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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
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207 Cnu Strut, front Arcade,
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P. u" " 'r;.":.
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Mis Prices are lower than IJioMOi any oer store
in rbiiaaeipnia. u u.u. .
. .. All L.:J nM Mlial ln..
menu repairea in PHi.oi'""'ri -
taken in trade.
I hJadelphis, May U, U50ly
it of all , neauy pacneu iu ooie. 1ro.11 on. mj one nunureu uuuuu., m.i wni u j..u, -1 , '
three duaen each. , expect, when he dies." announced "another beggar 1 here came
L.8.4 Co., endeavor to hav alway on hand vhy what nonsense you are talking ! " an old man leaning upon a staff, clad in
afulla-ortmentofgood and genuine Drug, at J dreaming this morning a soldier's great coat all patched and torn,
the loweatpoibl. rate. Particular atunUon Vol 1 mutt B . under g
laonaid to the manner of puttu.j up and packing How ever, we are aione, u 8i i .....i.j l.:.,.m u- .ku.
SELECT POETRY.
OUR UNION.
T MM. h. H. atoCrURVtlY.
do! Eagle of our banded Stales,
Wilt drop thine olive fair;
And bid the shafts of war and wo
Speed bursting thrmifih a?ir 1
And the soaring enle answered,
Wayina hit peace branch hiih,
"NoJ freedom's chieftains gave the trust
I'll guard it till I die."
Ye stars, that shine in sparkling blue
Upon your bannet'd field
Shalt half be stricken from your place
And half in clouds concealed j
But silent were those glorious orb,
With drear amazement fraught-
Each trembling in its crystal sphere
At the dark traitor thought.
Oh, human hearts, to concoid trained
By sires who iitood of vore,
As brothers when arounif their homes
The Lion tramped in gore;
Will ye the heritage they won,
With ruthless hand divide!
Or rend theGordian knot they drew
Around ye, when ihey died?
Then from the PatPr Patrinj's tomb,
Beneath Mount Vernon's shade
And from the hero's bed who sleeps
In Nashville's beauteous glade
And from green Quincy's hoiiowd breast,
Where sire and son repose
"Break not that band" a solemn voice
In deep accordance lose.
Hark ! hark '.o'er forest robed in snow,
In sunny, flower-crowned vales
From where the Atlantic's thunder-tone
The far Pacific hails;
From mart, and dell, where millions dwell,
By prairie, lake and hill
Rolls on, the full, sublime response,
tlWe NEVER, sbvzr will!"
a Skctcl).
THE GENTLEMAN BEGGAR.
AN ATTORNEY'S STORY.
fW mnrninc about five vears azo, I cal-
a hu nnnnintment on Mr. John Balance,
the fashionable pawnbroker, to accompany
him to Liverpool, in pursuit of a Levanting
customer for the business in the sixty per
cent. line. It rained in torrents when the
cab stopped at the passage which leads
past the pawning boxes to his private door.
. - . . . i .t n I
j he cabman rang twice, ana at iengm uai
nce appeared, looming through the mist and
in inihntr! illuminated bv his ner-
petual cigar. As I eyed him rather impa-
"" ' . ... '
tiently, remembering that trains wait for no
man, something like a hairy dog, or a bun
dle of rags, rose up at his feet, and barred
his passage for a moment. 1 hen .Balance
cried out with an exclamation, in answer
apparently to a something I could not
hear
"What, man alive! slept in the pas
re! there, take that, and get some break-
S, for Heaven's sake!
, h. ..mnorl into the "Hanaom '
sage
fast
nA . f,nle.l wv at ten miles an hour.
just catching the Express as the doors of the
station were closing. My curiosity was
full set for although Balance can he free
with his money, it is not to beggars that his
oenerosity is usually displayed ; so when
comfortably ensconced in a coupe, I finish-
ed with
"You are liberal with your money this
morning : pray, now ouen no you give sil
ver to street cadgars? because I shall
know now what walk to take when flats
and sharps leave off buying law."
Balance, who would have made an ex
cellent parson, if he had not been bred to
a case hardening trade, and has still a soft
k;i I aft in hia heart that is alwava n?htin?
u.ilh hi. hard hpnd. did not smile at all. but
Innl-oA a rrrim a. .1 anupezino- a lemon into
ijiinv i Mw - Q
his Saturday night's punch. He answered
slowly-
"A cadger ves: a beggar a misera
ble wretch he is now ; but let me tell you,
master David, that that miserable bundle of
rags was born and bred a gentleman ; the
son of a nobleman, the husband of an heir-
ess, and has sat ana ainea at tames wuere
. ,1 ...I, 1
vou and I. Master David, are only allowed to
view the plate bv favor of the butler. I
have lent him thousands, and been welt
paid. The last thing I had from him was
his court suit; ana 1 noia now nis mil tor
iilwav law, yc
that yarn ; for, true or untrue, it w:ll bll up
the time to Liverpool."
"As for yarn," replied Balance, tne
whole atorv is short enough; and as for
truth, that vou mav easily find out if you
like to take the trouble. 1 mougni me
poor vretch was dead, and I own it put me
out, meeting him this morning, for 1 had a
curious dream last night.
I ..s-iu l. il 1 T.ti ... ahnut
"Oh, hang your dreams! Tell us about
ntlema' ,ezaiT that bleeds you of
hall-crowns that melts the heart even of
.,.Krl,, l
r . .
mat. ,B of thi Ut. Mu.. of Hooper,
He re-
ough, bv a Spanish lady of rank,
vA . fir.ratA .duratmn. and was
k,h in in hi. fcther'. house. At
. t i. , .
very early age ne omainea an appointment
in a public office, was presented by the
Marquis at court, and received into the first
.:... ak ., hia hnnArrst fiaririn unn
asreeable manners made him a great favor-
:a i.a iffraa rnmi ittr ni vi. iih nmrrifn
the daughter of Sir E. Bumpe?, who brought
. 1 1 l: - k..Hima Inrtune. wnicn wai
. i .j. ...:n i T annearance ol the advertisement, mv clerk
t .rr...t !n lufijnr of Kailwav law. VOU snail SDin "" " lausiru nun in. uvrr in. ..uu.ur..
staff, half-bent, his long, yellow, bony
uricuy acuicu - j . '
l.-u-jy -Ti. eDt aeveral carnage
. houM town tnd g p,ace ,a IM couniry.
1 I af . . il .
i r. -,i
I p . jTh.ridlness. or
UI W. I-UU - - ...
please his lady's pride hi resigned nis aj
pointment. His father died, and left him
nothing; indeed, he seemed at that time
very handsomely provided for. '
"Very soon Mr. and Mrs. Moimos he-
Roy began to disagree. She was cold, cor
rect -he was hot and random. He was
quite dependent on her, and she made him
leel it. When he began to get into dent nt
came to me. At lengtn some snocatng
quarrel occurred ; some case of jealousy on
the wife's side, not without reason, I be
lieve; and the end of it was, Mr. Fitz-Roy
was turned out ol doors. The house was
his wife's, the furniture was his wife's, and
the fortune was his wife's he was, in fact,
her pensioner. He left with a few hun
dred pounds ready money, and some per
sonal jewelry, and went to a hotel. On
these und credit he lived. .Being illegiti
mate, he had no relations; beingi a fool,
when he spent his money he lost his friends.
The world took his wife's part, when it
lound she had the fortune, and the only
parties who interfered were her relatives,
who did their best to make the quarrel in
curable. To crown all, one night he was
run over by a cab, was carried to a hospi
tal, and lay there for months, and was, du
ring several weeks of the time, unconscious.
A message to his wife, by the hands of one
of his debauched companions, sent by a
humane surgeon, obtained an intimation
that 'if he died Mr. Croak, the undertaker
to the family, had orders to see to the fu
neral,' and that Airs. Molinos was on the
point ot starting for the Continent, not to
return for some years.
"When fiU Koy was discharged, he
came to me limping on two sticks, to pawn
his court suit, and told me his story. I was
really sorry for the fellow, such a hand
some, thorough-bred looking man. lie
was going then into the west somewhere,
to try to hunt out a friend:
" 'What to do, Balance ' he said, 1 don't
know. I can't dig, and unless somebody
will make me their gamekeeper, 1 must
starve, or beg, as my Jezebel bade me when
we parted
"I lost sight of Molinos for a longtime,
and when I next came upon him it was in
the roolery of Westminster, in a low lodg
ing-house, where 1 was searching with an
officer for stolen goods
He was pointed
out to me as the 'gentleman cadger,' be-
cause he was so free with his money when
'in luck.' He recognized me, but turned
away then. I have since seen him, and
relieved him more than once, although he
never asks for anything. How he lives,
Heaven knows. Without money, without
friends, without useful education of any
kind, he tramps the country as you saw
l: i j - i:.i. i
'" P"a ""ing p J"ckiuB,
or hay-making, in season, only happy when
he obtains the means to get drunk. I have
heard, through the kitchen whispers, that
you know-, come to me, that he is entitled
to some property ; and I expect il he were
to die, his wife would pay the hundred
pound bill I hold ; at any rate, what I have
told you I know to be true, and the bundle
ol rags I relieved just now is km
every thieves' lodging in England
'gentleman cadger.'"
known in
as the
1 his story produced an impression on me
I am fond of speculation, and like the
excitement of a legal hunt as much as some
uu -i.uw. Sc.ii.r...a.., ur-al, .
llin in wealth, rumors ol unknown
property due to the husband : it seemed as
.'f the" were pickings for me amidst this
carrion of pauperism
Before returning from Liverpool, 1 had
purchased the gentleman beggar's accept
ance from Balance. I then inserted in the
"Times" the following advertisement:
"Horatio Molinos Fitz Roy. If this gen
tleman will apply to David Discount, Esq.,
Solicitor, St. James's, he will hear of some
thing to his advantage. Any person fur
nishing Mr. F.'s correct address, shall re-
ceive 1. Is
reward. He was last seen,"
dc
Within twenty-four hours I had ample
proof of the wide circulation of the
"Times." My office was besieged with
beggars of every degree, men and women,
lame and blind, Irish, Scotch and English,
some on crutches, some in bowls, some in
go carts. They all knew him as the "gen
tleman," and I must do the regular frater
nity of tramps the justice to say, that not
one would answer a question until he made
certain that X meant the "gentleman" no
harm.
One evening, about three weeks alter the
and half concealed his face. The beggar,
in a weak, wheezy, hesitating tone said
"Vou have advertised lor Molinos ritz-
Roy, 1 hope you don't mean him any
harm ; he is sunk. 1 think, too low lor en
mity now ; and surely no one would sport
with such misery si his."
1 hese last words were uttered in a sort
of piteous whisper,
I 1 answered ouicklv. "Heaven forbid I
should sport with misery ; I mean and hope
to do him gooa, as well as mvseii."
I " 1 nen, Sir, 1 am iuoiinos X UZ-KOV .
While we were conversing candles had
been brought in. I have Xot very tender
1 o . , , J
I nerves my head would not agree with
tnem out. l own x maneo. auu inuaaerra
a when I saw and knew that the wretched
. I ..aafiip. KafpA ma wa. under thSrtv M
i v...v v.. ""'J
of age, and once a gentleman. Sharp, aqui-
nno ieiur, rcuuwu .. BUU
bone, were begrimed and covered with dry
fair hair; the white teeth ol the hall open
i uiuuti .. j
more hideous the foul pallor of the reat of
I me cuuuicuouLt. no ..wv. .r.u.B vu
. j " . .u ....tJ.l,k A . i!.
ainngere iaspcu ur . uvvu.ic w. u
. I 1 L. L- i.i,a inrtaOrl ml llla Al mitrv
to famine. ' squalor, and premature age, too
l f ; - "
I. -.,' . J....H . J. L- . I
toornoisj v) wrii upvu. iuou.
down, and sent for some refreshment, which f
be devoured like a ghdul, and set to work
to unravel his story. It was difficult to
keen him to the point but with pains I
. ..., ...r.. . il
learned what convinced me that he was en
titled to some property whether great or
small there Was no evidence. On parting
I said,
"Now, Mr. F., you must stay In town
while I make proper inquirers. What al
lowances will be enough to keep yoM com
fortably 1"
He answered humbly, after mucb press
ing, "Would you think ten shillings too
much V
I don't like, if I do these things at all, to
do them shabbily, so I said,
'Come every Saturday, and you shall
have a pound."
He was profuse in thanks, of course, as
all such men are as long as distress lasts.
I had previously learned that my ragged
client's wife was in England, living in a
splendid house in Hyde Park Gardens, un
der her maiden name. On the following
day the Earl of Owing called upon me,
wanting tiv thousand pounds by five o'
clock the same evening. It was a case of
life or death with him, so I made my terms,
and took advantage of his pressure to exe
cute a coup de main. I proposed that he
should drive me home to receive the mon
ey, calling on Mrs. Molinos, in Hyde Park
Gardens, on our way. I knew that the
coronet and liveries of his father, the mar-
quis,
would insure me an audience with
Mrs. Molinos Fitz-Roy.
My scheme answered. I was introduced
into the lady's presence. She was, and
probably is, a very stately, handsome wo
man, with a pale complexion, high solid
forehead, regular features, thin, pinched,
self-satisfied mouth. My interview was
very short. I plunged into the middle of
the affair, but had scarcely mentioned the
word husband, when she interrupted me
with
"I presume you have lent this profligate
person money, and want me to pay you."
She paused, and then said, "He shall not
have a farthing." As she spoke, her white
face became scarlet.
"But, madam, the man is starving;. I
have strong reasons for believing he is en
titled to property, and if you refuse any as
sistance, I must take other measures."
She rang the bell, wrote something on a
card, and, as the footman appeared, pushed
it towards me across the table with the air
of touching a toad, saying,
"There, sir, is the address of my solici
tors; apply to them, if you think you have
any claim. Robert, show this person out,
and take care he is not admitted again." .
So far I had effected nothing; and, to
tell the truth, felt rather crest-fallen, under
the influence of that grand manner peculiar
to certain great ladies, and to all great ac
tresses. 1 My next visit was to the attorneys,
Messrs. Leasem and Fashun, of Lincoln's
Inn Square, Bnd there I was at home. 1
had had dealings with the firm before.
They are agents for halt the aristocracy,
who always run in crowds like sheep, after
the same wine-merchants, the same archi
tects, the same horse-dealers, and the same
law agents. It may be doubted whether
the quantity of law and land management
they get on this principle is quite equal to
their wine and horses. At any rate, my
friends of Lincoln's Inn, like others of the
same class, are distinguished by their court.
eous manners, deliberate proceedings, inno
cence of legal teachnicalities, long credit,
and heavy charges. . Leasem, the elder
partner, wears powder and a huge bunch
of seals, lives in Queen-square, drives
brougham, gives the dinners, and does the
cordial department. He is so strict in per
forming the latter duty, that he once ad
dressed a poacher who had shot a duke's
keeper, as "my dear creature," although he
afterwards hung him.
Fashun has chambers in St. James street,
drives a cab, wears a tip, and does the grand
haha style.
Mv business lav with Leasem. Ihe in
terviews and letters passing were numer
ou8. However, it came at last to the fob
lowing dialogue :
"Well, my dear Mr. Discount," began
Mr. Leasem, who hates me like poison,
"I'm really very sorry for that poor dear
Molinos knew his father well ; a great
man, a perfect gentleman ; but you know
what women are, eh, Mr. JJiscount I fliy
client won't advance a shilling; she knows
it would only be wasted in low dissipation
Now, don't you think (this was said very
insinuatingly ) don't you ininn ne naaoef
ter be sent to the workhouse? very com
fortable accommodations there, I can assure
you meat twice a week, and excellent
soup; and then, Mr. D., we might consider
about allowing you something for that
bill.
"Mr. Leasem, can you reconcile it to
your conscience to make such an arrange-
. WW ' f II I
menu Here's a wue roiling in luxury
and a husband starving !"
"No. Mr. Discount, not starving ; there
is the workhouse, as I observed belore ; be
sides, allow me to suggest that these appeal
to feeling are quite unproiessionai juuo
unprofessional." ,
"But, Mr. Leasem, touching this proper
ty which the poor man is entitled to."
;Why, there again, Mr. u., you must
excuse me ; you really must, i uon i say
be is; I don't say he is not. If you know
he is entitled to property. I am sure you
know how to proceed ; the law is open to
you, Mr. Discount the law is open ; and
a man of your talent will know how to use
it."
"Then. Mr. Leasem, you mean that
must, in order to right this starving man,
file a bill of discovery, to extract from you
the oarticulars of his rights. You have the
marriage settlement and all the informa
tion ; the man is to starve, or go to the
i worKnouse.
"Why, Mr. D., you are so quick and vio
lent, it really Is not professional ; but you
see (here a subdued smile of triumph,) it
has been decided that a solicitor is not
i : i il a l : a a,
bound to afford such information as you
ask, to the injury of his client."
"I hen you mean that this poor Molinos
may rot aud starve, while you keep secret
from him, at his wife's request, his title to
an income, and that the Court of Chancery
ill back you in this iniquity 1"
1 kept repeating the word "starve," be-
cause I saw it made my respectable oppo
netit wince.
"Well. then. lust listen to me. 1 Know
.i ....
inai mine nappy s1a1eo1youre4u.lv
ci.ancerv can 1 nein mv ciitrui , uui ..a.v
another plan : I shall go hence lo my office,
issue a writ, and take your client's husband
in execution as soon as he is lodged in
jail, I shall file his schedule in the Insol
vent Court, and when he comes up for his
ischarge, I shall put you in the witness-
box, and examine you on oath, 'touching
any property of which you know the insol
vent to be possessed,' and where will De
your privileged communications thenl"
The respectable Leasem's face lengthened
n a twinkling, his comfortable, confident
air vanished, he ceased twiddling his gold
chain, and, at length, he muttered,
"Suppose we pay the debt V'
"Why, then I'll arrest him the day after
for another."
"But, my dear Mr. Discount, surely
such conduct would hot be quite respecta
ble."
"That's my business; my client has been
ronged, I am determined to right him,
and when the aristocratic firm of Leasem
and Fashun takes refuge according to the
custom of respectable repudlators, in the
cool arbors of the Court of Chancery, why,
mere bill discounting attorney like David
Discount need not hesitate about cutting a
bludgeon out of the Insolvent Court."
"Well, well, Mr. D., you are so warm
so fiery, we must oenoerate we must
consult. You will give me until the dav
after to-morrow, and then we'll write you
our final determination ; in the meantime,
send us a copy of your authority to act for
Mr. Molinos r itz-Koy."
Of course, I lost no time in getting the
gentleman beggar to sign a proper letter.
On the appointed dav came a communi
cation with the L. and F. seal, which I
pened, not without unprofessional eager
ness, it was as toi lows;
"In re Molinos Fitz Hoy and Anollur.
"Sir In answer to your application on be
half of Mr. Molinos Fitz Roy, we beg to in'
form you that, under the administration of a
paternal aunt who died intestate, your client
entitled to two thousand five hundred
pounds eight shillings and sixpence, three per
cents : one thousand five hundred pounds
ineteen shillings and fourpence, three per
cent, reduced ; one thousand pounds. Long
Annuities; five hundred pounds, Bank Stock ;
three thousand five hundred pounds, India
Mock ; besides other securUies, making up
bout ten thousand pounds, which we are
prepared to transfer over to Mr. Fitz Roy's
irection forhwiih."
Here was a windfall ! It quite took away
my breath
At dusk came my gentleman beggar, and
what puzzled me was, how to break the news
to him. Being very much overwhelmed with
business that day, 1 had not much time for
consideration. He came in rather better
dressed than when I first saw him, with only
a week's beard on his chin, ; but, as usual,
not quite sober. Six weeks had elapsed since
our first interview. He was still ihe humble)
trembling, low voiced creatuie I first knew
him.
After a prelude, I said, ' I find, Mr. F.,
you are entitled to something ; pray, what
do you mean to give me, in additiou to my
bill, for obtaining ill"
He answered, rapidly, "Oh, take half ; if
there is one hundred pounds, take half; if
there is five hundreds pounds, take half."
"No, no, Mr. rM I don't do business in
that way ; I shall be satisfied witn teu per
cent."
It was so settled I then led him out into
the street, impelled to tell him the news, yet
dreading the effect ; not daring to make the
revelation in my office, for fear of a scene.
I began hesitatingly, "Mr. Fitz Roy, 1 am
happy to say, that I find you are entitled to
ten thousand pounds !
"Ten thousand pounds !" he echoed. "Ten
thousand pounds'." he shrieked. "Ten thou
sand pounds !" he yelled, seizing my arm
violently. "Yon are a brick. Here, cab J
cab !" Several drove up the shout might
have been heard a mile off. He jumped in
to the first.
"Where to!" said the driver.
"To a tailor's you rascal "
"Ten thousand pounds ! ha, ha, ha !" re
repeated hysterically, when in the cab ; and
every moment grasping my arm. rresentiy
be subsided, looked me straight in Ihe face,
and muttered with agonizing fervor,
"What a jolly brick you are 1"
The tailor, the hosier, the bootmaker, tbe
hairdresser, were in turn visited by this
poor pagan of externals. As, by degrees,
under their hands, he emerged from the beg.
gar to the gentleman, his spiiila rose j his
eyes brightened, he walked erect, but always
nervously grasping my arm ; fearing, appar-
ently, to loose sight of me for a moment, lest
his fortune should vanish with me. The im-
patient pride with which he gave hi. order.
to the astonished tradesmen for the finest
and be of everything, and the amazed air of
tbe fashionable hairdresser when be presen.
ted hi. matted locks and stubble chin, to be
"cut and shaved may be acftd-pt cannot
ba described.
By the time the external transformation
was complete, 1 sat down in a cafe in the Hay
market, opposite a haggard, but handsome,
thoroughbred-looking man, whose air, wilh
the exception of ihe wild eyes and deeply
browned face, did not differ from the stereo
typed men about town sitting around us, Mr.
Molinos Fitz Roy had already almost forgo'
jen ihe past j he bullied the waiter, and crit-
icised the wine, as it he had done nothing
else but dine, and drink, and scold, there, all
the days of his life.
Once he wished to drink mv health, and
r J "
coffe - room assembly, in a raving style.
When I left, he almost wept in terror at the
idea of losing sight of me. But, allowing for
these ebullitious the natural result of such a
whirl of events he was wonderfully calm
and self possessed.
The next day his first care was lo distribute
fifty pounds among his friends, the cadgers, at
a house of call in Westminster, and formally
to dissolve his connection with them ; those
present undertaking for the "fraternity," that,
for the future, he should never be noticed by
them In public or private.
I cannot follow his career much further.
Adversity had taught him nothing. He was
soon again surrounded by the well-bred vam
pires who had forgotten him when penniless ;
but they amused him, and that was enough.
The ten thousand pounds were rapidly melt
ing, when he invited me to a grand dinner at
Richmond, which includes a dozen of the
most agreeable, good looking, well-dressed
dandies of London, interspersed wilh a display
of pretty butterfly bonnets. We dined deii-
ciously, and drank as men do of ioed wines
in the dog-days looking tlown from Rich
mond Hill.
One of the pink bonnet crowned Fitz-Roy
with a wreath of flowers ; he looked less Ihe
intellect as handsome as Alcibiades. In.
tensely excited and flushed, ha rose with a
champagne glass in his hand, to propose my
health.
The oratorical powers of his father had not
descended on him. Jeikingout sentences bv
spasms, at length ha said
"I was a beggar I am a gentleman thanks
to this-"
Here he leaned on my shoulder heavily a
moment, and (hen fell back. We raised him,
loosened his neckcloth
"Fainted !" said the ladies.
"Drunk !" said the gentleman.
He was dead !
EPITAPH ON OF.N. TAYLOR.
BY CHARLES CASSEDY, ESQ., Or TENNESSEE.
How oft' we see tbe monumental stone,
A worthless name to future ages give :
Reverse the scene the patriot now is gone,
Whose dust, beneath will make this marble
live '.
Let Greece and Rome, their heroes clothe
with tame :
Let haughty France, the stern Napoleon
own
Historic truth, aloud, shall yet proclaim,
"Their lives had parallels his had Bl'T
one.,!
Washington.
Nashville Banner.
A STRIKING EXAMPLE OF FIDELITY IN
NEGRO.
Our friend Mr. Bonner, of the firm of Bon
ner and Smith, related to us yesterday the
history of a negro, who has lately returned
from California, which forms one of the most
interesting examples of fidelity and devotion
of a servant to his mauler, that has ever
come under our notice. About two years ago
a gentleman from Mississippi went to Cali
fornia, taking with him his favorite slave,
stout man, by the name of Walter. On am
ving in California, Ihe Mississippi gentleman
proceeded to the mines, wheie he was soon
attacked by a severe and lingering disease.
which prevented his pursuing his labor. In
the meantime the negro, Walter, attended
his masters sick bed, administered fathfully
to all his wants, and devoted fractions nf time
to working in the mines, thus acquiring tbe
means of procuring the necessities and com
forts of life for his master. Finally, the mas
ter died iu a strange and dreary country
among careless, reckless, and inditlorent men.
who would not turn aside without a very large
remuneration, to aid the negro lo commit Ih
remains of his master lo mother earih. ' By
appropriating, however, lo all his accumula
tions to that object, he succeeded in giving
his master a decent burial, and collecting all
hi papers and propeily together, deposited
them in some place. He then proceeded
wilh his labor of digging and washing for
gold, and after a long period of hard, devoted
labor, succeeded in accumulating mote than
a thousand dollars of cold dust. He then
proceeded to the coast, took the steamer, a
rived in the city a few days ago, and presen
ted himself lo Mr. Bonner at bis counting
room, with a letter from his deceased master
and a bag of gold dust. Tbe letter informed
Mr. Bonner of Ihe fidelity and devotion of
Waller to his poor master, begged that be
would protect his interest, and see that he
was duly emancipated. Mr. Bonuer gave
the faithful negio a warm grasp of ihe hand,
and told him that he would carry out his
master's request, wilh the deepest interest
and solicitude for the welfare and prosperity
of ao faithful a servant. N . 0. Delta,
' ,
"Men talk in rapture.," say. Witherspoon,
"of youth and bo.utv, wit and .prightlines.
In their wive, t but after seven year.' union,
not eoa ol tnem is to oe compared to gooa
family management which is Men at every
meal, aud fell every hour ft the husband's
?"'"
AUTUMN OF Tkt TEAR.
The "melancholy days of autumn, the sad
dest of the year" to some, and to others Ihe
sweetest, have come at last, with their eol-
den line, and fading verdure. And how
brief has been Ihe space since the bright
festival of spring time when tempest and
esolation were all forgotten amidst the
sweet songs of birds in their shaded bowers,
of bliss! The child breath of nature is im
perceptibly stealing over plant and flower,
the leafles hangs wrestling in the wind, and
the green carpet of cieation is beginning to
wear a yellowish or motley color the index
of decay. This is a season ever pregnant
ith reflection, or all around and about Us
tells of the perishable nature of the things
f earth. To many who have already passed
rubicon of middle life, and whose spirits
are depressed by difficulties, or broken by
navailiug struggles, it is a season of peculiar
melancholy, for it warns them that their
me for action has passed, that the advent
of life's winter is fast approaching.' They
lookback upon their bright spting-time of
existence, when life wore the beauty of pro
mise, and mournfully contrast the joyous
past with the dreary present. To those, too,
who are but in life's prime, it is, betimes
sadder to look back on the flowery fields of
existence through which Ihey have been
rambling, and to contrast them with the bea
ten track they now tread, and the desolate
prospect in perspective. Many a bright orb
f hope that has once cheered them on the
pathway of life, emits a fainting beam ; the
horizon of happiness recedes as they advance
towards it ; the shadows will soon begin
to lengthen, and the chill airs of evening to
usurp the lervor of noon-day. To many, Ihe
pride of their youth have passed away and so
have their fondest dreams, and they feel
themselves to be changed, and their faculties
f enjoyment diminished, and are filled with
mixture of worldly scorn and unavailing
regret for the lovely season that has so brief
ly flitted away from them, never to be recal
led. But the autumn with all its deepening sha-
ows is not wholly a season of gloom, even
though the howling blast and sere leaf do
remind ns of perished hopes and coming
death. In the fall of the year, even with it.
mournful decay, there is something which
harms the soul and sweetens human life i
for the rustle of the changing green, tbe
wind's low sigh, the creaking door, the house.
cricket's prolonged chirp and the lit op
hearth, send our thought back on an errand
of memory to those charming hours and hap
py days of youth and hope day. of child
hood, of innocence when, with many a be
loved one from whom we have now parted,
we sat around Ibe family hearthstone and
partook of the feelings of other times.
There is a moral to be gathered while con.
templating the changes of nature at Ihe pres
ent season of Ihe year, for we are apt to ah.
stract our thoughts from the perishable, to
turn from earth's ephemeral cnarms to the
more sublime beauties which lie beyond it
In our contemplations Ihe belief steal, upon
us that if the vital power is continually sus
tained year after year upon the face of the
earth, in the grass blade, in ihe forest, and in
the many forms of nature so also will Ihere
come another existence to man's life, and the
frail dust of his mortality will assume a far
brighter and purer shape, be animated with
a new existence by the same power that gar
nishes so beautifully by tbe forests and the
flowers. New York Path Finder.
Striking a Lead. The Dubuque Tribune
says that "a lead hns just been stuck a abort
distance north of that town by Mr. Thoma.
Levins, which is said lo be one of the largest,
if not Ihe largest, ever found in that vicinity.
The opening that has been worked extend
into a large cave, which the fortunate finder
estimates to contain no less than one million
lbs. of the pure Galena. At present price,
this would be worth some $25,000. Mr. Le
vin has been amongst the luckiest miner,
who have ever tried these diggings. Hi.
present discovery comes at a very opportune
moment, to revive the drooping hopes of eur
hard working mining population generally.1
Orrca to th Patriot Kossuth. It i.
slated in the New York "Journal of Com
merce," that a handsome offer lo the illustri
ous Kossuth, has been made by a noble-min.
ded American of the city of New York,
through L. R. Breisach ; in effect, that if
Kossuth should choose to come to this coun
try, he will be presented gratuitously with
a hundred aore. of fine land in the vioinily
of New York.
Aa auctioneer lately indulged in the fol.
lowing little bit of the pathetio : Gentlemen,
if my father or mother stood where you do,
and did'nt buy these boots when ihey were
going for one dollar, I should feel it my duty,
a a son to tell both of 'em that they w.re
false to themselves and false to their eonn-
lry" :' ' ' '
Self made Men, Columbus was a wea.
ver. Franklin, a journeyman printer. Sex.
tu. Y. wa employed in herding swine.
Ferguson and Burns were ploughman.
JEtop was a slave. Hogarth an engraver on
pewter pot. Ben Johnson wa a bricklayer.
. ' ... . '
Governor Quitman and General Foots
left Vicksburg, Mias., for Jackson, compa
ny, on tbe 16th ult. Gen. F. was expected
to address tbe people at the Slat capitol, in
vindication of hi oourse at tbe late session of
Congress, and Cover ner designed, to tlj
to him. '