The Washington union., 1857-11-11

Hing Is our sihpohum every day except suiiday aiid
m,de the most extraordinary bargains Bat ia a little
iime she began 10 hdgct again The rusty holnespun
rpet MAS as old es Adam, did not ooveTs oaehalf Che
sooT and as disgrace 10 the Grecian Temple and Mr.
savtape in the village had beautiful assortment Of
carpets which he selling of below prime cost Poor
crueus he was doomed sinner from the time he got
his discount he obliged 20 turn gentleman and
p half the day forthe OF Grccsn Temple could
bet possbly Ne seen driving osea laborins in the
Scids with pared Of clod-hoppers. AT least Mrs
Cornelhis told him That good ladywho but for this
ajbIe would have been 10 her husband after
sua the liew carpet coon discovered that IL "illed -
RI II took the shine oil tte roof skinpy muslin rnt-
,sius with cotton fnges Cornelius, who by this time
80. reguarly in harness, bought set of curtains and
Ied the price 10 his note at the next discount Unfor
,nn.ely the curtains, which were as fine fiddle,
l,d all the rest Of th furniture and Cornelius thus
M degrees new furnished bis whole house In order to
,seyent tl,is species o. holaic.d-.
Mrs Cornelius now enjoyed for time full fluiton
# glory and turned up her at the Grccian Temple
aver the way. But people who lived ia Grecian Tenn
I. ouobt not to be seen riding in old farm wagon
ar walking aoot so Cornelius bought fine second hand
oacb the price OF which included ia the next dis
count
But though the wife proud as fashionable
ankrupt for millions poor Cornelius felt himself hum
lated 10 the dust He more his own master and
he felt that his farm longer his own His Gre
clan Temple and his fertile fields instead Of being asonrcc
Of enjoyment only increased his regrets for he felt he
must inevitably lose them ere long One OF those Pc
odcal tornadoes which the credit system Is subject
WAS heard to rumble at distance; the little bank be-
gan 10 shrink into collapse and Cornelius had been ap
psed by the stoolpgeon that his notes would not be
af1lpl lefyr In
Corneiuss note was protested his mortgage forcciosed
his farm knocked down at public sale for just enough to
nav his note and bought in by the stool pigeon who thus
turned hts paper promises into land Mrs Cornelius
tined away ahd died OF disappointed vanity aud poor
Cornelius his children having been long since taken from
him has for many years found shelter and food with
distant knsman where he shares the lot of that
az and poverty neglect and contempt He is up
wards oi fouscore and Is waiting patiently for the last
call,
There Is moral to this story, my friend. The exam
pie of poor Cornelius does not stand alone 1t is the
history Of thousands Of honest farmers who have fallen
victims to the mischievous facilities for running in debt
afforded by the banks But while pity, Let not jus
y them. Though often deceived and deludcd by 9TH
e they must be considered accomplices in their own
ruin They their masters they cannot be COM
PEELED to borrow their action is voluntary and the repon-
sbity rests with them Reason must have taught them
thai to borrow money Of bank payable every sixty
days at six per cent interest is invariably
losing game. Even II they apply the thus nc
4urd exclusively to the Improvement of their land the
proceeds viii scarcely slabe them to pay interest
bet borrowed capital They in fact laboing not for
themselves, but others from freeholders they become
tenants at WILL and instead Of being independent
farmers become the slaves of hanks.
Yours, always, ANON.