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oc VI -op-tears.
*titrt Vottr#.
- For the Democrat.
The Dying Miser.
BY 8. W. T.
atnonghis bags, and with a look
Which hell might be ashamed of, drove the poor
Auiy unalinsed.; .and tytidst .abupdanee died—
Sorest of evils! died of Utter
_want;
• • [Pot.Locx.. •
PT,txs,nigl4,4 Cold• and. drepr December night,
That on s meager couch of straw, outstretched
'-hays Plo-and haggard man, an.image
M the Deity. Time had gravan on -
His' aged brow, fall many a furrow
'DeCp. Grief, and Famine gaunt were pictured on
tacit restless feature, of his sunken cheek ;
rieet flre'aye's bright,'sparkling lustre. Wretch
,
Jim?! self-wretched
,madea miser he, who
,Ifeciked the joys of 'life, and drank, thio' many
• iv e r i ry years, the wormwood cup of poverty;
And this for what? sit listen ye, who bow
At Mammon's shrine, and make your gold your
-God:
To heap trp hoards of shiningrelj; tilt dross
Of ea l rth. But when the death hour comes and
yearns ,
With horrid mouth' eternity's black gulf,
Csuk - Jold the fiat of Omnipotence
• Ronke ? or 'along the saints of Heaven
A r est secure? Vain question this, yet big'
With thOught. , •
• Hark from his pallet low, o'empread
With filthy rags, is• heard a chilling moan,— •
Anon it rises to a smothered. shriek.
Sad dissonance! ' T' hear, our ey'ry nerve it •
Thrills. List again ! forth from his fevered lips
These woe-wrung accents break : . -
Grim Death, °vaunt,
Vile,' hateful fiend r Me with your icy hand
TruCh not, nor on me breathe your Llpas breath.
fia.aearer and more near - ye come. . Away!
Aw:iy! will not die--I cart not. Oh, •
Dread futurity, what bast thou in store ' •
Tor Inv ? Agonizing thought! Ilow,can I ,
'-ctiiptepared, my exit take
,Ah, there's my -
(1,-dri, the garnered fruitage of a toilsome
1,:re: 1 This I would live to 'count and recount
o•Trsrthro' long heavy years has been my
Chief deligbt.. What horrid visions madly -
Danr,o before my eyes! Oh, memory, thy .
Retrnipection racks my soul with tortures
Wore.hy -far than hell's seleetest torments
-1 tlr6 tears of helpless orphans spurned, ..
And I.ighs of widows unaided hear. My
Braia7si`im fire. Reason sits trembling on her
Throne. Gold! gold! for thee I've lived and
Cannot now buy off Death's claim on me!-'See
the grim .
Speore stretches out his white bony band ;
He's!grasping at my throat. Eterpiti,'
Derrity!•-•ahal I'm not dying now—
No but a feverish midnight dream -
Give me my treasure, give me, giverne gold !
The bright full moon rose slowly up tilt starry
Sky, and asits silvery beams crept thee'
The:miser's rimy cot, they fell upon
His upturned race, distorted; ghastly pile. •
Upon th' marble brow, death bad his signet .
Fixt;rl. The slave of GOLD is news lump of
Brothless; soulless clay. His grovelling soul,
Unused in contemplation high, •• I
Toniard heaven t' soar, poised on reluctant
Whig, has flown to meet iis t unworshipped God.
Lathrop. Pa., Ang. 9 - 9, 1855.
ommunication.
Human .111s.—Why so Many ?
I /
BY E. A. WESTON.
NO. 1.
Why do more than half the race_ of man
die ',in infancy and childhood ! And why do
a larger portion of the other half spend much
of their lifetime in sickness and pain, and then
zo to theiti graves prematurely 8 Why so
moat sorrow and anguish ! Is the cause of
thiS lamentable eondition of things attilbuta
-Ile man or his Maker! Has a wise and
I,Pnefeent Creator given to brutes the capa
-I,llity to live and enjoy life, 'and .denied the
bofin to dan,,the highest and noblest of. the
terrestrial creutioul These questions admit
but one answer. Any other would be impi
ous and irrational. lleAth and beauty and
vigor and strength naturally. pertain to - 'all
living things.: Nature does her work per
fectly unless her designs are thwarted. Fit-
ness and adaptation clraracterize all her 'pro
ductionsi The tree and the flowei flourish in I
the soil grid the clime in which she plants
them. Every animal i 3 furnished with food, j
--its-proper nutriment. The lilly and the
sparrow are appropriately provided for: The
wild horse, the deer need no Veterinarian.—
Health alone accords with the fulfilment of
'thin evident purposes of creation. All organ--
beinzs—every plant and every animal
has a natural periodof existence—its consti
tutional longevity. This period differs in air-,
' fetent species, from a few •days,. or even hours,
to centuries. The only disease recognizable
asinatural. is the painless decline attendant
on approaching di solution. This, accidents
expepted,isatnly Nature's law. Man makes
LiMself an anomaly. Nor is be the only excep
ti6n. Domesticated animals keep him com
pany. The fact is significant. Nothing else
cOu)d he - expected. ' And if diseases are less
prevalent with them than with their superior,
only because the .habits to which he e9b-
jects them, are less. flagrantly perverted.—
They ari far less hardy thau he. They
could not endure and survive a moiet y , of the
abuse which man endures. Thus Wish his
nature been to man. Like causes, ,under
like circumstances, produce like effects,
The universe is full of evidenee!' of design.
Every thing ha a purpose. Were digestive
cvaus given to
_luau to yield pleasure and
, eirengh from their , operation , or to be the.
seat of dyeTepsia, tholera, and. a hOst of die
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Tir
eases! Were Muscles, bons, nerves bestow
ed to enable us to take care of ourselves; or
to torture list Were we furnished with re-.
spiratory ofgans to receive delight from their
exercise,.or to be riained by their slow wast
ing and decay :Were the teeth made to
masticate food, or to afford ecstatic aches,and
the dentist an object for his skill f
The question , then arises : whether these
things are 'capable of accomplishing their de
sign or whether it is impossible. Oi is it ac- -
cidental, sometimes possible and 'sometimes
net .possible`? - Dia the 'All-Wise err and meet
with failure 1: Did He, contrary to the teach=
)rig of evmthing - We see around us, under
! take. Something which - cannot be achieved ?
The.truth is plain. Everything in the phys
ical world R.SCcell as in the • moral and intel,
lectual is governe;d by laws fixed 'and immu
table. And in nothing is.the goodness of the
o'
reat . Architect more manifest. Were it
e.
otherwise, every thing would be-unhinged
and, unstable.: There would be no certainty,
no reliance, no satisfaction, no . rest. The
Sante substance' that at one time furnished a
refreshing'draught,at another might prove a ,
fatal, potation. ,The Rune means which at
one time should prodace a blade Of, corn or
a beautiful ral e, might at another bring forth
bramble or
, etpetit. • T 6 sun which one!
day helps giv4 a 'genial - warmth, the next, i'
might set the;world?' on fire. The bark that'i
at one time fleets us safely on the billowy
deep,itniglit, in the same condition, at anoth- •
er tirne,. inbvitably submerge us beneath its
. •
wavei.'
These ltrs have their penalties.. If the
laws are ttiansgre..4ed, their penalties follow
such transgression. And hese penalties cot
respoitded .to the nature of law infracted. - If
the violation is a moral env also. - If a natu
ral la broken, the infliction accords.. It is
true, hOwever, that man's threefold nature is
so intimately, unitel, 'that each portion exerts
a-mutual and inseerahle influence upon the
other, and hence upon the whole man.. Yet,
miracles aside] if posion be talien into the sys
tem and rmain, -it- will injure alike the wise
man or the fol3l the saint or the sinner. The
,
rains, the snows, and the sunshine, storms
and tempests time alike upon the. just-and
the, unjust. flence, the folly and Wicked
ness of
.ebargitig the
. efrects of disobeying the
laws ofi life ' and health upon " mysterious
Pr'ovid'ence," as being designed especially to
teach Man moral. and religious lessons.
and premature death I. Why does not 'every:
one readily- perceive and practice modes of
life which secure health ?—which are in, uni
son with ;attire's plaiK ? There are, at least .
two reasons. .'s The first and chief is )7crvertion. ,
We hare acquired'' perverted depraved appe-,
,tites; taste's :itd . habits
. which are ; not only
. .
•
unnatural bid 'unreasonable and, contrary .to
the Monitions of experience. And w'e have
become so accustomed -to thA thraldom, that
we - are ahnost incoriScious of it. Is the craving
of the. eirepicard and, the opium -eater any in;
deg to man's natural - food or drink"!
,These
are two striking instances, but, it'islUpon the
mine
.
e principle society proceeds . in a
thou Sand other rrects equally vital and itn.,
~
portant. Pervei ,iOn has come tole the rule;
nature the exceldion. - The other reason is
that man is a social being. It is Sometimes
very difficelt and eVen impossible fer indivi(l 7 •
nals to do what tli" cu-toms. of community
' de not sanction.: 'And- as . all reforms are
gradual, this social nfl uen ce . thou zit designed .
•
for good, operate.% perversely.
And now, friendly reader, will you,corsid - :
er with me some-thinms connected with this
t
subject. I expet:t pot nor do I wish any one
to receive the opinions:l-may advance. Form.
your own. AO ask is calm refection and
earnest thortglit. take what is well substan
tiated., and rejeci tile. rest. And' what sub
ject is more importnnt r'Wbat more demands
attention ? Wl;ati blessing: is more valuable
—more invalnable,lTsboald say, Alan Health ?
• '• • .
What can be'done to adyantage Without it?
Can Imowledge 3 be - acqitriA ?. Can noble
deeds be accotniilishedl )! 02u1 property be
gained ? , Can 'good be'; dotie? .Can useful
enterprises' e cafrried: an? Can we enjoy
ourselves,', or co tribute !to th4i happiness of
r
othes f
, . _
And More than this. Tbe body influences
the Mind; and' vice versa. iTlie condition of
the one materially affects that of the ether.
Consequently, to mental prific)ency; health is
indispenst i Ne.. And still ferther. Our mor- ,
'al faeulties are likewise irivolved with our,
mental and:corporeal. Impair one, and you
impair all. Ill . health tendif to Sour the dis,.
position, land Weaken moralilerception. Jmn
diatid eyes an/ disordered i 2 perves and brain,
may give to more than material objects an
unwonted hue. -
Hence, to do our duty t ourselves, our
friends, our. country and S ou." Creator, our
first duty isto preserv;sbealtk
a • •
rlr SWEAMSti . : 6 7 . The 2C ►Worm Chris
tian Advocate saks, '‘iAn Aitelligetit lady of
our acquni'ntance,whose Hire boy was begin
ning to swear, anaioul to cipresste her child
her horror of profanity, hi f upon the novel
procem of washing ont his 6outh With soap
suds whenever he swore. it was 'lll effectu
al cure. The boy ukidersfood his mother's
sense of the corruptio of oath, which
with the taste 'ofctklir ; Produced the de
sired
,result."--The - rectum, ‘f
.'universally
• •
adopted, would raise ;the Wee of soap.
re The mere wante l , of. rapture, even when
nature is reflned.by education, aro few and
simple ; but the wants of pride and self love
are inntiable. -
A WEEKLY JOUB.NAL—.DEVOTEIT TO PbLITICS, NEWS, LITE
" About what i" 2-
. .
t- ‘f.Nly going to the city' wrong side out
!ward.ir
" What do you mean ?" said Eunice.
. .
Ohl see you never heard the 'story, so I
will tell you. Two years ago I spent a few
weeks'-with my friends the Wilmots, near the
r
city oln the fancily were two young
ladiesLwho found it neee,st;ary to do a great
.deal Of shopping, and .not a little visiting in
thetiv,.* and of course patronized the railroad
i•
connecting their little vil l inge with tbe,Green
Street Depot,' to no trifling • Z'xteut.
• Now you shall see what n • Itandsome and
gentlemanly conductor We have on this route,
said 801 l Wilmot to tne,.as I took a luxiirioM:
cushion in . n.erowded car for a first'
'enema's' trip to
- " He is my beau ideal of a-conductor,' ad-.
ded Kate ; let the ear be ever so crowded,
he is Sure to find a place for ladies,.and never
objects to our band-boxes and carpet bags, as
many ill-natured fellows, dressed in a little
! brief autherity, are apt to do ; and if our
purses are short after a shopping excursion,
he often—, 'fate's rhapsody was interupted
by the starting Of the train.
• We were whiiled — on to A, in abont twen
ty minutes, yet I had opportunity- to, notice
that the labeled official was indisputably very
considerate and attentive, at all events to our
party. \He opened the window' 'which was
swollen by damp-weather, at a look from Kate
and'ordered a Duehman, smoking meekly
, • At"
upon.the•piattorm into the baggage ear,. at a
symptom of faintness from Biel', I could but
aeknewlcdge. that Fanny Fern Mould add -to
her list of models
. af model conductor,' ta
king thy one for her original.
1 1 • Arrived at our destination, I was again en
tertained with my friends praises of the vari
-otts merchants and milliu - ers they were:nexus
tome(' 'to patronise
" I always purchase silks at Weaver's they
are so cotiscintions,. and never try to palm
off an inferiorarticle upon a customer. At
Mrs, Lasalle's you will find a superb assort
ment of s e , loves and embroideries. The pro
prietrets , ns - a MU nee U .1; Seim:lA Cu u and
one ut.i.nei
saw ;" rattled Bell Wilmot.
-" And if you wish to buy shpes, bo Sure
and call at Mania's; 'they are ,so .accpmnio
dating ; they Lever 'Make wry faces, if you
happen to break - a string, or loosen a clasp,or
any other' such. trifling accident," added
•
Kate.
This was enough, Yet if I needed more to
convince me of the superior excellence, of
these aristocratic shopkeepers, that :afternoon's
observation would have furnished it. No
sooner did the rich brocades, and crapes, and
ribbons of the fair Misses Wilmot flutter in-'
side a shop door than every 'attendant, from
proprietor to errand boy; proceeded to don
their most obsequious smiles and - agreeable
deportment . . It was trot . strange, Ettnice.
The yOung ladies carried heavy purses, and'
were easily persuadO r to lighten them.
The afternoon passed pleasantly and fa
tiguingly enough, in ebattsk and shopping,
in shaking . hands with old aequaintances,and
try-ing to bow gracefully to new introductions
and on our return, amid many expressions of
satisfadtion as. our purchases were unrolled
and exhibited befOre Mrs. Wilmot and Aunt
Lucy, the girls forced me - to confess that the
A—merchants and the-A—and 0
iipetor far suipa, ,, .e(l any others in the known
And.sc? it was almok daily, for the .first
fortnight of.my stay. At one time we call
ed on a celebrated dentist for .soMetrilling
-
tooth operation. He was an acquaintance of
Ilell's,and she prosenteil him tome as a friend,
lie was very handsome, and his voice . and I
smile.captivating tc one who could appreci
ate. music and sunshine.. Eunice, I was ama
zirt7ly pleased With !that man. I who am so,
fastidious, I fancied the impersofiation,ef
skill ,and benevoleilce—the head and the
heart—the means and the end—glorious eom
bination for those who set themselves up as
the.world's bealers and teachers. lie im 7
pressed me as one of the few, to whom sci- -
ence may safely commit her priceless treas
ures, sure that they would be used only for
the blessings of humanity. Alt, Eunice I
hail only sect the tilkeri side
Pray gO on," said. Eunice.
Onerainy, morning, I 'received letter
from home, giving notice that my young
sis
ter was 'about to take 'a Western tour with a
friend.' New dresses of course,arc requisite,
wrote my mother, and I wish you . to* pro-
cure and send thm immotliately:i.-Theu fol.
!oared a list of the \ a,rticles needed.
• This letter hatid bL
on the route; that mcp
Lib, amid .a qinpathising c.
ing milliners, nlarveled at my
The articles }trust be . purehh
day, raining as it was, and trioreowei
go alone ; for Bell and Kate had gone.
with their hair in curl-papers, and novels
der their pillows. Towards noon the rain
abated, and ttifled my friends of my deter
tdirnation to go to A- 7 . The young ladies
stared with `seonishmeot.
To-morrorYll be et your eervice,'saidlFiell,
but not to-d' y: Why you're erney—look at
Montrose, c%ittqueljaitita otonittp, gene'*, rorniig, cStptembtO, 38U.
glisttliantous.
Wrong f 5 de Onlyrards. -
Or'llie difference between-Cashmere ami
Calim.
"Did I iell . you about it, Eunice ?"
ase\l
7,
longer than usual
, nt, II know sister
lelave or wait-
Ing delay.
that very
I• must
LeJ
the clouds--yotAt take a dritaiel co
don't get satin striped tissue; it finial
ingly." • ----
I dressed, walked to the station, but , ten'
rods_distant; atuliound myself half an our
too early. ' Very soon the: clouds lo • red,
and raid fell it - 'torrents. Neveithe s, I
stubbornly'adhered to my determinati, , the
more stubboinly that I knew the girls ould
latrgh, and ridicule Me without'mere if I
returned. But I looked at myl drei, and
i - my'. :
- of. my -bonnet ; and' as thankfu
sti
that the old brown veil 'I found : poc!1
et would protect the latter. ' lky mataill
was of watered :silk, h. ndsome y trimmi
and I remembered a la, Id in - th a t vv , ,
would spot it. How foOlish I h d beef 0
wear it. -
Well Eunice, • --- - • what do you suppose ',-
I turned itlwrong side outwahl. 1 It wili /V
in - •
ed with the usual lad: muslin, from rich
the
the gloss had disappeared in sPots. t was
the only oeupant-of the Ladies, 4aloin, and
enjoyed the full benefit of an ig)l:.))qen
looking glass. I gisneed in it,lsnd 'seeing ,
what a ludicrous figure my old,t'-eil au) rusty
outer garment made, incOntrra4,yitl my fine
cashmere travelling ddss, wall its- richly
trimmed bisque, the. ithrt of golpg to the 'city
thoroughly disguised,at** piesentl itself.
The skirt .ofiny dress wt4sepeote frost the
body, and I had lined it km comfort in win
ter with an old rringhaM dress, clean and
whole, but I must confessmdly- faded-. Well,.
I turned
.this wrong site (itward, also."
You doift mean that iou weut to the ci
y in that . style," said Eunize.
" I did, and enjoyed it, too, convinced. that
I was doing a - strsibli thing. But von shall
hear. .carcely Was
.rly odd toilet Comple
ted, when the whistle sounded, and, drawing
the thick veil tightly over my face ; I made
My way to the' nearest car. And now . com
menced the developthelt: The handsome
and gentlemanly conductor nearly knocked'
tile over -in the door vay, in his willingness
to pioneer a lady in blue silk with four floun-
Ces, a sachet, a hatbox. aparaSoi, and a lap,
dog,"safely out upon the platform. IZeturn
ing, - while I stdOd • gazing vacantly :at the
rows of hats and boots before .none of
which moved to relitignish a seat in my \ be
half, the model conductor pointed . to an
a Jr! cornerble -• •••,;-•••
man With baby, and a White woman with two
babies:. or course I accepted it, and the cun
a.th.e. little african made my
Well, .1 'reached the city,add made my way
to Weaver's fashionable store. The skies were
weeping briskly, and I, carrying a blue cot
umbrella, probally did not call up holden
visions to the eyes of the young gentlethen
clerkS who lOunged Upon the counters, or sat
with hei r feet; elo;ated at alarmingly acute
-
angles; ash entered. When
.1 inquired for
'silk4, tissues, grenadines; any flue summer
dress4oods,' there was one undivided stare.
It ivould take too much time to tell bow
Fomestrainer silks, and half cotton• berames
were first produced,. and how I eventually
convneed'them that tunderstood their prop
er quality. Suffice it to say I purchased
nothOg there, thOugh tempting articles were
finally displayed before Me, but suited my
self r 4 less pretentious e;t N abliAm ems.
Next to Mrs. Lasalle'sl went, whose zua
thenias upon me for detecting the cot`tort laces
presented me for linen, I will not repeat, but
must; say they were delivered in a very
conntess,like rage, though they were in excel
lent French. .
Laid not try the shoe store . , that day, but.
y in p4ssing hr. It's office, Opmething_ prompt
tae.to enter. Illad been imused, and, not
the b..nst disappointed by. my , afternoon's. ex,
peritiaces, but now a little anxiety- mingled
'with:inuch curiosity. Jbethought me of a
nervOnWtooth-ache that hatl robbed me of
sleep for a portion_ of several niglits, - and
which I had sednloasly comealed from the
familY, chiefly because Aunt, ;Lucy's
ble remedy in such cases was whiskey and
ginger,•boiling hot, a retned . L to me ;infinite
ly wor.ld than the disease. Perhaps Dr. R
- could) name something less ot.jetiionable . :
I r: ). tig . gently and was admitted. The
Docter, who was talking and smoking with I
dashing young man, lanced at my dress as
I entered, and with farther notice,wellt on
with the'convers lion. Finnl . ..y, I instituted
a slight coup and he turned towards me
with— -
" Weil r old lady, what's the matter
i•ou i"
I inquired in a suit -ring voice, the
cure for an aching tooth. '
" Crooked iron, marm, applied cold, ip the
best thing, and animal magnetismis !next
best. , Ever try it hey I" And tlit3 man of
science winked and grinned at4is compan
ion, who in turn ejected ft quid of tobacco
from his mouth, quite near my poor ging
ham skirt, and laughed immoderately. In
two seconds I was in the street, and on my
way to the Depot, questioning 'within myself,
whether thetie are guch.qualiti4 yet remain
ing in our World, as tin bought honesty and
kindnesa. My doubts were.to be removed.—
The train stood at the Depot as I came in
sight, and,J- hurried my steps lest it .should
depart without me.
I managed to Lain a seat, but bad no time
to bey a ticket, and when the tonductoi
came, I felt for my,port-monnaia to p 4 the .
ry fare. It was, gone. An explora
ration iny pocket to its loWest depths avail
edlnothin :and I was in a dilemma. I ex
.
!Alined the attar to l o nm, assuring bite I
ÜBE; AGRI
sliquld leave the train .t the nest station,and
would -' ..-4 borrow.tie amount. Ile' left me
..,
m _,
tering his suspicions that the story was a
lil
and went his fOunds. ' -
, "Floon after, some one touched my elbow,
nd on looking around, I was greeted by a
ni, ragged, uncomed Irishman, who smiled
4 . .
n held .sotnething toward me. It was my
.-mOnnaie. - .
' l Faith an liavn't I been sarchin the cars
rrye this blessed while, said he ; sure'twas
•yself that saw ye take- yet handkerchief
. •
from yer pocket, and Send this ere thing : a
spinning on the piving stones. -- An ye'didn't
see Pat Criigan after ye—faith, if I hadn't.
.been cothin' the sane road, a precious hunt
ye might of had for it." Bless the untutored
uncorupted Irish-heart!
And now I was at o—station;and the
- sun,though low in-the west was shining bright.-
ly. I went direcily to . the ladies' room, and
in five minutes emerged' therefrom -a well
dressed lady, with an uncovered bonnet of
the ' latest importation.' As the conductor
crossed the platform to give moving ordera, 1
steppeil,up and tendered my -fate, saying Ply
purse had been found and returned to me.—
You have a vivid -imagination, Eunice, pic
ture the.countenance of that gentleman.
" : Did, you relate your adventures to the
young ladies ?" said Eunice. • . * •
No indeed ! When the goods 'came, they
were delighted with them, atiirming that this
silk came from Weaver's . ; no. other merchant
bad any like it; and this Lace from Mrs. La
salle's, they remembered seeing it there!
kept my own counsel ; and now Eunice what
do - youthink or it
" I think the icisdovi„ you purchased was
cheap enough at all events. Vet there is one
other place to which I wish you had-1
, gone."
.. .
. And where is that ?
'." To church," said Enniee.-07zio Farmer.
In 1849 the .principal ." banking institu
tions of the chance kind'in San Francisco
were the belle Union, Verandah;*Mine -de
Oro, Eldorado and Parker House, all situat
ed about the Plaza, and each employed
band of musieao lessen the tedious hours of .
that rainy winter/and to drown the noised
directing gold and silver and . the cursing
3 .‘,...1- 4 .Lious Or UM ganwrg.un - s. IFll.g .
scene has taken place within these saloon's
that chilled the blood of the beholder, and is
remembered with halm
oat, or th es e p l ace ,.
My attention was directed towarLl a person
who had a- large piece of gold before him
the starting eye-balls, the swollen veins upOn
'his forehead, the cold sweat upon „his face,
and clenched hands, told of .heavy. losses ;
mingled exclamations of horror and contempt
would escape him; and. he scented uncon
scions of all else on around him . ; his
•
gaze bent upon the cards as. if his Aife'6 blood
was the stake at issue and in this :case his
last dollar was. put withinthe•dealer's bank,
when, With the frenzy of - rt . maniac, he: drew a
-dirk-knife and plunged it up. to the hiit• in
oWt; body, and sank a corpse upon the
few rude cheers followed:this act;
the.body was removed and_ the game went
on as though another victim hid - not been
added to the page of the gambler's darning
record; or another soul had not gone to its
final account! • • - i
I learned this much of ids history He ;
He started with- a large stock of goods given i
him by his father to sell on commission; and'
the father's fortune d4pended upon 4 : sure re
turn of the money so invested ; but as usual
with-young men, he indulged in the full lib
erty. of unbridled liceilse, and while the ship
stepped at one of tiled:South American posts
he engendered thefirSt seeds of "play," but :
for awhile after hiS arrival the excitement of!
trade, and the , .energ,y necessary. to accom-'
plish a successful issue, kept his mind busy.
One day, by appointment, be was to meet a
mercantile' friend- at his house ; and, _while
waiting on his friend; be" Staked a feww - donarS
upon the'turning cards; *hen the latent dis—
ease sprang into life, and it carried him head
long ;over the precipice, and ended in the
tragic manner related. i, •
The Mine de Oro 'vas a gambling saloon;
situated on Washington street; and opposite
the El Dorado, and ih 1849 it was the, prin
ciple resort of the di4banded soldiers of the
California regitnents,land also of the soldiers
who had been -engaged in the war with Mex
ico. Behind one of 'the largest
. monte-banks
in the room sat.a man who bad won for him-.
self lmnorable mention; and eaolkcer's com
mission was given. hi for his bravery at the
storming of Mont rey ; but preferring , the
climate of California audits golden prospects
to a more northe n. Home, ho embarked for .
that country . the close of the war. with
Mexico, and pon his -arrival he .opened
bank for tubling. The immigrants came
in by thousands,'and a few nights after his
arrival a young man entered Abe saloon and
seated 'himself at thehank, and staked yaii
ous sums upotv...the cards until • he had lost
nearly all the money he possessed..Exeited
with the play maddened by his losses,
he accused the dealer of cheating-, the
•
.er'replied sharply to the accusation-711e lie
passed, when the yciung man'struck the deal
er a severe-blow-upon the face. As.'quick as
.t.lintight:the sharp rlport of a pistol followed,
and the gambler's 4othing was'Covered with
the young man's Ideodheshothitta through_
the right breast. The,rooni was soon clear;
ed of the spectators . 'present; the deers seen
cloied, and medical assistance_ called in' aid,
•E, SCIENCE, AND MORALErf.
The Brothers.
of the wounded man. The gambler sat moo. !
dily-over his bank, running ihe small manta I
cards through his fingers, and perhaps, think
ing of the deed just . perpetrated, when the
wounded man gave a moan of. agony as dm
doctor's probe. reached the .bottoin -of his
Wound. :The doctor inquired what. state be
was from;.and the wounded, man .replied=
" from Vermont."
The gambler raised his head, for it had
been a long , time since he hid seen a person
from the. home of his childhood, and Ver-
Mont being his native state,
_the mere men
tion of its name interested him. The doet6r
next inquired the name`-of the place where . his
parents resided, if he had any, and be mur
mured—" Montpelier."
The gambler sprang to his feet; his limbs
tremblek.aisd his face was pale as death, for
Montpelier was the home of his youth, and
perhaps the wounded man might have been
his playmate in childhood—perhaps3ischool-
Mate—knew his parents, hiS- - brothers and
sisters. lie clung convulsively to the table, - .
and, with the contending.enotions. Of rapid
thought and the weight of the injury. he _ had•
indicted, be l could scarcely
. keep upon his
fe4. A- stimulant was given the wounded
luau, and he was momentarily relieved from
that weakness the body.is so subject to-after
a severe wound—when the doctor inquired if
there was anY friend in the
. city he wished
sent fur. - -
" Yes," he replied, "my wife . she is at the
City Hotel, on,the corner of Clayand,Kearny
'strecta.. Tell Miry to hasten, for I badly
A map ins §eile to brindliis wife
" Doctor,"- said the. gambler, :" save that
Man's life, and here:is my bank, and 610-
000 in Burgo)ne's—nyou shall hav_eit all'!" I
The doctor felt the pulse of the man and
probed the wound ;anew. The: gambler
watched him - with the-greatest anxiety. until
his inspection was finished, when the doctor
shook his head in toketi of impossibility ; the.
gambler sat down by tlte' side of the wounded-
man, and bathed liS head with _water, and
staufielted:the flow of amid from the wound
until the. arrival of the with ; she tame, ac
companied .by a few friends,, and as heroic
women bear their misfortunes, she bore hers;
Not a word of reproach escaped her—WordS
.....,,,,,,.,,auess only - catue.froth her fins "a.%
the tears coursed down her cheeks. To,L I ,- -,- -:
.....,,,,ano s re- 1
....
inquiry as to the chances, ,, " ,
~..,,,,,,, „ ram n .,..4...:,..t.5zure0. her that there was ,
no hope—that the wound was mortal; and
Loam. tO it rc , ~ hrirs,he would die. She 'sank'
down on her knees and intoßect l._ l
li tuo . ro-y
ora forgiving God for. her dyia ,g.husband and
his".murderer. The gatiibler asked the for
giveness of the wounded man for the wrong
he had committek.also of the Arife, which
w -as readily granted.- -
_ " This," said he;" is for net obeying the
sacred injunction
.of .my nge..l' iiither and.
Mother—not to gamble. I have fac s ed . death
a thousand tithes, and . still' I have escaped ;
time balls,of an enemy have whistled= past my
ears as thick as hail-stones, and - the -bursting
bomb has exploded at my feet -;- still I have 1
lived—oh, God ! and for thiS ! High above
the red tide of battle I have carried my court-
try's ensign,-and that won .for me a name
,
among men •• when not one comrade was,left.
•
RS tell the deeds in the battle, I escaped tin=
scathed, Why was I not like the rest? All,
that was proud and pleasant to man I have
had ; And-if I could recall, this -last act by
living upon carrion, sleeping in a pauper's
grave, and renouncing every proud, act of my
life, I would do it. I was born in the same!
village with that man ; we have been class-
mates . together at-the sanie school ; received
instructions . fretnithe same aged man ; we
were born beneath the same roof; and; 0h,..
God ! . the same mother nave us .I.iirth. f He
must not die—he is my brother." - .
.'
And the gambler sank down in a swoon
upon tlr4 floor. - The wounded man raised
himself upon his elbows; his: glassy eyes
wandered about the roani•as if in search of
some particular person. • . .
"Mary," said he, " is brother- William
here ? 1.,---" and the Words choked in his
. 1 v
throat, the xn gling bloat-stopped his' utter
ance, runtime .ank back a -corpse upon his
.pillow. The --ife knelt again, but it was be
side a dead b dy, and invoked the mercy of
God upon hi soul and forgiveness of the
murderer. - . -.. • -, . . .
..The g,ambl r awoke from his awbon . .and
staggered up o his wife and said- - --
"Mary," xv uld it were otherwise, for I
have nothing to lice fat now; the dead and
dying do not j ant anything in this - world;
take this certlficate of deposit to Our ,
aged.
father, and tell our parents we are ilioth dead
—but eh ! do not tell them hew we died !"
Before-the wonian'could reply, or any one
interfere; the report of that pistol sounded.
again, and the fnitii ide had ceased to live.
On the hill near 1 lincon. Point were :tyr s ta
graveS; - a re* ,
.year 4 age, enclosed with - it
'white picket fence, and one tornbstone;,stOod
!at their head with thesiinple.'inscription--
" Brothere—Gaidek E. , ': -
(Correspondent' of Vie Evening Pest.]
Daring, Frau,/ the Louisville
Election..
Are lc Method of Voting---German
'and ; Irish
Companies in. the Mexictin
Murdered Quinn—Great-Exploits of 'the
StearaiFire EtOineancf.the Mayor..-
LOUIti/ILLE, August 12, , 1855:
When wrote arty last letter I_ was no t,
aware of the t xteur t ,of the outrage pertoited
by the Know -Nothings On the freedom of
the election. These are eighteen t)olla in
the city of Louisville, and sixteen is the cowl;
%tame. 12, Tiumbir
ty, making t iirty four in all: The inspee%
tom or judges, of election, two for ail; were
appointed by Judge Garland; Knownothing,
who with eitmordinary . liberality named,.
four
.detuocrats . and-sixty-four of his own - Or
der. But their possession of the records in
doors and of the approach to them from the
outside, by which they, could cover any fraud, •
was not enough. The Sedges , decided that
.they would dispense • with the. bernot;bok ,
They. required' every - voter to open his tick-,
et, and read illotid-the names of his candi-:
dates: A suratch'of:the .pen, on the 'book
opposite, the' name; was , the only recor4 And
evidence. of the vote' east. The' voter ei
ther thisw his ticket on the ground 'or. Car
ried ifTway with-him.:
. . The inability of : tie
foreigners to read English, or to read at all,
as far as. it went, was then made the pretext
for rejecting their votes. When 'this, .state
went' was made to me, I could not - credit
. it,
though my infortnants,' who were - two Cf
the most respectable citizens, of "I..ouisville, as
sured me
- that they had read off their own
ticket.s and then threw them away.
" Mr. V; do you fell .me that seriously4nd
are you very blare there, is no. mistake abut
it t" .
~" Yes, sir. I read off my own ticket , :and
threW it away. I stood. by and saw a dozen
do the same. There was no ballot-box used,'
Another gentleman, whoth I have.. known
intimately.for-some years and an old resident
o r itouisvifie, confirmed We statement.. • "
went to vote in the usual ‘04,7 said be, "-wit
-my ticket folded up, bUt heard those .. .wk.
were before me reading' off -their votes.
asked if I rank, do that, and was 'told yea
and L did it." •
Gentlemen, if I were a stranger to you,
would not K rite this without getting it vet
fied_ by witnesses and oaths,.. wCuld . expei
you . rte discredit it, - as the tale of a 'crazy polu .
iticiah. - -That such - aii" outrage . : should be
perpetrated• in this country! . That Ilia_ bat-•
lot-box should W. - discarded from a ,p9pular
election. -
less singular
'ltlis•hardly lees singular that . ..the - -journals.
here are all silentupon the subject. I have
in4uired it there is any law dr local ciastOre
to julqify it, and the answer is, No.
"Then our election is You have;
in ftdt, had no election; anti it, as you say,
the . hallOt-box was dispensed with throughout
the City, or - even . to any extent whatever; Mr.
Marehall's,seat'in Ccingress may bedisputed.'!
Stich are the facts of thieextraordinary farce
of an e:ectiorr. New matter lurnS up every
day.-, When the history of it' will . be . 'corrr=
plete, no one can tell. The anxiety
. of the
Know -Nothing papers to exculpate theparty,
and to find proot that the first shot waiii - fttg4---.:•!
Ut tti , relancl-!-- bignificApt . 'of copii-ffiit, therYi
P'___. 6 l" l 9lo-. 1 we mimed; one of themat least was entered-by the mob and
search
made, - but no mare's nest was found. -1 •
Isiit worth while for any set. of Men: Who
have se shamelessly outraged all justice, to: -
try.iand convince the,werld that . they did*.not
tire. the u.a. cLas I :who. ?rani&believe thertil .
AMong the foreigners who liavehieli - AltirC .
assailed and - disfranchised, it is more
probable that there are some who belonged te . •
the, two Ge,rman-CompanieN or the one Irish, -
that 'Louisville sent to the MexiCan War.
.
:Quinn; to whom the five houses that were
burnt belonged, 'was an old man- ' bent With -
age, and he was so .relpeeted and trusted by
his eountryi;ien, that they depoOted their $3....
wings with him to a large amount. His broth-,
er was a priest, and died.of cholera while nit
sing his poor countrymen, two years ago..
- It is, well enough to - set down
. the feet,
that the - morning after the riot, the. steam fire
engine Ifilotiging to the city, ' was dragged.
down . to the vicinity of the smoking ruins :v
and made . the water sly handsomely.; and as
a parallel thereto, that the Know-Nothing
inayor called on the citizens sitting at. the _ -
hotel doors to ge With him and a.ssistintxtin"
guishing the tlames; after there was no danger
of their spreading further. '-- _
It appears by the New York- papers .that':
the ..telegraphists here are mostly Know-Noth,
lugs, and` that tlicy have succeeded in filling
the public mind with their - one.sided-aeconnts,
They are very busy also in iitteinpting to show
thatthe . eleetion and the riots were entirely --
ndependent of each; other. The telegraph, ,
anticipates the ineidents of such proceedings,
and I did not think t important to enumerate
them. My object has been rather to sift from -
the mass-of rumors all that could point toward
the origin of the outbreak, and to give in ini-;
partial stat.emend 1 have moved among both '
parties, observed the ferOcity: of .the -_Know
Nothings, the mcideration. of the dismay Of.
tleir antaii,,ronists/ My political lympathies - ,
are not with the 'de,mocrats. 'lt would please . ,
me . hotter to -find Ainerican-born citi z ens ril.!
ways respecting the laws and presming civil'
order; and discover if these are. violated,. that ...
the aggression comes from a foreign element,
and is not iniligeneuse to our republicah',o4-
"My judgment Would .approve a restrictive leg ' - •
islation with respect to the mingling of for 4 ~
1 eigners in our polities: Their general -.want;
of education, their incapability of appreciating;'
the spirit of a governmene,andpeople entire-,-.-
l y
s trange to them, the excitability and- hit-!
pulsiveem natural to men wlichave fled from
oppression and want in other Ountiies, and:
the exhilaration of -the attriesphtre of" liberty
'and equality," all combing to make the tools .
of demagogues.. But their question of their
disfranchisement at the 'present point of oar
history, after they have long - toiled, in ciht '
fields and proved them - seltim ready ""to bleed':
in our battles, is a serious !question, and is not-:
to he settled by clubs and pistols - in Lie .-
hands of as bad a set of desperadoes as ev',3r !
cursed any community. y . ,
~. t
, .
I do
.dot express my alumna becatated 1
deein them of any consequence; bat to ihcivri
that my judgment is not! swayed - by dint
blindness
its'
party zeal which always_ ebitr-
I ges on its antagonist the trines that orgr-'
'ate with itsself. - - .i -'s ,
-
I .r. The more fobserve of the spirit ofruniiincl
;things here and the more straws` I gathisktha
:more clear is my oonvicdop that "the._ con,
1 tinny of the fiat were prepared by the Ktic: i
-,
con,
Nothing for the expresslntrpose of barryitg., ;.
des election, - and that •-vrtOkr; them nets the •.,
*ponsibility of the whole nutrige. - I . °,''''
I do not pretend.tosay.that every foriighe '' i : '
was unarmed. . When mea leaf MI -ASsa(tie 4 -
they - will prepare. for . defeape. lint-,- thete,!3‘ -
, '-no proof of armed
. preparation - and: organized
violence on their pert, as ilie!ejs s ott that of
the Know-Nothings. !i - . . Gi ~ .
- - iqr Look out fOr the fleets! . _ ,
=EN