The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1851-11-26

twenty guineas, instead of sixty. Yet Sir Will
lam was an old bachelor, and had no one to care
or provide for At the time Taylor attended him,
he had q large estate, an immense sum Of money
in the stocks, and six thousand pounds in the
house. s-ff 9-1 h..
Many years ago, there lived in large, cheerlsss
and dilspidated old house in st. Petersburg, n,is
erable miser. He confined himself TO one room,
and left the rest of the rambling edce to mouider
into ruin; he cared for no comfort, and deprived
himself even Of those things which the poorest re-
gard as the necessaries of life; he seldom Lit fire
to repel the dampness which hung on the walls of
his solitary chamber, and a few worthless objects
of furniture was all that the room contained. Yet
10 this singular being the Empress Catherine the
Second owed . million of rubles. His cellar, it
said, contained casks full of gold, and packages
of silver ware slowed away in the dismal corners
Of his ruineus mansion. He was one OF the richest
men in Russia. He relied for the safety Of his
boards upon the exerti0ns of huge mastih, which
had been trained to bark and howl throughout the
night, TO strike terror into the hearts Of thieves
The miser outived the dog but he dislked to part
with any portion of his treasure in the purchase OF
another cur, and he resolved to save his money BY
officiating as his own watchdog. Every morning
wan wsndsr Ss1s about ii. dismal h.bsson barking and
bowling in imitation of bis recent sentinel.
A miser of the name of Foscue, who had amassed
enormous wealth, by the most sordid parsimOny,
and the most discreditable extofon, was requested
Dy the government 10 advance sum OF money, as
a loan. The miser, to whom fair interest was
not inducement sufficiently strong to enable him to
part with his treasured gold, declared his incapa-
city to meet this demand; he pleaded severe losses,
and the utmost poverty. Fearing, however, that
some of his neighbors, among whom he was very
unpopular, would report his immense wealth to the
government, he applied his ingenuity TO discover
some effectual way of hiding his gold, should they
attempt to institute search TO ascertain the truth
or falsehood Of his plea. With great care and Sc
crecy he dug deep cave in his cellar to this re.
ceptacle for bis treasure he descended by ladder,
and to the trap door he attached spring lock, 30
that on shutting, it would fasen of ITSELF BY and
by the miser disappeared; inquiries were made |;
the house was searched woods were explored,
and the ponds were dragged, but no Foscue could
they find and gossips began to conclude that the
miser had fed, with his gold, to some part where,
by living incognto, he could be free from .the
hands OF the government. Some time passed on
the house in which he had lived was sold, and
workmsn were busily employed in in repair. In
the progress Of their work they met with the door
Of the secret cave, with the key in the lock outside.
They threw back the door and descended with q
light. The first object upon which the lamp was
reflected, was the ghostly body of Foscue, the
miser, and scattered around him were heavy bags
Of gold and ponderous chests Of untold treasure
candlestick lay beside him on the floor. The wor.
shipper Of Msmmon had gone into his cave, to pay
his devoirs to his golden god, and became sacri.
fee TO his devotion