The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-08-18

val, was Mr.. Beivi!le. Ashamed oil him.
self, and s,ung to the very quick, Tressayle
took advantage to propose to the millionaire
for his daughter.
"Gad, aud are you the only ignorant
man here Of your loss Of fortune :" said Mr..
Belylle, superciliously. "But | forgot,
the mail came 10 while you were riding
with Miss Fletcher. Good morning, sir"
Trcssayle hurried TO his room, opened
the letters, and found that the Bank in
which was large stakeholder, was brok.
en-. Ia two hours be had LEFT Saratoga.
IL. J. V.
THE TRUE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS.
Ii the admontions Of advanced years can
be relied on, perhaps there are many sor-
rows TO pass through that we are now
strangers TO, for it has been said that " 10
find one who has passed through life with.
cut sorrow, you must find one incapable ct
love or hatred, Of hope or fear; one who
has no thought Of the future, and no memo
ry of the past one who hath no sympathy
with humanity and no sympathy in com.
4 mon with the rest Of the species" Ii then
4 through life we may have some sickness as
well as health-some adversely as we'll as
prospeEliy-some sorrow as we'll as Joy,
aud some enemies as well as iriends--Is
there nothing that can bear our sinking
spirits up amid all tines changesl Whit
is The chef source Of Happiness! Tell us,
that we may not 20 mourning all our days.
O tell US, that hope may not give way 10
despair, or expectation 10 disappointment.
Ii is not 10 wealth for though wc pcs
sesscd millions, still we might be The unhap.
pest on ear,h--for there is nothing that It
can Furnish that can ease the mud, avert
pain, remove a sorrow, or proong tor enc
momell our life. Indeed, We 20 not too far
when we assert that riches are rather tho
source of unhappiness and misery--ior with
them, we have an increase OF cares, anXle-
ties and fears; With them come seepess
nights and wearisome days. Happiness
cannot 10 purchased by wealth, neither can
con,ontment be found in mines Of gold or
oceans Of diamonds.
"Is in wealth. Go probe the breast
OF fortunes favorite heir;
! And why do.h woe that heart inlesl,
J And anguish canker there =
/, Il, is not in Fame or Honor; for what
T will il avail US, though our names were
: sounded aloud through distant lands, and
/, our praises spoken by unknown tongues !
. Think you IT would prove source OF hap
/. piness. iftroubled and harrassed by fears OF
future ,ormeu,s Or had we all that men
J.. mean by Honor, and did every knee bend in
. cur presence, and every bead bow at our ap.
;. proach-did even kings and princes pay
: taetr reverence aud homage 10 us-N hat
! would that avail US al the remembrance
that il was purchased at the sacrifice Of
, thousands Of lives, aud that we waded TO it
through seas Of blood The remembrance
OF the sehs and groans Of the dying--the
! imprecatons and curses Of helpless children
and bereaved widows would blast Cor ever
our hopes Of happiness, aud make US msec.
able while life lasted
us it in Fame lis empty breath,
Iuconstaut as the breeze,
VIII blast, Gro long, tho laurel wreath,
+ Ihat late It formed TO pleasc,n
II is not IN Glory or Power; for though
J. every crown on earth were placed by Turn
on our head, and then laid a, our feet
though we swayed The sccp,re of every
; kingdom, cnd possessed power unlimited
I yet II called 10 die, we would willingly
, yield them all for an hour longer 10 hive; or
o Ia exchange for one ray of hope, or for ono
: momcn. Of peace.
. 1t is not in Friendship or IN Love; for,
5 alas even they are transien,--eyen thew
are Of. controlled by the base promplings
Of possiou-eyen they fade often with the
setting sun, and disappear, az does the
!, morning dew IT'S true, that the pure.
} strong, and disln,erested attachments ofh(;.,
~ some Instances, cannot be broken or sun.
dered IN life; but, alas we cannot build
our hopes Of happiness on ,hem-ior be,
noaia the silent tomb sleep meny friend
and there repose the remains Of many W.
dearly loved
Is il in Friendship or in Love?
Alas they soon decay
The teas OF disappointment prove
How feeble is their stay
II, then, neither Wealth, Fame, Honor,
Glory, Power, Friendship, nor Love. can
insure US uninterrupted happiness, is there
any thing that can? Or is il the 10, Of
mankind to travel through this world, con.
stanlly surrounded 10y sorrow and troubles,
and harassed BY difficulties and Temptations,
and yet find nothing to alleviate ?-notbtnr
10 console or comfort, IL so it be, sad in.
deed is our lot-eioomy enough will our
journey be. But it is not so for bapp,.
ness, pure and unaloyed, is within the
reach of all. II is in Religion !, and this.
we assert without fear of contradiction, Il
the chief, the only source of happiness. It
is taiS that gives US hopes that never die
promises tbat can never be taken from ms:
from it we receive consolation when every
other source fals-comfort in the mlds, Of
the severes! Observation-Disclosures TO lis nos.
SCISSOR flows ga peace OF mind ,ha, this
world and the things thereof can never
give, nor ever take away" Ii can illumi.
na'e the darkest dungeon; il can cheer
the 6 Ioomles, cell ? it eau sustain under ,,.o
scyorest trials; i, can succor amid Ina Co.,
cpSt tCmDt0tione In hooiL ,,