Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-02-14
FROM NEW YORK.
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NEW YORK, February 10, 1868.
Your would-be faithful correspondent
would of course fail to discharge his
duty did he omit that ever-to-be-talked-
of topic, the weather. For we have had
weather in these days which would in
sist on being talked about. 1t has for
several days been in the most varied of
moods. Saturday was very cold. The
weather finally moderated and snow fell.
And then it rained. And then it driz-
zled. drizzled. dripped, drizzled, for
many long hours. The streets were in
a dreadful state. For know you the
streets are probably one of the most neg
lected of all the not-to-be-neglected
things in this topsy turvy city. The
streets were well filled with powdered
snow, but this of course could not be
avoided. This turned to slush. This,
the inevitable, we don't particularly
blame the street fixing folks for. But
the sidewalks-there's the rub. 1t
does seem as if men with little "snap"
might have bettered them. They had
been iced like wedding cake for many
days. Well, when the snow and the
rain came, the walks were in dreadful
state. Peoples heels flew in all direc-
tions. Women and men, with the DOM
inie Sampson sort of grace, sat right
down on the pavements in sheer despair.
Broken heads and arms and legs eyery-
where. And now it is cold again and
sunny, and our mercurial people are en-
joying themselves in sleighing, skating,
ETC.
The correspondence between August
Belmont & Co, and w. III. Kemble,
Treasurer of the State of Pennsylvania,
causes no little comment in business cir
cles. Belmont and Co., as agents for
the Rothschilds, of London, who hold
large amount of Pennsylvania five per
cent. stocks, protested against the action
of the State in forcing its creditors to
accept payment in deprecated cur
rency. Mr.. Kemble insinuates that
Belmont & Co. have themselves made
payments in just such way since the
passage of the legal tender act. To all
which Belmont & Go. say, no. But
aside from the question of payment in
any particular kind of money, it is con-
csded that Mr.. Kemble unnecessarily
travelled out of his way to say, Eve
are willing to give you the pound of
flesh, but net one ounce of Christian
blood" and this becomes the more Sc
we're, when we consider the religious
faith of the party addressed. Some peo-
ple feel that Mr.. Belmont is not far from
right when he suggests to Mr.. Kemble,
IL of L
forgets the dignity of the Office he holds.
The comments of the daily press ON
certain outrageously obscene illustrated
papers of this city and Boston meet with
warm approval from good citizens. 1t is
felt that immediate and vigorous action
should be taken to suppress, and further
to keep suppressed, these publications,
which outrage every decency and con-
tinually sow the seeds of evil in the
most fertile soil. The ofense has reach
ed unprecedented and unbearable pro-
portions. The publishers of the vile
sheets have Eeen unmolested SO long that
they have grown bold. They have evil
IDENTIFY made money, for the papers bear
.vluences of very greatly increased ex-
penditures, and now these are openly
sold in the streets, hotels, on railway
cars, ETC.. / have even heard tolerably
"fast'' man say that "the way in which
they are displayed is awful" The ac-
tion taken by Philadelphia will have its
effect here. Although the law is SO
ouiescerit, individual citizens are doing
something to sweep away these pander-
ers to lust. Among these citizens are
the Messrs. Leland, of the Metropolitan
Hotel, who have forbidden the sale of
the above named papers on their prem
ises. S
The long announced concert in favor
of the Gettysburg Asylum fund took
place on Saturday evening. The at
tendance was very large. The concert
in itself was successful. In regard to
the real objects of this movement, all
sorts of opinions are expressed. That