Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-09-14

MOuhldlho VI lliHI uIOPSJ ioi "Ai~-A i1'Ai
lions are signing. and dying, and perpetra-
ting all conceivable crimes l was asked
to lift bag of sovereigns, and for once, l
must confess, 1 felt sovereign disgust for
money. With half dozen pieces of these
little "conveniences" in my pocket, l re-
tired from the bank, feeling thousand
times more comfortable than some of the
millionaire5 who had been shaking in their
boots, in the applicants Sweating Room, r"
while the official dispenser of the golden
blessings had been so generously initiating
me into the sublime mysteries of the ''art
of money making!" After leaving the
cashiers office, an official was sent to me
to inquire (which of the New York city
banks was considered soundest" 1 took
great pleasure in giving the names of sew
eral, with the confident assurance that
they were 'as safe as the Bank of Eng
land.'' There was one item which l
learned from the bank, decidedly gratify-
ing to our national pride. 1t was this:
Not a single piece Of american paper
arhicA laid orer during the late panic nO'c
remains npaid. This, said Mr.. Elsey,
the Governor, cannot be said of any other
nation on the earthl Let the "bears" on
American secuities put this in their pipe
and smoke it. In connection with this
cheering and honorable fact, l may add,
that the bonds of the Atlantic and Great
Western Railroad" have just been put
upon the market, and are in good demand.
l have just been shown a dispatch from
Salamanca, the great Madrid banker, ask
ing # he could hare the achoLe of Mem
The holders of Erie" and "0hiO and
Mississippi" regard this new road as the
salvation of their stock: l merely mention
these facts as have gathered them to-day
from some of the leading operators of LOm-
bard street.
| am writing from the luxurious rooms
of the "Reform Club" and ought to say
word in regard to this admirable institu-
ton, where l have met and made so many
excellent acquaintances and where l have
been made quite at home" by being made
an honorary member" 1t is the head
quarters of the leading Liberals of the
day-a powerful body of men, numbering
some fourteen hundred, and among them
many Of the foremost members of Parlia-
ment Thackeray, Maekay, Ingram,
Wyld, Campbell, Jackson, James Behan,
Frazer, Parkes, and host of other names
that are Ghosts in themselves" here daily
meet to discuss the affairs of the world in .
general, of reform in particular; and above .
all Francatelli's good dinners. Signor
Francatelli Il believe he is brother to
the Count Francatelli of New York. is
the successor of the great Soyer, and, as
Ill admit, much greater artist than his
llustrious predecessor. His herb soup is
;uperbl The wines and the ''wittles" are
he best that London can produce Gnclu-
ling sparkling Catawba, } and furnished
It about half the hotel charges. The Club
House Zone of the seven similar institu-
ions in Pail MalD is a magnificent bull
ling furnished with every possible luxury,
Except beds. There are bathing-rooms,
eading- rooms, writing-rooms smoking
ooms, library, ETC., etc.; and during the
essions of Parliament, a telegraph bulletin
ontinually announces the progress of the
ebates. But l must not longer linger,
ven among the intellectual. social and
luxuries of the Reform Club"
line flies, and railways won't wait l
cave London with more regret than l
eemed it possible to feel, when entering
S unknown wilderness but few weeks
ince; albeit for fresh fields and pastures
ew." The hospitality of the people here
incxhaustible; and L part from many
,iends with feelings of gratitude that 1
ill not attempt to coin into words. Come :
gain," is the cordial goodbye of every
ne; and 'cut and come again." (Deo TO-
''te) most assuredly l will.