The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-03-31

We take the following paragraph
from Washington letter to the LA
porte Und.) Chronicle:
Jeremiah NJ. Wilson will have COM
pleted four years in Congress day after
tomorrow He is the successor of
George w. Julian from Richmond
district, and now as he goes out of
Congress he remains as true to the
Republican party as his predecessor
was untrue when he retired from Off
cial position. During the whole of
Judge Wilson s two terms in Congress,
he has been on the judiciary commit
tee, and has won high reputation for
legal learning and ability He took
his stand at once among the ablest of
the lawyers of the House He is
clear thinker, possessed of logical
force of expression, and analytical ca
pacity which enables him to present
the leading points of question with
the utmost clearness and comprehen-
siveness. He is untiring in the pur-
suit of subject on which he enters,
and on any matter submitted to him
for Investigation, he never stops until
he has reached and brought out to
the light every fact of Importance in
the ease This was shown in the in
vestigation he made in Credit Mobil-
Ter No. 2, and of the government OF
the District of Columbia 1t is safe
to say that no such complete and ex-
haustIve examinations were never be
fore made in Congress. certainly not
during the last twenty years. | learn
that he intends to open an Office for
the practice of law in this city, and to
that end has formed a partnership
with Judge Shellabarger, formerly a
member of Congress from Ohio, who
is one of the ablest lawyers and states
men of the country Such firm will
take high stand in the practice OF
law. Judge Wilson retires from Com
gress with an honorable record, and
with the respect and friendship of
many who will wish him the highest
measure of success in the field he has
chosen for his future labors.
Mrs. Parry, Chicago spiritualist
medium of the Eddy brothers sort,
has been thoroughly exposed, and by
a woman. About year ago Mrs.
Parry began giving 'materializing'
seances at her house, at which hands
and faces were shown at the aperture
of cabinet in the usual way Her
exhibitions attracted so much atten
ton that they We're nightly attended
by from fifty to a hundred persons,
who paid dollar each for admission.
Many Intellectual efforts were made to
learn the method of her trickery The
cabinet in which she sat was detached
from the walls of the room and was
elevated on legs, so that surreptitious
communication was impossible. The
room was only partially darkened.
Mrs. Parry allowed herself and the
cabinet to be searched previous to the
performance. All these precautions
did not hinder the appearance of va
rious faces and arms at the hole in the
cabinet. She had a Katie King among
her characters, several of whom talk
ed. All of the Chicago spiritualists
believed in her. and the skeptics were
puzzled. One night Mrs. Cole was
on the investigating committee, and
was given the privilege of retiring to
bedroom with Mrs. Parry and search
ing her. Mrs. Cole was a thoroughly
practical investigator, and she insist
ed on taking every article of clothing
off the medium, who protested on the
ground of modesty Mrs. Cole was
Obdurate, threatening to declare the
show fraud if there was not instant
compliance. Mrs. Parry reluctantly
removed her dress and skirts, but re-
fused to take off her chemise. Then
Mrs. Cole suddenly seized her by one
ANGLE as she sat In chair, and threw
her over on the floor A snugly pack
ed roll of masks fell from where they
had been concealed. The exposed
medium yelled curses and fought to
regain the bundle, but the plucky in
vestigator was victorious and the
profitable humbug was ended.