The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-02-19
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- him who hath, much shall be
gwen but 70 him who hath not even
ne little which be hath shall Be taken |
away" How rue his passage from
The holy book, and how many illustra,
ions fits sense do we see in everyday
mel The rich mans treasury IS bloaf-
edIoul until it bursts elfthrough rroan.
ing faliness, while the poor mans purse
warps and withers until it can fairly be
blown away; but it is not in respect to
Epecuniary matters that this article IS de-
Dictated L is to the unjust and FREQUENT
praise that great men receive for their
efforts, while the unpretending worship
per at the shrine Of genius is passed by
N silence and contempt. It's straace
.Obllquity, but nevertheless its a preya-
lent one. and its eradication we fear next
70 impossibility. If worn out axiom
falls from the mouth of man known TO
lame, is refurbished and passed swiftly
down the current of popularity as ema-
mating from modern Scion; but the
beautiful words which gush in all their
pristine purity. which impart so many
truthful lessons to the heart-so many
Eprecepts TO the mind, and which are the
very. souls of the burning thoughts re-
celyed direct from Heaven bv her mo.
dest, unheard of votaries-are, alasl al.
lowed TO Idle aud leave no sign!, III
Bulwer writes single paragraph, it is
greedlly clutched at and swallowed, and
grows in nutritious quality the oltenerI
ifs digested. YET, great as he is, we
have known whole pages of nonsense 10
flow from his pen, and men, from the very
darkness Of his mysterious nothings, to
bow down and swear that his creations
were SO incomprehensible that they
could scarcely understand them! Take
for instance, book of promiscuous tales
with the names of their various authors
attached to them, and the article which
Is endorsed by high sounding title and
the signature of literary RothschiId,
will fasten like a hungry leech on a full
biOoded skin, tothe eye, nd remain there
until i has sucked away all your inte-
res and impoverished for the time each
Esympathetic view. On the other hand we
frequently hear man say, sswhy have
had that book in my library for years,
and because the name of the author was
unfamiliar to me, never took it up until
] yesterday, and then was fairly aston
ished tits contents!'' And thus it is lin
life; the man who commits one nobly
notorious action, is ever notorious there
after; every movement of his is looked
on as the key stone of some triumphant
deed, and every word that flows from his
| lips worthy the concession ofthe world
In this mortal sphere, notoriety is ev-
Eery thing, until somehow or other we
have gained a name, our brightest effu-
sions and most splendid acts will never
meet with success, and the sooner there
fore that We gain that enviable position
i the more. certain our chance of aggrand-
izement. The world thinks it impossi-
bic that great man can do a little ac-
ton, and vice versa, that a little man IS
capable Of performing great one,-and
upon this unfair but broad basis rests the
value Of n0t1giesv Crescent Cily.
The whole number Of Indian tribes
west Of The Mississippiis IS The nun
Der IN these tribes IS 236,79s. IN vari-
Gus parts Of The United States there are
i tribes from whom ~, ia have been re-
moved to the west Of the Mississippi, and
! 62,o18 still remain east. There are also
8 tribes remaining east, from whom
none have as Jet been removed. The
entire number Of red men east and west
Of tie Mississippi Is estimated al 1884,
695
The oiiicial returns for Governor aud
Lieut.. Governor Of Massachusetts are a.
follows
For Governor John Davis 0higl.
5,ss4 Marcus Morton Iocofoco), b.
307. Lucius Bollwood (abol. is, 488 Scat
tering go
For Lieutenant ernorSe6ros