Smyrna times., 1859-01-13


, New York, and accep,cd-at seventy five day.
! for five thousand dollars"
ltis, p' rhtps, the first time that the paper O
Thrush & Co. has been offered for discount It
;he bank. The President is entirely unac
quanted with it. lie asks for information.
Mr.. Breckenridge knows something abou
them:
"They began business year ago, with thirty
thousand d)!lars capital; are said to have done
profitable trade in the produce line, had ship
ped heavily to California The Co young
man who came out of Bacon's the big packer,
IN West street. Guess lie hadr't much money
say five thousand dolIars-but very smart -
Thrush was the capitalist. Put in twenty-five
thousand dollars hard cash-about all he had"
"What age is he!'
" Thirty-fve to forty"
Man of family! ~
! "Ob, yes I've known him these twelve
years. Got half dozen children. You must
know him, GsouIl! He married Stubble's
daughter, wine merchant, there at your corner
Guess he ran away with her, and made the Old
man mad. But they're all reconciIed long ago,
ind now he's Stubble's principal adviser in
them new stores he's building in Murray
street"
ais that the MANI"
"That's the man, sir
"Nel, who married Stubble's other daugh-
tcrr'
The president warns gentlemen that they
had not better not wander too far from tho sub
iec'. The matter before the board is whether
Mr. Thrush's note is good enough 70 :
counted.
"Yon said he was in the California business,
Mr.. Breckenridge I"
Yes, sir. Made some very successful ship
ments last spring"
I've got mighty little confidence in Cali
fornia,' says Mr.. Groull; "mighty li',lc!'
Its good way of, that's fact" adds MIR.
Breckenridge. "Td rather do business with
people who trade near by
Mr.. Groull speaks again: "WouIdn't touch
t with ten foot pole. Bad line Let it side.
Nr. President We can do better with our
money"
Some of the directors may have been listen
ing indIilerentIy TO this rambling conversation,
lut the m"jority are otherwise engaged. Ono
las sczcl on a morning paper, and all his
thoughts are engrossed by the latest news from
Ecrope. Another has just taken a fit to exam
ne the Statement Book, and several are talk
mg on their real estate prospects. Messrs
lro ,bo
lcaid above the suppressed confusion of other
:oicos. The President has tapped on the table
Sth lis pencil, but failed to restore order. Tc
4 person outside the door it would seem as i
The members were engaged in general wran
Gle. Meanwhile Mr.. Marks, with lively per-
cepton Of the ludicrous, and skill enough to
prove that he is not now practicng for the first,
has sketched sundry odd figures on the blank
page ola "tickler," aud finishes by a carrica.
ture Ofthe two gentlemen above mentioned.
which he shows to his neighbor, and he to the
naxt; and then follows an explosion Of laugh
ter, which breaks up all other distractions OF
the Board, and finally gives the President a
chance to be heard.
never get II rough our work at this rate"
X K 4
"Shultz g. Cooper offer three notes-Jacob
Liston, forty.fv days, six hundred dollars; and
two notes of Cobb g. Walker, each one hun
dred and fifty, at two and three months"
Director GroulI wants to know" " where's the
Use of taking up tine with that class of GUS
toners! They apply every Offering day, and
keep no balance of account. Let 'em slide"
"IIas their account improved any of late, Mr.
Cashier! !"
"Not much, sias They keep balance ofone
or two hundred dollars, aud have thousand
under discount"
"Letter r. Let's have the next"
"llold on, MIR. President. Not too FAST
These small men are OF use to US. They ought
not to be discarded too abruptly. They really
want the money. Give 'em that little note OF
six hundred dollars. 1t will do them more rood
than twenty thousand does to Merrimack g.
Slater"
An agreeable personal acquaintance between
the dealer and the director is the ground oflhls
favor. The note is discounted at the request
of Mr.. Miller, none of his associates deemng ii
worth while 10 express an opposition in such a
trihing case. But this class of applicants re-
celve no consideration when there is pressure
Of more deserving customers.
0ET An intelligent writer upon the subject
says that the colorod people Of Jamaica are not
satisied with the bare equality Of civil and po
litical rights but aspire to their exclusive en-
joyment. Not content with acquiring lands by
free sale and purchase, and by squattng on
lands which, 20 years ago, were valuable plan
tatlons, though now abandoned to the lirsl
conner, they wish To force the proprietors Of es-
ta,es still under cultivation to dispose of the
remains of their property exclusively to the
colored "sons of the soil.' menacing the col