The Gonzales inquirer. [volume] (Gonzales, Tex.) 1853-current, 1853-10-08
The Bank Of England.

NutttisSOH IutU tic lntCT1OT vi tTlS Tctnnrk-
able building, TO observe the operations of an
institution that cxcrts more moral and political
power thnn any sovereign in Europe you must
have an order from the Governor of the Bank,
and this was given to me tl,roughthc Barings,
whose kindness, especially that OF Mr.. St,rgiss,
i have constantly experienced. The Bank
buildings occupies nm irregular area of eight
acres OF ground IAN edifice Of no architectural
beauty, with not one window towards the
streets being lighted altogether from the roof
or the enclosed areas. The ordinary business
apartments differ from those i'm our banks only
in their extent, n thousand clerks being con-
stantly on duty, and driven with business at
that. But to form an adequate idea of whit
tho Bank is, we must penetrate It's vaults and
| offices, where VIC shall see such operations MS
are not known in Wall street was led, on
presenting my card Of admission, into private
rOOm where aftcr the delay Of a few moments
messenger came and conducted mo through
the mighty and mysterious building. Down
we went IN room, where the notes of the
Bank received yesterday were now examined
compared with the entries OH the books and
slowed away. Tho Bfah Of E'agldad ncrer
issaes the same notes a second fi,ae. II receives
In the ordinary course Of business about $500,
OOO or q, ,00O, 200 daily in notes. these arc put
up In parcels according 20 their denomination,
boxed mp with tho date Of their reception, and
arc kept ten years sat the expiration of which
period they are taken oat and ground up in tho
mill which saw running, and made again in
to paper. "a1eda assil x8f1ffs hfC aait ,ssi s.
! Il In the course Of those ten, yeass oag dis.
putc IN business or law suit should arise con-
corning tho l'ayment Of any note, the bank can
prodnce tho identical bill To meet the do
mai'tl' farnotcs 70 constantly used up, tho bank
has its own papara makers, its own printers,
| It's own cngravcrs, MI the inachinery by which
the most OF It's own work il Done "A co,npIi-
Gated but beautiful operation Is rcgisterex.
tending from the printing offices 10 the banking
offices, which marks every sheet Of papcr
which Is struckiof tho press, SO that tho prin-
ters cannot print single sheet Of blank notes
that IL not recorded Inv tho hank. On the same
principle OF cxactncss a shaft Is made tc pass
from one apartment to another, connecting a
clock IN sixteen business wings Of tho cstab-
lislimient, and regulating them with such pre-
cision that the whole of them arc always point
ing to the same second Of timc. K. ssaS 81
| Tho next room cntctci was thst in which
| the notes. are deposited whiclfNse ready for
, issue. We have thirty-two millions ofponnS.,s;
sterling in this room, the officer rcniaikcd 10
inc will you take a little ofits' told him
| It would be vastly agreeable, aud he handed
me million sterling, Ave millions Of dollars, J
which received with many thanks f;,r hislib.
erality; but he insistcd ON my slepositine |,
with him again, IN Il would ,se hardly safe d
carry 80 much money into the street. I very
much fear that ] shall neyer see that money
again. In the vault beneath the floor was 4
/ direct6r aad thc cashier cpunting the bags o
god which mon were pitching down to them,
each bag consaiuiHg thousand pounds sterling
just from tho mine This world Of money Seem.
ed tosfeali1u tlss fables Of Eastern wealth., and
| gave mo new and strong impressions df the
if'agtiittlc Of tho busitfcss donc licrc, and tho
| extent Of this ono insfitutionon The commerce
Of tho world es *
The Mechanic S
We're the services which each mnn confer
upon community TO be estimated at their IN.
trinsic WORTH the mechanic would stand the
aiistocrat Of soricty Ills nod would move the
Imaclincry ofgovcrnmcnt, AS It does tho great
iron machihcry which enriehcns nll govern.
mcnts. Who is nobler tlian the mechanic =
Who than hc whose llsss.as and science fashion
all We wear and ,sct The som and airy
castle wl,icl, rcars its ,urr~t Into miiair; the
stately scssd which i'lows tile ocean, our
nations hcast the huge mass of ircn and hrass.
the steam engine; tho Thousand spindics which
spin tfc web so necessary Ia our very being
al are the ciispringof the mechanics hand
Everything whicl, exists about W.. not fsrn,es
hy tod. wax formed l,y The mecl,anic, Cor tho
craicr aud the mechanic, isavv fashioned them
all We always cslcsiH;n feeling cf prosasaui
repert fw that Independent man whose han.ls
have been 80 airsitly selsolesi with iis iasel-
lscs lie u never at Z kSs ET assistance, Cor
hss own srsss hsn'l~ ssv sscr rvssiy to fAshiea
the is,sentscps cf his ussss.l lie 4 ns4 stcswn-
ssen' elNsn others whisr sss his ssreussh is hius
Tsxt a o. t,.xe s,sasf al s-.>s, .sx<..s, ,t.s