The Banner, 1846-05-13

and come oat the tother end so quick that it really looked ashamed of itself. " Now here I am a rale propels ling double revolving locomotive vSnolly Gostcr, ready to attack any thing but a combination of Th tin do r?1 i gh t ni n g?smoke?railroad, iron and hot water." The following is given as an extract irom a sublime speech in a murder case in Texas:? " May it please your honor?I'm bald! bald!?Mot bald from age, but from a knowledge of the law. And what does the law say? murder, murder, says the law, is the killing of a reasonable being un~ dor the king's peace ! Whar's the king ? thar's 110 king here ! Thank God, the Lone Star shall shine aloft.! And I'll speak on this case until the queen of ni^ht sits in the west?yea, until the wild cow bellows in the morning sun !" Look Out.?When a stranger offers to sell you. an article lor halt its value, look out. When a note becomes due, and you don't happen to have the necessary funds to meet it, look out. t-*ti 1 ? ?

mg at his idol?now Irigid in death. Hpw mournful and saddening the change! The disconsolate family? Weeping friends?the darkened room? the half-hoisted flag?and the slow tolling bell, spoke in tones peculiar to themselves'. My duty, as his executor, made me acquainted with the extent of his fortune. It was indeed princely. I shall never, however, forget the emotions with which I looked into his ledger, as my eye fell upon the page headed " profit and loss." My eyes, tired with gazing at the numerous sums which went to make up the vast aggregate of his gains, I ran over the items arid was amazed ?I had almost said gratified?that his plans of gain bad been so successful. I looked almost in vain on the opposite side for i tenia-of loss?thev were as a dron

V? VI J VI1IUV* WW lkl? Ul Jf 11V H UV^jUICl tion of wealth he experienced new desires, and laid wider and deeper his plans of operation. His mind seemed % to expand and acquire new and enlarged energies, as his increasing business made its demands. Years rolled on, and in their flight, brought the wealth of all dimes and laid it at . his feet. But he had piled upon his mental and physical system, by far too ponderous a weight, which, in a last gigantic effort, crushed them both. Death came like the electrick spark, and in an instant of time, he passed from this to another world. How changed was now the scene in that world which he had carved out for his own special use. I saw him but a moment since in the full vigor of life, eager as ever in grasp -

tutu 11 iieui never uucu uunu uuiuru. But it is by persevcrancc that the inventor or discoverer succeeds. iVIany are the failures before the true solution is worked out. It is lilce guessing a riddle. Columbus must spend weary years in dangling about Kings' Courts, must apply first to one sovereign and then to another, must expose himself to the sneers of tlie learned and the ridcule of the unlearned, before a Queen Isabella will step forward and, out of her own private purso, advance the necessary funds to test whether he really be a great man or a madman. Let the young especially, therefore, treasure in their hearts this truth, that success either in the great or small, in the discovery of a continent or the ac -

Lt is one thing to allow yourself to be made the sport of circumstances, and another and fur different thing to command and control them. Some men are like a vessel that has lost her rudder, and they toss about idly and unreslingly in the trough of the great ocean of life?while others like the same ship, with all her sails set and a steady helm, bear right onward to a destined mark, though winds and waves alike oppose their progress. Often, indeed, may they be compolled to alter their course, and sometimes, perhaps, to yield for a time to the fury of the hurricane, and sail in a directly opposite direction ; but with a steady and indomitable purpose, they again pursue their way so soon as it can be done with safety.

The indications of change in the market were watched and speculated upon with a foresight almost supernatural, and no advantage was suffered to escape his ever vigilant eye. The earliest hour of business found him in his counting room, and the hour of midnight witnessed his devotion to his heart's desire. And if a continued stream of wealth, almost inexhaustible, could have appeased the cravings of his soul, lie now had secured it. Every breeze seemed favorable?every turn of the wheel of fortune increased his store. He added house to house and store to store, while his ships spread their broad canvass to every breeze, and wafted their rich treasure to and from ftirorir />limo a tmfir rtn?ir n f*nn ioi_

"?7 1 V ~?7 """ confiding-: while my friend was cool, calculating and suspicious ?From early | education, 1 was taught to look upon , riches only as a means of happiness: while my friend looked upon the accu-! mulation of wealth as happiness itself, j ?At early life, both started even in the j race of life. The one in the pursuit of happiness: the other in the pursuit of riches. The city of our birth, lor some time, was the theatre of our business transactions, and the most perfect confidence and the greatest intimacy existed between us. Time and circumstances, however, separated us. 1 remaining in the city of our birth, and lie removing to the ornnl mplrnnnlic nf nin* T .?>?? -

uuuiii, um snuuui mi opportunity serve, thousands would sail)' forth from his native beat, to revenge his unjust and untimely death. The following we copied from his own steady hand-writing. To Mrs "Matilda Burney :? Castle Perolc Mexico, ) December 24, 1845. $ My dear Mother.?Ere this siiaii ; meet your eyes, 1 shall be no more on J earth. My race is run, my days, my 1 hours, yea, even my moments are numbered. I am to be executed to-morrow 1 morning at 8 o'clock. No doubt you 1 think strange of not hearing of me. I will tell you the reason ; I arrived safe in Texas when I left you, and received my pay from those I had claims against, in March last, and through the persua -r /..! l- *