Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-08-29
From tie ". q. PicdyuRe.
TIE NIISER.
1.-The lonely mscr bending ocr his store,
Countsand recounts, and still he counts It DER:

S, And still he counts, and still his boards they fill,
70 Ana stll he signs, for boards wanting still "
r Than the misor we know Of no man NOR
l. truly and necessarily miserable. Avarice is
constitutional infrmty for which there isno al
c tIdote. 1t grapples the mind OF its victim an
never releases the iron hold till death draw
= the sordd wretch away. The vision OF tn
mlser never extends beyond his Golfers Hi
t gold IS the focus on which the rays of his whole
E existence are unalterabIy fixed. lIe know
not an cnnoblIng teelng-ls stranger to
pure or lofty sentiment Not chord of HI,
heart ever vibrated 10 pity, not response did
: he ever make 10 sympathy. Friendship is &c
him, indeed, a name, ana love an empty sound
He never brealhedl he voice oiIlovc N maiden's
ear; never pledged the social glass inSthe spirit
Iot fellowship. lie never dried he tear of dis
trcss or evoked the bcnedicton of gratitude
Even the love of kindred--of father, OF mother,
! OF brother, and of sister, which, with other men,
are an ever flowing spring, is frozen up within
hIm. There Is scarcely any condition in life
without It's hour OF sunshine, its day OF peren-
NAL freshness, but his life is cold and cheer.
less winter. He has lands which teen with
plenty, but their products are not for him. A
solitary crust is the only luxury which his pen
urlous mind will permit him to en- Joy. He is a
tee.totaller-not from conviction Of the superb
orIty oil water over wine. but because the latter
cost money. He owns splendid houses; but the
noise oil his foot never resounGs in their halls
They furnish him with his IDOL money, and
less parslmonious people therefore occupy them,
whilst he dragS out his miserable existence inI
some RECONSTRUCTED howell to which the ele-
mems, in common with himself, have admission
lie Is MaIthusian, not from motives Of polite
al economy, or for any fears he entertaius Oft the
evils Of a superintendent population, but because
he shrlnks with horror from the expenses
which the support of family would entail
IN the midst OF cities he is in solitude. The
cnhVenlng dance or the soul-stirring song
moves him not; his passionless soul is wraptI
up IN dollars aud cents Though in the enjoy
ment of all that could, if properly applied, !
smooth the ragged path Of life, he fails to use it
With plenty within his reach he lives poor; en-
numbered with riches he dies a beggar Among
his kindred he is stranger; in society he is
known but TO be despised. The soothing voice
OF wife never reached his ear the angel smile
o! child never gladdened his eye. lie has
"None to bless him, none whom he can bless"
And yet he heaps up and amasses wealth, al
though he appears utterly ignorant Gifts use.
Money is the god of his dolatry-his matin
prayer and evening hymn he performs in tell
ing 1t over, and the strong box in which it is
placed is the shrine of his devotion. UnsocialI
wre'chedncss is his companion through life,
and not the record Of single good or virtuous
action can he take with him as a passport to
eternity.
Such man lived, and such man died late
y IN our city. As is Characteristic ofthe mi
SER he made no disposition by testament of his
large property In his last breath he chung
to 1t and could not even entertain the idea nat
It should be in the possession of others after
his death Ii is now Of course claimed by sew.
eral; each one instead Of blessing the mtser's
memory is pouring maIedictions on him for not
putting han in possession of the wealth, and for
leaving his tenure to hang in the chicanery of
lawyers and the doubtful decision Of the law
We should have no objection to be the first
akin to rich intestate mser. But save us
from being one ourselves However of that
there is no great danger at "the present wri-
ting"