New-York tribune., 1874-08-01

| iniernationslist of the most uncompromlsing type
than he the President OF pretended republic whose
first official act has been the Judicial murder h, S ,e
he describes in his friend the writer o. tais
memorial as Follows AT about II or u o'clock
without nightly intervals Victoria and nodparnn.,
with the spirits 1t Is by this KIND or stay .'.
that we possess. Victoria goes into uahse, uut."s
which her guardian spirit takes control OF her minn,
speaking audlby through her lips propouniins various
matters sub'equent investigation ana verlhsa-
ton, and announcing prncples, detacnen In MI
and In ths spiritual night school began tht pro.
cess Of instruction by which Victoria has arisen ,o nr
present position as political economist anu ahnmi
Daring her cniranoeG state, whch geeruy iIsIs avot
notes of all she aud when her speech Is unOr0Keh
write down every word and publish without cOrfec-
ton OF lives almost valnelcss aS compared win
these midnight hours. Yhe preceding extract shows
husband 70 his spiritual wife, the syinpatnec cOmpd-
Ton OF her entranced moods and ther faithful historian
A:er union with Col; Blood instead % changing her
his folio we'd the example OF many actresses,
gers. AMI other professional women whose name,
have become business property t. their owners anu
she stitl continues % he known as MIS- Woodhul'
MAKING CLAIRyoYANCE PAY
Hitherto her claryoyant faculty has been put to no
pecuniary use but she directed By the spirits
repair to Indianapolis there to announce herself as
medium, and treat patients for the cure Of disease
Taking rooms the Bates House, and publishing card
in the Journals she found herself able saluting her
callers, tell nsDratiOn their names, tneir rest
dences, and their naades In few days she became
the towns talk. Her marvellous performances IN clair
voyance being nosed Abroad people ocked TO her from
a distance. Her rooms were crowded and her purse
rev fat She reaped a golden harvest-including, a.
its worest part, golden opinions from all sorts OF
people. Her rcountenauce would often glow ~ win a
sacred gnt and sac became an oJieet OF gous
TO many wondcr-5trokeu people whose lives she
had revealed. Moreover her unpretentious moiesty.
her own and the entire crediting Of TINS spirit nfi
augmented the interest with which all p.etaiors
regarded the amlahle prodigy. flrst nv iDnahapols'
and aferward Tere Hante. she wrought some appa.
renty miraculous cures She stragtened the ieet OF
the lame opened the OF the deaf she detected
the robbers OF bank she brought 10 light hidden
crimes she solved physiological problems she unyaed
business secrets she propneslei iuture events hnow
ins tae wonders which SHE wrought, certain citizens
strangers from distant town. but she instantly .au.
" OJ, no. You all live here" How can you teuf tney
asked. The spirits say So" she replied. -
her money flowed In a stream toward her. JonrneyilS
thereby suppofed all her relatives lar and near Her
income in one year reached nearly hundred thousand
cures winch nad wrought 500. The sum total OF
the receipts OF her practice aud OF her lnyes.ments
0v direction Of the spirits 1867. s7cOoJD The age
Of wonders has not ceaseil
HER FIRST HUSBAND RECOVERED.
One night about half year after their marrilce she
aud her husband awakened at midnight, IN Cincn-
nai by thH announcement that a man by the name OF
Dr. Woodruff had been attacked with delrium treinens
al the Buruet House, and in lucid moment had spoken
Of the womln from whom he had been divorced. aud
begged 10 see her. Col Blood Immediately took car
rage, drove tle hotel, brought tle wretched victim
home ana Jointly with Victoria took care OF MN with
lfc-savins kindness for SIX weeks O1 his gong away
they cave him Few hundred doiars OF thelr JOINT
properly 10 make him comfortable IN another city lie
departed full OF gratitude bearlns WIN hm the assuf-
that he would awaj be Wiling 10 come ana 90 as
friend of the family. And from that day to TINS tDe
poor man, dllapidated 10 oohy ana emascui ,ted
aud sometimes elsewhere. according to MS whm
or will In the present ruin OF tue young ga ga,
0beit an expiring spark like candle In It's sockeO than
during OF the former years and 10 Dc now turned
out OF doors by the woman he wrols'd Dlt wno wodu
not wrong him in return, would BE- An act OF lahumaty
which il would be impossible ior Mr WOodnuii anu Coi.
Blood either Jointly or separately - cD1mt fVr th's
piece OF NOZZLE cUnduct-what Is community called her
living with two husbands under one ro3iIsle Ias re re,
celvei not 50 nucn cchsure on earln as .iH @ SUI W. M
receive ward IN heaven NJ Other passage 0f her e
dliTy illustrates the MOBILITY OF ner moral
Judgments or me SuprInaI c3uIaSo ny "nOl se @ @ 40
| Ivy her convictions. Not all the c1nOrohS tongues IN
ou. against ncr Fee for shlme!" could persua her
to turn tins wreched wreck from her lome. Aud say
she j. right; and will maintain CHS opinion aSiins;
the combined PecksniEs OF the Whole word
FULFILLING PROPHECIES.
This act and the malice OF enemies together wish her
bold opinions social questions have combined to give
her reputation stain But DO SANDER ever fell on any
human soul with greater injustice. more unsullied
woman walk the earth She carries III her very
face the fair legend of character kept pure by sacred
fire within She is one OF those aspiring deyotees who
tread the earth merely stepping stone TO heaven,
and chief ambition is hnaly ~ present herself at
or peinish, or any sucn thing" Knowing her well
cannot hear an accusation against her without re-
calling TennysOn's line OF King Arthur,
is hy white bameesness accounted Hsue-
Fulfilling previous prophecy, and following celes.
mandate in 1869 she founded bank and published
journal. These Two events TOOK tue Town pf stoIn
Wnon the doors OF her office In Broad-st. were hrst
came in a flock the first day The lady brokers' as
they called a strange confession that brokers arc
not always Ters be@ S 6e WseR
wits satrzed them the comic sheets carcatured them
ea s1e by side they showed themselves native
element aud cleft gracefully every threatening wave ave
that broke over their heads The breakers could not
dash the brokers' Iudomitabe in their energy the Sis
tors the good graces OF Conmoiore NlhueroutL-a
lower animals prefers the horse. and OF all the higher
virtues adnires pluck. Both with and without Commo-
shown the pluck that held rein Of tho stock
market a. the Commodore holds his horse
CAPTURING THE BRAINS OF CONGRESS.
One night in December. 1862 while she lay in deep
sleep her Greek guardian to her. and sitting trans
figured by couch wrote on scroll $50 that she could
not only see the words but Immediately dictated them
TO her watchful amanuensis) the memorable document
now known In history as The Memorial OF Victoria C.
Woodhull"-a petition addressed to Congress- claiming
under the Fourteenth Amendment the right OF women
"a Of other citizens OF the United States" to vote in
the states wherein they resde"-askng moreover that
the state of NewYork OF which she was cltzen should
exercise OF this constitutional right up to TINS time
neither she her husband had been greatly Interested
in women suffrage, he mad sooner written this mani.
esto her lips than he awoke her from the trance ana
against the communication as nonsense, be-
ieyng t TO be a trick OF some evisposed spirits In
the morning tho document was shown to number OF
friends Including one eminent Judge who ridculed its
logic and conclusions. But the lady herself from whose
sleeping and yet unseeping brain the strange document
had sprng like Minerva from the head OF Jove, simply
answered that her antique instructor, having never
mised her before, guiding her Alright then Moth
ing doubung, but much wondering, she took the novel
| demand to Washington, where after few days OF
laughter the shaow-mnded. and of neglect from
| the indifferent, 1t suddenly burst upon the Federal
Capito ike a Storm and then spanned 1t like rainbow.
Sha uent before Judiciary Committee, and delivered