The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-04-23

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of a rich merchant.
Let us leap over period Of Ten years.aa
In yondet white frame house in Cenferstfebt
New York, may be seen the wreck, Of a ruin+
ed man, his hands trembIe, his face is as
red as the rising sun-he is a victim to in
temperance--if, reader, you choose 10 look
into this dwelling house, you will 7fndinit
neatly furnished, and clean as a lneWPint1a
pale female playing that little polished lance,
the needle, attracts your attention--she has
seen better days; but now she earns "subsis.
tence for herself, her unfortunate husband,
and three little ones. She IS the wife Of
the talented and liberal lawyer. We spoke
of few seconds since; the be~ischine
voice of fattery spoiled him, he mingled
much in society was a public pet. His friends
deemen it an honor to drink social glass
with him; thus he engendeFed an artificial
appetite which, like a serpent, imprisoned
him in its folds; his business was neglected,
bis time misimproved, his property worse than
wasted, his intellect blunted; and his health
destroyed. aatia. sa 2 oso@ or
The merchant was a hungry specalatoF.
greedy after dollars and cents, wealth toIl6d
in its golden tide around him, the moro
friends he won; he was too stihgy.t0 get
married determined TO get rich in a hurry,
he leaped into the dark, be committed FOR
gerry; in Auburn prison may be seen the
man who vas selected for Harriet BY her
aunt; fortunately he has nowife nor children
to mourn his fate. jaAa2 a.1 ID aoH
We will now resume the narration 6f The
poor printers history. Twas on q bright
aud beautiful morning in the month Of May,
that one -of.the splendid steamers which ply
between New-York and Albany, vas crowd
ed with beauty and fashion; the passengers
were amusing themselves BY gazing u u
romantic scenery which naiure had spread
with lavish hands on both sides of the Hud-
son. AT noon the bell rung to Inform the
passengers that dinner wasT5adY; q, rush was
made to the. table, which was loaded win
the richest luxunes the market afforded; AZ
the head of the table sat man SomeWhat
advanced in life; the hand of time had scat
tered few hairs upon his head; the next
seat to him was occupied BY his wife; With
an affected dignity she locked towards the
door, which at that moment was opened by
the Captain, who politely requested The gem
tleman and lady at the head Of the table. 70
give up their seats to the Hon, William Mat
com and his lady! If a voice from Heaven,
in tones of thunder, had spoken, they could
not have been more surprised, than were
Harriet's uncle and aunt when they, IN the
presence gilmore than one hundred persons,
were obliged to make room for the piebianS
they refused to associate with ten years pre-
vious to that event; to this proud pair Of
aFistocrats the scene was extremely hunaiIi4
ating--after all, it was ain honor To Sit BY tie
side of this great self-made man; after the
cloth was removed, agreat many apologies
were made by the old couple They inVit7
ed the Hen. VIM. M. aud bis lady to call
and see them; they did so and tlls old h5p-
'ocrites strained every nerve 70 please the
once poor printer and his beautiful wife.
William assumed the tianag cement Of the
periodical spoken of in the commenceheht
Of this article; his labors were crowned Nth
success; at the close Of the yeaF he reinoY-
ed to the south, the same success attended
his footsteps; he rose in spite Of Obstacles
in his way, to the honorable eminence be
aow occupies. $500 a2H' "SlD