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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
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SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST L
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON,
Os Ohio;
The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor
ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican
the patriotic Farmer of Ohio.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
JOHN TYLER,
• Os Virginia;
A State Rights Republican of the school of 9S
one of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically
one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and
patriot statesmen.
FOR ELECTORS OF VICE-PRESIDENT,
GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe.
DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden.
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee *
JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock.
CHARLES DOUGHERTY, of Clark.
SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin.
ANDREW MILLER, of Cass.
WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalb.
C. B. STRONG, of Bibb.
JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke.
E. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of Greene.
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.
EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibb.
LOTT WARREN, of Sumter.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jefferson.
JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam.
TJiOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muscogee.
The Committee appointed to make arrangements
to carry into effect the object of the meeting held
to appoint Delegates to the Macon Convention, re
quest tke Delegates appointed in each distric t in the
county, and those appointed for the city, to make
arrangements so as to meet at Fenn s Bridge, on
the Ogechee River, on Monday night, the tenth of
August next.
The Delegates appointed from the county of
Burke, to the Convention to be held in Macon, on
the second Thursday in August next, are requested
to meet in Waynesboro’ op the hist Tucsjaj in
August, to make arrangements preparatory to their
ourney.
Burke county, July 27, 1S 4 0.
Another Change.
In the National Intelligencer of the 2Sth instant,
we find the address of Dr. E. S Davis, to the voters
of the 13th Congressional district of Tennessee,
renouncing Yap Burenism. Dr. Davis was former
ly a citizen of ®?outh Carolina, a zealous member
of the Union party, and the warm personal friend
of General Jackson. And having been sent from
Tennessee as i Delegate to the Van Burcn Con
vention at Baltimore in May last, in which capacity
he served, ha has now, from a sense of patriotic
duty, hoisted the Harrison banner, and submitted
his reasons for so doing to those he represented in
that convention. We shall give his letter on
Monday.
North Carolina Election. —The following
Counties vote in North Carolina, on the 30lh July :
Bladen, Camden, Chowar, Granville, Onslow, Pitt,
Hyde, Randolph, Rowan, Wilkes, Yancey, Edge
comb, ffeaufort, Washington. The following on
the 6th of August; Bortie, Chatham, Columbus,
Craven, Duplin, Jones, Greene, Nash, Perquim
mons. Stokes, Surry. The rest of the State vote
on the 13th of August.
It is estimated by the Connecticut Courant, that
upwards of seventy factories have ceased opera
tions in New England, and that at least one-fourth
of the population of the United States are now out
of employment.
Direct Tax.—The Hon. Nathaniel Jones, an
a!ministration member of Congress, drank the fol
lowing toast on the 4th of July, at Goshen ;
A strict construction of the Constitution of the
Union —an entire separation of the Government,
and its revenues from Banks —direct taxation
for ordinary expenditures to insure an economical
administration—a system of universal education of
3’outh,to be maintained by the proceeds from sales
of public domain—legislative protection to all
privileges to none.
In vino veritas. Although the fact of a contem
plated direct tax on the people has been denied in
Tammany Hall, yet here we have it admitted by
an administration member of Congress. A system
of direct taxes for ordinary expenses of Govern
ment. Os course, in war the national debt is to be
adopted. Precious confessions, we admit. —aY. Y.
Star,
Renunciations of Van Burenism. —The last
Rochester Democrat contains a list of five hundred
persons ivho have lately renounced Van
Burenism. A gentleman now iu this city, a resi
dent of Berks county. Pa., infoims us that in his
own vicinity he can enumerate three hundred nen
who have heretofore voted the Van Buren ticket,
but who will now vote for Harrison. As old Ritch
ie would say,—“Now by St. Paul, the work goes
bravely on!” — Troy (N Y.J Whig.
Contrasts. —President Van Burcn, when he
made his tour last year, appeared and harangued
every where as a partizan chief.
Richard M. Johnson, at whom the more elegant
of the Van Buren men turn up their noses, as not
genteel enough for their quality—though in a less
exalted station —declined throughout his late visit,
to act, or talk, or be received, as a partizan. He
considered himself a servant of the nation, and he
was welcomed accordingly without distinction of
party.
Andrew Jackson, ex-President, and therefore of
the generation no longer on the stage, violates the
decencies of his past station, and the fitness of that
retirement, which, to be grateful and becoming
should be complete —by etepping fiercely forth into
the arena of party, and unjustly denouncing an old
and meritorious soldier, for no other reason than
that the people have called upon him as the man
that might save the country.
This old soldier, Wm. H. Harrison—in the letter
to the committee of the dinner in Cincinnati to
Solomon Van Rensselaer —having a natural occa
sion to allude to Gen. lackson, speaks of him as
“a President who had himself jeopadized his life,
ard shed his blood, in achieving the independence
of his country, and who knew how to appreciate a
hero’s service, and reward a soldier’s toil.”
If there be conscious shame, and manly pride, in
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the bosom of Gen. Jackson, the contrast thus pre
sented, wil 1 tinge h.s cheek with blushes.
At any rate, the contrasts here brought to notice,
will not escape the observation and comments of
thd people'. —A r . Y. American.
meeting in Oglethorpe County.
At a large and respectable meeting of the citi
zens of Oglethorpe county, convened at the Court
House, on Monday, the 27th July, IS4O, for the
purpose of nominating delegates tp the Convention,
to be held in Macon on the 13th August next.
On motion of Col. Alexander Thomas, Col. Rob
ert Hubbard was appointed Chairman, and James
W. Davenport Secretary.
The Chairman requesting the object of the meet
ing to be explained, William McKinley, Esq.,
arose and addressed the meeting in an able and
eloquent speech of near one hour, portraying the
abuses of the present administration-, when he
closed his remarks by offering the following reso
lutions, which were unanimously adopted.
Ist. Resolved, That the citizens of Oglethorpe,
now present, highly approve the proceedings of the
June Convention, held in Milledgeville, and espe
cially their nomination of General Harrison and
John Tyler for President and Vice President of the
United States.
2d. Resolved , That in the opinion of this meet
ing, Mr. Van Buren’s administration of our Gov
ernment is impure in its practice and tyrannical in
its designs.
3d. Resolved, That as the people can most easily
concert efficient and honorable measures to purity
the Government, by meeting in large assemblies,
we consider the intended Macoa Convention judi
cious, and that Oglethorpe county shall be repre
sented in said Convention by one hundred and fifty
delegates.
Governor Gilmer being loudly called for, res
ponded to the call, and addressed the meeting with
great force and eloquence, portraying in the most
vivid terms the abuses of the General Government,
and defending General Harrison fiom the foul
slanders cast upon him by his enemies.
After which, the Chairman, on motion of Col.
A. Thomas, appointed a committee of twelve to
select one hundred and fifty delegates to represent
Oglethorpe county in said Convention. The com
mittee retired, and after a short recess, reported
through their chairman, the Hon. F. W, Cook, the
following delegates:
George R Gilmer, John A Bell,
Benj F Hardeman, R B Smith,
Wm McKinley, Wm H Smith,
M C Hale, Wm W Bush,
Henry Jordan, Clark Taylor jr.
Dr P II Hanson, Hay T Landrum,
James Johnson, B W Hubbard,
J G McHenry, Robert Hubbard,
S R Maxwell, Thos II Parks,
F W Cook, J H Echols,
L J Duepree, B M Hubbard,
Dr J S Sims, R M Fleming,
John Baughn, G W Grisham,
M J Cox, John Faust,
S H Cox, Sherwood Wise,
Wm II Duepree, Henry Rains, sen.
T R Andrews, Robert Howard,
Wm J Ogilvie, Dr Willis Willingham,
Zachariah H Clark, Joseph Grisham,
Nathan Mattox, Chcsley Arnold,
Dr GW Bolton, Derasey Johnson,
Joseph Bell, F Mcrriwether,
G W Grimes, Joel Olive,
M J Pass, J E Johnson,
Solomon Jennings, sen. Wm Arnold,
John Mattox, R S Smith,
John Little, Asa J Howard,
Reuben Eades, Wm England,
Thomas Stephens, WLie Bush,
Solomon Jennings, jr. Benj Blanton, jr.
Mial Smith, Wm Edwards,
A Witcher, John Crawfoid,
T A Holland, D C Barrow,
Dr. Wm W Davenport, Judson Lumpkin,
Abel Ebcrhart, Wm Blanton,
Allen Godsby, James Jewell,
Wm Cunningham, sen. Lemuel Edwards,
Wra Glenn, jr. Mordecai Edwards,
B Hartsfield, Robert Birdsong,
Robert Huff, Andrew' Campbell,
Martin Tiller, Daniel Hall,
Ignatius Rains, George McLaughlin,
Wm Glenn, sen. Wm J Bell,
Richard Dowdy, Wm Bugg,
Redfoid Johnson, Wm Campbell, sen.
Thos Johnson, Wm Campbell Jr.
Munford Carter, George W Maxey,
Wm Barnett, Lewis M Maxey,
P D Saunders, J F Zuber,
Geo W O’Kellcy, Jesse Maxey,
David Barnett, Silas Griffiin,
Samuel Cochran, C D Kinebruc,
Paul Carter, James Brook,
F Vernon, Wm Beasly,
B Chandler, Elijah Brockman,
J M Sims, John W Moody,
Fielding Dillard, Milton Wright,
J B Dillard, James II McWhorter,
lames O’Kelky, John Briccoe,
T B Pinson, P Edmonson,
Judson O’Kelley, Wm McWhorter,
C G Hargrove., Samuel Brook,
Isaac Tenney, Richard Watts, |
Burton Johnson, Moses Wright,
P W Hutcherson, David Ragan,
J D Moss, Alex Thomas,
J F Phinizy, Thomas B Winn,
Wm Lumpkiu, R C Daniel,
Thos H Hawkins, Dr S Glenn,
Joseph Landrum, John Winn,
Dr Thomas bloody, J P Latimer,
Thomas Dunn, sen. J V Drake,
Burdit Finch, S M Echols,
George Tugrle, Thomas Hatchet,
Nathan Hunter, Glenn Winn.
John Haw'kins,
Resolved, That the proceedings be published in
the Southern Recorder, Georgia Journal, Chronicle
and Sentinel, and Southern Whig.
On motion of Col. Thomas the meeting then ad
journed.
ROBERT HUBBARD, Chairman.
J. W. Davenport, Secretary.
A Harrison Sign.—A gentleman of our
acquaintance riding along a road in Shelby coun
ty, Ohio, a few days since, saw two men and a boy
at work about a piece of fence, in a field by the
side of a road. On their observing him, the boy
got upon the fence and commenced the song—
“ Ye jolly young Whigs of Ohio,
And all ye sick democrats too ”
After singing these two lines, he stopped, look
ed at the traveller with an inquisitive expression.
The latter took up the tune and sung the remain
ing lines of the verse—
“ Come out from among the foul party,
And vote for Old Tippecanoe.”
He’s a Whig,” shouted tho boy, looking
round ta the men. —Log Cabin.
From ihe Westei n State Journal.
Destruction of the Banks.
The Administration having resolved upon the
destruction of ihe Banks, the work of extermina
tion has alread} 1- commenced in earnest. When
the question was about to he taken upon the pas
sage of the Sub-Treasury bill, Mr. Pickens pro
claimed that it was but the “first, not the last act
of the dramaP There the “ great questions he
edded “ lying behind this, connected with the fiscal
action of the government, and which wo shall be
called upon to decide in the next few years. T hey
were ail connected with one great system. This is
only a BRANCH of the system!”
The experiment i> to go on. The Independent
Treasury scheme provides for the collection of all
the revenues in gold and silver, in less than three
years from this time. We are then to have a pure
ly metallic currency, for the government, in tne
meantime, the other branches of the S3 r stem are to
be matured and enforced. Over three millions of
Bank capital in the District of Columbia, is to be
relumed to its owners.—The Banks are to be
shut up, and the business they have heretofore fos
tered a.id sustained, is to be prostrated. It will
be the turn of the Slate Institutions next. Let the
people be prepared, if they are determined to sup
port Martin Van Buren,tosec the whole paper sys
tem exploded, and a purely metallic currency es
tablished in its place
The people of Alexandria appear to be almost
unanimously favorable to retrocession to Virginia.
Upwards of seven hundred citizens have signed
the memorial in favor of the measure, and only
twelve have affixed their names to the counter
memorial.
Important Decision. —The cn«e before the Su
preme Court of Pennsylvania at its last sitting in
this city, of the Commissioners of the Northern
Liberties and Kensington and olhcis, vs. the Phil
adelphia and Trenton Rail Road Company, touch
ing the lajing of rails along Front street, from
their Depot to the intersection at Maiden street,
the attempt to prosecute which work occasioned
the riot last winter in the latter district, has, it is
said, been derided by the Court, who have affirmed
the decision below. The District Court decided in
favor of the Rail Road Company', and probably
there is now nothing to prevent the construction
of the road. — Phil. 17. S. Gazette.
Mu. Enxvix Croswell, (the editor of the
Albany Argus,) who was a zealous federalist,
during the late war, is trying to prove that Gen.
! Harrison was of the same faith. The old Gene
ral, however has a very different way of exhibit
ing his federalism from Croswell. The former
was leading our armies to victory and glory,
while the latter was out of harm’s way in the
streets of Catskill, an advocate of the party that
opposed the war. Whether Croswell rejoiced
over British victories during the war vve arc not
advised, hut the abuse he heaped on Jackson in
1824 and now heaps on Harrison, is, to say the
least, strong evidence that he did so. —Bath
Const.
Garrison undo usi no tuk Furr. Nr.r.no
Testimony. —The Emancipator thus delicately
intimates its approbation of Van’s inability to
find any thing objectionable in negroes testify
ing against officers of the Navy :
“ A laic occurrence, shows that even our Fed
eral Government, is not quite so far gone in dis
regard of humanity and justice, as the Govern
ment of the Methodist Episcopal Church.”
The allusion to this Church is in consequence
of the declaration of a late Conference, held in
Baltimore, that it is improper to admit negro tes
timony against white men.
New-Yoiik, July 27.
Money Market — City News —Monday,
P. M.—The U. S. Bank.— We have not adver
ted to various rumors that have been put afloat,
for the last two or throe weeks, in relation to N.
Biddle and his indebtedness to the United States
Bank, because wc supposed they were too pre
posterous to deserve not'ce; but those rumors are
hourly put afloat iu every variety of form by
Slock-Jobocrs and Speculators, for the purpose of
depressing the Stock, both here and in Europe,
particularly are they manufactured on the sailing
of a Packet or Steamer. It is proper, perhaps, at
this time that notice should be taken of them,
and for this purpose we have enquired of a source
possessed of the facts and entitled to entire confi
dence, from which we learu, that Mr. Biddle has
not borrowed a cent of that or any other Bank, —
and he does not now owe that or any oilier Bank
a dollar. We trust this will, as it ought, pul at
rest the many slanderous and foul aspersions that
are in circulation on this subject.
Better Currency. —Come here you radi
cals—you brawlers for hard money—you ene
mies to rags, end bank notes and drafts—look at
the following paper, note or draft for five dollars,
from your favorite Amos, and then say what you
think of the whole humbug of hard money.
Post office Department.
Draft No. 137.
To J. J. Coddington, P. Master, New York.
At sight,
Pay to Nathan Dean, or order, FIVE DOL
LARIS 59-100, and Charge to account of this
department.
May 22, 1 830.
AMOB KENDALL, Postmaster General.
C. K. Gardener, 59 Auditor P. O. Dept.
Continential money. Treasury notes trans
ferable for five dollars! The great American
government reduced so low!—A*. Y. Star.
The following arrangement has been made for
the making up of the British Mails by the Cun
ard line of steam ships xor the ensuing season,
viz: In London, on the third day of August;
the third and eighteenth of September and Oc
tober; the third of November, December, Jan
uary and February. There will be no other mail
from Liverpool the present month, but one in
August, and but one in November and each of
the succeeding winter months. The semi-month
ly arrangement will re-commence in March.
J he return mails from Halifax will be made up
on the same days, and in Boston on the Ist and
1-6ih. —Boston Daily Advertiser.
W e understand that Jesse A. Bynum, of N
C., a member of the House of Representatives,
was arrested in this oily, on Tuesday last, on a
charge of swindling , hut was released on the
ground of privilege!— Madisonian.
Fire in Hagerstown. —We learn by a
gentleman direct from Frederick, that a fire took
place at Hagerstown on Sunday night, which
consumed 10 or 12 buildings, including the offi
ces of the Torchlight and the Herald of Free
dom, the two Whig papers of that place. Wo
are without any further particulars. —Baltimore
American of the 28 th uIL
Marriage in Lapland. —lt is death in Lap
land to marry a maid without the consent of her
parents or friends. When a young man has for
med an attachment to a female, the fashion is to
appoint their friends to meet to behold the two
young parties run a race together. The maid is
allowed in starting the advantage of a third part
ot the race, so that it is impossible, except williing
of herself, that she should be overtaken. If the
maid overrun her suitor the matter is ended; he
must never have her, it being penal for the man
to renew the motion of marriage. But if the
xirgin has an affection lor him, though at the first
she runs ham to try the truth of his love, she will
(without Atlanta’s golden balls to retard her
speed) pretend some casualty, and make a vol
untary halt before she come to the. mark or end
of the race. Thus, none are compelled to marry
against their own will; and this is the cause that
in this poor country the married people are rich
er in their own contentment, than in other lands,
where so many forced matches make feigned
love, and cause real unhappiness. It is to be re
gretted, that our fair sex have not always equal
opportunity of accepting or rejecting the suitors
in order to insure their future happiness, although
there is little doubt but most of our married la
dies would have managed under the same circum
stances, to have fallen down or otherwise been
prevented running to the end : nevertheless, too
many have been forced by their friends, lor sinis
ter motives, to marry those they did not love;
these would have run fast t» prevent their lives
being made miserable, and, perhaps, premature
death.
Cure for a snake bite. — John Pressaul, jr., a
fanner on Little River in this county,wasseveieiy
bitten by a pilot snake, in his harvest field. After
striking the snake with his scythe, and cutting it
in two, he made his way to the house as speedily
as possible, and sent off to a neighbor lor some
brandy, having heard that was good for a snake
bite ; and there was no physician nearer than
Ashhro. Not knowing what to do, and being in
great pain, the sufferer casually laid hold ol a bot
tle of camphor, about half full, (camphorated spir
its—probably brandy,) and placing the mouth of
the bottle to the wound, (the ankle, we believe,)
he felt partial relief instantly. All present thought
they could plainly see the poisonous fluid escaping,
from the wound into the bottle. By continuing this
process an hour or two, lie became entirely relieved
and went to his work again without any further
inconvenience. The above facts were related to
us by a Mr. Michael, a neighbor of Mr. Pressaul, a
man of undoubted veracity. —Southern Citizen,
Legislative Eloq.uenc.ne. — ihe following
report of a speech made before the I ennessee
Legislature, by Col. J. M. H. , a represen
tative from Knox county, has been furnished us
by a gallant officer in the army, who assures us
of its genuineness.
Fellow Citizens: —I did’ntcome here to make
a speech at this time, but only jest to extinguish
myself as a candidate. Gentlemen, I am the
floating candidate for the superfluous district,and
I only want to make a few remarks at this time.
A good many of you, gentlemen, has never seen
mo before and I merely want to state my views
upon the question, to be agitated. Gentlemen, I
was born in the county of Sullivan, and focht
up in Knox, without pearantage, and if it had’nt
a been for the goodness of God and several other
gentlemen, who luck me when but an orphan
boy at 21 years of age, gin me an education, I
might have been as ignorant as the common peo
ple or you, gentlemen. Gentlemen, my father
was a patriarch of the Revolution, and I am a pa
triarch. Gentlemen, my father stained the walls
of America with hu blood, and when Gen. Jack
son killed the Injuns at Orleans, I waded up to
my knees in mud. Gentlemen, lam opposed to
Nullification. Gentlemen I would rather be a
gallipolt slave, than for to be a Nullifier. —Gen-
tlemen, I hain’t got time to give you my views
now; and I will call upon you again in a few
days, but Gentlemen, there is a sort of Big
Bugs who are tryin to put me down, but Gentle
men, I defy ’em Gentlemen. I hope to be deliv
ered out of the hands of enemies as Moses was
delivered out of the bands of the bulrushes!
Gen'lemen, c »me over across the square, and take
something, and we’ll get better acquainted.
A Challenge and its effects. — The follow
ing horrible narrative is from the pen of the west
ern correspondent of the Baltimore Clipper:—
Writing of this genteel and Honorable mode of
settling disputes, I will endeavor to give you a
description of a duel which took place in a south
ern city, not long since; and to do the narration
justice, I must inform you of its origin. One
night, a stranger, a tall, bony, and powerful man,
stepped into the bar-room ol a fashionable hotel,
ami swaggered about to the no small amusement
of the company. His costume was unique; a
coarse petersham coat, deer skin pantaloons, and
heavy water-hoots. His head was graced with a
Mexican hat, with a brim a half yard wide. The
butts of two largo horse pistols protruded from
cither pocket ot his coat, and the handle of a
howie knife projected under his vest. “I’m a
gentleman,” said he, byway of introduction.
No one appeared to dispute it, and so he proceed
ed, “I own three thousand acres of prime land,
two sugar plantations, and one hundred negroes,
and I can chew up the best man in this room f”
—Still no one disputed him, and looking around
with a sneer, he exclaimed, “I’ve killed eleven
Indians, three white men, and seven panthers;
and it is my candid opinion you are all a set of
cowards!”” With this denunciation he jostled
against Dr. B , a man ot unquestionable
courage. The doctor immediately tlnew the dis
graceful epithet back on him. The bowic knile
of the stranger soon glistened in the light, but the
timely rush of several gentlemen prevented, him
from plunging it into the heart of his opponent.
Matters were soon brought to an understanding,
and a formal challenge was given and accepted.
The terms were these :—The parties were to be
locked up in a dark room, (the seconds remain
ing outside) each to be stripped of his clothing,
with the exception ol pantaloons, and the arms
and shoulders to be greased with lard. Each had
a pair of pistols and a howie knife. At a given
signal from the seconds the butchery waste com
mence. The doctor, who survived the dread ml
conflict, stated that for nearly a quarter of an
hour they kept at bay, and scarcely a tread or
breath could be heard after the cocking ot the
pistols. At moments lie could see the cat eyes
of his antagonist, and when he was about firing
they would disappear and appear again in another
part of the room. He at length fired, and, as
quick as thought, the shot was teturned, and the
ball passed through his shoulder. In tiis agony
he discharged his pistol at random. The flash
brought a return from his opponent, and the sec
ond ball passed through the fleshy part of his
thigh. Faint with loss of blood he staggered
about tbe room, and at length fell heavily on the
floor. The stranger chuckled when he heard
tiie noise of his fall, but soon became silent, and
slowly and softly approached his victim, with the
intention of despatching him with his knife. This
however, the doctor, with much presence of mind,
though barely alive, prevented—for the gray eyes
of the stranger betrayed him, and while they gla
red like fire-balls over him, he struck his knife
upward, and it went through the heart of his an
tagonist, who fell by his side without a groan.
The door was then opened, and the duelists
found weltering in each other’s blood.
From the London Forget-Me-Not, f>r IS4O.
JLc Millionnaire Malgre L.ui.
BY R. SHELTON MACKENZIE, LLD.
Some 3'eais ago, I spent six weeks at Lyons
waiting the arrival of a friend, I was to ac
company lo Naples. Old cities, old books, and old
friends, are what exactly suit my taste. There
fore, Lyons —the moral queen of Eastern France—
was calculated to challenge m3' attention. During
nineteen eventful centuries, a crowd of historical
associations have become linked with the city of
Lyons ; its aspect shows how antique it is ; its com
mercial operations have made it a stirring and
wealthy place now ; its public institutions and
buildings are unsurpassed out of Paiis, the ap
proaches (either from Chalons or Marseills) are
through a lOVCI3' country, which seems like a rich
vineyard, skirted and sheltered by hills and its in
habitants, enriched b - industiy, are hospitable and
friendly. Is it wonderful, then that Lyons is a place
of which I keep a grateful and pleasant memory ?
Loving to loiter in a stiange city', I here indul
ged my humor to the full, and sauntered in and a
bout Lyons until I knew it so well, that this mo -
ment,! believe I could draw a plan o f the citv from 1
mere recollection It was pleasant to cross and
re-cross, view and re-view, its six bridges over the 1
sluggish Saone, and its three over the more rapid 1
Rhone, to pac? through its fift3'-nine squares, with
an almost daily visit of admiration to La Beliecour, s
(one of the finest in Europe) graced by the noble 5 1
statue of that Louis whose regal boast “ Le’ eltat f
e’est moi ,” was scan ely an exaggeration ; to hunt c
for antiquities where had stood the Forum Trajani; e
to examine the Hotel de Villc, inferior 011I3' to the f
palatial town-house of Amsterdam; to copy the
most outre inscriptions on the monuments which n
grace the beautiful Necropolis upon the hill of t i.
Fourv ieres ; to feel the “ religio loci” while listen
in- in hushed silence to the sweet and so emn
O
Stabat mater dolorosa,
or the yet more touching swell of the
Dies irae, dies ilia.
reverberating from harmonious voices through the
Gothic aisles of the cathedral of St. John, or the
regret that the then recent fall of the tower of
Pitrat prevented my viewing to the best advantage
the natural panorama of Lyons and the beautiful
country around it.
After all, these loiterings were merely cpisodal
in my life at Lyons, I discovered that the library
there —one of the finest in France —was especial
ly rich in manuscripts and books upon what D’ls
raeli names as three of the six “follies of science,’
alchemy, astrology, and magic. These are among
the most graceful superstitions of our forefathers,
and I confess that I have long had a strong curios
ity to learn what it was by which gifted minds a
few centuiies ago were held in a strong and ovei
mastering thrall. The public library of Lyons,
rich in this peculiar lore,afforded ample opportuni
ty of research, and I spent many an hour in deci
phering the mysterious revelations i>y which Le
ber, Artephius, and Nicholas Flamel communicated
how they had made the wonderful power of pro
jection by which the meaner metals weie transmu
ted to gold, and that Elixir, not less wonderful,
which was at once to renew the springs of life, and
bestow the boon of immotality ! There too, 1 read
of tne Cabala, with their ten numerations called
Sephiroih, their holy Sigils, their sacred Pentacles,
and the tables of Ziruph, or magic roll-call of the
seventy-two angels, whose names are duly recor
ded by Cornelius Agrippa and others as if they
were in the habit of daily communication with
them. —And there above all, I had the opportunity
of examining what is treasured as an outograph
of the famous Astronomical Tables ot King Al
fonso.
To me, much loving the wild imaginings by
which our elders were self-deceived, there was
much of interest in, such literary rarities, as I
have mentioned To examine them was fitting oc
cupation for an idle man, fond of raising Chateaux
d ’ Espagne of his own or a different order, and
who regarded the splendid follies of science as the
sprav dashed up by the adventurous diver who
boldly and blindly seeks the pearl of truth in the
ocean of conjecture.
It happened, fortunately for the peculiar course
of enquiry I had fallen upon, that Monsieur Jean
Hervieu,one of the sub-librarians, was something
more than a mere hander-out of volumes. He soon
saw into what line rny researches traversed, and
saved me a world of trouble by placing before me
at once all that was richest and choicest in that pe
culiar line. —When 1 lelt Lyons 1 had many re
grets, for I had made friendships there which yet
continue, but my chief sorrow was that poor ller
vieu, with abilities and tastes of a high order,
should be lost in a potty situation so much below
his merits.
Two years passed away, and I came to winter at
Paris —a step which I recommend few to do, unless
they arc enamoured of arcic temperature. Short
ly after my arrival, I met with my quondam ac
quaintance, the sub-libravian at Lyons. He was
much changed. He had reached the dignity of
wearing a coat out of the mode , which none but a
wealthy mnn can afford to do ! His manneis,loo, had
the ease and self possession of one who has only
an account at Lafitte’s, but a pretty balJance on the
credit side. A few days afterwards, while soberly
discussing some peerless Burgundy at Monsieur
Hervicu’s countiy-house, within six mi'.esof Paris
the secret of this change was explained in nearly
the following words.
THE merchant’s STORY.
I perceive, my dear friend, that you wonder how
I happen to have these comforts about me ; how I
advanced to the dignity of a millionare. In truth
it is what I find myself frequently wondering at.
My fortune was made by accident, in spite ot my
self in a word, as fortunes scarcely ever are made.
When you knew me two years ag », 1 contrived
to exist upon eight hundred francs a y ear, and, al
though nut very extravagant, had a few debts,
wnich it was extremely easy to incur and most
difficult to pay. Two acquaintances were spend
ing an evening with mo, when the portier brought
up an account from my—tailor. 1 had no means
of settling it, but the ready answer arose, “ Bid
him call to-morrow.” The bill threw a damp over
all of us —for our circumstances were much alike
and our gaiety took wing. “It is a pity',” said
Louis Boyer, “it is a pity'that we have neither
wealth nor the reputation of it, which is ju-t as
good. What good luck ii would be, if some un
known relation should turn up, and bequeath a
fortune to one of us.”
“ There’s littic chance of that,” said Charles
Berget, “ for my part, 1 have not a relation in the
world !”
“ And for mine,” said I, “ matters are very much
the same way: but I remember hearing rny father
of a nephew of his, who went to Cuba or
Martinique, when I was a child- Nothing was ever
heard of him since.”
“ Famous!” cried Louis Boyer, clapping his
hands. “ I have it all. We must bring him on
the singe, endow him with immense wealth, and as
he must be childless, make him inquire after an
heir, and find you not only next of blood, but his
only' relation. We must make you ‘ a young man
of brilliant expectations,’ with a rich liver-dis
cased cousin in the West Indies, who declares you
his heir !” “ No, no !” chimed in Berget, with a
laugh, “ this expectation story will not do. The !
couisin must die, so write his epitaph forthwith ! j
Let me see—Jacques Hervieu leaves Marseilles
twenty-five y'ears ago, goes to Martinique, makes j
a splendid fortune there, leaves five sugar planta- .
tious, and hundreds of negroes to bis cousin Jean
Hervieu, of Lyons. The whole are worth two
millions of francs at least. Give me your hand, j
my dear Jean ! I wish you joy' of your change of 1
fortune. And now, moncher, we must drink your
health.
“ Os course,” said Louis Boyer; and pray, now
that he is at the top of the ladder, he will not for
get those who were his friends in misfortune.”
•• Depend on me!” was my laughing reply'.
Then we drank to the memory of Jaques Hervieu,
and to the health of his heir: in effect Monsieur,
we had a very pleasant evening.
I was making my toilet next morning, when the
door of my chamber was crushed in, and half a
score of young acquaintance rushed to me. “We
wish you joy, Hervieu !”
“ Joy, my friends !”
“ That you should become heir to such a for
tune !”
“ I do assure y r ou ,”
“Just at a time, too, when West India produce
has become so valuable !”
“ Believe me, it is only* a joke——,”
“Come, come,” exclaimed a dozen voices at
once, “ this will not do. You owe us a ftte on
getting tds windfall. Wheic shall wc have it,
and when ?”
I scarcely know how I got rid of them all. But
they did leave me. Presently I heard some one at
the door: “ Como in!” it was one of them come
back to borrow a hundred francs.
“ My dear fellow, 1 have not a sou in the world!”
“ I see your remittances from Martinique have
not yet come to hand :”
“ Indeed they have not,” said I with a sigh.
The borrower took his leave with some formality ;
the very report of wealth had placed a gulf be
tween me and in y fellows.
The news ran through Lyons like wildfire. I
had quite a levee during the day. The worst was,
it was useless to protest; every one took it for
granted that I had become a rich man. It was re
collected that I had a cousin named Jacques Her
vieu, who had gone abroad early in the Consulate.
There was an old sailor, who had even seen him
take ship at Marseilles for Martinique. All the
rest fallowed of course, that he had made a for
tune. and bequeathed it to me !
There came a gentle tap at the door. Who can
this be thought I—it was my tailor. He sent no
account this time. He no longer dunned by de
puty ; he, too, had heard of my luck, and came for
his money, no doubt ! I too well remembered that
I sent a message for him to call for his fifty francs.
“ Good morning, Monsieur Passy,” said I, “you
have come for y r our money.”
“ Sure y,” said the .broad-cloth artist, with a
bow and a grimace meant for a smile, “ surely'
Monsieur will not trouble himself about that tri- 1
fle. Y’ou will permit me to measure you for the
mourning.”
At the moment I had torgolten that there was j
such a place as Martinique ! I allowed him to <
measme me quite mechanically, and scarcely hee- j
cled what lie said. But, when he declared that he <
cou'd not have more than one suit finished that 1
evening, I thougut it right to put an end to the i
folly. r
“I assure you, Monsieur Passy, I have received (
no money.” s
“ Monsieur is too considerate i l
speak of payment. Rut,” he'Vo^w, r .
sieur can dome a great service 11 i
house ;itis a fine building. ? 0u O' J
want ready money. You 3rp 15;
thousand francs will be nothin* rich - V I
will want real property- t. invest lons »eu r ,!. r i
in. 1 shall become bankruptt 1
ready money. M. Bonnot has n n H ’ ar ' 1 of f* I
but he is so Jong making up his
be ruined before he decides ” tb \ i: ■ll
“ But > wl »y should I buv'vour I
“ Because Monsieur may s„ve r ’
and get an excellent investment as Z
be worth double the money in a s! Well - It»ii
you, Monsieur.” And the man of ,f ears - Tk I 1
nod off beiore I could say a wl ? Bur e s s'll
far and near that I had l,ou !ht )*’»■<
Half an hour after be had uuittJ Ue ' 9
did me the honor to call. ln “ d J J‘ e >M. IhJij
tions upon my good fortune, and said 1
excellent man of business. it., ii
a promp om. I live next door to p, Cr Vi>H
bis house. I was sure of it. j .
forty-nine thousand francs, an q V n ,l 9
holdout. You have outbid mo ‘and ‘ leco! % fl
would be vain to attempt starvin* Ssl S 1
bargain, I am thus frank with vo» , H
lilteen thousand francs upon yonr iu d off H ■
I did not jump from my seat i n ’ 11
the events of the morning had
most any thing. 1 had .g. p„ *
prudence to suppress my emotion li
terence. I requested M. Bonnet to ca lt 1 H
an hour. He was punctual ' 0:1 Bl
“ Mr. Bonnet ” said I, with the gravity
of business, “1 do not require the houSH
may have it on vour own terms ” ji f ’ 3ll Its B
hand with energy, declared that he
debtor, and, drawing from his pocket H
thousand francs in bills on Paris at I
ded: You shall have no further trouble J
smess, M. Hervieu, as I shall puy tue "HB
money to Pas-*y.” J ii
A few years before. I had received a smsiii '
cy from a distant relation through aiZ M
house in Paris, the only firm intiiatcit??!*
name 1 knew, theonly one acquainted > I
I wrote, accordingly, requesting their advi t T 1
the investment of some funds. I had an i
by return of post, telling me that my let?!!
reached them when the book for the L n
m which their house bad a share, was closbiß
as the investment was a very promising one"■ I]
bad reversed an interest of fifty thousand M
lor mo. If I thought the sum too small u • 1
readily and profitably sell out at any time! n'C 41
stock was rising. M Mignon, the head of il
house, appended a postscript in Jus own hand-v
--ting me on my recent goodfc; J
and giving the assurance of his personal desire - Jl
be of service to me in any mode. So ! the Mr ft
ique romance had taken wing to Paris! H
Fifty thousand piastres ! The amount off-1
sum startled me. What should I have I
1 known that, instead of this being the sumi! ,«• U
cd, as I believed, it was only the annual inter* |S
my investment? 1 wrote to say that thcv-l
made a greater purchase Uian I desired,as [ >,l
not yet received any remittance from Martmir. 1
I had a prompt reply, stating that they hadolß
ed my intention, sold out haif my in vestment Jlß
an advance of a hundred and sixty thousand fc-W
taken the liberty of reserving thirty share*t |
new joint stock bank in Holland, which wascen.
to head the money market before any caiU.- id
made, would insist on making investments f;- s Ll
wlienever profitable opportunities waiuantedspß. |
ulalion on their own account, and begged to il I
that, fully aware of the difficulty of an imraas
settlement of a great colonial property. thtv a . j
opened a credit to my account with their
which I might use to any extent
I w-as puzzled. A hundred and sixty thoTßil -
francs! i could make nothing of it, except tore; |
that Mignon and Company,of Paris, had iosten J|
scn«es.
in the meantime I was the lion of Lyonc v-®
mourningsuit was pr.of positive of my heirfii-1.8
was teased with cal sos condolence andconjmsi. |
tion. The newspapers gave anecdotes ofmytß 3
in Jacques and memoiis of myself. Heapsoft»* |j
] tions sprung up on all sides, claiming giftsandlost. i
With the name of a man of wealth, i wasacu
in want of money for my daily expenses, hut 4
I nothing but M. Bonnet’s bill-, which, from « ; |
; ter ignorance of business, 1 did not know kill J
discount into current cash My place in
ry had been filled up without consulting me.
1 was rich, and p ople contended for the hora ’ ’
my patronage, i was in high credit, and
at my situation. I resolved to go to Paris.
M. Mignon and his partner, received me wiftii «
the pomp due to the reputed posses.-or of two 3; ||h
lions of francs. Then, like proper men of baaiH
they opened their books.
“ The Spanish stock,” said M. Mignoa, li isi . ;-j
rising. lam sorry Monsieur clisi rusted it.”
“ What may be the exat t value of my reoa— ■"
stock in the Spanish funds ?”
‘ Your account stands thus,’ replied M. Mifif I
‘taking it in round numbers. The Spanish!®
if sold now-, w-ould pay you four hundred those
francs. We siw occasion to put your name»t. : ,
for a hundred shares in the new bank: each*
is worth an advance offour hundred and fifty fit- jF
about a hundred and twenty thousand francs.
‘ Without my liaving paid anything ?’
“Ceitainly.”
“How could I realize these profits,and
good permanent investment of them?” I
“Nothing safer, if Monsieur will take up histß*
fits now, then our five per cents; the actuals
more than six. You have four hundredthoii
francs in the Spanish, a hundred and twenty'*
sand Dutch, a hundred and sixty thousand
Spanish; total six hund ed thousand —income*'
ty six thousand; say forty thousand francs, in.' -?
numbers.”,
“And when can this be invested?”
“Whenever Monsieur pleases. Will hei* -
our house with the ncgociation?”
“Certainly, M. Mignon. You are entitledtoqy
fullest confidence.”
The banker bowed his thanks for the ce
ment and the commission. He placed a CIH ' J
book before me, and requested me to draff
sum, for present demands, that 1 required -
until that moment did I realize the truth
good fortune which had been literally forced a r|jK
me. 1 accepted M. Mignon’s pressing
make his house my abode whi'e I
Paris. When my funds were invested, in‘“-' W
the fifteen thousand from M. Bonnet, I I°®.
principal in the live per cents yielding m( |
thousand francs a yecr. I had hired a chnteM
Lyons, and, bidding adimi to my friendly w*-
proceeded to take f O'Rcssion of it. c
My return from Paris was immediate!.'
at Lyons. My friends Boyer and er ' e , t j ell£!
had seen with consternation what full c ‘ e^, EJ
their Martinique romance had obtained— kne
what to think when they heard of my
to Paris; the geneial rumor being that IW .
that journey to prove my- cousin’s will ,. 5
they fancied that I was mad enough to bclu
heirship they had invented! I
They thought it right to call upon
house, my furniture, my calcche, my
sively astonished them. I amused
their surprise for a few hours, and a s. .
ceived them They praised the sihihty ‘
they said, 1 had shown. No; 1 hadmercl}
circumstances to account „ f
r AT f
I had another visit about this time from.' '.
an old friend of mine. He was in model1
cumstances, and had known me from cln
“I paid you no visit, my dear Jean, said n ®,
I believed that a golden shower had la
you. But I call upon you now, to say _
time this farce were at an end. Where' - e;
hear it whispered that you have lost )° u N#
or are willingly lending yourself to a
cheat. What every one says 1 might ha' [
ed; but poor Louise—you have not forg ol ; j nC iplcj
isc. ? —declares that slie is certain voui P ter lx
are not corrupted, and that if the whole
a cheat, as indeed, it seems tc be, you aie . ter n#
ceived than deceiving. Give over this ,
cher Jean. If you want money to se^ t .f J sl I
in the world in an honest way', I wl , iuca ni f '
what 1 can spare, and in a few years y
trievc your character as an honest man. J
“And dear Louise does not believe an.'
me?” , t vfhf 5
“No, indeed,” said M. Felix. “ , \ v e'pl
we heard that you had become rich, she I
terly, and said, “Then we shall see no
Hervieu; he will forget his old friends. v£>u |
she heard, as every one lias heard, that 41 .
not rich, she recovered her spirits and j? ]
shall have Jean with us again, when he'^r a5 nt j
will be certain to comeback an d V,M ca )le^ fl !
used to do ” 1 don’t think I should ha'
you to-day, mon pauvre enfant, if , 1 ° t U1 K e atr
desired me. She bade me tell you tha ’
she may, she never will believe that Jea