South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-07-04

are paralyzed and withered, there is
none so active 10 its oppression, and
so bitter 10 its torture, as that which
creditor exercises over his debtor. II
is tyranny which can even quell the
springing elasticity Of youths sanguine
ambition. Observe, too that its exs-
tence does not depend merely upon
the disposition or acts of the MASTER
The latter may be the mildest 81 most
long-suffering man upon earth +; and, so
far from endeavoring roughly to enforce
his claim, may even refrain from ass
seftiDg them. Still, by the very nature
of the relation which subsits between
the parties, is the debtor reduced to the
condition of his bondsman and serf; for
the real intensity of the tyranny con-
sists 10 this, shat the creditor has ever
in his service an officious and indefa.i-
gable agent, who acts not only without
his orders, but often in spite Of his ex.
pressed wishes, and that agent is the
memory of the indebted party. The
master may be willing TO give time to
his slave-he may even desire him not
to be disquieted by the apprehension Of
violence but can the latter forget the
existence of an obligation which may
be forced upon his memory by the
slightest circumstance of the passing
momsnt7 Can he forget, too, that
however humane his present lord may
be, bis rights, and claims may, after his
death, pass to another Of an imperious
and violent temper. Such are some
Of the considerations which make the
mere existence of a debt, without any
other aggravating circumstances, in it.
selfa tyranny of the most loathsome de.
scription. The parish pauper, despica-
BILE as his lot may appear, enjoys high
err degree Of liberty and independence
than the man who has put it 10 the
power Of another to come up to him q
say, pay me that thou owest.' Think
| moi tina, my description is overcharged.
The fool & the profigate would laugh
at the picture which l have displayed
to you-the one, owing to his mental
in6rmity, not being able to understand
true liberty-the other, from the base
ness ofhis nature, being dead TO the de-
gredation of servitude. But the man
Of an ingenious & sensitive disposition
will readily allow that there are letters
for the mind as we'll as for the body !;
and that, in order to be apprised of a
subsection to bondage it is not neces.
sary that one should actually hear the
clank Of the iron chain.
"Another circumstance which tends
to make the debtors constraint still
| more intolerable 10 that in most cases
the infection of il is either occasioned
or expedited by his own weakness and
folly. A weak submission to the i'm
perious yet trifling mandates of fashion,
vain competition in the race ofextra-
vagance with more wealthy compeers,
and shameful compliance with the
suggestions Of unhealthy and artificial
appetites-these are some of the prin.
cipal causes which sometimes sepas
rately, but more frequently in close
league together, entangle the young
man in the tolls of debt.
Remarkable preservation.-One day
last soeek, a cos0 belonging to one Of oar
citizens, soas precipitated head fore.
most into a ,OeU Of the depth Of thirty
feet and on being draaon up, about
three hours after her descent, by means
! of pallies, &c. it ,oas but little
,ohils before she commenced eating
grass as uneOncsrnedly as though
nothing had happened. On ezamina-
tion she ,0as found to haze been but
little in;ured-not materiaUy-by her
fall. This is certainly one Of the
most singular instances O preservation
zoe have ever recorded. Rock. Reg.
Rather Saucy.--An Indiana paper
comes to as Nth this endorsement on
the marg in-"Wc are wh0ls swine,
and zoe wish to see hoW you wings
can ie-,oiH yoa exchange ?" No,
you bristly charlottesville Jour.
BALTIMORE, June 20.
MELANCHOLY AccIDENT.-Dursng
The storm on Saturday afternoon, a
SON of Chief Justice Marshall, ,oho
,Oas in our city on his way to PAila'
delpaia to see his father, ,oas most Sc
riously injured by the falling of one
of the chimneys Of the Court House.
He had stepped into the Court House
to seek shelter from the rain, and hap
pensd most unfortunately to be stand
ing near the stair case, a0hen the aoind,
| blesu oue 0f the chinaneys damn and