The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-01-19
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
New YORK, December 81, 1875.
REECUEK AGAIN

BEECHER AGAIN.
The Beecher case reopens in a diff
ferent spirit from that in which it has
been met before. There is less dis
position 10 search for sensations, and
Mrs. Moulton presses her right TO q
fair bearing in the Church with a
irmness ana dignity that promise
her part at least will be worthily per.
formed There is not one sincere
friend of purity and order who does
not long to see this ghastly scandal
set at rest, nor left to be the mystic
ry of modern times, worse than the
story Of the Iron Mask. Whether
Beecher is innocent or not, the course
of Plymouth Church has prejudiced
it in the eyes of the world which is
not used TO see innocence defending
itself by the tactics of guilt. The
Church finds itself at a disadvantage
for the first time Mrs. Moulton de-
mauds her right as church member
to hearing before being summarily
expelled, and her husband is deter
mined not to die without a fight for
life As Beecher refuses to prosecute
him, he will prosecute Beecher, so
that the jury shall decide which of the
two is perJured. SO You see the old
scandel is still alive, and will proba
bly, drag through another year.
TWEED,
is not in Havana, that any one knows
of. The man supposed to be the
unfortunate as to resembel him.
The theory now is that he is in hiding
in New York, waiting till O'Conor
gets well, that his troubles may be
arranged Wherever be may be, one
thing is certain, the piundered city
will never get cent of what has
been stolen from it. No New York
politician ever refunded a dollar that
he had stoleb, and Tweed is not the
man to begin.
THE OLD, OLD STORY.
Last night man, a woman and
two children were found dead in
room on Fourth Avenue, with bullet
holes throug b them 1t was ghsst-
ly sight, and ghastly story is be-
bind it, Edward Minister, the sen of
a wealthy man, fell in love with a
woman whose character was SO bad
that he would not marry her, but he
did live with her. The old story
was repeated. She drained him of
his money, enstranged him from his
friends, and finally when be ha 4
nothing left, was getting ready to
leave bin. Mad with jealousy, be
shot her, then the children, aud then
himself There are twenty thousand
men in this city living in this way,
and every week more or less of them
make a ttagical ending.
THE REVIVAL Season
Is passing away, but there are no re-
vivalS. Moody aud Sankey did not
succeed in creating any enthusiasm
in Brooklyn, aud their failure chilled
the churches to a degree that pre-
cludes the possibility OF successful
movement against Satan this winter.
1t was intended to make a decisive
charge along the whole line, and ex-
tensive preparations were made TO
that end, but, it has all been abea-
doned, and the churches are colder
than ever, The temperance organi-
cations are making little beadway,
but they are evidently discouraged
and are working with no heart. De-
preston in 5usiness-tbe struggle for
Ife that every business man has to
make, leaves little opportunity for
purely benevolent or unse!hsh opera
rions. The man up to his eyes i'll
debt and bad business has but lit
tie heart for anything Of this kind.
There will be no revivals worth
speaking OF this winter in New York.
BUSINESS
continues horribly dull-in fact there
isn't any business The hotels are
empty, the wholesale trade is moth
ing, and the retail trade is not half
what it ought to be The longest
faced man iC the world just now is
the New Yorker who has a store on
his hands for which he is paying SlO,-