New-York tribune., 1871-09-11
TiLfON'S LIFE OF WOODHULL.

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intended as burlosdue As part OF tho BAD news OF
the day we give those extracts
shall swiftly sketch the life Of Victoria Cahin Wood
hnll. younr woman Whose has been rs singular
a. aIy ieroinc's in romance whose ability is Of
and whose character Of the rarcst ypc whose personal
whose name Through the malice OF some aud the gDor
q has Sr s as re
resenatve Of her Sex in the greatest reform OF modern
times her a an whose be"er smb 70 as sT
know her we portray without color or tnge from
any other Partially save that hold her In uncommon
In Homer, Ohio, in a small cottage, whitopalned and
high peaked with porch running round it and flower
children Of Roxana and Buchanan Cafn. was born Sept
crowned the newborn baC though clad neither IN pur-
pie nor fine linen but comfortably swaddlod In respecta
bic poverty immediately christened Though without
dreaming that their daughter would one day aspire TO
life did much to illustrate foresaw that many glad
that coronation year. would them after the chief
lady of the earth and accordingly she ordained gift to
toria Claim one of these she has lately been urged
TO make trip Windsor Castle the illustrious
which the Queens bounty is supposed to hold still in
store for the Ohio babe that uttered its first cry as to
candidate for the Presidency of the United States
viii have beautiful opportunity to invite her elder
ter in sOvcregnty-the mother OF our mother county
to visit her farest daughter, the Republic Of the West
SHE COMMUNEs WITH GHOSTS.
must now let out a secret She acquired her studies
performed her work and lived her life by the help las
she beieves) Of heavenly spirits. From her childhood
till (havng reached her tirtythird year) her an
tcipatOn OF the other world has been vivid than
her realization Of this She has entertained angels and
not These guests have been her con
sant companions, They abid" with her night and day
They dictate her life with daily revelations and Ike st.
Paul she is dlsObedicnt to the heavenly vision"
she goes and comes at Their heheS Her enerr=es arc
not the coinage Of her own brain, but OF their dVi IN
vcntlOn. Her writings and speeches are the plnuurts
not only of their ndwelng in her soul but Of their ahs
lutte control OF her brain ana toSne Lake good creek
of the oden time, she does nothing without consulting
will she neglect their decrees. Oncthrd of hn
man life s passed IN sleep; and In her case a goohy
goes by hut she enters into this fairy or rather into
this spiritraam In pleasant ~edter se mas hdo'tX
aud there Concentrating hom by hour pi The spirits She
Is a religions dcvoee-her simple theology being an alb
sOrbing faith in God and the angels
INSPIRED ELoQUHNCE
Moreover may well mc:don mere IA later that
every characteristic utterance which she gives to the
world is dictated while under sprtnhuence and most
often in totally unconscious state, The words that fall
from her lips garnered by the swift pen Of her hus
band and published almost verbatim she gets and
gives them To take an illustration after her recent nom
ination to the Presidency by THE Victoria League"
sent to that Committee letter OF superior dignity
and moral weight. 1t was composition which she
hai @ s 80 & swos sse se ne bad no
at all Of what she had just done The product
Engiish, not unworthy Of Macauidy and to prove
what say, adduce the following eloquent passage,
IT Ttii fell from 70 ai"a1m her unconscidrfs lips:
courteous and graceful alnson to what you deem the
1avorIng omen of my name 1t is true that Victoria
rules the great rival nation opposite to us Oh the other
shore OF the Atlantic, and might grace the amty Just
scaled between the two nations and be new security
side over the two nations 1t s true Also, that In its
mere etymolOgy the name signifies victory ana inc
gain true also that to minds there con.
sonan harmony between the idea and the word SO mat
be itself genius of success However this may be, L
have sometimes imagined that there perhaps some
thing prOvdental and prophetic in the fact that my
parents werc prompted 10 confer on me name which
Napoleon believed the star Of his destiny, you will Mt
least me- and charge to TIC eredulity OF the
how inhering in my name"
In d TINS o literary 70 nn ina' 1 o
the pen that of her WILL she rarely dips 1t
would she ever write at all except for those spirit
promptngs which she dare not disohey; and she cond
not posshy produced the above perOraiOn except
! by some strange intellectual quckening-some over
sSdns Ing 4S one a Of ' her 4 h 'f
up mine eyes unto the hills whence o0meth nv help,
earth" She reminds me Of the old engraving Of ST.
Gregory debating bis homeS under the outSpread wing
"My spiritual vision" she sayf, "dates back as early
woman named Rachel scribncr about IS years OF age
who had been Vct0ria's nurse suddenly died On the
lug spirit and borne off into the spirtword! To this
day Mrs. woodruff describes vvidy her childish sensa
sn g Sae STc6 e eTssa s anSs Her mother e
titles that while this cnactinR TO the chids
consciousness, her little body lay as II dead Tor
three hours.
oHB OF THOSE OLD CLASSICAL FELLOWS TAKES TO HER.
The chief among her spiritual vstants, and one who
has been a majestic guardian to her from the earliest
years Of her remembrance, she describes matured
of stately figure clad in Greek tunic solemn and
graceful aspect in his influence, and alto
getber dominant oyer her life. For many years. not
WithstandDg almost daily visit to her vision, he
questionines induce him to utter But he always prom
propheced to her that she would rise to great
distnction that she would emerge from her poverty
and live In stately house; that she would win great
wealth in a oty which he pictured as crowded with
ships; that she would publish and conduct journal;
and that finally crown her career she would be
come OF her people. At length, after patiently
waiting this sprituide for 20 years day in 1863
she was sitting at marble table, he suddenly appeared
to her. and wrote on the table in English letters the
tinct, but such ser that the brightness filled
the room. The apparton, familiar as 1t had been be,
fore, afrighted her TO trembling The stately and
commanding spirit told her TO journey tO New York,
where she would find. at No II Great Jones,st house
10 readiness for her. equipped In all things to her and
taste She unhestatingy 0beyed, although she never
d %
such residence. On entering the house, it
It IN her vi ea%s hail. asrway IS
and furniture Entering with some bewiderment into
without knowing what she did, took up book which,
idly looking al Its title she saw Ito her oloodchling
From that time onward the Greek statesman has been
even more palpably than in her earlier years her pro
Chart o line e at She sPs
him to be her familiar spirthe author Of her public
sRq M no 5T hes e of
inspiration, have often thought that DemOsthenes
could ss ana and Of Gs % tSes s the
have heard from this singular woman In her glowing
hours
now turn back to her first marriage. The bride (piti