The Sierra citizen., 1854-10-07
Saturday. October :. 1854.
Eveutf1l Nights Of Aug. goth & 2lst.

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Eyentful Nights Of Aug. goth & 2lst.
The October number of the Pioneer
s,rinps lis the conclusion of this marvellous
and mystic paper, from the pen OF f. c.
Ever. To all our readers we would say,
procure the September and October num-
bers of the magazine and read the entire
article it will well repay you for its pc
rusal. The strangely, beautifully express
ed ideas of Death, the Universe and I'M
mortality, which purport to be the revea-
tions of spirit of soul gone " to that
bourne whence no traveller returns" are
full of matter for deep, earnest thought;
we have read them carefully, pondered
over them intensely; and we are irresista-
bly forced to the conclusion that these re-
ve'ations were not made to the writer OF
the article; that they were made by him,
and are i" the very coinage of his BRAIN .
If this conclusion be true, it but adds
ITO the credit which will be bestowed upon
Mr.. Ever by the reading world, and will,
the more widely the article is known,
serve to build up and enhance his literary
fame. His creative, imaginative powers,
as here developed, exhibit no ordinary
mind; not only are the ideas novel and
ingenious, but their form Of expression is
terse and beautiful, often reaching a sub
Unity of language, the only key to which
is the magic test-word--genius. We
know. not where, throughout the entire
paper, to select portion which will give
correct idea of the style Of the whole,
and we will not attempt it. In reading
it we marked many passages; we have
room for only one. The spirit is repre-
sented to respond, in answer to question,
that in cur universe there is no such thing
as rest "Motion is not merely fact in
your Universe here and there-it is a
condition pervading your entire Universe,
running down to every--even the minutest
part. Motion underlies and runs up
through all things"
The following, in illustration of that
idea of motion, we think extremely felicl-
tous:
How do the forms of your Universe
move? The seed drops into the ground
the plant springs up. Watch the archlng
of the flower First the tender embryo
upon the stem-the unshaped silky chaos.
This is soon u bud. The bud swells. 1t
bursts. The ripe flower opens to the full
its fragrant form, and the sunbeams come
there, and nestle in the warm beauty.
The maturity is on; the keystone is reach
ed but not one instant does the motion
stop. Less and less grows the fragrance
duller and duller is the blushing white, the
yellow, the crimson petal and sepal and
stamen and pistil drop away; and what
4ras flower is nothing And what Of the
plant? Certain particles have married
into that form. But in the course of the
months, or the years, or the centuries, the
form dissolves and disappears. The par
tiGles are eternal, but the form is no more.
The arching of the flower is typical of that
of every form, and all the arching forms
make up your Universe. All forms come
into being-pass, however slowly, however
rapidly, up to maturity, and so, however
slowly, however rapidly, down to dissolu-
ton. The great motion, which pervades
your Universe, is its Towering to culmina-
tion And hearken. When it shall have
reached its acme, it will descend along a
bright pathway, and entering into, be lost
in another grand form, into which it will
expand"
We know not where we have met SEN
tence more pleasing than the one quoted
above, 1.-The ripe flower opens to the full
its fragrant form, and the sunbeams come
there, and nestle IN the warm beauty"
But we are reluctantly compelled to
bring the notice of the 4" Eventful Nights"
to g close, and we again commend our
readers to its perusal, entire and at the
same time recommend them not to let any
month pass without obtaining the current
number of the Pioneer.