New-York tribune., 1874-08-01
bas beautfuy eided rho expression in his stansa
- =, stanhen tie Martyr In the article or death:

ba. beautifully gilded rho same expression in his 'tsnEa
OF st. stephen the Martyr In the article OF ooa'"'
He PRAYED snd from. happy placs.
=, conver.stion until she ia somewhat warmed with
earnestness she bats, as If her mind were ess%ngro
hut the moment briug3 all her faculties 10 Der nps
for the full uteranco OF her message whether ~ oe Oh
persuasion indignation. ami particularly wnsn unar
Spiritual control she IL orator for eloquence
pouring forth her sentences IKE mo9ntan a S'r''
sweeping away eyeryhng taat ire,s M ~ ono a, those
tres ,es OF Horense in which her son Louis N1poieon
used 70 play me ana sne nn~ a the daily waste Of
time in SUITABLY taking care OF tms pro1s" s"' VI
She can ride horse like an Iniiin and climb tree
like an athlets she can SWIM row Ooi,, pay pr p.
pays:a virtues she can walk ali day like English
POLITICS AND PRINCIPLES
In making an eptome OF her views, may say that I'D
noltic, sbe ia downright democrat scOrnng to divide
her feIowctizens into upper and lover classes Out
ranking them all n one comprehensive eqlihV o'
right privilege, and opportunity; concerning n"'"',
which Is favorte copc with her. she holds that eou
IL not the standard of money value Dut 'hat 'o
Government should abolish the gol Stanad s VA aer
manent value, and circulating them as tne ony yhe
on soca al questions, her theories are similar 70 tho7
which have long been taught by john stuart Sl ana
Mrs. H. Il. stanton, and which are stFled ny somo
as free love doctrines while others reject this appel
laoD on account OF s popular association with Tue
idea OF prOmiscu0us Intimacy between the SeAesMnc M
OF her system being that marriage u OF tne
heart and not the law that when love ends marriage
should end IL, being dissolved by nature, ana tndt
civil statute should outwdrdly bind two hearts "ch
have been inwardly sundered and, finally In reglon
she is spirtualist Of the most mysLcai ana eheIeai
In thus speaking her views. Will add TO them ano-
ther fundamental article or her creeh Whch an
will best Illustrate. Once sick woman VINO nan pech
given up by the physicians, and who hal received from
DEATH put into tle OF Mrs. WOothul who at
tempted 10 lure her back TO lfe rms jealous ph slci
unwilling be bailed. stood over her patient dly ani
night, neither sleeping nor eating for ten dlys and
nights at the end OF which time she giddened not
fniing her own body. instead OF exuaus-
ton the double Lack of sleep and food was more
this discipline. grew uncommouly fair ana ethereal her
sh wore look OF transparency and the ordinary
earhne5s mortal nature began to disappear from her
physical frame aud It's place 10 be supplied with whtt
she faucied were the forcokens OF spiritual body.
These phenomena SD vivid to her own conscious
and to the observation Of her friends mat se was
lei TO speculate profoundly on the TRANSFORMATION rom
the time Will come wacn the living human BODY, Instead
OF ending death by disease and dissolution IN the
grave. viii gradually retined away un IL entirely
soughed off, aud tao soul only aud n0t tnG ~, ro
hope the prophecy tnat ho last enemy TO be destroyed
is death"
Engrossei in business afIirs, nevertheless at any
moment she would rather die than live. such Is her
mhne estimate Of the ouar world over this Bat she
dlS1ans all commonplace plrieyinss with inc spirit
realm such had IN ordinary spirit manifestations
On the other hand, she Is pas'onaey eager TO see t
spirits face TO face, to summon them lt her VIII ana
commune with them at hcr pleasure. Twice. as she
unsnakingy believes, she mas ssel vision OF Jesus
Christ. hoIored thus douhy over ST. Panl who saw ms
Master but ana then was overcome Ivy the sight
church, save 20 the solemn tempe
whose starry arch spans her housetop at ngh Wnere
she sits like SmeOn Styes on hi; pillar, wOrshper IN
the sky. Against the lnclcation5 OF her chl'h edl-
cation the sprits have tiugat her Ilat lie "hOn the
Church calls the Savior OF the world not Goa but man.
reverence for Him is supreme and ecstaiIc Inc
Sermon on the Mount dis her eyes with teais. Inc
exutng exclamItioDs or the Psalmst are
her familiar outbdrSts OF devotion. For Two
years, a taiisman against any temptation tOWard
untruthtulness (Which, With her. Is the unpardOnlOle
SIM she stitched into the sleeve OF every 0ne OF
her dresses the second verse OF tue l2O Psai naue
cd liver my soul. o LDgd, from lying lips, and from
deceifu tongue" speaking the truth punctilioasy,
whether In great things or small she rs2rousy exacLS
the same OF utheIs that deceit practced upon her en-
klndes soul to a ne Of fire. aud sue has acquired
moment It's utterauce and snte the liar in his act
OF guilt. She beeyes that intellectual power h1d ts
fountains In spiritual inspiration Ana once wntn pnt
to her the searching question: what Is the creates
truth that has ever Deen expressed IN words = sue
thrilled me with the sudden answer, BeSsed are the
pure III heart for they shall see TOD - ..,,
A, showing that her early cairgoyant power still
abdes. viii mention a fresh instance An emnent
judge IN PennsylyanIl. In whose courthouse htd once
lecured called lately tO me at the office OF me God
Age. On my Inquring after his family ne toiI me
that strange event had just happened IA lt IRree %
mouths sgO" said he, " while | was In New-Iork, MIs
Woodruff said me- with rush OF feeling, Judge,
foresee that you Will lose two OF your children With
SIX weeks" THIS announcements he sad, "Ouhueu MN
as "A tragic OF trhIng with life and death " But,
/ asked, " dld anything Follow tne prophecy Ies,
weeks" The Judge who Is a Methodist. thinks that
Victoria the clarvoyant Is Ike Anna the PoPhete''
RELIGIOUS PEACE OF MIND.
Her enemies Save those OF her own househod) are
strangers To see Is respect her-to know her Is
TO yindcae her she has some impetuous and headons
faults but were without the same traits which pro-
duce these she would possess the mad and magnh-
cent energies which III she lye will make her heroine
Of history. .,.... no, h
In conclusion amid all the rush OF her active life, she
believes with Wordsworth that
"The gods approve the depth and no!
The iumult OF tue soul" o
60 whether bueted by criticism, or DETAINED oy Sian
der she carries herself in that religious peace which
throng gh Ali turbulence is measureess content" When
nnarenty about to struck down, she gathers unseen
Known only as rash conoclast and ranked even with
the most uncouth OF those noisemakers who are waking
sleepy world before its time. she beats her daily gong
of business aud reform with notes not musical but
strong yet meow the outward rudeness OF the rhythm
nv the in ward devout OF OF the sincerest
most reyerent, and divinely gifted OF human souls.