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GAINED 25^ POUNDS Krook^ville, Miff.. Feb. 23d. 1884. Drab Hra—Plr wo find encIpfM P. O Order for jo Do*cu b'JROFULA 8YK?JP-8MiTH’8. I have a young in .in with ms who hoe been crippled with RncumttUnn—could not walk. After ttklnc IK Bottle* t* well—able to ro to work. Hie eMncd pound* In weight. Yours truly, H. 8HUL& or sale S8 Wall 8L, Atlanta- o ^ ltJ — — _ v; THE CONSTITUTION: REAL ESTATE LOANS. FIVE YEAR LOANS ON PLANTATIONS IN MIDDLE AND NORTHERN GEORGIA On Iielt^r lermi thsn are nflVrM In Atlanta Negotiated by FK.sNCIS FONTAINE. Fittin Bdhjmno, ATLANTA n>. VOLUME XVI. TUESDAY MOKNXNG, APEIL 29, 1884—TWELVE PAGES. PRICE 5 CENTS A COMPLETE PAPER. The Constitution Internal* all Classes and Appeals to all Tastes. The leading topics of this week's Issue sre: Tkavm. and Adtintoss—'"Hunting the Hippo poiatmn," “Falsv Prophets," "The Altmo," "A Modern Putnam.” "A (lowboy In a Siam' rede," "A Wild Bun on me Bail,” "Kissing a Benoriia,” "A Florida BuCIan,’’ “A Jtpsnete Funeral." "Au Improvement on the Rarenr," TALMAGE'S SERMON •■UPIBITUALHH.” Abound tub Camp Fiaz-"Stories ol Pickett’ Men.” Oub ncxoBora WBrrBBS-nncle Bonus, "Brer Rabbit snd Mr. Wildcat:" Betsy Hamilton, "Betsy SickBill Arp, "Nasby." Niwsofuie Wxzk—“All Through Dixie,” “The Week in Congress," "New* by Wire," "Short News Notes," "Points About People," "Across tho Water," “During the Week,” "Georgia News," "The Political Field." Xhx Constitution Dipabtnknts—"The Woman’s Kingdom,” "Our Young People,” "Answer* to Correspondents," "Farms and Farmers,” "The Anti-Liquor Fight," KDiToaiAis—'"Notes on Current Topics," "Lob ters From Our Headers," and many other things ot interest. Something to pleaso CTery member ol the family. Only #1.33 a Tear. InCInba of Flee, 81 Each. Wnbacrlbo at Ones, THE GEORGIA BAPTISTS. THE STATE CONVBNTION ASSEM BLBS AT THS SECOND CHURCH. J3raX«n ( the V«n«rabi9 Prcsid nt of theOonvntUQ, D«:ir«r« »h- Op ining 8 rona-Dr. Orr Deilveia oBmcoU on Public Softool:-A OmtonnUi M il Healing—Lilt of Dd lotor. The state Baptist convention convened Thorsday at 10 o’clock In the Second Baptist church. The venerable P. U. Hall, president of the convention, and chancellor of the state uni versity at Athens, delivered the opening dis course. He read from the twelfth chapter of Paul’s drat tspiatle to tha Corinthians,begin ning with the passage, "Concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you igno rant." DZLEOITXS rCSSSNT. Appainchre association—H R Btrnard. B A Blakey, IIN Rainey, J K Nunnally, T J dwanrou 3 C llutson. B.prlsi rain,ton—J A J Bmilhi W M Cowart, O W CSe«er, J W Smith, J c Brnwton. Biubol association—Wm n Cooper, D A Vason, W W Flaming Carro lron-W WiMerrill, TJ Spurlock, W W Fills H B Bartlett, W C New, W W Boop, J U Wood, John (ioorgo. central—D K Butler. A J Beck, R N Lamar, S A Burney, E R Carswell. V A Jordan. Second Georgia—C C While, W H Arnold. Clarksville—H WCannon. ColumbuR—C C Willis, Jt A Ivey, James Moore, B C Kendrlok, A B Campbell, S M Provence, S Webster, J H Campbell. . Cave Sprine—O A Nunnally, W H Lane, J W Pullen. J W Bi-hop, D T Espy, J 0 .Camp. L D Woot-en. W r Worn, J Hlllyer Coast—It tMankeon, X C Tucker, L N Brock, J W Shaw, eSplr.ra. * TH Ivey, Thos Hooka. ItneDtass—B H Ivey, Thos Hooks. A U dsailh Flint Biver-J H Dovolie, O R McCall, E M Hooieu. K J Willingham, Marcus Beck. T J Wil lingham, 8 -W Bloodworm, W 0 McSllchaol, J O Kimble, 8 J O Kimble, Jr. • • . Friendship—U w Weekly, Wm Wells, B W Davis. A J llam-jfw Wells, J C Loiley. , Georgia—P tl Mell, J A Sb.uk, J H Portion, J R Youns. J F Chaney. J 8CalUway, W P SloAhortcr. JH Kilpatrick, W A Overton, AAFluker.BO Hlllyer, 1’ M Bryant, T J Pitcher, B R Garrison, T 3 Hepb!tbsh-WL Kilpatrick, J J Davis, J W Ell ington, W J Rogers, V» M Verdery, Lauiiug Bur rows, H U Hickman, F R Boiton. . . Merecr—Thos t Tlilar, E L McTyre, Joshua Car- roll. Middle—H J Amett, John H Cooper, A8CauslL Miuolc Cnerokec-J G Rjala, W M BiMm, J A McMurray, J J B Callnway, A Y Sheets, W M James. M H Otlnath, G A Lotion, J £ Edwards, R B Jtoadi-n, O 8 Tumlln. Mt Vernon-W J Joftior, ALBranUy, HPBmllh, P J ripiin. Noouday—J R Lloyd, J M Springer, 8 E Earle, J II litrrli, 41 R Lton. Ontanaula—CE Wrieht. W J King, DAB Allen. Piedmont—J tt 1'au.m _ , . . _ Rehoboth—B F Tharp, E W Warren, A J Chev-s, AJ Battle, 8 Boykin, U 8 Cheat, —Hollins ""drone MounUln-J W Brittain, n F Buchanan DWGwln, H 0Hornady, U H Tucker, J M Da- fore, g R Moore. F M Daniel, D Shaver, J B Law ton. H McDonald, T A Gibbr, J T Carley, T C Boykin, V <1 Norcrosa W L dbinton, R H Handle, fieri f'*—W B J Hardeman, W C Howard, L W *l*?lapoo!i£-wl°na’m Coolson, John M Huey, U 11 miainaon. u n joeae. j u Brown, A Van Hoee, E Culpepper. cuoacaia and mhaion societies. FHlh baptist church, Atianta—T J Buchanan, J 8 Wilson. Social Ctide-E B Gibbs, Camilla—<1M Irwin. _ „ , Mluedgevlito—B T Denton, C W Ennis, Barnesville—0 W Brown, Carroll ton—E B Barrett. Orimu—C 8 Westbrook, C F Newton. La&range—Henry Banks, Jr., C.C Cox. Savannah ebursh—J E L Holrai a, A M Wot*. Central church, Atlanta—E Z t Golden, Dr J D Turner, Milner church-J L Duncan, Maulson church—J II Holland. Eaton church-s) B Ki-csfl. Haim on 7 church—E N Al.lMon. Romo church—R B Headden. Athena church-J u M Edwards, 8 M Herring- ^Augusta First enureh—N L Willett, T J Ber nard. ~ ala rutin’ll V 74 Kr«iill»T. Peacock, William 8ecMuf , church‘ (Atlanta)—H H Tucker, A D Adair, J T Pendleton. Newnan church—A B Cotes, J P Milner. GrfMn church—NB Drewry. . . „ Woman’s mtotlonary society, Flrstchnrch, Maeon, Gi«~S Boylton. Mercer nniv-rsity missionary soctety-J E PowelL Martha (Spirt.) missionary society—D B Hamit- to". Wc (.Lurch—E B Cariw.il raavaNiNT orncaaa iuctcd. The election of officers waa ihe next In order, » Toe following tellers were appointed: J if Britiian, J R Young, J A McMniray. The committee of tellen reported the fol lowing officers unanimously elected: P. H. Mell, moderator. George R. McCall, clerk. E. R. Carswell, aaiistant clerk. Oo motion of Ur J. H. Kilpatrick, of White Plains, the order of business waa then adopted, being lha same as heretofore with an Immaterial variation. meet* cxnmstTT. The report of tha trustees of Mercer uni versity was read. The anivarsity was.reported in excellent working order with fresh Inter est aroused in its behalf. During the past year 100 students have been admitted into the university and 17 Into the preparatory department, makings total of 117. Of that number 25 have tns ministry in view. Mr T A Branham is at the bead of the prepara tory department. MrJG Ryals has hesn elected professor of theology. The total amount of invested facds was reported at *122.800. The following committee was appointed to report in rtfereoce to the Georgia associa tion's centennial: RJ Headden, R H Jack- son, A D Freeman, J J Davis and J H Hall. Mr. Vason said that Dr. G. J. Orr was pres ent and had some Interesting things to say lo the convention. Dr. Orr said he bad only a few words to say. He said there were fifteen or .sixteen million children between six and eighteen years of nge. In tweDty years those children would be In charge of rim dr.- times of the oountry. It waa btcvasiry that they should be edneated. The work of edu cation boro a close relation to tho work of tbo churches. The work of the church conid not be successful!; carried on unless the peo pie were taught to read. There, are he said, 128,000 while people in the state of Georgia over ten years of age who caonot write. He said there are over 380,000 colored citizens In the state over ten years old who cannot write Georgia, hessld, was the banner slate for il literacy and if the Blair bill was passed the state would get the largest sum of any atate in the .union. The first year Georgia would get abont six hundred thousand dollars, the secoad year about eight hundred thousand and tho third year we would get a million two bnndred thousand. He said be eould answer tho chsrge that the public sohnols were BRXAKixn ur nix eaiVATR scncou. Ho hud statistics from a hundred counties showing 1,030 white and 210 colored schools, running over six mouths in the year by pri vate patronage. He slid tbs white people paid forty times as much tax as the colored people psld, yet the colored peop’o supported a larger pro portionate number of schools than were sup ported by tbs whiles. Dr. Orr said it had gone abroad that the Blair bill had been so framed that Georgia would not get any mon ey, as it provides that ihe slates will have to lalse as much as the government gives. He aald that the first year the state would get it all, the second year it could be gotten by a slight raise and the noxt year 11 the million two hundred thousand was not raised an amount would be allowed the state tqnal to the amount raised by thesiate. Dr. Orr slated that under the Diair bill Georgia would get a larger appropriation than any state in the nnlon. A long debate followed on the report of the committee recommending that tbo conven tlon indorse tbo proposed slate Baptist cen tennial and the projected *100.000 gift to Mercer university. At the centennial man meeting, Friday night, interesting addressee were delivered by Dr. A. J.Battle, Hon. J. D. Stewart and Dr. Lansing Barrows Dr. Butler wanted U — - concerning tho action of the Bapu _ tho norm last year In reference In tbs tranilittou ol the Bible from tbo original Greek and Hebrew. Dr. Butler spoke very earnestly lu favor ot Ibi trinsladon, -eying Be wanted ms plain, unvern lthed tram and nothing else. If ft Swept away Baptist aoeulne, why. let It no. Mr Teaadale favored the adoption ofa resolution on the subject, but wanted the word "northern" stricken from the resolution, m the movement bed intended to bo generel. He sew no return In gtv lug e correct trunsleilon to Chine and Japan end yet withholding It from mo people ol this conn try. RXFERRED TO A COMMITTEE. Mr, G, R McCtil moved that mo mat’er be re ferred to e .pccl-l committee of live. The motlou prevellni.end the moderator appointed follnwlnggendemon on thecnmmlttee:8.U.UlUyer, E Yf SV-ritn. J O McCall, W B Bennett end L H (iwaltncy. They wlllrenort to-morrow. Til — MISSION BOAKU Hr. HoVotle, nucroiary ot me ml.sl >n board, made a renort He laid there was |FJ UOO contdtmltd dining the year 10 forelsu missions, and la,Win to home als.Iuns. 18,235 sermons were preached by tne mli-lunarUs, and flint n new houses of worship hidoccu built. There were i.T^ baj^urias, TALMAGE’S SERMQM. SPIRITUALISM AND KINDRED IM POSTURES. tlL eAuny-~(ltoai«s<l -AUH r. r ••ru.mn ni 1a-inn” boarfl had uotlfl ’dome mls-lou” board had notified the state boat* ot lull,tendon to tease Its co-operation with the education ot colored minuter.. That matter wee ceded lo the ctpeclat attention at mo body. Tbo jtoard alio urged tho adoption ol a uniform plani ot collecting mbelon-ry funds snd suagestcd^ml the members be urged to put down thctrimmc stipulated amounts to be paid monthly. He _ that mere were eighty thnu.snd Bap- I lists In the state who.-e churches do not have ^Hooro then once a mouth. They were HHmkUcr off for BiplUt lnflaenccs men tho breiheniln certain quarters. Thu report was referred to a spretat committee, W. A. Montgomery, chtlrmeo, with Instructions Ito report especially la reference to the education ot colored mluUUtrt end me syalemetlo pirn ol indslug fui ds. . d Tee report of tbe treasurer ot the convcntton.1 Mr. hamue. Burney, was reed by him. It showed the receipts and tllibMmgmm|amH^y following permanent ctitloual fund, 115 051 98: permanent mli-lon fundi toe reporto! the committee on the state of relt lion waa read, after which me convention ad- torlcat society was net ‘ tek Is president or toe society, ana sir. o. noy- I. secretary. Tbe annual audreaa was delta- ctcd teat ulgnt by H-v. R. B. Headden, uf Rome, she subject was ’'Fidelity to me Scriptures, Caar- acieilstlu ol me Bspilsts." Under mat Una they bed succeeded in me put, end were destined to succctd to me future The address wee quite In teresting, end wee listened to with maraud atten tion by a large oongregatton. He urged me ad vancement ot Men-er university as one way In whioh to aid me cause. INDIAN FIGHTS. A Sharp JtatUeef Mesh-rer tfetwCee As Whiles sal who lha NavsJssa Dinvib, April 25.—Johnson, DM » ShjJIII SdJ. sl USllSCVII. TV UhS HIM ireeent at she recent battle between the favsjoo and the whites, at Mitchell’s plsce. on tbe lower Silt Juanetior.1, iu southern Colorado, arrived at Durango to day John son says: William Grove, Victor Neff and I arrived at Mitchell's store on the eveoing of the 15tb. A party pi a dozen Navajo Indiana coma to the store end one of them drew a gun on Edward Mitchell. While the quarrel wav in progress, another Navajo named Rye Lily, commenced removing the buckskin cover from his rifle snd tbe other Indisns ran fur. their guns, which were standing against the store. • Both Indisns and whites begin firing. After about twenty five shots bad been ex changed, tbe Indiana retired across the river, leaviog one dead on the ground. None of tbe whites were hurt. The whites then proceeded to throw up fortifications, Tbe women showed great nerve, carrying mbs of water in tbe case of a seige. Johnson then started for Fort Lewis. The commanding officer immediately started a equal of mounted cavalry to the relief of the Mitchells. Woen they reached Cowen’a Ferry a Nsv. jo came in and reported that the Utei had killed all the whites at Mitchell’s place. So far no other word has been received, and Johnson fears that all tbe whites have been massacred. It Is not probable that the Utee went to the scene to avenge tbe death of the Navajo. It Is common for one tribe to lay ito crimes to an other. The district commander has ordered Captain 'Ketcham’s company to leave Fort Wise early tots morning, and the troopi are also being Drought np from Fort Wiogtte, New Mexico. It may be several days before anything definite can be learned. THE WEEK IN’ CONGRESS. In tbe senate the bankruptcy bill was pissed. Tbe bill dividing the northern dis trict of Alabama into the federal coart dis tricts was passed. The report was adopted advising the removal ol Collector Wicker, at Key West. In the house the Warner pen sion bill passed. A resolution was adopted authorizing tbe secretory of war to loan Cbsrloua, North Carolina, 200 flags for tho celebration of the Mecklenburg centennial. Tbe naval appropriation bill passed. Tbe tariff bill was dizen-ted ail tbe week without action. "rhsro Shall Not Bo Found Amtoff You * Censure With X.mtllor Apt,Its of a Wlotrd, srsNi oro- soaraer. For tit TOcse Thlncs Aro s» Abomination of the Lord,** Btn. Special to Tbe constitution. Brooklyn, April 27.—Dr. Taimage preach ed to-day in the Brooklyn Tabernacle on the subject "Spiritualism an Imposture,” Before theeermon bo read from tbe scriptures some of tbe stories of wltebcrafc. The opening hymn was: "The morning light Is breaking, The darkness disappears, The sous ot man are waking To penitential tear*” Text waa from Deuteronomy xvili, 10 and 11; ’There shall not bo found among you a conanlter with familiar spirits, ora wizard or a necromancer, for all’hat do these tbings are an abomination to tho Lord. Following la Dr. Talmage’s sermon in fall:” We are surrounded on all sides by mystery. Before ns, behind ns, to tho right of ns, to tho left of ns, mystery. There id au uncX' plored world that scienco I believe will yet map cut. Strange things that have not been accounted for. Brands and appearances that cor. fouuu ail acoustics and all investigation Approximations to the spectral. Effects that teem to have no indolent cause. The wall beneath the material world and the spiritual I think is very thin. That there is communi cation between'this world and another world Is certain. Spirits depart from this to that and the Bible says ministering spirits come from that to this. It may be that complete and constant and unmistakable lines of com munication between tbeso two worlds may yet be opened. To unlatch the door between the present atate and the fntnre state all the fingers of superstition have been busy. We have had books written, entitled "Footfalls on the Boundaries of other Worlds,” "The Debatable Land between this world and the next,” "Researches in the Phenomena ot 8plritnalism,"and whole librariea of hocna-po' cut enough to deceive the very elect. I have no time to,rehearse the story of Divination uti'l Delphic tirade anil J’ianclietts and aibyls and palmistry and whole centuries ot impos ture. Modern spiritualism comes in pro- posing to t pen tho door between tills world and the next and afford ua communication with the dead. But it has notone resaonabh credentiaL,There;ts nothing in the intelligence or moral character of its founders to com mend it. All the wonderful things done by it have been shown to be sleight of hand and rank deception. Doctor Carpenter, Robert Hondin, Mr. Wall? and others have exposed the fraud by dramatizing upon the stage in presence of many auditors alt the mysteries of spiritualism. “By their fiuits shall ye know them." aald Christ, and judging this tree of spiritualism from ito finite, which bavp been bad and only bad and bad oottn- ' la one of tbe worst brtreerensaeyt 4M* set np be tree ui spirit iikimiu iruui iw iiui have bf'eo btd aod only bad and b ^IgonoUtde^son^ postoffice which they propose to s< tween the living and the (lead Is a star route wstoffice that has never yet delivered one ette( from the other world to this. I have five or six tilings to say about spirit- nalism. First, it is a very old religion. It is natural that people should want to know the origin and tbe history of a doctrine which is so widespread in all the villages, towns anil cities of the oivilixed • orld, getting new con verts every day, a doctrine with which many of yon are already tinged. Spiritualism in this country was born in 1817 in Hydesvilic, Wayne county, New York, when one night there was a loud rap heard against the door of Michael Weekman; • rap a second time, a rap a third time; and alt three times when the door was opened there was nothing found there, tbe koooklng having been made seem- Inly by invisible knuckles. In that same honse there was a young woman who had a cold band passed over her face and there eeemiugly no arm attached to it; ghostly sus picions were excited. After a whl o Mr. Fox and his family move 1 into that house, and then every night there wsa a banging at tbo door; and one night Mr. Foxeaid, "Are you aaplrit?” Two raps, answering in the tfllr- mativc. “Are you an injured spirit?" T,vo raps, answering in the affirmative, and si they found out, as they say, that it was tbe ghost or spirit of a peddler who had been murdered Iu that bouse, many years before, for hie *500. Whether the ghost of the dead tiddler had come there to collect his *500 or ds bones I cannot say, not being a •plrltanl- ist; but there was a great racket at the door, so Mr. Weekman declared and Mrs. Week- man and Ur. Fox and Mr* Fox and ail the little Foxes. The excitement spread. There warn universal rumpus. The lion. Judge Edmonds declared in a book that he bad ac- tually seen a belt start from tbe top shelf of a closet, heard it ring over the people that were standing iu tbs closet; then swung by invis ible bands it rang over the people in the back parlor and floated through the folding doors to tbe front perlor; rang overthe people there and then dropped on the floor. N. F. Tai mage, senator ot the United States, afterward governor of Wisconsin, htd hia head com pletely turned with spiritualistic demonstra tions. A msn, as he waa passing along the road, Slid that be was lifted np bodily and carried toward bis home through the air at inch a great apeed he conid not connt the >oeu on the fence as he passed; and as be tad a handsaw and a tqnare in his band, they beat ss he passed through the air most delightful music. And the tobies tipped and the stooia tilted and the bedsteads raised and the chairs npiet and it seemed as,if tbs spirits every wnere had gone into the furniture busi ness! Well, tbe people raid, "we have got thing new in this country; it is a new on." Oh. no, my friends. Nothing in tbeipiritnailstic circle of onr days has been more strange, myateriona and wonderful than things which have been seen in tbe past cen turies of the world. In all tbe ages there have been necroman cers, those who consult with the spirits of the departed; charmers, those who put their sub sets Ins mesmeric stats; eoToervra, those who >y taking poisonous drags see every thingand hear everything and tell everything; dream ers, people who in their sleeping moments can see the future world and nold consulta tion with spirits; astrologtre, who conid read a new dispensation in the I’sri; expert! in palml'try, who can tell by the lines in the taint of year hand, yoor origin and yoar bis- cry. From a ctve on Mount Parnaaaui, we are told, there was an exhalatioa that intox icated the sheep and the go its that come any where near it; and a shepherd approaching it was thrown by thu exhalation fn'o an ex citement, in which be conid foretell future events and bold consultation with tbs spirit ual world Yea, before Ihe time ot Christ the Brahmins went through all the table- moving, til the furniture excitement, which the spirlu have exploited in onr day; pre cisely the same thing over and over again, under tbe manipulations of the Brahmins. Now, do you sty that spiritualism is difierent from these? I answer, all these delusions 1 have mentioned belong to the tame family. They »r» exhumations from Hie unseen world. What dees God thfok of all these de lusions? He tldnks so severely of them Hist he never epesks o( them but with livid thun ders of indignnlion. He says: “I will he swift witn-ee acainst tho Bocerer.” Ha aays. "Thou shalt not aufler a witch to live." And lest you might make eorne important dis tinciion between spiritualism andwitaberaft, God ssjib In so many words: “There shall not be among you u consulter of familiar spirits or a wizard or a-necromancer; for all that do these things aro an abomination unto the Lord.” Andhesaya again: “The soul that turrrsth after such as have familiar spirits ana after wls irds to go a whoring after tliem, I will even set my face against that soul and will cut him t IT from among his peo ple.” TbnjLord Almighty In a score of pis- simes whii n I have not now time to quote, utiers hla indignation against.all this great family of ufelusions. After that be a spirit ualist if JK.* dare! Another remark. People are captured by spiniuaUagt when they are weak or morbid iron; troutae. You lose a friend, you want the spirltiml world opened satlmt you may have communication with bint. In a highly- wrought nirvoua and diseased slate of mind you go and put yourself in that communica tion. That is why I hate spiritualism. It takes advantage of one in a momeut of weak neaa wblob may come upon us at any time. Wo loses Mend. The trial is keen, sharp, suffocatin&almost maddening. If we could marshal a Most and storm the eternal world and recsp'lre onr lored one the host would soon be minhaled. The house is softovcly. The world b s* dark. The separation Is so insuffcrablt. But njiiritiihIism mvn "We will open the future world and'your loved one can cope back and talk lo you.” Thungh we may qot here bla voice we may hear tbe rap of Bis haud. So clear the table. Set down, Pat your hands on the table. Bs very quiet. Five minutes gone. Nomotson of the table. No tho future world. Twenty 'hlrty minutes. Nervous excite- tlme Increasing. Forty minutes, tvers. Two raps from tbo future letters of the alphabet are calu d sported friend's name is John. At the ptmiuciation of the letter “J" two rape. At tbe pronunciation of tbe letter "o" two rape. At the pronunciation of the letter "h” two rape. At the pronunciation of the letter "n" two raps. There yon have tbe whole name sptlled out, J-o-h u, John. Now, tbe spirit befog present, yon say: "Johu.are you happy?" Two rape give an affirmaiive answer. Pretty soon the baud of the medi um begins to twitch and toss and begins to write out, after paper and ink are furnished, a message from the eternal world, What is remarkable, the departed, spirit, although it has been amidst tneillumfnutlona of heaven, cannot spwll as well as it used tot It has lost all grammatical accuracy and cannut wmc as distinctly. I received a letter through a me dium once, [ sent it buck. I said: "Just plesse to teli tnose ghosts they had better go to school and get improved in their orthog raphy!" Now just think of spirits that tho Bible represents as enthroned in glory com- mg down to crawl under the table and break crockery and ring tea belle before supper is ready end rap Ihe window shutter on a gusty nigtill la there any consolation in such poor, miserable work compared with tbe tnuught that our departed Christian friends, rid of pain ai'd languishing, are In the radi ant soeietjr i.f heaven, and that we shall loin them there-cot in a sllfieil and mysterious mtoranca-f 'ioh makes the hair Hand on wnd and-483*01.13 chills creep tfirttnekTIkh in an unhindered and illimitable delight? "And none shall innmur and mlsCoibi. When God’s great sunrlso 11 uds ub out. 1 Yea, my friends, spiritualism comes to those who are In trouble and aweejss them Into Its delnsions. The vast majority of those who have gone to spiritual mediums have been sent there through their mlifsrtunes Another remark. Spiritualism is an afislr uf the darkness. Spiritual mediums fur the moit part, if not always, perform their ex- idolis iu the night. The Davenports, tbs fowlers, the Fixe., the spiritual mediums of all ages, liavo chosen tjje night or a dark ened rojrn. Why? Tbe majority of their wonders have been swindles, and deception prospers belter in Ihe night. N line of the |,t if ornmuces of spiritual mediums are not to bo iisciibed to fraud, but to some occult law tuat aftcNwhile may be demonstrated - But I believe now nine hundred and ninety-nine om of every thousand neliievuiieiils on tne partof spiritual mediums are arrant and un mitigated humbugs. Tbe mysterious red let ters that used to come out on the medium’s urra were found to have been made by an iron pencil that went Heavily over the flesh, not tearing it, but disturbing the blood so it came up tu great round letters. The witnesses of tne seance have locked the door, pat the key in their pocket, arrested thu uperator, and fuund out by eearcnlng the room ibat bidden lovers muvi it the tables The m-a nl lelli-rs that w.rc mysteriously read withoat opening were found to liave been cut at tne side and then afterward slyly put together with gum-arabic; and the medium who, with a heavy blanket over his bead, could read a book, has been found tu have had a bottle of phosphoric oil, by i!i„ til'll! of which anybody can r.-iiil a book; nud veuirtloqubm and legerdemain, and sleight ol hand and optical delusion ac count for nearly everything. Deception being the main staple ol spiritualism, no wonder it chooses the darkness. You have all seen s range and unaccountable thing! in tbe night. Almost every man has sometime bad a touch of hallucination. Indigestion from a late supper will generally account for it. It is an outraged physical organirm, and not n call from tbe future world. 8plriiual:em, knowing that ic liable to deceive tbe very elect alt-r sundown, does nearly all ito work in tbe night. Tbe witch of Endor held her s-ances at sight; so do all the witches. Away with this religion of spooks! Another remark: 8plrituallim to doom and deaib to its disciples. It ruins tbe body. Look in upon an audience of spiritualists. Cadaverous, weak, nervous, exhausted. Hands clammy and cold. Nothing prdbpers but long hair—noil mars lire yielding rank grass. Spiritualism destroys the physical health. Its disciples are ever hearing start ling news from the other world. .Strange beings crowing the room in white. Table lldgety, wanting to get ito feet loose as if to dance. Voices eepuichral and ominous. Be wildered with raps. I nev.r knew a confirmed spiritnaltot who had a healthy nervous tyatem. It to Incipi ent epilepsy and rs’aiepty. Destroy .. .nr nervous system, and you might as welt bs dead. I have noticed that people who are hearing rape from the future world have bnt littleeirengthleitto bear tbe hard raps of this world. It to an awful thing >o trifle with one’s nervous system. It la so delicate. It to to far reaching, its derangements are so terri ble. Get the nervous system a-jangie, and so far as your body and eonl are concerned, the whole universe to a j tngle. Better in our ignorance experiment with a chemist’s retort tnat may smite us dead, or with an engineer's a earn boiler that may blow os to atoms, than experiment with tbe nervous system. A man can live with only one lung, or with no ryes and be happy as men bare been under auch affiictiona; but woe bo to tire man whose nerves are shattered. BpUltuallam smites first of all and mlgbllly against the nervous system, and so makes life miserable. Another remark: Splrilualtorn is a racial and marital curse. Tne worst deeds of licen tiousness, and the worst orgies ol obscenity have been enacted under tu patronage. Tbe story to too vile for me to telL 1 will not poilnte my tongue nor your ears with the ro cltel. Sometimes the civil Jaw has been evoked >o ttop the outrage. Families itu- memorable have been broken up by it. It bus pushed off hundreds of young women into a life of profligacy. It .talks about "elective aMoilIes l "and"affioUal relations," and "spiritual matches,” and adopts tbo whole vocabulary of free-lovit-m. In one of lis public Journals it declares "marriage is the monitor enrse of civilization,” that "it is a source of debauchery andintemperance." If spiritualism could have iu full swing it would turn this world into a pandemonium of carnality. Jt is an unclean, adulterous religion, and tbe sooner it drops Into the bell from which it rose, tbe better both for earth and heaven. For tbe sake of man's liiuiiir unit woman's imrily I say let the vri tige of it perish forover, I wish I could gather lui .ill the raps it lias ever heard frimi spirits blest or damned and gsther them all on ill* own head in uue thundering rap ot an nlbllatioD. Another remark: Spiritualism is tho cause of much Insanity. There is not an asylum between Bangor and San Francisco which lies not the't.iri) and bleeding victims of ttiit delusion. Go into any asylum, I care nut wnere It to, the presiding doctor after you have asked hint "what la the matter with that man?" will say "spiritualism demented him,'j or “what is the matter with that woman?" he will ssy "spiritualism demented her.” It has taken down some of tho bright est intellects. It swept off Into mental mid night judges, senators, governors, ministers of the gospel, and one time came near cap turing ono of tbe presidents of the United Siaies, At Flushing, near this city, a man became absorbed with it, forsook his family, took his only *15,000, surrendered them to a spiritual medium in New York, attempted toR* times toputan end to ins own life unit then mi incarcerated In the atate lunatlo asylum, where he to to-dsy a raving maniac. Put your hand in the hand of this influence, und U will lend you on to bottomless perdi- linn, w lii'ii' il holds its everlasting seance. Mui.v years ago tbesteamer Atiamlostorted fruit Eitropo for the United btates. Getting tuiu-ncesn the machinery broke and she floundered around day after day and week after week; and for a whole mouth after she was due people wondered and finally gave her up. There was great anguish in the cities, for there Were many who had friends aboard that vessel. 8ame;of tiiejwuuien in thetr distress went lo tbo spiritual mediums nnd inquire das to the fate of ttist vetsel. The mediums called up tbe spirits sud the rap. ungs on tbe table indlcs.cd the steumthip on with all on board. Women went raving mad aud were carried to the lunatlo aiylum. Alter awbtlo.oue day a gun was heard elf tjuarantlne. The flags went up on the ship ping, and tho bel * ot tho cuurcbes were rung. Tne boys ran through the streets cry ing, "Kilrn! The Atlantic is sale! ' There wiut the embracing as front the dead when friends came again to friends; but some of those passengers went up to find their wives in the lunstio asylum where this cheat of infernal spiritualism had put them, a man in Bellevue hospital, dying from wounds made by his own hand, was naked wny he ttsd tried tu oontmlt suicide, and he said, “The spirlu told me to." Parents have strangled their children, and when asked why they did It replied’ "spiritualism de manded it," ft Is the patromzer and forager for th* mad-home. Judge Edmunds In the Broadway Tabernacle, New York, delivering lecture in behalf of spiritualism, admitted osuAuauy words: "There to e laacinatlon IDotfl Tbnsulttffoa with tbe spirits ol the deed that has a tendency to lead people off from tltely right judgment, and to Inatll into them u fanaticism that la revolting to the uaturalmlud. It not only ruitte lu dlsolplea but It ruins the mediums also, only give it time. The Gaderean swine on the hanks of lire lako iif.Unliice no sooner became spirit ual mediums tlien down ttrey went in tut avalanche of pork, to the couaternalion of all too herdsmen, Tho offico of a medium Is bad foreman, bad for a woman, bad tor a beast. Another remark: Spiritualism rains the soul Immortal. First, it makes a man a quarter of an infidel; then It makes him naif an infidel; then it makes him a whole lulldel. The entire system, as 1 conceive It, is founded on the insufficiency of the worn of God as a revolution. God says tho Bible is enough for you to know about the future world. You say it to not enough, nud there is where you and Hie Lord diltor. You clear the table, you shove aside Ihe Bible, you tut your bend ou the Bible and ssy, ‘ Now, etepirltaol ttto future world come and tell mu something the Bible has not told me.” And although the scriptures say, "Add tuou not unto Hts words lest H* reprove tbee end tbou he found a liar,” you risk it aud say "Come buck, spirit of my departed .fath.r, come back, spirit of my departed mother, of my companluu, of my little child, and tell mesomeibtng 1 don't know about you and about the unseen world." tf God is slapped square In Hie face it to wlton a spiritual me dium puts down her baud on tne tanle In voking apirits departed to make a revelation. God has told you all you ought to know,and how dare you bo prying Into that which Is none of your business? You cannot keep thu Bible lu one hand aud spiritualism iu tbe other. One or the other will Blip on of your grasp, depend upon it. Spiritualism toaverso to tbe Bible in the fact tbat It lias in these last days culled from tbe future world Chris tian men to testify against Curtottoulty. Its mediums call book Lorenzo Dow, tbe cele brated evangelist, and Lorenzo Dow testifies tit>it Christians are ldolators. Spiritualism calls back Tom Paine, and ho teaifllro that be is stopping in thu same houie In heaven with Jobn Bunyan. They call John Wesley und he testifies against the Christian religion which he all nis life preached ao gloriously. Andrew Jackson Davis, tbe greatest of alt the spiritualists, comes to tbo front snd de clares that the Now Testament to but "the dismal echo of a barbaric age," and tbe Bible only "one of the pen and Ink relics of Christianity." They attempt to Milmitute tne writings of Anorew Jackson Davis and o'hcr religious balderdash in tbs place of ibis old Bible. I have in my house a book which was used in this very city in the pub lic service of spiritualism. It is well worn with much service. 1 open the book end it •ays: “What Is our baptism? Answer— Freqmnt ablutions of water. Waat is our inspiration? Plenty of fresh air and sun light. What is our prayer? Abundant physical exercise. What to our love-feast? A dear conscience and aonnd sleep." And 1 fitd from the same book that the chief Item in their public worship to caitothenlci; and tbat whenever they want to rouse up their souls to a very high pitch of devotion, they sing, page 65, “The night has gathered up tier moonlit fringes,” or, page 10, ‘•Come to the wooda, helgb ho!" "You ssy you are not such a fool as that, bat you will be il you keep on in tbe track in which you have started. . ........ "Bur," says eorne one, "wouIdB t It be of advantage to hear from the future werid? Don’tyou think it would a'reDgtben Christo Ians? There are a great ntiny materialists who do net believe mere are souls; but it spirits from the future world should knock and talk over to us we would ell be per auaded.” To tbat I answer In the ringing words of tbe Son of God: "If they believe n»t Mooes snd the prophets, neither will they be penuaded, though one rose from tne dead.” Now, I believe noder God tbat this sermon Will save many from disease, insanity and perdition. I believe these are the days of which the apostle spake when he ssid, "In the latter times some shall depart from the f-tuh, giving heed to seducing spirits." I think my audience, os well as other audien ces in this day need to havo reiterated iu hearing the passage, "There shall not be among you a oonaultor of familiar spirits or a wlzird of a necromancer; for they that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord;’’ "and tho soul that turnethafter such os familiar spirits aud after wizards, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off among his people." But I will invite you this morning to a Cnristian seance, a noonday seance. This congregation is only one great family. Here is thaebarch table—come around the church table—Like yourselves for this great Chris- Han semce; put your Bible on the table; put your han-to on tbe top of the Bible, end then listen and bear if there are any voices corn* ing from the eternal world. X tbiok there are. Listen I "Secret things belong unto tbe Lord onr God, but thoee things which are revealed belong unto us and to onr chil dren.” Surely that is a voice from the spirit world. But before you rise from this Chris tian seance I want you to promise me you will be satisfied with the Divine revelation until the light of the eternal throne breaks upon your vision. Do not sit down at table rapping, either in sport or in dead earnest. Have yon a table so well made and their lege eo even that they will not tip or rattle. It the table mast move letit be under tbe offices of lndostrions housewifery. Teach your children there are no ghosts to he aten or heard in tills world save those which walk on two feet or four, human or bestial. Remem ber that iplritualteui at the best to a useless thing; for if it telle what the Bible reveato it is a supoifiulty, and If It tells what the Bible does not reveal it is n He. Instead of going out to get other people to tell your forum- tell your own fortune bv putting yon trust in God aud doing the beet you can. ^ I will tell your fortune. “AH things work together for good to them who love God,” Insult not your departed friends by asking them to cut up capers in a a closet or to come down and scramble under an extension table. Remember tbat there to only onespirlt whose dictation you have a right to invoke and tbat is Hie holy, blessed nnd omnipotent spirit of God. Hearkl He Is rapping now, not only on a table or the tl jor, nut rapping on the door of your heart, and every np to an invitation to Christ and a warulng of judgement to come. Oh, Rtievohlm not away I (jaench him not. He lies been all arounuyou this morning; He woe all around you last night; He has been all around you all your lives. Hark! There comes a voice dropping through tbe roof, breaking through the window, Ailing all this honse from door to door, and from floor to ceiling with tender and overmuterlDg into nation, saying, "My spirit shall not always strive.” GEORGIA SPECIALS. Mokboi. April 23.—At eleven o’clock to-day, six mlloscsstot Monroe, In this county, Jesse Genu killed hts father, Willis Gann, with a pistol. The father was a widower, and father and son were both attached to the same young lady. The son sun-ceded In marrying her Jnit twoweehiafo. Tho father wrote him a letter to be on hie guard as oomlug to bill him. A little child eaw him slipping up lo the houee and ran and toldJeeee , who got hts pistol aud tired Just u the father was taking sight at hint with a double barrelled shot guu. Tire ball.took (fleet Jut over lbs eye killing him tnsUnuy. The young man oamo to town at once and gavohtmaelf up to the eherlir. The Gunns came to talk oounty from Mora gait county. The eld man wu a very elder man when free from llqnor. The corouor le preparing lo bold an Inquest. LimrKiN, April 28. -nrmlitead Goar, a farmer living near Richland, in this oounty, committed •Illdilo by taking 19 groins morpblno. He waa about 50 years old, had a large family and was a prudent, boacet and sincere men. Ho wu a member of the llaptlst qhttreh. Tno revival at the M.» church cloeed wltbau accession ur thirty-three new tacmbeis. ( livin'.ton, April 21 —The Isrmcia In this Mellon wilt plant largo crops of sorghum cauo this year, n> It ptovi-s to be ono ol our best psjlug crop*, and It will bo oipcclally profits Me this yotr, as the planters :* ribbon canseouth of Macon lost their seed cane by frost tut fall, hones the demand for sorghum products will be much greater this year and at better prices than ever before. He MX April 22.—Tho question of building a levee In somo portion ot city to prevent overflow, is be ing dbcusted by tholeadlng dilscns. It Is expected treat ill IlM'.ii aclioll will roon be Uten anil tbat lire cost of tbo levee will not exceed $30,COO. A c t rent a r l.sucd by tbo slgust ofllco relating to the destruction by tornadoes In tbe southern elates ou tho loth ot February, says "properly rai ned at from throo to four mllltou of dollar! was des'xoyed, about one thousand persons loll their lives, double that* number were wounded, and betwoeti fifteen and twenty thousand persons were left destitute." I’KixzN, Georgia, April 21—Tno i eopie are get ting up funds for the erection of a church. Dr. O. W. Path* r may be addressed as secretary. Warisaseoao, AprU 21 —Recent heavy ratos here has rendered It impossible far the farmers to pro ceed with thetr work and plowing. Oats aro look ing beautiful. Very Uttlo wheat Is planted lu llutke. Bomi, April 21 —Mr. Sanders, a citizen of this county, wblto hauling a toad of logs to town yes* terday afternoon, fell from bis wagou and a heavy log r-illi-il mi him, l-.lllcllngterrible lnjurlee, from which he dlod las: night. Ilev. Dr. Banting will be Installed at pastor of the Presbyterian church hereon Ute second Sunday In June. Uonyrrs, April 25.—Rev. W. D. Win burn, of. this piece, has a very fine butter cow. A few daye lines, from a milking of between three and four gallons, then was churned two pounds aed fourteen ounces of better. Who cm beat that? Oamiaviu.c, April 25.—A religious tidal wave his struck this plsce, and much good has already resulted and the future Is bright with promises of great good. The Bapilat church has services twice a day, and the Methodist from two lo three times. ATttZNs, April 25.—Mr. J L. Chaadlcr and hts wile, near Ilstmony Grove, were burled In the lime cofit2. Tney died from pneumonia. Judge Carswell, who sentenced Allred G. Inman, tho wife murderer,lo life Imprisonment Instead of to death, explains hts action, says the Louisville N-w., by saying tbat he had thought about the case a greet deal, and tbat he foil It hla duty to Imp-se tbe penaUyut Imprisonment tor life. much ss the erldeoce In the case was clrcum- •lantta), and the law gives him a discretion In tuch cases, KatTHilt, April 25.—In the matter of tho Geor gia latid and lumber company vs. Bleeper, Hal! and Briggs- et at. representing the heirs of Chase, Cylbyand Crocker, iarotrtng titles to three ban* dred thousend acres ot laud, mention ot which has heretofore made In the paptrt, proceedings have been Instituted la the Uoltet .Sates court by blit for Injunction, A temporary restraining orier has been granted aud aub,un*< Issued, celling upon O.n. Briggs et *1, and all to whom they have sol d or teased lanile, to appear at the Untied Males court In Mason Mey 7th, and chow cause why Injunction should not tesn9 et prayed f>r, en joining them from set ting, leasing, entering upon or In erfertng with eny ot tho leads set out In the bltles owned by the Georgia toad aud lumber company.