Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-09-03
OUR NEW YORK LETTER
Politics in the MetrOPOIiS-FruIt-
Moody and Sankey-BusIness-A
Daring Outrage-The Rifle Team
The weather. -

lne poIliCai Cauiurun IS boiling Qnd
bubbling fereely. particularly among the
Democracy. Gov. Tilden is laying the
ropes for the Democratic Presidential
nomination, and New York will furnish
a dozen other candidates. who are quiet
lv knocking down his pins as fast as he
sets them up. The foxy old TildeD is rid
ing, just now, the reform hobby, his spec
ialty, being a shy at the Canal swindlers.
He has unearthed immense frauds, and
and has eau sed proceedings TO be institut-
ed against them. and it does look as
though some of the thieves would be
brought to justice But, remem-
Ier always, that the zeal for reform
that is generated by the heat for further
promotion is very likely to die ina smudge
as soon as the object is attained. If
Mr.. Tildeu had only taken decent part
in the inihatory movement on the Tweed
ring, if he had always been watchful of
the interests of his city and State, if he
had always used his undeniably great in
fuence in the right direction, we could
have more faith in his reformstory ideas
at this time. But, unfor tunately. Sam
Tilden knew ofthe frauds that Tweed and
his associates were perpetrating years be-
fore he ever opened his mouth-indeed,
b e did not open his mouth at all, until
compelled to by an outraged public senti-
ment, which the magnificent work of the
Ne0 York Times called into activity. |
have healthy distrust of Democratic re-
form and Democratic reformers. They
never wake till they are compelled to,
and they let go the moment public vigi-
lance is in the least slackened. New York
city is under Democratic rule, and tbs
as badly governed as in its worst days
Tilden's charge on the Canal ring VIII
amount to lust as much as did the re form
in the city. But. on the strength Of it, he
may carry off the empty honor of a Dem
ocratic nomination for the Presidency.
FRUIT
comes pouring into the city in greater |
quantities than ever. Peaches are arrY- |
ing at the rate of from seventy to one hun |
dred and twenty thousand baskets |
per day-u much greater qua nifty than |
can be consumed in the ci ty. 1t is de- |
lightful-for every body but the grower |
and merchant-tO be abl to buy on any |
street corner beautiful. luscious pc aches |
great, large, sweet, juicy beauties, for
cent, or more frequently two for cent. |
And then the melons, berries, and other |
fruitsl We are living very we'll in New
York, now, thank you'll
In consequence of the plethora OF peac b.
es, shippers are sending them in large |
quantities to the West, where, this year
the crop is failure. They use new re-
frigerator car, and hurry them through |
on the express trains. Chicago is the OBJ |
jective point for train or two per day.
MOODY AND sANKEY
the reYivalists, commence their labors in |
this country in October. Their selection |
of place for beginning is singularly p
propriate, for what city in the world |
needs downright hard work in the wav
of evan gelization as does Brooklyn ? 1t |
IS not decided yet Whether a building
will be erected for them or one all ready
up will be altered for the purpos e. Tai
mage's tabernacle is large nough, but
Talmage considers himself as much of an
evangelist rs any Moody ever born, and
he probably would object to their using
it. After renovating Brooklyn they pro-
pose TO tackle New York, thus gi wing
themselves the severest test possible. I I
made by which the Democratic politi-
clans, the police force, the burglars. and
the rest of the thieves could all be
brought together for these daring mis-
sionaries to work upon. If they succeed
ed in making an impression upon them,
II would be so striking manifestation
OF the power of the gospel that no man
would dare TO doubt.
BUSINESS.
Hope springs semi-immortal in the |
breasts of irresponsible newspaper cores
pondents, who try to get up the hope
of return to activity in business. With
the utmost candor it cannot, be allowed
that these kind efforts have any reason.
The ground taken in these letters, has al
ways been that resumption in business
canot be looked for till the heavy stock
of goods on hand is moved off which can
not be the present season. This week,
there is some activity among jobbers,
as many Southern and Western mer-
chants are 10 town, but it is only q furry.
and will soon be over. These gentlemen
do not profess to come on with anv seri-
Gus intentions of business, but are only
looking round, shrewdly inclined to snap
up any peculiarly good bargains that
may fall in their way. Nominal prices
one. The semi-annual fitting from one
roof to another, which is part of the lives
of half New York, leads to drawn bat
ties between landlord and tenant this sea-
son. Lodging-house keepers are trying
their best to keep up old prices of rent,
while tenants are bound to have the ben
ett of the general deduction which ought
to lake place in the rates of living. The
tenants will have the best fit in the end.
Th ese workmen have fought to keep up
the prices 10 which they were used, IS
and $3.50 a day for masons, carpenters.
and stone-cutters. They would not work
full weeks when these rates were going,
nor would they save anything from their
wages, consequently they have to take
what they can get The unscrupulous
among them take to burglary, which
is almost epidemic here.
TIE DARING OUTRAGE
of last Sunday is not likely to lend house.
keepers quiet minds. Mr.. Noe, an old I;
and respectable merchant, got to think
ing about his store, and the feeling that
something was wrong about 1t grew so
strong that he finally went downtown to
see about it he went through all the
stories, finding everything safe till he came
to the lott, where he saw q man coming
QuWu Tue sCuIles 4uOuku uudrmeQs Mf. |
Noe was plucky enough to grapple the
burg lar, and give him considerable
trouble; but the miscreant got the better
of him, and the old man was left, tied
hand and foot, horribly beaten ahent the
head, and warned not TO cry for help, on
peril Of death. he died Thursday eve.
Ming, of his injuries. Crime runs high In
New York oflate. Not for fifteen years
has there been such deeds of daring vlo-
lence committed. A man crossing the
Battery about II o'clock one Of the sweet
summer evenings ofthis week, was knock.
ed down and phoked almost to death,
while his pockets were searphed and rob.
bed. a stout German woke ta flnd a bnra.
lar departing through rear window, and
had courage to seize and hold him b7 tue Il
leg, spite OF bis thEaats-to shoot, nj hslp
arrived. A brooklyn Htora was bAnRan
open, and tho clerk, who slspt II Ii, OF.
deFsd 70 lla down again, with the mnssle
Of pistol held to bis forehead, while
the r1oney,dFaReP was rannaOsed, A
New Yorker oan hardly be said TO lie
10 Qulat dFearna.
The Noe burglar has not yet been
caught, nor u there much likelihood that
he viii be. The detective system of New
York 10 Q fraud, and The police system
sham. The city II Rl the mercy OF the
dan0ePOUa olasaee and will be TIL de. L