New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-16

ADVENTURES eDturers, persons who lack the
necessary discipline and balance OF mind TO submit
themselves TO the laws Of society, while at the seme
time they are devoured by the ambition Of dnagush-
ing themselves, of making a fortune or seusst,on.
They stand in the same relation to the ch'odter CtH-
dasire as the pirate to the pickpocket while to men
Of genuine ambition they compare az coAoomo 70 .
man of the world, or poncber TO q sportsmsn:
Adventures rarely wit hout rdeemng love Oh
glory and if they are successful they become heroes
IKE Napoleon. On the other hand they seldom lisss
TO the appeals Of conscience and II they are uusuc-
cessfu they become scamps like Cagiostro. 10 the
historical records of of brilliant fame we hnd ~
many adyenturers persons OF Infamous repue IN the
police returns. They ale TO be found DAILY n tne
walks of private lile as well in the realms Of &C.
ton. Micawber, in David COpperfield, would have
been great adventurer il he had not been destined
to become the great Micawber. lie was always watt
ing for something to "tum up" This peculiar Tate
of expectation s in fact the normal state Of mind OK
an adyenurer. AS long this state OF suspepse lsste
he keeps wisely in the background, ransacking earth
and heaven, his brain aching with thought, ms heart
swelling with hope his very soul bursting with sm
btion; but as all the while his pocket ~ empty, 80
az he does not perform any honest labor Tor the nr-
pose of filling it, his life is that OF an sntaw. Ms
name, nay his very existence IS utterly unknewn "a
cept 10 his unfortunate family and his miserable
creditors. -
But of sudden his corroding ambition 10 grsiifed,
tie dreams Of his life are realized. Something Aas
rious position The fact of his existence s like ney
revelation to mankind. His name falls IKE . nomo
upon the public ear "Wh0 in the world n he - ask
a thousand voices, and echo answers; " An Adven-
turer.' s,u
If he is person Of military turn he becomes AZ
buster like Lopez OF Walker. II Of o. energetic,
semi-inrigung nature, he becomes rsjah, like sir
James Brooke Of Sarawak. II his prediisctioas arc
of the financial order he becomes railway king Ike
Hudson or a colossal swindler like Law. Mds re-
lgious disposition, he becomes prophet, like John
Of Leyden or Joe Smith. .
The woId advenurer il derived from the Latin
0drcAre The khight-errants were called sdven-
tureK, and the poets Of the middle ages exait tho
Dame Ayentuire, she was called, 10 the dgaity
of goddess, and represent her woman Of angelic
beauty. possessed, Ike Gyges, the powercf matiae
herself invisible by putting mysterious ring, which
enables her to travel ncog. all the world sad -
observe without being observed the doings VI nsa-
kind. In order to make her divine Paul Pry niss IN
more comfortable, she carries a staff in her hand.
which has the magic power Of helping her over i:nd
and sea.
Female adventurers are also pretty numerous. Nell
Gwynne, Lady Hamilton, Madame do Pompsioar,
Lola Montez, all come more or ess under thecs:ssofy
of adventures. In Italy, female sdyenturss scossd
among the prncesses and highest nobility. 10 nsNPe
and America they occasionally make Their sppeAfsoco
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