The Morning herald., 1875-08-26

cording to belief in some old nursery
legend, arranged before the babe sowe frui
and piece Of money, in the expectatios
| that it's choice would prove indicative o
the disposition of tle child, or the direc
ton that its mind would take In succeed
I ing years, he was found to eagerly grasE
for the glittering silver dollar ("green.
backs" in the days of Simon's infancy moi
being 90 much in vogue a. now), ana fhi'
without once casting q look Of regret upon
the beautiful, rosy-aheeked apple which
lay beside i, and would have proven an
irresistable temptation to the geperslity oi
baby goutmands. Nor has be ever, in all
his long and toilsome race siaherhonos and
fame belied his baby Instincts. or repented
his childish predictions. But Simon
loved gold, NOT for its own intrinsic value,
only as it proved the stepping-stone to his
purposes. Well did he learn in after life
to know that genius without gold-bright,
glittering gold-to support its pretensions
was powerless to shine. And when years
after, frail, boyish form was seen to
enter the streets of the then embryo
city of Harrisburg, like the immortal
Franklin, with all his earthly possessions in
his hand-a change Of linen tied up in a
handkerchief-none recognized the future
statesman, fitted by his sagacity and wis
dom TO help in coming years to guide the
ship of State when the noble craft threat
ened to founder mid the breakers of an
archy and disunion, in the lone, friendless
boy, thus early forced to embark upon life's
stormy ocean, competitor for capricious
fortunes favors. With the energy that has
characterized all his actions he turned his
attention to the noble art Of printing, but
amid the multiplicity of duties he was
called upon to perform opportunity was
ever found to promote the improvement Of
his intellectual faculties, so that when time
had another cycle run he stood upon the
verge of manhood, rich in undeveloped re-
sources, about to take that position upon
the worlds stage of action for which ina
ture and natures Gods" had formed him,
eminently fitted to maintain the part he
was about to assume and successfully to
carve his way, unheeding the toilsome way,
upward and onward to the summit of the
hill of fame. IT'S sight replete with
moral grandeur and sublimity to behold
youth, in the brightness and beauty of life's
morning, girding on the armor for the con-
flict and throwing down the guantlet of de-
fance to world of whose dread power it
possesses too little knowledge to be suscep-
tible of such an emotion as fear. \
With "heart within and God o'er head" his
upward progress was now with rapidity
that astonished whilst it awed the inferior
herd Of worldlings, whose groveling nature
would not allow them to soar to that height
Of eminence to which, borne upon the eagle
wings of his ambition, Simon Cameron,
with soul expanded by high and noble
thoughts, aspired. Upward and onward,
higher, higher, he paused not in his terial
flight to contemplate, much less to be dis
mayed, at the difficulties that obstructed his
pathway. From thehceforth the people
seemed to find in him one whom they de-
lighted to honor with every gift in the power
of grateful constituency to bestow, until
Simon Cameron to-day stands unrivaled in
his fame as one of the most eminent men
who adorn the galaxy Of American states
men. Long and faithfully has he served
his country! May the laurel wreath Of
fame he has won never wither, nor tho star
of hisglory grow DIM" Many and happy
be the declining years Of his life spent
meath the shades Of his own loved
"Lochiel." Then while
"Lives of great men all remind US
We con make our lives sublime;
And departing, leave behind us,
Footprints on the sand Of time"
Let us take for our motto, engraving upon
our hearts in indelible characters the fact
that "Every man is the architect of his own
fortune"
We publish the above not for any par
ticular love Of the political faith he has
but as a profitable lesion.
GENERAL NOTES. II
A recent number of the London Times
mentions Philip Quigley Of Delaware as ,
he hn;ldor ~ Moob;norr, HILL TN,. | 1