4S THE M'TIIRRAX Or.f^KnXKR. 



Ills Tor one winter, is willing to do without it. Thirdly, the Lrmperaiure 

 or the room tlius warmed, is uniformltj the same throughout the rohole 

 da)/. There is no sudden oppressive heat for half an hour after fresh 

 fuel has been introduced into the stove, producing perspiration and un- 

 easiness, and then followed by an-unpleasant chilliness, unless the fire 

 is watched and immediately re-renewed. And fourthly, the temperature 

 being always of the moderate kind, headaches and other inconvenient 

 feelings, whicli are often complained of as resulting from the use of or- 

 dinary stoves, are not so common with the use of this. 



Unhesitatingly would we therefore recommend this kind of stoves to 

 the community at large, being well assured that ihey have the advantage 

 over all otlicrs, whether economy, convenience, or comfort be consulted. 



THE LUTHERAN OBSERVER. 



We cannot but express our regret at the course which the Editor of 

 the Lutheran Observer has pursued in reference to an article published in 

 this Journal. Professing to be alarmed at the tendency of Dr. Patterson's 

 able articles upon Ethnology, he made a most nncourteous and undigni- 

 fied assault upon tliat gentleman. Of course, we have no objection to any 

 one, least of all the editors of our weekly papers, canvassing the merits 

 of any article which makes its appearance in our Magazine ; on the con- 

 trary we consider it a compliment, and are perfectly willing to submit to 

 any fair award which the public may pronounce upon our performances. 

 We do not, therefore, contest the right of the Lullieran Observer, or of 

 any one else, to endeavor to expose any errors into which he supposes 

 our contributors have lallen. But we think tliat editors are just as much 

 bound to observe the laws of courtesy and of honorable controversy as 

 any other body of men. Our great complaint against the Observer, there- 

 fore is, that, whilst Prof. Patterson deprecates the doctrine of materialism, 

 and explicitly denies that it is f:nrly dcducible from his views of the na- 

 ture of man, the editor of that paper not only insists that this consequence 

 is logically derived from his premises, but also calls in question Prof. P'.s. 

 lionesty in making this disclaimer. Any one, we think, who calmly and 

 dispassionately reads the Professor's articles in question, must see that 

 the physical fact, which no one can deny, is there set forth, that the man- 

 ifestations of mind are invariably connected with brain or nervous matter, 

 and that in man, in whom those manifestations are of the highest order, 

 that nervous matter is most perfectly organized. Now this is an ultimate 

 ffict, as far as physical researches can go, and is not inconsistent with the 

 idea that the mind, using the brain as its material organ, presents mani- 

 festations of an order just in proportion to the perfection of its instru- 

 ment. To (he charge, therefore, of the Editor of the Observer against 

 Prof. P., neither he nor his friends can give any other answer than si- 

 lence, and where Prof. Patterson is known it can only injure him who 

 makes it. ♦■ 



