American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1865-10-08
"RELIGIO-PHILOsOPRICAL JOUR.
NAL"

Chicago is evidently destined to be
come The great centre of literary cutur,
and eminence on this continent. Vast Al
has been her material progress. she al
ready far surpasses that in
"The power Of Thought--the magic of Mind"
The trst number of new journal, tht
title of which we have placed at the beac
Of this notice, and which we received thi'
morning. has brought this conviction tt
our mind with irresistible force; and al
we wish to do all in our power 10 advance
the enjoyments and advantages Of oul
readers, we ask their immediate and mos
earnest attention to this most wonder fu
candidate for their favors. We assure
them they ought not 10 lose moment
in giving it. Purity Of diction, chaste.
lress of style. chaIitableness in views,
scrupulnus truihfulness 10 narration, free
dom from bigotry, modesty in assertion,
rhetorical beauty, and cleai ness of logic,
cannot bul charm our readers as they do
Us. aud wherever they find them, they
will aseuredly patronize them. for their
own sakes 1t is to give them an oppor
unity of deciding whether they will re-
fuse 10 do so 10 the case OF the "Relgio.
Philosophical journal" or not. that we
hasten to illustrate its beauties 10 them
| Ii would, doubtless, be a great shock to
The conductors of this transcendently
excellent undertaking to fnd anywhere
taste that would ss soon read the Nation
al Police Gozette, or Life in Boston, or
any of TIE filthy yellow covered lilera
iure;" and we trust that it will not be
found among the readers of the Star
We cannot believe it will, although we
We too well know that such is the strange
composition of the human mind, that il is
even possible, if there were conlpulsioa
TO choose. not few might prefer the lat
Ter kind Of reading. Happily. there is
not likely to be any compulsion, however;
ard we trust that il. no Hilhs!andir g our
exalted sdmiraio ion and unafec ed lauds-
lion of the Pcl'qio Philosophical journal,
ibey should not Ike it, they will lind
some better substi uie than either Of those
we have gracefully suggested And so,
il support Of ~ba; we have. said, we cub
NIT TO their consideration the following
copy of a letter from his city. which ep
pears in this journal, under The heading
"Randolyh's Le,ters-No l." and sign
ed up. B R" EI Fede Htrcalem this
is fair sample Of the whole;
New Orleans, where at present | am
teaching negro children, is remarkable
place, with considerable land to the acre
If not great deal more. Tie city is
rputed the warmrst on the continent;
probably because Of its asserted proximity
10 H.; yes, the nameess place, the bot.
tom of which, | believe. fell out by rea-
son Of many very hard traps" some
vcH'e agcrc.
Some people assert that the place is
hoted for ignorance, which is great mis-.
lake, for have seen several people who
knew what day of the month the fourth
Of Jnly came on, and two more who
heard Of Jesus Christ
There is good pasturage in the streets
u this city. for secession put dead stop
p every kind of business, except whisky
and passing counterfeit crrren-
". Southern fire is just begiuing to cool
1own under the influence Of the right
md musket balls; and in its place we al
-eady begin TO see signs OF returning pros.
1erly and common sense, and we feel
be air of The good time already on the
Day, and the rush of coming commerce
IN the shoulders OF the Night.
or course, in the hot. bed Of material.
sm and Papacy you can expect nothing
much in the spiritual line. for the nine
zenith century hasn't got along here yet;
t there are few honest believers and
arnest workers. whom could, but need
lot name. Circles are constantly held
lere, but they don't amount to anything
more than keeping up the Interestingly
mouder in the straw, that will blaze out
me Of these days and sstonish the natives.
slow to move in new paths. this people
VII. when they start, as they must, nd
ance rapidly. But, at present. they are
ike hogs on ice-in a scattering condition. ,
iDch Of their inharmony results from the ,
'revalence Of three langusees--Eoglish.
uu bo. French and mongrel Italian, all
4 which is vocalizing into national
obgue. Catholicism reigns triumphant !
et but the signs are afoat. end down it i
nl,, come before long. Polgamy abounds;
bal is men have honest wives and keep /,
updroon mistresses; one result Of which j
!, hat it's hard 10 tell a white man un j
,ss he halls from up river, for the negro
lood is nearly bleacbed out Of tens Of
lopsands here. AT present We are un'
er traitor rule. soon to be supplanted, | /.
ops, by loyal government. | came here
Ist November under a deep. powerful.
nd holy influence. do not bosst Of :
hat have done. bu, just ask Major
Iumley. General Banks. or Chief Jus
ce Chase. or the hundreds | have taught
/, rrad-aud think