New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-28

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were started The two formed daily iihe EIv an
New Haven about O'Clock then all lhe PassFSHgeFs %S
freight were put aboard the on eeTHnnr TO NewYork
This gave time for the boilers to cool on anu ~ IN one
S6e s S 20 Is %SG without stopping Compare
these with the thousands OF steauDunos o, an orr
oIcnc our coasts ON all naYigable rivers anu on ou
taxes The PROVE Ter more lately introduced, mas au
ded vastly to the eheapenine Of iranslQfalG q no%
life WAS H f6r lse The 2E e canal witch after much
opposition. had been commenced 10 o vac ST WITH
gr a. I'M ercst and It's final completion was celebrated
Nv g gs pnuYnbeT Of beats had been loaded IN
Dnralo and left there on the 2o'h OF octo"pII;
DIR, ssed and filled with ciiZeus met them on tnet
arrival They towcd from AlLany 10 e Wy ~
the seuIueI Chancellor Livingston, having on plhlu
De Witt Clinton and many distinguished CITIZENS RON ON
A6TnE Troy S ne ' 1sps were trimmed with ars the
harbpr was lle0 with large and small stealDoas, an"
h. "f Mbcn caiS St hose who were
part In The exercises down the ever bay. Pc MI
fI,nton ut Ihc Ciase OF address poured Hts
Of Waic g Lake Ee INTO me Atlantis a. ante D5
samuel Mitchell lad secured bottles S, oi MAN and
alter arac,1relic speech, he mnEiea nv th ts
AL Ti' t9G w"' imr % the proncs Of tLe
Vest w5rr To- he carried all parts Of the world ano
Wanld 'i be setter Throughout cur lard chilli,
Snch waS the commencement uf thH slflt OF pup'to
n,%rnyemcnIs which wa destined to change the whole
Tnc nr4t regular line of packet shirs Rn2Eh as
! sail ON lie ilrst of each month II WIS soon followed
nr md payc a irw impetus to commerce., 80 that
! our iraGe with England rapidly ucreHfrd ,
LG me oI r fvt rf E trade NJ Which c%s,c PREVIOUS
1925. The slo"ps and steamers on Our iakes' rnerS
ard Sound, tie small 'leb ana ,npS Siv n"n o, -
our Southern ports with the sate-ct ca 10 an la,aS
OF the interior wee tLo cXtgmt st OF ie %y' sn "n
| Think OF stage day, winch started ron ~ NO;
Who tnHt ever maze iGt Ir liP Withheld. nj
VIII tors ,1C OF Y W. ,,,H hook ven three
DAYS IN iyaurc seat, and IF FcrehHnce there Ne.S
applications for more than the coach MoG o. b b%f
woit 9nothrr du, Tor scat. Then what time n naek-
ng on naegdsc an5 <ea1us The Has1InScrS miy
$50 cabin passcnE,rS ana us crown iol ti''
Think now Of the numoer OF large s,e"i" Tay'
| i've or six frequently sailing III uay.
! and each often tabins at single trlp many
m0uji-stramcrs Of 5000 and 5000 ions as comai,d
tic then by steam would pave seemed ~ no"
tie passage bui pleasure Tip, and huh"FcIN 20
It was great Undertaking in these days TO come from
The West to the city at any season. particular y III .nr
once year. Those from the live Of the ONO
River took stage al Wheeiing and came over
the mountuins 20 Baltimore, thence to The CIV ny
schooncrs or stage. The only wonder Is that colnt{
merchants cane az often ana a5 daf as trS " 1
long m e. 1nd p5y pWy WHIT qp WEd S. to
CITY tie evening before sleep and start in
ihr morning by reaching he QUAKER CITY N a cay
to" to 4n5oy hence ssse %hG that RoE y wit
srg to lake ne ea Sa realize That years
sages would carry al the r2s;CnE%fs iba en
! west to settle had TO- 90 by wagon,
wildly recall the occasion when two OF my unees
cnme with their families from COnDccticu!, on tn rNal
10 the far West, stopping at fathers housr II W7
arranged That, as they might never see Ga9h o@r %I
afternoon previous to teitartng rs season 81 spych
Albany whence teams TO take them 20 their far
western nome, WHICH T@s a. BoHmleid, Just 1gS Oh
NY breakfast next morning beyond that distant point
The time came when channels OF eonlinup eaiien
enterprises were started The West had been Mpbrd
IS the ine Aiiantc and began to pour their ,leas
es into NewYorh ana hgfImSss OF al Il, h IS
foot Of BiOndsi end Coent;es r ara insat OF Inr
eSSoHs IS eE to move from up5er Pear ana below
WaIlst tie rents advanced, and from thence to Coen
sP ns lsf e us %e Of ae wSo
! between Albany and New-YOrh
, AN INCIDENT OF BUSINESS EXPERIENCE.
! In NAV, 1877, commenced at No. 2l3
. peari-st, the wholesale dry goods business 4
retired Connecticut merchant, with wf0m had done
business most OF tie time while clerk n0a ,os
Inst g TasS N 5'0 "Ha havns
n ngoi co.paTneTship with MS son. He offered
| 10 furnish mn amount Of capital which, WIN thc
y T0nd make for tbose DAYS respcaba bernn6
and furthermore plum,d TO ndOise for VS. to any rra
e more important than that which Introduces mn
into active business On ms own % XXI ny
d nrs Errc viii venture 10 relate an incident
s TRS Mh nav ere re oons forward ' to Ne
- few weeks after we sarteo, ana when ou'
t9 ihe store each having Two largo lin trunks wnrhh
"a carried In bis hands aided ny iarEG srh oSH th
70 snuul,icls. saw at once they Wei" connecticut pr
y d rrs for had often dealt with such when cl'2h
icy icy oinc frm he price aud Will tncy set dowr
u their loads TO rest ana tals' shG I ns i, Nov
Oi let ne make you a proposition: there IS IdenI
onm in our tiorc each S"a taRT r one }rno a. @
In place Of them around Hhc You are llcnIh
rs Fo0S "n Tske "c chae Of Your
;, and shin thcn. and you can come here and eXfl,n
70 Your ill., vfte lettels and DO as you Ike. TIE
10 at cnst show Of doing business ana itwil really
IL Jbey we're peas,d with The offer, accepted II at one
S aud lett in search OF fncn 1Rnge as dnty %i@.
Dis With considerable excitement aud wounded pride, sal,
y YY ssi y %'a inow that Tail oaks little aeor
rv grow. We shall see by ana ny That In% me- w.
re manned in the dry goods business they were amo
a6Ie Young en moi afraid Of work ashamed
i S small begnes They are al hV hag Q or ,o nv
ee than twenty years; his brother years after move
ny to one of the large Of Ohio went into bu-ne
nd GATED S With the railroads pubic imrrovcmen
"a. of the staei the Other VINO was from mhn,nac,u
eli With the large mills OF fhN place, man unre
IN ally respected These examples Of hundreds OF OF
most successf and hODOred citizens who have Dcgu
with little or nothing. but by Industry economy au
49, | Civ and country. If the history of oItizons
he- wealth. were written, we should find that 1u tire
hs fourths had risen from comparatively small beginning
or | TO their present position. $3.50 ,
y, | I call to mind an old from Wheeling Va
ma who though wealthy, still dressed "a he did when
he trayeliinr peddier; he was very large buyer
nd Ills credit beyond doubt ne had number 81 wago
en pedl3g al over ING Ssd see1red tbe oomden
ed of this man and cold him large quantities of goods. III
on my partner thought II rather degrading to hauo 80 I0u
"a | "A iuan about the store.
eG THE CURRENCY THEN AND NOW.
Ter In nothing ts the change more marked than bctwe
ma the currency used during my early business life
that in circulation GcncfdI JhchsOn htu put
he foot on the United Bank and had nothing