Washington telegraph., 1853-10-05
a. tVslack at Nsisers,

In chapter On lie assurance which an
pears IN Blackwood's Magazine for july
Tie writer IL somewhat severe IN the wealthy
men Of orr day, who are but too scrnpulou,
in their observance Of the maxims of POO,
Richard" lie says
Those who desire TO be absolutely rich
may. If their lives are spared long enough
attain thai object by sordid aud paiernal
pinehing. and rigorous abstinence from The
enjoyments, hospitalities, and charities oi
existence. 1t is not difficult to accumulate
gold if a man has courage to be an Elves
indeed, cases arc almost daily cited OF appa.
rent paupers, amongst whose rags and galli
maufry III the corner Of some fctid cellar
extraordinary boards are discovered. M
one, however, but mere caitiF would ad
diet himself ID this kind ~ metallic accu-
mutation; and ii j. noticeable that The prac-
tice j. chiefly confined to dried up iache-
lors who have either no relatives to succeed
them. or who hate their relatives cordially.
Poor wretchos If ere they had given Up
the ghost on their Ill tended couch, and been
deposited in the paltry shells which they
have bespoken from motive Of posthumous
economy. they could obtain a vision of the
serene or lively countcnances of those who
shall walk at their funeral and divide their
gains-if they could be prospectively pres
ent at the banquet which is to follow the
ceremony, and witness the enormous con
sumption % liquor quaiicd, not in honor of
their memories but IN way Of connratula-
ticn to tho incbriatcd hcirs-if they could
hear. by ANTICIPATION, the remarks If the
IL Il. IN
meanness. and the commentaries on their
cruel selfshness-they might possibly. be-
fore the spirit has left the clay, ask ihom-
selves seriously for what end, either in this
world, or the next, they have consented
20 lead the life Of inuckworms, and insure
the contempt of their race. For, all erea-
lures upon earth, none is so despicable as
the miser. Il is not impossible that the
proiligatc may have friend, for there is
usually left about him some touch Of hu-
manity, some ono unhrokcn chord Of the
finer feelings Of cur nature but The miser
meets with nd sympathy. Even ihe nurse
who j. hired 10 attend him III his last hours
lua;hcs the CHASTITY occupation and longs for
TIC moment Of her release; for although the
dcatlI-damp il already gathering on his brow.
the thoughts Of the departing sinner are
still upon his gold and at the mere jingle
of key he startlos from his torpor. in a
paroxysm of terror, lest surreptitious at
tempt is being made upon the sanctity of
his strong box. Deeds there are many in
that box; but where are the deeds that
should have comforted the dying man =
What blessings has he purchased for him
self through bis long ard useless life 60
There are no prayers of the orphan Or wild
uw for him-not solitary voice has ever
breathed his name N heaven a. benefactor
One poor penny. given away il the spirit of
true charity, would now he worth more to
him than ali the gold the world contains !;
but, notwithstanding that he was church
going man, aud familiar from his infancy
with those awful texts in which the worship
of mammon is denounced, and the punish
mcnt Of Dives told, he has never yet been
able to divorce himself from his solitary
love of Inst, or TO part with one atom of bis
pelf And SO, from miserable life, detest-
ed and despiscd, he passes into a drcary
eternity and those whom he has neglected
and nliSused, make merry with the hoarls
Of the miser."