True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1839-11-27

MERCANTIl E 10 SoH.--rhrre is saws the New Yor,,
wing, IN the nrtnhrr number e HINTS Merchants
Al"gnz'ne, an admirable article the qualities ucres
sarv ~ the inteii-e and rprio n,errb,n,
Atr describing IN" varied atanuent~ iprIIc tual md
n'"'l, WHICH should constitute mercantile character
"rh'r hnrl"~ Edwards, Esq closes with the toll
loving "!"ga remarks On mercantile honor:
"Di AL I'll" r"qu site qualifications of Il If, reliant
ANA II Is The last shall MENTION HoSoH may be uc-
counted the most np"rtao'. his is tneq quality wnicn
cone's on Oh err alton, kno~rd-s and skill a. ndli
h"ha l'w"l. Without honor. man can no more b,
erchhh', than another 'an be- With ,ut 2, al nm
advocates or viii h"nt ilnpnrtioy, judge.
n'tchnnf, IN S'"rm at sea viii tir,t throw over
hoar mat win ii he val"es least, AMI 50 let it be with
nm W en- tempest on land is shaking h $ credit -,
goods ana profits st, let honor 90 last: my rather
=" w;th IN ito thu bottom Than let it 90 at ST.
see no" the SpHnlardS kent their 'nt,h showing
INV lh''r ''c''n honor NJ" dead. The Spanish
gnl'on" de incd 10 SUPPLY Terra Firma and he k,ug
"o''~ OF Prrn and Chill with almost article or"c-
and Then at Porto Bel o. In the latter place FIR VIZ
OPENED; The wealth If An erica VA. EXCLAIMED for tho
manufacturers of Enro4e; and during its prescribed
,fG OF forty days the richest traffic til" co of the
'th was !ngl'h and finished VITA u ,unltd conf
drn|r and honor, and til simplicity If .,ausnr-
non No bale NJ gods was ever, url,| ~, clio 4 t
tr'anr" "xnnnrd; both received ON III" honor ,f
Inc persons t. whom tIrv belonged. and only r,, IN,
S'ahfr {" 1'n'h Is recorded during the long pcri,d in
W" Gu trade was carried on win this LIBERAL cent rnro
Al' ne coined sv'r which ,ns brought from Perm t.,
'o 10 ten" IN 1871. tnami g rdnIt ,rnJr,l
ana 10 be ming led with fifth part metal The
spanish ,n,rchnnIs lingng their old Span, III hnn,r
1,,<''ned 'l Whole loss, and n'en"'d the foreig cr<
ny " nom they we're cmpu, cd. ihr frau! wuS de.
"r"h, nn1 the treasurer Of the in Peru, tie
author ofIt put to death. WV
Sec how IN Angles american merchant kept his
hnnr pf. Franklin relates tue foil ,wing nnecdota of
a Ar. I''n'an, with whom lie went On a ra-S,rc
TO England iir n' t'rmc,v,' he saws teen in bu,i,
ness IN i'~!o Ind fail in debt to number OF peonI
c"Hln""nded, mud went to America There by a close
hlplralI, N I" business merchant, he ac,ujre, n
plentiful fortune in few Years. Reurri '. to Eurfa,d
III tbs ~l' With me- he invited his creditors to m enter
'a'nn'h AT whl"h he thanked them ir the easy mn
expected nothing hn the t, every ,nn n, m. fir
remove, found under h plate or Ter on banker for
me ' amount OF the unpaid remainder, with interest
!rre the We'chant had kept his honor beyond the ,,v
"i "tl; it hpd uilel III II in the time of ,,k.,s,y onL
pf"n'r'rd HIM 10 do justice i'll ,ha period Of second
prosperity. - '"
\nl the present, nforturn'tv, is tho lime when
ho"or only seems left to The mer, HINT In the ml- If
his harvest, III time of universal Prosperity, lilo ma
war was checking his irpnr's "r his y,ri. NO rouh
qntNe 'e-lf ing the field OF his cxcrlious ar The ,,rr
ha hrt'itV OF nature. IN hn kne4~ pArni, ;ur the
ih' IN" h'ht or tre head If the mrrclnnt there has
come n''Ir", silently, bur with IT. h'arte.t hue de-
S"nNme not only ms Old stock, his laid mp ~inuoner
g'an'hnt pro 'lra'ln- and killing the corn which was
to give hin AMI his au present brrad "a we'll a. he
III" seed for future iarv~,ts
""neh n'niStr OF trnnrr WIS interfering in mats
hrS {" lnfrrhnudlIr, and, as he tmns ten Gn|iv for
tr man n CAnn"n -, aud His ronury schc,uIly he an
p'"d 70 the merchants, ns&ng them hut he could i,
~ "''an'e t'",f prospects and their interests. They
!" ;' !h''' s'''' W"f +" m n"': they emphnlca|tv
'fl'i ont, MS with 0n' vnrr LIT Us ALONE!
when tlanrlS the First lost an inl,r:nt l,at,>r h
wrote to his royal mt;rr thai nll was 10 hut hooor.
ana :" may nov the mrnhant write To his dearest ,ouI
'it vr' what is the '.> The hi osophirol mind
W'H hnd II to he the creature of the WORT viii h In.
"n "a wye, can '1Nr h"hH. ana may give ugn ), VI hen
j." h"af {" tue loss # hi sheep and oxen, he <<rireI
tin" news with fnr!tuir: an i, was onIy >yhr, I hI
" '' a." OF hiS children that he rel. his maj, ,n
tell to tie gTuund va"
-! shy. nothing Is lost, il hon0r be saved With hi
star 10 his horoscope, h" IA Is flltb rs n IiavoI
mari yr mad whit" tie MARTYR. IIrnuah his t,irS rises
~ '"ght'r sphere. an home III risa hiob,.
than ever he did. He shall the winter IF bis r., ,Is