Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-11-13
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The following well told story by ]. p. Morris,
we published several years since, bat il is ap-
poste TO the times that we again lay il before
our readers. We hope business men viii profit
By the moral il conveys.
A little Frenchman loaned merchant FIVE
thousand dollars when the t-tim.s were good.n-s
He called at the counting house few years ago
in a state of agitation not easily described.
''How do you do 2-' inquired the merchant
"Stck-ver sick replied monsieur.
'sWna.'s the matter p
'.Detimes il de matter.-
s.Dctimes what disease il that -
'De Nala:ie dat break all de merchants, yer
uiuchn
..Ah! the tines. eh? well thew are bad. very
bad. sure enough; but do they effect you9'
| IVY, monsieur, lose &c confidence
s'In whom?s
SIN everybody"
mot in me. hope .@.
s.Pardonnez moi. monsieur, bu. DO not know
who TO trust Mt present. when aE de merchants
! break several time to p'eces."
/ Then presume you want your money?-
s'Oni. monsieur, l starve for want Of Fargeni.a
! Cant you do without i. ~
.No, monsieur, must have its
"Yon must"
SOui, monsieur" said dimity -breeches, sarna
ing pale with apprehension for the safety OF ms
money.
..Arl YOU can't do without il 2--t as
ND~iER4E&1+uE. HIt NU1 l@%tte H&LsRfk t0tt<EbE~
The merchant reached his bank-boo drew
check on the bank for the amount, and handed II
/ to hrs visitor.
! ssTat il Dis. monsieur o.
: "A check for tire thousand dollars, with the
/ Interest,"
.:Is il bon 81 s4iI tie rsenchlnan .-.th amaze
meni.
s-Certainiy.-
"Have you raFsent in de bank -
YES"
; s.And is il parflitment convenient to pay de
i sam?"
'.Undoubt-dly. What a>taai-hes ysu r.
.'Yo. dat yon have cot him i'm tpcS times
.Oh, YES, AMI have got plenty more owe
nothing that cannot pay al d moments notice.
The FrenchTan was prrPisxed-
Monsieur. you shall DO enc leetie IA
vor, eh?" ..z. =.-
Veil, Monsieur. yoa shall seep the rargent
for one ieetle year Ioueare."
why. ! thought sou wante,. II = s
..Tont au contraTie. | no waat de fafgsas-
I want de grand confidence Suppose you no
got de money den want him yer mnch--sup-
pose yon rot him len no want hin. nj all.-
Nous cnrnrrehenaz, ehf7
After some ether conference. the little French
man prevailed npoa the m6E chant to retain the
money, AM left the countirg-hoase with . light
heart. and J counftnance very different from the
one he wore when he entered. His confidence
was restored, anu aftHoN-u ne ud DOT st1gtn IN
need of the money. he wished 10 know tha. his
property was IN safe hands.
TIE pREsEs Ans.f.IsrRtrIoS.-T fol-
lowing PARAGRAPHS fraEi the Louisville Journal
have the tone Of that paper r-1sers- sarcastic,
merce~S - a.Mm @aa
President Fillmore acis precisely a. if he hnd
no bowels rf compassion toward those ingenious
etli.o-s who earn their bread and meat by hunting
M topics which they can tarn IN the disadvzn-
nf tlsYp YpsSt In fhc ahsNr~> nf
all facts that can be tortured TO the discTesIit OF
the President and his Cabinet the poor Locofo-
co editors are forced 10 tax their inventive pow
ers for subjects oil complaint and eensure. The
results are not very creditable TO them, for th.i.
lctions generally utterly destitute Of all those
features which enalaeE men with the creations
Of human imaginaticn.
We regard the present Administration ~ NJ
tclerably aSFleasanz To- thcse whose business III u
to find fault with IT, II has 10 conducted the
foreign AMI domestic policy of the government
a. TO give it, ~nernies scarcely any chance OF
abusing il. Hence. whenever they hit upon .
rare bit of SC tndsl. ihey 10 make the best
possible use of 1t. The Bon-removal Of the co.,
sui al Havana most delicious morsei in
their melting mouths. and, Just as they were up
10 the eyes in ecssacy with IL. the President de-
feats all their expectations and sends them back
10 their poverty stricken wis again for subjects
Of Executive ce.ssHre- ......
-IIsl>stFFi T. =. SENATNA+.-U 1ne tWo
, Senator's In Congress from Mississippi. Mr D4-
vie resigned his ~-at m accepting the nomInz-
4 ton of the s ate Rights party for Governor.
Gen. Foa.e. ii IS sad- viii also resign before the
7 dav of election, and the Governor has determsn-
/, ell TO make appointments 20 fill the vacancies
= In this case, Mississippi viii not be Represented
. in the S@nsie at the opening of the next Congress
: nor until after the meeting Of her legislature
which viii assemble IN The first Monday in Jan
= uarv. The members OF this Legislature are W.
. TO be chosen. al the election to Be held i'm fh4
. first week of tEe ensuing month. ID are the fou
!. representatives, i'm Congress TO which the Aa:e
= entitled.
y Wehave already stated that Judge SharkeT hs
= resigned the appellate Jugeship Of MTssssippi. :
n II is stated that he is candidate for u SSenstog
J. Cen Foote is said 10 be favorable to his election
% Juige S. is good Union Whig. bat in the pres
10 ent crisis IF affairs. the patriots Of Missssspr
lnnry m distinction hslt Union and dixIntnn