Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-04-20
Ut Z s. U u u u A 81 Y O
lie WANT OF MONEY
1.-THE climax Of all earthly ills
The Inflammation of our unpaid bills


The inflammation of our unpaid bills.''
vi all the wants that torment humanity IN
th's wanting world, the want of money (savs
the Philadelphia North American) is the hard
est borne, notwithstanding the adage that
Practce makes perfect" 1t seems to be pref
y cohciusiveiy proven that this cropping after
happiness, which makes this universal strup-
gle III the world, is like looking for needle
III ue hay-stack, or the search for the philos-
opher's stone, or the quadrature of the circle.
We that have no money find that we have ~"
happiness without it. Those that have it. find
that they can have none with it. We are AL
ways ready to exclaim
.Will Fortune never come with both hand, fnp
and write her fair words still iii foulcst letters,
ono either gives stomach, and no food
Such are the poor in health or else a feast
And takes away the sto,nach-such are the rich
mat nave abundance and enjoy il not.'
But this Is very feeble consolation to the
poverty stricken, who always fiatler them,
selves that, had they funds, they would aston.
lsh the world by the good Use they would mt
them to. One would think, from the general
grumbling about empty pockets, that there was
nowadays precious ltlie money left in ,bi;
part oil The world, and that destiiution was A.
bout TO be the fate OF every body. Yet things
go on as usual. There seems TO be inst &c
much luxury and extravaganza as ever: inst
as many good dinners are eaten; lust as many
hne dresses worn; balls and parties are no
more uncommon than they used to be. and
some favored few ride about in their handsome
they c6flWW viii ins. as much nonchalance as
these very people who riot in all the e6mI35frtt s
and superfuitles of life, are oitenest those who
entertain their friends with wolul accounts of
the fall of interest and the difficulty Of finding
investments for cash, with terrible details of
hardness of the times, of arrears and diminish
ed incomes.
! 1t is singular characteristic of man that he
takes pleasure in the contemplation of his mis-
cries. lie likes 10 set them forth TO show to
some attentive listener, and i: cannot fail to be
observed those who are the readiest to heark-
en- TO those pltiiul tales are always popular
with theirsuffering friends. Sometimes very
amable rivalry displays itself between two
lrlends, enumerating 10 each other their res
pective mishaps, and as one relates his hazard
ous experiences, it quickens in the other the
recollection of many terrible eventin his past
life, which, if it had not been for this CONVEX
sation, he might have totally forgotten. We
have lately encountered a summary of the
miseries attendant upon the want of money,
made up with so much feeling and skill as
could only be taught by experience 1t will
be read with interest by great many, for the
very reason we have mentioned above, tina;
people like to be told other miscries. HazlItl
, is the writer of it:
at is among the mseries of the want o
money not to be able to pay your reckoning
at all inn; or, if you have Just enough to dc
that, to have nothing left for the waiter tc
be stopped at turnpike gate and forced tc
n to nj! hoe N
coach i'll shower Of rain--( when you have
5 only one shilling left YOURSELF it is bore t.
have 1t taken out of your pocket by a friend
i who comes into your house eating peaches il
q a hot summers day, and desiring you to pa,
for the coach in which he visits you )--not t.
be able to make an investment by which yo
If might make your fortune, and get out OF a
, your difficulties; or to find letter lying
/ a country post Office, and not to have none
y TO free it, and 10 be obliged 10 return for it q:
= next day; or to be invited to spend wee
with your friend in the country and not
have money to pay your passage in the coac
or steamboat; or to 60 to public garden wi
L, very pretty girl, who is very fond of il
~ cream and does not hesitate to say SO, mut
a to your discontinue, you not having none
70 to pay for it.
4. "Another OF the greatest miseries of wa
al of money is the tap Of a dun at your door,
the previous silence when you expect it; I
ar uneasy sense of shame at the approach of yo
n, tormentor; the wish 10 meet, and yet to sh
Oh Oh the encounter the disposition to bully, y
&C. fear of irritating; the real and the sham c
RI cuses; the submission to iinpertinence
assurance of speedy supply; the disinge
uousness you practice on him and yourse
the degradation in the eyes Of others and yc
- own. Oh it is wretched to have 10 confr,
el- a just and oft-repeated demand, land to be wi
sh out the means to satisfy it to deceive the COZ
IDS dence that has been placed in you; to for
your credit; to be placed at the power of
mother; to be indebted 10 his lenity; to STA
convicted Of having played the knave or
fool; and to have no way left to escape c,
tempt but By iucurriug pity"