The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-08-06
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mel door, with transom light; tin pipes, to run
| from well and engine to Kitchen and bath, and
drain from bath TO lead eli waite: 10 culyert"
What snug arrangements for coming
money What glorious specimens Q! dean.
ocratic economy
! SUMMER HOUSE for 4 branch miat q
to be ocagonal and plain, about twelve feet across,
to stand upon eight posts, with shingle Fenf, 10
be painted, 10 have seats of plank, marked " IA
plan A.
! "1he whole Of the buildings, &c. herein de-
scriDrd, to be finished with good and suitable knob
and stock locks and hinges, ard all the walls 10
be Of the thickness of u brick and half, and oil
10 be rough cast, except tie wooi.house, anu az
the wood to have t!'ee good coats OF paint,
except where otherwise specified
The above are part Of the spccifca.
tons, &c. agreed upon for the construction
Of these democratic " buildings, as cer.,.
fed by VIII. +. Strange, clerk Of the
Branch Mint at Charlotte, North Carolina,
Ii the Sub. Treasury bill shall become
law, and the receivers general, &c, who
are to be provided wlh " rooms" &c. at
the public expense, shall, out of the "con-
tingent expenses" or "wastdge Of gold,"
&C., construct such buildings, such palaces
Us this, what comfortable thing ii Will be
to be a Sab treasurer They will steal as
much as Swariwout did, before they leave
such comforts.
10 December, 1889, the lmaum of Mus.
cat wrote the President Of the United States
a letter, and sent hun several presents. Ii
the bottle Of oil Of roses could be retained
by our democratic Majesty, hope one
demjo hn Of rose water will be sent TO the
branch mint at Charlotte, II. G. Here is
a copy of the letter as communicated to
Congress in Senate Doc. 495 of the presen!
session:
MuscAT Dec. 25, 1899.
Sri have the pleasure Of sending to you.
EXcel!ency, through friendship, VIZ
? good.bred Arabian Nijd horses,
string containing $50 pearls,
> separate llrge-size pearls,
! CARPET,
! bottle Of oil Of roses,
/ 4 Cashmere shaws,
3 GemioAus of rose water.
! Also, gold.mounted word please to accept
with the otner mentioned articles. Hoping you
win be pleased to accept these trhes from your
friend.
sYED BIN SULTAN.
Written by order Of his mghress;
SYED SYED BIN SULTAN BIN HAMED,
Imaum Of Muscat
SHED BIN, Calfaun,
His Excellency MARTIN VAN BUREs,
President Of U. 5. Of n, America, Washington.
/ To this letter Mr.. Van Buren, replies
He commences, not with "Slr," but
+" Great and good friend > and he concludes
his letter thus:
Wishing health and prosperity to your high
ness, p8ssT ana Stability 10 gour Government,
and to your people tranquility and happiness
pray that God may have you, great and gg0&
N, VAN buren,.
JOHN FORSYTH.
Secretary Of State.
Washington, May s, 1910.
| hope, if this great and good friend
should leave his subjects, and visit this free
land OF ours, to pay his respects 10 our
imaum, who wishes "poper and stability"
to his "great and good friends" Govern.
meu', that he will 10 invited to visit the
branch mint, where he can enjoy the shade
o! tulip poplars aud sllver.leaved naples,
and regalo himself 10 the office on the
" scroll sofa" or the chair covered With
morocco. If the weather is fine, the mag
uoia erandidora, the Chinese abor Vita
or The best double dahIIas, viii afford him
/" odor in the " oclagonai summer. house
There, too, he can enjoy in Eastern style
the democratic comforts of a warm bath or
a shower bath. And if he should dream
that forty thousand Sub treasurers would 10
a few years be provided with such comforts,
and 4 standing army Of 200, 900 men be also
created, he would consent TO be President
Of the United States His Arab Mid hor.
ses could be accommodated 10 u stable with
the walls a brick and half thick, roof,
doors, and wiadows painted with three coats
o, pall', and the windows in the form Of
a c7esceGih'
ilefc, too, he could study the art Of hum.
bug he could learn the history of the mo.
rus mu.tlcaulls, and the branch mints, and
laugh al the folly of this great nation, which
has suffered itself SO long to be deuded in
the expectation of ultimately having gold
currency. He would tell has people on his
return that the "open sesame to Office
and houors in the United States was, 81
am a Democrat"
But he must come before March, 1871,
for the wide spreading branches ofshe flour.
lshing American tree, the buckeye, are
castlug a whitening shade on the Kinder.
hook multicaulls.
4 CoasoIaforu "Reminiscences Gen.