The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-24
A Sunday Evening in Boston.

EXCITEMENT AND coMMENT--A CROWD AT TIE
BOSTON.
An advertisement Of "a Religious De-
,, oo,dnr,ad nv twelve powerful medI-
ums introducing The most powerful incubus
y, A neric, Dire " to the BuStOn theatre last
evening vast audience that completely
flied the building. And such an AUDIENCE
mediums. satellites, scPptIcs. fanatics, row.
dies OF all paiionailies, gathered In cro"dtd
confusion. The private boxes contained AL
the noted mediums, and very many others
filled the front seats. The stage was set as
an omen court-way and on it appeared two
cabinets, made with four nprighls and Con-
Meeting bars, from which fell curtains.
The performance began quite prompi " at
s O'Clock with the appearance on Inc sage OF
The spokesman OF the evening ana Inc me
dun, Mr.. 7. Warren, OF Maplewood. Az
ter an introduction MIR. Warren was placen
in the cabinet With n lot Of ropes OF different
lengths. Before btioy hidden by the curtain
he was given and smoked an opium c'gar,
which was said to hasten the trance condl-
ton. During the twelve minutes that MIR.
Warren was in the cabinet the spokcS'
man addressed the audience, telling them
that they would undertake the demon.
s,ratious only under the necessary
conditions, and the principal one OF
these was order. He said that tbe State re-
coguiZed their exercises as OF religious Or
der. and they wou be pro- cted by the laws
nj. the CommOnW eal'h. His words were re-
cejyed with sort OF mild overture OF ellis.
uncom plimentary remirks. Kisses, ana the
like evidence Of the demonstrations toit
were to follow in greater variety ana We
hemencc as the evening drew on. The ma
iority ofQhose who came seemed Gclerm'neu
10 oppose everything they could not under
stand or did not sec, and after Il couple OF
such txpressions of Iosdy will, the oppo
pcnts and defenders of the faith were equally
angry, and were PR pared tn hiss whenever
the Other side applauded. In this they were
cmnenlly successful.
But the Spokesman kept his temper re-
m,rkabIy well, and soon opened his little
tent 10 disclose Warren tied in various ways
alter the familiar trick OF the Davenport Bro
theirs. The Spokesman then began The tx.
ccrdingly difficult task ot securing an lnVeS-
liuutinu committee from The audience, as the
.ccpllcs were naturally suspicious OF con-
tcdcratts. Many name, were at once shout"
cd from all parts Of the house as soon as The
Spokesman asked for some "promlDent citl-
Zens Of BoSron DIR. Moran stepped upon
the stage, and was Immediately greeted with
hl>scs aud calls TO step down and out from
all parts of the house. When he stepped up
and shook hands with Madam Lille the
signs OF dl,approval were very loud, ana g
youth suggested 10 the Doctor to swim out
Still the roll Of prominent citizens was being
called, aud the nomination ot " Mr.. Somer-
bv" seemed to please, hut. he not accept
ING, Mr. Farrell! appeared, and was told from
the audience that ne belonged TO the ring.
nv: tinn ho rnf,nlII1
then began examining the knots, which he
explained in pantOmlme-the audience max
iuy so much noise that words could not be
hcard-were all right. Seated inside the
cabinet, the curtain then fell. and bells were
jingcd. guitars scraped, and various noises
heard, all attributable, so said the spnkes-
man, to the Indian spirit Sam0Set, who spoke
in tones prob,Diy tour notes lower than
when he was on earth. His iuaudinle gut
tuals sounded like tair imitation of Sc
cond.claSs venroqu'sm, and the audience
so seemed to appreciate it.
Then lady was requested to come on the
stage. and with Farrell stay inside the cahi-
net with Warren and testify concerning the
manifestations. Farrell came out w,ping
the per>piration from his forehead, and rr-
ceived for his pains renewed jrers. Silence
was almost obtained for the lady, who stated
to those within hearing, while Louder
was screamed from all over the auditorium,
that - Some one put an arm around me and
kissed me-" Here the crowd interrupted
with, "Farrell did it; arrest him. The
medium kissed you," and many cries Of
similar tenor. The lady became indignant
at this, and stood there flushed TO the roots
of her hair. She volunteered further eX
PLANTATION, through the spokesman, that "it
was her sister Mary" and left the stage with
tears in her eyes. The spokesman again al
tempted to awe the crow d. and told them it
was unSeemly in Il religious meeting As large
Is one of Mr.. Sscchci'S. This alluSion drew
q storm Of Kisses.
Another lady and the Doctor then went in
with Mr.. Warren and tue noises continued
until the curtain was drawn, when War
rem appeared in the sam" position tightly
hoaud. The LADY began about hcr" Aunt
Sarsb," whcn The crowd squssehed her re-
port with roars oflluSlter. People were now
excited, and profanity could be beard pretty
loudly. Every body was arguing with his
nelghhor, and crimInation and recrimina'ion
killed all chanceS for order. The handcutf,
were called for and were brought by ayoung
dag with such promptuesS That the mpres-
siOn was at once taken that be was j contede-
rate, atd he WIS told so umld the intervals Of
nissiug IN no measured terms. Hands were put
out in rapid succession and the crowd asked
to count them, :aad the answers ranged from
one to seventy. The spokesman. however,
contented himself with telling one auditor
who suggested something with cIock-lIic re.
, ularity, that be bad Ga mouth as Bug as
penn whale" The religious element bad
BY this tine totally been lost sight Of, aud
very moment was productive Of renewed |
lprnar. the police were as powerless as the
nt diumS-
just Ut this moment, when Warren was st |
he cabinet. lbe crowd caught sight OF Pre-. |
eSsor Hermann, sud 4 babel Of Gals for hilE
cted as stay OF proceedings. Or. Her
laBn came on 10 the Stage and bowed, and
hen told the audience that there was no
b;rlt there; there bad beel nothing done |
ue what he had oftec shown in private par
1r- he then gathered a number OF hand
eraaieis ard began trick, the Scepucs
aetrIEg and watching him, while the spirit
al defenders hi-sed and kept their eyes 90
ie goiues.on in the cabinet. The spokes
Isu could DO nothiuS, and submitted
ith DISCUS. While the Hermann Inter. /
zoe WAS performed. AS Hermann descended :
10 stage, T0n.Ri.Jon Elliott rose 10 and 3
resented him with Il cop, Of the Eoirano, !
hich Hel mann Tossed Lightly Into oblivion,
hle the donor Stood :nd stared and The :
ovid chccred. Hermann Vas then refused I,
to The cabinet, rs Others mad been,