, 1869-04-01

eAEA 0&NlES AuA s0All, IN CouOec2Ca W1Ll1
or in the abseuoe uf, his senior associate,
hold the court, and sha1l, on The death or
retirement Of the senior, become tho Judge
Of that court
THE EMPIRE STATE AND ITS EMPEROR.
Two men, at loast, nre now testing how
much prosperity in business can be won by :
those who nssumo that yi1laiuy is the cs
sence Of ell human nature. Brick Pomeroy
and James Fisk, Jr., arc tho brace Of lovely
ducks now swimming IN this pool
Pomeroy is waning. His supply Of indo-
ccncy Was vast Nature had endowed him
richly with nastiness. When he took up his
pen 10 describe an honest man, yi.tuous
woman, or good principle, he took away
the breath With sudden stencil, as If light
ming had struck sewer and voided all it's
contents upon the air. But even his
great powers arc being drained, and, from
sheer exhaustion, he fails to be as besstl7 as
he was.
But James Fisk, Jr.. operates on larger
scale. The depravity which Pomeroy only
gloats over, FiAk p.actises. His
tory reoounts the exploits Of imperial
depredato1s, who Laid wnste provinces
plundsred thousands Of homes, and used
their spoil to corrupt Senates and 1egisla-
tures. By pandcring with one hand to their
avarice and with tho other to their lust, off,
GERS, courts and governments became the
supple instruments Of thei. ambition, sinco
they either knew the price, or controlled the
mistress, Of every man in power. This Fisk,
who has suddenly ahone forth as star Of
the first magnitude in tho metropolitan
armament, is described By one Of his
admirers as man whose "personh appear
lance is not that Of man of intellect OF
"character, BE is short, thick-set, and
"ooa1se-loohng. His bnll-neck and round,
bullet-shaped head remind one Of prize
tighter, and his face is heavy and express
"Gonless. Nine people out Of ten would
"probably mistake him for bartender,
with an intimate experimental acquains-
lance with his stock in trade, and this tenth
would unheGtatingly proaounce him a
''devotea Of farp."
1fr. Fisk first distinguished himself as
dnancier by issuing and selling Erie stock
brrond the amount of ita authorized o.ni,
tai so as to increase the common stock Of
the eoaupany from about sec. .oo0, 600 tn
SEQ, ,0oo, GOO. and run its value down from
so per cent 10 "a Al the common stock.
holders were thus -"done" out Of more than
half the whine which their stock would
haye nosses,edbut for this brilliant stroke of
knavery. The proceeds of the gigantic swim
die. amounting TO about al5.000. .ooo
in cash. o1ne into the hands of
Flax, aud herewith bought off Wander
bit and ths other fiohtino stockbolders-
Who had fuIly established the irlo1o,itv of
his cau,se even in the cor,7,nt courts NJ
New York-by navin0 Them for fbe;, loaaaa
on the stock aud costs. amounting in Van.
derhi1t's cese tn ahove s., nor, ono w;tbtba
rpma;ninp nroceeds of tha onarat;on
be nrneeeded IN nnrchoaa inoo ~
steamers. ope.a housea. blocks Of resi-,
dences, &c. He is now pronr;ator
of III. National Theatre at waeh-
ineton, and Of Pixies Opesa Housa
md If Rronohaus Theatre in E.u
yort NJ eoonar t7,ao ,,a r;ro t,no ~ ~.
iorh- no boone. oo's Ae g'so 'one as pro-
p1ae!os 10 toea11'ean 1cp'esen.aiaoas' taan
tne ies'taoate afatna leaves It's ooards' as at
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ment, and integrity II banlshed from leg1s-
lauon- Each Of hls theatres ls an arena for
the display only OF opera touDd and nndo
wonen- No Oriental P1cha or Sultan ever
had 1t his disposal, for whatever purposes Of
fascination OF corruption, tthe of the
force OF fast and loose women which the
pToHneto1ship Of two theatres at the me-
trnpolis and one at the capital affords TO
this man, whose lawless schemes require for
their success tho seduction Of SO many
honest men and the cooperation
Of SO many seoundreis. We will not say
what use Mr. Flsk makes Of the singular
forces which he laS'shes 80 much money to
control There arc Bome who assume that
the fnancier, to whom bribery with money
is familiar weapon, overlooks means at
once moro economical, subtle, deu'orallzing
and efficient Others may suppose that the
man OF "heavy and expFcss'onless face
entera into these theatrical Investments as
pastima, and that he cannot enjoy the
groupings and lascir1ous posturea OF hun
dred ballet dancers unless he OWLS them
A few, perhaps, sec no relation between hi
enterprise IN controlling the SERVICES o.
hundreds Of dancing g11s and IN Obtain
ing Legislative votes and jnd'0'.l dec'a'ons
aao snnp ''soinns 1o'A'1 '1'A4AS VINO oppose