American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-05-10
CANTON, MISS, SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1873.

natural law, above it, or in violation q
| it,"
| Excuse my Interruption" | said jus
there, but Of course the Duke mems
| does he not, sir?-at variance with, above
| or in violation of that little, comparative
| ly, which we kno,r of natural law. VIVA
| an infinite amount of Gods law may b
above and modify the small part W
| know"
THANK you, my friend; that is yer,
well put" he replied, and continued hi
reading "'Nothing, however wonderful
which happens according to natural law
| would be considered by any one as super
natural. The law in obedience to whicl
wonderful thing happens may not b
hnOeon; but this would not give it super
natural character, so long as we as
suredly believe that it did happen accord
ing to some law. Hence, it would ap
pear to follow that a man thoroughly pos
sessed of the idea of natural law as uni
versal, never could admit anything to h,
supernatural because on seeing any fact
however new, marvellous and incOmpre
hensible, he would escape into the conclu
sion that it was the result of some natura
law of which he had before been ignorant
This is not the conclusion o
pride, but of humility of mind. Seein.
the bOundless extent of our ignorance o
the natural laws which regulate so man,
of the phenomena around us, and still
more of the phenomena within us, nothin.
can be more reasonable than to conclude
when We see something which is to us
wonder, that somehow, if we only knew
how, it is "aU right''-all according to til,
constitution and course of nature''
He closed his book, and hurriedly get
ting together his few traps, swinging hi.
buster on an arm, and buttoning hi:
gloves, he said: "And so, my friend, thest
facts in my own experience / cannot ex
plain any more than I can doubt them
construct no theory for them. As the,
aoere, believe there must be some law fol
them. But here we are'
"What, sir, do you get out heres'' had
thought his ticket said 'Poughkeepsie'
Eyes, yes-a sudden thought-but a
good evening to you. l am indebted to
your company for -"
Good evening, sir,'' and with real
fervor l added from the warmth of my
heart, Il trust we shall meet again"
That he answered with a peculiar smile,
sweet, fitting, but rather incomprehensi-
BILE, and he was gone.
''What a mann' thought; ''what dig
nifty and quietude of manners, so embrac-
ing in his sympathies. What intelligence
Marvellous narrative that. 1t absorbed
me, as indeed did all he said All. how
shall enjoy telling of this fortunate ride
to the company l am to dine with to-mor-
row. 1t might make sketch for maya
zine" And so 1 pleasantly soliloquized
for several miles beyond Peekskill. But
why had not asked his nameg Certain
ly his ticket was for Poughkeepsie, I
seemed sure of that; what then could
have suddenly changed his plans to leave
the train at Peekskill?
However, what matter to me- except the
premature loss of his charming society,
that he did or did not change his travel
ing plans9 The interview had left me in
a very pleasant state of mind, as when one
closes some enrapturing romance and sits
looking over it at NOTTINGHAM inter
Jude of sensation between the romance lost
and the reality to be quickly undertaken.
was conscious, in a remote kind of way,
of the soft night settling down on the rives
gOrges of the Highlands / saw the twink
ling tiers of lights in Cozzens', Garrison's
depot, the blaze and glare of the Kemble
and the short, rafting tunnel
under Breakneck brought me out of reverie
to the open piece of road opposite Corn
wall, and shaking up of my senses to a
travellers preparation to leave the cars
We were nearing Fishkill. "In time for
the ferry boat? Let me see"
But my watch. Where is its Could
have left it on my bureau at the hotel?
Stupid! stupid! Could it be possible."
l tried to recall events-my dressing,
where had lost my watch, etc, but they
were all in revolving maze Miserable
confusion. There was nothing to do on
the moment but to telegraph from Fishkill
to the hotel proprietor.
Fishkill! FERRY to Newburg"
l rushed from the cars before they were
rlvy of Sfan1cfi1I int, tIo
off message for the operator
g How muchs"
"My pocket-bOokt'
This pocket, that pocket, vest pockets,
inside, outside-nowhere. I felt as if ali
my blood, in drops like lead, had gone
through the pores of my feet into the
ground beneath. l jerked off my hat,
peered into it, answered not the waiting,
perplexed telegraph operator, but hurried
into the depot room, hat in hand, with the
wild, wavering look, and scurrying, I'M
certain steps of lunatic. L stopped
my head uncovered, my limbs
all flimsy. My fingers felt again for the
vest chain; they clutched
a couple of links, a piece of
metal. l grasped the little broken bits of
ewelry and studied them intently What
lid it mean? l looked up; probably the
eyes of all that travelling thrOng were
liked on me with wonder, perhaps amuse-
nent. Suddenly faint, sneering whis-
per in my brain seemed to say again and
again, louder and quicker with each repe-
ition, and then with whirl of laughter,
'Argyll's Reign of Law Ha, ha-a-a-ar'
Alas. l sac it. l stumbled to a bench
md sat down on my-my hat! A crack
ing, crumpling report, then a burst of
aughter. l came to my senses and rushed
or the ferry. Without accident reach
ID my family that summer night.
My wife never knew me more quiet
lad no interesting anecdote to tell at next
lays dinner party. My loss that July
lfternoon on the rails was a gold hunting
watch, value $3.50; a pocket-book, CON
ents $93.75; my conceit of ability to read
,eopte, value 5000.
P. S.-Mortification prevented me from
attempting to have my en-rapport scoun-
lrel arrested, but now, more than two
ears after, learn that he died lately in
AUBURN prison, where he was filling out a
entence for forgery.-Galary.
MILLERITES IN 1S43-SOme of the sOci-
ties were so sure that the end was at hand
hat they put their individual possessions,