The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-03 00:00:00

[lt was here casually stated by some one present that Mr.
C. had awed, on a former occasion, that idiots have no im-
mortal ext.t.nce. The present Twist demurred to tb's,
and asked—]
Do children, who die in conscious infancy, live ip the future
state I—The moment an talent has been n4herod into the
world, an individuality has been formed, which continues to
exist, provided the ph)sical constitution was perfected—not
otherwise
Then why do not animals also have an immortal exist-
ence I—Kan has a peculiar formation, which animals have
nor. To all who have that formation, soul adheres—not to
others.
Can Mr. C. give 111 any Idea of his putout locality in
apace—whether it is on any particular plane' or around this .
earth?—Human spirits love to hover around thii earth, but -
they are of conflated to it. gb.
Do these born on the several planet. usually remain eoch -
- .

,a that which was his birthplace ? [Answer not taken down, Mi
but believed to have been effirmoter.]
Are the planets Mottle to Mr. C. ? —Yes.
Drea Mr C. sea this outer material earth—deer be see it se
as we do, with our material eyes ?—Ha perceives tits earth
as • highly material body.

A SCIENTIFIC JOURNEYMAN PRINTER.

The foliowieg intereatiug biographical sketch is I it
from the Albano Dutchomn, -a paper publish' din Albany, 114
in the state of New York : at.
. .

" Mr. Paterson is a native of New Jersey, having been li
born est Morristown on the 11th of Jahusry, 1799. He is, 50
therefore, in his 51st year. At the age of tour years he no 15
moved with hie parents to C..nede. His father was shoe- 21
maker by trade, and died poor; his mother is still living, is
and resides in Canada, near the city of Hamilton. Mr. ;4
Paterson was apprenticed to an uncle to learn the house- se
carpenter's business. At this emrhyment he continued alts
about three years, when his noels met with a reverse of 16
fortune, which compelled his nephew to pursue some other ql
calling fora livelihood. 50
His nest attempt to be useful was as office boy to a 10
country physician, with whom Mr. Paterson remained till 15
he was -..early as well read in me dicine as his empl .yer. It
is, doubtless to ' the Doctor's library' that Dlr. Paterson re
is mainly indebted for the literary tastes by which his alter 25
lila has been so singularly distinguished. 23
" Quitting the doctor, we shortly alter find him in Buffalo, alt.
where he acted a clerk in a drug store for about three 15
month', when the offers and well filed shelves of S.ilisbury, 75.,
stations rof that city, induced him 'to throw physic to g
the dogs,' and take a position under the tree that brought 121
blushes and aprons into the wotld—the tree of knowledge. If,
111 C0111:111/011 with their hook store, the Moser/. &Hahne's' 114
published a paper called the Buffalo Go:ette, which paper SO
basing contained a dhel, the proprietors were sued, and „V
judgment rendered against them fur 8,000 dole. They at 17
once proceeded to smuggle their stock into Niagara, Canada, so
and sent John there for the purpose of disposing of it. lie 19
obtained part of a building occupied by a printer, and then Ile
disposed of the stock of books in about eight months. So
'Being spin thrown on Lis own resources he agreed to set 141
type for Mr. Ferguton, publisher of the Niagara SpectlP)r. bt.
At this time the celebrated It ill Gourley contributed to 93
its columns, and, being a radical reformer, he libelled the SO
government. For this species of enjoyment Mr. Ferguson
was imnrisoned, his paper teased its thistecce while p
Paterson was again compelle dto seek his fortune elsewhere. a
It was hi. inteaticn then to go to Montreal; but finding it se,
ienoweible to raise the neetheary hands to carry him there, litt
he was compelled to 'lout it' to Black Bich, and not 114
raving means sufficieht to pay hie ferriage, returned to le•
Buffalo. At this latter city he remained three years, doting
which time he I d his trade (that of a (tinter), in the
ufßce of D. M. Day, publisher of the Buffalo Journal. so
After having visited mid worked in a number of places, he SO
toads up his residence in this city. is the year 1122, a real- 111
alnico that he has eontinaid to this day. His first work In te•
Albany he found at E. W. Skinners.
" The degree of A.M. was conferred on Mr. Paterson in pi
the year 1836, by Union College. la
" As we mentioned last week Mr. Paterson is • scholar in
every sense of the term. He is not only thoroughly versed SO
in every branch of mathematic', but can read and write 4,1
Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and Arabic, wPh as much eau and to
fluency se he can Bothell. In the different living hallows
he is aerially well ported up, and is probably the only mth St.
ea earth who can converse in every language spoken in His. 15
rope. Hie great work, "The Celculus of Operations," has I:
jut Maned from the press, and is, in the opinion of scientific
nen one ot the most profound pr,ductions that the maths tt
-
meatiest world has yet given to society. se
" From what we have written above, the reader will per et.
eels, that Mr. Paterson is not only a sell made, but a most 6t
persevering man. With no aid but industry, and no higher rt
a than teat which is bestowed on • journeyman primer, N,
Mr. Paterson has become n onle thoroughly mousinted
with every department of human knoweedge, rut has cc. 3
guired a handsome little property, and owns one of the beet it
select libraries in the city. The latter contains some 3.000
volumes, while its estimated worth Is pot down at 6,000 30
dollars. 15
t. A week ago we stated that John Paterson, of Albany, it
was the mat extraordinary man in America. The above 90
facts, we think, prove it. In our opinion, nature wid pro-
due* • half tiCith Sbaksperes before she produces another 11
man whose scouirements will compare with those belonging 43
to this modest, unpretending printer. To our young men, to
the history of this unaided g. nits should act as a stimulus to I
exertion. Having the same me ass of progression, they abonld
endeavour to emulate his success
. . .

"Before we conclude this rather hasty sketch, we may as
well render it a little more complete. by siding that Mr.
Vaterson married, in 1828, Miss Oril,a 13^sworth, by whom
he has hod five et.ildren ; the elder, Eliza, Is married to
Charles G. Roar, of this city. Mr. Peterson still works at
journey wait, hie present employer being Joel Munsell, of
IS tate-street."