The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1859-06-22
"Wel, Mr.. Morton, what has the paper

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done?" 49,.
81 am afraid, sir, that | should take up too
much of your valuable time were to detail
the causes which impelled me to push that bit
of paper about"
"Probably you imagine it to be the third
Richard, whose life, as Richmond you felt
bound to takeP'
"No, sir; it reminded me more of the Office
than the stage. Do you know that | could
quote page after page to prove the great slml-
larity between that piece of paper and self
made man-yourself, for instance!'
"Ah do not take your meaning"
at is just as WELL I can see, through the
medium of the paper, large mansion, an aged
couple, more youthful pair, troop of laugh
ing children, and field white with cotton; a
number of negroes enter upon the scene, and
as they pass rapidly through the field, notice
that it is shorn of its beauty; the cotton is
weighed, and passes into the gin-h house: in
compact bales it is carted to the river side,
taken thence by a steamboat brought to our
levee, delivered to the factor, sampled, sent to
the cotton press, taken on board ship, landed
at Liverpool, delivered to merchant, sold and
forwarded to Manchester, manufactured into
cloth, reshipped to New York, sold then to a
southern trader or merchant, bought by man
of family, becomes an article of wearing appa-
rel, is worn out, serves a dust-rag, finds its
way to the Streets is picked up by ragman,
packed in bale, shipped to Liverpool, intro
duced to a paper mill, comes out superhne
letter paper, sent to the station, sold to New
York, purchased for the New Orleans market,
bought by Ap. Wiggins & Co., and is chased
across the pages Of a ledger by the clerk"
{ "Indeedr'
"You will thus perceive that little seed
, which YOU or could have destroyed has given
| employment and food to hundreds. 1t has
, progressed from the simplest stage of nature
r to its highest pitch of art, then descended to
its lowest point of degradation, rescued from
the gutter, and returns to US as pure and white
: as when it left us. Pure as is, have but tc
S dip my pen in this ink and let fall drop
2 thus-and it's ruined unfit for anything. There
! is moral in this for our southern men, and one
. for you and me, Mr., Pinkton-"
D ''You philosophise too easily for a clerk, Mr.
b Morton; the house has noticed with much dis
i satisfaction your prediction for the stage, anc
, am commissioned to say to you that you mus
S renounce your literary and dramatic associa
It tions while in our employ"
: Sir" replied George, 1.-The house assumes
2 too much Your books are always up to date
e your balance-sheets promptly and correctl.
e rendered, and you have never had cause tt
accuse me of inattention to business | mos
n respectfully decline any interference on the par
: of the house with my outside pursuits"
e "We have the right to do SO, SIR
: "You are in error, Mr. Pinkton. | attent
+ to your business faithfully, and fulfill ever,
d letter of my contract with you. am no
your bondsman, sir, and shall continue t.
S amuse myself as seems best to me-"
= Then, sir, at the expiration of this montl
it we shall dispense with your services"
}, ''Sooner than that sir, would suit me evel
o better"
) Until then we strongly object to your at
/ tending any societies!'
e MIR Pinkton, as strongly object to you
: saying anything further upon the subject
Y I'VE will then balance your account tonight
e SIR
n Nothing, l assure you, could afford m
at greater pleasure"
S At ten O'Clock poor George, who scarcel
D knew what to do, left the Office with smll
e upon bis face, conveying as we'll as it could
'e Mr.. Pinkton the situation of his mind. o
St. Charles street. he met friend whom h
d informed of what had transplred stating tha
IF he was considerably in debt and without an
prospect of getting another situation; his frlen
s, sympathised with him, and recommended tina
ir the best way of realising little cash was
: 90 around to one of the Canal street gamblin
il saloons and try his luck at small game, statn
that if your cards are poor you can throw you
e hand up and stand as you are"
George readily assented to this arrangement
% and the game proceeded. In dealing he re
1t ceived three kings and two small spades; tn
=; two latter he discarded, and upon examin
sc ing the cards dealt him in place of them the
l. proved to be aces With this hand he felt pre-
1T pared to stake any amount and commenced b
betting twenty dollars, which was seen by th
N other players, one of whom went twenty dollar
f, better Upon this every one else threw u
T., their cards with the exception of George VIII
l. was disposed to fight it out.
e. The game went on for sometime in a silenc
N broken only by the betting, of the twoplayer
"How do we stand?" asked George.
N "Why," said Mr. Moncton, after adding IL
a roy Of figures on a sheet of paper at his sidt
in s'we have each FIVE hundred and ninety dollar
er at stake, and If you see my last bet it wi
re make six hundred and twenty"
"Well, | cali you. What have you got?
n, MI MouCtou ldu5 ucu, anu iald uO"A d 9o' q
S "Can you beat that?"
with king" replied George.
- "Another seyenp"
i "a king for itP' cried George exultingl,
n, "and yet another monarch, with two aces
;" support him?'
he IAN excellent hand truly" replied his al
tagonist, 'but have you see, two other sevens
;" 'Fours? Perdition!" exclaimed Georg
an bringing his clenched hands heavily upon tt
10 table. - have losUi
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81 81 The GOLD Com SwINDLE.-It has been di
y covered in New York, that gold coins are beir
~ ~ extensively mutilated. The eprocessis describe
~ as follows
al al The coin is placed on a lathe and reyolve
ho ~ A keen narrow chisel is set against the edg
n0 and as the coin revolves the chiscl turns outt
inside of it and penetrates nearly to the cent
4 leaving but two thin shells, as it were, co
- - nected at the centre. The cavity is then fill
-, - up with base metal, the coin is milled oy
~ ~ again. and the edge gavansed, showing as ba
- a specimen of fraud, as was ever conceived
executed.
40 The mutilated coin weighs some ninete
IL, ~ grains less than the good coin. 1t is estmat