, 1865-09-04

4 lt1Aulu
character in the play. A single scene in III
second act Is worthy Of note. The young VII
hin talks with tho utmost saag froid Of hi
fofgcries and their result, aud speaks Of th
money obtained On the forged certificates a
his liabilities He looks upon this monc,
rs he would look upon the same amount boz
rowed In the most legitimate manner. II
says all wou1d have been paid II lie had bec
let alone and had not met.wiih I'll luck. Til
parties whom he has swindled arc Rmazed d
the GOODNESS and self possession with which h
discusses the financial transactions In whIcl
they arc so deeply Interested.
4 NEW MORALITY IN VAIL STREET.
These views arc not entirely those Of Ed
ward B. Ketchum. To ce1ta1n extent the,
| are the views or Wn1l street, aud based OF
"pfinciples of sound finance" A great mum
ber Of the men who stand well on Change bo
ieye most sineerely, because It IS their inter
est 80 to believe, that any short corner can bs
! turned legitimMcly when 1t c0n be done will
| safety. It Is frequently the case that forged
paper Is deposited rs collateral will the ex
ptcss stipulation that 1t shall not be placed ID
the market. Sometimes the party who re-
celves It suspects It's character, but he does
| not throw It aside on that account,s Tha mar
who presents It Is In good standing, and has
| sufficient assets TO meot all liabilities. OF
| course he will take good care To prevent
iorged Paper going on the market and max.
NE an unpleasant exposure. He iparttculaz
70 meet MS engagements when thdy become
due, and the world !. none the wiser. haye
the authority Of retired. dnancfer for the
above statement Young Kstehum attempted
tuuato., Under nsound financial yiews'' .ho
can not see ANYTHING wrong In his recent
transactions VIII ketchum be KEtchcI is
a question that must unfortunately be an
swe1cd IN the negative. The man who has
I stolen millions win probably be convicted Of
est penalty affixed to the crime, and be par
doncd within twe1vemonth. In two years
from this day, TIT his health is unimpaired,
predict he will again be in good standing on
Wall street.
OUR FIRE DEPARrSENT
Is progressing slowly. There hte many obsta-
cles IN the way Of its success, one Of which
is the great difference ot opinion among the
Commissioners concerning tho proper manner
Of proceeding. One Of the morning papers
abuses The Beard because 1t sent delegation
to study the fire departments Of "provincial
cities, ''and anerily asksii the metropolis csn.
not take care Of itself. Speaking for the me-
tropolls, and also for the "proyincial cities,''
Unjust acknowledge that tie latter hare the
adrantagc. The FIRE department Of Chicago
l. far more efficient In every particular than
lhat OF N1w York, and the same may be said
OF The Tire departments IF st. Louis and Gin
cinnau. The metropolis can learn much from
the provincial cities. II you wish 10 DE- New
York a kindness, and confer lasting benefit
on the Inhabitants, please invite It's aldermen,
common councllmen and alt other city officials
70 pay you visit. ShoW them what the Car
den City has done, what she Is aad what she
promises. Unless they are utterly blind, both
prepared TO benefit this little Eland Of Manhat-
tan: BY the way, protest as Journalist
against this chilling OF Giles outside Of New
York, "provinciaf' You arc much metro
politan as we, eren Ii Jou do not slt by the
seaboard and record murders and dtfa!cations
guisb New York nom the other great citIes Of
America, I cannot discyyer much 'gound Tor
exu]tatinn.
ONE GOOD THING n SAzARRru,
Good has come out Of evil In tho Eetchum |
etair. The Evening Exchange has long been |
under CONFORMATION BY tho best Of our citi-
ford sufficient time for defia1dfnr each M other
the men Of Wall street extended their spocu,
[al{ons into the night From 10 a. IN, Hi i
P, a.. and from p. m. to nearly midnight.
Lhe traffic In gold and stocks was eontinIcd'
To the Evening Exchanges a billiard and drink
ng saloon was attached, and there were club-
III. |
nents in the immediute vicinity. A. layre
:ruwd was gathered nightly, and the EyeniSr
Exchange four1shcd. 4 cry nrosu ftom fj,s5
amilies and mistresses of: the brokers md
pccnlators. They believed In Screenings at
lome, !" and implorcd the stcrner sex IL :lav
side business with the setting OF Tho sun.
The He1a'd became the champion Of the wo.
ncn, and demanded that the Evening E.
hange be broken up. About the same time
he Ketehum frauds were nndc public, and Il
Tas shown that many Of Kctchutn' : heavy
we're made at the Evening Board.
le Stock mud Gold Exchanges passed a vote
espsi my ~ member sla. who dealt directly or
ms accomplished. Hereafter there viii be
0 evening transactions to record.
HoRACE As JESTER.
Last winter, before the public announce
ent was made that the Kcans were co1uino
this country, Mr. Greeley (H. G.) told q I
sit. .'8shat N. said the friend, "E3len Tres. re-
thought she Fas dead. Her death was ~
,5tsd ~ yeafs y and the statement never
''Well' replied Greeley, "thoo.et,ca1,r !
g has been dead Size has resided in Ans- {
ALA, and TINT, you know, Is future state,', {
A SOUTHERN ORDER FOR Dogs. y
Everybody knows that We have dog Law
this little city, and that We drown fhou. 5
nds of CANNES every summer. About fnnr r
ousand have been Slaughtered ti1ls season 4
4 the work is stiil going on. The low E
Ice Of sausages in the New York marEet 5
1st not be thonght Of In connection wiS s
. above statement. A house In this civ q
emily received IN order for q tLousnn1
e. to be shipped to a Southern port. They
re not Of the kind we won1d 90 gladly dis. Ia
se o., but we're 'tfre dogs" or andirons, for c1
!, IN me hre-plaeea OF the sunny South. Ii Ii
ne t'5st order Of the Kind that has been re. A
we'd during four years. The uanuiacturer 81
% filled It says his business In that line is Iii
eiy to "a before long, as the rapid emf. 70