The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-12-03

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and 10 look in The face without unpleas
AM emOions. every man be met.
Sirsnge things happen IN real life. Mr
Elder was shipper and extensively en-.
gagged in trade. For . series of years
every hing went on prosperously with
him. Ills adventures slways found .
good market. and his cnnsignmenls safe
and energetic factors. All Ihis he sflrib.
uled 10 bis Own business acamen.
I" neser make bad Shipments. he
sould semrtimes say. Il never cOnsign
10 doubtful agents"
A man like Mr. Elder is rarely permit.
led 10 go through life without practical
conviction that he is in the hand Of One
Who governs al evrLls. Its rarely lllai
such one does ont becnme painfully con.
seious in the end thar human prudence is
IS nothing. " @.#a"~
The Ersi thing that occurred 10 check
the confident spirit of Mr.. Eller, was the
loss Of . ship and cargo under cireum-
siances That gave the Underwriters . fair
plea Tor moi paying The risk. lie sued
and was cast. The loss was twenty-five
thousand dollars. s.a#a #~#+.ss
A few weeks after. news came that q
.hipmeni TO the South American coast had
resulted 10 lose. From that time every
thing seemed 70 60 wrong. His adven-
lures found glulled market, and his re-
turn csrgUes a depression Of prices. II
he held on 10 thing in The hopes Of bet.
ter rates. prices would 60 down. until. in
desperate mood, he would sell; then
they would 60 up steadily. The lime
was when he confined himself strictly 10
legitimate trade; but a mania for specu.
laiion now took hold Of him and urged
him on 10 ruin. lie even ,en,ured into
tie bewildering precincts Of the stock
market. lured by The hope Of splendid re-
suits. Here he stood upon ground tina
soon crumbled beneath his feet. A loss
Of twenty or thirty thousand dollars cur.
ed him OF this folly, and he turned with q
sigh 10 bis counting room, 10 digest with
care and pruden, fOrethought, some safe
operation in his regular business, .... e.
| But the true balance OF his mind was
/ lost. lie could not consider with calm
ness the business in hand. Loss instead
Of profit was the unfortunate result. =.
Seven years from the day Mr.. Elder
Opposed an arrangement with Mr.. Carl
ton. which should regard the debtor ~
we'll as the creditor. he himself found il
impossible TO provide for all his heavy
payments. For some time he had kept
his head above wafer by making sacrili.
ces, but the end OF This came. ~ nj
After sleepless night the merchant
started one morning for his store, Cypress
ed with the sad conviction lha, before the
day closed his fair fame would be tarnisll,
ed. As he walked along Broadway. Mr..
Carlton came TO his side with a cheerful
saluiion. Mr.. G. was now large credi'
tor instead of debtor. On that very day,
bills in his favor had matured 10 the a.
mount Of five thousand dollars; and these
Elder could not pay. The recollection oil
this made il almost impossible for him Ia
reply to the pleasant observations of his
companion. VividIy, as if il had occur
red yesterday, came up before his mind
the circumstance that had transpired few
years previously. He remembered how
eagerly he had sought. from the meres,
!. selfish motives, to break down Mr.. Carl
) ton and throw him helpless upon The
world, and how near he was to accom-
plish the merchants total overthrow
Such recolleciions drove from his mind
the hope that for moment had presented
itself of enlis,ing Mr.. Cartons good
feelings, and securing him as a friend in
the trial through which he was about lo
pass. 81. u @--E
Several times during the walk toward
: Pearl street, he was on the pniht Of breaA'
ing tie matter to Mr.. c.. bu. either HI:
!; heart Jailed him, or his companion made
:, some remark 10 which he was c"mpellet
to reply. At length they separs:td with
out any allusion by Mr.. Elder 10 the sub
i lection which he was so dssirous oil speak
e ing. He hid not The courage TO utter TIL
Y first word. .4,s.s4
j. Bu, this was only po'tpcnine for yer,
brief period, The evil day. SeseIal re
a miianees were snxiously locked Tor TIA
}. morning. He broke the sealing, letter al
ter letter. with uewbling anxiety. Alas
!. The mail brought him no aid. His las
hope was gone. Nothing now rename
d for him but 10 turn his face bra' ely to III
i thea ening storm aud bear up against II
fury. s..fztzn - .. sf..-.... .s... .e.
!. For hours he debated The question as
d wha. courss II was best for him TO pu'
at sue. Al QUE time he thought Of leas'r
ls all IN ignorance OF bis condition. until III
n, notaIy's protes, should s,ar'ls them iro'
$, their ingnorancs. Then he thought
is would be best 10 notify the holders oil P
Or per due on that day that il could not !
at laken or. |. was one o'clock before
1T could calmly resolve on what course
is take. Then il seemed to him best to gu
e. notice Of his condition. He prepared brl
a, notes to all, but Mr.. Carbon first. u
I'd heart failed him when he attempted
a. ia his mama. Wildly, as il il had O