, 1874-12-31

The inventory which Inns just been taken O
the F1sK estate, showing TINT Of the million,
Ao was supposed to own when ho died no
one cent rcmains, is the closing cbaptor n
MS worthless Life. No one can read it with
out recognizing tho porfeot Gtncss of tho dc
nouement Results hayo followed causes 4.
logically as if they were mathematical prob
le1ns, and the end is reached. Tho curtain
tolls upon tragctly in which all tho unitics
havo been preserved, in which aycneinc fote
mas executed it's decroes with exact impartial.
ity, IN which tho whirligig Of tin,o las brought
tho right nppermost, and shown the empti.
ness, the wretcllclness, the hollow deceit Of
tue whole F1sN bubble. In all these respects,
nothing could be moro complete or satisfac.
tory. It leaves the story of F1sR's lifo SYM
| motrical, logical, and harmonious; it yinili.
Gates tho 1noralitios; it points the moral SO
clearly TINT no one can holp reading and un-
derstanding It.
JIM FISK was man destitute of moral
principle, of commercial reotitudo, Of manly
purpose. Ho gave himself up to every pos
slble form Of dissipation and lust, aud, in
his greed for money, 10 had no other end in
WOW than tho Qualification of these sensual
delights. For the virtues of honesty
economy, sobriety, chastity, md truth, ho
Ind about asmuchrcspcct as AIErH1sroru11rs,
ant1 like A1Epu1s1opHIEs, be boastod of what
was bad and snccred at what was good Ills
life represented in ono person MI that il bod
in general humanity. 11cn Of this stomp
never obtain money by Legitimate means, as
they mover uso money for legitimate pur-
poses, and FISK was a prominent instance of
tho truth Of thisassertion. Theprotonso orpal-
llatlor, which some Of lis admirers urco. That
ho was charitablyinclinod, goes fornothi,e, be.
cause III tho first place his charity was used for
sclf.adVertisement, and, in the second p1aco.
nc was charitable with money which was not
i'shttnlly his own. llc obtained his money
ny m organized system Of plumber, the de-
talls OF which wore sharp practice, swindlinp.
oVerreachlng, corruption, browbcatipg. Of
fo'al blackn'ail, persecution, and fraud. He
swlndlcd upon too large Rcalo to DO ar.
rested. rio stolo upon too largo scale to bo
called thief, Ho could both swindla an5
steal with impunity, because Judges and IN.
E1es wore Ills snlarad creatures. Those orcre.
" ~o'iet4Gleu apol sllcn gigantic |
'calo and with s,oh brilliant assurance. TINT
weak and sllort-sightod people were dazzlel
ind fancicd him OEGsus WHOSE wealth vas
counted by millions. But mon of this stamp.
WHO aocnlnulnto money IN tlia WHY, mover
seep 1t. They 1uay bleed society, but there
ire parasites who blocd them worse. They
nay build gorgeous opora.horgcs, but an
'pora~houso which is.a soraglio costa fortunes
q run it. MiHtresses Of tho hrASsr1E1p
tylo orc Ackle, aud their affections aro com,
aerclal. They 1.-Two by blaek1nail, md their
1ctlnla arc continually bled. BuoA men
must hare troops Of confodoratos aud toola
pay' Thoy must raise up hosts Of cnemics
DO silonocd, Thoy must pay constant
ratts for bribery and corruption, and tho
'ngor thoy continue tho moro they must
ny, for onco In thoro ia no way out. In tho ,
o''lno Of auch a lfo Of rlotous living a. this, !
40 victim must at Inst meet with Ills Ncmosia.
nd F1aR met Ills in sroKEa. The bullet :
'lioved STOKES from Aia prosecutor. !
nd Eollovod society Of q post' 3
I'D musdar logically Terminated Ftaa'a i