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SPUUTUAUST COLUMN.
The Philosophy of Spiritualism.
A Letter to the Editor and his Reply.
—, Ga., Sept 5, 186$.
Da. L. F. W. Andrews—
Sir:— I never had sufficient knowledge
of the established ar.d acknowledged rules of
adence and philosophy to be brand dowi) by
them, but whenever any thing new in either or
in reference to the illimitable operations of the
human mind presented itself, I have been dis-4
posed to judge of it by such common sense as I
possessed. If the reason of the thing impress
ed me of its truth, it mattered not what the
received and acknowledged opinion of the
learned world said about it. 1 have looked upon
all things as progn ssivo in their character and
tendency, and we all know that many things
ve now common and familiar, which, fifty years
ago, wero not thought of, or if thought of,
would have been deemed chimerical.
Mesmerism, which has had its development,
even in our day, was regarded as the wild va
gary of a cracked brain, and the learned savans
of a learned country pronounced it a humbug,
but who is there, now, who will not admit the
power of mind over mind f Who is there who
has not been led captive by the eloquence of
the forum, the bar, and the pulpit ? Our Fathers
were ready to pour out their heart's blood un
der the influence of the patriotic and burning
speeches of Henry. Politicians forgot their
party under the irresistible eloquence of Clay ;
and case hardened sinners were made penitent
and humble under the preaching of Bascom.
By what agency could they exercise this
great power? Was it not the power of mind
over mind ? And is this not mesmerism ? Why
could not others, equally intelligent, patriotic
and zealous, exercise the same intiuence ? Be
cause the mesmeric principle was wanting.—
The great Law of nature has more deeply im
pressed the one than the other.
Phrenology, too, is of recent origin. It is
within our own remembrance that the ridicule
of learned men was poured out upon it, and
yet there was not a Physiologist among them
all but who would draw his conclusions of
the character of the man from a view of his
head and face. Time and innumerable testa
have established this as a science. I never
doubted, from the first, that there was truth in
it. My reason taught me that craniological de
velopments, so varied in their character, were
attributable to some cause, which might, in a
greater or less degree, be unraveled and under
stood by man.
I must confess to you, however, that I am at
a dead halt in reference to Spiritualism, acknowl
edging, at the Bame time, that I know nothing
about it. Such has been my indifference to the
subject, arising from an entire absence of reason,
so far as I could see, that I have never felt any in
terest iB its examination. I have often heard of
aatouadieg development of facts, but the scene
waa laid in that section of our country which
has been given up to all imaginary isms, and I
was disposed to look upon it as Yankee duplici
ty and knavery. It U true, that some minds
have been under this intiuence that I could not
suspect of knavish design, but I thought them
the subject of a curious and unaccountable hal
lucination. Judge Edmonds, of New York, dis
tinguished as a Lawyer and Judge, and conse
quently with a mind well qualified and in
structed in the manner of ascertaining truth,
with all his zeal and labor in the defence
of this new idea, failed to impress me with any
desire to examine into it. You are the first
and only man of mind, with whom 1 have a
personal acquaintance, who has openly advo
cated the truth of Spiritualism. Ido not know
how far you may be influenced by that dispo
sition of your nature, to advocate the minority
aide of questions,—for I believe you have, usu
ully, been found laboring zealously on the weak
side in politics and religion, and now in spirit
ualism ; and I do not know, but what if the
weaker side were to become the stronger, you
would either abandon it, or look out for some
minority side in whose behalf you might wield
your dub l This is no reproach to you, and is
only referred to as an impreasion which I have
of your disposition to combat with majorities.
One thing, however, ia certain. No man who
knows you will doubt your independence in the
expression of any opinion which you may hon
estly entertain, nor will they question your log
ical power to give a reason for it, which will be,
at least, satisfactory to yourself. It is this
knowledge of your mind and character which
induces this letter. Hate you any reason, com
prehensible to a common mind, to give in sup
port of the new philosophy ? I confess I haro
never heard any. Statements of facts have
i.eeti made, singular and astounding, but to the
uninatructed mind many are ridiculous. There
are, I admit, many lacts which we must receive
as true, without the convincing agencies of the
reasoning mind. The existence of the Trinity;
the elements of vegetation in its singular com
b.nation, which produces bard wood and soft
Wood, the tender leaf and variegated flower.
The same spot of earth which gives to one
l>ecies of vegetation its poisoD, and to another
its sweets and heathful influences. These, and
many others, are facts beyond the comprehen
sion of the reasoning mind. They exist under
thejfuf of that Great Mind which spoke them
into existence, and are in pursuance of a Law
of Nature. Do you say that Spiritualism is
predicated upon natural law, which we must
receive as truth without a reason? Or are
those who claim to exercise the power of com
munication with departed spirits, specially en
dowed or inspired by the Almighty ? The time
was when such special displays were manifest
ed to en iog mortals. The old woman of Endor,
who it is said bad a “familiar spirit,’’ at the re
quest of Saul, called up Samuel from the dead;
and, although he complained of Saul for disquiet
ing him, by calling him up, yet he answered the
questions which were propounded to him.
Does this Biblical relation of a mysterious agen
cy sustain the present pretensions of Spiritual
mediums, and do they claim to have a familiar
spirit? Has the one any relation to the other
in ita facts or philosophy ?
I have written this rambling letter in a great
hurry and without correction or consideration,
as it is intended only for your private eye, but
with a sincere desire to learn something of this
mysterious power by which my old friend, of
mature years and mind, seems to be wielded.
Very tisly, your friend, ***** ******** m
Reply.
My Diar Sir :— I am thaakiul in the recep
tion of the foregoing communication, from one
I have long esteemed for those sterling qualities
ol head and heart which adorn our common
humanity, anl the more no, aa you have kindly
permitted me to publish the same, for the ben
efit of others, who may occupy a like “dead
halt” position, on the great question of Spirit
ualism, and desire further light, before they can
move forward in the path of progress in which
they have entered.
The answer I propose to give your letter, I
dare not hope to be able to make entirely satis,
factory to one of your acute perceptions and
trained intellectual power*, but 1 trust I will be
impressed sufficiently, to offer you some consid
erations “for the faith that is in me,” that will,
at least, save myself) in your mind, from the
imputation of receiving opinions without exam
ination, and sustain that confidence you have
been pleased to express in my former soundness
of mind and general freedom from hallucination,
Waving, then, all matters not {tertinent to
the subject, permit me, st once, to enter mediae
res, and devote nay attention, specially, to the
points embraced in your letter. In doing this,
I am happily saved the labor of proving, or at- !
templing to prove, several pn-ihietlion* collateral
te the mam question. You have had the can- j
fer to ackwwtedp your imth in progress, also
)p mind’s influence over mind, or mesmerism.
You have also admitted the truth of Phrenolo
gy and other sciences, which, in their infancy,
were derided as chimerical and visionary, but
are now recognized as “fixed facts” of natural
philosophy. Further, you have admitted that
there are many facts in nature and theology
which must be received as true “without the
convincing agencies of the reasoning mind." —
So far, ao good. Having advanced thus far in
tli© right direction, I have confidence to believe
that your brain lias too much of the living mo
mentum to allow you to remain long under the
‘influence of the tie inertia or “dead halt” of
mental gravitation, in which you find yourself
on this subject.
The fact, then, stands confessed, that though
a score of years have scarce elapsed since man
has been able to catch, bridle and harness the
mysterious agent cilled Electricity or Electro*
magnetism, tbo principles of this science have
existed irom all time. So of mesmerism, gravi
tation, galvanism, steam and various other spe
cialties ol natural philosophy. The principles
are not new —but the developments and manifes*
tations are at once startling for their novelty and
grandeur. Yet, when the human mind becomes
accustomed to these developments in the phys
ical world, season is satisfied, and faith in what
otherwise would seem to be miraculous, is the
necessary result.
If we turn to another department of hu.-
man life, that in which you have spent your
beat powers—the administration of justice
between your fellows—we shall find that we
are governed by h diflerent rule, in our judg
ment of truth. The life, reputation and proper
ty of the citizen hang upon the reliability of
the human senses uid perceptions. Dr. Reid,
one of the most profound of metaphysical phil
os: pliers, in his 2d Essay on the Mind, makes
the following remarks, which are pertinent to
this issue. He says:
• By the laws of all nations, in the most sol
emn judicial trials, whenever men’s fortunes and
lives are at stake, the sentence passes accord
ing to the testimony of eye or ear witnesses
of good credit. An upright judge will give
a fair hearing to every objection that can be
made to the integrity of a witness, and aUow it
to be possible that it can be corrupted, but no
judge will ever suppose that witnesses may be
imposed on by trusting to their eyes and ears.”
* * * * * * * *
“Can any stronger proof be given that it is
the uveraal judgment of mankind, that the
evidence of sense is a kind of evidence which
w e may securely rest upon, in the most momen
tous concerns of mankind; that it is a kind of
evidence against which we ought not to admit
any reasoning; and therefore, that to reason for
or Against is ad insult to common ssnse. The
conduct of mankind in the daily occurrences of
life, as well as the solemn procedure of judi
catories in the trial of causes, civil or criminal,
demonstrates this.” Dr. Reid further says.
“It is evident that a man who did not believe
his senses, could not keep out of harm’s wav
an hour of hisiife; yet in all the history 6f
philosophy, we never read of any skeptic that
ever stepped into fire or water, because he did
not believe his senses, or that showed in the
conduct of life, leas trust in bis senses than other
men have. This gives us just ground to appre
hend, that philosophy was never able to con
quer that natural belief which men have in
their senses; and that all their subtile reason
mgs against this belief were never able to per
suade themselves. It appears, therefore, that
the clear and distinct testimony of our senses
carries irresistible conviction along with it, to
every man in his right judgment”
Aualagous to this is the faith of the world in
the e\enta of history. We have to judge of
these and their claim to our credence on histor
ical evidence. Our mental perceptions daily
embrace truth, on the evidence of persons who
lived thousands of years ago, and whom we
have only read or heard of; traditionally. Yet,
that man would be deemed foolish who would
believe nothing, because he had not tested its
reality by his own five corporeal senses. Chris
tmnity itself with the wntlngs of the prophets
and apostles, rest upon the basis of historical
evidence, corroborated by another kind of evi
dence, which is that of consciousness or experi
ence. True, the Gospel if Christ has strong
internal evidence of its divine origin, but the
strongest demonstration of its truth is to be
found in the inner life manifestations of its in
fluence and power.
Do not imagine, my friend, that I have wan
dered from my subject, in these remarks upon
the laws and principles of evidence. 1 have a
purpose in this that will appear in the sequel,
and though it may appear an argumentum ad
hominem, in the language of the logicians. I
have no fear that one of you logical acumen
will not appreciate the force of the application.
I now proceed to state that the doctrine de
nominated Spiritualism consists simply in the
belief that man’s spiritual nature, the highest and
most cnobhng pnrt of his being, is not permit*
ted to lag behind the physical creation in the
race of progress, but that it partakes of such
modifications and advancement as appertain to
its superior character. In other words, Spirit
ualism is a belief in an actual spiritual intercourse
between the two worlds—between disembod
ied spirits of men and the living—which inter
course Is proven and established by various
physical, intellectual and moral manifestations,
through certain peculiar organizations or condi
tions. Here. I do not propose to recount
these various phenomena, because they are now
too well known to the world, on the attestation
of thousands and tens of thousands of living
credible witnesses I will assume the fact that
such manifestations have occurred and do occur,
daily, in the presense of all classes, the scepti
cal as well as the believing. The testimony on
this point is piled mountain high before us, and,
to this hour, all explanations of the cause of
the phenomena, ou other principles than those
assumed by the communicating intelligences and
claimed by spiritualists—that of spirit influence
—have utterly failed to satisfy the candid mind.
All attempts, moreover, to overthrow the sys
tem of harmonial philosophy, being developed
on these facts, have proved, thus far. abortive.
When my attention was first called to the
subject, I had no other idea of it, than that it
was some art, trick or device of conjuration or
magic which, like the feats of the Juggler, were
inexplicable to the auditory, but perfectly clear
to the performer. I was soon able to discover,
however, that I was mistaken in these conclu
sions. I saw enough to convince me that, in
many respects, the phenomena differed radical
ly and essentially from any tricks of legerde
main I had ever witnessed or heard of—that
there was a wonderful, invisible and pow
erful intelligence at work to produce cer
tain results—and that this intelligence was
able to communicate facts and incidents known on
ly to the spirits of the departed and the living per
sons to whom the communications were addressed.
I, myself) received such manifestations by spirit
touch and writing, through mediums entirely ig
norant of my name, family or history, that fas
tened the conviction on my judgment, that my
spirit friends were indeed holding personal in
tercourse with me. And this has been repeat
ed so often, since, that I would be a traitor to
my own consciousness and inner experience,
not to yield my credence and rejoice in the
blessed assurance so often imparted to me. I
am aware, Dear Sir, that this may not be con
sidered conclusive evidence to you, because it
w of the nature of peraoual experience, which,
like that of Christian conversion, must be felt,
by each for himsei', to be appreciated. Nerelhe
iess U is one link in the chain of evidence that
cannot properly be omitted in the elucidation of
my position.
Setting out, then, with this internal evidence
supported by the testimony of thousands of
others as to the existence of the various plie
noraena of Spiritualism. I come to the consider
ation of its peculiarities in the light of Revela
tion, the volume of nature and the dictates of
sound rationality. Viewing it by analogy, I
could discover nothing inconsistent with posai
bdity or probability, because I saw progress
stamped upon all things of r terrestrial charec
ter, and could discern no sufficient reason why
the spiritual uaßv* of uao might not undergo
modification and exhaltation, by the operation i
of the same rule. Civilization has progressed
by slow and almost impreceptible movement.
The full blaze of refined social life has yet reach
ed only a small part of the inhabited universe—
but change ‘and progress characterize every de.
partment of nature.
I then turned my eye to the history of the
moral world—the situation of humanity as and e
lineated in the Old and New Testament Histories
and Inhere found that the advent of the Saviour
wag preceded by otberdispensations—that of th c
Jewish and prophetic era. and that of John the
Baptist—and that the Gospel was represented
to he as a grain of mustard-9eed, the least of
all seeds, which afterwards became a great plant,
and by other like figures, which established the
truth of progression as one of God’s first laws-
In fact, I could not look around me without
finding evidence that scarcely any thing was
created full grown, on the instant of creation,
but was subject to the law of gradual develop.,
ment—“first the blade, then the car, then the
full corn in the ear.” Why should not., then, the
spirit, like the mind of a child, be subject to the
same law! In this supposition I saw nothing
unreasonable or inconsistent with common sense.
Again, I examined the scriptures, to ascer
tain what were its teachings, if any, touching
the subject, and here I confess with shame, that
notwithstanding a long study of the sacred Re
coid, I had no just conception of the strong and
emphatic Testimony contained within the lids
of the B : ble, of the truth of spiritual intercourse
and the ministration of angels. Time and space
would fail me, were I to quote the proof to
which I refer, but I ask you my dear sir, to
consult the several Gospels for the evidence of
similar spiritual manifestations to those now
witnessed upon the earth. Moses and Elias
appeared with Jesus on the mount of Transfig
uration. The Rock at the tomb of Christ was
moved by spiritual power. He, himself ascend
ed in Spiritual form out of sight of his disciples,
Ac! With the help of a concordance you can
find all the passages bearing upon the point,
and it is not necessary for me to quote them. —
You will allow me, therefore, to pass on to an
other feature of Spiritualism which is develop
ed in the New Testament I refer to the nature
of the future state and form of disembodied spir
its.
I know it is a prevalent notion that at death,
the spirits of men deceased are confined to sheol
or Hades, till the day of general resurrection of
their bodies and final adjudication. This idea
presents a great difficulty to many in the way
of receiving spiritualism. The cannot conceive
of the spirits in connexion with any other form,
than that they occupied here, although it is the
language of divine inspiration that men, in the res
urrection, are “equal to the angels ” and are cloth
ed upon with spiritual bodies. See Ist Epistle
Corinthians, 15th chapter. See also, the lan
guage of Christ to the Saducees who question
ed him concerning a woman who waa the wife
of seven husbands and asked “ whose wife
should she be in the resurrection.” We are also
assured that “flesh and blood cannot inherit the
kingdom of God”—that mortality is changed to
immortality, corruption to incorruption Ac.
Now, to my notion, this teaching is not ad
verse but favorable to the doctrine of spiritual
ism, because I know that there are several im
ponderable substances in nature, which can be
analyzed by the wand of the chemist, and de
composed into their primary elements. Os these
the at/nosphere and light may be mentioned.—
These are real bodies, yet transparent or dia
phanous, and therefore invisible, ordinarily, to
our naked eye, and are the mediums through
which we see other bodies of more opaque
character. You may, therefore, easily see, my
dear sir, why / have found no difficulty in the
thought that there is a spiritual body prepared
for each soul of man that leaves the earth-form,
and that the individuality of each one is pre
served in the future life of progress to which it
attains. * Nor have I any difficulty iu supposing
that the Almighty Father of Spirits may be able
to find use and active employment for the spir
its of men in the celestial sphere. Is this un
reasonable ? Is it not more reasonable than to
suppose them asleep or in a state of profound
repose, for indefinite ages ? If, however, your
reason rejects this idea as absurd, will you
please explain how it is, on any acknowledged
principles, that the spirit is translated at death to
any state or condition of the future. In articulo
mortis, the connexion between the spirit and
body is dissolved. The latter “ returns to dust
as it was, and the spirit to God who gave it,”
and I may add, of whose own nature it is a part,
for God is the “ Father of the Spirits of all
fleeb.”
But enough I I fear that I weary your pa
tience by my protracted remarks on this inter
esting theme, but I am sensible that I have on
ly passed the threshold of the temple, and have
not developed the beautiful aspect of its inner
courts. What I have written, may, however
serve the purpose intended, to quicken your in
vestigations into the hidden mysteries of the
new Philosophy. That its teachings are emi
nently good, I can not have a glimmer of doubt.
Nearly all the communications given inculcate
the duties of prayer and praise to Deity, the
living of a righteous life, and the glories of the
Redeemer's reign. That these communications
are consolotary, elevating and purifying, I can-
Dot permit myself to question. That they have
converted thousands to a belief in the immortal
ity of the spirit, who had become confirmed scep
tics, I have every reason to know. That it lays
claim to be a better revelation to man than
Christianity, I deny. But that it is permitted
by the Almighty as au emphatic endorsement
of that revelation and its efficient handmaid in
rolling on the great car of progress, I am fully
persuaded.
To sum up, as your profession have it—l have
laid down principles of evidence which are ac
knowledged to be sound, in all investigations
after truth. I have shown that all human
knowledge is the result of some kind of evidence
addressed to our senses or our internal con
sciousness—that we are compelled to believe
many things on traditional or historical testimo
ny, without any personal acquaintance with the
facts received—and that many truths of nature
and philosophy are credited, implicitly, without
know ing the manner or mode by which results
are evolved in the great laboratory of nature.—
I have also developed the admitted idea that
progress is stamped upon all things, physical,
intellectual and moral; that nothing earthly, is
perfected at a single fiat of Omnipotence, but
has its germ leaf) blade and grain successively
matured. Having dose this, I have attempted
to show that there is no reason to suppose that
the superior nature of man, the spiritual, has
not come under the Bume great law of progress,
but that this fact is net only in accordance with
well authenticated manifestations and inner con-
sciousness of thousands, but has the sanctiou
of Revelation itself, as to spiritual existence,
spiritual presence and spiritual intercourse. Id
short, I have offered consideration?, from rea
son, nature and the Bible, to show the possibil
ity, probability, and certainty es spiritual progres
sion and ministration, and of the divine origin of
the influence which is now being developed fer
the enlightenment of the souls of men, as to a
future state of life and immortality. What this
influence may be, whether a divine affatus and
supernatural inspiration direct from the great
Author of our spirits, or whether seme subli.
mated essence of spiritual magnetism which con
trols the spiritual spheres, in the manner we
know this world is moved by the mysterious
power of electricity and magnetism, but in a
ffuj^ro-natural way, (uot miraculous) and in cor
* Notk— In illustration of tit rautonableness of the idea
*re advanced, penult me to refer you to die test In Natural
lltaury, mat •oiue insec't, which are originally icrtibe or
•o'** t, undeigo a rrulantorphoiiit from their grufter forms
caterpillars crawiiuy apen the earth, through a
•i !i. 5* c ' ,r V*ufi state, to a beautiful winged butterdy,
o'. * a f>d ethereal sohere entirely different from
|, * 1 esUtence. May nt thin be considered a
cUa “* Which will take place when
tabernacle or “shuffles uff ibis
rnetmeour 1* not wa* twtUr tha, a WWW ?
respondence with the more ethereal nature of
the spirit life, I have left to your own inference
from the premises submitted.
In fine, my esteemed friend, take these
thoughts with you into the closet of calm inves
tigation, and judge for yourself, whether there
are not many valid reasons for my faith in spir
itualism. I have passed through all the stages
from scorning scepticism to implicit faith. I
feel that I have infinitely stronger evidence,
historically, of the truth of Spiritual intercourse
than was ever offered for ray belief in Chris
tianity. The latter I receive on the testimony
of a few persons who lived eighteen hundred
years ago, and whose teachings have come down
through the dark ages. The former I receive
on the authority of thousands of living witness
es of our own time, many of whom can have no
motive to deceive. I have myself witnessed
the manifestations and felt their influence. I
have been favored with communications which
conveyed intelligence known to none on earth
but myself. And under the weight of all the
testimony, I have become satisfied, that to re
ject spiritualism as a divine agency would be
to reject all the testimony which the Christian
Church has ever had of the plenary inspiration
of the Scriptures! This I say, deliberately and
solemnly. How then can I refuse my assent to
the verdict of my convictions, because I have
not yet the power to explain the how and the
wherefore of the great principle which governs
this philosophy. As well might you deny the
fact of varied vegetable growth from the same
spot of earth, because you cannot understand
the process of elimination of the tree or the flow
er from the elements which surround them.
Very truly, Yours, Ac.,
L. F. W. A.
Voices from the Spirit Land.
From a venerable Methodist Minister to
his daughter. My dear Daughter: The night
is far spent and the day is dawning upon
your land. The night that I allude to is er
ror and superstition. It is well nigh spent.
The day is the great Sabbath of rest, the
Sabbath that sin has deprived the people of
earth-form of; the great Sabbath ofre3t when
the lion and the lamb shall lie down togeth
er, and when we will walk your streets and
talk, face to face, with those that are on
earth. Then one will not say to
know ye the Lord, but all shall know him
from the least to the greatest. The earth is
God s. It does not belong to the Devil.—
He is an usurper. God has put his seal up
on the earth, before he left it, and he will
return to claim his own. Then we will have
no need of the sun nor of the moon to give
us light, for the Glory of God will shine
brighter than the sun. The sun will be like
the moon which now shines on the earth
for the glory of God will shine on the earth
with such splendor. My dear child, shout
for the victory is well nigh gained ; the last
vial is now pouring out on the earth—the
battle is near o’er, and the sword will be
sheathed never to be drawn any more.’
THOMAS GARDNER.
From a Mother U her Son.
“Oh, my dear Son, The time is swift rol
ling on when spiritualism will spread through
out the globe. People are getting anxious
to investigate spiritualism. Oh, my son, it
does me good to see you take such a stand iu
favor of spirit intercourse between the two
worlds. Go on, and you will be assisted by
us. We are anxious to spread the truth to the
uttermost ends of the earth. Pray thy king
dom come, oh Lord, and o’er the earth pre
vail. May the Lord send light still brighter
until the perfect day, when one shall not say
to another, know ye the Lord, for all shall
know him from the least the greatest I
am with you, every day, to impress you in
the way of truth. Glory to God that he is
a loving Father and does all things right.—
The time will come, Wilson, when we will
make one lamily in the paradise of God.—
Then we will meet to part no more, but we
will walk the streets of the new Jerusalem
and sing praises to him that has washed
your robes and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb. Go on, my soul says go
on. I want to be able to conduct your spirit
to its spirit's home. Your father’s glad to
see you engaged in so noble a cause.
Good night, ELIZA ANDREWS.”
From Mrs. Caroline Lee Ilentz to the Circle.
My friends, the world is shrouded in dark
ness. The darkness to which I allude is that
of weakness, and ignorance. There is mystery
on the smallest things that the most enligh
tened among you are unable to comprehend-
There are sounds of which you can only
hear the echoes, there are joys that await
you that you have but a light glimmer of, be
cause of the darkness. It is not only a world
of darkness, but it is a world of affliction and
trouble, sickness and death. The decree has
passed that all must die, the rich, the poor,
the wise, the ignorant, the king on his throne
as well as the beggar that walks through the
land, must all meet same fate. Do you not
know, my friends, that through much trib
ulation you enter into the kingdom of God.
That is a world of sorrow, my friends, and
there is none who but have felt it more or
less. Have not the most of you had dear
friends taken from you. Has not some dear
parent had a lovely child snatched away by
some mysterious hand, without telling you
the why or the wherefore. It was so. And,
my friends, grieve not, for God has only re
moved them to a more healthy clime. It is
not only a world of sorrow, but it is a world
of superstition and error. Look and see
how many popular creeds you have abroad
in your land—the error that is in them, and
it will be so until Chriat makes his glorious
appearance. Then my friends, he will blast
and tear up to the root, the doctrine that has
damned so many souls he came to save.—
Then the song will be sung, “ Glory to God,
in the highest, on earth, peace and good will
to men.” It will be a day of rest, of perfect
rest. We will have no need of a teacher, for
one will not have to say to another, know
ye the Lord, tor all shall know him, from the
least to the greatest. Then, Glory to God,
you will not have to mourn over lost ones,
but you will have them with you, and you
will sing alleluiah to God and the Lamb.—
This not finished, but the medium will be
sick if Ido not stop. To be concluded.
CAROLINE LEE HENTZ.
“Wlille Folk* Getting Sa*&y.”
A few days ago while Conductor Wood
all’s train was stopping at Xenia, three ‘cul
lard geinmen’ got on aboard and attempted
to enter the ladies’ car. The conductor
stopped them, and told them that if they
wished passage they must go further forward.
Rather than do this, they stepped off. The
conductor spoke to the brakeman, a stout Go
liah sort of a fellow, who never objects to a
muss, and told him to see that the trio or
colored gentility did not enter the ladies’ car
before or after starting. Thebrakemen eyed
the trio who evidently intended to ride in
that car and no other. They did not like
the looks of the sentinel, however, and after
growling awhile, one of them said :
‘Come on gents; let’s go take d*t for’ard
car. White folks gettin so sassy, nQip q (fays,
datyemmen have no resped shown em.’
They took the forward car, much to the
regret of the brakeman, whose huge fists just
then began to itch for a few fancy strokes.
Let the society thou frequentest be
like a company ol bees gathered togeter to
make honey, and not of wasps, which do
nothing but bum, devour and sting.
From the Atlanta American.
Macon & Brunswick Railroad.
Any person acquainted with the val
ue of Railroad facilities, in developing
the resources of a country, and, by
bringing its unoccupied tracts into no
tice and aiding in populating them, must
perceive, at a glance, the importance to
the whole State of Railroad communi
cation between those two cities. With
the exception of North-East Georgia, no
portion of the State is more necessitous
than the country through which it would
pass. It it is true, it is sparsely popu
lated ; but it will always remain so, un
less means of communication and of
transportation of produce are afforded it.
In these daysof Railroads and Telegraphs
people will need very extraordinary in
ducements to leave such conveniences and
go where they do not exist.
As citizens of Atlanta, we feel a local
interest in the Air-line Railroad to An
derson —and as citizens of Atlanta and
of Georgia, we feel a general interest in
the connection of Macon and Brunswick
by Railroad.
The country is much more fertile than
wc are in the habit of contemplating it,
and, it it enjoyed the usual facilities,
would soon contribute to the bulk of
the Commerce of the World, and of
wealth to the State an aggregate that
would be astonishing.
Some weeks since we saw a brief
statement of the business done on the
South-Western Railroad in the Macon
“Telegraph,” which we preserved. We
were struck with what appeared to be
the small sum of its running expenses,
the items of freight, and some other facts.
There are 142 miles completed and in
operatoin—the location is complete to
Eufaula, Alabama, and the Engineers
are locating the Branch to Fort Gaines.
The total cost, including a complete out
fit, is $2,260,323,20 or an average of
$16,685,20 per mile. The net earnings
of the Road were 94 per cent on the cost.
Among other items of freight, we no
tice 15,161 bales of Cotton ; 2,349,221
pounds of Flour ; 38,510 bushels Corn ;
2,446,379 lbs. Bacon ; 131,692 lbs. of
Wool, and 2,037,937 feet of Lumber.
That this Railroad has been instru
mental in stimulating the production of
Cotton, VV 00l and Lumber, and the de
mand for Flour, Corn and Bacon, we
presume will be admitted by every one-
Now, the Road between Macon and
Brunswick will run through a country
equally as well adapted to the construc
tion of a Railroad, and can be construc
ted quite as cheaply per mile. If the
travel and freight should be less at the
commencement, it would soon increase
by the filling up of the country, and,
hence, become as profitable as an invest
ment. It would be so remote from any
other road as not to be regarded as a
competitor, and this remoteness argues
for the necessity to ihe country itself of
the Road.
Our State Road—the region it taps. —
the country along its line—the city of
Atlanta, and North-East Georgia have a
deep interest in the construction of this
Road, and that at an early day. Our
region produces the Corn, Flour and
Bacon, which that section will need for
consumption ; in the traffic in which our
city will be benefitted. Reference to
the items transported show a large quan
tity of Corn, and very large quantities
of Bacon and Flour as passing over the
South Western Road to market. Now,
the country between Macon and Brun
swick would soon require as much or more
of these articles, which would have to be
provided by this region, and hence, we
say, we are almost as much interested in
the enterprise as that country. It will
open anew, rich and extensive market
up to our surplus, and in which Atlanta
deals. We ought, therefore, to work
s'de by side with Macon and Brunswick
and the intermediate country in this en
terprise, and do all in our power to aid
them. Any thing we may do in this
way will be gratefully remembered and
repaid a thousand times by the trade it
must necessarily bring to us, because
through no other channel can they be so
quickly and cheaply supplied with supe
rior produce of the kind they will need.
The Closinu Item. —The True Delta tells
a hard story on a lawyer at Carrolton, con
cerning bis making out a bill of costs in a
case in which a raft had been tied up, where
ofoneJeptha Wabash was captain. The cap
tain finally caved, paid the claim and costs,
and then requested a bill of items of the costs
The lawyer, Spillles, proceeded to make it
out; the seizure of the raft, constable’s keep
ing of the raft, same man going twice a day
to see about the raft, ropes to hold the raft,
keeping a general lookout for the raft &e.,
<fcc., were all duly set down, and yet the to
tal fell $lO short of the amount named in the
“round” bill. Spiffles was puzzled, and Wa
bash looked on with the air of a man resign
ed to his fate, and indifferent to all small
matters. Spiflles stood in need of an idea
and an item; the latter being powerfully
necessary to establish a proper degree of uni
formity between the two bills, and he lean
ed back in his chair, and nervously scratched
his head. He was certain he had forgotten
something. Suddenly, the face of Spiffles is
lighted up with a look of intense satisfaction;
he dashes his pen into the ink-stand aDd ad
dressing himself in a rather harsh manner,
wonders that he could have overlooked “those
two men.” Spifflea triumphantly com
pletes the bill as follows f
“To services of two men, two days, at
$2.50 per day, pumping out raft $10.”
Wabash was speechless, and with his
eyes fixed upon that last item in his bill, he
gradually disappeared around a corner, en
tirely absorbed in incomprehensibility.
How to Take Life. —Take life like a man.
Take it just as though it was —as it is—an
earnest, vital, essential affair, Take it just
as though you personally were born to the
task of performing a merry part m it—as
though the world had waited lor your com
ing. Take it as though it was a grand op
portunity to do and to achieve; to carry for
ward great and good schemes; to help and
cheer a suffering, weary, it may be, heart
broken brother. The fact is, life is under
valued by a great majority of mankind. It
is not made half as much of as should be the
case. Where is the man or woman who
accomplishes one tithe ol what might be
done! Who cannot look back upon oppor
tunities lost, plans unachieved, thoughts
Grushed, aspirations unfulfilled, and all caused
from the lack of the necessary and possible
effort! If we knew better how to take
and make the most of life, it would
be far greater than it is. Non and then a
man stands aside from the crowd, labors
earnestly, steadfastly, confidently, and
straightway becomes lamous for wisdom, in
tellect, skill, greatoesK of some sort. The
world wonders, admires, idolises; and yet it
only illustrates what each man may do if he
takes hold of life with a purpose. If a man
but says he will, and follow it up, there is
nothing in reason he may not expect to ac
complish. There is no magic, no miracle, no
secret to him who is brave in heart and de
termined in spirit— London Journal.
13!F”The Court at Barksville, Kentucky)
recently gave a verdict against the owner of
a distillery for the value of a negro man, for
having sold the black a jug of whiskey, on
which the slave became intoxicated, and was
in consequence drowned in attempting to
swnn on horse back a swollen creek. The
accident was proven to have occured from
the diimken folly and mismanagement of
the slave. There is a law of the State which
m n SeHer of li T JOr to a slave liable
tor all the consequences from U3e of the liq
u<™y the negro. This verdict, it is thought,
will have an important influence in arrest
lng the sale of whiskey to slaves.” The
Chai leston Courier says a similar decision
was rendered in this State, in 1849, we be
lieve, in the case of Haßßtsox vs. Berkeley
tried at CamdeD, before Warsaw, J.. ami
confirmed on appeal and reported. * Yet
mean whiskey is moanlv ?fold to negroes in
defiance oflaw, and for want of a strict ad
ministration.
Harmless and Sure Cure for Warts.
Take two or three cents’ worth of sal
ammoniac, dissolve it in a gill of soft wa
ter, and wets the wart frequently with
the solution, when they will disappear
in the course of a week or two. I have
frequently tried this cure for warts, and
it has never failed.
Id reference to the above the Scien
tific American —good authority on such
subjects—remarks:
We are inclined to believe in the effi
cacy of our correspondent’s cure for
common warts, because we know that
alkaline solutions soften them, and
gradually eat them away, as it were.—
We have removed some of these un
pleasant skin excrescences with a weak
solution of potash applied in the same
manner as the sal ammoniac.
A Self-made Man. —The Rochester
Union tells the following story of lion.
John Kelly, M. C. for New York city :
A rich New Yorker, as the story runs,
gave a large entertainment, and among
his invited guests was the Hon. John
Kelly. In the course of the evening the
wealthy citizen says: “ Mr. Kelly, I be
lieve I have never had the pleasure of
seeing you in my house before.” “ But
I believe you are mistaken,” responded
Mr. Kelly. “ Mistaken ? I think not.
I guess lam right.” “ But I have been
here before.” “Well,” says the wealthy
citizen, collecting his thoughts, “ I
don t see how that can be; I have no re
collection of your being in my house be
fore; when was it? when were you
here?” “Oh,’ said Mr. Kelly, pointing
to a in grate the room “1 can bring the mat
ter to your recollection ; I set that grate
for you!”
Wlio originated the first Tele
graph Idea ? It was not
Professor Morse !
The venerable John Redman Cox, of
Philadelphia, in a letter to a scientific
gentleman in London, on the subject of
electricity, presented a fair idea of the
electric telegraph—and this forty two
years ago. The letter of Professor Cox
was published in the Annals of Philoso- ■
phy in 1816, and the following extract 1
from it is communicated to the Philadel
phia Pennsylvanian , by ex-Chief Justice
Lewis :
I hav e content plated this i mpor tant agent
(electricity) as a probable mean of es
tablishing telegraphic communications
with as much rapidity, and perhaps, less i
expense than any hitherto employed. I
do not know how far experiment has de
termined galvanic action to be commu
nicated by means of wires, but there is 1
no reason to suppose it confined to I
limits, certainly not as to time. Now,
by means of apparatus fixed at certain !
distances as Telegraphic stations, by
tubes for the decomposition of water and i
of metallic salts, die., regularly ranged,
such a key might be adopted as would I
be requisite to communicate words, sen
tences and figures, from one station to j
another, and so on to the end of the line.
However fanciful and speculative, i have
no doubt that sooner or later it will be j
rendered useful in practice.’
Apprehended Abduction of
President Buchanan.
A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun,
writing from Bedford Springs, Pa., says:
The lady of Col. Alfred Spates, of Cum
berland, Md., one of the visitors here, by
her dashing exploits with a pair of superb
horses, has created quite a sensation.—
Her admirable tact and skill in handling the
ribbons and manging her spirited animals,
are the theme of commendation with all ex
perts at the whip. She is the same lady
who took the silver cup at a recent agricul
tural fair in Montgomery county, for the
best display of horsemanship. Her style in
the saddle is queenly, and sue would be the
envy of the most accomplished horsewomen
at Franconi’s. The lady has honored some
of our distinguished guests with an invita
rion to share with her hilarious exercise and
refreshing perils of a place by her side, upon
her brilliant charioteering excursions. The
other day she sent her card to the President,
who, of course, with his habitual politeness,
placed himself in her charge, and the lady
gave him a glorious round. Dashing thro’
Bedford Town at a spanking pace, the hors
es flecked with foam, the lady glowing with
excitement, and the President known to
everybody, very serions alarm seized the
public mind that some aspiring dame had
caught up the Chief Magistrate of the Uni
ted States and was eloping with him. As
it was observed, however, lie called upon no
one for help, and seemed perfectly resigned
to the consequences, whether it was a bro
ken neck or matrimony, nobody interfered.
In good time the party returned, and the
president was restored safe and sound to his
anxious friends.
Lime and Yellow Fever. —An acquaint
ance of our, who some years ago worked
at the business of brick masonry in New
Orleans, informed us a tew days since, that
it was often remarked, while be was in the
city that four carpeanters died of yellow le
ver where one brick mason did, and that the
latter were more exposed to the sun, und
under ordinary circumstances would be
more liable to take the fever than the form
er. He says the difference in favor of brick
masons was attributed to their working so
much in lime. — PI inter s Banner.
An Unll-ckv Lover. —ln New York on
Tuesday aftemooon, a wedding was to take
place between Peter Luyster and a young
lady of Fulton avenue, which was indefinitely
posponed after the intended bride had wait
ed several hours beyond the appointed time,
for her lover. It turned out afterwards, tha’
Luyster, while on his way to the wedding,
had been decoyed by thieves, drugged and
robbed of his watch, $250 in money, and
he wedding suit on his back.
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, SEPT. 17. 1858
terms of this paper.
One Copy, per annum, invariably in
advance ...$2.50
Fivf. Copies, in advance SIO,OO
This is a return to our old terms, and will
apply to all new subscribers, as well as to old,
who nave not paid for the present volume.
Macon Cotton Market Very
little doing in Cotton, this week, owing to
the inclemency of the weather up to yester
day. Holders ask 12 cts for the best cotton,
while buyers oiler lx to 11$.
ApolintetiraL—Wedeem an apology due our anti-spiritu
al r-ado-s, fur the space we have been obliged to devote, this
wetk, to the subject, and will readily promise not again to
offend, through the Cituen, if we are forgiven for this tres
pass upon their sensibilities. What we may have 10 say,
hereafter, will be published In the columns of a Journal speci
ally devoted to the discussion and the defence of the Philoso”
Phy.
Yellow Fever.—This scourge of the race is doing its
wors, fearfully, at New Orleans, Galveston, Mobile and
Charleston, and a tew sporadic cases are reported at Savan
nah. Amongthe deaths at the latter place, we notice that of
Mr. John It. Cubbege, a gentleman formerly connected with
the press of tba* city. Toe Savannah paners of yesterday
did not come to hand, and we are therefore without the repor,
of the Board of health, of Wednesday.
To CoiTe*i|M)iitU>nt.
Ten Dollars received from the P. M.
at Bellevieu, Talbot county, for G. A. M.—
This settles the account between him and
thisoffire, in a legitimate way, and blots out
all suspicions and insinuations to the con
trary.
Will the Postmaster at New Provi
dence, Ala., please inform us where W. T
-55 illiams has moved to. He owe3 us 53,75
that we would like to collect.
“ Godey’s Lady's Book'’ and
” Ladies’ Home Magazine,’ 7 For
October, have been on our table, for several
days, but we have not had time to examine
contents. They look as pretty as ever, how
ever, and are always welcome visitors to our
home circle.
“ The Happy Home” of Boston, for Sep
tember, has also been received. This is one
of the best and most useful periodicals pub
lished.
Alabama Educational Journal.
A Journal of high order, of this title, is
about being commenced at Montgomery,
Ala., under the auspices of the Alabama Ed
ucational Association. It will be a Month
ly of 32 Octavo covered, stitched and
cut, and the first No. will bear date October
Ist 1858. Noah K. Davis i3 the Resident
Editor, with twelve associates of the first
literary men of Alabama. Price $1 per an
num invariably iti advance.
Timber Cutter's Bank—Colo
nel John S. Hatton ha3 accepted the post of
Cashier of this new Bank, Savannah, and
has entered upon the discharge of the duties
of his responsible station. Col. H. has some
experience in financiering, and his reputa
tion for integrity and business habits give
confidence that the Bank will be prudently
managed, so far as any one officer can con
trol it3 affairs.
Sew l*;i|M‘rs.
The “Pulaski Times” of Hawkinsville—a
new candidate for public favor, by Messrs.
P. F. D. Scarborough A 0. C. Horne, looks
i well, and will doubtless be well sustained.
■ Wc wish them abundant success.
%-W Anew paper to be called the “ Up
son Pilot” is shortly to be commenced at
Thomaston, by G. A. Miller, Esq., formerly
Editor of the Columbus Inquirer.
§hbP Still another is proposed at Waynes
boro, Burke, county.
25F” The “ Patriot” is the name of a
small Tri-Weekly recently commenced at
Marietta, Ga.
jjglP Anew paper has just been started
at Stone Mountain, under the title of the
Stone Mountain Press and published by
Newton F. Jones.
Southern Education for South
ern I out it. —We have acknowledged
the receipt from the author of an Address
before the Alpha Pi Delta Society of the
Cherokee Baptist College, delivered at the
commencement on the 14th July 1858, by
Hon. W. H. Styles—from the press ot Geo.
N. Nichols, Savannah, which we will take
pleasure in reading the first leisure moment.
Musical Convention.—TheSouth
ern Musical Convention for Middle and
Western Georgia, closed its annual session
at Long Cane, Troup County, on Sunday the
12th inst. There were 75 members in at
tendance from the Counties of Spalding,
Pike, Merriwether Harris, Muscogee, Troup.
Heard, Coweta, Fayette, Henry, Talbot and
Upson. On Saturday the Rev. Jas. E. Evans j
preached before the Convention. The object
of the association is the cultivation of sacred
music.
Sitb-.Tlariiie Cable to Cuba.
The New York Herald copies an article
from a Havanna paper, showing the feeling
which exists in Cuba, in favor of laying a
sub-marine cable to Florida, from that island.
A stock company has been formed, under
the style of M. Mora & Cos., with a Capitol
800,000, all of which has been taken and ten
per cent paid in. The Herald says that char
ters have been obtained from Georgia and
Florida, and that Mr. Kenned}', of N. York,
an agent of the Company, is about to come
South for the purpose of definitely locating
the land connections of the line, of which
there are two under considerations, one from
Macon, Georgia, to St. Marks in Florida, by
way of Amerier s, Albany and Tallahassee ;
the other is from Savannah to Cedar Keys,
crossing the Altamaha river and passing
through Brunswick, Darien and Femandina.
This company has a privilege for laying a ca
ble to Cuba, granted by the Junta de Fomen
to there, which only requires th e sanction of
the Queen.
Special Agents tor Liberia.
Washington, Sept. 13. —Thomas Rainey,
! of New York, has been appointed a special
Agent to transfer the captured Africans to
the Liberian authorities.
The announcement of the marriage,
at Auburn, of Mr. Edward Straw, to Miss
Eva Smiley, suggests the probability that he
tickled her with a p-oposal and that she
laughed a consent.— Prentice.
A man out West, in desoibing the
blowing up of a steamboat, the other day, says
the ‘ tout ensemble was enough to shake the
bravest heart/’ We always thought that it
was the “bileis” that did the business.
A correspondent from Northampton,
Mass., is responsible for the following: “A
subscriber to a Moral Reform paper called at
our postoflice the other day and inquired if
the ‘Friend of Virtue’ had come. ‘No,’ re
plied the portmaster, “there Las been no
| such person here for a long time.’ ’’
_ •
Young ladies should not write poe- |
tical’love-letters. It is dangerous. Suph a ,
one was written to a Kentucky bead, hot long
sinoc, which so affected him that he stole a j
horse to go aud see the writer and got into i
jail to pay for getting in 1 ova with a I
Sale of Hie State r o;m|
The newspapers announce that Tu
R. Cobb, Esq., of Athens, has been ad l* P ‘
mg the people at the Courts of his
favor of the sale of the State Road . Y‘ Q
application of the funds to the establish
of a general system of education by C os 1
schools, and for the endowment o'” v
College at Athens.
The Clarksvile Georgian very p - 0
dissents from, the last propositionof MrT?
and offers the following substantial ’
for its opinions: fc&s ° ns
“But pray why should Franklin (Vci
have any portion of the fund? T r ‘T
constitution declares that “the arts 1? i
ences shall be promoted in one nr t i
inaries, of learning.” But this instituS®’
been “ cherished ’ at an expense
ly astonishing to one who has not ■
into its history. In 1784 forty
acres of laud were given to ’ H ’
In 1802 five thousand dollars were
it. In 1803 the Trustees were autho^l to
sell some lands in Hancock
eluded in the first grant, and also all thelL?
near the site of the College building
thirty seven acres. In 1815 these land. P
all directed to be sold and the
in stocks. In 1821 it was enacted thEK
permanent endowment of the ColWe l i!
be eight thousand dollars annually and-S?
their own dividends did not reach tuT
mount the State Treasury was directed ,*’
pay in enough to make up that sum ft
the same act ten thousand dollars arisT
from the sale of fractional lots in the seXij
previous surveys was given to the Trust*?
and the Treasurer was directed to pav’tW
fifteen thousand more from the sale of TANARUS” •
versity lands. What amount may havebwn
realized from the sale of these lands we W
not the means to ascertain. Nor do *’
complain of the past. It was the duty 0 f
the legislature and people under the oonst
tution, to put the University in
operation. This they did by large and liberal
grants of both land and money. There their
duty ceased. And if it cannot be made
sustain itself without annual appropriatiom
of money from the pockets of the peonies
ought to be abandoned.”
We say amen to the above, in its length
and breadth. Athens University has
its full share of the public treasure, and if it
cannot now support itself, let it go down,-.
We would not give another dollar to save
it from its “ manifest destiny.”
Cooper’s Well !—The Lexingtoa
(Miss.) Advertiser, announces the death is
Holmes county, of the Rev. Mr. Cooper the
original dreamer of Cooper’s Well. He’was
an eccentric, but eloquent and good man
perhaps, at his death, a superanuated mem
ber of the Mississippi Conference. These
celebrated waters, known as Cooper’s Wells,
were his discovery, and once his property
It is said, and credited, that he was led io
dig for them by a dream three times repeat
ed, by which a certain spot was designated
—healing waters welling up, acd hosts of
sick and impotent rolk flocking around and
getting cured.
This wa3 probably one of those spiritual
impressions or manifestations, now so com
mon in all parts of the country, though the
Rev. Mr. Cooper may have had no conscious
ness of spiritual presence!
Tlie Georgia Citizen.
The Editor of this paper, in Lis last issue
speaks “ ol taking into consideration, the ex
pediency of suspending operations, until hi
many long suspended patrons” and subsentr
ers, shall find it convenieut to resume pay
ment in specie, or current Bank bills.” The
complaint contained in the above extracts
one which might with propriety be urged
by many other newspaper publishers of the
present day. The credit system is the curse
oi modern Journalism. Appearances about
a printing office may indicate great thrift, bus
behold alter years of toil, the proprietor dnde
that the whole profits of the concern are dis
sipated in bad debts, of small amounts scat
tered from Maine to Mexico. How shall this
evil be remedied ?— Atlanta Intelligencer.
You are right, Bro. Gaulding, in saying
that the “ credit system is the curse of mod
ern Journalism.” but how this great evil, •
tailed upon the present race of printers in
Georgia, by the “old fogies” of a past era
some brilliant fossils of which yet remain
is to be remedied, it would be difficult to say.
Those Journalists who have originated and
who still perpetuate this unmitigated abuse
upon the profession, which requires the reg
ular attendance of Proprietors and agents a’
Courts to collect up the hard earned pittan
ces due them, must be guillotined or shelved
in some way, before the burden is removes
and the Press can take a position of manly
independence.
Arts Os Beauty; Or, Secrets of a Ladvi
Toilet. With Hints to Gentlemen on the Art
of Fascinating. By Madame Lola Monta
Counteas of Landsfield. Dick k Fitzgeralc
New York.
“This book contains an account, in detail,of
all the arts employed by the fashionable ladies j
of all the chief cities of Europe, for the purposf
of developing and preserving thefr charms, hr
dependent of its rare and really useful matter
the book is a curiosity as a piece of art, itself,
for the most delicate subjects are handled with
a skill and an unexceptional propriety oi l® -
guage, which are really surprising. The bins
to gentlemen on the art of fascinating form one
of the most amusing and biting pieces of irony
and sarcasm that was ever written. The wit of
this portion of the book is inimitable, and th
“ coarser sex,” as Lola quaintly calls the met,
ought universally to bow to her with thank*
and admiration for the work which she has per 1
formed.” On sale at Richards', Cotton Avenue
Three Bays Later from Europe
Arrival of the
VANDERBILT.
New York, Sept. 13. —The steamship
Vanderbilt reached here late last night, with
dates from Southampton and Liverpool to
Sept. Ist.
Liverpool Cotton Market. —Sales of cotton
for the past three business days, 19,000 bt*”
of which speculators took 1,000 and expo’ -
ters 2,000 bales. The market closed qo#
and steady, with quotations barely maintain
ed.
State of Trade. —Accounts from the man
ufacturing districts continuefayorable.
Liverpool General Market. —Flour w*
firm and quiet at a alight decline on font®
quotations. Wheat was quiet Corn da.
Rosin was steady at 4s. 2d. to 4s. 3d. Spl
its of Turpentine was steady at 38 l-2a. to
395. Rice was dull.
London Money Market. —Consols were
ted at 95 5-8 to 96 7-8 for money and a®*
count
General lews.
Queen Victoria and retinue had
to London’from their continental tour.
Nearly onp million pounds sterling ’ lD f ‘
is known to be on the way to London
Australia.
The news from India was unimportant
Late intelligence from China announc*®
that the allies have been allowed the p rlfi
leges of residing at Pekin.
A Chinese envoy will be dispatcher
Paris.
LATE FRO.If CALIFORNIA
New York, Sept. 12. —The steamship
of the West reashed this port very late *•
night, with $1,700,000 in treasury
and interesting news from California
Lentral America.
Financial matters were easy, beyond a
iliing heretofore known in California. T
lections were highly satisfactory.
was so very plenty that it WBS going i
giutr at 1 1-4 mercantile securities.
Intelligence from Nicaragua st* l * s ! u
Col. Canty had attempted to seize
Arenas, in the name of Costa Rica- 1 ■: n
opposed bv the British Consuls at Grev,
and the British Naval officers, who
annexing Pimta Arenas to Musquito.
Canty hadle/t tor Asprawalh