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June 22, 1850. HEW TORK & IMIII.AOEH'IIIA JOURNEYMEN llatlerx 4NMOClHtlon, Cor. of (Hh oitJ Chtttnid Sreet, Philadelphia. CONTINI'E to make and aell a finer and more - durable Hat for the money than any other ....Mi.i..... ... in the ITnited Matea .tandard nr Hit. 3 on. Gent and Bov uum ana ' . . tilaxed Cap. Umbrella, Carpet Bag. Calafy Panama and Straw Hat at equany iw i" May 85, 1850 ly JOHN C. 1MICK & Co. ijiroRTEBS-or "Watches, Jewelry, Plated Ware, AMi FACV S.OtlDS, 111 CkamU betvcti. 3d If 4th Streets. PHXLADS1VPBZA. a TWlVUni hand an eicellent aort- A merit of th. above article, which they will ell on term a low a any in th. city. Jun. 13, 1840. Cm W. T. PEDDRJCK'S fl.ATBPARTXKR OF C.8CHRACK) wriii Maiiuructory and t'ttlnt Store, Ar 78 North Fourth Street, a FEW DOORS ABOrK CHF.RRV, WEST SIDE, PHILADELPHIA. Con.if.mfft on hand a7d for sale, at rtdnctd prices, and of ' v ptrior quality, the fol lowing articles, viz: . .i . i .t Oilcloth Vrnih' i , .nam. . . .. ,- " - - " - . . : Whiw ....." ri" " -- v" . , , iilt,.riiilp : IM'TTV IN .-old. rmntt:". ";" -- " ' ,' .vi Pill.' ........i iiiiv. lillV. I Oil. AM I Kr. I'u'uUIOKi.MMK.UI.VrK LK; Milliner.' V.mijh, ;i.. awl AenU; Blark J,.. f'r l- i, ""i'&. tour.; Dry. ii.T.ba.; N'-. F.. Oil: . lr, ...... i. il. ..r.,w.n, f'li.ie UlM'kiiii bihI XI i ii iii'vi hi.. . . . j - i ' Writu Ink. JumSa, 130. LINN, SMITH fit CO., A'o. 213i Market Street, above Slk St. PiiiLiiniriiii, tVlioleaale UrutiRlati. AND PF.ALF.RS I TrMtUGS. Mebuixc. Pit, Oil, Wiubow .ly GtA. VaavisHxa. Di Jrurr, Pitkt f Mta-ia... ManicitK Chkt, Hranictl in tcmiit,&c &c; and manufacturer oftlie 'celebrated Congress Ink, Black, Blue and Red. The quality ofthia Ink i unaurpaased, and we are now prepared to furniih .ir nnwli. ao that thev feel prepared their earrvir.c anv distance with perfect aafety, All order bv letter or otherwiae will receive prompt attention. Philadelphia, June 15, 1850. 8m UIALAOEXrHIA WINK LIQUOR STORE BITTING & WATERMAN, Importers and Sealers in Liquors, Ao. 220 Market ttrtet, rutiaatipM, uvvd r. ... lo tli rki.wit and beat assort- ment of Liquora in Philadelphia, uch aa Champagne, Sherries, Port, Stock, Uaret, Bur- runuiea, Hauturn, saraae, maowia, wn Xenentte aad mcuy wme ?n,r nf. TZrZZZr Pine Holland Gin, Monongahela, Bcotch and Irish Wtuakey, ., etc. Hotels and the country trade supplied at Phila delphia price on the moat liberal terms. July 13, 1850 - MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. CIIAS. DUJMItIIG, 207 Cnu Strut, front Arcade, PaiLaDiLraia. P. u" " 'r;.":. . j r. i .1. L- i Musical 1.- j - 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. '
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