Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-08-06

=" 90 iratDu. -l,.sc -. seeaI "a, ui.S tidt those
Who have danced good many quadriiics TO the dull
double bass and croaking bng-pipc of Poverty and
s"a soon have their turn IN tripping To lively
music. Uninterrupted prosperity appears still less
probable than constant adversity 1t is too luscious
draneht for man. and is so seldom bestowed upon us
Tor any length ftimc, that the wise have considered
state Of extreme felicity omlnous of approaching ILL.,
The Chinese have proverb, ''Whcn the skv is
cloara wise man tren5lcs, when il thunders he is
undaunied" which upproXimatcs pretty closely To the
"Sperat infsstis, m0tuit sccundis" of Horace When
the King found valuable ring he had lost in tho
morning, M tho stomach of fish served I'm inr ls
dinner he considered hls good luck had reached II
climax, aud prepared for opproachn. reverse and tho
wrctclcd captive who 5cteld liSl. of frintv ,,vcn
20 n'' US an 1ncolii"a favour by pitying gnolcr,
thrown over BY an accident, rcniccd that Fortune
HAD played her last stroke OF mischief aud would soon
rc,ent.
ArIoso bids those who highest OH the rcvolv-
ing wheel expect speedy cliange, and prepare
themselves to sec II p'cd owe il capo,' while
"0ldno piu Puoin iii quesla n! ondo,
ianso quei p1n'o piu 81 t'ova aPProsso
The prosperous pay in general little attention to
these naxms, but to tine poor and unsuccessful they
doubtless afford cuusiderab bic comfort. They watch
far tho lucky hour when the wheel TO turn the sky
To clear; they cheer their adversely by its distant
bcaius, they Keep their hands ready scize the GA
and shit the sad whenever 1.-THE tide in their affairs
arrives Which is to lead ON to fortunc' II artists
they coninge To paint i'll hopes of discerning pa
from il authors, they write on, III hopes Of suddenly
becoming the fashion, they
And getting a nbble a time"
cheer themselves with distant glnpses of magnifi-
cent fish, and when their rod and line carried
away by the stream, remember that when our trou
bios are at their height we may expect relief.
"Cum duplicaatur aieres VENT Moses"
There are few professions peculiarly under the
power OF FortuHe as that or wal, Nlqrs himself has
less influence over military matters,-truInpeis and
kcite-drunis fail before her Pipe. When she
rs To play, stratagenl is called reachery; bollncss
imprndcncc; and caution, cowardcc; patriolisn be-
comes trcnsun, and ambition madness. 1t is she who
often decides the difference of a conqueror and a
robher, whether laurel shall circle the head or nal
ter the neck, Tor As Butler says:
"Slaushcr aud knocking the head,
The trade 10 which they both 4 brel
a nd Is, Ike others, glorious when
Us great and large, but base il mean;
The iornes rides in iriun ph IL,
The latter IN a t,vn whcrld chariot,
For daring to proame thing
30 sacred with vile hm,lIn."
a thousand anecdotes might be easily collected TO
prove how often the general has owed his victory,
the king has crown, To some apparently accidental
and wholly unforeseen circumstances, over which
they had no control, some chance much beyond
their influence as that which made Siorza Attendo
10 n soldier, and his grandson Dukc of Milan.--An
Italian peasant WAS once Invited TO ION "A band of
CondoHieri. He hesilate,i, and throwing up his axe
tree, Dlvcd that If il hung SUSPENDED u tho
houghs. lac would enlist: fit fell, he would continue
woodnian. The did not fail. and Francesca
Siorza, pointing to his troops, his riches, and his
sp!endor was wont 10 say, Il owe all this To ;hc
branches OF an oak which supported grandtathcr's
pckaXe." lie, indeed, attributed too much to for
tune, too little TO his valour and genius; but the
account Is difficult one to settle; the balance is not
readily adjusted bctV cen merit and luck.
There is one circumstance, one event oc human
litc and TINT by no means of trivial nature, over
which the influence OF Fortunes pipe H. considered
supreme. II Is agreed that marriage goes by dcs-
nnv." Here luck" regns paramount, and good
guidance" is useless No prccaution can assure
man against termagnnt wife, or a woman against
faithless husband; while unions contracted under
the most apparently unavourablc auspices,
times afford very ediying examples of conugal fell
city. ten years courtshp will not prevent quar-
rcs in the honeymoon. while an affection sown sud
denly at ball, and of hich the harvest follows in
six weeks. shall endure unchangcnby all the buhets
or life Couples arrived at years o; discretion have
proceeded gradually and steadily through the gram
mar Of Love, and when duly qualified for matrimo.
nal degree, have advanced in the most dccorous
manner and after the most approved method, TO the
altar of Hymen, Cupid and Minerva preceding them
hand.in hand, and plenty of congratnlatfg relations
following IN bridal attire, and life In cat and dog
hns becu the result: while boys and girls scarcely
half wayin their tccps have fallen in love nj battle
ure ard shuttlccock, gallopcd off the next NOR
ming to tirctna. Grccn, c"en married by black
smith. mud thrown two whole families into Mysteries,
who have afterwards passed their youth like turtle
doves, their maturer years like the tenderest OIL
friends aud their age like Darby and Joan.
These strange anomalies not To he denied, but
they afford little encouragement to mprndcncc since
misery may and often does follow it, and there is
undoubtedly, no misery equal TO self roproach. IfI
we cannot ensure success, we may at lcas. de-
serve il.
But if Fortune is thus powerful over the events of
human life she appears TO have little less influence
over it's termination One man sucks orange and
is choked by pip, another swallows pcnknife and
lives; one a thorn into his hand and skill can
save hint another has the shaft of gig pass com
ule;ely through his body and recovers one is over
turned on smooth common and breaks his neck,
another is tossed out of gig Brighton cliff
and survives; one walks out n windy day and
meets death by hrickbat, another is blown up IN
the air like Lord Eatton in Guernsey Castle, and
comes down uninurcd. The escape Of this noble
man wasi"deed a mrncle. An explosion Of ghnpow-
der which killed his mother, wife, some of his child
IL .,nnr nIlnr nnrsons. md How Nm Tho ,Nhnn