The Washington union., 1858-06-27
WASHINGTON CITY, SUNDAY, JUNE ~, 1858.

the word wi6 Then explain to us that deeper
mystery of the unconscious volitions, which modern
mental philosophers have chrisened the sixth the
muscuAf seusc (as II de6nition) Instead
Of unconscious perhaps It would be philoscphcay more
correct 70 ssy the Sorda voitons, those which like
meteo sh for volition&l mo1nt the bsain and
disappear In spite of his eye-glas my young friend
Par vense jr for instance winks incredible number
of times In the Of few minutes, winks, too,
without his knowledge CONSENT and that heart of
his, upon which have doubt is legibly written
Paris keeps humping at his ribs whom his form Is
stippsdof those lttle appliances of which he and his
tailor and myself only know the existence and when
pleasant dreams of the Champs DE- Mar and ---- and
visit his weary eyes, And my neces feel the hot
blood rushing into their ces quite contrary to their
wishes when few silly words addressed to them by
young gentlemsn who have taken immense liking TO
those lneks for which their uncle Ia hcav-
~ ind11ted to that female millinery Napoleon, Mrs
OFipEnsrf CAnGa street, New York. The eye and the
xeasS, u ~ young friends wflf have 70 learn are
but portions sf matter their motions directed by
what should bc called unrccorded votons and 1t
cisely this msnestly natural operation of mind upon
matter that besecch the dvaw to explain In the
while only say that evidence of the
supernatural miraculous, and weinspiring in coon
of kitchen tables the prouettng of pianos than in the
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heart or the quick and repeated raising and falling
of the curtains which the windows of Chloe soul
In both mind acts upon matter in the last invo
unfairly, why not In the former 1M @
Uncommon Enects OF Common Events.
Curiously enough, while was musing in the com
mon place fashion noted above found myself in the
presence of common person, employed in very com
mon avocaton, but evidently possessing uncommon
sensibility. In the ubiquitous duties imposed upon
me as an attache Of tho Union, I found myself late
in the night long distance from my home. II
was dark, rainy night, and dangerous hour to
be abroad it was with some feeling of relief
therefore, that hastily answered in the affirmative the
inquiry of dripping hack driver, Coach sirg Enter
ing the vehicle gave myself up to the musing with
which have filed this column but soon heard voices
or at least voice. conversng in low earnest tome
am cOnstitutionally courageous do not think 1t is
egotistcal to say for cannot help it, But wearied
with day Of unusual labor, and made more weary by
the prospect Of long night vigil suppose my
unusually exctabe. At any rate the thought OF
reachery, robbery, assassination, flashed upon me the
night very dark was in the power of the driver
and felt Is helpless as / always do when re-
sign myself into the hands of barber, and spec
ulato the possibility Of his becoming suddenly de-
ranged while shaving 1t is fearful risk that
of placing one's bare throat under the keen razor
held by utter stranger But to return determined to
solve tho mystery gently lowered the front widows
my carriage, and listening while tho large drops occa-
sonally dashed in my face found not mistaken
my driver was talking to some one In short time
could g1shsr the burden Of what proved to be mono
logue and when finally succeeded in connecting the
mans sentences felt greatly relieved for was not to
be submitted to any outrage greater than the ordinary
cxtorton and moreover, he was talking to himself OF
to his horses in strain of morazing which it did me
good to hear from individual of so rough an exterior
It 1t had been with him with me- an unusually
busy day. and as his farewell fare for the night he
was summing up the experiences of the day.
The nrst duty he had been engaged in was to bear
bridal party to tho church this seemed to have made
great impression upon my hackman, who think, he's
tender heart somewhere below his mutarous coats His
discourse about the bridal somewhat confused,
"her cyes' and tiny eyes' occurred very frequent
ly, though could not quito make out in what con-
nection But it seemed that the bride was fair young
thing and that the whole party full of life and bril-
liancy The next business of my moralixng Phaeton
was strangely enough, at funeral little child, he
said very beautiful, surrounded by choicest flowers
the only son Of his parent whose hearts bowed
heavily down by their action In the rough pathos Of
homey language he recountcd the events Of this funeral
until could see it ALL the agonzed mother the strong
in beautiful flowers and the solemn words of the service
Many other crrands had employed him during the day,
but only remember references to festive gather
ing Of Frccmasons to which he had carried loud So
that his coach in the day hid carried joyous BRIDE
dead child, party of pleasure seekers, and contem-
plative Middle-Aged Man Well, human experience is
very like hack the early joy and the later pleasure
have death sandwched between them, and the sum Of
all is--a little mor,lizing for the lookers-on.
"a Common Superstition w. Common Sense.
The Scientific American, commenting on the tansfor-
nation of body toa like material, in the New York
Potter Field gives very interesting statement of the
material known adpcers, which Is simply the hui
man frame subjected to the chomica action of certain
earths and when the ammonia is separated, becoming
neither more less than spermacet, which, If wick
be inserted into IT, will burn freely This is particularly
encouraging to certain literary friends Of mne for whom
have hope that some day they may prove bril-
liant But call attention to the article principally
ges may help to overturn the supersttious
which still haunt the minds Of many about the appear
ance of what known in the old bury
ing grounds by giving this palp~ble proof that ghosts
are merely gas.
Common Paragraphs.
It will be some time before the raoe of penny liners
extinct for there certain cycles of pagaphic SUBJ
Ieca upon which these gentlemen ring the changes without
changing the ring Of their topics Looking back over an
experience of twenty in journalism surprised by
the regular perodcity of certain classes of events Thus
by leaving blanks for the names arrange the par
araphic items for daily newspaper time in advance