Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1847-10-02
PRACTICAL HINTS TO BUSINESS MEN.


AcaUIsITlvENEss.-Nothing is common in the
camille experience Of this country than for start life
poor hut overcoming all obstacles high credit and
ailuence. is unhappily quite also for the
when arrived this elevation, put every thing ha
zard in the hope of rapid gains and missing their object
to lose all Strange that should do the spectators
say and yet they reach the point of elevation
they will very likely pursue the It is not very
strange perhaps in such community this DAT should be
Our merchants pressed severely with business that
they have time for little ese Their thoughts are engrossed
constantly with business and its gains and this way the de-
sire of acquisition, which is implanted in every bosom for
ul purposes is nourished into passion and breaks away
from For its improper action there always hand
ready qualification Besides, who has by steady ap
pcaton obtained property and credit gets feel if would
always be SO with him. He to think of his own
agacy and less of his steady podng than he ought and
having credit and perhaps money, than his pre-
sent business requires, spreads his plans in dspopor-
Tomato enlargement Men situated do not really expect to
be materially happier better for the large increase of wealth
which they strive for 1t is the passion for acquisition which
urges them Some may indeed hope up carriage
and enter the fashionable world and become the Of
poslions and the bon ton But in general il is acquisition
which fills and controls the mind In sober seriousness men all
know that they want but little here below, want that little
long, They know that such property as makes
them easy in their affairs and leaves them TO labor steadily
for the maintenance Of their families and the performance of
other Duties enough and that will but increase
and perpcxity, without any compensang enjoyment II
their thoughts accustomed reach the end of life
and beyond it, and cherish the feeling that heart work
is to be done by way Of preparation for the future they
ess to themselves that property would rather be him
drauce than help in that matter. Yet they love make
money One says, wish had five hundred thousand dol
like to hare it.
Most believe that the possession of some property is
very desirable Of rational enjoyment and usefulness
They would think that the first thousand dollars which man
should acquire would be worth him than the next o
thousand and that all his additional gains sink proportion
ably in value Some would along by this rule until they
would at distant point pass by the summit Of increase and
count further gain nothing but loss is, any how remark
able fact staring all in the face continually that very rich
seldom reputed happy though others will continue
to think il y could gain the wealth they would conrye to
avoid the anxiety.
How shall business protect themselves from the danger
considerng' Certainly, 1T is great danger The
danger evidently be avoided by simple reliance up,n
ones superior wisdom and prudence. II is among those
who have been longest the exercise prudence that the
most conspicuous examples Of mpudence are to be found
If may be allowed suggest remedies for so great
danger we would say that in the first place every business
should feel that he is danger Then he should cult
vste other faculties besides that of acqustveness That will
cultivate itself Then he should bounds 10 his desires
from the outset Of his acquisitions Not by fixing definite
sum perhaps beyond which he will accumulate but so far
at least as not TO allow the fact that has reached the point
TO which he first aimed TO be merely starting point for
new plans much larger than the first. Then dwell much
upon the inestmabe value Of peace Of mind Think how
dearly millions arc earned al the expense Of anxious days and
restless nights Think how short life is too short for ,s
days TO be eaten out by useless distress Put in practice the
adoge keep what you've GOT" and only upon the other
part OF IT. get what you can in a way consistent with the
hrst Give away money freely If you prosperous This
may not cure the passion Of acquiveness but will coun
erac and tame il, aud if done in bcncyoence will be
source Of true happiness than wealth can buy in any
other way.
CONSIDER that in truth the way Of arriving at great
wealth is be in hurry Set down as fixed prn-
cple that you will depart from your regular business
unless be by the Of surplus funds Study the
book OF the Proverbs Of Solomon until your mind is full Of
those old truths truths which live IN constant youth and
beauty though they be six thousand years old 60 fully into
the considerations drawn from morality and religion and you
may nod more powerful motive than any have presented
general TonRrJoN--1his Mexican officer appears 10 be-
favored with an extra supply Of lives, for he has rec
AIRY ked W every one OF the great battles At Pal1 Alto
he was slam by grape shot; Monterey by Texan rife
bullet al buena Vista by thrust from bayonet Mt Cerro
ordo his dead body found upon the field nj the close Of
he hghl and now he has been killed again Concros II
Is unncky Tor him that his aptitude for getting himself killed
" on par WIN his facility al coming TO life again.