Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 25, 1874, Page 7

. THE éll[CAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 187 P e e, —— — — — ———————————— oo ——————————————————————— - o ——— e ————— e 4 SPIRITUAL” FRAUDS, Recent Exposures in New York and Beston, Yhe Pitiful Juggleries Perpotrated by Noted “Mediums” Yricks that Do Not Even Rise to tho Dignity of Clever Prestidigitation. A Successful Seance Without the Aid of “ Spirits.” # Dork-Clrclo” Tomfooleries Porformod in Broad Gaslights EXPOSURES IN NEW YORK, SEANGES WITH MANSFIELD FOBTER, AXD SLADE— . TRIOKERY AND FRAUD, o the Edtlor of the Now York Herald: The wrlter of this, in scoordanco with an ex- prezsad desiro that somo fair and honost investi- gation should be had in cannection with tha vaxed question of so-called Spiritualism, mado arrange- ments -to visit the moat prominont mediuma of thocity, Ilhavo had no diMouity whatovor in ob- tatuing interviows, both with the modiumand the spirits themeuolves, on tho prompt payment of tha ptipulated amount. Without my purso I fear X should havo farod poorly, sinco tho epirita aro evidontly determined to talo the bost of care of tlwse through whom thoy act, aud have vary fow crumbs of comfort for any man who Las no cash in his pocket. . A BEANOE WITIK MANSFIELD, Iwont to Dr. Mansfleld's rosidence, on Bixth wvenue, sud was ushored into the room whore the nittings aro hold, Protty soon s man, ovidontly advanced in life, appoarod and said: ** Wonld you lilo o sitting, sir 7" 1 ahould, it it is copveniont.” '+ Thon, sir, take youe seat there, whila you writa your quostions,” pointing to a chair imme- gintoly opposito bimsolf at tho table. T wanted to write my quostions on paper of 1y own, but this it scoma woe againat the rulea, Imuet writo on his paper, which, to my sur- prise, and, I nood not add, disappointment, was 80 vory thin ihat Tcould soo through it aftor it bad beon folded threo timos. It soomod to mo tbat tho spirits were taking an unfair advantagoe of moand saving themscives the trouble of roading an honost sentenco on honost paper by compelling mo to write on & sort of tisaug, which gave the operator ample opportunity of discovering overy word., However, I saw ot onco that 1f T soriously objocted tho seanco would end, and go lot tho Doctor have his own woy. Tho trick is too trausparent to neod ex- posure. You arenot nllowed to aek s single queation ou paper othor than that which ho has on tho tablo,and through that paper, forX brought somo of it Lomo with mo, I can roadily raad what io written after it has boon sovoral timos folded over. I aslked mysclf, Why such thin papor if I am dealing with avgols and not with » humbug ? I folt that it wes unfair to give Lim so grost an advantage over me, and Bo fixed upou the course I wonld pursuo. I took tho paper from his hesuds, sud with o very sharp-pointad pencil wroto & question, but instond of prossing tho eucil oo tho pn e i4 usual, I held it o rlgl\tly‘ 20 vary lightly, that thougl tho sontcuco was perfectly logible, that is, could bo read it it ‘was diroctly boforo you, it could not bo traced o tha other sido or rond at all aftor tho papor was foldod oyor. This X gavo to bim. 1o requested me to tako a soat on tho other side of tho room, giviog 08 a remson that tho magnotio current would bo disturbod by » cloger proximity, I think I succceded in complotely throwing him off his guard by talking about mdifforent topics ond protending to oxamine tho curiosities, At smy rate, decoption is cnsy on Ie e, sico ho invariably covora tho papar with his ‘arm, and Jinuds, and, without your knowing i€, ean unroll the slip, providod that ho caunot gob at tho quos- tion in any other way. This I afterwards saw him do more than once, and in my hestt pro- nounced him a charlatan and a ehont, . THE TRICK AT A GLANCE, o lald mny paper down on tho table snd bogan to iron it out flat with bis fingors, preasing thom down, whick at onco rondors the writing legiblo, but oven then it was impossiblo o seo through, My ponoil masks woro too light. ~ Aftor soveral minntos of mnnip\fln&}ibn, during which hupartly nnrolled the paper, tho better to got at my ques- tion, bo satd : . “1 got no influence whatever, sir. Thore woonn £ hono splrit horo. Itis strango, bat 1t is impossiblo to get an anewer " 1o then said, * 18 your mother living 2 @ No, gir,” T roplied, *Then I will toll you her name, or, rathor, sho will tell it through me," With that ko made overal dots on the paper, while 1 lind gono off in a reverie of dissappointe ment and chagrin at what I boliovo to bo o picca of baso trickery, by moans of which he paddles i falso comuunications from heavon at 5 por onr. He anid, 88 thoughmnsing, * Sovon, soven. I wondor what that means# Wero tuero soven lettors in your mother's name 2" T looked at Lim blankly aud musthave nodded, though my mind and lieatt woro far nway with the lust acoues in that mother's lifo, whicli were very impressivo. 1lo canght at thot slight and dental clew at once, IHow many proper nomea aro thore, do you suppose, feminino nnimes, with just soven lottors ? - 'Chien ho men- tioned T, T, Why, that must bo tho lost ot~ tar, la it 9" . * Well,” L aaid, ** go on.” Then ho deliberately wroto baciward tho word IMwriot, ond triumphiautly pronownced it tha vamo of my motler. Iler ronl name was dlary. At that moment 1 awalke fram the roverio into which I had falten, and was keenly alivo to tho vilo aystom of organized fraud to which I was subjcct, and dotormined to give him his fill. Twrato in o full round baud, on, this yaper which he had handed mo, this question : DeAR Mornen: Shall L buy thoso stocks you wanted me 1o purchaso u year 3807 WinLias, Aftor prossing the papor with his fingors and rending the guestion,—I bad alveady rvead it thraugh the t:xlldu befora I handed it to him,~ho said, innocently enough : *In order to mako puro that Ido not unfold tho papor, sir, Lwill Uso &omo gum arabio and sigk it together.,” . With that he daubed the paper with mucilage. Boon after he wrote, in a hurrled mauner, this answer: Taving talkod it over with your fathor, our conjoint conclusion Iy that you will do well to doso, Your mother, i, T neod only reitorate that my mother’s name was Mury; that sho could nothave wanted mo to buy stocks n year ago, bocauso she Lina boon dend now some ton yesrs, sud I naver bought or thought of buymg any stocks in my life, That anewar was & thorougbgoing fraud from bogin- ning to oud, 1f it i1 sald JI had no bueluoss to ask such a question, tho antwer ia plain, My only motive was to Ful ot the truth, If my mother had been thioro shio conld bave given me thostrongeat pos- siblo tost by simply srying, through tho medinm, *William, I have boon dend ten yoars, and you ¥now it."" That would hsve satibtied ma; that wan what I acturlly longed to got whils thin clever slofght of hand vas going on, ASTONIBHING TEVELATION. £ noxt asked this queation: Dean FATiER ; Can you doll me what fa flio mattor with Ty dear son, Goorge? WILLIAM, ‘T'hia timo I walked ronnd the room looking at the pictures, and, turnivg suddenly, actually saw with my onn oyes the puporunrolied Lofore i, whilo Lo road the sontonco, and then folded 1t up agmn. With perfoot nonchnlance, howover, 1 coutinued my walk, and at last, a8 ho was writing the aupwer, sat down iu the cinir closo to him, Ifo sald nothing about the magnotic enrrent this timo, aud I nuspectod that Whis cure rent didn’t _troublo him after le hnd read tho question, 'Tho unewor was us follows Ax to that, my sou, T un a4 5 lows 10 say' what T think tho causu of his aflment is, T have watched the lad, and your anxloty us woll, but we re not able o delect Ay focal disoung abom 150 boy. 1t Woukd soou his ‘vitat forces uvod bracing, and wo should ndviss mag- ‘notium—thot fs, sutonl ognetlam—rathor than drug, I donot tuluk you ticed Lisvo any fears for tho duar Loy, Youn Farnueu, When I may that I bavo nover had son or daughtor I have sid enough to expoue the trick- ory of aman who for dollurs protouds to well knowledge of highor sphores. My last l;um(hnu way uy follows, and a4 & de- nouoment of thiy comedy wax vory rich : Dxax Moxusu: Iave you soen wy wifo Moggle in your sphors? Ta shohappy? And ourlitile Wilie? 4 Wi, The answor camo at once. DantaNg, Dan. otier Tartlot aays : Maggie, anwer for yol Yes, 1 wil with ploamire, " Yen, durling, I am, mexproasibly 8o, Oh, conld ymt nea my liouga |’ Do hot bn ainrmiod about dear. Wiio,. Ty il recuporats after awhile, wa think, it his phyalque is not overtaxed, Darling, I havo mch to any to you, but tiot Ablo to say iLnow, ' T consldor tho advice given you by your parents—about Luying thoss stacka— worthy of hicedlng, Your own Maaore, Yon shiould hiavo soon tho look of binnk amnzo- mont whou I took this proolous document down and showad It to my wifo, who, 8o far from bo- Ing In hoaven, ia vigorous and hoalthy, and will, 1 bope, recover from the shock cansed by the announcement of her domiso, Bhio threatous dirofal v?genncn on that apirit which dares to Assumo Ifer name and pass horsolf of in tho higher aphoro as my wifo, and I suspoct that whion tho two meot fn tho uppor land some prolty atormy oxplotives will ho used, for Maggio vows that, no matter whoro alio finds hor, sho will give the tmpontor a_piace of hior mind. As +toour * dear Willlo," of courso that boy is 6. myth, My logic is simple—sinco I havo nover l\‘&f]‘llh oh{m that child could not be named 6. .. . 1 braged mynolf for another offort, snd mado an onfingumnnh with Mr. Fostor, who {a the socond of tho trlo of noted Spiritunlisty in this clty, On my way down to Foutor's shop L stop- pod In at Iartz's, UOW NANTZ DOES IT. ' Mr. Hartz, can you tell ma how Mr, Toator roads quostions on slips of paper catofully rollod K No, air, but I mu{ neaaibly ho ablo to show yout hotr X do it mysolf,” B *tAly, Indoad ! can you do it ?" #T don't know that 1 can do exactly what ho dooay butto read what you write on a slip of paper, and, as you suppose, carefully fold up, fa a most transpnront trick, Mr, Fostor haa booa doing it for somoethiug liko twonty venrs, and do- ing nothing but that, and, moreover, bo hus beon dolug it day and ovoning for that full length of time, You will not expoot mo to bo us oxpert s ho; but £ will sliow you withs plonsute what can bo dono in that direction.” “Thon, to my surprise, bo_ did, befors my vety cyes, the idontical thinga whtelL I ind scon Fos- tor do n groat many times, aud which wore ad- duoed as {incontrovertible ovidence of intorcourso with anather world, It [s not necossary to way at this juncturo exactly what that was, forif I shonld toll yon whut Hartz did I should render n doscription of mv intorviow with Foster entiroly unuecosssry. Tho two seances woro 50 noarl identienl in'all thoir sallont points that to speal of ouo ia to deacribo the other. 4 Can I bo tauglht to do that, Mr. Hartz?" “ost assuredly,” bo answerod, * And will you teach mo 2" ¢ Cortainly, I will." In half an liour I was able to conjuro up spir- 1ta frout tho vasty daop aftor tho most _approvad fasllon, and sovoral time sinco 1 have held seances ab tho housos of my frionds, and caused themn to open their oyos in'blauk wondor at the way in swhich I ostablished a sort of postal ar- rangemont batweon this world and the next, I can porform the trick with great nccoptanco, and stand ready to mako any number of engagements at the rogular rates, of courso, aud to do ovory- thing which Fostor did for mo that day. A DOUBTING FRIEND. 84l unsatisflod, howover, I made o journoy down to tAndrow Jackson Dnvia' boolstore, on Tourth stroet, to ascertain his goneral catimato of mediumea, At firat ho was vory roticent, but in a littlo whilo I gleaned onongh to make me feol that ho had as Httlo confideuco {n tho €5-an-hour syotem ns 1 bnd. *Mr, Davis, aro thoro any trustworthy mo- dlmnsg iu the city? T want to look this matior o(rl S'pirlgunumn in the fuce, aud have cowo for advica.” i “'T'here aro & groat many mediums in tho city, sir." “Yes, I am awareof that; but ara there any :;z \vh?ngn you would go for trustworthy rovela- ous? 3 T bave no need to go, sir. I have dono with all physical manifestations, and tako no interest 1n thom whataver.” I aaw that I was dealing with an honest man, who had hls own opiulovs of the craft, bub di not proposo to bo surprised with a declaration. “P'ruo, #ir, you do not noed such things ; bub T am in the primary echool and noed to bo lod and taught, Can you recommend ma to auy one who will cortaiuly not decefvo me? ™ "I have tha cards of a gront many mediums, sir, and thoy aro at your disposal.” Can you vouch for suy ono of them 2" “Idisliko ta vouch forany ono in theso days. Your boltor plan I8 to take tho mattor into your own hauds,” # Pray, sir, ollow me 0 ask ono moro ques- tion, Do you rogard Mansfiold, and Foster, aud Blndo a8 houcst men ?™ * Roally, slr, 1 cannot nnswor tho quostion Yosiuvnly, ‘and g0 ought not to anawor Jt_at all. am out of the way of modiums and know nothing about them,"” Horo was s strango atato of affairsindeoa. At tho hoadquartora of Sphitualism in tho city of New York tho gentioman who had probably “had more expotionco tn the subject than any living ‘man, keoping a bookstoro whoso amplo shelves ware fllled with Spiritnal litorature, rofused to vouch for a ginglo medium, which merns that tho honest men who aro Bpiritualists have no canfidenco whatover in tho most prominent ex- gammts of thoir own theory. This indlcated a ad stato of affairs, and I was Joft to find my ‘way with my own eyes, and with a vory distinot cnatlon sounding in my eard lest I should bo cheatod. A BEANOE WITII FOSTEE. ‘With tbis, I rang Foster's door-bell. A servant cenmo and ushored mo into the back parlor. Af- tor o whila Mr. Foster appearad aud beckoned to me and my friend to coma into the Luck room, Ho hegau by a short discourss on roligion, say- Tngs that his object b this worl was, siaply t6 4o ood to tho world. Ilo then tors off from somo fong strips of papar smnll ploces, on which wo wers to writo aur quostlons. My theory of the whole thing was and s, that it Lo cun got at tho quostion ta soe it, bo can au- avor it, aud, if Lo fuils fu {ho flrst, he fuvariably fails iu the last. In our intorview, wo asked the ordivary quostions of thoss who wore gane. Ho answoradull In a goneral sort of way, bitt did not Rivo o singlo fact which ‘could ot bo onsily gleaned from a knowledgo of tho question. If wa aekod in what year some ozo died, he com- pelled us, instoad of getting his information di- roct from tho person who professod to bo present, to writo down & quantity of dates. Five times out of six ho missed it, Onco In a whilo ho would it right, Ho thought to surpriso uss by holding tho pencil lightly and ' calling oin tho splrié to movo it, &nd tho mpir- it did movo it, 8o to spoak, Bat I had not beon to Hartz in vain; eo I took tho poncil, held Ie in the samo position and found that the sama spirit moved it for mo in tho self-samo way. 1l insisted that, thaufih 1did tho sama thing 88 ho, sl Idid it meclianically, while ho did it by spiritualistio forces, you know, At tho intorview which I am spcelially describ- ln;f wo determinod that ono of us should call only for thoso who are still living, while tho othor called only for fictitious charactors, Our argumont and exeuso was this: Fostor snid, * I 800 nsririt horo who i8 ready to communicato ; a beautiful spirit, and from tho colestinl rathor than tho spiritual world.” Now, tlan, that bolng tho case, all that spitit had to say way, * Gontles mon, you can't deceive us; wo soo through you. Your motivo is excusable, but your quostions are all falee,” and wo should havo pnid our 33 and receivod tho best tost that could bo given, As with Mansfleld, I wantod to be scolded; I wanted to bo upbralded; I wanted my fathor, 0 #ald bLo was prosout, to sny through Fostor, + My boy, your questions are unworthy,"and if my fathor bad really come throngh Foster, that is'cortainly what ho wonld have sald, Ono of tho quostions askod was: Denr Wilkinson, where dld you dic, and of what discase ? M. FOSTER TAD A ¥IT, TTo put his hands conyuleively ou bis chast, and deciared that he felt badly, 1o sald tho spixit was & vory powerful one, At Inst ho wrote, I died in Boston, of lung discase, Then he was askod, how lmlf,’ ago dld you die? Dy thin thme tho spirit was in n quandary. A quantity of figuron Wero written down, aad, aftor lwving missod 1t four or five thoes, my friond suid * That will do," sa Fostor's peneil came down on, fivo yoars azo. Bo far from having dled five yours agoof lung divoaso Mr, Wilkinson 1 an thoroughly siive ns most mon to-dny, and stands rendy to give ocular and muscular ovi- denen of his contiuanco ou this mundsne spliora Lo any mau wl:a doubls it. Pho noxt question was: Wil James Watklug tell suo’ something about Dinuolr ? " contortious eame agaln, and tho roply was {n sepulehirul totses, 1o will writo his nume in Dblood on the back of the medium's hand.” Aund suro enough, after cousidorablo rubbing of the part uumod, 'the Iuitials J, W.,cama out, T'hiy ditl nat wtartlo either of 1y, bocaitso wo had dono that thing ourselves, A sharp thumb nail in tho only tooi wocessary. Any onocan da It, Hun your nail over your hand and thon rub it umoothly and you will do the trick as woll ng Tostor, Ineed not kay horo thut the aforemon- tionod J. W, fu slill nlive, and oan make his o initials como out on the baok of his own hane BLADE'S BEANCEA, 1 have hold two intorviows with Blade, Tho moment Laat down at tho tablo loud raps came, und Bludo satde “sn't that wondorful 7 That always soaros mo, Iam afrald of tho spirits, though I have #oon o much of thom,” ‘Tlhis, of courso 1 did not boliovo a word of. When a man lias henrd raps twonty timos a day for twanty yoara thoy aro not apt o frighton him, Now lot mo doscribo what followed a littlo earofully. Bohind mo wns a scorotnry. 8lado put my linnds on the tablo, 80 far forward that I was compolied to lean [mrtlry on it, aud pressed iy handa down with one of hug, whilo with the other e hold the mysterious slate, In n fow mo- monts the slato wau knockoed out of his hand and on the floor, in the diraction of the accrotary. “'Door mo ; 1can’t hold {4, Tho spitita are yory strong thls mornink.” o picked tho alato up, but {t was again tossod on tho floor, this timo o little nosrer to the book- caso, With soma doprocating romark ho gob posacsslon of it, whou with unuaal yiolonco it was toased on the floor to tho vory odgos of the bookenso, whon, siddenly turning my head by partially roleasiog my linuds, I saw him push tho slato under the boolcsse and pull another just liko it out., NOW HE WAS READY ¥OR BUAINEAS. T hind apparently examined the slate he had in his hand, which rondored further fnspoction un- nocossary, whorens, in fact, I had not soen it until ho pulled it out from boneath tho hook- caso, Ha pnt it in tho middlo of the table, whon I hoard a noieo a8 of some ono writing. Boon tho knocks aunouncod that the communication was complote,” snd tho sinto on being takon up aon- tained o sontonco writton in a plain hiaud on somo glittoring gonoralities, T looked at the ploco of siato pencil which had been used, and it was por- foctly ovident that itwas impossiblo to write thosa words with that pexeil, “ Bold again,” I sald to mysolf, *'and this timo at & vory choap rato,” I lookod at tho man who was jugglivg mo, aud a more wary, watehful look I novor #aw on o human face, ¢ Ithon nskod for somo matorializations, Xo ‘hung up a fow curtainsand was ready. The room was darkenod, and I waited for rosults, **Hop, don't you soo,” ho sald oxcitadly, and ofnting to tho ourtnin, *Don't you soe thatstar. i‘b ig flonting nll round, You mnust seo it.” 1 lookad, but no fonting star was visiblo to my oyo. Y% How it frightons me,” ba resumed, * OB, donr, thero comes a faco,” and, suro onough. somathing that might have boon mistaken for a faco camo up. Thoro was nothing distinct. noither au outline or a featuro, and it did not stay long ouough to allow mo agood look, Again it came, nnd this timo I saw plainly that it had no porspeotivo—it was porfectly flat, aud nl- together too mmeh liko that which & camera throws to porsunde mo that it was from,tho spir- it-land. 'Chon camo a hand on the cdgo of the tublo, butit camo and went o quickly that though 1 briod to grasp it it wag gono, Iad it Dboon tho band of tho Angel Gabriel I would have held on with all tho musclo shich 200 pounds avoirdupois affords. It was uollike a hand, howover, but wus a feeblo semblance which bad thoappenranco of o flasb, This is all I got, wag convinced of only ouo thing, tbat Blado can't do it as woll as IHoller, notther can ho do it 0a woll a8 T hopo to bo abla to do_it in a fow weoks, It Slade, nod Fostor, and Mansfield wifl moot ma somo evoniug at my rooms I will go through all thelr performancos, one after tho other, mud mot chnrge thom $6 apioco, If 1 can 0 it, and oxplain tha means by which I do i€, I may bo oxousod, porhaps, for suspocting that thoy do it in the solf-samio way. nde can't got matorinlizntions out of bis own bhouso.. I havo tried to persuade him to como to 'my rooma at his own prico; but his vitul foreo iy alivays low whon I ask him. Ho will cortainly como ina few days, but is novor roady to fix the dato. Now, sllow mo to say, in closing, that, whilo I am ready to admit frankly that thore muy bo a forca or forces in Aomo Ylmso! of modern Spiritunlism which exhibit intolligenco and start- ling phenomonn,—indeod, I am bound to ndmit this if I tako tho word of gontlomen who are ns honest as I am and as able to judgo betwoon tho truo and tho falso,—I do, in tho most unhesi- tating way, donounce thowo throo mon as arraut jllggfiml and impostors, Thoy havo dectived mo, or attempted to do so, by the performance of tricks, sometimas cloverly douo, and sometimen dono 8o bunglingly that I Lavecanght thom in the nct. AN Inquinen. Nrw Yonx, Dec. 10, 1674, . 3 —— EXPOSURES IN BOSTON. THE TOMFOOLENY OF DARK-CINCLE MANIFESTA- TLONS, From the Noston Globe. A young man Jives within § miles of tho State- Heuss who laa made 2 study of all the tricks aund illustons of $odern legerdemait, and is an accompliehed porformer thnrein, Somo of his friends biad bocamo dovout . ieliovers in Spirit- ualism, and ho, fecling assur.d in his own mind that they woro tho viotims of fraud, went to work to {nvestigate and exposo’what had been to them the strongest ovidenco of spirit-presence. Aftor throo visits to tho soances of Mre. Hardy in thia city, be becama convinced that he waa master of tho whole subject, at least so far as tho dark-circle manifestations were concerned, and coutd give n successful seanco of his own WITIOUT THE HELP OF SPINITS, Accordingly he arranged for tho sitting ot his own Liouse, aud it toolk placo last eveniug. A company of sovenicen porsons, sll spocially invited to gco nn oxporo of tho dark circla mani- fostations, gathored at this house. When thoy had all como togothor, thoy wore taken to a room in which chairs woro arranged in the usual way for a circlo, They took their places, the ohairs being clogo togother, making a ring about 10 or 12 fcat in diamotor. Tho awatour **medi- um™ took & chair in tho middle of tho circlow sinply imposing the same conditions upon thio company ns are exacted by the professionals. Tho feot of ono of tho visitors were placed upon ‘his to mako aure that lio did not move from his place, and ho patted his hands togother witha distinetly audiblo sound nil tho timo to show that thoy were not occupled in producing tho manilcatations. The hands of tho persons in the circlo wore clnsped togother in tho usual way. Tho light was thon turnod out, and, after the momontary pause ususl in such cases, tho raps ware hoard which announced the presonce of THE POWERS OF DARKNINY. ‘Pha potting of hands continued without inter- misalon, and prosontly a fan wag scized from ono of the party, and fanuoed the faces of tho sittera all around tho circle. Iands were shaken and patted, knoos wero slapped, and faces touched by invisible beings., A watoh was taken from ono porton and givon to anothor on the oppo- eito sido of the circlo. Ono mon’s cravat was inkon off and given to another, and aftoswards placed on the head of the dwnor, A musle-box, which had been placed in the hands of ono por- son, and tho koy iu that of anothor, was taken nvay and givon to anothor in anothor part of the circlo. Tlio koy was taken and tho box wound up, and then st conld be board tivkliug in tho alr wll around tho circlo, A spark of light cir- cled about in tho air ubove tha head of the por- formor, aud all the othor domonstrations ukual 1u thewo cireloa wore produced with all tho effact of thio gonuino spiritusl seance, Finally, thore w04 & cossation for n momont; raps wore heard, {ndicatiug that tho porformanco was ovor for tho timo boitig, & light was struck, aud our swnteur “medinm " wad digcovored in preoisely tho posi- tion ha occupiod when tho gns wau turned out, quiatly clapping his bands, nnd tha porson who lield Ylhl fect tostifled that ho had not maved, Altor a littlo rost ho took a now position, with a Qifforont person holding his foot, and Substan- tinlly tho satno porformunce was repoatod, Alt tho porsons presont, soveral of whom had been belioyers in Spiritunlism, dovlarad that tho mani- toutatlons wore avery way at perfect aud satis- factory as any thab they bad oxpericncod, BTILL MORE WONDENYOL TIINGH, Tho young man then tried an exporintont, with orfeet succuss, which ho said o bud soon’ M. Tardy try throo timos, but without succoss, bo- canuo, a8 sl claimed, tho conditious woro not right for a porfeat working of tho spirits, He was tied to his chuir with a cord, both tho lower and tho upper part of his body, and bhad hiu wrists tiod togother with a handtorchiof in such & way thut ono would suppose that he would bo unable to do anything. His foot wora weoured, a4 usual, & glaey of wator pluced on the floor somo oot from his chair, and thoe lights turned out, Instantly tho clapping bogau, and mimilar demonstratious to thoso alroady doscribod wors kept up for a fow nunttes, snd thou a light #traok, whon tho performer was revosled in tho #umn position a8 bofore, with the cords and haudkerchiof accuroly tied ond tho gluws of wutor atanding ou his head. Yet anothor foat, more romnrkablo than this, followed, An ovdinary pudlools, whioh olosod with s spring, was Jouked, aud tho Koy givon into tha kooping of a young luslzv. A cord was passod through tho cluap, and tod togothior with ono hara kuot after anothor, until more than o foot of knots was produced, This wad thrown upon the floor, Ihien o ontchre pack of cards was taken, includ- ing ull tho uu‘tn from the tou to tho ne, and onough thrown out to roduce tho munbor to sovouteen, the numbor of porsous in tho civelo, Aftor duo inatructions bad - boon given tho oirenit was forined in the usual way, with the medium_in tho customary position, clapping Dis bhanda. Tho lights wore agnin tunod out. ‘The cardu wero takon from the box oud shufljed by one porson and pussed (o bis loft. hand nolghbor, who shufled them agaln, avd so on nround tha olrelo. ‘Tha porsou wiio Hogan the almfiling thon took tho top card and pasged iho rnak along, onch person taking off tho top card w liko mannor, thus ualng up the ontiro dock. Thon tho firat person intorrogated tho medinm a8 to the card which tho sald porson held, © In it n hoart 2" s it a dinmond ?* lIs ita spada 7" W18 1t A olub?’ At tho meution of somo of tho snit, distinol raps wero hoard, indi- oating that that wend tho ono. “ Is it tho ton 7" S 1t tho Jaok 2 ™ Is it the Queen?" eto, waa thon askaed, and whon the right denomina- tion was nanmed tho raps woro ropeated. Ho it wonton around tho entire cirolo, oach porson, moantime, hiaving tho card in Lis or hor pockt, and boing warned to romomber what it was, ac- cording to the information of the raps, This procosa bolng completed tho light waa atruck. The * modium " wax bound up and tied to his chalr with tho cord that had beon fastouod o so~ curely upon the lack, his hands woro tled to- gothor with s handkerchiof, and ho wns scourely blindfolded with another handketuhiof, aud tho Joek was claspod into tho button-holo of & gon- tleman’s cont. Moreovor, overy person, without oxcoption, found that o hold tho card dosig- vatod in tho dark by the raps. TUE RXPOSE. Now, of conras, overybody was anxions to Xnow liow {t was done. Lt wan aa myatifyln auytling accompilaliod in tho dark by professon- sl modiuma. The young man volunteored to dvo tho first mnnifestations with the gas burn- ng, Tho circlo was formed in tho lpEmanl WaY, tho raps were modo with his knuckles on tho chair withont nurcufmfly intorrupting the clap- ing, Lo indicate that the conditious woro tight. nan Instant he slipped off his cont, and "Lis arma woro bnro to tho shouldor. Whilo ho kopt olapping with ono band, sometimes on tbo upper part of bis arm, somotimes on his faoo, he strotohod ont his othor hand, solzed o fan, snd fannod tho faco all around, With ono finnd and thon tho other ho olapped knoos, shook bhands, pattod faces, did overything dono bofora in the dark without any intorcossion of tho clapping, any moving of feet, or sudiblo movoment of tho body. Tho whola thing was ae slmple aa *' rolling off alog.” Tho cont was putou, ono arm at a timoy whilo the othor kopt up tho patting sound on tho porformer's chook, and {tho raps woro givon tolling that the shaw was over, A woman with looec slooves, furnished with a bitof olastic, would not bave to take off or put on_ Aoy gar- mont. Tho other and moro puezling tricks wero not explainod, but overybody beteved tho nusurance which they recoived, that thoy wero tricks, and nothing moro. 'Tho young man claimd {o havo lcarnod tho nrt from his visits to Mras, Hardy's ciralo, and to Lavo obtsined in- dubitable evidenco that it was porformed ns he hind shown, What tho ovidonce wns ko stated, and it cortainly scomeod to be boyond quostion, RAILROAD NEWS, ORLEANS, Tho Ilinois Central Railroad a short timo ngo sont au agovt to New Orlenns and the Bouthwost to oxamine that ond of tho liuo, and soo what might bo dons by tho proper usa of enorgy and capital, Mr. J. O. Clarke, the Gonoral Manager of the rond, ls nnw glving thio mattor his person- al attention, and, after practical obscrvation, in- tonda to tako such actlon na tho facts will war- rant to incronso the commercial and business ro- Iations between Chicngo and New Orleans. It ts undorstood that Mir, Clarko will purticutarly inquire into the following pointa : - First—ho grain trado, local and foreign, . Second—Tho Texas trade in bulk meats, and otlier hoasy commoditios, Third—The cstablisbment of direct connoe- tion botween tho grain_clevator aud tho steam- ship wharvos, and tho Jockuon Road. It in cluimed that in bandling grain, with propor arraugomonts, shipments may he mado by this route at & great saving to thio producers in the cost_of handling and transportation., By con- neeting tho Juckeon Road with tho Aisotsnippi Rivoer at thoe elovator, rail cargoes can be trans- forred in bulk to Liverpool steamors, and save to shippors at losst threo handlings, to which ex- punso they are now subjected on the luko and canal routes to tho Fagt. I'ho investigation of increased facilities for the Toxas trade is also a wido connlusion on the part of tho managera of tho Ikinols Central Rul- road, and it is hoped that it will lead to more in- timato and cordinl rolations botwaon Chicsgo oud the Southwest. PERSONAL, Mr. Williom Vernon, Auditor of the Illinols Contral Railrond, hios rosigned Lis position, aud will retiro on the 1st of January. Mr. Vernon hins boen connected with the INinois Central Railrond during tbe last twenty years, and retires now owing to ald ago, being over 80 years old. During tho time ho has Loon rouncdted with the Illinoin Contral Railroad ho has not only onjoyed tho respect and confidenca of the managors of the toad. but also tho love of thoso who were working under him, Ilo loaves thoe road with thoir best wishos, aud the hopa that ho may enjoy life yot for iany soats ta como. Col. L. B. Smith, who was Iately appointed Assistant Auditor, and who gained cousiderable digtinction ns an oxpert in such work while can- nectod with tho Sprivgfield & Southenstorn Tnilroad, will temporatily tako churga of tho oftico, but it 18 understood that at tho next clection he will be appointed a8 the perwanont Auditor of the Compan: ; Tho Chleago, Danvills & Vinoennes Railroad, Taving completed ita new lino from Thornton to Tsouty-eighth street, will ran over It next Mon- day. At Twonty-clghth atroot it will again run on the track of tho Pittsburg, Cincinuati & St. Louis, and will como inta iho city over that lino as usuat, Tho right of woy (rom ‘wenty-cighth streat into the city hna not yot boon aocured, sud thorofora it 18 im- possible to toll how tho rond will b locatod. Tho now portion of tho rond i8 lnown as tho Chicago & Southorn lnilrond, which, bowover, s sdontical with the Gbicago, Danville & Vin- connes, Ou and after Banday tho Atlantio and Paciflo ox- pross trains of the Michigan Contral Railroad, Reratotoro rnnning over the * Alr Lito* bubwoa loy and dackson, will bo'run over the Main Lina botwoon tho samo points. A. D. Cotton, Prestdont of the South.Paciflo Itnilond, and Col. Gray, Chiof Eugincor, and a purty of 'ton othor prowminont gontlemen' intor- ested in that rond, will arrivo huto to-dey by tho Chicago, Burlington & Quiney liailroad. A FORT WAYNE: RAILROAD GRIEVANOE. Special Dispateh to The Chirage Tribune, Tonr Wavxe, Ind, Nov. 2¢4—The Hon. Jozoph K. Edgorton will publish a longthy com- munication in to-morrow's Gazetle reepecting the rocont action of the Council in delivoring, at midnight, $100,000 oity bonds to the Troasuror of the Ciucinoati, Richmond & Fort Wayne Rait- rond Company, despite the olabornto romoustran- ces filod by the above-montioned gontloman. ‘I'ho communication recitos tho lustory of the railroad from ita fncoption, and makes gravo charges of fraud in its moungoment, and elaimy that the bonds woro voted on conditions which the Compnny have refusod to carry ous; that the road 8 pot bullt within bmiles of thocity, and has not » shop, structure, foou of ground, or dollar of valuo of suy kind in the oity asubject to toxation ; thut tho interost in the bonds bas beou nesignod by th Railroad Compauy toa arty of contragtors osteneibly roprosonted by . D. Barolny, olork of tho Founsylvania Rail- rond Compauy, who obtained on May 18, 1871, an oxtortionate sud unjust contruct for butldivg tho road from Winchoster to Fort Wayno, & distanco of 60 milos; that the enid work cost Barcluy and Lis associatos loss than 1,000,000, although thoy received therofor 1,800,000’ gold intorost first-mortgnga bonds of tho Company, which thoy sold for enough to puy forall their oxrundnumn. and loave ‘& profit o of $300,000 §600,000, bosidos which thoy had * all tho Donofits of the unpaid stock subseriptions and othor asuots of tho Company when tho contract was mado, amouating to sovoral hundred thousand dolinrsmore ; that the Dirostors of the Railroad Compnuy illegally gave the Barclay ring £1,200,- 000 of the capitul stock of tho Compauy, a olear mojority; that by maeaue of such falso atock tha Barelny party unlawfully Joasnd the road to tho Grand Rapids & Indjuns Bailroad Company in conntdoration of a guavantoo by suid Compuny of interoat on tho first mortyago- bonds, held by Barolay's associatod that tho effoct of said ssno of 1,200,000 of faluo stoole is to rendor the boua fido stock, meluding thnt fssuod to the city for its bondy, totully worthloss, and that tho Compauy could not hnyo recovored one dollar of tha bouds in uestion Ju o suit bt law lgalnut the Qumpany. Mr." gorton churgon HoGuliooh, Prosidont of the Hamilton Dank, snd Chalrman of tho Council Viuanco Committes with boing, for reasons bout kuown to himeelf, agont and wdvocute of & largo afuim agelnst tho city, of the logahity of which grave doubts oxisted, If Bdgorton's oliargoa prove correct, and he professos ability to s)rovn thom, one of the mont startling chaplors of weorol rallvond history ever brought to light will shoxtly be unearthed, PATENT BUSINESS. Dr, Allport's Account of Mesars, Thorp, Phillips, Eto, His Statemont as to fow They Operated in St. Lonis, Chicago, Bto. Their Doings While Sojourning in Canada. the Two Most Prominent Individuals, Indictment of Col. Thorp in the C(;llnty-Jnll. Among tho indicments roinrnod by the Grand Jury Thursday wero two for conspiracy against 1. D, Phillips and J, H. Thorp. The formor is 8t prosont languishing in the Montreal Jait on simllar chargo, whilo the latter was arrested yostorday, aud is at presont confined in coll No, 11 of tho County Jail. 'I'lio facts In tho follow. ing bistory of tho aoinga of theso mon and thoir sccomplices dnring the past fow years wore pro- vided by Dr. W. W, Aliport, of thin city, Io a recont isauo of tho London (Canadn) Free Press, it fa allegod, . in a tolographic dis- pateh that ano Honry D. Phillips had bean arrest- od in Montreal for bis councation with ong McKumon in swindling Mr. A. 0. Sutherland, of the firm of Sutherland, Haldle & Floming, out of £24,000. givon In notea for n ' patent” of & conl- ofl stovo, It is allogod that this is tho same Thillips who camo to this city a littlo loss than tiwo yeara ago with ono * Col.” Jamos IL.Thorp,a colobrated *¢ patont-right man, " for the purpose of dispesingof stock in & Drick Machine Com- psny, and who succeeded in getting from one citizon in hfforent ways somathing over $80,000 iu cash and available proporty, ‘This dir. Phillips is said to bnlf from Trenton, N.J., and, from evidouco now on filo in tho Court-ITouso; loaves behind him nnything but an onvinble- roputation for truth, lonesty, and vornoiLy. PREVIOUA TO COMING TO CHIOACO, “Thorp, Phillips, thotr colloaguos Wauless, Dir- rows, nnd othors, wore in 8t. Louis, whera, un- dor the pretenso of starting manufactorios for burglar-alerms, brick-machines, coal-oil stoves, ete., thoy succeeded 1n obtaining from sowmo of the most respectublo citizens of that place wmoney, and proporty,’ond unpaid bills to tho amount of about $150,000. The freb known of auy of thesa partios in 8t Loula wng James H. ‘Phorp, who made his appearance with A BURGLAR-ALARS whick he ropresonted as ono of tho groatest in- votitions of tho age, and in vory goneral nuso all oveor'tho Bast, 1le advortised in tho papers for pAriicH to opon toroy in_nuy town or city in the nited States for tho sale *'of a new articlo of hardware, of tho snio of which the Governmant of tho United States had granted bim & mouopo- Iy, Profits 300 per cont.” 'This articlo he would agreo to supply at o mere nominal price and in uufimited uumbers from tho factory ho was to cstublish thore. Dy theso protences of tarting & factory, and othor devicos, ho succoeded in ob- taining from poopla there from $10,000 to $12,000. No maufactory was ever started, ho simply using thie protox asa “blind.” During the timo ho was disposing of thoalarm, ho talked with overybody he mot abont A WONDERYUL DRICK-MACKINE ho had soen in_tho East for which & patont had been obtained by a r, Phillips, of Now Jordsy, 1l snid he had ropeatedly boen to the brick-ynrd of Mr. Phithps during his absence, and had scen it work, Ho had nleo hired tho best mechanics in Now Havon and Now York to go and inspect it. Ho urged that it mado from 25,000 to 40,000 preased brick per dag. fully. oqual to the bost Philadelplin prossod brick—that it not ouly did thin, but it took tira clay, tempored it, and inade sporfoct fire-olay brickat thorate of 25,000 perday —that it waa the only machine over invoutod that would do this, and thatif ho conld only obtain an interest in ono Slato his fortune was ado. To do this ho was willing to patt with his last dol- lar. Huving got soveral porsons considorably interested in_this machive, bo wroto aud telo- Hraphed Mr, Phillips to como on and show hig model, Thorp then elaimed he was desirous of obtaining an imtorest in ono or two States, but, not having property euflicient to pay tho prico chargod, it was uccesuary to havo snme one else to tako hotd with him, and ho fipally succeedod in gotting C. W, Spalding, 8 man of means sud twflience, o join him, and thoy purchased tha righe in Stata aftor Stato, till at laut thoy bad ull tho terriory west of tho Miswiswippi ltiver, ‘Thorp guing through tha form of giving notes and proporty for Lia balf, aud Spalding notes or Inad for hig half (tho whole amountiog to some £34,000), not suspecting for a moment that all thig time ‘horp was roally a partner of Phillips, onid was nhml;j.: with him in tho money recoived, rathorthau with Spalding in tho purchaso. ‘ho territory west of tho Mississippi having boun disposed of, Phillips protonded to think it wonld not be as well to have soveral maunufac- turing companies, but that it would bo bottor to CONSOLIDATE THE DIFFPERENT INTERESTS in tho United Statos iuto ano company, o that tho outire manufacturing iuterest could bo under itacontrol nudumrebyl}:rnvnmcompnm{an. This Thorp at first protended tooppose, buk fiualiy con- sonted and got Spalding Lo Iayorit, and 2 plan was put on foot to vrganizo a joink stock company, with a protended object of utnrflnghn Jarge manu- factory in 8t. Louis, where sevoral hundred bands would be omployed in building machines to sup- ply tho great domand which Dhillips and Thorp o i Sl gl ol pretonding he hind largo ordors for inachines in difforout parta of tho luaat, its success being {:mvwnsly aysured, a8 ho hud done the work of his yard ip Trouton, N. 3., for four years with n_maching like tho model. It may be stated hero, howaver, that depositions iu the suit now pending t our courls ngainst B, O, Phillips for frand show that no such macbing ns tho patant ropresanted by the mgdel was ever used iu his yard, In ordor to carry out this plan, A CONTIACT WAH MADE with Aloxander Orozier & Co,of tho Engle Foundry, to build a machiny, tlio model of whick wad on exhibition at the Plantors’ Jouse. Druw- ings woro mude, and work was commanced on the puttorns nud castivge, during which time n chartor wai obtained from tho Stato of Misgourl forn Joint stock company, with a capital of 2950,000, The Compony Was® organizod, and Thorp was oloctod Presidont. Thorp and Spald- fug racelving stock for tha torritory thoy hud proviously purchasod, whilo Phillips”and othors they had " inducod to subkeribe hold the romein- dor. In this way thoy succoeded in gottin Bflmnthiuf over $120,000 in stock taken, includ- ing that Dold by Ihorp. Work on tho machine Brn;:rouum slowly, ono obstacla aftor anothor oing adroitly put in tho way of finishing it, "Pha roal subscribors, not suspeoting that Phitlips, Thorp, and their vonfodoratos did not dosire the complotion of tho machine, and that the idon of starting o large mauufactory in Bl. Louls waa morely a blind, tho same as played in rognrd to startng tho maunfactory for burdlor-alarme aud coal-oil stoves—aimply a ruse to seouro the solling of tho patont, Having got all tho ntaok takon in St. Louig they could, they adroitly mansged to got tho stockholdors and Direators intoa 3“”"’1 with caols other, and ‘Chorp, Phil~ Iipa and Brown boing n msjority of tho Dirce~ tors, it was rosolved that St. Lonis was ot a ood place to oarry on tho_manufacturing busi- nass, A meeting of the Diroctors was called, and unlimited power of attornoy was granted to ‘I'horp to mell machinea and forritory and do whatavor elso ho pleased. Armod with this pow- or of atiornay, 3 HE OAMK TO OIIIOAGO and openod an ofico at 85 Wanhlngton streot, known as tho oftico of the Victor Brick-Machino Compony, which also was the headquartors for Thorp's burglar-alarms, ooal-oil stoves, ate. Phillips, DBurrows, Wanloss, *'Mike" Gnuloy iwlw wanso prohilnont a yosr ago in tho Hi. Lows prize-fight), and others wore soon found running in and out of thi clogantly fistod offica, whoro quiton show of busincss was Lept up, all talking of tho largo amonnts thoy had mado ont of the salo of tho mauufactured artioles, tho rights of which Thorp bad (o sell. Gauley opened up a drinking-saloon on Stata stroot, and a drinking-saloon aud billiard hall on Twonty- socond streot, stocked with liquors, ote., ob- tained on Thorp's Indorsoment, who, as Presi- dont of the Victor Drick-Machine Company, had sot to be ropresented nu s man of capital and largo means, In a little whilo theso places tailod, the notex wera loft unpald, and the monoy recolyod by Cauloy hiad gono, noone excopt thoso mtorested, knows whero, Tn tho mosutime, Thorp was busy selliag bur- glar alarms and conl-oil stovos torritory, and mali- ing wuoh Iargo talk In nowspapors, and othor- wise, abont st tinga Victor brick-machine manu- factory in Ohiongo, Our various foundries were visited under the protenso of making Iarge con- tracta for h““‘"“i machines the pame ay had baon done in Bt. Louis; sgain drawings ware i:attnn up, and a contract made, by Phillips with Frazior, Guinlmers & Co., for building oua wmn~ chine, ab tho asmo tima that drawings, patiorns, and o machine partly mnde, and bills_ungettlod by Pulllips, wero loft at Croziar's, in St Louls, Phillips was Lero, aa in Bt. Louia, ropresontod re A MAN OF LARGE OAPITAL. Tio wan willing to build for the Company ton or any number of machines, provided he conld hold soonrity for his pay on tho machinos whon built, tll thoy wore mold. Ilo agreed to do this ' ns sn fnducomont to got partios to take his stock. Phillips' protended contidence in tho mnchius fnspirad the uninitinted with faith in the {nvention, Thorp and Phillips then gotupono ot thelr siam quarrels, sud 'Thorp, undor tho protenso of wantiug to wet rid of Puillips, induced othors to joiu with him in buyiug out Phillips’ outiro iutorest—they paying over to Philtips 280,000 to $10,000 in ranfculntn‘ and Phillips vory accommodutingly taking un- Bogurod notes for Thorp's shiara. ~ This salo con- summated, nothing mora was dona by Mr. Thillips toward building machines, and in" a few weoks Thorp aud Phillips had ANOTILER SHAM QUANYEL, 4 and the Inbter protoudod to_pack up his modol sad atart for his home In Tronton, N. J.; but, 84 & mattor of faot, he shipped it to Canndo, and In 8 fow weokw bie and Thorp wore fond in Lon- don, Ontatio, ougaged in organizing another stock compuuy, aud anathor bricl-machine manu- lm:lnr{. loaving Phillips’ LH with Frazier, Chal- mors & Co, unpald, 1n Cauada thoy again had drawiugs and pattorns made, and a contraot for buildivg o machine onterod ‘into by Thorp and 8oma ono hio hind got to go In with him under tho protenso of buviug Phillips out. About thiy imo “ g vietim" from Cluclgo called on Mr, Phillps to got him to fullil Lis promiss to build the ton machines for the Compauy in tho States which ho had agroed to do. 1o flatly ro- fused to do go or to givonuysatisfaclion. oaund Thorp thon invited their victim into Mr. Phillips’ rivate room at tho Pocumsch Iouse, and, caro- ully closing tho door and tho Lransom, thoy in- formed him that if ho did the loast thiug to brealt up thoir trade in Canada thoy would ruin bim, if possible, Tho people wote, howover, cautioned through the papers next day not to invont fn this Invention until they had soen & full-slzed machitne in succossrul oporation, Tip TIMELY CAUTION goomed to upsnt their plavs in Canada, and for a tine nothiug sahsfactory was dono toward selling their patent. Soon, howover, they hit on o plan of oporations. Thoy made tio yoopla of Cannda boliova that thero hud boon a racent do- cigion by tho Bupromo Court of thoUbited States whoroby nn articlo meuufactured in - Canada conld bo brought to this couutry snd sold by almpl{ poaying custom-houso_dutios, notwithi- standing tho samo articlo might bo covered by a patout ownod in tho Unitod States, and in de- fianea of it, aud tho roason why this caution was given Lo tho peoplo of Canada, was thnt tho. Vie- tor Compnuy fearcd that o compruy in_ Canadn could make machinos-so much cheaper it would rulu tho snlo of machines mado in tho Statos, INCREDIBLI A8 TIJS MAY HEFD, aod sshoartily as our Jawyers will laugh over the trick, thoy absolntely buccoedod by it aad ot from $70,000 to $80,000 subscnibed, somo of swhich waa paid in gold, while property and notes wero taken for the balauce, Ib was soon dis- covered, however, that Mr. Phillips, in whom tho title of tho patent was vested, hnd conveyod somo of tho property to Burrows, and that other partios had somo of the notes racoivod discotl- ed, or assigned to confedorates. As ho was bry- ing to disposo of the remalader, suspicions arose that all was not right, and Phillips was arroutod, and ke, Thosp, and tho rest of tho gang, hiold on the * ragged cdge ” for sbont o month, Phutlips being undor avrost all this timo. At Inst & compromiso was effeoted and ou portion of Lho property boing disgorged Phillips was reloased from custody. : Asa proof of tho succoeding cliock of thoso ‘mon, it may be horo statod that while Lhillips waa belng sued in London he seoured tho arrest, undor the charge of couspiracy, of tha gontlo- mon and thoir wives. Their-object way as fol- lows: Under tho Canadn laws a party ander - rest for a oriminal offeuse cannot give avidenco in'a cuso, and, by arrosting Lhena four parties, their non-appoarauce ngainat Phillips was adroit- ly necured. . -Phillips and Thorp about this time, coming to the conclusion thay conld no longer oponly op- orato togothor at the eamo timo sud place. gepratod—L'hillips remaiviuz in Canada, and “Lhorp roturuing to tho Statos, and Burrows, Wauless, and tho rost of the gaog, operating al- tornately botweon Thorp, Phillips, Me- Kinna, ‘asud othors, at whichever puint they “conld do tho most good.” It is propor hero to stato thot the invontion known a8 the Victor brick-machiue in tho Statoy, and substan- tially tha sdmo thing known in Canads s the Dominion brick-machine, was principally tho inveation of Carmi IE Wilams, of Maitowan, N, Y., but patented by H. D, Phitlipa and C. 11 Willinms, and, st tho time DIhillips and Thorp weto trying to sell thelr patont in Cauada, WILLIANS > was at Tondon, and Galt suporintonding aud pretonding to' build a machine for Thorp und #0omo one ha had got in with him, thesame s had been done iu St. Lottis and Chicego boforo as n Dlind to induca poople to invoat. ~ At the ssmo timo Willinms hud with him the drawings and spocifications of_nnother patent, now kiown ag tho “Star” biick-machine, patonted in May, 1874, and of which Thorp has got the control- ling munagoment. At tho samo timo Phillips was proparing to take ont stil anothor patont, aud Thorp was bonding his inventivo govius in a similar diroction, mukimy six differont brick- wachines, the patonts of which,—that is to say the ol ones,—boing tho materinl to_operate upon. “ho putent for tho **Star® briclke-machino hag boen corefully examined by compatent judgos in Bt. Louis, Chiicago, and Washiugton, Who pro- nounce it an undoubted infringement upen the Yictor machino, and conserquently worthlons ns an jnvostmout in tho States, With the madol of thie * Sfar minchino Williwms, Thorp, Burrows, and othera went to T, TAUL, Minn,, wheroThorp ngaiu appoarodunderhorolo of the heavy capitalist, protanding ho was going to start another large anufactory for building Dbrick-machings, Again drawings aud patterns wero started, and a contract made for building a machino, Thorp rode in hin carriago and as- sured ovorybody ho had * burrols of monay. As evidonco of it o subseribed £5,000 to tho Manufacturers’ Asnocintion, and was progrous- ing imely with his stock company, und ho alimost hold tho monoy of tho St. Paut pooplo in his hauds whon it was whisporod that howas a fraud, pud that the, mannfactur- ing business, the §5,000 subseriptions, olc,, were only usod nw & dodgo to assist iu nolling apatont- right, Billa boing unpaid, suspiclons and ru- mory grow apaco, ‘Tho * Colonel ™ censod to be a gront man; no ono trusted him or would have confldouco in_hlm, and, aftor n notico in one of the Bt. Puul papers, apd intorviews in tho other papory, bo loft tho State in disgust. 1lo noxt_visited soveral small placos in various parts of tho country, and finnlly turned up in GINCINNATL ahout the timo of the Exposition with anothor patent burglar-alarm nud talked brick-maclines on & very Jarzo scalo, Ha visited Springiiold, Dayton, Sidney, Delavan, and othor places Obiv, with tho mme old pratonso of desiring to start a mounfactory. ‘I'io parties thero discov- ering hiy modo of doing business, be RETURNED TO CIOAGO, and may now bo found ou Clurk straot, on tho third story over Foloy's billiard-hall, whoro he hus opened dn **Inventors' Exchange.” 2r, TLillipy, his “old friond,” is not to Lo seon at tho * LExchavgo™ on Clark stroot, being in jail at Montroal, s Inst heard from, Wanleos is suid fo bave * jumped " tho Dominion, aud to benow Jiving liko a * fighting-cock” at Ogdensburg on $5,000 of tha Montreal “swag™ that he gob away with, Duorrows in supposed to be in To- routo or Kingston * lnying low.” Iv will be notiged that Thorp and Phillips havo rupunmdlg bad drawings, pattorns, mnd cone truots to build machluos wade during Lho past two years, ond yot bLavo built nono, making it evidont ~thoy mnever intended snything moro. than a show of husinesy for tho purpose of sellivg the patent, It is proper haro to stato that the Victor Compnuy liaya had a full-sized machine mado by the ame parties who buils the modal - on oxhi- DLition nt 85 Isast Washington street, snd from tho idontical drawings, patteros, and castings Thillips had mado in Bt. Louly, and T DOEY NOT WORK, making 1t plain now that the reason Phillips and ‘Thorp novor finished o full-sized maching was that thoy did not oxpoot it to work. 1t will abways bo noticed that Thorp, whera- over Lo goos, usually, ju some shapo, wics tho - burglar-alorm na osn ontor: ivg wedge to lurger operatiuns. .On this ho lins bind sovoral patonts, combiuntions, or jme provoments. No soonor {8 tho sale of one of- focted and the monoy povketed, thau he turna round and makes # vhange and gots now * patent,” known in patent-law parlauco s n ‘' COMNINATION PATENT " which supersodes snd rendors valueloss tho patout hie kins sold, or elso iy ny uscless Lo thoso who purchuso beeauso it infringos his provious potonts, 1o froquontly lins a wow dovico in bis pocket for a patont, or ing ulready applied forit, whilo lio J8 Holllng tho athor, In fact, bo mkes it hiw bosst that by changing combinations ho can obtain a now patont for uuy invention. Itis by thia chiauge of combiuations thoy oxpected to ronp a largo fortuns in briok-machines, 'The usual way Phillips, Thorp, and coufedorates do buuiuces is bv placo (o title (9 & patour vr any- thlng fn which thoro 18aswindlo, i thiolisndsof & i duning,” the other wombers of the gaug do- fng the ongiucoriug and oting us fuglemou, "iorp doos 1ost 20 the talking and recouumand= {ug, while the athors tury ap luat at tho 1ght tmo and play the Poter Fank" rdodge, and pratend ta buy o Hiato right, or aubseribo for utock, In order to anduco outsiders to inveat, Fiually, oithior by stock or Btato rights, o ualo ot tha patont {4 wade, Iu timo uio party or partion lud out that they sro wwindled, and go to Lhorp, or whoovor Ima dona the talkivg, FOIL AX EXPLANATION. Thorp coolly roplios, ** I did not own tho patont. I didnot sell it ta yon, Look at your pajors | the patont wad owued aud gold by Gsuly, o Burrows, Wanloss, I'hilllps, Jouos,” McIKinnn, or some ono clko, I wanted to got & Atock coms pauy startad, snd I purchased au fntorest in it for ‘tho purpous of manuflscturing, tho samo as youdid, And {f L got chouted, L am not going to aquoal abont it if you do. Perhaps you had Dotter go to the fellow you bought it of,” and uco what ho will do sbont {t."” Thy ‘victim” rer cordingly goos to I'billips, Wenless, or to who- over convayed the fitla, to seo what hio fouls dis« posed to do, This goutloman throws him- Hsolf back, and a convorsution as follows enntey © Patont-Right Swindiot—What did I #ay to you ahout that patent whan [ uold it to you# Victin—You said (horo ho tells anud tale of tho promisos by which ho waa induced to fue vest]. Tatont-Right Swindler—No; I did not eay nu(l.hlu“ ot the kind, . Viotim—Well, Lhorp, or Durrows, or somo of tho othors, did, Latont-Right Swindlor—If thoy told = you any much thing, I cannot holp it. 1 cortainly did not tell you wo, If they lied Lo you, it i4 noio of my businoss. You eato to mo "to makoe a trado, and I tradod with yon, What you did was with your oyes opon. 1 traded with my oses opon, and I yupposed you did tho samo. IT thoso othor fellows Yiud 1o got you to go with thom, you must goto thom and sottly it, Don't coma to mo. Iam not rosponsiblo for what thoy did. IN MAKING A TRADE, a8 thoy eall it, theao fellows porhups have taken some money, & atuck of s, liguors, boots aud shoow, dry goods, or & drug store, or notos on long tiwo, or deeds of trust ou hoto aud lat of Bulne Yuur mun who hud been mado to bolieve Do could minke monoy enouglh to tuke up his uote inn fowr woeks, It money 18 paid Lhat i tho end of that; if tho victim soeks to got back his noto or auy of tho proporty ho has Jot them huvo, i will bo found the notes huve boen sold at' n discount for canh, or passed into the hauds of their confodornto or_nttornoy, who protends: to bave bought snd paid for themn, snd the land hag baen either sold or mortgaged to innocant partics. In like maunor all or any of tiso proporty thoy may have faken psssos out of their haads to thoso whom the law supposes innocont purchagers. 1t makes no duleronco whether o party bo meh or poor, man or womin, it is nll tho same to thom. As sovn 3 tlioy got hiold of the property they placo it boyoud rench as soon s possible, 1P tha swindlod party sceks rodress - couct, Lo will find that thoy always huve witnossos on hand to swoar Lq anythiug thoy may dewire, aud redroas * ot Inw of pinishimont s oriminals soers aimost an jmpossibility ; sud 80 suceessfnl have they beon in delonting justico thut Thorp makes lug Doaat thnt in the twenty or tweuty-five yours ho lina boon engaged in this kind of business ha bes had ovor 400 lawsuits, and® pever lny beou bonten in one. Tho ouly esfo thing for an honoat man s to lot thom alouc, and Lo suspock iy man who is seon much in their company. The arm of the law upon whom these parties rely in time of need is DAN LAURANGE, of tha flrm of Shaur & Lanrwnce, whose offica just across the passnge from the Invontoin' Iixehange is quite conveniont, nud partics who read tho above atticla can feel happy in the thought that when thelr uogotiations with tha patent-rizht men havo renchiod the proper point, tho necansary logal aocumonts can bo drawn cut at tho shortont possiblo uotico, 1t will intorest parties who have been victim- izod by patout-right swindlors to learn that two indictments wore returned by tho Grand Jury against cortain of the cluuy who, if thoy do nob juimp tho town in the mesntimo, will very shorts Iy have & olanco Lo talk an lnw mintdors with thoso who ata bettor vorsed in the mattor of ro- eaut Unitod States Bupromo Conrt dociaivny thai the Kunncks of Londou, Outario. PROKIBITION, 7o the Fditor af The Chfer Citcaao, Doe. 24.—1Tho oxprenaed in your morning's odition upon the wahject of tome porancs-roforin do not sosm 40 et with the idens of thoxo impracticables who, having mounted tho Prohibition hobhy, perstontly ro- fuso to 820 anythiog which contliots with Lheir thoory. One of thess bus published in the Inter-Occan. & commuuication in which a langthy eriticisn upon tho witicla roferrod to is attompted, I do wot kuow whethot this geulleman hos over hoct o drunkard ; I eg- sume, howevor, thet ha Lus wot, and tlnt he doea not, therefore, know as much shout tha practical workings of tho various tempornnea effortn ho speaks of as thoss who have boon oporated upon. If 1 am right in this, I e readily undorstand how it is _that ho is o m- practicable. 1€ I nm wroys, I muat confoss my ivability to neconnt for his hallucinations, I do not caro to discuss with this gentoman the views advanced by Tims Uimnuxe. Lhat is o task I profer to feavo in better hands. Dut thorg i8 ono propoaition denitt by hiwm, nnd asverted by vyou, to which the nttoution of the pubhe ouglit to bo eatled. ‘L Tarnusy, in epenking of the report of n Cummittes of the Reform Club, says: * Now, hero i pomething practi- cal; it 14 tho voico of the vietim bimselt. g knows what be wanta botter than any ono elso ™ Tho amwor givhn by the corrospondent af the Inler-Ocean is: “ So Tur TurnuNe holds that u #ick mnu knows hattor than a physiclan what medicine hio needs.” “Tho illuniration hers put ia not by any meang agood ono. 1f £ might bo pormitied to mggeat ann, hawovar, I would: put tho case of o con- valgacant who, having for years tossed upon a bed of sickuoss, discovers that lis doctors were quacks, that the modicines he Lad taken only mado him worse, aud that bis recovery was due 0 tho efforta of such of s friends a8 had in- gisted upnn tho'application of propor romedica Tho reformod drunkurd s not a sick man; ho is o gonvalescent, 1o knows from exporieuce what remedies would at ono time bavo effectod Lis roformation, nud Lo also kuowa what reme- dios ought to be given to others who huve uot reformed. And bo kuows thismuch bottor than thase who, uaver having boen sick, never nosded o dactor, ‘The writer of this is a reformed man, He bas socn prohibition in othor plucew, wm whick tha amount of druukennoss provalent was geoater than in Chicago. Ho belioves that_drunkeuness ean bo stopped if the plana of the Reform Glub aro earried out; and ho i ndorses the views of Tur "PrinuNe, snd hopes that thoy will bo con- stantly urged upon the publhe, Revomurn, An AtanticsMonthly Dinncer. Sixtoon yoars sgo, 8t tho boginning of the year 1858, tho proprictors of tho Aflandic Monthly Buvo a dinner to their contributors, A similar meoting of tho writers for this magazine Lad not #iunco takon pluco until Jnst Cuosday night, whon tho present publishors, Messrs. 11.°0, Houghton & Co,, met about thirty of their contributors at dinner, in Boston, The sonior momber of tho trm sat gt tho Load of tho table, and William D, Hovwolls, the editor of tho magazine, occupiod tho othor ond, ‘b dinucr was a suefnl and frco one, nud wag followod by u fow formal tonsts, and impromptu songaand speeches. Among tho coutributors prosent wero Dy, Oliver Wondell Molmes, 13, . Whipple, \\\V M.PB ) Craneh, @, W. Greobe Marlk Thwaln, G, O, I 1. Osgood, T\ B, N L. rowbridge, Jamen an Clarke, Dr. W. X, Dimmook, Edward Atkizon, Col. Georgo It Waring, 0. P, Lothrop, ¥, B, Banborn, and Arthur Gllman, Bickuecs in the familics of Mesnrs. Longfellow and Lowoll pravented thewr attondance, while Buyard Paylor, Col. Higgin- #on, und Jamos T, Fields wore kopb awny by lecturing ongagomontu. Totlers of rogrot worn rend from Messrs, Longltelow Whittier, Emor- son, Diyant, and Robert Dule Owen. " e HNnry Reas? From the Philadelphiv Ledger, As the old " rod cent™ Lisw now pussed ont of ko, aud, excopt raroly, out of sight, lka (ko Wold onlion buckcot,” 1ty hintory ia o muiter of sufllolont intorost for_provorvition, Tho cont was firat proposed Ly Rohert Morris, tha grop financior of tho Ieyolution, and was' named by Joforson two yonrs'after, e bugan to muko its appearatice from tho Mint in 1793, It boro tho Tiowd of Washington oi one sido, and thirtoon links on tho othor. The Frouch Ravolution voon cronted & Tago for Frenoh idews in Amatics, which pnt on' tho cent, instend of tho head of ‘Washington, the head of tho Goddoss of Libevty —n Vronch Lihorty, with neck thrust forwnrd and flowing locks, The olisin on the rovorso wido wua displacad by tha oliva-wwronth of ponco ; but tho French liberty wan short tived, and so wag hor portinit vn our cent, Tho next howl or (ig. 1ro thut succosded thiv—tho stald, olassio datoe with & fillol around her hond—eawo fnto fashion about thirty or forty yosvs ngo, and her fingly- chinolod Girocian feutires iiave heen but 12"y wltorest by the Japsa of fim,