Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-08-16
MISCELLANEOUS.
Written tor the Findicator.
@ N I Il Z s I r E i 7
BY CORA WILBURN.

How varied an aspect DO our crowded
streets and business thoroughtares present,
!rom early morning until gathering twi
light. what a jotting, hurrting. busy
seeming thropgl What knitted brows.
what weighty mein, what rapid strides
betoken the nah Of Business. How many
ioreheads rrematcfely wrinkled 5y iil-
directed thought by the inoidlnate love
of gain, by datk plotting and low design
ing How many glances bent 10 the
earth. as if to wiring from it the secret oil
some successful spe.uatioli, SOME new ~
spraton for making money fast" I'M
nenetrable, stern aid with naughty tread
Of moDesed consequence walks mercantile
PRIDE and assumption, republican in name,
Il despot at heart, spurnng aside the sem
banee Of poverty ard suffering with un.
concealed disgust. as he walVes oft the
sorrow n!arked begsar, lntrading upon his
gosd-see king vision, with the contrasting
misery Of rage aud famine. For hin, there
is no beauty II The gladdsnihg morning
sunshine, no fragrance upon the Summers
lower---Iaden breeze; dedica,ing lisatt
aud soul 20 tie mammon worship that
blinds its votalies to the wealth and beauty
of Natures offerings. TO the delights of
benevolence he beholds no lovelinrss save
in the CLEAN Of gold hears IL o music bu,
that of the dollar click.
Watch yonder distracted individual,
with pin hed.up features, and eye bent to
earth IN seeming deep and serious medita.
tiop. OF What are his thoughts? OF the
next "captai bargain of the past weeks
and months of the same ceasele routine,
the same ignople ambition, the ole limi-
ted aim, to overreach by craft and cun-
ming, to place well laid snare Ter .anoth-
tr's simplicity, to affirm soul-ackhowl-
edged falseheod with q business air.
These are tie thoughts employing that
busy brain, causing the deep abstraction,
the utter disregard to all the loveiness OF
life surrounding him. Oh man of shrewd
reputation Tormentor of thine own
soul S higher attributes. thy dog is happier
lar than thou, for he disregards not the
promptings Of affection the manifestation of
fidelity and truth Man of plot and strata.
gem. walking UNDECIDED amid lte's best
and hottest Surroundings, til, dog bask $
~ and enjoys Heavens gladdening SUM
shine
"
character. viewed BIZ the obseIyant eve
upon The crowded street. Behold the very
impersonation Of selishness the arrogance
that would appropriate into itself ali things
bestowed in common. It reveals itself in
the unc,urteou, fos,ling with witch a
gentleman elbows bis way amid the crowd,
Needles, of the disturbing influence his
nnayailing speed produces upon the AGED
and the feeble, the tender infant or lhe
nervous invalid. He in burr, and all
things must o;ye way before him. He is
49,, e., IT,, r., r. a1,.;s. Jnuu o..
tesy forbe,ranc.,and sflt d,.;al mns, yield
10 The "hurry Of Er,;npse"
This disre9aTd ia. o,he.s f.el,nrq his
want of life. ,fsrnins cksr;tv tb,s laek Of
,soood win ,,n,ssn .,.n y Il :, ,.naan5arad
only h, tho NH - co,,,,e,ca The ab.
sorLing cares If hn.;ness las Mas No
E,sh;onsbls nyetsns;an and midi. and dis.
NAV too orten reveal . sslfsh s,;r,gs eold.
n ,,ass yyben :, ga,ly hraizened l,dv sett;nq
,s;Sss ihat sweet buc,ihtv he, sey's love-
hest attribute seems the lust tribute of re.
.nect that ola a. e demands If youth She
,ionld No, s,s "a as;aa r. ,lIow ,ba, arav
no,rsd EabI. p,an to nas. with eomior;