The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1838-01-24

They finally refused his paper aud for
i the first time during his mercantile career,
the head of the iirm was driven into the
market 10 hny nancy AT n premium. lie
passed restless nights and anxious days, de-
termined MS he wns, at every hazard I"
support The credit of his establishment, aud
msiniain the position in which the labor of
nearly half n century had placed him. And
he would have done so, Ind not n new
calamity burst like thunder bolt upon
him. Ills suu john, whum we have seen
t'r several years pursuing the he of gen.
tleman nj ease, had contracted habits nf
vice winch almost invariably follow indo-
lence and want of regular employment.
For the last two years he had been con-
slant ,isi'ant -: the Subscription House, >
the greatest gambling establishment for prl-
vaie gentlemen and ihough fate had how
cred over this awful crisis 10 the affairs al
the Boardmans, ia the midst of The fathers
embarrassmenls he WAS called upon io pay
notes amounting To nearly twenty thousand
dollars, ar iolow his son Ia prison. In
hopes of concraiment, the notes w,re paid /.
but The affair S0on got abroad The hnuse
coald not sustain this additional shock to
IFS credit aud IN short time, the old firm
of Boardman the importer, failed for up
wards of three millions of dollars, aud with
it were crushed the hopes aud the fortunes
of The Boardmnns of Grove Hall
This Sad reverse was too much for the old
merchant. Cut otr from the busy scenes of
active life his family deerad d, shattered
nnd ruined himself neglected, ar passed
hy with cold recogniiun, lie sought a tenn
pnrarv retreat iu AN inferior town hut the
wandering ejacniaiions aud the vacant stare
dennrcd too soon that intellect had left va
cant The temple of reason aud IN less ihun
iwo years nflerwnrd. he died. broken heart
ed aud fprloru, in the retreat for lun,iics
in the heart Of the Commonwealth. John,
the gentleman Of leisure, aud The private
eumbler, had. Ivy The last descending step,
beco.ae professional gainesier: and per- I
haps the reader may rrccollcct the Confess I
ion of ~ Gambler who paid the penalty Of
hs lite for murder within the sovereignty
of these states, and whose painful narrative
alluded 10 The misspent time and wasted
opportunities of his youth. iiwns he whosc
first public crime was forgery, and whose
deeds laslened to ruin, The father who had
yielded TO him fatal leuiiy. Thomas, the
other san of Incidence, bccnme a wasred,
wreichcd, miserable aud d,bnucbed drum
kard, nnd died u cnsi-of 10 the ciIy aims I
house. lIniry, The 'millionnry,' exhibited
The benefit If having hern emptoyed,-nl- 4
though hf bad mnde some most fatnl mis-
lakes III business. fIe ultimately becu,pe
. navigator and il now n respectable sen
captain Ia foreign port. But Edward,
hr Youngest brother, coming on the theatre
II life diler Tho sad reverse of his family,
Iad no iacili"us MD to help him onward; ,
,ut he was determined io procure an, edu-
,ation aud tenching in the intervals be-
ween his regulsr studes,-he is now one
If The most popular pulpit orators 10 the
Juied States, and has gathered lis mother
md her daughters to n nent little cottage,
vl'ere they feel 1t their duly to teach, Ivy The
illustration of their own history
he great error Of the present day--~eking
o hve like other peopk.