The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-12-30
ABRAHAM LINCOLN"
Hon. Schuyler COifax at Case Hall
a Large Audience and an Exceed

4 Large Audience and an Exceed
Insly Interesting lecture.
On Thursday evening the long
anticipated lecture of Hon. Schuy
Ter Colfax, entitled abraham Lin
coln,' was delivered at Case Hall,
under the auspices of the Ladies
Christian Union, The apartment
was filled with a highly selected
audience; the largest that ever
greeted any lecturer in Cleveland
during the present season, bcus
proving conclusively the esteem in
which Mr.. Colfax is held as
speaker throughout the city. The
subject was one which from his
intimate association with our late
lamented President, he was emf
nently well fitted to speak upon,
and his words were listene to with
the greatest interest, being fire.
quently interrupted with prolonged
applause. Esa
The speaker, after briefe intro
ductory remarks. related portion
of Mr.. Lincolns early history and
then proceeded to speak of the
enormous services that he rendered
the country in his official position
during her greatest peril. Lin
coins highest ambition was the
success of the national cause. and
Mr.. Colfax toldin very impressive
manner of his long and careful
consideration of the question of
slavery, before deciding to strike
! the fatal blow which would cause
his name to sound through the
corridors of time.
The noble characteristics of
Lincoln were dwelt upon at length
and illustrated by several sparkling
anecdotes. The heart of the
President was as tender as a
wcman's while he seemingly excer
cised more than human wisdom in
some of his far seeing acts. The
news of q reverse to our army
would bring intense sadness, which
would affect him often for days.
The cowardly assassin's bullet was
sent to his brain at time when he
was buisily engaged in devising
plans for reconciliation of the South;
when he was laboring, as he always
was for the welfare of others
Mr.. Colfax concludes with an
account of Lincoln s religious views.
The address occupied an hour and
quarter in it's delivery, and when
it was concluded all present wished
earnestly that there was more
Where ever this lecture is delivered
Mr. Colfax can feel assured that he
Will have a full house-Cleveland
Herald.
The IAntecedents of tIie Holiness.
A Buffalo correspondent OF the
Philadelphia Bulletin writes:
I have noticed in the Buffalo
Courier, of the I7th and 18th, arti
cles copied from your paper in ref
erence to the Holmes Materializa
ton of Katie King, etc, etc. Now
I have seen so much of this partic-
ular medium and her nonsensical
impositions that I have become
Disguised at her hoaxing the Phil>
adelphians.
Who is she2 What is she?
What was she?
I can answer. Ten or twelve
years ago she was living in Toledo,
and her character can be attested
to by hundreds In June Of this
year she went West for rest, under
advice of Eve spirits" and visited
friends both in Toledo and Bliss
field, Michigan, twelve miles from
Toledo. It WAS there she gave
some Of her wonderful sceances,
| and Katie King appeared. This
went on for few evenings, when,
one night, the boys put on guard
outside the house soon saw Katie
enter window in the rear of the
cabinet. The guards closed in,
and, at a signal from the inside,
| Just as Katie came out before the
audience. rush was made, and
Katie disappeared into the cabinet
and was caught getting out of the
! window. It proved to be young
| person in flesh and blood. The
consequences were, cabinet busted
Holmes got a black eye, Mrs. H.
ditto. I am q believer in spiritual
| ism, but not of the kind they rep
resent, I believe as Dale Owen
| does.
It may, perhaps, be impossible to
preserve the present forests, but i