Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-06-29
Industry, Wealth and Trade.-Iarsnts and

Children.
The Albany kuiekcrbocker has embodied
honIetv but sound philosophy in tho extract
which copy below.
lad luck. ms well as nischance and misfor-
tune, ARE all the daughters of miscoudact, and
sometimes mothers of success, prosperity. and
advancement. To be thrown ones resources
is to be cast into the very lap of fortune. Had
Franklin entered Philadelphia with Thousand
collars IN his pocket, instead OF Que shilling and
nine pence, as lie Gid, in all probability he would
have got a spree, instead of hunting up EN-
pioyiuent, aud ditd Al thirty five from driving
IInjr ID teams ami drinking brandy snashes, IN
stead Of living 10 the green old age of eighty.
ami diving aphIo>oph.r, whose arftnSeme nj was
the tanning fur than i"rbolts, aud bottling up
lightning. Had Naroi-on's father been the
owner of prineeiy estate. has son would never
have got to BE- emperor. good kick out Of
doors is better fer boy than all the rich uneles
IN the world. One never tries 10 swim 90 hard
when he has 10 do II or drown. To be a rich
man is the greatest misfortune that can
befai Il young man, mentally speaking Who
fills our Offices moi the children of the rich,
the OF the opulent. knowledge of starch
aud debauchery all a rich mans sons aspire TO.
The paror is the scene Of their ors,ory. aud hair
oil the of theIr souIs--poor creatures
Tins IS all true strictly trac. In truth, too, 10
generally conceded. bnt rarely praciised. The
vanity of mankind frequently leads them into
. trouble. II i. quite probable that the feader OF
thus : acquainted with some friend or nelghbor
who has Il son--e very common place, ordinary
boy--aud set believed BY his fond father, or do
ting mother. TO be prodigy in has way. eminent
~ endowed nuG calculated TO SHINE IN any de-
pArtrucnt Of life. II The parents be rich, 80 much
the worse for the youth, for he will be brought
NJ in i!ic ness be in5n grd spoiied and re ndered
wholly unfit to take of himself, should ms
fortune happen 10 hi, parents, or should they
suddenly be- called TO another world. Habits oil
industry and energy with poverty are worth Tar
more than habits OF idl-ncss with fortune. The
true duty Of parent is To 1T his son to take care
Of himself II rich, the necessity for an active
mad, of something to be employed at, Is even
greater than when poor; because, II poor, ne
cessity viii compel one 10 DO something. ana
thus to avoid dissipation, danger, aud crime
But rich and siaggard, u THOUSAND temptations
vail beset, and the chances are, ten TO "he' CO.
stroy. Look around. gentle reader, among your
im'uetiat. circle-sIngle out the nen oil
note, substanc. AMI character--analyz their
histories and the whole history will he told IL
you have boys Oh whom your affections are cen
terrJ--rnake men Of them, IN the true and man
Is Educate them properly. IN mInd,ia
manners, and IN inorais-but do not incuia~fs
false notions of PRIDE make them believe that
they superior beings. and thus unfit them for
tire trials aud struggles Of life. We all have cur
weakn esses and sanities, and many OF US fall
victims to these infrrntics. But il Is wise occa-
s.onaily TO look INTO own hearts, 10 scruti-
nize pare Htal policy, and on discovering err
roTS, to make change. We should reflect oe-
casionaIi Wv atch ourselves, our motives. and
aud thus make experience n beacon and ghi
to and gnlae for the future
MERfrEn REBcSE.-Alexandre Dumas. the
great French draHaiIst, is Of coiored origin
capital story IS told Of him ia "A very late number
oil Backwood's Magazine. II seems that q per-
son more remarks able for inqaisitiyeness than
for correct breeding OF those who. devoid
OF deIicacv and r.cklessuess of rebuff pryiDg
into every thing--took the liberty to question M
Dumas rather closely concerning has geneaies'-
cal tree.
You are quadroon. " Dn'nas9' be began
Il SIR quietly replied Dumas. VINO mas
enough be ashamed Of descent ne
cannot conceal
And your fafheT7'
'sWas d HInla:to."
"And your grandfsiher!'
"a negro hastily answered the dTamaass'
whose patience waning
land may inquire what your great grand
father was?"
IAN ape sir :" thu nderef Dumas, with a fierce =
ness that mace bis iInPer;.neat interogsiof
shrink into the smallest possible compass 'An
age sir-.ny pedigree commences where you"
terminates"
REC ALL OF THE BRAZILIAN MINISTER.
A letter from Washington, June 20. to fhs
Journal of Commerce, says:
mentioned, in my letter yesterday. that be-
Waller de Lisboa had been recalled by hn GOV
eminent =.
| merely write TO confirm my statemsnsV
giving the very words Of hrs recall
These are brief. curt, and evidently expfs""
Of high d'sPleasure, VIZ
..The Emperor deems II convenient 10 oep'
Ch-valier Gaspar Jose Lisboa Of his Presens
sifIon OF Minister Pienipote ntiary near tne ""
ted Staies.'' -
called your attention to this subject =
back the / III inst.
The relations of tn. United States win pa"
at this moment, uufrIe naiy tnat VI"
nuirs naod ,uauarsrnen Mt. ana much f0foeeteoso