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M at 28, 1864 F o r th e H e r a ld of Progress. ©fit JalJf® TO WHOM THE WAR MEANT EMANCI PATION. BY GEORGE S. BURLEIGH. He is not dead! they never die Who for a noble purpose fall: Load in his country’s battle-cry He heard the voice of duty call; And calmly on that harvest-plain, Where men were mowed like falling grain, Paced lead, and fire, and iron rain, That Freedom’s flower might bloom for all. tu every throb of his trne heart Beat manhood in its naked form ; No need of glittering toys of art To mark him noble; iu that storm, So fearless, firm—in peace, so mild, Womanly, modest, and undefiled; By gunshots torn, he only smiled ; High faith kept ebbing life-blood warm. As close again the shattered lines, A tear will honor him who fell; His home amid the Northern vines Shall guard his humble memory well— Where honest pride will breathe his name, Unstained by any taint of shame ; “ True to the last”—a purer fame Than follows many a chieftain’s knell. High names lend luster to renown. And men are proud to give them praise; But home-love weaves a myrtle crown More sacred than their greenest bajs. The ribbon and tho gilded star Glitter and dazzle from afar; Unseen the purest honors are— Mute Borrows o’er a vacant place! Mother! though tears may not be dried, The grandeur of his hope can lend A more than Roman matron's pride, In suffering for a holy end; Not all for this—that he was brave, Not that thy boy gave life to save An empire crumbling to its grave— He died for God!—the bondman’s friend ! And so he lives—forever lives— A portion of the boundless good— The glorious freedom that God gives Tbe land he purifies in blood 1 And though he passed away unknown, A million hearts will .thrill his own With songs that reach the Eternal Throne, And bless him bathed iu glory’s flood! ANDREW JACKSON DAVIS, EDITOR. N E W Y O R K , S A T U R D A Y , M A Y 28, 1864. T E R M S O F S U B S C R I P T I O N : Two D o l l a r s F i f t y a y e a r , p a y a b le in a d v a n c e , O ne D ollar T wenty - f iv e for s ix m o n ths. S i n g le Copies, 5 cen ts. M \ n ey se n t a t o u r risk . F o r a ll la r g e sum s , d r a f ts l N ew Y o rk should be p r o c u r e d , if possible. C a n a d a su b s c rip tio n s 25 cen ts a d d itio n a l for post- re. F o r e ig n su b s c r i p tio n s $1 e x t r a . S ingle copies of th e H e r a l d o f P r o g r e s s m a y be o b tained of all th e N ew s D e a lers th r o u g h o u t th e c o u n tr y . S a m p le copies m a iled from th is office on a p p lica tion. A lim ited n u m b e r o f a d v e r tise m e n t s w ill be receiv e d a t th e ra t e of te n cents a lin e for th e first in s e r tio n , an d eig h t cents for e a c h su b s e q u e n t in s e r tio n . A ll notices, a d v e r tise m e n t s , or c o m m u n ica tio n s , in te n d e d for p u b lic a t io n , s h o u ld be se n t in the w e e k p r e c e d in g th e d a te of p u b lic a t io n . T h e e a r lie r th e b e tter. A ll le tte r s to be a d d ressed to .ear Office h o u r s , 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. P u b l ica tio n ffice lo c a te d a few doo r s e a s t o f No. 416 B r o a d w a y . is dawning. A clear light is visible in the east. True, a spirit of revolution is awakening in the North, and new trials load the storm-clouds that fill the southern sky, but beyond all there is national peace and bappinese. Progressive Movements. THE DRESS REFORM. The movement inaugurated by the Ladies' N a tional Covenant at Washington has gained t u , ™ , a t foothold in New York. The Ladies’ Commit- Mrs. Townsends Lectures. , e ,, „ . ... tee of the Metropolitan Fair called the first This brave and cultured Sister delivered meeting, and now the rooms they occupied at the corner of Broadway and Great Jones St. two discourses before the Friends of Progress at Dodworth’s Hall, on Sunday, 15th inst. We regret that our reporter was not present, because her words and ideas could then have lodgment in thousands instead of hundreds of living souls. She speaks from the inner life, and w hat she utters touches the inner life of her hearers. The sincerity of her spirit is tender and strengthening. In the morning her theme was the “ Mani festations of Life.” Her text was chosen from a bouquet of flowers which some loving stranger placed before her on the desk. From this text she expounded the various develop ments of the divine principle of life in human nature and in general society. She discovered harmony in the variety of life-expressions ; bear this inscription. “ W omen ’ s P atriotic A ssociation , F o r D im inishing tlie Use o f Im p o rted L u x u r ies A public meeting has been held at Cooper’s Institute and was largely attended. The pledge adopted disheartened many earnest women, because of its vagueness and want of force. But no amount of indefiniteness in the pledge can deprive tbe movement of vital power, wherever it meets an earnest spirit. ONE OOOD EXAMPLE. We heard a lady mention a clear case of the genuineness of the spirit as exampled by a Fifth Avenue lady, well known for her splen *i • k . 1 1 H f , ’ did laces and other costly articles of apparel, the discords being visible and felt only when J \ different types ot character and disposition I A “ acquaintance met her on the street the brought into close and intimate rela- other an,d ,a,llnB ‘ ° her on ac- count of the change in her dress, was informed that she had laid aside her laces and diamonds Her street dress was a plain Heading Aloud in the Family. Books and periodicals should be angels in every household. They are urns to brings us the golden fruits of thought and experience from other minds and other lands. As the fruits of the trees of the earth’s soil are most enjoyed around the family board, so should those that mature upon mental aud moral boughs be gathered around by the entire , , , . . household. No home exercise could be more become l)ersonal and bltter> and at onc? un' appropriate and pleasing than for one mem- ! profitable to the cause of truth. We published ber to read aloud for the benefit of all. An Mr. Dyott’ s article s'mply to call attention to Letters concerning the Davenports. Since the publication of tbe first letter from Mr. Dyott—who claims to have demonstrated the fraudulent character of the Davenport manifestations—we have received a large number of communications, both for and against Mr. D. and the boys. A little reflection, it seems to us, will convice all parties that this controversy is unprofitable. In the first place an individual testimony regarding the Davenport performances, whe ther favorable of unfavorable, cannot be received as conclusive by those who have no knowledge of the facts in question. And this is the condition of most of our readers. In the second place tbe feats of the boys cannot be sufficiently described to make the general reader, who is unacquainted with them, under stand either what they are or what they are not. We have in our drawer long letters de scribing minutely a series of experiments with the boys, a ho acted as professed mediums, which tend to overthrow the points upon which Mr. Dyott puts the greatest stress, but which would not convince Mr. D. that he was mistaken; and so, if we should publish this favorable statement, our columns must (to be “ free” ) be kept open to an equally long reply from somebody who thinks he knows some thing very different. Such controversies debilitating to the physical nature, was, nev- j ty feet, and the nimble manner in which they ertheless, well kept by hundreds of those who | psed them. They do not appear on the streets author’ s ideas are energized by tbe confidence and love of the tender lamily affections, and every heart is open to the trulh like the un folded rose to receive the gathering dews. The ties of love between parents aud chil dren, and brothers and sisters, are thus ce mented yet more and more, and varied charms and pleasures are constantly open through iais medium to make a home a very paradise. If, parents would introduce this exercise in their families, they would soon see tbe levity and giddiness that make up the conversation of too many circles giving way to refinement and chaste dignity. Read to your children, and encourage them to read to you, instead of I reading your papers and books in silence, and A d silence laying them away. \W c s lern Recorder. A Debasing Theory. Fill tbe vacuum of the mind. Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself. Give it worthy objects on which to spend its strength, and it will riot no more in wantonness. Do the clergy this':' Do they not, rather, de mand a prostration of the intellect—a hum bling and debasing of the spirit ? Is not their knowledge that ot things unseen, speaking neither to the senses nor to the faculties ? Are not their doctrines, by their own confes sion, “ incomprehensible ” ? Is not their morality based upon human depravity? Preach they not the innate corruption of our race ? Away with this libel of our nature!. , . „ Away ^ t,h this crippling, debasing, cowardly j them, through misfortunes aud national theory ! Long, long enough hath this foul bankruptcy and in spite of them—for nothing slander < bscured our prospects, paralyzed our | can ultimately withstand the omnipotent flow ‘ L ttj 1 0f the eternal principle of Liberty, which is his conclusions—more especially to the ques tions he asked at the close o f his letter, so that others might be careful and critical in making tbeir investigations. And here, for the present, we will let the matter rest. The National Struggle. The present struggle for liberty and pro gress m u st go forward to a perfect end. The worst passions originated this war, the worst passions are resisting the march of free insti tutions, and the worst passions must be over come, before the war can end. The whole civilized world detests the slave-system which the rebellious States fight to perpetuate. The common conscience of humanity, the benevo lent sympathies of all true men and women, the gospel of universal Nature, and the inspi rations of the infinite Mind, together with all the superior Brotherhoods that fill the upper chambers of the house not made with hands— yea, all are with the P r inciple for which the great loyal northern Free States pour out their populations and treasures. Hence the w a r m u s t go onward, and the overthrow of a barbarian form of civilization m u s t be accomplished per fectly, both through Presidents and in spite of them, through politicians and in spite of them, through disloyal Generals and in spite truly sought the paths of spiritual progress. Mrs. E. C. Clark. Last Sunday evening Mrs. Clark addressed the large congregation at Dodworth’s IIall. Her weil-cboBen subject was expounded in appropriate and impressive language. She efforts, crushed the generous spirit within us Away with it! Such a school never made a race of freemen. Yet, see! in spite of the doctrine, to what hights of intelligence and virtue hath not man attained! Immortality of Goodness. There is nothing—no, nothing innocent or good that dies and is forgotten ; let us’ hold to that faith or none. An infant, a prattling inseparable from eternal Justice and Righte ousness, by which alone a nation can be de livered and exalted to the paths of progressive happiness. To falter at this stage in the struggle would be a crime against humanity, and it might be punished with death to the Nation. The whole world looks this way, and it will sit in terri- child, dying in its cradle, will live again in j ble judgment upon any symptoms of weakness the better thoughts ot those wbo loved it, and tjia^ may appear in the spirit of the North play its part, through Item, m the redeeming d w t of , bc Bonlbern traitorB de. aetinn of the world, though its bodv be burnt * , . mands a complete defeat —not a partial contrac- action of the world, though its body be burnt to ashes or drowned in the deepest sea. There is not an angel added to the host of heaven but does its bleseed work on earth in those that loved it here. Forgotten! oh, if the good deeds of human creatures could be traced to their source, how beautiful would even death appear! for how much charity, mercy, and purified affection would be seen to have their growth in dusty graves! Good Advice. If the body is tired, rest; if tbe brain is tired, sleep. If the bowels are loose, lie down in a warm bed and remain there, aud eat noth ing till you are well. If an action of the bowels doeB not occur at the usual hour, eat not an atom till they do act, at least not for thirty-six hours ; meanwhile drink largely of cold water or hot teas, exercise in the open aic to the extent of gentle perspiration, aud keep this up until thiDgs are righted ; this one suggestion, if practiced, would save myriads of lives every year, both in the city and coun try. The best medicines in the world are warmth, abstinence, and repose. [.Journal o f H ealth. tion of their lines, not a partial dispersion of their armies, but an entire destruction of their power to do anything more in opposition to the expansion of free institutions. They are rich in lands and strong in the pride of aris tocracy, and they will not be governed by any power save that which utterly crushes their armies and annihilates their existence in the estimation of civilized nations. This is the magnitude of the labor in the hands of loyal men. Parties and Presidents who adopt a less complete programme will be overthrown. An eternal principle is involved in this struggle. To harmonize with and obey it, is life ; to oppose and discard it, is death. Parties and Presidents will be “ governed by those events” which grow out of this Princi ple. Hence it matters little who is next voted into the Presidential chair, for the work now on hand must be prosecuted in accordance with Justice and Liberty. The end is not far off; the day of deliverance were tions. Such relations ought not to exist, and they will cease when wisdom becomes a rul ing principle in individual life and society. She reasoned from her intuitions, and arrived at the clearest conclusions, self-evident to every thinking and progressive mind. In the evening her discourse was concern ing the bearings of the teachings of Spiritual ism on the individual and Datural character. It was a faithful statement and a noble vindication of the principles of a true, pro gressive, harmonial Spiritualism. We wished, while listening to her earnest and truly elo quent exposition of the holy truths of our scientific and intuitive faith, that the editors of our city press, whose reporters so freely ridi culed the Clintou Hall Conventionists, could have been within the sound of her voice. They would have retracted every word of falsehood and contumely printed in their col umns. But we do not blame them, for full well do we know that they live and move and have their being in the spirit of the moment— reflecting faithfully the baseless opinion of the majority of their readers and financial sup porters. Mrs. Townsend’s lecture was freight ed with the tenderness and deep strength of a true, noble woman. The audience frequently testified their satisfaction. The Harmonial Choir never sung more acceptably and appro- during the w ar! calico! TOE VALUE OF THE MOVEMENT. The real excellence of tbe work thus begun lies less in the saving of gold for imported goods than in the tendency towards general retrenchment in dress and display. When it shall cease to be fashionable to parade costly silks on Broadway—literally on the streets, whole breadths sweeping the pavement, what a removal of incentives to pride and tempta tions to vice. In the eyes of all men of sense, those who enter into the spirit of this cause will stand exalted. And every mau truly loy al to the cause of freedom, in person and na tion, will not only sustain the ladies in this work, but themselves set tbe example. The meetings held :hus far have called out the following among other individual ex pressions. LADIES HAVE TWO FEET. Hon. Judge Kelly, of Philadelphia, in ad dressing the Washington meeting, said: * * * “ I don’t think the ladies deserve all this scolding, but really their dresses rem ind o f avowal that be loved his country better than Freedom shocked everybody, but his rebuke of the new-born zeal of Maryland for Aboli tion gave greater offense than all that he said beside, offensive as it nearly all was to his hearers I” Frem o n t Convention. A call addressed to the radical men of the nation has been issued by David Plumb, Ed ward Gilbert, Frederick Kapp, Ernest Krack- owizer, William J. Demorest,Committee; and indorsed by George B. Cheever, Henry T. Cheever, J . W. Alden, F. 0. Irish, William Goodell, S. S. Jocelyn, inviting them to as semble at Cleveland, 0 , May Slat, to recom mend the nomination of John 0 . Fremont for the next Presidency. Hay* the c a ll: “ The things demanded, arid which we ask you to jjoinus to render *ure, are the im m e d iate extinction o f Slavery t h r o u g h o u t the whole U n ited States, by Congressional action, the absolute equality o f a ll n u n before the law w ith o u t r e g a r d to race or color , a r i d such a plan of reconstruc tion as shall conform entirely lo the policy o f freedom fo r a ll , placing the political power alone in the hands o f the loyal , and executing w ith vigor the law f o r confiscating lhe proper ty o f the rebels .” An Admission. Rev. Mr. Sawyer, the editor of the C h r is tian A m b a ssador , the Universaiist paper in this city, says of the Davenport Brothers : “ The general explanation of the singular exhibitions is that these phenomena are the work o f ‘spir its.’ ” And adds : “ We are disposed to ac cept this theory.” C2T* Mrs. Severance, whose advertisement will be found in our columns, desires U3 to say that she has not been able to attend to letters as fast as received, but hereafter, by the d of Mr. S., she will be able to give 1 1 ’ ■* prompt replies. The Anniversaries From the reports made at the annual meet ings of the several religious and benevolent societies, it appears that the receipts and ex penses lor the past year of the American Tract Society were over §350,000. The Home Missionary Society received nearly $200,000, expended $150,000. The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions is likely inverted peacock. They should not I t0 incur a debt of $100,000 dollars! The thus hide their feet, for any man of mar - 1 American Female Guardian Society ha 3 re- riageable age knows every lady has two I ceived $23,000 and disbursed $21,000. Their feet, and I have known of ladies with homely i ,i)fl a n A t priately, and the day, although stormy and | faces who got husbands because of their pret- : . u. Illn’ as a cir* in foreign countries in long dresses, and why should you do so, taking home in your trail that which should be left for the scavenger. Women who dress plainly will always com mand respect.” EFFECT OF ECONOMY. Benson J . Lossing writes : “ There is no people on the face explained and ‘/indicated the position of Pro- ofthe round earth so prodigal as we in the gressive Spiritualists to the institutions of the j use of every luxury which industry can create past and- present, and clearly opened up the «°d money purchase Persuade both men aud .1 c i , ! women to live simply and temperately, and a path of advanceme p p j good habit is not only thereby established, but new age that is dawning. I his bister in Fro- ^ nan0nal strength is vastly increased by a gress is gentle in disposition and refined in j positive assurance of its solvency. Should speech, and her power to do good is deep and the loyal people of the country reduce tbeir spiritual. Lectures next Sunday. The Editor of this Journal will discourse at Dodworth’s IIall, 806 Broadway, at the usual hours next Sunday morning and evening. consumption to the mere requirements of lib eral necessity for one year, the amount saved in that time would be sufficient to pay the whole national debt, I believe.” GOLD FOR IRON. Hon. Schuyler Colfax, the Speaker, said: “ History tells us that during the war in Musical Benefit for the Harmonial foreign countries the ladies have made sacri- Choir. fices. The Prussian ladies poured into the >T J, treasury all their ornaments, and received in Next Monday evening, May 30tb there will Uen of tbem aa iron badge witb , be words « , be an entertainment at Dodworth s Hall, to I g ave gold for iron” inscribed thereon. I re- replenish the treasury of the “ Harmonial J joice in the establishment of this organization: Choir.” The citizens have expressed deep interest in the music voluntarily furnished by this choir from Sunday to Sunday, and hun- it is a signal that woman is interested in her country’s cause.” One effect of the formation of these societies dreds will be glad to testify their friendship has been to increase the sale of silks, a single . • l rr* i 1 1 1 R n n l n n U n n M , Pftl 1 ! n /» W.11 O C\f\l\ n.r.u.1. 11 substantially at the ticket office next Monday evening. The proceeds of the entertainment will be put into the hands of the esteemed Leader and Treasurer, Mr. P. E. Farnsworth, and be devoted by him toward defraying past and future expenses incident to the musical department. A large and refreshing variety of pieces will be offered to the public. The Philadelphia Lyceum. The programme of the first Benefit Exhibi tion of the Lyceum in the city of Brotherly Love consisted of Floral and Musical tab leaux, Free Gymnastics in costume, March ings, Silver Chain Recitations, and selections of Music from the best sources, under the di rection of Dr. Shelling. Such an enter tainment cannot fail to attract the people, and especially all who take a lively interest in the successful development of youth. Next week we may give more definite information regarding the success of the Exhibition. Movements in Milford, Mass. Through the persevering exertions of Mr. B. B. Marshall, a Children’s Progressive Ly ceum has just been organized and equipped for progress, in Milford. Mr. Medberry, of the Providence Lyceum, kindly assisted in starting the institution on the 15th inst., which will be the day and month next year for the celebration of its first anniversary. Friend M. remarked that the Milford Lyceum began under favorable conditions and thinks it will go on flourishingly. New Books. Several new and valuable hooks and pam phlets have been recently received from their authors and publishers. We shall review them in their order very soon. Boston house selling $12,000 worth at retail in one day! This indicates the necessity for a radical provision respecting the use as well as purchase of expensive articles, and shows the excellence of the example set by the Fifth Avenue lady to whom we have alluded. Women Type-Setters. The western newspaper publishers, at their recent Convention in Cincinnati, passed a resolution recommending the employment of female help in the composing room, wherever it can conveniently be done. In our own and other offices in this city the effort is being made to introduce this help, and thus far with good promise of success. The Baltimore Sanitary Fair. The Maryland Fair for the benefit of the Sanitary Commission is said to have been originated by Mrs. Bowen, wife of Rev. Chas. J. Bowen, a Unitarian clergyman. The pro ceeds will amount to over fifty thousand dol lars ! Among the notable events of the Fair was the VISIT OF THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET. Says the T r ibune correspondent: “ Mr. Lincoln was well received, but Mr. M. Blair got the cold shoulder. The President’s speech drew down immense applause when ho spoke of retribution for the Fort Pillow mas sacre ; but when he got to that part of it which promised, not retaliation, but a consid eration of the question, his utterance fell dead, and all enthusiasm was quenched alter that. He moved about as any ottier mortal did. Mr. Chase was well received.” seward ’ s speech . “ But Mr. Seward’s speech came near being the signal for uproarious disseut. Had he spoken anywhere else but in the New Eng land Kitchen, he would have been hissed, liis cuiation of 38,000 copies ! Woman and Her Era. William Lloyd Garrison, in the L ib e r a to r , offers the folio wing noble tribute to the work: “ For vigor of reasoning, and depth of philo sophical investigation, this work—projected by a female brain, and executed by a female band—is as remarkable and noteworthy as Miss Cobbe’s essay on ‘ Intuitive Morals.’ Even a somewhat cursory examination of it has profoundly impressed us, both in regard to the grandeur of its object as connected with human destiny, and the ability of its author. ‘•It has been common, in all ages, and among all races, for Man to rank himself as superior to Woman, to speak of her as the weaker vessel, to claim for himself exclusive rights, aud, consequently, to hold her in sub jection to his will. In no country has she ever been treated as an equal, either religious ly or politically, either in the single or the matrimonial state, either ia the pursuit of knowledge or the acquisition of riches. Her wrongs have been grievous and manifold her career one of prolonged martyrdom ; and all attempts on her part to seek redress, to en large her unnaturally contracted sphere, to develop her faculties and power, have been met with ridicule and violence. “ Into the consideration of these special wrongs Mrs. Farnham does not enter; she raises no clamorous accusations ; she indulges in no personal invectives. Nevertheless, she lais the ax at the root of tbe tree. The foundation upon which she builds is suffi ciently broad and strong to sustain whatever Nature prompts or justice demands. The po sition which she occupies as a thinker and an expositor of the truth is high above the region of passion, of selfishness, of inordinate ambi tion. “ Her claim for Woman is not that she is the equal of Man ; she boldly meets the alleged charge of woman’s inferiority by demonstrat ing her su p e r io r it y to him in all that is pure, exalted, holy, aud divine ; and this she does so calmly, with such power of statement and clearness of elucidation, in so just and rever ent a manner, and evincing so excellent a spirit, that, absurd and extravagant as her lofty claim may at first appear to the unre flecting, she cannot but excite admiration even where she may fail to convince. Her treatment of the suject is unique and exhaust ive; every page is crowded with thought and reflection; there is nothing overstrained or visionary. But it is too profound a work for the masses, and therefore may fail to obtain a popular sale. To thinkers and explorers in the vast realm of Mind—in the broad field of Reform—it will prove highly suggestive and intensely interesting. Every private and pub lic library should possess it—every family, if possible. “ How well qualified, so far as experience and observation are concerned, is Mrs. Farn ham to write the work under consideration, (her intellectual ability and moral worth are unquestionable.) the following extract from her Preface will enable the reader to decide.” The Atlantic for June. This magazine contains contributions from the following pens : H. W. Longfellow, Lou is Agassiz, Mrs. H. B. Stowe, O. W. Holmes, Geo. Agustus Sala, Edward E. Hale, Bayard Taylor, Robert Browniug, Maria S. Cummens, Donald G. Mitchell, Harriet E. Prescott, and Fitz Hugh Ludlow. Need anything more be said of this superb monthly ?
