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Vol. V.-——No. 20.——‘Whole No. 124.

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NEW YORK, APRIL 19, 1878;.

PRICE TEN CENTS.

TH

E
LOANER’ BANK
on THE CITY or NEWYORK,
(ORGANIZED UNDER STATE CI-IARTER,)
Continental Life Builing,

22 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.

CAPITAL ................................ .. $500,000
Subject to increase to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,000,000

 

This Bank negotia es LOANS, makes COLLEC-
TIONS, advances on EOURITIES and receives DE-
POSITS.

Accounts of Bankers, Manufacturers‘ and Merchants
Will?eccive special attention.

@“’ FIVE PER CENT. INTEREST paid on CUR-
RENT BALANCES and liberal facilities offered toionr
CUSTOMERS.

- DORR RUSSELL, President.
A. F. WILMARTH, Vice-President.

JOHN J. CISCO & soN,
Bankers,

N o. 59 Wall St., New York.

 

Gold and Currency received on deposit ubjcct to ‘

check at sight.

Interest allowed on Currency Accounts at the rate
of Four per Cent. per annum, credited at the end of
each month. V

-ALL CHECKS DRAWN ON US PASS THROUGH
THE CLEARING-HOUSE, AND ARE RECEIVED
ON DEPOSIT BY ALL THE CITY BANKS.

Certificates of Deposit issued, payable on demand,
bearing Four per C__ent interest.

Loans negotiated.

Orders promptty executed for the Purchase and
Sale of Governments, Gold, Stocks and Bonds on
commission.

Collections made on all parts of the United States
and Canadas.

HARVEY FISK. A. S. HATCH.

OFFICE OF

OFISK & HATCH,

BANKERS AND DEALERS IN
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES,
No. 5 Nassau st., N. Y.,

§° Opposite U. S. Sub-Treasury.

     
 

‘ he accounts of Banks, Bank-
,  and others, subject to check
at sigh an all'ow_._interest on balances.

We make special arrangementsfor interest

on deposits of specific sums for fixed periods.

We make collections on all pointsin the
United States and Canada, and issue,Certifi—
cates of Deposit available in all parts of the
Union.‘

We buy and sell at current rates, all classes
of Government Securities, and the Bonds of
the Central Pacific Railroad Company ; also,
Gold and Silver Coin and Gold Coupons.

we buy and sell, at the Stock Exchange,
miscellaneous Stocks and Bonds, on commis-
sion, for cash.

Communications and ,inquiries by mail or
telegraph, will receive careful attention.

.«

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A FIRS’l‘—CLASS

New York Security

AT A LOW PRICE.

._._.Z._

The undersigned offer for sale the First Mortgage
Seven Per Cent. Gold Bonds of the Syracuse and Che-
nango Valley Railroad, at 95 and accrued interest.

This road runs from the City of Syracuse to Smith’s
Valley, where it unites with the New York Midland
Railroad, thus connecting that city by 9. direct line of
road with the metropolis. \

- Its length is 42 miles, its cost’about $425000 per mile,
and it is mortgaged for less than $12,000 per mile; the
balance of the funds required for its construction hav-
ing been raised by subscription to the capital stock.

The road approaches completion. T It traverses a
populous and fertile district of the State, which in-
sures it a paying business, and it is under the control
of gentlemen of high character and ability. Its bonds
possess all the requisites of an inviting investment.
They are amply secured by a. mortgage for less than
one-third the value of the property. They pay seven
per cent. gold interest. and are offered five per cent.
below par. The undersigned confidently recommend
them to all class of investors. ’

GEORGE OPDYKE & 00.,
No. 25 Nassau Street.

 

   Mgsinns.

To those who wish to REIN VEST COUPONS OR
DIVIDENDS, and those who wish to INCREASE
THEIRINCOME from means already invested in less
profitable securities, we recommend the Seven-Thirty
Gold Bonds of the Northern Pacific Railroad Com-
pany as well secured and unusually productive.

The bonds are always convertible at Ten per cent.

7 premium (1.10) into the Company’s Lands, at Market

Prices. The rate of intmest (severrand three~tenths
per cent. gold) is equal now to about 8 1-4 currency
———yielding an income more than one-third greater than
U. S. 5-203. Gold Checks for the semi-annual in-
terest on the Registered Bonds are mailed to the post-
oiiice address of the owner, All marketable stocks
and bonds are received in exchange for Northern

Pacifics ON MOST FAVORABLE TERMS.

"JAY COOKE & G0.

FISK & HATCH. 4

EANKING HOUSE or’ V  9
HENRY CLEWS &. 00.,

32 ‘Wall Street, N. Y.

Circular Notes and Lettersiot Credit for travelers ;
also Commercial Credits issued available throughout
the World.

Bills of Exchange on the Imperial Bank of London,
National Bank of Scotland, Provincial Bank of Ire-
land and all their branches.

:-

Telegraphic Transfers of money on Europe, San"
Francisco and the West Indies.

Deposit accounts received in either Currency or
Coin, sh-bject to Check at sight, which pass through
the Clearing House as if drawn upon any city bank;
interest allowed on all daily balances; Certificates ofk ‘
Deposit issued bearing interest at current rate; Notes V
and Drafts collected.

State, City and Railroad Loans negotiated.

cLEws, ‘HABICHT & co.,,
11 Old Broad St., London.

BANKING a FINANCIAL.

..._....:

“THE ST. JOSEPH AND DENVER CITY RAIL-
ROAD COMPANY ‘S

FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS

Are being absorbed by‘ an increasing demand for them.

Secured as theyare by a first mortgage on the Road,
Land Grant, Franchise and Equipments, combined
in one mortgage, they command at once a ready
market.

A Liberal Sinking Fund provided in the Mortgage
Deed must advance the price upon the closing of the
loan. Principal and interest payable in com). Inter-
est at eight (8) per cent. per annum. Parable semi-
annually, free of tax. Principal in thirty years. De-,
nominations, $1,000, $500 and $100 Coupons, or Regis-
tered.

Price 97% and accrued interest, in currency, from
February 15, 1872.

Maps, Circulars, Documents and information fur-
nished. ,

Trustees, Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company of New’
York. , ,

Can now be had through the principal Banks and
Bankers throughout the country, and from "the under-
signed who unhcsitatingly recommend them.

TANNER & 00., Bankers, '
No. 11 Wall Street, New York.

AUGUST BELMONT & co,

P

Bankers,
19 and 21 NAssAU STREET,

Issue Letters of Credit to Travelers, available in all
parts of the world through the

MIESSRS. DE ROTESCHILD AND THEIR
CORRESPONDENTS.

Also, make telegraphic transfers of money on Call» A
tomla, Ruxopeand Samara. A ‘ I

TolLEDo,I>EoRIA

WARSAW RAILWAY,

SECOND -MORTGAGE ooN-

VERTIBLE 7 PER

CENT. CURRENCY DBONDS.

INTEREST WARRANTS PAYABLE

4 ocronnn AND APRIL,

PRINCIPAL 1886.

We offer for sale $i00,000 of the above bonds in
block. By/act of reorganization of the Company these
bonds are convertible into the First Preferred Shares
of the Company, which amounts to only i‘7,000 shares,
and into the Consolidated Bonds (recently negotiated
at Amsterdam) of six millions of dollars, which cover
the entire line of 230 miles of completed road, tn
gather with all the rolling stock’ and real property, to
the value of more than ten millions of dollars. The
road crosses the entire State of Illinois and connect
with the mammoth iron bridges spanning the Missi s
sippi at Keokuk and Burlington. The income of the
road for the year will net suflieient to pay interest on
all the bonded indebtedness and dividend on the pre«-
ferred shares.

For terms apply to

CLARK, DODGE & CO.,

Corner Wall and William Streets;

RAILROAD IRON,

For: SALE  

BY s. W. HOPKINS & Co,

71 BaoA;DWA‘1§;

 

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WOODHULL & CLAFL’IN’S WEEKLY.

 

April 19, 1873.

Norron To INVESTORS. -
CHICAGO 1 AND CANADA
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  7 per cent. Gold Bonds

AT 90 AND ACCRUED INTEREST. COUPON AND
REGISTERED. INTEREST PAYABLE IN
V GOLD. APRIL AND OCTOBER. '

We now ofier these Bonds at the above VERY LOW
price. THE CANADA SOUTHERN, or Eastern end
of this line, whose Bonds were so rapidly sold last sum-
mer, -

is N ow rrnrsnnn,

. and will be opened for business in connectiod with the
I TOLEDO AND WABASH and other Western Roads,

at a very early day. ‘The CHICAGO AND CANADA

1' SOUTHERN, or Western end of this line, is now being

rapidly built, and the Company expect it to be finished
during the present year. ‘ -
THIS GREAT TRUNK LINE, when completed
through, will be of immense advantage to the shipping
interests of the Great West, being Level, Straight, and
thirty—three miles Shorter than any other route. Hav-
ing connections with all the lines running into Bufialo
at the East and Chicago at the VVest, and under the
management of some of the most experienced rail-
): oad operators of the country, its success is rendered
a certainty, and its Bonds must be a safe andprofitable
investment. It makes the shortest and best connec-
tions going West, both at Toledo and Detroit, and is
g the only Seven Per Cent. Bond on any through Trunk
; line now oifered. .
Pamphlets and all information by

WINsLow,. LANIER do (30,,
A Bankers, 27 Pine Street.
, LEONARD, SHELDON dz Fostrnn,
Bankers, 10 Wall Street. A

FIRST MORTGAGE 8 PER CENT. BONDS '

» on THE , _
MILWAUKEE AND NORTERN
RAILWAY. C

Coupon and registered; Interest June and December.
..DENOMINATIONS, 1,000s AND 500s.

We ofier these Bonds for sale at 90 ahd,accrued‘in—
terest, believing them to be a secure as well as a profit-

’ able investment. Full particulars furnished on appli-

cation. _ 5
VERMILYE 85 CO., ' ,
Nos. 16 and 18 Nassau Street.
GREENLEAF, NORRIS a _oo.,
0  N o. 66 Exchange Place.

    WILLIA11 11. snv.A.r.n’s

  TRAVELS.

 

/The undersigned respectfully announce thatpthey
have now ready the order-book containing specime11-
pages of the paper, printing, illustrations, engravings,
and styles of binding of

Governor Seward’s ‘Wonde1*ful
Journey Around the World. I

p This deeply interesting work was completed a few
days before the distinguished t7°cwelle7~’s death, and the
publishers will spare no pains to make it the most
elegantly gotten-up book of‘ trowel ever publishecZ——'rHn
EINGRAVINGS ALONE’ COSTING ABOUT $15,000.

It ‘is sold only by subscription, and a duly-authorized
agent will call for the purpose of giving all an oppor-
tunity to subscribe. to

No copies will be sold from our store at any gmce.

Nearly 300 Engravings.

D. ANNLETCN & $0.,

I I Publishers,
"549 & 55:1 BROADWAY,
' _NeW York. ‘

LM1ss.iLo. .4. nnnaronrn,
_ 607: Hudson_.Street, New York, A
basics! and Business 513554111.

Well known for her correctediagnosifi of disease and
delineation. of character. , , __   .

- AFETY, SPEED AND COMFORT.
NORWICH LINE.‘

For Boston, W/orcester, Fitchburg, Groton Junction,
Lowell, Lawrence, Nashua, Manchester, Concord, Pal-
mer, Brattleboro, and intersecting points.

The new and staunch steamers

CITY OF BOSTON, " .
CITY OF NEW-YQR§fi
-  31.355 area
.4
Will leave New York daily (Sundays excepted) at 4
o’clock p. m., from Pier No. 40, North River, foot of
Canal and Watts streets. ,

For New London, and Norwich, their connectin ,
with Express trains for the above points, via Vermon
Central.’ Norwich and Worcester, and Boston, Hart-
ford and Eric Railroads. _

For through tickets and rates for freight, apply at
the office, Pier 40, North River.

W. F. PARKER, Agent.

New York, June '7, 1872.

Especially for Females.

 

A powerful and healthy Magnetizer, who has cured
many female complaints by the use of magnetized
paper, will send the same to any address for 25 cents
per sheet, with directions for its use. Address Box
80, Lynn, Mass.

Dr. aosnrn TREAT,
L or Yineland, N. J.-, gives \ ’
THREE 1 LECTURES:

’HENRY WARD BEECHER,
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN,
VICTORIA C. WOODEIULL,

Risk of Hall and expenses taken, and 25 cents
charged for each Lecture. ’ _

If necessary the cream of the three rendered in one

Henry Ward Beecher illustrated by twice life-size
portrait.

Address, care of Woodhull & Claflin, 48 Broad st;,
N. Y., or of J. P. Mendum, 84 Washington st., Boston,
Mass, or of J . A. Lant, Editor of the Sun, Toledo, 0.

Lnornnns BY

Edward II. S. Clark,

Of Troy, N. Y. ,

1. FISK; OR, THE CRIMES OF OUR COMMERCE.
(New Lecture for 1879-3.)

2. THE AMERICAN LECTURE-STAND.

3. OUR COMING Rnru13r.1o.
< (Lecture in progress.)

TERMS FROM 340 TO $80.

—..._...=—.-n

NEWSPAPER NOTICES.

Mr. Clark’s “American Lecture-stand” is not only
thoughtful and scholarly, but it is popular and enter-
taining. He delivers it without reference to his man-
uscript, in a elear, pleasant voice, with easy, graceful
gestures. An ardent admirer of Phillips and Curtis,
his matter and manner constantly suggest those great
masters. No finer lecture than the “American Lec-
ture—stand” has been delivered -in Albany this season,

. and we heartily commend its author to the lyceums of

the country as a speaker who will not disappoint great
expectations.——Albclny Jou7"na.l.

“The American Lecture stand” gave the best of
satisfaction. Mr. Clark 1s a pleasant and attractive
speaker, and will always be warmly welcomed upon
the platform in Albany.——Albany Argus. ,

One of the best lecturesiglven in Albany this winter.
—-Albany Empress. «

Undoubtedly one of the ablest productions that have
recently been offered to lecture—goers anywhere in
this C0l1Ill3l‘y.--T7"0’_l/ Wing.

It lifts Mr. Clark at once to the flrstvrank or public
lecturers.——T7'oy Press.

It certainly meets the requirements of the lecture-
going public to as great a degree as any similar efiort
tpat we remembe1‘.—Roclwsto7“ Democrat and Chroni-
c e. ' —

We are compelled to say it is one of the .most inter-
esting, instructive and entertaining productions that
have recently fallen under our notice.——BujfaZo E76-
press. "

Unquestionably the best lecture we ever heard, is
gm verdict of all who listened.——Bennéngton Free
regs.

Many declare it to be the best lecture of the course.
—~Bennéngton Banner. 1

Mr. E. H. C. Clarke lecture is considered the best
of the course, except, perhaps, Carl Schurz’s.-Ben-
ntngzfon Uorrespondent of the Troy Press.

Not one of the best, but the very best lecture of, the
season.—Schuylerm'lle News. —

WENDELL PHILLIPS ON “FISK; OR, THE
CRIMES OF OURCOMMERCE.” «;

Dear ,Fmend~—Your lecture on Fisk is happily named
and thoroughly treated. It was a rare treat to listen
to it. You will surely interest your audiences. What
better subject could a speaker have for the lyceum
than this startling scene and appalling conspiracy
which we call your “ Rings‘? ” All Europe hangs
breathless over that drama. It is the culmination of
all Tocqueville feared for us. To Americans the ‘sub-
ject is one of grave——even painful interest. You have
treated it skillfully: made a sketch at once terseand
full, rapid-, masterly and eflective; sure to command
a profonnder interest than the most sensational topic.
While it is full of suggestion for the thoughtful, it is
brilliant and striking enough to charm the most indif-
fercnt audience. “It will do_ much to keep the lyceum
where it belo.ngs—-iustruction and education, as well
as interest and amusement.

Yours, " ' WENDELL , Pn1LLn>s.
EDWARD H. Gr. CLARK, Troy, N. Y. '

- JOSHUA M. none,

Manufacturer and Proprietor

‘AND.

Holds Vegetable Liver Tonic.

__l n11.roaD,N. -H. ’

31. liens iriaguetlc Pain 0013, 

RIE R-AILWAY.——Wi‘nter Arrangement

of Trains to take effect January 20, 1813.. From

Chambers-street Depot (for Twenty-third street see
note below). ' _

9- a. m.—~Cin'oinnati and Chicago Day Express.
Drawing—room Coaches to Buffalo and Sleeping
Coaches to destination.

11 a. m.-—Express Mail for Buflalo and Niagara
Falls. Drawing-room Coaches to Susquehanna and
Sleeping Coaches to destination. ‘ ,

7 p. m. (Daily).——Cincinnati and Chicago Night Ex-
press. Sleeping Coaches through to Buiralo, Niagara

alls, Cmcmnatl, Detroit and Chicago, Without
change. — 7

Additional Trains leave for——

Port Je-rvie, 8, 9, 11 and *11.15 a. m., 4.30 and 7 p. m.

Goshen and Middletown, *“(.,30, 8, +8.30, 11 and *11.-
15 a. m., 3.30, 4.30 arid *+7 p. in.

Warwick, 8, 11 and *11.15 a. 111., and 4.30 p. in.

Newburgh, +8.30, 9 and 11 a. m., 3.30 and 4.30 p. m.

Suffern, +7.30, 8, +8.30, 11 and +11.15 a. 111., 3.30, 5, 6,
+6.30, *7 and *l1.:$0 p. In.

Ridgewood, Hohokus, Allendale and P.amsey’s, +7.-
30, 8, +8.30, 11, *11.15 a. m., 3.30, 5, 6, +6.30, T and *11.-
30 p. m. ,

Paterson, 6.45, *"(.30, 8, +8.30, 10, 11, *11.15 ‘a.-m., 12
noon, *1.45, 3.30, 4, 5, 5.15, 6, *6.30, *7, 8, 10 and *11.30
p. in. ' ,

Newark, 7.15, *8.45 and 11.30 a. m., and 3.45, 5.15 and
*6.30 p. m. _

_ Rutherfurd Park and Passaic, 6.45, *’7.30, +8.30, 10,
11 a. m., 12 noon, *1.45, 3.30, 4, 5.15, 6, *6.30, 8, 10 and
*11.30 p. m. \ . _ .

Hillsdale, Hackensack and Way, 5, 8.15 and +8.45

m., 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 p. m., and 12 Mid.

and 5 p. m., and +12 M’

Englewood, 5, 7.45, +9 and 9.30 a. m., 1.30, 3.15, 4.15,
4.45, 5.30, 6.30 and 57.45 p. m., and +12 Mid. ,

Cresskill, 5, 7.45, +9 and 9.80 a. m., 1.30, 3.15, 4.15,
5.30, 0.30 and *7.45 p. m.," and +12 Mid.

Sparkill, 5, 7.45, +9 and 9.30 a.’ m., 1.30, 3.15, 4.15,
4.45, 5.30, 0.30 and +7.45 p. m., and +12 Mid.

Piermont and Nyack, 7.45, +9 and 9.30 a. m., 1.30,
3.15, 4.45, 5.30, 5.30 and +7.45 p. m., and +12 Mid.

N. B.—~Trains leaving Chambers street on even or
half hours, leave Twenty-third street 15 minute-1‘ earlier
than above time. The 5 a. m., 10 and 11.30 p. m., and
12 Mid. Trains start from Chambers street only.

N. B.—Trains on the N. R. R. and Newark,..Branch
leaving Chambers street on quarter hours, leave
Twenty-third street 30 minutes earlier than above
time.

Tickets for passage and for apartments in Drawing-
room and Sleeping Coaches can be obtained, and
orders for the checking and transfer of Baggage may
be left at the~Company’s oiitces—~241 529;‘ and 957
Broadway; corner one Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street and Third avenue: 2 Court street, Brooklyn: at
the Company’s Depots, and of Agents at the principal
hotels.

* Daily. + Sundays only. *1 Goshen, Sundays only.

JNO. N. ABBOTT, General Passenger Agent.

J.AMlESON’S BOOK!

“ THE CLERGY A SOURCE OF DANGER TO THE
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GOD IN THE CONSTITUTION.
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Address all orders to W. F. JAMIESON, 139 and 141
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WHAT THE’ PRESS SA Y8’ .'

We consider Mr. Jamieson as having done a most
useful and needed work in publishing this book. _It
oughtto be read by every one who takes the least m-
terest in the Christian Amendment movement, or any
of the allied questions. It IS crammed weth znformoc-
tton of all kinds bearing on the general issues; and
every agaburns with intense eurneslne3s.——Free Reh-

gious ndeoc, Nov. 16. 1372

A meaty volume, a remarkable book, Mr. J amieson
writes with earnestness and fervor. We commend the
book to the widest possible perusal, believing that 1t
is singularly calculated to open men’s eyes and do
their souls permanent good.~—Banne7' of Lzght, Oct. 12,
1872. '

Interesting valuable and timely. It abounds with
important faizts. No more important volume has been
issued from the press for many yeclrs.——Boszfon Investi-
goltor, Oct. 2, 1872. '

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— , CANT! .

THE LIBERAL PRESS IS REJOICING.
DR. AMMI BROVVN,
Dentist, ‘

Removed to 30 East Twenty-fourtl1rSt1-eet,

4 , Near Madison Square.

HASLAM’S PILE REMEDIES——’I‘HE
most practical and reliable informa—.,

   

 cure_of iles is to be found in HAS-
LA S TISE, Just published. It will pay you
to get a co y, whether you use our remedies or not.

 

N.

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M .
on o.,87£‘.ar1<1ioW.

Spring Valley and Viiiay, 5, 8.15, and +8,45 a. m., 1, 4-
1 .

‘“ tion in re ard to the prevention and‘-

‘ HE NATIONAL LINE OF STEAM-
SHIPS. W
Weekly to Qucenstown and Liverpool.
Fortnightly to and from London direct.
From Piers  and 47, North River.

To Queenstown and Liverpool:

“Canada,” Webster, Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 10 a. in.
“Greece,” Thomas, Wednesday Feb. 12, at 3 p. m.
_ “Egypt,” Grogan, Wednesday, eb. 19, at 9 a. In.

To London direct:

“Helvetia,”"Griggs, Tuesday, an. 23, at 3 p. m.’

THESE STEAMSHIPS ARE-TI-IE LARG-
EST IN Tl-IE TRADE.

Cabin Passage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  and S565, currency.
Stceragc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ..  currency.

Prepaid Steerage ti ts from Liverpool, Queens-
town, Londondeiry, Glasgow, Cardiil’, Bristol, or Lon-
.don, C*.HJy’zll’.L]€z? Q"£Z.e:2v .61’ AA’ 1’ ULHLR LINE.

For further_in1'o1'niation apply at the Company‘s
Oiilce, No. 59 Broadway. y .
F. W. J. HURST, liianager.

    

'%%]"IIITE STAR LINE.
For Q,ueenstown and Liverpool,
Carrying the
UNITED STATES MAIL.
New and full—powercd stcamsliips-
Sailing from New York on Saturday, from Liver-
pool on Thursday, calling at Cork Harbor each way
Adriatic, Saturday, February 1, 3.00 p. m.
Oceanic, Saturday, February 8, at 8.00 p. m.
Baltic, Saturday, February 15, at 3.00 p. In.
Celtic, Saturday, February 22, at 1.00 p. m.
Atlantic,‘ Saturday, March 1, at 3.00 p. m.
From the White Star lzock, Pavonia Ferry, Jersey
‘ity.

Passenger accommodations. (for all classes) unrivaled,
combining
Safety, Speed, and Comfort.

_ Sal_oons_, state-rooms, smoking room, andbath rooms
inmidship section, where least motion is felt. Sur-
geons and stewardcsses accompany these steamers.

Rates—Saloon $80, gold. @or sailing after 1st of
April, $100 gold.) Stcerage, $30, currency. Those
wishing to send for friends from the Old Country can

rency.

Passengers booked to or from all parts of America,
Paris, Hainburg, Norway, Sweden, India, Australia,
China, 8520. .

Drafts from £1 upward.

For inspection of plan and other information,
apply at the -Company’s fiices, No. 10Broadway,
New York. J . H. SPARKS, Agent.

NITED STATES, NEVV-ZE AND

& AUSTRALIAN MAIL STEAMSHI 3 LINE.

——’l‘he steamships of this line are appointed to sail

from San Francisco for NEW-ZEALAND and AUS-
TRALIA, via Ilonoluln, upon

MAY 22, 1 SEPT. 11,

JUNE 19, . 001‘. 9,

JULY 17, NOV. 6,

AUG. 14, DEC. 4, at Noon.

 

For freight and passage, apply iio _
W. H. WEBB. 53 Exchange Place. New York.

NLY DIRECT LINE T0 FRANCE.
THE GENERAL TRANSATLANTIC COM-
PANY’S MAIL STEAMSHIPS BETWEEN NEW
YORK AND HAVRE, CALLING .AT BREST. ‘
The splennid vessels on this favorite route for the
Continent will sail from Pier No. 50, North River, as
’-follows:
“ Ville de Paris,” Surmont, Saturday, January 28.
“VVashi-ngton,” Roussan, Saturday, February 8.
“St. Laurent,” Lcmarie, Saturday, February 22.
“Pereire,” Danre, Saturday, March 8.
Price of passage in -gogd (including wine) to Brest or
-lavre: ‘ .

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INDUSTRIAL JUSTICE.

.- V THE INTERNATIONAL. . 1

A meeting of the Federal Council (American) was held on
Sunday, the 6th inst., at N o. 129 Spring street, Citizen Mad-
dox in the chair.

Citizen‘West was appointed Secretary pro tem.

Preliminary business having been transacted, Citizen
West, from the committee appointed for the purpose, re-
ported_the following address from— -

THE FEDERAL COUNCIL (AMERICAN BRANCH) on THE I, w. A.

To the General Congress convened to meet in Switzerland dur-
ing the month of ll/Idy :
I

CI'rIzENs——We send fraternal greeting, and congratulate
you upon the happy auspices under which you assemble as a
trug representative body, free from the imposition of the
despotic will of a self-constituted leadership. We would be
glad to be represented by a delegate of our own, but the Work
at home requires the active presence of all our members.

The corresponclence received from the Secretaries of the
St. Imier Congress, held Sept. 15, 1872, informs us that our
European co—laborers desire to learn our views in reference
to the existing conditions and policy and future prospects
of the association. We have heretofore made known our
opinions by published addresses and resolutions and private
communications. Perhaps the distance that separates us
and intervening difficulties have combined to prevent their
reception and diffusion. VVe now repeat them. i

The principles of the association, all the World over, must,
of course, be identical. Rights andduties are equal and re-
ciprocal. To each human being, according to his or her
needs, belongs theright to labor. Upon each human being,
according to his or her capacities, devolves the duty to labor.
There are no exceptionsfrom this rule. “ N 0 rights without
duties, no duties without rights.” But inasmuch as human
beings have other rights, such for instance, asthose which

‘relate to their secular education, insurance against sickness

and the infirmities attending declining years, the free use of
all collective facilities of exchanging products, and a voice or
vote in the framing and administration of the rules or laws
by which their several relations are recognized and their
business transctaed, the special work of emancipating the
laboring classes (so-called), is -found upon trial to embrace a
much larger field of duty, it being nothing more nor less than
an entire reconstruction of society upon the basis of a com-
plete social and political equality. Thus the purpose of the
association must be everywhere the same;

But the means of accomplishing our purpose must neces-
sarily differ according to surrounding conditions and circum-
stances. In our judgment, complete Internationalization
can only be effected by thorough Nationalization, or a full
recognition of the principle underlying THE COMMUNE,
Here,_in strict conformity to our political conditions, we
limit our measures as follows: '

1. To the Nationalization of labor, and of land, and of the
instruments of production; which includes the crystallized
products of the laborof the past which have been converted
into what has been called “ labor-saving machinery,” and
also includes the mines, water courses, and public roads, and

other means of transporting“ products, merchandise and

passengers.

2. The Nationalization of money by which we mean that
Government shall issue money as evidence of. indebtedness
for labor that it employs, and for no other purpose.

3. The Nationalization of education. 1 .

4. The Referendum, which includes the Popular Initiative,
as understood and exercised in Switzerland.-

5. Thejencouragement of co-operative workingmen’s associ-
ations, with a view to’ V the supercession of capitalistic domi-
nation.

We ignore the subjects of religion and of taxation, and we
mean the ultimate transformation of our form of govern-
ment froma republic to a democracy.

But we do not desire to dictate to our European brethren.

‘Where a large landed aristocracy exists, and the suffrage is

limited (albeit the same end could be effected by other
methods more directly and cheaply under a system of univer-
sal suffrage), monopolies may be taxed out of existence, and

, possiblythe transitionfrom Absolutism to Democracy must

be mid-the Republic.
Of the means best adapted to the attainment of our pri-
mary object, the members of the association in the several

/

. to consummate.

_ nationalities must determine for themselves. When in any

two nations we have succeeded in efiecting at common pur-
pose, there will be inevitably afusion or rushing together
that nothing can. prevent, and that no law will be required
Speed the time, therefore, when in every
State there shall be no political distinctions‘ of sex, or race,
or religion, and when its Government shall be to labor a pro-
tecting Providence, equitably supervising every branch of
industry, commerce and insurance upon the basis of equali-
ty for all in lieu of privileges to a few.

With regard to future prospects, the signs of thetimcs are
propitious. Events do more for us than we are able to do

for ourselves. Political equality of right, irrespective of
. class and race and sex, is already the law of the land, albeit

it is not yet accepted by nor fully conceded in practice to
women. Social distinctions exist as a consequence of unjust
laws enacted by corrupt legislators. There is, however, a grow-
ing dislike to irresponsible legislation on account of such cor-
ruption. This dislike may soon tako the shape and form of
new party, having for its object a limitation of the powers of
the legislator and a revocation of the grants or charters to
private companies, which have resulted in so many unindura-
ble monopolies. ' We shall take sides with such a party, and
in this all classes of the people will join us. We shall succeed
in our object and Government will be forced’to begin the
exercise of its true function. There are also appearances of
a general " strike ” in the coming summer. Out of “ strikes”
come sometimes partial successes, but always even if they
fail, that experience which, even if it be bitter as gall, is
prolific of other and _more efiicient organizations. We wel-
come and help the “ strikers,” therefore, for that reason.

And now that the General Council created by the Hague
Congress has been repudiated at home and abroad, there is
renewed hope of the formation of new sections. We trust
that the Congress will provide anew Agency, which will be
strictly executive and not legislative, andthat will be ac-
ceptable to all the nationalities. Simply as a means of ascer-
taining, proclaiming and supervising the execution of the
will of the entire body oyer affairs of general concernment,
such an Agency is indispensable; but its members should be
nominated and their appointment subsequently confirmed
by the several nationalities co-operating. The Capitol, so to
speak, or head-quarters and place of transacting business,
should be located nearest to the safest and speediest centre
of communicating with the most numerous nationalities,
which, in our judgment, was and is London, England.

' William West,
C. Osborne W'ard, % Committee.
I-Iugh McG~regor,

Citizen Herbert, General Corresponding Secretary, re-
ported that he had received the following address from the
Spanish Federal Council: _

TO THE AMERICAN FEDERAL COUNCIL, SPRING sr., N. Y.

NO. 204.

Compamlohs-—-VVe call your attention to‘ our Circular No. 8
which we publish in No. 7 of our Bulletin.

‘We are persuaded that youwill do what is possible to
bring it to the knowledge of all the sections which form
your regional federation, and we hope you will give us
your opinion upon said circular.

We desire to keep and continue binding relations to co-
operate to the practical working people’s solidarity, which
must lead us in the triumph of the social revolution. 1

Receive the fraternal greeting
“Anarchy and Collectivism.”

of those Who say,
FRANCISCO Tnonns,
. Cor. Sec. of the Spanish F. C.
.«;.. . I-Iorno del Vldrto, N o. 6. 3.
Amer, Feb. 27, 1873. v

 

CIRCULAR.
TO ALL INTERNATIONALISTS.

Compamlorts-—An unexpected change in the politics of the
middle class has produced a transformation of the personali-

ities in the governmental organization of the corrupt Bour-

geoise, in consequence of the ruinous state of property and
of the civil war fomented by thefanatic partisans of inquisi-
tion and of absolute royalty which neither must nor can
exist any longer.

The result of this change in Bourgeois politics, although
in changing much in point of view.of forms, has not produc-
ed anything better within the centralizing and autoritative
organization, than the downfall of Amadeus and the procla-
mation of the Republic by those same men, who a» day
before praised and exalted the goodness and perfections
of MonarchY- '

We have seen with satisfaction the above mentioned
change, not for the guarantees it can give to the working

o1a,ss, always exploited and deceived by the bourgeois gov-I

governments, but because the Republic is, as we may say,
the last farce of that bourgeoise, the last means they have
got at their disposal for the speculators of the fruits of ,our

I labor; besides, it will be the complete disillusion for those

of our brethren who have hoped and expect from govern-
ments the amelioration of their fate and who do not com-
prehend that the political, religious and economic emancipa-
tion of the working class must be the work of the Workers
themselves. ,

Hence we workers, eternalisoldiers of progress-—we who in i

all times have always shed our blood for the conquest of politi-
cal rights—We‘are the determined defenders of the liberty
of-progress and of the regeneration of all the slaves, because
We need to free and regenerate ourselves. It is for this that

we thinkthat the duty of each and all of us workers consists

in always marching forward without deviating from the road

of revolution;* passing over  the obstacles that the indi-
viduals whom, in the supreme instincts of the people’s lives,

pronounce the word “ Order!” which in their mouths signi-n
fies nothing else but the continuation of immoral stock-

. jobbing, the causes of slavery, ignorance and misery, which

weigh upon the working class. Therefore must we combat
all those who, calling themselves either Republicans, D_emo--
crats or Socialists, do not desire the complete and radical
transformation of the actual society, keep back by all possi-
ble means the accession of justice, and’ seek to coax the
workers with some palliative to prevent them from continu-
ing their vigorous and energetic march toward revolution.‘

This Federal Committee, neither pretend nor wish to
impose its opinions, nor to chalk out the line of conduct to
be followed to those who represent the sovereignty of the
Spanish Regional Federation, who have entrusted it with
the works of correspondence and statistics. We, the cham-
pions of complete individual liberty and autonomy of all sec-
tions and federations, do not seek to lead nor inspire our
brother workers, because the grand.._work of emancipation
of wages-slaves cannot be lead nor executed only by the spon-
taneous action of the workers themselves; action resulting
from identity of aspirations and interests.

Unity of action is indispensable to deliver us from politic
and economic servitude which lie heavy upon us.

Whereas, then, that the emancipation of the workers must
come from themselves during this period of relative liberty
which allows us the natural rights of association and of meet-
ings, we believe that some meetings of workingmen of all
trades would be of great importance to discuss the line
of conduct to be observed in the circumstances ‘and
during the unavoidable politic and social crisis which may
take place. .

Now, more than ever, propaganda and organization in our
association are neccessary to exchange by _ a I mutual
correspondence the opinions of the local Federations, so as
to arrive, by an eflficacious co-operation, to the triumph of
the great social revolution, which, in elevating labor to its
deserving height, shall terminate forever that infamous spec-
ulation of man by man, and shall“ give to each the integral
product of his labor. *

We believe that it -is necessary to apply in all its purity
the system of free federative organization adopted by
the Congress of Cordova, to put us in the condition to
obtain promptly a reduction of the hours of labor and re-
vindicate the autoffomy of the natural groups, of the muni-
cipalities and of the free districits or communes; so that the
social revolution be completely independent of all authorita-

tive power, which shall produce as a logical consequence the ,

social liquidation of the present institutions, and naturally
continue‘ without shock, the revolutionary march toward
the gradual realization of felicity and well-being of all
humans. A —

We believe that the principal base. of the revolution which
we recognize, consists in the complete decentralization-or
total destruction of authoritative powers, eternal enemies of
progress, liberty and justice. * ‘ e

We believe that the hour has at last arrived for a.1linter-
nationalists to make a supreme effort of devotion and activity
in propaganda to bring all workingmen, till now indifi‘er-
ents, to form new sections and’t_o increase the nnmber of
those already formed; the more numerous, the more power-
ful andinvincible shall we be. We demand the transforma-
tion of individual property of the land and of the‘great in-
struments of labor into collective property.

We demand the destruction of all privileges and monopo-
lies. 7 ' ' A ‘

We demand integral education. /

We must hasten the triumph of anarchy and cellectivism
by the destruction of all the authoritative powers and‘ class
monopolies, so that we shall have no more popes, kings,
nobilites, bourgeois, priests, soldiers, lawyers, judges, attor-
neys, recorders, sherifis, nor politicians of any shade. . But
in their stead, auniversal federation composed of free trades
unions of all sorts of industries and agriculture.

We shall attain this aim by solidarity of revolutionary
action between all the workingmen of the world. It will
become an accomplished V fact if we persevere in the propa-
ganda of the radical revolutionary ideas and in the organiza-
tion of the forces of all the sons of toil.

Companions, by activity, propaganda and organization
sincerely revolutionary, the triumph‘ is certain. Igong may
live the I. W. A.l r '

 

The above address was unanimously adopted. _

It was reported that the gas-stokers were on a strike,
and a Committee was appointed to wait on the strik-
ers, and advise with them as to the best course to be
pursued under thecircumstances, and a resolution was
offered by Citizen Carsey to appoint a committee of three to
petition the Legislature to authorize the Common Council to

purchase the gas works of the several gascompanies and sup- _

ply the people with gas at cost, under the provisions of the
eight-hour law. '

After the transaction of other business of a private charac-

ter, the Council adjourned.

» WILLIAM Wnsr,
Secretary, pro tem.

 

vex POPULI, vex nsr.

ONTARIO-, VfAYN1ll/ 00., N. Y"., March 15, 1873.

iMy Dear Mrs. Woodhull and St'ster—-For months past I l

have watched with anxious eye and bated breath the farce
being played in New York city, that Sodom of America.
What willother nations think of the disgraceful conduct of
the officials there? Can they ever see themselves as others
see them? Uncle Sam at war with a couple of weak vessels.

Are you of Southern blood and ire? I ask because a Federal _

in the great crisis of thepresent social organization, alone Asoldiertold me, during the war, that “ Southern Women were

 

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the (where is Comstock ?) d—-dest rebs. that he had found,”
and added :, “When we whip the men we shall have to
come back and whip the Women too before we have peace.”
I think by the number of blue fellows after you that you
must be a rebel of the deepest dye. The best (i) govern-
ment under the sun pitted against two women! But “let
us have peace,” by all means. Where is the manhood or the
North ?, asleep, orawool-gathering! -Is there no chivalry or
kindness in Northern editors and journalists that you two
must stem the tide alone, or are they ignobly waiting till
success perches upon your banner to join the hue and cry-
“I told you so?” I shall ever honor the names of those who
have so boldly stood by you. ‘Be as hopeful as you are brave
and courageous; the issue at stake is so mighty. Ah! there

is where the shoe pinches; editors and journalists 1;ealize

that we stand upon the brink of a mighty precipice; one
step more and the sceptre departs from man, his lordly pow-
er will sink to..dust, women shall assert their individual self-
possession in that day and trample under foot the tattered

rag so long floating to the world’s breeze, inscribed “ Here’s,

my woman, I command and she obeys.” Understand me, I

I ~ have nopetty spite against men. \I yield to no woman in

true respect and esteem -for all that is noble true and Worthy
in man—and I do reverence a good man—but I shall hail the
day when equal rights are given to both halves of one perfect
whole. , I i

I was so glad to see Mrs. E. A. Merriweather defend you
as she did. More than she remembers the vile slanders

heaped upon Southern women, and million s know their falsity. '
I defy the world to produce a nation of more chaste and vir-E,

tuous women. The slanders published and circulated here
were in strange keeping with the angry oaths of the soldiers
quartered upon us, when they learned that in many places
there couldn’t be a “harlot” found. Where is that saintly
paragon of purity—Comstock? I hope he wont have _me
arrested for obscenity. Never give up! You have set the
ball in motion, thanks to the eternal spirit of (naked)

, truth; time, nor tide, nor powers, nor principalities can

stop it. If the powers that be (dignified Uncle Sam and
puritanical Comstock) should crush the life out of your frail
body, what then, Victoria? Countless victories will rise
over your sacred dust, for that very act will arm women to
the teeth.
“Alas! why is genius forever at strife
With the world, which despite the world’s self, it enobles?
Why is it that genius perplexes and troubles 
And offends the eifete life it comes to renew?
‘ Tis the terror of truth, ’tis that genius is true.”
I am glad, yes, proud, that women lead this movement,
since it is a womanly course, but our brother man should
not forget that we rise or fall, sink or swim together. I

' know of men who read your famous Nov.”2 issue themselves,

but said they would not have their wives and daughters
read it. Why? Do men retain their sway by such a brittle
thread that one single copy of any paper can snap it? If
power is so sweetto them (and they hug it tenaciously) why
blame us for wishing, Eve-like, to taste, the sweet morsel?
If liberty is so precious that men will fight to the death for
it, why should it not be precious. to women?

I only regret that sickness prevented my expressing my
sympathy with you all long ago; meanwhile I have wafted
upward many a prayer for your triumphantsuccess, and now
in closing, I waft you my blessing and my prayers. ‘

Yours, forjustice and truth (even naked),
MRs. H. M. L. MILLINGTON.

 

‘ - 812 NORTH TENTH STREET, §
PHILADETEHIA, Pa., March 29, 1873.

Victoria, My Beloved S'£ster——Again, at the bidding of
angels, do I open the window of my soul, and send forth to
greet you this little white-winged messenger freighted with
the dews of heaven’s pure love and the sincere affection of a
heart that would ever be loyal to those sacred truths that
emanate from the higher life and are promulgated through
your lips to the children of earth.

I am glad to know that you are once more flitting over the
land, and may good angels soon guide your weary but unfai-
tering feet to this so—called City (oh, shade of William Penn,
where art thou?) of “Brotherly Love.” ’

You are the first brave enough to disrobe the truth of its
garment of error, and present it to the world as it came

_ direct from the hands (of that great architect,'nature, and

you ought to be sustained hereafter in the lecture field.
There is nothing like the magnetic presence of the living,
thrilling human voice to awaken the people to a sense of ne-
glected. duty. . . T s

The mighty voices of heaven proclaim the truth and wis-
dom of your teachings. ,

Did ever anybody hear of such a thing as forced love? If
not, then all who are free lovers, and those who declare that
they are not free lovers, declare at the same time that they
have never loved. "Angels pity a loveless life! .

But because they do not love, does it signify that the right
is given them to say that others shall not exercise that most
lovely of all divinely-bestowed attributes‘? If the spirit of
holiness dwells within us we have nothing to fear, for where
the soul leadeth no harm can come.

I When people are educated to understand that love in its
highest sense is freedom, and its ultimate perfect rest——that
it is an expression of the holiest thoughts and feelings of
which the soul divine is capable, then‘ the beautiful name
“free love” will not be left trailing in the path of ignorance,
but will be written in letters. more precious than gold upon

—. the hearts of every household——cherished and protected

there, because of the blessed peace and happiness it brings
to all. Angels speed the day!

Were you, Victoria, as degraded as some would have you,
it would be impossible for you to attract as you do the soul-
love of thousands. You must have the elements which pro-
duce such love within yourself to a great extent, or you
could not call it forth from so many hearts. _

’Dear beloved sister, searching deeply into the soul of
things, I have found the rich treasures of your noble nature.

WOODHULII e (lLAFLIN’S wnsnhr. I  -

I listen to the voice of your loving soul as it falls on my spirit
like the far-away echo of unforgotten music. Oh, tell me
not that I am mistaken in its tone of tender sadness, yet

devoted courage as it sings to me this sweet refrain. I would -

worship ever at thy shrine, oh, spirit of purity and of truth!
I would follow thee to the summit of life’s joys; I would
descend with thee into the very depths of infamy. I fear no
evil, forthou art everwith me! ‘ v '

With deep and abiding love for thee and thine, I remain
as ever, your sister,

103 BELL TERRACE, NEWCASTLE-ON—TYNE, England, 
~ March 14, 1878.

My Dcow Stster Vt'ctom'a——I have to acknowledge the pa-
pers you sent me, with thanks. VVha°t else can I say? I shall
make you a more substantial acknowledgment when I get
to America.

I would praise you (as I sympathize with you in my heart
for your present suffering), but “ to gild refined gold, to
paint the lily, to throw a perfume o’er the violet is wasteful
an.d ridiculous excess!” Every one of the words I herein pen
to you, breathes a living language which you may as easily
feel as read. I am yours in the highest, noblest and purest
sense conceivable, and should like to risk my life in defence
of yours, in the crusadeoyou have begun against bigotry, dirt,
disease, confusion and all wrong. Fidelity and Truthfuljoin
me in these expressions of love and sympathy to you. God
bless you! Angels guard you! And so it shall be.

Woe be to him who shall hurt one hair of your head! Better
that a millstone were hung about his neck, and that he were
cast into the sea. .

There are a goodly number of Spiritualists here, chiefly,
however, of that stamp who are ever hunting after “ phe-
nomena,” but there is no union among them and less love.
We seem to increase in numbers daily, but when these con-
verts are wanted for any good or practical purpose, they be-
come invisible like the fellowship of the departed whom they
are ever invoking. .

My dear sister Victoria, I am ever, most truly, your affec-
tionate brother, _ HUGH MCLEOD, M. D.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 11, 1872.

Ladies; Woodlzull and Claflm-—Your staunch and fearless
advocate of human rights, the WEEKLY, was received to-day
direct from the oflice of publication, unconquered and unsur-
passed, by which I infer that my last letter was received;
and_inclosed please find $5, which credit to my account as
follows: $2 toward the WEEKLY, and $3 for photographs of
yourselves and Col. Blood, which forward per return of mail,
and let me know how my account stands, and thereby learn-
ing of the safe arrival of this.
next; and you will please also not only place my name upon
your life subscribers, but if the publication of your paper is
again interrupted by your enemies and occasion require it, I
will hold myself in readiness to be one of twenty-five, fifty
or more Liberals to go to your assistance, set your type and
print‘ your paper, while our assistance is needed, without
money orfprice, and thereby teach the gold-worshiping,priest-
ridden and money-bought persecutors around you, that the
time has not yet arrived here in free America when capital
will be allowed to crush out the liberty of the press, lawful-
ly conducted enterprise and the very souls of American free

I men and free women.

Itrust that you will excuse me when I object to the terms
you make useiof in speaking of the apparent alarm and op-
position manifested toward the eiforts of “two weak wo-
men.” N 0 two women in America have as strong hold
upon the sympathies of genuine and earnest liberals, work-
ingmen and reformers generally of to-day as yourselves.
They of the Pacific coast send you greeting, not only for the

heroic courage which has -sustained you through your late

troubles, but in admiration of that unconquerable will power
through which you have gained, almost unaided and alone, a
victory over the enemies of a free press.

Many here are agreeably surprised upon reading your edi-
torials to find them made up of reasonable, common-sense
truths, which they cannot gainsay or ignore, having previ-
ously known but little of your paper, except through the
medium of a prejudiced, illiberal (and, possibly, in some
cases), ignorant press. The majority of the Western people
are generally less creed bound and consequently more liberal
in their views than those of other sections; and I am confi-
dent that your paper needs only to be well introduced and
read to insure for it a liberal support on this coast. But
where is Tennie? We miss the brave, earnest and truthful

' articles that have emanated from her pen in times past. I

hope and trust that she has not become disheartened through
past reverses. » .
Yours, opposed to slave love and woman’s wrongs,
SPIRIT or "76.

° Tommo, Ohio. March 15, 1873.

VICTORIA WOODHULL:

Dear Madam~Not alone the sense of justice awoke, with
the outrage upon you and the others with you whom the
law sought to intimidate with threats and imprisonment.
You had kindled by your evident truth, in thestatement re-
garding Mr. Beecher, in the Nov. 2 issue, a flame that had

long needed onlyra spark to light up the waste places in every

heart that listened. One small part only of the social evil
had ever been dragged to the light. But did we not know
more was yet to come‘? There has been greater freedom on
the part of some who have sinned, or done what is judged
to be sin; because the power of the church grew so mighty
that it could shield its favorites from publicity with
simple silence. The fact of this being so has culminated in
Beecher himself, as the very high priest of the inner sanctu-
ary. Nothing was considered necessary ‘but to wrap the
mantle of his sanctity about him, “and lie down to pleas-
ant dreams.” . I I
Mr. Beecher spoke to a large audience here in Toledo, and
left us richer bya thousand dollars. Men and Women like

Lnssrn GOODELI. STEINMETZ. _

I will forward more in my

Api-is 19, 1873.
to be magnetized by oratory, and the fame of the great;

preacher drew a crowd of people who could not well snare"
the price of a ticket to hear him.

“,1 have my cares and anxities at home,” said the speaker“

with a dramatic inclination of the head, and a softened tone.-
“but riches is not one of them.” No! he could gather in the
golden sheaves, and rejoice in that surely! Few can make"

such demands on the people, and leave behind them such big O

holes in the treasury of an association “bound to see him-
through.” '

It won’t do for Beecher to come forward even so far as the
“anxious seat,” yet some one detected the night he was here
“ a great difference in him,” and said in addition,/“he knew’
him well, and this matter was preying upon him, and he could
not hold" out long. But not yet! The thunder-bolts, and
lightning-flashes can rend the very earth under his feet,

and yet his throne will not totter for a long time to come. Y

He has taken refuge under the mightiest shield the world‘
holds, and the whole of Christendom is at his side, to credit his
simplest denial or magnify his stout-hearted silence into=
evidences of injured innocence? But Mr. Beecher will not

lie! He is hanging upon the verge of a precipice, but he will‘.

tremble in the balance, till his heart burns to ashes and his»
hair whitens before he will fall back into security with a lie‘
on his lips framed into actual words.

cloth and ashes; but a positive, clear-cut statement he will».
never make, until he tells the truth. On every hand the press;
calls loudly for a denial or a confession. Ah! but confessions=
are terrible things to call out from a man who has, a quarter '
of a century or more, been the petted child of an un- -
paralleled prosperity, lifted there by the might of his ‘own:

genius. He trusts that same kingliness to thrust back the tidal?
wave that gnashed its white teeth full upon him with the-
issue of the WEEKLY, Nov. 2. The very stress of apcnt-ups
grief will some time burst its bondsand set him free. He:
cannot be bullied into a confession; he is nota man to act by‘
other people’s measure; but some time the air will get stif-
ling, worse than ten thousand cells, such as Francisco Mar-
tin was buried alive in, and George Francis Train is breaking‘;
down under, and then this great men will speak in thunder ‘
tones. Where he sits to day, the Magdalenes, the outcasts, and‘.

abandoned will be lifted up, to share in the same common-_

humanity. It will be their day of rejdicing, and the sociall
putrefaction will ‘be changed to the healthy sympathy and!
freed from the “moral ulcers” we know are eating out the:
very life of society. Repression and concealment have beena
the drawn curtains behind which cowards have skulked ins
painful disguise, and worn the ‘masks of hypocrisy, whem
truth would have been ten—fold more merciful tothemselvesa
and the world. If one has dared to tear away the vail, shalll
we curse her for it, and only allow her to go free on nearly?
half amillion bail? _

And when they hear me say, “ It shall be so,.
If death, or fine, or banishment, '

Still I insist on the old prerogative

And power i’ the truth 0’ the cause.”-CoR*..

If necessary let the whole world make its open avowal at?
once and proclaim principles at any hazard. If necessary
we will have a Victoria League from Maine to California,
and the impending revolution shall speedilyfree the whole
race from its need of masquerading, and forcing nature to
bear false witness to itself. Now from the concert saloons
the glare and glitter of uproarious halls or hells, where vice
is wanton and pronounced, through the different grades,
from Harry Hill’s Theatre to Broadway palaces, where the
blaze of gaslight “makes one golden sea on the street,”
where fountains flash musically at the doors, and you have
reached the gala side of immorality, up——ah! how my pen
pauses here; for haveI a right to say that refinement and
the semblances of virtue shielding vice from every taint of
indecency is any better than some of its lower forms, as we
find them in the squalor of Houston and Greene, though we
go “ up” to the platform of Plymouth Church itself? Nay,
I have no right; and the lofty scorn of men who can enfold
themselves in a mysterious mantle of secresy is no more
sacred to the “ pass key” of truth than the suffering throngs
of “ outcasts” are safe from the wantonness of brutal men,
and the weight of scorn that falls upon them from the laws
that govern society. 7

Shall Beecher, if he be guilty, come out of this furnace un-
singed? The masses of men and women would no doubt
agree to this, in mercy to him and his. And then if the
naked truth has even to be covered with a fig-leaf,_.the differ-
ence in the two persons you are choosingbetween is as great
as heaven and hell! Beecher will go up, Victoria Woodhull
will go down! What ‘a gain in this! So the churches say;
and so they will keep on saying, until the sky gathers black-
ness, andthe avenging storm will fall on the heads of those
who least expect it.

I have forborne coming early with my message to you,
dear Victoria. I knew the wave of popular sentiment was
surging to and fro, and you must, in spite of ten thousand,
beat back the deluge, with your own frail body “and that
significant soul in your face.” I looked many a day to see
you stranded on the rocks, lost past recall by some unto-
ward thing, you had no power to hinder, sending you head-
long to your fate. But now I believe you are taken care of,
and the angel world have you in charge. You have carried
the cross to the very top of the hill, but a crown, and not
crucifixion, awaits you there. , .

You will be faithful to your trust, I feel the utmost confi-
dence; and when, not long ago, Parker Pillsbury said to me
“I hope she has told the truth,” not doubting you, he was

weighing the awful responsibility you were carrying on your ,

slender shoulders.
Yours for truth and righteous judgment, I -
CHARLOTTE A. BARBER.

 

* DOWAGAfC, Mich., March 13,1873.
Mesda/mes Wooodh/all & Clafi'£'n—I have, for over twenty

years, advocated and been grounded in your faith that 3

To be sure he is living:
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wooDHULL & .cL~AE«LIiN’s”wEEKLr. “ . if ” ‘ . s

‘higher civilization requires the adoption of your theory of
the social and sexual relations, and have not a doubt that
‘the not distant future will realize its attainment. We had

Va lecture last evening in which your 130511310115 Were 0PeI11Y

~and ably advocated by Mrs. Brinkerhoff‘ before apgood au-
rdience, which gave her a. most attentive hearing, and evi-
-dencing very clearly that the world is ripe for the reception
-«of these great truths. O. Barrett also addressed us a
rishort time since taking substantially the same positions; so,
vcourage, you are not working alone. Let usgwork with a
faith that knows no doubting for the brighter future of hu-
rmanity. IRA BROWNELL.

Gn.E1esvILLE, LIVINGSTON Co., N. Y., March 9, 1873.
‘WOODHULL at CLAFLIN:

For some reason you have sent me an extra copy for sev-
'eral weeks past, and I have demand for them I assure you.
‘One and another made application for them, and I mail or
give them all away.

The public mind is certainly in a very inquiring mood, and
Ebecoming hopefully more so every day. The people of West-
zern New York have been in a dying condition for want of
intelligence on the subject of Beecher, Tilton, 8:0,, and even
some of the best posted ones are just waking up to a “sense
gof deplorable facts.” What a cowardly part, with few ex-

rceptions, this New York city press has acted. They ought 1

to be ashamed of themselves—those valorous knights of
types and self-styled guards of liberty! Their moral courage
.has been put to the test for once. _
Well, ladies——leagued\sisters I may call you—I do not pity
uthose recreant poltroons very much, but posterity will, and
ilabel them sneaks. But for you, sisters, in your persecu-
'-tions (if you accept it), I have real pity. I would like to take
you both by the hand and tender my sympathy, as to the
injured and wronged ones. I sent for your paper for the in-
telligence it contains, obtainable in no other way. Although
I neither approve nor fiercely condemn your “ social views,”
110Pi11g I do not fully apprehend them, yet I would continue
to be a friend by patronage or‘ otherwise, if necessary, so
long as a bigoted, petrified and malignant J esuitry continues
to violate the principles of free speech, press and person,
venting their spite upon you as representatives of the God-
dess of Liberty.

FRANK.
P. S.—Really now, sisters, develop and round out your so-
cial views in healthful, practical detail, fast as possible, and

( Yours, fraternally,

if they are consistent, salutoryiand"demonstrably conducive’

to the highest human happiness where adopted, the sober
second thought of the people will comprehend and accept
them. Whereas, if they do not so appear, Iwith others must
longer wait the evolutions of some great time coming.

F. RICE.

STONEHAVEN, Mass., March 27, 1873.

My Dear Sisters in Perscc-ation, Woodhull and Cla_flt‘a—
Ever having had a disgust fo.r a light hid under a bushel, I
am now most happy to touch upon the subject in a case so
grand, noble and triumphant as your own—-now so much
agitating the public mind. Long have I wished to be able to
speak to you, and could I have spoken for you as often as my
soul has gone out to do something to help you in the day of
trial, I might, perhaps, ere this have had the satisfaction of
knowing that I had been one holding at your banner-staff,
whose motto is, Revolution and Life. Had I ever professed
to publicly advocate the gospel of Free Thought and Liberty,
I would feel-—for the little I have done——much condemned.
What so many can be doing, in their silence, who are profes-
sors to reform, who have dared to be called spiritualists, is a
wonder to know. With‘ the thousand opportunities many
have, of daily putting a lever to the great wheel of progress,
how do they expect to render up in the “ day of accounts?”
A truth that will not bear holding up to the light is no truth
to me. I have been a member of different religions, and
never would shrink from taking up my “cross ” (if cross it

,might be called) in speaking for my cause.

7 Where are those who were so ready at the first to take your

hand and work with you in the great battle for right? It is »

evident they have made a retreat, and since the enemy came
close upon you, they have been tenting, no doubt, scarce
daring to give a look for your welfare and safety. I have no
patience with women who dare not speak for their rights,
nor with those who are so ready to- censure their own sex.
How many generations would there yet be Willing tolive with
the same condition of affairs that now exist in society ?—man
ruling and sitting in judgment over woman, inharmonies
and combats increasing, while love and spiritual growth find
not their way.

I trust, dear sisters, that there are yet a few who would
march with you through the fire, and that the unseen minis-

tering ones will give you strength while you will not falter..

Not afraid to be called by any name that would be attached
toone who is ready to fight for liberty and justice, who is a
lover of mercy, I am your sister, A

. Mns. S. S. LOVEJOY.

WORCESTER Co., Leominster, March 26, 1873.

Dear Mrs. Woodhall—Through the kindness of friends, I
have been for nearly two years areader of your free, trutl1-tell-
ing paper; but at such a time as this, I believe it to be the
duty of every delighted reader to become a willing sub-
scriber. A _

For justice to the promptings of my spirit, from my ‘quiet
home in the heart of puritanical Massachusetts, I desire to
express my sympathy for you, seeing the persecution that
follows you as you courageously work for humanity, and
also my steadfast faith in your divine mission which I be-
lieve is no less important than was the missionof the Naz-
arine reformer. Dear sister your experience is not excep-
tional, for thus has the world ever treated its saviours. Many
timid ones say, “ Be quiet and wait; the great law of revolu-
tion will bring at length, truth and right, out of error and

‘ wrong.?’ But by and through its workings, we sometimes

experience crises which although trying are healthful and
purifying; and the terrible condition which humanity finds
itself in to-day with its aching, bleeding, starving hearts,
seems to demand a radical change, even this very crisis
which is now upon us. “First pure, then -peaceable.” To-
day, woman is awakening; and although yet “bound hand
andfoot, in the grpave-clothes” of oppression and ignorance,
yet soon will the word go forth, “loose her, and let her go,”
free, free, with her intuitive individuality. To you, my sis-
ter, we reverently accord the honor. and glory of hastening
this .crisis which ‘presages health, harmony and the reign of
free pure love in the glorious future. Expect then, dear sis-
ter on your earth-journey to meet persecution and discour-
agement; perhaps to repeat in your own experience the story
of Gethsemane; and if by the stupidity and cowardice of
your brother and sister reformers, you are left to agonize
alone, you have the sympathy of “legions of angels.” With
prophetic eye I see in the not very distant future, tall white
shafts of purest marble, which, pointing to the upper spheres
where Victoria Woodhull shall have ascended, shall, on their
burnished surface, tell, of the fearless discloser of human
wrongs, and the brave champion of human rights.
Thy sister. SUSAN A. BIXBY.

THE WAY THE “ LEAVEN ”° WORKS.
[Extract from a Private Letter] -

We are the only equality ones here, save one young preach-
er; he reads every number of o my paper and seems half-
inclined toadopt its ideas-he was one of Beecher’s worship-
pers. After all read the paper here, I send it to mother and
her household, in York State; she sends it to Rhineback
Academy, to my sister; from there it goes to a brother in
Nebraska, who is also teaching in a seminary; so you see
that the copy you so kindly send ’way down in Virginia,
travels quite a journey on its mission of doing good.

I am, truly yours, _ V

ELMINA DRAKE SLENKER.

 

Dear Ladt'es—-Dr. Treat, in issue of WEEKLY of 15th inst.
says: “ Mr. Beecher is a good man, in very many respects
one of our pre-eminently best men; but that very goodness
has made it profitable forlhim to be, as all these years he has
been, the greatest Jesuit of any man in America.” (What
character more despicable than that of a Jesuit!)

Now, I beg respectfully to say that there is such an utter
incompatibility of ideas involved in the quoted expressions
as to suggest great confusion of thought in the writer. I can
very well see how a man can be rated very talented in the
modes of expression and action peculiar, perhaps, to Beecher,
but I cannot see how any man can be dishonest, a hypocrite,
double-hearted and brazen-faced, without surrendering all
claim to even the title of good, especially pre-eminentlygood;
and, besides the possession of these latter-day Christian-
graces conceded to B., he stands charged with (convicted of,
I may say,) being a sneaking coward, in that he basely (and
covertly?) thrust yourselves and ‘Colonel Blood into jail,
etc., etc.

In view of these preferred charges of the Doctor, so fully
set forth by him, and my objections, briefly stated, I trust
you will allow me space to protest against his suggestion of
making Beecher the apostle of the not new but revived gos-
pel, and leader of the great world of loving brothers.

The revived gospel and band of loving brothers and sisters
have already a leader, chosen of God, competent in every re-
spect and reliable in every emergency. We want no cowards
nor hypocrites, etc., in the van of such a host.

Victoria C. Woodhull is already the proclaimed leader,
and with her aids dc camp, Colonel Blood and Tennie C.
Clafiin, will not and cannot fail, since God and Christ and
truth and right are on their side in the battle now being
fought and being» won.

Brother Beecher can be forgiven; but invited to leader-

ship, Never! The sin may be Dcondoned, but not the
sinner. .
Cordially thine, S.

HAL A
r 'vv*~

SOCIALISTIC.

“CAUSES OF PHYSICAL DEGENERACY.”

The editorial in the WEEKLY of March 29, under the above
title, is a very remarkable one. The position is taken, and
fearlessly maintained, that “ unused functions, designed by
nature for use, must pass into a morbid, if not diseased con-
dition.” It is also asserted that “ the subjects of continuous

‘ (amative) repression always suffer a pain at the base of the

brain, a result of this reactionary movement of force.”

Reading the above called to mind two facts relating to in-
ferior animals bearing” directly upon this subject; and as
facts are the expounders of theories, and the Greeks were
accustomed to say “the Gods themselves cannot alter facts,”
I furnish them for what they are worth. . I

1. It is well known among horsemen that stallions kept for
driving or work, and never used for breeding purposes, are
very apt to become diseased, generally in the head, some-
times become blind and otherwise degenerate, and often
drop down dead in harness.

2. It is an equally well-established fact that female dogs
never have the hydrophobia——at least, this dreadful disease
never originates with them—while the male canine is often
subject to it-. The female will take advantage of her abun-
dant opportunity, and act out nature and “ increase and
multiply,” however closely watched ; but the (male must
repress his sexual functions, because of the scarcity of
females; and to this cause scientific men attribute the fact
here mentioned. C

Is it not singular that we know so much more about horses
and dogs than we do about ourselves, and that the most rus-
tic farmer anxiously considers how he may improve the
quality of his calves and pigs, while even the most _ preten-
tious scholars have little or no thought about the quality of
their own offspring ?

Yours for the truths ANTHRQPQEQ

FASHION, N O. 2.—-ITS INFLUENCE ON MEN.
Could women generally realize the pernicious consequences
to the male sex of a custom that..constantly appeals to the
passional nature, they would stand aghast in the reflection
that it is themselves who culture men to believe them creat-
ed only to stimulate morbid fancies, minister to excitement

-and care of the nursery. Customs that make men tyrants at ’

home and’. unscrupulous of, associates abroad, do not under-
lie conditions of purity nor work out equality, but the r
verse, as all may see. I

It is useless, and measurablyinconsistent, to expect men
will combine to raise women from subjection while they
wear the badges of dependence, and while a false estimate of
honor and reputation makes easy prey of so many who tire
of the struggle to live against torturing odds. While their
apparel is the plain language of recklessness, their weakness
a testimony to violence against nature, the wise must mourn
their folly and stupidity, and the world wait for a quicken-
ing power. Could they show by a natural form that health
were possible, and by convenient costume that motion could
be free and labor easy, men would lose all excuse to withhold
any right. Now, men say “ very few could use more privi-
leges; these waddling masses of flounces and humps can’t be
benefited by more duties ;” failing to see that higher duties
would tend to draw them to higher planes of action.

When we ask men, who are both thoughtful and cunning,
to consider our wrongs, and especially our needs of legal
equality, they appear puzzled, and say they had been con-
templating measures to curtail the rights we now possess
and abuse. In explanation, they become questioners, and
ask “if we should be allowed to commit suicide by slow
strangulation at the waist, and ponderous slave-clogs at the
feet?” and then adds, “no statute compels this.—free your-
selves from the weighty pall, and when you are adequate to
other offices our best shall be done for you.” Were all men
like these, ready aid could be counted on in cflorts at Dress
Reform; but, alas, a larger class is so blinded by selfishness
that it does not offer to reason the points. I

Quite as valid objections could be advanced to men’s legal
capacity, but the intent is not to cite their ruling appetites
and lapses, but to avoid even the appearance of retort, while
aiming to be instrumental in well serving both sexes.

Through all ages women’s cumbrous robes have wasted
their powers and banished their happiness, a.nd the character
of men has corresponded to their status in each century.

»But never has the blight of fashion been so apparent as
now; never have the nations so emphatically demanded that
the whole sex rise above false tastes, and devote life to great
and sublime purposes.

Can it be that this one source of failure, this absorber of
time and robber of strength——this vampire on means, inhe-
rent and acquired, alone must bar the way to the redemption
of both sexes from vanity and vice? Can it be that the finger
ef fools is still feared? Can it be that the dry-goods trade

can still bribe the world, and swell its hoards by drawing the .

birthright of competence from earth’s weary toilers?

M. E. TILLo'rsoN.

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GIVE US THE FACTS.
. RAVENNA, March 19, 1873.
Edt'tors—In a recent number of your paper, that stern old
hater of meanness and injustice and pusillanimity, Parker
Pillsbury, animadverts, with a freedom truly refreshing,

upon the contemptable meaness of the callers of the late .

Washington Convention, in purposely refraining from invit-
ing Mrs. Woodhull, and then with craven hearts and brazen
faces glorying in their shame.

But their must be some mistake; there is no doubt that
the whole matter was discussed at head-quarters, and that it
was prearranged that Mrs. Woodhull {should have the
go-by, but that they should publish the fact in their “call” is
too much for belief. Susan B. Anthony is presumed to have
been the leading spirit in calling and conducting that con-
vention, and Susan B. Anthony is not entirely wanting in
sense and delicacy, however much she might like to see
Mrs. Woodhull “take a back seat” (as that saintly pharisee,
and paragon of purity, T. W. ’Higinson, said all free_ lovers
would have to do). , I *~

But perhaps it was not designed to convey the impression
that Mrs, Woodhul1’s name was mentioned in the “call,”
though the words “blasphemed in the call” would seem to
indicate that. At any rate please give us the facts, the
names of the signers, etc.’ Did Isabella Beecher Hooker
have anything to do with the disgraceful proceedings?
Some of us were coming to greatly admire her for her cour-
age and true womanship. We want to know who stands by
Mrs. Woodhull now, so that we may know who are worthy
to be trusted in future. By and by she will be overrun with
friends. i

For one, I am thankful to these pseudo reformers for being’

so particular about their company. I want to see the lines
drawn. I do not want the real friends of freedom for woman
to be any longer deluded into supporting these humbug
leaders. Many the time that I have breakfasted on faith,
dined on a shilling and gone without my supper that I might
give a dollar to the cause of woman as represented by these
half-and-half advocates. I would not give them another
farthing though I were as rich as Rothschild. They are wel-
come to their front seats, and, in future, I promise not tobe
in the way while their back ones are being filled. I suppose
I have advocated (in a back seat) woman’s' right to the ballot
longer than any of them. But I have ever regarded it as in-
cidental—-as based upon the fundamental, all-embracing right
of individuality-—self-ownership. And this is the free-love

heresy. Mrs. W'oodhull was all right till she demanded for A

woman the right to absolute freedom. Though jealousy has,
doubtless, had something to do with it, yet this is the real
reason for their being no longer a seat for her. "
Anthony, Livermore, Higginson, Blackwell and company,
pretend to advocate woman’s freedom, but they do it with
“intent to deceive.” The freedom they go for is the freedom

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I April 19, 1373. ’

to do what they consider proper. There is not a tyrant or
bigot on earth but is in favor of just this kind of freedom. It
is the advocacy of woman’s right to be her own judge of what
she shall do, that constitutes the unpardenable sin. '

Womans’ Rights, as represented by its “respectable” ad-
vocates, are the most perfect humbug and nonsense. The
abolition of marriage leaves woman free, independent, self-
owned, equal. To abolish marriage is the great, important
and all-essential work to- do. . Everything of an’ incidental
character will naturally follow. To talk of her right to the
ballot while you do not recognise the right to herself, is to
insult the common sense of mankind.

__ FRANCIS BARRY.
Ravenna, Ohio, March 16, 1873.

CHRISTIAN UNION.

Dec. 25.--Under the head of occasional notes, it is worthy
of note considering the silence of Mr. Beecher underfy/our
ea:pose.1 ' , '

Yours truly, A. W. WILCOX.

“ Mr. Stokes, now on trial for the murder of Jim Fisk, is
reported to have made one remark to a friend, which coin-
cides with Co personal instinct of our own. VVe have always
felt that if we should be charged with a crime of which we
were consciously innocent, we should find the impulse irre-
sistible——a.ll the lawyers to the contrary notwithstanding-
to make a full statement of all we know in regard to the
matter, both to the examining magistratesand the public.

“ In the course of his conversation with his friend, Mr.
Stokes asserted that he"is convinced that his original counsel
made a great mistake in opposing his free access to newspaper
men. ‘ Could I have spoken freely to the people through
the press,’ said he, ‘ I am convinced that my case would
have been better understood. I wanted tospeak freely to
the reporters and tell them everything, but John Graham
would not have it; C and, at last,iwhen I did speak, why, he
wrote me a letter and resigned. But he was all wrong. Pub-
lic opinion through the newspapers must try every murder
sooner or later, and the best thing a man can do who is in a
scrape is to make a clean breast of it to the newspapers.

, That is what I intend to do in the future, lawyers or no

lawyers.’ ”

A CARD.

The great names of Tyndall, Huxley, Spencer, Darwin,
living, and Humboldt, dead, have for years inspired Mrs.
Mary Treat and myself, in our repudiation of Christianity,
and devotion to Science in its stead. Mrs. Tr_eat’s discoveries
and announcements in Botany and Entomology, receivingthe

recognition of Gray and Darwin, have been’ supplemented by-

her great experiment in Biology, by which she demonstrates
her power to control sex in the development of butterflies.
At this time she parts company from me, giving in her adhe-
sion to Christianity, by joining the Methodist Church, while

* I remain true to the great Masters. The only tie that could
ever have brought or held us together, being sundered,wc’

remain no longer conjugally one, but only loving brother
and sister, in that concord acting our‘-full individuality—she
upholding‘ Christianity, I opposing it. She will prosecute
Science, while I propose speedily to bring out a work, which
will humbly submit that the principles laid down by the
Masters themselves, carried out, give us a new Astronomy, a

new Correlation and Conservation of Forces, and reduce to an"

everlasting “finality” the question of Christianity. [Cor-
respondence with respect to bringing out the above work,
invited eitherfrcm publishers or friends of the enterprise]
As I hope soon, also, in obedience to the demand that Science
I work man’s highest benefit, to enunciate a system of curing
disease and checkmating death.
Josnrn TREAT, M. D.
VINELAND, N. J., February 25, 1873. »

THE PAGAN BIBLE, by George Francis Train, in press
andwill shortly be issued. The greatest and most exciting-
lyintercsting book of the ages. Agents wanted all over
the United States. Sent by mail. Twenty-five cents per
copy; or, Fifteen dollars a hundred, O. O D.

Send in your orders to .

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48 Broad st.‘, New York.

 

The Norfolk (Va.) Day—Bcok, after giving a resume of the
Beecher-Tilton case, savs: ,

“The whole money power of Plymouth Church was brought
to bear to clean her up. Friends were intimidated by threats
from" going upon her bond, and those more intimately
connected with her were also arrested on hatched-up
charges and likewise thrown into prison. But in spite of all
these trials, difficulties and persecutions, she is once more at
laige. Friends have bailed her out, and the WEEKLY once
more lies~temptingly fresh and brilliant and gloriously hot,
deadly and irrepressibly in earnest—on our table, and has
come through the mails at that.
who snaps her fingers in the face of Uncle Sam, and with
eight indictments hanging over’her, turns right around and
repeats the offense? A

“Sh_e is lifting the vail with a vengeance, and we, forgone,

I are willing for the - lifting business to go on. It can do no

harm, and may result in the accomplishment of good. The
revolution must inevitably force one of two things; it will
drive the guilty parties to an abandonment of their evil
practices, or it will compel an open, outspoken, defensive
recognition of them. _They must either reform their morals,
or publicly acknowledge and defend them. They must cease
to be hypocrites, or quit libertinism and prostitution;

‘ a change of base is absolutely necessary, and we await with

lively interest the future development of the Plymouth con-

. gregation.

“We are no advocate of the doctrines contended for by
these women, but we do love a fair‘ thing even at the risk of
letting a couple of females puplish a paper containing their
own peculiar notion of things, and scatter it broadcast over;
tits lse_cl. it they are that we-:7 inclined.

“We are not in thehabit of reading WOODHULL 82: CLA}3‘-
I.IN’s VVEEIKLY, having from the first conceived that a paper
emanating from such a source is demoralizing, and the ef-
forts’ of every one should rather be toward opposing such in-'
fluences. From such parties it must be evident that nothing
but bad can emanate, so far as their doctrines and teachings.
But if they are in possession of facts of so important a na-
ture - to the Church, their bad character or their bad teach-
ings should not vitiate those facts. Truth can stand alone,
though surrounded with crime, filth and ungodliness. If
Woodhull canprove what she says to be the truth, she cer-
tainly makes a revelation that will revolutionize the upper
circles of New York. , As for ourselves we do not believe
her; though the matter looks astounding when she makes a
specific charge and names highly respectable parties as wit-
nesses who will testify to the truth of her assertions.

“ It is evidently abad ‘mess ’ look at it as you may, though
the effort to crush the WEEKLY or its proprietors will not suc-
ceed through the process resorted to.
"Woodhull his written opinion that a conviction for obscenity
cannot be obtained, though a suit for libel might stand. 14..
“ Wehave read with much pleasure the able and exhaustive
defense of Mr. Jno. Parker Jordan in this case, and are grat-
ified at the masterly manner in which our former townsman
used his eminent abilities. His speech is resplendent» with
rich thought clothed with gems of classic lore. Mr. Jordan
has a master mind, and in so large a city as New York it_Wi11
not take long for it to find its way to the top of the ladder.
We*wish him every measure of success.” I

HENY WARD BEECLIER.

It may be t‘: at “the criticism of so brilliant a luminary as
Henry VVard""Beec‘:.er should hardly be undertaken by so
little a body as I; but I shall attempt it, nevertheless, if he is
a man and I am only a woman. , » i

Think of him standing in the pulpit, a minister, preaching
one thiiig and practicing another. A minister of what?
Perhaps he don’t believe in the bible, and perhaps he don’t
teach it, but it is to be presumed that he professes to be a
minister of the 7 Gospel of Truth. If he professes to be a
minister of the Gospel of Truth, yet is he clothed in the robes
of falsehood. Standing before high Heaven, before the
throne of that God who is the embodiment of truth, claim-
ing to be His minister, to feed his sheep, to feed his lambs-
-clothed in the robes of falsehood!

Perhaps he believes with Mrs. Woodhull in freedom in
conjugal relations, and thinks he has committed no sin, even
if what she says about him is true; but that his congregation
is too stupid and too mullet-headed to be taught such a doc-
trine, and that he will bring them out of the darkness into
the light, not so much by what he preaches as by his exam-
ple, and will eventually sa.y, as has been said of woman
suffrage, abolition, temperance, etc., that “free-love is the
last great out—growth of Christianity.” And if he does is

allowing one of his co-believers in his name tosuffer perse-
cution and “to be run into the earth,” while he looks blandly
and serenely on and says, “ I know not the man,” or woman,
in a way that mocks at the fidelity of Peter. If he is an
orthodox Christian, then he is false, for he should come for-
ward and prove his character pure according to their stand-
ard. It seems only right that a man should be unearthed
while a woman is being run into the ground.

Could it be possible that he only wants his twenty thousand
a year salary, and thinks that, the world being stupid, he
will pick what he wants out of it anyhow, and let his hair
grow long, and turn his shirt—collar down, and look pious and
do as he pleases. Could it be possible? If this is his posi-
-tion, the most staunch and unrelenting bigot, who, in 3.11
sincerity and consistency, works single—handed, according

A to the dictates of his conscience (and how many are they

who work and toil in bye-places" for little remuneration, of
whom some might sayithey had but little light!) deserves re-
spect where he deserves none. They may say he is talented,
but according to the talents is not interest expected by our
heavenly Father? Is he not afraid there will be written of
him on the scroll in Heaven, “Weighed in the balance and
found wanting ?” .

He is neither fish nor flesh, orthodox nor spiritualist, but
sups a little out of every dish, and, so long as his appetite
is satisfied, smiles mildly and says f‘ all is love,” when 311 is
not love, by any manner of means. How unlike the beauti-
ful Jesus,.when satan took him on to a high place, and, show-
ing him all the kingdoms of the world, said, “ All these
things I will give to you if you will fall down and worship
me,” who replied, “Get thee behind me,-satan.” Might it
not have been that, being talented as well as good, some
temptation of worldly riches and honor was presented to
him if he would cease “ testifying unto the truth,” cease

What sort of woman is this

teaching and sacrificing himself for the world’s betterance;
to raise -it from the low spiritual -plane on which it was, to
the higher one of which he taught; and how quickly he re-
fused it. It will cover the figure at any rate, and if it means
anything in principles it means that; but it seems to be a
dangerous experiment’ in the nineteenth century to follow
his example, “testifying unto the truth.”

Was it not that Mrs. Woodhull, being kind at heart, wish-
ing to do him a service and from her point of view thinking
he needed a little cleansing, poured, not a bucket of slops,
but one of clean water upon his head, and, as it poured down
over his unclean garments and he looked at it “ as through a
glass darkly,” it rolled ofi so dirty looking, that he naturally
enough supposed it to be a bucket of slops.

I will I revert again to the terrible audacity of a little

woman in daring, yes, daring, to pass any remarks on the

my feelings by a little story, as our revered Lincoln used to
say, that I happened to be an eye witness to: An old wo-
man called up to her a little boy she had in charge and said:
2" Samuel, always tell the truth; always be man enough to
tell the truth, Samuel, never tell. a liegra liar is never re-
spected by God nor man. and mind me and you’ll always get
along: in the t's;z%ld.*’ Preseatir she vareut  and resist

Gen. Butler has given -

he not then in a false position, by hisgsanction and inaction,“

magnificent oracle of Plymouth Church, and will illustrate.

three or four of a neighbor’s geese in the road, she caught
one, wrung its head off and carried it into the’ house. The
little boy "seeing what she had done went in and said:
“VVhy that’s Mr. B~————’s goose, what did you do that for?”
The old woman turned upon him in fury. “ How dare you
say that’s Mr. B———’s goose; how dare you say I wrung its
head off; do you call me a thief? if you dare to, .I’ll take
your coat off and flog you till the blood trickles down to
your heels. Is it Mr. B——-—’s goose? Did Iwring its h.ead
off?” The little boy replied mildly, “No ma’am,” and slip-
ped out to cogitate on the moral lessons of the world.

How much» did that man say he would give to run Mrs.
‘Woodhull into the earth? One hundred thousand dollars
was it not? And they are all rich and have front pews in
Plymouth Church, too, have they not? Nevertheless, “ it is
written that offenses must come, but woe unto those by
whom they come.” I

Lay on the lash, ’tis a woman’s back,

Give a hundred thousand to hunt her down.
Let the slight form feel the dungeon and rack,
Wreath her head with a thorny crown.

A Joan of Arc is led to the stake,
And the bright stars sicken and pale at the sight,
And humanity bleeds at every vein.
In battling thus for the right.
Her shifting brother sits high in state,
With wealth and honorand world renown.
Ohl lay on the lash, ’tis’a woman’s back,
Give a hundred thousand to hunt her down,
ANNIE E. Hrcnr.

SOCIAL EXPERIENCES.

Under the above general heading we propose to publish
such experiences as the people may find it meet to contribute.
We trust a large variety may be called out, involving not
only the ills which accompany the present system of enforced
marriage, but also of those flowing from the prostitution and
repression of the demands of the sexual nature, and of its
excessive use and unnatural abuse, and including alike
youth, manhood and old age. We also trust to receive state-
ments of the conditions under which whole families of
healthy children have been grown, with the view ‘to be able
to determine, positively, the truth of our theory, by an array
of facts which cannot be questioned. VVe).G know that mere’
physical health in parents does not determine the health of
offspring; but that the primary condition is, a true and per-
fect union, to which, if perfect physical health be added, so
much the better. Names of persons and their residences
may be suppressed in, these experiences if so desired; but
must be furnished us as a guarantee of good faith.

DOVVAGIAC, April 1, 1873.
VICTORIA WOODHULL AND TENNIE CLAFLIN:

My Beloved St‘stea's—-—I have ever admired your courage in
so bravely presenting a noble though unpopular (because not
understood) cause to the people. But I feel that never have
you expressed all in any one effort as in the essay in the
WEEKLY bearing date March 29, entitled “ Causes of Physi-
cal _3Degencracy.” Realizing, as you do, that hundreds of
women, who are by custom and popular prejudice denied the
God—given right of perfecting their womanhood by the exer-
cise of the sexual functions, are from this cause withering

pressed sexual appetite upon the brain, and that not only
does this terrible condition exist among unmarried women
but among those who are wedded; that other one, more hor-
rible still, a starving of the hungry, passional nature pro-
duced by a constant reception of an unsatisfying magnetism.
You being the only woman who dare speak your honest con-
victions in defiance of the world, and almost the only ones

deserve the heartfelt gratitude of that class of women, and,
indeed, of all women, as you are doing more toward armis-
ing them to struggle for their own freedom than you dream
in your most sanguine moments; but I desire to thank you
‘in the name of humanity, for your noble words, while I re-

. main, as I have always been, your sympathizing sister,

BELL U. S. Fosrnn.

MARION, Iowa, March 22, 1873.

E * >:< '=l<  >'.= >3  

Have I said enough? Perhaps, if you think so, you need
not read the balance. I have passed tl‘ e_romance of life and
am struggling with its realities. I am sixty years of age and
have sacrificed one woman iipon the altar of ignorance. Few
men of my age can say less, andsome have sacrificed more.
The occurrence is so common that it excites no surprise and
little comment. In reality, it is not much of a feat. I mar-
ried a beautiful young girl of 15, just blooming into woman-
hood. In my ignorance, I laid upon her the burthen of ma-
ternity repeatedly, which she was not able to bear, and with
her fourth child both mother and babe sank into the grave.
She had but three sisters. All sank in the same way, and
their husbands all married again. And so the work goes
bravely on. Some of the second wives are dead. Mine, how-
ever is not. She has notions of her own in that direction, to"
which I submit. We both appreciate your statement in the
last WEEKLY, that the race will run out in another hundred
years unless the female condition is bettered, and I, for one,

benefited. HARRISON Bnooxs.

Extract from a private letter, written by a married lady,
residing in Carroll, Carroll County, Iowa, to her friend in
Illinois: ' A I

“‘ That’s very true. We have to learn how to do, ourselves.

Advice is of little account. I have learned by experience
how to do a great many things, and one is to care as little as
possible what William says, and, I was going to say how he
does. In that particular there is very little fault to find, and
no disposition to find any on my part. All men have got to
lealm that any show of authority over one thegy chgose ‘J0 live

and decaying by the action of the consuming ‘element of re- A

who could express concisely and lucidly such opinions, you_

feel that in bettering their condition we (men,)’are equally‘

Wither}  her wife 01‘ anything you please»:-briiige ip retsm ,

‘ea

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April 19, 1873.

indifference and inaction, or else rebellion. Johnny is a nice
boy. Either his papa or mamma might be glad if they were
as good and reasonable, and I don’t feel like chastising him
only in a mild way. His papa got upset Sunday, because the
boy dropped a board on the floor and made anoise; of course
it ended in a quarrel with me, when he took occasion tocall
me all the nice names he could, and to tell _me what a need-
less expense I am, but I am able to stand it,‘ just as some
women are able to stand a strain on their physical system.
We have each one of use got to rough it one way or another,
and so I take it all as a matter of course. Some nice, intel-
ligent woman in Philadelphia has taken the privilege to
, write some of her best thoughts to Williain, which isall right
in my opinion, but her lord and master or boss don’t ap-
prove of it, so hereafter all communication is to be carried
on by stealth. It will take no less than two centuries to edu-
cate men and women up to a plane of intelligence and
reason. , " u
“I am gladl can think of these things in connection with
my individual private troubles, and feel that it is all natural,

and everything in nature takes its own time to grow. I ‘

don’t feel at all guilty. Taking things easy, especially when
I am obliged to, and all the fault finding in the World won’t
make me drown myself nor feel disgraced. I/anti thankful
I have as good ideas of life as I have, and I am glad there are
such women as ‘ VVoodhul1 and Clafiin ’ to sustain me.
" “ MILLIA.”

_ Bosron, March 18, 1873.
Mus. VICTORIA C. VVOODIIULL:

Respected IiIa,da.m——-How I wish I could give you the faint-

est idea of my estimation of your own good, pure self—but
my pen fails me to express how I truly love you for daring, in
the face of the ignorant masses, to speak words that bind up
the broken hearts of women, and give new life and hope to
that class of laboring girls and women who have too much
honor and true worth, to “marry for ahome,” but are rather
content to work on for a mere pittance that they receive
for their services, until you, who are destined to be their
saviour, will so rouse the world, that the great and glorious
“impending revolution” will free them from the dictation
of those who 11ow put a price upon their labor, as upon that
of ainimals.

Your great and pure spirit will cause you to shine as
age of the brightest stars that ever was set in the heavens.
Your paper is as the “Balm of Gilead” to my soul, for I am a
young woman who earns her daily bread from the work of
her brain auil pen, and who scorzis to think of resigning,‘ self
dependence for “a home.” And wherever I may be the
praise of Victoria C. ‘Woodhull shall be upon my lips as a
pure, true and noble woman, but so little appreciated and
understood. A. L. T.

YOU KISSED ME.
BY L.

You kissed me! my head dropped low on your breast, ‘
With a feeling of shelter and infinite rest,

While the holy emotion my tongue dared not speak,
Flushed up like a flame from my heart to my cheek.

Your arms held me fast!‘ 0, your arms were so bold;
Heart responded to heart in that passionate fold. '
Your glances seemed drawing my soul through mine eyes,
As the sun draws the mist from the sea to the skies.

And your lips clung to mine till I prayed in my bliss,
They might never unclasp from that rapturous kiss.
You kissed me! my heart and my breast and my will
In delicious joy for the moment stood still.

Life had for me then no temptations or charms,

No vista of pleasure outside of your arms.

You kissed me; my soul in a bliss so divine

Reeled and swooned like a man that is drunken with wine.

I And I thought ’twere delicious to die then, if death
Would come while my lips were still moist with yourbrcath.
"Twere delicious to die, if my heart might grow cold
While your arms wrapped me fast in that passionate hold.

And these are the questions I ask day and night:

Must my life taste but once such exquisite delight?
Would you care if my breast were your shelter as then?
And if I were there would you kiss me again?

Vineland, April 8.

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SPIRTUALISTIC.

CHRJSTIAN BIG-OTRY IN PORT HURON, MICI-L

It is fortunate for your humble servant that the Bible is
‘not the supreme law‘of this nation, else I would have some
Christian bigot with nasal twang, sing—song my sentence:

“ He that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall
surely be put to death.”—Lev. xxiv. 16.

There is no use denying. the charge that I am an unmiti-
gated blasphemer, in which fact I take much comfort. 'After
my first,month’s engagement here as the lecturer for the
Spiritual Society, the orthodox people evidently breathed a.
sigh of relief, and could have sung with Vifatts, as I took my
departure: _

“ Believing, we rejoice"
. , To see the curse remove!”

But their joy was of short duration. There are many
sacrilegious minds here, and in one month they had me back
dispensing With the gospel. — My Christian friends’ groan
more than ever, and are ready to exclaim in aburst of agony,
“‘ The last state of that man is worse than the first I”

And what is my offense? Not merely “ preaching-” to my
«own congregation; but, it is charged, so wording my an-
nouncements as to “ preach ” to all the churches roundabout
through two weekly papers -and one daily. The com-
plaint is that my manner of announcing the discourses
greatly disturbs the saints of the Lord. It ought to he

..stopped. The priests keep in the background, pihilie they put
191“Ws1‘€l» some of their servile attsnclan-as  as their ass

nag

. ‘L}‘A

WOODHULL & CLAY

4' question, which,

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tices ofxmeetings in a more modified form, so that they would
not grate harshly on the feelings. of Christians! i replied
that I would not if I could. But the feelings of Christians
are shocked. Glad of it- It will ‘make them think. The
chief part of my work is to make people think. These.ortho-
‘dox Christians never seem to reflect that their dogmas shock
common sense, and even eutrage decency, with their hell-
fire, damnation, total-depravity, infant-roasti-ng,witch-burn-
ing, quaker-hanging, humanity—cursing religion. Yet Lib-
eralists do not prevent them from freely preaching such non-
sense, for Liberalism teaches that truth and error should
have an open field and ‘a fair fight, and that truth will
triumph. '

The next move was to compel the editor of the Times to
exclude the notices of our meetings altogether, but thus far
without success. Their efforts called forth the following
brave editorial in the Port Huron Daily Times, Monday,
vMarch 24::

“ It has come to our knowledge that the announcement of
subjects for the lectures at Spiritual Hall on Sunday, in last
Saturday’s Times, has given offense to a few of our readers,
though why it should do so we are hardly able to understand.
The position of the Times on strictly religious questions has
been‘/Eeveral times defined, and ought to be understood as a
complete neutrality. But for this reason we have not con-
sidered it necessary for us to exclude announcements of
meetings, or subjects, in which any considerable number
of citizens feel an interest. It is true that the subjects in
as they appeared, were A written and
handed into the Times office by a member of the Spiritual
Society, were so worded as to shock the feelings of most of
those who hold the Bible and its teachings sacred. But so
do scores and hundreds and thousands of other things, of.
which announcements are made in the newspapers in full
detail, shock the feelings of nearly everybody, and no one
thinks of condemning the newspaper which simply makes
the facts known, so long as they are not absolutely indecent.
It is the province of the Times to keep its readers posted, es-
pecially upon local events. And we think that a comparison
of our columns with those of other newspapers will convince
any one that this is done with more than average thor-
oughness, and with more than average care invthe exclusion
of anything improper or offerfsive. It has been, and will con-
tinue to be our policy to exclude anything that could reason-
ably give offense to any large number of our readers; and so
far as religious announcements are concerned, we should
certainly refuse to publish the subject of ‘a sermon or lecture
by a Spiritualist, aMethodist, a Congregationalist, a Baptist,
a Catholic, or a member of any other church or sect, if we
thought such publication, in itself, would be offensive to any
large number of our readers holding different religions views.
But ought any such thing to be presumed or anticipated?
It seems to us that it ought not to be. If otherwise, our only
positive safety would be to exclude such announcements on-
tirely, as there is hardly any sect that does not consider the
practices and teachings of some other sectabsolute foolish-
ness, wickedness or blasphemy. But those who are inclined
to criticise the Times for simply making the announcement
in question should be careful that they do not go so far as
to appear to oppose free speech, and the right to hold and
practice one's own religious or even anti-religious views, two
of the dearest rights guaranteed by our free institutions.”
W. F. JAMIESON. ' ~

RESOLUTIONS. 7

Ameeting of Spiritualists and Liberals was held at the
Spiritual Hall, in Port Huron, Mich., on the 20th of March,
and, after full and free discussion, the following preamble
and resolutions were passed; and in accordance to the in-
structions of said meeting, I forward you a copy requesting
you to publish the same: E. R. SEELY, Sec’y.

WHEREAS, Victoria C.Woodhul1,—President~of the National
Association of Spiritualists, and Tennie C. Claflin and Col.
Blood, her partners and associates, in the city of New York,
have lately had their property seized, their persona rudely
treated and been cruelly incarcerated in -an American bas-
tile by servants of the people, in the name and under the
pretense of law, all at the instigation of one Comstock, a tool
of the American Protestant order of Jesuits, otherwise called
The Young Men’s Christian Association, simply because they
exercised the liberty of speech and freedom of the press to
expose the hypocrisy, libertinism and social corruption of
certain gleat leaders of religion and morality; therefore

Resolved, That we believe Mrs. Woodhull and her co—1a-
borers in the enunciation of their views on the social ‘rela-
tions of life, and in their bold and fearless expose of the
naked truth in regard to the moral wolves who, in sh6eP’S
clothing, and in the name of the Lord, are debauching and
corrupting public sentiment and.opinion~, are honestly and
sincerely laboring to purify and elevate humanity.

Resolved, That we hereby solemnly protest against this
high-handed usurpation by the servants of the people, who
dare violate the Constitution in suppressing the freedom of
the press and the liberty of speech. - ,

Resolved, That we tender to our sisters and brother our
deep sympathy, and we pledge ourselves to do all in our
power to sustain and supportthem under their difficulties.

Resolved, That we deeply regret the silence of the Bam-
ner of Light and the denunciations of the Relrigio.-Philo-
sophical Journal, both of which papers should have come
promptly to the aid of their sister editor and Spiritualist 111
the hour of her distress, and that they can only regain our
confidence and support by a prompt and earnest acknow-
ledgment and advocacy of the liberty of thought and free-
dom of speech and press.

Resolved, That theseresolutions bo signed by the president
and secretary of this-meeting and forwarded to WOODHULL
85 CLA.rLIN’s WEEKLY, the Banner of Light the B0530” 1”‘
cestigator, the Index and the Religio-Philosophical Jozmisl.
§7,Y,ii7_11 a request that they publish the Saslsg '

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work. Some of them wanted/to know if I could not give no?»

minis WEEKLY:  I _ c  g t

‘ _ ‘”"’" LYNN, March 16,-1873.
,At a meeting of the First Progessive Society of Spiritual-
ists, held in Odd Fellows’ Hall, the following Resolutions
were presented by A. C. Robinson, and adopted:

WHEREAS, In the Banner of Light, of March 15, a letter
appears, signed “Emma Hardinge-Britten,’,’ in which is con-
tained the following: ’ ‘ S "

“ With those committees who, under the pretense of main-
taining a free platform, sufferthe noble truths of Spiritual-
ism to be confoundedwith and disgraced by the teachings

young and furnish an excuse for hoary-headed sensualities by»
maintaining a platform where impure morals and shameless
doctrines are preached under the guise of Spiritual philoso-
phy———with such as these I have nothing to do ;” and A
WHEREAS, Under the declaration the idea is conveyed
that whoever dares to enunciate thoughts in relation to the
social question under the name of free love must of neces-
sity indorse animalisnn, and give encouragement to hoary-
headed sensualities; and I » ,
WIIEREAS, A large majority of our public lecturers, of ac-
knowledged ability and personal worth, such as Victoria C.
Vifoodhull, Laura Cuppy Smith, M. S. Hoadley, Anna M.
Middlebrook, Nettie M. Pease, Nellie Davis, Jennie Leys,
C. Fannie Allyn, Moses Hull, H. B. Storer, L. D. Coonley,
W. F. Jamieson, R. G. Eckles. A. C. Robinson,Warren Chase,

Lyman C. Howe and a host of others, are advocates of that

theory entitled free love; therefore

Resolved, That while our platform has been free to the ad-
vocates of free love, it must also remain free to Emma Har-
dinge-Britten and the small minority who may oppose this
doctrine, believing, as we do, that truth and justice will
triumph only as opportunities are afforded for liberty of
thought and speech. I . '

Resolced, That a copy of the above resolutions be sent to
the Bmme-r of Light and W oonnum. 8: CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY
for publication. ISAAC FR-AZIER, President.

A. C. Ronmsou, Secretary. r

I may be permitted to say a few words in vindicatifon of
my course in presenting the above resolutions. Being one
of the Board of Trustees" of the Spiritualist Society of this
place. I did not feel like receiving censure at the hands of
one at least who is buta child in Spiritualism compared to
the time which I have spent in its service. I desired per-
sonally to disavow having any intention or design of giv-
ing encouragement to sensuality, and when my assent as a
member of our board of trustees is given for men and women

,who have occupied our platform, or who may do so in ‘the

future, who have thoughts to utter which may not be suited
to the immaculate ears of Sister Emma, that such thoughts, ‘
whatever they may be,‘ shall be heard and treated as the
honest expressions of honest hearts. ‘

and if every society that professes to tolerate freedom of in-
dividual thought (and I know of none who do not make this
profession) would see to it that the strongest possible safe-
guards are at once thrown around each in their several indi-
vidual rights as public speakers, it would enhance the cause
Emma H-ardinge-Britten is to occupy our platform the two
first Sundays of next May; and her rights shall not be
abridged, and none will dictate to her what she shall say to
us. I am glad that she has written her very characteristic
letter, for every one will know whether the spirit of tolera-
tion exists in her mind toward those of her co-laborers in
the vineyard of Spiritualism. To those committees who
suffer a speaker to be true to themselves when they shall
dare to speak words in favor of social freedom, such are to
be branded as compounding with sensuality; this is popery
on a small scale. If my rights may be abridged as a public
speaker upon the question. of free love, and I am to be
warned: as to what I may not say, and threatened if I do say
it, where is my liberty as an individual? Sister Emma,,go on
and fight with all thy earnestness what thou believest to be
wrong—~this is thy right, but do not say that others, thy
equals, do not possess the right to oppose thee.
I A. C. Ronmson.
A OUR ‘(THE PEOPLES) AGE.

Our good and brave sister, Lois Waisbroolzer, has issued
the first number of a paper, with the above name, and under
the following propositions:

Prospectus——" Our Age ”—A weekly, of the same size aswas
the Present Age. to be issued from Battle Creek, M1ch.,
two dollars and fifty» cents per year. First number to be
sent when enough is pledged to _ ‘secure its publication for
one «year. Names of such as wish to become subscribers
desired, but no money asked till the first number 1s sent.

Time for receiving names extended to the 4th of May,
18?3. Lois Waisbrooker, Editor and Proprietor.
such a paper as Lois Waisbroolier can makewill be a great
assistance tothe cause of reform, in Michigan especially, and
in the States generally. She is widely known as an earnest
and energetic devotee to some of the most essential questions
of the age, and we hope her enterprise may receive the sup-
port it deserves.

KINDNESS PERSONIFIED.

Rocnnsrnu “ DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE,” }
February, 1873.

Woodhull proclaims she will follow Beecher in his Western 7

tour and lecture in every place that he lectures. Wereckon
she will fail in this startling programme. Mr. Beecher is
quite as popular in the West as here, and Western people are
not disposed to listen quietly to wanton abuse of a public
favorite. In brief, if Mrs. Woodhull values‘ her personal
safety she will remain at home. I‘ ‘

[Victoria Woodhull is not in the habit of threatening.

What she makes up her mind to do, she does._ She did not _

threaten to follow Mr. Beecher “in his Western tour; ” but
it so "happened, that after hearing Mr. Beecher, the West
wanted to hear her. She went and spoke the “ Naked Truth”
for two weeks, and returned unharmed, with thirty loffered
engagements unfilled. So much for the intelligence and
wisdom of the Rochester _.Demoe:‘r_ai and Olvromiale. Try

T ag,:a.in.]

Of animalism with those who help to sap the morals Of the .

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REVOLUTION: IS IT AT HAND.

Before the slave war broke out, anybody who had fore-
sight enough to see that war was to come, and the courage
to express it, was set _down as insane. When Genl. Sher-
man, after the war had broken :out, said it would require
years of time and a million soldiers to subdue the rebellion,
he was universally declared insane. Indeed so good evidence
of insanity was this opinion of his, considered, that it came
nearly to depriving him of a command in the army. In fact
whoever conceived the idea that a rebellion against the Gen-
eral Government was possiblc was instantly -voted of un-
sound mind by the pulpit, the press and the people. ’

But nothwitstandin g the fact that those whom the world

held to be insane at that time have been proved to have

beenithe onlyreally sane people there were upon that sub-
ject, thc world learning no lesson from that experience of
utter incompetency and fallaciousness continues to brand as
insane those who now see revolution ahead. This thought-
less, and as will be proved, hasty decision, has-been made
without any ‘ weight having been given to that which is

patent upon the face of things——that the causes that may lead

to revolution now, are of a much more direct order
than were those that led to the slave rebellion. That was
precipitated and waged upon one side, and the primarily
aggressive side, by those interested in it from motives of
principle divorced from all personal interest; while the
causes that will lead to that which is to come, combine the two
elements of principle and of personal interest. How much
more imminent, then, are the prospects for revolution now
than they were before the late war. In many regards the
situations are similar if not identical. The first gun of that
war was fired against the government——aga'1nst the power
thathad, under legislative administration, attained the con-

trol. so also will the war that is to come be introduced,

not by the aggressive party, but by those whom the aggres-
sions will subjugate in a legitimate way, and they will resist
its decrees. " ,

Neither had that war any collateral issues tending to pre-
cipitate events; it was a question of freedomfor the negroes,
merely; but various causes now point from different direc-
tions to the same general culimnation. The money
question had nothing to do directly withthat war; while it
will be the chief one to precipitate that which is coming.
For the past two years, we have been telling the people that
there could be no solution of the impending question, that
would be given, by which war could be prevented. We
saw that it must come; but we were set down as insane, be-
ing simply desirous of creating a temporary sensation; and
now that another who was long since dubbed insane by the
self constituted censors of society, declares that blood will
flow within ninety days, he is of course stark mad, and in
danger of being sent to a lunatic asylum.

Now, we do not know that..revo1ution will come in ninety

days ;' but we should not be surprised if it were to come in

as many hours ; and we do not see how itlcan be deferred
anotherlyear. Circumstances are combining with frightful
rapidity; almost too rapidly to be competentlyvnoted.
Events move no more . in stagecoach methods. They
have assumed the speed of the locomotive, if not, indeed, of

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the telegraph, and hence, when one is brave enough to de-

clare that it will be upon us in ninety days, he but speaks
what is clearly seen or impending, and liable to fall at any ‘ ‘

hour. .
And Aprilcomes in with prophetic indications. In the
East, labor is gathering up its sinews to wrestle anew with

capital, and on every hand, strikes are being inaugurated. In I

New York one trade, that of gas-making, is already out, and
seems determined to accomplish its purposes~—more pay
and less hours for labor. In the VVest the producers of that

upon which the East feeds, is in almost open warfare against ’

the mighty railroad monopolies, that are leeching the life
out of these producers; while they who compose these
monopolizcrs are the same against whom the Eastern

. laborers are rebelling—the Eastern capitalists; and though

the two parties, the Eastern mechanic and the Western
farmer, have not yet seen that their interests are identical, it
will become evident the moment ‘a blow falls anywhere,
given by anybody. When Sumpter was struck by the rebel
shot the whole people immediately took one side or the
other. So, too, when the Sumpter shot shall again be re-
ceived, will the whole people take one side or the other ; and
can any doubt upon lwhich the vast majority will be ? can
any sane person imagine that the labor interest will be in the
minority ? If they do, they _had better rectify their judg-
ments, and not wait to have them rectified by the logic of
events as did the slave interests in the late war ; unless, in-
deed, the people remain wilfnlly blind to what is going on
before their eyes.

Everybody willrcinember with what a jealous eye the
Administration regarded any upward movement in the price
of gold before the election. It will be remembered to what
questionable methods resort was made to keep the price ”
below 113. Is it not singular that so soon after the election
is settled that the price should rise to 119 and no effort on
the part ofthe Administration be made to stay its upward
tendency‘? ' .

It may seem strange to those who do not look beneath the
surface of things. But it is just what was anticipated by
those who regard the cause that lies behind movements
rather than the movements themselves. It was as necessary
that the Administration should succeed in November as it
was necessary that Tammany should succeed in its last elec-
tion. It would not do to have the Administration pass into
new hands. There was too —1nuch that needed another term
to safely bury from all future observation. But that was
not all. Behind even that, there may perhaps be another
and a deeper scheme. Let us see if the exigencies of the
condition do not point unerringly to such a scheme.

It will be remembered that the South went to war to
preserve slavery. They saw that the sentiment against it
had obtained such growth and strength that unless it were
strangled slavery, would be compelled to yield to peaceable
legislation; hence they resolved to take the issue of war;
and results have demonstrated that they waited, as it was,
a score of years too long. Freedom had obtained a much
greater hold upon the popular pulse than their most saga-
cious men imagined. In a word, it had conquered
slavery even before the war began.

Now the condition of the monopolists of free labor to-day
is precisely what the position of the monopolists of slave
labor was before the war. Like them the same class of the
present see that unless by some coup they can obtain a more
secure hold upon the power gradually slipping from their
grasp, at no distant day it will be wrested from them by
peaceful legislation, and without a struggle they will be
compelled to yield the positions they have so secretly and
adroitly obtained. They know that the demands of labor
cannot much longer be put off by make-shift policy and
sham or pretended legislation in its behalf. The cry is too
earnest, and is repeated too frequently t.o leave them in any’
doubt regarding its meaning.

And they also know there is but one method of salvation
——to secure a firm grasp. upon the government. Now, what;
does this mean? We repeat that the monopolists, the moneyed
aristocracy, in all and whatever form they exist, know that
their days are numbered; they know when the trial comes,
between them and the masses whom they enslave, monopoly
must go down. Consequently everybody who is not a pro-
ductive laborer is secretly, if .not openly, in league against
the increasing demands of labor for justice. But how shall
it "be successfully resisted? As we said, there is but one
method, and that is to subvert the government, by making
it a government of the monopolies, by the dictatorship or
by the empire. ‘

Of course we shall be named insane for even hinting that
such a scheme is on foot in this country; but we neverthe-
less assert it to be true, and the people will learn it to their
sorrow before the expiration of the present Presidential
term. It is the only method, we repeat again, by which
the powers that now control events can hope to hold their
places. A11d in view of this, are the laboring people simple
enough to imagine they will not resort to any seemingly ne-
cessary measure to avert the coming destiny? Will they not
even be as desperate as were the Southern slaveholders?__ We
tell you they will hesitate at nothing; and more, they are
already resolved that they will liesitate at nothing. . g

‘’ Have the people ever stopped to think of the reason for
last year sending three cmissaries to the various European

"monarchies? Does it not look as i.f there were some secret

plotting going on for which the approval of European
, 
er owns was desired? Surely they would not have been so-

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cretlyconsulted regarding any movement in the interests of the I

enemies of 'crowns—-the people. But there were secret missions
in Europe. They were not in the interests -of liberty; they
must have been intended against it. VVould not the people

~ be astonished if it should come out that a proposition to es-

tablish the Empire in this country has already received the
approval of the crowned, heads of Europe, and that the Y.
M. C. A. is at the bottom of it all.

But this could not be done, or ever hoped for, without an‘

exigency should arise to be made the occasion. Therefore
an exigency is necessary; and, strange as it is, even that is
not suspected. We have already hinted at it. Gold has
reached a higher price than for nearly three years, without
interference from the Administration. Suppose, now, while
a further rise is going on, a rise which the financial policy of
the Administration has made inevitable, that the. European
bankers should suddenly call the gold to the sum of thirty
millions that is held in Wall street? What would be the re-
sult?‘ Necessarily and unavoidably, a financial panic, in-
volving every interest in the country; United States bonds
would fall to 50, and every national bank be made insolvent
and ruin and desolation would spread over the whole coun-
try, as it were, in a single day. Every manufactory would
stop, and the “Testern harvest would be worthless. Uni-
versal panic and dismay would be the occasion for the proc-
lamation of the Empire, and immediately that was done the
gold of Europe would be at hand to sustain it. What chance
would the labor slaves of the country have in such a muddle
as this? None whatever, except to accept the situation,
while the monopolies would be left with all their landed
estates, and all their bonds, to be gradually appreciated again
to their standard values by the general productiveness of
the country, now entirely in their hands, which is the real
And thus the laboring poor would
be more emphatically enslaved than now, while wealth, re-
constructed into a political aristoeracy, would have its
greedy hands still more tightly about the throats of its slaves,
and the Revolution, now pending, be accomplished.
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SEXUAL VICE IN CHILDREN.——~No. 1.

We new approach a present sexual condition, which being
antecedent to and the basis out of which others of which we
have already treated grow, presents the most mournful pic

ture of which it is possible for the true humanitarian to con- '

ceive. Sum up all other vices; add to them the terrors of
inherited ills, and multiply these by all other deleterious
influences, and the total is nothing when compared with
this most frightful demon which is devouring the race and
spreading devastation and desolation in every household.
The clergy may prate of salvation for the soul, they may
dilate upon the deep damnation which is sure to follow
“ wine and women,” and they may hold up before the youth
of the world the prospective possibilities that lie stretched
before them in the shining future, but all the former may
be shunned, and all the latter’ anticipated and hoped for,
and yet the most vital thing of all is untouched—~is ignored-
and its deadly sting left to penetrate the very fountains of
life,‘either to dry them up or, rushing to the opposite ex-
treme, run them quickly away.

When we look around us and everywhere see the demon
holding high revel among the brightest buds and choicest
blossoms of humanity, and its teachers and guardians quietly
watching its progress and lifting not a voice against it, our
hearts sink in despair at the prospect of the future. We
can see nothing but degeneracy here, degeneracy there, de-
generacy everywhere. For years we have been waiting for
the men of medical. and physiological science to raise the
warning cry, since to them does the duty primarily bclon g,
and since from them society listening would receive it;
but the few who have attempted to do their clear duty have
been hounded silent by their brother scientists, and the
whole subject for the past few years has been remanded into
oblivion; and many seemingly gloat over the progress of
the silent ravager.

It therefore falls to us to speak again the unpopular truth
-—to call down upon ourselves anew the bitterness and the
cursings of this great sham called society, and to say to it:
“You are permitting your children to commit suicide;
moral, intellectual and physical suicide, without lifting a
hand to save them; and with no resistance, amildew—a
blight——is settling down over all their future.” ’

Is this anything to startle you into thought; to rouse you
into the consideration of what is going on unchecked in all
your households? -It is not unknown. Ask your physi-
cians and they will tell you that not one girl in a hundred,
seventeen years of age, is perfectly healthy, sexually; ask
them again and they will tell you the same of your boys;
——your girls have leucorrhoea, your boys have spermator-
rhoea, and both suffer equally the consequent blight.

Do you say this is not so? Look to your children. Are
they bright-eyed, rosy-checked and plump-limbed? In vain
you seek these evidences of health. And why are they want-
ing? Have your children been sick;are they overworked;
do they over-study, or what is it that keeps from them

. the bloom which belongs to youth ;» why are they faded be-

fore fully blossomed; why are their cheeks hollow, their

' eyes sunken and yellow and their eyelids pale and dark;

why is their skin sallow and their forehead pimpled;
why are they nervous and fretfulwalways complaining, and
delicate? Can any of you tell? “Do any of you ever stop to
ask the quest.ion? Neither the first nor the last; but now

 that your attention is called to it, do you not see that this is

all so? Mcurnfully must you shake your heads and admit
it, for it stares you in the face in every household; and it is
sufliciently terrible ‘in its prophesies to I warrant the most
fearful alarm. It is not, to be sure, the acute disease that kills
within a few days; but it is the slow-creeping consumption
that beguiles its victims, months, or years perhaps, and when

‘it has played with them until it is itself sick of the sport,

suddenly puts its fearful claw upon the victims’ life-currents
and stops them.

‘Go to your fashionable boardingschools-—bcarding hells,
rather—~and pass the members in review, and there you will
find that vice stalks with most fearful tread. Look at the
graduates as they come home from these hot-houses where
the sexual appetite is prematurely roused and ‘unnaturally
satiated. Mothers send their daughters to them to be edu-
cated, and be assured they are educated in a way that will
last them all their lives. And again, if you doubt this, ask a
competent physician. And if you cannot believe even him,
ask your daughters; pin them so closely down to the truth
that they cannot evade it, and if they can evade this, watch
them and you shall become satisfied that a fire burns within
them that is feeding upon their vitals, and that they, though
all the efforts of their natures are put forth against it, yield
to its demands. ‘

But gain the truth at last, and then listen to the confes-
sion, and you shall hear a tale of horror and of sorrow -that
will condemn you as mothers, and cause you to realize that,
of all things, you have overlooked the most vital, and have
permitted your daughters to acquire a vice which, when once
fastened upon them is impossible of eradication. They will
tell you that when very small, perhaps no more than eight,
nine, or ten years of age, they were taught by some one al-
ready acquainted with the vice, the act that led them to de-
struction. They will tell you that they did not know there
was any harm in it; that you had never told them any bet_
ter, and that they did not think anything \bad could come
from it, because they had never known you to warn them

‘ against it, and that you certainly would have told them if it

were wrong, knowing, as you must have done, all about it.
In complete ignorance of its results, and unwarned as to ac-
quiring the habit, they blindly fell into it, and knew not its
fearful character until so far advanced that retreat was
impossible. They will tell you how, when they really
awakened to know its dreadful efieets, they struggled to
overcome the habit; that when its fascination ceased from
the almost complete disappearance of the accompanying
pleasure, that it took on a form from which they will shrink
in horror even at its recital. They will tell tell you of dreams
at night and of involuntary action upon the slightest excite-
ment, by day, and altogether such a tale of horror as to make
you wonder that you could have been blind to it. all this
time.

But these are the women whom you marry and who are to
become the mothers of the next generation of children. Do
you not think they will be worthy representatives of their
mothers? Do you not think that the sexual demoralization
of the parents of today will be reproduced in their offspring,
if, indeed, they have any, which is extremely doubtful, at
at early age! Every succeeding generation it makes captive
the children at an earlier age. A hundred years ago the
sexual appetite was undeveloped in girls at eighteen and
in boys at twenty; now a girl of fifteen, aye, of twelve, feels
the fire of sexual desire thrilling her veins, even when not
unnaturally developed by sexual vice; and a boy of sixteen
has realized all the sexual senses. In the next generation
these realizations will be reduced to still more tender years,
and for this very reason. to which we have referred—--that of
the sexual demoralization of parents, which is reproduced in
children, rendering them in early years the subjects of mor-
bid sexual desires and capacities. I .

Vfell may the question be asked: Wl1e1'e will all this stop?
We can only answer this: _That unless it do stop, reproduc-
tion will soon cease and the physical race be blotted out of
existence. Everybody knows that American women now
hear less than one half as many children as their grand-
mothers bore. VVhere now are found families of ten. fifteen,
aye, twenty children? Nowhere! Two, four, and perhaps
five, and one ‘half of them dead, have been the average.
What does this mean? Has it no competent causes? is it
merely because women object to having children more than
they formerly did? Yes, in part; but in a small part. The
real meaning is, that men and women are sexually demoral-
ized and incapacitated to beget and bear children. Suppose
it go on unchecked a hundred years longer, what will have
become of the race? Civilized nations will have become ex-
tinct, and the present generation may as well look this fact
squarely in the face and prepare to meet it or -to cure it,
since one or the other mustlcertainly be done.

To us the question is of such terrible moment that we,
though feeling the necessity, approach it with fear and
trembling. Those whose duty it seems it should have been
have not raised a warning voice, but have left it for us. to
do who are already overburdened with a terrible weight of
prejudice as the advocates of unpopular and unpalatable
truths; but this is a natural adjunct of the question of social
freedom; and as the advocates or that, we could not ignore
it if we would; indeed, we had not entered upon the war-
fare for social freedom, had it not been that this question
being under consideration,could and not be approached except
through it. Every question that is based in the sexuality of
the race, and all present ills that attach to it, must find the
possibility for reformation in the establishment of freedom

, that for their profitdepend upon the public.

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in sexuality. We boldly assert it, and time will bear ‘testi-
mony —to its truth. .

None of the ills that now belong to the sexual relations
of the race can ever hope for a cure until their freedom is
first established and until nature is permitted to have its
sway, instead of being compelled, as it is, into unnatural
methods to attain its desires. If people are refused natural
food, and that which is unwholesome is attainable, it may
be set down as certain that the unwholesome, though it may
be known that it will bring disease and death even, will be
greedily devoured. The same rule holds good in all other
appetites and passions. I _

It behooves the people, then, to set themselves about to
investigate this question of sexuality, to find out what are
its’ natural demands that require to be met to avert the cer-
tain coming devastation and demoralization, and ultimate
death. And we shall not hesitate to discuss it in such plain
terms as to be comprehendable to all, though both Church
and State continue to hold its hands against us and to charge
us with obscenity’, just as though society itself is not obscene
in the fact of the existence of all this demoraliza*;ion.

 

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THE PLATFORM OF THE EQUAL RIGIITS PARTY
—~FIFTH PLANK. ‘ ’

“ That all monopolies should be abolished and all charters

revoked, and that the government of the people should ,
manage all public enterprises for the common benefit of the ,

‘H

wh ole country. .

It has come to be acknowledged that all monopolies exist
at the expense of the people. It does not matter what form
the monopoly assumes, all its gain must be extortion——must
be the receiving of more value than it gives. ,; In an especial
sense is this true of those monopolies that exist and grow fat
under chartered rights. The government, in the name of,
the people, grants privileges to individuals, by which, to
swell their profits, the people are swindled. In fact, so extort’
sive are monopolies, and so far reaching in their effects upon
the community, that it may safely be said the common
people are enveloped by them and actually deprived of all
natural rights. And when the chartered rights of monopo-
lies do not quite succeed i11 reducing the common people to
absolute bondage, then the government; slips in with its pro-
tective and restrictive laws and completes the subjugation.

So fearful and certain have the issues become between pre-
ductive labor and aggregating capital that the former-, let it
produce what it may, barely exists, while all , that is not re-
quired to sustain life passes to the possession of the capital-
ist. An evidence of this, at once complete and convincing,
is in the fact that, whatever expenses the government may
invblve, it is never paid by capital, since, let them be what
they may, it is continually increasing in quantity, while, let
the laborer produce whatever he may, he remains the labor-
er merely. Therefore, it is clear, so ‘clear, that none may
question it, that labor pays all the expenses of government,
while capital builds itself continually. c

Now, this plank of the Equal Rights Party Platform looks
to the supervision by the government of all enterprises
lVhy, for in-
stance, should the public be made to pay a million dollars in
dividends to the stockholders of the N. Y. Central Railroad
annually when the government could run it at cost of mainte-
nance? Railroads, as a system of transportation, have become
of even greater importance than public highways ; and why
like them should they not be maintained at the public ex-
pense for the public benefit. Is it objected that those who
have no occasion to use them should not be compelled
to pay as much for their support as those should pay who
make continuous use of them? It is replied that the
same objections hold with equal force as applied to high-
ways. When railroads become, as they will, as common as
public roads now are ; indeed, when they shall, in a great
measure, have superseded all other methods of transporta-
tion, then they will necessarily have to be conducted by the
people through their agent the government.

In the same category as railroads, there must be placed all

ferries, and methods of steam transportation ; all methods of '

lighting cities ; all coal, oil, gold, silver and other mines and
salt manufactures, since these last are natural wealths, be-
longing of inherited right to all the people, to monopolize
which, as is now done, is simply to steal from the people.
Were the Government to even manage all -these public
conveniencies and necessities, at a profit, they could readily
be made»~to pay all its own expenses, and thus save hundreds
of millions of dollars to the producing people every year.

The profits of our railway system alone are suflicient to meet ,

allthe current expenses of government. So, also, is the
interest that is paid for the use of money to individuals

sufficient to again meet all the same expenses; while the

profits paid to those who monopolize the products of indus-
try in their passage from the producer to the consumer,
would several times over pay the same. And all this, even,
does not include another vast swindle of the people. Forty
thousand persons called clergymen are paid annually say
$40,000,000, while the untaxed Church property amounts to

an equally great swindle, which are the greatest impositions, "
making the least return to the people of all the swindles,

and; together with their attachments, again filching from
the public a sum sufiicient to meet every expense of its
government. _ g - -

Thus we haveseveral systems in vogue, each of which
is a necessity of the people, and each of which is

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sufliciently profitable to the individuals who A conduct
it, to meet, if conducted ‘by the Government, the whole
expense of it. Wlien will the people come to a realiza-
tion of these enormities, to which they are now en-
slaved? ‘When will they learn that to stand by the
old parties represented by politicians now in place and

_ power, is to continue their own enslavement? ‘When will

the people conclude to take the government into their own
hands and to conduct it in their owninterests ? When will
they come to the support of the Equal Rights Platform
which looks to the establishment of perfect religious and
social freedom, political equality and industrial justice for
’ all people, without any distinction whatever E’

NELLIE L. DAVIS.

 

No braver, nobler, grander woman speaks on the rostrum
to—day, speaks for woman and then whole humanity than
Nellie L. Davis. Young, sensitive, delicate, she is yet the
perfect incarnation of power, courage, heroism. Those who
listened to her recent address in Vineland, N. J ., on the
Social Question, will never forget how she electrified that
vast audience with her startling utterances, sending a horror-
thrill through every heart as she unmasked the hateful and
revolting old, -and holding all spell-bound and charmed and
won over, while she painted the better and beautiful new!
One kenned not which was the greater marvel, that she

could make that terrible speech, or that those hundreds could.

so accept it-—its most defiant features——with most rapturous
applause! Strong men went on the platform as she closed,

._ and taking her by thelhand, told her she knew not how

wonderful all seemed to them, nor how theyploved and hal-
lewed her in their hearts for the daring that could make her
so brave. “Ah !” said she, “you know not what it costs
me to speak so,” and we dial not know, and then again we
did, and felt she was making her young life one long, grand’
holocaust for the salvation of humanity. We would rather
a hundred times be that fearless herald of truth and angel
of inspiration than all the Craven apologists for rottenness
and corruption, from Emma Hardinge up or down. May
the workers for humanity ply her with calls, keep her con-
stantly in the field, and know that she will everywhere sur-
ipass expectation——thrill all with her heroic courage and
transcendant power. it I

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Bnrnenronr, C0nn., March 31, 1873.

l7Vood-hull icfc Clafit'n——Your answer to my communication,
in your issue of April 5th, does not solve the query I put to
you. It seems to me you dodge the main point. Let me
once more state the question as_ I see it. _

If Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton when they made their
first contract were guilty of fraud, and thereby the contract
was not valid, they were Aswilndlers and cheats from the be-
ginning. T

—But 1 did not speak of fraudulent contracts. I did not
mean cases where neither party complained; nor did I deny
the right of freedom, so long as the rightsof others were not

infringed. but of persons who having honestly made a con-_

tract of their own free will being secretly false to such,con-
tract, and when found out and complained of by those on
whose rights they were trespassing, acknowledged" they
were living false and hypocritical lives.

Now is this swindling and cheating, or is it honorable and
fair dealing? It appears to me you call it honest, and
“ nobody to blame.” I call it swindling, and both parties to
the fraud, whenever committed, equally guilty.‘ .

Do I understand you? C. S. MIDDLEBROOK.

It seems to us that you have not‘ comprehended ourreply
to your former interrogations; at least we are positive of no
intention" or desire to dodge any point.‘ We are always
willing to admit any point that we cannot logically sustain.
We said that if Mr. Beecher made any contract with Mrs.
Beecher, its value dependedupon the ability to keepit. If
he contracted to love her, and was .unable to fulfill it be-‘
cause ‘he cannot love her, the contract is abrogated by
natural law——_a higher law than any legal enactment-, but if

the contract is kept in form and violated in spirit, then it is
prostitution and not the fulfillment of the contract to love.

We are unconscious of what you state positively;'we do
not know that Mr. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton “ were guilty of
fraud” or that they are “ swindlers and cheats from the
beginning.” Who did they defraud? whom cheat? whom
swindle (unless indeed it were themselves, which certainly
you will not dispute their right to do) ‘2. They certainly did
not bestow any love upon each other that belonged to any-
body else, but that only which they had for each other.
We fail to. see any fraud, swindling or cheating in any-

a thing connected with the case. Mr. Beecher never con-

tracted to give to Mrs. Beecher the love he felt for Mrs."
Tilton; or if he had he might be open to the charge of
fraud since it would have been a contract to do something
that wasimpossible; nor did he give to Mrs. Tilton any of
thelove he had for Mrs. Beecher; hence, there is no fraud
apparent. A , —

Iendeavored distinctly to set forth in the article itself
that my complaint against Mr. Beecher was upon a different

I ground entirely from that upon which you and almost every-

' body else insist upon placing it, and I still maintain that the
wrong, if wrong there be at all, is in the false customs and es-
tablished standards of society which makes a-wrong of that

-which is made right by nature. In a word, the wrong’ con-

, gigts in society‘ compelling people to hypocrisy and deceit in

"the healthful exercise of;dod~given capacities,

But if you mean. that Mr. Beecher had no right to bestow
any love upon Mrs. Tilton unknown to Mrs. Beecher, we
reply that you are assuming to dictate to Mr. Beecher re-
garding something over which you have no control; in fact,
over which he alone of all the world has control. You can
no more proclaim to Mr. Beecher what his duty is to Mrs.
Beecher than you can decide whom he may love or when he
can love. is must love when he can love, and he must per-
form such duty as his own conscience determines.

It is useless to discuss this question unless we first decide
upon the primary question of freedom. If we admit free-
dom cf conscience, freedom of love and freedom of action,
so that action does not carry ‘the person upon unreciprocal
ground, then the case is gone by default, since there is no

, ground for complaint; but if freedom be not admitted, the
v discussion reverts from love, duty, cheating, etc., back to

that of the right or error of freedom. Hence, when you
question Mr..Beecher’s right to do as he has done and call
himiauchcat, etc., you indirectly deny the right of freedom,
and this, then, becomes the question which must first be de-
cided before we can possibly arrive at any common under-
standing of personal conduct. As it now stands, you deny
the right of freedom, while we assert it. Mr. Beecher is
not in the case until this little disagreement is settled; but
when this is settled the whole matter is also settled.

For the hundredth time we re-affirm as our basis of dis-
cussing these questions: Eoery humcm being belongs to him-
self or ‘herself by C6 Mglter title than cmy which, by 8/urrevzclers,
Ct7”'}“(Hl‘,§/’6['7?w7t'f8 or prormses be or she can confer upon any other
humcm betvzig. Self ownershrfp is ivtcolzcnctble, hence there can
be no such thing as ownership in human being; and he or
she who assumesit is an unconscionable despot, unworthy
of the love or respect of anybody born into the truths of the
new dispensation.

NATUItE AND ART.

Had the "WEEKLY, from motives of purity not yet recog-
nized by the barbarism of our country, advocated in its
columns that which has been carried out in London, what a
hue and cry would have been raised against it. Yet, to the lov-
ers of’ true art, there is room for rejoicing in the following
item taken from the London correspondence of the Cincin-
nati C’o//.rmte7°c27al : ‘ ‘

“The devotion of English girls to art and their success is
so great that the art schools have had considerable difficul-
ties in the matter of arranging for medals—difliculties of del-
icacy. The pupils of all the London art schools are of both
sexes, and the Royal Academy has long proceeded on the
principle that in drawing from life the sexes must be separ-
ated. But the Royal being very rich, was able to command as
as many models as it pleased; and the same is the case with

the institution at South Kensington. But there are three other '

schools which have not equal advantages. Mr. Poyntor was,
I believe, the first to override the objections of the prudish
and prurient, in this matter, and now there are at least two
important schools where young gentlemen and ladies assem-
ble to sketch from the same nude human models.” ’
It,is our opinion, that ignorance is the bar to the improve-
ment of the morals of the people, and as we believe that our
youth of both sexes should be instructed as to the parts
they have to perform in after life’, and armed by intelligence
against the vices now decimatin g mankind, we rejoice
that English artists of both sexes have thus risen in their

might to rebuke the false modesty of the age, which is only

a cloak for licentiousness.

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MORAL STATISTICS OF SING SING.

 

There is something singularly horrible in the following
item, which is taken from the _,N. Y. Herald of the first
inst. :

INFANTICIDE AT SING SING.

The church-going residents of Sing Sing village are at
present shocked at some scandalous disclosures which have
come to light in their midst within the past couple of days.
Last Saturday while some children were playing near the
public school, they found, partially covered ‘in a heap of
ashesthe remains of a fully-developed, newly-born male in-
fant, which had apparently lain there only a day or two.’
Coroner Bassett having been notified, empaneled a jury,
and on a post-mortem examinatation of the body marks of
violence were plainly discernable on the throat, leaving no
doubt that the child had been murdered. A verdict to that
efiect——“ by some person unknown ”——was accordingly ren-
dered.

Conjecture being still rife as to who the unnatural mother
may be, information was yesterday received by Justice Hyatt
setting forth that Mary Jackson, a mulatto girl, aged fifteen,
living with her mother in Central avenue, had given birth to
an infant some three or four weeks ago, since which time it
had mysteriously disappeared, That oflicial at once issued a
warrant for the arrest of the girl Jackson, and an officer pro-
ceeded to her home for the purpose of apprehending her.
On arriving at the house the ofiicer displayed his warrant
and intimated the nature of the crime of which she was sus-
pected. The girl became thoroughly alarmed, and hastily
replied that the baby found in the ash-heap could not belong
to her, as hers was up stairs in -the trunk. On ascending to
an upper room the bodyof a colored infant, wrapped up in a
bundle of old clothing, was found, and in an advanced state
of decomposition. She insisted that the child was still-born,
and as it was impossible to find any marks of violence on the
remains, the Coroner’s jury which investigated the case came
so the conclusion that the inffant had. been “founcl dead.”

*s- - -v

Themother in whose sleeping apartment the bcdyhad lain
rotting for four weeks, was then discharged, from custody.

“The dead body could not belong to her, forhers was
upstairs in the trunk.” Truly the social order ofsociety is
out of j-o nt when child—murder has become so common an
offense. If Christianity cannot protect the little ones,
Spiritualism must-—‘chat is our opinion.

snunsnannis MARCH. .

 

Under this heading it is proposed to present to thevreaders
of the'VVEEKLY facts which speak louder than words, de-
picting the evils growing out of the present rulings of so-
ciety as regards the conditions of women.

[From the Daily News-, Jlfctaclt 27.]

“ James Shaughnessy, of N o. 174 ‘West Thirty-second street,
does not live harmoniously with his wife Margaret, and he
attempted last night to put an end to his domestic troubles
by endeavoring to shoot her with a pistol. Justice Cox com-
mitted him in default of $500 bail.”

Wife-murder is getting to be so common, it is no wonder
reporters make fun of it :

[From the scmia]

“ The following-named keepers of disorderly houses were

arrested last night, together with the inmates of the same,

the former being‘ committed’ by Justice Cox in default of _

$500 each, and the latter in $100 each; Nellie Clayttn and
three girls, from No.142 Wooster street; Mary Porter and
three‘ girls, from No. 194 Wooster street; Hattie Monaghan,
at No.162 VVooster street; Josephine Thompson and four
girls. at No. 155 Green street; Anne Williams, at No. 133
Green street; Kate Vtlilliams, three girls and a man at No,
206 Greene street; Maud Livingston and three girls at No-
8’? Amity street; I-Ielen McGregor, three girls and a man. at
No. 89 Amity street {Nettie Van Leer, eight girls and three
men at No. 53 Amity street; Lyllia Poole, three girls and
two men at No. 237 Wyooster street, and Maria Dayton and
three girls at No. 239 VVooster street.”

There is anice legal distinction drawn between prostitution
and intcmperance. In the former case they arrest the sellers
and in the latter, usually, the buyers. But if the liquor

traffic was only in the hands of women, there, is little doubt

but that such distinction would soon cease to exist :

[From the same]
Unfortunately not a singular instance of conjugal afiec-
tion : . - .

“ Machael Shady, a promising young rufilan, got six
months in the penitentiary for assaulting his step-mother,
“ awoman,” so she says herself, “ that never drinks a dhrop.”
Her husband swore that she was a regular old toper, but the
Court seemed to think he was prejudiced.”

[From the Dcoily News, Jlfcorch 31.]

Wm. McMahon, a livery stable keeper, residing at No.
154%» Madison street, was arraigned before Justice Shandley
to-day for thrashing his wife and raising thunder in his

‘domestic household. It appeared from the facts developed

before his honor, that the prisoner had been imbibing rather
too freely and committed the onslaught. Justice Shandley
held him to answer in default of $5300 bail.” i

PER CONTRA.

Curious case of misplaced affection, as recorded in the
N. Y. Herald, March 28:

Robert Lawrence was accused by a young lady named
Emma Jane Jenkins of stealing a breastpin and earrings,
and by Richard Doremus of stealing an opera~glass from the
house 108 Bedford street. ‘ I

‘ He entered the house as a sneak thief, and was caught
with the goods in his possession. 7' I _

When asked if he had any witnesses, he said, “My wife 1
here, Judge, and she wants to talk with you.”

Judge Bixby.~——She cannot appear as a witness for you.

The wife, then came forward, a young woman, scarcely
twenty years of age, of delicate appearance, and sobbing
violently. She pleaded strenuously in her husband’s behalf,
and her appeals were piteous in the extreme. .

Judge Bixby looked at her a moment and said: “ Did you
not come to me some time ago and ask to have this man ar-
rested for abandonment and because he spent all his money
in gambling? Your name is Mrs. Daly and. not Mrs. Law-
rence.” ’ -

Wife of the prisoner (still sobbing).—Yes, sir; but if;he
promises that if he gets out of this he will be a good man and
a good husband to me——— I _

Judge Bixby.——You had better go home, Mrs. Daly; you
can’t do anything with him. ’ I

Mrs. Daly then went toward her husband, and spoke to
him kindly. The latter answered surlily, “Oh,w11a1—,’s the
use of talking; you see you can’t do anything.” ‘

Judge Bixby (to the prisoner).—Haven’t you got some
pawn—tickets? You had better hand them over to your wife.
They won’t be any good to you for some time.

The prisoner handed over a roll of these significant tokens,
and his wife took them somewhat reluctantly.

Judge _Bixby.——Prisoner. we sentence you to four months’
imprisonment on the first charge and four months’ on the
second at the expiration of the first term.

Prisoner (philosophically).——Eight months, eh? Well, so
long, Judge! '

[From the New York Herald, M cwclt 29.] p
K ‘ _ ST. LOUIS, March 28, 1873; I
Judge Primm, of the Criminal Court, to-day postponed the
execution of Anton Holme,.the wife murderer, from April 3
to November 18. The prisoner’s counsel filed a bill of ex-
ceptions, and the case will probably go to thefiupreirie Court,
as a new trial willbe had; ‘

 

 

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April 19, 1873.

WOODHULL as CLAELiN’s WEEKLY. I A   C Q11

Holding, as we do, all executions as barbarous, and es-
pecially condemning the prolongation of the torture by a
reprieve, we ask of the Supreme Court of Iilissoiiri to spare
this mu1'derer’s life. Vile do this believing it is one of those
cases in which women have a natural right (though deprived
of its exercise) to dictate the law. I

In the same paper (same date) there are reported in one
column no less than three cases of these domestic l101‘l'0l'S.

N 0. 1.—-Catherine Kerwin who died in Centre-street Hos?
pital on Friday night (March 29) from the effects of the most
brutal ill treatment alleged to have been received from her
hiishand, Patrick Kerwin.

N 0. 2.—-The murder of Mrs. Clark and one of her children
by her husband Ed. Clark, in Warren County‘, Georgia.

N o. 3.—The arrest of Annie Adair, of Adams County,
Illinois, Who is charged with having poisoned her husband
with whom she lived unhappily.

The New York Hemltl, of the 30th .inst., adds one to the
list, as follows: ‘ I 3

A DENVER, Col., March 29, 1873.

William Newman, a man of property, residing for several
years past in this city, died a few days since under suspici-
ous circumstances. His wife and a half brother were ar-
rested yesterday, charged with murdering Newman, by ad-

ministering arsenic. The evidence is very strong against

them.

> ‘arr. A
INTERNATIONAL COMPLIMENT.

Some, of what are termed the liberal thinkers of England,
have lately been advocating suicide in certain cases. One of
the ablest of the English newspapers, the I/brtniglltly Re-
oiew, it is believed indorses the affirmative of the question in
its columns. ‘

Under these circumstances, the owners’ of the WEEKLY
feel it to be only courteous in them to pass the hat across the
Atlantic for the editor of the above-mentioned newspaper.
"We have believedourselves previously to be somewhat rad-
ical in our opinions, but we draw the line at lioinicide.

>4@r~<

ONE TIME ONE PRICE.

Before laborers can dictate the price of labor, they must

be united. Ten Unions cannot do it, nor twenty, nor one
hundred. It is very questionable whether the united force

of all the mechanical unions would be sufficient to accom-
plish sucli a purpose. But if mechanical and agricultural
labor unite, laborers can give the law to both distributors and
money holders, This Union of the Great Labor Interest can

can only be effected on the basis of equal justice to all la- .

borers. VVith the war cry of “ Equal Coinpensation for an
Equal Time of Labor,” or “ One Time One Price ” for all
workers, the cause of labor would assuredly speedily
kiumph. 1%, .

HARK! FROM THE TOMBS.

THE LOSSWOE THE ATLANTIC.
MURDER ON THE HIGH sEAs.

Reporter.~——Did not Mrs. ‘Train go out in the Atlantic?

BIT. Trdln.—Yes; and notified me that she was unseawor-
thy and was in danger of foundering. I thought the letter so
important I published it as a note of warning to the owners
in Liverpool. (Published in WEEKLY, April 12.) —Mr. Sparks,
the agent here, is not to blame; it is the reckless action of
Messrs. Innaz, Innie 85 Co., Liverpool, who should be in-
dictedfor murder on the high seas in the first degree.

RepOrler.—Is not the loss of this steamship with so many
lives another of your prophecies?

Mr. Tron'n.——Yes; I was just showing the Train Ltgne to
Stokes to say that aprophet may be recognized in his own
country ‘before stepping from the Tombs to the Asylum.
These are the foreshadowings:

(From the Train Ltgue, N ocember, Suppressed.)
EXTRAORDINARY PROPHECIEs.

November 2.————Mr. Train, addressing ten thousand people
in Wall street, made the following startling prophecies:

1. Burmbig of an Atlantic City. 2. Horse Dtstemper would
soon strike cattle, fowls and wild antntals, culminating in the
plague. 3. VVdll street Panic 4. Death of Greeley or Grant.
5.-_Repudiation National Debt through European crisis. 6.
Revolution placing him in the White House. 7. Burning or
foundering of an ocean steamer with loss of five hundred
lives.

"A TRAP SPRUN G ON THE COMING DICTATOR.

Warden Johnson has been indefatigable in his endeavors
to get Mr. Train into better quarters, and to walk in the
apen air for some time past, and while at the court yester-
day he sprang a trap on the Coming Dictator, as will be seen
by the followiiignote:
SHUTTING HIS CELL DOOR, NEvER MORE To RETURN To

C THAT HISTORICAL MURDER PEN.

He packed up his letters and epigrams, and neatly folded
a batch of newspapers. He was requested by one of the
keepers to step over to a large and comfortable room in the
rear prison. This he emphatically declined to do, writing
the following: ,

Dedr Warden J ohnson——I told you to—day that where they

first put me I wished to remain. I wish to see no visitors,
and will only leave when the court opens the door. They

‘have just come to take away my bed. I wish my cell to be

locked when I go to court, as my papers are loose. While
appreciating your kindness in giving me a large room in the
rear prison, I must decline, as I have from the first, occupy-
ing any courtesies not extended to the poorer prisoners in

. the Tombs. What I have gone through with in this hell-hole

forthe last fifteen weeks I can stand to the end. G. F. T.
CELL 56*, 11:03 A. is, .

This note to the Warden shows how they Oalight the bird»:

gaging the millionaire who insisted on  being ii ‘reaper;

MR. TRAIN To WARDEN JOHNSON.
THE CHIEF MOVED INTO BETTER QUARTERS l
, - BY FORCE, April 3, 5 P. M. 3

To V/Iarden Jo.7mson——VVhen I was taken to the court by
Keeper Daly, at 4, you told me that ‘nothing from myeell
should be removed. But you did not tell me that I was to
be removed» when I returned. Keepers Daly and Henry
asked me to look at the new prison, and I find myself locked
into a new cell. New this is forcing a kindness under false
pretenses. . _

Li ST IN PU_RE'AI.R-.- . «

Fifteen weeks of the peculiar atmosphere of 56 has entirely
unprepared me for the pure air that C0lIl6S'lll from Centre
street. This splendid chamber is so different from the old
cell I hardly know how to manage it; but‘, strange as it may
appear, although in so many prisons in different lands, I
have never had a room smaller than this. <

I do not wish to be captions, but if this change is intended
as a kindness, I can only protest’ in beingtreated better than
the rest. If the prison rules compelza man who has 0.0i1_1lT11i7-
ted no crime to be put on a level with criminals, it IS the
fault of the system, not of the officers, and perhaps good may
arise therefrom. The points I wish to make are set forth in
the inclosed note to Judge Brady. 1 ' G. F. T.

(This note appeared in the WEEKLY, April 12.)

NOTE EROM THE MURDERERS’ Row. .

Mr. Train received a note from his old fl’lOll(l‘S'll1 Murder-
ers’ Row the moment they heard that Warden Johnson had
sprung the habees corpus on their President.

COPY OE NOTE EROM THE MURDER-ERS.
GEO. FRANeIs TRAIN, THE COMING DICTATOR:

Cheer up, Chief 1 Everything is well. Above all things
make no complaints at change of quarters. VVe shall all miss
you, and make our united acknowledgements for many per-
sonal acts of kindness. —

(Signed by eleven names, which are withheld.)

NOTE EROM COUNSELOR MOTT. .
51 CHAMBERs STREET, 1
New York, April 3, 1873. 5
Friend Trwln, Cell 56, Tombs—“The band will begin to
play ” at four o’cloek P. M., what tune I cannot now say. Vile
will then decide whether we dance or not. I have called to
Gen. Chatfield, as you requested, twice sincel last saw you,
but did not find him in.‘ I will see him this morning. I
shall insist upon you being present in court, so please be
ready to come-up. Very respectfully,
’ J OIIN O. MOTT.

EPIGRAM REPLY.
CELL 56, MURDERERS’ Row, 1
A April 3, 1873. 3
To J. O. M., Councellor in behalf of liberty:
' ' Here’s the “ 00’l‘]}Zl8.” “ Haoeas” the show,
Leave a vacuum in Murderers’ Row.
Yes, the elephant is walking round;
The Christian band begins to play.
- Such Beecher hounds as can be found,
I-lad better keep their wolves away.
With Chatfield, Mott, Jordan and Bell,
Hammond‘s heaven will be Phelps’ hell.
G. F. T.,
President of the Murderers’ Club.
A SHARP EPIGRAM TO DISTRICT-ATTORNEY PHELPS.

CITY AND COUNTY OE NEW YORK,
DIsTRICT ATToRNEY’s OEEICE.

The Peopleos. Geo. F. Train—Indictment for publishing ob-
scene literature. v ‘ ‘

GEO. F. TRAIN, EsQ.:

Dea.rSt3r—The investigation as to your sanity will take
place before Chief Justice Daly and a jury on -Thursday,
April 3, 1873, at 4 o’clock P. M., in Court of Common Pleas,
in the new Court House. Counsel in the case have been no-
tified. Very respectfully,

April 1, 1873. BENJ. K. PHELPS, District Attorney.

The lightning Train checked up for a moment, but was
soon started, and Keeper Kilroy received the following, ad-
dressed to the District Attorney:

CELL 56, MURDERERS’ Row, THE TOMBS, l
A1lFools’ Day, 18-73 (Fifteenth Week). t
Benjamin K. Phelps, District Attorney:
While panic crashes through the banks
You-7" notice I receive with t/zonlcs.
If quoting the Bible is "‘ obscene,”
This spark in powder magazine
Jlfayjire the Revolution Train
And prove both Court and 0/‘z-micli, insane.
When low and people once collide
1 Nothing can stop the homlcécle.
Already laborfie 8IfCl’I"?)737L_(]V7l’l(ZSS
Are waiting to shut Q17‘ the gas.
GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN, .
President Murderers’ Club, the Coming Dictator.

BROTHER WYNN E, OF IRELAND, AND THE BLACK-
THORN STICK.
AMITYVILLE, L. 1., April 3, 1873.
THE DOWNEALL OE THE TOMBS.

GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN, Eso. :

Dear St'r——I sympathize sincerely with your incarceration ;,
at the same time I congratulate you on your success in pull-
ing down the Tombs and giving fresh air and daylight to the
unfortunate inhabitants. What rotten atmosphere, and how
destructive to the innocent and the guilty. Your unjust im-
prisonment has been a great boon to the unfortunate victims
of police suspicion, inagisterial whims and the sterility of the
land. Even murderers, until found guilty, should be better
provided for than in this modern bastile. It is terrible that”
a man of your mind and nobility of character should be im-
mured in the Tombs ; you, who know the Scriptures from
Genesis to Revelatioiis-—niore, I think, than half the theo-
logians of the city—should be, without the shadow of crime,
condemned to a wet, stinking cell in the Tombs.

A line directed to 131 West Nineteenth street, New York,
will find your very humble servant, who presented you with
the black-thorn stick in the Marshalsea bastile in Dublin.

BROTHER WYNNE.
' MR. TRAIN’s EPIGRAM REPLY.

To Brother Wynne, who presented him with a. black-thorn come
while in the Irish bastile. (Ten months for clawing to be Ct
mom.) . I 3

Is it not strange, clear Brother Wynne,

’l;‘,lia,-t one wlclo :ie’8r0O1Yl111itte£l crime

§hould passso many years of life ,
Inprison, where these crimes are ripe?

I never injured man or broke a law,

Although living in perpetual war.

The victim, already, of fozl7“teen jails!

But sending the Bible tli rough the mails

Has been a powder magazine. I

Who wonders that Pin called “ obscene?”

That black~thorn stick you gave to me,

There in the Four Courts Marslialsea.,

Is in my collection of regards,

Sent from __a hundred Irish bards.

Sonietiincs I almost feel aslianied

To think that I have England blamed, g

Vllieri their prison system is far ahead

f ours! , They do not sell tllelr ?7bll’)‘(,l767‘€CZ dead! ,
The Tombs, April 5, 1873. G. F. T.
THE BANKERS To THE REsCUE.
KOUNTZE BROTHERS, BANKERS, 12 Vi/‘all Street.
NEW YORK, April 2, 1873. i
GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN:
Y Dear St'r—VVhy will you persist to continue to sojourn in
the Tombs? ‘Why not throwoif your schackles and breathe
God’s free air Once more? "W iy not conseiit? You know
security to any amount can be easily provided. Yours truly,
Y ‘ A. KOUNTZE. A

MR. TRAIN’S EPIGRAIVI REPLY.

  

.:

Beca-u.se I cannot tell Cl lie,

Its nobler far in jail to die,

For naked truth in inanhood’s fight

Than might should conquer over m'{/lit.
Far better innocent in jail, ' ‘
Than a “suspect” loose in_ street on bail.
If force can throw me in Miirderers’ Row.
Augustus Kounlze may be the next to go.
Where forty mllléons are owned by church and state.
Let one man act out the people’s fate.

Dear 

STARTING THE PACIEICVRAILVVAY.

Have you fargotten where we took our stand
To strike the pickax in the sand
At Omaha, in eighteen sixty three,

To build that railway to the Western sea.
Do you remember the speeches made,
Before a single rail was laid, ‘ —
When they pronounced us both insane.
And now they say I’m mad again?

Stand from under! Clear the way!

The c7'adz'tfoncée7* will rule the day;

After the panic the man who dares

Will be dictator of bulls and bears.

When the Boutwcll bankers come to grief,
I will startle Wall street as the Olilcf‘,

Ten millions cash will soon turn the tide,
6% ready, I want you by my side.

G-Eo. FRANCIs TRAIN,
[Founder of .the Credit Mobilier; organizer of the Union
Pacific, and president of the Credit Financier of America]
Cell 56, Murderers’ ROVV,"th6 Tombs, April 3, 1873.

BREAKING GROUND AT LAsT.

The silence of six thousand journals on this outrage on
liberty is the most startling episode in this astonishing age.
But a great newspaper has broken ground at last. In two
articles on our case, although un generous in its remarks per-
sonally, they denounced the arrest, the extreme bail and the
prison in bold terms, when others were silent, and now they
open in a bold article that has brought down Mr. Train with
an epigram, making a suggestion of power. .

[From Frank Leslt'e’s I llustrated, A1J1”tl‘2.]
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN, MADMAN AND ELEPHANT.

It seems that George Francis Train has been declared a
madman, and that he is to be sent to a madliouse. I

WHAT WE THINK OF THE COMING DICTATOR.

This remarkable man ought not to pass away from civili-
zation without suitable recognition. Personally, there is no
“ nicer fellow,” asthe phrase goes, than is Mr. Train. Social,
polished,-humane, active, shrewd, enterprising; “full as is
an egg of meat ” of ideas wide and comprehensive; cen-
trifugal and centripetal in his organization at once an earth-
quake, a storm, a rainbow and a lifeboat; 1" <~ 1‘ r of all
sorts of schemes in railways, “ Credit  . = ers,” and
the like; a poet and lecturer; a d8V()l( i.; 1, ;. ozitieian; a.
journalist; a Presidential candidate; the lltliz of the Com-
munists; the daring spirit of the Internatioiizile : soaring for
ever and ever, on wax wings, in a tempest of his own creat-
ing-—-the fee of tyrants and of priests and of sectarian creeds;
the friend of the people; the hero of dungeons, cis and trans-
Atlantic; the Daniel who boldly enters the den of the Brit-
ish Lion, with a sprig of shamrock as a magic talisman in his
martynhand ; theHoratii and Curatii (both in one) who fought;
the latter end of the Prussian and French war on “his own
hook,” running amuck between the hostile lines, reckless of
blood and treasure, and finally subsiding only at the base of
the fallen Column Yendome; a modern Crusader, who flies,
in complete mail, hither and yonder, with almost the speed

  

‘ of thought, heralding hisapproach, noting his departure, by
squibs, telegrams and epigrams, all instinct with a revolu-

tionary magnetism; a creation of world-wide notoriety-
such, in part, is Mr. Train, who has remained for months in
the Tombs, resolutely refusing ball or even freedom on his
own recognizance; who has been a voluntary martyr in
“Murderers’ Row,” eating and drinking prison fare, shiver-
ing within cold and damp walls; the possessor of wealth
enough’ to afford him J ohannisberger and truffles, and as
varied a menu as prince need covet, for his daily fare.

THE SPIRIT OF THE REFORMATION.

Whether mad or sane, this main presents to the world the
embodiment of Radicalism of all sorts. Tl_iere is point in all
that he says and does; and there is great wisdom and fore-
cast in many of his utterances. His intuitions early probed
all lately discovered public rottenness. Statesmen and jour-
nalist will find themselves in Train’s rear in most of the
noted fruitions and developments of the present hour. He
is no madder in his line than is Mr. Weiidell «Phillips in his
specialty. Train has “ out under Phillips ”-—and that is the
only difference in this respect between those two great men.
Train is a Radical who out—Herod’s Phillips and even the
martyr Brown, whose soul still “marches on.”

Mr.Train shoots his pebbles, David-like, at all sorts of giants.
Mainly he is at war in behalf of workingmen and the free-
dom of the press. He would like to hang a few capitalists to
the lamp—posts and to burn the Christian religion—-as_inter-
preted by its priests——at the stake. Mr. Train would Com-
munize Paris and New York. And yet he is by no means a
Jack Cade agrarian. , He loves law. He would uphold law.
That -is to say, the law as interpreted by Mr. Train.

THE OBSCENITY OE THE ‘BIBLE.
Mr. Trainis not entombed like the Prisoner of Chillon. He

s note Boiiriivawtla lzle walked. into the Tombs l1L,1?i_.QK::

 

 

_ opinion of the authorities.

‘ he cannot remain there long.

12 j J O -

WO0.D.HU'LL & CLAFLIN’S WEEKLY.

» April 19, 1878.

 

V

wiokian fashion rather. He pubished extracts from the Old
Testament, with such sensational headings as to bring him-
self within the law regulating Obscene 1iterature—i. e., in the
In effect, he pleaded guilty to
this charge. But Mr. Train so modeled his plea (which he
framed in these Words—“ Gui-ltyof publishing the Bible”) as,
in his opinion, to give him an opportunity to ask the verdict

, of a jury as to the fact of the obscenity of the Old Testament.

Such‘ an issue would have made Mr. Train a Religious Ele-
phant. And that would have rounded the man's ambition. C
He had been a political elephant, a railroad elephant, a leo-
turing elephant, a Fenian elephant, a Oommunistio elephant,
an Internationale elephant, an epigram elephant and atele-
gram elephant. NOW, it would have been a “big thing,” as
poor Mr. Lincoln used to say, if Mr. Train could only have
managed to become the ‘centre of a religious excitement

I which would have convulsed the world on the issue—-Is the

Bible obscene?

_. 4 BAD FOR THE MADHOUSE.

Like Alexander the Great, and Napoleon, and Julius
Caesar, and the Little Napoleon, and many others, Mr. Train
went too far. We fear that his sun is setting. Personally,
We part fromjhim with regret. . If he goes to the madhouse,
,_ Mr. Train, if he preserves his
health, will develop some phase of character yet hidden
Within the magic depths of his soul, which will some day-
demonstrate to mankind that it is the keepers and superin-

‘tendents of madhouses, and not the crazy—celled inmates,

who are lunatics. The madhouse, if Train goes there, will
catch both a Tartar and an elephant. '

_.._..._...._.

THE MAN OF ENTERPRISE.
(After reading the April Twelfth Editorial.)

ACKNOWLEDGING THE CORN,
To Frank Leslie (and E. G. S.): --

When you called me names, you heard me damn;
I’m sorry I wrote that epigram.
_It breaks me to pat me on the back,

And makes me take the backward track.
Your Greeley fiasco made me mad-

Yet in my nature there’s nothing bad:

I told you he would not win a State;

But all these things are ruled by fate. _
Though a hard fight, at last my star
Checkmates the pulpit and the bar,

Hence priests are sent to this stinking hole
With stupid sermons to save my soul.

I told you if Party left me in the lurch,

So help me God I’d smite the Church.

A GREAT IDEA SUGGESTED.

So here’s to Leslie, a bumper chalice—-

I bear no human being malice.

Shake hands, old friends, yOu’ve drawn my fire,
And now your brain I would inspire
With ambition, power and grace

To help me educate our race.

Our stupid, air-tight, public schools
Must stop producing knaves and fools.
Start a daily! You have the cash,
The artists, genius and the dash.
Frank Leslie’s Spirit of the Age,
Illustrated, would be all the rage.

I want an illustrated paper sent

To every family by the Government.
Eight million copies every day,
A record of what the people say—-
, Short, sharp, condensed, full of fire,
Boiled down along the electric wire. /
So let the Leslie banner be unfurled
O‘er a daily history of the world!
You are just the man for this enterprise.
The hour has come to educate the eyes.
Picture how corruption has grown,
And hurl the Ring thieves from the throne.
Assist me with your artist’): pen,
I’ll back you with ten million men I
.9130. FRANCIS TRAIN.

(The originator of the idea of educatingthe people by send-
ing a daily illustrated newspaper free, by Congressional
act,coontaining a telegram and cablegram history of the

. world boiled down in paragraphs, to the head of every
family, say eight million copies mailed every morning!)

The Tombs, April 3,1873.

THE LAWYERS WHO DEFEND LIBERTY EOR THE FREE LOVE

- or IT.
NEW YORK, Thursday, 1873.

Dear Train—I received your kind letter, and went to see
General Chatfield.

I found him courteous and gentlemanly and I will be with
you this afternoon at 4 o’clock, the time appointed for your
investigation, when and where I will see you.

It is therefore unnecessary for me to see you before this

hour as We understand your case. Your friend,
. JORDAN.

NOTE FROM GENERAL CHATFIELD.
. April. 4, 1873.

Friend Trdin—-Don’t you think you have too many’ coun-
selors? 9 Order is Heaven’s first laW,” and I fear from the
demonstrations yesterday We are to have too little of that
beautiful commodity. If you think you need them it is all
right; they are good men. * * *

Mr. Bemis, your private secretary, is very. urgent that I
shall do What I can in your behalf, and such,is my inclina-
tion irrespective Of his Wishes. We gain nothing by mixing
the pestilent doctrines of * * * with the higher and
nobler purposes of human liberty of which you are at present
the exponent and champion.

Think of this and see whether my views would not conduce
to the health of the _“ spared monuments.”

Verytruly, &c.,
I L. S. CHATFIELD.
, EPIGRAM REPLY. . ‘
L. S. (3.: Dear General-—
— I don’t believe in lawyers or law,

In, churches and preachers, doctors or war,
I don’t believe in courts‘ and iron bars,

I am not a child of Saturn or Mars;

I have no faith in justice and judges,

And yet I bear the world no grudges.
Ifjwisdom is not a multitude,

Four counselors will do some good;_ »

But, dear General, when you run this race,-
ltemember it is not my case.

You are all proving your legal skill
As citizens! against my will.

If you find some stormy weathpr

Should you not all pull together ?

GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN,
_ President Murderers’ Club.
The Tombs, Cell 56, Murderers’ Row, April, 1873.
MR. TRAIN Is TAKEN OUT WITHOUT HIS OWN ACTION BY
HIS FRIENDS.
Board of Supervisors’ Ojffice—in the
Thirteen llfillion Dollar Court H ouse, é»
_ CITY or NEW YORK, April 2, 1873,
To HON. GEO. FRANCIS TTAIN, ‘
the Defender of Truth, Libertyand Justice:

Dear Mr. Train——The inclosed note will state the time my
counselor (John O‘. Mott, 51 Chambers street) wishes you to
be ready to appear in court to-morrow (4 P. M.). Therefore
I implore you to comply with our request. .

I called at this oflice and asked Mr. Young for a copy of the
physicians’ bills, Which are as follows:

WHAT IT COSTS To FIND A MAN SANE.

Bills of Drs. Cross and Hammond, for professional services
as medical experts in the case of John Scannell:

Dr. Thaddeus M. B. Cross. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,000 00

Dr. Wm. A. Hammond . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . .. 500 00

Referred to Committee on the Criminal Courts and
Police. )

The above experts have not yet sent in their bill for pro-
nouncing you insane! \ _ .

_ THE PHYSICIANS IN MR. TRAIN’s CASE.

I am happy to State that the following talented and incor-
ruptible physicians will be summoned in your case and
appear before the judge:

Dr. Gurnsey, 23d street, opposite Fifth Avenue Hotel.

Dr. Grurnsey, Jr., “ “ “ “ ”

Dr. Thompson,

Dr. Kirby.

All noble and unimpeachable gentlemen, belonging to the
profession, including our most Worthy Brooklyn friend.

\’Vith kindest regards, believe me V

Yours most worthily, _
ELEANOR-FLETCHER-BISHOP,

Room 2, 208 and 210 Brooklyn, N. Y.

A Prisoner in d Pdldce——1mmense Liberty but no Visitors. A.’-
lowed—~A Robinson Crusoe. Epiyrdin to the Reporter of the
Sun———The President of the Zllurderers‘ Club all alone in his
Manhood-—-Z he Zlidrlyr and the ]l[ystery——lS'till Master of the

Dictator.

April 5, 1873.
Dear Mr. Trot-in——DOor again barricaded. No sun—light
again to-day. Please send by messenger your reply to your
Brigadier-General‘appointment to the Montgomery Guards
of Harlem. Mr. Martin, the.C_aptaIn and Committee, want

gate for your reply.

Yours, with regards, JOHN A. GREEN.
(As Mr. Green did not succeed in passing the forbidden
ground, our reporter found him at the gate, and was well re-

envelope.)
EPIGRAM. 1

(From the Bastile Chief~The People Live-—To the Reporter of the Sun

who will not be Allowed to Print it in that Paper.)
No MORE BUNLIGHT IN THE TOMBEl~—Tlfli sITUATIoN.

You are very kind, dear Mr. G.,
When forgotten by all, to think of me:
The reportorial Work is done, —
The orders are to shut out the Sun.
I’m monarch of all I survey,
.My right there is none to dispute,
From Centre street all round I can see,
I’m lord of the Tombs and its brute.
I live in a palace, though the rents are high,
While the other poor kusses are left to die,
With no one in all this space to dwell.
Why are they packed there four in cell .9
Here it seems dry, and plenty of air,
There it is Wet with no one to care
What is the matter? Explain if you can

Why they have placed between us this span?
Neither murderer nor convicted thief,

, Yet no one allowed to talk with the Chief I
NO maniacs are here to spend their rage,
NO delirium howls from the drunkard’s cagef
Although I was all alone before,
I could hear the murders through my door.

MURDERERS’ ROW-'INTERVIEW’ING THE “SUN” REPORTER 1

Explain, I ask, if you can to me,
Why they force on me this liberty?
Why did they torture me a hundred days
And now so handsomely my comfort raise?
Why did they coop meup in that cell
And now like a prince treat me so Well?
Where there’s space enough for_ a hundred more,
' How happens it they never look the door?
Is it through kindness they changed myxfare,
Or are the Uommissimwrs all on a scare?
I lead the life described by Defoe.
What are they doing in “ Murderers’ Row ?”
How is Scannell and Simmons? any new Jokes?
Just received some splendid flowers from Stokes.
I hear they have cut Q17’ his supplies,
That Brennan has stopped his exercise.
Will you let me know if King is alive~- I
How can he in that air-tight cell survive.
Are the devils at work in padded cell?
Any new cofi‘1~n’s-been sent to hell?
Does my friend the Reverend Stephen Tyng,
Round his Bible-boy Nixon his mantle fling?
Poor Foster’s soul he laid on the shelf;
Is Nixon’s game to poison himself? _
Why is President of Murderers’ Club,

Been banished; here to the new Prison “ Hub?” ,

to see you Monday. They can’t get in. I also wait at the

paid by receiving the epigram penciled on the back of the.

. V‘ . n
my . . is‘.

THE CLOSE CORNERS ON THE NEWSPAPERS AND THE
GOVERNMENT.

Six hundred papers may as well back down,
My corner is the joke of country and town;
The press is laid up With the whooping cough,
Frank Leslie you see is first to lend oz)“.
The Montgomery Legion were here,
But they could not see their Brigadier.
My gas boys, you see, can do what they like,
And‘ so will all when I Order the strike. ,
Judges, Lawyers, the Tombs dnd Ludlow Jail,
Are all co—pdrtners under the church’s pale,
Comstock has got the church in an awful mess,
And Phelps and Hammond are in, I guess.
Chatfield, Mott, Jordan and Bell,
.45 citizens, manage the trial well.
As for Judge Daly,,as chief of the clan,
We know he is a whole-souled Irishman.
How strange these oflicials all move by rote,
Even Judge Brady don’t answer my note.
Oh, solitude! where are thy charms

(Can you see the end of my case);
Better dwell in the midst of alarms,

Than reign in this horrible place.
Remember to-Inorrew the ‘_‘ obscene ” fleas,
Meet in the “Insane Court” Of Common Pleas.
The ring thief swindlers may as well bewdre~
There’s revolution in the startled air I

GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN,
The Man of Fate, -the People love and the Ofllcials fear.
THE Tones, April '7, 1873.

F OWUWI1 the Death Brt'g0tde——Si.v II undrcd People Murdered
for a Ton of Coub——Geo. Frdncis Train Epigrams’ the Terri-
ble ,Disdstcr to his Wife, whose Letter foretold what might
have been ca;pected—,The Ship was Unscaworthy going out.
and was not Repaired or Eecamined in Liverpool—~Owners
should be Indtclecl for ZlIurdcr——Capta/in must have been
Drunk, no Blame rests on llfr. Sparks in New Yorlt—Vivid
Description of the Dying and the Dea,d——Thc Startling
Tragedy Described with Byronic Power.

There has been one great thing accomplished in toturing
Mr. Train in the Tombs. It has given us a greater than
Byron. We have nothing like these epigrams in our litera-
ture. He pours them out like bombshell’s from a broadside,
The power is in the condensatiOn—an idea in each line. A
thousand columns on the Atlantic horrors is boiled down into
a few score li11es. Three of his epigrams leveled the Tombs.
In the face of the wholesale denial of the press the authori-
ties have condemned the death-pits in the catacombs. The
torture has developed the poet. Instead of killing him he

S%_mavm_0W_A Beautiful Basket of Flame”, fr/Om St0k68_ ;has sent his enemies down to everlasting infamy.

The Sun not Allowed to Shine in the Cell of the C’omi-ng _

MR. GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN TELLS THE STORY THREE WEEKS
BEFORE THE DISASTER. ‘

[From the Toledo Sun, Md1‘ch 30.]

A NOTE OF WARNING- TO THE WHITE STAR LINE.

FIRST NOTICE——NO EXCUSE FOR DIRT AND WATER.
[Extract letter from on board the Atlantic.]

STEAMSHIP ATLANTIC, }
Orr QUEENsToWN, March 14, 1873.

My Dear Georgo——Here We are ofl Queenstown, and a more
weary, worn—out set of passengers you never saw. The At-
lantic left port with forty-six unfortunatcs——the dirtiest
steamer you ever saw. alive with vermin, and so out of repair
as to keep us in d perpetual bath; all the state-rooms leaky, and,
as a consequence, every one on board with at fearful cold.
Mine is something distressing,and I shall have to stop over a

‘day or two at Liverpool.

WHO WANTS To SLEEP IN A PERPETUAL BATH?
V o - 0 .
blceping in water is not conducive to health, and I can con-

 scientiously say I have not had a single night’s rest on board.
The captain Is a genial, charming man, and has done every-

thing in his power to make us comfortable and content; and
the table has been all We could ask for.

THE BLAME IS ON THE LIVERPOOL SIDE.

But "tis wnpardonablc in the Liverpool house to send to sea
vessel in the condition of the Atlantic, and it will only injure
their reputation instead of benefiting them, if persisted in.

"The Winds have been with us the entire voyage, but Cl new

scrcw—thc invention of a “ genius”~—is too heavy for the ma-
chine.ry,_dnd our .progress has been very slow, but to-morrow
night will end our troubles, and see us safe among the Liver-
poolians. ‘
THE ROLLING or THE STEAMER.
I had not been "in the least sick, except on the second day,
when we had a fearful cross-sea which I feared would swamp
us; but the captain assures me there was no danger. The
“Atlantic hasrolled night and day, but nothing to compare
With the “Adriatic.” ‘F * * W, D, '1‘,
NOTE To MRS. G. F. T.

_ PARIs, FRANCE. J
Dcdr Willie—What a narrow escape; you foreshadowed it.
N 0 one has hit the mark; pardon me for publishing this
extract from your letter. But while all are blaming this one
and that, nobody has told the cause but yourself. The ship
was ‘unseaworthy; it was not somuch lack of coal, as she
could have made the short distance by sail; it Was as you

ing; there is amystery about it; there is no such accident
in its brutal sacrifice of women and children in the history

Suebelle and the boys. G. F. T.

EPIGRAM ON THE ATLANTIC HORROR.

GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY—THE HOLOCAUST.
[Dedicated to Willie, Davis Train.]
ALL ABOUT A TON OF COAL.

~ “Bid bells, and all is wel ” Breakers ahead.’
The dirk pierced her heart! The steamship was dead!
Another Norihfleet host is lost, ’
Great Godl another holocaust.’
The “Atlantic” on the Atlantic shore,
Is wrecked! Five hundred murders more.
Theynever knew what stopped their breath,
Their ocean sleep was the sleep of death.
Those who awoke rushed from the hold
’l‘o sink in the sea or freeze in.the cold. O
The pioneer ship of the Irish boats,
The White Star Atlantic, no longer floats.
\ At midnight the captain went to sleep,
At three, the holocaust was complete.

—~ When the steamship struck the sunken rock

stated at Queenstown, unseaworthy. She was no doubt 1eak- )

of the ocean World. I have epigrammed the story for you;

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V A village was murdered by the shock, 7 Thinking, dieaming of the Western land, _ T333; TRAGIC 3ATTLE IN THE SEA;

, J :pp:;r::c§31:1:l;o;rbtc;: §i:v:i$~:aa;i€: masteiy 1 $1l:(:yIr)1’t1lig():;i(g%iet”;iei1d1<1le:r]::irai1e1<(l gglwdliat could never come, Five mates more’ and t.he Struggling masges’

l A man’s body say nothing of his soul ’ They woke to seetheir sands of life were run. Enghsh Women and Scottish lasses’

 ’ ’ » _ , — Emigrants from Denmark holdin their breath——.

Should not be sold fora ton of coal-. “ You are neither captain nor mate,” . ,’ _ g
mg , Can it be possible that this is Death?

5‘ The wire already the news has hurled, As the ship steamed on as if by fate, They Went to bed such & ha band _

 Under the ocean through a startled world. ‘ Said theesecond officer to Thomas at two, _ To awake in Sight of the prfllgsed 1a'nd_
 SOMEBODY BLUNDERED. The “W9 sailor "f’h°i ‘t ‘gems’ was t7.V“e' And now the ship breaks its mighty frame

_‘ _ Then came a noise of thunder sound, ’

V When two kinds of lights in all harbors shine, ,, My Good , My God ,- The Ship,S aground, Upon the rocks! Is no one lo blames

:. . - - r - » Oh shame on the men! Mark th

 A blunder like this is more than a crime. ,, We,re on the rocks,” Do you hear that crash? “ _ 7 e great Dark Roll,

" ,2, - If strangling Foster’s corpse shocked society, It came as swift as a Hgntning flash. " Dld 1011 8W8 the Women?” “Not a single 30W-’”

= In spite of Dirs Bishop and Stephen,’3 piety’ Shriek succeeds scream—scream follows shriek‘ I thought 80" the hatches were fastened dam” ‘

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‘ ,_ What wonder if owners the public blame Strong men trample down the sick and Weak. W710 WW9 the 071197‘ 50 Slfifle 0 town?

When e‘en the hangman hides his head with shame! ,Mid m in svurf and lightning in the sky Bl‘?-dy 73001‘ WW: and a few 111911 afloat: ’
‘ In ten minutes more are murdered it appears  g ’ ’ But the Atlantic whirlpool swamped the boat.
’ _ ' Who will everforget that ghostly cry? . _

.4 gym” wem e/04,. hung m a hundred 3/w,a8_ The men burst open one hatch and made their escape,
T Sambro Light, from Prospect Head is far away, six HUNDRED OPEN GRAVES AND ONLY ONE TOMB-STONE. The others were closed— What a horriblefate-"

5, And Halifax Harbor is not Piermont Bay . Spenkerman and Owen—and now Brady dives

 7 No Ounard captain ever went to bed . The 59*} W33 T011311? the night W35 <1&1’k; Into tlie ocean, swimming for their lives;

ii ' ‘ A, m,d,,,-W 0,, 0, ms, ,0 ,;,.,,a,,,_ The ship was bound to have a lark - But the rising tide left little time

(9. Out with the truth, let some one spbak, ' Hark! A thump! whims that? Anothencmshl To Save 3 township With 3 halyard line. .

 The ship no doubt had sprung a leak. ‘ We are lost I‘ and on the 1‘00kS they 5m35h-  The wholesale murder is all the talk,
 ‘ Fm, better end the voyage with San, _ Imagine Beecher’s church floor to fall, Ag mam, die each week 5,, New Y0,,k_
' I Than face that Nova Scotian gale. or the bottom amp out of 8‘ ban - ‘ What 05 M” 0f 0 f Wow God must be
i .W0u1d Engfish Admiralty Court Into the water. Yourealize the shock To cause this great calamity at sea.
Haw allowed that gmp to leave the p,,,,,__ Of planting a township on that sunken rock. Oalling on the sea to give up its dead
Six hundred human beings wrecked, _ 1}; Zimrtget izigigdafiziziisgxgziiseem _ 10 praying, like a foot for daily bread.
‘ Through the most infamous neglect? Althiugh no fne yet has Spoken, ’ INDIVIDUAL SORROW AND COLLECTIVE Mzsnnr.

‘j DRIVING THE BLAME STRAIGHT HOME Caused her back to be quickly broken. Wllen one lost cllfld 0.1. (Tm: woman dmwneg‘

, 53 Owners, please explain, if you can to me, Five water compartments! Yet she sunk like lead “:11 Shock 8' Damon mm It 1S.f0und’

’  ' « As she was eleven days at sea, An ocean village of murdered dead. £115 gfgvigtfigfisdmgrgigstihlifi fgtajl W707.’ ' I
 Why, if she had fifteen days of coal, » Waves o’er her; rocks under her; all wondered Are We to believe this EnU1:’Sh~ :1 egg of Terror‘
3 Did she stop at Halifax for toll? I That the iron coflin was not sundered- 15 on] to be a nine da s’Dw0 d in e1 V I
 7 Coal there is ten dol1ars——here ’tis jive,’ The last night in March in slumber they laid It ,8 J1 vet Well for “Z on 1:‘ far‘

  That is why so few came back alive. I The Norwegian mother, the fair Swedish maid; To cmicmey 5001 (1 car ands Ole
‘v’ _ The facts look bad upon their face-— And April Fool morning—no wonder you weep— Against the’ ownelfs C: t . ‘mar t
,3, The pubiic already judge the case. Down there by the sea they continue to sleep. The point is What ’do p a1_nBt’ 17;‘ es “go Crew,
Nine sixty-seven against nine forty-four, The harrowing story will never grow old, ‘When a sin ’,e funeralggu gt” '3” Z’ d_0'
Say, Owners! why add these twenty~three tons more? - For the sad record can never be told. Sm Hufldmi Uofim Wolf: :5 :16 dlsmay
Why did she burn seventy~siX‘ tons a day Y ‘ Let owners lay this uiiction to their soul, The Hungarian Arctic Pa gr :3 a flay‘
This discrepancy should be explained away. They lost the people, but they saved their coal! Me an ed, d’ . h. ’ C1 C’ Oya Charter’
Will somebody be so kind as state P56 m t is tradefind barter-
If the coal~bins were not used for freight? AN PCEAN CITY OF THE DEAD‘ ‘ ' 15,0 wonder th.e newa was quickly hurled
Careless captain, reckless mates, ruiflan crew- Half a league out in the Ocean of death S Pfie1;::1(1’::;St1::::S’d:o rigotilk the World"
Nobody aboard knowing What to do V Plunged the sioc hundred ./ History saith An Engligh gilip Wm dérsa ee yea‘
In the o1‘iVi113' min: the furiouo $319: It is murder! Forward the dead brigade. : pp at
“tho Pitohy darknosov the straining 5311- Never before were such blunders made. TEE SHAME OF ENGLISH MANHOOIL
With noise of 'Ch1111d€1"‘1ik9 5 lightning flash: At Cape Prospect or Meagher’s head Pofisongersa mates, Crew, you are all to blame.
Into the jaws of sudden death they dash! They have planted ,, eéty Qf me-dead, _ Did you save a woman? Oh, for shame!
_ ; Rocks to the right of them—rocks to the 1eft— . ‘Only a few miles west of Halifax. ' one brave lady, while struggling to get free,
 \ ‘ Rocks around them, and the senses bereft. six [1/andy-gd 1035/ These are the facts; Froze in the rigging, then fell in the sea.
,-:_ ‘ Can any one doubt that sombody blundered‘? A11 the women and childmn are drowned; ‘ -. Oh, the anguish—the scenes of horror!
What shall be done for the murdered six hundred? Not even their bodies can be found, ‘ Never before was known such horror,
3 Was he drunk——insane——or what? Father and S011, mother and daughter, “ That young girl climbing about my neck,
vi ,5 ,5 ,9 ,3 9, 9,». « Cold in death down under the Water; 7 Pegging me to take her from the wreck——
1! Short of coal, off the track; he goes to bed, g thiisand games and a ‘h‘?“S““d hearts gileluéi 0t:i1::;:1e:me.1};e; life to Suva”
,5 Mistaking Sambro Light for Prospect Head; 0:? mlg a t °“”.a“f1e“d"”"3g arts Think :1, ’ t  innit me to the gmvefl
" And Yet they are many miles apart. S, °‘f°‘ ‘mes unfie’ the Surglng Wave’ Wm th a .C°rim 0' e mggmg lash-ed .
As Shown on every Ocean chart. 0 eteping so still in that ocean grave; ‘ Oh l‘ehatea£Ln}%XYt:V8.V1fS thgrliugh the steamship c,.ashed_
You cannot mistake a modern light, All tm artlh st§ertB1‘:ge' hlgh -and low degree’ \ Haif :1a,ked_E—g:9s,1-i1? 0'1;-,1; 'e;1%ht’ O
“ Revolving,” “Flash,” or “Steady ” at sight. Witlfighesielritn de lsoungmg slfmf ‘ Prometheus-like cligazziled Ell; t 68: eyto/B,
No captain at midnight seeks his bunk An oceungmofgueaflllggz iflefife sanlgld’ Her jeweled fingers her wifiz S rfngleg;
( When entering port unless he’s drunk. Like an dogmas in God,S ho, , ' H p i Spmkm, with di,m’,0ndB, h tg 1,. ° .'
How happens it no pilot was found, ywoi d, ~ Wh t  t h .  3 a fmrful flung’
Or signals hoisted twenty miles around? ,I,€I,e.Bm;recflm.1 of body is most absurd’ \ B “a 21 mlgmeeflo t e.EnghSh nation;
, when barometer Showed the coming gale, D is t me this he'll-flre work was done. P: cqgtgzfr gaps, lfiéldté of starvation.’
> Why not throw up rockets and take in sail? Df:::s:0:;ip$$:;V:;1d't0-:0mf?I ' o Thgr 1as:Su:,::,:,as1:5::1ta1:? 8 breast’
why’ when distance was overrun’ Is hell enough to last ()cl:‘::;I'11IIl§1une “ Oh» for 3 raft 3» T0139, 3 10110)’, zlfplaisto
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Did he not fire his Slgmll gun? _ H Heme t0u__n Stock fl,.eSn_u Await daylight” - It is hard to die when we came so far!”
glvhy nge fhsadt’ “rt dlsmall nfight’ Should have been the orders that night If god 7"” W3 1703097‘ 150 W16 the waver
_ 6331‘ €59 0 P’ 0 , S 01'm. 01‘ 13 W Why not tell the mate to heave the lead Why people the ocean with new-made grave»?
THAT FEARFUL UNDERCURRENT WRECKING so MANY SHIPS. Before 90 «W111 905%.!) 10 bed.’ WM‘ had the Allow‘ done ‘0 Him.
he crossed the ocean two omdfmy fimes, Though nightwas dark, the stars were seen Were the owners guilty of smuggling tin?
And seen the coast from nearly all the lines; only 9‘ few mlles fmm the tragic ooono * * * * * * * *
And knew that even when the wind was fair , , WILL GOOD COME OUT OB‘ EVIL?
There is always a fearful current there. :1: OCEAN CFTMETERY DOWN  THE SEA' Tho Siokminga 1'eV01tiHg7 horrible tale
when I was managing the Diamond Line, Oarfiiits and children, lover and maid, 7 Of recklessness—avarice—cannot fail
We lost the.Ang10 Saxon Ofi Sane Isle; Bub he rocks where the sea—lions played, To remind us that Two Hundred Steamers more
And that Stormy Nova scofian coast I at 15: ind motheirl bofih rocked to sleep, _ Are daily passing this dangerous shore.
- Has Caused many a holocaust. “ n a iron era e t ere in the deep. Let Byronic satire or Junius’ pen
~ In Ninety-seven, La Tribune, three hundred souls; Good Lord deliver us from sudden death.’ ” Shame if you can these Liverpool men;
j . p In Twentytwo, from frigate D1, ak 6, the ocean 1,0118 Was scarcely said before they lost their breath. Let Parliament and Congress quickly pass
O‘er eighty men. Troopship Albert, in Forty-three, illotsleparagioplskiin the stormy weather, A law prohibiting such a mass
I was lost in a terrible Bea, H; :r1n21):i 1c 1 dare slffilping together’. On board a single ‘Ship. Five Hundred Souls
; _ When Sixty—fourth Foot had a narrow escape. K The find ,:h:spe, .mu¥1 th e bah}; neck’ Sh(_m1d_be the hm“ W_h°n the)’ can the Tons-
f Mail ship, Hungarian, in Sixty, off the Cape, Husiand and1I1.fy1lt1;l1,C:§ in 1. e wrec . g This frightful wreck is sufiicient cause
, Went down with two hundred amdflve, Beneath th Evéco er: :2 side side, To pass atoiice restrictive laws.
« And nine I believe, escaped alive. The Id e e ling an t e flowing tide. Let the universal wail of sorrow ’
Harrison, Ryrie’ Stone, Judkins, Lot and Latch’ A go en cur s of the dead baby is hair Checkmate a disaster on the morrow.
Never 18 ft their Steamers on that rockbound beach. Fro richer than the Wall-street coinage there. i _ Ten life-boats, carrying /lftg each,
Had captain Williams kept his post on deck, I our hundred per cent. for gold and stocks Might lwndfive hundred on the beach,-
We Show (1 not be mourning this 1. e arf ul W1, 6 ck. - Is nfithing to that panic there on the rocks. But what of the rest? is the natural cry,
Give him this credit, its no more than fair, fl K In that llnglisli casket on the rocky shoals, _ ' Must the other five hundred be left to die?
No other man tried to save a woman there! Ifiieiiréoriifigfgja ‘:03 hundigeol souls. The boats were smashed, the record states,
C0MPARI$0NS ARE NOT ALWAYS PLEASAN1 On a dismal coast, th:::1::i£:i::Sthgi:r:::v:e. l(iZ:dv:eixnev::t1::e£:i€:ii]f::tthi: Ialfiifesi
How different in troopship Birkenhead—— ; Sim hundred hearts! The white grave-stones, Life-preservers were badly managed there.
i The women all saved !~the men all dead I Instead of marble are human bones!
.“ _ The White Star comfort, safety and speed, A host of friends, amid hopes and fears, INCIDENTS OF THE DISASTER‘
’ , Seems to be avarice, gold and speed ’ Still listen for news through a mist of tears. HOW Strange that none were saved through Pr°Vid‘m°o-
, *1 Women and children all lost in the spray, F I h°P° oh’~“““‘?““ Wm 11°‘ take °fien9°- ,
g May tell the story with the wrecker’s pen. THE DANCE’  SONG’ ON THE WAY To THE GRAVE. Wm" 0m ‘t8 mt‘) trmwze fm “ 7‘°“7"’bW”d 006395,
,1‘ The age of chivalry has passed away—— Oh! the joy of the emigrants the night before, V God and his Son seem to W“ up the gum '/
.3 The captain is savedwith four hundred men I As they were plunging toward that Barnegat shore. TWO bah“ were born on board’ and now
Oflf South Africa, in Ffty-two, The life on shipboard I know so well. Lie in grave! Why were they born to die?
The gallant captainwent down with all his crew. All are wild. with hope, for the sea-sick spell And the Btowaways’ What strange mishap
When ofi Spithead, the Royal George went down, Has left them, and, with story and song, That they should  ‘Step 1.11 to tho trap’
It shook» the world as earthquake shakes a town. _ Twelve knots an hour they whirl along, Said Cy1:uE,‘Fm1er' My W1fe'°h' ‘ave 1”»
But this disaster is worse by far They laughed’ they danced’ they Sung, they played: When 9. wild sea swept both in the wave.
Than the City of Boston or Evening Star. And perhaps in costume were arrayed (It was .Pa1msh and Fisher’ I ‘behave’ and Van’
America and Arctic were lost— To may next morning April Fool, “ Who laid down my tramways when I.was in jail.)
Holland and Hearndon with life paid the cost. Full of fun, like children at school; ,, Leave me’ dea_rhu3,1,)and’ another Sam’
{. . * * * * * is * Talking and chatting, girls and boys, ’ And Save mm gem Soon with were dead’ ”
3% » .. Matrons and maids, of the New World’s jo s That Church of ngqand’ Ancient of Days’
 g , THE LAST GOOD-NIGHT ON EARTH. _ - Leaving home behind and his life before Y ' Who rescued Frith, deserves all praise.
it ~x- at as -is it 92- He leaves the East f 012 the Western Shore’ The priest who ‘risks life where breakers roll,
Think of the thousand friendly greetings, With a freight of Faith, a freight of Hope, 2,; save the body’ has a Dottie gory’
=, A thousand happy ocean meetings. Why should it end in a sailoi-’s rope? A .e wozrfen wow t,:‘”e"_l W’ ”“3"‘ 7‘00m5‘.
;, “ Goodmight, Darling!” I just saw the note; “ (load-night, everybody!” “ Good’-night, dear, vihwe ilifle gmlsonmtgthefl m the T"”‘.“'
 “ We’re plunging along at lightning rate. Call me early if the land is near.” P end éyf 0 e on e mead of praise
7'1‘ “ Sleep soundly, and meet me in the morning.” 4‘ Good-night; Susie, donitfomeg my °n '5 “get Kelley and HaY5- ,
‘ i These words were his last before the morning. ' , The hour on which we made the bet.” ~ / A. BHOAL OF MERMAIJJS FLOATING IN THE QEA 3
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y  I 1%: never fiaw hlSft1&I;1l11?I‘Sh1:J.0]I:"<?e h 1 G00‘? mglét, W;§l1€t,tdTe98, if you are able, One little boy rushed on the deck,
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April 19, 1873.

But he was twelve. I was but four
When left an orphasn on that Southern shore.
Oh, those agonizod faces in the surging waters,
Those loving wives,‘ those helpless daughters.
Hark I Whats that? It is the sea lion’s moan.
No," those three ltztvzclrcd women‘ Jloa.tin_z;» alone.
What! Four hnnclrecl men themselves can save,
And leave women and ohildren in the wave .’ ,
- Did the captain ‘prove himself a man
‘ ‘When he gave the -order, “ Sane who can ?" —
He tells of the corpse with the staring eyes,
And the tender hearts where the steamship lies.
‘Anal will ooe7"mom"n with a pttiless cry,
Why did’! leave (ZZZ the women to die?
With coal for twelve! provisions for. thirteen days,
The captain swears! Can owners expect our praise?
“ I could have saved the ship, the coast was so near,
" If called at THREE, as the weather was clear!”
He managed to save Captain Williams we know.
The “ No7’th_flect~” Oaptccén did not srzmnévvez the blow.
One word in his favor in that tempest Wild,
He nobly rescued that little child.
THE HONEST IRISH FISHERMAN. ’

It was Dunn, the steward, who waited on me,

I That took the first rope through the surging sea.
See the dead in rows along the sloping ledges,
Where the ocean surf so rashly sedgcs.

Where the ghouls, with stealthy tread,

In the dark night were robbing the dead.

How different in the humble dwellings of the poor,
Where Irish fishermen made the welcome sure;
While thewinds howl ’mid the ocean’s roar,
Mast and bow could be seen from shore.

Frith the first mate called in vain; “

To Brady for a boat to reach the main...

My mind still goes back to the sight

Ofthe “ sea lions” struggling in the night.

’Twas a noble act in that Ancient clergyman,
And shows that a priest can sometimes be a man.
Hand closed in hand, husbaudand wife

Went down, togetherin that battle for life.

Their love was free, but there’s no divorce

Where the surging waters is a union force.

This gaffing the bodies when nothing by, ‘ -
Made them look as though torn with shot and shell;
Covered with tarpaulins, there they lie,
Children and parents where the fishers dwell.
ALL NATIONS PALL BEARERS.

L__e_t all the world, ocean-sundercd,
Shake hands o’er our mutual dead;
Vile have buried the whole six hundrecl
In an English coffin of iron and lead!
It all camcthrough the captain’s dreaming,
And the pitiful shave of the owner‘s scheming.
“ Short of provisional Oh, it is so cruel,
Camanchio ———- —“ as weZl_asfuel.”
suppose ln mid-ocean ahehacl lost her screw,
What would the starving’ passengers do .?
' Taglioni, Jenny Lind and Brcmer,
’Twas your land that pcop'lcd"the steamer.-
Gustavus Adolphus and*Bernadotte,»‘-
This fearful picture will never be forgot.
- Send the requium by cable and by mail ’
To the sad home of the Swedish Nightingale;
CK Anguish,-desolation, misery, despair—
A thousand novels were written there.
In broken wordsand suppressed tears,
Sailors will tell the tale a thousand. years.

THE CAPTAIN ONCE MORE-—THE JUDGMENT.

The Manhattan, Wisconsin, Colorado,
, Nevada were under hiscommand, we know;

But we are not sure why he left that time,

Unless betterjpaid in the "White Star line.

Oh, the anguish on his face that was engraved,
When saying, “ Not" a woman or child was saved !
(When a lady warned the owners at Liverpool,

That the ship was leaky—did they think her a fool?)
In concluding these-severe remarks,
I wish to exonerate Mister Sparks.

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First. The shippf her coal supply was short;
Second. He lost his way and passed the port;
Thimal. He did not for pilot _“ heave to;”
Fourth. He mistook the lights, old and new,
Fifth. He left his post and went to bcd;——
’Verdictl—-Guilty! Six hundred dead! ‘

Forward the Death Brigade!
» . What a mistake, was madc—-
All the world wondered.
‘Down under the wild wave,
Down in that depthless cave,
Down in the ocean grave,
flfurdered eloi hundred /
But the meanest of all these hidden crimes,
Is the secretjoy of the other lines. ’
' ‘ A Gno. FRANCIS TRAIN,
[Who has still faith in the Irish boats and the White Star
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, I-’. S.-«—"Tis midnight, dear, and I have told the tale
For you and the children, while still in jail;
But don’t be afraid of the White Star Linc,
They will take youriadvice another time.
Tell the boys and Sue" an old ship has gone,
Crashing. on the rocks andvlost in the storm,
And their mamma had a narrow escape,-
But all these things are worked by fate.

3 Now-I’7ve stamped the Bible “ obscene.”
Itrexplodcs the astounding scheme
Of torments in hell instead of joy on earth,
-‘And 9. new religion has been given birth.
 Corruption, scrofula, bible and Grant
. Must be rooted out while the truth we plant
_ In France,.church, state and education, . -’ .
Nothing else can reform this nation.
Ventilation, drainage, water supply
. Awnaturallaws We must not defy,

In every land’, in every age,

. Early andlate, and in every stage
The scenes are acted in all their vice,
Through society, cards and gambler’s dice,
‘War, shipwreck, famine, pestilence,
Fire, marriage, attack, defense,
While wrong and crime forever roll,
‘Till Death steps in to take his toll;
For even while the sun is shining
There seems to be no silver lining.
The strange index of our lives is ever bent
To purple the heavens with perpetual Lent.

’ G. F. '1‘.
“ The Coming Dictator.
The Tombs, April, 18%! (Fourth month.)

7 [Front the Dull-y Graphic, April 9, 1873.]
THE WI-I.[TE ELEPHANT AND THE GRAPHIC.

The examination into thepsa/nity of George Francis Train

will take place this afternoon before Judge Daly and a jury.
- [Mo7tdcty’8 Graphic.] _

‘What shall be clone with “ The W/'h'L'le. Elephant tn the Tombs,”
tsa mattcrwhrlch puzzles judges, and cannot be answered by
artist or wvrttter. Yet with the public, they can thorough!/y en-
joy the comedy of the stt'Ltat°.'on. . G7"CbpMc-

THE Tomas, April 7, 18*‘/3, Sixteenth’ Week.
THE INSANE CASE TUESDAY AT FOUR.

Dear Gur'a,ph.'£c: I

A slight mistake; Tuesday is the day,

The hangers refuse to act for pay,

General Chatfield Mott, Jardon and Bell,

Are the counsel who manage the case so Well.

The ‘Warden has dclt me a fearful blow ’

By forcing me out of “IVIurdcrc.rs’ R0w;”

In perfect solitude here in the tombs ‘

They place me in charge of the new Train rooms

No one to see me is allowed,

They say on account of the crowd;

They never think of locking my door,

Nor do they come to visit me more.

THE CARTOON IN THE GRAPHIC.

The White Elephant is best of all,

T’is already posted on the wall.

The-sun of Austerlitz is set,

The cartoon is the biggest yet.

It shows up the case as good as a play,

I roared when I saw the “faded bouquet,”

You are doing more to teach our race

Than all the journals in the place,

Better and better every way——

By G‘_eo7'g*e, the G’!/nphtc is bozmcl to pay.

— GEO. FRANCIS TRAIN,
(Of unsound mind, though harmless; commander in chief oi
the Gasmen.)

MR. TRAIN’S IMPROMPTU REPLY ON ‘SEEING THE FAC-SIMILE
CARTOON.
Dear Graphic:

Wonderful,’ What is this magic art

That moves the head and charms the heart?

What is this artistic skill

That so controls the human will?
Wondetyftll/. That fac-slmile letter,

I was sick, but am now much better.
The picture gave me a hearty laugh;
How perfect you print the autograph.
It lays my aches upon the shelf,

I like a joke, though on myself.

How can you, from a single briclc,
Build a Graphic palace so quick.

GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN,
Who has again just escaped assassination from, a bullet through the
Centre-street window. '
The Tombs, April 9, 1873.
THE PAGAN BIBLE :_
on, Iran RELIGION or HUMANITY.

FROM THE TOMBS TO THE ASYLUM.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE MURDEREBS7 ‘CLUB.

THE OFFICIALS TO BE INDICTED FOB MURDER.

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Down with the Party! Smash up the Ring!
~ Wake up, people! Death to Kings.’

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 i This gifted lady, whose letter appears in another column
of the WEEKLY, is, we _learn, soon to begin a lecture tour in

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the State of Michigan. -. The subject will be : “ Beecher and

his Ascension.” She has recently published a book review-
ing the Beecher-Tilton Scandal, which is an exhaustive
analysis of the case as it stands today. The same can be
had on application to hcratu Toledo, Ohio. Price, 25
cents. I- A '
DR. S. B. LANDIS.

Dr. Landis, of Pliiladelphia, who, for two Sunday Even-
ings past, spoke in the Atheneum Hall, Broadway, to large
and enthusiastic audiences, will repeat the lecture of last
Sunday——‘\/Voodhull -and Becche.r—analyzing Free Love, at
Asscnibly Buildings, Tenth and Chestnut streets, Philadel-
phia, on Sunday evening, April 13th. Admission, 25
cents.

In the Hcralclh report of the late N. Y. East Conference

men-cing:
“My latest sun is sinking fast,” etc.
Can it be possible that spiritual manifestations have com-
menced to exhibit themselves in that numerous and very
politic body, in order to warnit of its-speedy decay and dis-

#% 
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, 1873.
Thanks to you my dear Victoria, for putting my “ Rhap-
sody ” in print, amid so many othereloquent expressions of
the hopes, aspirations and criticisms of the day. Since I have
been a. Writer: I have frequently felt the truth of Cowper’s
1ines——- .
None but an author knows an author’s cares;
Or fa.ncy’s fondness for the child she bears; -
Committed once into the public arms,
The baby seems to smile with added charms.

Besides, I am always glad to find my name in your great
and true organ of 1'ef0rm——the VVEEKLY~*WhiCl1» is now the
very head and front, of protest and plan in this time of-
spiritual purification. , -

Of my own productions, I am as severe a. critic as Balzac;
and this last one, it appears to me, does not suificiently de-
fine the thought it was my purpose to express and illustrate
therein, viz., that, radically, the condition of woman, apart
from the wholly illusive halo of social convention, is no bet-
ter in matrimony than in prostitution; the latter, indeed,

having many material advantages over the other.

As does every one who is interested in the stirring history
of human evolution, as it is now progressing, I read every
number of your VJEEKLY, with ardent interest, and thrill
especially in sympathy with the impetuous and soul-quicken-
ing appeals to the public heart, in which you are so prompt,
prolific and powerful.

I can scarcely tell you how much I think of and admire
you two sisters, Who, to the eye of thought, are the precur-
sors and establishers of the new era of woman, and who will
be ever looked up to, in the future, as the heroines who
fought the first great fight for the entire freedom of the
sex.

From the first moment I saw you and Tennie—~the night of
the Editha Lola Montes leoture—you won me. You pre-
sented to me a picture of a new species, as it Were. of woman;
and I felt at once that a few such as you would revolutionize
the world. Girls, you seemed to me, in the buoyancy of
your manner; and yet, earnest and enthusiastic souls, pro-
found and ready in every sphere of progressive thought.
You have fulfilled the mission that I then saw for you.
What you have done in shaking the shackles of the innumer-
able oppressed and benighted of our sex, and wakening the
world to a sense of its impending judgment, is scarcely ap-
preciable by contemporary perception. Thefgrecollection of
my first acquaintance with you is entertaining and sug-
gestive of the quick. operation of the psychical laws of
attraction and repulsion in our natures. It was as an en-
counter of a Spartan and an Athenian. You, reckless, bold,
fearless, onward, frank and uncompromising; I, suave, cau-
tious and polished, seeking rather to refine the world than to
scourge it. Vile mutually studied each other. .Many times,
dear girls, I quitted your presence loving you with all my
heart; and again, on some succeeding occasion, knew not
what sentiment to entertain. Long before we separated,
however, no doubt occupied my mind that you had become
endeared to me  every way, not only because you are the
greatest reformers of the age, whom all future women must
acknowledge as foremost in the work of their disenthra1l-
ment, but because you are socially the most charming womm
in the world. and fitted to inspire the warmest affection. I
see this moment the beautiful face of Tonnie, her complexion
of marble whiteness, and her large, clear, blue eyes glowing

Iwith geniality, her mouth, so faultlessly formed, the Cupid’s

bow definitely outlined. Tobe areformor and to be beauti-
ful, what a combination! And then, superadded to this, a.
nature i1ea.ven—gifted; light, vivacious and caroling as abird,
beaming through storms like a torchlight in darkness, 3.
Mozart—like teniperamentr-such is the dashing Tennie’s.
And you, dear Victoria, with all the bonhomtc of your sister.
but chastcned and etherealized by deep contemplation and
spiritual exaltation. HOW could I choose between you. The
thought of selecting either of you for a. companion seems as
absurd as it were to seek the undivided sympathy of one of
the Siamese twins. Were I of the male sex, I might say with
the jolly Captain McHea.th:
“ How happy could I be with either,
Were t’other dear charmer away.”

’Your social nature, to my apprehension, would make you a
Siren, were you not a. Sibyl.

In these backwoods I think every day of you. You are
dearer to me than ever, and I long for the time when I shall
again clasp your hand. I That will be, I hope, in the spring,
when I return to New York.  ' '

Afiectionately your sister,

Famous. Ross Mackinaw, I

 

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April 19, 18%’.

1‘WOOD.HULL is (;‘LAFLIN’S' WEEKLY.

C. ii. Jaines’ Column.

 

‘In my former letters on the Terrible Question, I
have endeavored to show that only Free Lovers were
able to grapple with the monster Prostitution. Now
there is altogether too much cant in the so—calledI‘ree
Love literature on this question. The consistent Free
Lover, who considers prostitution as respectable as
marriage, or marriage as infamous as prostitution
whichever you like, is not ashamed to show his faith
by his works. I am not, and I am not vain enough to

_think myrelf alone. ._In "every town there are pure-

minded men and women who do likewise. All they
need‘ is organization. and they are I establishing t‘ at.
Soon, all over the United States, the prostitute who
wishes to become a Free Lover will find friends to
shelter her, and the woman who will not be a Free
Lover will find an organized society which regards her
as aprostitute. It costs less than is supposed to be-
long to that society. Mrs. Grundy's attitude toward
it has the following three distinct stages:
— First Stage.—Did you see that? Mr. James bowed to
a prostitute! '

Second Stage.—Well,he’s a privileged character, and
no one cares what he does.

Third Sl23.g‘C.—-D—-11 it, it’s according to his theory,
and I wouldn’t wonder if he was more than half right.

Brothers and sisters, never say that no one can ex-
tirpate prostitution, or at least no one dare try. W'e
dare, we can, we are doing it! Courage! Hurrah for
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity!

 

A SIGN OF THE TIMES.

Fom an abstract standpoint, unquestionably, the
recent executions of George Driver and Henry Mc-
Nulty were wicked and deplorable events. But there
can be no doubt that Driver and McNulty died mar-
tyrs to the holy institution of marriage, and their vic-
tims to the opposite principle of Free Love. Driver
murdered his divorced wife whom his abuse had driven

— to seek the protection of the law, and McNulty, after
‘ his wife had left him and been sent on by those tender

mercies which are cruel to prostitution and its fearful
consequences, thought proper to shorten her disgrace
and avenge his own dishonor by killing her. The
State of Illinois must certainly be poisoned by Free
Love principles, for these “honorable murderers ”
were banged by the neck till they were dead. Op-
posed as I am to capital punishment, the only tears I
can shed in View of this event is that a similar act of
“ self-defense ” was not done by “society ” fourteen
years ago, the acquittal of Daniel E. Sickles was at trib-
ute of blood to “ marital rights,” and blood has flowed
like water ever since. , But better days are coming.
The slave trade, which had lived and fattened through
the days of declamation and red tape, came to a sur-
prisingly sudden end When Abraham Lincoln hanged
a slave-trader. And so we may hope that the death of
these unhappy men bodes a time when people will not
be murdered for adultery. After that, we may begin
to look for the day when they will not be murdered
for murdeg.

LETTER FROM THE COUNTRY.
A irunnnizfs VISION on JUDGMENT.

I had sat up later last night than is my custom; I
sleep a. great deal, as a man fifty years old who has a
wife to keep the tavern running can afford to. Sleep-
ing four or five hours every day and going to bed at
nine, I can usually get up by seven, after Mrs.C.and the
girls have made the fires. I wish all the boarders would
do the same; but some of them will work till ten or
eleven o’c1ock every night, which prevents them from
getting breakfast before seven, and keeps my wife

' waiting on them at the time she ought to be getting

the sewing done. But last night I’ got to reading the
Religio-Philosophical Journal, and dropped asleep
finally in my chair. I read how Beecher had been lec-
turing through tlie Western States, and what magnifi-
cent ovations he had‘ received in every city, and I
thought, no-matter if Beecher is a Christian, he’s a
gage by which we can measure thecredence people
give to Woodhull, and behold it is but small potatoes.
After I had fallen asleep I fell to dreaming, and lol

I beneath the starry heavens lay a woman sleeping on

a lion’: hide. She was fair to look upon, but with the
appearance of more than manly strength. Her brow
was bound with a cap of liberty, and her hand lay
lightly on a mortal sword. Just as I was wondering
at the spectacle a voice appeared to say to me: “This
is the goddess of our country. Escaped the tyranny
of kings and slave-owners, she sleeps in peace upon
the sacred soil of Columbia. But her enemies are close
at hand.” At these words I looked around me, and lo!
aihost of spectators, each with a pot of gold on his
hea.d,.came toward a spot where Andrew Jackson
improved by the addition of both wings and aftail:
stoodshoulder to shoulder with Bill Poole and an
Irish priest. All three had b1acksmith’s hammers,
and were at work at an anvil supplied with fire from
some subterranean source. As fast as the gold was
brought to them they forged it into chains._ Next
came a lot of politicians with a huge box labelled
“ Cant,” out of which they took bottles marked “ G10-
rious Union,” “Fourth of J“-15',” “Star Spangled

Banner,” and other bunconrbe words, which they

uncorked under the goddess’ nose. The effect seemed
to be anaesthetic, for she slept very soundly while the
goldsmiths put her chains on. After this came an
army such as I had never seen before. All the news-
paper editors, except five or six, two-thirds of all the‘
judges, lawyers and Congressmen, all the preachers
except Noyes and his peculiar clique, most of the
spiritual writers and speakers, came arm-in-arm with
John Allen, Kit Burns, Laura Skittles andla great mul-
titude of other men and women, walking two-and—two.

' In front marched Mrs. Livermore. 0013 Pearl, MYS-

Dahlgren and Mrs". Sherman. ' They bore a great flag,
White on one side and inscribed‘ in silver letters. with
the word “Trinity.” But as it flappedjin the breeze I
caught sight of the other side, and 10! it was black,

and had a deaths head and marrow-bones upon it. As.

March, and when they got up to the goddess they
changed it to “Hail to the Chief.” Hudson, Tuttle
and Jones (S. S.) ‘then ‘stepped forward, blew each
‘Others’ noses and wiped their ‘own eyes, after which
they conveyed the goddess to a cave and put her in,
the band playing, “ Hush, my Babe, lie still and Slum-
ber,” and then the rest of us filled the cave up, the
band meanwhile playing the dead march. I feel en-
couraged by that dream. It savors of reality, and I
hardly think she will get out again in my time.

Yours affectionately,

SI.i«:E1=Y SAMUEL CLOTPOLE,

Landlord of the Sandwich Island House, in the town

of Inkcrmann, on the Mississippi River. I

Prof. Dio Lewis recentlv gave an account of a young
couple who were forced, though wealthy and success-
ful, to give up housekeeping, because, while the young
man thoroughly understood his business, the young
lady knew nothing about hers, except four European
languages and other useless accomplishments. “ I
say,” says D. L., “that the match was unfair.” Un-
fair! I—lere’s richness! to adopt the words of Mr.
Squeers. What is there unfair in getting just what
you pay for in such an open slavemarket as fashion-
able marriage? Maids of all work can be bought much
cheaper than four European languages; but no man
has a right to expect the union of such incongruous
qualities in one person. There are thinsgs which even
money cannot do, and one of them is to make a silk
purse out of a sow’s ear.

TWEIv'i”l’ ranges’ PISA 0117013.

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Live, energetic, liberal men, advertise. Such a man
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_ Aim. women know that it is beauty, rather than
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so much of woman’s time and attention should be
directed to the means of developing and preserving

that beauty?

lously in earnes..

_Vom'cn know too, that when men
speak of the intellcctpf women, they speak critic-
ally, tamely, cooly; but when they come to speak of
the charms of a beautiful woman, both their language
and their eyes kindle with an enthusiasm’ which
shows them to be profoundly, if not, indeed, ridicu-

t.

It is part of the natural sagacity

of women to perceive all this, and therefore cinploy
every allowable art to become the goddess of that

adoration.

Preach to the contrary as we may

against the arts employed by women for enhancing
their beauty, there still stands the eternal fact, that
the world does not prefer the society of an ugly
woman of genius to that of a beauty of less intellect-
ual aequircmcnts. ' N“

The world has yet allowed noliigher mission to
Woman than to be beautiful, and it would seem that
the ladies of the present age are carrying this idea
of the {{’£n~1«i to greater extremes than over, for all
women nor-.v to whom nature has denied the talis-
manic power of beauty, supply the deficiency by
tlrc use of a most, delightful toilet article known as
the “Bloom of Youth,” which has lately been in-
troduced into this country by Gnbncn W.’ Llxmn,
A delicate beautificr which smoothcs out all in-
dentations, furrows, scars, removing tan, freckles
and discolorations, and imparts beauty, clearness,
and softness to the skin. giving the cheeks the
appearance of youth and beauty. With the assist-
ance of this new American trick of a lady’s toilet,
female beauty is destined to play a larger part in
the admiration of men, and the ambition of women,
than all the arts employed since her creation.

-_—-a%_..-..

Ladies, beware of Dangerous cmcl Worthn
less Imttcz-tions of George W. 1}m3s'd’s
“Bloom of Youth.”
d@°Tnn GENUINE RENDERS THE Comrnnxrox
CLEAR, BRILLIANT, AND BEAUTIFUL; THE SKIN
Sour AND SMOOTH. This delig-htfu1Toilet Prepara-

tion is used throughout the world.

Thousands

of testimonials have been sent to the proprietor,

indorsing and recommending the use of this ‘purely

harmless Toilet preparation. A dangerous Counter-.
feit of this article was in circulation; had it not

been stopped, it was calculated to damage the well-
known reputation of the Genuine Preparation.

Br: PARTICULAR to ask for the Genuine. It has the
name G. W’. LAIRD stairiped in glass on the
back of each bottle. _

Ladies who are careful to obtain the genuine
“Bloom of Youth,” will certainly be pleased with
the effect produced by it.

 

One of the "most eminent Physicians of New-York

City,

Dr. LOUIS A. SAYRE,

After carefully examining the analysis of the
genuine Laird’s “Bnooivi or YoU'i~n,” pronounced
the preparation harmless, and free froinany ingren

client injurious

to health.

 

  
 
 
 

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'1“-m-.y ui'c'ndnptc-titrijall l’.'L‘il£§.JS  Family s . 9;, any
l\ mui'nc.turiiigofevc:-y gl-tiscriptlcn, i-nnl;iii{;‘ a bezmtifsil
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The New Improved-‘. ‘*1 Pig"! oi" w’tl - 4- -' "-
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(Iradeinark) embe,di:d in each l\Ia<:hiine. Cizrtain ‘~51-2
fies have tiilceii ad-vantzigc of a si,znil;:ri.l3y efni ‘:Z‘c, 
Obller e ualty dishonest devices to fuist iinitzltiozis on
the Pub ic as Howe l‘n/iccl1in.cs. -' '
SEN D FOR _CIR(JULAR._
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ansewmg l\-lavslm 
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%‘\E2.o2:1s0n7s Usiowrn Crinaollincs

Arc Charming for Ilightnesa.

iiorznsorfis Crown Cs-irnoiiinsas

Are Superior for Elasticity.

At

F:@§ionnson’s filrgorwn ilririoiirzcs

Are unequalled for Durability.

wholesale by

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iyhomsorvs Cs-own Cr-iirsolines,
; In a Woggl, are the best in the world, and
more widely known than any other.

THOMSON, LANGDON _& Co.,

391 Broadway,

New York.

’ t nmihan Scale

gun, for sale CHEAP-

 

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EEK? DE'E5C?LlPTION OF'SC@.I.-E winruana so an!
,s- TIIITXXE urrsuj

grips. Send for Catalogue and Cirgulgr,
s of other makers, taken in part ‘pay for
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16

WOODHULL" & CLAFL-IN’S WEEKLY.

April. 19, T1873.

Tim Frielldship Community

Near Buffalo, Dallas Co., Missouri, has 500 acres of
good land, on which its members all live and work to-
gather, combining all their property and labor for their
mutual assistance and support. , It is, liberal and pro-
gressive, and allows equal rights to ’all its nieinlleters,

ore

both men and ‘women, in its business aifairs.
members are wanted. , ,

The Oommemist, its monthly paper, will be sent free
to all desiring further information. Address ALGA}?-

DEB. LONGLEY, as above.

in: NEW YORK LIBERAL CLUB

IMeets every Friday evening at 8 o’clock,

Forthejdiscussion of scientific and other interesting
— subjects.

Good speaking and entertaining discussions may
always be expected. ‘ '

SAEES.

_____._

Nlarvizn  Co.:’s are the Best.

._..___.

-265 BROADWAY.

»—+~—g 
WM. DIBBLEE,
LADIES’ HAIR DRESSER,

854 BROADWAY,
Has removed from his Store to the
FIRST FLOOR,

, ' , t‘ . t d t hi business in all
I‘tr‘f£i1I)1Pe8.1Ii1§ltgS1}P{I’?7]I§l1I1'I‘1§-§‘I(I(7)II1} PJER CENT. CIIEAPER
than heretof<1'e, in consequence of the duierence in
his rent.

CHATELAINE BRAIDS.

LADIES’ AND GENTLEMEN’S WIGS.

fin; werythiiig appertaining to the business will be

’ key.‘ ‘V. hand and made to order.

 

‘ \ E ‘ imulatin J APONICA for
m2 nt\\§I:§%IX)GIGt’FMt SAgI:VE for promoting
the crrowth oi the hair, constantly on hand.

Cfiisultation on diseases of the Scalp, Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays, from 9 A. M. till 3 P. M.
Also, his celebrated '

, IIARABA ZEIN,
er FLESH BEAUTIFIER, the only pure and harm-

less repair. tion ever made for the complexion. No
ladylshould ever be without it. Can be obtained only
at —

- WM. DIBBLEE’S,
854 Broadway, Up-stairs.
>_____________________.___.____.____.__’I

AMEEICIN BATH

NORTH—EAST CORNER .

17th St. 82: Irving Place,

Embraces the most comprehensive system of remedial
agencies of any like institution in this ‘country. In
addition to the 
TURKISH,
RUSSIAN,
ORIENTAL,
SULPIIURETS,
SULPHUROUSJVAPOR,
ZFUMIGATED,
MERCURIAL,
, IODINE, ETc., BATHS,

Ti'eatment by ELECTRICITY and MAGNETISM
ircceives special attention.

 

These Baths are select, and given singly, and are
-edmiiiistered in such a way as to healtlifully adapt
-themselves to each individual case of either sex. 7

PRICES OF BATI-IS—-From $1.00 to $3.00.

‘NEW YORK, May, 1872. - *
ENTRANCE T0 GENTLEMENUS BA THS, 0
Irving Place.

EN TRAN CE I T 0 LADIES’ "BA THS,

125 E. 17th Street.

1,

PROGRESSIVE

llia.r1i1.0nial (lommuiiity,

Chartered November 25th, 1872. Founded on the
principles of the Harmonial Philosophy. A few more

iiienibers can now be admitted. Address, inclosinv a

stamped and directed envelope, to G." W. GO E,
Lanioille, Marshall County, Iowa.

TiTUs & JORDAN,

Attorneys 85 Counsellors,

19 Nassau STREET,

 New Yom

FOR USE IN FAMILIES,
THE FAMOUS

HALFORD LEICESTERSHIRE

Table ‘Sauce,
THE BES_T RIELISH

Put up“ in any part of the world for Family Use.

Can be bought of any First-Class Grocer

 

I Closed. ' 09911-

THE CRUSADE FAMIDY SHIP,

A New Incomparabléy

CLOTHES DRYER,

CLOTHES FRAMES, BARS AND LINES, FRUIT
DRYER AND CHRISTMAS TREE COMBINED.

 

A door) THING, Patented May 2<ith,18"(0.

Itisused for wet or dry clothes, in doors or out.
stands firm or will swing and revolve, opens and
closes like an umbrella; with racks_made of lath
added, is a fruit dryer," and trimmed with evergreens,
is a Christmas tree. Send for circular descriptive of
it or for the article itself, at any store, or send to the
Patentee and Manufacturer,
W. LIVINGSTON BROWNE,
Shortsville, Ontario County, N. Y.

P. S,—Sales Large, and easy. Agents wanted for
the article, or territory. Address the Manufacturer, as
above, inclosvmg stamp.

    

 

Fruit Dryer. Christmas Tree.

(ESTABLISHED 1833, BALTIMORE, MD.)

18,000 of these Celebrated Instruments are now in use
this country and Europe. hey have been awarded
85 Gold and Silver Medals. Every Instrument fully
warranted for five years.

wARERooMs: ’
650 Broadway, N. Y., and 69 Washington Street,
Chicago, Ill.
J. BAUER 8; CO.,
GENERAL AGENS.

Pianos to rent; sold on installments; and old ones
taken in exéhange. Illustrated atalogues sent dn ap-
plication.

I will send (free) recipe for my VEGETABLE
BALM, removing PIMPLES, BLACK WORMS, BLOTCHES,
FRECKLES, MOTHS, TAN and all Diseases of the Skin,
leaving it clear and with a healthy glow. Also, sure
process for fine growth of Hair on bald heads or
smooth faces. ' K

TIIOS. F. CHAPMAN, CnEM:isT,

P. 0. Box 5,128. 197 Broadway, New York.
THE
THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION
on THE ' I

American labor Reform league
, WILL BE BLED IN

NEW rom: c1Tr, MAY fire: 55 am.
Particulars hereafter, L

 

  

  HOME
iiioiiioo ooiirnu,

No. 135 BROADWAY.
Branchiflfiice 586 Sixth Avenue.
Capital, . $2,500,000
Assets over 4,000,000

This Company having provided for all its Chicago
losses, without borrowing a dollar or disturbing a
single Bond and Mortgage, invites the attention of
the public to the following certificate of Hon. George
W. Miller, Superintendent of the Insurance Depart-
ment of the State of New York, that the Capital has
been restored to the full amount of Two and One-half
Millions of Dollars.

CHARLES J. MARTIN, Pres.

J. H. WASHBURN, See. A

INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, ALBANY, N. Y., l
Dec., 2'7, 1871. f

Having, on the 10th day of November, 1871, made a
requisition, directing the oflicers of the Home Insur-
ance Company, of New York, to require the Stock-
holders of said Company to pay up the sum of One
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars deficiency
then existing in the Capital of said Company, and

- upon due examination made, it appearing that We

said amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars has been duly subscribed and fully paid in, in
cash, I hereby certify that the capital of said Compa-
ny has been fully restored to its original amount of
Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars.

In testimony whereof, Ihave hereunto set my hand
and affixed my oiiicial seal on the day and year above

written.
GEORGE W. MILLER, _

(L. S.) I Superintendent.

FREDERICK KURTZ’S

DINING Room,

23 New Stand 60- Broadway

76 Maiden Lane an Liberty St.

Mr. Kurtz invites to his Warm and comfortably fur-
nished dining apartments the down-town ‘public, as-
suring them that they will always find there the
choicest viands, served in the most elegant style, the
most carefully-selected brands of wines and liquors,

waiters.

men. ,Price 500.

$50,000 -

Will be distributed this year, to the subscribers for the
AMERICAN WORKING PEOPLE, a large uarto,
16 page Monthly, costing but $1 50 per year. t gives
a premium to every subscriber,‘ varying from 25 cents
in value up to $2. $5, $10, $20, 100, $200, and $500 in
Greenbacks, besides Watches owing Machines, Par-
lor Organs and numerous other premiums of value.
Send for Specimen and Circulars to
CAPRON & CO.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.

THE LAW OF MARRIAGE,

AN EXIIAUSTIVE ARGUMENT
AGAINST MARRIAGE LEGISLATION,

BY 0. L. JAMES,

Author of “Manual of Transcendental Philosophy.”
For sale by the author, post paid, for 250.
Address, EAU CLAIRE, WIS. I

The Great Discoveryf

CATHARTIC MEDICINE MADE PLEASANT
TO THE TASTE AND DEIGHTFUL
IN EFFECT. .

o R V I s ’
Cathartic Compound

Igflplleasant tod 131116 tasge, agd wifll be readily eatgn by
c ren or a u ts. t is ree rom poisonous rii s
is purelly vegetable, and, unlike other Cathartic Me i3
times t e ose nee not to be increased from con
tinued use. And it positively cures constipation.
'tI;1hefd1irections accompanying each package. Read
' e o owing recommen ations: _ -
“NEW YORK, July 8, 1871.

“ DR. ORVIS2 Dear Sir——Please send me, C. O. D., one
box such as I had before; andam pleased to say, it
has ac‘ed“aSS(gu‘ir1;inm WIEIIIUIII SwII.e.BLACKWELL.”

(This was one of the worst cases or constipation I
have ever-known.-—A. O.) .

“BROOKLYN, L. I., Nov. 3 1871.

“Dear Sir: Since your Cathartic Medicine whs made
known to me, I have used it, and it only, in my family,

' to obviate the evil it is intended to remedy; and I as-

sure you I prefer it to all other ex edients. Its opera-
tion is gent e and wholesome, no enervating the sys-
tem, or leaving a tendenc to increased diiiiculty. It
clears the complexion, re ieves oppression and invig-
crates the whole physical economy.
“Respectfully, Mrs. R. C. MAITLAND.”

It is extensively used by Dr. Foster, of Clifton

Springs, and many other eminent Physicians.

SPECIAL AGENTS: _

Hudmit, Herald Building, Broadway, New York; D.
G. Farwcll, cor. Amity an Broadway, do.; Macy, cor.
6th avenue and 14th Street, do.; Robt. S. McCurdy, 494
Broadway, Albany; J. K. Post & CO., Lane & Paine,
and Almy,-Osburn House Rochester, N. Y.; S. E.
Samuels, Columbus 0 , Dixon & Deidrich, Dayton,
0.; Briggs, Clifton Springs, N. Y.

FOR SALE BY DR (70 GISTS GENERALLY

Price 25 cts. per Package.
@‘°Address all. Orders,

DR. A. ORVIS. Rochester. N. Y. ._

CANCER.

J. M. ooMiNs, M. D.,
nor. or oosiriiios &lllSllASNS or l‘llllALllS,

of all varieties, and is radically curing large numbers
of them.

BE“ -Call or address at

143 E. TWENTY-SIXTH STREET, N. Y.,
From8to9}§ E. M.; 4 to6P. M. ','

The Road to Power.
L SEXUAL SCIENCE.
l’l{YSl0AL AND MENTAL REGENERATION.

A pamphlet of 60 pages, by F. B. Down. Priceless
to wives and mothers, and such as are trying to be
Address F. B. DOWD,

Wellsville, Mo.

DR. H. SLADE,

(CLAIRVOYANT,)

J. SIMMONS,

210‘ VVEST FORTY-THIRD STREET, N. Y.

OFFICE HOURS FROM 9 A. MLTILL 9 P. M. '
NOT OPEN SATURDAY.

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7’ Per Cent Gold Bonds,

Issued by the Moiitclair Railway 00.
——-AND———— '
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We, commend it to investors. For sale by

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'BANKERa

as well as the most prompt attention by accomplished}
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No. 27 PINE STREET,

 

Gives special attention to the treatment of CANCER, "