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Questions and A n s w e r s . ' Thc power to put a question presupposes and gua-

rantees the power to answer i t . "

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3. Suppose you pay in advance for a rail-road t icket ami Like your place in t h e express t ra in for the depot and destination you seek. Do you imagine tha t t h c en t i r e business of t h a t road—its equ ipments , rol l ing stock, di-rectors, conductors , engineers, b r akemen , &c. —are. f r o m t h e m o m e n t you paid your tick-et , subordinated t o your individual conve-nience, and pledged to g ra t i fy your par t icu lar selfish wishes ? If you see fit, and wholly f rom personal mot ives , to avai l yourself of t h e t rave l ing benefits and accommodat ion of t h e

I t is indeed encouraging to th ink and know-tha t ange ls—the wor ld ' s g rea t au tho r s n o t more t h a n our departed bro thers and sisters — m a y re turn " a n d finish u p the work which they ha«l l e f t b u t par t ia l ly d o n e . "

T h e S o u l ' s T e l e g r a p h 1c F a c u l t y . "MR. A. J . DAVIS: 1 wlah to ask a question.

You say 'tlie power to put a question presupposes and guarantees the power to answer it.' The question is : Can the spirit within the earth body converse with another spirit in earth body without regard to distance of separation ; hud, if so, under

railroad cars, you do so wi th the implied nn- what condition: de r s t and ing t h a t t h e providence of t h e road ANSWER : Tlie first great genera l law, a t the is genera l , and not special—not a retail and bo t tom of this quest ion, is the law of sympa-pr ivate lienefit, b u t a g rand ly comprehensive t h v j,, o l i r m e d i c u l article of last week wc a n d wholesale convenience t o t h e thousands discovered the residence of in te rna l conscious-and mil l ions of t h e cont inent .

So w i th ou r independent , progressive jour -nal . I t c anno t be the mouth-p iece of any in-dividual opinions, though it m a y , in t h e pro-gress of its publicat ion, give ample oppor tu-n i ty for t h e in te l l igen t a n d respectful expres-sion of a vast and profi table variety of indi-vidual convict ions and sen t imen t s (with m a n y of which t h e edi tor may n o t a t all sympa-thize,) and such, we repeat, is t h e fixed and

ness, or in tu i t ion : and now we appeal to the f u n d a m e n t a l laws of tha t gangl ionic system to explain a n d au then t ica te wha t we herewi th submi t .

The subl ime science of spi r i t te legraphing is yet hidden in thc laws of action and reaction, which pervade, antl more or less obviously govern , all f o r m s and grada t ions of m a t t e r . Every organ in the brain, and every gangli-onic center in t h e visceral depa r tmen t , has its

immovab le plan and charac te r of the HERALD u w n peculiar sympathies . These sympa th ies or PROGRESS. And th is a n n o u n c e m e n t was a r e d i s t inc t and avai lable. The superior or-

'O O U R C O R R E S - unequivocal ly made in our prospectus, and in gans gene ra t e exal ted ai d expans ive influ-YTS advance of our first number . The same plan, c nces , which radiate over all o ther organs in

B Y T H E E D I T O R .

T h e W i f e ' s C o m m a n d m e n t * .

M. G. W , CHICAGO.—'This k ind-hear ted cor respondent has fo rwarded for editorial ex-a m i n a t i o n a very leng thy communica t ion f r o m a depar ted relat iye. I ts principal fea-t u r e s are incoheren t^ , verbosi ty, bot tomless-ness, ami manifes t unprof i tab leness ; and such, i n fact , was t h e freely expressed j u d g m e n t of t h e in te l l igen t m e d i u m w h o sent i t to our ofiice.

T h e subject m a t t e r of t h e communica t ion , a s near as we can define it , is the dependency a n d therefore the " s o v e r e i g n t y " of the wife

woman is t h e weakest , therefore o u g h t she to " have her own way " in t h e spheres of h e r dut ies . W h o likes th is logic ?

W e conclude t h a t ou r cor responden t ' s me-

to a cer ta in ex t en t , is adopted by several ex ce l lent j ou rna l s i n America .

This r ighteous and noble course has a l ready won, to tlie pa ths of independen t mora l de-ve lopmen t , a host of our best and purest minds. We h a v e a l ready received the unpar -alleled approbat ion of m u l t i t u d e s who ne i ther believe nor d o u b t a t e n t h part of w h a t we fearlessly, a n d unqual i f iedly, and hones t ly avow in these co lumns . If our Bro ther , " N . D. F . , " or any o the r m e m b e r of t h e h u m a n fami ly , imag ines (because he has prepaid two pal t ry dollars) t h a t h e can sway the grand pre-determined and openly avowed course of

t h e s a m e body, and ou tward ly , also, to im-mense d i s t ances ; and these influences are posit ively cer ta in to touch and affect in a similar m a n n e r , t h e corresponding organs and centers in o ther persons, whe the r they be ab-sen t or present .

The ent i re h is tory of man k ind demons t ra tes tho foregoing principle. When a k ingdom is involved in war, or when a people cherish combat ive and warl ike feelings, thc popula-t ions of both fore ign and cont iguous king-doms are cer ta in t o realize a corresponding moral and perhaps polit ical d is turbance. Thus , too, a f r i g h t f u l m u r d e r commi t t ed in

every o ther such egotist ic individual , to t a k e a u u i / ^ y o r e i u c sovere ignty oi tne wiie i n sail, consul t the \ -ompass of c o m m o n sense, m t h e housekeeping d e p a r t m e n t . Because a n d s t e c r f o r t h e n c a r e £ t p o i n t o f U n i v e r 8 a j

th i s j ou rna l , we earnes t ly beseech h im. and one pa r t of a g rea t ci ty, or smal l village, is everv o ther such ecrotistie individual , to t a k e a lmost cer ta in to be immedia te ly succeeded

Just ice. Let h i m , in the largest and pures t corner of h i s soul, realize th is f a c t : The HERALD OF PROGRESS i s p l e d g e d t o n o p a r t y o r individual phi losophy, bu t to " T h e Discovery t hus explainable on phi!

by several crimes of l ike magn i tude and cor-responding severi ty. Of rapes, suicides, acci-dents , robberies, t reachery, falsehood, mis-takes , errors . &c., t h e same is undcvia t ing ly a n d irresist ibly t rue . The m u r d e r m a n i a is

ieil principles, f action am'

& prostra t ion of her » t h « b e - evil i n f l u e n t in L a i r spreading m u r -—i-i- . - . ,.<• ; . . . i . i ; r c u r e a - derous contagion, for m u r d e r has become cpi-

S v r c d c n b o r g ' s G u a r d i a n s h i p . demic. Besides t h e home tragedies t h a t have N. G., CERES.—" FRIEND DAVIS : Qjpst thou recently appal led ou r ci ty, t h e te legraph

brings us intell igence of o thers pe rpe t r a t ed at

mus t necessarily pa r t ake of t h e unsui table condi t ions . " T h e sum and s u b s t a n c e " of her theories , m a n y of which a r e mos t excellent , a r e embodied in t h e fo l lowing command-men t s , fu rn i shed by one of our exchanges :

T h o u sha l t have no o ther wife b u t me . Thou sha l t n o t t a k e in to t h y house any

beau t i fu l brazen image of a se rvan t gir l , to bow down to her , for I a m a jea lous wife, visi t ing, etc.

T h o u sha l t n o t t ake t h e n a m e of thy wife i n vain

• Can enable me to assure one or two of my fnen-ls that there is always as good an uuderstauding between thy old friend Swedenborg and thyself, as there was when lie used to meet thee on the mountain near Poughkeepsie as thy angel guardian, and when thou liadst not been required to expose bis imperfections while on earth.

Thy honest dealing with regard to hirn, though to many it may seem like ingratitude, appears to me one of the most beautiful instances of friend-

Remember t h y wife to keep her respectable. e S ^ w h k h "he h l j ^ f c e ' d S ' K all serial phenomena . Honor t h , father J . J , £ ^ f T M ^ S

" S J K fiSLSSSS* ft *} 1 - W t . U « of angels , would excite may be blessed with the power of finishing up l l k e feelings, and provoke like condi t ions in through mortal instrumentality, the work which the most amiab le and lovely. Reason, on th is they had left but partially done." law, appeals to reason, love to love, ba te to

ANSWER: The first visit of the spacious- hate , disease to disease, hea l t h to hea l th , vir-:,..i„.i c — — ....i *-»--> — i tue to vir tue, vice to vice, cr ime tocr inie ; for

t h e s a m e t ime in various pa r t s of t h e Union. Every day brings i ts record of f resh murders a n d a t t e m p t s t o m u r d e r , a n d it is a noticeable characteris t ic of the present bloody mania , t h a t women and children are tlie mos t f re-q u e n t v i c t ims . " Now it is plain t h a t the a u t h o r of the foregoing remarks did no t real-ize t h e law of social s y m p a t h y t h a t underl ies

t hough t t h o t bol ts in upon the mind while so te legraphing. In this way a melodious con-cert of sweet sympath ies will be organized ; a f t e r which, no twi ths t and ing t h e immense distances, t h e twain may c o m m u n e on the principle of t h e magne t i c telegraph. We will cheerful ly give more on these impor t an t points, if it be desired.

In one shor t sentence let us commi t our-Relf to the long-cherished conviction tha t , in the n o t fa r f u t u r e of th i s life, m a n k i n d will en joy telegraphic Intercourse independent ly of physical agents and machinery .

in Nos. 11, (*ee Answers to Correspondents) and IS. (see Editorial) of this journal. Thc books you requested were promptly mailed.

T. \V. D.—Sorry for you, Brother. A jest j« some-times useful and inevitable; it is wise to take one instead of medicine. We sincerely pity a man who is too lofty to laugh, or too sick to digest a morsel of spontaneous wit. " Fun." says a writer, " i s worth more than physic,and whoever invents or discovers a new source or supply deserves the name of a public benefactor."

" PLUCKY."—The Odic force is incapable of any snch treachery. We recommend you to peruse a work entitled " Physico-Physiological Researches in the Dynamics of Magnetism, Electricity, Heat, Light, Crystallization, and Chemism, in their rela-tion to Vital Force." By Baron Charles von Reiehenbach. Complete from the German f-econd edition. With the addition of a Preface and Crit-ical Notes, by John Ashburner, M. D.

M . A . T . . N E W B R I G H T O N , P A . D E A R B R O T H E R :

Would you believe that your dyspepsia may bo wholly cured by omitting your breakfast every morning for a few weeks? Ah, you will feel faint and unable foe business ! Not so, good friend. At tbe usual breakfast hour drink nearly a pint of weak gum araltic water ; for dinner eat the most agreeable articles of food; and wear a wet band-age or girdle a portion of every afternoon. No fruit or berries for supper. Night,* are not your best seasons for thought. Fear not.

US' Our three indispensable departments, v i z : T H E P H Y S I C I A N , W H I S P E R S , a n d A N S W E R S TO C O R -RESPONDENTS bring to our office about 20 letters per day. For each of these, because we are unable to procure a post-office box, we are obliged to pay the city carrier one cent, in itself not worth men-tioning, but the aggregate amount for each week is considerably expensive. In view of the facts, and since we make no extra charge for special air tention to the wants of our correspondents, we simply ask the sending of a penny stamp to pay the carrier from the Post-office to our office.

" ENTERPRISE."—Piona-minded citizens only a few years since, frowned upon the lightning inves-tigations of Morse and others. They deemed elec-tricity an ungovernable agent in the hands of "Al-mighty God." The magnetic telegraph, just be-fore its completion, was pronounced a Yankee " Humbug-'' But science surely wins the d?y.

o p m e n t . or else he could ac t unres t -a inedlv T h e v o n e r a b , e P ' c t i s t 3 a ! l d church-formalists do o r absolu te ly , and th i s is to ta l ly ag r fn s t all read telegraphic reports in the morning journals.

' T . . , : , , , And it is now said thatthe New York uapers pay experience. If we were " f r ee , we would be ..„„ .•...„„» „ „ . „„<•„ , , „ , . ' ! " , » . ' . . over $100,000 a year for telegraph reports, and

"pe r f ec t . The re can be no " f r e e will , as t h a t M h i g h a , $ i m h a s p a i d i n o n e d a y l o n g as deve lopment exists. Either develop- by a New York paper.

For the Herald of Progress. M E C H A N I C , O R M A C H I N E !

(See No. 20 of this Journal, 'second question: "Can man act without motives?" auswered bv the Editor.) J

Man is nei ther a " m e c h a n i c " no r a " ma-chine. Tlie image is wrong. A " m e c h a n i c " has to do with a n inorganized mater ia l ; he shapes and a r ranges lifeless m a t t e r for the design of nn in s t rumen t , which, when moved by a n exterior power, works in a given man-ner and for a cer ta in purpose. Man is no such " t h i n g ; " he is a " b e i n g . " Man ' s " m a c h i n e " conta ins no inorganized mater ia l—it is an or-ganism, developing itself according to minu te -ly adapted laws. Man ' s " m e c h a n i c , " t h a t is to say. his inmost , impersonal spir i t , does no t conceive of a soul ami body by t h e means of " t r a n s i e n t t h o u g h t , " nor does he execute and shape the n a m e d soul and body a f te r such a preconceived i m a g e ; his " m e c h a n i c , " o n t h e con t ra ry , is ac t ing according to an in-w r o u g h t "MUST," composed of all m o m e n t s of deve lopment , and th is "MUST" is t aken by us i l lusorily for " f r e e wi l l . " Or, a re we n o t , then , every m o m e n t en te r ta ined , conserved, a n d developed according to universal laws, which become special and individual a t every m o m e n t of m a n ' s existence ?

Therefore , i n s tr ict consequence, we canno t have any " f r e e w i l l , " w h e n viewed f r o m a lof ty m o u n t a i n of con templa t ion . This idea is a psychical illusion.

Man ' s spir i t is subjected every m o m e n t to hif. l»o lily mul psychical s t andpo in t f>f duvcl-

ment and no free will, or free will and no develop-ment. ARKTOS.

Honor thy wife ' s f a the r and mother . T h o u s h a l t n o t f r e t . T h o u sha l t n o t find f a u l t wi th t h y d inner . T h o u shal t n o t chew tobacco. T h o u sha l t n o t be beh ind t h y neighbor . T h o u sha l t n o t visit t h e ru in tavern ; t hou

sha l t no t cove t t h e t ave rnkeepe r ' s r u m , nor his b randy , nor his gin, nor his whisky, nor h i s wine, nor a n y t h i n g t h a t is behind the bar of t h e rumse l le r .

T h o u sha l t n o t visit bil l iard halls, nor worsh ip t h e heaps of money t h a t lie on t h e table .

T h o u sha l t n o t s tay o u t a f t e r n ine o 'clock a t n i g h t .

T h o u s h a l t n o t g row peevish, and contor t t h y beau t i fu l phys iognomy because of being called on t o foot s tore bills, which thy dear wife ligs made o u t w i thou t thy advice or c o n s e n t ; for verily she knows t h e wants of t h e household .

T h o u sha l t n o t se t a t n a u g h t t h e command-m e n t s of thy wife.

No twi th s t and ing the moral excellencies of m o s t of the foregoing commandments , we s u b m i t whe the r the practical effect would no t u n j u s t l y cur ta i l " m e n ' s B i g h t s " ? Here is food for reflection.

A F r e e J o u r n a l a n d i t s . S u b s c r i b e r s . N . D . F - , S I X T E E N T H S T R E E T . , N E W Y O R K . —

••MR- EDITOR : h i s o m e r e s p e c t s I a m v e r y we l l p l e a s e d w i t h y o u r week ly publ ica t ion I have g l a n c e d ( f o r I have no t u n e to r e a d ) over eve ry n u m b e r t-iuce i t s first issue But I a m disap-poin ted because you do no t publ ish enough on the sub jec t of . wh ich I w a n t to see m o r e of , and for wh ich I p a i d m v t w o dol la rs in advance . Sir, do you cons ide r i t f a i r d e a l i n g to t ake a m a n ' s sub-sc r ip t ion m o n e y , and then d i s r e g a r d his pa r t i cu la r w i s h e s , a n d no t a d v o c a t e his che r i shed views as a Sp i r i tua l i s t on a g i v e n s u b j e c t ? "

ANSWER . Exact ly wha t our subscriber wants is no t plainly stated in his brief communica t ion . " W h a t is i t ?" Confide t h e secret to us, Bro-

miuded Swedenborg was unhera lded, and the effect produced was wondrous beyond ut te r -ance. His myst ic words confounded m y y o u t h f u l unders tand ing , bu t they awakened a yearning foun ta in wi th in me, a s t r eam of r ighteous aspirat ions for the possession of eternal t r u t h and knowledge. The noble Swede did n o t announce himself as my guar -d ian angel , b u t was r a t h e r a smil ing foun ta in of hope and t r u s t in w h a t is s teadfast and divine. He admonished me to search t h e fields of T r u t h , and to sound the serene dep ths of inf ini te Wisdom a n d Love, to t h e ful l ex t en t of m y every spiri tual power.

For these counselings ami o ther bes towments

I have ever fe l t t h e profoundest degree of grat i tude. In pursuance of t h e admoni t ion and encouragements impar ted , and solely by strict obedience to t h e harmonious laws of body and mind , I began the invest igat ion of an hundred s t reams of golden t ru ths , both in physical works and in thc books of m e n — always by " i m p r e s s i o n " and "c la i rvoyance . " (For explanat ion of m y use of these t e rms s e e t h e " M a g i c S ta f f . " ) Among o ther dis-coveries t h u s made m a y be classed t h e natu-ralness of all spiri tual t ru ths , whether revealed in the Bible or in t h e h ighes t degrees of the celestial universe, and also may be mentioned t h e perfect spiritualtiess of all natural things in every region of life, an imat ion , and intel-ligence.

Swedenborg 's works, l ike the revelations of several less vo luminous au thors , came up for analysis. The above key enabled me to look in to the crystal cup of his psychical expe-rience. Tlie laws of his impressions, and u i e

the r . W e will n u t betray a particle of^your reason why he described subjective t hough t s as objective realities, were perfectly plain to my understanding. What m y impressions of his works are, may be found wr i t ten else-where. T h a t the good Swedenborg looks down with r ighteous love upon t h e tumul t -uous world, and tha t the f a i th of his char i ty far transcends the religious imaginat ions of his sectarian followers, I do no t , because 1 cannot , question for one moment . He enjoys t h e liberty which we feel a n d take—the free-dom of progress and expression ! And still the awakened founta in within me flows on-ward to mingle with the far-off pulses of the infinite sea of celestial T r u t h ; and t h a t the gent le and royal Swedenborg, s tanding upon the margin of t h a t throbbing sea, will be as gra teful for our exposure of his errors IIK are for the disclosure of his fr iendship, is too probable to require a word of a rgumen t .

confidence, unless publ ishing i t in this de-p a r t m e n t can be so construed. The evasive appeal of your complaining epistle transcends all s tudied eloquence of words. We under-s tand you, however , and fu l ly realize what you would have us publish. Bu t t h e law of jus t ice—of bro ther ly love and good will—im-pels us to ar res t your a t t en t ion , and to ad-dress your inborn reason. Let us ask you a few ques t ions :

1. Have you careful ly and though t fu l ly read the prospectus pr inted on t h e eighth page > I t s announcemen t s arc made in plain Eng-lish, n o t a word of Greek or Latin in t hem f

2. Does tha t document contain any propo-si t ions to t h e effect t ha t t h e HERALD OP PRO-GRESS will accommodate its co lumns to the pe-culiar opinions and c o m m a n d m e n t s of any one subscriber ?

the laws of social intercourse and bro therhood are universal , and i t is folly of the sickliest k ind to expect h a r m o n y in a pa r t of the world while all o ther par ts are telegraphing the messages of discord i n t o t h e finest deeps of the sympa the t i c soul.

Unlimited men ta l in te rcourse and social s y m p a t h y , therefore, are productive of e i ther pa in or pleasure. Effects will correspond to the genera t ive condit ions. Our correspondent asks us to define t h e conditions. N o t h i n g is easier, or more simple, or more cer ta in of demons t ra t ion . W h a t is t rue of two indi-viduals will apply equally to any two king-doms or nat ions. The psycho-telegraphic law of one isolated soul, in the secrets of its own dual const i tu t ion, is the law of t e legraphing between any two souls th rough any distance. W h a t is the law, and what t h e condit ions of its operat ions, in the individual? Briefly t he se :

Feet te legraph their sensations to the brain. ' Ihere a re hundreds of mater ia l obsta-cles and prominences between them, yet they sympathize and converse. Foot says : ' ' I am lame and sore f rom over-walking. ' ' Brain re-ceives t h e telegraphic message a n d responds : " Y o u shall be comfor t ed . " Foo t r ep l i es : ' 'Thank you—hope you' 11 keep your promise . ' ' In this famil iar manne r each organ converses with every other organ, and then they all, individual ly and collectively, repor t a t head-q u a r t e r s - a t the universally acknowledged seat of government— the mind, which is en-throned a t the mounta in top of all organiza-tional existence.

What are the condit ions ? Manifestly these, tha t foot and brain be connected by some subt le cords of sympathet ic contact . The same cords a re necessary between all o ther parts and extremit ies . But how can these conditions exist between two congenial souls, "wide as the poles a s u n d e r , " anil in the ex-ternal world? T h u s : By a m u t u a l under-standing tha t , a t a given hour of the day or night , when all the rest of the world is shu t ou t of the charmed circle, each will think a certain kind and number of thoughts with reference to thc other, wi th all that dist inctness and earnestness which would natural ly character-ize a famil iar face-to-face conversation. The a m o u n t of time to la- consumed in th ink ing such thoughts , and the exact method of arrang-ing them into sentences, or questions and answers, should be a ma t t e r of prior mutua l understanding. g i f ' Note down ovcry

ffitbispmnrj;* to Corresponbwfs. " TO A L L WHOM I T M A Y C O N C E R N . "

" MOMUS."—Look out for an editorial on a bran-new discovery, viz—Hoxo to extract errors without pain!

" EQUALITY."—Michelet, the French author, as-serts t h a t " every folly of woman is born of the stupidity of mau."

" PEARL STREET."—We can write our impression in a single sentence, thus: " Heidsick & Co.'s Champagne" should be translated "Healpain, Headache, Ac."

C. M. S . , MUKWONAGO, WIS.—Your autobiogra-phical letter is treasured for its candor aud in-structivcness. The " tea" enemy should be aban-doned, and we will very soon tell you how to d o i t

"CALIFORNIA."—The relative value of the Ho-moeopathic system will be soon embodied in one of our incdicul articles, of course from our standpoint of observation.

S. C. H., RICHLAND CITY.—All honor to your husband for having expanded beyond the narrow enclosure of the M. E. Church. Yes, send us the leading features of his " trial."

T. B. M., Sr. Louis.—If you dislike dark circles, the true way Is to keep out of them, but do not, for that reason, deter others from investigation. Such feelings and expressions are neither brotherly nor good in point of courteousness to others.

B. B., LITTLE FALLS.—Do not fear the multi-plicity of labor-saving machines. There are at this moment more persons profitably employed in this country than at any previous date of tbe country's history.

T. A. R., NEW HAVEN.—It is not possible for us to spend moments in waiting for information with-in the reach or everybody. We are pledged to render available what has long been altogether in accessible to the millions. This explains why we did not seek to know "thc street and number."

P. T., OAKLAND.—Your geographical interroga-tories should be answered by yourself. There are a half-dozen hills, carpeted and garaitured to tbeir very tops with velvety richness in the shape of grass, vines, and dowers, but there is not a grand tree to be seen anywhere above the plain below.

E. A. C., MUMPORD.—The unincubated eggs you mention, must havo contained "hard chickens" having more beads, beaks, and necks than the hen-ologieal law allows. If anything further happens in that direction, please report. We propose to reserve explanations until the " f a c t s " are re-peated.

JAMES D . , BLOOMINGVALLEV, P A . — A l m o s t a l l the direct history going to demonstrate that the present combination of contradictory books, writ-ten by different spirit mediums at dillerent periods of time, was compiled in the form of a " Bible " at the dogmatical Council of Nice, may be found

I. P., WAUKEGAN, III.—This brave Brother in " tbe ways of wisdom " lias promptly responded. "Outside," he writes, " all is pleasant: inside, all is peace Much of my time, for the last six months, has been spent in Michigan, clear-ing up forests, planting orchards, and helping to mold onr wild, youthful, half-developed planet into order and beauty." Being in good bodily health, with a happy wife and loved ones at home, he "realizes that the same mau may rejoice ' who knows how to griece.'"

SARATOGA."—New Yorkers divide their time between Business and Amusement. An excess of attention and anxiety in the first department of intellect makes an excessive indulgence in the couider-iiritations of the second a sort of psycho-logical necessity. Onr citizens do not, because they cannot, study anything outside of Business and Amusement. Our theatrical entertainments, for the most part, are burlesques, magnificently un-meaning, hollow-hearted,yet brilliantly successful; and in these respects they exist and flourish as logical representations aud counterparts of the Business operations of too many princely citizens. We hope for better tiraW in the future of great cities.

B. W. T., CUARLESTOWN—Another has whis-pered every word we have for you at present. The difficulty lies in a lack of real moral virtue. "No matter who you are or what your lot, or where you live; you caunot afford to do that which is wrong. The only way to obtain happiness and pleasure for yourself, is to do the right thing. You may uot always hit, but aim for it, and with every trial your skill will increase. Whether you are to lie praised or blamed for it by others ; whether it will seemingly make you richer or poorer, or whether no other person than yourself knows of your action; still always and in all cases do the right thing. Your first lessons in this rule will sometimes seem hard ones, but they will grow easier and easier, until finally doing the right thing will become a habit, and to do a wrong will seem an impossi-bility.

J . R. B.. HIGHLAND, I I I . — A l w a y s pleased to receive communications from our deep-minded and scholarly " Arktos."

What you express respecting the " perfect ac-cordance of thoughts," reminds us of a little pas-sage in the writings of our psycho-novelist, Mr. Hawthorne: " Nothing." he says. " is more un-accountable thau the spell that often lurks in a spoken word. A thought may be present to the mind, so distinctly that no utterance could make it more so ; and two miuds may be conscious of the same thought, in which one or both take the profoundest interest; but as long as it remains unspoken, their familiar talk (lows quietly over

j pen idea, as a rivulet may sparkle and dimple over something sunken iu its bed. nut speak the word, and it is like b n n g . u g u p a drowned body out of thc deepest pool of the rvu-let, which has beeu aware of the horrible secret all along, in spite of its smiling surface.

Q, R A L D O F P R O G R E S S .

A U T O B I O G R A P H Y or

R O B E R T O W E N :

Dows TO TIIB YSAR 1834. FROM H I S POSTHUMOUS M A N U S C R I P T S .

[CONTINUED.]

This experiment nt New .Lanark which continued open to the inspe ction of the world for nearly thirty years, shall h e a v e n i n d e -tail in the fuller history ot my lite, which is now in progress, should I be permitted to live to complete it beyond this period. Here, it is sufficient to say, tha t this experiment proved the all important principle stated in my New View of Society, published first in 1812 und 1813—that any character, from tbe best to the most enlightened, might be given to any community, even to the world, by the application of proper means—which means are, to a great extent, a t the command and under tbe control of those who have the most influence in the affairs of men—a work which a t tha t period was found to bo unanswerable —was much admired, but was too far advanced then to be sufficiently understood for prac-tice, al though i t was specially adapted to tha t end.

But 1 proceed with my narrative. Strongly Impressed with the evils inflicted on the rising generation by the new system of manufactur-ing textile fabrics by large mills and factories —of which evils I was now a daily witness— 1 was impelled to endeavor to mitigate the evil, us far as circumstances would admit. 1 called a public meeting in Glasgow, of tbe manufacturers of Scotland, to consider the necessity of a repeal of the tax (then of four pence and a fraction per pound) upon cotton imported from America, and the stronger ne-cessity which existed, to have some legisla-tive probation (or fixed hours of labor) estab-lished, especially for the children and others employed in these mills and manufactories. A numerous meeting was held, tbe Law Pro-vost of Glasgow in the chair. This meeting unanimously approved and adopted my reso-lution respecting the repeal of the tax on cotton, and as unanimously rejected my pro-posed resolutions for the legislative protection

of those they employed, f rom the injustice . . . . and cruelty which the svstem. as practiced. F«®° f i

f Sovereigns he ld a t Aix-la-Chapelle inflicted upon these poor"defenseless beings, »» 1818, re-pubhsbed ut ' N e w Existence, doomed in general tea life of unmitigated ***>»d ' 1 r e f e r ' , _.;_* .Mv next public measure arose f rom renewed

public distress in 1810. when 1 was called

glon, that its real value was destroyed, I with-drew from its advocacy ; for I bad discovered that measures were not carried in this House by their intrinsic worth and justice, but by the influence of the wealthy and powerful, who really governed tbe decisions of this as-sembly. My experience, however, in this affair enabled me to comprehend the machine-ry of governing to a considerable extent, and was of great subsequent use to instruct me how to proceed with tbe governing powers of nations. Tbe history of this bill, should I have time to relate it when I come to write the full narativc of my life, will expose tbe utter worth lessness of thc present system for good. At the end of the fourth session of Parliament from its introduction, a useless, mutilated bill was passed—which bill has s i n e been again nnd again discussed and altered, till the present day. and yet is far short of the plain, practical bill, as I introduced i t into Parliament by the first Sir Robert Peel.

My next measure was to hold public meet-ings, which I called by advertisements in all the London journals, as follows: " A public meeting will be held in tbe city of London Tavern in Street, where those interested in tho subject, will consider a plan to relieve the country of its present distress, to r;.1-mor-alize the lower orders, reduce the Poor Rates, and gradually abolish Pauperism with all its degrading and inju rious conseq uences.' ' These meetings were now popular and were more numerously at tended than any previous pub-lic meetings ever held on such subjects; thousands of eager applicants for admission, for want of room, could not enter—the full particulars of each of these meetings, were accurately published in all tbe daily London journals of t ha t day, and highly extolled, especially by the Times. The details of these extraordinary and exciting meetings are all givenin part first of the "New Existence of Man upon the Ear th"—and to which I must refer —as also to my proceedings with an extra-ordinary Committee appointed by a great and most influential public meeting, called to con-sider the best cure and remedy for the present extraordinary distress of the manufactur ing and laboring poor—as published in the Lon don journals in Ju ly , 1817.

My next public proceeding was the presenta-tion in person of two Memorials to the Con-

misery. Finding the meeting soopposed to measures • • • •

tha t would have been beneficial to themselves "P»n by the County of Lanark , (in which 1 as masteas, as well as so necessary to amelior-ate the condition of those they employed, (my own firm was at- this time supporting or

then resided,) a t a great public meeting, to make a report of tbe cause of t ha t great dis tress, and a remedy for it. That report is

employing a population of two thousand five given in par t third of t he " New Existence, hundred,) upon my return home 1 addressed together with the report of the commit tee ap-a public letter to the Law Provost, chairman l'«"»ted ftt another public meet ing of the of the meeting, upon tha t subject, which was County on niy r e p o r t - a n d to these documents . . . . . . , , . T m i i . t l-.'li r widely circulated, and a copy sent to every member of both Houses of Par l iament ; and I soon went to Lwndon, and called upon all the leading members of both Houses, with whom I had personal communications on this subject, until I had the promise of a large majority in each house to support a bill for tbe relief of young persons and others em-ployed in all mills and manufactories. I visited the members of the capital, who at once agreed, on my representation, to repeal the tax of four pence per pound, and many of them were favorable to the proposed bill for ameliorating the condition of the work-people.

I mus t refer. The next impor tan t public measures in my

history, were undertaken in Ireland, where 1 held similar public meetings iu the Rotunda, Dublin. After a visit of some mon ths to this then most distressed portion of the British Empire, (the cause and remedy for which dis-tress I endeavored to make plain to all classes) 1 re turned to England. Soon af ter my return, I received f rom parties unknown to me, a large edition of a work collected f rom the first journals of the day, of my public proceedings in that Island—which the benevolent and generous gentlemen who collected and edited

I proposed a bill and submitted it to a nu- i t without my knowledge, called a - Report merous meeting of the leading members of o f proceedings in Dublin in 1823. by Robert all parties in both Houses. I t was unani- 0 w e n - ' 'J 1,18 r e P o r t LS republished in par t mouslv approved of. The meeting then asked f o u r t h o f " N e w Existence, to which I again me, as I was not a member of either House. r e f e r f o r interesting particulars. liile in who I wished should carry it into the House Jreland,I spent many days with the h igher and of Commons. The first Sir Robert Peel was wading nobility, bishops, and most influential then a member, and his son, the late Sir characters in the island, explaining to them Robert, was then a member of the Cabinet, personally my views of society, and was by I sum: .-ted to the meeting tha t as Sir Robert t h e r n m o s t hospitably and kindly t reated. 1 Peel was the oldest manufacturer and a mem- s h o u l ( i h i i v e already mentioned, t ha t when ber of the House, tha t he might be the most I "I*"1 the cont inent of Europe, in passing proper person to introduce it. to which all through France, Switzerland, and Germany, assented ; and they requested that I would 1 h a d interviews with the Emperor Alexander see and explain the subject to him. I did so o f Russia, Louis Philippe, k ing of t he French, —aud finding that the bill would be supported a n d t l , e leading statesmen, philosophers, and by a great majority in both Houses, he readily Gained men in all these countries. Thus undertook to carry it through the House of gradually accumulating new knowledge from Commons. But, in doing this, lie failed eve,y tluss aud division of society ; for I was egre-inisly ; for while there was a strong f r a n k w i t h these parties, and they were f rank majority ready to support him, he would not a n < 1 communicative with me. Among those bring it to a vote, being beset by all the man- " 'ho were the most open and fr iendly were ..i-- 11 " ' " - - Cuvier, La Place, Alexander Von Humboldt .

my friend and traveling companion and inter-preter, the celebrated Pictet of Geneva, who was with me from New Lanark, through Eng-land, France, Switzerland, a n d Germany. He was acquainted with every known eminent person in all the districts through which we passed. Among others, we spent three days with the well-known Mr. Tellenberg, a t Hoff-well, where I afterwards sent my four sons to acquire the continental languages, and to complete their education. This tour was one of singular importance, in giving me an in-sight into the views, measures, aud customs of the then most celebrated men in Europe.

But af ter my return f rom Ireland, new suc-cesses awaited me. Mr. Flower, an English emigrant i n to Illinois in the United States, came to me in Scotland to offer me the Rap-pites establishment, which they then had in the State of Indiana, and which they willed Harmony.

Previous to this visit of Mr. Flower, my public meetings in t he London Tavern in the British metropolis, and my subsequent public meetings in the Rotunda in Dublin, had crea-ted a great desire on the par t of many lead-ing men in both islands, to commence an ex-periment to apply the principles which I ad-vocated, in practice. 1 said t ha t such exper-iments, to be successful, would require a t least a quarter of a million sterling to commence with, and nearly a million to complete them, ami it would be useless to commence with u less Bum. Many influential persons, how-ever, were very anxious to sec such experi-ments tried, and urged me to try a public subscription for this purpose ; and thc lead-

ufacturers of the kingdom, many of whom were his personal f r iends : a n d he listened and yielded to their selfish wishes. Tlic. bill proposed by me included wool, flax, and silk mills, as well as cotton. Mis first error was to agree before corning to auy vote, to str ike out wool, flax, and silk mills. Now the flax mills were by far thc most injurious to thc health of children. My bill proposed to pre-vent thc introduction of children into these mills under twelve years of age, and to have them usefully instructed before their admis-sion sir Hubert agreed to their introduction a t nine years of age ; up to this time they were olten admitted a t six, and some yet younger ; aud the educational provisions of the bill were much injured, even before he brought the bill to a vote. The manufactur-ers out Of thc House, in consequence of their great influence in the election of its members and great power over the members whom they assisted to elect, and Sir Robert Peel's son, Uiiterwards the more celebrated Sir Hubert l'eel,) who was in the Cabinet and de-sirous oi increasing his influence, now siding with thc- opposers of the bill, in the second session after its introduction, assisted them first (., mutilate i t ; and now and tben for

. . • ..<,_» aifieo in ? S » e n t or a committee to inquire

whet:. :• children of seven years of «"..

the purpose of creating delay, tlicy aided t h e i i i i ' i i i i n l m o n t r,f <1 :.. , will I ing thirteen or fourteen ho'urs a d iy ' t aC^ t ton Mills .hen these mills were in a worse state thai, they noiv are) could be injured in their health . aud this strange committee was pro-longed • •n this subject during two sessions solely t<» create fu r ther delay in giving relief t o l h - . - poor suffering infants and children. My bill also limited the number of hours per day, v. liile Sir Robert submitted to this clause being altered to twel ve hours. For two ses-sions I sat with this Committee, the only person not a member of the House permitted to sit with t h e m ; and, during that time, I wast;. '- only advocate for thc hill—which I Continued to be while it could be of any real use in diminishing a t i the of the gross evils, to employers and employed, of this cruel moil'- of manufacturing. Finding at the ter-minal i :i of the second session of Parliament in which this measure was held under discus-

tng wealthy men of tha t day put down theii names as subscribers for various sums. Among these should be mentioned Messrs. William and .Joseph Street, of Derby, James Morrison, of London, and a Mr. Jones, from Canada, for five thousand pounds each. Sir James Scar-lett , afterwards Lord Abingdon, (who said if the experiment succeeded he would raise it to five thousand), Mr. Jbise. Cashier of the liank or England, General Brown, from India, then residing in Curzon street, London, each two thousand, and the late Matthew Roths-child one thousand. Baron Goldsmith, John

Smith, and many others, subscribed two hun-dred and fifty each. Mr. Denman. after-wards Lord Chief Justice Denman, and Henry Brougham, now Lord Brougham and Vaux, then both comparatively poor men, d!ic hun-dred pounds each, and very many others for similar sums, which in the aggregate amount-ed to fifty thousand pounds. But with this amount i declined to commence, and declined also to call for any of the subscriptions.

Many parties, however, were a t this time so eager for some experiment to be tried, that some of them, particularly in the county of Lanark, in which I resided, were determined to begin on their own views of my principles and practice. This feeling arose from seeing the extraordinarily happy effect which my application of these principles to practice in the New Lanark establishment, had produced and were producing, limited as these were to some extent, by the busy, meddling, relig-ious bigotry of one of my over-righteous partners. This meddling with t ha t which his mind, f rom his sectarian education, was too contracted to comprehend, made me desirous to leave the establishment in 1824, and I strongly expressed my wish to my partners to do so; and to prepare for so doing, 1 in-formed them I was about to accede to the re-quest, of one of my neighbors, Mr. Hamilton, of Doll, an excellent and most disinterested landed proprietor, having an estate near in the county, which he would appropriate to the extent of his means for a preliminary limited experiment. But ray partners would not a t this period listen to my leaving them; al though I had two years previously received into my house and friendship, one ol the well-educated sons of Mr. Walker , one of my partners holding the greatest number of shares in the concern nex t to myself, and I received this young gentleman to instruct and initiate hifti in the management of the estab-l ishment, which was now proceeding with the regularity of clock-work in a military village without martial law. Tlic par tners had no objection to my commencing a new establish-ment with Mr. Hamilton, or any one. if I could only allow my over-righteous par tner to have his religious views taught in the schools. This I knew would obstruct my progress in their farther educat ion; bu t I was by the terms of our partnership obliged to yield this point, which would stop the far ther progress of my experiment, and I-then made up my mind to terminate it, as soon as m y young friend could under take to continue the business par t of i t—which, as the superintendents and people employed were so well trained and disciplined, would now be an easy task. I t had been, indeed, so managed and contrived for some years, tha t it would, and often did proceed in beautiful order for six or nine months a t a time, while 1 was absent on public affairs, a t tending ]>ar-l iamcnt and public meetings, to forward my object of reformation. 1 was beginning to prepare thc groundwork of another estab-lishment with Mr. Hamilton on par t of his estate called "Mothe rwe l l , " which was the name given to this intended new communi ty of Unity and Cooperation, when Mr. Flower came to offer me the Kappilcs communi ty in Indiana, then far W- , and surrounded by a comparative wilrtei..-•• - But the offer ap-peared to me, located as I was in a neighbor-hood in which I had to give an hundred pounds an acre, so tempting, tha t I was a t once induced to stop m y proceedings a t Motherwell, and agree to accompany Mr. Flower to the United States to see this estate of more than twenty thousand acres, with its villages, etc., etc.

This decision was the commencement of a new and impor tant history of my life, and was productive of results of great interest , and which are yet a t this day in active pro-gress. This visit to the United States has been f raugh t with many extraordinary public and private events, which, to do them justice, would require t he mind and pen of a practi-cal writer of history. F rom my first arrival in America in 1824 for several years, I was in confidential communication with the gov-e rnment of the United States : and in all my intercourse with i t under successive Presi-dents and Administrations, I found it with me always open, f rank, liberal, and generous: and deeply should T regret if the present dif-ferences ° should lead to an open rupture between it and this country. For the fu tu re happiness of th is world will be greatly accel-erated by their cordial union, or delayed by their dissension and war. But while there shall be common sense in the two govern-ments, the re can be no serious difference between them.

(Conclusion of Ihe Manuscript.)

* The Central American Question. This was written in 1855 I). L.

The Teachings of Nature, "All aro hut pa r t s of one s t u p e n d o u s whole . "

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The Development Theory. A D I S C U S S I O N B E T W E E N S. P . L E L A N D A N D A

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containing your reply, is received. If I un-derstand you in that , you merely wish to stand in a negative position, and throw the burden of proof on me. This I am perfectly satisfied with, and I hope you will s tand there and see t ha t 1 prove what I a t t empt . And in order to make myself understood by the nu-merous readers of the HERALD—many of whom may have never studied Geology I will commence with tbe origin of nuimatcd existences, and if I do not sustain my posi-tions, you will doubtless " call me to order ." Wc mus t have our ideas more defined, and to do tha t we must " begin a t the beginning." Your article will be replied to in its proper place.

There was a t ime, as all philosophers ad-mit , when there were no plants nor animals on this ear th—they therefore had a begin-

ning. Now the question is, was this beginning the result of the action of Natural J/tws, »r had plants and animals a sujKrnatural origin 1 Th® study of Geology, perhaps, more than any other science, tends-to impress upon the mind the natural occurrence of all phenomena. I t leads the mind into channels of investigation, where it deals with the material universe, and converses with the past through physical me-dia. To the s tudent of Geology, therefore, a " supernatura l" explanation of phenomena, does not satisfy.

D m f n g our discussion, I shall a t t empt to support this general thesis, v iz : Matter pos-sesses in itself the power for the generation and de-velopment d f . the animal and vegetable existences in-habiting this globe. Without stopping to argue the general likelihood of th is position I will proceed immediately to the discussion of facts connected with it. But before proceed!nj fu r ther i t may be well to remark tha t mind is the result, of organization, and necessarily so, as much as fire is the necessary result of the combination of water and lime. Hence, in a general sense, all tha t is required for the generation of animals is a properly organized brain.

Opposers of tho idea of spontaneous gene-ration, while grant ing the power to inani-mate matter of forming a crystal—regular and definite in its form and proportion—will per-sistently deny i t the power of producing a simple organized substance, as an acarus, or

fungus, and , it appears to me, wi th litt le rea-son for such a denial. If mat te r , under the action of Law, can form a crystal, does it not , unassisted, save by proper conditions, possess the essence requisite, under the impulse of a restless act ivi ty, to arrange particles in such a manner , tha t a brain would be organized. We know enough of tbe chemistry of mine-rals to form comparatively j u s t not ions of many of t he laws governing thei r arrange-ment . This much, a t least, we know tha t certain minerals always assume a definite form and when no t compressed or water-worn, arc found in no other . 'I"he diamond has a form peculiar to itself ; so of coal. Common salt always forms singidar hopper-shaped crystals and so with nearly every mineral with which the eye of science has become famil iar ; and each mineral crystallizes in a form peculiar to itself and unlike all others.

No t only are these invariable forms and structures to be traced in t h e minera l king-dom, bu t also in the an imal and vegetable economy. Milk, for instance, which contains in a soluble form all the substances necessary for the nutr i t ion of the young of a lmost every species, is chemically composed of protein, fat , sugar, and various salts. When viewed under the microscope it is seen to contain numerous globules of fat, suspended in a clear liquid, and these globtdes are known to always have a definite form, so t ha t the organic chemist, a t the s ight of a single globule, could know to what fluid it belonged. So of blood; and nearly all the fluids in t he animal econo-my.

Thus we w e , to a great ex ten t , the identi ty between the mineral and organic kingdoms. And as far as we know of t h e physical uni-verse, mat ter , in whatever relation it is placed, is governed by fixed laws, the operation of

| which, produces, as a necessary result , j u s t as fixed and uni form effects. Perhaps more

' l ight has been thrown upon the subjects of crystallization and organization, by the experi-ments of Mr. Crosse, of England, than in any other way. This gent leman conducted some experiments under the action of the Voltaic bat tery, which produced many wonderfu l re-sults. He procured water f rom a finely crystal-lized cave in Hoi way, and by the action of the Voltaic battery, succeeded in producing f rom tha t water, in the course of ten days, numer -ous rhomboidal crystals, resembling those of the cave. This exper iment was repeated a hundred t imes wi th the same result. By a variation of his experiments, he also obtained gray and blue carbonate of copper, phosphate of soda, and twenty or th i r ty other minerals. These facts show tha t electricity exer ts a powerful influence in the format ion of crys-tals ; and it must be admit ted t h a t it is, to a great extent , the cause of life, t hough t , aud action. I t was proved, several years ago, by the experiments of-Mr. Fox, of England, tha t mineral and metal ic veins owe thei r origin mainly to the electric action in t he materials of the globe. An account of these experi-ments may be found, in a series of le t ters by Mr. Pine, in thc Mechanics' Magazine of 1828 and '29 ; also in the proceedings of the Geo-logical Society of tha t time, to which the cu-rious s tudent is referred.

T h a t electricity is t he main agent in the growth of vegetation, can hardly admi t of a doubt. ' ' If we take a small quant i ty of mus-tard or chess seed," says Mackintosh, " a n d steep i t for a few days in diluted oxymuriat ic acid, sow i t in a light, fine soil, in a garden-pot, and cover i t with a metallic cover ; then bring it in contact with the prime conductor of an electric machine, the seeds will spring up, as if by magic, and in a fete minutes the crop will be ready to cut—and we will have a salad fit t o pu t upon the table ."

I t has long been known to physiologists, tha t electricity has much to do with the organic f u n c t i o n s o f a n i m a l s . D r . WILSON P H I L I P , I n his " Exper imenta l Inqui ry into the Laws of the Vital Funct ions ." gives some most inter-esting facts upon -this subject, the object of which is to show tha t electricity, artificially applied, may supply the place of animal vi-tality, and tha t the funct ions of digestion, respiration, &t\, may go on unimpaired, when the nerves, supplying these organs with vi-tality, are severed, providing tbe electric action be kept uniform. Not long ago, I tried the following exper imen t : Confining a f rog

in a perforated box until several hours af ter it ceased to give any signs of life, I took it, cut the skin from the le f t side, leaving the flesh bare. Then taking a small piece of mea t from the neck of a newly slain ox, I placed i t in contact with the flesh of the frog. This caused violent muscular contractions on tbe part of tbe f rog which came in contact with the meat. I t was not long, however, before the f rog gave signs of life; and while I gazed upon it with as tonishment , the l i t t le thing made several strong muscular efforts, so much so as to remove itself several feet f rom the spot where it lay. This is explained by sup-posing t ha t cold-blooded animals, as reptiles, i frogs, snakes, &c.,) are negative, while warm-blooded animals are positive.

These facts tend to impress upon the mind the wonderful influence of electricity in the mineral , vegetable, and animal kingdoms, and we are not compelled to stop with such facts. Modern science has given to this uni-versal power stil l higher pretensions. The discoveries of Mr. Crosse and Mr. Weekes, prove t ha t under favorable circumstances electrical power actually originates the animal funct ions. Mr. Crosse, while pursuing some experiments in crystall ization, by causing a powerful voltaic bat tery to operate on a satu-rated solution of silicate of potash, produced unexpectedly a species of insects called the

a species unt i l then unknown to natu-ralists. He also tried ni t ra te of copper, and from this fluid did l ive insects emerge. The same experiment was repeated by Mr. Weekes, wi th success. He also employed ferro-cyanet of potash, on account of its conta ining a larger proport ion of carbon—the principal e lement of organic bodies—and f rom this sub-stance be produced insects in increased num-bers. Around a negat ive wire of the bat tery gathered a quan t i ty of gelatinous matter, f rom which Mr. Weekes observed one of the in-sects in the act of emerging, and immediately a f t e r its b i r th i t arose to the surface and sought an obscure corner of the apparatus to conceal itself. These insects seemed disposed to ex tend their species, and were f requent ly observed to go back to the fluid to feed, and occasionally they a te each other. " T h e most extraordinary circumstance in th is phenome-n o n . " says Mr. Crosse, " i s the na tu re of the fluid in which th is insect lives and thrives, t h e acid ins tant ly destroys every other living being."*

I t may be objected t h a t these insects origi-nated f r o m a n ovum or germ already there. This was thought of and careful ly provided for. In Mr. Weekes ' exper iment every care tha t ingenui ty could devise was taken , to ex-clude the possibility of such development . " T h e wood of the f rame was baked in a powerful h e a t ; a bell-shaped glass covered the apparatus , and f rom this the a tmosphere was excluded by thc constant ly rising fumes f rom the l iquid, for t he emission of which there was an aper ture so a r ranged a t t he top of the glass t h a t only these fumes could pass. The water was distilled, and the substance of the silicate had been subjected to a white heat. Tlius every source of fal lacy seemed to be s h u t u p . "

Fungi (a species of vegetation) have been produced in like m a n n e r by Mr. Weekes. By filling a cylindrical glass vessel, capable of containing ten fluid ounces, about three-four ths ful l of a solution of refined sugar in distilled water, and causing a voltaic ba t tery to operate on the solution, he produced fungi in grea t numbers . Of th is he s ays : " T h i s expe r imen t was n o t designed wi th any refer-ence to my researches on the development of the electrical acari, b u t swarms of these crea-tures appeared incidental to i t s [irogress, and a t t he t ime the note was made " (about two m o u t h s f rom the commencement of the ex-periment) " m a n y of them were seen inhabit-ing the mina tu rc forest , on the fungiu, where they seemed to thr ive amazingly, and attained a lalger size t h a n auy I had h i ther to seen . " These facts show plainly a u electrical origin of animal and vegetable forms, under condi-tions favorable to thei r existence.

I t may be objected t h a t o thers have tried the same exper iment with a signal failure. I reply t ha t they have ,M tried the same ex-periment , with t h e s a m e solution, aud under the same circumstances, wi thou t thc same re-sult. Whenever a fai lure has been realized some property has been introduced into the solution which rendered it impossible to svp-ixrl animal life, much more to produce or germinate i t . I t is t rue these facts have been rejected by many eminent scientific men, and it seems to me with no other reason than their prejudice. T h e idea tha t animal aud vege-table existences owe their origin to a miracu-lous creation on thc par t of an anthropo-m o r p h i c God, has exerted a powerful influ-ence to re tard invest igat ion iu this depart-mentof scientific inquiry, and he who would avow otherwise, though in concurrence with science, must do so a t the sacrifice of his repu-tation ; while fal l ing a mar ty r to a sluggish public sen t iment , unprepared for the recep-tion of such ideas 1 Hence one s trong reason why many grea t men, floating in the current of popular favor, withhold their the testi-mony f rom unpopular t ru ths .

Hoping now to be able to canvass the subject intelligibly, by commencing with the origin Of life, my nejt article shall be oil Thc Develop-ment of Animal uml Vegetable Existences, and 1 will t ry . to some extent , to read tbe wondrous history t augh t by geology in t he stninge hi-eroglyphics on the rocks.

Desiring to excite thought and investiga-tion, 1 subscribe myself

Y o u r s , e t c . , S . P . LKJ.ANI>.

Oidy the quiet heart can know the grandeur of repose.

T H E H E R A L D O F P R O G R E S S . Voices from (lie People

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ipoak an honest

w s f r o m C a l i f o r n G e n e r a l X SAN FRANCISCO, C a l i f o r n i a , M a y 14, 1800. BROTHER DAVIS, AND F R I E N D S : — T h e l i r s t

four numbers of your paper are received, for which. I think. I am indebted to our mutual and worthy friend Cora Willburn. I am well pleased with their style and matter , and es-pecially with the jntrpose of the journal, and the promises contained in the Prospectus, which 1 believe will be fully made goo.I. The great harvest is quite ready for the grain-cutter, and really such an one is demanded. I t is to all its forerunners what the mower is to the sickle and cradle. The husbandmen united with you in your trinity of labors -breaking up the fallow-ground, sowing good seed, and gather ing thc ripe grain into gar-ners—arc thus far familiar to me. and their utterances are " household words, " pleasing t o the taste, and convincing to the under-

future communications. I hope ere this reaches you, your subscribers may have swol-len to as many thousands ns you are years old, and that their increase henceforward may be more rapid still. Wishing Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity to AM,, we close.

Yours for Progress, C . H . D H . W O L F E . W M . R . J O S C K I . Y N .

A Word of Warning. N E W B R I G H T O N , P A .

BEAR HRRAI.D :—Who that is familiar with the history of the rise and fall of empires, can contemplate the present features of onr Nation, without fearful forebodings of licr doom ?

1 am reminded of tho individual who was so charmed and dazzled with the splendor of bis king's court, tha t lie determined to direct all his energies towards the acquisition of wealth, honor, und the mean pittance of hu-man applause.

When he had arrived a t the zenith of his

m « n m , r ( i , . , ..,.,;,,. i . . , . . . , . . : . . i :„ elegant sofa, attended by servants of no com-

ment in the Spiritual Telegraph, down to the present day.

I do not desire to express any opinion of the Boston Spirit uul Conference, but must, in-timate thc surprise I felt tha t its friends should claim for i t a morit superior to what is duo to the best and most uniformly sus-tained Conference, whose proceedings have ever been made public, whether in the old world or the new. W. W.

[Tlie Brethren of the Banner will certainly understand that we do not " f ee l h u r t " by their pleasantries, and that we print the fore-going simply because it is a "Voice from thc People." saying a good word in behalf of the Now York Conference.—ED.]

E f f e c t o f B u d L i t e r a t u r e .

FRIEND D A V I S : I n N O . 1 o f " The World," (the religious daily,) is a criticism by a distin-guished scholar of some Treatise on the Eng-lish language.

Objecting to the employment of examples »f false spelling and grammar as a means of

teaching true orthography and syntax he

Let me give you a brief account of m y im pressions of the country, and of the labors of Bro. Joscelyu and myself in the spiritual and progressive fields.

energies of onr country been directed in the same channel'( But over how many crushed and bleeding hearts has she clambered to her imminence and fame : and now in her haugbti-

and pride, rears her lof ty head, with her We find within this State a great diversity i ™ ' n l a t o ™ I - V , of climate, soil, and vegetal, e and mineral ^ ^ . J e n t rn.Bl.room products—all that varfcty, indeed, inclndcd I , n s l 0 ? r ? t s . struggling half-panl laborers, in the area extending from ihe vine-clad hills i . ',' and the valleys c a n t e d with flowery l a ™ 1 ' f ? ' ^ " 1 . " ^ f L * " . , _ T r . 1

and abounding ~wi\h tropical f r u i t Z t 'o t i io S ™ ' ' M™d i n F ? ^ \ ? T t o « " , * . U g l , A i 0

t tains and their ra -ines covered ° v h I T ' ; " * 1 , " 1 ' ' : A n d . s n o t t h e - - - - sword of Divine Justice hanging over her mount:

snow. Of animals, we can show samples of all grades between the wren and the eagle, from the striped squirrel to the grizzly bear, and from the minnow to the whale. So in the vegetable r e a l m : we have specimens traversing the entire scale, f r o m the thorn to those giants of the forest, whose portly di-mensions of a hundred feet gir th and five hundred in hight . are a most audacious com-mentary on the Mosaic chronology of 5.804 years since creation. The horns of these monsters count 7,500 wrinkles, ( " g r a i n s , ' ' as they are called, marking the annual growths) which, however, is no greater than the num-ber of twists and wriggles in modern theo-logical sophistry.

The fu tu re of California must be grand. I t is even now a miracle for R ten years' growth, if we compare i ts cities, towns, agriculture, mining, arts, and internal improvements with

destiny by a single hair / The fall of Baby-lon was attr ibuted to "her in to lerable pride, her inhuman cruelty to the Jews, and the sacrilegious impiety of her k ing ; " too plainly do we behold the same type stamping its im-press upon our beloved country. MARA.

T l i e M e t h o d o f R e s i s t i n g E v i l .

A N S W E R TO T H O M A S H A S K E L L .

CAMRRIDC.KPORT, J u l y 10, 1860. I should have made a great mistake, had I

said the method was of no great importance, for the difference between barbarism and Jesusism, if 1 may use such a word to express something better than civilization, is a differ-ence no t only in motives bu t in methods. Still resistance in some way is better than in

those of other newly settled countries. The n ° way. Again, one may " resist evil in the markets are wonderful, and the size and spirit and power of ' love, t rust ing in our quali ty of the frui tsexhibited in them, almost spiritual Father for protect ion," and still use incredible. For example, our largest speci- scalding ho t means, like, for instance, the mens of the squash and pumpkin weigh 350 words of Sumner and Parker. It is not neces-pounds : beets. 30: potatoes. 18; apples and g a r ) ' to pay the Lord the doubtful compli-pears. 4; grapes. 19 pounds to the cluster ; ment—paid him first by Paul, and since by strawberries, 4 ounces ; peaches, one and a many others, beside Sumner—of being the half pounds. N o t w i t h s t a n d i n g this super- sole proprietorship of " Vengeance," in order abundance of good things, " times " i n Cali- t o believe in his wise and good ways of puri-fornia are not what they have been. Mining tying the air by means of tempests, storms, operations have changed quite radically, bu t l ightnings, and tornadoes. "God is love," a few small claims being wrought in the old a n , l yet He has resisted evil and overcome i t way, namely, by pan, rocker, and long torn. '')' violent means, by the ravages of fire, The few remaining placer diggings are worked Pjague, and ear thquake, pain, t r ibulat ion and by hydraulic appliances, which involves the distress. necessity of using dams, flumes, and tunnels, 1" the hands of the ski l l ful dent is t or sur-and are" chiefly owned and monopolized by geon, I praise the severity of his love and companies or capitalists. The larger portion wisdom, being reconciled to his ins t ruments of the gold, land all the silver) is now ob- the more they hur t . And surely in culinary tained from quartz and other rocks, which ; i n , l husbandry operations, nobody objects to requires the employment of much costly ma- a suitable amount of fire and combustion, chinery. The poor man, of course, "is as 1 believe in love. I believe in argument much of a slave here as in the East. It i.s no n Q d good behavior as the most potent means country a t present for a man without capital. °f resisting e v i l ; bu t I thank God that what Thousands are now numbered among the we call evil is resisted, and has always Can't-get-aways. Some few changes, which been resisted in some way. I agree with seem on the eve of development, will give a the Brother T. H. " T h a t the salvation of new impulse to the prosperity of the country, 'he race depends upon the method as well as They are, first, a railroad" to the S ta tes ; the fact of resisting evil. bu t I still th ink, in second, the set t lement of land titles ; third, the l ight of external and spiritual nature, the immigrat ion with capi ta l ; fourth, the invest- method is no t so impor tant as the fac t . " 1 ment of capital in manufacturing, wool- *ee more to honor in Wm. Lloyd Garrison growing, and other kindred enterprises, so than in John Brown, but I also see more to that the gold mineral in the State may be honor in John Brown, rifle and all, than in kept in i t . But on this topic I cannot en-large. Let me say a word of our personal labors.

We arrived here on the 27th of November last, and have since that t ime lectured upon t h e subjects of Phrenology, Medicine, Clair-voyance, Spiritualism, and Progress generally (treating t hem from the Harmonial point of

milk-and-water men who are always peacea-ble ami never pure nor self-denying.

I believe in an all-mighty as well as an all-wise love ; and surely I believe in the coming of the day when "swords and spears shall be turned into plowshares and pruning hooks ."

Methods are of vast importance, of more consequence than we can imagine ; but they

view), in San Francisco, Petaluma, Stockton, are not so important as the fact of overcoming Sacramento, Marysville, and Comptonville— evil in some way. W. G. B. spending f rom one to three weeks in each place, except in this city, where Bro Josce- S e l f - C o m p l a e e u o y . H o w S h o u l d w e L i v e lyn has been engaged most of the time in - w i t h o u t i t i lecturing, healing, developing mediums, de- GREENVILLE. 111.. Ju ly I860, lineating and analyzing character, and i n . Tlie amiable Banner of Light indulges in poetic improvisations. One remarkable phase veins of self-laudation; but we all d o i t , or of his mediumship is his poetic inspiration, rather we all feci the soul-satisfying influen-and his personation of various spirits. The ces: whilst some are too modest or too pru-s personation of various spirits, exhibitions of these two features combined, we have styled Seances. On these occasions, philosophical, dramatical, political, and poet-ical t rai ts have "Been graphically personated, as if coining from Socrates, Pythagoras, Con-fucius, and F r a n k l i n — f r o m Shakspeare, Milton, Byron, Moore, Poe, and Hood—ami f rom Webster , Clay, and Calhoun, Tlie au-dience has been accustomed to choose a com-mit tee to select subjects for each spirit, who, when called upon, improvised in prose or verse, in his original manner. These exhibitions have been regarded an most wontlerful intel-lectul efforts. Many of the themes treated have been such as the following: " The True S ta tesman ," "L iber ty , " " Woman's Mission in the F u t u r e , " "Ph i losophy of Death ," " Waking in t h e Spirit-land," "The Bigot," "Progress in the Spheres," etc. Poe and Hood being quite individual and peculiar in their styles, the impersonations of them were considered the most perfect imaginable. 'Hie same might be said of others, some of whom I have myself heard, while they were in the form, and can vouch for the accuracy of the representation of them.

We shall probably visit other parts of the State, but shall make San Francisco our head quarters. There are many kind friends of t ru th and progress in the towns we have vis itcd, of whom we would gladly speak, as well as co-laborers, but my time and your space forbid. The interest you feel in this remote region, and the much we desired to say, alone encourage us to intrude what we do upon vour columns. However, we promise you the soul of wit, if it consists in brevity, in our

pru dent to show it on all occasions.

The Banner tells us tha t the great Unitarian preacher. Dr. Bellows, could not help declar-ing in public that " N e w England was by far the best part of the country : " and also tells us of a poor fellow bound West who was day after day reading Paradise Lost, and that on speaking of the mat ter to his wife, Starr King remarked, that he supposed " t h e poor fellow never expectcd to see Boston again ." And again it says, that Dr. Holmes slyly styles this same Boston the " hub of the uni-verse." The latter expression was, no doubt, intended to be somehow exceedingly compli-mentary, although, for ray part, I would as soon flourish on the periphery us in the hub of a wheel, and would prefer a berth in the body of the big wagon to either.

The Banner brags likewise of the English tongue, which is inevitably to become thc tongue of the nations. Now all this is very amiable, and is perhaps calculated to draw a smile even from discreet people, ami this is pleasant, too. But what shall we say to the udmission, and, of course, sanction of what purports to be a sentiment from somewhere out West, of the following description: " I t is curious that thc Ikiston Conference should be so much ahead of tha t in New York, when the latter is some few years thc oldest," kc.

" Comparisons are odious "—that is, generally so. In the present instance, however, I should say they were simply ridiculous. I have been a reader of the proceedings of the New York Conference, and have been inter-ested and instructed by them. Nor have 1 failed to read themsincc their first commencc-

the very sight of a mis-spelt word is as dan-gerous as the look of a basilisk."

I t would be well if the t ru th of this princi-ple could be universally recognized and ap-plied to all literature.

I t has been stated that , a conviction of the corrupting influence of the reports of every sort of iniquity in the daily newspapers sug-gested thc idea of a journal which should ex-clude such matter , and started The World. Though the remedy is not exactly to onr taste, we do not pronounce it to be worse than thc disease, and we suppose*it to be the only immediately practicable one.

It is probable tha t it will be long before this important t ru th will receive i ts due recogni-tion by the authors of Juvenile Literature. Sacred and Profane History, records of the abominations of barbarous ages, will long continue to feed the minds of youth, fitting them for usefulness in the church militant, rather than for Heralds of the Prince of Peace.

The Harpers have just got up, at great ex-pense, and with nice illustrations, a new series of School Readers. We were pleased with the promise of some new matter , like natural history, for the school children, and ventured to send for the volume purporting to treat on this subject. We found one-third of it to be 'Stories from the B ib le ; " another th i rd • Moral Lessons," and the rest " Lessons in

Natural History." The whole book i.s de-faced with inflections, sadly confusing to the inexperienced eye and of no use whatever to the learner. J£. N.

B e a u t i e s o f S w e d e n b o r g .

MR. DAVIS : Much is said by the Sweden-borgian sect against Spiritualism ancl the Har-monial Philosophy.

Here are some of Swcdcnborg's teachings. See his work entit led ' •Heaven and Hel i , " page 347. The Hells are everywhere—under hills, under mountains, under rocks, under plains, and under vallf Thc infernal spi-rits in them are so luminous as to look like coals of fire. The Hells are not opened ex-cept when evil spirits are cast into t h e m ! Those spirits, when they are viewed as to their deceit and craftiness, appear as vipers ; and they are to remain in hell forever, unless the Lord sees fit to let them out. " 'Hie quality of the wickedness of these spirits, by these nefarious arts, are so numerous that it would take volumes to describe t h e m . " Those in the hells (in the back) are called genii, and it is their delight to make themselves invisible, and flutter about others, and infuse evils. The reason why the Lord permits torment in the hells (see page 345) is, because evils cannot be otherwise restrained and subdued, and the only way of keeping the infernal crew in bonds is the fear of punishment.

T H E R E G I O N OF P U R G A T O R Y

The world of spirits is a middle state between heaven and hell ; Heaven is above, ami Hell is beneath the middle world ; and no one re-mains in the middle more than th i r ty years ; after which he is sent either to hell or hea-ven. " The hells are all shut up and guarded. (See page 239.) Heaven i.s also shut and guarded; and can be entered only by a narrow-passage way ."

W I C K E D N E S S O F W O M E N .

In Swedenborg's other work called the Dictionary of Correspondences, I find the fol-lowing ; (us he was a bachelor, perhaps he was somewhat prejudiced against the female sex : page 316. " S i r e n s , " he says, " a r e interior jugglers, chiefly of the female sex, who beset men at night to infuse.themselves into their affections and though t s ; b u t are often driven away by angels of the Lord.' - They are such females as in life have been-taught tha t adul-tery was honorable. The greatest part of them come into the o ther life from Christen-dom."

" F R E E D O M O F T H E A F F E C T I O N S . "

Here is a warning to libertines aud Free Lovers. See his work called "Pleasures of Insanity, concerning Scortatory Love." page 212. Hesays, "Lasciviousness, in its spiritual sense, is insanity, and persons opposed to con-jugal love, a t the first smell of conjugal love, flee away into caves and shut the doors, anil if these are opened they become insane like persons out of their senses on this ea r th . "

O F P R O F A N I T Y .

Of profanators, or swearers, after death, he says. (See page 269, D. E.) They "are not spirits in a human form ns others are, but are mere fantasies, and are cast into the lowest hell of a l l ; and are called no more he, nor she, bu t it."

E T E R N I T Y OF T H E H E L L S .

On page 160, D. C., be says, " T h c Hells arc eternal workhouses or prisons, ami the worst hells are in thc West, and they operate on the voluntary principle. As a whole, they are called Satan and the Devil " " Hell can-not be known unless the nature of evil is known. The infernal spirits have garments, but such only as ure ragged and filthy. Inno-cent spirits of tho inmost heaven wear no gar-ments ." Page 3 : " Evil spirits in the other life are scarcely anything else than lusts and fantasies."

T H E O R I G I N OF D I S E A S E .

(Page 88, D. C.) " T h e lusts and passions of the mind are the originators of disease. All the infernal spirits induce disease.'' (Page 1, D. <!.i "Spir i ts who affect too nice a scrupu-lousness of conscience in trivial matters have communication with the abdomen, nnd occa-sion/win there ." | Probably he meant " ar-dent spirits."] M. Ds.. and healing mediums "ad bet ter look into this matter. But here is a chance for heating mediums to cure " f eve r and ague ' by driving out evil spirits. On the eighth page of his Dictionary of Correspond-we, I find fever and ague to be a ••disease caused In, mil spirits of a most malignant class, whenever (hry con yet into the impure substance of the body." [Western readers! take notice ]

See page 253, 1"). C. " Evil spirits, when they approach, cause pain in the part to which they are opposite : to adulterers in the loins, and thus pain is greater or less, according to their s t a te . "

O R I G I N O P V E R M I N , 4 C .

On page 328, D. C . , I find the origin of bed-bugs. fleas, musquitoes, snakes, insects, and wild beasts of all kinds. He says : " T h e y were not created a t the beginning, but origin-ated in Hell, in stagnant Jakes, marshes, putrid and fetid waters in which the infernal spirits de l ight ."

Page 834: "Spi r i t s and angels have every sense except.taste." Page 44. " M a n created in the form of God has been changed into the form of a Devil."

Page 13 : "Ange l s cannot ut ter one word of any human language. Angels and spirits know nothing of man, no more indeed than man knows of them, only through the affec-t ions."

Page 175 : - Infants grow up in heaven and are married by the Lord a t the age of 15 and 18."

Here is another chance for the exorcising power. D. C.. page 353 : " T h e r e are spirits who infuse unclean colds, cold fevers, and swoonings."

Page 372: " Infernal torments in hell are not stings of conscience, as some suppose, for those in hell have no conscience; such as have it, are among the blessed."

Page 411 : "Whi r lwinds in thc spirit world proceed from the divine to those doing evil, and as it descends to the ear th, appears like thick clouds."

Here i.s a hi t a t the Phrenologists. Page 230: " Although the mind appears to be in the head, it is also in the whole body; for it is contrary to the laws of the other world to have a divided mind ."

To conclude I do uot believe tha t Spiritual-ism contains a tenth part of the absurdities to be found in Swedcnborgianism.

M N E W Y O R K .

For the Herald of Progress. D i d S p i r i t s L i g h t t h e W a y I

M R . D A V I S . D E A R S I R : I n t h e H E R A L D o f May 12. I noticed an article entitled " Spirits Light the Way , " which it appears to me has not received sufficient light, or my vision is too gross to perceive its brilliant rays. Now, I do not mean to be skeptical where anything like sufficient evidence is given for a thing. Indeed, I have been considered too credulous in respect to the phenomena of modern Spirit-ualism. But on one point I am sensitive. I very much dislike to see anything proclaimed to the world, as a phenomenon of Spiritual-ism, which bears not on its face the evidence a t least of some design, some intelligence, some END to be secured. Certain things may be done by spirits, but it will not do—so / think —to put forward a fact to support our theory, unless there is some use discernable in i t . .Men are very practical now-a-days. and need

practical dernonstations of new truths. The writer of tin; article referred to, says :

" I t was perfectly dark, there being no moon, and the sky was filled with clouds." After describing the size and appearance of " t h e l ights ," stating tha t " they did not illumine the road." bu t rather suggesting that they were guided by driving toward them, (will she state whether they did follow the lights?) she says : "One of the reins was found to be loose," and intimates that they were pre-served from being cast away by guardian friends. If the rem was loose, what was the benefit of the l ight ? Could not the spirits guide a horse as well without a light as with ene ? Is it necessary to suppose that spirits guided the horses through the darkness? Would they not be led by their instinct to keep the road? Again, would they not perhaps travel for miles with a guiding-rein loose, and not try to run as long as they were uncon-scious of the fact? My grandfather drove a team six miles and back, and on his return found one of the 1 inch-pins lying on some boards near which the wheels were greased before starting. Is it likely that the spirits held that wheel on for twelve miles? Possibly they did. Ay opinion, however, is, that such a blind confidence in spirits is calculated to unman us, and take away the glorious privi-lege of self-dependence, which every true man or roinan will be thankful for. This, to me, is

the saddest feature of modern Spiritualism, and which is equalled only by the blind faith which the Christian gives to the dusty parchments of antiquity.

I say this not to injure Spiritualism—God knows I would not lay a straw in the way of this, the world's hope—but simply to discrim-inate between the true and the false. The lack of this distinction, on the part of pro-fessed Spiritualists, is a great hindrance to the cause. Possibly there may have been spirit-ual agencies a t work in this instance ; but, taking the whole thing together, i t seems to ine very doubtful. And, us I am desirous to know the truth, and the writer expressed a similar wish, I have ventured to give my

lings a voice through your paper, and hope that good will result therefrom. Trusting that what I have said will be received ascom-

from a friend of reform, and that a response will be made with equal frankness, I remain, my dear sir,

Yours, very truly, E. W.

PREJUDICES.—Let it be forever inculcated, that no bodily wounds or maim, no deformity of person, no disease of brain, or lungs, or heart, can be so disabling or so painful as error, and that he who heals us of our preju-dices is a thousand-fold more our benefactor than he who heals us of our mortal mala-d i e s . — H O R A C E MANN.

S p i r i t u a l L y e c n m a n d C o n f e r e n c e .

" L e t truth no more l.e gagged, nor conscience dungeoned, nor science bo impeached of godlosBnew!"

I Reported for Tho Herald of Progress.]

ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTH SESSION

The New York Spiritual Conference is held every Tuesday evening, in Clinton Hall.

QHKSTION (Cont inued.) W h a t is the basis of the Spi-ritual Faith T

MR. PARTRIDGE, who was not present when the question was first proposed, excepted to the term "faith" as applicable to Spiritual-ists; when Dr. Gray suggested tha t we in-quire first, what is faith? and wherein does it differ from belief, or from knowledge?

Dr. GRAY said : Spiritual faith has its ori-gin in the spiritual faculties of the individual; that is to say, what the spiritual senses have observed to be true and real, appears on thc external plane as faith, or the dim conscious-ness of great spiritual verities. Tlie existence of these spiritual senses is proved by clairvoy-ance. ' The notion of a preexistcnce enter-tained by some of the old philosophers, comes, as he thinks, from the exercise of these spirit-ual faculties. The sense of having " been here before" is a common experience with clairvoyants on visiting some locality in per-son, which has been previously seen by spi-ritual vision. Faith, as contradistinguished from lielief, is the jo int product of the two planes ; while belief is from external evidence wholly.

Dr. HALLOCK : It is "faith" realized in our daily consciousness that we need, and concern-ing the basis of which, we are inquiring. The difference between fuith and belief is best ex-pressed to his mind as in these two examples, viz: we have faith tha t there will be an eclipse of the sun to-morrow; but we can have only belief as to which one of the quartette of candidates will be elected President of the United States in November next. Both the eclipse and the election are yet future to us ; one lias all the force of a present reality, (and this force is faith,) the other has the power only which comes from the assumed prepon-derance of possibilities, which assumption is belief. Here are two events yet fu ture to the external consciousness, one of which we feel assured must be, the other may be ; with res-pect to the eclipse, we are in thc exercise of fai th; with respect to the future President, of belief. In the one case, there is thc feeling of alisolute certainty, in the other, of perpet-ual uncertainty—alternate fear and hope. Now, the question is, is there a basis of cer-tainty as to the future of man, like unto that which obtains with respect to the future rela-tive positions of the sun and moon, and if so, in what does it consist?

Clcarly, the corner stone in thc superstruc-ture of faith in either case, is the same. With respect to to-morrow's sunrise, " the substance of things hoped fo r " consists primarily, in the observed manifestation of sunrise. Next you find the law of sunrise, and then is your faith perfected. Precisely so is it with manrise. Observe the fact until i t has revealed the law. and then the fai th—the " substance," the re-ality—is ever present, though the phenome-nal i ty should greet the external senses, from henceforth, no more. To man in the con-scious exercise of his outer faculties only, there seems to be no other basis possible for a spiritual faith, than a spiritual manifestation. That is the foundation; whether or not you complete the superstructure so far as to ren-der it comfortably.habitable, will depend on other suitable materials and your skill and fidelity as a builder.

I t is quite possible tha t consciousness may be, in some instances, so literally external, so completely interlocked with the shell and epidermis of things, as to fail utterly to per-ceive tha t a manifestation of human intelli-gence and force under any and all circum-stances involves the necessary existence or potential presence of a man. The untutored external consciousness looks into the grave and sees there all that it has verified as man. The individual thug seeing and considering, denies the possibility to the contents of the box he has deposited with his own hands be-neath six feet of earth, to make a manifesta-tion which belongs to life and intelligence ; so that, although life and intelligence may take the very form and character once peculiar to thc body in that grave, he is quite sure (and he is quite right,) it is not from that! Such an one will say, nay, must say—granting the reality of certain phenomena, they are of ne-cessity to be referred to " o d d force," to "electricity," to the " undiscovered law," to anything or anybody outside of the grave-yard, for the inmates of t h a t sacred enclosure, as his own senses abundantly testify, have power only to rot.

Both the religion anil the science in which he has beeu instructed, concur with his five senses in testifying that he has buried a dead man, and to the dead, no phenomenon save decomposition can be referred. This, whether or not i t be the language, is the sub-stance of the creed of him who says I admit your facts, bu t they do not prove their origin to be from beyond the grave. Not until con-sciousness deepens and experience ripens, i* the spiritual faith to him, possible. Na-ture writes upon every globuble and »pou every globe—over the gateway of all thc sciences, the perpetual invitation to h»k within; bu t a manifestation from the world ol letters is us meaningless to him who has not learned the alphabet, as a manifestation from the world of spirits.

D r YOUNG : T h e n e a r e s t w a y t o g e t a t t ruth is, to doubt everything at the start, and then hold on to everything that cannot

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disproved. He wants this Conference to set fo r th t h e facts upon which it relics a s a tosiB of spiritual fa i th . I t is to r e m e m W tha t no twi ths tanding the Imposing character of the evidence, it has been witnessed by com-mra t i vc lv b u t few. The world a t large is £ T r t the possession of facts upon t ins p o u £ and perhaps poorer still in its power t o use t h e m We ought to be able to show tin. worid tha t we have a surer basis of a f f i r m * rion than is furnished by nil or any of its Z v o d books. The superiority we c aim in this respect, we should be able to make good in open court before the assembled science and religion of all the ages.

D » GOULD : F a i t h , ns d e f i n e d b y t h e p re -ceding speakers, and indeed ns too o f t en set forth by modern Spiritualists, lacks the essen-tial element to its existence as a significant word. He does no t glow wi th rel igious fer-vor over the anticipation of to -morrow's sun-rise, hence i t is a desecration of sacred words to force t hem to do du ty in t h e expression of emotions rising f rom our relat ion to external th ings . Fa i th m u s t have in i t . as au e lement , a holy desire, a religious fervor ; i t par takes bo th of belief and knowl-edge. nnd yet i t i s wholly different. W h e n we have entered upon the domain of knowledge, we have passed the boundary of fa i th ; and hence the t e rm is n o t applicable to t h a t which is demonstrable th rough t h e external senses. Knowledge, by m a n y Spiritualists, is claimed as superior to fai th, l ie doubts its superior-i ty. There is a n indescribable sort of ex-tatic dreamy, religious intoxicat ion in the na ture of fa i th , which, like alcohol, is wor th more to the t ru ly spiri tually minded than all the sober realities in thc world.

MB. PARTRIDGE : T h e word h a s b e e n so generally abused tha t he t h inks we should do well to abandon i t . To his mind i t is of b u t l i t t le meaning. The Christian world, so-called, has fa i th or belief to the e x t e n t of i ts h ighes t idea or supposed evidence; bu t i t Is not bel ief ; i t is knowledge derived through his own senses, t ha t lie has communicated with rela-tives and f r i ends f rom beyond t h e grave. Knowledge is f rom observation. W h e n we have t ru ly observed, we do not mere ly be-lieve, we know. Our senses are the infallible tests'; before thei r application we may an t i -cipate, imagine, believe, etc., bu t the i rs is the court for the correction of errors, and thei r unanimous verdict is final. It is said the senses may be deceived. True : b u t in thei r union lies the power of correction and ul t imate verification. For example : he sup-pose* himself to be addressing the New York Conference, whose members appear to occupy what appears to be seats in und about t h e room, ls i t asked, m a y he no t be in a s t a t e of hallucination with* respect t o all t h i s? He answers : I may compare the testi-mony of one sense with a n o t h e r ; or, I may compare my convictions wi th yours ; you appear to m e to be really present , you seem so to yourselves. The seats also. We concur in the description of every th ing in t h e room. Now, if the lonclusion thence de-rived l>e not knowledge, the word may as well be obsoleted. Reason is b u t a comparison of observations. Speculation may precede ob-servation, reason, never. Belief rests on specu la t ion ; the Spiritualist has n o t h i n g to do with belief ; knowledge is the word, he either doubts or knows. All things should be brought to the test of observation. Specula-tion may assume the t i t le of inspirat ion, and doubtless of ten has and does. A tree is known by i ts f rui ts , said Jesus ; t r u t h spirit-ual mus t accord with t ru th na tura l , and now t l iat the spiritual world has manifested itself so clearly in the na tura l , we haVe no need of fa i th , bu t may say to the inquirer as Jesus said t o Nathaniel , Come and sec.

DR. GRAY : Tlic t rue basis of fa i th is in the spiritual senses. Epicurus, t h e Greek philosopher, is reported as saying, n o t h i n g can be sought a f te r , reasoned about , or un-derstood when t augh t , unless there be an ideal structure, or anticipation thereof, exist-ing in the soul. There mus t be a prior archi-tectural creation in the mind , of thc t h i n g to be proved before external proof is possible. The history of the Jews is an i l lust ra t ion. Wherever the l iving ant icipat ion, or prior mental construction of a Messiah existed, there Jesus could work and was accepted, and nowhere else. Fa i th has i ts origin in t h i s power of .spiritual construct ion or anticipa-tion. I t is the matr ix in which observation generates demonstra t ion.

The question is continued. Adjourned . I t . T . HALLOCK.

Poetry. " The finest poetry WM first experience."

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New York Weekly Tribune. If J . R. M. will do us tho f a w r of communicating the name which these initials stand for, we shall be glad to give him or her credit for one of the fiuost gems in thc English language. J

I . 0 the spacious, grand plantation

Over there! Shining like a constellation

Over there; Holy with a consecration From all tears and tribulation, From all crime, aud grief, aud care, To all uses good and fair,

Over there.

II. Always brooding warm and olden Sleeps thc shimmer, mellow-golden,

Over there. Never blighting shadow passes O'er the silky, ^tar-eyed grasses, Waving wide their flowing hair,

Over there.

I I I .

0 the grand encamping mountains Over there!

0 the sliisc-ny-spouted fountains Leaping there!

Banner-leaved aud palmy plaintains Waft aside the beamy slautings, Willi their fihimber-lleavy chantings Hushing all the tired pantings,

Over there.

IV. Murmur ever-wolling waters

Over t h e r e . Dimpling round the dusky daugh te r s

bathing the re. Undulating bodies darkle Through the fluent sapphire sparkle, Itising over, rolling under, To the billows' drowsy thunder, Heaving idly, floating stilly, Languid like the lotus-lily, Falling, floating wilh the wave, Drowning in its dreamy grave Wcnry toil ami heavy cure, Deadly grief and dumb despair,

Over there.

V. Brilliant blossoms breathe and burn

Over there; Nectar-drunken nod9 the fern By the tulip's ruby urn,

Over there: And thc rose's red, divine, Flashes by the saintly shrine Of thc lily's argentine,

Over there. Orangc-hnds nnd passion-flowers Lattice the hvmenwl bowers,

Over there ; Violets ami heliotroiies Pant along the purple slopes,

Over there ; Fringed eyes of gentianeues. Drowsing in the dreamy dells, Are by wooing zephyrs kissed Into humid amethyst,

Over there ; All the heavenly creatures born Of the breeze, the dew, the morn, Still divinelicr breathe and blow, Drape their purple, drift their snow, Quaff their crimson, sheen their gold, Throb their odors manifold On the palpitating air. On the back impulsing air,

Over there.

VI. 0 thc royal forests growing

Over there! Breath of balsam ever blowing

Over there ; Pine-trees swing their odory chime, Palm-trees lift their plumy prime, In the ever-Eden time,

Over there ; Dying languors swoon upon Cassia, cane, and cinnamon,

Over the re ; And a passionate perfume, Thrills the dim, delicious gloom, Starry with the blossomed plauets Of the scarlet pomegranates,

Over there.

VII.

Through arcades of fig and myrtle, Over there,

Mailed insects flash and hurtle In the a i r ;

O'er the dewy groves of spice Floats the bird of paradise,

Over t h e r e ; Other lustrous birds are winging Lower flights tor sweeter singing, And their silver-throated story Filleth all the woods with glory,

Over there.

VIII. Luscious fruits are ever juicing

Over the re ; All their veins are amber-sluicing Syrups for celestial usiug,

Over there; Oozing from thc branches sunny,

All around, Slowly drips the lucid honey.

On the ground, Gathered, innocent of care,

Over there. IX.

Tendriled bowers are always vining Over there;

Bloomy grapes are always wining Over there ;

Pendulous and brown bananas Bipen in the warm suv&unahg„ Tolling reflueut hoaannas Ou the sleepy, scented air,

Over there.

X. Nighful eyes with bliss are brimming

Over there ; Laughter blends with happy hymning

Over there ; Love communes in gentle glances, Feet responsive glide in dances, lambent smiles on lovely laces, Shapes mobile to soft embraces People all the pleasant places

Over there ; Stately ship or stealthy oar Never, never, nevermore, Bear them from that blessed shore

Over there. XI .

No salt tears the ground are drenching Over there ;

Faint with fear no form is blenching Over t he re ;

And no lilted hands are reachiug, In afrautical beseeching,

Over there; And no smothered moaning mournful, Meeteth sullen laughter Bcornful,

Over there.

XII. No more crouching in the cane-brake

Over there; No more agonizing heart-quake

Over there ; No more desperate endeavors. No more separating evers, No more desolating nevera

Over there.

XIII . No more blistered browB are sweateniug

Over there ; Never clenched fist is threatening

Over there ; No more marble-hearted master Shouting fiercely, " Get ou faster 1''

Over there ; No more linked limbs are quaking, No more burdened backs are aching, No more hearts are breaking, breaking,

Over there. XIV.

Gales are sailing, heavy-freighted, Over there ;

With a dying richness sated, Over there;

Nothing else is heavy-laden, Neither dusky man nor maiden,

Over there ; Nothing else is born fori-ighing, Only those hweet gales replying,

Over there; Nothing else is doomed for dying, Save those languid gales replying,

Over there ; And they sigh for utter sweetness, Fainting in a full completeness, Ever swooning, ever sighing, Ever languishing aud dying,"

Over there.

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WE have iu reservat ion a large capi tal of mos t valuable inspiration* and contributions. I t is n o t possible for us to pr in t each week more than th ree in twenty of the good ar t ic les for-warded to«our drawer.

WE shal l p r i n t nex t week a brief commu-nication rev iewing thc evidence in t h e dis-covery of t h c late " C o m e t " by the Lancas-ter circle. T h e f r iendly critic, Mr. H e n r y M. P a r k h u r s t , s imply desires to elicit more con vincing detai l . We second t h e mot ion .

MR. Leland, of Ohio, whose last reply to Mr. W a r r e n is pr in ted in th is n u m b e r , has concluded t o r eexamine the founda t ion t i m h e r e o f the " D e v e l o p m e n t " supers t ruc ture . His p resen t ar t icle is chiefly devoted t o basic considerat ions. Th i s course, we t h i n k , is m o s t l ikely t o subserve the ends sough t by t h e discussion.

SOME of o u r c o r r e s p o n d e n t s " u s e w o r d s a s r i f lemen do b u l l e t s . " One of the i ndepend e n t " Peop le , " r e m a r k i n g upon t h e doc t r ina l teachings of Swedenborg in th is n u m b e r , goes right to t h e m a r k . A l t h o u g h some of our cont r ibu tors t ake del iberate a im and pierce rel igious prejudices to t b e hea r t , ye t we hope n o reader will do himself t h e injus-tice to over look t h e m a n y excel lent thing) wr i t t en by t h e people.

Miss El izabe th D • n, in a recent n u m b e r of t h e Banner <f I has done a good th ing . I n a well-wri t ten -ry she has t r u t h f u l l y ex-posed t h e weakness* , and a lmos t hear t less-ncss, of a class of affinity-seekers. A l t h o u g h h e r domest ic tale does n o t cover more t h a n a n acre of t h e boundless prair ie occupied by the causes of social in just ice and misery , ye t we desire to express ou r s y m p a t h y for t h e g r a n d mora l lesson impar ted .

IT is beg inning to be seen t h a t all T r u t h comes f r o m t h e God of N a t u r e . Revela t ion is na tu r a l , inspirat ion is na tu r a l , mora l t r u t h is n a t u r a l , phi losophy is na tu r a l , celestial t r u t h is n a t u r a l ; and , a t t h e same t ime , t h e bes t in te l lec ts a n d finest souls begin to c o m -prehend and realize the opposite rea l i ty , t h a t all naturalism is superlatively spiritual and intrin-sically divine. T h e conjuga l b lend ing of t h e Ideal and t h e Actua l is one of t h e mos t en-courag ing " s igns of t h e t i m e s . "

ed h i m to " l e a r n t h c internal sense of t h e Word ! " I t was permi t ted h im to g e t in the pu lp i t behind Dr. Worcester , a n d listen to a repetition of " the t r u t h s revealed in t h e Word concerning tho Lord ' s body and blood 1 "

Swedenborgians arc superna tu ra l i s t s of t h e mos t hopeless and self-complacent character . They have t h e " i n t e r n a l s e n s e " ex t remely severe. The doctr ine of correspondences has promoted them t o the h ighes t p innacle of spir i tual t r u t h . Swedenborg is a finality, t h e Word is a to ta l i ty , a n d the Lord is a pa r t of *he plan. Wi th such minds , progression and new discovery a re impossibilit ies. Theodore

•arker mus t go t h rough Swedenborg to the Lord 1 .

SPIRITUAL d o - n o t h i n g s a n d r e l i g i o u s p r e -t e n d e r s — " f u l l of sound " a n d s e n t i m e n t " s i gn i fy ing n o t h i n g —are being rapidly dis-placed by a royal host of s t rong, hea l thy , t h i n k i n g m e n a u d women . W e pray for t h e cooperat ion of minds who can bear the s t r eng th -g iv ing t e m p e s t s of the absolute win-ter t ime . S u m m e r life is de l igh t fu l , and thc fleeting insects and evanescent beauties there-of a re a t t r ac t ive for a season, b u t t h e sub-s tan t ia l fac ts of a u t u m n and win te r a re neces-sary to the superstruipture of manhood .

TUB Boston Traveler, of J u l y 3d, conta ins a n account of t h e presence of Theodore Par-k e r ' s spir i t a t the Swedenborgian Church in t h a t city. T h e seers of this appar i t ion were a young lady aud her f a the r :

" T h e spir i t appeared l ike a venerable m a n wi th a long, whi te heard, and was robed in ves tments of pure white. Both perceived by his iu ter ior affections t h a t he was f r o m a so-ciety to w h o m he was communica t ing the t r u t h s revealed in the Word concerning the Lord ' s body a n d blood. Dr. Worcester preach-ed upon this subject . The young lady saw in t h e pu lp i t thc spirit of the late Rev." The-odore Pa rke r s t and ing on the r igh t side of t h e preacher , aud he appeared to listen w i th earnes t a t t en t ion . She perceived by bis con-di t ion , t h a t when he entered the world of spirits, t hough possessed of t h e love of good and the good of use, yet he was void of the fa i th of char i ty , and blind concerning thc inter-nal sense of the Word. She also perceived t h a t it had been granted to him to learn the internal sense of the Word, and with (hat object in view he was present.

For a m o m e n t reflect upon the t ranscendent absurdi ty of this account . Theodore P a r k e r r e tu rn ing to Boston to hear the Word ex-plained by t h e Rev. Dr. Worces te r ! How did t h e young lady know t ha t the appar i t ion was t h e spirit of the departed philanthropist . '

Poor " b l fnd Theodore ! Being deficient i n " the fa i th of c h a r i t y , " i t hail been grant-

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logical Journal, severa l y e a r s since, has e x -pressed v e r y n e a r l y w h a t w c w e r e a b o u t t o w r i t e on t h i s s u b j e c t ; t h e r e f o r e w e wil l k e e p s i l en t j u s t b e t e a n d n o w , o n l y a s k i n g a t t e n t i o n t o t h e fo l lowing t r u t h f u l ref lec-t ions : P r o g r e s s i o n is w r i t t e n in ever-de-ve lop ing c h a r a c t e r s u p o n e v e r y d e p a r t m e n t of t h e un ive r se of God . E v e r y f o r m of life is c o n t i n u a l l y s t r u g g l i n g t o a s s u m e h i g h e r phases . Exce l s io r , o n w a r d , u p w a r d , is N a t u r e ' s un iversa l m o t t o .

A s t r o n o m y t e a c h e s t h a t t h i s gene ra l progress ive l aw a p p e r t a i n s t o o u r p l a n e t a r y s y s t e m . R e c e n t a s t r onom ica l d i scover ies

e n d e r t h e n e b u l a r t h e o r y , as i t is ca l led , l i t e r a l l y d e m o n s t r a t i v e ; a n d t h i s t h e o r y , once a d m i t t e d , e s t a b l i s h e s t h e g e n e r a l l aw , t h a t t h e o u t e r o r m o r e d i s t a n t p l a n e t s of o u r so la r s y s t e m w e r e c r e a t e d first., a n d a r e acco rd ing ly fa r m o r e a d v a n c e d t h a n o u r e a r t h , a n d , b y p a r i t y of r eason ing , t h a t t h e e a r t h is m o r e advanced t h a n t h e m o o n , o r t h e p l a n e t s s i t u a t e d s t i l l n e a r e r t o t h e s u n . T h e e x t r e m e l y r a g g e d a p p e a r a n c e of t h e m o o n ' s su r face , h e r d e e p va l l eys a n d pro-j e c t i n g c rags , a n d t h e gene ra l e x t r e m e u n -evennes s of h e r sur face , d e m o n s t r a t e t h a t h e r l i i l ls a r e for y o u n g e r , a n d t h e r e f o r e less w o r n d o w n b y a t m o s p h e r e , r a in , f ro s t s , and s u n . h e r v a l l e y s less b r o a d a n d fe r t i l e , a n d all i ier fac i l i t ies f o r t h e e n j o y m e n t of h e r t e n a n t s m o r e n e w a n d less p e r f e c t t h a n t h o s e f o u n d o n o u r e a r t h . A n d w h i l e as-t r o n o m y h a s e s t a b l i s h e d t h i s gene ra l t h e o r y as r e g a r d s t h e p l a n e t a r y s y s t e m , b y e s t a b -l i s h i n g t h i s t h e o r y i t e s t a b l i s h e s a l i k e t h e o r y t h a t a s imi l a r success ion a p p e r t a i n s t o t h e v a r i o u s s o l a r s y s t e m s a m o n g t h e m -selves , t h e y s u c c e e d i n g each o t h e r l ike t h e d i f f e r en t b e r r i e s o n a b u s h , ' f r u i t s on a t r e e , o r ch i ld ren in a f a m i l y .

Geo logy is e s t a b l i s h i n g a l ike p rogress ive d o c t r i n e as a p p e r t a i n i n g t o o u r e a r t h , a n d h e r va r i ous m e a n s of c o m f o r t a n d l u x u r y . T h e geological t h e o r y of i cebergs a n d a v a -l anches r e n d e r s i t c e r t a i n t h a t in ages p a s t , floating m o u n t a i n s of ice, in w h i c h w e r e i m -b e d d e d l a rge masses of e a r t h a n d rocks , w e r e d i s engaged in n o r t h e r n l a t i t u d e s f r o m t h e i r p r i m i t i v e b e d s , a n d f loa t ed h u n d r e d s of mi les in a s o u t h - e a s t e r l y d i r ec t ion . P r e s i -d e n t H i t c h c o c k , of A m h e r s t Col lege , men-t i o n s a n i m m e n s e g r o o v e c u t in a rock on or n e a r M o u n t H o l y o k e , as if a n i m m e n s e ice-berg , w e i g h i n g mi l l ions of tons , w i t h a p ro-d ig ious r o c k f a s t e n e d in i t s base, f i r s t s tr ik-ing some d i s t ance f r o m t h e t o p of t h e m o u n t a i n , c u t a l i gh t g roove a t f i rs t , a n d t h e n heav ie r , a n d s t i l l heavier , t i l l , as i t n e a r s t h e t o p of t h c m o u n t a i n , i t b e c a m e v e r y deep , a n d t h e n l igh te r , as i t passed ove r o n t h e oppos i t e s ide . T h i s t h e o r y w o u l t j i n d i c a t e t h a t in f o r m e r ages t h e e a r t h su f fe red f r o m a v a s t l y g r e a t e r a m o u n t of cold t h a n w c n o w expe r i ence . A n d h e r e le t u s ca tech ize o u r o lde s t i n h a b i t a n t s . A r e o u r w i n t e r s in g iven local i t ies , as seve re as f o r t y o r s i x t y y e a r s ago ? W h a t s a y ou r t l i e r m o m e t r i c a l r e c o r d s ? W h a t s a y t h e feel ings of each r e a d e r — a r e o u r w i n t e r s on t h e ave rage as seve re n o w as t w e n t y o r f o r t y y e a r s a g o ? A n a l m o s t un ive r sa l nega t ive w e t h i n k wil l be t h e response . A u d if t h i s has b e e n t h e case he re to fo re , i t wi l l be s t i l l m o r e t h e case h e r e a f t e r . N o w , if t h i s r ea l ly b e t h e fac t , t h e i n f e r e n c e is obvious , t h a t a few h u n d r e d , a n d c e r t a i n t y a few t h o u s a n d y e a r s , wi l l g r e a t l y m e l i o r a t e t h e s e v e r i t y of o u r f r o s t s a n d t h e e x t r e m i t y of o u r changes , t h e v io lence of o u r s t o r m s , &c., a n d r e n d e r t h e e a r t h on a l a rge scale b e t t e r f i t t e d for t h e r e s idence of m a n , o r r a t h e r , f i t t e d for t h e r e s idence of a h i g h e r o r d e r of h u m a n b e i n g s — t h o s e m o r e d e l i c a t e l y o r -ganized , a u d c o n s e q u e n t l y capab le of a h igh-e r a m o u n t of e n j o y m e n t t h a n m a n n o w is ; for t o s t a n d a s e v e r e cold impl i e s a h a r d n e s s of t h e h u m a n c o n s t i t u t i o n w h i c h r e n d e r s i t less k e e n l y a l ive t o b o t h e n j o y m e n t a n d e x -t e r n a l in ju r i e s .

Bu t , be t h i s as i t m a y , t h a t t h e f e r t i l i t y of t h e e a r t h iu t h e o rd inance of n a t u r e i m -proves f r o m age t o age is p e r f e c t l y obvious. T h u s , l e t a n y f a r m e r r e t u r n all t h e s t r a w a n d s t u b b l e , o r a l l t h e m a n u r e m a d e f r o m t h e s t r a w , b a c k u p o n a g iven q u a n t i t y of l and w h e r e i t g r e w , aud t h e n a l l t h e e x c r e -m e n t of t h o s e a n i m a l s fed on t h e g ra in , as wel l as t h e bones a n d flesh of t h e a n i m a l s

t o a n y g iven s p o t is t h r o w n in s o m e form i n t o t h e g e n e r a l s t o c k of c n r i c h i n g m a t e r i -als b v m e a n s e i t h e r o r n i r o r w a t e r , so t h a t o f ' a l l t h e f e r t i l i z ing m a t e r i a l p r o d u c e d , none is r e a l l y los t . Y e t a n e w s u p p l y is b e i n g g r a d u a l l y p r o d u c e d f r o m y e a r t o y e a r in t h c p e r p e t u a l d e c a y of rocks , soils, i c . T h u s o u r m o u n t a i a s a r e v a s t r e s e r v o i r s of t h e s e e n r i c h i n g m a t e r i a l s . Y o n t r e e g r o w s in t h e c rev ice of t h a t r o c k , because t h c rock o n t h e s i d e of t h e c rev ice is p e r p e t u a l l y d e c a y i n g , a n d t h u s f u r n i s h i n g t h c t r e e -e n r i c h i n g m a t e r i a l . I n t h e lapse of ages t h a t t r e e is b l o w n d o w n , o r b e c o m c s old , d ies a n d dccays , and t h e s e f e r t i l i z i ng p r o p e r t i e s a r e b o r n e t o t h c v a l l e y b e l o w , in t h e fo rm e i t h e r of w o o d o r a shes , o r float npon t h e w a t e r t o en r i ch t h e e a r t h s o m e w h e r e . T h e s u r f a c e of e v e r y rock is d e c a y i n g , a n d t h e s u r f a c e of e v e r y c rev ice in e v e r y rock. T h c soil i t se l f is a l so d e c a y i n g f r o m age t o age, t h u s i n c r e a s i n g t h e fertilizing mate r i a l s , none of w h i c h can e v e r b e los t , so t h a t t h e w h o l e e a r t h is t o b e c o m e r i c h e r a n d s t i l l r i c h e r f r o m age t o age .

The Physician,

For the UeraUl of Progress, E F F E C T S O F E A R L Y I t l S I N G — I M -

P O R T A N T T E S T I M O N Y . PAINESVILLE, O . , J u l y , 1860.

M r . A . J . D A V I S : I n t h e H E R A L D OP P R O -GRESS of t h e 7 t h i n s t a n t , a c o r r e s p o n d e n t of yours g ives some ex t rac t s f rom Dr. Hal l ' s Journal of Health, in which i t is s ta ted t h a t

• b reakfas t shou ld be ea ten in t h e morn ing before leaving t h e house fo r exercise or labor of any d e s c r i p t i o n ; " and in your comment s upon th i s poin t , you say you " agree with Dr. Hal l , t h a t m u c h exercise or prot rac ted labor before b r eak fa s t is unphysiol igical . I t will even tua l ly p r o s t r a t e t h e powers of the finest cons t i tu t ion , a n d s h o r t e n t h e na tu ra l period of e a r t h l i f e . "

Now, so f a r as m y exper ience and observa-t ion ex tends , (and I a m in m y 70th year , ) I m u s t say t h a t ne i the r your no r Dr. Hal l ' s s t a t e m e n t is war ran ted by facts. Those of m y acqua in tance , who, f r o m their ear ly man-hood, have been in t h e cons tan t h a b i t of ris-ing ear ly a n d labor ing an h o u r or two before b r eak fa s t , have been t h e mos t hea l thy class of people, a n d have lived to t h e g rea te s t age. My f a t h e r was one of th is class, and lived to bv eighty-six years of age, and n e v e r was confined to a bed of s ickness a day in his l i fe , till a few days before his dea th . A n d t h e m o t h e r of m y presen t wife was one of t h e pioneers of th i s western coun t ry , f r o m " t h e land of s teady h a b i t s , " and a lways labored h a r d , n o t on ly before b r eak fa s t , b u t t h r o u g h t h e d a y ; and she lived to be one hundred years old, wan t ing four clays, and a lways en joyed exce l l en t hea l t h , u p to the t i m e of h e r last s ickness. These are b u t two ins tances a m o n g h u n d r e d s which h a v e come u n d e r m y observat ion . In -deed, I find tha t those w h o rise ear ly and labor before b reakfas t , and a re of t empe ra t e habi ts , are genera l ly t h e mos t h e a l t h y and bes t citizens. People who l ive in large cities, a n d never k n o w wh a t i t is to b rea the t h e pure air which is en joyed by t h e f a r m e r s in thc coun t ry , a re illy qualif ied to g ive lessons of hea l th to those w h o cu l t iva te the e a r t h .

Those w h o lead a c i ty l i fe a r e depr ived of an o p p o r t u n i t y to practice t h e laws of hea l t h , nor can t h e y en jo y or apprec ia te the blessings which n a t u r a l l y flow f r o m such practice, to those who l ive in t h e coun t ry . The mos t they can do, is to g u a r d aga ins t the evil effects which mus t inev i tab ly arise f r o m their un-hea l thy posi t ions. T h e inequal i ty of social l i fe in a n y c o m m u n i t y where i ndus t ry in tbe shape of servile or manua l labor is con-sidered degrad ing a n d dis reputable , is in i ts effect, d e t r imen t a l to t h e hea l t h of all w h o hold such opinions a n d l ive in obedience t o the i r demands . And th is is t h e pr incipal reason why se rvan t s and those w h o labor , iu cities, en joy be t te r hea l t h a n d can e n d u r e more f a t igue t han the i r more wea l thy e m -ployers .

You say . Bro ther Davis, t h a t you "s ince re ly sympath ize w i th those who are obliged to la-bor long before t h e first m e a l . " I t h i n k your sympa th ies a re much more needed in a n o t h e r direct ion. Those who are too proud, or too indolent to labor , a re much more to be pi t ied for t h e misdirect ion of the i r minds , which de-prives t h e m of hea l t h aud happiness . One whose men ta l powers a r e as m u c h occupied as yours m u s t be, in the discharge of your a rdu -ous dut ies , m a y require an orange before he takes his first m e a l ; b u t those w h o can e m -ploy an h o u r or so before b reakfas t in some useful labor , I opine, will find l i t t le need of such a l u x u r y , or of a half h o u r ' s sleep.

In conclusion. I will r emark , t h a t , to me. i t is deplorable t h a t any m a n who claims to publ ish a " Journal of Health," should s ink h i m -self so low as to become a pande re r t o vice, by prescr ibing the m e a n s by which i t s practice may be con t inued . You gave Dr. Hall a severe rebuke , b u t n o t any more 60 t h a n he deserves. I a m yours , &e.,

H O R A C E S T E E L E .

REMARKS EXPLANATORY: W e s i n c e r e l y t h a n k our elder Bro the r , Horace—in behalf of t h e cause of h u m a n redempt ion f r o m disease—for his s t r a igh t -ou t and t r u t h f u l t e s t imony in fa-vo r of early r is ing.

— H e unqualif iedly agrees with our conclu-sions, save in t h e m a t t e r of sympa th iz ing " wi th those who are obliged to labor long be-fore t h e first m e a l . "

— H a d we made our mean ing a l i t t le m o r e d is t inc t a n d emphat ic , as we shal l now do, our f r i e n d ' s j u d g m e n t s and sympathies , we are qu i te cer ta in , would coincido a n d ming le wi th our s .

— I n employ ing t h e t e r m s " l o n g be fo re , " &c., we had str ict reference to the poor I r i sh and o ther whi te Slaves who " l abo r " in t h e

m a n u f a c t u r e d o u t of t h i s g ra in , a n d wil l dark k i t chens of our selfish Christ ian citizens, no t t h a t l and b e c ome r i c h e r a u d s t i l l r i che r , f r o m y e a r t o y e a r , a n d age t o age ?

B u t why r i c h e r ? Because N a t u r e ad-m i t s no loss in h e r m a n u r e s j w h a t is lost

W e do no t forget to add , to this sad ca tagory , the m a n y poor widowed women with large families, and the hundreds of seamstresses, sh i r t -makers , &t\, &c., of our over-s tocked

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T I I E H E R A L D O F P R O G R E S S . 5 cities. Many of these impover ished a n d al-m o s t helpless d rudges—and there are p len ty of such ha l f -dead slaves, called " w i v e s , " of bu r ly a n d ty rann ica l masters called " bus b a n d s " — w h o are compel led by t h e force of c i rcumstances to labor from three to four hours before they can get a chance to eat the first meal.

— W e sympa th ize with t h e s e ; do n o t you ? " I t is nn phys io log ica l ; " t h e resul ts a re un-cont ro l lab le digest ive weaknesses, a n d t h e u n j u s t c u r t a i l m e n t of l i fe 011 ea r th .

—As fo r t h e wall: atid orange before break-f a s t : l e t only t h c " Debi l i ta ted " t a k e t h e prescr ip t ion. " T h e whole need n o t a phy-sician. "

H O W T O E X E R T T I I E W I L L I P O N D I S E A S E .

PHILADELPHIA, J u l y 9 , 18G0. " F R I E N D D A V I S , D E A R S I R : I n t h e H E R A L D

OF PROGRESS. (NO. 15,) you teach t h a t every disease may be cured by t h e action of t h e Will, and more par t icular ly 'general debi l i ty . '

I can very readily unders tand t h e action of t h e ' W i l l ' in t h e c o m m o n sense of the t e r m ; t h a t is, to will a n y t h i n g done is to do i t . Fo r ins tance : I h a v e a very severe pain or r h e u m a t i s m in one ol' m y members . I m a y wish and desire i t well, b u t t h a t w o n ' t do i t . Bu t if I p rocure the proper remedies t h e cure is accomplished. Now is i t n o t done by acting out t h e Will ? Would i t n o t be like t h e wagoner w h p n lie s tuck fas t in t h e m i r e ? l i e cal led upon J o v e to he lp h i m ou t . But a voice called to h i m and s a i d : 'Apply t h y shoulder to t h e wheel and wh ip t h y horses well , t hen call u p o n J o v e a n d lie will he lp t h e e o u t . ' " H . D. W .

ANSWER : W e are persuaded t h a t our in ter -roga to r cannot easily miscons t rue t h e signifi-cance of t h c t e r m s " wi l l " and " w i l l i n g , " as appl ied t o t h e act ion of mind in t h e t r ea tmen t a n d eradicat ion of disease. W I L L is t h e di-p lomat ized p len ipo ten t ia ry of a l l t h e im-pulses of Love, a n d i t is equal ly t h e a g e n t of a l l t h e in te l l igen t m a n d a t e s and wishes of W i s d o m ; 60 t h a t when the whole inind, wi th r i g h t e o u s i n t e n t a n d to ta l i ty of purpose, directs i t s nervauric force upon any pa r t of t h e body, t h e effect c a n n o t b u t be absolu te . . Blood cons tan t ly goes in large quant i t i es to

t h e b ra in , i n o rder to g ive s t a m i n a a n d ener-g y t o i t s cons t i tu t ion and t e m p e r a m e n t . If t h e f r o n t bra in be principal ly used, t h e n t h e blood, (or r a t h e r t h e m a g n e t i s m thereof , ) will concent ra te a t t h e head, leaving the ex t remi-t ies a n d visceral o rgans compara t ive ly des t i tu te of the i r appropr ia te p ropor t ions of t h e vital power. On t h e o the r hand , a cons tan t em-p l o y m e n t of the m u s t u l a r sys tem of the ex-t remi t ies , inc luding t h e vi ta l organs, will at-t r a c t t h e magne t i c forces f r o m t h e bra in , and as a consequence ,cont inuous vigorous t h i n k i n g becomes well nigh impossible.

N o w wc find b y long a n d p a t i e n t experi-m e n t a t i o n , t h a t t h e W I L L , unde r t h e direc-t ion of bo th desire and judgment, is capable of t h r o w i n g a m a g n e t i c force upon any muscle or organ wi th in the body. T h e t rue way t o begin , i s : t o act upon t h e voluntary muscles of t h e ex t remi t i es while ly ing 011 y o u r back.. Cause t h e toes a n d fingers to open a n d s h u t s imul taneous ly . I n a s h o r t t i m e , bo th e x t r e m -i t ies will become warm and magne t i c . T h e n swell, and stiffen, and re lax, a l t e rna te ly , t h e muscles of t h e legs a n d a rms . Deep, long b r e a t h i n g is indispensable t o success. A t t h e n e x t expe r imen t fix y o u r will u p o n t h e longi tud ina l muscles of t h e abdomen . Cause t h e m t o di la te and fa l l s teadi ly and firmly.

Af t e r a few t r ia l s you can affect t h e l iver, s tomach , and hea r t , j us t as surely as you open a n d s h u t your hand . Do you n o t k n o w t h a t m a n ' s Wil l -energy is terr ible in power? In t h e medical rea lm t h c Wi l l ' s self-healing a t t r i -b u t e s a re l i t t le k n o w n . W e know t h a t , wi th m a n y good people, t h e t heo ry of exe r t ing W i l l upon the i r sick bodies is a n impract ica-bi l i ty . B u t even so i t was for a long t i m e whol ly impossible for Dr . Winsh ip to raise 1,000 pounds f r o m t h e ear th , b u t he has done i t aga in and again. T i m e has been w h e n a t e n t h p a r t of t h a t weight would have fa t igued h i m .

Do you n o t recall t h e expressive anecdote ? " How m u c h do you weigh, J o n a t h a n ?"asked a frai l -bodied m e r c h a n t of a y o u n g New Eng-l a n d fa rmer . " W a l , " he replied, " c o m m o n -ly speaking, I weigh one hund red a n d for ty five p o u n d s — b u t , " he added, s t re tch ing his fine f o r m u p to his fu l l h igh t , and di la t ing every muscle with t h e magnet ic energy of W i l l — " bid when I'm mad I weigh a ton !'' Does n o t ou r correspondent weigh a ton also, and t h a t too in a good cause—in t h e direct ion of H e a l t h , f o r ins tance ? ED.

T H E C O N V E N T I O N A T P R O V I D E N C E .

The Spir i tual is ts of Providence, i t will be remembered, hold a Convent ion on t h e 1st and 2d days of August , with a steamboat, (.re-cursion down the Narrcigansett Bay, on Fri-day tho 3d.

W e are advised of a r r angemen t s by which an excursion t ra in will be run f r o m Har t fo rd , Ct. , a t 1.40 P . M., 011 Wednesday, August 1 s t ; r e tu rn ing—leave Prov idence a t 4.30 P. M., Thu r sday . Excursion t i ckc t s to Provi-dence and re turn only two dollars! Usual fare $5.40. Those desir ing to remain to t h e excur-sion and " c l a m - b a k e " can procure t ickets, good on any t ra in u p to Monday t h c 6 th , for an addi t ion of 75 cents, or $2 75 the tr ip.

I t is hoped t h a t a r r a n g e m e n t s wil l also be made for a reduct ion of fa re on t ra ins ' and boats to H a r t f o r d . W i t h these inducements the Providence f r iends Burely may expect a large a t tendance .

The Conflict of Prayers.

Public Notices. G R O V E M E E T I N G .

Tlie Spir i tual is ts of Lyons , Mich., have ap-poin ted a Convent ion , to be held in a beauti-f u l g rove near t h a t vi l lage—only half a mile f rom t h e depo t—to commence 011 Saturday, Sep tember 1st . , a n d cont inue over Sunday. E v e n i n g mee t ings , Fr iday , Saturday, and Sunday, in t h c Town Hal l . A n u m b e r of speakers have promised to be present . All lec turers are respectful ly invi ted to a t t end . The Davenpor t boys will be in a t tendance . Arrangements have been made with thc De-t r o i t & Milwuukie Rai lway to carry all who desire to a t t e n d f r o m any point on said road, o r f r o m Milwuukie, a t 'half-fare. An oppor-t u n i t y will t hus be offered to all Spir i tual is ts t h r o u g h o u t thc Stat<- to visit the Grand River Valley and a t t e n d these meet ings at a trifling expense. T h e commi t t ee of a r r angemen t s h o p e t o be able t o en t e r t a i n all f rom a distance, f ree of expense, and pay expenses of speakers.

D o r u s M . Fox. J o h n C. Dexter , Mrs. A B. Hubbe l l Mrs. Louisa Tower Dexter , Dr. J o h n R. J ewc t t . Lendal l Ingolis, M rs. Lorinda F o x , Mrs. T h o m a s H. Dewey, I h o m e s H . Welsh Marvin Ferris , Mrs. Wi l l i am Cole, Mrs. T h o m a s H. Welsh . Committee.

I t m u s t be man i fe s t to every careful ob-server of wha t is pass ing in t h e rel igious world, t h a t i t is en te r ing wha t may be called a n e w phase, if wc may so speak. I t is en-te r ing on w h a t may wi th g rea t p ropr ie ty be called an ERA OF PRAYER. — Daily World.

T h e religious daily of th i s city is very much encouraged by thc prospect of t h e inaugura -t ion of a new epoch. N o t on ly have t h e Ful -ton s t ree t p rayer -meet ings been con t inued for near ly th ree years, b u t fo r ty - fou r prayer-meet ings were ma in ta ined du r ing las t w in te r in t h e vil lages of t h e Wuldenses, a n d in m a n y cities of Grea t Br i ta in ; a n d they have even sp rung u p in Austral ia , Tasmania , a n d N e w Zealand ; and iu C a l c u t t a , a dai ly prayer-mee t ing appoin ted for t h e first week in J a n u -a ry was even ex tended in to the second w e e k !

As t h e World is n o t so fu l l y in fo rmed in re-ga rd to the e x t e n t of t h i s practice as we wish ou r readers t o be, we m u s t not ice some o ther points of t h e globe where prayer is j u s t now offered wi th r e m a r k a b l e fe rvency , t h o u g h n o t a lways w i th t h a t degree of fa i th t h a t r emoves moun ta in s .

W e are credibly in fo rmed t h a t t h e g r e a t head of t h e Chris t ian Church , Pio N0110, and his college of cardinals , ho ld dai ly prayer-meet ings , in which t h e s incer i ty and earnest-ness of t h e pe t i t ioners is beyond all ques t ion . Tlie object of t h e prayers of these sa ints is three-fold ; first, t h a t all heresy may be ex-t i rpa t ed ; secondly, t h a t t h e Papa l govern-m e n t m a y recover i t s los t t e r r i to ry , and re-c ru i t i ts e m p t y t reasury ; t h i r d l y , t h a t t h e Evi l One m a y speedily ca tch C o u n t Cavour, Victor E m a n u e l , t h e E m p e r o r Napoleon, and Garibaldi . Tlie first of these t h r ee objects , we unde r s t and , is tlie sub jec t of publ ic p raye r in t h e ho ly co l l ege ; t h e second a n d t h i r d are wres t led for in closet pe t i t ions . I t is n o t k n o w n t o w h a t e x t e n t fa i th in t h e answer ing of t h e l a t t e r of these pe t i t i ons is exercised by tbx college, b u t if t h e ex t i rpa t ion of heresy;-fis to be g r a n t e d , we fear t h a t t h e con t inua t ion of t h e F u l t o n s t ree t p raye r -mee t ings for an-o ther t h r ee years , is exceedingly problem-atical . W e sugges t t h a t he re is a case of conflict of p rayers ; a n d fo r t h e wise in such ma t t e r s , we s u b m i t t h e quest ion as to which will p robably prevail in t h e councils of hea-v e n — t h e Pope and his Cardinals , or t h e b r e t h r e n w h o cry L o r d ! L o r d ! in F u l t o n s t ree t . W e would refer to Archbishop H u g h e s to decide th is ques t ion , were i t n o t t h a t h e may have al ready pre judged i t .

This morning t h r o u g h o u t t h e immense re-gions over which t h e Mahometan religion prevails, f r o m thousands of mina re t s as m a n y muezzins called t h e f a i t h f u l to prayer for t h e ex t i rpa t ion of " i n f i d e l i t y , " a n d for t h c uni-versal recognit ion of M a h o m e t as the p rophe t of God, and of t h e reception of t h e Koran as t h e only infall ible guide in f a i th and practice. These daily prayer-meetings have cont inued steadily now for over twelve centuries . If the objects sough t are to be g rau ted , wha t are we w h o m e e t in F u l t o n s t ree t to do ? Th i s is evident ly a second case of conflict of prayers.

Near ly half of the h u m a n race will to-day pray to B r a h m a and Buddha, to preserve those two f o r m s of religion in all the i r pu r i ty , and to ex tend the i r influence and a u t h o r i t y over all m a n k i n d . If these prayers ure g ran t -ed, t h e ques t ion again arises, wha t is to be done in F u l t o n s t r ee t ? I s n o t th i s a t h i rd case of conflict of prayers ?

Now t h e po in t we wish to impress upon our readers is, t h a t t h i s era of prayer is a very old affair, and , according to a cer ta in Galilean Prophe t , very much adored in F u l t o n street , has a lways been a g rea t s tumbl ing-block to t h c inaugura t ion of t h e era of Brotherhood. Th i s Prophet , on t h e whole, recommended moderat ion in prayer , and exceeding f ruga l i ty in calls upon t h e Lord, advising prayer only for those th ings which t h e world mos t needs. And what are they ? As surely as you live, reader, daily bread and fraternal love. These two th ings are abou t all iu this world wor th praying for, or indeed wor th hav ing . If these were t h e objects peti t ioned for down in Fu l ton street , i t would require three men to keep us ou t of the chapel whenever t h e doors were opened ! But in real i ty, in t ha t chapel, tlicy do n o t p ray for simple brother ly love and daily bread. Then for w h a t ? For the spread of evangelical religion. And wha t is evan-gelical religion ? Fear of perdit ion, d i s t rus t of God, and reverence for ecclesiastical rites, as the t h ings essential to salvat ion! We th ink the era of prayer t h a t is to render such a re-ligion universal will be very short-l ived. In-deed, i t is t h e pressure of outside infidelity, fel t w i th in the evangelical folds to be over-whelming, t h a t kindles these new fervors, and galvanizes these sectarian organizations

in to ex t raord inary spasms of zeal and energy. As long as the cu r r en t of infidelity runs s t rongly , these as tonish ing displays of mock life and energy mus t cont inue. But whoever has seeu t h e electrician manipula te the pos-ter ior l imbs of a n unt imely f rog , will bear all this leaping and j u m p i n g w i thou t any g rea t apprehens ion . He knows t h a t Ursa Major will still revolve round the pole, if th i s new era of p rayer should be continued a thousand years, and even be extended to Pat-agonia, or some h ippopotamus wallow in Central Africa.

As the objects for which we pray are simply daily bread and the extension of f r a t e rna l love, we know t h a t the hea r t s of all men are one in t h i s pet i t ion. As to the daily bread, the re can be 110 quest ion ; nnd even in the h e a r t of a F i f t h Avenue saint , there is a secret dis-quie tude, because his bro ther a t the F ive Points is a l ienated f rom him. W h e n we pray, then , for the extension of f r a t e rn i ty , we u t te r t h e deepest p r a y e r of all h u m a n hearts , and one which God is bound to grant. W e never ask H i m fo r a n y t h i n g which all men do not need, and which all men would no t uni te i n asking, if l e f t to t h e f ree play of their spontaneous inst incts . Bu t all men do n o t ask fo r the spread of evangelical re l ig ion; i t is abso-lutely impossible, besides, t h a t al l , or any more t h a n a miserable fract ion, should ask it. Therefore , we mos t emphatical ly eschew the Fu l ton s t ree t prayer-meetings, while we welcome t h e b r e t h r e n w h o pe r fo rm a t them t o t h e p l a t f o r m of Jesus and the latest infi-del i ty , us soon as t h e "pes t i len t supers t i t ion" which buds a n d b looms in this new era of prayer , shal l have spen t i ts force, and have l e f t t hem accessible to the voice of Reason. I t is our prayer , in shor t , t h a t they may work more for all men , and pray less for thei r sect. Two g r e a t and crying evils infest th i s city— pover ty , and pros t i tu t ion . Af t e r t h e hea then in Tinibuctoo ami t h e gorges of t h e Hima-layas shall have been supplied with some tons of thc two T es t amen t s " in t h e original t o n g u e s , " we w o u l d suggest t h a t a n inqui ry be i n s t i t u t e d in F u l t o n s t reet , as to w h e t h e r these two g rea t evi ls can be reached by any less circui tous process t h a n daily prayer-meet-ings . The pu r su i t of this inqui ry will cast marve l lous l igh t on the efficiency of p rayer in r emov ing those h u m a n ills for which Cod has no miraculous remedies.

K E E P S E N D I N G U S N A M E S .

F r o m m a n y sources t h e conviction is urged upon us t h a t t h e HEUALDOFPROGRESS is deserv-ing of pa t ronage and suppor t . To those who are labor ing f a i t h f u l l y to swell our subscript ion list , we h a v e only t h a n k s to offer. The re a re thousands more , however , w h o va lue our paper , read i t with pleasure and profi t , a n d in wishing i t su. -r< , 3 feel t h a t their d u t y Is done. Will n o t t h - - . i r : - - .,.!:•- n s . a c h a t least

1 new st.i c i ; » * - . » > • u-v ior . in-m o r e subscriber f r o m you, reader . And ask th is n o t for ourselves alone, b u t for the sake of those w h o do n o t and ye t o u g h t to read t h e H E R A L D O F P R O G R E S S .

Dr. Ayer, of Lowell, Mass., is said to take all the journa ls of t h e United States, Canadas, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. He esti-mates thei r combined h igh t , piled in t h e thickness of a single sheet, a m o u n t s in a year to four t een mi les !

—The population of the world is now esti-mated a t 1,279,000,000, viz: Asia, 755,000,000, Europe, 272.000,000, Africa, 200,000.000, America , 50,000,000, Austral ia , 2,000,000.

^ — T h e embassadors f rom England and France to China, Lord Elgin and Baron Gros, in t he i r voyage on the s teamship Malabar, were wrecked near Hallo, in Ceylon, on the 23d of May last. No lives were l o s t ; b u t t h e loss of bull ion, cargo, and baggage of passengers with the s teamer, a m o u n t s to half a million s ter l ing. The embassadors also lost their in-s t ruct ions and credentials to the Celestial Court .

—The press over the country record the usual n u m b e r of Four th of Ju ly casual t ies— ad, terr ible lessons, each of t hem, against

thc present foolish, absurd, and dangerous me thod of mani fes t ing patr iot ism. How silly t h a t because our independence was achieved only by the use of gunpowder , we shouldcori-sider its perpe tu i ty best secured by t h e annual explosion of a large quan t i ty .

- I t is reported t h a t tlie Mormons contem-plate removing f r o m Utah to one of the Eas t Ind ia Is lands. If t hey canno t sell the i r Sal t Lake proper ty they will abandon i t .

— I t is es t imated t h a t t h e r e are 200,000 smoke r s in tlie city of New York , who con-s u m e t w o cigars a day, m a k i n g the tota l con-sumpt ion 400,000 per day. These, a t an av-erage of four cents, a m o u n t to $5,840,000 annua l ly . We recommend these smokers as fit subjects for the F u l t o n s t reet prayer-meet -ing.

—The fol lowing is a F o u r t h of J u l y " sen -t i m e n t " by Charles Sumner : " 'The Declar-at ion of Independence '—bes t celebrated by a f a i t h fu l adherence to i ts self-evident truths, and by cons tan t efforts to render t hem every-where of practical force—unt i l natural rights shall become legal r ights , and all men shall be admi t t ed to be equal before the laws, as they are equal before G o d . "

- T h e physicians of Saranac repor t a case where a bul le t remained in a m a n ' s hea r t for fourteen yea r s ! W e have known m a n y cases of hard substances remain ing in t h e hea r t f o r longer periods.

- F r o m all pa r t s of t h e country we receive thc mos t satisfactory accounts of t h e harves t . The e x t e n t of g round under cul t ivat ion is g rea te r t han in any previous year, and t h e h u s b a n d m a n ' s labor is promised a rich re-ward .

FOREIGN ITEMS.

Brief Items. —Some New York adver t isers have resorted

to a novel method of publ ishing the i r busi-ness. They employ men to p romenade Broad-way, wear ing an oilcloth coat or sack, on t h e f r o n t a n d back of which is displayed in flam-ing le t te rs the business card of t h e advert iser . Certa in members of the o ther sex are qu i te as omnipresent , displaying samples of goods

wi thou t t h e names of the par t icular dealer yet as t r u ly t h c property in the form of

walk ing adver t i sements of the New York m e r c h a n t princes, whose costly fabrics they display a t t h e ruinous expense of the i r hus-bands or fa thers , or their own vir tue .

- T h e a m o u n t of tolls received on thc Erie Canal, exceeds t h e receipts for t h e same t ime last year by three hundred thousand dollars !

- M r . Kellogg, of Har t ford , Ct . , has gone to F r a n c e to procure informat ion in regard to artificial fish breeding. He has a l ready pro-duced a b o u t a thousand t rou t , and designs to enlarge the enterprise , assisted by Col. Colt, on his r e tu rn .

—A l i te rary discovery of some impor tance lias been made a t Liverpool. A papyrus b rough t f rom Thebes by Rev. H e n r y Stobart , and now in Mr. Mayer ' s museum of ant iqui -ties, was found to contain t h e 19th chapter of St. Mat thew, wri t ten in t h e Greek Uncial character , which gives a new version of the long misunderstood par t of the 24th verse, re-la t ing to t h e passage of a camel t h rough t h e eye of a needle.

— I t is said tha t t h c whole West , f r o m t h e Ohio to the Missouri, is one vust grain field. I t is es t imated tha t t h e Sta te of Ohio will have t h i r t y mill ions bushels of wheat—five mill ions more t han i t has ever produced be-fore, and t h a t i t is of the best qual i ty .

— T h e American wife of the lute Pr ince Je -rome is said to be wor th a mil l ion of dollars. Tlie first Napoleon allowed her a pension of 60,000 francs, b u t the Bourbons stopped i t very quick.

—A recent discovery of ancient ru ins is re-ported about n ine ty miles nor th-cas t of For t Smi th , Ark . The ruins, s i tuated on a plain lying a long t h e r iver Pecos, appear to be those of a city bui l t by a warlike race, being quad-rangular and arranged with skill to afford pro-eection aga ins t an exterior foe, m a n y of the bui ldings 011 the outer line being pierced with loop-holes. Several of them are of vast size, built of very large blocks of stone, cemented together by a species of mor ta r , apparent ly of a b i tumenous character , and very tenacious. Some of the walls still s tanding are th i r ty feet h igh .

- I n Cat taraugus county a German child bad seemed to die. and was about to be bur-ied, when a fa in t cry was heard f r o m the coffin, and the lid being opened, thc resus-citated child feebly shrieked " mother , ' and was saved. Do people really want to bury their children and friends alive, t h a t they t hus has ten burials ?

Since our issue of las t week, we have no news of a n y impor t an t changes in European affairs.

The Pr ince of Wales embarked in t h e Hero a t P l y m o u t h , Eng . , for Canada, on Monday, J u l y 9 th . and sailed a t 8 o'clock on the follow-ing morn ing . T h e Channel fleet accompanied him as fa r as Cape Clear. His royal m o t h e r was present a t a t a rge t shoot ing HI t h e vil-lage of Winb lcnden , conducted under tbe auspices of the Nat ional Volunteer Rifle Asso-ciat ion. To encourage t h e objects of this association, the Queen discharged the first shot , pul l ing t h e t r igger of ar i f le with as t r in ; bi-rself a t : 1 safe distance. T h e rifle hav ing been duly aimed by others beforehand, the sho t was r emarkab ly accurate, and her Ma-jes ty , as is proper, i.s to receive a gold medal iu token of her ex t raord inary skill

A conference of t h e g rea t Powers is an-nounced as likely to be held in Paris in Octo-ber.

France has notified t h e Turkish govern-m e n t of her in t en t ion , jo in t ly with o ther Powers, to s top t h e massacre of t h e Christ ians in Syria. The d is turbances in t h a t region were con t inu ing a t the la tes t dates. N o t h i n g f u r t h e r was k n o w n as to Gar ibaldi ' s move-men t s aga ins t Messina. The Royailst forces for the defense of t h a t city were computed a t 20,000.

The proclamation of t h e new Const i tut ion h a d been received with indifference a t Na-ples.

The Papal Government had relieved the po-litical pr isoners in t h c Romagna.

By the Bombay mail of J u n e 7, which had reached Eng land , news was received of t h e depar ture of Lord Elgin and Baron Gros f rom Gallc to China, arid also of the recovery of n ine ty boxes of specie f r o m t h c Malabar, in which s t eamer t h e embassadors had 1

wrecked. been

Gleanings from Correspondence

A C A S E O F C O N S C I E N C E .

C. R. B., Pa lmyra , Mo., wr i t e s : " Y o u r p a p e r , t h e HERALD OF PROGRESS, h a s

been coming to me as a subs t i tu te Tor t h e Spiritual Telegraph. 1 have waited and read f rom week to week, b u t have only waited to read a n infamous shee t—the Herald of vice and immoral i ty , and advocate of whoredom, infidelity, abolitionism, and every other fa-natical ism calculated to cor rupt the morals of society ; waging war upon all the good that has been accomplished by h u m a n effort for the last 2000 years ! Sir, I cannot al low the rewards of my labor to go to the support of so unhallowed a cause. You will therefore confer a favor upon me and add to the wel-fare of human i ty , by erasing m y name f rom your subscription book, and whatever balance of subscription is due me, hand over to some of the numerous poor within the range of your acquaintance. ' '

Wc t h a n k our brother for two things: first, t h a t he has no t hast i ly condemned the HER-ALD OF PROGRESS, b u t has " waited and read f rom week to week . " This gives us more confidence in his sincerity. Secondly, for t h e gra t i fy ing evidence of his confidence in us, in m a k i n g us the a lmoners of his bounty t o the poor about us. Forty-two cents, b ro ther , t h e a m o u n t due f rom us, we will conscientiously devote to the discharge of the t rus t , and hope

may bestow i t wisely. If tho sum were larger, our pleasure as well as the prospect of usefulness would be greater .

" I canno t allow the rewards of m y labor, &c. ' ' By this we infer t ha t our f r iend and brother is a worker, and his property is thc accumula t ion of his own industry. No un-paid laborers toil to enrich his coffers. Good!

his r ight to dictate as to its disposition is Clear. If any of this forty-two cents really be-longed to some other person, whose share in the proceeds of his toil had not yet been dis-t r ibuted, we should prefer to consult him as to i ts disposal.

We are happy to unite with our correspond-en t in " a d d i n g to the welfare of h u m a n i t y , " and shall be glad to know how we may ac-complish more in this grea t work. Will he not show us, and teach us how we may reme-dy the defects he sees in t h e HERALD OP PRO-

C. M . P .

T H E H A R M O N I A L S P I R I T .

A. T„ S. Brewster, Mass., adds his testimo-ny to the excellence of a charitable kindly spirit towards all opinions :

' Pe rmi t me to say tha t I like exceedingly the tone of your paper. To me it is t h e ex-ponent of t ru th wherever found, and besides the uprightness tha t dares to rebuke any iniquity, it lias breathed a blessed lesson 'of loving kindness tha t bids us remember tha t while we hate a sin, we mus t not ha te the sinner."

B R I E F A N D V A L U E D T E S T I M O N Y .

O. R. N . , Summerfield, writes : " The study and practice of tlie Harmonia l

Philosophy I conceive every day makes me a bet ter man . If I was confined to read bu t one paper, i t should be the HERALD or PRO-G R E S S . "

T H E M E E T I N G A T M I D D L E F I E L D .

Mary P. Todd, Secretary, sends us a brief report of this in teres t ing " jub i l ee , " which has been anticipated by the account published f rom ano the r pen. W e prefer two reports t o none, and use the first.

F R O M S O U T H - W E S T E R N M I S S O U R I .

Thos. W . Cook, Lamar, Burton Co., Mo., writes invi t ing a correspondence with any Spiritualist i n t ha t vicinity, as he feels l ike a " s t ranger in a s t range l a n d , " and desires to make t h e acquaintance of his " ne ighbors . "

He also adds his tes t imony to wh a t has been here tofore given in th is paper relative to the va lue of land in south-western Missouri. We q u o t e :

Good prairie land cand can be bough t ' for three and four dollars per acre, and o f t e n with considerable improvement . Preemptions can also be taken in this county at one dollar fifty cents per acre, on ten years' credit, re-newable forever by paying ten per cent, in-terest .

' 4 1 will hold myself a t t h e service of any f r iends who may see fit to address me letters of inquiry, promising to give such in forma-tion as I possess. Those wri t ing will please enclose a s tamp, which is all I shall ask for a r ep ly . "

F R I E N D L Y W O R D B OF T H E H E R A L D .

A. R. B., Aurora, concludes a let ter , f u l l of brother ly "words, as follows :

" I have read tj ie vision" jewelled in to lan-guage in the twe l f th number of the HERALD OF PROGRESS to many listeners, and it has al-ways done t hem good and reached their hear ts like gospel harmonies awakened by the touch of angel fingers. I am glad to see the assur-ances of prosperi ty in behalf of your sheet. I hope you will ho ld i t above all retrograde isms, and decaying appetites, and sacred to demonst ra t ive t ru th , and real spirit forces, and na tura l laws, unt i l you have drawn a round you an a r m y of correspondents whose souls are baptized w i th the social e lements of t h e celestial spheres, and wi th the universal realities of t rue l i fe . ' ' Amen , Brother !

A N O T H E R T E S T M E D I U M .

J . V., of Ann Arbor, Mich., ment ions the fact t h a t Spiri tualism has received a f resh impulse in t h a t region, t h rough the medium-ship of Henry Slade, of Albion. By means of tests by physical manifesta t ions , and by heal-

he is " doing a good work wherever he goes ."

A W O R D TO P U B L I C S

N. N. , Mexico, N. Y., condenses in to a few lines an excellent t hough t upon t h e f au l t of many public speakers in employing " h a r d words , ' ' the meaning of which are no t gener-ally unders tood :

" H o w impor tant it is in teaching the masses our heavenly philosophy, t h a t it bo done in plain and simple language. I11 fact , teaching not understood is jus t no teaching a t all . Now, if you can suggest a remedy, th rough the HERALD, to our wor thy speakers and wri-ters on this impor tan t subject, you will confer on us country folks quite a favor, and aid the cause of t r u t h general ly.

A V O I C E FROM T H E M I N E S .

W. C. B., Tuo lumne Co., Cal., appends a few words to a long list of subscribers :

I find on inquiry in the camps where I happen to be, t h a t there are far more inquir-ers and believers than I supposed. Indeed, some of m y nearest neighbors, whom I did no t suspect,"avow their belief tha t something bet ter for the present age than old theology is required, and welcome tlio New Philosophy mos t cordially.

' 'There is more investigation going on here than ever before ; and if the coming political to rnado does n o t distract the minds of people too much , there will be a rich harvest to show tha t invest igat ion lias n o t been in va in . "

O U R H E A L T H D E P A R T M E N T .

M . M . M . , K i l l i u g l y , C t . , v o l u n t e e r i n g t o

cast her influence for the more extended cir-c u l a t i o n of t ho HERALD OF PROGRESS, t r u t h -fu l ly r e m a r k s : .

The Health Department, a t least, insure i t a tolerable welcome. For even

ure concerned, ami ' 'W - .1 the otherwise despised (luead.

Will not other subscribers profit by t l iu iiiffgcstiou, and introduce our m e t a l col-

umns to the notice of all suilerers f rom dis-ease ?

6 Attractive Miscellany.

"All tliinffB am engaged in w i l i n g thoir history -The air is full ofsoiindu; tho «ky. of tokens: the ground is all memoranda anil signature*; ami every oojeei covered with hints, which speak to tho intelligent.

For the Horaltl of Progress. T R U T H SHALL P R E V A I L .

BV SAB AII.

When reason is blinded By dogmas and creeds.

Like one absent-minded, Blind faith the soul leads

In dreamy delusion. Where painful confusion

Huge phantoms oft breeds.

And why do we wonder So many thus led,

The yoke who are under. Are fearful to tread

Outside of the landmarks ? Tho old error-landmarks

Of reverent Dread. And if one e'er chances

Outside them to stray, Who's caught the clear glance3

Of reason's glad ray, If wisely contented,

"He's sadly demented — Is Satan's sad prey.'*

He's told that his reason "Is carnal and blind,"

And t h a t " it is treason To God and mankind "

To follow its beck'niug— '•A great day of reck'uing

He surely will find."

So 'tis with tho "rover " That strays from the fold.

The walls who leaps over, So tott'ring and old,

Where wan guards of Error Sit watching in terror

The " wolves " to behold.

Whoever alighting Outside them that sees

Green pastures inviting, And fruit-laden trees.

Cares not for their hissing. While freedom is kissing

His brow with its breeze.

Oh.no! while regaling In heaven's free air,

For envious railing Why, why should he care?

When nature beguiling, All round him is smiling.

Ench&ntingly fair.

Rejoice! for the morning Of love, truth, and right,

In vestal adorning, Breaks forth on our s ight ;

Each gloomy tradition Of old superstition

Shall pass with the night.

See we its blest glimmers, Its star-jeweled train,

As hopeful it shimmers O'er hill-top and plain!

Around us and o'er us, Join we the glad chorus.

Amen! and amen! MIAMI, Ind . , J u n e , 1860.

Hortensia; OK,

T H E D O U B L E L I F E .

BV H E I N R I C H Z S C H O K K E .

CHAPTER V.

I will not mention here all tha t she spoke a t different times, bu t will only select and place in a better connection what ' she revealed concerning things which excited my sympa thy or curiosity.

As I once remarked, t ha t she lost much in not being able to recollect in her na tu ra l and v e « e t a t l v e d e p a r t m e n t has recrui ted its pow waking state, what she. durintr the shor t t ime e r s - 1 1 i s n o t t h e s o u l w h i c h becomes fa t igued

seriously to th ink , we seek solitude aud quiet , and withdraw ourselves as it were f rom with-out, and nei ther see nor hear.

" The more the mind can bo removed f rom outward life, the nearer it approaches to its purer state : thc more it is separated f rom the activity of the senses, the more clear ami cer-tain it th inks. We know tha t some of the most remarkable discoveries have been m a d e in the state betwixt sleeping and waking, when the outward doors were half closed, and spir i tual life remained undis turbed by foreign in te rmixture .

•• Sleep is not to be regarded as the inter-ruption of tbe perfect conscious life ; b u t the ear th ly waking is to be regarded us such an in ter rupt ion , or r a t h e r as a l imitat ion of it. Since by ear th ly waking the soul 's act ivi ty is directed as it were, to lixed pa ths and l imits , and on the other side, the a t t ract ions of thc outer world influence i t so powerful ly , tha t the remembrance of the purer life disappears; still more so, since on the ea r th ly waking the a t t en t ion of the spirit itself is distracted, and is a t t rac ted to the guard ing of the body in all its single parts . Yes, Emanue l , sleep is pro-perlv the full awaking of the sp i r i t ; the cart hi v waking, as it were a s lumber or s tunn ing of the spirit. The ear thly sleep is a spiri tual sunset for the outer world, bu t a clear sunrise in the inner world.

•• Yet, even amid the distract ions of thc ear thlv waking, we perceive, occasionally, glimpses of another l i fe we have passed through, though we do no t always know how to express it. So one sees f rom high moun t -ains. in a summer n ight , the late or early red of a sun. and of a day t h a t has depar ted, which is the portion of o ther countr ies on the globe. Often with wonderful quickness, in extraor-dinary accidents, t h o u g h t s a n d resolut ions occur to m e n necessary to thei r safety , with-out foregone considerations wi thout reflec-tion. We know not from whence they spring. Connection fails between our previous ideas and this sudden and commanding one. Men usually say it is as if a good spiri t , or a divini-ty, had inspired me with tho t h o u g h t . At o ther times, we see and hear in ou r daily life something t h a t we seem already to have seen or h e a r d ; a n d ye t we cannot f a thom how, or when, or where, and we imagine i t to be a s ingular repeti t ion, or some resemblance to a dream.

" I t is no t ex t raord inary . Emanue l , t ha t our conscious being never e n d s ; t h a t is, t h a t whether sleeping or waking, i t ever advances; since it is so, how can i t cease ? Bu t wonder-ful is the change—thc ebb and flow—the h i ther and th i the r t u r n i n g of life f r o m the inner to t h e outwurd, and f r o m the ou twa rd to t h e inner .

" H i e spirit, c lo thed by thc soul, as the sun is b y i ts rays, flying t h rough the f i rmament of the world, can exist as well wi thou t a bod}", as the sun wi thout foreign worlds. But thc worlds w i thou t the sun are dead—loosened f rom their path ; t h e body w i thou t thc soul is dus t .

" T h e body has its own l ife, as every p lan t lives : t hough the ear th ly powers of life mus t first be awakened t h rough the spiri t . These rule and move themselves according to thei r own laws, independent of the soul. Wi thou t our will and knowledge, wi thou t t h e will and knowledge of the body, i t grows, digests its nour i shment , makes the blood flow, a n d changes in manifold ways its inheri tance. It inhales and exhales ; i t evaporates a n d d raws invisible nour i shment for i ts wants f rom the a tmosphere . Hut, like o ther p lants , it is de-pendent upon the outward tilings, by which it nourishes itself. I t s condi t ion changes with n igh t and day, l ike the condit ion of every flower: i t raises or relaxes i t s e l f ; i ts powers of life consume themse lves l ike an invisible fire, which demands f resh nourish-men t .

" O n l y by a sufficient supply of the vegeta-ble powers of life, is the body fitted for the soul to enter in to a close union with it , o ther -wise i t is a heterogeneous substance. If its powers become too much consumed or ex-hausted, tbe spir i tual life d raws itself back f rom the outward to the in te r ior p a r t ; t h a t we caU sleep—an in te r rup t ion of t h e act ivi ty of the senses. The soul r e t u r n s again in to union with the ou te r parts , so soon as t h e

again in dreams. So do they bring from the inner world much knowledge to the outer . Dream is t he na tura l mediator , tho bridge be-tween the outward and t h e inner l i fe . "

C H A N C E S .

These were perhaps the most remarkable ideaB which she ut tered, ei ther spontaneously or excited by quest ions ; it is t rue, n o t in the order in which they are here placed, bu t as r e g a i n s t h e expressions, very l i t t le different f rom them. Much tha t she said, i t was im-possible for m e to give again, since, with the connection of the conversat ion, it lost much of the delicacy of its m e a n i n g ; much re-mained wholly unintel l igible to mc.

It was also my faul t t h a t I neglected lend-ing her back a t tho r ight time upon m a n y th ings tha t remained obscure to mc. I soon remarked , tha t she did n..t in all her hours of t ransfigurat ion discern and speak with equal c learness—that she gradually l iked less to converse on these subjects, and a t last discon-tinued them entirely, and spoke almost only of household affairs or the s ta te of her hea l th . This she constant ly affirmed was improving, though for a long t ime we could perceive n o traces of i t . She continued, as formerly, to indicate t o us w h a t she mus t eat and d r ink when awake, and what would be beneficial and wha t prejudicial fo her. She showed an aversion to a lmost all drugs, but , on the con-t rary , desired daily an ice-cold bath , and a t last* sea-water baths . As t h e spring ap-proached. her t ransfigurations became shor ter .

I will by no means describe here the h i s to ry of Hor tens ia ' s i l lness, b u t will in few words s ta te , tha t in seven m o n t h s a f t e r ray arr ival she was so fa r restored, t h a t she could no t on ly receive t h e visits of s t rangers , b u t also r e tu rn them, and could even go to church , thea t re and balls, though only for a few h o u r s a t a t ime. T h e coun t was beside himself with joy . He loaded his daugh te r with presents, and fo rmed a round her a var ious a n d costly circle of amusements . Connected with t h e first houses of Venice, or courted by t hem ei ther on account of his weal th, or t h e beauty of his daugh te r , i t could n o t fail t h a t every day in the week was metamorphosed in to a fest ival .

He had h i t he r to in fac t , lived like a her-mit , depressed by Hor tens ia ' s mis for tune , and kep t in a cons tan t constrained a n d anx ious s ta te b y t h e miracles connected with h e r ill ness. Therefore , he had become confined to a n intercourse with ine. Besides, f rom wan t of firmness of mind , a n d th rough m y influ-ence over Hor tens ia ' s life, and by a k ind of supers t i t ious respect for m y person, he allowed himself to bo wil l ingly pleased with wha t 1 directed. He yielded to me, if I m a y so call it, a k ind of g o v e r n m e n t over himself , a n d obeyed m y wishes with a degree of submission which was unp leasan t to myself , t hough I never abused it.

Now t h a t Hor tens ia ' s recovery restored to h i m a mind f ree f r o m care, and the long de-nied e n j o y m e n t of br i l l iant pleasures, his* de-por tmen t toward me changed. I t is t rue . I cont inued to hold t he direction over his house and fami ly affairs, which h e had formerly given up to me. e i ther f r o m blind confidence or for his convenience, b u t he wished t h a t 1 should conduc t his affairs under some name in his service. As I firmly refused to place myself in bis pay, and remained t rue to the con-di t ions under wliich I bar! first engaged with h i m , h e appeared torn...,. . \ u tuo of necessity He int roduced m e • — fr iend ; y e t Ids pride-to be a mere citizen, as being f rom one of t h c Herman noble families, this fa lsehood, bu t was obliged to yield t o t h e ent rea t ies of liis weakness. T h u s I entered in to t h e Venet ian circles, and was received everywhere . I t is t rue , t h e coun t cont inued to be m y f r i end , t h o u g h n o t en t i re ly us for-mer ly , since I was n o longer his on ly one.

f rom an engagement which gave me but l i t t le joy . and no greater consolation, than the m o m e n t when Hortens ia ' s perfect hea l th would render my presence unnecessary.

P R I N C E C H A R L E S .

Among those who in Venice connected themselves most in t imately with us, was a rich young man , who, descended f rom one of the noblest I ta l ian families, bore the title of prinoe. I shall call h i m Charles. He was of n pleasing figure, with fine manners , intellect-ual, quick, and prepossessing. The nobil i ty of his features, as well ns the fiery glance of bis eye, betrayed an irr i table t emperament , l ie lived a t an immense expense, and was more vain than proud. He served for Gome t ime in t h e French a rmy. Tired of tha t , he was upon the po in t of visi t ing the mos t dis-t inguished European cities and courts. The accidental acquaintance which he made with Coun t l l onuegg . detained h im longer in Venice t han h e a t lirst in tended: for he had seen Hortensia , and joined himself to her crowd of

possible. I again adored her . Silently, and wi thou t hope, I pined away in my passion. I knew, by anticipation, t h a t m y f u t u r e sepa-ration f rom her would take me to the grave . W h a t made m y si tuat ion worse, was a d ream, which I f rom time to t ime bad of he r , and always in the same or similar form. Some-t imes I was s i t t ing in a s t range room - s o m e -t imes on thc seashore—sometimes in a cave under overhanging rock—sometimes on the moss-covered t r u n k of an oak , in a grea t soli-tude, and with a deeply agitated soul ; then came Hortensia , and looking upon me with thc kindest compassion, said. •• Wherefore so melancholy, dear Faust r " and thereupon each time' j awoke, and the tone in which she spoke thri l led th rough me. Th i s tone was echoed t o m e the whole day. I heard it in the bust le of the city, the crowd of company, in the song of the gondoliers, a t the opera, everywhere. Some night* when I had this d ream, I waked as soon as Hortensia had opened her m o u t h to m a k e t h e usual ques-

i ior tensia , and joined himself to h e r crowd of a m l t h c n i m a S i n e d t h a t I ac tua l lv hea rd admirers . In pursui t of her he soou seemed t h ^ v o i c c w i thou t

to f o r g e t e v e r y t h i n g else. Dreams former ly m t h e world used to be His r a n k , his fo r tune , his numerous and d r e a m s ; b u t in t h e s t r ange 'circle i n t o which

br i l l iant re t inue, and his pleasing exter ior 1 U!LS P l a c o d ''.v n i v dest iny, even d reams had pleasing exter ior , flattered Hor tens ia ' s pride and self-love. Wi thou t d is t inguishing him from t h e o thers by a n y par t icular favor , she ye t liked to see him near her . A single confidential fr iendly look, was sufficient to excite in him the bold-es t hopes.

T h e old Count H o n n e g g , no less flattered

an unusua l character . I was one day regula t ing some accounts in

the c o u n t ' s room, and had laid some le t ters before h im for his s ignature . He was called to receive some of the Venetian nobil i ty, who had come to visit h i m , Believing he would soon re turn , I th rew myself upon a chair a t

by t h e pr ince 's addresses, m e t t hem half way t . h o ^ d ' - w ^ a n d T k m t o a t ' e p melancholy showed him a preference over all . a n d soon > o o n

lI \ e a r d f o o t - s t < 'P s - a n ' 1 countess , who

changed a mere acquaintance in to a close inti- s o u ® h t her f a t h e r stood near me . I was mac v. I doubted n o t for a m o m e n t t h a t the n u \ c h s t a r t i ° ' J ; w , f c h o n t knowing wherefore, c o u n t bad secretly chosen the pr ince for his | » n d ^ P ^ t f u l y ? r o 8 c -

Hor tens ia ' s indis- . 8 0 ( l e a r * a u s t ? _ Hor tens ia . son-in-law. No th ing b u t posit ion and a fear of her humors , appeared to p r e v e n t both t h e f a the r and lover f rom more open approaches.

The prince had heard , in conversat ion with t h e count , of Hor tens ia ' s t ransf igurat ions . He burned wi th a desire to see her in th is ex-t raordinary s ta te , and t h e countess , who well knew t h a t this s ta te was f a r f r o m being disad-vantageous to her , gave h im, wha t she h a d h i t h e r t o denied to every s t ranger , permission to be present a t one of t h e m .

He came one a f t e r n o o n , w h e n we k n e w Hortens ia would s ink in to th is r emarkab le sleep, as she a lways announced i t in t h e pre ceding one. I c a n n o t d e n y t h a t I fel t a l i t t le touch of jealousy as t h c prince en te red t h e room. Hi the r to , I had been the happy one to w h o m the countess , b y preference in her miraculous glorifications, had t u r n e d her exter ior graces and in te l lec tual beau ty .

Charles approached l igh t lv over the so f t . , . . , ., • , carpet , m o v i n g on tip-toe! H e believed tha t , , n ? i a y 0 , , t h ° she reallv s lumbered as her eyes were closed. " tl ^ * " i f T imid i ty a n d de l igh t were expressed in h i s d reamed t h e same a s myse l f , a n d t h e fea tures as he gazed on t h e c h a r m i n g figure.; ( l r ' a m h a d b c c n accomplished in h f e . which, in her whole appearance , d iscovered s o m e t h i n g ex t raord ina ry .

Hor tens ia a t l eng th lw2nn to speyk s h e conversed with m e in her usual affect ionate m a n n e r . I was again , as ever , h e r E m a n u e l , who gove rned h e r t hough t s , will, and who le , r

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being ; a l anguage which sounded very on-1 A S f * 0 " 1 * * * * * J *

with h e r own peculiar loveliness, spir i tual-izing m y whole being, a n d with the s a m e voice whose tones sounded so moving ly in m y dreams. She then laughed, as if surprised a t her own quest ion, or as tonished at herself, rubbed t h o u g h t f u l l y h e r brow, and said, a f t e r a w h i l e , " W h a t is t h i s ? I fancy tha t it has occurred before. It is ex t r ao rd ina ry . I have once before found you exac t ly a t this mo-men t , anil even so ques t ioned you. Is th i s n o t s ingular ? "

" N o t more s ingular t han I have experi-enced . " said I . " s i n c e n o t once, but roanv times, have I d reamed t h a t you discovered me . and asked in t h e same words, t h e same quest ions which you have now had t h e good-ness to d o . "

T h e c o u n t came in and in te r rup ted our s h o r t conversat ion. Bu t this , apparent ly in itself u n i m p o r t a n t inc ident , caused me much reflection : never theless , m y researches

[7*o be Continued.]

TF.YPOLEOHT'S . E R O X A I S , OR A I R -S H I P .

" I m igh t commence th is le t te r in the words

DB1HK , n innuuajie w i u a i ooiaiucu \ ei \ un- ,, . , , . • .- - • —o p t a S i g to t h e prince, and which to mc was ' l t V , " ™ ° m k ' r m > o f ','f ' m ° » f never very Mattering. Hor tens ia , however, ' ! n t " V ™ ! . ! 1 " 1 ? ™ ' ' ! °< '"-.rveIs, &c h u t began t o appear more rest less and a n i o n s . 0 1 J",'S|« ot such epi thets , I will Xhe asserted several t imes t h a t she fel t pains , , t h a t t h e news I g ive yon , b u t t h o u g h she could no t tell wherefore. I ro„J i.»t received comes f rom one in a s i tua t ion tkrned to ihe prince t h a t he should reach . . . . ^ J ^ S S ^ t ^ . ^ } J " " " "

waking state, what she, dur ing the shor t t ime of her t ransfigurat ion, thought , saw and spoke, she replied:

" She loses nothing, since the ear th ly wak-

or exhaus ted , but t h e body: thc soul is no t s t rengthened by rest, b u t t h e body. So there is a cons tan t ebb ami flood, an ou t s t r eaming

ing is only one part of her life, tha t termi- m u l r e t rea t ing of t h e spir i tual essence in us, nates in certain single ends ; it is only circtun- Perhaps conformable to t h e changes of day scribed outward life. Bu t in the true, un- a n < 1 n i g h t limited, interior, pure life, she is conscious of wha t has passed in her waking s ta te .

" The internal pure life aud consciousness continues in every person unbroken, even in the deepest fa in t ing , as i n the deepest sleep, which is only a fa int ing of another k ind and f rom other causes. During sleep, as in a faint ing fit, the soul withdraws its activi ty f rom the ins t ruments of the senses back to the spirit. One is also then conscious to him-self, when without, he appears unconscious because the lifeless senses are silent.

" When thou ar t suddenly aroused f r o m a deep sleep on waking, a dark remembrance

' ' The greater p a r t of our existence we watch ou tward ly ; we should do so, since t h e body was given to us on e a r t h , on condit ion of our ac t iv i ty . The body and its incl inat ions g ive our ac t iv i ty a de te rmined direction. There is some th ing grea t aud wonder fu l in th is econo-m y of God.

" W i t h age the body loses tbe facul ty of rees tabl ishing its powers of life in a sufficient degree to sus ta in in a l l its pa r t s its in t imate union wi th the soul. The in s t rumen t , for-merly duct i le and supple, stiffens and becomes useless to the spiri t . T h e soul wi thdraws itself again in to the inter ior . T o the spirit

« II 11 COIlt UJ.>1"I l>, 11 UIVU sue ll<>> I 111'I. UOU ll'Itt • , . - . . , long t ime . Char les w a s ' o b l i g e d has t i ly to u t c n o r c o u r t s o f t hecas t l e . Napoleon en te r s leave t h e room. He was qu i te beside himself .!! '!. n ^ ; s t G O ° f l a e £ t i a l cour t iers w i th ter ror . Af te r some t ime, Hor tens ia re-covered f r o m h e r c ramps . " N e v e r br ing tha t i m p u r e c rea ture to me a g a i n , " said she.

never accompany h i m . T h e Empress , how-ever, is al lowed to go with h i m . W h a t does tho mas te r of France busy h imsel f a b o u t in this es tab l i shment ? It is a ques t ion which those who have t h e pr ivi lege of t h e cast le , ask in vain, b u t which I will answer for you . He is successfully s tudy ing t h e problem of

Th i s accident , which even a larmed me, pro-We n o longer, as before, l ived exclusively for I duced unp leasan t consequences. The prince and with one ano the r . regarded m e f r o m th is m o m e n t as his rival,

Yet more r emarkab le was the metamorphose and conceived a grea t ha t r ed toward me . . , . v -in Hor tens ia o n her convalescence. I n her T h e coun t , who allowed himself to be entirely ' e n a l n m ' W ' 1 0 " - * o u recollect pe rhaps t h a t t ransf igura t ions , she was, as ever , all cood- governed by h im. appeared to become suspi-1 s o r u e m o n t h s since a certain engineer by t h e ness ; but the old ha t e a n d avers ion, du r ing S o u s of Hor tens ia ' s feelings. T h e mere «fT« exhibi ted at the Palace of I n -

t h o u g h t t h a t t h e countess m i g h t acquire a n

vrillsweep before thee,as if thou hadst thought remains all its inward ac t iv i ty , even till all of something before awaking, or as t hou "u ion wi th t h e body is impeded ; this tmnkes t , dreamed, though thou knowest not arr ives only t h rough t h e des t roying power of wha t i t is. The sleep-walker lies in the fast age or sickness. T h e loosening of the soul sleep of the outward senses; he hears and f rom t h e body is the restorat ion of t h e first. sees, not with eyes and ears, nevertheless he is not only in the utmost perfection conscious of himself and knowsexactlv what lie th inks speaks aud under takes ; b u t he remembers also everything of his outward waking, and knows even the place where lie, waking* hud his pen.

" The sick knows very well t ha t she now appears to thee pe r fec t : but in fact, the pow-ers of her mind and soul are no t more exalted or commanding than formerly, though less

I t f requent ly announces itself by predic-tions a t the hour of dea th , and o ther prophe-cies.

" T h e more h e a l t h y t h e body, so m u c h thc more is t h e soul entirely un i ted with all par ts of the body ; and the m o r e closely i t is bound to it , so much t h e less capable i t is of predict-ing ; i t is then, as if the soul, in ex t raord inary moments of enthusiasm, unshackled, as i t were, sees in to fu tu r i ty .

" The re t reat of t h e soul f r o m the ou te r

the r ema in ing p a r t of t h e day , appeared grad-ually to disappear . Ei ther more obedien t to thc admoni t ions of her f a the r , or f r o m h e r own feel ings of g ra t i tude , she control led her-self so as n o t to wound me, ci ther by word or look. I t was permi t ted me f r o m t i m e to t ime, t h o u g h on ly fo r a few m o m e n t s , to pay my most respectful homage to her, as a gues t of the house, as a fr iend of the count , and as an actual physician.

I could even a t last , w i thou t danger of ex-ci t ing an ou tb reak of her anger , be in the society where she was. Indeed, t h i s effort o r habi t proceeded so fa r . t h a t she conld a t last with indifference, suffer m e to d ine a t table, when t h e c o u n t was a lone or had guests . Bu t even then I a lways saw her pride th rough h e r manne r s , as she looked d o w n upon me, a n d except w h a t decency and common polite-ness demanded , I never received a single word f r o m her .

For myself , my life was t ru ly on ly half gay , t hough f r o m m y grea te r f r e e d o m I fel t more comfor table . The a m u s e m e n t s in to which I was drawn diverted me. w i t h o u t in-creasing in)- c o n t e n t m e n t . In the mids t of bustle, I o f t en longed for sol i tude, which was more congenial to my na ture . I t was m y in-variable de te rmina t ion , so soon a s the cure of lower, or toward persons w h o m one so the countess was perfected, to regain m y daily, w h o belong to t h e household, a n d to fo rmer l iber ty . 1 longed with eagerness the whom one feels indebted for the services they

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should do. Even the most fluent human speech is tedious and difficult, since i t neither win represent all the peculiarities of the t hough t s and feelings, nor the rapid changes and course of the ideas, bu t only single parts of the onflowing cur ren t of t hough t .

" I n the purer life, a l though the tools of t h e senses rest, there is a more complete and exact remembrance of t h e past, t han in thc earthly waking. Since a t the ear th ly waking, the AM, streams th rough t h e open doors of perception too powerful—almost s tunn ing . Therefore, Emanuel , thou knowest when we wish during our ear thly waking, deeply and

, produces the last a t t r ac t ion of t h e senses, and the first act ivi ty of the free inte-rior life. By the waking, t h e last ray of the inner world mixes itself with the first l ight of the outward world. I t is difficult to disen-tangle what particularly apper ta ins to t h e one or the o t h e r ; but it iB always ins t ruct ive to observe dreams. Since the spirit, even in its inner activity, occupies itself with tha t which a t t rac ted i t in the outward life, one can ex-pound the movements of the sleep-waker. t h o u g h , when the outward senses of tin-sleep-waker are again unlocked, he can re-member nothing of wha t he did dur ing his extraordinary Btate, ye t i t can re turn to hi

incl ination for m e , was insuppor tab le to his pride. Both »tlie pr ince ami coun t uni ted themselves more firmly together ; kep t m e a t a g rea te r distance f rom the countess , except du r ing tire t ime of h e r miraculous s leeps ; agreed upon the marr iage , and the c o u n t opened the wishes of the prince to his daugh-ter . She , a l t h o u g h flattered by the a t t en -tions of tbe prince, demanded permission to reserve her declara t ion till the complete res tora t ion of her hea l th . Charles, in the meanwhi le , was general ly regarded as t h e be-t ro thed of the countess . He was her cons tant a t t e n d a n t , a n d she t h c queen of all his fetes .

1 soon discovered that 1 began to be in the w a y — t h a t wi th Hor tens ia ' s recovery I had s u n k in to m y original no th ingness . My former d isconten t ret urned, and n o t h i n g made my s i tuat ion suppor table b u t t h a t Hor ten-sia, n o t only in in her t ransf igurat ions , b u t soon o u t of t hem, did me justice. N o t on ly was her old aversion toward me changed in to

styled, f rom i ts 6liape, t h e Flying Fish. The Empero r was present a t m a n y exper imen t s wi th it, and was so s t ruck with i ts workings , t h a t he has fu rn i shed M. Ver t with large s u m s to cont inue his exper iments and t o cons t ruc t a new and larger icrial vessel. This l a t t e r one has been bui l t a t Fonta ineb leau , a n d seems l ikely to solve the problem of cont ro l l ing the m o v e m e n t of air-ships. T h e Empero r , w ho, as you know, is a ski l l fu l mechanic , has been ab le to aid the engineer with his counsels, and has given h im some new ideas.

Now what is t h e object of ou r sovereign * Does he wish to m a k e use of this new dis-covery to the prejudice of civil ization, or does be in tend to employ it as a n i n s t r u m e n t of his amb i t i on? Shall we present ly see the Great Eastern out -d is tanced in i ts t r ip to New-York by a vast it-rial ship ? Or r a the r is t h i s new mach ine dest ined to come down, one of these days, with a formidable crew of Zouaves, upon the peaceful ci t izens of London, a n d bv

arr ival of t ha t momen t , since I fel t too deeply t h a t the passion with which Hor tens ia ' s beauty inspired me would become m y misfor-tune. I had s t ruggled aga ins t i t , a n d Hor-tensia ' s pride aud hatred for me rendered t h e s t ruggle more easy. To h e r feelings of high noble b i r th , I opposed mvc i t i zen feelings to her malicious persecutions, the consciousness of m y innocence and her ingra t i tude . If there were m o m e n t s when the cha rms of her person affected me—who could remain insen-sible to so m a n y ?—there were m a n y m o r e in which her offensive behavior en t i re ly disgust-ed m e , and caused m y hea r t a bi t terness which bordered on aversion. Her indifference to-ward mc was as s t rong a proof of t he wan t of g ra te fu l feelings in her disposit ion, as I n -former aversion. At last 1 avoided Hor tens ia more assiduously than she did me. Could she have regarded me wi th indifference, she mus t have discovered iri my whole behavior how grea t was my scorn of her .

Thus , dur ing Hor tens ia ' s gradual recovery, had the s i tuat ions between us all, unremark-ed and singularly enough, wholly changed. 1 had no a rden t wish, except soon to be freed

respec t ; to an affable fr iendliness, such a s the mode rn Spl iynx, and for whose riddle I >ne is accustomed to f r o m t h e h igher to t h e canno t boast ot being t h e Oedipus. Be th is

s^.s as it may . I s imply r emind you, in view of wha t I have just m a t e d , t ha t the word impos-sible is no t F rench according to Napoleon I., and t h a t under t h e reign of his nephew, t h e improbable t ends more and more to become the real."—Correspondence of the Amsterdamsche Cou-rant.

perform. She t rea ted me as if I were really her phys ic ian- l iked to ask m y advice, m y permission, w h e n it concerned a n y enjoy-men t or pleasure ; fulfil led punc tua l ly m y di-rections, and could c o m m a n d herself to leave tho dance so soon as t h e h o u r was passed which I had fixed for licr. It occurred to me some-times, as if thc a u t h o r i t y of m y will had in par t passed over to her waking , since it began to act more weakly over her soul d u r i n g her t ransf igurat ions .

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Hortensia 's pr ide , obst inacy, a n d h u m o r , also passed away f r o m her like bad spirits. In her disposit ion, a lmost as lovely as du r ing her trance, she enchained no t less bv her out-ward charms, than by h e r a f fec t ion , 'humi l i ty , and g ra t e fu l k indness .

All this made my mis fo r tune . How could I, a daily witness of so m a n y perfec t ions , re-main indifferent ? I wished most earnest ly t h a t she migh t , as former ly , despise, offend, and persecute m e , t h a t I ' m i g h t the more easily separate f rom her , and could be able to despise her in re tu rn . But t h a t was now im-

THB " e v i l " t h a t we see in t h ings around us. in spiri ts , is b u t the reflection of ourselves in t h e mir ror of creat ion. W e are always pre t ty good ourselves—or t h i n k we are . A n -tagonism, e n m i t y , evil i n t en t s and purposes we see manifes ted in so-called spiri ts , is bu t the shadow of ourselves. If we have n o t learned th is fac t , we shal l surely find it in a f u t u r e lesson of our spiri tual educat ion. And when th is fact becomes a par t of ou r intel l i-gence, we m a y bid farewell to all the fear we have of evil spirits.—DR. A. B. CHILD.

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With a view of rendering himself more useful in his profession, ho has devoted two years of study and labor in some of our best Medicat Colleges, Hospitals. Water CurcB, <fcc., applying himself to the various scientific pursuits pertaining to Medicino, Surgery, Pathology, Obstetrics, Therapeutics, &c., &c., with gratifying roaulto.

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Although his groat success lies in his healing powers, without the uso of any medicines, he is prepared to apply the Electro-Magnetic Battery, Chemical Baths, and Hydropathy, which he finds of use in many cases.

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NEW YORK, April 30, 1800. NEW YORK AND ERIE RAILROAD.

lions. „_„, ,,:„(,» nt Elmira. and pro-Tins train remains ovor nigm a* e e W a v ' a t ' S T M > r Middletown, Nowburgh. and intermediate stations. , FOR DUNKIRK. Bnf-

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Notiecs of New Books. ' Ta len t a lone eannot make a w r i t e r ; t he re m u s t be i

whole mind behind tho book . "

T H E SIIEKINAH : D r . GRISWOLD, E d i t o r , B a t a -via, Genesee Co., N. V. W e acknowledge the receipt of the first

n u m b e r of this new enterpr ise . I t contains several good things, and will, no doubt , sub-serve t h e spiritual ends contemplated. One of the prominent themes of this publication seems to be " t h e importance tha t will ult i-ma te ly be recognized in the advent of Eli jah t o this wor ld . " I t is s tated t h a t among m e n th is revelator is known as " E l i j a h , " bu t a t home, in thc higher life, he is called Elijah (This expla ins the supposed defective orthogra-phy of Dr. G. while edi t ing the now departed '' Sunbeam.'') The Editor is a ta lented and earnest man, and we hope he will no t be dis-regarded by the friends of f ree invest igat ion.

This first n u m b e r contains, also, a criticism upon a medical article by t h c Editor of this journa l - in which the Doctor exposes certain supposed physiological errors in the article aforesaid, objects to " cha rcoa l s k e t c h e s " medicine, eulogizes the remedial vir tues of quinine in all bilious diseases, and l aments t h a t reformers should ignore " t h e doctor who believes in the efficacy of d rugs ! "

Thc Shekinah will be published month ly a t the small price of fifty cents a year. " W e i n t e n d , " says the Editor , " t o occupy i ts pages to a considerable extent with Reviews and Bibliographical notices of the books and current l i terature of Spiritualism, allowing no idea of importance to escape notice. In t h i s respect it will differ mater ial ly f r o m any publication e x t a n t . "

LETTER FROM GEN. C . F . HEXXINT.SEX i n r e p l y t o t h e LETTER OK VICTOR HUGO, o n t h e H a r per 's Ferry Invasion. New York : Davies & Kent , 113 Nassau street .

T H E RIGHT W A Y THE SAFE W A T , p r o v e d b y Emancipation in the British West Indies and elsewhere. By L. Maria Child. Our notice of these two pamphle ts 6hall

consist of extracts, which wiU exhibi t the peculiar meri ts of each in a m u c h s t ronger l ight than any th ing we can 6ay.

( P r o m " The»Letter ."J THE .NEGRO INCAPABLE OF FREEDOM

" T h e improvidence and idleness of the ne-gro were supposed by eminent Southern men to be the natural result of servitude ; and i t was believed that , like other races whom ag-gression had debased, he would, with its re-moval , assert his manhood, and learn to walk. But protracted discussion of tliis subject, by the l ight of increased investigation and by the experience of subsequent events, has en-tirely al tered these convictions, and substi-tuted for them others a t which i t may seem sad tha t men should have arrived, bu t ye t not rat ionally to bo avoided. These convic-tions, to which the most eminent Southern men who formerly advocated emancipation, become reluctant converts—now universally enter ta ined in the South and shared by large numbers of intell igent men in the free States, are . t ha t the negro race has a different, and , in some respects, inferior mental organiza-tion, certainly, to the Caucasian race, and probably to every other , and tha t he is want-ing in natural capacity for f r eedom." THE FREE NEGRO ALWAYS RELAPSES INTO BAR-

BARISM.

" I n the West India Islands t h e f ree negro has rich lands, a congenial cl imate, and pro-tection against self-imposed despotism or sla-very. In Camula atfd in the free States of the North, he is surrounded by highly civil-ized majorities, who extend to h im counten-

sixty per cent, du r ing the twen ty years pre-ceding the last census ."

WHAT ONB SEES ON LANDING IN JAMAICA. "On landing in the island, the first s ights

t h a t m e e t y o u r e y e s , a r e t h e n e g r o w o m e n TUB MAN-MILE r n o r « T SF.RIOCBI.Y DIMINISHED

of them have mahogany Iwdsteads and side-boards in their houses. How do they get such fu rn i tu re , except as the resul t of their own toil ?*' '

forced to carry heavy loads of coal upon their heads by thei r fa thers , husbands, sons, or brothers , who bask idly oil the wharves, to coal the s teamer. Out of a crowded thorough-fare. more than half the colored population whom you meet , beg you for alms.

[ F r o m '• The Right W a y . " )

THE NEGRO INCAPABLE OF FREEDOM. " T h e Free Villages which have sprung up

since emancipation, are described by all t rav-elers as a new and most pleasing f u t u r e in the scenery of t h e West Indies. In the days of slavery, laborers general ly lived in tha tched hovels, wi th mud walls, thrown together wi thou t any order or a r rangement . A few calabashes," a water j a r , and a mor tar for pounding corn, main ly const i tuted their fur-ni ture . As the women were driven in to t h e fields to toil early and late, they had no t ime for household cleanliness. These negro dwell-ings looked picturesque in the distance, nest-l ing among palm trees and tamar ind groves ; but they would n o t bear a close inspection. As you came near theiu, t h e senses were of-fended by decaying vegetables, and nauseous effluvia. Now tho laborers live in Free \ il-

lages, regularly laid out . The houses are small , many of them, built of s tone or wood, with shingled roofs, green blinds, and veran-dahs. to shield t h e m f r o m the sun . Most of them are neat ly thatched, a n d genera l ly

BY KM A MCTPATION. " It is admi t ted tha t , in thc t ime of slavery,

planters, a t torneys, managers, merchants .e tc . . were licentious. Concubinage was common, and no t held in discredit. There was a loose-ness of conduct ami conversation, which could not fail to have an in jur ious effect on the mind . Youth was part icularly exposed to this degrading anil enervat ing influence,when there was no check to indulgence, no call to exercise contro l ; when too of ten a gentle-m a n ' s house was a k ind of brothel , and when instances occurred of p lan te rs keeping in slavery their own offspring by slave mothers . From what 1 have seen and heard, t h e h igher classes of the white population now appear to be exemplary in their c o n d u c t . "

TERRIFIC FEROCITY OF TUB EMANCIPATED NEGRO.

" W h e n the clock began to s t r ike twelve, on the 31st of .Iulv, 1834, there were nearly 30,-000 slaves in the island of Ant igua : when it ceased to s t r ike , they were all f r e e m e n !

" 1 ex t rac t f r o m T h o m e ' s West Indies the following account of tha t glorious t ransi t ion: ' T h e Wesleyans kep t ' w a t c h - n i g h t ' in all their chapels. One of the missionaries gave us an account of the watch-meet ing at tho chapel in St. .John's. The spacious house was filled with t h e candidates for l iberty. All was an imat ion ami eagerness. A migh ty chorus of voices swelled tin- song of expecta t ion and joy ; and . as they uni ted in prayer , the voice of the leader was drowned in the universal . , . , . , • , . . I • o i m c n - i u i e r vtoo u i w w i i e u i n n m i v > m » «

plastered and whitewashed outside and in n r ( . I a n m t i ( i n 8 o f t h a n k s g i v i n g ami praise, and They now have l o ^ i n g - g l a s s e s cha re and h honor , and glory to God, who side-boards decorated with p re t ty articles of h f t ( , c o * ' e d o w u f o r t ' h d r deliverance. In such glass a n d crockery. Each dwel l ing h a M s e x e r d ^ • W f l g fc un t i l t h e l i t t le plot of vegetables, general ly nea t y k e p , ^ t w e l v e a p p r o S c h e d . T h e miss ionary and many of t hem have flower ga rdens in ttrapropo6ed t h a t when the ca thedra l clock f ron t , g lowing wi th all the b r igh t hues of h ft y > . s t r ike , the whole congrega-t e tropics. In 1843, Mr. I hi l l ipposaid t h a t . t i o n ^ g j f a l , o n t h ; i r knees, and receive by a rough est imate, the n u m b e r of these vd- ^ < j f f , | n b i l e n c e . Accordingly.

people, m a k i n g al lowance for climate. an<*, s y m p a t h y , a n d a h L - Y e t , w i m U s e v e r y - Ul® W ° T - d f S display Htore

where "the resu l t? Lef t to himself , he faUs ? C o r f u , 1 ? n d P e e r i n g indus t ry . In the in to barbarism, despotism, and vi r tual servi- t i m C " ^ t r a i n e d l icentiousness t u d e . " was the order ot the day . Every es ta te and

every negro h u t was a bro the l . * Now. m a r -THE FREE NEGRO CNWILLING TO LABOR EXCEPT r i a g e i s t h e r u l e a n d c o n c u b i n a g e t h e e x c e p -

FROM COERCION. tion. Al though every trifling inf rac t ion of " H e is want ing in the capacity bo th for the laws (contrary to fo rmer usage,) is now

self-government, and for the en joyment of publicly known and punished by magis t ra tes , freedom in a manner beneficial even to him- empty jails, a n d the absence of serious offenses

f rom the calendar of t h c courts, are sufficient evidence of the general decrease of c r ime . ' " THE FREE NEGRO UNWILLING TO LABOR AND IM-

PROVIDENT.

Sir F ranc i s Hiuks , Governor of t h e Wind-ward Islands, says : ' Let me deal a t once with t h e popular delusion t h a t t h e African Creole-is natural ly i n d o l e n t ; for t h a t i t is a delusion, I have no doub t whatever . My opinion is in accordance with all t ha t 1 have hea rd f r o m the c lergymen of the various P ro t e s t an t churches, as well as f rom those of t h e Church of Rome. It is likewise in accordance with the opinions expressed b y t h e s t ipendary magistrates general ly , as I have found t hem in official documents . A Barhadoes proprie-tor, who s tands high in the es t imat ion of all who k n o w h im, wri tes to me t h u s : ' T h e r e never was a greater mis take , t h a n to suppose the negro will n o t work for hire . No m a n is more sensit ive to t h a t s t imulus , or works more readily, more cheerful ly , or more effect-ually, for the hope of reward'. I t is perfect ly astonishing how much a negro can do when lie is under the influence of a wholesome s t imulus ; and how li t t le he will do when t h a t is re-moved. '

Iiigcs in Jamaica was abou t two hund r ed , and the n u m b e r of acres of land purchased was not less than 100,000. I t was e s t ima ted t h a t in the course of four years, the emancipated apprent ices had paid £170,000 ($823,650) for land and buildings. And t h a t was done when wages were f r o m e ighteen to twenty- four cents a day, ou t of which they boarded them-selves ! '" THE FREE NEGRO ALWAYS RELAPSES INTO BAR-

BARISM.

" A despatch f r o m Sir Charles Metcalfe, read in the House of Commons , 1842, de-clares: ' T h e present condi t ion of t h e peas-a n t r y of Jamaica is very s t r ik ing . They are much improved in thei r habi ts , a n d arc gen-erally well-ordered and f ree f r o m crime. They subscribe for their respective churches, and a re cons tant in t he i r a t t endancc on divine worship, wearing good clothes, and m a n y of t hem rid-ing on horses. They send thei r children to school and pay for thei r schooling. ' ' I t ap-pears wonderful how so much has been accom-plished in the island, in building, p lant ing , digging, and mak ing fences. The n u m b e r of freeholders, who have become freeholders by their own industry and accumulat ion , amoun t -ed in 1840 to 7,340. '

•"The Jamaica Morning Journal in February , 1843, s ays : • I t is g ra t i fy ing to observe t h e impetus which has been g iven to agr icu l tura l and l i terary societies. W e do n o t recollect ever to have seen such vigorous efforts pu t for th for the improvement of t h e people a n d of agr icuf ture , us have been wi th in the last few months . '

' Rev. Mr. Phill ippo, wr i t ing in thc same year , savs : ' T h e t e r m indolent a m only be .pplied to the black populat ion in t h e absence

of r emune ra t i ng e m p l o y m e n t ; and even then -thev worked on their own provis ion-grounds, ca tas t rophe. T h e Emanc ipa t ion Act did no t Jamaica peasants are seldom seen l oung ing c a , !• s , '• u o n , . v precipi ta ted a resu l t which was about , lo i ter ing a long t h e roads, or spending inevi table . I t compelled a balance to be the i r money a t taverns a n d o the r s imi lar 1 s t ruck between tbe deb tors a n d the credi tors , places of resort . As for the grea t bulk of the w h i c h revealed, r a the r than begat , t h e pov-

er ty which now no effort can concea l . ' ' DECLENSION OF JAMAICA AFTER EMANCIPATION. " T h e governor , i f f l i i s speech a t tho open ing

of the h-gg^atuie, 1858, s a y s : ' A st i l l pro-

as t h e loud bell tol led its first note , the crowded assembly prost ra ted themselves. All was silence ! save the quiver ing, half-stifled b rea th of the s t rugg l ing spiri t . Slowly the tones of the clock fell upon t h e wai t ing mul -t i tude. Peal on peal, peal on peal, rolled over thc pros t ra te th rong , l ike angels ' voices, thr i l l ing thei r weary hear t -s t r ings . Scarcely had t h c last tone sounded, when l igh tn ing flashed vividly, and a loud peal of t h u n d e r rolled t h rough the sky. I t was God ' s pi l lar of fire! His t r u m p of Jub i l ee ! I t was fol-lowed by a m o m e n t of profound silence. T h e n came the ou tbur s t ! T h e y shouted ' Glory ! Hal le lu jah !' They clapped thei r hands , they leaped up, they fell down, they clasped each o ther in thei r f ree a rms , they cried, they laughed , they wen t to and f ro . t h rowing upwurd thei r unfe t te red hands . High above all, a m i g h t y sound ever a n d anon swelled up. I t was the u t te rance of g ra t i t ude to God, in b roken negro dialect . ' " PROSPERITY OF JAMA0IA BEFORE EMANCIPATION.

" M r . Bigelow, of thc New York Evening Post, visited Jamaica in 1 ). He says the island was u t t e r ly inso lven t a t the t ime the Emanc ipa t ion bill parsed. Nearly every es ta te was mor tgaged for more t han i t was worth, and was liable for more in te res t t han it could possibly pay. I t will n o t be disputed by any , w h o are a t all in formed on the sub-jec t , t ha t the whole real es ta te under cu l tu re i n Jamaica , in 1832, would n o t have sold for enough to pay off encumbrances . Th i s fac t m u s t have been disclosed sooner or la ter , even if slavery had been permi t ted to cont inue . Bankruptcy was inevi table ; and the rapid de-preciat ion of real es ta te would, of course, have been one of the first f ru i t s of such a

furnished by the board of trade. In the four years between 1853 and 1857. there has been an increase in the expor ts and impor ts of the West I ndies and <! uiana of £4,600,000 ($21,802,500.) Considering what mere specks these islands look on the map of America, i t is as tonishing t h a t their t rade t o a n d fro, in t h e year 1857, should actual ly a m o u n t to Jt 10,735,000 ($52,-011,075.) It is a l toge ther absurd to suppose this prosperity is owing to t h e immigra t ion of a few thousand laborers ; and in fact the islands which have received no immigran t s a re qui te as flourishing as those who have. In teres ted part ies describe thc negro as bar-barous and idle; b u t I find ample evidence tha t they arc l iving in a high degree of in-dustry and c o m f o r t ; though I a d m i t t ha t they somewhat prefer working on f reeholds they have purchased, to laboring for h i re . ' "

JAMAICA PLANTERS LONG TO HAVE SLAVERY RESTORED.

" E v e n amid all the desolat ion and dis-couragement of 1850, Mr. Bigelow says : ' I made extensive inquiry, b u t I did no t find a mnn upon the island who regret ted the Emancipat ion Act, or who, if I m a y t ake their own professions, would have restored slavery if i t had beeu in their power. ' "

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self, because unwilling, except under coercion, to labor, and deficient in providence and fore-though t necessary to sustain independent ex-istence north of the tropics, or to prevent ab-ject barbarism within t h e m . "

IMPROVIDENCE OF THE FREE NEGRO. " T o o far removed above the animal crea-

tion to be endowed with the provident in-stinct of the ant , the beaver, or the bee, he is asserted to be too low in the human fami ly to have reasoning power enough for pro-tracted or provident exert ion. Hunger , like a master or an overseer, may oblige him to work to-day, and induce him to look a week or a month ahead, but it is siud to be as rare to find a negro who could look and work ahead for a season, as to find a cul t ivator of another race who would fail to do s o . "

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l imited powers of propagation. Tha t is to say, t ha t his progeny, without recurrence to the black blood or the white, deteriorates physically and mentally, and about the third generation, ceases al together to procreate. (PROSPECTIVE) AWFUL CONSEQUENCES OF EMANCI-

PATION.

" E v e n voluntary abolition by the South e ra whites would involve the massacre of hundreds of thousands of men, women, aud chi ldren. Abolition successfully forced upon t hem would add the horrors of internecine and civil to a servile war. I t could only at best be St. Domingo and La Vendee re-created and intensified, with the certain disruption of th is Union, and the probable establish-m e n t of one or several nul i tary despotisms on t h e ruins of the greatest and most promis-ing republic which the world has ever s e e n / '

BULN OF JAMAICA AFTER EMANCIPATION.

" J a m a i c a , the most considerable of the English West India colonies, does no t now produce more than a per centagc of what she exported or producer! before emancipation, while i ts population of free negroes, a f te r twenty years, no twi ths tand ing extraneous accessions, bus declined, while thc Slave pop-ulation of the United States had increased

" W i l l i a m H. Anderson, Esq . , Solicitor General of Jamaica , says : ' T h a t the negroes will work, if moderately compensated, no man can doubt . Their endurance for the sake of a very little gain is qui te amazing : and they are very desirous of procuring for themselves and families as large a share as possible of the comforts and decencies of l i fe. '

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" Sir Charles Grey, who was Governor in Jamaica, m 1850, says : ' There are few races of men who will work harder, or more perse-venngly, than the negroes, when they are sure of get t ing the produce of their labor . '

0 ° ° o o o " R e v . Mr Bleby says : ' Ik-fore I le f t Ja-

maica (which was previous to 1848. ) no less t han 50,000 colored people had become free-holders, as the frui t of their own indust ry . We are told these people will not work . How did they obtain these ficeholds then? Some

gressive increase, both in thc q u a n t i t y of t h e s taple exports , a n d in t h e a m o u n t of revenue derived f r o m dut ies on art icles of consump-tion, indicate a g radua l i m p r o v e m e n t in t h e product ive i n d u s t r y of the colony. ' "

WHAT ONE SEES ON LANDING IN JAMAICA. " A n Amer ican vistor says : 'On land ing a t

Kings ton , I m u s t confess I was half inclined to believe t h e s tory so indus t r ious ly circulated, t h a t the emancipated slave is more idle and vicious t h a n any o the r of God ' s in te l l igen t c r e a t u r e s : bu t when 1 rode t h r o u g h the val-leys aud over the mounta ins , and found every-where an industr ious , so lie r people, I con-cluded all the vagabonds of the i s land had moved to the sea-shore, to pick up a preca-rious l iving by carrying baggage, begging, etc.; aud such, upon inquiry , I found to be the fact . Wherever I went i n t h e rura l dis-tricts, I found conten ted men and women, cu l t iva t ing sugar cane and numerous f r u i t s auti vegetables on their own account . Thei r nea t , wel l-furnished cottages, compared well with the dwell ings of pioneers in ou r own coun t ry . I found in them mahogany fur -n i ture . crockery, and glass-ware, a n d shelves of useful books. I saw Africans, of unmixed blood, gr inding their own sugar cane in the i r own mills, and m a k i n g thei r own sugar . ' "

REMARKABLE DECLEN810N IN THE VALUE OF LAND IN BARBADOE8 SINCE EMANCIPATION.

" R e v . Henry Bleby, a missionary in the West Indies, says : 'Somet imes a single fact will prove more convincing than a mul t ip l i -plicity of a rguments . I will s ta te one fact, of which 1 a m assured on the best au thor i ty . The value of laiul in Darlxtdoes is so much increased since enutneipation, thai an esUUe will now sell for as much as U did formerly, when the slaves necessary for its cultivation were included in the purchase. W h o would have believed this to be possible before slavery was abolished ?' " AWFUL PRESENT CONDITION OF THE WEST INDIES

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ANDREW J. GRAHAM, 274 Canal St., N. Y.

TO T H E SICK W h o w o u h l b e c u r e d w i t h o u t M e d i c i n e .

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W . S . C O U R T N E Y ,

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, 130 Nassau Street, New York.

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TO SPIRITUALISTS & OTHER REFORMERS.

F U R N I S H E D ROOMS TO L E T for Gen t lemen only , w i thou t board, a t No. 361 S ix th A v e n u e . Gas will be furn ished if des i red . The neighborhood is one of the best in the city. Also a b a s e m e n t for bus iuess pur-poses a t the s a m o place, 351 S i x t h A v e n u e .

J . B . C O N K L I N Rece ive s v is i tors e v e r y d a y and evening , a t his rooms,

4tf 486 Broadway, cor. of Broomo St , N. Y.

M R . & M R S . D O R M A N ,

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