Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-06-24
From the Georgetown Metropolitan.

From the Georgetown Metropolitan.
Ii is with much pleasure that we make the |
gloomy subject of politics and finance give place.
for day. TO the brighter picture Of the following
exquisite little sketch, by the gifted and pop
ular author ofour country. There is an approa,c-
ness in its happy hearted chccra!ncss at the pres
cnt time, which will make its beauty felt by all.
and which, to those who know the amable author.
will have characteristic charm, which they would
hardly consent to share with the admiring thous-
ands, who will perhaps only think, when reading
it, of the author ofIIope Leslie and the Linwoods.
WHO. AND WHAT, HAS NOT FAILED.
NJ srDcvIcK
40 che Editors Of the Metropolitan:
GENTLEMEN:-I was, a few evenings since, ct
a friends house, Mr.. Us. He is one of the Sc
we're sufferers of these disastrous times. Some
few weeks ago he believed himself worth half a
million. Loss has accumulated upon loss here,
and, last week. The return of his bills upon bank
rupt house in England completed the wreck of
his fortune. At the time of his failure his daugh-
ter. my lovely friend Helen, was on the point of
marriage with young lawyer, who, by dint of
talent and industry, has earned an education, and
who during the last year, the first of his profess
sional career, has been In the receipt of some
ten or twelve hundred dollars. This, of course
was very inadequate income for lady accus-
toned to an establishment scarcely surpassed In
luxury by any IN our city.
Bat this mattered not to Helen. or Hclen's IA
Their. He "chose'' he said, s.that his daughter
should marry poor men, he had enough for them
ALL" And he was actually in treaty for a fine
house for Helen. and had decided on the amount
of a most liberal portion to be settled on her.
when the blow came which deprived him of the
ability to give her shilling Circumstances ad-
dcd modification to disappointment Miss J. had
left her ''at home'' cards at the houses of her
friends. The wedding dresses and the wedding
presents were made. The bridal veil and we'd
ding ring were bought, and the wedding cake
was actually in the house. At this crisis it was
that had gone, my face full of coincidence, if il
did any Justice TO my heart, which was full Of
sympathy, TO pass the evening at her fathers. /
did not find Helen at home but there were sever
al persons there. casual visiters. friends of the
family, like myself Apprehension, sadness, or
dismay sat on every counfenance. The CONVEX
sation naturally turned upon the allabsorbng top
ic of the dav. Each one had his melancholy tale
to relate. for each one had had his hopes. One
told Of one failure, and one of another-one gave
list of disasters abroad, and another produced
an actual record Of bankruptcies at home. 1t
was prophecied that all who had not failed would
/ fail.
/ "Therc is nothing left to fall" exclaimed Mr.
J. striking his hands with vehement mpaticnce
''the banks have failed, and the government has
failed-every body, and every thing has faiIed!''
Not every thing, my dear father,'' exclaimed
Helen, who just then entered with her lover, her
face radiant with an expression that indicated
that her happiness was secured from failure by
bond and mortgage. ''not every thing, sir-the
moon has not failedy' This happy turn Of my
friend gave an impulse to my mind, and set me
to observing who and what had not failed. give
you the result of my observations in the hope that
tmay lead others to look beyond the shadow Of
TINS eclipse. While returning home echoed my
friends words. ''indeed the moon has not faiedr'
She, with her glorious train of stars, looking
down serenely on our troubled city, bearing a
message Of love to the disquieted spirit, an assn
rance that there is a better JOY awaiting those
'who have ceased to rejoice because their wealth
is great. and because their hand has gotten
from the theaue-"Did Ellen Tree sncccsdP
2 '.No--all the world NAV fail; bot Ellen Tree
sweet Ellen Tree cannot faIT
Tentered nv home nv olddeaffricnd Mrs. s.
: was sitting alone reading 30 intently, that shl
4 did not observe me. Her book touched the foun
+ tains of feeling. sSbc wiped her spectacies. ans
once or ice laughed aloud. All. thought l. book
r have not feiled. These exhausiIcss magazines o
:. happiness, these silent ministers - the soul
o these welcome and successful missionaries TO n
parts Of TIE civilized world, have not, and ca"ss
fair
As Invent TO my room met our faithful nurse
going her accustoned round TO take last look .
: the sleeping children. AKndness and fidelity i
domestic service have - f1iIcd, " thought ], -
looked ut their impefsoaatim n this excellent "
= man: aaer has iheir sUUelest reward failed"
ID farther drought when one u the little girls, he
- s.mhe4s foe I mcmeas broken, murmured, kis.