Herald of the times, and Rhode Islander. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1846-1849, 1846-10-01
The cInassgcS Of Life.

Not day older do we grow without per
e,,vIng that while To some, life wears an
cqulnble aspect, and every days concerns are
So regular, iha, they may be almost posted
ma ledger aud expressed IN numerals to
others there Is constant succession OF C.
vents which are curious, strange and ro-
mnntic. From onr own bret experience we
could producca seri es OF pictures that would
b. full of hght aud shade, OF sunshine and
rkness, oi brllliant aud gloomy horzOus.-
Wcnlw know men who were constantly un
fortunate ~ business though possessing great
fact and high integrity. until they reached
the meridian ufIte. Their indomltable cour-
are aud good character at lost enabled them
10 stem the adverse tide /; they are enrolled
.,nong the most wealthy OF our citizens
On The other hand, we have seen the heads
al houses, whose operations extended all
over the woIld,whose residences are palaces,
aud whose eqnIpages are prncely, alter.
wards hvIng IN poverty and secluslon, and
yrcclving the reluctantly doled plttance OF
some wealthy conn-Alon as their only means
oi substance. Families of the highest in
Huence and wealth have entirely disappear
ed from observation, while those originally
IN The very meancst empIoyments now at
tract The public eye with the gorgcousness
Ter uf ;helr residences.
There is among the upper ten thousand nf
Nrw York, n very handsome and fashionable
parsonage, who has associated and lived Il.
broad with the English nobility Oh terms of
friendship, aud whose husband has been hon
orrd with some hlgh trusts Of an official
character by the BRUSH government, who
was some years ago n mllllner IN tins CITY.
,b, ,bor NO In a
excellent lady who IN youth was the charm
NJ The gayest circles in New York. and yet
now maintains herself by her needle, and by
'rc Sliliul use OF her prn---a lady whose So
c,cty was courlrd by the rich and The great.
aud whose relations (sone OF them at least
ore now remarked for their show and hablu-
al display.
Thcre are merchants in this city who n
few years ago could no, get credit for fifty
crnrs and are now rch ; others who recov
cred themselves manlully from their cmbar
RI. ,nts, aud yet whose paper was Oiter
thrust under thclr noses before 1t had matur.
ed at n proflcred discount Of most alarm.
ng amount.
There are cashiers not thou>and miles of
from ~ who swept out and made The fires IL
the first banks they were ever inside Of. =
There are others who have wIcld"d million,
nf capital that are now barely able to exist
Tho former wife OF "A steamboat steward Il
now living IN splendor with husband worth
n half y nhNun ot dollars. What is the NOR
a Of all tins, and what should be the deduc
tions from such curious facts as these
One unquesllonably Is, never To despair
There are some people who have high mora
snd constitutional courage, and act on TIE
principle that while there is iIIe. there II
hope These look al the scenes before hem
snd know they are forever changing. Thel
are determined, therefore, to play their par
OUT, though sometimes they have been u
fault, and needed The prompter. There ar,
,hnusantls and tens OF thousands of theS,
PERSONS IN the worId, VINO seem To conQue
their fate. They make IN the end The sam,
useful clllzeus, having gained that experl
rncc, he want of which, caused their pas
dlficuliics-.E y. SIM.