Morning herald., 1839-08-27
MORNING HERALD.
TURsDAv. AUGUsr ~. 1853.

THE Casrsx Asurpucr.-We refer our classical
we'll political readers to the elaborate aricis
which we publish in another column ON Ancient
Asueauct, They will there find that mismanage-
ment in such matters began very early in the Roman
Renubc We verify believe that this city Will have
N exp.nd t,celre millions Of dollars apd wait many
xears before drop Of water can be got. is II not
time for the whole body Of the people 10 inquire into
this awful and dextravaganceto discard all the
miserable squabbles Of party-aHd to elect men to
the next legislature that will the whole batch
Of Commits sioncrs who have blundered so terribly
Is il not time!
ssatc Of Matters mud Things in General.
"This is a beautiful sunny day. said broker to
me Yesterday as took walk round Wall street, to
see what rogueries were committing cit is, said !;
sit worth about 81 $50 0OO the same amount which
Swartwout run away with" "What do you meanF'
asked the broker 81 that the beautiful, soft,
lovely bamy, exquisite sunshine to-day. is equal TO
81 specie currency, rpening the crops and
getting in the harvest And mean further, that fer
the last ten days, the aggregate value Of the sun
shine alone is worth Sl2,O0O, 900 Sl5OO0,0OO Of
hard currency in the crops Of sotsn tobacco Po-
toes, wheat, rye. SC. suppose the moonlight is
worth couple of Millions 'The moonlight 70 said
the broker; /" Why the moonlight 2 /" If sunlight
ripens the wheat, moonlight ripens love and
luxurant crop Of engagements, marriages, and all
the fascinating consequences of pretty children and
beautiful progeny. Ha ha he no no no ="
And such is actually the with the holy, happy
year Of 1889. Such gentle showers, and brilliant
suns and silver moons we never saw before. doubt
whether they have better or brighter in Heaven The
whsle earth on this blessed 9th Au. is a. green
the first Of June. Talk not to Us Of the scarcity Of
money-the contraction Of the banks-or the cxpor-
taton Of specie. The crops and the women
beautiful as beautiful can be- The sunshine for the
last ten days is equal to OOO and Of gold and
silver too in the vaults ofthe Wall Street Banking pa
laccs If there is scarcity of money! shortness of
funds it is all artcial-all the result Of bad man.
agement and bad habits. Look at me, We sinners of
New York. never had much money. Why so
Because fortunately was, the Yankees are taught
to read the bible in early youth and to acquire the
habits of economy and reflection Many Of those
who are now dashng through Broadway in fine car
rages drawn by blood horses will, before they know
where they are, be reduced to loafers with a ber-
rowed segar in their dirty mouths The bad, extra
VACANT foolish hopes Of the age have caused the re-
vulsons ntrade-the suspensions of banks-the scar
city of money-snd the bankruptcies breaking out
around us. No nation, or people, race ever had
a more glorious country than this, or more bril- |
liant suns or gentler showers-or finer vales-or |
richer forests, or more promising crops than we |
have during this present year flour government
our banks-our financiers-our merchasts-our own
people would only act right principles, the coun-
try would get rid of all their debts before a couple
Of years can have elapsed Indeed believe that the
sad experience of the past two years have taught
us all little wisdom.
- money be scarce now-don't despar-it cannot
be scarce long. As the next crops begin TO
market, then the banks will begin to let out
things will rise brskly-parsons will preach
shorter sermons and kiss fewer Of their fair parshio
ners-and every thing will improve Even the Herald
will improve-that sink Of sin and iniquty that
was, bat is more. As soon as the rogues of
Wall st. were satisfied was getting rich, they dis
covered vast improvement in my morals; feel it
already. Our advertisements are inprovng-osr
circulation is impreving-our whole business is i'm
proving-and Of the surest indications Of pros
perous times, is the prosperity Of the newspaper
press. Don't despair If you want business, adver-
tise the Herald II will yield sure returns-soms
two fold, ten fold, some fifty fold, and some
hundred fold-and no mistake.
THE SPANISH SLAYER AGAIS.-ArrEhPrED Pr