Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-06-15
CITY RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING. JUNE h 1883

re- We have received the first number of the
Weekly Budget, printed in New York, and edited
by Seba Smith-the author, we believe, of Maj.
Downing's letters. At any rate, this number of
the Budget contains rich letter, in the Downing
style, from Solomon Sacop, to his friend Jerry,
from which we make the following extract:
DEAR JERRY Since left you. the fifteenth
day of last March, I've sights, and dreamed
dreams, and had some vizions. You kno " Ialways
telled you believed there was bigger and better
places to dew business in than Swoptown. and was
determined to 90 till found 'em, cost what twoud
For believe in making money in this world, while
We are padding along through it. and the more see
of the world the more I'm convinced that is jest
what the world was made for. / tell you, Jerry
Starnes this world was made make money TN, and
nothin else and if you'd gone the rounds I've been,
and seen what I've seen since the fifteenth of last
March. you'd say so tew. I've been clear to Wash
ngton, and fur back and here Fin agoin to drive
down stakes and stop. York's the place; tell you,
Jerry, there's something soin on here. But mustn't
get afore my story.
went through Bosting and Norwolk. bu, wasn',
in the train though that went like whsk of light
ening through the drawbridge into elarnity. What
awful smashation that was. But got hint from
it to make money. Most everything round here will
give you hint to make money if you're only wide
awake. can tell you my plans, Jerry. because
you shall jine me in some OF 'em, but you will
keep 'em to yourself, of course. Wal, now for the
Norwolk hint. I've been all over New York, for
three four weeks back, and I've seen good many
stores. of 'em large fine ones, where they keep
lots of coins to SELL all ready made 10 suit all sizes,
jest as you keep hats and shoes Of all sizes in your
store At first didn't like The looks of these coffin
stores at all. it made feel kind Of shivefy to so
near 'em. But got use to it in few days. and
don't feel more lonesome or lemoncholy in coffin
store now, than dow in temperance tavern. Why
should /! Cofins is made to make money out of,
and that's the side of the thing that it is duty
look at always, ben the world was made purpose
to make money in. Wal, I've got trained so well
now in my duty, that when anything turns up, no
matter what, the first question ask myself is, how
can make some money out Of that piece or busi
ness :! I've got list of near about hundred fust
rate plans sot down now in my memorandum book,
that I've got from hints here in Y ork since I've been
here. And l mean to do my whole duty in the world
yet; l feel Conscientious about it. So when the
Norwolk business turned up and the cars was turned
down smash into the river and killed and drownded
fifty folks in a heap, had my thoughts about me.
went into a coffin store and dickered with the chap
about the price.
"Loo: here, ole feiler." says l, what's the price
of coffins %
Them sort" saws he, I" is from five to ten dol
lars. according to size; average about eight dol
lars.'
"Wal, that's your retail price, says l.; "how'lI
ye wholesale lot, say fifty, sorted sizes, cash
down!"
"Are you going into the business in the city!"
g No." says I. '' in the country"
"Wal. in that case,' says he, after ,hnkin a min
ute, I'll put you fifty, for cash, at four dollars
took my pencil and figured up, for Pm midd'in
@iick at cpher;ng-6y cefins tour dollars 5000 |;
fifty cofins, average retail at eight dollars S400 /;
p.ofits 5000 was about closing the bargain, when
l happened TO take up newspaper, and found the
railroad company had been little too quick for me-
They had sent down fifty coTius TO Norwolk. Wal,
l still had my thoughts about me, and when ] read
the evidence Of the Superintendent. that the next
of this kind would n. happen under about 6 three
years. made an entry in my memcTdndun book as
follows: AlrIy in the spring of 1856, buy fifty
cofins. sorted Sizes take 'em privately to Norwolk.
and have 'em all ready for the next grand smash up
probable profit. $780,"
Solomon Swop is about right. Some folks do
act just as if this world was made for other pur-
pose than to make money an" We tell you,
reader it's solemn fact. What, for instance,
would this world be without coppermincs, or
Berdan's Crushers, or prospectin for gold, coal,
and the like! Why, it would be no world at all ;
man could NOT make money in 1t, and money,
nowadays, is steam, caloric lightning power,
knowledge, respectability, standing, talents, and
what not-that is, not in our judnment but accor-
ding to the we'll considered opinions Of Mr.Solomon
Swop 1t makes us Z" lemoncholy" to think of it.
| The Diocesan Synod of the Roman Catholic
Archieopiscopal Diocess of Baltimore, which has
been in session during the past week at St. Mary's
Seminary, adjourned OH Saturday sine die. Among
other important DEGREES enacted was one for the
publication of marriage banns--that is to say, al
Catholics intending marriage will have to give no
tce to that effect to the clergyman of their parish
which notice will be read in church during che
public service.
A BRIGHT PRospEcT. It. Maury says "Ja
pan is to be opened to our commerce China is tc
be Christianized with her millions, people arc
to buy, sell, and get gain; Australia is to be :
mighty nation, and good customer; and all the
islands of the Pacific are to attract our ships, hal
our flag as the emblem of freedom, and cour
friendly alliances with us as the champion l,y ex
ample of the rights of man,"
FATAL ACCIDENT. We learn that on Wednes
day last William Lloyd, conductor on the freigh
train of the Raleigh and CASTOR Road, in attempt
ing to separate some cars while they were in mo
ton, near Forestvle, missed his foothold and fel
under the wheels and was instantly killed. W.
learn he was from Warren County, and leaves NJ
family.
i VIRGINIA CoNGREss1oNAL DELEGATION. Th