New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-17

Is may be very Unphiosophical and urspirruai, but
/ do not wish TO know anything abeut the next
word while am denzen Of this. II knew tha.
/ could
Tia, Opes tie palace Of E,sgnity"
by walking into the next room and taking il down
from the peg behind the door, would not do H.
Like John Quincy Adams, " ! can wait H. in
deed, II must be SO, and Plato did 81 reason vel,
shall know all shout il soon enough Ii this world
be place OF preparation for smother, il can only be
made so by applying il 10 its right uses. Aud there
is none too much ti,ne IN this short lie for doing
this without using il up and puzzlHg our brains
about the stage of existence 10 which i is the nitro
duction.
hope It is not wicked but my notion is that
those will be found best fitted tor the next world
who have thought the least about It while IN this
The true Way to enjoy the supper Which the Lori
has prepared torus audto which he has compelledus
70 Come in is 70 take the courses in the order be
Las appointed to them. Let them % on orderly,
ab GRO usQpo qd mGlEpi, and let us not stretch out
our unseemly hands after the forbidden apple be-
fore We have fairly dispatched the PREDATORY and
embryonic egg. Al least, that Is my way OF think
Ing. This world is good enough for me while II
lssts. but that Will by no means dSquahiy me from
reh.hrg a better when il comes along Il may be
that there are finer things in that world 20 come
than this glorious cataract which have only to lii
up MY ewes 10 have pour itself into my soul; for
Milton, who knew IA much about suSh things rs
anybody ever did, tells us that
"Farth hath this variety from Heaven.
OF pleasure situate IN bill and dale
| cannot conceive how il is possible, but you may
be sure that shall be entirely ready 10 accept any
possible Improvement upon II. | never had any
thing thought too good for me Vet. and don be-
eye travelling 10 the other side OF Jordan VIII maze
any difference II my ldloSyncrasy.
But all this is intolerably stupid, SO viii tell you
a dream | had last night. My Spiritual friends
have told me- al along that the Spirits would be
even with ne some time or other, aud thought the
time bad come astnight. arrived late and 1t was
dark and rainy. so had no vision OF the Falls but
its voice of many waters made my ear bear witness
TO its nearuess, and while il lucd me 10 sleep per-
baps excited MY Imagination at the same time.
dreamed that was sitting III mine own great cham
ber' at home, thinking OF nothing at al, when the
door opened and grave, handsome, bearded man
entered, dressed in some medevalsh costume or
other. Approaching me- he said IN a sad, sweet,
solemn voice, do you know who am ." could
not conscienliously say that did, but, mastering
my best manners. ! rose, aud on making Jnmp at
it. said. Sir Walter Raleigh believe :" =" No
replied my yisitant, " am Americas Nespuciusi -
With tins he offered me his hand, which closed upon
mine with the sensation which Den Giovanni must
have had when the stony fingers at the Commander
prasred hold of his. | awoke IN great fright. and
found that, although | was awake, my arm was
asleep Now whether this feeling was the effect OF
the spirit hand If the godfather Of this continent,
or of some uneasiness of position IN bed leave to
the decision of those who more skilled in spirit
ual philosophy than am.
II il were the first, and this eminent person was
indeed commissioned as the Envoy Extraordinary to
treat with NE en- these matters; certainly can have
no reason to complain of the character OF the En-
baSsador. | cannot decline the negotiation because
be- is net If proper rank and consideration. beg 10
assure him that | intend nO personal dlsrespect to
himself in begging him not to repeat his interview or
take any further steps toward the conferences he Is
commissioned 10 initiate II cannot be any private
grudce that he has against me that OccasOned his
visit. | am sure | have never joined III the com
plants that some persons have made that he should
have had the naming OF these twin continents. On
the contrary have always stood by him, COlum.
bus was the father of the'cohtinent; Americas was
Only the godfather, whose business was to provide
the newly born with good name. This spOnsorlal
duty lie certainly did well, much better than COlum
bus could have done by any teminlzng OF his
own name as all must allow who have
ever heard "Iian Columbia" These state
ments'l beg your own, or any ct bis friends
who may be- ia communication with tins dlstn-
guished spirit, to convey to him in my name en-
tIeat them to assure him, with my most respectful
compliments, that have never spoken OF hun cx
cepting in the highest terms, and that / shOu as
soon think of speaking dsrespectfuly Of the Equa-
tor or of saying something severe on the Eciptc,
as Of making any disparagng remark about himself
If he has heard anything OF the kind, he has been
misininrmed, and have been maligned
Confound il, here | have gone and filed up my
whole space with this super humanity, which | in
tended to dispatch in one short paragraph, and left
the important story of my earthly travels untold Ia
fact my spirits run away with me, az, | thank God
they have often done before. But, il you treat me
as we'll as you did in the printing of my letter from
ST. Louis, perhaps will send you in few days an
episte of "a more mundane description. BYLEs.