Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1854-11-24
T1ghf Times.

great dlSturDer OF Inc pubic quiet, Dastil.nt
fellow is This same TIGHT TINES. Every BODY tats
about him, every body looks out for him. every hod
hates him, and a great many hard words and no H.
tie prolane epithets are bestowed upon him Evor,
body would avoid him they could every BODY worla
hiss him from Change boot him off the Pier chase
him from Quay street, hustle him out of Broadway
kick him out of the banks, throw him out of ~
stores, out of the hotels, but they can't TIGHT TINE,
is bore A burr, he will stick Hints are throw
away on him, abuse avished in vain, kicks, cuffs
profanity all thrown away on him. He is i'm.
perVlous to them all.
An impudent fellow is TIGHT TIMES Ask f
discount, and he looks over your shoulder, winks r.,
the ehashler, and your note is thrown out ASK y
loan OF the uSurers al one per cent month he IooL
over your securities and marks two and half Pre-
sent bill to your debtor, TIGHT TIMES sbrncs ~;
shoulders rolls up his eyes, and Won must On ar;n
wife asks for fashionable brocade u danrStn.
for new bonnet he puts in his caveat and tho bro
cade and bonnet postponed. ''0
great deprecIator OF stocks is TIGHT TIMES Ho
steps in among the brokers, and down ooas 60
to par, TO ninety fve ninety, eighty.fve. He nIaTI
the deuce with Michigan Central with Mickigar
Southern, with Hudson River, with New Yorl mi
Erie He goes along the railroads in process Ct CON-
struction, and the lrishmen throw down their shoye
and walk away. He puts his mark upon railroad
bonds, and they find purchasers are Kissed out of
MARKET become obsolete, absolutely dead.
great expoder of bubbles is TIGHT TIMES He
looks into he Affairs of gold companies and they fv
to pieces; into kiting banks, and they stop payment
into r,ckety insurance companies and tbey yan;S
away. He walks around corner lots, draws \ line
| across photographic cities, and they disappear He
leaves his foot print among Mines and the rich metal
becomes dross He breathes upon the cunninoost
schemes of speculation and they burst like tornedo
! A hard master tor the poor, cruel enemy to the
laborlng masses is light TINES He takes the mo-
chanic from his BENCH the laborer from his work tho
bod carrier from his ladder He runs IN the nricoo
of provisions, and he down the wages Of Iahor.
He runs up the price of fuel and he runs down the
ability to purchase il at any price. He makes little
children hungry and cry for food, cold and cry for
fire and clo:hIng He makes poor women sad, makes
mothers weep dscourages the hearts of fathers car
res and anxiety into families, and sits crouch
ing desolation in the and the hearth stones
of the poor hard master to the poor is TIGHT
TIMES.
curious fellow is TIGHT TINES full of idiosyncra.
cies and crotchets cosmopolite, wanGerer, too
| Where he comes from nobody knows and where he
goes nobody knows. He flashes along the telegram
wires, be takes free passage in the cars, he seats
himself In the stages, goes along the tunpikes on
foot He is gentleman on Wall street to-day and >
back settler the borders Of civilization tomorrow
We hear of him in London, in Paris in St Petersburgh
at Vienna, Berlin, at Consantinople, at Calcutta all
the commercial world, in every great city in ev
cry rural district. every where.
There is way 10 avoid being bored by this
troublesome fellow, TIGHT TINES 1t is the only
way tor a country, city, town, we'll as indi-
vltual men to Aeep shut of his presence always Let
the country that would Danish him beware of extra7a-
gance, of speculation, of Over-ading, of embarking
in visionary schemes of ACKNOWLEDGMENT Let il keep
out of wars; avoid internal connections, and 90 right
along, taking care of its own interests and husband
ing its resources Let the city that would exclude
him be economical in its expenditures, INDUCING in
no schemes of speculation, making no useless i'm
provemens, building no railroads that it cannot pay
for Withholding it's credit from mushroom corpora
Ifs riOhta
taking caro- of it's own Interests and outstanding its
own resources. Let the individual man who would
exclude him from his domestic circle be Industrious
frugal, keeping out of the whirlpool of politics, in
dulgng no taste for Office, holding up his dish when
pudding falls from the clouds, laying by something
when the sun shines 10 make up for the dark days,
for
Some days must be dark and dreary -
working always with heart full of confidence in
the good providence of God, and cheerful in the hope
of the good time coming "-At>any Register.
The Atlas says there are no grounds for claiming
the cleo ion Of Mr. Wells, in the 6rst congress dis,
trct of Wisconsin, as triumph of the Nebraska bill
The following extracts from lis wing contemporary
at Milwaukee will show the Atlas that there are pref,
= ty good grounds Paragraph No. l =
'lO vote for Mr.. Wells therefore, is to egiorse
Pierce and Nebraska. ~ Daily Sentinel, Oai. %
| And here is a reteration of the same trath ampi-
fled, in paragraph No. 2.
And the favorite thought again REQUIRED to in
, paragraph No 81
No dou BIT the News expects that the greater part
of the wings of Waworth will vote for Wells and
= the other Pierce and Nebraska nominees ''-Da7y
8 Sentinel, Oct 30.
And finally, on Saturday previous to election. the
Sentinel accompanies the publication Of Mr.. Welss
circuIas with the following clncher, in paragraph
e No. -
a "1rue, Mir. Wells voted aguinst the Nebraska bill
. but he has since been nominated and now seeks a
reelection on platform Which distinctly endorses this
g bW.'-Daity Sentinel, Nov. 4.
8 SpEAK FOR YOURSELF, SIR'--The New York
Courier and Enquirer, up to this time Jealous and
. able Wing paper, comments upon the Know nothing
!, victories as follows:
" The knell sounds On every breeze north, south
east, and west, come the death tones The old poll
> tical parties are dead-dead beyond hope-beyon
" resurrection. Even they are ''knocked about
the mazzerd with sections spade" and men arr
playing at loggets with their bones" Their last
s days were their worst days, and few there be that
Y mourn them
The Courier may bury IFS own party, which it has
long commended 10 the public favor, and may even
spit upon its grave If it likes. But Democrats, al
least too honest in their convictions thus to de
sert hnir coors and dishoner themselves he Dem
d ocratc party is not dead, but lives The Co"J"
d must speak only for itself.
Z SEND HIM TO TuRKEY.--Tbe Addison IN. ~
= Steuben County Democrat says: There is young
man by the name of Thomas Sanders residing IN thal
{ town who is only 10 years of age and weighs gov
} pounds His foot is over 10 inches in length. Bea'
this who can AS the bastinado is moi in on TINS
continent Mr. Sanders will have TO visit the Sultan
" dominions if he wants to have his eighteen inch
= feet beaten.
T. MIR. AsHE.-The Wilmington Journal states thar
Mr. Ashe has not resigned his seat in Congress anu
will not do but will Till the 4th OF March
e next when his term expires