Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1856-04-26
INA Debt aud out Of Debe.

Of what q hideous progeny of i'll is
debt the father What meanness, what
iuvasions on self-respect, what cares,
what double dealingl How, in due sea-
son, it will carve the frank, open face in
TO wrinkles, how like a knife, it will stab
the honest heart! How it has been
known to change a goodIy face into a
mask of brass; how with the damned
custom of debt, has the man become the
caIlous trickster! A freedom Of debt
and what nourishing sweetness may be
found in cold water; what toothsomeness
in dry crust; what ambrosial nourish-
ment in a hard egg. Be sure Of it he
who dimes out of debt, though his meal
be "a biscuit and an onion, dimes in !the
Apollo And then for raiment-what
warmth In a thread-bare coat, if the tai
lor's receipt be in your pocket; what Ty-
rian purple in the faded w~aistcoat, the
vest not owed for, How glossy the well
worn hat if it cover not the aching of a
siehtoFl Next the home sweets, the out
door recreations of the freeman. The
street door falls not a knell on his heart;
the foot on the staircase, though he live
On the third pair sends no spasms through
his anatomy; at the rap Of the door he
Gan crow forth, 'come in,' and his pulse
still beat beautifully, heart sink not 10 his
bowels. See him abrod. How he re-
turns look with any passengers, how be
taputers; how meeting IN acquaintance,
he stands and gossipsl
But then, this mar knows no debt
debt, that casts a drug into the richest
wine; that makes the food of the gods
tinwholesome, indigestibIe; that sprinkles
the banquet of a Lucnllus with ashes
and drops SCOT into the soap of an En-
peror; debt, that like the moth makes
valueless furs and velvets-inclosing the
#earer in a fostering prison, (the shirt Of
Nessus was a shirt moi paid for;) debt,
chat writes upon frescoed walls the hand
writing Of the attorney; that puts a voice
of terror in the knocker; that makes the
heart quake at the haunted fireside; debt,
that invisible demon that walks abroad
with a man, now quickening his steps,
now making him look on all sides like a
hunted beast, and bringing to his face the
ashY hue of death as the unconscious
passenger looks g~Iancingly upon him.---.
Poverty is a bitter draught, yet may
and sometimes with advantage-be gulp-
ed down. Though the drinker may
make wry faces, there may after all be a
wholesome bitterness in the up. But
debt, however cnurteously it be offered,
10 the cup of a syren, and the wine, spiced
md delicious though ii be, is poison.---
The man out of debt, though with a flaw
in his ierkin, a crack in his shoe leather
and q hole IN his hat, is still the son of
liberty, free as the singing lark above
him, but tho debtor, though clotledin the
utmost bravery, what is he bur a serf out
upon q holiday--a slaye-to be reclaim
ed at any instant by his owner, the credi-
for9 My son, ifpoor, see the wine run.
ming spring, let thy mouth water at least
q weeks roll, think a ~threadbare o the
s'only wear and acknowledge a white
washed garret the finest housing place
for a gentleman. Do this and fee debt.
so shall thy heart be at peace and the
sheriff he conlounded.-Dou Jerrold.
MUsRUM.-The rotunda Of the Capitol
at Washington city bids fair to become a
Enasettfn of scientific inventions. There
i Richardson's atmospheric Telegraph,
pr which he has a forty foot working
model ~ operation, illustratingthe Irish
mans idea Of sending letters and packa-
ges ny telegraph; next comes a patent
saain pump, which every little boy must
worA ss tll he hes wet his-iacket, and
.aaa near i tOexplain ii, and ta sell Il,
~ aaget We know then there Is d model
q sae lately invented clover gathering
4pa h'asklng lnachine, which q aIwavs
suIfoaaded By a crowd Of agr~icnltnralisis.
ne paintings OF Mr.. Washington attrsc,
eolae attention also; but The preatest
Rafaosity OF ell is the steam engine ii The
O. the rotpnda, to be used In ereet;ns
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