The Arkansas banner., 1847-07-05

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 An eoar yeafhs is pisfal truth.
 Thy pgiAe mnst feel fali, pcsT TS=sA.
 What thca shalt bs weil have seen-
 Thoa shalt be oaiY what others have been.
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 Ths eommo6est drudge q nen and tIinxs.
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 Arthur Harrington continued very much al the tsInssitniep what he had been as the gTammer school, show boy, with now an ineiPieat dash sof ths dandy. From thence he was transferred ao college, which be did moi eaIteF ss higil as he and his moihes ex- pected Sile look t fer granted ahas he must enter the Janiov year, ss Flank AshAnszsha had done. ahOugh most ef boys uf his ags com naenee with the freshman. And here asain, bat fos the crying injustice thai always fol- lowed Arthur, when he found himself not Fztea higher than others. he would have taken she first honors. But, somehow. though Arthur was universally reckoned . s.promising youth, ? he never achieved any decided distiaciioa when put to the test At the debating societies he was ready end Aa- eut, though oflen incorrect as se his facts, fbut that made iitile impression on his audi tors, who did no, expect exact informaiion from 70 young an orator. and there he was quite ronspicious He was scTibbler, too; wrote for magazines and papers, end now shen had the triumph of having an article inserted in one of the grayer reviews. AL together he had euise . rePntasion with parenfs, thoogh the boys did not rzie him as much.
 sHe's coneeiaed chap,n they would say, and their elders and besteFs thought they were jealous. But give me boys reputa- ton with boys, and I'll give you the future mans among men, However, let that pass. Arthur grsduated, and this time ~ith an honor. IL was aot the highest, but he did nes care much for that IL gave him an Op- Portnnity of delivering an oralion; and fluent and easy, sparkling with well-tsrned phrases ands showy sntiihetical sentences. though containing litlie thought, and DO originality, ii drew down frequent applause, and, in shcrt made quite hit The graceful man. ner and handsome person of the youfhfai orasof went a great way-three fourshs eer- tsiniy--for Francis Ashhurst, who took the saletiscsorv, really delivered an orauan that showed the germ land that IS all that ean be locked for on sueh occasioas) of rsai pow eF Bet then Ihe manner was 90 bad that few listened to the matter, and he hurried through as fast as he could, and retired, much b his own relief and that of the au-i dience
 On quitting college, Nr. Harrington would have been glad to have had his son enterthe4 couniing-house Bot ssHasringtcn & Son" did not shine as proudly in the mothers eyes as in her husbands And Arthur thought i, was the told iBan's'' business to make money. not his. and negatived the proposition decidedly. not to say haughiily. He was destued to be great maD-ihe head of the bar-.hc leader Of the Senate. possibly an author, certainly an orator. per- hsps an smhasssdor-the path was not clearly de6ned-in fact, II was crossed with too many bright lights 10 be very distinct bus is was to be something distinguished that point had been settled by his mother when he was in his eradie-and he himself had entertained the same views ever since he had been out of petticoats.
 ~de bar, of course. was the only steprsag ssoA io these future hcnors, and IL ehanced that ,ie and Francis Ashkursi entered the same office
 Francis had gone on quietly but steadily, the same boy and lad that he no~ entered fife as man. and set himself in earnest to his profession.
 Arthur talked earnestly. nav enihusiasii- caliy of has profession, and delighted ia ai- tending court when any great cause was be- lng argued But for she reading Blackstone. Coke and Listiefon he found heavy work, and the deli roursn of office business quite disgusting. He was fond of general reading, and skinned the surface of things with great rspidity. He wasquiie briliiant tAlker.too Tor one 90 young, though SsoEe remarkable for has fiuency than facts. and always made aa impression, particularly on first acquain- tanee. He had decided reputation for talents "a general circles. though In the office Mr. Osgood never turned 10 him when he wanted any thing of consequence done. He had soon fousd that Ashhurst was the man for real work. and being a man of keen per- captions, and but few words, he said noth- ms, but placed every thing that required as- teniion ih his hands.
 Arthur was unpopular wiih the young men ef the office. They called him s.shal- low and coneeited.n The fact was, he as- snmed c superiority they were unwilling to accord to him. He prided himself no' oaly on bis talents, bus his position. and thought they entitled him to a consideration that he never dreamed of according 10 others, I
 He did not mean to give offence, nor was even aware of his naughty tone Of superiori- ty, for II never occurred 10 him that hts fel- iow-sindsnts could pu, themselves on a footing Of equality with himself. They did not mix m the same eircies-hsd neither fashioo, nor wealth, nor consequepee ef any kind. Whsi claims had they to his eivility, He looked upon lhem merely as Mr- Osgeod's selerks.n who did the underwork of the of- Zee; and from boy Arthur had only ssso- eiassd wish lads as delicsleEy brougai up as himself. eed he now shrunk from the Asso- ciation of others as an aoaoyance. He would