New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-26

Lakee q the kAerno.
the nisshieS With tHen ana that they soon leave the
pubhc for the p~scak scleolsi"
80 Il used to be told in the East, that whenever
boat threw out her plank q any Of the Western
towns, score Of young men hled thereon wCua eJ'
tend On arm from eseh side with, Hare AnseHnd
Nia2' 70 any young lady who might pass 70 ne
shore. =.
II am little incredulous, respecting the truth Of
this, or the agreeable question has very frequently
been answered in the negative. But seriously only
one hundred or hereaboun of the four hundred nave
become ebtapgled in the web of matimony, number
too Email rather than too large.
at is quite desirable. l presume. that al VINO 80
"It is he ped that none will return East for
home. Their Influence is needed Wet, which, when
concentrated in the domestic circle, is, In many IN
,tsnces, even greater than before. But instead Oh
Hymtn's playing the mischief with teachers, as you
.sy, il is rather with the pnps. Why, 1t was at one
time p,overbisl If one wants to get marned, attend
Mis- BIS school' Several OF my pupils from thirteen
years and upward have entered the state OF matil-
n opy and from being trained in sch ooroom nave
tsgun themselves the training OF housenoid' Inc
wtoiDg, in some cases, is done up in quick time.
The mott e1pt ditious case in which was espe'
oiay interested was that Of young miss OF hiteen;
One ev. nirg as she left the schoOl-roop, noticed
IA Fix footsr standing at the corner Of vacant lot,
who joined Der as she passed along. The following
day che was not in her accustomed seaf, ana on the
thnd day che entered for her books, saying with a
happy count that she should mot be at school
rico Yesterday she replied.
"'Why did you not acquaint with Jour inten-
tons, my dearl This is altogether too great sur.
prhe; l., ..,.
hut he never asked me until yesterday and We were
mamie last evening".
g" You have known hin well, presume
"Ileyer Jaw him until the day before. He asked
ne, and Didn't like to coy No. so am married
wOmsD.'
"By this time every scholar in the room was choking
with tuIpr ssed laughter and stepped into'he porch
With the depsrrg pupil, and was there introduced to
her husband, who in reply to my regrets said he too
was so,ry to take her aray but didn't see but he
must do st.' Trey had met for the first time In the
street, VIII. re he bad been awaiting her, having seen
Der Us She entered the schoolroom. rde was at
egreed on, and as she had no family friends TO
advise with the ride resulted in engagement, and
the engage ment in marriage Of course. He was an
honest yeonsp Of the backwoods, and though never
since heard from, they doubtless eojoyng life in
quiet thriving way
The Chief interest of tho volume consists in it's
illustration Of the growth and progress Of the North
West The variety of it's details on this point will
doubtless awaken the curiosity Of readers on the
Upper Mississippi, and amply repay them for its
perussl
IMPRovIsATIONs FROM THE SPIRIT By Lie.
WILKINSON. lSmo PIP 4Os. New Church Publishing
Aspociatop.
No one who has watched the expression of original
thought in England for the lsst twenty years is
stranger to the name of James John Garth Wilkinson.
man of singular purity and dispteretedness of char.
ac,er of profound scientific atainmens, of rare bold
ness and independence of speculation, and with com.
msnd Of language scarcely matched among modern
writer, he stands in the foremost rank Of English
thinkers at the present day. His comments on the
writings of Swedenborg of several of which he has
given the best English versions, and his discussions of
the relations of man with physiology, stamp him not
cply as a writer of remarkable eloqueuce, but IS a
person Of original and peculiar genius. He has failed,
however to arrive at the unity Of truth BY the deduc-
tons Of reason, and like many other OF the finest
minds of the day, despairing Of satisfactory attain
mepts by the slow process Of observation and
inference, has thrown himself under the domin-
ion of an ethereal and fiery mysticism. In
hi, presen. po.ition he must be regarded as an
illustration Of the sprit Of the age, rather
than as one of its wise and progressive teachers.
Aliuring the light Of reason at least in its ordinary
forms of manifestations, he has fallen back upon the
spontaneous suggestions Of the spirit, which, in every
period Of the world, have produced such mingled
Growth Of noble ntuitions, astounding fOes, and IN
sc,upulous fanaticism. The volume of poems to which
Mr.. Wilkinson has here appended his name is the
rui, OF bis present mystical tendencies. It was written
in obedience to process to which his attention had
been directed, and which be calls tho method OF I'm
preston. In this mode Of composition, a taeme 10
chosen and written down. As soon this is done, the
first impression on the mind is the beginning Of the
evolution of the theme no matter how strange or alien
the word or phrase may be. That Impression is writ
ten down, and then another, and another, until the
niece Ia concluded. The whole movement is an act Of
faith iom beginning to end, involving deliberate
sbdicstion Of the voluntary powers in reliance on the
aid Of natural inspiration, No doubt the state Of mind
designated by abandonment to an idea an emotion,
is favorable to the highest successes Of extemporsne.
Gus speaking, of conversation, and, within certain
limits, of poetca composition. Genius is always spon-
tsneous in ts action but genius without the guidance
of reflective wisdom is perhaps liable to lead into
world of pbantssms a. to the region Of substantial
truth The theory of sound mental action, We believe,
ia hostile to Mr. Wilknsons method. Nor is the re-
.uIt of his experiment. as presented 10 this volume Of
nature to increase our confidence in It's excellence
There are, indeed many noble conceptions, much ad-
mrable imagery, and q vein OF tender and pathetic
thought in some of these poems but they also con.
tain great deal of alloy in the shape Of unfinished
statements trivial representations and even Of dog
gere verse; We have perused them with less pleasure
than pain, and can only regret that such gifted
ps.u,e should have so far yielded to Ehst We must
consider .tupendous mental deusop.
CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA, TARrARY, AND Th!BEI'
By NJ LIABLE HUc. vola limo. d. ssdier 10.
The published travels Of this eminent Catholic ms'
siopry in TaItsry and China have made bis name
familiar to numerous readers who cherish no special
interest in the religious work to which so considerable
a portiOn of his life has been devoted. With the
characteristic zeal and exclusiveness Of the order 70
which he belongs he combines spirit Of large obser'