Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-12-15
Ruined"

II must have been . very touching
scsns in the Tweed mansion The othss
day, when the news vas communicable
to the family in such An abrupt and un-
ssemly manner that the eminent states
man had oozed away. "whatl Gomez"
they all said. with uplifted hands and
staring eyes-hands that wont up and
ewes that bulged with such perfect stimuli.
taueousness and uniformity that u
seemed as though the movement could
only have been perfected BY practice.
Then one Of the sous, with . sudden re-
slization Of the terrible blow TO the rep
utation Of the family. uttered the excla.
nation. I'VE are ruined" Another
member OF the family In dramatio atti-
tudo before q mirror-belonging TO the
City OF New York-gasped, "Ruined!.
A son.in.law Of the statssman who had
oozed caught the refrain. md agoniIing
away into tho embrace Of o luxurious
arm hair--bslonging to the City o,
New York moaned, "Ruinsd." All
over the mansion. the prineely mansion
-b.longine to the City Of New York
there were noises OF sobbing aud wall
iucs OF distress, and everybody said, with
n unsnimity that could mot have been
surpassed even II the old man himself
had made out tho returns, Ruined II
Then the Sheriffs officers began to take
ON in the same way. and say they were
ruined |; and the hack driver round the
corner doubtless joined In the general
chorus. with the remark that he was
ruined, and Sheriff Conner. when he
heard the news. immediately dropped
his face into his hands. and said audibly
that he was ruined. For q little thing
like that, VIZ have never known such
large and pervading consequences In the
way OF ruin. Well might the Sheriff
aud his deputies meet zach other with
the melancholy remark. "What ruins
we are. aud what ruins we pursue"
Aud il is all very. very sad. The sad.
dsst little drama that has been enacted
this many a day. What careful rehoar-
sal II must have had. How sincere and
profound must have been tho grief Of
the Tweed family when they learned
that "ths old man" wa "not up
stairs" but had gone Of somewhere.
No wonder they all exclaimed. cru.
ined r. when tho painful intslli.
gencs dawnsd upon them that the old
man was not going back to Jail with his
keepers. Nor il II any wonder that the
son.in.law. sympathizing ksenly with
the sorrows OF the family to which he
was allied by marriage, olasped his
hands also in anguish, aud turning the
whites OF his eyes to the frescoed cell.
ing-belonging to the City Of New
York--exclsimed in the chorus, "Ru-
ined!" Since William Nye made his
great discovery Of the ruin effected by
"Chiness cheap labor" there has been
no such devastation OF hearts and hopes,
no such unanimous despair. But isn't
u queer. after all, that the whole family
should break out 30 suddenly, and upon
such an occasion, and feel 70 drsadfully
ruined" because "ths old man" had
escaped from jsili We do not mean 10
DO inquisitivs In tho matter. aud yet
this remarkable demonstration OF grief
does make US curious to know some
thing q liitlo more definite about the
precise nature OF tho ruin which the
loss has so Suddenly brought upon his
friends. That they should all discover
1t 80 suddenly. and tear their hair over
il With such q harmonious movement,
seems. to say the loast. o coincidence.
Was this q ruin OF character, or OF rspu.
%tation. or OF financial prospects, or
what7-N. i. Tribune, Dec. z.