The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1858-03-12
ADvpNTTIRERS

Adventures, persons who lack the neces-
sary discipline and balance of mind TO submit
themselves to the laws of society, while, at
the same time, they are deyOured by the am
bitlon of distinguishing themselves, of ma.
king fortune or a sensation. They stand
in the same relation to the cheralisr diaduStrie
as the pirate to the PickpOeket, while to men
Of genuine ambition they compare as cox
comb to a man of the world, or poacher to
sportsman.
Adventures are rarely without a redeem
ing love Of glory, and if they are unsuccess-
full they become heroes like Napoleon. On
the other hand, they seldom listen TO the APP
peas of conscience, and if they are unsuc-
cessfu they become scamps like Caghostro.
In the historical records of men of brilliant
fame we find as many adventures as persons
of Infamous repute in the police returns
They are to be found daily in the walks of
private life, as well as in the realms OF fiction.
Mcawber, 10 David Copperfeld, would have
been great adventurer if he had not been
destined to become the great Micawber.-
He was always waiting for something to
"turn up" This peculiar state Interpretation
is in fact, the pormal state of mind of an ad-
venture. AS long as this state of suspense
lasts he keeps wisely in the background,
ransacking earth and heaven, his brain aching
with thought, his heart swelling with hope,
his very soul bursting with ambition; but as
all the while his pocket is empty, and as he
does not perform any honest labor for the
purpose of filling it, his life is that of an out
law. His name, nay lis very existence, is
utterly unknown, except TO his unfortunate
family and his miserable creditors.
But of sudden his cOrrodng ambition is
gratiied, the dreams of his life are realized
Something has "turned up" He jumps into
some conspicuous or notorious position
The fact of his existence IS like new revela.
ton to mankind. His name falls like bomt
upon the public ear. "Who in the world il
he!" ask thousand voices, and echo an.
swer, An Adventurer."
If he is a person of military turn, he be.
comes a iilibuster, like Lopez or Walker
If of an energetic, semi-intrigung nature, he
becomes rajah, like Sir James Brooke, Of
Sarawak. If his predictions are of the fl
nancial order, he becomes railway king
like Hudson, or Il colossal swindler, like
Law. If Of religious disposition, he be.
comes prophet, like John Of Leyden, Of
Joe Smith.
The word adventurer is derived from the
Latin adrenire. The knight-errants wer,
called adventures, and the poets of the mid
die ages exat the "Dame Adventurer," as
she was called, to the dignity of goddess
and represent her as II women Of ANGEL,
beauty, possessed, like Gyges, Of the power
of making herself invisible by putting on ,
mysterious ring, which enables her to trave
incog. all over the world, and TO observe
without being observed, the doings of man
kind. In order to make her divine Paul Prl
mission more comfortable, she carries a stat
in her hand, which has the magic power 0
helping her over land and sea.
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Female Adventures are also pretty numer
GUS. Nell Gwynne, Lady Hamilton, Mad
anne de Pompadour, Lola Montez, all come
more or less under the category of adventu
rers. In Italy, female Adventures abounc
among the princesses and highest nobility
In Europe and America they OCCASIONAL.
make their appearance as governesses ant
teachers Of foreign languages.-New Am
Cyclopcdia.
ST. LOUIS, March 9.-The Republican
learns that nm attempt was made to abduc
the Election Judges of Delaware Crossing, t.
nj