New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-30
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Under this caption hesitating capitalist sends
the subjoined communication to the CRESCENT.
he is iacetious in treating Of the inconsistent col
umns of contemporary, and seems to be in doubt
in choosing betweenthe ' local - and the " deyil
of the CRESCENT, to guide his oscillating ambition
for money-making. As mammonism is one Of the
speciaities Of the devil, Y his sable majesty was
consulted on rhe subject, and he says the gen
tleman may go to- The local" however,
considers the present climate sufficiently warm
for the most covetous Crassus, and not desiring
either to place I" "A Small Capitalist on purga-
toria Goals or see him journeying to the intelli-
eence office to which the "devil" refers him, it
is submitted that his own judgment, to how
the most can be made of a dollar is not to be sur
passed, and the "local = deferentiaIly declines
Offering advice, which mightwel be received with
the sneering reply SO often used in such cases
's teach your granny to suck eggs"
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 29 1866.
Editor Creseent-I am in dilemma which
want your local or your devil to help me out Of
/ have little money which intended to invest il
city property, as | learned from the numerous
articles in the papers that would get it nearly
all back again in rent, in year or two, and have
the property then for nothing but on looking iutC
the Picayune yesterday mOrning, which | have
| read regularly for don't know how many years
|
l found in the city column under the above head
| ing an article which has troubled ME a good dea
and made me resolve, on reading it, to keep my
money, greenbacks though it is, and not very safe
| property to rely upon, as l learn from another
article in the Picayune. The article says: " VI
feel satisfied that each cool-headed, calm thinking
| individual has realized that the present inflated
condition of things could not be Of long duration
There is nothing at all to justify it, and 2Ce art
sorry to say, judging by the surroundings lce, art
exceedingly apprehensiye that there will be ;
| general CTash.'
On turning to another column of the same papel
| of yesterday, find the following: " Although th
| price obtained is much higher than sales madt
within year in the same direction, are feel salts
fed that within less than five years this propert.
and others on Canal street, will double their pres
ent valuen This extract does not seem to indi
cate that " we " believe in a general crash AM
has unsettled my mind great deal, as made
contract on Saturday with colored citizen, VIII
gave me great encouragement. He said that thei
pastor, Rev Mr.. Biglip, stated that our noble goN
ernOr and the other gentlemen and ladies OF til
great universal suffering society, were going
give colored people their rights, and then W
would not only have the golden age but tn
everything he wanted, and bloody rebe
would have to take the places of II
/ slaves With these cheering assurances, agree
with him to put up for me tenement OF tw
; / expected great results. have bought STAMP
and intended to have had the contract signed t.
} day, but I am like the ass between the tw
bundles of hay which starved itself befol
+ it could make up its mind which to eat from.
am suspended between the two opinions of tl
Picayune, and as there is wisdom in ImaDy coul
selors, and as one of your newsboys has told n
that either your local or your devil forge, whc
was both learned and wise and could predict a
most anything, I take the liberty of troubling yC
to ask if you will allow one or both to act as a
biuators between the two aceS of your neighbo
/ and give as an opinion as will be an opinion Q
this, to us, important subject.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
s A SMALL. CAPITALIST.