Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-08-06

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such as has not been witnessed there sine
the Jay Cooke smash Old grey hair
ed men, young clerks. merchants, bank
ers, every body. were rushing franhcallJ
up and down the street. banks were be-
sieged for balances, stock went ddwr
with a run, and for an hour or twOi
seemed as though all Wall Street was
crazy. Finally the excitement cooled
ana II was discovered that it wasn't
much OF shower after all. No more
failures were announ ced that dav and
men slept tolerably well that pigbt- =
But the next day the Commercial Wore.
house Company lailed for million and
half, and the excitement was renewed
and it is still ra ging.
What the upshot OF it all will be re-
mains TO be SEEN Shrewd men are ia,
kin G in sail and go ing as close-reeIed as
possible. Another wedding out, such as
occurred after Jay Cookies failure, is
feared for the reason that since 1873 eV-
erybody has been doing business at a
loss; but as money has been easy to
get, any quantity of weak houses have
been able to conceal their weakness and
go on. To such, th ese heavy failures
that shake the Street are death. For the
moment the strings are tightened, they
can't get the credit they need, and up
they go. Whether this is the beginning
OF such season or not remains to be
seen.
FORD BEECHER.
But the failure that makes the most
talk is that of j. B. Ford 6 Co., the pub
fishers of Beecher's book and his paper,
THE CHRISTIAN UNION.
They announce Suspension" and bold
out kind Of vague promise to resume,
insisting the while, that the great scan
dial had nothing TO do with their troub-
les. Ali of which is bosh. The moment
the scandal was made public, the sale of
Beecher's books, dropped to almost
nothing, and il has been growing worse
since. The firm had an immense amount
of money locked up, in the first volume
of "Tbe Lie of Christ" and as they
could not get il out, down they went
Everybody conn ected with this matter
has had trouble except Beecher He is
as serene as a May morning his salary
AoS OSSA 4dioCu " 9lOU,UOU DGI wear
his followers accompany him to the de-
pot in droves big ovations are being
given him, and all sorts of pleasant
things are showered upon him. In the
meantime, Mrs. TiltOn is about to open a
boarding house, and ]. B. Ford & Co.
fail. Henry Ward ought to come TO the
relief of both of them He ought to buy
all of his books that Ford 6 Co. have on
hand and give them to Mrs. TiltOn, who
could, doubtless dispose OF them for
something. That would let them both
out of the trouble he plunged them into
But guess he won't doit. Speaking of
MRS. TILToN,
something ought to be done for her. II
Beecher is innocent of course she is
but for all that the trial has ruined her
She has never a penny TO bless herself
with, and the scandal has barred her
from almost every employment she is fit-
ted for. Theodore is even poorer than
she, for he had nothing before the trial,
and now he has the enormous expenses
attending that to stagger under so he
can't help her if he would. Itseems to
me that Plymouth Church should stand
by her in her troubles as it has by its
pastor. The church is rich, and to give
this helpless woman a moderate support
for herself and children would not be
serious burden.
IN THE DEMocRACIC CAMP
there is trouble of very serious nature.
The ruling powers in Tammany have
made war with John MoTrisey. and have
the expugillsit, at present writing, fairly
down, though faro John is making
vigorous effort to get up again. 1t is SAID
tn at this movement is to pave the way
tor Tweed to again take the reins. The
old man is confident of getting hls liber
ty in very short time, and once at liber-
ty he has followers enough to take pos
session Of TammanY, and consequently
the city. If this happens what day of
reckoning there will be. All the De mo-
Gratis who went back on the Boss to save
themselves at the time the reform move
ment commenced, will be held to a strict
account-all the shysters nov in Of
flee, who, supposing him dead. gave him
the cold shoulder, will be slaughtered
without mercy, and the Tammany Re-
publicans who Joined in the hue and cry
against him, will wish they had never
been born. Tweed has a long mem ory
and sharp claws. Those who are in the
secrets of political matters IN the city
assert, that once let the Boss set his pom
derous foot on the pavement of New
York, free man, he can rally stronger
party in his support than ever The low
er classes of Democracy. remem bered his
open-handed generosity, and they love
him better than eyer, for they consider
him q martyr.
There will be fun when he comes out
of Ludlow street jail.
OBSCENE LITERATURE.
Anthony Comstock, the agent of the
Young Mems Christian Association, is as
vigilant as eVerIn the work of suppress
sing the sale of obscene literature. He
made two arrests yesterday, and clapped
two miserable hounds in Jail. Bu' few
people have an idea of the extent to
which this horrible busines is carried
on. There are large establishments run
by steam engaged in printing obscene
are houses with large capi-
tai employed in importing them, and IN
atties small presses are throw
Ing off thousands each q day of smut in
the form of verses. They are sold by un-
principled booksellers on the sly, and
by boys on the streets. Mr.. Coustock |
has undertaken to stop this nefaIiOus bu
siness, and he is at least making an i'm |
preston on it. He has arrested over |
forty retailers of filth and a score of |
and he has compelled |
the publishers Of the flash papers 10 be at |
least decent IN their illustrations and |
reading matter. He is doing a good |
work.
THE WEATHER
IS muggy. damp, hot and miserable. 1t
rains every day just as easily as thoug h |
rain was the regular thing TO do. OF
course no one expects to do business, and |
none whatever is being done. New |
York Is fearfully sick place just now.
PIETRO.
New York. Aug. 2, 1875.