The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-18

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trade has not fairly opened, and tits pos..
ible that a great deal Of harm may be
done In tho way Of frightening traders
who will soon come to the city to buy
goods. Last autumnS business was In
IufCd'jn the salhet Way KeIhaVe aken
som6 trouble "a Inform pufselyes y to
whatpToniineRt business men think6t tho
business Of the coming season. Mono OK:
poet very large speculative trade, but oil
anticipate and give reasona lor doing 90, q
good, lair, safO businasS Of larger volume
than that Of last autumn. Thore
10 nothing, al least In their opinion, either
10 10 ecslatlC about or tQ,wprEa1nt 8 9oply
forebodihm. THE hdmbSr Oi hetfntllP
hilhra9 havo Baehlahallbr IthaR RMl aH
pectcd, but nevertheless there ls a close
scrutiny Of credits, and 1t Ia safe to as.
sume that whatever business IL done will
be, OIL Itha safe basis, II iS1 1jtrpa that q
VrehtaetI nflAbot iSnoknhbmpi0$bi and
that many important industries are de:
pressed. In short there IL great deal
that Is unsatisfactory. But the point
which merchants mako Is that, how
ever unsatisfactory, matters can only
be made worse by Croaking; that the
spring trade Of New York can only be in.
inrtd byi this kind Of talking and writing;
and that It cannot be jubuHed On the
ground that II Is needed to curb SpeCulA-
ton in goods or anything else, toF specu..
lation Il, for tho present at-leaAt praeti'
Cally dead. It Il. not necessary that talso
hopes should hc raised by expressing
too sunguinc expectations, simply that
what Il satisfactory III tho situation
should be fairly stated, and when 1t y
necessary ,tlAtNhatis npiaYqfable shellId q
be tdmhshtei On that Il 'Aiollld 'bo doh6
without color or biaa.
F6ar1snS ogthE PAisbESrs.E .EWash.
ington left al estate worth nearly $500.
900. lia 9f9 sAHGlJ ElHE!l6
The elder Adams left u moderate for
tune ut his death. ~,
Jefferson died comparatively poor. II
CougrswlIal n1t purGhased hR Library
Al { bfitJ iar 'nbbyeh 10 yaIhe $1,000
he would with difficulty have kept out Of
haukrpptey at theieloSe oi ,hig Hfe3 N 4
SIihdiidn lRased lhh moaey md lkRA
comparatively rich. The fortune Of his
widow wA Increased by the purchase
Of his manuscript papers BY Congress Tor
$4,000.
James Monroe, tho sixth President,
died 30 poor that lie waa buried at the
OK pense Of hiS relatives, In q cOmetetyi
l,otweSnS second add THIRD 1streepl 4eSt
10 BevsFy Do Ney Ybtk CYL M1L.
J6lin Quincy Adams left about 100000,
the result OF industry, prudence, and q
small Inheritance. He WAS amethOdical
and ais6h6EIidAM ,Ic Il,hm UGW
Andrew jackson left a valuable estate
known IA the hermitage, about twelve
miles from NaAhyille, Tennessee.
Martin Van Buren died, rich. His esa
tste wa stmatel peaii y goo eQOs >
1hhdel ( q polk 4 b Aboat d lb090p. ~
VJobh Tylef WaS Z Bankrupt whom be be.
came President. He husbanded hi! mOana
while In Office, married rich wife, and
died Enthusiastically foflune.p
Zachary Taylor left about $l60,0OO.
Millard Fillmore died wealthy mSn.
Franklin Pierce saved $4,000 during
his term Of service Is President.
James Buchanan died a bachelOr, and
ioftAhAdit6lei Salhad at $4,000 al Che
least. .
Abraham Lincoln left about $4,000.