Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-12-11
ELEGT VARIETY.
RICH FOLYs.

We suppose there are peoplein in all parts of the
United States, who think they are pretty well Off
even rich. We know a few unfortunate indiVid-
uals that labor under this halmcination, and who
look withla mixture of pity and contempt upon
fellow worms OF the dust, whom they Supposeto
possess less of "the dust' than themselves. Bur
Heaven help these poor witlings; they have not
the slightest conception of what wealth is. They
rich, forsooth! They are beggarS, comparatively.
Many5a rich Inan'supper servants. live in better
style. Mr.. CEesus, who hourished before our
time, and whom the reader has doubtless heard Of
used to say that citizen who had not fortune 10
support an amy, or aalegionS did not deserve the
title of rich man.; and he Is good authority His
landed property alolfe was worth the snug little
sum of IS, 100000. Then3ie possessed siaveS fur
niture, horses, cattle and cash to equal amounts
making the comfortable, sum ofsl7, 100000.
MI. CIoesps was rich man;, but many of the
old gentlemen who departed this life centuries
ago, were richer than he. There asSeneca, the
philosopher, who uttered and wrote some good
things, considering the age inwhich heliYed, who
was worth S17,500,000l Many modern authors
would doubtless have been glad to be remembered
in the old fellows will And so they were, all Of
them.s He left them an valuable legacy, and
this it is: HWheneyer you haVa written book.
lay it aside for nine years; and lat the expiration
of that tlme peruse it carefully and thsnif yout
judgement, approve, publish It, but not before.''
Julius Caesar, like Wilkins Micawber, sEsq., was
CONTINUALLY incuning pecuniary liabilities that hU
found it difficult to discharge" He set high
value on friendship having purchased 4hat of Lu-
cius Pallua for. 81 100000! He was IA terrible
spendthrift. Before he succeeded in obtaining any
Office; he had amassed debts TO the amount of st&-
5000. But. Office holders had good pickingsin
those days, as well as IN our own; and as soon as
Julius got his handinto the public treasury, his
debts begantoi diminish. He soon became rich.
He gave Servilln. the mother of RTutus pearl of
the value. of s20Os000. 'He;would doubtless have
been guilty of many other extravagances,5 had not
the "well5beloyed Brutus'' given him that cruel
stab under the 'ffthIib., Onthe day ofIthe aSsaS-
sination, CesarS friendS Mark Anthony owed
81, 100000 which was all paid thirty days after
wards. This same Anthony subsequently swat
lowed pearl dissolved in vinegar, (which Cleo
patra administered to him. worth S400,0 600. He
squa1dered 735,000,000 of the public treasury.
He wou!d have been splendid fell iw to have held
fiscal agency under under our federal govern
ment. .,.s.., KS
Tiberf1s, at his death, LEFT sfIsl25, 900, which
Caligula spent in less than twelve months. He
lived at the rate of about S35, 600 aday; one sup
per cost 100000. 5..s455
Esopus, the comedian, even transcended Cali
gula in ektrayagance, having given S4o0, 600 for
one single 1sh. He had a SON, Clodius, who was
a chip Of the old block. Among other costly gas
ronomic feats. be swaloiss ed pearl q q 4nt0nyl
valued at 81, ,000,s -, -, - ,.e,,s3,
iAppius, another Roman millionaire, squander-
ed in debauchery, some, S2,500 900; after which,
finding himself sober one day, he Investigated his
pecunidry affairs, and finding that he, had only
half a million dollars left, poisoned himself, be-
cause he considered that sum insufficient for his
mnintsinance. - -, !. ~,
A SIr. HeIig6bnlus who lived in those times.
and was one Of the upper ten, used occasionally
to get up nice supp that cost 800, 900:
I Another gentle I, named Luclillus, seldom
sat to :ellast worth less than sl9Q 600; dis pm
twenty of lie best hotels in the void. The 6sb
from his poIid were sold at S175,OO0.