Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1853-06-11
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Iii, R,,doet printed IN New York, and edited
l., Saba smith the author, we oehese, g rnal
no,avn;no,s letters. AT any rate, tins hummer OF
.Iir,,5,,ot contains rich letter, in the Downing
stvle from Solomon S~op, TO his friend Jerry,
fso,o ,sb;cb we make the following extract
-. ~ yssRy Since left You, the fifteenth
day Of last March, I've seen Signs, anu 1Iea'so
I IaO ~ and had some yizons. You no" always
LII Won believed there was bigger and better
uIaces 10 dew business in than SwoPtown, and was
ts,e,mined to 90 ill found em cost what tw onio
For believe in making money In this world, Wnlle ne
we are naddling along through it, and the more see
of the world the more I'm convinced that is jest
VIVA, the world was made for. tell you Jerry
Sarnes. this world was made 10 make money an anu
nothin else and if you'd gone the rounds We 1
and seen what I've seen since the hfteenth o. 'ds'
March, YOU'D say so tew. I've been clear 10 wash"
inUton and SO fur back and here I'm agol9 70 oIve
down stakes and stop. YOrk's the place; iteIIyou'
Jerry, there's something goih o" mere
get afore my story. -,
went through Bosting and Norwolk. but l wasn't
in the rain though that went like whlsk OF llght
enipo through the drawbridge into etaEnlty. What
an awful smashation that was But got a n'ht rom
!, ~ rr.Le money Most everything round here Will
Give Won hint to make money 1t you're only wide
awake. can tell you my plans, cry. because
mean Won shall line me in some OF EN-, Out you Will
keep 'em to yourself, of course wal now lor Inc
WorwoIk hint I've been all over New York, for
three or four weeks back. and I've seen good many
stores some Of em large fine ones, where they keep
lots of collins sell, all ready made to suit all Sizes
jest as you keep hats and shoes OF all sizes In your
store Al first didn't like :he looks OF these CONN
stores at ALL it made me feel kind OF shiVery 10 go
near 'em. But ! got use to II in lew days. ana
don't feel more lonesome or iemoncnOy III cU L
store now, than dow in a temperance 'aVet"' why
should L! Collins is made to make money out OIL
and that's the side of the thing that 1t IS our duty 10
look al always. bein the world was made purpose
TO make money in. Wal, I've got trained SO well
in my duty, that when anything tuIns up, no
can make some money out of that piece or ousl-
ness I've got list OF near about hun"red usl
rate plans sot down now in my memorandum oooK'
that I've got from hints here In ORR since 70
here. And mean to do my whole duty in The world
vet /: feel conscientious about it. So when Inc
Norwok business turned up and The cars was turned
down smash into the river and killed and orownde9
6fty folks in heap, had my thoughts about me.
went into coffin store and dickered with the chaP
about the price.
Of collins 90
lars. according TO size; average about eight dol
lars" -,
oval, that's your retail price," says l.; " how'll
We wholesale lot, say fifty, sorted szes' cash
down l'' . a.,
" Are YOU going into the business in the city =
:. MOI saws ], 's in the country
Wal in that case" says he, after thlnkln min
50 I'll put htty Tor CASH. dI IouI
took nv pencil and figured up, for L m mlddiln
quick at ciphering-6ly ctfhns at Jour dollars 2OO
fifty coins, average retail at eight dollars, $500
p.o6ts $780, was about closing the bargain wheh
happened 10 take up newspaper, and touno the
railroad company had been little too quick TOT me-
They had sent down fifty collins 10 Norwolk. Wal,
still had my thoughts about me, and when read ,
the evidence of the Superintendent, that the next
case Of this kind would happen under about " three
years. made an entry in my memeTandum book as
ELL AIriv in Of
coins sorted sizes, take 'em privately to Norwoik'
and have 'em Ill ready for the next grand smash up
probable profit. 5000"
Solomon Swop is about right. Some folks do
act just if this world made for no other rur-
pose than to- g make money in.' We tell You, |
reader, it's solemn fact What, for instance,
would this world be without coppermines, or !
Berdans Crushers, or " prospectiu for gold coal,
and the like! Why, it would be no world at all +;
a man could not make money IN it, and money, /
nowadays is steam, caloric lightning, power,
knowledge, responsibility, standing, talents, and
what not-that is, not in our judnment, but accor-
ding to the well considered opinions of Mr.Solomon
Swop. 1t makes us lemoncholy to think of It,
The TURKISH AND RUSSIAN QUESTION. By
recent arrivals from Europe we learn that the COM
pexion of affairs in the East are in more militant
condition than ever For mere than year past |
Abdul Meiid, the Sublime Porte, and Nicholas,
Emperor of all the Russias, have been renting |
pugnacious dispatches between Stamboul and St.
Petersburgh and now the Russian Envoy, Mems |
chikof, after having offered his ultimatum to the
Porte, (Which has been peremptorily Geclincd) has
left Constantinople Redschd Pacha, who is known /
to be more hostile to Russia than any other Turk
ish statesman, his been appointed by the Sultan
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, and has granted the
French Fleet permission to enter the Dardanelles.
The Russian troops in adjacent posts have all re-
ceived reinforcements, and Nicholas has placed in
command his best generals.
In England, Eastern affairs appear to have excl
ted much attention. Lord John Russell, Foreign
Secretary, has declared 'sthat Turkey should be
protected. The English Cabinet have been sum-
moned by the Queen to deliberate on the Turkish
question, and additional ships have been ordered e
10 Malta where large British fleet has been kept
for some time in waiting. watching the movements
OF the third Napoleon's naval armament.
Eastern affairs are in most critical condition,
ana 1t would be we'll for our government 20 have :
our small out efficient navy overhauIed, and some
OF our most intelligent and efficient naval comman-
oerS ordered to the Mediterranean Our policy is -
peace-to stand aloof from these impendino wars. T
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