The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-12-14
DEAR FRIENDS:

DEAR tRIENDS:
have Just learned how men
have rich wives in New Orleans, while
they themscives are poor. The modxs operan-
ID was told me by an old citizen, who instanced
several cases in point, but win not particnisr-
Ize. limo one ever did make rich wife while
he was poor husband, then this is fable end
no one 10 offended. The way is this.- A man |
is yell known 10 the city-his credit Is good |
and has word reliable. He falls in love with a |
pretty woman belle, and one that looks high, |
that 10 she must have marriage settlements,
and so forth. The gentleman passes for rich
man, but has not a dollar, and one would think
he could not gil the bill of his lady love. But
cupid and enpieiy are sometimes in league to
help weak mortals along. The gentleman goes to
a banker, takes friend with him, good for any
amount, and gets the loan Of twenty, thirty OF
nifty thousand dollats, ~ the case may be for
t,ro koars He and his friend then call on the
lady and giUe her the money--the friend and
papa seeing and witnessing the gift. The bride
groom then borrows the money jus to take care
Of, and gives the lady bis note for the amount
The cash 10 carried back to the bank, and the
ladye friends are all apprized that she has he'd
a settlement Of fifty thousand dollars from her
husband elect, and all parties are highly de||r(-
ed with the rich match Ateresrd. H -
goes into besines. Dry Goods or something eIse
-rets credit at the North for large amounts and
then after giving his wife and children fine
house, servants, and all. the belongings Of high
life, fails. lie, Of course makes his wife the ia
vorite creditor. and the Northern ones have moth
ing lcft for them. He lies perdue for awhile and
then after few years starts some other BUSH
ness in his wife's or somebody else name.
Don't you think this il ingenious inarciering.
The other day was making visit in the
upper part of the city, and there heard another
interesting account Of how a man made for
tune by mnding has opn business! The house
where visited was new one, and the lady re-
marked that il was owned by man who made
II, and several others, by minding his own bust
ness. OF course we have all heard that fortunes
are frequently made that way, but had never
before heard of an instance where the fact was
exempliRed byliving tangible testimony. Many
years ago when the now populous Fourth Dis
trict, was suburban dependency of New Or
leans. there lived there, anhonest handwriting
Dutchman, who, for convenience we will cal
Smith. He commenced life In New Orlean,
BY drivinga dray for somebody else. After a
while he hads enough to drive his own dra,
or dray horse. then he had somebody else to driv
one dray Cor him, then two, and then three. til
In few years his loftiest aspirations were &c
complished, and he was boss drayman! Al
this time Smith had never meddled with politics
or been engaged in riots or any thing of tina
sort, but attended to his business during the day
and went home sober to his wife and chldre
at night, accumilating slowly, but surely an in
dependence. There was an old man who wa
his friend living. bis neighbor, who had proba
bly, by his frugal and industrious example, beef
sort Of cabbage guiding star to the phlegmati'
Smith, and had made considerable fortune b
past labors, but had for long been on the ret
ed list Of boss drsyman. One day the old ma
fell sick unto death. and being Of that deludet
unhappy class. old bachelor, had no one to nurs
him and cheer him up and 50 was about givin
up the ghost, no doubt full ten years before hi
time. In his last moments he sent for Mr. Smit
and thus addressed him: You see / am dyin
Smith and you know I have plenty of graceles
nephews that want my money and would nj
thank me for il ifthey got t. arm g,ing I
leave all my property to you. because you al
the only man 4 eper:: sav that minded his oscn b,
3 sinees and let other peoples 0lonei "A notary W,
present and the papers signed and Smith mad
rich man.
There Is book that is exciting some interc
tin the religious world, called Armageddon. Ii
very Ingenious book, attempting to prove Il
precise faIflmrnt Of all the Prophecies, and Ii,
we are nowon the high ground Of the latter day
That saIvati IN Is lost upon the earth the auth,
need not have taken 90 much trouble to prov
mt the Eastern War and the computation
Scripture tins which places it precisely whe.
the Prophet Daniel locates the last great strul
Rle between Cog and Magog. and the Princes
Tho eafth required great deal Of research and
eenuity. The book was sent me last Sundays
i spent the morning before church reading Il d
pondering On Is remarkable parallels be1o
Joining party 70 goto The Spiritual nseting "
every Sunday morning IN the lecture-room Or 1
Odd Fellows Hail. and preached to ~ NJ III
L. Harris Of NV York, who has written
SPOKEN several works ID prose- and poetry VIII
n a trance or clairvcyanf state. Mr.. Harris h