The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-10-24
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New YORK, Oct; j 8.

economy Of the inhabitants 81, this & ,i tityg
is almost an HercnianeaIl labor. hero.
are SO many conflicting a gsriciies Al
work, influencing actions and minds.
that~a. a first view one is almost dieter. (
ed from theFandertaking. Hailsthes
world lives by trade-the commercial
community must'stand first on the list.s
That odious English practice of drur,,aa
ming up customers is universally adopt.
et by the mercantile community Of
nearly every mart, but is not quite QUIT lasI !
popular here as il was some few years
since. Clerks are quartered at diner.
ent hotels whose main business is to
make the acquaintance Of the vast
number of stranger.merchants Who
make the city their purchasing head
quarters. 1t is incumbent on them to
ctaperone thcm to the various sights
dine, liquor and segar them until their
departure, decoy, them (there is is no
mlider term in the dictionary TO their.
employers house ofbusiness, where the. !.
unsuspectIng stranger feels himself
bound to purchase in return for tie
many ciyilitics he has received from Ills
sos.at$a'it friends. If he purchases
largely or even moderately but for cash,
perhaps the proprietor will invite him to
his domicil TO dine, and if his house be-
large one and prospective trade is to
be derived fromit, he will be introduced
to gentesl society BY means Of party
given at the proprietor's residence, and
be allowed the cntrie thereof. The
whole community, speaking in !; busi-
ness-likc view, are thus influenced, the !,
pocket IS first consulted, nothing ema-
mates from the heart, and thus coldly
one is secured by the New York mer-
camille community. But, there is
current Of genuine good feeling not
among the rich, however, but among
the more moderately circumstanccd.- = (
But here, it is lamentablc, there is
slight undc:currcnt at work. They
have relative who intends making his !.
residence at a certain town. They.
They search and pore over the daily,
arrivals: q certain Mr.. Snooks arrives
from DistantoWn for I'll put the mo.
DIS oper0nd in a noyclitic. style1; off
posts the gent and leaves his card and
address; Mr.. Shocks don't know him,
but supposcs he may, aud returns the
call. The gent, followers the steps Of the
drummers, and when he arrives at Dis
tantown, Mrs Snooks feels bound to
reciprocatc his attentions. Such is the
rationale ola New Workers. attentions.
But alas, for the poor fellow who will
not be lead by the nose into such attcn,
tons, if he breaks from the harness, if
he will not purchase, he is cut aeGd, his
assumed friends pass him unnoticcd,
the familiar title of ''dcar fellow. no
longer grects his car, and lie is left to
6nd his solitary way through this vii,
dcrdcss of city. There is another
set, the borrowers" but as nearly eve-
rybody in the world has been victim
ised, ii not stop to notice them. In
such city it is neStto impossible to be
fastidious. 4 man livcs in his own
house and troubles liinselfsnot lot
about his neighbors, be they whom they
may. There is none Of that floating
scandal so often met with abroad. a,
man in New York seldom becomes ac.
quaintcd even with the cognomen of
his neighbor, always excepting where
interest is concerned. If YOU toucl,
that all goes we'll Some strangers arc
furnished with letters of introduction,
but of what use arc they I? Interest
must be consulted, and in nincty-nino
cases ont Of one hundred their first in.
curry Of q friend Who nav know lit,
tie more ofhim is, what's he worth?n,
Money, universal salvc, which cov-
creth a multitude Of sins. must be con- CON-
suited aud if the stranger is possessed
of the ''Ehhy.drors" the way Of tho
world is open and smooth to him. But
with all this it must be borne in mind
that amidst sall'thc dross Of the. world,
there are some brlllants-some true
hearted souls, and when one does come
across one, and that is seldom enough,
conscience knows, let him treasure it,
as the apple of his eye. But there is
another trap for tho unway which I
would dare not mention were it not
stll' more dangerous occurrence than
any other | have yet enumerated mot
that mean to say, one must fall d
rictim to it; but it is delicate affair
with which an independent feeling can,
not well be sustained and that evil is
"tho generous catering Of some 9satch.
making spinster bnsy-bodies.:' For
instance, Mr.. Cashwcl, returps from
a successful trip to California or the
Malacca lselands, where he has obtained
a fair share Of wealth. He is immedi-
ately waited upon BY some individual,