Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-19

seed, in the incubation of the egg one part
Of the substance being decsHiPosed ana ae-
bending To lower Conditions or states oil
mater hat ar-sner portion might ascend in
Torn action and reaction are equal and
apostle, and where aught rises in nature,
something must fall as compensation or
equivalent. In the caterpillar there is
growth, a process going on in its organism
for the storing or funding of power or force,
to be expended finally in the development
or evolution of the insect. Nature rises like
the pyramidal horns of Pan, from rock
which stores less force than any substance
in nature, through infinite forms of solid,
through liquids, gases, to the apex, the hu-
man brain. There is Just so much of nerv-
GUS force possible to every individual, and
no more, and when drained at
one point, disappears from another,
teaching us, per force, economy in its ex-
penditure- Itmay be expended excessively
in mentality, or the act of thinking and
feeling; or it may be poured out over the
muscles, and SO evaporate; or be discharged
in the action of the ~viseeral organs. There
are these three great avenues of escape. If
drained too freely in the act of thought or
feeling, there is loss to the muscles and
visceral organs; and the actions and
functions of the latter may be
wholly suspended and arrested by the too
capious overflow in that act. The speaker
illustrated these principles from his bound
less resources, and deduced from them many
lessons for practical application in life. He
spoke a long while, we discovered at the
close, but no one observed the lapse of time.
He weaves a spell about his audience which
they wish not, and cannot, break. His
power is wonderful and seems
elemental, and his lectures exhilirate
like wine, and music, and dancing.
And herein lies the chief test Of excellence
and superiority in discourse, that it makes
a kindred impression On the mind, with the
best, truest, noblest works of art and purest
forms of Nature.
We are glad that Professor Youmans came
near the close of the course, for he makes us
sick of all the names en- the list. 1t will
take all the genius and wisdom of Emerson,
we fear, to put the public in the way of toll
Grating the gentlemen that are to follow.
Prince of American lecturers is Professor
Youmans.
Who Is "ED. EATON ?"-Messrs. Kirkwood,
of the Weddell House, received yesterday
through the Post Office, an anonymous note,
written in female hand, which runs as fol-
lows:
Mr.. KIRKwooD Please send these to the
owner, formerly a Q-uartermaster in the
army, probably a resident of Elyria, Lorain
Co., o."
The envelope contained several papers of
value only to the original owner, to wit:
A check for SI65,64, in favor fed. Eaton,
drawn on the Assistant Treasurer at New
York, dated Raleigh, N. c., June 10, 1865,
signed j. F. Boyd, Lieut.. Col. and Q. NJ; a
receipt of J. F. Boyd from Eaton, for $4,000,
Quartermaster's funds; a note payable to
order of said Eaton for $3.50, dated Avon,
Lorain Co., o.,Nov. 3, 1864; a note for $500,
payable to same order, dated Nashville,
Dec. IL, 1864; and a So bill on the bank of
the Adrian Insurance Co.
Now the enquiry with the Messrs. Kirk
wood is, Who is Ed. Eaton? Their theory
of the matter is this: The notes and papers
were stolen from the Quartermaster, and on
the discovery of their worthlessness to any
other party than the owner, were sent to
them, with the view hat they would noise
the matter abroad, and the papers eventual
Iy find their way back to the plundered Of
fcer.. If this result was in the intention of
the thief it stamps him with the true
Arabian stripe.