, 1866-03-05

in thts ccnst On Sttur1ny.
The March tern, conmeuces on Monday morning.
The Evel calendar will bo fraf taken up and dis
postd Of af1er which the criminal busintss Of the
court will be commenced.
The following is the trla1 calendar fos the term;
ga. Ioon,s ei L y. Hepne.
30 8. Nethertn u. Halte.s.
sd. Norm ct nj. u. Ftrl.
53- & Cc91ne1s u. eehooner g Chtr1qtte.'
dG- Q. Neil 81. Butcher.
ga Osborn ct al. u. Reed.
47-4 Grant ~. DltSenson.
So 9. NnllTork et Al. w. Melanday.
b5-l0. krtmnel ct 81, ye. Man6.
2s-1o* Bennett Ct al. u. Walsh.
GH0sTLy coMMuhlNGs.
Spiritualism and the Political Crisis-.-
A Visit from the Shade Of J.
Wilkes Booth.
One Of our reporters attended spiritual scance
few evenings ance and held converge With q spirit
~hich pu,possed to bc that Of John Wilkes Booth,
the assassin Of President lincoln. The 'ct-
Gle" met IN the house ol htend On the West
Side, WIS entirely private afa1r in the midst
Of most agreeable and refined private family. in
which similar Investigations inio The theories Of
srlrt Intercourse hare before been frequently held,
Pa xse e. .sy ees q t. o xaa I'd I'd
tsnan,fertatIons" may therefore be supposed to be
~ se11tablc end reliable ee ench demonstrations
tse sp TO oar ssei r. ev aaostIoS. 81
seeln1ngty "leyious' character in no wise inter
fe1rd, w 1na5 remark With The progress Of the
ii Hhicb We statc sctuaIiy 1ranspised. >'' ''''
There we're three gentlemen and as many ladles
pn sent 4 the scarce pr only tbe gentlemen eat
The nanif, stations generally occur. They hhd
surrounded the tsbte hat a few ntnntes when
7 Tas noticed e t.emole, rise from the
10 se altocether rom ite floor, although the hands
Of The ''IneGtuus were resting upon 1t and their
Zee, were not touching It. Ii IL unnecessary aor ~
frnngc performance. the part ot the table: that
It was guilty Of eseenting species Of St Wins.
dance On " own account appea1ed ee1tain 70 Ill
lei, entirely 10 Tho .scye ol faith. The question
ms prupofed, tAre there any #ptrits here1 r and
fps e ah
tions-scr1our. jtsttng and cnr3ous-pr3pounded
10 tuppo-ed viasors from another tphelc were put
and ~al10Es1y answered By taps pulpnttine 10 be
produced BY the epfi,s Of deceased fieuds ofthose
present
requested TO grant III interview to the lnqulrers.
John frequently comes 10 the seanc<s held it this
house. and Is awayh yery noisy and denonstrahye,
The table moved shout lbe room. rose snd fell vo.
ient,S, rocked and s"asrd to and fro, and whether
liz ansWets were one rap for negative, two for a
esa'ly gtxrn with startling emphasis: John, IN a.
ever 10 the qreIies Of those about The liable, ease
Of the PreidenL Hc eald that he refnsed to shoot
through the hole inthe door made for him BY Span
gcr; that he yscnt into the box and etood befose
hs.a nat @ shat 1hs X. b.a bsl} entered
va sred de ald sot break bis leg at iunp.as sss
on the ,taee. but stterwa1d. hys fan from his
closet in her house. lie planned The fb,nr him.
eelk snd intended also 10 kll Andy johnson, O.
beng asked Il be was "sotry now that be had hl-
ment sno; nd il se va = FAD 6 Id not Killed
".es-. From ibis point The queaet md answers
aHo Son liz Jnbrsons".
| YES" lyesy emphatlc-1 .-...
'q.' sss 6tPa Of tn soa wanted to sec
.Yes-" iAcs1n vigorous aud enthuslastic as
| table can be made TO bel
.Po ..p yeu lie his 'etos'
"Wou}d 5ou all him now, If you couldY"
| "So"Ia little filcnce, then another emphatic
:; sTdl he ever have 5en D.el. tied and punish
o1s nesss .agsssas ysg!o., sg md vonr
are about alike, NE they nott'
"Weuld you like to sec johnson reelected Pre,i-
lseme hesitsnes, tbenl "No." -.......
:.Mh,s would You pot-ean ,ou not trust htmt''
"Who do son think would BE- good men to dni.h
| up Johnson's policF ~ you vish ltT'
! 4 silence en1ued for thort time and On being
9s shaet ss sss. sr9ted Te 1.ps, ia 1ss
over and the names Of acC1ellan md Lei were
spelled ont. On the question being put II they
! slavery and Democracy, the liable responded By
three very forcble 1apa Here facetlous ansetlopr
| asked
| "So. 'fcivtn ssssGtiy.l
~ sAEs !sa in the Other place"
ais ,he4e devil down thcser' -.....
eon,tenon and now'edscl q
Does he treat yoI rough r.
"Yes"l nd tbe table kept up FOR some minutes
continual itgrer, - II the very shonyht Of his
uee!nent pa Jeha ia IN s.ge!: - =,
| moi" with laundering emphasi*t z
Retntnihe to the ptaor subject Of conversation,
e. Sse Ss Of 'as
tcr man than Mcclellan and the table made several
tn1ious Iushes n the fssh psltssn Of Grant Again
tot tbe souh; hs1 BE- ses;ore sisse1y I'D @ Pit ihs
south 10 power II be dared, and Has WORKING for
that end IL well as he eopld. Thad Stevens and
,he sitcr rut him 10 = rsre: tut Seward, be didn't
deem bali ~ bad a uan 4. be r:ed 10 th!nk htm.F
John also admitted that he u.ed to be se9y bad
aeor bns inf:scd that he was GOOD = hs brother
erile-
show up' in come other md mosc disniaed way
than table-tippinc, and he consented TO do 20 lie
sald be wonld appear IN nstson 4 the der1l wonla
n = hn T. 70 ~ M Ibs ,hs e.
tanic Msjesty was not IN an obllgins hnmor, Tor
John 6adn', como TO 1iEae AthouEh there were iouo
pe oa ef sqn @ ROM
piuEs. John said hc couldn't appear then, but tn.t
&c wonsd communicate II whiting. Again The table
%hxx1 off
and tosn woe The following:
ty and Is southern man al heart. Bully for him.
ne's good democrat: Deno7asy VII again os
4an ss wsd sass .s II, es
any aceounI Mcclellan and Gen. Lee viii be
next President ard Vice President. Slavery and
Democracy must nonrt.h acain- 1he Fcnlans sFe
cer. Like 10 BE- matters theuselves That te.
minds me OF little story, a. your Lincoln used to
ray. An lstehmau came over 10 ibis country. vent
months aI,er 'hets marriage she had child. dark
yellow one. Il troubled her husband. One nom.
fng = he Tss going 70 wofk; be sai,ea On Jrn
McB1idr.'' rays he. ~:Good morning, eli; take q
chair" eays ihe polite lawyer. ~ spose I'm BE-
oTp to yo ~ ne l s@s m1ieasf
neither does Andy johnson, ~ .u1 cou1,n' By
iee se ahsi 1is IS ~ H eas enisd 81 sc
Bride. ''Well. 81, me case IL Just this: Forr
months ago, kun hers = married ths Eiaay
spo sty sofs "a Menae Which
another lie; hui that didn't natteft to him .'Wel1,
str hi Thursday night che had child don'i
sir; ii 1uny oif1 from the onld country, 20 m
say nothing about the time, Init the child VAS .
rs = hs5 sabS fFst hess.s esas,S e.,e 91 q
d!sols:ss. Of eoarse s6h no, the % disi1 divofee
wan n ca weman s1nss ssy alt
divorce" :Then: WI ihe dsaee did yoa CONF
ms VIZ ah'e eT tn fe H. '1t
Was Just This: did be think1n' IN me mind,
| had ne own bo!he9ation oFtE it. n KUN 70 ase
e, eis. Il the dirty nsygar grows ups eon lssA
Thc4e's MT etory-these's an Illustration Of tht
be md BIZ caase ma=t be popular: can't stay AM
nj npsn Tsa Ss osdes ID III u ny soin, 6nt 20
Nothing more wa. hea.d from John. someoshe,
splt1ie ca1ne, but atter bis highly seasoned comnu
nicado1e, they seemed fety tame, and the seane'
I Il nust @ % be %eonrotng to Johnson 10 know that h
has euppotterr and friends IN another world. even
| they arc no more reputable chataetexs thau thos
| who swear by him here.
4 THE HOME QUESTION.
Scarcely Of ofRcAIdeneea-Rents and MA,
D&Y-t8nildlnE Associations.
The nsst Of May, the annual moving day Of Ne,
FORK md chicsRo, IL coming rpon us, all too rar
idly for those who hare get to seek Initiation 10
the en4nInc ren, year, and know not whittier I
turn 10 realize that great need Of the human bein
"a home. Thousands there arc among ne who q
,hls time are thinking wofclly ofer the prospect
anticipating the time when. two abort month
tcnee-~ no, not two mouths"-theg must set thei
houfebo1d goods once more In motion md take thei
nlcht they know not ahither. The great ae.rcisy
Feriat nses IL Chlcseo IL not The last Of smnu
clpsl tnconTcniencee though. taking Il - sure n
de1 Of prosperity. we IAy be the Most feeonct!e,
Is ono huge scramble, in which the Juvenile play
+puse in the coIncr" t. annually reenacted-:her