The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-09-14

longer, out went 70 the house, knocked al
the family, and inquired for little man :,
told him to wait in the bushes out Of sight
anti he called him. The landlord and wait
srs Of the hotel were already laughing at me
What would be the Jokes in Lord E,
kitchen Could ever face that big scryan
again, or three footmen? l paid the cab
70, man all he asked, The cheated me enormous
lyD paid tho hotel bill, and took tho mex
train of cars for Paris, determined never
again to carry letter Of introduction.
Cyrus ". Field. the Hero
Nothing succeeds in this world but sue
cess; and nothing can illustrate the worth
lessness Of the worlds judgements of charac
umph Of Mr. Field For four years he had
labored in the great enterprise of establish
ing Geographic communication between the
old world and the new. He had dared the
dangers Of deep stood alons ii perfect conf
dsnce that his scheme would conquer even
amid the greatest discouragements risked
fortune and reputation, withstood the ap-
peals Of timid friends and stood by his pro-
ject through thick and thin, yet nobody glorif.
Cd him. Nobody felt competent to say wheth.
er he were Q fool or fanatic There was
nothing IN all this patient heroism to excite
admiration with the multitude, and into
single day the fate Of the man was crowded
had the cable broken a day out from Trinity
Bay, and tho hero been compelled to return
to New York disappointed man, he would
have been pitied or despised, and been al
lowed to sinh, without any practical public
sympathy in his behalf, into whatever place
he might find
But the cable held together. Heaven
smiled on the long and patient struggle and
the moment the cord was tied to the CONT
nent, the country rang with the hero name
Cyrus w. Field was at once written upon
the roll that bears the record Of the worlds
heroes; and from henceforth his will be
I counted among those names the world will
not willingly let die Yet, he would have
{ deserved for his heroism no less in case of
, failure than he was received for his success
, lie was the same man when, hundred
miles from Trinity Bay, he was absorbed by
/ his labor, his anxieties and the uncertain
, ties of his enterprise, that be is to-day The
{ great struggle Of his life was then all bu
( completed He was in possession of every
element of character, every well formed pur-
pose, every great heroism that he held when
he landed the cable; but, if the wire had
broken, the wide world would have turned
up It's nose, and Mr.. Field would have been |
allowed to sneak unnoticed to his home pro- |
vided he was capable Of such thing as
srsaking
| Thus it is tho world over No man is val
ued for what he is and what he does, up to
certain point in the accomplishment Of his
| purposes; but if success crown his efforts,
| then the shout goes up, and the cannonads
canonizes his name. The value of the
worlds opinion of a man would thus seem
to be small; and if there be any who are
struggling alone, in any scheme, for any
purpose, with faith in God and in them.
selves, yet pining for popular recognition
worlds praise can have little value to an
honest nature If they succeed in producing ,
result which the world can see and com ;
prehend. then they will have praise: hut if j
life of trial and heroism issue in disap- /
pointment, there is no remedy The world !
will pass on with sigh or sheer Popu- !
lar applause may be very pleasant and very
sweet when it is we'll deserved, but general. :
ly it is no index to the worth Of its object = j
Of all things in the world we know of 4
nothing more senseless and shallow than
fame. 1t is only in a few hearts that any
noble minded man finds the recognition d
which truly inspires him, assures him, Il
strengthens him. lfa man find these few t
hearts that thoroughly understand and ap-
preciate him, let him be content; for tho r
world will swing its hat as wildly over a 4
dancing girl, or a bloody captain, or can
tatrice, or winning horse as over the hero '
Of the hour-the renowned Cyrus w. Field.
Lewis d. Campbell says the democrats in !
Congress offered to keep him in his seat if +
he would not oppose LecoD,pton, and after
wards to adopt and take care of him, If he h
would join the democratic party We be-
lieve no such propositions were made to Mr. y
Giddings or Mr.. Grow Mr.. Campbell Illus j
trated his feelings on being offered fellow /
ship with the democracy by telling the fol /
Monsieur Folk, a Frenehman who went to .
Jamaica to embark in business, had been
sadly abused there. He had been robbed, q
whipped, put in prison, his property confis-
Gated, and every species of indignity and out h
rage offered him. On his return to New a
Orleans, he told the story most pitiiulIy to &
Col Pike of Arkansas
"Why, Monsieur Folk" said the Colonel
according to your story Jamaica must be =
a. bad place as the internal regions. Il
MA foi'-it is worse. v
"Now, Monsieur, do you really mean 5
that?
"Cest vrai'-it is true. s.
swell now, Monsieur Folk" said Colonel II
Pike, suppose you were on your death bed a
tonight, and the Lord should appear to you j
and say you might 60 back to Jamaica or 90 r
to the internal regions, what would you a
say?" a
Il should say, Monsieur good Lord, if it "
beez all 70 ZANE to you, if it makee no diff a
ference at all, should very much choose to "
please to prefer much razer to 80 to he'll"
A GAME THAT Two COULD PLAY Ar-seve
raj days ago well dressed scamp got upon +"
the cars at Chattanooga, and by some means
escaped the vigilance of the conductor until >,
he reached Huntsville Here conductors -
changed, and Mr. Fowler took charge Of the :
train and in making his first round to col.
lect tickets, between Madison and Hunts :,
vile .-he found the door of one of the private
saloons fastened. The brakeman assured q,
him that there was o man in the saloon, and h
without suspecting foul play, he tod the
brakeman to point out the man to him when u
he came out, SO that he might collect his q,
ticket. Fowler had no sooner made his T.
round than out came the gentleman, think p
ing all was safe. When he took his seat in
the car, he removed his hat from his head
and put it under his seat. When called up ns
on for his ticket remarked that while in the hi
saloon, he poked his head out of the window d
to breathe fresh air, and was SO unfortunate al
rs to lose his hat; with his ticket in the be
band, and he could not think of paving tn
twice. The conductor told him he regretted la
the circumstance very much, but as it was ri
one for which the railroad company was not hi
TO blame, he would be compelled to make yo
him leave the train at Madison station
The scamp wa, indignant Fowler remon.
'trated in his usually polite, but firm way, UNI to
n the station was reached, when he inform
ID him that he was at the end of his rope. lol
md leave the cars he must. Finding there
was no backing down, he reached under his as
'eat drew out his hat, and started to leave be
he cars, when Fowler told him he would vi
rave 70 exercise his duty as conductor again
land that the fact of his having LOST bis r..
'wn, did not entite him 10 take !. fellow g.
ravolers' hat-ior that the company would NO.
Q responsible. Whereupon he took charge tw
the hat, and showed the gentleman off the ~