The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-02-28
Correspondents OF the ASHLAND union.l
FROM NEW YORK.
NEW YonK, Feb. "a. 1s55,

been enveloped in drizzle and partially
submerged in slush. The loading is
worse than usual, even for a February
thaw and until the banks Of snow now
in " a state Of liquidationsa shall have
been deprived of all their floating CAPT
tai, no one will be able to transact any
outdoor business without quitting his
foot in, it. 30 4-~c
Although we are on the verge of
Spring, and trade is expected at this
season to show premonitory symptoms of
activity, no tokens of a general waking
up are as yet apparent. However, !" the
darkest hour precedes the dawn,'' and I
have strong faith that the ides of
March will introduce US to better times.
One thing, at least, we have to be thank
full for-if sales are small and profits
light, bankruptcies are few. Our mer-
chants have borne the drawback of a
dull winter and the strain of a tight
money market better than could have
been anticipated; the work is over and
the Spring trade, though it may not be
a rush, will, I have no doubt, be sound,
steady and remanerative.
The Custom House returns, for the
last half year, show that the imperta-
tions have been unusually light. Men
of business have realized the i~nconyeni-
ence of full warehouses and inadequate
cash resources, and are determined not
to be caught again with immense stocks
in a season of comparative stagnatien-
It is we'll for our mercantile community
that the check came when it did; for
had the mad race of speculation and ex-
travagance continued two or three years
longer-as it might easily have done
the dtaounacnt would have been almost
universal bankruptcy. AS it was, we
drew back on the edge of the precipice,
and now once more stand on firm ground.
The attempt to assassinateM Isl Bish-
op Of this city, the particulars of which
you will have learned from the daily
press, has created quite a sensation
among our supper ten" to whom, by
social position, the lady belongs. There
are some facts connected with the affair
which are not generally known. Mrs.
Bishop has been ."under-fre nabefore,
it is said. The on dit is, that previous
ly to her marriage to Mr.. Bishop the
lady was engaged to a much younger
gentleman, to whom she was supposed
to be warmly attached. From some IN
explained cause the match was broken
off; and not long afterwards it was an
nounced in the papers, that Miss
had become Mrs. Bishop. Report says
that admirer number n considered
himself gifted and was indignant.
The next event in the sequence was
q shot through the window of the lady's
residence at Tarrytown, intended, Al is
supposed, to cut short her prospects of
matrimonial felicity. The lateattempt,
however, was much more daring. Mrs.
Bishop had a full view of her assa1ant,
and declares, it is said, that he bore 10
resemblance to her former lover. Con
sidering the close proximity of the pis-
toll to the object, it is amazing that the
ball missed its mark. Either the mans
hand was unsteady, or his intention was
merely to alarm, net tomurder. There
Is mystery about the matter which
bothers even the most astute Of our po-
lice officers, and many doubt that it will
ever be fathomed. We shall see.
Tits whispered that a leading dry
goods merchant of this city vas recent
ly " done " put of a cool hundred thou
sand dollars by an agent whom he had
employed to negotiate the purchase of
some valuable real estate, not a hun
dred miles from Niblo's Garden. By
cute manouYering and diplomatic STRAIT
egy, the agent obtained the property
for his principal for about two thirds
it's actual value. Some time afterwards
the former was entrusted by the latter
with 500, 900, to be paid as an install
ment Of the purchase money. With this
amount and a good many other amounts
the agent " vamosed" to Europe. As
L do not know any good reason why his
name should be concealed, I may as
well state that Burrough, the defauiter,
is the individual referred to. The mer-
chants name L omit from prudential
reasons. Of the truth of the story
there is no doubt whatever, and its NOR
al is "neyer trust the honesty Of { man
who does your dirty work"
Holmes, late q candidate for Alder
man, who killed policeman Gourley in
a fracas on the eve of the November
election, has been severely dealt with
by private vengeance in anticipation of
the law. He was nearly killed by a
blow from a slupg shot, while walking
down a bye street, in the First Ward, on
Friday night, and his trial has conse-
quently been postponed.
Sackett, the late teller of the Market
Bank, who is charged with having made
a $25, 900 dip into it's capital, has been
lodged in the city prison. He had been
.a e. oo.,o 4.,a.. Al .~ko-o-