Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-06-15
From the Buffalo Demserse! J
ala ui,d al Rrokera, Sir.

.sne did NOT die OF cholera-he died OF
brokers sir!" said man to Us yesterday
speaking Of the death OF his friend. Ike
pra iscted an unwise improvement Ola piece
of rsal estate-madc undiscovered MIN :
self With bonds and mo tgages-and hnaily
incurred street debt OF two thousand dol
lara which rapidly rolled up to eight thous-
and and crushed the life right out OF him.
He borrowed Canaes money on call to be
paid in current iunds-got paper discounted
naysbl,. IN seven days in the city Of New
Yurk-borrowed Ono and kentucky cur
rency for one day, retur nabie notes oi bui-
f4ls banks-s Skinned il from street 10 street
and friend TO friend to keep the aeot aheau
of him. Why. sir, | could not SIT down 70
consult with hin, or do any KIND oil husihe
with him, with the least assurance that ne
would not Jump up suddenly to 90 out aaa
give another ST. owe TO that accused DEBT
The memorandum book oi his oblisaion
WAS always in his bosom, and SIT, II oufhea
to the rour mans heart. lie was owned
by brokers. He wurked for them, lived ior
them. and died Tor them. lie did not die OF
rh,,era at all. sir. He died Of street debt,
upon hich he expanded his strength every
week. in throwing ii ahead from one day 10
seven days"
We though of Hayden, the Historical
Painter, and the puddle OF black oioou liat
ran out from under his studio, where al me
70 i of one vi PICTURES the weary artist
cisembar, assed himseli 1t once oil debt ana
life, with the friendly pistol. WHIT
friplltful record Of the ems quences OF teot
~ : the whole history OF thus brilliant and
enthusiastic EnglisHman's career. II was.
u b. sure, neealessty aggravated By one OF
The curses OF British society-the Laneon
Attorney executing the law OF contracts,
aud with his scoundrsly cost doubling the
weight Of every oblg .tion put into HIS hands
for collection. Yet no man can read Hay
don,s life with a conviction that ms mister
tunes and suicide were due TO the aeot' Inc
,ulliny of hich While he could roll 1t, was
the poison of his life, aud "hi en- hnaliy grew
too great for his strength. II rolled
back on him and killed him. The pistol
ball which shattered his noble head, was
bu, the minister of bis debt.
There ia now at our hand the written lille
OF the great orator Sheridan. How its
shpwrecks and iis closing sorrows iNd
shsnes were the consequences OF ms
liie.lons 9 Indebtedness! II cost him
seat in Parliament threw him out
Of Drury Lane-cast him into prison
sen, him to the pawnbrokers-sowedt the
seeds of domestic discord-drove him
T. hard drinking, and finally broke down the
ornament Of the British Senate, and utterly
ruined the great man, whsm Byron pro-
nounced 70 be the author Of the best Grafton,
thu best opera, the best address, and the
bss, comedy ever produced in England
The table companion, counsellor, associate
a~d friend Of princes, prime minister's ana
dakes, d. bt, carried him ocd-ri4den To the
disgrace aEJ horrors Of an arres: ~ase nc
was diving 4 brutal officer IN the very act
of carrying hin in the blankets upon which
he was laid to sP2nging house, VAS defer
red from bis purpose only by the suggestion
Of the physician that he would be hung
for murder If Sheridan died on the way.
The youth of this country should be
laugh, to avoid debt as the bane of their
lives. PAY As YoU co. is golden max
i'm. 1t should be the rule Of private life
True economy would make it the govern
in practice. Its wisdom could be prof.
tably inculcated in our institutions OF
learning, in lieu OF portion of the worth
less Greek, upon which American sch o!ars
waste so much time and money.