Carry still further the parallel of the vibrating string, and we shall

illustrate the different _degrees_ of emotion. It is only by sounding a

note in exact unison with that to which the string is attuned that we

get the full force of the sympathetic vibration, which is more or less

distinct according as we approach or depart from the keynote, till we

reach the semitone above or below, when it ceases altogether. Even so do

our emotions increase in exact proportion as the exciting cause

approaches perfection--according as the beauty heard or seen or felt

approaches the heavenly keynote. A simple ballad awakens a quiet

pleasure, while the magnificent symphonies of Beethoven or Mozart fill

the soul with a rapture with which the former feeling is no more to be

compared than the brooklet with the ocean; for the latter is

inexpressibly nearer to its heavenly model.

Carry out the theory to its legitimate result, and we shall see that if

it were possible to produce, here on earth, music equal to that which

rings through the celestial arches--if it were possible here to create

beauty in any form, which should fully equal that which shall greet the

freed spirit on its entrance into that better world, then indeed would

our emotions reach their highest possible climax; then indeed should we

hear and see and feel, not with the bodily senses, but with the senses

of the soul; then would there be no vagueness, no sadness in the feeling

as now, but clear and well defined would be our knowledge, comprehending

all spiritual things. Then would our heaven be here on earth, and we

should desire no other. Wisely has a great and merciful God thrown an

impenetrable veil between the soul and its future belongings, and

clipped its wings lest it soar too soon.

So much for a simple strain of music. A trifling matter, perhaps you

will say, to make so much talk about. Not quite so trifling as you may

think, however; for a single musical chord is a more important and

complex thing than to the careless ear it would seem. Who ever cares to

_study_ a single chord of music? And yet how few are there who know that

it is composed of not three or four but a myriad of separate and

distinct sounds, appreciable in exact proportion to the cultivation of

the ear? The uncultivated ear perceives but the three or four primitive

or fundamental notes of the chord, while, to the nicer perception, the

more delicate susceptibility of the ear trained by long study and

practice to analyze all musical sounds, come harmonic above harmonic,

sounds of melody above, beneath, and beyond the few prime motors which

act as the nucleus to the gush of tiny harmony which fills the

ear--sounds clear and distinct, yet blending in perfect order and

symmetry with their fundamental notes, and partaking so much of their

character and following with such unerring certainty their direction as

to become voiceless to the ear unskilled.

And why should this not be so? Is it not reasonable to suppose that the

current of undulations in the atmosphere producing these united sounds

should communicate its agitation in some degree to the circumambient

air, creating thousands of delicate ramifications branching off in all

possible directions from the main channel, yet all partaking of its

peculiar character, and becoming in themselves separate sounds, yet

consonant and harmonious?

Ah! could we but _see_ the vibrations of the atmosphere which a single

musical chord produces--the rolling bass, the gliding alto, the sweeping

soprano, and the soaring tenor, rolling onward in one broad channel of

harmony, with its myriad tributary streams of thirds and fifths, and its

curling, twinkling, shifting, blending, soaring mists of delicate-toned

harmonics, how would our enjoyment of music be enhanced! how would both

eye and ear be delighted, enraptured with the poetry of motion, the

harmony of sound, the eternal and indestructible order and concord and

consonance of both sight and sound! But this is reserved for the

experience of pure spirit--this is reserved to enhance the beauty of the

celestial realm. Some day we shall see and hear and know it all--some

day in that heavenly future, when the soul of man shall converse and

praise and adore in one blended strain of æsthetic beauty, which shall

contain within itself the essence of all music and poesy and enraptured

sight.

Thinking thus earnestly about the soul, one comes naturally to speculate

upon the question of the spirit's return to earth after its final

departure from the body. It is a beautiful belief that the souls of our

departed friends are permitted to hover around us here on earth,

watching all our outgoings and incomings, sympathizing in all our joys

and sorrows, mourning over our transgressions, and rejoicing at our good

deeds--in a word, acting the parts of guardian angels. And there are

many, even in our day, who hold such a faith. Yet it is a belief founded

in imagination and poetic ideas of beauty, rather than in sober truth

either of reason or of revelation. The strongest argument I have ever

heard against this belief is contained in the remark of a poor old

English peasant. 'Sir,' said he, 'I doan't believe the speerits can come

back to us; for if they go to the good place, they doan't want to come

back 'ere again; and if they goes to the bad place, why God woan't let

'em.' There was more philosophy in the remark than he knew of, and I

have not yet found the philosopher who did not stagger under it.

But there is another view of the subject. I hold that the bodily senses

can only perceive material things; and the spirit spiritual things; and

hence, that, admitting the actual presence of disembodied spirits,

neither could we perceive them, nor they us, as material bodies. They

might, indeed, perceive the souls within us, but could only be cognizant

of our actions as those of pure spirit; while we, blinded by the

impenetrable screen of the body, would be debarred of even this

recognition.

For through only three of the bodily senses--sight, hearing, and

feeling--have the boldest of so-called spiritualists dared to attempt

the proof of their doctrine. To begin with the latter, the essential

quality of the sense of feeling is _resistance_, without which there can

be no perception. And what is resistance? In one class of cases it is

simply the _vis inertiæ_ of matter: in the other and only remaining one,

the opposition of some material matter to the force of gravity. Even the

perception of the lightest zephyr depends upon the resistance of the

atmosphere. Does spirit possess this quality of resistance? The argument

on this head is closed the moment the distinction is made between

material things and spiritual.

If the wave theory of light and sound be correct--and it is so generally

accepted that few writers dare risk their reputations in the defence of

any other--the senses of sight and hearing come, for the purposes of

this argument, in the same category. Nothing can affect the ear which is

not capable of producing vibration in the atmosphere, which may be

considered, in comparison with pure spirit, a material substance. Here

again the argument is clinched by the mere distinction between matter

and spirit, the one being the very antipodes of and incapable of acting

upon the other.

Natural science tells us that the white light of the sun is composed of

the seven colors of the spectrum in combination, which colors may be

readily separated by the refraction of the prism. All objects possess,

in a greater or less degree, the power of decomposing light and

absorbing colors. Now a ray of sunlight falling upon any given object is

in a measure decomposed, a portion of its integral colors is absorbed,

and the remainder or complementary colors thrown off--reflected upon the

eye, producing by their combination what we call the color of the

object. Thus, a ray thrown upon a pure white object is absorbed not at

all, but wholly reflected as it came, and the consequence is the proper

combination upon the retina of all the colors, producing--a white

object. On the contrary, a ray falling upon what we call a _black_

object, is wholly absorbed, and the consequence is a total absence of

light, or blackness. So a red object absorbs all the orange, yellow,

green, blue, indigo, and violet of the sunlight, reflecting upon the eye

only the red, which is perceived as the color of the object. And so on

through all the combinations of the spectrum. Only material substances

can either absorb or reflect: therefore is spirit again excluded; for

how can it act upon the eye save through those agencies with reference

to which the eye itself was constructed, and which, as we have shown, it

cannot possibly affect? To sum up the whole argument in a single

sentence, the physical senses are dependent, for their perceptions,

entirely upon the action of matter, and hence spirit, which is not

matter, can in no way affect them.

But here we are met by the record of Holy Writ, which declares that in

those former times spirits did often appear to men. Aye! and so there

were miracles in those days. But all these things are done away with.

Moreover did not those spirits find it necessary in every case to clothe

themselves with the image of some _living form_ in order to make

themselves perceptible to human eyes? So that it was really the form

within which the spirit was ensconced that was perceived, and not the

spirit itself. And how shall we know what _gases_ of the physical world

these spirits were permitted, through a special interposition of the

Deity and for the furtherance of His divine ends, to assemble together

into a concrete form for their temporary dwelling and as a medium

through which to communicate with man? And who is so irreverent as to

suppose that God would now, in these days, give spirits special

permission to return to earth and take upon themselves such forms for

the mere purpose of tipping tables and piano-fortes, rapping upon doors,

windows, and empty skulls, misspelling their own names, and murdering

Lindley Murray, and performing clownish tricks for the amusement of a

gaping crowd?

But whence arises this great delusion? Simply from our total lack of

knowledge of the glory of that heaven upon which we all hope to enter.

'Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the

imagination of man to conceive' the glory of God, the splendor, the

magnificence, the supernal beauty of the Celestial. We know indeed that

we shall enter upon a world whose immensity, whose sublimity, whose

awful beauty shall far surpass the experience of man; but not even the

wildest imagination, fed by all the knowledge that astronomers have

gained of world beyond world, and system beyond system, of spheres to

which our world is but a speck, and of fiery meteors and whizzing comets

sweeping their way with the speed of thought for thousands of years

through planet-teeming space--not even such an imagination, in its

farthest stretch, is able to conceive the glory of that dwelling place

which shall be ours. If to-day we were permitted to peer but for a

moment into that heavenly abode, then should we see how impossible, to

the soul which has once entered upon that beatific state, would be a

thought of return to this grovelling earth. There their aspirations are

ever upward and onward toward the Great White Throne, with no thought

for the things left behind, even were there not a 'great gulf fixed'

between earth and heaven.

And how often do we hear the opinion expressed that the souls of the

just do pass, 'in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,' from the things

of earth to the full burst of heavenly beauty and sublimity, shooting

like the lightning's flash from its prison house of clay to the presence

of its God. Reasoning from analogy, which, in this connection, where

both experience and revelation are dumb, is the only basis we can rest

upon, such a passage would be to the soul instant annihilation; the

shock would be too great for even its enlarged susceptibilities. It must

become gradually accustomed to the new sights and sounds, and so pass

slowly up from one stage of perception and knowledge to another in

regular gradation, to the climax of its revelation.

Reader, did you ever come suddenly from a darkened room into the full

blaze of noonday? In such a case the eye is dazzled, blinded for a

moment, and must gradually accommodate itself to the unaccustomed light

before its gaze can be clear and steady. So, too, the ear long shut up

in profound silence is deafened by an ordinary sound. Even so the soul,

suddenly entering upon the unaccustomed and stupendous sights and sounds

of the spiritual world, would be blinded, dazzled, as I have said, to

annihilation. It is necessary that its newly awakened faculties, which

during its long earthly life have lain in a comatose state, should not

be too suddenly called into action, lest they be overpowered by the

awful revelation. Like the bodily senses, they require time and gentle

though steadily increasing action to develop them, and assimilate them

to their new surroundings in their new field of action.

And this is my theory. The soul, when freed from the body, floats gently

upward, _deaf_, _dumb_, and _blind_--paralyzed, as it were, into a state

of neutral existence. Splendid sights may spread around it, wave after

wave of eternal sound may roll in upon it, but it sees not, hears not,

feels not, not having yet acquired the new faculties of perception.

After a certain space of time--which may be days or weeks or months in

duration--through its secret chambers steals a thrill of sentient

emotion; it recognizes its own existence, and the dawn of that eternal

life for which it was created. Slowly one sight after another begins

faintly to glimmer before it, as objects emerge from the gloom of some

darkened cell to eyes that are becoming accustomed to the darkness.

Anon, low, faint murmurs of sound steal in upon it, far distant at

first, but gradually swelling as it approaches, till at last, around the

freed spirit peals the full orchestral glory of eternity. And so it goes

on, passing slowly from stage to stage, apprehending new sights, new

sounds, and comprehending new truths. And so it shall go on, through all

the cycles of eternity, constantly approaching nearer to the Godhead,

yet never to become God.

Do you ask me how can these things be? Let us draw an illustration from

nature. The science of acoustics tells us that an organ pipe of a

certain length gives forth the deepest, or as musicians would say, the

_lowest_ sound that art can produce; that all beyond this given length

is nothingness, and gives out no sound. What shall we say then? that

doubling the length of the tube destroys the vibration of the imprisoned

air? Nay, verily, the air still vibrates, sound is still produced, but

_the note is below the gamut of the natural ear_, which was created to

comprehend only sounds within a certain compass: its capacity goes no

farther, and any sound pitched either above or below that compass we

cannot perceive. In proof of this is the simple fact that a cultivated

ear--that is, an ear of enlarged capacity, can readily catch the

faintest harmonics of a guitar, to which others are totally deaf.

Again: I have stood by the Falls of Niagara, and listened in vain for

that deep, unearthly roar of which so much has been written and sung.

The rush and the gurgle of the waters was there, the sweeping surge of

the mighty river, but Niagara's hollow roar was absent. Again and again

my ears were stretched to catch the awful sound, till the effort became

almost painful, but in vain. And yet the sound was present, ay!

eternally present, but the note was just beyond the gamut of my ear.

Standing thus for some moments, gazing and listening with the most

earnest attention, nature, through her hidden laws, wrought a miracle

in my person. The long-continued strain enlarged the capacity of the

ear, even as the muscles of the arm are strengthened by frequent and

energetic action, or as a faculty of the mind itself is developed by

exercise. Lower and lower sank the scale of my aural conceptions, till,

as it approached the keynote of the cataract, a low murmur began to

steal in upon me, deeper than the deepest thunder tones, and seemingly a

thousand miles distant. Louder and louder it swelled, nearer and nearer

it approached as the hearing faculty sank downward, till the keynote was

reached, and then--the rush and gurgle of the waters was swept away, and

in its place resounded the awful tones of earth's deepest _basso

profundo_. Then for the first time I realized the terrible sublimity of

Niagara--the voice of God speaking audibly through one of the mightiest

works of His creation.

And as, musing, I moved away from the appalling scene, the thought

rushed into my mind that perhaps my experience of a few moments might be

that of the soul when entering upon the sublimities of the future state.

Hence my theory, which may go for what it is worth, or, as the Yankees

would say, is 'good for what it will bring.'

Reader, do you never feel an intense longing to live over again the

scenes of your youth? to begin at some certain period long gone by, and

taste again the sweets that have passed away forever? It is one of the

bitterest feelings of the heart that years are slipping away from us one

by one; that the delights of our youth have gone, never to return, and

that we 'shall not look upon their like again;' that the days are fast

coming on when we shall say we have no pleasure in them, and that we are

rapidly verging upon the 'lean and slippered pantaloon.' Were there any

future rejuvenation, when we might stand again upon the threshold of

life and look over its fair fields with all the joy and hope of

anticipation, old age would lose all its dreariness, and become but a

brief though painful pilgrimage through which we were to pass to joy

beyond. But since this can never be, old age is the rust which dims the

brightness of every earthly joy, and is looked forward to by youth only

with a shudder.

Hundreds of bold and daring navigators have left their bones to whiten

amid the snows and ice of the arctic regions, lured thither by the

thirst of fame or of knowledge, in the pursuit of science, and in search

of the Northwest Passage. But suppose some more fortunate adventurer

should discover there, even at the very pole itself, a veritable

'fountain of youth and beauty,' whose rejuvenating waters could restore

the elasticity of youth to the frame of age, smoothing away its

wrinkles, and imprinting the bloom of childhood upon its cheeks,

bringing back the long-lost freshness and buoyancy to the soul; would

not the navigators of those dangerous seas be multiplied in the ratio of

a million to one? Should we not all become Ponce de Leons, braving every

danger, submitting to every privation, sacrificing wealth, fame,

everything, in quest of the precious boon? What a hecatomb of mouldering

bones would bestrew those fields of ice! For though not one in ten

thousand might reach the promised goal, the hegira would still go on

till the end of time, each deluded mortal hoping that he might be that

happy, fortunate one. As the dying millionnaire would give all that he

possesses for one moment of time, so would all mankind throw every

present blessing into the scale, in the hope of drawing the prize in

that great lottery.

There is a fountain of youth and beauty open to every soul beneath the

sun: there is a rejuvenation both to soul and body, which shall not only

restore all the freshness of the bygone days, but also the joys of the

past, a thousandfold brighter and dearer, and that by a process which

will not need repeating, for that youth will be eternal. I am using no

metaphor now, but speaking of that which is actual and tangible. There

is such a fount, but not here: it gushes in the courts of that house not

made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For the soul, at the moment of

its separation from the body, enters upon a new life, whose course shall

be exactly the reverse of that of earth, for it shall constantly

increase in all the attributes of youth. There will be no dimming of the

faculties, but a continual brightening; no grieving over an

irrecoverable past, but a constant rejoicing over joys present and to

come. There will be no past there, but a present more tangible than

this, which is ever slipping from us, and a future far brighter and more

certain than any that earth can afford. Strange that men should fail to

look at heaven in this light! For thoughtless youth, to whom the world

is new and bright, and pleasure sparkles with a luring gleam, there is

some little palliation for neglect of the things of heaven; but what

shall we say of him who has passed the golden bound, for whom all giddy

pleasures have lost their glow, and nought remains but the cares and

anxieties of life? Of what worth is earthly pleasure to him who has

already drained its cup to the dregs? Of what worth is wealth and honor

to the frame that has already begun to descend the slope of time? All

these baubles would be gladly sacrificed for the return of that youth

which has passed away; and shall they not be given up for that eternal

youth which shall not pass away? We mourn for departed loved ones, but

what would be our grief and despair if death were annihilation--if we

knew that we should never meet them again in all eternity? But we feel

that in heaven the olden love shall be renewed; that the forms that now

are mouldering in the dust shall be recognized and greeted there, and

that the friendships created here shall ripen there in close

companionship through never-ending cycles; and thus is death robbed of

half its terrors.

But the way to this fount is through a straight and narrow gate, and

'few there be who find it.'

Alas! how unsatisfactory are even the choicest blessings of life! Wealth

brings only care, and the millionnaire toils all his life for--his food

and clothes and lodging; dies unregretted, and is soon forgotten. Honor

brings not content, and does but increase the thirst it seeks to

assuage. The poor and the unknown are generally happier than the wealthy

and famous. 'Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, all is vanity and

vexation of spirit;' and what was true of human nature when 'the

preacher' wrote, is true to-day. Admit that life is but a succession of

pleasures that can never pall, and the world one vast Elysian field, and

that the care of the soul requires the abnegation of every delight, and

spreads a gloomy pall over all the brightness of earth; yet even in that

case, a life wholly devoted to spiritual interests were but a weary,

temporary pilgrimage, which we should gladly endure for a season, in the

hope of the golden crown and never-ending bliss in the world beyond,

could we but look upon the future life in the light of _reality_. Ah!

there is the difficulty, for we are 'of the earth earthy,' and, although

we may fervently _believe_, cannot comprehend, cannot _realize_

eternity. To too many Christians of the present day eternity, heaven,

God, are not a tangible reality, but rather a poetic dream, floating in

the atmosphere of faith, but which their minds cannot grasp. Hence they

worship an idea rather than a reality.

The noblest pleasures of life, in fact the only real, permanent,

exalting, and, I might add, _developing_ pleasures, are divided into two

classes, those of the heart, and those of the intellect. Yet both,

though different in their action, spring from the same central truth.

The happiest man is he whose life is spent in doing good, seeking no

other reward than the gratification of beholding the true happiness of

his fellow beings. His pleasures are of the heart, and he only is the

true Christian of our day and generation. For he who so ardently loves

his fellow men cannot but love his God.

The pleasures of the intellect can never pall, but do constantly

increase and brighten, because in them the soul enters its native

province and acts in that sphere which is its own for all eternity. Yet

how do they all lead the mind up to its great Creator! Not a single

discovery in science, not an investigation of the simplest law of

nature, not an examination of the most insignificant bud or flower or

leaf; and, above and beyond all, not an inquiry in the great truths of

morals, of ethics, of religion, or of the very constitution of the mind

itself, but at once, and in the most natural consequence, reveals the

power and the goodness of God--brings God himself as clearly before us

as he _can_ be manifested to our fettered souls. Yet if these pleasures

too were but temporary, if they were to pass from our sight with all our

other earthly surroundings, the pursuit of them would but beget disgust

and discontent, and they would be classed with the fragile things which

awaken no feelings of awe, nor enhance the glory of the soul. But thank

God! they will endure forever. Truth is eternal--its origin is coeval

with the Creator, and, like Him, it shall have no end.

Hence all real pleasure is from God himself, and leads directly back to

him again. And he who, appreciating the truest joy of existence here,

makes such themes his study, should and will seek the only prolongation

of those delights which shall carry them alone of all life's blessings

with him across the dark river, in the worship and adoration of that

omnipotent Being from whose hand these gifts descend, who alone can

perpetuate them when time shall have passed away--that God who 'doeth

all things well.'

LITERARY NOTICES.

CHAPLAIN FULLER: Being a Life Sketch of a New England

Clergyman and Army Chaplain. By Richard F. Fuller. Boston: Walker,

Wise & Co., 245 Washington street.

"I must do something for my country."

A remarkable record of a remarkable man. A distinguished member of a

distinguished family, a gentleman, scholar, patriot, hero, and

Christian, bravely dying for humanity and country--such was Arthur B.

Fuller.

It would be impossible, in the few lines allotted to editorials, to give

any just idea of the exceeding interest and merit of this sketch. A. B.

Fuller, under peculiar circumstances of emergency and danger,

_volunteered_ to cross the Rappahannock, December 11, 1862. It was of

great importance then to prove that the Federal army was composed of

strong and patriotic hearts, and he was revered and idolized by our

brave soldiers. 'It was a duty which could not be required of him. And

for one of his profession to consistently engage in this enterprise

would prove his strong conviction that it was a work so holy, so

acceptable to God, that even those set apart for sanctuary service might

feel called to have a hand in it. His prowess, brave as he was, was

nothing; it was not his unpractised right _arm_, but his _heart_ which

he devoted to the service, and which would tell on the result, not

merely of that special enterprise, nor of that battle only, but, by

affording a powerful proof of love of country outweighing considerations

of safety and life, would have the influence which a living example, and

only a living example, can have.' He knew the full amount of the danger

to be encountered, and, being of a race which numbers no cowards among

them, he steadily looked it in the face. Captain Dunn says: 'We came

over in boats, and were in advance of the others who had crossed. We had

been here but a few minutes when Chaplain Fuller accosted me with his

usual military salute. He had a musket in his hand, and said: 'Captain,

I must do something for my country. What shall I do?' I replied that

there never was a better time than the present, and he could take his

place on my left. I thought he could render valuable aid, because he was

perfectly cool and collected. Had he appeared at all excited, I should

have rejected his services, for coolness is of the first importance with

skirmishers, and one excited man has an unfavorable influence upon

others. I have seldom seen a person on the field so calm and mild in his

demeanor, evidently not acting from impulse or martial rage.

'His position was directly in front of a grocery store. He fell in five

minutes after he took it, having fired once or twice. He was killed

instantly, and did not move after he fell. I saw the flash of the rifle

which did the deed.'

'He died, but to a noble cause

His precious life was given!

He died, but he has left behind

A shining path to heaven!'

His labors as a pastor were devout, humane, and full of self-abnegation.

No single line of sectarianism blurs with its bitterness this fair

record of a blameless life, devoted from its earliest days to God and

country. 'Better still give up our heart's blood in brave battle than

give up our principles in cowardly compromise! I must do something for

my country!' Bold and brave words of Arthur B. Fuller's, which he sealed

in his blood! This 'life sketch' is published in the hope that it may be

of advantage to the family of the chaplain, to whose benefit its

pecuniary avails are devoted. And shame would it be to the heart of this

great nation if this record of a brave, true man were not thoroughly

accepted by it. May the good seed of it be sown broadcast through our

land, planting the germs of patriotism, self-sacrifice, virtue, and

Christian faith in every heart.

We earnestly commend the book to our readers. May the high estimation in

which this Christian hero is held by the country of his love soothe in

some degree the anguish of his bereaved family!

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Camellia Lady.' Translated by Mrs. W. R. A. Johnson. Frederick A.

Brady, publisher and bookseller, 24 Ann street, New York.

A novel in the Eugene Sue, Dumas, father and son, style. The plot is

complicated, and the translation flowing and spirited. The novels of

this school are peculiar. No sense of right and wrong ever seems to dawn

upon their heroes or heroines; no intimations of an outraged Decalogue

ever add the least embarrassment to the difficulties of their position.

The events grow entirely out of human incidents, passions, and

interests--conscience has no part to play in the involved drama. After

passing through seas of _naïve_ intrigue and _innocent_ vice, we are

quite astonished at the close of 'The Lady of the Pearls' to be landed

upon a short moral.

POLITICAL FALLACIES: An Examination of the False

Assumptions, and Refutation of the Sophistical Reasonings, which

have brought on this Civil War. By George Junkin, D.D., LL.D. New

York: Chas. Scribner, 124 Grand street. 1863.

Dr. Junkin is one of the noble band of patriots who have preferred

leaving friends, comfortable homes, and honorable positions, to ceding

self-respect, and polluting conscience by yielding to the tyrannical

requisitions of local prejudice or usurped authority. He is the

father-in-law of 'Stonewall' Jackson, and, during twelve years, was

President of Washington College, Lexington, Va. In May, 1861, he left

that institution and came North. Rebellion had entered the fair

precincts of learning, misleading alike young and old, and prompting to

acts incompatible with the president's high sense of duty and loyalty.

No course was left him but to resign. His book is a clear and upright

examination into the so-called 'right of secession, and, while there

are some minor points one might feel inclined to discuss, the main

arguments are so ably, truthfully, and yet kindly advanced, that we

heartily recommend the book to the perusal of all desirous of obtaining

sound views on the much-mooted questions of the authority of legitimate

government, and the proper understanding of State and National rights.

The eighteenth chapter contains some home truths for those who think

that religion, consequently Christian morality, has nothing to do with

the rulers or the ruling of a great nation. Slavery has had its share in

the production of the 'great rebellion,' but the slavery question would

have been powerless to disrupt the Union had not erroneous and

mischievous ideas been generally current, both South and North,

regarding the source and meaning of government, its legitimate purposes,

powers, and rights. While individual men have been striving to persuade

themselves that, because they formed a certain minute portion of the

governing power, they were hence at liberty to resist the lawful

exercise of that power, the people--the real people--have gradually been

losing their proper weight and authority, have been surrendering

themselves, bound hand and foot, to noisy demagogues, petty cliques, or

corrupt party organizations. How many examine facts, consider

principles, and vote accordingly? How few are willing to step out of the

narrow circle of prejudice or mediocrity surrounding them, and bestow

responsible places on those whose integrity and ability seem best fitted

to attain the nobler ends proposed by all human government? It may be

that corruption, loose notions on the duties of citizenship, love of

luxury, and grovelling materialism are even now sources of greater

danger to the republic than civil war and threatened dissolution. Such

works as that of Dr. Junkin are valuable as assisting to open the eyes

of the community to certain popular fallacies, and teach the broad

distinction ever subsisting between right and wrong.

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THE DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE.--Amongst all the papers and pamphlets

issued from the press during our present war, none, perhaps, have

exercised a more salutary influence than those emanating from this

association. The article entitled SLAVERY AND NOBILITY vs.

DEMOCRACY was originally published in this periodical for July,

1862. Pronounced by critics to be among the best magazine articles ever

appearing in print, it commanded a very marked attention as an

exposition of the atrocious motives that underlaid the great Southern

rebellion. The public mind was startled at the developed evidence of a

great conspiracy to subvert the fundamental principles of free

government in the South. The coalition between the conspirators of the

South and their allies amongst the aristocracy of England was laid bare,

whilst a great portion of the English press and reviews was shown to be

suborned into the service of the most atrocious objects and purposes

that ever disgraced the annals of civilization. This article, whilst it

elucidated to our own countrymen the secret motives of the rebellion,

assisted powerfully to bring a new phase over a perverted English public

opinion. The result has been that the vitiated disposition of the

English aristocracy to assist the rebels, through intervention, has

slunk away before British morality, and is now seen only in aid of

piracy on our commerce.

Following this masterly production, the speech of Mr. Sherwood at

Champlain was a renewed onslaught upon the anti-democratic coalition. In

this speech the most irrefragable evidence, drawn from the recitals in

the records of treason, is produced against the conspirators. The

perusal of this speech leaves the mind in no doubt as to the purpose of

the traitors to overthrow democratic government in the South, and to

establish a new form of government, based on exclusion of the democratic

principle, and resting on a cemented slave aristocracy. These, amongst

other papers of the Democratic League, are so replete with the evidence

by which their positions are fortified, and so comprehensive in the

scope and magnitude of subjects of which they treat, that they must take

a high position in the political literature of the day. The manifold

opinions of the press demonstrate how highly they are appreciated. They

are now being reproduced in THE IRON PLATFORM, published by Wm.

Oland Bourne, 112 William street, New York, and intended for extensive

circulation in the cheapest form.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE CHRISTIAN EXAMINER for May, 1863. Boston: By the

proprietors, Thomas B. Fox, Jos. Henry Allen, at Walker, Wise &

Co.'s, 245 Washington street.

Articles: Benedict Spinoza; The New Homeric Question; State Reform in

Austria; Courage in Belief; Jane Austen's Novels; New Books of Piety;

The Thirty-seventh Congress; Review of Current Literature.

THE ILLINOIS TEACHER: Devoted to Education, Science, and

Free Schools. May. Peoria, Illinois: Published by N. C. Mason.

Editors, Alexander W. Gow, Rock Island; Samuel A. Briggs, Chicago.

THE MASSACHUSETTS TEACHER: A Journal of Home and School

Education. Resident editors, Chas. Ansorge, Dorchester; Wm. T.

Adams, Boston; W. E. Sheldon, West Newton. May number. Published by

the Massachusetts Teachers' Association, No. 119 Washington street,

Boston.

EDITOR'S TABLE.

THE REVIVAL OF CONFIDENCE.

Perhaps it is an error to assume that confidence has ever been wanting

to sustain the loyal people of the land in their determination to

conquer the rebellion. Yet there have been times when despondency seemed

to take possession of the public mind, and when the failure of our plans

or temporary disaster to our arms revealed the sad divisions which exist

among ourselves, and apparently postponed the success of our cause to a

period so indefinite as to make the heart of the patriot sick with hope

deferred. But ever and anon, through all the changeful incidents of the

momentous contest, there have been gleams of light, in which the

national strength and greatness have made themselves manifest, and have

been so vividly felt as to place the public confidence on a sure and

impregnable basis. The present is one of those periods. Americans feel

that their Government cannot be overthrown: in spite of the sinister

predictions of enemies at home and abroad, they have an instinctive

assurance that our noble institutions are not destined to perish in this

lamentable conflict, stricken down by ungrateful and traitorous hands in

the very outset of a great career. The clouds which have gathered around

us are thick and dark; sometimes they have seemed impenetrable; but

again they separate, we see the blue sky, the stars come out in all

their glory, and even the sun pours his intense rays through the

intervals of the storm. We say to ourselves, Courage! this cannot last

always; there are the firmament, the stars, and the glorious sun still

behind the clouds, and, though long hidden from us, we know they are

there, and will reveal themselves again in all their unclouded splendor.

It is with a confidence as strong as this in the very depths of their

souls that American citizens still look for the reappearance of the

stars of our destiny, the resurrection of the Union in still greater

beauty and strength, and the uninterrupted pursuit of its glorious

career through the coming ages. Such, heretofore, have been the

cherished hopes which have hung around them like a firmament, and they

are not yet prepared to believe that their political universe has been,

or ever can be, annihilated.

Nor is this confidence a mere sentiment, born of the imagination, and

nurtured by vainglorious hope. It has for its support far more

substantial grounds than any merely precarious military successes, or

any of the favorable incidents which, from time to time, may be cast

ashore as waifs by the surging tide of civil war. Let the temporary

fortunes of the war be what they will, yet the general bearing of the

old Government, its evident consciousness of strength, its unshaken

solidity in the midst of the storm which assails it, the confidence

that, even with all its errors and blunders, it is still powerful enough

to prevail--all these appeal irresistibly to the hearts and judgments of

Americans, and make them love and confide in their country, and believe

in her destiny, in spite of her misfortunes. The tenacity and stubborn

purpose of the rebels are, indeed, remarkable. Their position gives them

great advantages for such a conflict; and it must be admitted that they

have shown the eminently bad genius to make the most of their fatal

opportunities. Yet is the contest most unequal, and the ultimate result

of discomfiture to them inevitable. The Federal Government, like a

sluggish but powerful man scarcely yet aroused to the exertion of his

full strength, moves slowly and awkwardly, and lays about him with

careless and inefficient blows; while his active adversary, inferior in

strength and in the moral power of his cause, but more fully aroused and

more energetic, strikes with better effect, and makes every blow tell.

Nevertheless, the strength of the one remains unexhausted, and even

increases as he becomes awakened to the demands of the struggle; while

that of the other slowly and gradually, but inevitably and irretrievably

declines, with every hour of intense strain of faculty which the

dreadful work imposes. Partial observers, imbued with sympathy in bad

designs, and blinded by false hopes through that fatal error, may still

think the South is certain to prevail and to establish the empire of

slavery; but cooler heads, with vision made clear by love of humanity,

cannot fail to see a different result as the necessary end of the

contest. The South herself, under the shadow of a dread responsibility,

begins to understand the nature of the case, and the exact position in

which she stands; but she is playing a bold and desperate game for the

active support of foreign powers. She knows well that the sympathies of

the ruling classes abroad are naturally on her side, and she will

maintain the struggle to the last extremity, so long as a gleam of hope

shines in that quarter. That hope finally extinguished, she knows

perfectly well her cause is lost.

The contrast in the financial condition of the contending sections is of

itself enough to settle the question of ultimate success. The Federal

Government stands this day stronger than ever in the plenitude of her

boundless resources, and proudly contemptuous of all the false

prophecies of failure and bankruptcy. She is fully prepared for new

campaigns, and cannot be dismayed by any possible disaster. She has men

and money in abundance sufficient for any emergency. She can stretch

forth one hand to relieve the suffering people of England and Ireland,

while with the other she fights the great battle of liberty against

slavery, of humanity against wrong and oppression. Secure in the

sympathies of the masses of men everywhere, she stands on the solid

ground, which can never be withdrawn from under her feet. She occupies

the central position of freedom and progress, around which cluster and

gravitate the hopes and aspirations of all mankind. The conflicting

elements may rage and storm; the solid ground may tremble, and even be

torn with earthquake convulsions and superficial ruin; but the grand

central structure, with its organizing forces, and its inward heat of

humanity, with the great life-giving sun of liberty yet shining undimmed

upon it, will still remain the refuge of all nations, and the chosen

home of all the lovers and champions of human freedom.

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Oh! why, sweet poet, is thy strain so sad?

Couldst thou not stamp thy joy on human life?

Yea, even the saddest life has many joys.

Couldst thou not stamp thy joy upon the page,

That they who should come after thee might feel

Their spirits gladdened by it, and their hearts

Made lighter with thy lightsomeness? For thou,

They say, wert joyous as a summer bird,

The very light and life of those who knew thee--

Oh! why, then, is thy song so sad? 'Tis wrong,

'Tis surely wrong, to spend in fond complainings

The talents given for nobler purposes;

And he who goes about this world of ours

Diffusing cheerfulness where'er he goes,

Like one who scatters fresh and fragrant flowers,

Fulfils, I can but think, a better part

Than he who mourns and murmurs life away.

....The poet

Is the revealer of the heart's deep secrets;

The poet is the interpreter of nature;

And shall those light and joyous spirits, they

Who make bright sunshine wheresoe'er they go,

Shall they have no interpreter?

FOOTNOTES:

[1] See Hon. R. J. WALKER'S invaluable papers on 'The Union,' in

CONTINENTAL MONTHLY.

[2] Razeed from a line-of-battle ship.

[3] Lost at sea

[4] Destroyed by her officers opposite the rebel batteries at Port

Hudson, Mississippi.

[5] Taken by the rebels at Galveston.

[6] Foundered at sea.

[7] Taken by the rebels.

[8] Destroyed by the rebel gunboats below Vicksburg.

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give tone and vigor to the whole organic system, however deranged, while

health and strength follow, as a matter of course. Nothing will stop the

relaxation of the bowels so sure as this famous medicine.

~VOLUNTEERS, ATTENTION! THE INDISCRETIONS OF YOUTH.~

Sores and Ulcers, Blotches and Swellings, can with certainty be

radically cured, if the Pills are taken night and morning, and the

Ointment be freely used as stated in the printed instructions. If

treated in any other manner, they dry up in one part to break out in

another. Whereas, this Ointment will remove the humors from the system

and leave the patient a vigorous and healthy man. It will require a

little perseverance in bad cases to insure a lasting cure.

* * * * *

~JOSEPH GILLOTT~

respectfully invites the attention of the public to the following

Numbers of his

~PATENT METALLIC PENS~,

WHICH, FOR

~QUALITY OF MATERIAL, EASY ACTION, AND GREAT DURABILITY,~

WILL ENSURE UNIVERSAL PREFERENCE.

* * * * *

~FOR LADIES' USE.~--For fine neat writing, especially on thick

and highly-finished papers, Nos. 1, 173, 303, 604. IN

EXTRA-FINE POINTS.

~FOR GENERAL USE.~--Nos. 2, 164, 166, 168, 604. IN FINE POINTS.

~FOR BOLD FREE WRITING.~--Nos. 3, 164, 166, 168, 604. IN MEDIUM POINTS.

~FOR GENTLEMEN'S USE.~--FOR LARGE, FREE, BOLD WRITING.--The Black

Swan Quill, Large Barrel Pen, No. 808. The Patent Magnum Bonum,

No. 263. IN MEDIUM AND BROAD POINTS.

~FOR GENERAL WRITING.~--No. 263, IN EXTRA-FINE POINTS.

No. 810, New Bank Pen. No. 262, IN FINE POINTS,

Small Barrel. No. 840, The Autograph Pen.

~FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.~--The celebrated Three-Hole

Correspondence Pen, No. 382. The celebrated Four-Hole

Correspondence Pen, No. 202. The Public Pen, No. 292.

The Public Pen, with Bead, No. 404. Small Barrel Pens,

fine and free, Nos. 392, 405, 608.

* * * * *

~MANUFACTURERS' WAREHOUSE,~

91 JOHN STREET, Cor. of GOLD

~HENRY OWEN, Agent.~

* * * * *

~NINE ARTICLES~

THAT EVERY FAMILY SHOULD HAVE!!

The Agricultural Societies of the State of New York, New Jersey, and

Queens County, L. I., at their latest Exhibitions awarded the highest

premiums (gold medal, silver medal, and diplomas), for these articles,

and the public generally approve them.

~1st.--PYLE'S O. K. SOAP,~

The most complete labor-saving and economical soap that has been brought

before the public. Good for washing all kinds of clothing, fine

flannels, silks, laces, and for toilet and bathing purposes. The best

class of families adopt it in preference to all others--Editors of the

TRIBUNE, EVENING POST, INDEPENDENT, EVANGELIST, EXAMINER, CHRONICLE,

METHODIST, ADVOCATE AND JOURNAL, CHURCH JOURNAL, AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST,

and of many other weekly journals, are using it in their offices and

families. We want those who are disposed to encourage progress and good

articles to give this and the following articles a trial.

~2d.--PYLE'S DIETETIC SALERATUS,~

a strictly pure and wholesome article; in the market for several years,

and has gained a wide reputation among families and bakers throughout

the New England and Middle States; is always of a uniform quality, and

free from all the objections of impure saleratus.

~3d.--PYLE'S GENUINE CREAM TARTAR,~

always the same, and never fails to make light biscuit. Those who want

the best will ask their grocer for this.

~4th.--PYLE'S PURIFIED BAKING SODA,~

suitable for medicinal and culinary use.

~5th.--PYLE'S BLUEING POWDERS,~

a splendid article for the laundress, to produce that alabaster

whiteness so desirable in fine linens.

~6th.--PYLE'S ENAMEL BLACKING,~

the best boot polish and leather preservative in the world (Day and

Martin's not excepted).

~7th.--PYLE'S BRILLIANT BLACK INK,~

a beautiful softly flowing ink, shows black at once, and is

anti-corrosive to steel pens.

~8th.--PYLE'S STAR STOVE POLISH,~

warranted to produce a steel shine on iron ware. Prevents rust

effectually, without causing any disagreeable smell, even on a hot

stove.

~9th.--PYLE'S CREAM LATHER SHAVING SOAP,~

a "luxurious" article for gentlemen who shave themselves. It makes a

rich lather that will keep thick and moist upon the face.

THESE ARTICLES are all put up full weight, and expressly for

the best class trade, and first-class grocers generally have them for

sale. Every article is labelled with the name of

~JAMES PYLE,~

350 Washington St., cor. Franklin, N. Y.

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[Illustration: STEINWAY & SONS' FACTORY, OCCUPYING THE ENTIRE BLOCK

ON 4TH AVE, FROM 52D TO 53D ST.]

STEINWAY & SONS'

~GOLD MEDAL~

* * * * *

~PATENT OVERSTRUNG GRAND, SQUARE, AND UPRIGHT~

~PIANO-FORTES~,

HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE

First Premium at the Great World's Fair in London, 1862,

FOR

~POWER, FULL, CLEAR, BRILLIANT, AND SYMPATHETIC TONE,~

IN COMBINATION WITH

Excellent Workmanship shown in Grand and Square Pianos.

* * * * *

There were 290 Piano-Fortes entered for competition from all parts of

the world, and in order to show what sensation these instruments have

created in the Old World, we subjoin a few extracts from leading

European papers.

FROM THE "_London News of the World_."

"These magnificent pianos, manufactured by Messrs. STEINWAY &

SONS, of New York, are, without doubt, the musical gems of the

Exhibition of 1862. They possess a tone that is the most liquid and

bell-like we have ever heard, and combine the qualities of brilliancy

and great power, without the slightest approach to harshness," &c.

Mr. HOCHE, one of the most competent musical critics of France,

writes to the "_Presse Musicale_," Paris: "The firm of STEINWAY &

SONS exhibits two pianos, both of which have attracted the special

attention of the jurors. The square piano fully possesses the tone of a

grand--it sounds really marvelously; the ample sound, the extension, the

even tone, the sweetness, the power, are combined in these pianos as in

no piano I have ever seen. The grand piano unites in itself all the

qualities which you can demand of a concert piano; in fact, I do not

hesitate to say that this piano is far better than all the English

pianos which I have seen at the Exhibition," &c.

The "_Paris Constitutional_" says: "In the piano manufacture the palm

don't belong to the European industry this year, but to an American

house, almost unknown until now, Messrs. STEINWAY & SONS, of

New York, who have carried off the first prize for piano-fortes," &c.

~WAREROOMS~,

NOS. 82 & 84 WALKER ST., near Broadway, New York.

* * * * *

JOHN F. TROW,

BOOK & JOB PRINTER

No. 50 GREENE STREET,

(BETWEEN GRAND AND BROOME,) NEW YORK.

The Proprietor of this Establishment would ask the attention of

PUBLISHERS, AUTHORS, STATESMEN, and others, to his

EXTENDED AND IMPROVED FACILITIES FOR EXECUTING

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BOOK PRINTING,

SUCH AS

WORKS OF LAW, MEDICINE, THEOLOGY, SCIENCE;

MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE:

Works in the various Departments of Congress, or of State Legislatures;

ALSO, IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES: ORIENTAL, OCCIDENTAL, ANCIENT, OR MODERN,

in the _Best_ style, and with such _Promptness_ and _Accuracy_ as will,

he presumes, give perfect satisfaction. He would remind his patrons and

the public that his Establishment is furnished with every desirable

improvement in Machinery, together with new and very large fonts of

Type, with which he can undertake and perfect orders from any part of

the United States on the shortest given contract. Having had more than

thirty-five years' experience in the business, he is confident of

meeting the tastes and expectations of all who may commit their works to

his hands.

A PROMINENT FEATURE OF THIS OFFICE IS

TYPE SETTING & DISTRIBUTING BY MACHINERY.

The only Establishment in the World where Type is Set and Distributed by

Machinery.

IT AFFORDS GREAT FACILITY AND ACCURACY.

PLAIN & FANCY JOB PRINTING,

Including Printing In Colored Inks, Bronzes, Flock, or Crystal, in the

First Style.

BRONZE BORDERS FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS,

EQUAL TO THE BEST LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING.

Stereotyping and Electrotyping

DONE IN THE BEST AND MOST DURABLE MANNER.

* * * * *

LAW NOTICE.

ROBERT J. WALKER, LATE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, AND

FREDERIC P. STANTON, LATE CHAIRMAN OF THE NAVAL AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEES

OF CONGRESS,

~PRACTISE LAW~ in the SUPREME and CIRCUIT Courts at Washington, COURTS

MARTIAL, the COURT OF CLAIMS, before the DEPARTMENTS and BUREAUS,

especially in

~LAND, PATENT, CUSTOM HOUSE, AND WAR CLAIMS.~

Aided by two other associates, no part of an extensive business will be

neglected. Address,

~WALKER & STANTON,~

Office, 218 F STREET, WASHINGTON CITY, D. C.

DUNCAN S. WALKER & ADRIEN DESLONDE will attend to Pensions, Bounties,

Prize, Pay, and Similar Claims. WALKER & STANTON will aid them, when

needful, as consulting counsel. Address WALKER & DESLONDE, same office,

care of Walker & Stanton.

* * * * *

WARD'S TOOL STORE, (LATE WOOD'S,) Established 1831, 47 CHATHAM,

cor. North William St., & 513 EIGHTH AV.

A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF TOOLS, CUTLERY, AND HARDWARE, ALWAYS ON HAND.

_Maker of Planes, Braces & Bits, and Carpenters' & Mechanics' Tools,_ IN

GREAT VARIETY AND OF THE BEST QUALITY.

N. B.--PLANES AND TOOLS MADE TO ORDER AND REPAIRED.

This widely-known Establishment still maintains its reputation for the

unrivalled excellence of its OWN MANUFACTURED, as well as its FOREIGN

ARTICLES, which comprise Tools for Every Branch of Mechanics and

Artizans.

MECHANICS' AND ARTIZANS', AMATEURES' AND BOYS' TOOL CHESTS IN GREAT

VARIETY, ON HAND, AND FITTED TO ORDER WITH TOOLS READY FOR USE.

The undersigned, himself a practical mechanic, having wrought at the

business for upwards of thirty years, feels confident that he can meet

the wants of those who may favor him with their patronage.

~SKATES.~

I have some of the finest Skates in the city, of my own as well as other

manufactures. Every style and price.

[Illustration: pointing finger] Skates made to Fit the Foot without Straps.

WILLIAM WARD, Proprietor.

* * * * *

[Illustration: artificial leg]

~ARTIFICIAL LEGS~

[Illustration: artificial arm]

(BY RIGHT, PALMER'S PATENT IMPROVED)

Adapted to every species of mutilated limb, unequaled in mechanism and

utility. Hands and Arms of superior excellence for mutilations and

congenital defects. Feet and appurtenances, for limbs shortened by hip

disease. Dr. HUDSON, by appointment of the Surgeon General of the U. S.

Army, furnishes limbs to mutilated Soldiers and Marines.

References.--Valentine Mett, M. D., Willard Parker, M. D., J. M.

Carnochan, M. D. Gurden Buck, M. D., Wm. H. Van Buren, M. D.

Descriptive pamphlets sent gratis. E. D. HUDSON, M. D., ASTOR PLACE (8th

St.), CLINTON HALL, Up Stairs.

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The

Continental Monthly.

The readers of the CONTINENTAL are aware of the important

position it has assumed, of the influence which it exerts, and of the

brilliant array of political and literary talent of the highest order

which supports it. No publication of the kind has, in this country, so

successfully combined the energy and freedom of the daily newspaper with

the higher literary tone of the first-class monthly; and it is very

certain that no magazine has given wider range to its contributors, or

preserved itself so completely from the narrow influences of party or of

faction. In times like the present, such a journal is either a power in

the land or it is nothing. That the CONTINENTAL is not the

latter is abundantly evidenced _by what it has done_--by the reflection

of its counsels in many important public events, and in the character

and power of those who are its staunchest supporters.

Though but little more than a year has elapsed since the

CONTINENTAL was first established, it has during that time

acquired a strength and a political significance elevating it to a

position far above that previously occupied by any publication of the

kind in America. In proof of which assertion we call attention to the

following facts:

1. Of its POLITICAL articles republished in pamphlet form, a

single one has had, thus far, a circulation of _one hundred and six

thousand_ copies.

2. From its LITERARY department, a single serial novel, "Among

the Pines," has, within a very few months, sold nearly _thirty-five

thousand_ copies. Two other series of its literary articles have also

been republished in book form, while the first portion of a third is

already in press.

No more conclusive facts need be alleged to prove the excellence of the

contributions to the CONTINENTAL, or their _extraordinary

popularity;_ and its conductors are determined that it shall not fall

behind. Preserving all "the boldness, vigor, and ability" which a

thousand journals have attributed to it, it will greatly enlarge its

circle of action, and discuss, fearlessly and frankly, every principle

involved in the great questions of the day. The first minds of the

country, embracing the men most familiar with its diplomacy and most

distinguished for ability, are among its contributors; and it is no mere

"flattering promise of a prospectus" to say that this "magazine for the

times" will employ the first intellect in America, under auspices which

no publication ever enjoyed before in this country.

While the CONTINENTAL will express decided opinions on the

great questions of the day, it will not be a mere political journal:

much the larger portion of its columns will be enlivened, as heretofore,

by tales, poetry, and humor. In a word, the CONTINENTAL will be

found, under its new staff of Editors, occupying a position and

presenting attractions never before found in a magazine.

TERMS TO CLUBS.

Two copies for one year, Five dollars.

Three copies for one year, Six dollars.

Six copies for one year, Eleven dollars.

Eleven copies for one year, Twenty dollars.

Twenty copies for one year, Thirty-six dollars.

PAID IN ADVANCE

_Postage, Thirty-six cents a year_, to be paid BY THE

SUBSCRIBER.

SINGLE COPIES.

Three dollars a year, IN ADVANCE. _Postage paid by the

Publisher_.

JOHN F. TROW, 50 Greene St., N. Y.,

PUBLISHER FOR THE PROPRIETORS.

[Illustration: pointing finger]As an Inducement to new subscribers, the

Publisher offers the following liberal premiums:

[Illustration: pointing finger] Any person remitting $3, in advance,

will receive the magazine from July, 1862, to January, 1864, thus

securing the whole of Mr. KIMBALL'S and Mr. KIRKE'S new serials, which

are alone worth the price of subscription. Or, if preferred, a

subscriber can take the magazine for 1863 and a copy of "Among the

Pines," or of "Undercurrents of Wall Street," by R. B. KIMBALL, bound in

cloth, or of "Sunshine in Thought," by CHARLES GODFREY LELAND (retail

price, $1. 25.) The book to be sent postage paid.

[Illustration: pointing finger] Any person remitting $4.50, will receive

the magazine from its commencement, January, 1862, to January, 1864,

thus securing Mr. KIMBALL'S "Was He Successful? "and Mr. KIRKE'S "Among

the Pines," and "Merchant's Story," and nearly 3,000 octavo pages of the

best literature in the world. Premium subscribers to pay their own

postage.

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[Illustration: THE FINEST FARMING LANDS WHEAT CORN COTTON FRUITS &

VEGETABLES]

~EQUAL TO ANY IN THE WORLD!!!~

MAY BE PROCURED

~At FROM $8 to $12 PER ACRE,~

Near Markets, Schools, Railroads, Churches, and all the blessings of

Civilization.

1,200,000 Acres, in Farms of 40, 80, 120, 160 Acres and upwards, in

ILLINOIS, the Garden State of America.

* * * * *

The Illinois Central Railroad Company offer, ON LONG CREDIT, the

beautiful and fertile PRAIRIE LANDS lying along the whole line of their

Railroad. 700 MILES IN LENGTH, upon the most Favorable Terms for

enabling Farmers, Manufacturers, Mechanics and Workingmen to make for

themselves and their families a competency, and a HOME they can call

THEIR OWN, as will appear from the following statements:

ILLINOIS.

Is about equal in extent to England, with a population of 1,722,666, and

a soil capable of supporting 20,000,000. No State in the Valley of the

Mississippi offers so great an inducement to the settler as the State of

Illinois. There is no part of the world where all the conditions of

climate and soil so admirably combine to produce those two great

staples, CORN and WHEAT.

CLIMATE.

Nowhere can the Industrious farmer secure such immediate results from

his labor as on these deep, rich, loamy soils, cultivated with so much

ease. The climate from the extreme southern part of the State to the

Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad, a distance of nearly 200

miles, is well adapted to Winter.

WHEAT, CORN, COTTON, TOBACCO.

Peaches, Pears, Tomatoes, and every variety of fruit and vegetables is

grown in great abundance, from which Chicago and other Northern markets

are furnished from four to six weeks earlier than their immediate

vicinity. Between the Terre Haute, Alton & St. Louis Railway and the

Kankakee and Illinois Rivers, (a distance of 115 miles on the Branch,

and 136 miles on the Main Trunk,) lies the great Corn and Stock raising

portion of the State.

THE ORDINARY YIELD

of Corn is from 60 to 80 bushels per acre. Cattle, Horses, Mules, Sheep

and Hogs are raised here at a small cost, and yield large profits. It is

believed that no section of country presents greater inducements for

Dairy Farming than the Prairies of Illinois, a branch of farming to

which but little attention has been paid, and which must yield sure

profitable results. Between the Kankakee and Illinois Rivers, and

Chicago and Dunleith, (a distance of 56 miles on the Branch and 147

miles by the Main Trunk,) Timothy Hay, Spring Wheat, Corn, &c., are

produced in great abundance.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

The Agricultural products of Illinois are greater than those of any

other State. The Wheat crop of 1861 was estimated at 35,000,000 bushels,

while the Corn crop yields not less than 140,000,000 bushels besides the

crop of Oats, Barley, Rye, Buckwheat, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes,

Pumpkins, Squashes, Flax, Hemp, Peas, Clover, Cabbage, Beets, Tobacco,

Sorgheim, Grapes, Peaches, Apples, &c., which go to swell the vast

aggregate of production in this fertile region. Over Four Million tons

of produce were sent out the State of Illinois during the past year.

STOCK RAISING.

In Central and Southern Illinois uncommon advantages are presented for

the extension of Stock raising. All kinds of Cattle, Horses, Mules,

Sheep, Hogs, &c., of the best breeds, yield handsome profits; large

fortunes have already been made, and the field is open for others to

enter with the fairest prospects of like results. Dairy Farming also

presents its inducements to many.

CULTIVATION OF COTTON.

The experiments in Cotton culture are of very great promise. Commencing

in latitude 39 deg. 30 min. (see Mattoon on the Branch, and Assumption

on the Main Line), the Company owns thousands of acres well adapted to

the perfection of this fibre. A settler having a family of young

children, can turn their youthful labor to a most profitable account in

the growth and perfection of this plant.

THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD

Traverses the whole length of the State, from the banks of the

Mississippi and Lake Michigan to the Ohio. As its name imports, the

Railroad runs through the centre of the State, and on either side of the

road along its whole length lie the lands offered for sale.

CITIES, TOWNS, MARKETS, DEPOTS.

There are Ninety-eight Depots on the Company's Railway, giving about one

every seven miles. Cities, Towns and Villages are situated at convenient

distances throughout the whole route, where every desirable commodity

may be found as readily as in the oldest cities of the Union, and where

buyers are to be met for all kinds of farm produce.

EDUCATION.

Mechanics and working-men will find the free school system encouraged by

the State, and endowed with a large revenue for the support of the

schools. Children can live in sight of the school, the college, the

church, and grow up with the prosperity of the leading State in the

Great Western Empire.

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PRICES AND TERMS OF PAYMENT--ON LONG CREDIT.

80 acres at $10 per acre, with interest at 6 per ct. annually

on the following terms:

Cash payment $48 00

Payment in one year 48 00

" in two years 48 00

" in three years 48 00

" in four years 236 00

" in five years 224 00

" in six years 212 00

40 acres, at $10 00 per acre:

Cash payment $24 00

Payment in one year 24 00

" in two years 24 00

" in three years 24 00

" in four years 118 00

" in five years 112 00

" in six years 106 00