The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1876-02-24
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
(Frons Our oson Correspondent. J

New YORK, Feb. 18th, 1875.
To the Editor OF the Tribune.
Chow doth the little busy Ba'' I
should be glad to answer, Every well,
thank you" to DIR. Watts conundrum,
but sooth to say that would hardly be
the truth. The fact is, B Is g good deal
bothered, three or four of him. by the
trials of life and law. For instance there's
Beecher laboring to get hundred, or two
of the Congregational Churchesthrougn-
out, the country to come to BrooklyE
forthwith, ana tell Mrs. hIoulton and
all the other carpeIs, whether he Is real
" guilty or not. Poor man. He has
already had trouble and worry enough in
this hamiIiating affair, to expiate good
deal Of wrong doing. And then there is
Bowen, the thin FLOODED dragon, who
like his pro5o type of the Apocalypse,
has cast ont of his mouth a food OF
water Iii the shape of long letter, to
swallow up the object Of his enmity,
and who, after publishing his column or
SO of bitter sneer, sarcasm and InEUendO,
settled back in his chair to receive the
plaudits of the country for this convinc-
ing delivery only to see by the scathing
contempt heaped upon him from all
sides, that ne had s'opened his mouth
and put his foot in il. Then too there's
Babcociz and his is indeed a very hard
case. Only few short weeks ago, this
little busy B was humming peacefully
and obscurely about the flower garden of
Washington society, carelessly slipping
the honey from its thousand flowers, and
basking LII the full. sunlight of Presiden-
tial favor. Few realized the existence
OF Babcock, and even of this number
none could imagine that the little bou-
quet-holder of the executive mansion
was soon TO set the country by the ears.
But truth was ever stranger than fiction,
and to day the work of the ST. Louis
court, as it traces the trail Of the serpent
almost to the very door of the White
House, is watched by nearly as many
people, and with an interest scarcely
less breathless AL intense than that
given TO the proceedings OF Judge Neil
sons tribunal in the year gone by. The
best resources of law, of rhetoric, of par
" and personal influence are to be ex-
hausted OF the trial, and it is not i'm
possible that the fate of this little b
vainly flying from that big B-ristow
may be the fate of the next presidential
election
And speaking OF that coming event,
brings me- to mention the other b which
had 4 N I'd. A very busy b is this
one. V, such a busy B Improving
each shining hour-to say nothing OF
the dark ones-working SO hard and yet
SO quietly TO get all its little cells made
by next June, and filed with the honey
which thI on yh some subtle alchemy,
known only TO itself, it MANAGES &c
gather from thistle and nightshade, as
we'll as from fragrant clover from vio
Oh SIandnr
and even just reproach as easily as from
popularity and applause, and all this
while it appears easy, affable, and bland
and Its name IS Blaine.
Those are the Bs that are attracting
rather more of New York attention
this week than any others in the hive
But in addition to apiary pursuits, we
have other things to think OF.
The Board Of Trade have memorable
ed Congress On the question of finance
The opinion of this important and really
representative body seems to be tina
the period fixed by Congress for resump
ton is too early, and the methods by
which this is to be brought about are
faulty. The memorial says that the day
fixed, January /, 1879, looms up stand
ing menace to all sorts of commercial
enterprise But while these gentlemen,
whose character certainly entities them
to hearing, petition for repeal of the
present resumption laws, they offer nc
definite plan for substitution !; and it is
improbable that Congress Will act on thell
suggestions.
The wonderful and interchangeable men
Moody and Sankey, are hard at it I'D the
Hlppodrome, transformed for the occa
sion into an enormous Tabernacle. Or
the opening night, Mr.. Moody said ii
the course of his remarks, that He always
dreaded to go among new people, fol-
the reason that it took a week to ''ge
them down to business. He seems tc
have better luck here than usual, for AT
ter three meetings the place was no
only besieged by people unable to ge
inside, but there was felt the electrical
effect on the audience which character
yes their work when at its height.
Theirs is a remarkable case. How
in the first place, they can keep up
week, and month after month, this
highly wrought and nervous enthusiasm
necessary to the revival work and whici
usually exhausts revival laborers IN
few days, is question not easily answer
ed. And how Mr.. Moody, with hi
rough speech, his lack of refinement
endless repetition, and irreverent fami
liarty in treating sacred topics, can s;
move masses OF intelligent people, is
problem which has puzzled wiser mel
than your correspondent. But the fac
remains, the crowd increases day by day
and firmly believe that these men couit
fill to the utmost the biggest space tina
could be put under one roof in the cit,
of New York. They are assisted by
large choir OF several hundred picket
voices, whose performance lends great.
to the effectiveness of the eveniu;
services. RApIX.