The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-02-21

dignity in every look and action that-but avas
there! / must haul my wind, or you will be ap
to think that even an old grey headed salt like
: myself has not been proof against her fascina
t tons, 50 I'll belay all, that BY saying that she
t was universally beloved by all those who hae
] the happiness to rank themselves among he1
acquaintance. No wonder then that wher
Caleb was informed that she was worth some
) fifty or sixty thousand dollars he concluded tt
: take her to wife, but he determined also not te
be too precipitate this time, for he was certain
! his former rebuffs were owing to not having
t giving the ladies time to find out his merits
Unfortunate was this resolution for poor Rosa
for in the meantime Caleb discovered she was
not SO very wealthy as he had been given te
understand, so, although he expressed himself
! fearful of breaking her heart, he addressed
another lady who had the good taste to accept
him. and who, he was told, had sufficient me
tallic attraction. So TO cut my yarn short, they
were spliced, then judge my surprise, when
the next week Caleb accosted me as follows:
s.Old fellow. when are you going to sea again?''
.sIn fortnight" I replied, ''why?"
i Cant you give me berth abroad?"
/ Knowing his aversion to salt water and tar,
and that dandy is only ftfor a loblolly boy, ]
could but demand his motives for wishing to
j follow my fortunes?"
.sWhy," said he, ..you know that fortune ]
married the other day?'
i s.Yes''
s.Well, she amt worth the first id plea
yune, and am over head and ears in debt,and
must cut out somewhere, that's certain
From what could learn there had been a
/ scene of recrlmination, and as had no use for
him aboard the Scourge, / left them as misera-
1 BILE couple as has ever been seen. On my re-
turn l found he had turned drunkard, and his
wife dasher, the frequenter Of every scene Of
fashionable life from the motley saloon to the
card table,. Do you not think, sweet lady
Caleb got his deserts?
We copy the following pertinent remarks
from the Christian Age, edited by the rev'd.
Benjamin Franklin. They deserve the serious
attention of at least all church members:
SPIRITUAL TELEGRAPH.-Such is the title ofa
a sheet published in New York and edited by S..
B. Britain. It's the great oracle the so called
spirit communications. It is edited with much
care, and well printed in wide columns, suita-
bic to make up in book form, without recompo-
sing. We have no doubt, the proprietors
are reaping a rich pecuniary reward for all
their trouble, but if all the insanity Of which
this paper is directly and indirectly the instru-
ment, with all its attendant evils and horrors,
were spread before their eyes, with the results
of all its insidious attempts to undermine and
depreciate the only true revelation from God
to man, as they will appear when God shall
they would instantly abandon it and quail be-
I 10 Ito p,,t-c
thousands who will readily pay money for being
befooled, there viii be accomplished men found
who will take their money and gull them to
any extent they may desire. No matter how
many lose their senses, how many children are
robbed of their fathers and mothers, how many
Of as honorable and respectable people as live
on this earth, are bereft, or worse than bereft,
of brothers, sisters, children and others of the
dearest friends they have in the world, no
matter if this sin is forbidden in the bible and
the fercest thunders Of the Almighty threatened
against the necromancer, still there are those
who will practice necromancy if money can be
made at it, in defiance cf all consequences
There are men so blinded, stupifed and their
souls SO benumbed that they are past all feel
| ing. No appeals can reach their hardened con
sciences and no consequences can deter them.
Butte all who have the fear of God before
their eyes, we would appeal in the name Of the
bible. Does the acknowledged revelation from
God say anything on the subject? let US look,
there shall not be found among you any one
that maketh his son OF his daughter to pass
through the fire, or that useth divination, or
an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a
witch or charmer, or a consultor with famil
iar spirits, or a wizard or necromancer, for
all that do these things are an abomination unto
the Lord Deut xviii, 10 II. The Greek
nekros, means dead, and manteia, means divi-
nation Webster defines necromancy, sthe art
of revealing future events by means Of pre-
tended communication with the dead, enchant-
ment conjuration." John Butterworth, de-
fines necromancer, wizard. He defines
wizard, diviner:-
Let us now hear what the Lord says of wi
yards. ga man also or woman that hath a
familiarspirt, OF thatisa wizard, shall surely
be put to death, they shall stone them with
stones, their blood shall be upon them" Lev.
Xxx: 27.
Let us hear the Lord once more He says,
t<regard them not that have familiar spirits,
neither seek after wizards, to be defled byI
them. l am tie lord your God" Lev XIX
81. Again, the Lord says, "and the soul that
turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and
after wizards, 4 x I will
surely setmy face against that soul, and cut him
off from among his people" Lev.xx: 6.
We stop not now to inquire whether the
spirit manifestations" are real or pretended,
for, in either case, they are evil and only evil,
and the guilty have been punished by the sever
est penalties Of the law Of Moses. Not only so,
but fthe language can express anything clear
ly, God forbids us from regarding, adheringI
to- OF in any way, countenancing OWNERS,
wizards, OF necromancers, and declares that he
willturn his face against those who doit And
we ask what is esprit medium but one
possessed with familiar spirit?o What isa
writing medium but necromancer? Moth
ing else under the shining sun, and if God has
not declared such to be an abomination to him,
we cannot understand the bible. But we can
only hint at the subject now
7----y~0e0~~-@-csr~c~o-~--
SIR GEORGE BRowN AND SIR De LACY EVANS.
Thaeo t,yo ,,onora1c who have heen So con -