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Itlistcllaiieom §P-•*•; 7 ' cv ' • ... „.. rOK THE IKDKPEN'DIrKT Pit ESS. Mr. Editor: —I notice in my article of last week a slight mistake, which 1 wish to correct. The words, “false' insinuations,” “ contemptuous and impious allusions ”, oceuring near the close, not having tlu? usual quotation .marks, arc liable to be understood as applied by myself to Mr. Wilkes; whereas, just the con trary is the fact. Having studfou4K* avoided the exhi bition of ill temper and the use of barsli epithets, and not having so much as read the Parson a lecture on good morals, I am the more anxious to make . this correction. This explanation being made, I shall now' proceed to notice the main points of doctrine contained in Mr. Wilkes’ reply, in as clear and brief a manner as the incongruous character of his communication will allow. Thrum who worn present and UsTrd the sermon alluded to in arti cle, may as justly cqpvffiain of the ob scurity and inconsistency of his reply, as of the sermon itself. I can but re gret, therefore, the task that is left me of endeavoring to clear away the mist which covers some of the doctrines Advanced j and am truly sorry, that X find so little reason to congratulate myself on account of any additional light imparted^ Xi might be Considered uncharitable, liow'ever, to impure the whole of this difficulty to .the Parson, personally;. 'Tor, to some/extem it may be owing to the subletjes jyjf a system which imposes upon its advocates such a de gree of reserve and caution, in tin ad justment of its various and conflicting elements, as necessarily lead to error and obscurity. But without further preliminary, I will proceed to the main purpose of this communication. The first point, I think, worthy of notice, is Unconditionnl Election. Mr, Wilkes did not in Ms sermon, nor does he in his reply, discuss this doctrine at length; but, touching it iu the most .delicate manner imaginable, enters most heartily into a full elucidation of “ Conditional Salvation ;” a doctrine, by the way, quite popular; and gener arlly believed by the most of his read ers. lie, however, declares his belief in the former, and intimates his perfect willingness to defend it, when denied. What, then, is Unconditional Elec tion? I answer, it is the eternal anil. immutable decree of God ; whereby a certain number of mankind were elected to everlasting life, without any reference to repentance, faith, or obe~ dience as a condition. Lest this defi nition should not be entirely satisfac tory to Mr. Wilkes, I will appeal for its confirmation to the writings of some of the ablest Calvanistie divines. Cal vin, in the third book of his Institutes, says: “ God, by his eternal and immu table counsel, has determined once for all whom he would admit to salvation, and this counsel is founded on his gratuitous mercy, wholly irrespective of human merit” Zancliius, another distinguished divine of the same school, says: “Those whom God has ordain ed to eternal bliss, were not so ordain ed on account of any worthiness fore seen in them, nor any good u orks to be done by them, nor yet on account of any future faith, but solely of free, sovereign grace, and according to the mere pleasure of God.” The Synod of Dort “ mantain that God hath cho sen a certain number of the fallen race of Adam, in Christ, before the foundation of the world, unto eternal glory, according to his immutable pur pose, and of his free grace-and love, 1 without the least foresight of faith, good works, or any conditions per formed by the creature.”—[Sec Buck’s Theo’L Diefyfj I might quote from various other writers, both ancient and modern, but the quotations given are amply sufficient to show the true im port of Unconditional Election. Now this tenet, as every intelligent reader knows, belongs to, and is insep arable from, a certain system of doe triues, usually denominated Calvinism ; which teaches not only the Uncondi tional Election, but the unconditional predestination and salvation of a defi nite number of the human race to grace and glory, leaving the balance of mankind passed by, unprovided for; or, as some have not hesitated to declare, reprobated. In short, this theory eschews all conditions, whatev er. A Minister, therefore, holding to the first proposition of the'creed, is forced, by a logical necessity, to em brace the whole, and should lie preach Unconditional Election, in order to be consistent, also to preach Unconditional Salvation. •'*' But Mr. Wilkes advocates Condi tional Salvation. Now, this tenet is ft point in the system of doc trine commonly called .Anniuianism; which syiitjm stands in direct Oppos ition to the Calvinistic tjiqory. It teaches that JeiSus Chrjgfc, died on tfife^ crohsd to make salvation possible, oh condition of repentance and faith, to all men; and holds that the election ahd predestination taught in the Scrip tures are also conditional, and grow out of man’s acceptance of the terms of the gospel. In short, this whole system is one of conditions ; so that a .Minister preaching' the doctrine of Conditional Election, is forced, as well by a logical necessity, as the teachings of the Holy Scriptures, also to preach the doctrine of Conditional Salvation. Having thus shown that these two tenets belong to different and entirely opposite systems of faith, the inconsist ency of holding both, is manifest to the most superficial observer. What. I desired of Mr. Wilkes, in my first article, was to reconcile them, and thereby acquit himself of inconsisten cy. He has not even attempted their reconciliation; but, dodging the point entirely, has assumed the “point of demur” to be the “succession ” of one to the other. Now, I said nothing and cared nothing about their “ succession /” ItVas flieir totally irreconcilable oppo sition to each other, which I wished to be explained. That was the point. Mr. Wilkes doubtless found it a much easier task to evade the question, and set about proving Conditional Salva tion to be a sound Scripture doctrine a task which, I must confess, he has performed very creditably, and almost as well as a genuine Arminian could have done. But I did not call for light oil this subject, for my mind had long been well satisfied of its truth. I wished him to reconcile Uncondi tional Election with Conditional Salva tion. I call him bade to the point; and if he succeeds in reconciling them he will have achieved more than all the “masters in Israel” have done, from the days of the great and learned Calvin to those of my wary theologic al -opponent. I will next call attention to what Mr. Wilkes says about “force” and “ne cessity.” In my first article I stated that, according to his theory “ those who were uneonditioally elected to eternal life, were at the same time, and precisely in the same manner chosen to repentance and faith, and that they could no more help repenting and be lieving than they could defeat their own salvation.” To this, he answers, “ neither the inspired writers nor the Baptists inculcate the idea of force or necessity in the work of salvation.” Here, again, Mr. W. evades the issue. I neither, used the term “ force ” or “ ne oyeaity ” In my- - These-ni'C words of his own coinage. What I said was, that according to Calvinism, they could not help repenting and be lieving, Mr. W. has not denied this, neither can he do so, consistently. In fact, lie has virtually admitted the truth of the proposition; but only somewhat horrifies himself with the idea of “ force ” and “ necessity ” spectres of his own creation. He tells us that God’s people are “ called with a holy calling,” “drawn with chords of love,” “ become a willing people,” by “ mild,” “ inviting,” “ drawing,’’ “winning and efficient grace;” and “all in accordance with God’s eternal and unchangeable purpose.” Now, I ask Mr. "Wilkes whether the elect can defeat this “ eternal and unchangeable purpose.” He knows they cannot, ac cording to the creed ; for if they could, the immutable decree of God would fail—which lie tells, us is impossible. Thus, I have made good my assertion, that the elect cannot help repenting and believing, and shown that Mr. Wilkes has been guilty of attempting “to throw sand in the eyes” of his readers on this point. We will now proceed to notice what "Mr. Wilkes says about “Go I’s fore knowledge and purpose.” This point appears twice in his article. In the first place, he says: “ I will ask broth er D. if God knows all things, and foreknows all who will be saved? If yea, is not salvation liis own act? And if so, can he perform that act without intending it?” In the latter £>]ace, he remaks: “ While God knows all the results growing out of the atonement of his son, and therefore purposed them,” &c. Now, I must frankly con- fess, that I may not exactly under stand what he intends to teach in either place; but may fairly infer that he wishes to be understood in both, as laying down the general proposition that God purposes whatever he fore knows. If this is liis meaning, (and if it be not, he means nothing, so far as I can see,) but few words are nec essary to show the utter absurdity and tendency of such a notion. God fore knew that Adam and Eve would fall, and therefore purposed it. This is, in fact the old Calvinistic dogma. Again, God foreknew that their posterity would be involved in% state of wretch edness and ruin, therefore lie purposed it. God foreknew all thl wicked ness and abominatfbhs of men, and that many iyould be finally lost, and therefore purposed both. If this were true, it would follow that “ what <fv6r is, is right;” there would holongcjgcY" isb adistinction between virtue find vice; man would be a machine, and God the author of the wickedness of the sinner, as well as the damnation of the fast—an idea wlioly inconsistent with the Scriptures, and perfectly ab horrent, to hurban reason. The truth is, there is no subject which has been made more fruitful of dangerous here sy than misconceptions of the fore knowledge of God. It is not true that God purposes any thing because lie foreknows it. The reasons of his divine purpose rest upon grounds in finitely different, and with respect to mankind wlioly upon their conduct, and not his omniscience. The last point to be noticed is the distinction Mr. Wilkes makes between the atonement and redemption. Be fore entering fully on this topic, I will call attention to some of the language used by him, which I consider rather remarkable. He tells us that he did not say “Christ died to atone for all men, but did not die to redeem all men.” “ This (he continues) is tau tology, and a contradiction in terms, which he seeks to palm on me,” &c. Now, what are we to undersand by this? Does he intend to say that universal atonement and particular re demption are the same? This must be his meaning, for he tells us it would be tautology to repeat both ideas in immediate succession. But if it be tautology to express the same idea twice by the use of different terms, how is it possible that such expression can be “ a contradiction in terms,” un less saying the same thing twice amounts to a contradiction? Now, I hold that this is utterly absurd, for if there be tautology there can be no contradiction, and where there is con tradiction there can be no tautology. Verily, I have some reason to fear that my Rev. friend is as much at fault in hi§ English as it is possible for him to be in his creed. But to the doctrines in question.— Mr. Wilkes tells us, that he considers the atonement “ample, full, complete, sufficient, and adapted to all mankind. The redemption lie regards as “ limit ed to the number of those to whom it is actually and personally applied.”— In attempting to discriminate between the two, he has, with an air of consid erable profoundness proceeded to make various and specious distinctions, more apparent than real. For be has not, perhaps, in a single instance, attribut ed to the one, any thing which may not with equal fairness be attributed to the other. Whilst, therefore, Ido not see the force of the distinctions made by him, I admit now, as in my first article, that the two doctrines are distinguishable.' The , difference be tween us, so far as I can infer, —and I must confess that I have found diffi culty in fixing Mr. W’s. opinions with precision—consists in this, that I con sider the redemption' to be as broad as the atonement. I hold that Christ not only died to make atonement for all men, but that lie thereby purchas ed redemption for ajl men in a general and very important sensei All man kind unconditionally enjoy the bene fits of the redemption : first, in a gen- eral sense, by being “ redeemed from the curse of the law,” and placed up on grounds where salvation is made possible to them; and secondly, in its fulness, by all those who repent and believe the gospel. “Christ hath re deemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for "us,” (Gal. 3, 13.) “God sent forth his son, made of a woman, made under the law, that he might redeem them that were under the law,” (Gal. 4; 4,5.) These and various other quotations that might be given, to show undeniably that the re demption is as broad as the atonement. I will close this point by asking Mr. Wilkes, inasmuch as he admits the atonement to be general and “adapted to all men,” whether all men can avail themselves of its benefits , and if there stands not against their acceptance, the bar of God’s immutable decree, and impotence of will? Before dismissing this .point alto gether, I must be allowed to congratu late my Kev. Friend bn account of his %appiness" in belonging to a body of divines who preach a gospel which is “ample, full, complete, sufficient and adapted to all mankind.” I hope it will not dash his enjoyment when I tell him that this felicity must be one of rather recent experience by genuine Calvinists; but has been the distingu ishing privilige of all those who have held the doctrines of free grace since the days of James Arininius, aye, ever since the days of St. Paul and the bless ed Savior himself. Iteally, may thero not bo, after all; some ground of hope that Mr. W. may yet repudiate Calvin ism entire, and under the expanding influence of those benign doctrines which proclaim salvation to all men, on the terms of the gospel, awake to a “happiness,” a zeal, and a usefulness to which the remain ing Testers of his her esy have hitherto rend'red him a stranger? Illpmeluding his reply, Mr. Wilkes lias thought proper to furnish me with three different views of the atonement which lie calls Arminianisni —Hyper- Calvinism, and. Moderate Calvinism. As 1 do not accept his dePmation of the former, and have nothing at pre sent to say of the two latter, I feci in clined to reciprocate the favor, and fur nish him two views of the same sub ject. v Ist. God, through a covenant of re demption with the Son, made before the foundation of the world, hath per sonally, unconditionally* and eternally elected and predestinated a definite number of the human family to grace and glory, leaving the balance of man kind passed by and unprovided for, and consequently doomed to eternal death. Jems Christ died to save the former, but did not die to save the latter; hence all children not included in the covenant are eternally damned. 2nd. God, through the gift of his son, Jesus Christ, hath made a full atonement for all mankind, by virtue of which all 111011 are brought into such a Relation with Him that eternal life may be secured to all equally, and without respect of persons, on condi tion pf “ repentance towards God and faitlf in our Lord Jesus Christ;” conse quently all children who die in infan cy; having been restored to the divjne favor, through the redemption, are everlastingly saved in heaven. I ask Mr. Wilkes which of the two he prefers, and if he does not relish Either, to give us a plain account of what he does believe. This the more proper, because of the difficulty of un derstanding what Mr. W’s. precise opinions arc, and of identifying him with any particular creed. Should I call him a dalvinist lam met at once by his doctrines of universal atonement and conditional salvation, and denied the appelation. On the contrary if I call him an Arminian, I am equally forbiden to do so by his “ unconditional election, and particular redemption.” What then is he? I cannot tell. It is plain* however he is ambitious to be considered a good Paulite ; for hc_has given the most undeniable evidence of his affection for “Paulism.” But I should be compcled to deny him that appelation, untill he proves himself a better interpreter of the writings of this inspired Apostle. I must not close this communica , tion, without replying to the call Mr. Wilkes has made for my name. He would seem to intimate, that it is dis honest to use an anonymous signature, and tells me I shall have “ discussion” to my “heart’s content” provided I furnish him with my real name. It becomes proper therefore, for me to say that while “light,” and not discus sion was the object of my first commu nication, nevertheless should heyhoose to tender me the latter it will not be declined. As to dropping my cogno men, he must allow me to suggest, that, whilst for any reasonable purpose of personal responsibility,. my name shall always be at his service, the cause of truth, and delicacy may have been best subserved had he followed my example. The arguments of a writer will always gain or lose consideration, in proportion, as the author may be in repute, or otherwise, with the pub lic. I need hardly inform him that the inimitable essays of the Spectator —the product of such men as Addison, Steele and others, and an ornament to English literature, were anoymus. The same is true of the Bridgewater Treatises and a host of other writings, which have benefitted the, world.— Moreover my Rev. Friend must allow me to tell him, that while dishonesty may sometime conceal herself, for the purpose of perpetrating a wrong, it is far oftener the case, that vanity signs her name in order that she may be seen in print. Didymus. Nov. 21st. 185 L Dickey and Susy. Dickey was floor —Susy had a rich mother, and vice versa— Dickey want ed to marry—Susy’s mother was ‘down’ on that measure—Dickey was forbid the premises; notes were ex changed through a knot hole in the high, board fence that enclosed the yard. One day the old lady went out calling, and Dickey was duly inform ed of the fact; called on Susy—remain ed a little too long—the old lady was close at hand—no chance of escape without detection—at the instance of Susy, Dickey popped into the closet — old lady saw that Susy looked con fused—guessed that Dickey had been about, but supposed, of course he had rendered good his escape—thought perhaps the young copple had agreed to elope together—determined to be too smart for them; accordingly shut Susy up in the same cleset where Dickey was concealed, and giving her a pair of quilts and a pillow, didn’t see Dickey—next morning went to the closet to let Susy out — “Oh Lord!”*—a scream—couldn’t got breath for a moment. Finally — “ Ahem! Dickey, is that you?” “ Yes, ma’am.” “ Dickey, you must stay to break last. “ Couldn’t, ma’am.” “ Oh, but you must”’ Dickov concluded to stay. .Breakfast table- “ Dickey, I have been tliinking about you a good deal lately.V' . „ V “So I suppose, lna’am-very late? ly.’* “Yon are industrious aiid hdnest, I hear.” “I never brag, ma’am.” ‘‘Well, upon the whole, Dickey, 1 think you and Susy had better yet rnar ried. ’ "* ' " The Power and Efficacy of Books. —Books' are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a poten cy of life in them, to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are ; nay, they do.preseve as in a vial, the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them. I know they are as lively, and as vigor ously productive as those fabulous dragons’ teeth, and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men.-—As good almost to kill a man, as kill a good book; who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature —God’s image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself—kills the im age of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured upon purpose to a life be yond life.— John Milton. The Quince Tree. Asa preserving fruit, the quince ranks the fi?st and should be, more generally used at the South. One great error into which cultivators have fall en, is in supposing the quince tree needs no culture, that it will flourish in low moist localities.' The quince tenacious of life and will live where many other trees will per ish ; but if fair good fruit be the ob ject, the quince tree should have as good soil and culture, as the Pear.- Tolerable crops of knotty quinces, arc made on quince bushes, but if they are trimmed into trees manured, and mul ched, the fruit will be improved aston ishingly. Salt has been recommend ed as manure for quince trees, but too much salt will kill them. Moder ate portions of salt ivill be found ben eficial around all fruit trees, as it at tracts, arid retains moisture and kills insects, but is itself no manure. The roots of the quince grow near the sur face, hence the importance of mulch ing around the trees. Asa market fruit the quince will always bring good prices. It is dried as early as the apple, and it brings three times the price of dried apples. Quinces raised in a southern climate, are not as acid as those raised in a northern one; con sequently ground and pressed like ap ples, they make a very pleasant drink, resembling the juice of the pear. Every planter at the South should have from twenty to fifty quince trees which would supply the white and black fam ily with pies, tante, or stewed fruit. Through all the winter months it would prove a cheap, and healthy condiment, with the bacon cmdgreens. The quince tree is easily propagated by cuttings, or layres. —Soil of the South. Burns. The excellence of Burns is, indeed, among the rarest, whether in poetry or prose ; but at the same time, it is plain and easily recognized : his sin cerity, his indisputable air of truth. — Here arc no bibulous woes or joys ; no hollow fantastic sentimentalities; no wiredrawn refinings, either in thought or feeling : the passion that is traced before us has glowed in a living heart; the opinion lie utters has risen'in his own understanding, and been a light to his own steps. He does not write from hearsay but from sight and experi ence: it is the scenes he has lived and labored amidst that he describes: those scenes, rude and humble as they are, have kindled beautiful emotions m his soul, noble thoughts, and definite re solves ; and he speaks forth what is in him, not from any outward call of variet3 r or interest, but because his heart is too full to be silent. He speaks it, too, with such melody and modulation as lie can; “in home ly rustic jingles;” but it is his own and genuine. This is the grand secret for finding readers, and retaining them; let him w r ho would move and convince oth ers, be just moved and convinced him self. Horace’s rule, /Si vis me fiere, is applicable in a wider sense than the literal one. To every poet, to every writer, we might say: Be true if you would be believed. Let a man but speak forth with genuine earnestness, the thought, the emotion, the actual con dition of his own heart; and other men, so strongly are we all knit together by the tie of sympathy, must and will give heed to him. In culture, in extent of view, we may stand above the speak er, or below him; but in either case, his "words, if they arc earnest and sin cere, will iindsome response within us; for in spite of all casual varieties in outward rank, Or inward, as face anwer ers faco, so does the the heart of man to man. Carlyle. AxE-IDENT AND IX-CgDENT.—NellC miah had a careless habit, while talk ing, of tapping everything near him with whatever he held in his hand. Nehemiah returning, hatchet in hand, from chopping, called upon neighbor Jones. In the course of conversation, he unluckily; chipped a fine table of the farmer’s. “See there, you careless lubber,” ex claimed the farmer, “sec what a large dent you have made in mv furniture.” “Yes,” meekly answered Nehemiah, who was something of a wag, “but that was an axe-idenf” “Very likely,” cried the enraged farmer, burying his list in the ollcn der’s phiz, and that’s an in-cident. Hard Headed. —A Southerner gave a party to a few friends, who happen ing to converse about Sambo’s power of head endurance, the gentleman said lie owned a negro whom jfo one in the party could knock down or injure by striking oil the head. A strong, bur ly fellow laughed at the ideg,- and as Sam/ the colored person, was .about en tering with the candles, thegeuetleman stood behind the door, and as lie en tered, Sam’s head received a powerful socdologer. The candles flickered a little, but Sam passed quietly on, mere ly exclaiming, “Gentlemen, be daVefnl of de elbows, or delights will be dis tinguished.” LATER FROM EUROPE IUVAL OF TIIK •” STEAMSHIP ASIA, further News by the Asia. The Royal mail steamer Asia, ar rived at New York on Thursday morn ng, with three days later advicesi from Europe, bringing Liverpool dates to the 4th ipst. The Liverpool Cotton Market closed firmer with 1-lGd advance on lower qualities. Sales of the week 46,000 bales : Fair Orleans had not changed in price, and is quoted at 61-4d; Mid dling do.' 5 l-8d; Fair Uplands and Mobile 6d; Middling do. 51-2d. The Havre Cotton Market was stea dy—prices unchanged. Manchester trade dull. Iron was dull and prices on the de cline. The London Cotton Market was a trifle easier —Consols advanced and closed at 95. American stocks dull and depress- ed. Political News. The political advices by this arrival, especially from the seat of war, are somewhat indefinite, but interesting. The latest accounts from Sebastopol are to the 27th ult., being three days beyond the period allotted by the al lies for Sebastopol to fall into their hands, and it still holds out manfully. The very latest advices represent that the bombardment was progressing with vigor, and favorably to the be seigers. Some of the Russian fortresses had been silenced, and the magazine in one of them blown up, causing great destruction of life and proper ty; The Russians with thirty thousand troops, attacked the English camp at Balaklava, and according to one dis patch or account probably the Russians defeated them—the English losing many lives and munitions of war. Another account (English) states that 30,000 Russians attacked the Eng lish fort at Balaklava, their head quarters, south of the city, when a great battle ensued, by which the English were successful, holding their position. Vith a loss of 500 men and eleven i cannon. The!-English Light Cavalry, three regiments of them, were exposed to a heavy cross-fire from the Russian bat teries and suffered immensely. From all that can be gathered, the battle above alluded to was a severe one, aud neither party gained much odds. The Russians positively asserted that they defeated the allies in two engage ments, one of which was Balakla va. On the 29th October, about 8000 Russians attacked the French, and af ter a desperate struggle, were repulsed with great slaughter no both sides. Two Russian vessels had been sunk in the harbor. Another Russain despatch repre sents the allies to be in an extremely critical position, and that the Russians were fully confident of maintaining Sebastopol: that they were receiving reinforcements and the soldiery were in good cheer. Spain. —lt is noij stated that Mr. Soule our Minister at Madrid, lips de clined to leave for America,- — No rupture, however, was ex pected to take place between France and America, in consequence of the recent treatment of our Spanish Am bassador. The London Times asserts that it has positive information and evidence of Mr. Soule’s complicity with the “Red Republicans.” The Paris says it has no doubt that the Americans will repudiate Soule’s acts. Paris journals generally are temperate in their com ments upon this affair. Nothing special from Asia or the Baltic sea.—The wounded at Constan- tinople were doing well. ... . Mr. Mason, the American Ambas sador at Paris, had an interview with the Emperor Napoleon, in reference to the alleged outrage upon Mr. Soule, which was represented as being altogether unsatisfactory to Mr. Mason. It is rumored that France and Eng land intend sending a strong squadron to Cuba. The Very Latest. The London Times has despatches from English sources, announcing that the cannonading beforo Sebastopol, had been continued seveu days—•that the fire of the Russians was said to be slackening, but that the French works were terribly injured. The British were said to be within 300 yards of the Russian works. The loss of the Russians was repre sented\M. immense, 1 ■ A fire broke out in Sebastopol on .the 23d, and was still raging at the last accounts, w J| Admiral Naehinolf' the hero of Si nope had been killed. Omer Pasha had the command of the operations against Dobrudscha and the inarch of his troops towards Crimea had been stopped by Gortscha koff. t . The relations of Austria and Purssia were unsatisfactory and hostile. Intense anxiety prevailed in England. Mr. Buchanan" had made no special move in the Soule insult. Ireland quiet. The Cholera had greatly abated throughout Europe. Latest Markets. Cotton.—Dennistoun & Co’s. Circu lar reports sales of Cotton for the tveek at 47,000 bales viz: Orleans fair 6 l-8d: Middling 5 1-4d: Upland fair 6d.: Middling 51-Bd. Demand fair for Mid dling qualities, and prices improved 1-l Gd. Speculators took 3000 bales and Exporters 4000 bales. New York. Nov. 18. The Soule Difficulty Settled.— The papers of this city announce that the Soule affair is settled. The French Emperor has rescinded his order pro hibiting Mr. Soule’s passage through France. Mr. S. will leave at onco for Madrid. Pulaski Monument.—Among the' passengers who arrived hero Saturday in the Florida from New York, was Mr. Rob’t. E. Launitz, the artist, hav ing in charge the erection of the con templated monument to Pulaski.— He brought out with him a portion of the marble for the structure, and we learn that the remainder will be here soon. In the mean time the work will proceed, several workmen having ar rived at the same time with Mr. Lau nitz.—Republican. Specie.—AVe notice a consigment of $50,000 by the steamship Florida, ar rived on Saturday, for the Planters’" Bank, of this city. This is one of the most 'vfelcome visitors of the many strangers lately coming among us.— lb. The Augusta papers announce the death, from yellow fever, of Dr. James D. Maekie, an eminent physician and accomplished gentleman - Snow Storm.—There was a cold north-east storm in Boston, Wednesday last, accompanied with snow, t and fi nally succeeded by rain. - The frost and cold weather of last week extended throughout Alabama, Mississippi and Louisana. Wm. North, the poet and author, committed suicide in New York on Wednesday. The Specie Still Going. —Tho Arabia sailed from New York, on Wednesday, taking out $1,281,507 in specie. This enormous export of spe cie comes of our over importations of foreign goods and is at the ‘ bottom of much of our present financial distress. [Republican A curious phenomenon in the nature of the brain is that the organ of sensation should itself be insensiblo. To cut the brain gives, lip pain, yet in the brain alone resides the power of feeling pain in any other part of the body. If the nerve which leads from it to the injur-- ed part be divided it becomes instant ly unconscious of suffering. The brain may also be removed, may be cut away down to the corpus callossum, without destroying life, the functions necessa ry to simple vitality being still per formed, though there is no . longer a mind to think or feel. The food must be pushed into the stomach; once there it is digested, aud the animal will even thrive and grow fat. Secretary Marcy has a circular to Messrs. Goodiiue & Co~of New-York, in which, in reply to a memorial sign ed by the merchants engaged in the China trade, he states that the United States Consul at Shanghai has been instructed to cancel all bonds and obli gations received at that consulate, under the provisional rules for clearing ships, issued by Mr. Cunningham, the late acting consul, ou the 9th of Septem ber, 1853, and return them to the par ties to whom they respectively belongs These bonds were extracted from the merchants by Mr. Cunningham at the time of the occupation of Shanghai, by the insurgents, and created much dissat isfaction. The election in Delaware has result ed in another Know-Nothing victory. Peter F. Causey is elected Governor, and Elisha D. Cullen Representative in Congress. Crystal Palace Sales. —Another auction sale of articles exhibited at the Crystal Palace, took place in New York on Tuesday. The statue of the Gladiator was sold to Mr. Risque, of Washington City, at private sale, for $3,000. It will be shipped to that city in the course of the week. A shirt, which was exhibited, and which it took a female four months tq make, sold for $125,