New-York tribune., 1868-08-28

efforts In he retnrned from the Tower Hamets-one
Of the most immense districts OF London-Where,
however, there will be many cahdlua'es anu niaHy iy
retirements before the election comes. some nave
Thought of bringing forward Sir sydney MaerlOw,
Alderman as a less radical Liberal Consldcrape IN
terest has been excited by the n1uo dG'
This borough has been hllheip,, q hicIV ~
panage of the Duke OF MariDorQugnl VINO
said 10 this man. 60 and he goeth' to Parhainent.
Mr.. Mitchell Henry made an unsuccessful enort 20
oppose the BlenbieIn man. zone Darhetl at INC
last election and this year he VIII try IL aRaln.
There is to be great Liberal neetng tItls Rd I
preside and Goldwin Smith will speak. The Well
knoWn Dr. w. II. Russell is the leading Tory candl-
date for the new Borough OF Chelsca re mas punf of
ished an anathema against the dlsest3blishment on
the Irish Church as involving violation OF the
oath of the Queen He viii probably be deleated.
Thomas Hughes VIII pIoDaRny nave - oi 700
early to saw inst what form the struggle against
Mr. Gladstone in Southwest Lancashire, VIII take'
He is associated in the contest with MI; UIenleA'
A. P-who by-the-by, though an excellent man
himself is related to the GTeniel who tried to burn
Chicago and who has recently escaped from the llIy
1ortugas. It is noticeable that there are very IaEo
number Of new names pressing forward lol MHl- M
ment and that the number Of candldltes is eiior, @
mOus-in some cases as many as Il DuV ihauE "io
called, few chosen. ,7i.,o5 :;
pampblet form between the Secretary OF the An
throp0logical Society, Mr. Hopley, ara MT cooper,
leading SpTitualISt and representative Oh lhe Daltn
a spanCP and committee was present when reports
that il saw nothing which was not capable OF easy
explanation The editor Of me spiritual Md9d2lhs
gives the spiritual version: " We are informed,
he, SAYS THAT the scanCe was decidedly
poor one, and which the DavenpWts attributed
TO the extremely jealous skepucsm OF the
committee, who clustered round the canlhet
DESTROYING the condition of insulation, 10 secure
which alone the cabinet ls used ana worst OF All,
that they tied the mediums so tightly as 10 produce
considerable pain-the system adopted Delhg 70 tle
the wrists together and then to wind the cord be-
tween the wrists 70 TO increase the tension. me
committee did not feel the pain, and so they decided
the DayenpOrts did not feel any, and they dld hoJ
see fit TO slacken the cords. These scitnllhc lNts
cations seem 10 10 be very unsCicniihc ana selI
destructive We hope there VIII he no more OF
them" Another spiritual item; Nluam HOWl'V
has written 10 man who has printed n IN paper IN
Scotland "a letter which contains some statements
that may be called Interesting II true" ! give ah
extract In fact almost every eminent man I'm the
American Government (the writer means IN Amcrl-
cal is a spuuali,t Garrison, whom the anti
sprituaists so lately and enthusiastically iete-
ing in England for his Jealous services IN the eXtnc-
tiOn of Negro Slavery is an ayOWed spirituallst.
Horace Greeley, the editor Of IIE TRIBUNE,
a man whose mastery political reasoning
has done more than any man to direct the cOnrse OF
American politics. is q devoted sprltualIst LOngtel-
low, the poet, now in England, IS, and has long
openly been, a spiritualist. Tmn 10 France. The
shTewd Emperor the lllustrlOus victor lingo, lle
sage GmZOt. are spiutuasts so IS Garbald| - II
is continues Nh. Hewitt confidently said that "a
spirtuast sits on the throne Of these realms as we
tiOns of Europe. We know that the members oi
some of the chief dUcal houses Of Scotland, and OF
the noble houses of Ireland and England, are spir
itualists. Robert Chambers is an avowcd spiritual
ist" And he adds that some of the ablest writers
in The Times, Standard Star, and DAILY Telegraph are
of the same faith"
treated magnammousy by the London press, nearly
all of which have special editorials upon him. lie
had gradually attained a wide fame IN this country,
where his character was but specifically appreciated
until recently. when hs peTtlnacy IN the great con
hict between Freedom and Slavery gave the lmpT6s-
sion of of the strongest warriors OF the age me
lines saws that the secret of MT SteveHss life lay IN
his passionate love of equality embraced i'm the sense
of the reyOutionsts Of 1889 and carried TO It's eX-
tTemest, most unqualified extent. This passion The
Times finds al the bottom of his last heresy lie saw
everybody else paid in currency, and IN the face OF
his own words insisted that the creditors should be
paid IN the same way. the DGlg Aers considers tat
though Mr.. Stevens had Outllyed and forfeited the
of the Rcpu ublcau party, he passes away
AZ a time which gives almost dramatic completeness
10 his political hte. The period Of his greatest ser
vices has long passed. and all the result Of those ser
vices have been rendered secure, Tie Telegraph is
sensational, as usual, and contrasts him with Sum
ner Wade, DC. There was something grand IN the
very ferOcity Of his anger. lie hated the Southern
ers as Cato did the CaTthagemans, as William H.
Iated the French. He was neither good, nor wise
Dor generous; but in his time ne did signal service
and with all his faults we may apply TO hln The
famous phrase, that was q man." Ihe star says
that his financial here,les viii soon be
forgotten while the noble monument Of his labors
represented by the equality Of tao negro race viii
survive his personal fame. The Standard says that
Gen. Butler being the nearest approach to Stevens IN
character will probably occupy his place. Mr.
Stevens. II says was Thoroughly cynical and cared
nothing for the encnites that spTanR up around him.
he has left memorable marx upon his
country, and pOsterlty must decide whether II was
for good or evil. The I'aU NAL Gazette has note
beginning a striking figure has disappeared from
the United States Congress which bears internal
evidence of having been written by Charles Mackay
hat is il repeats something said IN one Of ms most
spiteful and silly letters 10 The 1im@, attnbutng
oeyenss hostility 10 Slavery partly 10 his having had
some mills burned by Lee IN Pennsy lvanla, and 10
lis being married to negro woman.
Among the many Americans who have lately been
mingling with London society has been the venera-
bic Elizabeth Peabody Of Concord, Mass. She has
made many valuable acquaintance, and done Lon
don with greater completeness than any OF the thOn-
sand young misses who fit through the metropolis TO
the gay cities of the continent She las had repeated
interviews with AaZZlni who has expressed, in my
hearing great satisfaction with the comprehensive
ness of her political views. Miss L. has been passing
he Winter in Rome. She has now gone into the
provinces
Although Louis Napoleon has proclaimed that
nothing threatens the peace OF Europe to-day" and
he skies apparently clOudlcss am assured that
some Of the best informed fore mcrs-ltalan, French
md German-in London, men particularly well ac-
luanted with the undeT-cuIrcnts OF continental
Affairs that this year Will not end without seeing
Jatte between France and Prussia in the vicinity Of
dayence, the French dynasty having at last con
luded that it cannot last unless 1t can unite France
n a for the Rbemsl provinces, which lt Is be-
ieved would be universally popular
iEN. ROsECRAES AND THE REBEL DEMOCRACY's
PROCLAMATION.
GREENBRER WHITE SULPHUR SPRNGs, w.
Ia Aug. 27-Gen. ROsecraus departed at 10 a. NJ for
Washington. taking with Inn the address and correspond
nee Of the representatives OF the South The General
declined to make II known It is in substance procla
nation Of the sentiments Of the Southern people on the
political situation. Gen. Rosecrans VIII publish 1t, with
N address OF his Own through the Central Democratic
Conservative Executive Committee Of Washington IL Is
igned by Gems Lec, Peter ToutaD Beauregard Echols
nd Anderson, Alex. H. Stephens Gov Letcher Pckens,