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98 Our conversation wandered to the Sciences generally. To the practical tendency of them. The Physical Sciences - having facts for their bases - affored ample field for discovery to an inquiring mind. They tend also to improving the comfort and happiness of mimkmer. I adverted to Metaphysics and its Philosophies. Said he, "I took in my youth the Philosophies. I embraced them thoroughly. I was walking in a valley - when all was simple - substantial and straightforward - they led me up the mountain. I seemed in a new world - light blazed from every quarter. I studied deeper - fathomed mysteries - unravelled subtelties - until waking at length as from a trance. I found myself the more I ascended the mountain - the more involved in subtelties - mysteries and doubts - intricacies and questions - like Indian Knots - unravellable. I lost tract of fact - nuture - truth - was treading incomprehensible ground. I returned to the valley - satisfied with the uncertain regions of Philosoply. I am happy again - being content with knowledge gained from obseration of facts. Knowledge is divided into the district of facts and the district of faith. In the one men may walk and disseminate the treasures they gather - in the other - Divine Revelation and God alone are the rightful occupants. Let Philosophy not dispute with God this district. But Philosophy has a practical bearing in as far as it conduces to improvement of the ways of Education. Patriotism and our country received a passing moment. Our happy America and the character of its people. The elements of character and the influences - as deduced from the early settlers - the Puritans of New England and the Cavaliers of Virginia. The different states of the North and South of our republic - as being the fruits of these early influences. Never strange the present political State of Europe. The see of republiconism - is producing fruit in the nations of time worn monarchy. Its root - has spread underneath old ocean from young America - and vigorous shoots are putting above ground throny all Europe. The public debt of England. The Dr was not of opinion that it would yet crush her. 31 of her subjects had been spoken of whose united property would cancel the whole debt. If the only pays the inters - the principal will never trouble her. The income tax lately proposed in Parliament - whereby every man pays tax according to his income was greatly praised by the Dr.