Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-02-22


Road Bank 81 yoar. IN be I'D I'D,
SAID P,cnt.>, u d does not excel 60 rough
,,eal,pr. any bank on carjh Whoa thete . any
tail ,heuns 10 be dnne, the boys Nho manage,
are down toy uire chances om OF ryely iea, aud
are iouud har. hsr, iiaI, all tho time Thea.
SAID Shocco I'll make my special tepostes IN
the Planters, BANK,
f." This Is an inpotiani business sald Skocco.
'apj 1t have 60 proceed 70 eNltcmiuc. with the
Banks al Naicur2, a. I expect. your lte shall be
twenty thousand dollars, The government is
pleul, able 10 paw and bY gid shall give yoH
liberal lre. Though no, the slave OF SHIN pla-
tons yci Tee bright sparks ct Premises eve show
eJhlV much be le IN contemplating Ja0 enjoy
meul, Whcb Sc splendid lee would procure. T.
was soon understood ,hat Shocco Jones, the p.nh
of southern ciu,a'f,, who IA defence OF h. couu
Tvs hener bad maae poor Wilson, alias he Old
hdNs piI, b,ls lbr Gu,i, VAS not ory agent tar
the federal co,emmcu, to give the pet Banks 81
Mississippi HI bot what was Ut still more
Importance 90 sss agent iur the Cape Fear Bank
of NoJlt Carolina, 10 ltad several hundred thou
sand dollar, on good security. Eloeks Of hun
cry spectators sooH aesieEed the author oi the
history nl North Carolina. Patty after paIty,
and ttullc alder i,olic succeeded each endea,orur
to out DO the other Va the munh,cence and cor
duality OF HIS entertainments II was nothing bat
Shoeo here and Shocco there. and as Mt Pea.
usN WAS ht, counsellor an friend, II was >hocea
and Ptcuu-s, and pl,nt,s. and Shoccu, iom
mora HI night luj ium might li nom. Tho
finest horse llr,b was al his service morning.
noon and night Tho best gated and most beau
Utul long tailed hloodrd BAYS ah elegant housing
invited han 70 cqutnUan an lhe morning before
aud after dinner, aud ia tIl h~ excursions there
WI, contest who should have the honor o. nd
ug next ban and manapoiysug bis conversation
Zach was a,sdioui lu bis oilon, TO make d favor
ablo Impression on Shoccu, aud each dllalcd on
he facility ol acquiring, fortunes from tbclr lul.
uen~e spccuMuuus, vuh Illle ready money To
render hrr property productive. Shoe looked /
WISE, as>eaied lu the vast resources OF the com
Try and the certainty ui each man with a comnar
au,ely smaIl Ioln, say from 10 to 90 thousand /
dollars, becoming IN : NO years a perfect GahYb /
" This Cape Fear Bank says shocco, has cot
about 900 thousand dollars IN bard specie beyond /
her legitimate wants. ills nov getting cumbcr- |
some producing aelhng lol there IS d point I
N North CafulJna beyond which the credit system .
canHot be pushed bat here so rs You can ret
money, interest Is matter OF n,uonshinc to
you After dnurr spacious ha0uche was NJ
ways "A Shocco's command, and four Speculation,
a- hD. body quad, ! bal CESSATION mighi BE- per.
lugy gentle, that the Nuo and rich wand. SIT
easy, and ehymlheauon be encouraged on tue
principles, the coach was directed
down lhe banks 10 the rNCr towards the race track
that rJd Ippta Of the South IN a these cNcuG.
stuus the topic on Which Suoccos companions
loved 10 dAeti was the surplus funds OF the Cape
Fear Back 'Itlsuuc, sand Shoeco | have
promised to lond Bank at Columbus l0u thou.
sand dollars I have entered INTO ptria engage.
meuts with some olhef Banks and individuals 10 .
extend lhcp rahci; stll ! think lhoro viii bo
lands enough to jet you have what sal render YOU
pelrctly easy. General ' was promised at
ea. 80 thousand dollars, Judge 7. so thousand, /
Mr. Il. 3 thousand and hls ..and Pfes,,ss was
% have Ibe ial!est sJit u fec for attending to BIZ
'usuessln Mississippi ltreQuted considerable
Ge ~ get al these matters straight and after
several day, bard iloohlug, shocco bus address
ed hl' friend prenlss
" Prculls, old fellow by I'D mus, 90 10
Nnlchcz see Gwin and bpng tins busno,s 10
close with the Banks He vas well aware how.
ever that Marshal Gw,n was not nj Natchtz, but
At the Brandon Springs bu a, Gvo was the
n~t man he wanted 20 see, bc took the road hr
- ouIa be least btty ia meet bIm., 4 ala
said Plcnus-, ain Your n1n, aud both slop-
ped abound lho fret boat aud were soon ~ tee
. clly u the bluffs,
Prouy9. 70 shoccos leaving yIcksbotg. be
grolo lbo following letter