The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-06-09

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LITERARY NorIcEs--A fine specimenof the
book making art is before US from the Phila |
delphia house Of J. B Lippincott 4 Co. 1t
is the Life of Emanuel Swedenborg, togeth- |.
er with brief synopsis Of his writings, both
philosophical and theological. by William
White; with an introduction by B. +. Bar
retA' OFF the dusty highway Of humanity,
in path by himself, came Baron Sweden
borg and went his life walk. One of the
worlds seer-teachers; one of the company
of mystics: one of the worlds marvels be-
cause living soul life when all others lived a
body life. His way lie through Dodonan
groves with temples and oracles, not of Jupi-
ter, but consecrate unto Jehovah; nor were
there frequenters there other than himself.
Says Edwin Paxton Hood in the preface of
the work before us :" 1t is said that Sweden
borg was fanatic. What then is a fanatic
One of the profoundest mathematicians Of his
age; deep and acute thinker subtle
| legician a various and versatile scholar
above all, calm and most quiet bookman
and penman, indisposed for every company,
and never seen to court the company of the
ignorant and the vulgar who are ever the re-
sort of the fanatic man of few words until
compelled to talk, or talking for purpose !;
cool in temperament always, as far as hui
his thoughts and all his actions; perpetualy
bent upon giving reasons for things: a
man of strong inductive habits; whole life
of nvariable rectitude, and doctrines and
principles ever above the hour and ever,
from the period of his illumination the same
Is this the portrait of fanatic?
He was Titan and must take his place
among the very highest and..widest minds Of
our world; his was truly Morse intellect !:
he belonged to the wonderful race of Sea.
Kings; he was one of the children of Odin,
and we know that race-the writers and in.
terpreters of the rimes-the utterers of the
! rhymthmic charms We of the material
will never fully comprehend Swedenborg of
the spiritual; we taught of Authority will
never find life rules in the mystic spirit utter
ances of one that was divinely illuminated.
Unless the world has ever hved entirely
wrong It's better so. But the prophet that
cometh in the name of Israels King should
, not be reviled even though he be found dwell
ling in the tents of the enemy
The book is handsomely printed and bound
and is placed on our table by Mr.. II. Brow.
nell, at whose book store the work can be
had.
We have received the Adjutants General Is
report for 1868 1t is prepared with the care
. and thoroughness that have characterized all
: the reports Of Gen. Baker and made them o.
: the very highest authority at Washington and
. throughout the country. This volume is got
ten ont in excellent style by Mr.. Palmer, o
!. Des Moines, State printer.
A Remarkable Ese.pe-Frishtfnl asria
y Flight.
Y From the Davenport Iowa) Gazette June L.
q The most remarkable escape from persona
" injury, if not death, that has come to GU
: knowledge for many day, occurred on Sat
- urday last, a few miles west OF Iowa City
ar AS the regular passenger train coming Eas
er was nearing that point, a man was discovere
&c walking along the track. The whistle wa
sounded once, twice, thrice, and no attentlo
- paid to It by the slowly plodding pedestrian
IN The engineer, supposing that it was some ID
., borer walking home from his days work an
ut that he would step off as soon as the engin
). got too near him for safety, did not at Cir,
~ reduce speed, bat kept on at a rate Of abo,
Il twenty five miles an hour. But when he "a
that the COW catcher was at the mans hee
and he made no signs Of leaving his rail line
o. path, steam was shutoff and the train brougl
to stop; not, however, until affe4the M
had been violently thrustaside in a most fea
r. full manner. In much less time than il TAX,
is here to describe the shock, the man was pic]
he ed up BY the swiftly approaching cove atche
J, struck, Is it Is supposed, between the les
~ and thrown in the air distance Of son
twenty feet, making at the same time one
the most frightful leaps and somersaults th
IN man need ever wish to make As soon
in the train was stopped the employees rushs
(. hack, expecting to 6nd mass Of mansls
9 6eaA ard broken bones, but imagine tie
= nEp1@ q beholdinx the man walking i
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