Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-12-03

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old. His father died in 1843 ct the same
ripe age, leaving q fortune Of over $40,
100000, more than half of which fell to
| William b. whose portion, increased bV
a legacy from his uncle Henry, has steadi-
| ly grown 10 this enormous sum. lie
owned more than 800 houses and build
ing lots. many Ofthe houses being among
the finest in the city. It has been a rule
with the AstoF family from the begin
ming never to sell any real estate, but to
buy, which they have done with rare
sagacity and good judgment ever since
oil John Jacob got q good start IN life,
While William B. may not have had so
original a genius for money making az
his father, he was certainly In all other
respects his superior. He possessed an
excellent Judgment and great aptitude
'or business affairs, and managed his vast
concerns with wonderful intelligence
and order. He was one of the best land
lords IN the city, strict, to be sure, aud
xactlng his own, but taking excellent
care oil his tenements, holding them at a
| iaIr rent, and so just and reasonable that
people always liked to get into his houses;
md he took Care to make il for the in
teresf Of good tenants to stay. He nearly
doubled the old mans bequest for tound-
ing the AsiOr library; indeed, it is said
hat he inspired the idea of it in his
fathers mind, for il Is not. generally
known that b. WIS ripe scholar and
0und his chief enjoyment In the society
OF his hooks. His lite was quite uneVent-
iul, he liVetl much more simply and un-
nstrnianiOusly than hundreds IN this city
do who are bothered TO make both eddS
meet, and worked more hours daY than
most men who merely get living from
Iand to mou'h. So that in life he had
no more enjoyment of his wealth than
we all may have and, perhaps, do have
out oil our small incomes, and all of his
millions could not buy him one hours
respite of the strok. OF death.
How much did R-leaVe?" asked
one friend of another, when a rich man
of their acquaintance died al, left all
he had;" Was the wise reply. Fortunate,
INDEED, and blessed are they who leave
more than material wealth, houses aud
lands, and silver and gold; who leave
names which pass along down the ages
in the kindly speech of the Inwly and
miserable, lifted up. comf0rted by their
thoughtful and tender benefactiOnS.
MOODY AND sANKEY AGAIN.
Moody and SIHkey, those mighty can
iains nf the church militant, have aban-
doned the siege of the fortress of sin
over in wicket BROOKLYN, and removing
with all their inepedinssRtG. have sat them
down before the easier walls ofthe QI4k-
er citV. What Ell -ct their holy artill ery
wrought in Brooklyn is not easy to dis
cover. There was a large attendance
upon them, mIny professedly anxious in
quirers, and all that, but little is known
of the numl'er of conversions, and in 90
short time, nothing of what change
has really been wrought in the lives of
the new professors. 1t is said in Brook
lyn, that their efforts are b1t the bsrln-
ming of series of such, and that during
the winter marvellous d3inys mty b5
looked for in the churches. Let Us hoos
50. and bid God speed to ali efforts by
whomrVer made to lead the race to bet
ter living. 1t might be said here that
Rev. DR.. StOrrs. who has been gr.atlv
tempted by of RS from = rich CHURCH in
New York, has finally decided % r.nsir
with the Cnurch of the Pilgrims in Brook
lyn, whose pulpit he has filed now for
thirty years.
sUs PER COL.
1t has been said that the worst use te
put man to is TO hang him; but that
can't possibly be true 10 this CITY. Itnow
and then happens that q criminal IA
promptly hunted down. fairly and
promptly tried, and if his ofFeuse ia a
capital one, promptly sEs par col And
he was never worth so much in his Iife
AS in his death, for he bangles from the
gibbtt, terror to his kind. and life Is
safe, for good while after It is not
a pleasant thought that man nav meet
on the streets of New York in an even
ing's promenade hundred men, who
if they had good chance, would cut
his throat for two dollars and half or
some sach matter; but it is true, never
theless, and nothing keeps their hands
down but the shadow OF the gallows tree
Ia bOnny tree for this locality. Now,
here is a substantial fact up to the Tins
of the swift conviction and sentence of
the murderer of Mr. Noe, a month 400
crime was on the advance in this CITY
Since, it has fallen of. as if that righte-
GUS death sentence had palsied the hand
of violence.
| SAILORS AFLOAT AND ASHORE.
There's sweet little cherub that sits ND alon
To keep Watch ior the Life OF poor jack
So runs tn" stout old English sss ao,,
of Thomas Dibden, but surely that AZ
tiiudinOuS watcher is sadly remiss of bis
duties, for the records show that 511
sailors annually lDSe their lives by falIiog
from masts and sp1rs of SHIPS at SEA.
Think ye well housed landsnsn. OF OoIng :
4 IL. s. = t,a y r.
far out at sea, up shTOud5. aui alone rio
ging and sPars slippery with ic.. when
to miss grasp OF frozen rope, or a false
step. is certain death. Very few persons
know much or care much about the sail
OF. His life Is the lie of dog: M sIava
was ever the victim OF such wrong a.
he endures. His life lies so apart from
that of ordinary humanity that the ad-
vance OF civilization hardly ineIudez
him he is left in = condition Of barbar-
ism. Let me try to convey to your read
rrs, some notion of the way he il treat.
ed in this civ, one of the great seaport,
of the world, it being the same every
where. Imagine a sailor just landed
from u voyage. Suppose him to hay,
heen sailor for twenty-five years, and
to be forty years old. He has got bI
wages in his pocket, be knows no suct
word as home or family, he has not Z
friend iE the world, the strict discipline
and narrow life on ship, have so degrad
ed and imbruted him that he has al q lst
lost the gift OF speech, and only retains
few terms ofthe sea He has only on,
notion Of enjoyment, and that IS of thl
lowest forms of animalism. The land
sharks are waiting tor him, and although
he has been deVoured by them q thou
sand times In all the ports of the world
hr,rushes into their jaws again. He 1
led unresistnglT inlO one Of the mauy
vile dens in Water or . similar street
Piled with poisoned liquor until be I
out of his mind handed over TO a Wretc I
ed female cOmpanion, whose business il !
to see that he Goes not leave The premi
ses, nor allowed to get sober. Then
when his mOnev is all spsnt-and Intake
only few days to it-aud a bill runur
equal to his advance wages, the proprie.
4 tor of theIleFifs hole where he Is VA
lowing ships him. through an agent D
any vessel about to sail-for vessels ar
always short of men, and all sorts OF il
famous tricks are pui into use to &
thEm-and Jack comes TO his senses som
iuOiFAuk ~ 1u4 uhuScii ~ tAS AVtcSessA4
at an outward 69und ship, which ]
bring towed down the bay, and on
through the narrows where she IS cas-
off ny q e lng-hoai, and must hOist sal
an d awav. He has no knowledge of hoI
he got there. He was dragged on boar
drunk. He was drunk when he signe'
his name, or made his mark, to the ship
paprrs drunk when he signed an Orde
for bis landlord to obtain bis adFanol
,,., and IL nnv slowly and afuDffl,