Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-05
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tb,Oh3,1la, aud tno export ul hFNoi' ~
475.OOO; uhuo the exports since January lst
TO Julv asth have been only sl20ss,7OO, less
AZ. 79l ala than for the same period in 1903
This state Of things does not show an alarming
degree of prosperity, when we reflect that for
eisn goods and merchandise must be paid for in
California currency
The Stock Market is unusually dull, and the
faces Of the members of 'the Board are nearly
as long as the books they carry under their
arms. The bulls" and the Bears" have
sweating time in pitching up and knocking
down the New York Central, and few other
Stocks. Fr ..
Money is abundant here on good Stocks at
rates varying from to per cent. on call, or
on good real estate in the city while it is al
most impossible to get dollar on the very best
of securities out of the city. Applications for
money on mortgages on A. l real estate securi-
ties in the West, are of no use hpre. Capitalists
will not loan on real estate in Western States,
with here and there an exception.
! The twothirds law in Ohio Is an injury to
tho State; as parties say, il they make loans
there they can never get their money back
There is the same reason for applying the two
thirds appraisement law to personal as to real
property If a sheriff levies an execution on
span Of horses or a yoke of oxen, why not
requir5 an appraisal, aud say that they shall
not be sold for less than two thirds of the ap-
praisaIl All such laws, in my opinion, operate
to the injury Of the borrower or the debtor as
believe all isury iatos are hard upon Il e bor-
rover and are obstacles in tho vay Of obtain
ing money. Usury laws had their origin in the
civil polity of the Great Law Giver of the
Jews and he allowed his people to take usury
of all "strangeTs'-aHd oil were strangers who
were not of his people.
The building Of elegant stores in this oity, is
astonishing Good stores are torn down, and
magnificent ones put up in rapid succession
Marble, iron, brown stone, Nova Scotia stone,
and brick and marble are used for fronts, and
some OF the buildings are carried up higher
than pigeons roosl
There are more elegant, expensive private
houses in this city than in any city in the world
There are so many princelB homes here, that
no one of them has pre- eminence over all
Many of thea aTo furnished at an enormous
expense; and some of them, the abode OF as
much and as true refinement, open hearted and
generous hospitality, as can lie found in the
wide world. Men of wealth are giving more
attention to works of art, than in other days
In this they are showing good taste, and are
making good use Of their money. Last Spring
Mr. W. IL. Aspinwall opened his fine Gallery
Of Paintings to the public, and mutitudes of
people visited them. The love of the Beauti-
full is born with us, or in us; and this love
! cannot be too largely cultivated Truly did
Milton write, Beauty is natures bragg" and
Tupper adds, "Magieian for all time" Take a
2 simple rose in your hand, and pass through one
% of the close and crowded streets of this great
! CITY, where children swans like bees, and see
how the eyes of the little Qnes will look at the
flo yer, as they exclaim in successlon-"O
} how pretty" The gift of single flower to
! one of these neglected little ones, to whom G
green earth is stranger, has something Of
bLesSedneSS in it.
Libraries are becoming one of the institutions
of New York; not only public, but private.
The AstOT Library now contains Over l00,-
f 600 volumes Mr.. WN. =. AsTOR has given to
this Library the magnificent sum Of GlSl 900!
This great store house OF learning as open aqd
> free to aH without fee, introduction, or cere-
7 monY. To the mechapic, the iurlst, the scholar,
the man of science, the student IN natural his
tory, it is invaluable.
q Tue Library OF WILLIAM Curtis MOVES, Esq
> of this city has nearly 5000 volumes. Mr.
. NOyes is lawyer in full practice aud has an
! enviable reputation lie is not only one of the
best of Lawyers, but one of the best of men,
= He has a solid character, one formed upon The
enduring basis of Christian principle;and in hiu
= is recognized the highest type ofthe true Chris
tian gentleman. ! presume Mr.. Noyes will b'
nominated by the Republicans for the impor
a tant office Of Attorney General of the State
He has admirable qualifications for the place
and his election would be creditable to the peo
pie of the State.
was told few evenings since that Mr. A
T. STEWART, the Merchant Prince of New York
intends g. build large Home for WidOtGS ana
LadigeRt Women, aud endOW IL most literally;
! and that if one million of dollars are not
enough, he will use two millions Mr. Stew
art says, it is to the women he is indebted for
his fortune, and now in return he will use it TO
benefit them, without regard to sect or creed
Mr.. Stewart has no children; il he carries out
his intention how many blessings will be
showered upon him, and how beautiful will bf
the memory of his life to the poor and the need
! who are the reaipients Of his bounty, long al
/ ter he shall have been called to give an accoun
: of his stewardship. Heaven grant that he MAJ
carry out his design in insttuting a Home fol-
! Women
There is a citizen of your County, who vii
ever remember Mr. Stewart with most grateful
d and pleasing recollectionS; and will teach hi
# children to honor the name Of one who in Q
dark hour, when aid was needed, was the
fathers friend and benelactor.
! The ninth anniversary commencement of tn,
I, Free Academy was held in the Academy o
. Music few evenings since. Some 4 600 peo
4 pie were present. l chanced to be in this cit,
at its first commencement, in 1885, there wer,
not over 100 people present 1t has done mucl
good, but it costs too much-some 900 q
f , ear in salaries The young orators seemed t,
have no fear of the "Whig Committee" o
= "AgtItion," or Of dissolution of the Union
for they "spoke right out in meeting thei
free thoughts for liberty and the rights of man
e and their fanatic and incendary parents, an,
brothers, and sisters, and friends roundly ap
;, plauded These young students believe with
r "CALEB CUSHING" as he said in his address al
: Amherst, August Esd, 1896, Liberty! thou
{ didst make thy dwelling place amid the wilC
{ bills and the isle -spangled seas of Greece -
! Verdure sprang in thy path Earth gladdenet
e in the light of thy smiles. All nature becam,
! instinct with life and with love- Man threw OF
= the slough of barbarism and started up ether
D allied under thy spirit stirring touch"
> Fruit brings fabulous prices here Whit
% grapes ST., ,25 per ID. Lawton blackberries 81
. basket. Peaches from 3 to 25 cents each. Pear
e The same Raspberries about % cents a quart
D Il pays to cultivate fruit round about New
York
G The weather here is delightful, and the city
notwithstanding the intolerable filth, and Tn,
siekening, stomach upheaving SMELLS in som,
parts, is very healthy. How humans live il
the midst of stencil and garbage of all kinds il
: to me a mystery. If the city authorities would
take 500 Of the ablebodied, vagabond thieye
\ from "the Island ." and set them Ia ,yort clsan