Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-05
RICHMOND WHIG.
FSos CAa'sbsrs's Hscsiiary.
SKILL LEADS TO FORTUNE.

ffoas Chassbsrs's hscsfiany.
SKILL LEADS TO FORTUNE
\, oil; be reeolected that one Of Sir Walter Scotts s.y
inss vas. th. whs,sver might be sad about luck il l.
All that leads iortunsP There be doubt o
shs q general principle. Few ssh ndalgent and spa
shesc men do vel In AIRY line OF life. The skl the
dive and the steadily per-cverng. usually Gerry OF the
prizes which turn up in the wheel OF fortune. At the
time, something due TO circumstance a. wei ss to
she Power which wisely controls human destiny. Pract-
ca however the thing 70 be borne in mind is-thst the
young bound exercise all proper means to secure
Improvement Ia their condition That with fair store OF
ambition, prudence and merton oas skill may be possi.
III, 10 attain station OF euineuce-that Is, fortune
though perhaps without corresponding Responsible
ties and present the following ccmpcndoas hist
OF men who from humble and obscure
circumstances .
Esop, PuOlius syru. Terence aud Epic,rtussll dis
tinguished in ancient umes-were ses at their out
Get In life.
Protsgoras, Greek philosopher, at 6rst ceumon
Ciean,hes another philosopher, pugist and also
supported hss at 6rst by drawing water and carrying
burdens
The late Professor Heyue OF Gotngen of the grea
test classical scholars OF hs own or any other age, Was the
con Of poor weaver, and or had to struggle
with the dep ressng poverty The efforts oil TINS eA
celent genus appear to have been greater and
protracted than those OF any other on record Out ne
was fnally rewarded with the highest honors-
Bandoccn OF the leaned Of the sixteenth CEN
fury ola shoemaker aud worked for many years
at the same business
Cali celebrated Italian writer, began life as tailor
aud although he 70 la for
got his original profession which he took pleasure in
donng in his lectures
Toe elder opie whose talent for painting well sp
preciated originally working carpenter in Cornwall,
and discovered by Dr. wolcott-oherwise Peter Pitt
dar-working a. a sawyer at the bottom Of 4 saw-pt
Abbot. Archbishop OF Canterbury, who aourishsd in
the sxteenh century, aud distinguished himself by OPP
posing the seheues Of Charles l., the OF cloth
worker at Guiford.
Akn.de the suthor of Pleasures OF lima naton"
the son OF a butcher in New-casileupon-T Tyne.
DAenbert the French mathematician, was eft at the
steps of church by his parents and brought up by a
poor founding, yet arrived at great celebrity,
and never forgot or abandoned his nurse
Anmeniu. Saccophorus founder OF the Mystic Phiioso-
phya Alexandra, was born in poverty and originally ear'-
eG his Subsistence by carrying sacks oi "heat-whencet tho
latter part of bis name.
Amyot French suthor Of celebrity for his version
of Puarch lived in the sixteenth century and at hst
30 poor A. BE- unable afford oil candles to assist
his studies Shich he had TO carry on by hreigh; and
Al. the susenance his parents could afford him loaf
Of bread weekly
Az EXCITEMENT At ZuHIcH-lt is stated that extra
Ordinary excitement recently took place on the occasion
of opeing te subscription books 10 the Zurich Credit Mo-
biier said that during the three days liked tor
ceiving subscriptions the crowd that assembled was
great that could hO!p feeling pity for the poor
wretchrs Who remained Tor hall the day, pushing and ell
bowng each other aud imporing, almost their knees
that thew might be relieved of their bank notes rolls Of
gold and sacks of SILVER. Bsvarans in game
bags at their backs containing millions One OF the-r
poor fellows having been pushed about Tor two days
in the corridors turned OF doors with three millions
pockets, when wished
the last the subscription remained open, the sig
ed attained the figure of two hundred and eighteen mil
lions and Just before the close the receipts given in
this form Received bag said TO contain hive hundred
france those who satisfied with this vague
kind of document we're sent about their business.
THs ROYAL FAMILY or orDE.-The Queen Dowsger OF
Oud, is as wears age Her the dethrOned King,
aged about 20 years. ami her grandson Who il with her
and Sho her apparent, about 10 years OLD This
youth l. married and has child The brother OF the
dethruned King who is also with the Queen Mother
general in the native Dude army, aud he, II appears,
that only is the Dude family coming to England To
dispute With the East India Company Tor the possession
the throne of which the King had bse deprived bu,
also settle dispute amongst themselves as to Tho l.
Oh. rghta heir The Queen Mother with her family aud
sute paid nearly E5OOO the Peninsula aud Oriental
Company for their passage rou India England. They
occ uprd the whole Of the fore part ofe mail th
convey them SueI They had cooking galley h,
fo their accommodation, and they lived chiefly upon
rice kids aud goats which they provided themselves,
that they have been small expense the company
Tie Queen Do~ager secluded herself on board and no
SCARCELY besides hcr followers her face On
irving Cairo she ndisposed from the fatigue OF Hv
cling the desert, aud she carried perfectly
ceaed irom the gaze OF any to her hotel The pAsha
OF Egypt about proceed from Alexandria Cairo
by sp-cii train offer her cvihtes, and To place OF
the palaces her highnesss service. The necklace val
1ei EOuuO which lost in the Red Sea, inen-
ded Tor u present for Queen Victoria Neither the Queen
DoNAger Of her suite had ship before
thew left their country and she least be
Of spirit and determination undertake what she
has doie.-Ddiiy Ne'es.
FouSD Grttry-Iohn McCr-ayy the soldier from, the