New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-11-14

on her folded hands. She looked no longer out
into the night, neither did she Sleep for her soul
| was foil oil visions.
Mysterious s the lie OF the Soul. 4 study for
ages is that little segment thst moves between
the cradle and the grave how can mortal kcowl-
edge hope 20 comprehend any portion Of the eter-
nal circle that revolves beyond the stars7 So
Tenn, also i in its utter isolation, its indiydr
atty and separateness from all things. Earthly
circumstance and passion surround the spirit
They touch it at every point agi.aie it with va.
rious and centendng emotion, until it seems to
De their sport, when 10 events and their emo
tions are gone, and it is calm, far seeing and
aone-aloae in tbickly. peopled immensely,
holding permanent and real relation only TO its
Maker, God. 1t looks fer that which 50 troubled
and shock it, and finds only shapes seen in
dreams. Lessons, 1t is true. have been T'ritten
upon il taev passed, but the teachers have gone
forever. Happy Is the soul that gathers, fIom
the changing phaatasmagorla, lessons that shall
abide the searching OF eternity that educes from
al earthly condition wisdom that shall not need
to be unlearned as it goes onward in its immor-
tai progress
This state of isolation was TOW on the spirit OF
Amy Hudson. Her life passed in review bafore
her, but 1t was vapory and cold. Its stirring
Ssehls, liidt uau pItssSJ upon HtdIL viii
Eomentous weight, now cane as forms of mist,
80 uusubstantial, that they never could hav
touched her with pleasure or pain. Its emotions,
once 50 Overwhelming, were as ii they had
never been. She seemed to have been wander
ing with phantoms in the mazss Of dream.land,
and had they not left traces of their presence on
her life and character, she had hardly believed
that they had ever been more than visions. But
something within bore witness that these eirv
nothings' had once assumed a reality and tangi-
bility that fitted them for their appointed mission,
then departed, and became only the remembered
actors in drama whose efec. had beer fulfilled.
Her spirit had no recognition of kindred nature
with them. They were OF the earth, earthly
while it was triumphing in an assured mmor-
tally. Remainder Tomorrow
FORGERY DETEoTED.-On Saturday last, jlst nj
the opening OF the Shoe and Leather Dealers Bank,
9 respectable looking man appeared at the counter
and presented TO an officer of the bank note pur-
porting to have been signed by Caleb Stcson Of this
city, payable TO the order Of John Otis, for nearly
FIVE hundred dollars which he proposed TO have dis
counted. He was asked il the note he presented
was made by Caleb Stelson, who keeps in Broad
street he replied that il Yves. He was then told II
would be discounted, and he could leave ii and call
in short time and get the money. AZ he turned 10
go out Of the bank casting his eye into the Direct
ors' room, he was identified by one 10 whom he was
personally known. The nolo was then shown 10 the
Teller, and he was suspicious il was counterfeit
the note was directly sent 10 the counting room OF
Caleb Stetson, and thereupon declared q forgery.
The person has heretofore borne respectable
character, and has very respectable family and
connexions. He resides in neig hboTing town.
[Bos,on Post