The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-12-27

and other objects have been moved Oh
the platform during the sermons, and
, in the presence of the CONGREGATION
Apropos of the subject, it is gravels
gossired that Ste%art's magnificent
private establishment on Fifth avenue
is haunted, ard hence that the million
aire refuses to occupy it. Mr.. Stew
art is,. just now, doing such good with
Ills money as to be entitled only TO the
most exemplary ghosts, and it is these,
if any; which are dancing attendance
on his premises. Something not quite
T, so spiritual has occurred in
TIE COTTON MARKET.
In other words, three of the Oldest
houses in the city have failed, because
they corld not carry their margins, on
"spdt" cotton, The trouble is that
the "bulls" have succeeded in pushing
thelprice-o of "future'' beyond present
values, and adtaaeitg PRICES to sic6
an extent that the HEears," instead of
making money from their anticipated
"tumble" in prices, have themselves
tumbled, and their visions are but
..tthe baseless fabric of dream
The names orthe parties are w. p:
Wright & Co., Jeremiah Leaycraft.
and Adolphus Schaeffer & Co. All
OF them expect to resume business in
a few days. These incidents and the
failure of the Ocean Bank have tccrea:
ted feyerish excitement in CONNER
cial circles. -. .zFsT,
MINOR TrEMs.
Joshua D. Miner, charged with
having issued large amounts Of cotiri.
terfeitsmoney, is now ON trial, and oha
of his chief accomplices is the princi-
pal witness. Strange to say, the chief
detective of the Government was the
bondsman of the latter TO the amount
of $4,000. Isn't it strange?
Mrs. Byrnes, the female Rosenz:
weig, has been sent to the State Prison
for seven years, and Izzy Lazarus, the
noted pugilist, is to be incarcerated id
Sing Sing for repeating at the polls,
You may infer from these healthy
symptoms that New York yet stands
a chance of escaping d fain of FIRE
and birthstone.
Laura D. Fair, the California mur-
1eress, publishes long letter in the
Berald, in which she reviews the
course aof ihe press Of The Pacific
'lope towards her; scathes a iinmbef
If public men, asks justice at tha
lands of the people, though it may
,nly come to her child, and advertises
he fact that she has dramatized 'Lu-
'ille,' the well known poem by Owen
Meredith. rs.IsrL -
"a WOMEN AND THEIR RIGHTS.
The woman question is. showing It'd
strides in the Organization that are al:
most daily reported. The lest fnatip-
rated was the Thomson Free Medical
;olIege, exclusively for ladies, and
7ithout expense to the recipient OF
A room is soon to be
pened for the study of practical an
tony and dissection. The Regents
f tie University IF New Eork are
exercise q superYisory edfe over the
smale EseuIarii.as
Theatrical, circus and Ethiopian
erformances, in spite of intensely
old weather, continue to attract their
every night, and from the
acspts one might judge that New
'ork is in a carnival of amusement
wen Fred. Douglas draws crowd to
is lecture on st. Domingo; while ar
SIS, professors, clergymen and female
less notorious, find their eff
,rts on the platform crowned with
lore than usual success. 80.
The dying condition of the Prince
t Wales is the theme of consant comI
lent in business circles, and the stag:
of the disease are chronicled on the
ulletin boards every hour. The w6h-
erful power of electricity in convey
g the news from beside to the
Iblic was never more potently illus:
ated than in the present instance.
The political attitude of the city
urnals ut the present juncture is q
lrious one: There Is not one Of the
lpers that does NOT accept President
rantias the next nominee, cum grano
Us, but the majority Of them show
sposition either TO wdit upon events
entirely throw him overload. The :
IN makes its unual antagonistic tilts.
expects it from Charles
ana. The Herald wavers in its al
glance, but percep;ibly leans against
e present incumbent: The. Timed
stif1y in his favor, With saving
,uses sprinkled throughout its edif-
als, while the W,rM and Trs6nns,
usually antidipodeau in their princii
,s, unite for the nonce in demand;
!, gigantic reform that shall gxtend
en- to the chair magistrate. Judgi
, from the tone of articles every
'rning published, the idea of inn
1chment is not entirely sensational.
1, whatever may be his faults or :
tues, General Grant may yet be
led upon to answer to the allega-
IS OF, Charles Sumner and score
his once best friends: Nous vir4
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