tfWltiftHread of this then unseen something whose preeence and power waa admitted but not understood, and they called it devil. Thirty years have passed since then and science has demonstrated that this bugbear of devil waa the work of tbe spirit world in their preparatory efforts in paving the way to communicate with their friends on this garth.- Their work is not yet folly accomplished, but-much has been done, as thousands an J~tehs of thousands can bear witness, whose! hearts have been paade glad that a way has been opened to bold sweet converse and commune with the loved ones whom they once mourned as lost to them forever, the dosmss of old theology affording no relief to the stricken heart. The church, Sod the priesthood especially, has been the deadly enemy of this spiritual development, the principles of which underlie the whole baslc structure of tbeir religion^ This is the condition in which we find these spiritual matters at this time. The. medium, the instrument through #bose organism and wonderful gift the spirits can send thought and action, and manifest in .person to the- astonished—-inveetigators issubiected to the malevolent jeers, not only or the ignorant and TWOus but from those who claim to be teachers of the principles inculcated by the Nassrene.

REV. W. UK. BAR WOOD,

pastor of the Centennary oh4rcS"haa, lor some weeks psst been giving lectures at his church on Spiritualism, and what be aaw at Pence's nail, and in his ^Banner and manifest zeal he seems to imagine that he has Men especially assigned to the work of exterminating th? whole thing^spirita, mediums, etc.

and if vitupeiatlon, biHlngsgate, Ibvedt Ives and slang, such ss would do hon$r to a pot-house polltidfm. wlU passfor an srgnmlnti tlien Spimhaffun generally, and Penoe'e ball partlcularly, is essentially demolished and wiped out. i-We will fevor our readers with a few tUbita from the reverend g^ntleaian'sreinsriaL twit:

cannot find, language to

exprees Onr detestation of tbe fraods ana those engaged in them in Pence's pandemonium Th their hellish work." And of tbetr leadetH be eays "Thieves end robbers are gentlemen when com pared with such persons." A«d In speskingor those Who attend the seances

I^nce^sball, be «rald not oall-tbesa ladlee and1 gentlemerf and In atml^bf virtuous lndlgnstion, declarea that ^So long aa they teach their damnable hereaieSt' jNrr/wre tttefeselves 1n Mirtt

them up t9 napllc seo^a." Wbal a^low of Cbrlatian oharityToould give many mora such beauti.rnl extracts and sentiments, but forbearforthepreeent.

TOJCAKE TEWOS tfttamamM to the reader, we atate that Rev. Darwood :expressed a desire to witneos tbo manifestation at Pence's ball, throogh tbe medio mship of Mrs. Stawari^and as

and wife, or a friend. He arid hia wife was not In goodherith, and might not attend* and bla Bro. Pa*eyt of Asbary, wsriM to htstnvHatioa. At the flrst seance bla wlfe was wlth him. They

toHfett»tbO%iiit IbbbtfeMMan anxiety: Urktow asove of Mils wonderAll pbenomeaaj atatiftg tbat be was

Seance number two: "Two forms stood In the door—one tho medium, and the other was called Belle, from Qaincy, Illinois*. They shook bands, stepped faces." Why, sir, did yon not tell the whole trntbT In ethics a witness Is equally guilty In withholding tbe truth -aa telling a felaehood. The two forme thet stood In the door—one was the medium under the control of Minnie, the entrancing spirit the other was tbo spirit form of Alice Belle Purvis, wboee earth borne waa at Qulncy, Illinois, each handling a door of tbe cabinet In full view, and you held convene with them while standing there within seven feet of you. To satisfy a doubt or question of fact, you came next day In company with Dr. Spottswood, of Carlisle, Pa., and in oompany with one of tbo committe, went to tbe cabinet and took measurement of the position of the parties as they stood before the audience in the door of the cabinet to see if it were possible for one pemon to handle the doors in the manner done by tbem, and yon then settled it to be an impoeetbllity for one person to do it. Why do you withhold these facts that occurred^ in what you saw at Pence's hall, and then swear that Mrs. Stewart done it allt "Then C^pt. Hook's-mother, an old l^dv seventy-four years, old csmef she was introduced by him to the audience} he invited me forward and introduced me. I shook hands with her and she vanished.", -My, lepticon ,says„vanisb means to disaprear, and you sweat it

WAS Mrs. Stewart. "Next was the nude form of Dr. Cur tis, a former resident of this city. Again we ask why did you not tell the ftcts abouttbe nude former ^ppe»«riee that when yon were Wd. that on propei occasions or for a tense this person did make such an appearance, and that at your request and'also tbe wish of the persona present thatjie be requested,to appear, ahd futtker tlut .when he did appear that you examined hi JO cloeelv, and said openly there was no doubt about it, it was the figure of a man, and manifested great satisfaction for the test, and further that the,, spirit passed into the cabinet Und in a very short time appeared. with.full suit of men's apparel in genteel and manly form, with' flowing whiskers such is he was known to wear in life. We ask again why you did not tell the truth and say In your pulpit to the people what you aaid in Pence's £la11, that it was not Mm. Stewart, or do you claim the privilege as a preacher of saying a thing Is so to-day, and the adverse to-morrow, or do you thirk it dignified as a teacher of mbrsls and decency asiyou pretend, to have such a holy horror of the indecency of tbe thing to tell It on tbe street or.in the shop ihst tbe nnde figure wss Mrs. Stewart, and that she bad gum elastic attachments to represent tbe male. No comments. Brother Darwood, except to call your attention to the I6th verse of fitst chapter of Paul to Titus. "The next form was that of my brother Nathaniel. I did not recognise him, he having died young. I asked him if he waa,my brother. He signified that he was, ana while I was holdini his hand he went down under the floor." As your memory seems bad, remember yon said there were no trapdoors in the floor of the cabinet, and you swear that it was Mm. Stewart Wonderful woman that. That letter, Bro. Darwood, how about that You stated in your last

there, Minnie reminded you of the feet you asked her how she knew, it: she said she had seen it yon sdmitted the fact, and read the letter to the audience in such manner as to leave the impres sion, "o/ course they AddL sttn it,? To those of your audience who were In the season room (and there were several) at the time the letter question was up, felt only contempt at the want of manly honesty on your part to atate facta as they occurred. Rut to the facts: Minnie said, Chief, you got letter." Yon asked bow die knew she said she saw It you sked where: sho said In your pocket you asked, Is it there now: she said It was yon asked if she conld tell what was In It she-said she conld 5 on asked bcnr tQ do so sbe told you. to pot yOnr hand on the pocket that-contained tbe letter and she would reed it for yon: yon put your hand on one pocket, ana she told you that you were txyiM tp too1 her that was not the *p6dket. Yon ad mitted that it waa not the pooketinnd aaid, iiow Minnie will be nonest with you snd yon put your band on abotbar

Eie

In tested, and,wvul41ike to ex-

wbrttook place. Ht» wife Insisted that thert was trap doors in the floor of the cabinet, through which the Sirfrits, or

the eeparation of-the marital ties) ftp theistopldionaf«boot» tt*lAflera'tborough examination tte expresaed his enUto sellffatfowooAbat p^nfc yd be conld sasore his wifi* she was mistaken

pleased tbat be

at matter to

ball. At the flrst assnsa he says ho saw "Mm Peace, hroiherof tei Oenner (Alex. DowerXand then BroiOrawford. ttfioldM^thodWtn

Methodist gr^ lle did not daoMilerial tn&miB oonldlkaM WiM&m I wonld baio fetched blmpuiof net." Thie Bn». GrawfenThMP talL or

WbMbMs, MfMnsi jfnsmfspp-snw an. aod dHpaflod tn appssisimi ju| held

a. l^iwUIIV^u £3 womanlike Sits. Stewart, by the hand, andat the door, and «wH satfa^tar ont Comment is

lace or pocket and she then told you contents of the letter, reading W ver* batimjjyon then asked her how It was written, with ink or pencil snd sb« told yoo, all ofwhlch you then and then stated was'ss true and accurste as you eotild tell it yourself. and offered to r^ae (bought And snow tbo letter to tho Oompany present. It was objected to by Dr. Peoos,'ss It wonld bo no Ml as tbe skepUo would say tblt Mwc Stewart or some one connected with tbo seanoe. room had written the letter and shswo«»ld knowrilabqotic j|o« ..tlMRft id that yoo ^honerato

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George Stewart, bat Giorgo Powell. brotMr Of Mm Stewart, an ScUve spirit who wont to tbe spirit land at tbo age of 13 yearsL and baa been there abont 5 yeara. Dairwoodfetiha talk with George hebodaUibo charartwlstics ofaboy of that age. Iiked Gporge moch except that he did not answer some of Jua qolittfiM to MU blm. Know lt wis Ml the medlnmi jpna pot as£largo as tbs mediotn. Gedirge went into snotber room Minnie rat* tbe brilandqwke while Qoorge waa hot." Butnow be swears It waa the medium: Iffaaft fj*tl moriaa we are, Bro. Darwood. "Next was tbo spirit of a man who baddlsd wltb oonsumntfon (Jiaso Henerick, who died to tbls city abcMt two years ago) nad bachlng^cnagb, mm timid abont coming out. I went to tbe cabinet door, got hold of hi* band, jam# oltlMmd. -I managed togOt my band on his bead,

within Mxlafcbsi Of bo^^dln#|er .-nrfli swear 1W w^^iferitl .. bat"n valiant knlgbt

bands twiatad Into her halr iyeliM the cabinet until yon took her dtmonrions, with feuKof yoor bratbor nreoehm at your badK to aid you and MJWI making''any oWsction. And yo*%t squeak aboatiu being tbe medium until daya after it took place. That story is iJUtL MyiUs, too (kin to make a shadov. The feeta aro,noondi thing took place, that's tU*

The spirit OjCalooSB^ an Indian maid-

%n^ who materialises strong snd is an active eplriV Bro. Darwood tells his andienoe. came out on the platform and Oxblbltod a wonderful head of hair, so long that with her arms extended at foil length she could not reach tbe end, and when abe stood In bent position her hair thrown forward her hair nearly reached the floor bo requested to examine the bead and hair toaee If It waa not a wig prepared for the ooeaslon it wss granted snusbe enme to the front of the platform. held her head down 00 that be could have full and free examination. He put his haq&at her request down the spine and about the back of tbe neck and around the roots of the hair and after full examination he tnrned to the audience and aaid he would swear (Bro. Darwood la grestsn the swear) tbst there wss no deception in that, it was not a wig but natural hair, and called on his brethren who were present to oome snd feel for themselves— which they did, and after a full examination In which there was no hindrance or objection he declared himself satisfled that it was all right and at the close of the seance before Mrs. Stewart left tbe platform she was requested to show her hair, which she did without any hesitation, and Darwood, with others, examined it closely and stated there tbat Oacalooaa and Mrs. Stewart were distinct aud different. Individuals. That was in the Hall and the facts fresh. A few days after in his pulpit he swears that Oscalooea was Mrs Stewart. Query,

What ie tbe testimony of such a witness worth When did be tell the truthf .Rev. Darwood says nine tenths of all the manifestations are fraud, and all mediums should be branded as liars. Then admits he cannot account for the phenomena, admitting its existence— stultifying himseff, ana putting himself in direct line for promotion in the Ass society. There are some

OTHER INTERESTING MATTERS connected with what Bro. Darwood saw at Pence's hall, as also at seances given by Miss Laura Morgan, in which ho got more thdn he could account for, but we should transgress on your space too much. It msy be that we may do so at another time. Bro. Darwood brought with bitn, on his ticket of invitation, Dr. Spottswoodf of Pa., his Bro. Harris, of city, Brooks, presiding elder of his church also Bro.. Pavey, of Asbury. Bro.'s Pavey, Brooks ana Harris attended only two seances, or may be three, and taen gave a statement signed by tbem, which Wss publicly read by Bro. Darwood on the close of hie last lecture, with some comments. We sent the following note to Darwood tbe next dsy: "v

TERRS HAUTE, July1,1878.

W. M'K. DARWOOD—Sin Will you send mo oopy of the letter or statement read by you last evening, signed by tbe partiea attending the seances at Pence's hall, with names, eta, and oblige,

Yours, Ac., JAMES HOOK. To which I received tbe following re-

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W&CITY, July 1,1879.

MY DEAR BRO. HOOK—I do not think It would be lair for me to do as requested, without consulting the gentlemen named, and as one is now in Kansas, another in Greencaatle. and two others In Iowa and Michigan, it will take time to reach them. Will show tbem to you privately at my house any time you will call, fraternally yonrs, 'J

W. M'K. DARWOOD.

Again we sent the following: TERRE HAUTE,JU1V 3,1878. W. M'K. DARWOOD—Sir: I rereived your postal, in which you decline to tar nlsh me with a copy of letter or statement as requested, without first consulting the parties. I cannot see any breach of Mth to tbem ln tarnishing a copy, if there waa none in reading and commenting upon |t before: a public audience. I want a oopy that I may have its contents correctly, and not mistake its language or Import by quoting from memory. Hoping to have a favorabte anawer, I remain

Yours, dc.,

a JAMES Hool. Thtlt was sent by a friend and delivered In person, and he received a positive retasal to give a copy, and the following, from memory, given ns by a friend, who was present and heard It read,' is substantially tho statement of tbo reverened gbntlemen who signed It:

We. the undersigned, ministers of the gospel, hereby certify that we investigated tbo so called Spirit seancsa given by Mrs. Stewart, wbo claims to DC a Spirit medium, at Pence's Hall, In the Citv offerre Hanto, State of Indiana, anil after mature consideration wo are prepared to pronounce the manifostetions there, had in materialisations as tbe sheerest humbug, fraud and swindle thst wss over devised to cheat humanity and wo are* willlhg to swear that tbe pielOndod matertaHssd Spirit thoro aeen was no other than Mrs. Stewart herself. Signed by C. A. Brooke. Presiding Elder F. M. Pavey, Psatorof Asbury ehurch

Harris, Pastor of Moflatt street

cbnrob, and Bro. Darwood said bis name would be also attached. If Mm. Stewart had lived In tbo days of Cation Mathers, when they bung, bnrned snd drowned wltubes, with snSb an array of testimony' agalnot her aho would not have had time say her prayers or bid farewell to her friends, before She would bavo been orocMed. Now for Bros. Brooks, Harris and Pavey we can ssy,

Father forgive tbem, they know not what they do." Tbey werw casual visitors, some, and wo think all not over two aeancea, were mere lookers on, and had bnt little chance to luvestigate. Prelndldes from whst weeou'.d see-rsuk and bitter, we do not wonder at tbeir anent, but Darwood's ease la differ ent. From tbe first be went In, became (narier of ceremonies, pushed bis investigations right Into tlie cabinet ao he t4tei you, made dedaratione unaaked for, expressing bia eatisfe^tlon of the truttfoftbe manifeatatlonein the presence ores good people, snd whose words will be taken in thiscomoounltyjustas auldc aa those who sign that statement, end If he did not betieve what be stated bo la doubly guilty of hypbcricy and desifilorbb stated*-: t* were voluntary and unasked. orooixAuMow, I ssk the public tb oonsfder tbe bssty and inconatderate 'action on tbe part of tbo bralben of tbo mlnlstry wbo have voluntarily ondorwd the sentiments smbtneod In tbo sbove letter, it being tbeir first experience in spiritual phenomena, pmodlee and preconceived OfrinlGna,unttttng~tbeiB ts9 a fair and importlpllnvestigaition. Tbo time tbey •a^iboliwoiggathmwas insufficient rolntkmlsO —ftdnrated to re-

MMMO without investlga-

tibn tbat conflicted With their old-time dogmas. Igaoma^ of the laws snd pirilooopby govormng the phenomena, hn vwopwnaiw fia advance to condemn any evidence, however convincing to dtners, of a power independent of the modlsak pmndioe controlled by rotlglona irstning, prepared tbem to dtevgard all tests presented to them, snd&iniss wfitb aaneer tbooe oceented

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others, and, without doe considerstbe itatementa therein made expreriog a willlngnees to mal tbo statement with their oaths. Who can measure tbe power of prqfodiee gov

erned by a religions fanaticism? Who would believ6 that these divines, sfter a little reflexion, risk peijuring themselves, and thus promulging tbeir own ignorance? Every reader of common intelligence knows that tbe same phase of meaiumsbip claimed for Mrs. Stewart occurs throughout the civilized world that the phenomena has been tested by science, snd acknowledged by the advanced minds of the age. They ought to have known that Mrs. Stewart's commute are as honest and as unwilling to be humbugged as they. They should have taken tbe pains, before making such a statement, to know that for five and a-half years she has been under onr supervision an control as a medium, giving the closest scrutiny and critical examination to the phenomena before endorsing it, and have tested her medlumship, in which wo have been asaisted by representatives of the best minds of every state in the Union, and tbat she has in every case proved herself worthy of the confidence reposed In her honesty and mediumshlp, and that those who oppose and speak all manner of evil of her, cannot substantiate a charge against her personal character. In short, her committee declare, after these years of acquaintance, that her personal character is udimpeachablg, and ber medlumship unsurpassed by any known to them.

JAMES HOOK.

Terre Haute, July S, 1878.

EDITOR MAIL:—Dear Sir: As Captain James Hook has made a request for the publication of certain papers read at my sixth lecture, you are at liberty to publish the encloeed.

W. M'K. DARWOOD.

"This may certify that we were present at six seances at Pence's Hall, Terre Haute, Ind., between the 1st and 10th of May, 1878 that on the evening of May 4th, a so-called spirit, entirely naked, appeared at the cabinet door three different times that we also hesrd Rev. Mr. Darwood repeatedly dare tbe spiiits to let him oome into tbe oabinet, when they said that "they were afraid of tbo big preach chief." We also heard them refuse to let Mr. Darwood handcuff and chain them, as he had on a former occasion in our presence at the Morgan seanoe both Miss Morgan and Mrs. Stewart, so that neither of tbem could get looae or materializ-3 a spirit. A spirit also refused to let Mr. Darwood put some nitrate of sliver (in solution) on its hand, although Mr. Darwood proposed to submit to tbe same ordeal if spirits would, and all through the six seances, they of Pence's Hall absolutely refused to submit to any reasonable test.

JAS. D. PALMER, M. Charlotte, Michigan.

WM. D. HUFFMAN, M, D., Sigourney, Iowa. 1

TERRE HAUTE, Ind., June, 1878. We, the undersigned, having examined the so-called spirit msnifestations at Pence's Hall, in tbia city, give it a bur opinion tbat it Is the most absolu and lnfemous fraud ever perpetrated on any community, and.that the managers thereof ought to be held to a strict account for the false and fraudulent repressntatlons there msde, snd for the Indecencies there perpetrated.

C. A. BROOKE, P. E. Terre Hante Dist., F. M. PAVEY,

Pastor Asbury Church,

J. W. HARRIS, Pastor "nilrd St. Churob.

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