Daily national Democrat., 1858-09-22

the grave OF pioneer MINER
About twenty PAGES from where we now
sit inditing these lines, is a little hillock Of
dry earth, just pereeiyable above the grey
waste that surrounds it. At one end has
been placed a small stone, which may have
served to adjust a riffle-box, but without
mark or inscription upon its rough surface to
denote the hallowed dust beneath. The
spot was once adorned by a group of the
stately oaks which gave such a quaint but
charming appearance to our mountain land.
scapes. 1t is the last rest of one of the old
pioneers. Eight years ago he left his cheer
tul New England hearth, and sought fortune
in the golden sands of these hills. Fortune
bent an angry eye upon his adventure. He
lay down, one summer day, under the shad-
ow OF his tavorite tree and died, Who shall
tell the bitter agony of his soul in the final
hour, as the bright visions of another day
passed one by one in review before his mind
under the rear-guard captaincy of death p
The stranger scooped out q shallow vault and
laid him there forever. Next day, in the
mighty rush of life, death and the victim
were alike forgotten. Some Vandal hand,
prompted by heart cold as ice, laid the axe
to the pillars of the grand old forest that
nodded over his tomb, and now the place is
a desert. Honored be his bones The fame
OF Alaric, with river 10 guard the sanctitv
OF his sepulture is not more secure than his
One lived to lay waste and destroy, the other
served as unit in the building an empire
these mute testimt mails of a brave ard in
trepld race, which are so often stumbled
over IN the mines, are suggestive Of sublime
thoughts. Laying aside the false charge of
general sordness, and judging our people by
tne grand results of their labor, these hardy
pioneers appeal to the gratitude of future
ages with irresistible eloquence. In other
times, when an enlightened posterity shall
comprehend the great merit of their cour-
ageous sacrihce-when vineyard and temple,
and city, and millions of happy, prosperous
people shall inhabit these mountains these
now neglected or forgotten relics will be col
lected together with a careful hand, and pre-.
served in the most sacred urn of the Com
monwealth. They are the Argonaut of the
New World and the perfume Of their deeds
Will reach the thousand islands of the sea,
and extend far down the dim aisles of Time
1t will be the grateful task of history, legend
and song to reproduce them from the tomb.
NAGARIEs OF A MONEY MANIAo.-The latest
instance OF this monomania (or rather money
manla) has come to light within few davs.
An individual who calls himself John J. Ac
ton and who represents himself as having
recently returned from California, where he
made mint of money, has been gladdening
the hearts OF many of our business men, only
to saddcn them the more when they learned
how egregiousy they had been duped. The
story he told was that having made his
pile he had determined to settle down at
Lancaster, and that he had built house there
which cost the snug little sum of Sl65 ,OOO.-
This house had to be furnished, and this nee.
essary work was to be done on scale of i'm
perlailty, worthy of the cost of the mansion
Philadelphia storekeepers were to furnish the
articles OF luxury and taste to fit out the Ian
caster palace. Mr. George H. Henkes, the
well known cabinet maker, was called upon
to supply the cabinet furniture and Mr. Ac-
ton proceeded to select elegant articles of
mahogany, walnut, rosewood and oak to
stock the mansion with the ncedful chairs.
sofas, 6edsteads, bureaus, &c The bill ran
up at Mr.. Henkers store was 100000, and
as the terms were to be cash on delivery of
the goods, Mr.. Henkel was made happy
man.
Curtains were indispensable to the proper
furnishing of a splendid mansion, and with
discrimination that did not much indicate in
sanity, our imaginary millionaire proceeded
to the establishment of w. II. Carrvl d Bro,
in the Masonic Hall, and he was soon deep
in the mystery of brocade, brocatelle, moreen,
lace curtains, and the numerous other elegant
devices to make the interior of houses splen-
did and comfortable. No less than S6 900
worth of goods of this description were Sc
lected at the store of the Messrs Carryl, and
they, too, rejoiced greatly at the cash sale
they had made Mr.. Z. w. Carryl also came
in for share Of the favors of the liberal
spender Of money; and silver-plated ware,
house keeping articles, &c, in his line, were
selected to the tune Of S5,00O Mr. A. keep
ing Mr. c. up until midnight making his Sc
lections Then came carpets, and $4,000
worth of these needful luxuries were laid out.
Paper hangings to the tune of 1900 were
also chosen. Our Lucullus had no notion of
an empty cellar, so he ordered 81 900 worth
of ale, which was to be sent to his Lancas-
terian abode.
We have heard of great number of
smaller purchases made by Mr. Acton, but in
no case did he obtain, or endeavor to obtain,
possession of the articles bought, proving
that he had no thought of dishonesty. Our
money maniac did not confine himself to the
purchase of merchandise, for he was in trea-
ty for the purchase, for $33 200, of mansion
in Broad street; a fine property in Chesnut
street he was to pay $50 900 for; he had
bought out large board yard, was to sub.
scribe S500,000 toward the new hotel on
Chestnut street, and we presume that by this
time he is in treaty to buy out all the stock of
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