Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-11-05

Indulgence in fashionable folly and extraya-
gance, is not only frequently %ruinous to indi'idu-
ais and families, but some times. las in the case
of Fuller. mentioned below leads to the perpetra-
ton of crime, and the infection Of punishment
TO those who are disposed TO run the career OF
fashion, a perusal OF the subioined article may be
of service. by warning them of the guilt aud shame
that are likely to attend on waste and ~cAtrava-
Sance:
FuNer.,-We see by the newspapers that this
individual. who some time since purlolned a sum
of money from the United States Bank at Boston,
has had his trial. been convicted. and been SEN
fenced to pay IA fine of fifty dollars and be impris-
oned at hard labor in the county goal for two
years. The crime aud conviction OF this man al
fords a "salutary lesson to some OF our woald be
fashionables, and in short to every man who lives
beyond hi. income. He was one of the most no.
torious supper givcrs and theatrical dashcrs in the
Literary Emporium: kept his horse and cir, was
a conspicuous member OF all sporting clubs, drove
tandem with skill. twirled his q~uizZing glass with
grace, and in short acted tho man of ton with as
much sang froid as if he were bred in the court of
Queen Elizabeth, and the master of a princely
fortune. Fuller was doubtless a fellow of finc
fancy and ambitious Of - making j figure III the
word" but he was simply Il clerk ina banking
institution, and his income, of consequence,
moderate. HIS fancy was, therefore, more "a
bundant than his mems, and in the indulgence
of that fancy he was induced to commit a fraud
which has entailed upon him penalty and shame.
He is not the only sufferer, for his unfortunate
family must also bear a portion OF his disgrace.
community of young men who have entered. or
are inst entering, upon the theatre of life. Every
rIanY should live within his means Is a precept that
should be deeply studied and remembered. five
look upon the world as it is In a metropolis like
this, w will find hundreds who are pursuing a
doubtful and reckless course. Hundreds who
seem to take the maxim of the epicure ..live
whilst you live"-withont a thought, of the fu-
ture, or the chances OF adversely. live look into
the records of our aImshauses ana prisons it will
be seen that intemperance Md dissipation, brought
on by frequent indulgencell gay society or idle
ness, have been the leadingieatures in the lives
of their inmates. NothingNs so much serves to
break down the spirit, and ghc us a distaste for
industry and close applicationto our various pur-
suits, as pecuniary embarrassmois: and nothing
contributes in a greater degree touch embarrass7
ments, than the indulgence of anMuxury. wheth-
er of appetite or dress, which our ertain income
will not allord.-Our young men-hnse who are
candidates for public honor and repu uion, would
do well to remember this. Life Is beet with ten
thousand temptations and trials; the world. un- |
der the most favorable circunstanccs,,as trou.
bles enough in lis paths. 1t should be oestudy.
therefore. TO guard against all diIficults that
II ay be the consequence of our own extrav sance
and folly. for no Dang is sharper than that tich
is produced by our own dereliction from ,tv
and virtue.-BickneH's Deiector. +