TILE II NJ Il s.
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What Of the timesl Wha. fruitful theme
what puzzling question: Lend an ear,
gentle reader, and we Will tell you what 1t
would require no witch to disclose. 1he
times are hard enough, and We feel the
pressure. and wriihe as though We were
in a cotton press and it well screwed down.
Peruniary distress is the prevailing cpl
dem;c amongst us, and we see no prospect
of the slightest abatement in the disease
We have no money, and what IS equally
u,rtifying, we don't expect TO be troubled
with il soon. Flour is selling at bit
pound, and while the demand for it is IN
creasing, even al thatPrice, the conscientious
vendors Of the commodity complain that
their profit is too small. Sugar and coffee
are not abundant, nevertheless we have what
will suffice, but a fellow must be cute If he
gets any without p!anking up the "i0y-
dorrns,'' (as Cherokee John would say,)
and if he happens to carry these articles
away without leaving an equivalent on the
counter. he has TO walk fast if he wishes





TO avoid the Inconvenience and modification
of a ''stoppage in transitu."


We are not giving you regular price
current, but merely make these remarks
because we feel some what facetious. We
beg pardon for emitting one thing. There
is still plenty of the best article on hand to
make perfect mash of dull care. Those
who may choose to favor our lourishins
town with call, may rest assured that it
they will provide themselves with the one
thing neediul, they can have their mental
troubles 'aknocked into the middle of next
week" Whether physical suffering will
or will not follow in the train of such a
process, we are not now prepared to de-
cide-it is no business of our's-we live
in free country, and every man can do
Yaatitia IN the amidlsb mdsbb.eass eass be R!eases.
tresses Of the country, it viii only afford
additional proof that philosophy can weep
at sad and mournfui tales. But where shall
we begin the narration! Shall we take the
arnerl Well, we vii begin with him.
In the first place then, he has worked hard
and seems to have but little hope of i'm
proving his condition or of fareing better.
Cotton, the chief production of our country,
is down, down, worth comparatively no.
thing. We will not pretend to account for
this; but we must in candor say that the
that our government will be con-
Quoted as it has been for the last twelve |
years the chiefcause. "Young Hickory
viii of course give us 'judicious tariff"
and we aPprehend that that will amount |
to a dimlnution of the duty on all imported
articles, which will, of course, involve a
otai change OF the tariff of AZ. The great
probability that they WITH be left without
protection has thrown the manusact,ror
'f our country inso state of alarm. Their
'Perations in sunlry instances have hoo,
topPed-thousands have been thrown -,
f employment. and many factories b.va


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