The Van Buren press., 1860-06-29
The Instincts of tho Heart.

The Instincts of tho Heart.
Madame Lerormand. the widow OF the
great printer and publisher of that name.
has just expired in Paris, at the age OF
ninety-four. She had for years continued
in the business OF her husband. and her
house was the first in France.
Among other works she published the
memoirs OF her celebrated namesakc, Mile.
Lenormand, the fortune teller, to whom Ma
poieon gave one hundred thousand francs.
and in whom he placed implicit faith. Both
lived i'll the same neighborhool, and one
day confusion originating in q similarity
OF name, gave rise to the following anec-
dote, which gives good idea Of the char
actcr Of the estimable woman Just deceased.
n young girl, trembling with emotion.
evidently laboring under great distress of.
mind, was introduced by the servant into
Malamc Leaormand,s study.
sah stAiaMc!" exciai.s,ei the youny
girl, You who read the future, come to my
help"
Madame Lenormand looked intently for
some time at the trembling girl. then, after
asking few Insignificant questions, said in
an impressive tone
"You have fled from your father house g''
Alas, yes - 9
1t was love which induced You -
cit was"
+" Flo entreatcd you to follow him 90
g 1t is true
+" SO much for the present, then, my
child"
But thofuture, Madame, the future
The futurc--this is the future. After
dishonoring you, he viii leave vou. aban-
don You to infamy and poverty you
to die of shame and grief. Despair and
sorrow will send your father to his grave.
This is the future"
Then putting her arm. around the poor
child, she spoke words of affection and roa.
son till her mind became calmer and then
when the tears began to low, and the fever
lsh excitement OF passion was ata,ed, She
ordered her carriage and took her to her
home,
As they went, the young giri taking the
hand and gazing in the face Of her benef,c-
tress, said
ou are indeed . prophecies nothing
is hidden from you--thc present, tie fu-
ture."
No, my child, an not prophecies
nor witch, but L am q mother, and the IN
stincts Of mothers heart inspired me"
WISH HAD CApTr,L p'-This was the
exclamation OF a stout, hearty, but lazy
young man, the other day.
Now, suppose you had capital-Nhat
would you do with it Let me tell yoa
you have capital Haven't You got hands
and feet, and body and muscle, aud bone
and brains. and don't you call them ca acital.
Oh but they are not money, say you. But
they are more than money. If YOU viii
.esss ttc.,s lsa,t viii naelsansosssy ong M enc
can take them from you. Don't Won know
how to use them If you don't, it is time
You were learning. Take hold of the first
plow, or jack-planc or broadax that you
can find and so to work. Your capi,al
will soon yield you a large interest Ave.
but there's the rub, you don't want to work.
you want money or credit that you NAV
play the gentleman and speculate, and end
by playing the vagabond, or you want n
plantation Of negroes, that you may hire
an oversccl to attend to them, while YOU run
about over the country, and dissipate and
get in debt /; or you want to marry some
rich girl who may be foolish enough to
take you for your fine clothes and good
Shame upon you, young man. Go to
work with the capital you have; you'll soon
make interest upon it, and with it to give
you as much money as You want, and make
you feel like man. If you can't make
money upon what capital you have, you
couldn't make it if you had Il million dol
lars in money. If you don't know how to
use bone and muscle and brains you would
NO Emo hpx, TO II
capital you have lay idle and waste, and
rust out, 1T would be the very same thing
with you if you had gold, you would only
know how to waste.
Then don't stand about like grca; help
less child. waiting for somebody to come
and feed you, but go to work Take the
first work you can find. no matter what j,
is, SO that yon be sure to do it like Billy
Gray did his drummng-well. Yes, man
age the capital you already have. you will
soon have plenty more to manage if you
can't or won't manage the capital God has
given you, you will meyer have any more
to manage. Do you hear that?
New GEORGIA FLouR-FAsr WORK ALL
ARoUSD.-Thc Savannah Republican, OF
Tuesday last, has the following:
We alluded some days ago to the appear
ancc of flour from new wheat in the Au.
gusta market. Its movements from the
field to the channels Of commerce are wor-
thy of a record, showing that we at the
South. can be as fast as the Yankees when
have n mind to. On Thursday morning
the wheat was standing in the field, on the
farm of DR.. Danicll, opposite this city. 1t
was cut, thrcshed, winnowed and sacked
on that day, brought to Savannah, ami ta-
ken by the night train 130 miles to Stow
alPs Excelsior Mills at Augusta, where it
arrived early Friday morning. BY 2o'clock
z. NJ. Of that day it was ground, the flour
bolted, rcsacked, and on the cars for Savan-
nah, arriving here by tn, 10 o'clock p. NJ.
train, having undergone all these changes
and travelled two hundred and sixty
miles in less than forty-elght hours But
this is not all early ncyt morning (Satur-
day twenty sacks of it were on board the
steamer, an will be in New York in time
20 be served up by the hotels at breakfast.
on Tuesday morning. We have thus five
days for the whole operation, including
some HOO miles of travel.