Terre Haute Weekly Gazette, Volume 5, Number 33, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 29 January 1874 — Page 1

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Thursday, Jannnry 29, 1874.

THE man who still belfeves Baldwin to be a medium, aud Insists that all his feats are done by the aid of spirits, yet lives, and moves, and has his being. The interior of his head gives the lie to the maxim of the ancients, that nature abhors a vacuum.

GEN. GRANT is credited with the statement that It is time for the Republican party to unload, and that there has been too much dead weight carried by it. This is not only a bold, but we should think, an unpleasautly suggestive boomerang remark for our king log to make.

TUB Banking and Currency Committee of Congress, yesterday, agreed to report adversely on Kelley's 8-86 convertible bond resolution. This will end that elysian dream of the pig-ironed Pennsylvanian, of wealth without work,milk without cows and honey without bees.

THE civil service reform regulations have accomplished one good thing at least. Congressmen unable under it, to work their favorites into the vacant Deputy Commlfsionership of Internal Revenue, made the discovery that that was an unnecessary office, and have abolished it.

FOR pure aud unadulterated philanthropy, the Cincinnati Commercial is not to be excelled by any other journal in the West. Its love for the human race is something touching. Here it is, in its issue of Saturday, laboring through a column trying to raise a hop® that Grant might resign. The intention of the Commercial la good, but the arguments are bad.

THOMAB, whose surname is Scott, Is moving around the District of Columbia, violently agitating his coat tail, trying, as Wendell Phillips would say, to knock down the Congress of the United States. This time it is a little bill, by which, in return for a mere matter of endorsing its bonds, the United States will receive untold millions of money from the Texas Pacific Railroad. When Thomas calls on a Congress he generally sees a majority of the members.

Du. LIVIN(ISTONJS, the African explorer, is again reported dead. If he shall be able to stand this attemptof tho newspapers to kill him, as well as he has all previous ones, we may yet chronicle the meeting, in Central Africa, of him and a more adventurous Stanley sent out by the GAZETTE. Cheered by this hope, we trust the Dr. will go on finding out hardnamed places, and describing them accurately, so that humanity, in its restless wanderings, may give them a wide berth.

INK, pens, paper, envelopes, pencils and mucilage, those are tho things included in the word ''stationery," as determined by theUuited States Senate, In debate, on Monday. The country, which under this head has hitherto pretty much supplied its Senators with everything in the category of articles in heaven above, the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth—except the first—will feel grateful at this limitation, aud breathe a fervent hope that the present rulo may indeed remain stationary. •UX-i ll-'i-U S

IN VIEW of the marvellous action of the Presldeut In carrying through Congress the salary grab by which he coolly pocketed $100,000, more money for his term than Washington or Lincoln did for theirs, and in view of the further fact that he did not bestir himself to have it reduced along with that of his "pals," and that it was not reduced, it Is now possible to clearly interpret one of those orphic sayings of his. Let us have piece, said Graut a big piece—every porker in every sty throughout the land, is grunting for the same thing.

After Shakespeare's Ghost. O now, forever Karwell the tricky mind farewell deceit, Farewell commltteos, and the big seances That make deception virtue I O farewell! Farewell the ringing bell, and the shrill horn, Tho Bplrlt-stlrrlog drum, tho eir-plerclng life, Tho false faces and all quality, Prlilo, pomp, and circumstance of glorious humbug. And O, ye mortal tambourines, whose rude nolsos The Immortal Jove's dread clamors counterfeit, Farewell 1 The Medium's occupations gone.

THERE are still a few genial souls in town who cliug fondly to the belief that Baldwin is a medium. They prove it in this wise: He once gave manifestations, claiming them to be doue by spirit power. Now, they were either genuine spirit manifestation'?, or they were not so that he either spoke truly or falsely. If he told the truth, then he was a medium there is such a thing as mediuinsliip and spirits. If he claimed that he was a medium when he was not, then lie lied, there is no truth in him, his expose is a mere pretense, and he is a medium.

GRAVE Senators are aiming learned disquisitions on the question whether or notthe Secretary of the Treasury, of his own volition, and without instructions from Congress,has the constitutional rl^ht to be is*uiug any part of the $44,000,000 reserve.* Aud while tbey ilk, that interesting individunl is spelling it just as lapidly as he can. During live days last week he epeut four millious, which left of it only thirteen remaiuing. It looks now as though lie Secretary would effectually dlapo.«e of the whole amount before the Senate shall lntve touched the conclusion that it WUH wrong uud impossible for him to to do. What they viil do about it in case they »h..ll ducide, after he has spent it ai!, that it was wrong tor him to do it, I-- cuiions mutter of inquiry. Ilicbanlhou, it is pretty gener illy believed, is true pigeon of the Graut fl-JCk, and has leathered his nest well, but it is ex-tremi-ly doubtful If it would not tax his resources pretty heavily to be called upon to replace l*»rty-follf million dollars.

THERE is no lack of zaal in the temperance reform movement in Ohio just now. In Highland and adjoining counties the excitement has readied fever heat. Everybody, apparently, has united to crush out the monster vice of the age. Nothing is talked of but the common enemy. The plan of operations combines uniqueness with thoroughness in about equal proportions. The fundamental doctrine of the whole warfare is, that the devil bates and fears psalm tun«s. The method of embodying this faith into practical affairs was suggested by Dio Lewis, and is as follows The ladies form themselves into processions in the given village where the fight with the powers of darkness is to be made, aud march from saloon to saloon, siuging psalms, organizing prayer meetings,«xpostulating with saloon keepers and exhorting them to quit the nefarious business. This usually brings some of them to taw at once. Each announcement of a saloon shut up, and its keeper reformed, In hailed by pealing bells, and thundering cannon, and displays of flags and shouts of Joy, and all those other signs of great happiness, except almost universal drunkenness, which the North used to indulge in during the war, when a victory of our arms was announced. The singing and the praying are continued daily and nightly without intermission until only a very few of the most obdurate are left. Upon these few, then, all energies are bent. The ladies are divided into squads, and by means of relays, a perennial prayer meeting is kept up, either in the saloon of the hardened sinner, or, if he objects very seriously, then one in frontof every entrance to his gilded palace. Every one about to go in and take a drink is stopped by this guard and sung over and made to listen to the reading of a choice selection of Scripture wherein the wine when it gives its color to the cup is spoken of disparagingly, and requested not to go in, and asked to sign the pledge. The operation is repeated when the unfortunate lover of vinus refreshments and victim of mispluced confidence makes his exit, though it has generally been observed that after an individual has run the gauntlet going in, he comes out in a state of unconsciousness from which he emerges the next day in the calaboose or before the Mayor. As can be readily imagined, this compound and complicated series of difficulties besetting not alone him who keeps the tollgate, but them also who seek to tread the torturous paths of intemperance, has a depressing eflcct. The saloon keepers flually migrate to Indiana, to operate under the Baxter bill, and the reformed inebriates get married. This Ohio temperance reform has demonstrated one tiling, beyond all possibility of contradiction, and that is that the coming man will not enjoy being made tho subject of an anthem before and after he takes his morning drink. He will quit drinking before he will be sung over. May the coming woman be an opera troupe.

An Open Letter.

The remaining so-styled mediums in Terre Haute, whose tricks have been so fully and completely exposed, ought now to make a virtue of necessity, and publicly plead guilty to tho soft impeachment of having practiced deception. They can see from the way the audience at the Opera House last uiglit opfjlauilcii the appearance of Sallie Cooper, that the people of Terre Haute are keen witted, and fond of fun that they can appreciate a good joke, even at their own expense, and that they bear no resentment towards those who have attempted to fool them. They need have no apprehension of bad treatment for coming out even now, though an earlier exposure would, of course, have been more loudly hailed. Nobody will think of the ten cent pieces or quarters or halfdollars they have given to see their performances, or raise any disturbance about recovering them. The amusement afforded at their shows was always worth the money, whether any manifestations were given or not. The solemn talk of the philosophers of the faith about conditions, etc., ad infinitum, was of itself worth the price of admission. As to the mediums themselves, the people understand their circumstances and ap« predate their motives.

For a little girl, by means of a few tricks, to become the humble instrument through the saving graee of superstitious belief among many, and an idle curiosity among more, of supplying her father with pin money, is surely not ignoble For a wife to assist her husband in maintaining the family is certainly praise-worthy. The means selected was not one which will commend itself to every child or wife, but then we are not disposed to be too particular about the means. There is* Scripture for the doctrine that children should obey their parents, and wives be subject to their husbands. Their's was a divided duty.

People, we repeat, understand this. There is, moreover, a prevalent notion that people who can be hoodwinked by some little, simple trick, ought to be humbugged.

Now, however, that the trick is understood by everybody, it behooves these mediums to acknowledge it. To practice it longer, is to subject themselves to the righteous indignation and prosecution at the hands of the half-dozen prominent and honest citizens who managed tho seances, and to whom this thing has been a matter of religion. We warn the mediums against attempting it with the miuds of those wrought up, as they must bo now, by the discovery tli'U they hnve been hood winked, lo these many days, ami been resting tjeir f»ill'"in bltsse^ immortality upon mi idietrick. The mediums, or rtt least ive of them, cannot have forgotten that $500 was offered by her patron for an exposure of her trick. Site cannot, us a gn:d woman, grateful for favors shown, longer jeopard (hot amount of m.ney.

We oiler the columns of the GA.-SSKTJ-K to these mediums or their friends, to make their confessious through, if they shall conclude to take that method, rather thau give• a left-handed ball. ft

BILL & DICKERSON, Prop'rs. TERRE HAUm IND. JANUARY 29,1874.

THERE is a certain Dr. Rankin, minister at one of the popular churches in WashiBgton, D. C., vho ought to be suppressed. He has taken to praying for Gen. Howard. Now, we do not object to Gen. Howard being prayed for, nor do we think any one else will. If half that he has been accused of is true, the thieves on the cross have been the only persons, from the beginningof theChrlstlan era until now, who have needed prayers more than this same Howard. What we do object to, though, is the manner and style of these petitions of the reverend gentlemen. He don't pray for mercy on Howard,as a miserable sinner, penitent for his past offenses, and by the grace of heave'n, determined to reform and lead & better and purer life. That is not the style of his petition. No more does be pray that if the charges against him are false, that wise counsel may prevail among the Judges who are to try him, and bis full and complete vindication be declared. That would be a problematic petition. What Rev. Rankin, D. D., did, was to imagine himself as having been at at some previous time, a court and Jury, before whom Howard had been tried and found guiltless, and then to boldly petition the Throne of Grace that Howard's enemies—the people of the United States whose money he is accused of having stolen —might be brought to grief, and that he might be brought through the fires of the wicked persecution that is bitterly waged against him iu safety aud with renewed splendors. Grave charges are brought against bim, and the proof of his guilt, as far as has been made public is strong and convincing. He has conducted himself with reference to the trial in such a way as would lead most unprejudiced persons to believe him guilty. The charces against him are at least equal to those in his favor. For this man Rankin then to pray as he is reported to have, is a burning shame, and an insult to the profession he disgraces, which should be promptly rebuked by his masters iu the church if he has any. The reported cause of bis pray, viz: that Howard has been a munificent benefactor of the church—the money it is thought, came out of the public coffer—only heightens and intensifies the humiliating spectacle.

PHILOSOPHERS in search of Legislative bodies which might eerve as models for the mighty world, would in all human probability have failed to find the object of their search iu the mongrel Legislatures of the Southern States, composed of a motley crew of all degrees of Intelligence, from the ddnses ignorance to the keenest shrewdness, and homogeneous only in ambitious knavery. Anything reputable from such a quarter is therefore more surprising thau it was to the ancients that any good should come out of Nazareth. The first flash of astonishment, however, being over, it was a wise and commendable thing the Mississippi Legislature did when it passed a resolution requesting those Congressmen from that State who were hanging around the State Capital lobbying and log-rollinir for the United States Senatorship, to return forthwith to their duties at Washington. As the Legislature said, the constituents of these present Con-gressmen—would-be Senators—who were trying to get tbe two birds in the bush without giving up the one uctio, tiuu eieineu luem to transact certain business of theirs in Washington, aud they would be beholden to them to attend to it, not to their own ambitious schemes. We trust the proud Legislators of our Northern States may learn wisdom from the action of their Mississippi brethren.

THE prayer of Dr. Rankin, of Washington, D. C., being taken into consideration, wherein he declares Howard to be innocent of all guile, and calls down the wrafh of his enemies, who are, if the charges are true, the people of the United States, itja, pleasant to reflect that omniscience is an attribute of the Defty he addresses. It Is also pleasant to reflect that He is infinitely just. We trust Congress will go right on in Its work of bringing Howard to trial, and, if he is proven guilty, as there seems small doubt but that he will be, to punishment. Congress must watch Grant, who is not omniscient or infinitely just, and who If he is iu with Howkrd.wlil do everything to shield bim. A lunatic asylum is the place for Dr. Rankin, who seems to consider himself the whole Kupreme Court

JUDGE DAVID DAVIS baa lately given all his of friend* who were enthusiastic for him two years ago, as a Presidential candidate, ample reason to feel glad that he failed in his ambitious hopes. The Judge, it seems, is the owner of Durley Hall,in Bloomlngton. This hall, a lecture committee of the town secured for a series of lectures. For one of the lectures they hand engaged Victoria Woodhull. When the Judge learned of the awful use to which his hall was to be devoted, he refused his permission, and he is now trying to avoid his contract. Tbe Judge has not the lofty poetical confidence of Miltou in the superiority of truth when left to grapqle with error, and he even seems lacking in the judicial quality of giving both sides a hearing.

TIIE GAZETTE cautions its readers against too hasty rejoicings. Noth ing is flatter, duller, staler or more unprofitable than uuueual or extraordinary conviviality over supposed good news which is discovered the next morning, alorg with a eore throat and a throbbing head, to lack confirmation, or as the popular slang phrase runs, to be too tliin. For our part we do not euppose this correspondence between Jefferson Davis and Henry S. Foote.will result in a duel, ftie letters have, in a certain sense, a sanguiunrv sound, but do not altogether seem as if they would end in blood.

SIJNATUR MORTON wants to lie a Grauger and with the Grangers stand. The telegraphic summary of his remarks, on the subject of a transcontinental Tailway, which shall afford cheap transportation between the West and East, will be found in

the Congressional report on tbe third page of to-day's GAZETTE. Like everything that Morton discusses, it is ably done. He will hardly be able, however, to persuade the country that Government can undertake railroading, and do it as cheaply and well as private corporations can.4-

Editorial Kotes^v

MORTON wants to be President. He is trying to take tbe initiatory by bailing bis hoook for Grangers.

IT is said that the L., C. A 8. W. is now able to retain its hold on the Rockvilie division of the E. AC. line.

IT is confirmed that Dr. Livingstone is dead, and authoritively stated that the melancholy event occurred on the 15th of August.,

A ST. LOUIS man interviewed a medium until informed that tbe spirit of his step-mother, and a whip were being materialized, and then he precipitately fled.

THE founder of tbe Inter-Ocean newspaper—Jonathan Young Scam mon—is said to be in straightened circumstances. A sheet of such size is sufficient to swamp a man with a mintof money.

MRS. MIKE MOCOOL, wife of the prize fighter, recently reported dead, is now reported as resurrected. The lawyers killed her temporarily, pending proceedings pertaining to some property in which she was interested. The ways of the lawyers are many and mysterious.

ADDITIONAL LOCAL NETFS. JonN charter Lodge.

J. BRAKE is a Grauger—a member of Otter Creek

AMONG the gentlemen who bid on the county vaults are Miller, West, Wood and Blood.

GEO. ARNOLD recovered some stolen jewelry, yesterday. A bad boy who won't do so any more, stole it.

IT is positively announced that trains over tbe Paris & Decatur R. R., will be in upon the 9th of February.

THE Youngstown coal mines are being developed. C. A. Fera is contributing largely to their development.

WHARTON, RIDDLE & Co., yesterday, closed the sale of the Chance planing mill, in this city, to G. W. Haberly, Esq.

A PROTRACTED meeting is In progress at Rose Hill church, under tbe auspices of the M. E. Church. W. Barnard, pastor.

W. B. WHARTON returned yesterday from Bloomingdale. He reported finding only two people in town. All the rest were attending meeting at Annapolis, where a great revival is taking place.

MR. DREQMANS, formerly of the Vandalia shops, will leave, per steamer City of Montreal, from New York for Antwerp, via Liverpool, next Saturday. Mr. Dregmans goes in company with his fatber-in-law.

A ROOM-MATE of Mr. Michael Curley went through his pants' pockets, at Paris, to the extent of a $300 county order, the payment of which Mr. C. came to this city to have stopped. Payments on county orders were already pretty effectually stopped. "TRIED by fire" was the character of the township teacher who was acquitted of arson on the specific charge of burning a school building, heretofore alluded to in these columns.

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Emphatic.

A Clinton correspondent writes the Indianapolis Journal, a long and emphatic denial of the reports copied in its columns from tbe Terre Haute Express, pertaining to tbe wholesale seduction in that community by the teacher Leggett, that Leggett never taught school in that town, and Is not likely to. The writer further says he has Mved in Clinton many years, and has yet to learn of the first case of seduction. He is probably and excusably indignant that there should have been published a story, the tendency of which would naturally be to cast suspicion upon the character and training of the women of Clinton.

Railroad Hatters. From the State Sentinel.

An engineer on the I. fc St. L. was chloroformed and robbed of $184 a few miles west ot Buckingham, several days ago. He was returning from St. Louis, where he had gone to draw his pay, and put under the influence ot chloroform while the cunning thief robbed him of his meney.

Tbe Vandalia road, in point of continuos heavy business, runs with the most substantial of western roads. There is a continuous and steady increase in its freight traffic. Daring the last week, which ended Saturday, 809 cars were sent east, aud 657 west, making a total of 1,466 oars.

RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT

To the Memory of William Watt. At a regular meeting of the Carpenters aud Joiners, held at their hall, Jauuary 21,1874, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted

Since it has pleased ttie All-wise and evermerciful Father to call from our midrft Brother William Watt, a faithful laborer in the union to the advancement of his brother craftsmen in this branch of mechanical art therefore, be it

Resolved, That in the death of Brother Watt tuls union has lost an active member, the community an honest man, and the craft an accomplished workman.

Resolved, That the sympathy of the union be tendered to tbe grief-stricken widow and children.

Resolved, That our charter be draped in mourning for thirty days, and a copy of these resolutions tendered the family of deceased t„ a

JOHN S. MILLER.

~i NOYES WHITB. Committee.

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A CARD.

Will Our Rnrnl Reporter Rise and Explain! To the Editors of the Gazette

I feel that the statement in your paper yesterday, among your "Honey Creek Ilem«," is "unjust. I demand of the author to make an apology, or give an explsnatiou of the same, as tsoou a» possible. C. W. JOAB.

Strange, if Tru*. I From the tnd. Sentinel.

Terre Haute failed to get the postal delivery. This looks a little strange beside the fact that LaFayette succeeded.

THE SMITH" WAGON, HA|fP MADE? SALE BY JESSUP & PIETY,

Prom tbe Evening Gazette, 26th.

iTirE SPIRITS 5,1' Baldwin Snatches Them

Bald, and Wins

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Every Time.

Miss Sallie Cooper Completes the Total Discomfiture of the Pence Hall

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Everybody In Good Spirits for the •rhody In Good Spl Orerture by the TlaOrchestra—in a Hot*

Open Honse Cr

"I can call up spirits from tb Why. HO can I, or so can Bat will they oome, when themf"

ruty doep— ly roan do call for zkttpearc.

Some wise idiota of Terre Hag Foundered In tbe sea of Sptr If Terre Baats mediums were Thls tale would have been longer.

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The second grand expose by Prof. 8. S. Baldwin, of Spiritualism, as developed at Pencs's Hall, oame off at the Opera House last night. A very large house was present. At 8:20, Mr. Fisk, business manager, came upon the stage and introduced Prof. Baldwin, who then made a few opening remarks, as follows:

REMARKS OF MR. BALDWIN. "OilI Grave, where is thy victory! Obi Deatb, where Is thy ntlng." Such are the words of comfort that console a Christian as he stands on the brink of the dark river, averse to taking the fatal plunge iu that bottomless stream that separates time from eternity. So say I, "Oh 1 Grave, where is thy victory 1

Ob I Deatb, where la thy sting 1" Why should we fear deatb, when we are assured by our Spiritualistic friends that after passing over that dreaded stream, our disembodied spirits cau return to this world and pass a never-ending eternity in comforting our friends by getting into a box like that, [designating cabinet] and slinging bells and tambourines around promiscuously, and kicking up a rumpusgenerally [Laughter.] What a joyful thought it must be to grief-stricken mothers as they weep at the bed-side of dying children, to think that, in long years to come, they can be called back to this world at tiie beck or nod of some semi-idiotic child, and made to furuish proof of the glorious Immortality of the soul, by scribbling illegible turkey tracks on a slate! What a consolation to a husband it must be to know that his dying wife will come back to this world, aud take possession of the body of some illiterate woman, of indifferent reputation, and give lottery numbers to poor fools, who pay their dollar to some so-called medium. Simple idiots these mediums must be, to give lottery numbers for fifty cents, when, by buying tbe same ticket, they could win twenty thousand dollars. [Applause.] One of our sweetest singers has said, "There'll be something in heaven for children to do," and uow we know what it is. [Laughter.]

Musicians, rejoice. When you pass over, you will, in ages to come, have employment playing tambourine solos, with bell accompaniments. Mothers, you can return lo this world and guide your erring children, aud if you find they are going astray, ring a bell in their ears and if that won't bring them back to the paths of reotltude, blow a boru, or tie knots iu a handkerchief, or put a barrel or so of flour in some foolish child's hands, and tie her tip with a rope.

Gentlemen, if you are convivially inclined, remember that we have it from good authority, that Bill and Charley, two sociable spirits, got drunk on Christmas day, and four days after were too drunk to materialize. So I am sure there must be spirits of a material kind in the spirit world. [Loud laughter.]

Before we proceed with our performry to make'a ?4W"r^6dar&'s as lo""conditions. And I will say right here, if any of my audience have come here as they would to a minstrel performance, they will be disappointed.

It will be necessary, all through the entertainment, to make explanatory remarks. The majority of my audience have come to see au expose of Spiritualism, and it may be essential to do considerable talking, and I do not want ladies and gentlemen to be annoyed by little boys, or by peo)Ie leaving the house before the performance is over. If there be any here who are not disposed to listen to my remarks, I would request them to step to the door, wb«re their mpney Will be refunded, and they will be allowed to leave. [Sensation.] Those of my audience who have attended the seances given at Pence's Hall or elsewhere, by mediums in your city, know that cartaiu conditions are essential, and these requirements are absolute and peremptory and must be obeyed. I propose to duplicate the performances of your mediums, but 1 must have exactly the same conditions they have, and my conditions are just as absolute and positive as are theirs.

I propose to do ouly the principal feats as given by tbe prominent mediums, all over tbe world. And it must be plain to all, that if I can do the notable feats given by the grand high priests and priestesses of Spiritualism, then I can do the smaller and unimportaut ones also. I do not propose to expose manifestations I have not seen. It would be impossible for any one to expose tricks without seeing them. The manifestations given in your city are far superior to those generally given by mediums elsewhere. If the Davenport Bros., Fay, Foster, Mrs. Stewart and Laura Morgan produce manifestations by trickery, then, as they are held to be great mediums, it is reasonable that all are tricksters. I repeat here what I have said again and again: that I will put up $1,000, that I can expose any medium's performance, if I can see it three times. Speaking of conditions reminds me that whenever a skeptic wishes to investigate carefully, and proposes such terms as would detect the fraud, he is refused an opportunity, because it is against conditions. If you ask what these conditions are, they cannot tell you and when they do begin they get things just as badly mixed as did the little boy who tried to tell his sister about the poisonous effects of the oil of" tobacco Ho had heard that a drop of the oil of tobacco applied to tbe tongue, of a dog, would result ic almost instant death to tbe canine. In relating this he said that tobacco should be avoided, because a single drop of it deposited on a dog's tail would put out a man's eye in a minu'e. [Shouts of merriment.] Like the Spiritualists atiTI their conditions, lie had got things rather mixed. They coutradicted themselves in many ways. For instance, when Mr. Fisk propowd to tie Mrs. Stewart with a hemp string, they said he must use a three-eighths inch cotton rope. Why? Conditions! Then we ask, if the tying is intended to keep her securely and prevent fraud, why object to our using means that are satisfactory? It is against conditions! They say to tbe world that they give test conditions and make it impossible for these results to be fraudulent, and yet they give the mediums a chance to do by fraud what they claim is done by spirits.

This reminds me of a little story. A man had a little scrub of a pony

Tbey say they are willing to be convinced thatSpirituallsm is a fraud, yet when I dublicate the performances of their mediums and when Sallie Cooper, who has been acknowledged a powerful medium, and who has been giving seances before hundreds of your oitizens when this noble little girl comes out and shows that her performances are given by herself, and without spiritual influence, they fall back on some medium in London or Paris, and then say that hundreds of learned and educated men and women have carefully Investigated the same phenomena, and pronounced them spiritual, but they say nothing of the ten thousands of those, equally learned, who have also investigated and prouounoed them a fraud and thus they go on in their foolish course, driving ahead as heed* l'essly and as aimlessly as before.

Now, my friends, it is your duty, and mine, to stop this thing before others are caught in the same yoke. Before we give our experiments I will briefly explain tbe dootrine of materialization, as many, if not all, spiritual phenomena hinge on it. Materialization is simply this The medium is supposed to possess some sort of creative power, as it were, that enables the cplrit to form itself iutoa material body—one that can be seen and felt. This body possesses hands, feet, face, clothes, sc., just as when living. I can imagine that a spirit might or could retake animal existence and reform itself into a material body, but as clothes and hats and rings do not die and change into spirits,kI cannot see bow these things, that have not been changed to spirit, can be materialized or reformed into substance and if suoh materialization takes place, when the body retakes its spiritual form, how is it tbe clothes are also turned into spirit and vanish in thin air.

Some mediums, it is claimed, have stronger power than others. The spirit can torm into body at some distance from the medium, and ring bells, etc. Weaker mediumsonly alt low spirits to form close to them, and others only have sufficienforce to give tbe spirit power to form a single head or a foot. When the spirits receive this power it is called "drawing on the medium,"and is supposed to be quite exhaustive, and enervates tbe medium's physical and mental powers. This is one reason, I suppose, why so many mediums are claimed to have only halfsense, because their spirits have drawn ou them for their small stock of wits aud carelessly omitted to return them. [Laughter.] Others are said not.to have even half sense, and I surmise it is because they have so little sense it couldn't well be divided.

We will now appoint a committee, as our Spiritual friends do, and proceed with our tests. We will first do it all in the dark, an^rthen repeat all in the light, that we may do here tbisevening.

Mr. Baldwin then nominated the following COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION for the evening: Mr. A. J. Kelley, attorney Mr. J. P. Brennan, merchant tailor Mr. McCoy, clerk at Hoagent Tl\es© gentlemen immediately went forward, mounted the stage and were introduced to the audience by Mr. Baldwin. The audience was evidently well-pleased with the select ion. There stood the well-known A. Jackson Kelley, skilled in tying and untying legal knots, and extricating clients from tbe meshes of the law, Just the man said everybody, to discover the spiritual tie, and involve the medium in a chain, not of iron, but of eviidence. Mr. Brennan, as a cutter, would undoubtedly lay things open, aud he bad, in his day, disposed of too many neckties to customers, to be easily misled by any trick where tbe neck was Involved. Mr. McCoy was certainly too good a judge of flannels, Ac., to have the wool pulled over his eyes easily, and moreover would be invaluable in measuring distances. Dr. Banta had been present at sufficient post mortem examinations, to be able to investigate the Spiritualistic corpse understanding^, and his present occupation of insurance agent would insure a fair test. MR. BALDWIN, AND MR. BABttok, his associate, were then tied by the committee, strongly in chairs, placed in the cabinet, tbe doors closed, and immediately a shower of bells, horns and tambourines were thrown from tbe cabinet upon the stage, amid great applause from tbe audience. The. committee then examined the gentlemen, and found them tied as before. Then in the same tie the doors were closed a second time, and in one minute and four seconds the gentlemen walked out untied.

MISS SALLIE COOPKR.

Mr. Baldwin made a few remarks relative to Miss Sallie Cooper, the child medium who has created so much sensation at Pence's Hall, when giving seances in company with Laura Morgan. He gave a short history of the family, and its connection with Spiritualism. Said Mrs. Cooper, by the expose her daughter was about to make, would lose all her Spiritual friends, and the work by which she had made a living for her little family would be withheld. He made an eloquent appeal to the audience to see that Mrs. Cooper lost nothing hy this noble self-denial, and refupal to longer lend a helping hand to fraud, nov that she knew it really was fraud.

He then introduced Miss Cooper, to the audience. The appearance of this young miss was such that the audieuce was immediately prepossessed in her favor. Neatly and tastefully attired, and looking decidedly pretty, she beeame the chief object of interest while upon tbe stage. Mr. Baldwin pat a number of questions to her, and her answers conveyed this information to tbe an dience: that in all her manifestations at Pence's Hall, die had not been

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that was in the habit of sitting down when the rein was pulled. One day the man was riding along the road and met a hunter mounted on a noblo an imal. When tbey had got olose to each other, tht man with the scrub pony pulled the rein, and his steed «at down. Tbe hunter inquired what that manifestation meant. He was informed that the horse was a hunter—also a setter, [laughter,] that he would be invaluable lo a professional huntsman. Then they struck up a trade and changed charger. Subsequently, as they journeyed on in company, they came to a river. When they were crossing, tbe pony sat down in the middle of the stream, and his former ma8*er, then mounted on tbe huntsman's horse, rode on, and in response to his companion, who was shouting from the stream, informed him that he forgot to say that tbe horse was as good for fish as for game. [Qreat Laughter.] So it is with Spiritualists they are just as good for fish as for game.

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aided by spirits, or spirit influence that Laura Morgan did everything in the same way that she (Sallie) did that she had seen Laura Morgan with the bells, Ac., in her^hand and that she would swear to the same. Then

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took seats In the cabinet, one upon each side, and their heads, hands and feet were securely fa^teued with chains and padlocks. The door* were closed aud instantaneously the bells were rung and tamborlnes shaken, and white still sounding, the doors were opened, but tbey(Baldwin and Sallie) were chained as before. Repeated efforts to catch them making the manifestations most sigually failed. Then, in the same condition, Baldwin played on a French harp which had been placed In his vest pocket, still the committee could not catch him in the act of playing.

It was uoticed how much Sallie enjoyed the performance, being now free to laugh as much as she pleased at the mystified committee.

As before mentioned, tbe committee was an excellent one, and iu one respect only did tbey fail. They were

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to enable tbe audience to see through them, and theories of "stand baok" were numerous. Mr. McCoy acted as spokesman of the committee, and gave general satisfaction.

Next, while still ohaiaed, Baldwin and Sallie wrote upon slates and pasteboard, drank a tin cup of water, etc. Then, tied up in huge sacks, they repeated the bell ringing.

About this time an Italian violinist reluctantly made his appearance upon the stage, and played appropriate airs, such as "Little Brown Jug," etc.

Then still chained, Baldwin succeeded in playing upon a drum full three feet distant from him, and the committee failed to explain bow it was done. Afterward, with flour in her hands, Miss Sallie tied herself in the cabinet without spilling any of the same. She then, with back to the audience, showed them exactly how it was done, and how exceedingly simple it was, amid loud cheers.

Then a diminutive and bashful youth, JOHNNY CHAPMAN, was led in, and placed in the chair and chained. He also performed the bfll ringing tricks, and immediately afterward, with the cabinet doors open, Bhowed the house the modus operandi. He was so small that his feet did not reach the flbor, while in the chair, by several inches, yet this little fellow did the Laura Morgan specialities, much more successfully than she did last Sunday night.

Next, Baldwin and Harmon tied themselves,occupying two and threefourths minutes doing it. The committee sealed the knots with wax, and in twenty seconds out came Baldwin's coat through the opening. Then a coat was sewed upon Baldwin, the sleeves together, and front likewise. Tbe coat was thrown off as before, and tbe sewing found intact.

SPIRIT FACES—EXPLANATIONS. Then while Baldwin was still tied, the lights were put out, and complete darkness obtained. Ubastly looking hands and faces were seen moving up and down in the direction of the cabinet, they vanished and appeared in a very ghostly manner, and finally were seen to go behind tbe scenes. In the confusion afterwards, Mr. Baldwin forgot to give the explana-

hands, and face, as shown and explained at Dowling Hall. The bloodletter writing upon tbe arm and band was then explained. The rope tying feats were given in plain sight of the audience and explaiued, then the coat tricks, aud Mrs. Stewart's faVorite tie by tbe neck with thirteen knots were all explained and givenbefore tbe eyes of those preseut.

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was then exposed and shown up as a simple trick, and his own drum trlok given at the footlights. Then Miss Sallie showed how her part of tbe performance was done, and again testified that this was just tbe way that she and Laura Morgan bad always accomplished it. [Cheers.] It was now nearly 12 o'clock, and with a few words of explanation of rappings and table tappings, Mr. Baldwin thanked tbe audience, and announced the entertainment over.

CONCLUSION.

It is needless to add that this was the most perfect expose of tbe most unmitigated swindle that has ever been attempted upon tbe Terre Haute public, and great credit is due Mr. Baldwin for his vigorous prosecution of the same, and to Sallie Cooper for her honest renouncing of the Pence Hall crowd. -.

A Narrow Escape. Communicated,

The other morning Edward Doran, of this city, attempted to cross the Six Mile Creek, two miles south of Bowling Green. Tbe creek was very high, and the water was about four feet deep on the road, and he,not being familiar with the route, drove into water about fifteen feet deep. It was so sudden that ail went under. But Mr. Dorau managed to get out of bis buggy, and swam toalog, and got out safe. He also got bis horse and buggy out with but little damage, although he lost everything he had in his buggy, abo his hat. He had a narrow esca|»e, and several others came near losing their lives in the same place. W. H.

The Grangers In Picrson Township. On tbe evening o'f Jan. ldtb, Mr O. M. Curry organized a Grange the Patrons of Husbandry, at Centre school bouse. The following officers were chosen for the ensuing year

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Henrv C. Liston, Chaplain. Wm. 'F.Mera, Steward. John W. Larew, Assistant Steward. Abraham Larew, Treasurer. Malen B. Tryon, Secretary. James H. Welch, Gate-keeper. Mrs. Elizabeth Stark, Ceres. Mrs. Palina E. Kicbey, Fiora.

Nancy C. Larew. Pomona. Miss MaTtha Payne, Lady Assistant Steward. JI I

THE students of the Normal School, last evening, presented the President with a painting. That gentleman is a great admirer of art, also evidences of good will, and-nothing would have pleased him better..

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NEW YORK, Jan. 27.—While workmen were hoisting a safe into the wiudow of Masonic Temple, last evening, C. M. Havemyer, son of Mayor Havemyer, accidentally run agaicst a rope which was stretohed across the sidewalk, and was thrown violeutly to the pavement. Hp was removed to his residence in an unconscious condition.

HARRISBURO, Jan. 27.—The newly organized combination, composed of promiuent railroad*men and capitalists, is about to open war against the coal combination. Already work on the new railroad has been commenced, the route of which extends from the anthracite region to the seaboard. As soon as the oompany's plans are perfected a warfare will be commenced between the new organization and coal trade in various anthracite regions of Pennsylvania. Con•iderable excitement is manifested among the railroad and coal men and further developments are awaited with interest.

JERSEY CITY,Jan. 27.—The Presbyterian Church at Penuiugton, N. J., was destroyed by fire last evening. Loss $20,000 insured. It was opened to public worship but a short time ago.

BROOKLYN, Jan. 27.—In the Common Council last night a resolution was otrvred directiug an Investigation into the robbery of $18,000 in bonds from the Comptroller's safe. He was ordered to furnish au explanation of the whole subject.

NEW YORK, Jan. 28.—A special from Wasblngtou says that tbe Spanish Ministers of the colonies are under the Caste liar Government. Senor Soler arrived here last evening. He remains twodays when he leaves for New York, stopping at Baltimore. He expects to sail from New YorkTin his return to Spain, on the 4th of February.

Secretary Fish gives a dinner, Thursday, to the French Minister, Marquis Denoiles,to which the members of the diplomatic corps are invited. Denoiles and family will leave here, Saturday, for New York, and sail by French steamer on tbe 7th of February. The Marquis expects to enter upon the new duties as Minister to Italy in about five weeks.

Late information from Havana, received here by Cubans, states that the patriot army under G§n. Gomez, now numbering over five thousand men, has advanced upon Trooha, which point is held by a small Spanish force. In Triuidad valley and Ciuco Villas, the troops have already destroyed several plantations with sugar and machinery to the value of seven millions dollars. The Patriots also freed ten thousand negroes and between three and four thousand Coolies. Many of them are now joining the patriot army. The Patriots arc also threatening Santiago de Cuba, Manylnillo, and other large cities, and are confident of ultimate 8UCC6S8*

That bill of exceptions in the Tweed case comes up for argument, before Judge Davis, Monday next.

In an article on the city railroad, the Times this morning says that the street car lines of the city, to the number of 15, are in default to the city treasury, to tbe amount of about $400,000,1or car fees.

Tho billiard match, for the championship of the world, three-ball ame, between Gamier and Ubassey, or a stake of $2,000, takes place Friday evening.

FFEW YORK, Jan. 23.—Mrs. Wm. Allen, Indicted with Maggie Jordan and keeper Phillips, charged with aiding the murderer, Sharkey, to escape from the Tombs, has been discharged from custody.

NEW YORK, Jun. 28.—Money easy from the first exchange steady, without a feature gold, very dull opened at 111J, and now selling at that price governments strong, without a feature stocks, of no account market dull and generally lower.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 28.—A board of officers of the Engineer Corps has been constituted to examine and report on tbe James river and Kanaw.ba~c&5al.jycjeot The board,fccgRj 4th of February.

A report was received from the War Department this morning, giving an account of a fight between some Michigan Indians, near Newtown, in which the entire Indian party, ten warriors and one squaw, were killed. Indians were Camauchees, from their reservation.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28.—The Democratic Convention met this morning and adopted a resolution to tbe effect that it was inexpedient to makei a nomination for the Mayor* alty, but recommended Hon. A. K. McCIure to tbe support of the people of Philadelphia, as a citizens' candidate for Mayor.

Col. Davidson reports from Fort Sill, January 10, that a small detachment of troops, returning from Fort Sill were fired into by a band of Camancbes. The fire was returned and the Indians driven off.

JERSEY City, Jan. 28.—It has been ascertained that defaulting Treasurer Alexander D. Hamilton, who absconded with a large sum of money belonging to the city, left for Trenton Friday on business, since which time nothing has been heard of him, except a telegram from bis wife announcing that be was in Boston, on business. Friday, the Mayor signed and delivered to Hamilton 72 $1,000 bonds of tbe city. Only $22,000 of these bonds can be found. An examination of bis book accounts has not yet been made. It is thought that such action will reveal still more. His bondsmen have been notified that they will be held responsible for the full amount of the deficiency. The Board of Finance has elected Thos. Earl Treasurer in the place of Hamilton.

CHICAGO, Jan. 28.—The Jewish convention of Binai Beriththis forenoon discussed tbe question of an endowment fund for the widows of members, without reaching a result and adjourned to visit the Board of Trade.

A dispatch from St. Paul says: The story of cannibalism among the Vermillion Indians origiuated iu the fact that an old crazy old woman, whose refuge Is neHr the British line, was discovered by a hunter to have eaten part of a child. The remains of the body was hanging In a tree like the carcass of a deer. The hunter was frightened, and fled without looking for the rest of the family, aud tbe report was exaggeratod as it spread. Other reports of starvation, and suffering from want of clothing, have been more than confirmed.

BROOKLYN, Jan. 28.—Of the four thousand men employed in the navy yard during the Virginius excitement, only twelve hundred remain, and on Saturday next the force will be reduced to five hundred. Vessels upon which men wers employed will be left unfinished. A petition for employment has been sent by workmen to Washington.

W'ftie Criminal Court, yesterday, counsel for Woolen—the young man etiarged as principal in the murder of Ward—filed an affidavit asking for a a change of venue, on account of the prejudice of the people. Motion pending. His (Woolen's accessories, the women, Parsons and Sullivan, will have a hearing Friday and Saturday, respectively.

PARIS is to be visited by Baldwin A Co., on an exposing expedition.

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Tho attention of the reader is called to the advertisement of the Jewelry establishment of Cal. Thomas. Mr. Thomas has made a specialty of spectacles. He is one of the best mechanicans in the city, and persons having repairing to be done ahould give him a call.

Torre Haute Markets.

GEESE—Per pound, 10c. DUCKS-Per pound, 8c. BROOM CORN—#[email protected]. CORN SHUCKS-Por pound, 2X® 8%o.

STRAW—Common, per ton, 0.00 ryestraw, 10.00.

Wholesale Market.

is trrris ri—crronw ~yvrtWH,~ white and yellow, mixed 10(g)20o. BKESWAX-Yellow, 26c.

EGGS—Fresh, per dozen, 20®22Xc, FEATHERS—Live geese, 60c to ttOcj old. 10o to 30o.

RYE FLOUR—40c. CORN MEAL—50®60e. -iWHEAT—1.40 to 1.00 bu. BUCKWHEAT—70c. RYE—65c bu. CORN—86c to 40c bu. OATS—30 to 85c bu. HIDES AND FURS—Green trimmed, lb., 9Kc green salted, lb., 10c dry.flint, 17Sc sheep pelts, 15o to 1.00.

TURKEYS—Alive, lb., 4Xc to 6c. DUCKS-Per doz.( 2.25. CHICKENS—Old, *dez.t 2.26. GINSENG—Per lb., 75o., TALLOW—Per lb., 7o. GREASE—Brown, lb. 6c white, lb., 6c.

POTATOES—Peach Blows, bu., 90c to 1.00. RAGS—Cotton, lb., 8c.

COPPER—Per lb., 20c. BRASS— Per lb., 12o. IRON—Wrought, cwt, 1.60: ctat, cwt., 1.60. LARD—Country, tb., 6c. HOGS—Gross, 13.35 net, 4.00.

Hide and Leather Market. TBRRB HAUTE, Jan. 29. HIDES—Green cured, 8*c green 7c do. heavy, 9 to 9%o do. kip, 12 to 14c dry flint hides, 17 to 18c do salt do., 14 to 16o sheep skins, 1.00 to 1.76 shearlings 80 to 40c lambs, 40 to 75c.

RACCOON—Large, prime, good colors, 46c to 60c small, prime, 80c to 40c No. 2 kittens, lOo to 200 No. 8 kittens, 6c to 10c No. 4 kittens, 6c.

MINK—Large, dark, prime, 1.26 to 2.60 larKe, pale, and small, dark, 1.00 to 1.60 No. 2and unwound prime, 60o to 75c No. 8 do., 25c to 60c No. 4 do., 10c to 26c.

MUSKRAT-Winter, 10c to 16c. RED FOX—No. 1, 76c to 1.00 No. 2, 80c to 40c.

GREY FOX—No. 1,76c to 1.00 No. 2, 20c to 30c. OTTER—No. 1, 4.00 to 6.00 No, 2, 2.00 4.00 No. 8,1.60 to 2.00 No. 4, 60s to to 76c cubs, 20 to 60c.

WILD CAT—No. 1, 26 to 80c No. 2, 10 to 20c. HOUSE CAT—No. 1, 10 to 16« No. 2,6 to 10c.

SKUNK—Black cased, 60c to 76 and narrow stripe, 20 to 80c wide stripe white, 20 to 80c.

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FLOUR--Per 9.00. WHEAT—White, 1.40 to 1.45 amber, 1.35 to 1.40 red, 1.80 lo 1.86.

FLOUR—Fanoy brands, 8.00 to 8.25 choice fmnily, 7.50 to 7.75. POTATOES—New, per bushel, 1.40.

CORN MEAL—Per bushel, 80o. BUTTER-Per pound, 30@40o. EGGS—Per dozen, 20o. CHICKENS—i'er dozen, 2.75. HAY—Per ton, 13.00. COFFEE—Per pound 86 (g)40c. SUGAR—Per pound, ll@15u SALT—Per barrel, 2.60. HAMS—Per pound, 16o. SHOULDERS—Per pound, 10c. BREAKFAST BACON SIDES— Pei pound, 14c.

Chicago Market. CHICAGO, Jas. 28.

WHEAT—Steady cash 1.23^ February 1.23Ji March 1.26%. CORN— FITUI, cash 57% February at 57%, March 66J^c May 64%.

OATS-Quiet cash 42Jc February 4'2}4 March 43%c. BARLEY—No. 2, $1.70.

HIGH WINES—97. RYE—80c.

New York Market. NBW YOBK, Jan. 28.

BREADSTUFFS—Opened generally dull and heavy. FLOUR—Lower.

WHEAT—Heavy. CORN—Dull. OAT—Unchanged. RYE—Lower. BARLEY—Firm and higher prices

PROVISIONS—Opened dull and generally easier. PORlf— Quiet, L,

BEEF—Choice*, Mid Kaihs nominal, CUT MEATS—Nominal. HOGS—Steady. TALLOW—Firm. dBA CON— Easy. LARD—Shade lower,

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