The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-09-24
Political-Who Represent New York In the Demo-
cratic State CcnEenfi0n-BeerheF-Tilt Tiltnn-noci-
Ton and the Grand Jury Business-An Old swim
die Cd again-The Fast Nails.
NEW YoYK, Sept. q, 1873.


the ban of the police. These men who
would be thieves themselves but for the
fact that it is more profitable and safe TO
pIunder thieves than to be actually in
the profession, go to Syracuse to repre-.
sent the Democracy of New York. and
to make State officials. The party is
worthy of its representatives and the
representative are worthy of the party
Morrissey, who was kicked out Of
Tammany. was possibly the lea. t Objec
tionable of the lot; but he has men in
his delegation for whom hanging would
be too good.
The Republicans of Ohio and Pennsyl-
yania, who are sore-headed over trifies.
and are, by their apathy, fastening the
Democracy upon their States, ought to
live here awhile that they might appre-
ciate fully what Democratic rule means.
They ought to live for n gear or so
under the domination of Irish rum
mill keepers, or rufiians, thieves and
blackIegs; they ought to pay the taxes we
have to pay, and put I'D with robbery OF
the most barefaced description; they
ought to live under n government run
entirely in the interest of one class, and
that the worst one, and they would go
home ready and willing to take off their
coats and go to work for the only party
that makes n pretence of decency and
honesty. Were a citizen of Pennsylva-
mia. | should esteem a visitation of yell
low fever as less a damage TO the State
than a year of Democratic rule, for rs it
is here so it has been everywhere that
that party has had power.
BEECHER-TILTON.
The Beecher-Tilton nastiness is not
over yet by long ways. 1t will be re-
membered that at the beginning of the
muss Beecher procured an Indictment
against Frank Moulton, Tilton's friend,
for libel in charging that the said Beecher
had been guilty of adultery with Tilton's
wife. This indictment still hangs over
Moulton. Yesterday. Britton, the States
attorney, offers to Moulton withdraw
al of the indictment on the ground that
the late trial settled ali the points at is
sue. Moulton Indignantly rejects the
offer. He says that he is indicted for a
crime of which he is innocent, and de-
mands that the case go to trial. Beecher
wants it dropped, and it was his friends
who influenced Britton to make the
offer.
late trial Mrs. Tilton could not he
brought upon the stand to testify, be-
cause She was the wife of party inter
ested, but in this trial her husband is
not interested, and she can be compelled
to testify as to what she knows OF the
matter. Mr.. MouIton wants to get her
on the stand, to put her in the hands OF
acute lawyers, who will sift her-he
wants to compel her to testify openly as
to what she knows of her letters and
Beecher's letters, without private in
struction. Moulton has blood in his eye,
and he intends to follow up this trouble
till he ends it in one way or the other.
1t is easy to understand why the Beecher
party are willing to let the scandal drop,
and Just as easy to understand why
Moulton is not. He demands q trial on
the charge of libel, and he is willing to
have the world know whether he libelled
Beecher or not. / don't see how Beecher
can afford to avoid the issue, and there
fore there is to be a revival of the nasti
ness. Let us hope that the trial won't
last as long as the first did.
Beecher returned to the city this week.
his friends signalling his resumption of
labor by grand testimonial ovation at
the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Tilton commenced his big lecture tour
last night at Port Jervis, n. Y. He had
an immense audience and was heartily
greeted. He speaks this season two hun
dred consecutive nights, twice III New
York and Brooklyn. OF course he will
draw immensely.
BUSINESS.
] am exceedingly glad to be able to
report a decided revival of business i'll
the city. The country merchants are
iiere in force from Maine to Texas, and
while they are not buying with anything
like the freedom of former years, they
are doing decidedly bettes. Instead of
merely sortingup, a majority of the
country buyers are purchasing stocks
Twenty five houses reported yesterday
that they were making larger sales than
last year at this time, by twenty per
cent, and that payments were never
better.
Noone expects the large, rushing trade
of former years, but it is gratifying to
know that there is any increase. Money
is very plenty in tlie city for those who
have proper coilaterals, though it is al
most impossible to get at it on anything
but city securities IL is a thousand
pitieS that portion Of the Cdst sums Ly-
ing idle at this time IN the city could not
be placed outside, 9Chere it coUld be HSed
to GdUGntGge.
AN OLD SwINDLE REVIVED.
Do you remember the old sawdust
swindle? Were any of your acquaint-
ances ever bitten by the adroit swindlers
who iIfest this city, doing their business
through the mails: Look out just now.
for the Elias Brothers, who are the most
talented men in the profession, are at it
again. These men are Israeiites, and
what they don't know in the way of get
ting q dollar without returning it, isn't
worth knowing. Beside the sawdust |
swindie, they have fathered the bogus |
lottery schemes. tie watch distribution |
scheme, the Milton gold scheme, and |
the great majority of the swindles that |
have for ten years depleted the pockets |
of the eredrlous. And now they turn |
up again with what they call General |
Average Sale of 81, 600, 900 worth of |
goods annually" They propose to sell |
you a sealed box which will contain |
goods varying from 81, coo diamonds al! /
the way up to s., 900 camel hair shawis,
for any price you choose, from 80 to $50.
1t is curious, but even this bare hook
will be swallowed by thousands, as have
all the bare hooks these fellows have
dropped. The Elias Brothers laugh at
their dupes and laugh at the police.
They run c swindle till it becomes too
and then they devise another.
The police 90 for them, but they beat
he courts. They keep in their employ
| well known firm of criminal lawyers,
% whom all their schemes are submitted
Il they are of a nature that exposes
nem to the law, they are altered and
IInended, the point being to keep Just
within the law without iniuring the
windle. You see. they have it down to
he finest possible point-in fact, they
onduct their swindles on business prin-
iples.
Please put your readers on their guard
gainst these fellows. Their circular
hey sent out 16, 00e of them yesterday
; adroitly written, anG would almost
eceive the elect They show how they
an give two dollars for one, and make
money by doing it.
THE FAST MAILS TO THE WEST.
The Inauguration of the fast mail
-ains from New York to the West, is
allied by the business men of this city
5 the most useful reform of this genera
on, and grateful peanE are being sung ]
} p. II. G. Jewell. \ train leaves this .
ty every morning at Ais 4. NJ, it
caches Cleveland at z 80 p. NJ, Toledo,
:27, and is in Chicago the next morn
onJ Iaay-aS. mails IL ~