Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-03-19
DIR NEW YORK LETTER.
Jay Gould-The Jews-The Lady
Washington Tea Party for the BEN
dt ofthe OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
r,on our New York Correspondent.

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hand. and would sink into comparatiV
insigni6cance, but events have show
that Fisk was simply tolerated by GoulC
and while he was IN some measure use
full to him, he was in no sense a necess
ty TO him. Indeed 1t is very probabl
that Gould permitted him to RUIZ his fan
tastic career because it was fantastic
While the public were amused with the
the burly clowns antics, the more astutt
schemer was quietly working out hi
own ends. Fisk's ex traVagances con
eealed the actual work of the real head
of Erie. Jay Gould has once more as
tonIshed Wall Street. He has gobbled
the Pacific Railroads, and the Pacific
Mail, and controls these two immense
corporations as surely as Tom Scott
controls the Pennsylvania Central. And
lie did it nicely and cleanly, as he has
done everything. While Congress was
slashing into Pacific Mail he was buying
its stock. Congress was blasting the
reputation of the managers, who probs-
bly, deserved it, but whether they did or
not, Mr.. Jay Gould made the most Of the
opportunity. The stock went down to
his figure and he bought it in great
Jumps. He had TO ask the Tribune TO
help him, in his work of depreciation,
which echoed the cry of corruption till
the city rang with it, and the people, al :
ways ready to take up that cry, against
ahy one, assisted him. Now Jay Gould
turns up with NOT only the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company, with its twenty
four steamers in his hand, but he has
his claws on the Pacific Railroads. Vir-
tually, this little rehcent man runs line
of road across the continent, and the only
steamship connections with and sup
Elemental to it, That is to say he
controls all the means of communiea-
.lion between America, japan and China.
And he has done this so slyly, so silently,
that no one knew oft till it was accom-
plished.
Gould is smart man. Do you remem-
Der the furious discussion in Congress
this winter upon the proposition to es-
tablish Governmental telegraph? Well,
MIR. Jay Gould brought that about. Why?
do you asks The simplest thing IN the
world. The Western Union Is the great
strong Company and the Atlantic &
Pacific is weak. Jay Gould held large
stock in the latter, and he wanted the
former. Any proposition ofa Govern
ment telegraph stabs the Western Union
and strengthens the Atlantic & Pacific.
So Mr.. Gould's friend in Congress, who
ever he is, made an assault on the West
ern Union, and up went Atlantic s. Pa
cifc. With one hand Gould sold Allan
tic 6 Pacific, and with the other he
bought Western Union, aud when he
had enough of the one and little enough
of the other, the discussion was stopped,
in Congress and the Western Union was
permitted to go on--the most odiOus
and grasping monopoly in America. Il
is said that by this one. operation he has
made two millions of dollars. 1t is
rather smart man who can make a cats
paw ofCongress and the press-who can
make them serve bam when they think
they are serving the country.
Personally Gould does not show as a
great man. He is slender built, spare
man, about 8 feet 2 inches in height, with
afaoe covered with full black beard
He never smiles, nor does his face show
any emotion. ! don't believe it would
HhNC q cAottON fOtCA IN 5uOuku AcdI
of the sudden death of his mother-in-
law. is emotionless and eaIlous His
cold eye has about as much expression
in it as that of fish. He is tireless
worker, and on his way to a success he
never stops. He treads over the dead
bodies of his friends Just the same as he
does over the dead bodies of his enemies
He is the embodiment of selfshness.
Successful now, he will unquestionably
die poor man. Bye and bye he W i'll
meet man just like himself, only
younger and more audacious, and down
he will go. It Is law of nature and 3
good one. ..s .x.s
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL. III
New York is, with the exception Of
Paris, the most cosnopolite city on the
globe. There are more Irish in it than in
Dublin, and more Germans than in any
German city excepting Berlin, Vienna
and Hamburg. And there are more
Jews in it than in any city in the world.
There are 80,O00of them, and most ex-
cellent people they are too. They follow,
of course, the lines of business that the
Israelites have followed from time Imme-
mortal. They are bankers, jewellers,
pawnbrokers and dealers in clothing
Occasionally there are firms dealing in
what may be called staple goods, but as q
rule they prefer articles of fancy or luxu-
~ probably because they afford better
profit. Il man may neglect to pay his
tailor or his boot-maker, but il his wife
wants diamond necklace, she has 1t,
and cash is paid for it too The Jew Is
fond Of dealing in such things.
The elder Jews hold very strictly TO
their ancient religion, but the younger
ones depart very widely from it. They
prefer the society of the Americas. and
very soon they get rid of the Hebrew re-
ligion, taking none. however, in its
stead. The Jewish synsgogues are mag
nifcent affairs. That on the corner. of
Forty third street, aud Fifth avenue cost
$50, 600; the one in the Seventh avenue
cost 100000. In the latter the ark cost
$70,O0e. .5a1-L
But whether they hold the ancient
faith or have strsyed into infidelity, the
Jews are most excellent citizens. They
follow their business, whatever it NAV
be, carefully they are quiet and law
abiding, sober, temperate and reasonable.
And they are Americans to the back
bone. They believe in this country, for
this is the only one that never has dis
eliminated against them. They are more
sturdy in the support of the country and
its institutions than the native born citi.
zens. New York has no better class of
citizens than the Jews. -...-.. ...-.
EASTER HOLIDAYS. -
Some resolute spirit among those haY.
ing control of the Lady Washington Tea
Party has determined that it shall be
when buds begin TO blow, and roses are
less than fifty cents apiece, as BELTS Ia
dy's festival. On one pretext or another
the affair is put of, and will be till such
time as suits the wilful manager Or man
ayers who have set their hearts on having
it como later in the season. It will be a
pretty spectacle ol.young faces and old
china, fresh, red rosebuds and ancient
brocades in sky blue, cream color and
carnation, the prettiest women, the best
manners gotout for the occasion. the
most notable people in society, not leav-
ening the thrOng, but making 1t to that
satisfying degree where at one elbow
will be poet, and at the other Major
General in front a celebrated beauty with
q much complimented lady editor in the
middle distance.
All this, with the perfume ofnew spring
heliotrOpes and Easter lilies, will sur
round ten tables, set of with all that
thsste can devise, where the honors will