VO L. I. S A N FR A N C ISC O , S A T U R D A Y , OCTOBER 12, 1867. NO . 4 0 .

L I T E R A R Y .

For the Banner of Progress. To Lucy, on tlie Slater Shore.

B Y J . H . R O G E R S .

The air was hushed, and the world Was still, While the light of the.full-orbed moon

With a m ystic drapery clothed each hill ;I t silvered the breast of the waveless r'ilJ, And sent through my bosom a nameless thrill,

As I sat in the night’s pale noon.I wandered away in the long ago,

Away ’mong the things that were ;The winter of ago, with its frost and snow, Then melted away in the summer glow,As the morn of youth, with its promise-bcw,

Arose on the silent air.I sailed away on the lonely tide

That is lost in a shoreless sea ;But Time had trodden his pathway wide,The flowers were fading on every side,The blossoms I loved had withered and died,

There were ashes alone for me.Then a hand was laid on my d r o o p i n g bead,

With a touch as light as air :.The silver glow of the moonbeams fled,A softer, mellower light instead Was on my wondering vision shed—

Lucy was standing there 1Her form was still like its earthly mold,

But b rig h t as a morniDg star ;Her robes of light, with their fleecy fold, Were edged with the rays of the sunset gold, As up through the azure fields their rolled,

And were wove in the realms afar.

Her eyes were dark as a starless night,As deep as a moonless sky ;

Yet from their d e p t h s a glorious light Flashed and played, with the beauties bright That lurk in the B m i l e s of calm delight,

Which over her features play.“ Weak, doubting child of earth I” she cries ;

“ I come from you bright azure dome,To h id thee raise thy d roop iD g eyes,And welcome with a glad surprise A message true from yonder skies,

Thy spirit’s future home.”

She pointed with her shining hand Far up the silver way :■■■

The clouds rolled back in masses g r a n d ,And silver-columned arches spanned The pathway to that blissful land,

Where fields elysian lay.The hand withdrew the silver veil

That hides the golden door :I d im ly s a w the b o a tm a n p a le —Mine eye glanced on his phantom sail—I f e l t th e d a m p b r e a th o f th e g a le ,.

And heard his dipping oar.

She with me crossed the silent tide,.The frail bark bore us o’er ;

She did my faltering footsteps guide—Bhe traveled closely by my side—She flung the golden portals wide—

We trod the starry floor.There, lit by sunlight’s golden sheen,

The plains of heaven lay ; ■Deep waving woods of living green Far up through endless space are B e e n ,While lakes and rivers intervene,

With m a n y a .B h iiy n g h a y .

There islands, with unfading flowers,:. Lie sleeping on the tide ;

There souls repose among the bowers,Or bathe in sunlight’s golden showers,And through'eternity’s bright hours

Over the waters glide.Sweet Lucy I I may thank thee well,

For visions of my home :Nor feeble tongue, nor pen may tell How grand the glories rise and swell,In that bright land where spirits dwell.

Come, Lucy, come I

[Written for the Banner of Progress.]

THE LUNATIC BKIDE.BY FANNY GREEN M’DOUGAL.

Tiie Sequel.

Nearly ten years had elapsed since the school children had their picnic at Hoboken, where our little heroine, Ruth May, had so bravely defended a poor lunatic from the attack of boisterous hoys Changes had come to all. Many had gone to sleep sweetly in Greenwood, or elsewhere, and all the toils, cares, struggles, sufferings, achievements and triumphs which the human being, by inalienable heirship, comes into, bad been freely distributed among them. For the most part, they were enter ing on that sphere of activity and power whose cul mination should make them regulators of the ma chinery that moves the age. So majestically and silently flow forward life’s great changes. The ad vent of the New, the exodus of the Old, the essences of the Past, the strength and practical activity of the Present, and the prophetic inspiration of the Future ail conspire to evolve the essential crises of the age and effect the transit of great periods.

And in these tardy ten years—loDg even to her. child though she was—what had become of little Rutb ? Life’s bitterest experience, as the Seeress too well saw,’had unfolded to her a precocious capac­ity for suffering, with a corresponding prematurity. In her tenderest youth, and at a time when 6be most needed care, she had lo6t father, mother,and brother, almost at a single blow, and had been compelled to seek protection from a cruel and almost savage woman, widow of her uncle, the late Godfrey Grand- swine. Her^mother, almost with her last breath, had enjoined it upon her, in the most positive and

a olemn manner, that as soon a s the funeral w as over,

she should go at once to her aunt, and crave protec­tion ; for she felt that any shelter beneath a respecta­ble roof would be better than no shelter at all, in a city full of wolves, where the fairest and most inno­cent lambs are sure to become the first prey. “ And besides,” thought the fond mother, “ when she comes to see the sweet child, robbed and orphaned by her husband’s cruel covetousness, it m aybe she will feel the propriety of making some restitution. Who knows ? At any rate, she cannot but pity, if she does not love, the motherless child.” And in this faith she passed away, hopeful and happy. But in all her observation of life and character, she bad no knowledge of such a mass of crude cruelty and selfish passions as constituted the whole make-np of Matilda Grandswine. Over her entire being, thus far, including pre-natal influences for generations back, the most perverse and powerful passions pre­sided, with but small check and very little softening from the higher virtues or finer affections. In fact, she was one of those most unhappy eases, where the discords and inharmonies of preceding genera­tions seem focalized in a single life. Society, with all its efforts to the contrary, sometimes produces saints, whose extraordinary virtues concentrate and develop into angelic comeliness of soul ; and, by the same rule, why should there not as well be born devils, who are constituted to receive and unfold gross and vicious traits ? But was Matilda to blame for this ? Who shall dare to say it ? She was no more to be censured for unfolding the constitutional propensities that had been forced upon her, than the angels are for developing only the finer and more ethereal elements of life. But none the less wretched was her miserable victim. Turbulent, exacting, and passionate, the prey of a restless, mor­bid, and insatiable necessity of excitement, Matilda, amid all her splendor, was a wretched woman ; and one thing she seemed resolved on—to bring every one about her into the same state.

For the period of three years Rath had borne up against every kind of outrage which a cruel woman could invent, or a poor, dependent, and defenseless orphan suffer. Hopeful, and determined to live, and suffer to the utmost, so she might keep inviolate her sacred promise, she had submitted to the mean­est of menial services. Night and day she was called on for the most trivial reasons, and her proper rest so infringed, that, had she not been sustained by some superior power, it would seem that her health must have suffered seriously. Yet still, for that sweet mother’s sake, she asked to bear and do whatever might be laid upon her.

“ Surely,” she would say to herself, in the begin­ning of her hard service, “ my aunt must see, some time, how hard I do try to please her.” And so she kept on trying, long and long after a heart less hope ful, will less strong, and a temper less sweet, would have broken down and failed her utterly.

For her there was no respite and no recreation ; for, though cut off from the society of her aunt and cousins, she was not permitted to associate with the servants; and thus the gates of common sympathy were everywhere closed against her. Only one old negress, who had been a slave in the family of her great grandfather Barrow, dared even to treat her with common respect, to say nothing of kindness ; but Mammy Gray, who had been for four genera­tions a licensed favorite in the family, held the poor desolate child in especial favor. She was an old woman at the time of John May’s marriage, and as she had been his mother’s nurse, he hunted her out from some obscure hole, where she had crept away to die, brought her home, and had her cared for with the greatest kindness, just for the pure aristocracy of the thing. And in their grand entertainments, Mammy Gray, with her chatty stories of the grandeur of Massa Barrow’s plantation, and “ de big Christ­mas pie, an’ peartie little Mary—dat grew to be de bansomest gal in all F ’iiciahy—dat was Massa John’s own mjiver—an’how Massa John favored his muv- er” —was often starred with attentions that took the gloss off of the music, and almost rivaled the flavor of the wines. But apart, and confidentially with Ruth, she was not quite so flattering to the family pride ; but with a disdainful display of tooth less gums, and a quick, nervous back-jerk of the head, she would say something of the “ piny woods people,” and the “ poor white trash”—meaning the GraDdswines, who had crept in, somehow, and darkened the family escutcheon, to her eye at least. Once in a while, when nobody was nigh, and some­times it would be quite late at night, she would take Ruth in her arms, and, swinging to and fro, rock her almost to sleep, in one of the high-backed flag- seated kitchen ^chairs with which her domicil was furnished, and which, on Saving been made ex­pressly to her own order, received the approving sentence of “ Hem i s cheers.”

And thus the magnetism of a full and simple love laved the aching heart with its healing balm, and comforted the comfortless. Had it not been for this occasional relief, the unnatural and monstrous load of hardships and sufferings would have been too heavy, and the poor child would have sunk and perished by the wayside. Do not the blessed angels always, in our sternest trials, send us the one ray of light, the one drop of balm, that may reanimate, and restore, and save? Think of this, ye suffering ones, and look to the Heavens for comfort, and it shall surely come.

“ ’Pears dis is bery sing’lar,” Mammy Gray, in her confidential interviews with Ruth, would often say, “ dat you, ducky Ma6sa John’s own flesh an’ blood, should be treated wus’n any nigger on any planta tation I ’s eber Beed, an’ I’s seed heaps in my younger day ! Don’t you mind it ’t all, honey ! Go ’loDg up dar, to dem big parlors, dat always look so dark an’ lonesome all day long ! Go right ’long dar, you b’essed chile, an’ set down. Dey should t ’ank God —dem cruel an’ wicked women, dat de Lord sen’ you here, just like a little angel born in heben, wid de sweet smile, an’ de sweet word, as if de angels ai’ays kiss you. Take my ’vice, ducky, an’ neber be

afeard ; Ruth Mary May—name for your gran’muver —an’ well named, too. An’ didn’t she lay in my arms, an’ sleep in my bosom long, long arter de money was all gppe, like a sw^et4eetle rose,a-bloom- in’ in a coal-hod? So, don’t you mind honey! Ef anybody puts on airs it should be yon ; for wasn’t yer great gran’faver a rale born gintleman—none o’ dem Grandswines—smell strong o’ piny woods ?—Ki ! dat spile Massa John, an’ make him mis’able ter bis dyin’ day. So be teld me jes afore be gin up de ghost.”

Then, with a start, and a bitter, ironical smile, she said, “ So, dar de bell ring, an’ Miss Margaretta, she mus’ hab somefin’ extra, jes cause you’re tire- der’n common. Run, honey ! or dey’ll blow dis big house up, all ’bout onr ears. M ob’ ’sleep, I deelar !”

The poor child waB strained to the withered old bosom, that was yet so warm and glowing under­neath, with a force that suddenly woke her,' and, as she ran away, the old negress resumed her rocking to and fro, and her seemingly senseless prattle about the grandeur of early times.

But there was another source of support and com­fort, which, though hardly appreciable to the lonely little Ruth, yet gave solace to many a dark period, and sustained the failing strength, with a will to bear and suffer on. This was a consciousness—at times almost positive—of the presence and sympathy of her mother. The impressions had commenced in dreams soon after the demise of Mrs. May—the visions becoming more clear and vivid, and the pres­ence and speech more tangible and real, until they stretched out into the normal condition, and she could hardly separate or distinguish the two states.

For several months previous to the period just now introduced, Ruth had begun to feel that the promise of the child could not be always binding on the woman, with a corresponding decline and weak­ening of the will power in regard to it. The evolu­tion of this erisis^was involuntary, and often caused the poor girl muqfi'distress and trouble of conscience. But she was still naunted by these impressions; and along with them^elme truer and clearer views of the future. The impenetrable darkness that had for years hung over her, and at times almost with a suffocating closeness, began to lift, and show that something brighter—something at least more com­fortable and peaceful—might rest in the unknown vistas beyond. Ruth was startled and alarmed at the persistency of these thoughts. Could she, in­deed—cost her what it might—ever be unfaithful to her sacred promise, the last words that the cold ear of death could take in, and the palsied- tongue re­spond to, ere they were Btiil and mute forever ? Even in her bitterest suffering, she shuddered to think that this might be—or that she might pur­chase any degree of outside ’good, or favor, by the least infringement of her most solemn vow. She determined to keep it, safely and sacredly, locked in the inmost heart, though she should walk with unquailing tread through the midst of the fiery furnace.

Still, in spite of herself, the highly idealized sanc­tity of her promise awakened and lowered daily, until at length she had come to see that, as a human being, she bad rights of her own, and first among them was the right to be happy. And this conclu­sion, which seemed forced upon her, and now almost constantly protruded itself, led her to look out and round, as she slyly read the papers, or ran of errands through the streets, to see if there was not some place, however humble it might be, where she might earn her living by any respectable work, no matter how bard. And thus a new crisis, that bore along with it the strength and consciousness of her awak ing womanhood, was evolved.

She tried hard to make herself miserable on this account, because she believed herself very wicked thus to infringe, even in thought, a promise that had been made under such solemn and awful sane tions. But still the new peace flowed into her soul, a deepening and broadening river of strength. Her life was at once invested with a new motive and a new power. Strange and beautiful lights beamed through the rifting clouds of the distant horizon letting in glimpses of scenes so serene and peaceful that, compared with her present condition, they seemed like heaven itself. The crisis was infinitely beautiful and happy. The plumage of soft wings enfolded and fanned her to repose, or, in sleep wafted her away to fair Islands of the Blest, which she should some day inhabit and make all her own Sweet breaths breathed round her morn and evening, and day and night her heart sang for joy. I t was well she could not see the dark gulf that lay between her and all this good, or she would never have bad will and strength enough to bridge and cross it But the time and the call came even for this. One morning, as she lay in bed later than usual, because there had been a grand party the night before, and the family would not be astir until nearly noon, she was startled wide awake by these remarkable words “ When the bricks are doubled, MoBes is near.” I t was the voice of her old pastor, an . intimate friend of her father and of her grandmother May. As she sprang up quickly, and looked around, it seemed as if some one had just gone out, and the next moment a form flitted before her, whose lineaments and at­tire were not to be mistaken. Jt was the Lunatic Woman, whom she had seen only by glimpses for several 3Tears. Wondering how she had got into the house, Ruth stretched out her arms invitingly, never doubting that she beheld the actual presence and person of one whom she had always remembered with a strange and unaccountable interest. But after a few steps forward, the form checked itself suddenly, and with a beckoning gesture said : “ Come over to me—this night.” And again she heard the same deep, trumpet-toned voice as before, saying, “ Arise and go forth from the habitation of wrong, and from the house of bondage. Fear not, for a pillar of cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night, shall lead thee in safety through the wilderness.” Again she beard the same rustling sound, as of some

one suddenly and swiftly retiring, and then she was alone in the still twilight of the early morning.

Ruth, although she had never before heard or wit­nessed anything like this, felt sure that the words had been addressed to herself, and that they indi­cated some sudden, if not violent change in her con­dition. Too much excited for sleep, she arose, and going softly down stairs, wandered through the rooms, trying to set herself to wor^:, that she might be better able to shake off the feeling of dread which now began to oppress her. She knew that some­thing was to be done that day of painful, though essential moment to herself; but through what avenue it should approach no human being might tell. And then her thoughts reverted to the vision of the Lunatic, and her strange and commanding invita­tion, while through the whole came the presence of her mother, with a steady, deep, serene smile, and an outward wave of the hand, which also indicated that she should go away. ^

During this period of spiritual exaltation there had been, as may be supposed, many oversights and remissions of former duty, which were repeated from day to day, with but small sensibility to chid­ing or abuse. And of this, Ruth now for the first time began to be painfully conscious. By the severe measure of hard-handed exaction, she was, indeed, found wanting; and she listened for her aunt’s bell with an undefined and nervous apprehension of some approaching ill; but she was not summoned to the lady’s presence until quite late in the afternoon.

At length it] came—a sharp, quick ring, as if the metal itself felt the stinging sound it was forced to give. But Ruth was suddenly calmer than she had been all day. She felt that the hour had come, and the moment. She knew that there was but one tbing needed to effect a complete liberation, and that that was coming. So she was calmer and more self-possessed than usual, though frightfully pale and rigid-looking.

With the first glance at the awful presence, all her impressions were confirmed. Never before had Matilda Grandswine been so terribly bitter and abusive. She made a rapid review of Ruth’s late abstraction, and consequent inattention to posi­tive orders, while the whole speech was over­laden with the most degrading and disgraceful language, the meanest insinuations, and the most abusive charges. A favorite theme, when­ever she intended to cut the deepest and hurt the hardest, was to speak disrespectfully and even abusively of Ruth’s venerated parents; and at this time she took occasion to discourse at large on tbeir short-comings in general and particular. The father was lazy, and groveling in all his tastes and habits. In his business concerns he was a perfect jackass, trusting those he had no business to trust. His wife ought to have had him put under a guardian, only she was so miserable, and shiftless, and good for nothing herself, there was little to complain of. I t was really strange how they had managed to keep their heads above water so long as they did. Yes, William May should have been put under a guar­dian, and Godfrey Grandswine—he was a splendid business man—should have been the person, though his kind efforts were never appreciated—she had even heard of his being slandered and abused in his brother’s family. No wonder they lost their prop­erty. I t was a just judgment for their laziness, meanness and ingratitude.

Ruth’s heart burned within her to hear all th is , but she sat pale and still as a marble statue, as Mrs. Grandswine finally wound up with observing: “ There, I believe I have now said everything I can say.”

She regarded her victim with a smile of immense satisfaction; but seeing how pale and patient she stood, without moving a muscle, a sigh,, a breath, or even a passing shiver, to give sign that she lived and felt, the passionate and heartless woman was exasperated beyond endurance, at the idea of all her eloquence having been expended on an unfeel­ing, senseless lump of clay.

Fixing her flaming eyes on the pale and pendant lids of Ruth, as. if, with her scorching glances, she would burn through them,gshe said : “ Why don’t you answer me ?” Then rising and approaching the girl, she shook her violently, telling her to speak— to say something. But still the mute lips were sealed, and the shrinking form betrayed no sign of life or feeling, by so much as a shudder.

“ You insulting jade !” said Matilda, shakings her still more rudely, “ I had rather anybody would spit in my face than not to answer me and enraged to a degree that must have deprived her of her senses, she spat directly in the sweet face, that lobked so pale and pitiful, a savage or a brute might have felt its mute appeal for mercy.

There needed but this to restore the girl to her senses and herself. There was an instant reaction. The blood flowed back to her heart. The extremi­ties warmed and thrilled. A hue of life and feeling overspread the face, and lit up every feature with a new sense of nobility and power. Never had Ruth felt so large, so strong, so perfectly self-reliant, so entirely able to stand alone as at that moment. .The full-grown Minerva, clothed in complete armor, issuing from the brain of Jove, is not all fable, for the full-grown woman, pushed into life and roused to action by that most cruel insult, robed with majesty and crowned with splendor, came forth un­called from the heart of the still and suffering child.

Retiring a few steps back from the obscene pres­ence, Ruth fixed her eyes, now overcharged with the terrible magnetism of abused and suffering inno­cence, on the eyes of Matilda; and then she knew her power, for the flaming orbs were quelled, and they shrunk and fell away as if blinded by the scorch­ing rebuke of a roused and indignant soul. The woman trembled from head to foot, as if shaken by

"Some strange terror, and she attempted to reach the bell, as if to ring for help. Rath brnshed the hand away, and it fell, powerless as the hand of a babe.-Y [ r e m a in d e r n e x t w e e k .]

COMMUNICATIONS,

S P I R I T U A L I S E SNUMBER FIFTEEN.

Those who have had the patience to follow me in my illustrations of the character of the spirit- spheres, as described by ancient Spiritualists, can­not have failed to notice the regular progression from one sphere to another ; and th a t the life of m an on earth is typical of his life in the spheres; th a t each of these was a life in itself, and the de­parture from it was death, or a new birth into the next higher. Thus the spirit, in its progress from sphere to sphere, through births and deaths, at last arose from the celestial, and was born into the deific sphere. But before this was possible, it had to be cleansed from all disturbing influences, puri­fied from falsehood, and liberated by a knowledge of the truth , or of the harmonious relationship existing between a God and the universe ; for where the spirit of a God was, there was liberty.

The Cabbalah represents the three deific spheres as typified by the three elements, Fire, Air, and W ater. From these came the divine num ber Three, recognized in all systems of theology w ith more or less perspicuity ; ju st as all sacred num ­bers have a direct reference to the divisions in the spheres. The number JF'otir was peculiarly sacred ; for though it represented the lower spheres, from it was evolved the other numbers of the spheres above ;—thus, add four, three, two, and one to­gether, the result is ten, the number of the spheres. Every one is familiar w ith the sacredness of seven ; .the Bible can scarcely be opened without finding a reference to it. Even the Decalogue was w ritten w ith reference to the sacred numbers, on two ta ­bles ; one containing our duty to God, the other our duty to man. The first three commands—or “ words,” as they are termed—had reference to the three spheres of the Gods ; the first “ w ord” en­joined a b e lie f in the existence of the I Am, or the perfect Deity of the ten th sphere ; the second re­ferred to the w orsh ip of God, or the ninth sphere ; the th ird enjoined reverence f o r the n a m e of God— the eighth sphere being where the apotheosized spirit first took upon itself the name, G od. The other table commenced w ith the injunction : “ Re­member the Sabbath day, to keep it holy,” the seventh sphere being the sphere of Saturn ; and the day of Saturn was the day sacred to rest, for reasons already stated. And so on w ith the other commands and spheres respectively. But, in order to form a perfect agreement, it w ill be necessary to transpose the seventh and eighth according to the P r o te s ta n t division ; for there is a diversity of opinion regarding the division of the “ ten words.” The Catholic first Commandment is the Protestant first and second ; and the Protestant ten th is the Catholic ninth and ten th ; while the Hebrew ac­cepts w hat is called “ the preface ” as the first : “ I am the Lord thy God.” The Catholic first is the Hebrew’s second; all the succeeding ones agree with the Protestant. Some Hebrew writers th ink that the commands, in their agreement w ith the ten spheres, refer to the positive and negative principle—the commands “ I am the Lord thy God,” “ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy,” “ Honor thy father and thy mother,” being the three positive commandments, and the rest the negative. The reader may choose which set pleases him. If his own common sense, derived from experience, be not a sufficient guide in m at­ters of righ t and wrong, any of the sets may be of use to him, provided he has a priest to explain them !

The following extract, from an old geographical work framed on the rules of Ptolemy, shows the ideas then entertained regarding the ten spheres. It is quoted from a note in Ashniand’s translation of Ptolemy’s “ Tetrabiblos ” :

“ Ch a p t e r 2 . The world is divided into two parts, the elemental region, and the aetliereal. The ele­mental region is constantly subject to alteration, and comprises the four elements, earth, water, air, and fire. The aetliereal region, which philosophers call the fifth essence, encompasses by its concavity the elem ental; its substance remains always un­varied, and consists of ten spheres, of which the greater one always spherically environs the next smaller, and so on in consecutive order. First, therefore, around the sphere of fire, God, the Cre­ator of the world, placed the sphere of the Moon, then th a t of Mercury, then th a t of Venus, then tha t of the Sun, and afterwards those of Mars, of Jupiter, and of Saturn. Each of these spheres, however, contains hut one star ; and these stars, in passing through the Zodiac, always struggle against the p r im u m m obile, or the motion of the ten th sphere ; they are also entirely luminous. In the next place follows the firmament, which is the eighth or starry sphere, and which trembles or vibrates (tr e p id a t) in the two small circles at tlie beginning of Aries and Libra (as placed in the nin th sphere); this motion is called by astrono­mers the motion of the access and recess of the fixed stars. (Probably in order to account for the precession of the Equinoxes.)

“ This is surrounded by the ninth sphere, called the chrystalline or watery heaven, because no star is discovered in it.

“ Lastly, the p r im u m mobile, styled also the ten th sphere, encompasses all the beforementioned {ethe­real spheres, and is continually turned upon the poles of the world, by one revolution in twenty- four hours, from the east through the meridian to the west, again coming round to the east.

“ At the same time, it rolls all the inferior spheres round with it by its own force ; and there is no

star in it. Against tlie p r im m u m obile, the motion of the spheres, running from the west"’'.'through the meridian to the east, contends. (W hatever is "beyond this is fixed and immovable, and the pro­fessors of our orthodox faith affirm it to be the empyrean heaven which God inhabits w ith the elect.”— C osm ograph ia o f P e te r A p ia m is , (named Benewitz), dedicated to the Archbishop of Salz­burg, edited by Gemma Frisius, and printed at Antwerp, 1574. J. w. mackie.

AN EXAMINATION OF THE WHITINGS OF THE ANCIENTS.

N U M B E R S IX .

The entire hum an family may be safely chal­lenged to produce a transaction, either in history or tradition, th a t shall be found to possess anything like the uncertainty and profound mystery tha t a t­tends the so-called birth of Jesus, whom mil­lions profess to believe in, ds se'cond only to the Form ator of the Universe.

Very many able pens and subtle minds have been engaged in endeavoring to set forth the tru th in regard to the mysterious and traditional history of that mystic character called Jesus Christ, or Jesus of Nazareth, K ing of the Jews, through the past centuries, the sum m ing up of whose work a t this day reveals to us in the clearest possible manner the fallacy and falsehood tha t has been so earnestly palmed off as tru th upon the masses of men and women, who seem to have become be­lievers, more from the fact tha t some great mys­tery was involved in the question, than from any other cause.

“ Common Christians,” as the Rev. Dr. Hitch­cock .designates them (iib i suprct) may throw up their pious hands in holy horror, and roll up their eyes like a duck in a thunder-storm, when the re­sult of years of research by scientific and scholarly men, who have spent years of labor and mental toil in thorough investigation upon th is and k in­dred subjects, shall be placed before their distorted vision for exam ination; but there is no help for the mystic Son in these days of archaeological surgery; the scalpel m ust lay bare all mystified and fraudulent carcases, whose careful dissection w ill be for the “ healing of the nations!”

There may be no gratitude for a lucid exhibition of the truth" from the devotees of orthodoxy, but the inward workings of conscience will probably whis­per to them, that it is better to be somewhat more charitably disposed toward scientific researchers, whose unwearied exertions and toilsome struggles have at length produced a Tellable chronology, brought forth wholly by an acquaintance with the facts.

I t is taken for granted by great numbers of people, th a t the forms B. C., before Christ, and A. D., the year of our Lord, have no other than a direct and defined reference to the year of the na tivity of Jesus, and thereby prove the year of his birth to .a demonstration and beyond question. This is a fallacy, and the sooner the public under­stand it in its true light, the nearer will the people approach other important and essential truths, which may add largely to their peace of mind in m atters theological. The forms used of B. C. and A. D. are simply conventional—an arrangement of an era by tacit agreem ent—an understanding come to at some period of time or other by some parties dreaming themselves authorized to name the point of a new epoch in the world’s history. No astronomical calculations or certitude is made

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use ochronologically it merely means one th o u sa n d eig7it h u n d red a n d sixty-seven y e a r s backward from the present d ay ; and B. C. signifies whatever number of years the necessities of illustration compel us to place before 1867, our vulgar era.

Men justly eminent for their intellectual attain­ments and scholarly abilities inform us tha t “ the only ancient chronological era positively fixed is the N a b o n a ssa r ia n , February 26, B. C. 747.” “ All other dates in ancient history are to this subordi­nate ; although, for ordinary purposes, save when phenomena in the heavens can be historically con­nected with hum an events passing on the earth,B. C. is both usual and adequate to the require­ments of archaeological science, and still more of ethnological, wherein precision of specific eras is less imperative.”

In the further pursuit of this subject, it may become necessary to lay before the reader a gen­eral view of the relative positions which Egypt, China, Assyria, Judaea and India, now occupy In the estimation of the monumental chronologist, qji the plane of different hum an origins. The unalterable law of progress applies to the science of chronology with precisely the same force as to all other matters, both of the seen and the unseen, the known and the unknown, the lifeless body or the quickening spirit.

Much has already been given to the world re­garding that most interesting country known as E g y p t; but there remains a vast deal more to be given when her whole history comes to be better understood, through a more correct deciphering of the innumerable inscriptions still rem aining upon her extensive array of monuments and sarcophagi, scattered over the whole land through a period of •time reaching back beyond the lim its of ordinary hum an conception. Assyria, too, m ust furnish rich and rare mental food, so soon as her chronol­ogy shall be gathered up and elaborated sufficiently to meet the wants of the general reader. It is no longer possible for Judoea to hold the first rank in chronological history, nor the second, nor yet the third, but she m ust be content to hold the fourth ; her chronology being more clearly defined, and held to be superior only through inexcusableignorance. J. d. pierson.

----------- ---------------------The Master Spirit.

G ive me a sp irit th a t on life’s rough sea Loves to hav e h is sails filled w ith a lusty wind,E ven till his sa il-yards trem ble, h is m asts crack,And h is ra p t sh ip ru n on h e r side so low,T hat she d rin k s w ate r, and h e r keel plows air.There is no danger to a m an th a t knows W hat life and death is : th e re ’s no t any law Exceeds his" knowledge ; n e ith e r is i t law ful T hat he should stoop to any o th er law ;H e goes before them and com m ands them all,T hat to h im self is a law ra tiona l.

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A New York preacher advertises the inducement that his place of worship is the “ coolest hall in the c i ty .” r i— n

Rev. Mr. Stebbins on the Sunday and Sunday Law.

The second lecture on the Sabbath, by this gentleman, was delivered at the Metropolitan Theater on Sunday last. His text was the last verse of the 28th chapter of M ark: “ The son ofman is lord also of the Sabbath.” * He said the commentators all agree that- this passage means,

man is lord of the Sabbath.” He maintained, as in the first lecture, th a t even the Mosaic Sabbath was not a re lig iou s day, but simply a day of cessa­tion from physical labor. There is no authority in the Bible for the setting apart of a n y day for relig iou s purposes. The servic^ of God and man is not formal, bu t vital. Jesus did not separate men into classes of good and bad, nor appoint holy days; he kept all sorts of company, even the lowest. The spirit of Jesus dissolves all formalism, as the sun dissolves the snow; he could not found institutions ; he left everything “ all out of doors.” Jesus founded no Sabbath for Sunday or any other day ; the only authority there is for a Sabbath is the same as there is for everything beneficent. A day of rest had been found necessary, and custom has established Sunday as tha t day. The evi­dence for the authority of any institution is the institution itself. Jesus had not established an orphan asylum ; yet, who will contend against such an institution on account of lack of such authority? Heaven and hell are Divine institu­tions, having their own authority for their ex­istence.

[The reasoning of the last few sentences appears to us very extraordinary for a man of Mr: Stebbins’ reputation as a logician. The same argum ent would j ustify any tyrannous and oppressive institu­tions the world ever saw—th a t of slavery in­cluded. I t is the doctrine of the “ Divine righ t of kings ” revived, in this republic of the nineteenth century ! If institutions exist by Divine right, the bad as well as the good, then God must be considered as much the Author of evil as of good. W e do not wholly dissent from this proposition ; but is Mr. Stebbins prepared to accept this inevita­ble conclusion from his own premises ?—Editor Banner.]

The Rev. gentlem an proceeded to charge the majority of the Christians w ith a pious fraud, in attem pting to base the religious observance of Sunday upon Biblical authority, when there is none for it. He thought th is was done from a fear th a t the whole tru th would not be strong enough, if told, ra ther th an from a design t,o

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Liu.: iunv>r: l i k e f e e d in g h im , a s it, w ere , in a m a n d : i n m an n er ,- w i th b ib a n d spoon , S u n d a y is t im Sn.bbai.il o n ly • »y c o m m o n co n sen t , l u com niciiiorauoii of his resurrection; like the 4th of Ju ly w ith ns, in celebration of another important event. Any other basis for the setting apart of the day is a fraudulent one. The main question is, Is Sunday a good day—as good as any other ? It has been used as a Sabbath through centuries, and custom has sanctioned such use. The people have never signified a wish to abolish it. They, who had abolished slavery, and could abolish Sunday, do not wish to do so. [The Rev. gentleman seems to have forgotten tha t it is but a short time since the people, or a large majority of them, had no desire to abolish slavery ; yet slavery is abolished, and the people are glad of it.]

Mr. Stebbins said tha t the most im portant con­sideration w ith the people now is, Shall the day be exclusively devoted to religious exercises ? Many were half careless and half conscientious in this m atter. They want some religious privileges, and, at the same time, some social privileges. Our present method of keeping Sunday seems in con­flict w ith a pleasant m anner of life. I t is alto­gether wrong to place its observance solely on religious grounds. The day has no essential reli­gions q u a lity ; there is no such th in g as moral obligation \>n Sunday more than on any other day. The present practice divorces religion from life. Our method of observing the day should be similar to tha t of keeping Thanksgiving. There is no natural conflict between religion and rational recreation. He had him self restricted his own church to one religious service on Sunday, and thought it enough, and even better than two. A large part of community devote the day entirely to amusement—have no religious interest in it. Sunday laws assume to enforce the religious observance of tbe day. I t is a dangerous claim to set up. Such legislation covers the darkest pages of hum an h isto ry ; it lies at the foundation of religious persecution. It is a sin committed against God and man. “ The sin committed against the gods, the gods will take care of.” The desire of religious law-givers seems to be to “ fix things ” so tb a t men will be compelled to be good. The efforts of the clergy appear like a suspicion th a t religion is something to he rammed down the throats of the people. The bulk of mankind are not ir re lig io u s , but only about one- fifth have any active interest in religion. Never­theless, we have no righ t to enforce it upon them. Most people will do w hat pleases them in this regard. It is better to be an bonest doubter, how­ever, than a make-believe—a hypocrite.

Finally, Mr. Stebbins thought it best to let the Sunday law go. He asked w ith emphasis, Is it not a dead letter ? W ho obeys it ? Does not every one do wbat pleases bim —go where he will, and do w hat he will, on tha t day, regardless of the law ? Therefore he would say, that no law is necessary in the case except one prohibiting the service of civil process.

The gentlem an’s peroration, speaking in favor of liberty of conscience and freedom of action, was very fine; and we are heartily rejoiced tbat he has planted himself so firmly on the platform of progress, and taken such a decided stand against the iniquitous enactments abridging the freedom which is the b irth righ t of all mankind—more especially of American citizens. I t is in our power, he said, to divert the amusements of the people into harmless channels. Libraries can be opened, religious instruction can still be provided- and education be carried on as well w ithout the law as w ith it. Listen, O earth! and let the sound reach unto the heavens ;—this people are to be educated, not governed ! m .

----------—--------------------McMonag-le—Scudder.

The Rev. Mr, McMonagle’s recent course of lec­tures on Spiritualism is announced for repetition in the Howard Presbyterian Church—Rev. Dr. Scudder’s. The advertisements of the fact in the daily papers resemble a flaming political rallying cry for a mass meeting. All the hold-faced type at command has been used, to attract tbe eye of the reader to the statement. W hen it is consid­ered that the best judges in such m atters pro­nounced his lectures a failure, it m ust be acknowl­edged tha t Mr. McMonagle exhibits an immense amount of assurance in again presenting his weak sophistries and puny denunciations before an audience ; but it is still more remarkable tbat be should have been invited to deliver them in a church where the Rev. Dr. Scudder officiates—a clergyman who visited Mrs. Ada Hoyt Foye in the darkness of evening for the purpose of consult­ing her as a medium, and came away requesting total silence on her part regarding his visit, if she recognized him. Her reply was worthy of a high- spirited and intelligent woman : “ I do not know who you are, and I do not wish to know.” The fact leaked out through another channel in a few days, and the Rev. Doctor of Divinity was the subject of much amusing conversation among Spiritualists for a good while. He had startling tests of spirit power and spirit communion during the sitting, and was as much “ dumbfounded ” as he would have been by a thunderbolt. And now, forsootb, he is going to stand by and see Spiritual­ism and its mediums stoned by this “ popular ” lecturer, McMonagle, as Saul consented at the stoning of Stephen.

W ell, of the two, we do not hesitate much which to choose as our worst friend. McMonagle is ignorant, hu t honest and sincere ; for Scudder there is not even the excuse th a t Saul of Tarsus could plead in his own favor. The latter had not yet come to the knowledge of the tru th , and thought he was doing God service. But Scudder has had opportunities, and has seen the ligh t of the new dispensation through the open windows of heaven ; yet he w ill assist in giving counte­nance to the furious onset about to be made by the populace, headed by McMonagle. M.

A Correspondent oe the Bulletin, at Olym­pia, W ashington Territory, notices the advent of Mr. Todd and Dr. Bryant, and quotes a .lo t of bal­derdash from a paper at tha t place, accusing them of “ blasphemy,” and of insulting the Christian religion, etc. The paper aforesaid says that “ Todd believes and trusts his own judgm ent as infallible. From the decisions of +his mentor th e re is no appea l- He- b e l l e -1- w h ic h it does no : th e sea l <..

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m o - .ro m g upon ; approval.” .. \V uy .--

s h o u ld lie? we ask . W hat w a s In s rua.qon g iv e n i h i m fcr, i f n o t to bo ex e rc ise d ? D oes n o t every - i t i l i n g in iitk, in th e final a p p e a l , h a v e i.o bo sub- ; imitted to the reasoning faculties ? W hat do we ta lk to, or why do we ta lk at all, if not to the reason of men ? But we came near forgetting tha t the popular theology is not, according to the clergy, founded upon reason, but upon a foggy, misty, dark, uncertain th ing, called reve la tion , made, i t is sa id , thousands of years ago. Give us a revelation n ow —one which reason will compre­hend and accept—and you will not hear it “ blas­phemed ” or “ insulted,” by any but fools and idiots. As tbe case stands, Reason has the best of y o u r “ revelation,” all the time. M.

The Right op P rivate J udgment.—From the tone of an article quoted by a correspondent of the B u lle tin from Olympia, one would suppose there had been no Protestant Reformation, and that Luther and his coadjutors had not labored to es­tablish the rig h t of private j udgment. The writer "makes a great ado about a saying of Mr. Todd, that he “ believes in nothing upon which it (his judgm ent) does not set the seal of his approval.” It may be proper for natural fools to be guided by tbe j udgment of others as to w hat they ought to believe, but for a m an w itb the faculties of reason in full development and activity, it seems absurd. A proposition to give up one’s own judgm ent, in m atters of belief, sounds -like many things which were heard in the days of the Spanish Inquisition. There are thousands of people, even in these days, who either w ill not or cannot th ink for themselves.Mr. Todd is not one of these. M.

--------------------------“ Trem ,” which is the short of T rem bler or

T rem u lou s, is the signature of a w riter in the C ali­fo r n ia n , who is evidently “ in bondage to tbe fear of death.” He thinks it “ shockingly indelicate ” for one to compose lines at the funeral of a friend. He is one of that large class of persons, whose lives are so corrupt and villainous that they are afraid to die, lest there should be retribution im­mediately after. Every reference to the Great Terror, therefore, makes them t r e m d e . “ Lines at a Funeral ” shock them indescribably. M.

A Spiritualist Lecturer Coming.—Rev. Herman Snow, a U nitarian clergyman and Spirit­ualist lecturer, left New York on the first of the present month for California. He intends opening a store for the sale of liberal and spiritual books^ pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, and stationery, together w ith a circulating library. W e hope he w ill have time to spare in the lecturing field, in which the laborers are few at present in this lati­tude.

— — »♦>----------Th e New York C h ris tia n A .dvocate, in recording

a “ revival,” adds, in italics, as the choicest item in the paragraph : .

“ Brother fiinckle has powerfully touched the conscience of -callous sinners, and succeeded in doubling the list of subscribers to our excellent paper!”

Messrs. A. Roman & Co. have for sale the fol­lowing new publications : 'Coming W onders E xpected Between 1867 and

1875. W ith eighteen full-page illustrations. By Rev. M. Baxter, author of “‘The Coming Battle.” Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. 1867.

This book is of the old orthodox literal-interpre­tation school of Second Advent publications, and is intended principally to further the ideas and interests of that sect ; but it contains some m at­ters bearing upon the “ wonders ” of modern Spiritualism, which we shall notice at length by- and-by. The author’s definition of Spiritualism will be understood when it is known tha t he con­siders the prophecy in Revelation xvi. 18, 14 to refer to the spirit manifestations of our day. . All are “ unclean spirits,” or “ demons,” tha t is, the spirits of wicked persons who have lived on earth, in the view of our author and of some whom lie quotes. But we will not enlarge upon this topic at this time.

Liber Librorum : Its Structure, Limitations, and P urpose. A Friendly Communication to a Reluctant Skeptic. New York : Charles Scribner & Co. 1867.

“ Liber Librorum,” or “ The Book of Books,” is an attem pt to take advantage of the universally prevalent skepticism of the day, by one who is himself a Bible-believer, for the purpose of over­throw ing the dogmas of the plenary inspiration and infallibility of the Scriptures. If the writer were a skeptic, the task would have been a much easier one ; hut the work he has undertaken seems like the demolition of a fortress from w ithin by its defenders, while the enemy are pressing from without. I t looks like a preparation on the part of the inmates for capitulation. The objects of the author of this book are set forth in the Preface to this American edition as follows :

“ 1. He opposes the ‘ bibliolatry’ which idolizes the letter of the Scriptures as against the claims of the Scriptures themselves, and the spirit of their contents.

“ 2. He opposes the pretensions of High. Church arrogance, and the pharisaism of sensuous ritualism.

“ 3. He rejects also the narrowness of that theolo­gical dogmatism which reads every term and phrase of its creed and catechism between the lines of the Scriptures, and refuses to revise the traditions of schools of theology by the aid of better methods of interpretation.”

Notwithstanding the apparent fairness of the above declarations, tbe author has succeeded only in establishing the weakness of the claim of all theological schools for the Divine authenticity of the Scriptures, in any sense th a t makes a belief in them, as the word of God, imperative. The w riter of the American preface concedes th a t some of the opinions of the author are not well considered, and tha t others are mere conjectures; and also th a t some of his views are not even supported by Scrip­ture testimony. A perusal of the book, however, we think, w ill satisfy intelligent minds th a t the main pillar of Popular Theology has been struck down by the author himself, by the denial of plen­ary Divine inspiration.

The Life and Death of J ason. A Poem. By. William Morris. Boston : Roberts Brothers. 1867.

The story of the Voyage in search of the Golden Fleece, in verse, by a modern poet, who appears thoroughly acquainted w ith Grecian mythology, and wlio has given in this classical productionevidences -A genius which have called forth en­thusiastic- notices' from the- English reviewers. The hook is beautifully printed, and makes a handsome volume of over three hundred pages.

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The Fourth National Convention of Spirit­ualists assembled in compliance w ith the call, at Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday, Sept. 3d. Resolu­tions of respect to the memory of Rev. John Pier- pont, President* of the previous National Conven­tion, were passed. The proceedings of the first day only have reached us, and consequently we cannot give more than a passing notice of the as­sembling of the Convention. The evening session was devoted to the reading of two essays, by S. J. Finney and Mrs. Mary F. Davis—the first on the Spiritual Philosophy, and the second on the Spirit­ual Idea of Education. The hall, which holds twelve hundred persons, was crowded. A full record of the proceedings w ill he published, from which we shall extract whatever may be most

M.interesting.

Camp-Meeting' for . the H oliness.”

Prom otion

Rev. Mr . E arle preached a sermon at P ark street church, (Brimstone Corner,) in Boston, on the 15th of August, in the course of which he gave an account of his stewardship on the Pacific coast, and intim ated tha t he m ight return here w ithin a few months. This golden-egged goose of California seems particularly attractive to revi­valists. Earle, it is certain, carried off her eggs by the pocketful, yet he is not satisfied. W ith Elder Knapp to keep him in countenance while he makes another raid, he m ay succeed, in his second tour of this coast, as well as he did in the first, hu t we have our doubts. Many of the fools have died lately. M.

Rev. Charles Beecher; (brother of Henry W ard Beecher,)—who, some years since, published a book to d em o n stra te tha t spirit manifestations were the work of demons—has recently acted in the capacity of committee-man at a public stance of Laura V. Ellis, the child medium. He ac­knowledged that an intelligence and power inde­pendent of that of the medium m ust have pro­duced the manifestations he witnessed. "Whether he is now prepared to acknowledge these demons as departed relatives and friends, is not stated. If he keeps on investigating, and “ trying the spirits,” lie will come to tha t by-and-by. M.

This meeting, held at Vineland, N. J., was intended especially for the promotion of. holiness, and no ministers were invited, or allowed to preach, who did not profess entire sanctification. This, as a m atter of course, was unpleasant to m any in the ministry, and especially to some who chanced to attend, not fully understanding the character of the meeting, and were not only ignored in • a ll services, but were even told dis­tinctly th a t they could not be allowed to take part in the preaching services. This was all right, provided th e idea of such a m eeting was right. If there was error, it was in g e ttin g up such a meeting at all. At any rate, whatever may have been the results to those who attended it, tlie meeting gave great dissatisfaction ±o many, and has. awakened fears Of a separation in th is vicinity at no distant day, • similar to. -the secession known as tlie “ Nazarite ” -movement, ' which took place in W estern New York a few years ago.

At the Camp-meeting held soon after the Vine-'' land meeting, at Camden, Del., an open collision took place; two sermons having been preached on each side of the question.^ On the one hand, cer­tain views were inculcated, and strongly urged, as both Scriptural and Methodistic, and on the other they were denounced as “ New Divinity,” anti- Scriptural, and anti-Methodistic. The people of course took sides, p r o and con, w ith the preachers, and the effect was anything but healthful to revi­val influences.— C a lifo rn ia C h r is tia n A .dvocate.

W e should have liked to see those ministers who “ professed entire sanctification.” If they had not-proved as graceless a set of hypocrites as ever went abroad in the earth, we should have been disappointed. No wonder there was dissatis­faction and disgust among the people, at the ex­hibition of so much assumption on the part of their religious teachers! W hat an astonishing effect such a m eeting m ust have had in the “ pro­motion of holiness,” where the preachers put themselves forth as exemplars of that holiness which they enjoined upon o th e rs! “ Entiresanctification,” . indeed! Solomon says, (Prov. xxx., 12—14,) “ There is a generation tha t are pure in their own eyes, and yet not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes N and their eyelids are lifted up. There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw-teeth as knives, to devou r the p o o r from off the earth, and the needy from among men.” A prophetic vision of a paid priesthood, self-right­eous, “ entirely sanctified” in their own estima­tion ! M.

Thousands of dirty and vicious Irish Catholic boys might be converted, if we did not seem to give them up in despair, and make no effort for their salvation.— California Christian A-dvocate.

“ Dirty and vicious ” are not very flattering epithets to apply to those whom you wish to con­vert to your way of th inking ; and such terms are not very generally successful in convincing others of your good-will toward them ; but this method and disposition on the part of Christians are of the same tenor as those attributed to the Chris­tian’s God, who is said to evince His love for His children in the beginning by calling them hard names, and threatening them w ith eternal punish­ment. These th ings have not proved very attract­ive to them hitherto, and some have come to believe there is no such God as the Christians represent. Nature and Reason do not reveal any such Being to mankind. M.

One Thousand P ersons assembled at the an­nual Picnic of Spiritualists at Pierpont Grove, Melrose, Massachusetts, August 29th, and con­tinued in camp four days. Speeches, songs, reci­tations, physical manifestations of spirit power, trance speaking, improvisations, and gymnastic exercises, occupied the time. D uring the four days, not less than six thousand persons visitedthe camp from the surrounding towns.

--------------------------So t h e “ H e a l e r ’*- b e lie v e s in a d e v il a fter a ll.—

D ram atic Chronicle.Y es; and lie believes His Satanic Majesty spends

most of his time in the editorial chair of the Chronicle.

Bishop Thomson’s Sermon was a most convinc­ing argument in support of the truth o f revealed re lig ion . l i e d id n o t n av court- to the w h im s o f

OGC-m s 1:01'11ei?m, hot 'colely cdiou and mam t-tined tlu. old ideas: o f o/A-v-A■- and tb e rcsurreclv.m o f ‘hxi bodi/. — C'-difomif. i h v i s C a n .Advocate.

A n d so w ill i t i.o till t h e e n d oi" e r ro r .-fiiali com e. C o m m o n sen se w i l l c o n t in u e to e x p lo d e the nonsense of religionists about miracles and a bodily resurrection ; but there will be, for a long time to come, bishops and priests so bigoted or so dishonest as to preach such dark absurdities,which cannot bear the ligh t of reason. M.

Controversy.—The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table shrewdly says : “ Controversy equalizes foolsand the wise—and the foo ls know i t .” That’s the reason why the table-tippers are so anxious to “ dis­cuss ” with the Christian clergy.—D ram atic Chron­icle.

W e th ink we have knocked tha t seat from under you once; hut as you have ventured upon it again, we may as well say, once for all, th a t we have no controversy w ith fools, and your persist­ent efforts to “ equalize ” w ith us w ill be of no avail. M.

W hiting & Berry, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchants, have an extensive establishment at 609 Sacramento street, wherein, according to their catalogue, may be found every variety of the purest qualities of W ines, Spirits, and Teas, for family and medicinal use. A guaranty of freedom from adulteration in these articles is very desira­ble, and we understand th a t Messrs. ’W hiting & Berry profess to he able to furnish it in all cases.

M.

“ Pacific Hygienist.”—This is the name of a new m onthly temperance publication, issued byR. S. Macbeth and Harry Andrews, at No. 7 Armory H all Building. It is-a reform journal in the m atters of Diet, Regimen, W hter Cure, and Temperance, and is offered to the public at $1 per year. The typographical appearance of this sheet of eight pages is beautiful. M.

Our Premiums to new subscribers, and to those renewing their subscriptions before the commence­ment of the new volume, which may be found ad­vertised on our th ird page, should be an induce­ment to all to hand in their names at an early day, in order tha t we may he saved the trouble and ex­pense of employing a collector. Friends, please attend to this matter.

P retty Good !—"Why are editors the best of men ? Because all they do iB (write) right.

After our “ devil ” perpetrated the above, he asked for a holiday. W e immediately granted his request, tak ing into consideration the immense amount of labor necessary to produce so bright a gem .— D a ily C ritic . _______

One of the Methodist brethren in Whterbury, Ct., was lately giving in a religious meeting the experiences of himself and family, saying, among other tilings, that his wife was a very good woman, but she sickened and died in a, happy frame of mind, and he should he rejoiced if his present partner would go the same way.

. ------------—The New York Times, in commenting on some

recent executions, says: “ The number of pious murderers who are dying on tlie gallows just now in various parts of the country is quite remarkable. From these dying speeches, the shortest and most triumphant route to Heaven would seem to be through Murderer’s Alley.”

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T H E B A N K E R O F P H O G - H E S S

M issing Books o f the Old and N ew Testa­ments. i,

Below we give place to a tabular statement of tlie number and names of the m issing books of the Bible, w ith the references to them which may be found in the present collection. I t will be per­ceived tha t they are equally authentic with those transm itted to us from the hands of the Council of Nice, and which are now labeled “ Holy Bible” :

OLD TESTAMENT.NAME. REFERENCE.

Book of the Covenant............................ Ex., xxiv. 7.Book of the Wars of the L ord .. . . . . . Nutn., xxi. 14.Book of Jasher............................. .. Josh., x. 13,

2 Sam., i. IS.Book of the Law of God.......................Josh., xxiv. 26.Book of the Kingdom............................ T Sam., x. 25.Book of the Acts of Solomon...............1 Kings., xi. 41.Solomon’s Three Thousand Proverbs “ iv. 32 v. 12.Also, One Thousand and Five Songs. “ iv. 32.Solomon on Natural H is to ry ............ “ iv. 33.Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of

Israel............................................................ “ xiv. 19,xvi. 5, 20, 27,

1 Kings, xxii. 39.Book of the Chronicles of the Kings

of Judah ............................. .. — ......... “ xiv. 23.Chronicles of King David.................... .1 Chr., xvii. 24.Book of Gad, the Seer.... ............................. “ xxix. 29,

2 Chr., ix. 29.Book of Nathan, the Prophet.................... “ “Book of Ahijah, the Shilonite.................... “ “Visions of Iddo, the Seer, against

Jeroboam, the Son of Nebat......... “ “Book of Shemaiah................................. “ xii. 15.Book of Iddo the Seer, Concerning

Genealogies....................................... .. . “ “Story of the Prophet Iddo............. “ xiii. 22.Book of Jehu the Son of Henani......... “ xx. 34.Historical Book of Isaiah........................ “ xxvi. 32.Sayings of the S eers ................................ “ xxxiii. 19Story of the Book of Kings. . . . ........... “ xxiv. 27.Lamentations................................................ “ xxxv. 25.Book that Jeremiah wrote in Prison. Jer. xxvi. 32.

NEW TESTAMENT.Many who have written the Life of

Jesus Christ................................. . Luke i. 1.An Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians 1 Cor., v. 9.An Epistle to the Laodiceaas............. Col., iv. 16.Jude on the Common Salvation..... Jude, 3.Book of Enoch....................; ....................... “ 20.

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Religion Run Mad.—A correspondent gives a brief account of a religious order in Mexico called the “ Pretontists ” :

“ This order, with its curious customs, has been handed down from the old Franciscan Friars of Spain. Every Friday during Lent, and the whole of the last week, they go through this penance. An in­definite number, generally from twenty-five to fifty, divest themselves of superfluous clothing, except­ing a pair of drawers rolled up to the knee, and a red handkerchief around the head. Officers are elected (who do not disrobe themselves), all furnished with a peculiar kind of whip, made very pliable,- except those who hold the post of honor, to the number of five or six, who carry a large, heavy cross, hewn out of rough timber, which is so heavy and unwieldy, that, when the cross is upon the shoulder, the long upright piece drags upon the ground. All leave their place of resort, sing a melan­choly sort of chant, and, going to a certain place where a large cross is firmly planted in the ground, they drop upon their knees in a circle around the cross; then begin to beat themselves, alternately over each shoulder, according as they think their sins deserve. This whip strikes in the small of the hack, keeping time to the chant, while shuffling around the circle. The crossbearers, who have their hands full, are kindly provided for by the officers, who take it upon themselves to whip those who have not the ability to whip themselves. Their backs, as we saw them, resembled a mass of raw flesh, with the blood not trickling from one place, but hundreds. The blows could be heard for full half a mile, filling the bystander with an indescribable horror, while the cold chill runs over his frame in thinking how it is possible for human beings to be so ignorant and degraded as to do this. The penance is over with the last of Lent.”

Social Progress.—In an article under this head, the N o r th A m e r ic a n R eview , one of the oldest and most conservative periodicals in the United States, thus speaks of the past, present, and future of the m arriage relation :

“ In the relations of husband and wife, the ten­dency of legislation in all modern states—of course it is in some more rapid and more perceptible than in others—is to reduce marriage to an instrument for the legitimization of children simply, leaving all the relations of husband and wife which are not neces­sary to this end to be regulated by individual will. The common law had a status ready fqr the wife, into which she passed the minute afterdTHesq^remony was over, and which placed both her person andProperty under the absolute control of her husband.

n most European countries the woman is deprived, by custom, to this day, of freedom iu choosing her husband ; but in all of them there is every day a stronger and stronger movement toward her libera­tion from all incidents of matrimony which are not necessary to prove the paternity, of her children and provide for their maintenance. One of the rights of woman, too, which is most strongly asserted in the prevailing agitation about her condition, and one which we have little doubt is rapidly obtaining re­cognition, is her right, even after marriage, to the control of her person in the matter of child-bear­ing.”

More H ealing by L aying On o f Hands.Dr. J. M. Grant, who has been healing the sick

by this method during the past year in Sacramento, has taken rooms at No. GIG Sacramento street, in this city, where he w ill receive patients from & to o o’clock until further notice. W e have taken some trouble to ascertain for ourselves the reality of the cures performed by Dr. Grant, and are happy in being able to state th a t we have the signatures of some of his patients to certificates of their res­toration to health by his treatm ent. Among others are the following cases :

Geo. Johnson, corner of Seventeenth and C streets, Sacramento, had three successive shocks of paralysis, and suffered also from general de­bility. He liad been unable to sit up, for a period of six months, more than two hours at a time_ After the first treatm ent by Dr. Grant, he was able to sit up during the whole of every day. In the second week of treatm ent, he was sufficiently re­stored to be able to work, and actually dug a cel­lar for himself. His strength returned, and the paralysis is now nearly removed.

The wife of Mr. Johnson had been suffering for twelve months w ith p ro la p su s u te r i, and was cured by Dr. Grant in two treatments. M.

«—■ ----—Extraordinary Acts o f H ealing in Paris.A correspondent in Paris says :“ Tlie great novelty of the day, and the subject

of all conversation, is the miraculous gift of heal­ing possessed by a Zouave of the name of Jacob, who, by the mere exercise of his will, performs daily tlie most extraordinary cures on paralyzed persons, who for years have been unable to move without assistance. The Zouave receives no pay for the boon he confers ; he is perfectly unassuming in manner, and does not attem pt to explain by w hat means he accomplishes the cures he effects. His regiment is quartered at "Versailles, but in consequence of tbe difficulty the poor experienced in reaching the only portion of the barrack in which lie was allowed to receive his patients, the Count de Cliateauvillaid, himself a paralytic, offered him the use of several rooms in his hotel, where Zouave Jacob daily administers relief to thousands who flock from all parts. The Count publishes in L a P e ti te P re s se a plain statement of liis own experience of tlie efficacy of Jacob’s influence. He drove in liis carriage, accompanied by liis wife, to tbe manufactory of M. Du Noyet, where Jacob was engaged with several poor and disabled patients. The Count, who had been paralyzed for years, was supported by his footman and a workman, who obligingly lent him his arm from his carriage to the court, where he. was allowed to take a place in tlie circle of the sick surrounding Jacob. Persons were being trans­ported on litters or carried in m e n ’s arms to his presence, many being so utterly helpless as ~to be unable to sit upright, and only able to support themselves by leaning against each other. As soon as the room was full, Jacob entered and said,‘ Let no one speak until I question bim, or I shall go away.’ Perfect silence ensued. The Zouave then went from one sick person to another, telling each exactly the disease -from which he or she was suffering. Then to the paralytics he simply said ‘ Rise.’ The Count, being of the number, arose, and that w ithout tlie slightest difficulty. In about twenty minutes Jacob dismissed the crowd; M. de Cliateauvillaid walked to his carriage without the slightest difficulty, and when his wife wished to express her gratitude to Jacob, lie replied that he had no time to listen, for he had other patients to attend to. Medical men are themselves taken by surprise, but the facts are not contradicted.”

Another correspondent says: - >“ Yesterday the approaches to the house in the

Rue de la Roquette presented ail extraordinary scene. There was almost as great a crowd of carriages and foot-people as may be seen*in tbe same neighborhood when a criminal is to be guillotined. As many as 20 sergens-de-viUe ;were on duty to keep order. As the ‘ cured ’ came out they were greeted w ith frantic cheers from the spectators, many of whom climbed up to the tops of houses to get a near view. Count de Chateau- villaid has offered Jacob a part of his house, in case he finds liis present premises too small to receive his patients. There is very perfect machin­ery in operation for preventing the inquisitive scrutiny of witnesses w anting iii faith. I would go myself to see the cures, but should be told that none but the sick could be adm itted ; or if I alleged myself to be sick, which, in this unhealthy season, almost anybody m ight do w ith a safe con­science, I should get number two-tliousand-and- scmetliing for my tu rn for an; audience* • and could not make use of the ticket without losing severaldays.” A '" .-------------------------------=--

The Child’s Catechism.

J ewish New Year.—Tuesday last was gene­rally observed by our fellow citizens of tbe Hebrew faitb as the 5,628tli anniversary of the birth day of the world. Science has long since exploded the fallacy that the -world is less than six thousand years old. , Go to the rocks, with their deeply imbedded fossils—to the mountains, seamed and rounded by tbe rains of countless ages—go to tbe great volume of nature ; and on every page will "be found evidence on evidence piled tba t tbis earth has existed for myriads of centuries..—San Jose M ercu ry .

An Example of Liberality for Christian Imitation.—Tlie Jeavs have resolved to establish a college in Philadelphia. It is not, however, to be confined to their own people, but to be open to Christians of all shades of views. It w ill not exact from any of the students any pledges, hut will be devoted to giving all who please to avail themselves of its privileges a thorough acquaint­ance with Hebrew literature.

There is an old man out W est who has resided on the Mississippi river for fifty years, yet lie was never known to pronounce the name of the river. He lisps.

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they w ant Moral, M ental, and Physical C ulture. We hope to aid them in th e ir search for these trea su res .

Sound Doctrine.—In a sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. Bellows, of New York, is the following paragraph:

“ For my own part, I say in all solemnity, I have lived to become sincerely suspicious of the piety of those who do not love pleasure in auy form. I can­not trust the man that never laughs, that is always sedate ; that has no apparent outlet for those natural springs of sportiveness and gayety that are perennial iu the human soul. I know that Nature takes her revenge on such violence; I expect to find secret vices, malignant sins, or horrid crimes spring up in this hot-bed of confined air and imprisoned space; and, therefore, it gives me a sincere moral gratifica­tion anywhere, in any community, to see innocent pleasures and popular amusements resisting the religious bigotry that frowns so unwisely upon them. Anything is better than dark, dead, unhappy social life—a prey to ennui and morbid excitement, which result from unmitigated Puritanism, whose Becond crop is usually license and unmitigated folly.”

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thinks the readiest means of settling the question of womanhood sufFrage is to give it a practical test. I t says:

“ In Kansas, the two amendments are before the people, and may both be adopted at once. The ex­periment can be tried in that State as fairly and safely as in any other, and, if it succeeds, within a very short time the people of other States will be prepared to adopt female suffrage. The only serious objection to its adoption is based on the assumed fact that women generally will not exercise the right if it is given to them. To that objection a practical experiment, if successful, will give the most convincing and satisfactory reply. In such a case, one fact is worth a bushel of syllogisms. If the women of Kansas, having been enfranchised, do vote—the higher classes as well as the lower, the in­telligent as well as the ignorant, the virtuous as well as the vicious—then it will be a reasonable presump­tion that the women of Missouri will also vote.”

A New W o n d e r i n P r i n t i n g .—The N ational Intelligencer, at Washington City, says, Baylies & Wood’s Chromatic Inking Apparatus is now in operation in the job-room of the Intelligencer print­ing-house. I t will print any number of colors with­out auy change in the form, and with a single im­pression. The distribution of the various inks is complete, while the apparatus is simple and may be applied to any kind of job press in use. I t Is des­tined to work a complete revolution in color print­ing, and is worthy of the attention of all practical printers.

Two churches on Seventh street, Philadelphia, have been sold to opera troupes and are now in full blast as negro minstrel houses.

There are professed Spiritualists—arid, penning the fact, our cheek reddens w ith mingled shame and sorrow—that send their children to sectarian Sunday schools ; send them, conscious that tlieir tender minds will be blasted and their souls stuffed w ith false doctrines and the fear of tor m enting hells and devils. Awhile since, we pick­ed up a Methodist catechism, among the teach ings of which, relative to God and creation, were the following questions and answers :

“ Is there any Being tha t lived before the earth was made ?

“ There is.“ W ho was that Being?“ Almighty God.“ Did Almighty God create the world ?“ He did.“ Of what did God create the world?“ Of nothing.“ H ow did God create all things from nothing?“ By the p o w e r of liis W o r d ! ”Is not this a sublimely lucid and logical exege

sis of the philosophy of creation ? all things made from nothing, and. by tlie power of God’s word That enlightened: Spiritualists can th ink of pa­tronizing such creedal institutions is to ns a mys­tery. The influences surrounding and associa­tions connected w ith bar-rooms, billiard-rooms, circuses, camp-meetings, and Orthodox Sunday schools are repulsive to our diviner nature. They demoralize the rising army of tlie young, by sow­ing tlie seeds of future physical and m ental suf­fering. As the child’s soul is the center of spirit­ual forces, the repository of all principles, it should be religiously educated, under broad, beau­tiful home-influences, or in our Progressive Lyce urns.—B a n n e r o f L ig h t.

Intolerance is a conformity with evil spirits Alas ! true tolerance reigns alone in the kingdom of the heavens.

Demonopliobia and demonolatry are tlie arms of Satan ; tlie rod of iron lie lias held suspended for centuries over the Church and her bigots.

According to the toould-be O rthodox teachers, the demon is the sovereign M a ste r of the creation, whilst God is seated, like an old Saint, impotent and superannuated, in a niche of the universe.— “ ThougJits f r o m B e y o n d the Tom b,” by B a r o n de Q-uldenstubbe.

I n f a l l i b i l i t y .— In a late lecture by Prof. Huxley, in London, he states that he has read an Egyptian novel of much • greater antiquity than the Penta­teuch, and that he finds the original of the story of Joseph in this novel. I f the Bible thus drew from the old Egyptian romances for its facts, can we be

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BANNER OF PROGRESS.CARDS, CIRCULARS, BILLHEADS, PAMPHLETS, and

ev e ry descrip tion of P lain and O rnam ental PRINTING, exe­cu ted n ea tly and exped itiously , a t th e low est m a rk e t ra te s .

O F F I C E , 5 3 3 C L A Y S T R E E T .

P A T I E N T S ’ H O M E , r. GOULD,MR. & MRS.

SPIRITUAL HEALING PHYSICIANS,T R E A T E Y

Peculiar—Epes S arg en t............................................A thanasia—Sears........................................................Book of AU Religions—H ay w ard ........................David G ra y ’s Poem s................................................Shelley’s Poems. 2 vols.........................................Death and A fter Life—Davis ...(p a p e r ) ...........Companion P o e ts ....(p a p e r .) .................................Lily W reath—A B. Child.............. .................................. 1 00N ight Side of N a tu re—Crowe........................................ I 00Intellectual Freedom —W oodruff....(paper.) ........... 50F ugitive W ife ....(p ap e r.)................................................. 25Gospel of H arm ony—W illard (p a p e r .) ........... , ...... 30Gist of S p iritua lism —Chase .. .(p a p e r .) .................... 50H arm onial M an—D avi'e ....(paper.)............... 40H isto ry of E vil__(p a p e r .) .............................................. 40H arb in g e r of H ea lth —D avis........................................ 1 50Is th e re a Devil—B aldw in.... (p a p e r .) ........................ 20Incidents in M y Life—Home........................................ 1 25Ideal A ttained—M rs. F a rn b a m .................................... 2 00Kiss for a Blow—W righ t................................................. 60Legalized P ro s titu tio n —Woodruff................................ 75Love and M ock L o v e ........................................................ 25L y ric of th e Golden Age—H a r r is ............................... 2 00R enan’s Life of J e su s ........................................................ 1 75M arriage and P aren tage—W rig h t............................... 1 25M agic Staff—D avi3............................................................. 1 75Special P rovidence—Davis . ..(p a p e r .) ....................... 15Present Age and Inner Life—D avis.............. ............ 2 00Self A bnegationist—W rig h t ... (p a p e r .) ........ ............ 50Unwelcome Child—W rig h t............................................ 30Woman, and H er E ra—F arn h am . 2 v o ls ...............3 00M iss Sprague’s Poem s..................................................... 1 50Living P resen t and Dead Past—W righ t................... 50A pproaching C risis—D avis............................................ 75H ealing of th e Nations—Talm adge & L in to n ...........5 00Dealings w ith th e Dead—R andolph ............................ 75

PAPER COVERS.S p ir itu a lism .........................................................................W ages.....................................................................................Phreno logy ............................................................................M in istry of A ngeis.............................................................LeKture bn Im m o rta lity ................................................S piritualism in th e W est................................................S p irit W o rk s ........................................................................B ridegroom ...........................................................................Theory of P opu la tion ........................................................Telegraph A n sw ers............................................................Dodd’s Invo lun tary T h eo ry ............................................R eproductive O rgans........................................................Answers to O bjections............................................Review of B eecher............................................................In troduction to W ater C ure............................................Tables T urned—B ritta n .................................................... 25TiffUny’s M onthly..............................................................S p iritua l E xperience............................................a . . . .O rations—P i c k e t . . . . , .......................................................Road to S p iritua lism ........................................... .............Labor—Owen........................................................................R eview s—(C ongregational)............................................D iscourses on E v il .............................................................W hat is T ru th ......................................................................Woman in all A ges.............................................................B o tany .......................................................... _.......................C holera............................................................ ......................Religious H isto ry and Cri t icism—R e n a n " * 2 00

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Residence, No. 30 Silver Street.

-EXAMINATIONS MADE AND MEDICINES PRESCRIBED.

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R E M O V A L

F o r sale a t th is

JACOB SHEWSPIONEER PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY,

Late 315 M ontgomery Street,

IS REMOVED TO 2STo. 612 CLAY ST.,N o rth side, four doors above M ontgom ery,

SAN FRANCISCO.

H aving superio r accom m odations, and ev e ry facility fo r all b ran ch es of th e A rt, a t g re a tly reduced r e n t , I am enab led to produce th e v e ry b e s t q u a lity of w ork , of a ll k inds, a t p rices ab o u t

Twenty-five per cent, below the Montgom­ery S treet Galleries,

an d equally as low as th e m ost in ferio r galleries in o ther p a r ts of th e c ity , a t th e sam e tim e tak ing th e g re a te s t pains to g ive e n tire sa tis fac tio n .

JACOB SHEW,P i o n e e r P h o t o g r a p h e r ,

8 612 Clay s t r e e t , a b o v e M o n tg o m e ry .

DENTISTRY.I>K- II. J . PAINE,

Iffo. 5»» C alifornia Street,Between Montgomery and Kearny, four doors west of WellSj

Fargo & Co.,S A W F B A W O I S O O .

Db. P a in s received the First Premium at the Mechanics’ Fair, 1864. 1

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1867.

L Y C EU M DEPARTM ENT.“ Angels w h ere ’e r we go a tten d

Our s tep s , w h a te ’er betide,"With w atchfu l ca re th e ir charge defend,

And ev il tu rn asid e .”— chari.es w i s i e t .

For the B anner of P rogress.

_ Th.e Priceless Pearl.

by r . e . ac, aged jhite years.

Down in the ocean’s slippery del',C lustering round the o y s te r’s she!1,A re pearls whose ligh t m en often m ar ;B ut th e re ’s a P earl m ore priceless far.Though down in th e deep y o u r pearls m ay lie,And the diam ond sh ine w ith i ts b r i l l ia n t eye,T hey’re m ade for o ther hands th an m ine—I only w an t th e Pearl d iv ine.

B u t one on ea r th th is P earl possessed.And now it lies in h is m atch less b re a s t :’Tis th e h ig h es t developm ent of th e Soul Before we reach our h eav en ly goal.

^ ^The H ealth o f Boys and Girls.

A b o y rom p s an d la u g h s , p la y s a t a th le t ic g a m es, w h ip s top s, ru n s races, c lim b s trees, le a p s and j tlm ps, an d ex erc ises a ll b is m u sc le s in tu rn . H e lo l l s in b is cb a ir , an d a ssu m es a n y a tt itu d e b e p le a se s a t b is d esk . H e b a s from b is g a m e a su f­f ic ien t a p p etite to ea t h ea r tily , an d o u t o f sch oo l h o u r s l ie fe e ls under no restra in t. T h e g ir l, on th e contrary , n ev er rom ps, ru n s races, w h ip s tops, etc . S h e o n ly s its u p r ig h t an d w a lk s , th u s d e v e l­o p in g , and so m etim es a ll b u t d estro y in g , o n ly on e se t o f m u sc les . S h e can n ot sh a k e o ff for a m o m en t th e fe e l in g o f con stra in t, an d sh e n a tu r a lly lo se s ap p etite , b eco m es la n g u id , fa in t, an d lo w . T h e b o y com es in fo ru d e con tact w ith th o se ab ove and aro u n d h im . H e h a s to en d u re “ ch a ffin g ,” to le a r n to “ h o ld h is o w n ,” to f ig h t i f i t n eed he. E v e n in h is g a m e s h is m in d h a s to b e a ctiv e . H e h a s to th in k ab ou t th e m o st j u d ic iou s w a y o f field­i n g w h e n T om is a t th e w ick e ts , or for lo o k in g o u t w h e n D ick k ick s th e fo o tb a ll. T h is d evelop s h is in te lle c t , an d tea ch es h im h is p la ce in h is ow n w o rld . T h e g ir l, on th e contrary , is so h e d g e d in w ith p rotection , tligft sh e h a s n o p ow er o f h er o w n , an d sh e can n ot lea rn life , for th e b ook is k ep t clo sed to h er. L et u s a t th is m o m en t p a u se a w h ile , for m em o ry rec a lls to our m in d th e n a m e an d n a ­tu re o f m a n y a b lo o m in g w o m a n w h o m w e h a v e ad m ired for th e ir lo v e lin e s s , th e ir g o o d sen se , th e ir g e n u in e w o rth , and, sp e a k in g p ro fession a lly , for th e ir th o r o u g h h ea lth fu ln ess . H o w h a v e th e y b e e n b r o u g h t up ? W h y , a lm o st in v a r ia b ly in th e cou n try , l iv in g w ith th e ir brothers, an d sh ar­in g th e ir sports in a fem in in e w a y — r id in g or w a lk in g , irresp ectiv e o f d ir ty la n e s ; b o a tin g , p la y ­in g b o w ls or croquet, sw in g in g , lo l l in g u n der th e g reen w o o d t^ee, e a t in g as m u ch as th e y lik e d , and o n ly u n d er restra in t d u r in g th e period w h e n th e y w e r e w ith M iss T u teu r or P rofessor G uitarro. T h e y h a v e h ad , p erh ap s, a s in g le y ea r a t a fin ish ­in g sch o o l to en a b le th e m to b reak o ff n a tu r a lly a fe w ob jection ab le b a b its , and to part w ith a few u n d esira b le acq u a in tan ces, and to p ass w ith ease from th e g ir l to th e w om an . W h e n su ch a one le a v e s sch o o l sh e does n o t th in k o f i t as a p la ce o f p u n ish m e n t to b e avoided . S h e h a s m o st prob ab ly acq u ired a fon d n ess for m u sic or p a in tin g , or found su ffic ien t in te r e st in G erm an or I ta lia n to co n tin u e i t s stu d y . H er m in d , w ith it s h e a lth y to n e u n ­sp o iled b y tb e in cessa n t w o rry o f sch oo l, se ek s for occu p ation ra th er th a n in g lo r io u s repose. T o su ch a o n e b ro th ers w il l t e l l th e ir l i t t le ad ven tu res, and , w h e th e r sh e h a v e b ea u ty o f face or e le g a n c e o f form , or b e in r e a lity so m ew h a t p la in , sh e is n o ted “ a b r ick ,” an d a s su ch ta k es a n h on ored p la ce in th e d o m estic arch itectu re. T h e co n c lu ­s io n to b e d raw n from th e fo r e g o in g is in ev ita b le , v iz : th a t i f w e w ish to p reserv e th e h e a lth o f our da.uglitor&, over-work th em . T h eh o rsem a n d oes n ot p u t a f il ly to la b o r a t a period w h e n h e w o u ld a llo w h er b ro th er o f th e sa m e a g e to b e id le in th e field . I f w e in s is t o n our d a u g h ­ters le a r n in g d o u b le th e n u m b er o f su b jec ts th a t th e ir b roth ers do, an d in th e sam e t im e , w e are certa in to im p a ir th e ir h e a lth , an d n o am o u n t o f d o cto r in g w il l p rev en t th e ca tastrop h e. I t is a ll n o n se n se to im a g in e th a t b e a u ty o f face an d e le ­g a n c e o f f ig u re d ep en d u p on “ d ep o rtm en t” b e in g ta u g h t a t sch oo l. T h o se w h o b e lie v e su ch tra sh can n ev er h a v e read in C ook’s v o y a g e s an d th o se o f o th er m en o f th e g ra ce fu l ch arm s o f th e “ sav ­a g e ” w o m en o f O w y h ee— or h a v e read th e p re tty co u p le t in w h ic h S cott d escrib ed h is ch a r m in g “ L a d y o f th e L a k e ” :

“ And n e’e r did Grecian chisel trace A nym ph, a naiad , or a grace,Of finer form or lovelier face.W hat though no ru le of co u rtly g race To m easured mood had tra in ed h e r pace ;A foot m ore light, a step m ore tru e ,N e’e r from tho heath-flow er dashed the dew ,” etc.

— M edica l M irro r .—------;---1 ►----------------

Disease P roduced by Sleeping Together.— D u r in g th e n ig h t th ere is con sid erab le ex h a la tio n from our b od ies, an d a t th e sam e t im e w e absorb a la r g e q u a n tity o f tb e su rro u n d in g air. T w o h e a lth y y o u n g ch ild ren s le e p in g to g e th e r w il l m u tu a lly g iv e an d rece iv e b e a lt l iy ex h a la tio n s ; b u t th e o ld , w ea k person n ear a ch ild w ill , in e x ­ch a n g e for h e a lth , retu rn w ea k n e ss . A sick m o th er n ear h er d a u g h te r com m u n ica tes s ic k ly em a n a tio n s to h e r ; i f th e m o th er h a s a c o u g h o f lo n g d u ration , th e d a u g h te r w i l l som e t im e co u g h an d suffer b y i t ; i f th e m o th er h a s p u lm o n a ry con su m p tion , it w il l u lt im a te ly b e com m u n ica ted to h er ch ild . I t is k n o w n th a t th e b ed o f a con­su m p tiv e is a p o w erfu l an d su re source o f co n ta g io n , as w e ll for m en as for w o m en , an d th e m ore so for y o u n g persons. P a re n ts and friend s o u g h t to oppose a s m u ch as is in th e ir p o w er th e s le e p in g to g e th e r o f o ld and y o u n g p erson s, o f th e s ick an d o f th e h e a lth y . A n o th er reason o u g h t to forb id every m o th er and n u rse k e e p in g sm a ll ch ild ren w ith th e m in th e b ed : n o tw ith ­s ta n d in g th e a d v ice o f prudence, n o year p asses th a t w e do n o t h ear o f a n e w in v o lu n ta ry in fa n ti­cide. A b ab y fu ll o f life , h e a lth , and v ig o r in th e ev en in g , is found th e n e x t m o rn in g , suffocated b y i t s p aren ts or n u rse.

N ic e Boy.—“ Ma, if you w ill give me a peach I w ill be a good boy.”

“ N o , m y ch ild , y o u m u st n ot b e g o o d for p a y ; th a t is not r ig h t .”

“ W e ll , y o u d on ’t w a n t m e to b e good f o r n oth in g , do y o u ?”

' « » -----------K illed by Fright.—A six-year-old boy at

Trenton, N. J:, who was locked up in a tight closet by bis teacher, became insane from fright, and continued to scream at intervals for two or three days, and finally died.

A GENTLEMAN, g iv in g a le c tu r e to som e boys, w a s e x p la in in g h o w o n e cou ld l iv e w ith o u t air. H e th e n sa id , “ Y o u h a v e a ll h eard o f a m an d ro w n in g — h o w d oes th a t h ap pen ?” T h e ready a n sw er w as, “ ’C ause h e ca n ’t sw im .”

A professional beggar-boy, so m e te n years o f a g e , ig n o ra n t o f rea d in g , b o u g h t a card to p lace on h is breast, an d appeared in th e p u b lic street as a “ poor w id o w , w ith e ig h t s m a ll c h il­dren .”

A man in Cairo, III., while overheated, held a piece of ice in his hand until he was chilled to death.

T H E B A N N E R O F F R O G R E S S .

The Bible.There are some matters in the Bible said to be

done by the express command, of God, that are as shockihff to humanity, and every idea we have of moral justice, as anything done by Robespierre, by Carriere, by Joseph le Bon, in France, by the Fnclish Government in the East Indies, or by any other assassin in modern times. When we read in the books ascribed to Moses, Joshua, etc., that they (the Israelites) came by stealth upon whole na­tions of people, who, as the history itself shows, had given them no offense; that they put all those nations to the sword; that they spared neither age nor infancy; that they utterly destroyed men, women, and children; that they left not a soul to breathe ;—expressions that are repeated over and over again in those Books, and that, too, with ex­ulting ferocity ;—are we sure these things are facts ? Are we sure that the Creator of man commissioned these things to he done ? Are we sure that the Books that tell ns so were written by His authority ?

I t is not the antiquity of a tale that is any evi­dence of its tru th ; on the contrary, it is a symptom of its being fabulous; for the more ancient any history pretends to be, the more it has the re­semblance of a fable. The origin of every nation is buried in fabulous tradition, and that of the Jews is as much to be suspected as any other. To charge the commission of acts upon the Almighty, which in their own nature, and. by every rule of moral justice, are crimes—as all assassination is, and more especially the assassination of infants—is matter of serious concern. The Bible tells us that those assassinations were done by the express com m and o f God. To believe, therefore, the Bible to be true, we must unbelieve all our belief in the moral justice of God; for wherein could crying or smiling infants offend? And to read the Bible without horror, we mast undo everything that is tender, sympathizing, and benevolent in the heart of man. Speaking for myself, if I had no other evidence that the Bible is fabulous, than the sacrifice I must makAto believe it to be true, that alone would be sufficient to determine my choice.— Thomas Paine.

A Mb. J ones has recently revived the phonetic system in Englaad. I t is only prejudice of the eye, says Mr. Jones, that keeps ns from saying: gave Jac a kic, when Jac gave Die a noc on the with a thie stic.”

“ Die bae

A Challenge to the Clergy.To the C lergym en o f the P a c if ic Coast :

Bey. Gentlemen:— I h ereb y e x te n d a ch a l­le n g e to a n y on e o f y o u w h o m y o u r r e lig io u s o rg a n iza tio n w i l l en d orse a s b e in g cap ab le o f d efen d in g y o u r a rtic les o f fa ith , to m e e t m e e ith er in th is c ity or in Sacram ento , S an J ose , M arysv ille , or N a p a C ity , in ora l d iscu ssio n o n th e fo llo w in g q u e s t io n s :

1. D o the s p ir its o f the d e p a r te d possess p o w e r to r e tu r n a rid com m u n ica te in te llig en tly w ith th e ir f r ie n d s in the earth -life f

I ta k in g th e a ffirm ative, y o u th e n e g a tiv e . D iscu ss tw o days.

2. A .re the teach ings o f S p ir itu a lism im m o ra l in th e ir tendencies, a s co m p a red w ith the teach ings o f the B ib le a n d C h r is t ia n ity ?

Y o u to ta k e th e a ffirm ative an d I th e n e g a t iv e . D iscu ss tw o days.

A n ea r ly rep ly is desired .Y o u rs re sp ec tfu lly , benjamin todd.

T h e fo llo w in g p erson a l in v ita t io n h a s a lso b een a d d r e sse d :

San Francisco, A p ril 2, 1867. Rev . Mr . Dwinell :

S i r :— In th e S acram en to U n ion o f recen t d ate , I sa w th e report o f a d iscou rse d e liv ered b y yo u , in w h ic h y o u sp eak in a m a n n er h ig h ly d ero g a to ry o f S p ir itu a lism . I h ere in ^challenge y o u to m ee t m e in a n ora l d iscu ssion , e ith e r in S acram en to or in th is c ity , to co n tin u e fou r d ays, u p on th e fo l­lo w in g q u e s t io n s :

1. D o the s p ir i ts o f the d e p a r te d possess p o w e r to r e tu r n a n d com m u n ica te in te llig en tly w ith th e ir f r ie n d s in the ea rth -life ?

I ta k in g th e a ffirm ative , y o u th e n e g a tiv e . D iscu ss tw o d ays.

2 . A .re th e teach ings o f S p ir itu a lis m im m o ra l in th e ir tendencies, a s co m p a red w ith the teach in gs o f the B ib le a n d C h r is t ia n ity ?

Y o u to ta k e th e a ffirm ative, an d I th e n e g a tiv e . D iscu ss tw o d ays.

A n ea r ly r ep ly is desired .Y o u rs re sp ec tfu lly , benjamin todd.

---------- .------------------------------Cartes d e V i s i t e of Dr. Bryant may be ob­

tained at this office—price twenty-five cents.

FROM PACIFIC STREET W HARF,Connecting w ith th e

San Francisco and Alameda Railroad.

THROUGH TO HAYWARD’S BY BOAT AND CARS.O nly T w elve M iles from W arm Springs.

uNTH. FURTH ER NOTICE, THE HOURof d ep a rtu re , excep t on S undays, w ill he as follows :

SAN FRANCISCO.7 .3 0 A . M.9 .3 01 .3 0 p . m .4 .3 06.15 F reigh i.

SAN FRANCISCO. 9 .0 0 A . M.

1 1 .1 5 1 3 0 P . 31.4 3 0 6 1 5

ALAMEDA. 5 .1 0 A. M.7 .4 09 .3 51 .3 5 P. M.4 .3 5SUNDAY

ALAMEDA.9 0 0 A. M.

1 1 1 51 .4 0 P. 3£.4 4 06.20

SAN LEANDRO. 4 .5 0 a . m .7 .1 59 .1 51 .1 5 P. M.4 .1 5

TIME.SAN LEANDRO.

8 4 5 A. M.11 00

1 20 p. M.4 2 06.00

HAYWARD’S 4 .3 P A. M.7.009 .0 01 .0 0 P. M.4 .0 0

HAYWARD’S.8 .3 0 a . M.

1 0 .4 5 1 00 P. M- 4 0 0 5 .4 5

Horses, Buggies, and all descrip tions of Stock can be tak en on th e c a rs to~and fr^m H ay w ard ’s.

ALFRED A. COHEN,4 G eneral S uperin tendent.

FROM THE FER R Y SLIP,CORNER OF PACIFIC AND DAVIS STREETS,

Connecting w ith th eSan Francisco and Oakland Railroad.

UNTIL FURTH ER NOTICE, THE TIMESof d e p a rtu re w ill be a s follows (Sundays excep ted ,

when th e firs t tr ip each w ay will be om itted ) :SAN ANTONIO.

5 .3 0 a . m . 6 .4 57 .5 09 .5 0

1 2 .5 0 P. hi.2 .5 0 4 0 0 5 .1 5

OAKLAND.5.40 A. M. 6.55 8.00

10.001.00 P. M.3.00 4 lO 5.25

SAN FRANCISCO.6 .4 5 a . m .7 .4 59 .0 0

1 1 .1 52 .0 0 P. SI.4 0 0 5 .1 5 6 .3 0

E X T R A T R I P S A T U R D A Y N I G H T .Leaving San Antonio a t 6 30, O akland a t 6.40, and San F ran

cisco a t 11 30A line of F re ig h t B oats for Oakland and San Antonio will

leave F e rry W harf, near foot of M arket s tre e t , daily (S un­days excep ted), as follows :

SAN ANTONIO. OAKLAND. SAN FRANCISCO.7 50 a. m . 8.00 a . m . 9 00 a. m .9 00 a . m 9 10 a . m . 10 15 a m .

11.30 a . m. ' 10.25 a. m . 11.30 a . m.2.00 p . m. 2 10 p. m . 2 00 p . m .

J tS f An EXTRA BOAT to le t for E xcursions.A A. COHEN,

4 G eneral S uperin tenden t.

SAW PABLO AND SAW QUENTIN FERRY.Through to San Rafael via San Quentin.

FROM VALLEJO AND DAVIS STREETS.rjlHE FAVORITE STEAMER

CONTRA COSTA,CAPTAIN....................... JOHN T. McKENZIE'

Will leave as follows :SAN QUENTIN. SAN FRANCISCO.

8 00 A. M. 9 30 A M.11-30 x.00 P . M.2.30 P . M. 6.00

Connecting w ith S tages for San R afael, Olima, Tom ales, and Bolinas, in M arin co u n ty ; and also w ith San Pablo. IFor fu r th e r p a r tic u la rs , apply to the C aptain on b o ard , o r to

4 CHARLES MINTURN, Agent.

Progressive Lyceum Register,B oston ,M aes.—Sunday a t 10 a. m ., a t 544 W ashington s tree t.

C. H . R ines, Conductor.B rook lyn , N . Y .—A t 3 p . m ., in th e C um berland S tree t

L ec tu re Room , b e tw een L afay e tte and DeKalb avenues. John A. B a r tle tt , C onductor ; Mrs. F an n ie Cohill, G uardian.

B u ffa lo , N . Y .—In M usic H all Sunday afternoon. M rs. S. H. W ertm an , C onductor ; Miss Sarafc^Brooks, G uard ian .

Charlestown, M ass.—A t City H all, a t 10X a - hi. D r. C. C’ Y ork , Conductor ; M rs. L. A. Y ork, G uardian.

A t W ashington H all, Sunday forenoon. A . H . R ichardson , C o nducto r: M rs. M . J . M ayo, G uard ian .

Chelsea, M ass, —A t L ib ra ry H all e v e ry Sunday a t 10 a. m. Jam es S. Dodge, Conductor ; M rs. E. S. Dodge, G uardian.

Chicago, III.—-Sunday, a t C rosby’s Music H all, a t 12>£ p. m . Dr. S. J A very , Conductor ; Mrs. C. A. Dye, G uard ian ; J . R. Sleeper, P re s id en t L ite ra ry Circle.

C in c in n a ti— Greenwood H all, co rn er of S ix th and Vine 8ts , a t 9 a. m. A . W. P u g h , C onductor ; Mrs. L yd ia Beck, G u ar­d ian .

Cleveland, O hio .—A t T em perance H all, 184 S uperio r s tre e t. J . A. J e w e tt, Conductor ; Mrs. D. A. Eddy, G uardian.

Detrorit, M ich .—Conductor, M. J . M atthew s ; G uardian, Mrs. Rachel Doty.

D over a n d Foxcroft, Me. —Sunday afte rnoon , in th e U niver- sa lis t ch u rch .

F oxbcro', M ass .—In th e Town H all ev e ry Sunday a t 11 a . m. H a m b u rg , Conn.—John S te rling , Conductor ; M rs. S. B. An­

derson , G uard ian .H am m on ton , N . J".—Sunday a t 1 p . m . J . O. Ransom , Con­

d u cto r ; Mrs. Ju lia E. H olt, G uard ian .H a v a n a , III .—Sunday a t 3 p. m ., in A ndrus’ H all. J . F.

Coppel, Conductor ; M rs. E. Shaw , G uardian.H a v e rh ill , M ass.—Sunday a t 10 a . m ., in Music H all. John

R eiter, Conductor ; M rs. E. L. C u rrie r , G uardian.J ffe rso n C ity , N . J .—Sunday afte rnoon in th e C hurch of

th e Holy S p ir it. 244 Y ork s tre e t Joseph Dixon, Conductor.Jersey C ity, N . J .—A t th e Church of the Holy S p ir it, 244

York s tre e t, Sunday afternoon.Johnson's Greek, N . Y .—At 12 m . ev e ry Sunday. Miss Em m a

J o y c e , Conductor ; M rs. H. O. Loper, G uardian.L otu s, I n d .—F. A. Coleman, Conductor ; E liza M. H uddle

s to n , G uard ian .L ow ell, M ass.—Sunday In th e forenoon, in th e Lee s tre e t

C hurch.M ilw au kee —Meets in B ow m an H all, ev e ry Sunday a t 2 p.

m . G. A. L ibhey , Conductor ; M rs. M ary Wood, G uardian.M okena, III.—Sunday a t 1 o’clock, in th e v illage school-

house. W. D ucker, C o nducto r; M rs. Jam es D ucker, G u ar­d ian .

N e w a rk , N . J —Music H all, No. 4 B ank s tre e t, Sunday a f­ternoon a t 2 o’clock. Mr. G. T. Leach, Conductor ; Mrs. H a rrie t ParBons, G uardian.

N e w Y ork C ity .—Sunday a t 2 )4 p. m ., a t E b b itt H all, No. 55 W est 23d s t r e e t , n ea r B roadw ay. D. B. M arks, Conduc­to r ; M rs. B. W . F a rn sw o rth , G uardian ; E. O. Townsend, M anager o f D ram atic Wing.

Osborn's P r a ir i e , I n d .—-Sunday m orn ing a t P ro g ressiv e F riends’ m eeting-house. . R ev. Simon B row n, Conductor ; S.A. Crane, G uard ian . . . .

Oswego, N . Y .—In Lyceum .Hall, Sunday a t 1 2 )4 p. m . J .L. Pool, Conductor.; M rs. D oo little ,G uard ian .

P h ila d e lp h ia , P e n n .—Sunday m orning a t 10 o’clock, a tThompson S tre e t C hurch, below F ro n t s tre e t. Isaac R ebn, Conductor ; M rs. S tre tch , G uardian.

P h ila d e lp h ia , P e n n .—Sunday, a t W ashington H all, so u th ­w est co rn er o f E igh th and Spring G arden s tre e ts , a t 10 a. m ., except Ju ly and A ugust, in w hich th e sum m er recess occurs.M. B. D yott, Conductor ; A rabella B allenger, G uard ian .

A t new H all in Phoenix s tre e t , Sunday a t 10 o’clock. Prof.l. R ehn, Conductor.

P ly m o u th , M ass.—Sunday forenoon a t 11 o’clock. I. C arver. Conductor ; Mrs. R. W. B a r tle tt , G uardian.

P o rtla n d , Oregon .—M eets a t Oro Fino Hall e v e ry Sunday. P ro vid en ce , B . I .—Sunday, a t 1 0 a. m ., in P r a t t ’s H all,

W eybosset s tre e t . Conductor, L. K. Joslin ; G uardian, M rs . Abbie H . P o tte r .

P u tn a m , Conn.—S unday a t 10>£ a. m ., in C entral H all Q u in cy, M as*.—Sunday a t 1^4 p. m.B ic h ta n d Center, W is.—Sunday a t 1 p. m . M r. H. A . E ast-

land , Conductor ; M rs. F idelia O. Pease, GuardiaD.B ich m o n d , In d .—In H enry Hall, a t 2 p. m. E li Brown, Con­

ducto r ; M rs . Emily A ddlem an, GuardiaD.Bochester, N . Y .—In B lack’s M usical In s titu te , (P a lm er’s

H all,) Sunday afte rnoon a t 2*4 p. m . M rs. Jo n a th an W at­son, Conductor ; M rs . Amy Post, G uard ian .

B o ck fo rd , III.—Sunday, a t 10 *4 a. m ., in W ood’s H all. E. C. Dunn, Conductor ; M rs. Rockwood, G uardian.

B ock I s la n d , III.—At 10 o’clock, in N orris H all, Illinois s tre e t. W . T. R iggs, C onductor ; M rs. W . T. R iggs, Guar- d ian .

S acram ento , C a l.— A t Turn-V erein H all, Sunday a t 2 p. m. H. Bowm an, Conductor ; Miss G. A. B rew ste r, G uard ian .

S a n F rancisco, C al.—A t M echanics’ In s ti tu te H all. Post s tre e t, Sunday a t 1*4 o’clock p. m . Conductor, John C. M itch ­ell ; G uard ian of G roups, M rs. W hitehead.

S prin gfie ld , M ass.—Sunday a t 10)4. a. m ., a t F allon’s Hall.B. S. W illiam s, Conductor ; Mrs. M . A . W ym an, G uard ian .

S prin g fie ld , III.—S unday forenoon a t 10 o’clock. Wm. H.P lanck , Conductor ; Mrs. E. G. P lanck , G uardian.

S t. Johns, M ich :—Clinton H all, ev e ry Sunday a t 11 a. m . E. K. Bailey, Conductor ; M rs. A. E. N. R ich, G uardian.

S t. L o u is , Mo.—Sunday , a t 2 )4 p. m ., a t M ercan tile H all. Col. Wm. E. M oberly, Conductor ; Mrs. M ary Blood, GuardiaD.

A t P olytechnic In s titu te , co rner of S even th and C hestnu t s tre e ts , a t 3 p m . M yron Coloney, Conductor ; H en ry Stagg, Cor. Sec. . _ __ .

S tu rg is , M ic h .—Sunday a t 12>£ p. m ., in th e F ree C hurch. John B. Jacobs, Conductor ; M rs . Nellie S m ith , G uard ian .

T roy, N . Y .—In H arm ony H all ev e ry Sunday a t 2*4 P- Monroe I. K eith , Conductor ; M rs. Louise K e ith , G uardian.

V in e la n d , N . J —Sunday a t 1 o’clock p. m . H osea Allen, Conductor ; M rs. D eborah B u tle r, G uard ian .

W illim a n tic , Conn.—R em us R obinson, Conductor ; M rs. S. M . P u rin to n , G uardian.

W orcester, M ass.—In H o rtic u ltu ra l H all, S unday , a t 11*4 a -m . Mr. E. R. Fuller, C onductor ; Mrs. M. A. S te a rn s , G uardian.

Spiritualist Societies and Meetings.P A C I F I C S T A T E S .

S a n F ran cisco , C a l —F rien d s of P ro g re ss . P res id en t, D r. H. .T. P ayne ; S ecretary , D r. John Allyn.

S acram en to , C a l.—C hildren’s P ro g ressiv e Lyceum , every Sunday afternoon, a t Turn V erein H all, K s t r e e t . Conductor, H. Bowman ; G uard ian , M rs . B rew ster.

P o r tla n d , O reg o n —F irs t Society of P ro g ressiv e S p ir itu a l­is ts , every Sunday., Benjam in Todd, L ec tu re r.

S a lem , Oregon .—F riends of P ro g re ss . B enjam in Todd, L ec­tu re r . ---------- «----------

A T L A N T I C S T A T E S .B a ltim o re , M d .—The F ir s t S p iritu a lis t C ongregation of Bal

tim ore on Sundays, a t S ara toga H all, so u th east co rner of C alvert and S aratoga s tre e ts , a t th e u sua l h ours. M rs. F . O. H yzer will speak till fu r th e r notice.

B a n g e r , M e.—In Pioneer Cbapel, ev e ry Sunday.B oston, M ass.—M iss Lizzie Doten will lec tu re each Sunday

afternoon in M ercan tile H all, 16 Sum m er s tre e t, com m encing a t 2*4 o ’clock. A dm ittance 15 c e n ts .

The P ro g ressiv e Bible Society, ev e ry S u n d ay , in No. 3 Tre- m ont Row. Hall 58. F ree discussion on th e C h ris tian A tone­m en t a t 10*4 a. m . L ec tu re followed b y conference a t 3 and 7 p . m . M iss P h e lp s ,reg u la r le c tu re r .

S p iritua l m eetings every Sunday a t 544 W ashington s tre e t. Conference a t 2}£ p. m. Circle a t 7 % p. m .

B rooklyn . N . Y .—In th e C um berland s tre e t L ec tu re R oom , Sunday a t 3 and 7)4 p. m .

Charlestown M ass.—F irs t S p iritu a l Society, a t W ashington H all, ev e ry Sunday.

The Independen t Society o f S p iritu a lis ts , C harlestow n, ev e ry Sunday afte rnoon an d even ing , a t M echan ics’ Hall, co rner of Chelsea s tre e t and C ity sq u are . Seats free .

City H all, m eetings every Sunday afternoon and evening .Chelsea.—The Associated S p ir itu a lis ts of Chelsea, a t L ib ra

ry Hall ev e ry Sunday afternoon and evening, 3 and 7*4 P- m-The Bible C hristian S p iritu a lis ts , every Sunday in Winni-

sim m et D ivision?Hall, C helsea, a t 3 and 7 p. m . M rs. M . A. R ick e r.re g u la r sp eak e r. D. J . R icker, S uperin tenden t.

Chicago, III.—F irs t Society of S p iritu a lis ts in Chicago, every Sunday, a t C rosby’s Opera H ouse Hall, S ta te s tre e t. H ours of m eeting 10 >£ a m . and 7 )4 p . m.

S piritual m eetings, for in te llectual, scientific and sp iritu a ' im provem ent, ev e ry Sunday a t 1 0 )4 a - m .. and Tuesday a t 7*4 p. m ., a t th e h a ll of th e M echanics’ In s ti tu te , 155 South C lark s tre e t, room 9 , th ird floor, till fu r th e r notice. Seats free.

C in c in n a ti, Ohio.—Religious society of P rog ressive S p ir itu ­a lis ts , Greenwood H all, co rn er of S ixth and Vine s tre e ts , on Sunday m ornings and evenings, a t 1 0 )4 and o’clock.

Cleixland. O .—Sunday a t 1 0 )4 a. in. and 7>£ p. va ., in Tern perance Hail.

Dove*- a n d Foxcroft. M e.—Sunday forenoon and evening, in the U o iversaiis t church.

E a st Boston M ass.—In Tem perance H all, 18 M averick s tree t.loaboro '. M ass.—In the Town Hall.Low ell —Lee s tre e t Church, afternoon and evening.L yn n , M ass.—[-Sunday, afternoon and evening, a t Essex H all.H am m onton N . J . —Sunday a t - 10*4 a. m . and 7 p. m . , a t

Ellis Hall. Belleview A venue.H a v e rh ill , M ass.—S piritua lis ts hold m eetings a t M usic Hall

every Sunday, a t 2*4 and 7 p . in.Jersey C ity , N . J . —Sundav a t 1 0 )4 a. m . and 7)4 p. m ., a t

the Church of the Holy Spirit. 244 Y ork s tree t.L o u isv ille , K y . — Sundays, a t 11 a . m . and 7)4 p . m J n

Tem perance H all, M ark e t s t re e t , betw een 4th and 5 th .M o rrisa n ia . N . Y —F irs t Society of P rog ressive S p iritua l

is ts in the Assem bly Rooms, co rner of W ashington avenue and F ifth s tre e t. Sunday a t 3*4 P- m.

N ew lon Corner, M ass —S piritua lis ts and F rien d s of P rogress, in M iddlesex H all. Sundays, a t 2 )4 and 7 p. m .

N e w Y ork C ity .—Tbe F irs t Society of S p iritu a lis ts every Sunday, in D odw orth’s H all, 806 Broadway. Seats free.

A t E b b itt H all, 23d s tre e t n e a r Broadw ay, on Sundays, at. 1 0 )4 a. m and 7)4 p. m . H. B. -Horer. S ec re ta ry .

Oswego, N . Y .—Sunday a t 2 )4 and 7)4 P- m ., ia Lyceum Hall. West SecoDd, near Bridge s tre e t.

P h ila d e lp h ia , P a .—In the new ball in Phoenix s tre e t, every Sunday afternoon, a t 3 o’clock.

P ly m o u th , M ass.—The P lym outh S p ir itu a lis ts ’ F ra te rn ity , id Leyden H all, th re e fo u rth s t h e tim e.

P o rtla n d , Oregon.—F irs t S p iritual Society m eet a t Oro Fino H all ev ery Sunday, m orning and evening.

A t W ashington H all, co rner of 8th and Spring Garden s ts ., every Sunday.

S p iritu a lis ts in th e sou th ern p a r t of Philadelphia , a t No. 337 South Second s t r e e t , a t 1 0 )4 a. m . and 7*4 p. m ., and on W ednesday evening a t 8 o ’clock

P ro v id en c -, B . I .—In P r a t t ’s Hall, W eybosset s t r e e t , Sun­day afternoons, a t 3 , and evenings, a t 7)4 o’clock.

P u tn a m , Conn.—At Central H all, Sunday a t 1 *4 p. m .Q uincy, M ass.—Sunday a t 2 % and 7 p. no.B ich m o n d , I n d .—The F riends of P ro g ress , ev e ry Sunday

m orn iug , in H enrv Hall, a t 10)4 a. m.Boches'er, N . Y .—Society o f Progressive S p ir itu a lis ts , a t

B lack’s Musical In s titu te (P a lm er’s H all), Main s tre e t, Sun­day evening. Public circle on T hursday evening.

S alem , M ass.—Sunday, afternoon and e v e n in g , in L y c e u m Hall.

South D anvers, M ass.—In th e Town H all, S unday a t 2 and 7 p. m.

S prin g fie ld , l t t .—E v ery Sunday in th e h a ll.S p rin g fie ld , M ass.—The F ra te rn a l Society of S p iritu a lis ts

ev e ry Sunday a t Fallon’s Hall.St. L o u is .—A t Poly technic In s t i tu te , co rner of S even th and

C hestnu t s tre e ts , a t 10)4 a- m and 7 )4 p. m .Taunton, M ass.—Sunday, in Concert H all.Toledo, O. —Sunday a t 1 0 )4 a. m . and 7 )4 p . m .Troy, N . Y .—Sunday a t 1 0 )4 a. m . and 7 )4 p . m ., in H a r­

m ony H all, co m er of Third and R iv er s tre e ts .V in e lan d , N . J .—F riends of P ro g ress , Sunday a t 1 0 )4 a . m .W ash in g ton , D . C.—In Union League H all, ev e ry S unday ,

a t H a . m . and 7)4 p. m.W obu rn Centre, A/ass.—Bible S p iritu a lis ts , C en tra l House

W orcester, J /a s s .—In H o rticu ltu ra l H all ev e ry Sunday a f te r ­noon and evening.

Lecturers’ Appointments and AddressesARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY.

PACIFIC STATES AND TERRITORIES.John A llyn, San F rancisco , California.M rs. Ada H oy t Foye, rapp ing and w ritin g te s t m edium , 124

S u tte r s tre e t , San F ran c isco , Cal.M rs. C. M. S tow e, lec tu re r and c la irv o y an t physician , San

Jo se , Cal.Mrs; Anna B ark er, San Francisco.Benjam in Todd, San F rancisco , Cal.Mr. & M rs. W m . J . Y oung, Boise C ity, Idaho T errito ry .

A T L A N T IC S T A T E S .J . M adison A llyn, tran c e and in sp ira tio n a l speaker, Boston. C. F ann ie Allyn, L ondonderry , V t., du rin g Ju ly .M rs. S arah A. B yrnes, Lowell, during Ju n e . A ddress, 87

Spring s tre e t , E ast C am bridge, Mass.M rs. A. P. B row n, Eden Mills, V t., Ju n e 30 and Ju ly 7; Wood-

stock, Ju n e 16 and 23 ; B ridgew ater, June 2 ; South R eading, Ju n e 9. A ddress, S t. Jo b n sb u ry C en tre , V t.

M rs. H. F. M .B row n, P . O. d raw er 6325, Chicago, 111.M rs. Em m a F. J a y B ullene, 151 W est 12th s t . , New Y ork. M rs. A bby N. B urnham insp ira tio n a l speaker, A uburndale,

Mass.W arren C hase, 544 B roadw ay, N ew Y ork .Dean C lark, insp ira tional sp eak er, B randon, V t.D r. L. K . Coonley, V ineland, N . J .M rs . M arie tta F. Cross, tran ce sp eak er. A ddress, H am p ­

stead , N. H , c a re of N. P . Cross.Mrs. H e ttie C lark, tra n c e sp eak er, E ast H arw ich , Mass.Mrs. Sophia L. Chappell, 11 South s t . , Boston.Mrs. A ugusta A. C urrier, Box 815, Lowell, Mass.D r. J . H . C urrier, 199 C am bridge s tre e t, Boston, Mass.A lbert E. C arp en te r, P u tn a m , Conn.M rs. Je n n e tt J C lark, tra n c e speaker, F a ir H aven, Conn. Miss Lizzie Doten, Pavilion, 57 T rem ont s tre e t , B oston . George D u tton , M. D., Room 25, Post office bu ild in g , N ew ­

bu rg h , N . Y.Andrew Jackson D avis, Orange, N. J .A. T. F oss, M anchester, N. H.M rs. M ary L. F rench , in sp ira tio n a l and tra n c e m edium ,

E lle ry s tre e t , W ashington Village, South Boston.Dr. H. P. Fairfield, G reenw ich Village, M ass.S. J . F inney , Ann A rbor, Mich.J. G. F ish , Red Bank, M onmouth Co., N . J .Mrs. F annie B. F e lto n , S outh M alden, M ass.C. A ugusta F itc h , tra n c e speaker, box 1835, Chicago, 111. Isaac P . G reenleaf, K enduskeag, Me.Mrs. L au ra De Force Gordon, D enver C ity, Col. Ter.Mrs. C. L. Gade (form erly Mrs. M orris,) tran ce speaker, 77

Cedar s tre e t , Room 8, New Y ork .N. S. G reenleaf, Low ell, M ass.Dr. L. P . Griggs, E vansville, Wis.D r. M. H en ry H oughton, W est P a ris , Me., u n til fu r th e r

notice.W. A D. H um e, Lowell, M ass.L ym an C. Howe, in sp ira tio n a l sp eak er, New A lbion, New

Y ork.Mrs. Susie A. H utch inson , Som ers, Conn., during A ugust ;

Cleveland, Ohio, du ring Septem ber, O ctober, an d N ovem ber. S C. H ayford , C oopersville, New Y ork .C harles A. H ayden , 82 Monroe s t r e e t , Chicago, 111.Miss Nellie H ayden, No. 20 W ilm ot s tre e t , W orcester, Mass. M rs. S. A. H o r t o n , B randon, V t.Miss Ju lia J . H u b b ard , box 2, Greenwood, M ass.Mrs. F. O. H yzer, 60 South G reen s tre e t, B altim ore , Md.Dr. E. B. Holden, C iarenden, V t.Moses Hull, M ilwaukee, W is.Miss Susie M. Johnson, Milford, Mass.D r. P . T. Johnson , lec tu re r, Y psilan ti, Mich.W. F. Jam ieson, insp ira tional sp eak er, Postoffice d raw er

6325, Chicago, 111.S. S. Jones, Esq., 12 M ethod ist Church Block, South C lark

s tre e t, Chicago, 111.H arvey A. Jones, Esq., Sycam ore, 111.W m. H. Johnston , C orry , P a .O. P. Kellogg, le c tu re r . E ast T rum bull, A sh tabu la Co., O. George F . K ittrid g e , Buffalo, New Y ork.Cephas B. Lynn, in sp ira tional and sem i-conscious tran ce

speaker, 567 Main s tre e t , C harlestow n. Mass.J . S. Loveland, S tu rg is, Mich.M rs. E K . Ladd, tran ce le c tu re r, 179 Court s t r e e t , Boston. Mrs. F . A . Logan, Salina, Onondaga Co., New Y ork.B. M. Law rence, M. D ., 5 4 Hudson s tre e t , Boston, M ass. M ary E. Longdon, in sp ira tio n a l speaker, 60 M ontgom ery

s tree t, Je rse y C ity, N. J .M r. H. T. L eonard , tran c e sp eak er, New Ipsw ich , N . H . Miss M ary M. Lyons, in sp ira tio n a l sp eak e r, 98 E as t Jeffer­

son B treet, Syracuse, New Y ork .John A. Lowe,-Box 17, S utton , Mass.Dr. G. W. M orrill, J r . , tran c e and in sp ira tional speaker,

Boston, Mass.Loring Moody, Malden, M ass.B. T . M unn, Skaneateles, New Y ork.Dr. Leo Miller. Postoffice box 2326, Chicago, HI.M rs. A nna M. M iddlebrook, Box 778, B ridgeport, Conn.Mrs. S arah Helen M athew s, E ast W estm oreland, N. H .Dr. John M ayhew s, 50 M ontgom ery s t r e e t . Je rse y C ity,

New Je rse y . sDr. Jam es M orrison, lec tu re r, M cH enry , 111.Mr. & Mrs. H M. M iller, E lm ira, ca re W. B. H atch , N. Y . Prof. R M. M’C ord ,C en tra lia , 111.Em m a M. M artin, insp irational speaker, B irm ingham , Mich. C harles S . M arsh, sem i-trance sp eak er, W onewoc, Ju n eau

C ounty, Wis.M rs. M ary A. M itchell, in sp ira tional sp eak e r, c a re of box

221. Chicago, 111.M iss S arah A. N u tt, L aw rence, K ansas.C. Norwood, O ttaw a, 111., im pressional and in sp ira tional

speaker.A. L. E. N ash, le c tu re r, R ochester, N. Y.J . W m. Van Nam ee, Monroe, M ich.A . A. Pond, insp ira tional speaker, N orth W est, Ohio.J . L. P o tte r, tra n c e speaker, Cedar Falls, Iowa, box 170.D r. D. A. Peaze, J r . , D e tro it, Mich.M rs. Anna M L. P o tts , M D ., le c tu re r, Adrian.j.M ich. George A. P ierce, A uburn , Me. “,-Mrs. J . Puffer^ tran ce speaker, South H anover, Mass.L . Ju d d Pardee, Philadelphia, Pa.L vdia Ann Pearsall, in sp ira tio n a l, sp eak er. Disco, M ich. M rs. N e ttie M. P ease , tran ce sp eak er and te s t m edium , De­

tro i t , Mich.A. C. Ro-o iason, 16 H aw thorne s tre e t, Salem, Mass.Dr. W. R lpley, B ox95, F oxboro’, Mass.D r. P. B. R andolph, le c tu re r, ca re box 3352, Boston, Mass.G. W. Rice, tran ce speaking m edium , B rodhead, W is.J . H . R andall, insp ira tional sp eak er, U pper Lisle, New

Y ork.M rs . F ran k R eid, in sp ira tio n a l speaker, Kalam azoo, Mich. A usten E. S im m ons, W oodstock, V t.M rs. Fannit Davis S m ith , Milford M ass.A bram S m ith . Esq., in sp ira tio n a l speaker and m usical m e­

dium , S tu rg is , M icb.Mrs. Nellie S m ith , im pressional sp eak er, S tu rg is, M icb.Dr. Wm. H. S -lisb u ry , Box 1313, P ortsm outh , N. H.E. Sprague, M . D., in sp ira tio n a l speaker, Schenectady,

New York.Selah. Van Sickle, G reenbush, M icb.P r f. S. M. S lrick , in sp ira tio n a l speaker, P eo ria , 111.J . W. Seaver, insp ira tional speaker, ByroD, N. Y.Miss L o ttie Small, tran ce sp eak e r, M echanic F a lls , Me.Mrs. M. E. B. S aw y er, B aldw insville, M ass.-Miss M arthaS . S tu r te v a n t, trance sp ea k e r,-Boston, Mass.M rr.M ary Louisa S m ith , tran ce speaker, Toledo, Ohio.H . B. S to rer, in sp ira tio n a l le c tu re r, 75 Fu lton s t r e e t , New

Y ork.M rs. H . T. S team s, D etroit, M ich., ca re of H. N. F . Lew is. Mrs. M. S. Townsend. B ridgew ater, V t.M rs. C harlo tte F. T ab e r, tran ce sp eak er, New Bedford,

Mass , Postoffice box 394.J H. W. Toohey, 42 Cam bridge s tre e t , Boston.M rs. Sarah M. Thom pson, insp ira tional sp eak e r, 36 Bank

s tre e t, C leveland, OhioHudson T u ttle Berlin H eights, Ohio.Jam es T rask . K enduskeag, Me.F ran c is P. Thomas, M. D., lec tu re r, H arm onia , K ansas.N. F ran k W hite, Oswego, N. Y ., d u rin g Ju n e ; du rin g J u ly ,

Seym our, Conn.Mrs. M. M acom ber Wood, 11 Dewey s tre e t, W orcester,

Mass.F. L. H . W illis, M. D., Postoffice box 29, S tation D, New

Y ork.A. B. W hiting, Albion. M ich.M rs. S. E. W arner, Box 14, Berlin, W is.E. V. Wilson, Rock Island during Ju n e ; G alesburg during

Ju ly A ddress, B abcock’s Grove, Du Page Co., 111.Alcinda W ilhelm. M. D., in sp ira tio n a l speaker, ca re of H .

N. F. Lewis, D etro it, M ;ch.P rof. E . W hipple, le c tu re r upon Geology and th e S p iritua l

Philosophy, S turgis, Mich.Elijah W oodworth, in sp ira tional speaker, Leslie, M ich .M rs E M. W olcott, e v e ry S abbath in D anby, V t. A ddress,

Dauby, V t.S H. W ortm an, Buffalo. N. Y ., Box 1454E. S. W heeler, in sp ira tio n a l speaker, 5 Columbia s tre e t,

Boston.M rs. S. A. W illis, L aw rence, M ass., Postoffice box 473.Lois W aisbroker, M anka to , Blue E a rth Co., M in n ., ca re of

tb e Clifton Bouse.M rs. N. J . W illis, tran ce sp eak er, B o s to n M a ss .F . L. W adsw orth, Postoffice d raw er 6325, Chicago, III.A. A. W heelock, tra n c e and insp ira tional speaker, S t

Johns, M ich.M iss E lv ira W heelock, norm a] sp eak er, Jan esv ille , Wis. W arren Woolson, tran ce speaker, H astings, N. Y.H enry C. W right, ca re of Bela M arsh . Boston.M rs. M ary J . W ilcox, ca re of D r. L ark in , 244 F u lton s tre e t.

B rooklyn. N. Y , ’M rs. M ary E. W ithee, tran c e s p e a k e r , 71 W illiams s tre e t,

N ew ark , N. J .A. C. Woodruff, Buffalo, N. Y .M tss H M aria W orthing tran ce speaker, Oswego, 111. Jo n a th an W hipple, J r . , in sp ira tio n a l an d tran c e speaker,

M ystic . Conn.M rs. Ju lie tte Y eaw , N orthboro , Mass.M rs. S J Y oung, tran ce le c tu re r, 208 T rem ont s tre e t, c o r­

n e r LaG rauge, Boston.M re. F ann ie T. Young, of Boston, tran ce speaker, 285 South

Clark s tre e t , Chicago, III.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.’STHROUGH LINE TO NEW TORE:,

CARRYING UNITED STATES MAIL!

T EAVES FOLSOM STREET W H A R F ATI J 11 o’clock a . m . of th e following d a tes fo r PANAMA,

connecting v ia PANAMA RAILROAD w ith one o f th e Com ­p an y ’s splendid Steam ers from 'ASPINWALL for NEW YORK :

On th e 10 th , 18th and 30th of each m onth th a t h as 30 days.On th e 10th , 19th and 30th of each m onth th a t h as S I day s.W hen th e 10th, 19 th and 30tb fall on Sunday, th e y w ill

leave on S atu rday preceding.; when the 18th falls on Sunday , th ey will leave on M onday following.

S team er leav ing San Francisco on th e 10th touches a t M an­zanillo. All touch a t Acapulco.

D epartu res of 18th connect w ith F rench T ransatlan tic Com­p an y ’s S team er for S t. N azaire a.nd English S team er for S outh A m erica.

D ep artu re of th e 10 th connects w ith English Steam ers for Southam pton and South A m erica, aHd P . 'R . R. Co’s S team er for C entral Am rica.

The following S team ships will be d ispatched on dates as given below : - • . .

Oct. 10—Steam ship MONTANA. Capt. F a rn sw o rth .Cabin passengers b e r th e d th rough . Baggage chocked

th rough— 100 pounds allowed to each ad u it.An experienced Surgeon on b o a rd . M edicine and a t te n ­

dance free.These S team ers w ill positively sa il a t 11 o’clock. P assen ­

g e rs a re requested to h av e th e ir baggage on h o a rd before 10 o’clock.

Through tick e ts for Liverpool b y th e C unard. Inm an and N ational S team ship Lines, can be ob tained a t office of th e P . M. S. S. Co., San Francisco.

F e r M erchandise F reigh t, apply to M essrs. WELLS, FARGO & CO.

The splendid S team ship COLORADO w ill be d ispatched on MONDAY, April 1st, 1867, for HONGKONG, v ia K anagaw a, ca rry in g passengers, m ails, and freigh t.

F or Passage and all o th er inform ation, app ly a t th e Pacific Mail S team ship Co.’s office, co rner of Sacram ento and Leides- dorff s tree ts .

3 OLIVER ELDRIDGE, A gent.

FARE AND FREIGHT REDUCED!F O R A L Y I S O , S A N T A C L A R A ,

A N D S-AJV J O S E .rpH E NEW -AND ELEGANT STEAMER

T. C. WALKER,............................................................................M aster"Will leave Pacific Street W harf,

FOR ALVISO,Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday,

A t 2 : 0 0 o’clock, P. M.CONNECTING WITH A SPLENDID LINE OF COACHES FOR

SANTA CLARA AND SAN JOSE.

F are to A lviso............................................................... $ 1 OOF are to Santa C lara and San Jo se .......................... X 5 0F re ig h t to Alviso................... ........... .'........................ 1 OOF reig h t to S an ta Clara and San Jose,

This rou te is unequaled for com fort, and th e trav e lin g p u b ­lic have h ea rtily endorsed Yta reopening b y th e ow ners of th e CORA. This s tau n ch and exceedingly sw ift-ru n n in g b o a t is elegantly fitted up as a Day Boat expressly for th is ro u te , w ith a la rg e , a iry and luxurious saloofi. P assengers w ill b e landed

'in San Jose a t th e door of th e ir hotel or residence, and in San Francisco w ith in hail of s tre e t ca rs runn ing to ev ery p a r t of th e c ity . To those who a re tired of the cram ped sea ts , dust, smoke and stifling a tm osphere of ra il c a rs , 'an d w ho p re fer th e health-giving breezes and beau tifu l scenery, o f th e B a y R o u t e , we offer all th e accom m odations requ ifed b y business m en, w ith th e p leasures sough t b y excu'rkiom sts ; and no expense will he spared b y th e ow ners o r exertion om itted b y th e officers and crew of th e CORA to insurQ th e com fort and good-will of our patrons.

RETURNING :Stages leave SAN JOSE a t 8:30 o’clock A. m. , e v e ry MON­

DAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, connecting w ith b o a t a t Alviso ; by w hich a rran g em en t passengers will a r r iv e a t San Francisco in tim e for th e business of th e day.

F or fre igh t or passage apply on board , or toP . CADUC.

jfcS-A rrangem enns will b e perfected in a few d ay s fo r ca rry in g fre ig h t th rough to San Jose. ' 3

S U M M E R A R R A N G E M E N T .

S. F. AND S. J. R. R.ON AND AFTER WEDNESDAY, MAY 1st,

1867, (u n til fu r th e r no tice,) T rains w ill ru n aa follows : PASSENGER TRAINS* leave SAN FRANCISCO from th e New

Depot, ju n c tio n of M ark e t and Valencia s tre e ts :For San Jose and W ay S tations a t 8.10 A. m . , 3.40 and 5.00 r jc . Leave San Jose a t 6.00 and 8.00 A. M ., 4.00 P . M.

ON SUNDAYS sLeave San Francisco a t 8.20 and 9 40 A .M ., 4 20 P. M .Leave San Jose a t 8.00 A. M ., 4 00 and 7.00 P. M.FREIGHT TRAINS w ith Passenger Cars a ttach ed Leave San Francisco as above daily, (Sundays excepted) a t 1.30 P. M . Leave San Jose a t 3.00 A. M.

T ra ins leave on sh arp tim e.EXCURSION TICKETS issued on SATURDAY AFTERNOONS

and SUNDAYS, good for re tu rn u n til MONDAY MORNING ONLY.

JEX. M. NEWHALL, P residen t. R . P . HAMMOND, Sup’t . 4 _

CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD.ON AND A FTER NOVEMBER 29, 1866,

u n til fu r th e r notice, th e tra in s of th e C en tral Pacific R ailroad w ill ru n as follows :

G oing E a st,Passenger tra in s will leave Sacram ento a t 6:30 a . m ., an d

a r r iv e a t Cisco a t 12 m.; also a t 2 f . m., a rr iv in g a t Cisco a t 7:30 p . M.

G oing W est.Passenger t ra in leaves Cisco a t 6:30 a . m., and a r r iv e s a t

Sacram ento a t 12:30 p. m. ; also , a t 1 p. ar., a r r iv in g a t S ac­ram ento a t 6:30 p . st.

The m orning passenger tra in s connect a t A u b u rn w ith stages for Y ankee J im s , F o rest H ill, Michigan Bluffk an d Georgetown ; and a t Colfax w ith Stages for G rass V alley, N evada and San Ju an ; and a t Cisco w ith S tages for Sum ­m it C ity , A ustin , V irginia C ity, and a ll points in th e S ta te o f Nevada.

The 6:30 a . m tra in connects a t the Ju n ctio n w ith th e c a rs of the California C entral R ailroad for Lincoln and M arysville, and all points no rth .

All tra in s ru n da ily , S undays excepted.C. CROCKER,

S uperin tenden t C. P. R. R.G. F. H aktw kli,, A ssistan t S uperin tenden t. 3

D A IL Y C O A ST L IN E .San Juan & Los Angeles TJ. S. M. Stages.D a ily W inter Arrangem ents lor- 1866 & 186T.

P ASSENGERS FOR SAN JUAN, PASO XtO-bles H ot Springs, San Luis Obispo, S an ta B arb ara , San.

B uenaven tu ra and Los Angeles, leave San F rancisco b y tho M orning Train of th e San Jose R»ilroa.d, daily , and will tak e th e C-oai hes of th e Company on th e a rr iv a l of th e tra in a t tb e Depot in San Jose.

j(® “P assengers esn lie over a t an y point of th e rou te , and resum e th e ir sea ts w ithiu six days. Through tickets to Los Angeles, or to an y place on the rou te, can be procured a t the Sau Jose Railroad Depot in San Francisco. F u r th e r informa-- tion , and tick e ts , can be obtained a t th e Com pany’s Office, 232 Bush street, opposite Occidental H otel.

W . E. LOVETT & CO., P rop rie to rs .WM. G. ROBERTS, Agent.

3 WM. BUCKLEY, G eneral S uperin tenden t.

S T E A M E R P E T A L U M A .FOR PETALUMA. AND SONOMA,

(VTA LAKEVILLE.)

SUMMER ARRANGEMENT!THROUGH TO BIG RIVER IN SIXTEEN HOURS I

S hortest and m ost p ’easan t ro u te to G eyser Springs 1 F A R E A N D F R E I G H T 11 E D U C E D !

From Yallajo s ire e t w h a rf , a t 9 o’clock x. sc

F OR SONOMA (VIA LAKEVILLE) AS DPETALUMA, connecting w ith stages from Bloomfield,

Bodega, D uncan’s Mills, Tom ales, S an ta Rosa, W indsor, H ealdsburg , G eyserv ille , Skagg’s S p rings, Geyser S prings, A nderson V alley, N ovato, Albion and Big R iv ers , Noyo, F o r t B ragg, U kiah and Long V alley.

The well know n and fav o rite S team erF ET ALU M A,

C. M. BAXTER......................................................................... CaptainIn o rder to b e t te r accom m odate the trav e lin g pub lic , w ill

ru n DAILY as above, Sundays excepted.R etu rn in g , will leave P etalum a a t 2 p . m.j^S ^F re ig h t received a n d receipted for a t a ll h o u rs of th e

day , and tak en a t th e io w e s t ra te . __3 CHARLES MINTURN.

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