Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1852-11-19
Integrity In Business.

The following are Mr.. Everett's remarks at the
Barring dinner at Boston upon the great house OF
which the honorable guest is Il member Iti great
thing to have it said of company Of bankers
merchants of any other association that has been
engaged in immense transaction for 100 years, that,
/" Of the almost uncounte1 millions. that nave passed
through their hands not one dishonest fdrtklng has
stuck By the acay.n The very mention of it must
nerve the integrity of thousands. Wha5 worth is
there in such examples
| am greatly indebted to you sir for giving me
opportunity to join you in this tribute of respect
to Mr.. Barring who is on every ground entitled to
the favorable opinion and friendly regards of this
company. This is topic on which delicacv forbids
me to say the present occasion, all that might
with truth be said at another time ami place: be-
sides that our respected guest has made it almost
impossible for me to give utterance to my feelings
without seeming to engage with him in exchange
of compliments This however, may say without
impropriety even in his presence, that he is re-
spected and most efficient member of family and
house, which now for nearly quite century has
stood before the public, not merely of England
and America, but of all Europe and the farthest
East, in position of high respons bilitv and impor-
tance; exercising influence the commerce
of the world, and contributing 10 the stability of It's
financial relations exposed to the searching scruti-
ny of mankind sharpened by the strongest induce
ments OF public and private interests in times of diff
feuIty and peril and all this without ever having
the shadow of reproach cast upon their good name
Of all the millions, had almost said the uncouniel
one dishonest farthinS has ever stuck by the way-
Through times in which the governments of Europe
have been shaken to their cenlre-in which dynas-
ties, whose roots strike back to the Roman Empire
have been overturned, and Emperors and Kings
have been driven into exile, the commercial house
of which our friend is member, CONNECTED as be-
eve 1T has sometimes been with the great financial
arrangements of the day to most fearful exten has
stood firm for hundred years the rock of honor
and probi'y, beyond reproach and beyond fear
Sammy, my boy, what are breaches of trust 2,
said a father to his smartest boy.
"What funny question, Pa.'
"Can't you answer it, Sammy 2"
Yes pa, but don't like ton
"What silly boy-come sir out with i'
swell, pa if must, your Sunday trousers are
breeches OF trust; : cause you got them on tickn
Two SHARPs.-And old man picked up half dol.
lar in the street.
Old man. that's mine said keen looking rascal, so
hand it over
Did yours have hole in it !" asked the old man.
Yea replied the other srnartly'
Then lis not thine. mildly replied the old man
thee must learn to be leete sharper next time my bow
HANDH NE MEN-H you are ever threatened with
handsome man in the family, Just take clothes
FOUNDER while he is yet in the bud and batter his
mead TO pumce. From cause or other hanl
some men are invariably they cultivate their
haf and complexion so mnes: that they have no fine
TO think OF their brains. BY the time thew reach
thirty their heads and hands are equally so.t ain
we say, You wish 10 find an Intelligent man. a,