The New York Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1867, Page 4

4 SPIRITUALISM Convention of Rappers, Table Tip- pers, Lunatics, Bloomers, Sharp- ers and Philosophers at Cleveland, Ohio. Resurrection of Pierpoint, the Poet, and His Ex;loring Expedition. The Spirits and the Shakers Dancing «a Breakdown. Comfortable Condition of a Headless frish- man in the Spirit Land. The Heavenly Continent Mapped Out by a Jersey Fisherman. REPORT ON SPIRITUAL PHENOMENA, The ‘Dark Circle”? Impostors Denounced. @eneral Row ip tho Spiritualistic Sanhedrin. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HENALO, Bloomers, Ghouls. Infidels and Strong-Minded Virgins in cil—Treatment of John Piers point’s Ghost=The Man He Gave His Po- etry and Copyright to-The Jersey Captai: that Came from Heaven Brought a Chart o! the Channels tn the Spirit Land. CLBVELAND, Ohio, Sept, 8, 1867, At this particular moment Cleveland is a point of {interest to no inconsiderablo number of people in the States, To-day two conventions organizod, representing, by a happy combination of the ridiculous, two of the most infatuated and extraordinary delusions of the age ‘Wailean etherealized brother namod Jocelyn, of Cali- fornia, was placing his three hundred spiritualistic bearers under the belief that a doggerel bymn be had fust recited was dictated to him by the shade of Jobo Pierpoint, the everlasting Fenians were discussing the project of tuning up ‘The harp that once thro’ Tara’s Halla’? To those, however, of a metaphysical turn of mind the splritualistic delusionista aro the most entertaining. Their tights of imagination are bold and startling, and the artistic skill with which they manage, perbops in- Advertently, to group the lofiy wsthetic and the gross material, the grave and gay, the lively and severe, give them a claim to the attention of east the curious, To-day, at ten o'clock, a hybrid sort of thoatre, called Braioard’s Hall, could boast of accommodating over three hundred of the strangest thinking male and female beings in this ealighteud land. Trance mediums and entrancing Bloomerites, gloomy converts from Cal- vinism aad jolly disciples of Robert Dale Owen, vinegar- visaged virgius in curls and catico, and prospective inmates of the State Lunatic Asylum, formed a coup Pail of disordered humanity it would be dificult to Parallel anywhere else. But eur civilization is great And progressive, and the fossilized uations outside must shake off their torpid conventionalism and’ crude moralily to keep pace with the public of the est. Here = andthe’ however, in this Bingular assemblage—this | conclave ' of — crazy reformers—a form might be seen on every other feat, like an oasis in the waste of unredeemed homel!- mess, with nature's wavy curls, dimpled cueoks aud playful blue eyes—eyes not too apt to woop when the Fawmill voice of w ceriaim brotier spoke painelic tdiogs frow wwe spirit land, but rather given to that levity of @xpressicu which Ubaries Lamo defines as akin to Boepticism. ihere wo present sume stout and with smooth bair and round hospi st bocome tae domestic d among the lanky delegates w England, looks sugyostd suicide aud Kindred dismal deeds, several ruduy-.aced, corpulent, nial old souls, who seemed as if thoy could easily Forget ib the good things of this World tho intangible Bweelineats of the spirit jand. But to the curwus and speculative eye the Bloomers were the great objects of iniore-t—objects of inquiry, ‘of qualified allecuon—good enough, would oracu.ate, for those that enough for ‘thoso that don't. buck what we ry. The form rests upon— brightest of pink ril wu, 0: Whiteware Bran tothe d be writes ber autegraph, and gerve ber bair is of boyish wim aud when we look into er ap ritualistic face wo regret tv aolice time bas drawn is clumsy digi over ber azure brow aud sprinkled fome vinegar on her medical counteuance. ‘Then lovk- arovad we ¢ rs. Fuller, of Chicago, edium, so t te pr ve it die young tai > wee the tirst wiler evidentiv believes hew gospet of women’s nghs, The luckless seo. read an equivocating ressution tn witeu the word ersons occurred, aud was tripped up with a caution from tue littie Indy to supply the eilpsis “male and female,” compiyiag with which barmony was restored. Then there is Miss Mary Da ew York, sweet Sixteen and iweny, with a isting look, that soomed to Indicate a weavers ¢ nel—an mbition to sour and leave the tl4 that fesu 1s heir io, nen there Is Mre. Fra , of New York, wn ardent Miever; Mrs thompson, nd; Mrs. Sowart, of ier, of Milwaukes, a ; but of ber it may be traly said, fairy nothing a more abiding habitation wot of. But it ts needless to men- tion any more ladies, unless we meant to dopict a beauty to which we sbut our eyes. Alter ten o'clock, win all the spirits, froe-lovers, int. els and sirong-minded virgins wore seated, Newman Weeks, 0° Buri.ngton, Vermont, was appointed tempo- Fary chairmao, and afer, ii a material and busi- hess way, performing (he usual routine of convention Proceedings, examining credentials, calling over names Of cummictees, &o., Dr. Henry Childs, of Philadelphia, ted spiritual reporter, read the following lan) feorporeal tram + Was (ue farewell address oct n, but an principles 4; and eravrabie labors with sued the bonds of uy aud let bis Resoived, ihat iu the ran we recog snciple thant bi f the JUsi I# Uiessed, we feel tha ea, and that bal is noble # was fitted be euraestarss wi value of our memory, like that bis exauple ts valuable 18 for waich ved with the h That an opportunity be mow offered for re- Felerence to Our fxen and fatnied brother, committer be appoiued to prepare a memo rr) Diished iu the proceediugs of this Convention, A long, lean individual, ike the traditioaal ghost of Bamies, barriag the white coverict, a: th strange eyes, as though they had undergoue in! hard work pecking for spirita, Tose slowly up and protested against Mr. John Pierpoiut being cawoniged because he bad pio- feased Christian sentiments before bis death, Ihe Spiritual reporter replied to this ghoulish {nsinuation by Paying it Would De well for the brothers aud sisters (in- pluding, of course, the Bioomers,) to look back with a Kindly (shough bieary) eye upoa the scenes of other Bays (an unkiadly cut to ine Bloomers), when the boble brow, the erect form, &c., of Jobn Pierpoint stood before thom, with the hght from the summer laud Sireaming through bis vision, He, the speaker, Was well posted on the preseat condition of John Pierpoint, for he had wilked to bim Hoce be sbuflied off his mortal coil. Ho met “the PG ong nl = & foe s:mmer's afternoon lately, wrove down (bis memory being treacherous) | Words the sainted brother spoxe They would bi read Ceouveution, Suilice it for the present bad chanced mixed u nd that he intended waning a long trip, combine @ and business through the wide aud dissaas em Lge . en Mr. Childs conoluded iritnal yarn, Jocelyn, of California, who a a, to prefer ihe Monee Of his New Jerusalem to the auriverous deposite of tne Pacific slope, in a frenzy, ‘bro apirits, Eeonly f 801 : wih thie couplets ba ; See Soe: * But I hope it will soon be in truth’s blessed sphere, After exhausting bimself considerably, another Sy ot the ot tlt NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDA are of course, independent of the w ts of poor mol = ‘and when dinoer time came they vanished as Tapidiy as the genuine spirits ‘are supposed todo at the approach of daylight. ys three o'c jack the faithful came together again, and quite a buinber of unbdelievers came also, to look, if not to laugo. Henry C. Wright delivered himself very freely to tbe breturen, talking smfdelity with a glibpesa that was duly admired. Ha was followed by Brother &. ¥, Wilson, of Iliaols, a melancholy look- ing, borsu.o and yarn-spinning medium. He knew from several observations be bad taken that Jobo Pierpomnt «as bow 10 the centre of the heavens, a bright partioulor star Mr, Jocelyn jumped up at once,.when this statement aod cried out that John Pierpoint was just was nad after speak ng to bim, and promised another verse of the poem, Dr K. T. Halleck came very near making a rational oratiog, but Le wound up with Bryant the poet, and de- clared’/.¢ should “wrap the drapery of his couch around him and wake up ‘p the summer land.” Rey. G. B, Harrison commenced—I think if Joho Pierpoint is here—(cries of “He is here’')—he would feel overmbelmed with the eulogies passed upon him, Rev Moses Hal! told a story of an amateur medium (bat wae brought before Pierpoint and wrote @ sentence backwards unconsciously, witch, on beiug held to a s Tror aud translated, bore some tremendous thing in ebrew. rangest feature of the whole day’s proceed- ings was the appearance of a deleate from the other world in utter contempt of all mundane credentials, This was Captain Barnes, of New Jersey, six feet and a baif bigh, and stout in proportion, He was formerly com- mander of a fisting boat, but he swore so much when agale came on that bo thought of quitting the marine business and taking up sometling leas profane. He said Le came as adelogato from the other world, and looking up atthe skylights in the hall seomed to sigh to get back again, He held a chart in bis baud, large as the map of the United Stares, and announced his reads bess to pilot any number of souls through the tntric channois that lead to the spirit Icnd. He admitted wasn't so muca in the spirit world as Wright, bat knew more about the way to get thers. He woulda’: worship no map, not even He thought they were all at sea and wanted some kind of pilot to put vem right. He was about to express some other thoughts that labored big within him, but a committes that wanted to report cut him short very rudely. Wo- desired to see his chart, but the rudeness of the com- pene so wounded his spiritual foelings tuat be re- fused. Singing came, and to the music of an antiquated pian wo of tuo virgins and two of the sterner kiud sang Rosalie, adapted to words of more elevated sound and meauing than those having reforence to the prairie flower. Co:nmittees came next in order, and said every- thing would be straightened up to-morrow or tne day after if noiniog occurred to break counection with the spirit land, Grand Tablenu of Religions Gropers—The Shakers Shake Hands with the Spirits-Tie Joint Stock Euterprise=Shakers to Marry and Muitiply=Spirits to Give Up Their Tricks and Seud the Demented to Bedinm— Rich and Racy Incidents=The Jersey Cap- tain Plays King Lenr=In Despair He Joins the Shnkess—His Map of the Heavenly Con- tinent Lost to the Spirits-John Brougham a Spirit in Disguise. CLEVELAND, Sept, 4, 1867. To cild refined gold, paint the lily, or add a pungency to onion peel with the aroma of garlic, may be esteemed the acme of waste/ul and ridiculous excess, but just as wasteful and ridiculous did we yesterday consider any attempt to give a more un que comptexion than it ac. tually wore to the convention of ghouls, bloomers, bed- lamites, infidels and dervishes that assembled ia this city, Yot this morning we are willing to admit tho limning of yesterday’s piciure can be extended to ad- vantage. The canvas, we thought, had been covered, and t ts aud shades inimtably blended; bet the flual couch was yet wan its absence was unnoticed, But wo stall com) to it by Nige orien miles from won of tne Sta d by. here a hundred men and asion are find ng th 5 dd to the hope of saly y area strange peuple, with strange and strange metaphysical teadoncies, il while they prase the Lord, aud when » unemployed they danco wild dervish nusicof werd minstr No conjugal ‘ows disturb their pecallar conteatinent, no pements, no vile scraping fiddies are heard uuder luer Vindows om & moonlight eve, and no mis- chievot n give pain to tneir repose. The piacid lives of the chakra were Bot wunoticed by tho table. atoraity ; to them it appeared the Shakers beld imeu With theiaselves; eiso why this 3 glorious result of spiritualistic feeling? cut the matter short, some time ayo the hakers @ visit, prayed with them, and or corporeal nourishmeut, danced the lie and breakdown, and spent the tine luo ef the suit os hapey ag in the at a storm arose, tho spirits having not n Fapped.tie Sbakers over ih» knuckles by belting thom to go and get married, ana holy muriver was imminent for a time. However, tatters were ed up aud the Shakers were invited to leave their or a Visit to the Congress of ghouls, To-day, Janee wa vom entered Cloveland, the ungodly et od to Brai Led by an ty an indeseribabie eurt and an antedtiavid , 800 twenty old brothers aud sisters ‘ouug thing about forty) found their ig the demented reformera, to the delight y § pirit present. 1! ats on the plattorm, wt es 00 nose and they formed suo cyuosure of every ghoulish eyo. was understood by many that ndgotiations would be entered into between the See's for te purpose of form. ing a joint stock compauy with a matrimonial basis— the Shakers to merry and muliply and the spirits to give up their rope and table tricks and send the crazy ones in their crowd for proper treatment (o the lonatic asyintn, ‘This was binted to the oldest elder of tue Shaker dele, edy looking spirit, who evi. dontiy cov aker flannel and perhaps one of tho pretty weavers at homo into the bargain, But the old seilow tatied to sea it in that ight. He ar- gued there were two classes of meu in the world—one who follow the example of Adam, who took a rib to bis bosom, and the other called ta bigber level, who can take no rib at ail, Of tose he belonged to tho Jatier, and was proceeding to debate on the regenoration of ti flesh, leading, of course, to moro delicate topics, when th % uncasy and excused himself by saying be to pay tis respects to the sisters, And then he quitted the old gentioman, shook bauds with adie, and glided away to a position on om which he soon afterwards seized the the audience thata new paper ie ten cents a copy or $2a yi Tho e early in the hall this morhing; th to avoid the annoyance of boot olicka, ul “Shine yer bouts, sir?” 1s eo frequent day, And W, R, Jocelyn, acent for Picr- polnt’s posthumous poetry, was also ear. 1@ looked as thougi Inid under oontribution by a ‘dozen ary tng else to rap came early Tuis impression we received [rom the podic nature ol bisspeeches. The first business of the ention reiated to the speakers whom it would be t for the evening. The ghouls from the three from that section; but the Western and eo enormous hoogier, named jough to carve filty spirits out of, wanted oied to impromptu addresses, limiting to tweuty minutes, The chairman of the’ Business Committees and operator on the wires to tho Summer- Jand came torward with a loweriag look, and in a sepul- chral voice demanded who was this Wilson that dared to propore curtailing the inspird utterances of the saints, Captain Barnes, the fisueriaan from Jerse living King Lear, with all tho frenzy of Cordelia’ Tose Up in bis seat at this moment—the #rung moet commanding epirit in the thron; that a deaf sailor ‘migat hear above t claimed, “Ile 6 tho mouthpiece of tho angel Gabri I! Silence! sileace! sileace!’’ And silence most profound prevailed, The President, however, jumped up, indignant at the fisherman usurpiog bis functions, and cried out, “You are Making more noise than the euge! Gabrie: bimself.”” The Captain, (he delegate from the other world, in- censed at the temark, replied promptiy:—°A delegate from Heaven, tir, has anght to use its thunder,” aud theroupon subsided. The next spiritual genius was William Toohy, an Irish- mana reai, live son of the sod—corpulent aud red enough to whirl @ good sized sbilielab or put a pimt of Whiskoy out of sight. He carried himself very jaunuly, tipping a wink to the bioomers, who blushed and Btroggied vo suile, Tooby read these resolutions Whereas, In a recent number of (he Banner there was an adiiress to the eitizens of the United States by the Third Qons nveniion of Spiritualists, in whieh occurred th nage :—* Before we, as Spiritualists, will conse yor the Hibe, the deity of Jes y of these quondam friends ned do as part of the constitution Lo, we will fig burtards are gorged with rey {and of this we give all timely aod ample notiee;"* re, That e of the above declaration misrepresents the the country, who ard law abiding citizeng ate rebellion x h and wold obnoxious ame to the co tion by two-thirds of tne country, and after the expat: Kon, Viood and suffering which wo have witne: last Tew years it ill becomes us a8 good citizens to threaten the wickeuness of war asaremedy for grievances, real of im: ect by form; everywhere i @ all friende of progre th ty of a belter Understanding of the laws which ELITE reproduction in the human ‘amily, and that we ere by recogaize teachers of these principles ‘as coworkers, and that we aid and encourage by every power those who are engaged iu this work, These resolutions raisod @ tumult among the spirits, one baif being for war and the other for peace, (aoe seg = nts medium) went in for pence; he was coward, but be hated the smell of powder or the gleam of dangerous weapons, Not s0 ibility in his vertebra, He'd fight like thunder afterwards e caus in our vorsion down his throat. Yes, sir. sovner would he rather be a man than yy 4 with no . nose he weeded tobe. Tunes W. R. Joscely: galvaaic battery of spiritual elec. tricity, He head it said by a mem eee women present were a eet of fools was inter. bound and lance of an it would be time enough for the the occasion pre. “Aight like biases” the sectarians if of po he con- on (he Babonal Coin of the country “in God we ” which well koew was faise, for this country does not trust in 3. J. Finney was a mao of war also; ‘give 'em fits” ‘Was bis motto, and fits the sectarians were bound to get af they attempted interference with the most glorious and heaven born creed ever vouchsaféd to man. Henry C. Wright, so help God, wouldn't bathe his hand in a brother's blood to save a single institution on this footstool. Yesterday they said man was the em- bodiment of God oa earth; yet now, for the sake of some poucal privileges, they were ready to cut each othor's roats, ‘The resolutions were laid on the table, In the mean- time the Shakers looked on with wondering inter- est, One especially, with very red face, and with hair cut after the tonsorial fashion im vogue at Sing Sing, gazed with awful looks at the fire-eatin) rita breath ing brimstone and lucifel hea, The Shaker women looked through their spectacles in amazement, and seemed to wish they were at home making Shaker flan- nel aud otherwise serving themselves and the commu- nity. In the atternoon Shakers aod all found their way back to tho spiritual arena, where a discussion bogan upon the best method of teaching the young ideas of the 1 ttle ghouls how to shoot, Mrs, Joscelyn, wife of the great Joss, said she couldn't keep ber seat when she head the interesting subject of Children’s training beimg discussed. Sho should say something, and being @ lady, of course she was indulged. Then cam Toot, the Irishman, or John Brenabare in disguise— in fact, itm e been Joba, playing off one of his ¢ future generations to laugh at. But who 1k up to the table at thie juncture but whe cap- tain from Jersey, the irrepressible Barnes, the ex-fisher- man und delegaie from no earthly constituency. Alas for Barnes! A ghoul of the earth, earthy, laid a tand on his shoulder and told him his lips werd seaicd, and that none but mundane creatures were allowed to unbosom themselves tuere, But Barnes was undeterred, and with bis mighty voice exclaimed, “God help you, friends! You are atl fed astray, and ualess you recog nigo the delegate from heaven you are all goue up,” At th's moment he rrounded—a Samson in the hands of the Pilistin’s—pushed about, whiried around; but above tho din coud be heard kus thundering voce—"[ warn you, friends; waro you, warn you.'’ Forced to yield, he put on bis hat, walked across the stage, every iuch King Lear, and, taking down hia chart of tho beaveniy continent, exclaimed, “Yes, my friends, you have been weighed tn the balance, and found wanting.” Then, slowly rolling up his valuabie map, he muttered, in a low, voice, “You're doumed, doomed, doomed”? Casting his eyes down from an altitude of six teet he sudfeniy spied the row of Soakers, and, laying his chart aside, uttered with vivacity, “Ail right again; I'l fine the Snakers—1’ll June 'em,” and taking the first spectacied matron vy the hand, said be, “You're all right, old sister; you'll see the summer land,” then putting a big piug of tobacco in bis mouth and chewing fiercely he sirode across tne stage aga n and disappeared tor the remainder of the evening. Mrs. Clark spoke next, aud dida’t she speak hor picce daintily! Children, sbe remarked, were different from adults; the tormer required color and beauty to roterest thei, but the latter needed other pabuluin "As for Ler, she contd read Charles Lainb and bo happy (Elia ought to be proud); once in a while she looked into the New ‘Testament, Dut there was iittle of interest tore for Ler; hghter literature graufled her tasie more, aud 50 on With female discursivencss, At last the saints bethought themselves of supper, aud wended their way thereto. Back azain to tho bail, where just now Dr, Halicek, of Philadelphia, and Mins Wiinelm, of thojsame trendy city, togetner with Brotuer Loveland, afe atrainiag their mentat inspiration ia tho vain attginpt to mark the boundaries of tho unkuowa reais of space, ‘lu-morrow they taik the schovi ques- jon over again, The Humors of Spiritualism=The Irishman that Lost His Head and Still Feit Comfort. able=The Medium that Strack Me for the eft of HumanityeThe Angels that Led to the Well, and the Price He Asks for The Spirits In Council—An Advocate ag Creation on an Equality—Black and White, Coolies and Crowfoot Ladians to Sit at the One Table~Wesiern and Eastera Spirits in Coliision—Rare te CLEVELAND, Sept. 5, 1867. To the Christian believer the vagaries of spirituatiem must appear the most provokingly absurd, if not the most profane, ia which the conscious human mind of this age could possibly indulge, If wo smile whon we hear a medium gravely relate an interview ho hal with the departed shade of an Irishman who tells him he bad his head shot of by acannon ball in the Shenandoah yalloy, but is now very comfortably provided for in tho eummer land, except that ho has no hoad for anything {cind of bothered, we suppose), our levity is certainly for auything moro supremely ridiculous curcely presont itself to a facetious imagination, But there is a feature in spiritualism more atiractive to some of its disciples than the humor of tho hapless Irishman. Linked with its etherealistie aspirations Is a ccldoh matorialisin—a gross, grovelling, merceusry spirit, animated by avuriue end wnivided by hypocrisy, Which, but for the redeeming fact of somo good and ap- Tight but deiuded men being involved in (he moveracnt, is enough to impeach its every profession. Here comes brother Abrat.am James, of Pennryivauia (we omit tho Post office), a medium ‘with special wre of hs own communicating with the spirit Lind, the buck of his col- lar hid from view by a matting of gr black hair, aud cyes turued awsy in the true spiritualistic fashion, Now, what has bgother James to say for himself to the intelligent spirits from twenty States of the Union? Does be \ell them of the many turas and the number of milestones on the road to the summer land? On, no; brother James believes the sutmmer land is nearer to ris ma visit to culighten him on the geological and mineralogical conditions of the Keystone Siate (ior Ui purpose of benetiti fier many revel tions of th vy used him last year for one especiai work, to be devoted Yo the beneilt of spiritualism. Whilo passing along in7a bacgy wich a friend he was violeatly influenced by en unseon power, forced to get out aud cross a lot half way. There ho lay down, and invisible voices speakiag, in the tongue of Sha! re, pronounced—what? ibe prospects of brother Janes’ salvation? No; tho presence of petro- Jeum oil! A well was commenced, which is uow far advanced, and the shares are only six hundred dollars each, the oi to be used for spirit lamps. ‘u, brother mes! Your jokes aro pleasant and to yourseli profit. And ths is the glorious, new and true religion of vanced times, which, dating from the table-rap- g tricks of the Fox family, in ochoster, has gradu cut loose from all forms of Chrisviunity and takea up the philosopy of the pagan os Yecterday we were led to expect that a compromivo would be elfectod by the spirlis wich the domure aud ia teresting Shakers; but though the latter may shake with the cuuls, there is little hope that they wil ever ehake off their own notions to fol lish ways of riner, Silent and sen rs weat ho jerlag, no doubt, on the tic bumors of the uls and shocked at the fantastic dress of the bioow- 26 po This morning the convention met avain for tho third time, the saine attenuated, hairy looking crowd of mas- culno males and self-educated femutes being tn attend. ance, The Lyceum, or children’s school, was diseu aud here it may be parentheit caily stated that thi one of the principal objects of the conveutioa, namely, to give the atmost attention to the training of childre in the ways of spiritualism, so that when they ‘“shutile off tue mortal coli” (a favorite expreesion) Luey ma; joln their papas and mamias in ihe bright summer tand, Yr, Bruce, of Shoreham, Vt, and D. P. Kayuer, of Ere, delivered themselves on the school question, warn. arents to keep their children away from tho evil intinence of seciarianism (in other words Christianity). “Over tho River,” a song of wh:ch the Shakers are ver, fond, was next given Ly a spiritualized iady—spirituai- ize) in the rene that the color of ber skin has nothing Anaiagous in pature, and ber eyes were unlike the or- dinary optics of humanity in expression. Tbe harmony of the soug over, a scone of discord followed. Western spirus were arrayed against Eastern ditto, and anything Dat an angelic disposition was exhibited by eit! ur Wilsou, ® monstrous outgrowth of the [lino prairics, pitched ip with trae Westera independence and told ibe Oeaginous natives of the Hud they had too much opinion of their own important A thin lipped, nervous, consumptive looking spirit named Mandet fullowed in the wake of Wilson, and said if Lue people of Boston were to rule tie Convention, be at Jeast Lad spirit enough to reject such pretensions, Tt was evicent that a stroug sectional feeling prevailed all because the Eastern fellows wanted to monopolize the Convention for the discussion of Lyceum or child. ren’s education, and tho Western fellows went in for confining that subject to devoting more of their att ualismn liseif, its wants, prospests, prog Brother Wheeler, a sailow Yankee, took up th for Boston, but the monster Wilson, the pr: eed upon him, told him tosbut up aud nian creep into bis spirituatistic shell, and then Wilson took the floor, raked the whole East from Jersey to Vermout; made use of one word which he intendd for some other, and called it “a lapeus tongue,” and after beliowing 1 boll of Bashan, went to bis corner 1h Apparent conentment, Brother Orvas thinking the opportunity favor. avdle for an outpourng of the spirit, came forward to draw attention to certain ideas upon = social 4 = political = matters, He wanted ail creation put og am equality, mon and wo- men, white and black, cooles and Crowfoot Indians all placed on the same horizontal plane, and in the excess of bis gallantry he magnifoenuy waived bis claim to office in favor of tho ladica, “Helter bave them,” said he, “(ban a set of crafty, ewine-eyed, pot-bellied politicians, who keep ther noses in the public crib tir] there ain't fodder enough ieft to mal per.’ Ho was aleo in term; he wanted t ing made the poor ing suddenly id from the consideration of sec. ular subjects, he gave as his opinfon that the absurd monstrosity called theology was a gross libel and @ sol. emn burlesque on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Having covered the whole ground from Dan to Boor sheba Wilson gave way to irit with @ red nose and* with @ pile of papers in each hand. This was tho census taker. He announced that the ie eptrituaiate mbered between fity thousand and five millions, ac- ing to the inst calculation; but he wanted mittee appolatod to take anot! m Oy standing Suggerted that some ployed bodied spirits ought to be able to do the thing ina Bt Dut be was told to mind owas busi and Spar ee EE ry Sow oa cure 15 ce Seen cad busi isposed of jolly Hider. ar feskens 2S eee be oletrated "by rapes ladles #0 customary on om MBER 10, document at the next election in the ange! world, Car- ried unanimously, Andrew Jackson Davis next made his appearance in & white vest and black whiskers, and was received with raps on the floor, He made along and abstruse oration on the training up of chiidren Ja the way they should splelbnaleasiontae g0, and how, when they got old, they should certainly depart some day to the brighter end pirit land, uld be tedious to tell all the ten minute talks that jon is strong with followed. Suitice it to say the {i us that the Jersey captain has got and taken his mvaluable chart with him. The q is, What wiil the spirits do? Who will steor their bark to the summer Lent It is aead ee Tete row the Convention will adjourn, and if it 1s le discover they bave done any business in the meantime we shall try, . An Inside Look at Spiritualism—Its Repul- sive Featares—The Winding Up of the Con: vention—Terrific Row=The Spirits Totally Demoralized=six Mediu on Thetr Feet Together=The Jersey Captain Still Abourd— Women’s Skirts to be Cut Short—Pants All the Rage with the Ladies of Wisconsin— Pandemonium Let Loose, Cinvetawn, Sept. 6, 1867, The nearer one approaches the disciples of Spiritual- ism the more he becomes convinced that, after all, there is some truth in the old saying, “The world is mado up of knaves and foola,”’ and, wo will add, of positive lunatics, Perhaps there is no form of belief in which the knave or hypocrite has €0 wide a fleld for the exercise of his talent az in the domain of Spiritual- ism, The gullibility of its devotees is mot more astounding than the unblushing knavery of its apostles. But itis not alone that swindiers prey upon the credu- lity of their dupes and contrive to make out a disreputa- ble living—a class of libertines sometimes rules in the councils of Spiritualism whoso lightest deeds aro of far worse consequence, What does brothor William B, Pottor, a medium, say to the Spiritualists of America in convention assem. bled ?—** How long will you ailow bypocrites, libertines and froc lovors to hold leading and honorable positions as modiums, speakers, writers and officers, to the deadly injury and burning shame of pure and orderly Spiritual- iam? Why will you accord full fetlowship and honorable position to notorious and persistent libertines? ill you quistly bold your peace while artful free lovers peram- bulate the country, using their own psychological pow- ora aud every possible device whch their ingenuity, stimulated by hellish passions and aided by ‘iow spirits? can invent to break up families, seduce the young and innocent and drag them down to the lowest forms of avimalism ? While healing medinms aro pracusing pro- m'scuous sexual relations for the curo of disease; wuile ab ruonisis aoound in your rauks; while virtuous wo- men are constantly liable to tnsult ‘among Spiritualists; while thousands of good mediums are ashamed to go to circies, meetings and copveations; while muititudes of be- lievers stand aloof, refusing to be identifad with the foliy fraud, loosedess and ticeatiousness so common in Spiritualism, cau you, will you, dare you, in the sight of Heaven and in spite of the teats and sighs of deserted wives, seduced maidens and “orse than orphan children, keep silent and allow hypocritical imypostors, hvertines and {rec lovers to stifle all discussion of these monstroua iis, even refusing to have read in your convention or pubhsked im your papers a proposition to disfellowship the posi ntly amoral and licentious?” The forego. ivg ts tolerably hare va the loose tiving ghouls, but no offort was made to bring the brother to account for bis wi hering exposition of Spirituailstic morais, It was safer pot; it might have made mattors worse, for there are more things in Spirituatism than are dreamed of in the philos phy of Christians, ‘To day, to the reiie’ of many, the convention closed its proceedings; tho infidols fulminated their last livel on the Clirisiian religion; the dghting chouls uttered their final shriek of hatred lo each other; the free loving virgins looked de-pairingly around for a swain; the irre- yn gaye his latest canto from Pierpoint, ty fisherman fro:;n Jersey rolled his Iast sulpharous warnings. It would straugo indeed if tue Christian epoc- tator could forget tu ene in tho convention to day— the wrangitng, the uproar, the profaniiy, the buresque uso of the word “br the loss of authority by the r and the eflrontery of quack doctors aud needy advertising patent medicines, pills for women erature for spirits, Indeed, if the snasmer land is od to recvive auy such crowd to iis bosom, wooden and straight jackets should bo sent in advance, ‘on, of Lilinos, large and shagzy a3 a buffaio, bean cusing some half dozen leadiag delogates vention of not’ being sound op the goose question—i e, the spirkual, They forsook, he ead, other congregations to come among the spir.ta, with tno hope of doing better in @ worldly point of viow; but not vealigng their expectations, they sighed for tue flesh pots they leit bebind and’ took every opportunity to damage the interests of Spiritualism, fhis Was the key- note of coutusion, The chairman, rather a lusty look- ing ghoul, told Wilson iis dime had expired, but the latier, wita Toohy, alias Jobn Brougham, Joseciyn and Barnes, tho tisuerman, delegate froin heaven, on bis side, carricd the day amid the most deiightiul discord, Josce- lp, standing at the end of the piatforin, with legs tsiretched and head protruding, declared himself ident, put the question of hearing Wilson to the e, aud carried it m a whirlwind of voives, Then m renowed the attack, and in Wie couree of his ree marks stated ibat his bands were full of engagements to lectura, that his carge was $25 for Sunday and $10 for weok nights, all of which he bethougit hiinself would be duly remombered aud bis services propurtion- ately souglit aie While the orairle bufvlo was speaking tho spirita wero very unoasy, and when he coased a figure, with arm outstretched like an antiquated pump, presented itseif in front of ‘This was brother Mandel, who asked to have himself more appreciated thaa he hat been; the spirits hat overivoked his wonderful ability, aud they’d find out too late who had been amoug ‘At this moment tho Immortal Barnes, wiih his ve done, them. chart and compass, strods, a3 [ercales migh! to the front of the platform, aud toid the audience, in earinquake tones, that they bad one more chance. he peremptory voice of the cua rman bid him cease, and at the same time told the convention it was very in- subordinate. “You must hear the voice from above,” thundered the migity Barnos, “and i. you don’t 1 advise you all to go back to the churches that vowited you oat—go back, all of you, and never expect the delegace of the angel ‘vorid to show vou bis sacred chart,” say which tho Immense form of Barnes, with his chart his show hage compass under nis ari, di timo he is surely pt will duty appreciae his ¢ st Hine of (he summer Iand. Tue storm stil raged, six inspired mediums talking at atime, Brotner Pratt, 0: Cincinnati, came forward to tho rescue and eaid that a spirit or something (lik in the seat of his chair) mndobim stand up and try to throw olf (throwing 1¢ away) on tbe ‘roubied waters, nto bin, so bo retired in rel, for dnver hour the spirits were geiiiag empiy nto the bargain. to form a society like the badges, passwords, grips, st 4% hot poker and all, open to boiu sexes. Ihe ladies ap- peared to relish the idea; it no doubt occurred to thon that they could bring thelr sowing to tho lodge, and under such tender snrveillancs tue men could amuse themeelves with. “seven up’ and drunk their gin and bitters with @ hugo relsu. Brotuor Dunn, a spiritual prig, making frantic efforts, tiko the frog in tho fable, to sweil idueelf to the di mensions of Wilson, the prairie buffaio, demanded an Vilo sianders of the press; bat he met with no response, end the paliadium of our Nberties may breathe freely for a while longer, Looking over the table about this time we noticed an advertisement from some brother Brown or Jonoa, stating that (he airy spirits had placed ie bis bands suiti- cient money to start a paper tor three months, afier which time they assured him he would get plenty of subscribers, bat geuius will do well; Lis start is prom- isi ng. The spiritual reporter, brother Childs, read the follow- “yine’ giving the disgust. Was drawing noa as resolution, an emanaiion from the brain of Bloomer- sm t— jonable dress of women is not adapted Dut is productive of suifering, dis. whereas men are able to adapt their dress to their needs; therefore Kesoived, Phat it Is the duty of woman to so form her ress as to adapt It to hysical needs, instead of deform ing herself by trying to adapt herself to & fasiionable dress, end that it is the duty of ali true men aud women to mutu- ¥ sustain ber in that reform. This seemed to be just the resolution that was wanted, rong minded but hesitating virgins with the aatique curls and frost-bitten facial prominencios bailed it ‘with peculiar \iogering smiles; but then it required one Of the eex, or the uusexed, to ray a word in support, Mrs. Dr. Stillman (strange name for a lively Bloomer) got the ear of the house and showed the importance of the reform. If iittio girls, for their bodily good, are put to playing gymnastics in louse beer bd absurd, when they grow older, to compel them to laco and brace themseives till tho dlood vessels burst aod their nacural shape becomes de- formed, The proposition was carried by acclamation. That gives another lease of life to Bloomerism., After this the traveller ia Wisconsin will look in vain for the beautifully ended skirts, the graceful shawl, the dainty bonnet and the other pretty nicknacks that Indi- cate the presence of woman, and bis troubled eye will be compelied to rest on suits of sombre brown and black aud Bloomer pants and bead gear, A large number of resolutions, of little importance to the world in general, passed the convention before ad~ journing for dinner. On reassembling, a good deal of Miscellaneous business was u ghoul after ghoul di ‘the hall occupied. Aud now ascen to which demonium if m harmo; A voluminous im, denominated @ report on spirit- ual manifestations, elaborated & commitiee appointed at the Inst convention, ‘at Providence, R. 1, Iast yoar, Without exception, this document was certainly the most important aod inary dis. fertation on spiritual phenomena that the public bas ‘evor heard of. But everybody had grown weary of 1 super- document was : i : brothers; on the platform were nearly two dozen of other showmen, who have for years past ited sadienes after enlinese, Of seus as S290s, pock: ‘not the sensibilities, of many of those Present moe by this blunt and determined de- cision, The was denounced, the committee per- sonally assailed, and in the end the report, by collumon of the swindling showmon, was Jaid over till next year, Andrew Jackson Davis was the only spiritualist present to whom one might pay a compliment. He was sensi- ble, modest, and possesses infinitely more brains than all the other crazy reformers put together, R. T. August, 1866, to tl National Convention, Held ia Cl Ohio, September, 1867. Broruers axp Sisters:—During the session of the third national convention in August, 1868, the follow- ine Preamble and resolutions wore unanimously adopted, Whereas we have in this country a revival of phenomena now kuowm as the “spiritual phenomena;” and whereas they appearin their present aspects 20 complicated with vital human relativas and experiences that they are rea- dered ditlicult to define and state with exactness or 001 tainty: and whereas, in the promulgation of the spiritual philosophy and the founding of institutions for its prac. eal sppligasian, itis required that facts be clearly pre- sented and laws understood, that nothing shall be supposed or admitted on appearanoes; therefore Resolved, That s commitiee of five be appointed by the President, whose duty it shall be to examine the said spirit. ual phenomena in their puysical aud peychological char, acteristics, and report to the next national convention o! Spirivualiste:— First—The different phases of phenomena. Scond—Vo all mauifestations called spiritual proceed rita! rd—Wbat proportion of the said manifestations, prob. ably, originate with spirits, and what part can be accounted for by other causes; ad ‘such other statistical matte may contribute to the better defnilion of our relations re r from Accordingly the following named Faded wore 3% inted said comm.tt viz:—F. fadsworth, M. B, yout, J, 8. Loveland, W. A. Danskin and Mrs. E.G, Uark, and in discharge of their daties they beg leave to oller the following for your consideration :—~ Fvrst—The forms of phenomena are so various and so intimate that we deem it at present impracticabie to state more than two general divisions under which they may be considered, viz:—the physical and psycno- logical; the former rétatiug to all those manifestations which ‘appeal to tue sonses for approval; the latter to those which employ the brain, as iu the ‘trance,’? “semi-trance,” and the more indetaite “influence” or ‘“mpressiga,”” Vencerniag physical manitestations, we Dog ivavd to say we Lave sought for and embraced every Opportua'ty to investigate aud infornl ourselves gon- cerning them during the past year, Some opportuaities have been cucertutly aflorded us; others were refused, ‘Aside from this we bave severally, fur a period varying from ten to seventeen years, made this matter a subject of observation and inquiry, aud during that time have met with much that commonds itself to reason and demonsirated itseli inteliigentiy to be the manifestation of disembodied spirits; but afar greater proportion of wha: has been represented as such has bee proved to be tue deceptive tricks of impostors, palmed off upon the community a3 genuine spirit umamitesiauious, Aud the experiences of tho. past year, iucideut to tue more Special attention and investigation it has received at our hauds, have served to confirm our previous col ons. ‘Luese remarks are maialy applicable to the Dark Circle impostors—the Davenporis, Fays, Eddies, Ferrises, Chureb, Miss Van Wio and others, who pretend to do puysical impossibilitics, claimiug that spirits “do tuem, while they give no proof of what they assert. After @ diligent and careful investiga- tion of t subject iresisubly forced to the conclusion that ‘icness {3 not a no cessary condition tor physical manifestations, but that it is a Condition assumed and insisted upon by trickster, haviog no otuer use than to alfurd | iuuities for de- ception. Woe therefore recommend that all Spiritualisis gud O.hers dizcountesance dark circles; lor uader any circumstances they afford no reliable proof of spirit ox- isteac}, presence or communion, aud must, even if they wer? genuine, be of such douottul charactor as to be of no practical value, Wuile taere aro thonsands of incoa- testable proofs that admit of no doubs or other solution thau tue one to which thoy are refer Ta criticising these impositions we are not denouncing meaiams, but ‘Yagabonds, Wo profano the sacred name of medr ims). We are defending true mediums avd endeavoring to rid our glorious causo of the sig.ua these pretenders are endeavoring 0 fasten upou it, We believe 1a physical manifestat.oas, aad esteem them as essential to ibe cause aud the dissemination of Spirit. ualism as tho alphabet to tho English aa- guage, They aro tho svepying stones to an appreciation of niguer puases of manifestacions; they coasittate tho bridge over whieh a iargo majorils of the Spiritualists havo passed feom Aineisin, or nucertaiaty, to a kuo w- lodge of immorality. We believe that disombodied spirits can do ali tuat t3 possible ior emoudiod spirits to do; that they can and do rap, move pouderable bodies, and thereby commuuicate, proving their identity by ims twiligoat references; but wo dy uo: know nor believe that they can do that which transceuds human possi- biiiy. We lave no proof tut they can create and dis- solvo instantaneously bodies and clotbiag a fac sim.e of those they used on the eatin; tha: they can create or dissolve, as is clamed, flowers, iron rings, hair, ropes, &e., or put tweuty-sevea Wands at one Ue throggi an opaning six oF seven incues in diamever, suiliciea: only to admit the passage of five or six; in a word, that they can do physical impossibilities, ‘fhese are tho claims of the persoas wa have bawed, and the allegations of those whoin they have deceived, but tor which they givo no proof. But proots of their tricks aad deceptions are avundant aud indizpucane, have beea do- tecied and exposed im ther juggtery so oft n aad so thorovghiy tuat it would seem to be superfluous to refer totuem, oF 10 attempe to prove that what they are paimim. off upon the credulous as spirit manitestations aro not spirit manifestations at ail. What evidence do the Daveuports offer that the bal they show through the open.ag in their cabluet are not their own haaas? Tt all turns on this poimt, fhey are tied, as they say, £0 thai they cannot untie themselves, whicu is not true; for we Lave demoastrated tiuadreds of times that it 1s imposaibie to tie tuem so that they canuot undo them. eelves Whon tied wich anything that they will allow themacives to bo tied with, Concerning ‘hese thrags, we toauk God and the angels that the sun of nis Peg, and with ite ponetrating rays melting away ihese dark deiasions, and thaters long we shal! nave a clear sky, and spirkuaisin Wil siaud foria with her gar- ments puriiied of all these excresceuces aud become tue welcome and honored visit of every eartuiy household, The psychoiozicat division of our subject is more intricate, tess susceptidie of tinal demousiration, yot more ruitful in suggestion, fhe fact of the very in: wo relation of miad vw mind, and tho consequent of one upon aavther, is beguning toe rea t by coe few, if wot by the mauy, unit few if any of us can say we are d act independently of otuers, Society seems like (ho most seusitively atiuned barp, tue vibration of ove chord turiils all the rest to accion, and a discord causes acouy to iremble over tuo whole in- Aguin, mM the evo.ution of baman nature, se, a3 clairvoyance, cla raudtence and psychometry. seen to bo as independent o circams.auces in their realm of operation as are seeing, hearing aud feeling, as commonly understood, and a3 mucu the fenetions of the sul as are seeing, bearing and fecling functions ot tha body, Because of certain ©: nal allinities, al these phases of psyeaical 20) wita the modera iion, ani, ior tue Same reasons, they : e from another. The psy- p y, ayo, strangely situaied. dore sensitive (han the harp he, or she, stanas, as it were, between two worlds, subject to tho influences of each; Sometimes (he merest tool of circumstance or de- sign, ometimes resistny aad combatting oue or both, thus reudering it evident boyoud quesdon that in co; sidering this phase of mediumship we must, at least, observe four causes tor phenomena, 1, Every pers 3 or her exlsten more oF less, ehatuc commun moital, of from a morval to a mortal. 2. LYery pesson's assoc ates or circumstances hero tond to give direction to bia or her thought or speech, somett gaining the mastery and carrying owe far beyond hig Orit, Gr even Vey cud Lis evuvicw.ons Of Tight, B. The interpo-ition of disemooded spleie, who by some process, probably siiniur to that of tue inesmeric operator, overshadow the personauty of the mediuu for the purpose of representing theinse! ‘4. The more’ inde; the inner life, Under these bi the habitual error of often, indeed, nearly always, a he iguoranoe of mediums chai joult of diste dictionary. or such @ localicy, and th when no such’ perso: Sores of *‘apirita'? claim to have lived ta such < their friends reside there now, are or ever have been there, and icles. ‘the prejudices of ‘ined ar vi Y : ‘bel, uthera peopl feddeds. Second—Very often the desires of ns seeking communications distort into falsehood statemenis made and lead to huge mistakes—e, g., Benold the “missions” Provd sied for, pesous treasure digging aad other wild Drojects, which are but @ rellex the ambitious seeker's own mod. Taird—Boesides ail this contradiction, in the expe- riences of Spiritualism comes evidence, as abdsolcte as avy which tue buman mind comprebends, of spirit ex- istence and intercourse, If two pianos, in two adjoi ing rooms, are tuned preci ry chords sounded upon eit exact respovse; so with souls in the two worlds, aud our communion is complete and reliable only in pro- Portion as tuere is an accord of sympathy aud purpose between us, Pourti.—We understand that clsirvoyanes, clairaw dience, or psychometry, are not necessarily produced by irit interposition at all, bat are integral soul facu that their operations are not spirit communications, though they are spiritual and independent of the Senses, and often more reliable (han auy other means of ai intelligence concerning the spiritual world, In the opinion of your committee, what at present passes for spirit communion among the people is @ mixe and, for the most part, unanalyzed masa, of the paris above imperfectly defined, rendering the identity of spirit aan very uncertain, and the at- taipment of truth by investigation almost impossible of — til many of our best men and women turn from the whole eubject bewildered and discouraged, We the i Spiritualists care his department of Spi A Hy He cation transmitted, whether from a spirit to @ BOARD OF AUDIT. The Board of Audit mes yesterday at noon, Mr. Mare findale presiding. The other members present were Messrs, Barnes and Stewart, Tho case of Horatio S. Harris against the city wad called, but the claimant did not put in ao appearance. The case of E. M, Haggerty was next called. He wat Clerk of the Board of Councilmen, and was atan expense of $382 for contingent exp2nses while discharging the duty of Clerk of the Board and for extra services rer” dered as clerk, The claim was made on a resolution passed by the Common Council authorizing their pay- ment. The Corporation Counsel said that the Commom conn bad ae-leqnt power to pass such @ resolution. jon reserv: Sie cine of Corsten Hanah was next called, but therg was no at in. The onnet ieee Hyland was the next called, The Corporation Counsel said he was not aware that there was such aclaim, as he had received no notice of ity ‘William A. Berring’s case was the next, but in this “The noxt was J, H Henry, ut no appearance, next was J. H. Hoory, nO ‘The next was that of William Hayes, The Counsel of the said he was not ready to go on with the case, The counsel for the claimant said that time had been afforded the Corporation Counsel to go on with the case already, aud he urged that it should be proceeded with, The Corporation Counsel said that the case was one which required investigation, and that the amount of ba o a. concen @ investigation was postpon' Tho case of F. W. Harris was called ‘The claimant was sworo, The amount was $270.” He teatl- fied that he was a clerk in the-City Inspector's office im 1865; that his salary was $800 a year, and that forthe time he was there, from November, 1865, until the office was abolished, he received no salary for his sere vices His name appeared on the pay rolls for the tour months that he was not paid. The Corporation Cou: said that none of the clerks in that department were pai for four months, and that they were employed witl ont proper authority, He asked that it mignt be adjourn until all the cases on the ne Toll could 00 considered, The case was then adjourn ¢ The case of Thomas Fiyan next called up. This was « claim for sabeping Essex Market, from March, 1866, to January 5 1867, at $60 @ month, and that b@ was only paid at the rate of $50 per beet) that bein; the old rate allowed by law. The Corporation Coun! said that the Common Council had no authorhy to pay $60 a month, though they passed an ordinance to do it, Tho decision was reserved. The cases of Timothy Kendri d Patrick McMahon, siinfiar ones to the last, were osed of ip like man ner, and the Board then adjourn THE ROSLYN HOMICIDE. Concludton of the Coroner's Inquest=ihe ~ Verdict=Descript nS Yesterday the examination of the witnesses in the case of the Roslyn murder was concluded béfore Coroner Seaman, Squire Skillman and District Attorney Benjamin W. Downing. Patrick Coughlin (brother of the murderer) sworn, says—lam a laboror working in the Roslyn Cemetery ¢ am brother to Edward Coughlin; I saw my brother the night of the murder; | was in bed when he came to the house; about ten minutes after I saw nim, the laat time he came to the house, my sister, Johanna, called to me that Ed was killnga maa down at tho landing; he did not speak @ Word avout quarrell.ng w th my «no; he » sober from woat I could teil; bo was not excited; don’t know how old be is, nor how old Tam; lam younger than he; my brother das a scar or some mark ‘on the side of his face; [don’t know how he got it; by lived in Massachusetts before he came here; | do a. know in what town in Massachusetts he lived; he lived here about threo years; te bas no relations in tis country that I know of: Inevor knew of any trouble with the Reardons, except that last winter he had wsiight diilicully, when he said that Le ho would fight eituer of the Reardons; they said they were not fighting ee but told him their friends would give bim ail the fight ho wanted; I said it was evougn to work for twelve shillings a day, without fighing too; I have no idea where Edward is gone; Id» not koow that bis wife knows of his whercabouts; Mike O'Neil told mo that when be was at his house the night of the murder he tried to pacify him; when the womao hailvoed sbe eaid a man was killed; I thought sae meant it was my own brother; I did not go to bed again after the-mur- der, but lay down and was awake until daylight; John Hennesay’s man told mo that they wore dancing ab O’Neit’s hous? on Sunday night, and that he danced Lhave no feeling against any of the parties; { wer had anything to do wity them; when rum was in my brother ho was kind of crazy;'I have oaly seen him in liquor two or three times, Rose Coughlin, svorn, says—Lam uo relation of Ed- ward Couguiin; I live in Mr. Bryant's house; I occupy tho upper part of tue house and Edward Coughlin wl lowor; Iwas in bed when the trouble occurred; I saw Edward Cougilia ia the afiernoon and evening; nothing was said between us; ho had becu drinking beer at Den- nis Leary’s; be drank no liquor; Ll saw bim afterwards at his own house; Isaw bim Inter on the road when Mike O'Noil and bis sister were bringing him home; they tried Lo keep him at home, while te wanted to go out to Morris Gorman and the Reardon: said be i wanted to go and beat them; J left them aad retired to bed; my husband was in bed; I heard notning of the nose the night of the murder; I saw Lid’s wife on the road ja front of tho window with tho baby in her arms; this was after the murder; I asked ber what ae e% when she said a man was kiliod; [ some ou2 say that Ed was. gone iu the woods; Itniuk tt was Jobn O'Donnel that works at the paper will; Edward’s wife asxed him whers Etward wi wien the boy said ho bad gone im the woods; 1 nothing further aud wont up stairs to bed: Ldid nos ask who was killed; I heard # foot come to the house as fast as a foot could walk. bat could not tell where tho person went; the same eveniog (Monday) I was in the yard chopping wood, wheu I thougat L heard some one ia the house; [did uot go to see who it was bee cause I was afraid; never saw tho scar on Elward © wgulin’s face; I went to the wake of William O'Brien on Monday mht and did not sleep that night in my Edward's wif) is im the house yet; she aloe Michael Rowan, sworn, says—I work with Mr. Hem- was at O'Neill's dftecn minutes just before dark: I wont in I saw no one dansing; one was pit flute, whea I hopped around to ase myself; 2d one else danced (here; i beard some oue come to the doot d 00; this scared me, wien I went homo; that put ‘8 Sport; the others did not appear to av en) to my nixh notice what was s Wuham Coughlin declined being sworn, as he said he was & sick tau and lad never taken an oath m bis life, Waen sworn be said—I was at home the night of the murd r; 1 was not in the street; I was in Edward Cougolin’s house at seven o'clock, but he was not ab home; 1 saw bim beiween three aad four o'clock In the afcerncon; he was sober and quiet; I neard him agaia about ten o'clock at mght, when he came bome; I heard bim taiking kind of rough; he jumped and jeaped around, and rushed to the door several times, but was kept back by bis sister, who was crying; after a while he broke out of the back door; he came loved to him to come into th show of bimeeclf; he turned back and said to me, “What do you say f"; I repeated the words, when he turned round again and walked towards O' Neil's house, followed by his sister, John O'Donnel and my wife; he hailooed at O'Neil’s for them to come out; in about fifteen minutes they all came back my wife returned betoro them; as thi house Coughlii some one came out of O'Neil of them, meaning that he was a Corkonian; here,” aaid bis wifé, “they are going to beat him; he deverves it, and I don’t blame them ;” between one and two o'clock I heard a crowd of people talking on the road io front of the house; [called te my wife and told her to look out as (here was some noise outside, when got out of bed, hoisted the window and Lager ge | i not seen Edward Coughlin since ihe night of marder, This concladed the examination of the witnesses N@® fore the Coroner's jury, The verdict “That William O'Brien came to hi® doath trom wounds made by a knife or some sharp in- etrument, to the jury unknown, supposed to have in the hands of Edward Cougnii ‘As previ usly noticed {a tue Henan, a reward of $500 has been offered by the Supervisors of een's cout for the arrest and conviction of ee ut — wae isa middie aged man, apparentiy about thirty. eare of azo, five feet ten fncnes in height,ebroad shouldered, good proportioned, and walks erect He has dark heir, blue eves and thin light whiskers, When he fled aft committing tho murder be was without a coat, and wore tan colored pantaloons te _—— aon THE FARMERS’ AND CITIZENS’ BANK, WILLIAMSBURG, No details relative to the affairs of this bank have de veloped themselves since the report in Sunday's Henan, further than that the directors @ held two meetings, oae on Saturday, the other last evening, at which, it ig taid, they resolved on going to Washington and giving bonds, so as to be authorized to close the bank theme selves, which they assert could be dono without any of xpense and delays which invariably attend official sonen. The people of the istrict ull coat to come piain of the hardships and inconveniesces en on therm by the sloslag of the bank, and tradesmen miy carrying on business to & mixed and cuntased ayoena of vnorewiny ‘al ” ‘The Gorman Savings Bank had deposited the Far. business as usual, owing to the action of the ent who have made up the amount deposited, so that’ may be no do hatever by which their owa deposl- tore oan suffer, THE MECHANICS’ AND TRADERS’ BANK FAILUE. TO THE SDITOR Saeea ‘ 5 tastamaat an see a oe ne tate a isan teeters Sagas ng Sms Sore fepmoes of somes was Taaing tale Toe Wi i eR os ae ~ eee SS ee