The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1851-11-20
The Progress Of Luxury.

No one who loves his country can remain
Indifferent to the progress of luxury which
,orfupts the morals and enervates the man
rood Of people, which engenders habits Of
dleness and frigolity and turns even industry
INTO Improbable channels. The progress Of
luxury has been the cause of rational decay
ii more than one proud empire, and it is not
safe for any people to think themselves be-
You'd Its influence. It's entrance should be
guarded against with care, and Its progress
should be watched with the most anxious
vigilance. Especially should those whose
fortunes place them above the necessity Of
close economy set the example of simplicity
IN their style of life, and manifest their pro-
fusion in benefactions to public objects.
Not that we would have the rich deprive
themselves of any of the rational eDjoyments
which wealth can purchase; but we would
have them avoid that useless and hurtfuI
in dress, IN eguipage, in enter
tainments which confer no benefit on those
who eau afford it, and which finds so many
imitators in those who cannot.
The Introduction of luxurious habits, by
increasing the expense of housekeeping,
discopIages marriage, and thus leads to a
long train Of immoralities of the most serious
character. 1t breeds envy and discomfort,
and destroys that union of all classes which
is especially essential to the support of re-
publican institutions 1t makes wealth
supercilious, and poverty hostile to the Sc
curity of property. 1t is an unmixed evil,
and it is the duty of those who shape the
public policy Of those who direct the public
morals, and of those who influence public
sentiment, to discourage every departure
from the simple manners of our fathers.
If any think that these remarks are inap-
plicable to this latitude, we ask them tomark
the change which has taken place in our
community greater perhaps, than in the
communities around us-within few years.
All the increased comfort, and especially all
the diffusion of comfort, may well be a mat
ter of congratulation; the countless inventions
for the convenience of dwellings, for the more
healthful use of food, for the lessened abuse
of medicine, all these contrivances which
place within the reach of men of moderate
means the enjoyments which were formerly
confined to the rich, are sources of Just con-
graduation; but all that is devoted to osten-
tation, to snowy furniture and gaudy equi-.
page, to display of plate and to splendor In
entertainment, is matter of serious regret.
1t is low order of enjoyment. It peryerts
and exhausts the tastes which would other
wise expend themselves in works Of art, In
! books, in music and in things which have a
? humanizing influence. And after ali, those
2 indulge in this ostentation on comparative
, ly moderate scale, on which alone it is posi-
S bic for most men, even those who's are esteemed
rich, must remember with constant NORTH
, cation, that they cannot approach the few
S who in larger communities and with greater
e means offolly, lead the fashion in matters Of
this kind.
} The display which has nothing but It's ex-
. pense to recommend it, will be constantly
i overtopped by new Corners, bringing fresh
: Accommodations to waste upon the affairs of
!. fashion. The utmost limit of fashionable
i extravaganza in a provincial town, IS not
equal to the common display of follyin New
i, York, does not approach the dishabille of
I Goodwood, and Blenheim and Chatsworth.
And even these are put to shame by the
countless retinues, that lavish display and
4 the barbaric magnifcence of the eastern no
q bles.
i How foolish, then, for the greatest fortunes
! to attempt any such rivalry here. 4 repub-
liean people should be distinguished by their
! elegant simplicity, by their appreciation of
: the true value of wealth, and by their knowl-
: edge of the true mode of light.
! Precedence Journal.
gl A DARING FEAT.-It was midnight and
d. dark as Egypt when the Buckeye State came
y IN collision with the schooner Saratoga the
lel other night, and cutting her in two, sem
V. three of her crew to the bottom, and the
d balance adrift on part of the wreck. L
e. was blowing gale and the sea was running
a. high. 1t was impossible TO see into the darl
Of distance at ALL All that was known OF
e board the steamer of the fate of the vesse
ID and crew was, that the latter had sunk anC
S. portion of the crew were afoat as they
ID could hear their cries for help. In this di
or lemma the second mate of the Buckeye
to with one Of the wheelsmen, lowered th,
ig yaWl. and at the imminent hazard Of life
IN as all on board we're of the opinion that th
n yaWl could not live in such asea one minnie
IN put out to the rescue. They went in til
direction Of the hallooing from The wreck
ca and were soon out of sight and hearing from
of the boat. They were two hours in hndinI
at the poor fellows and getting back to th
he steamer, which had drifted some three mile
IN off.
rs All in all, it Was one OF the mos
'h- daring and thrilling adventures We hav
ID heard Of When all on board, Rev. III. G
on Sheldon proposed prayer for 90 remarkabl
to adeliverance, and proceeded TO pray for thos
In only who had SO remarkably escaped H
en- vas reminded that the three who we're drow
ler had been forgotten. The Reverned gcntlema
"a acknowledge the omission, and straighwa
u added supplication III their behalf
.a C7ecelaaa Pldiadeale
LARGE HoTEL.--1le dimensions Of Il
IF United States Hotel al Saratoga Springs a
zee Areaof grounds, 5 acres; length of bull
ing, mont, geo feet north wing, 5000 fee
so0 wing GOO feet number Of rooms. sol
IA, size 81 kitchen, 81 b. 10 feet dimension
lot bal room. 49 bT l055 height Of ceilin
fi22 ~ lest number Of cottaees, Yir
trom @ to s. feet 'front.' number Of pfiya
parors, number 81 diulug rooms, 3, 81
re- by I35 number q people employe
~ 250 piazzas front and rear, 1900 tes
Ted heinhtof building four stories, decorated