Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-07-08

Newspaper MelemsYchOsIs.

Il an old doctrine Of Hndoo and Egyptian
faith that the souls OF men have existed for coant
ie's ages in countless succession Of transmigra.
lions beginning their career in the bodies Of the
lowest animals, and thence proceeding by gradual
progress through successfully higher forms 10 that
Of man that, according 10 the moral character Of
the soul during each Of these successive stages it
YES a, deslh duly advanced TO the next higher
form, or Tor lie sins doomed 10 20 backwards and
nhabil again the lowest forms, and 10 repeat the
process from the beginning that the soul Of the
man who conducted w0rihily was Il bis death Rd-
ysnloi through higher forms towards absolute por-
fooion bat il She man was base and un Worthy, his
.0ul was ri desth degraded iHto the bessial form
mos, suited 70 the disposition il he'd displayed
And they held that The soul Of man had dim re-
collections Of lie former state-fsint shadows Of
former life that cloudod tue consciousness Of this
We can IN oar own day occasionally furnish an n
uslrslion OF this doctrine tbat would gladden. the
heart Of Hindoc sage
Wa had IN Knoxville some time since a daily
psper called the Commercial Il was an imbece
sd icrlegn creature and whence lie spirit came no
cue knew. lie editor hhd during and since the war
hosted alternately 'gocl Lord and good devil, Lin
sven The latter iorsook him His paper sucked the
Government iost lll That pare maternal fount
dried up and thon The poor tnsngy, starved bovine
'plEnt ia ptoJus b.oatng gave up the ghost But
80 soul--like John Browns marching on. ana
lie Tstot docreod thai, Tor is uumerou sins, its
neat incarnation should be in the Knoxville Tree
Press tho fantastic trick Of which while thus pos
ssssed- we're marvellous The tormentsd soul re-
'del Tor time ia This pargstorial habitstion, and
sJmo faint "reminiscences OF former state or an IN.
stuc.ive ioreb0ding Of y coming doom, are sup-
posed 10 have oooasioued The fragrant illusions 10
oer.sin ale aaiaslt 40, usually named to sars po-
lits, Of which its presiding genius wss SO fond
Whether The spiri. was toe much for The body, CT
TIE body too mach ior the spirit has never been az
oor,ainea bat after sviEg IN insigniaosnt fierce
ness for ieN months. THE stage Of existence also
zane % an end ana The shrieking ghost next tarns
sp " eKpisie itl aims in the Press Herald ad lic
-agsr-s uiultplo possession, the like whereof has
nos been ssea Coz eighteen hundred years or this
sias tho Laake o. Galilec. Alterbstoy chsiterinc
sHS ssolliag n bissfll iorseiialnoss Of is ances
iors ihis cheerful iuosrasou has thus ir lived and
islf.ol a mission. Il is now piolsly awaiting ID.
neEs Transformation, singing the While
IrenhiluE. h0lluf- lursrinz nsine
On. ua' 7slas the hlrs q DIVING.
snG uiusiug ca IT, snsny trsusuigrAsions ana non
asriur viii ths aslonishod community n which il
llrss whsi sgzhngt re-efeSSioa Of : coautr, e3i-
Tor swAis g next Rag estisaas unossy cbost
Th-es million siE hundrcd thcsaaa resys we're
Showed h. tbe H.ndoo rhilosarte-. a. ne cycls
vriihiu vhiOh. ia 0sss al roca behkvior The soul
sigti Hrr'vs a. ps-ieaior Yea have sisrae8 on 8
lorg road. snl Tt ioss M ~ ursEg glrssisob. bui
you lcef uI rol hr s.-e g. s-r.re somspho-e.
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