The Arkansas banner., 1847-07-05

But Arthur showed no dispoSisioa to lay hssI heart as yet oa the shrine of anY fair one.
 In lsct he was too much wrapped up n him.
 sell to hnd inieress in others, and thereupcni grew fustitiOas, and gave himself airs Per- ! haPs thls somewhat enhanced his fashion,
 as be he'd the repasation of talent aad was decidedly good looking; beside which, as the
 only sou of rich man, be was called ';good match" An. that boa parti--hSw
 much does ii help and cover in sgood SO ciety7
 Much, therefore, vas excused him that might not have been 90 kindly received bod
 circumstances been different. And %, what
 with reading litsie law, and good deal Of light literature, mixing much in society aud
 doing none of the drudgsry of the office, the
 three years of Aashur's prepara,ory s,ud;e.
 gtided hy plsssalisly enoaga, at he end Of l which time he passed his exmaina;ion. and
 supposed himself fairly started for his fu-
 tnre carer. But there's nofhing briIliani in
 the life of a yosag lawyer, let his talen,s and Ispplieaton be what ihey may irs hard
 work for the present with compensation in
 the future. Now Arthur had never done wosk-reaI work-in bis life. His quick
 abilities had enabled him to skins the sur
 face of subjects, and make . show with
 whatever knowledge he had But the hw
 IS not 10 be skaied over so rapidly; and Ar- thur had neither the taste, and, indeed,
 scarcely the power now of the close appli-
 cation the dry study required; and not being
 urgec by necessity, he seorned the small
 business thai might have fallen in his way and taught him something. He longed for . great esuse-whieh he could not have
 tried if he had got Ii, and being tired now
 Of society, panied for distinction, and be- came impatient and dissatisfied with pre- fession which required labor, and brought ID
 no immediate returns of repufaiion. There was such a crowd, too, of yoang lawyers that il was quile disgusting and SO he neg lected his office rather more, perhaps, ihsn he had ever done Mfr Osgoodss, and began to turn his weary. impatient spirit io poliues, as the ssonly arena, afer all, worthy of man of talent" and Athe lawyer rarely makes great ssasesman-the study coniraets the mind, ihe most distinguished of them seldom
 rises above special pleader, when called upon ia the more elevated sphere of public bpsinexsr
 Mir Harrington died suddenly abou, this sime-felI in the traces, exhausted with the
 iabors and anxie;ies of his arduous life; and 1t was found 10 ihe surprise of most people, that h;s fortune was not the half of what Il had been estimated No doubt it had been greater at different times, bat ihe variations of commercial affairs are known 10 at, and Mir Harringtcn he'd had bis nps and downs as well as others. l, happened 10 be ss one of these times of depression that he died, aud the estate he left was scarcely more than a comfortable provision for his wife and son Arthur was no longer looked upon as young man of fortune. but then be had whai he had si command, and that satisfied him for the present quite as well, and perhaps better, than fortune in perspective. It ena- b!ed him to do as he chose just then, ard gave him the immediate consideration he wanted with a certain class of politicians He attended psblic meetings, and spoke fre- i qnenly, and took sides hoily and denounced men and measures that did not meet his views ferrely; and as he threw himself with afoor in lhe opposition party, and spent liberally, he was received with open arms and eheered heartily. This was she excitement he had longed
 for He now felt that he had gained the open space he wanted, and his mother. fat tered and delighted, spoke of him as one of the leaders of the parry. There's no telling
 the visions with which his brain now leem- ed, but as most dreamers, whether waking or sleeping, are inc principal figures ia ihelr visions, so he himself always occupied the foreground in all his mental pictures. Mean time his nights were passed chiefly in clubs, and halls, and cos,miitee-roons, where he condescended, in the hot coniiei of political feeling, to eompanionship he would once have stood aloof from as from something quite eoniaminaiing. He made himself con- spicuous a. the next election, expecting to be taken up after ihat as one of ihe pfomi- neni men himself But when the second term came round, Arthur saw bis means well nigh exhausted, and he no nearer he goal than when he first started. His nortidea- tion and disappointment were extreme, when he found he had no chance for any nomiuA- lion whassres, either fer general, state, or even City Councils; for he would have been glad 10 rnn for any thing rather than not run al all But they would not even take him up. In fact they foa.d he was neither useful nor | popular man. Talents and in- formation of commanding order may dis pense wiih the minor morals of good man. ners, but Harringson's coneeit was moi aion- ed for by any such qualifications, and ar roganee that IS noi backed by decided talep; and sound information meets with small favor from the community al large.
 And so be had had few years Of exeiie- menL and spent his litiie patrimoay, and was nos just where he had staried-if that ean be ssid of any man, when years have passed over his head bringing neither added reputation nor knowledge. He had lost time and gained nothing, and, moreover, as we have said, had spent he litile indepen- dsnee ieft him by his kiher.