s was made of woven cotton, into which charcoal mixed
with gum had been worked.' This was tightly gummed to the fair dame, who
was to have been exhibited 'in style' in a stylish house in Fourth
street; but who was taken to Bellevue Hospital, to be 'ungummed,' as the
French say of people who are turned out of place and lose their
chances--as this damsel did. The incident will doubtless, at a future
day, find a conspicuous place in the history of remarkable impostures.
As it is, we conclude with the remark of a friend, to the effect that
the lady, by putting the Coal On, had brought herself to a Full Stop!

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We are indebted to the Amsterdam (N. Y.) _Weekly Dispatch_ for remarks
to the effect that THE CONTINENTAL MAGAZINE is reaching a point in
American literature seldom gained at so early a period by any young
magazine. 'We hail its independence of thought as the development of a
new era in the literature of our land. Its matter is high-toned and
interesting, it is the _most outspoken_ print we know of, and its
outspokenness is the result of a fresh and vigorous life that is not
warped by petty conventionalities.'

We thank our editorial friend for his compliment, and sincerely trust
that those who have followed us in our career will not disagree with
him. We honestly and earnestly believe that we _are_ outspoken and
independent, and accountable in no earthly way to any one, or aught save
our conscience and the public. We can imagine no measure for the good of
the people, which we would not urge heart and soul, and we most
certainly know of no public official, in any capacity, whom we should
feel bound to spare in the event of his unworthiness becoming patent. We
are neither Radical nor Conservative, neither anti-capital nor
anti-poor-man's rights, but hold to the great and glorious creed of
Labor and Intelligence hand in hand with Capital, and the harmony of
their interests. We believe in constantly enlarging the area of human
freedom, holding that the freer and more responsible you make a man,
the more, as a rule, will you stimulate him to improve himself.
And we detest from our very soul the Southern-planter and
Northern-democratic-conservative doctrine that society should consist of
two grades, the first being the mudsill poor, to whom certain
protections and privileges should be granted, and are due by the second
or the 'higher classes;' holding that a free American, beyond