Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1839-04-23

Of Edward, and also Minister to the
Court Of st. Cloud. He likewise had his
wife.on board, and while the vessel was
weathering lee shore, Mrs. Livingston
asked the Captain rough but gallant old
free eater-if they were not in great dan.
ger; to which he replied" You had bet.
ter, Madam, get down upon your knees,
and pray to God to forgive you your nu.
merous SINS, for if we don't carry by this
point, we shall all be in h--ll in five min
utes.
A plain, practical, common sense work,
called the American Mechanic, has been
recently published by Mr.. Perkins. 1t
contains large amount of good counsel.
frequently embodied in sage and witty
sayings. 1t contemplates the mechanic in
almost every possible circumstance of
life and condition, and tenders TO him the
advice which long experience and close
observation hive garnered in his behalf.
1t is somewhat in the Old Humphrey style.
We select a chapter, headed
THE MECHANIC IN STRAITS.
Historians have been busy for several
thousands of years, but they have not de.
scribed any one class of men which is ex.
empt from trouble. The most sturdy
beggars, in the greatest paradise of men.
deity, are sometimes brought to nonplus.
Belisarius, the champion of the weaIthIest
empire yet recorded, was reduced to beg
his farthing. And European king, in
the last century, died penniless in Eng
land.
After this becoming preface, we may
! go fairly to work on our subject. Ihear-
tily sympatlize with the man who is re-
duced to want, without his own fault; es.
pecially if he is man who earns his
bread with the sweat of bis brow and,
most of all, if he has to share his sorrow
and loss with a confding wife and helpless
children. There are many such, for We
meet them in almost every walk, down.
cast and unemployed there are more
than We at first suppose. for the greatest
sufferers shun the glare Of observation.
American mechanics are said to love
money, and Mrs. - writes, that one
cannot hear two Americans talking to-
gether for FIVE minutes, without the repe-
tition of the word dollar. Jeremy Ben.
than makes the same remark of the low
er English, except that for dollar he reads
beer. Europeans seemed resolved TO fix
on US the charge of loving gold. If this
be true in any discreditable sense, it is so
in a sense different from that of the olden
time. The money.lover of our day is
bad enough, but he is not the nsiser Of old
stories. He grasps, but does not hoard.
The excitement which drives him or TO
rapid gains is only one branch of wider
excitement having many branches, char
acteristic of our time and country, and
susceptible of a direction to good as well
as evil. The old.time money maker was
tortoise, aud when storm came he
closed his shell. The modern money
maker is bird Of the air the tempest
drenches, and peradycnture stuns him, but
at the first laughing sunshine he is again
on the wing. Let the mechanic in straits
hope strongly for deliyerance. Many are
2 now reduced to great difficulties by chan.
E ges in the commercial world, which they
had no hand 10 producing. In such cir
I cumstances, when the father of family
sees the dearest object of his affection:
a brough. into want and distress, there is {
great temptation to discomfort and repin
i This tendency must be resisted it neye
e did any good, and if never can. Com
u plant, recriminations, and even curses
!, serve neither to make the hunger smaller
6 nor the loaf larger. Stick q pin there
and consider. Here is a starting point.
I Not many hours ago ! heard Uiack
Z Benjanain discoursing this matter to hi
son. who was complaining Of the pres
J. sure. :. Rely upon Il, Sammy, said tn
g old man, as he leaned on bis staff, with hi
g grey locks flowing il the breeze Of a Ma,
morning, nuTmuring pays no bills.
g have been On observer these fifty years
2 and ] never saw man helped out Of
s hole by cursing his horses. Be as qnic
g as you can, for nothing will grow nnder
g moving harrow, and discomfort harrow
the mind. Matters are bad, acknow
IS edge bui no ulceg any lie better e
s lingering The more sou gFoan q
q poorer you grow.
Repining d los only putting PEI
3 per into sore eye Crops val. fail Ia a
soils and We may be thankful that
d have not famine Besides always TO-
g nolic Tint whenever Isls lhe rod pref
y niaE II vas IS much q sa ae
e hing which you have got % learn