THE BANNER.
[WEEKLY.]
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Vol. III. Abbeville C. H.. S. C. May 13, 1846. IMo. 11.
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PROFIT AND LOSS.
In early youth, a reciprocal attachment
was formed between myself and
a youth, somewhat my senior, named
Charles L . Perhaps the only
material difference in our dispositions
was. that T was imnc.tnnns nrHont nn^l I
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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 .?>??
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ving the ardent pursuer of happiness in
ihe quiet home of his youth, we will
follow the anxious seeker of gold from
his desk as clerk, to his counting house
as importer.
A more upright, honorable, highminded
man, no where existed. No
one dare breathe suspicion against his
character for fair and open dealing. No
charge, save that of an overweaning
desire tc "get gain," was or could be
preferred against him, and to this end, his
soul and all his energies were directed.
His calculations were made with the
nicest accuracy, his plans laid with the
profoundest judgment, and carried, out
with llie. preatest c.nre and nrnrisinn.
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_
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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
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
in the ocet^; and I was bewildered in
the contemplation of the. scene it presented'
1flfi more.I indulged the contemplation,
the mofewfcs my admiration
excited, till a feeling of envy seemed to
possess my breast, and shut out every
otber, feeling. It farmed me to the
spot, *ijd en wrapt my soul in its entrancing
folds, 4 gazed, wondered and ad
mired. All else was a blank. I knew
nothing?I saw nothing, till an unnatural
light lit up the vacant page, and discovered
to my returning vision, the
words. "My Soul;" and then a still,
small voice, as soft as the hushed evening
zephyr, whispered, " What shall
it profit a man if he gain the whole
world and lose his own soul."
From NeaVs Saturday Gazette.
If we were called upon lo name the
quality, to which more than other success
in life appears to be owing, we
should unhesitatingly mention that
which we have placed at the head of this
article. Resolution, which is but another
appellation for the same inveterate
doggedness of purpose of which we are
speaking, has been pictured by one of
our ablest writers as "the youngest
child of destiny ; and her mother will
jMv?"i li(vr iu?:irlv wlintnvnr n<. !< <! "
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.
And thus it is in life. For a while
indeed, the energetic? and true-hearted
may seem to have abandoned their favorite
ends, but it is only seeming. The
foolish man is he who has not innate
perception of what is possible and what
impossible. Not but what many things
arc possible to the wise that the world
generally considers impracticable. Fulton
knew that his was not a wild visionary
scheme, as most said; but that it
was perfectly sober and feasible. Columbus
saw the nossibilities of his dis
coveries, where other men could only
see great peril or certain death. Therefore
let not the man who thinks he perceives
the practicability of discoveries
or invontions, that shall benefit his race
for endless generations, be deterred from
his course by the cheers of other men,
even though they may be, perhaps, in
many things, wiser than- himself. As
Sidney says to the Poet " Look into thy
heart and write," so would we say to
such an one, look m thy heart, and devise.
Every thing is impossible until it
is accomplished?then it becomes a
matter of course, and all men wonder
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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
quisition of the good things of this world,
cannot reasonably be expected without
the formation of a habit of indomitable
perseverance. What if you fail in your
efforts once or twice, or even thrice?
you have gained a wisdom that will enable
you to try again, with a better prospect
of success than upon either of the
previous occasions. Nearly every one
who has succeeded in life, was at first
unsuccessful; then it is not only unmanly,
but even foolish to despair Remember
King Robert Bruce and the
spider, and persevere unto the end.
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i wo ueai mutes were married
on Monday morning in New York,
- by Rev. Mr, Carey, at the Deaf and
Djumb Asylum'. Tlie ceremony
was performed in the language of
-signs, and was attended by. the
inmates of the institution.
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From the Tennessee Democrat.
EXECUTION OF MAJOR J Y.
BlIRNEY.
The following is a correct copy of a
letter from young Burncy, to his mother,
a few hours previous to his exceu-.
tion at Castle Perote, Mexico. The
young man was brave and generous?a
firm friend to his friend?an implacable
enemy to his enemies?never feared the
odds in a combat?was certainly an intrenid
soldinr in the nf ?
loved the institutions of his native country,
and was one of those chivalric spirits
who fought lor the rights of Texas.
In short, he was a man possessed of many
ennobling qualities, with some slight
discrepancies, which were multiplied
from adverse circumstances in life?it is
obvious that his general disposition was
honest integrity, and correct regard for
his obligations?but fate decreed against
him.
The death of this young man is decply
lamented by a large circle of friends
and relations, in the vicinity of lint's
Cross-roads, and throughout Tennessee.
The Mexican General has caused one
o??Tennessee's bravest sons to be put to
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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
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oiuiiB ui sumu oi my ivicnus, wno were i .
then preparing- to go to Mexico, on a |
trading expedition, I was influenced to
purchase some goods, and went with i
them to Chihuahua, in the northern part
of the Republic of Mexico. We sold '
out our goods at about one hundred per
cent profit, and were on our way back ;
when we were arrested at San Louis
Potosi, by order of General Arista, under
the charge of being Texans, who
fought against Santa Anna, in Texas
in 183G.
On hearing the cause of our detention,
I resolved never to surrender, and
was fired upon, and wounded in seven
places; having my left arm and right
imgh both broken, I was unable to light
any. I was then lashed on the back of
a mule, and carried to the city of Mexico,
where 1 was cast into a dungeon for
six months, and never saw the sun, or
day light after getting well of any
wounds. I was removed to this miserable
place to await my trial. This morning
1 was brought into the Court room, and
the sentence read to me, that I was to
be shot to death by order of the Court
Martial.
1st. For taking up arms, and fighting
against the Central party, or army in
Mexico, in 1836.
2nd. For having come into Mexico,
soiling goods, without license or passport.
4th. For refusing to surrender, and
killing three Mexicans before I was taken.
These are the charges for which I am
to die. I have never been permitted to
write a word until to day, I was told by
the Alcalda, that I might write one letter,
and one only, and he would have it
sent to New Orleans, or wherever I
wished. He informed me, that every
thing that could be done, had been done,
to save me, but all to no purpose.
Don't grieve, it will do no good, before
this can possibly reach you I shall be in
eternity. I don't intend that a tear shall
dampen my eyes. *1 die lihfe a soldier?
Texas will avenge my blood. * ItSs hard
that I have no chance for my life. I am
! now manacled down with no less than
seventy pounds of chains about me.
Oh'God! there is no telling what I have
suffered, death is preferable to my present
situation.
I can't say what I wish to in this, but
it is the last vou will ever see from m#?.
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I hope to meet you in heaven.?'Fell all
my brothers and sisters to meet' me
tjtere. Tell them alli&rewell fo* me,
though they care but Tittle for me, I am
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their brother. JI' L can got another sheet
of paper, and get permission, I will write
to Milton, concerning' my land affairs in
Texas, if not he or Robert inust see
to them, any how, they arc worth attending
to. Either of them can administer
and become my lawful owners.
My situation and condition arc indiscribablo,
I can't say more. Keep this let
tor ns long as you live, if you think any
thing of mo.
I had $1,300 in gold, when I was talccn,
and about three hundred and sixtythree
dollars in silver, all of which the
Aleada told me that the President, Gen.
Hcrrera, would have remitted to the
Treasurer of Texas, so that my relations
should have it. I wish Milton or Robert
to see to that, and pay off every
debt I owe in Tenncsse !?I owe but little
in Texas. Poor unlucky creature I
am.
Oh mother! My dear mother!
tongue cannot express my feelings: but
I die the death of a brave soldier.
Had 1 readied Texas in snfi'tv
again. I should have been back and
paid every cent I owed. No doubt there
are many harsh words and thoughts
against me there, but I can't help it now,
fortune luis turned against me.
My poor companions 1 know not what
has become of them. When 1 was so
badly wounded, we were separated, and
I have never heard of them since.
Perhaps they were murdered.
To-morrow morning is Christmas,
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liiiu i nave tu sju iv/ iQui inuuu ui opituo,
from whence no traveller ever returns ;
my God save me !
Oh mother! the rising of one more
sun to me, and then I shall try the realities
of another world!
Farewell! Farewell Forever !
J. Young Burney.
Ciiased hy a Locomotive.?The
following is a " HoosierV' description
of liis first sight of a Locomotive,
and his adventure consequent
thereon.
"I come across through the
country, and struck your railroad,
and was plj'ing it about four knots
an hour. Now 1 had hearn tell
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ui iwuuiiiuiivus, i;ui nuvur uii'Miiiuu
of seeing one alive and kicking^
but about two miles from liercrl
hearn something coffin, sneezing
and thundering, and I looked
around. Sure enough here she
come down after me plowin the
airth up and splitting the road
wide open with more smoke and
fire Hying than or'to come out of
hundred burning mountains.
There was a dozen wagons i'ollerinrr
Iipi< iinrl tn lmi'
nal black, smokey, noisy neck, she
could'nt get clear of them. Tdon't
know whether they scared her up
or no, but here she come foaming
at the mouth?with her teeth full
of burning red hot coals, and she
pitched right straight at me as il
she was going into me like a thousand
of brick?I could'nt stand it
any longer, so 1 wheeled round
and broke down the road, and began
to make the travel flv in nvp..
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ry direction. No sooner hat! I
done that than she split right after
me. and every jump I made she
squealed like a thousand wild cats!
She began to gain on me comin up
a little hill, but we came round a
pint to a straight level on the
road. Now things I, I'll gin yoa a
ginger, as I am great on a dead
level, so 1 pulled to it and soon got
myself under full speed, and then
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sue negan to yelp and howl and
cough and stamp and come on full
chisel, and made the hul earth
shake. But I kept on before,
bouncing at the rate of twenty
feet every pop, till I got to a turn
of the road, and I was under such
full headway that I could'nt turn,
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so i lumoiea neaa over beels down
a bank -by a/house and landed
with my head and shoulders, cosmollick
into a swill barrel, and
my f^et stuck out behind and up
in tte. air! Just at the time the
loconptttive found I had ?dt away
frora.it, it commenced spitting hot
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water into i^c, and just literaly
spatted it all over me. I thought
ia my ft>oul Mount Vesuvius had
busied some place in the neighborhood.
But do you suppose 1 stood
there long? No siree! I just
walked riirht thrnuirh that, hnrrol
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 ? ?
vvneii a young lady lias " turned
the first corner," and sees no connubial
prospect ahead, it is natural
she should look out.
When you find a man doing
more business than you are, look
at the advertisement he has in the
newspapers, and look out.
Look out for rain when the al
manac leiis you to, and li~ it uoii'i
come why you can keep looking
out.
Newspaper Support.?Much depends
upon the supporters of a
newspaper, whether it is conducted
with spirit and interest. If
they are niggardly, or negligent
in their payments, the pride and
.ambition of the editor is broken
down he works at thankless and
unprofitable tasks?he becomes
discouraged and careless, his paper
loses its pith and interest, dies.
?But, on the contrary, if his subscribers
are of the right sort?-if
they are punctual, liberal hearted
fp.l lows. in arlirunno An
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subsciption list, taking an interest
in increasing the number of its
subscribers, now and then speaking
a word lor his paper, cheering
him on in his course b}' smiles of
approbation ; with such subscribers
as these he must be a dolt
indeed who would not get up,an
interesting sheet, with such patrons
as these, we would forswear
comfort, ease, leisure, every thing
that could possibly step betweeii
us and the gratification of every
laudable desire on their part.
We would know on other pleasure
than their satisfaction. How much
then can the supporters of a newspaper
do to make if interesing ajid
respectable ;. indeed, without concurring
efforts on their part, tb6
publishers of a newspaper will pott
cannot bestow the attention which
is necessary to make it what it
should be.
The tomb of Washington is now
visited daily by great numbers.
Every year this pilgriqnage of patriotism
appears to increase.
Thomas W. Dorr's health is said
to have become latterly very precarious.
. " Doctor, I've got the shingles.?
.''What makes you think so.
Bob?"
'^Because the roof of my mdfcth
has broke out in a'doxen places;**
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