, 1876-03-19
s.,,,cting Postage-stamps-Big Prices
w. Paid for Confederate Stamps.
rio Bowen Part in The 9eecher.
Ti|ton Scandal.
a.u Some Congregational Ministers IN.
dertook TO Play Detectives.
IA Petticcats On Promenade-More E1-
pensiye Tom-Foole7y.

s.,,hod to the inevitable reenlt OF Internal mis-
.,oaeeuent. The groan Was not entirely caused
hr,be 1ossca sustained By tina parties, bnt be-
.srec of the old associations OF the bank with
Ia mat grandeur Of tho city. It was at one
sno tho teadqua<ters of IN honosed and seloct
.r]s Of representatives OF old families, and they,
n rather those left amoug them, are now Ia
,o&otine the downfall OF the institution. OF
,an.e your ncws columns have printed the
..n;es Of personal mismanagement attributed
otbe T,ce-presideo., nicbard Patrick, and low
r.. ,osned money On co,laterals which were COM
,.r,,iYely worthless. Tho papers have failed to
r.a however. that this man Patrick is one Of the
ros.cold- -blooded, sordid uerciless men tAat ever
hsu position. To-day it WIS publicly stated
ib.t be allowed his venerable father to die in a
rnhIie poo:house when he could have relieved
In necessities by "a stroke of tha pen, He has
..,srious times been hearted creditor Of
so.ar debtors, and always e1acted the last
nonnd Of flesh. Richard Patrick, Tice-President
4 the old Stats Bank. received the homage of
hr1ogers To-day he is cursed by depositors,
rnekhoders, and directors alike. Scarcely auy
r,sp Of position, uos public otiicial las fallen
Il 10 low an esE2te as this Elan, who has in his
tine made it Ed hard fer others. Sympathy is
s,sted OF him.
lcIuS S1OS1AtE-aAAM1
E1ery. echoo!boy knows that for many years
rsst there has boon 3 mania among boys and
ren On the subject OF collecting postage-stamps.
This practice, which ct first was mere nrnuse-
nsnt has become an active business, supporting
,nonthly journal callod tho Phllatelist, and an
raumerable assortment OF poetage-stanp
lbums, co.t ting from 81 to $40 Tho amount Of
money expended by amateurs md professional
salecto1s Of old and rare stamps is fabulous.
{hete are several establishments devoted to
u,eir sale in this city, and Que Of tho1n. on
H.ssau street, hns stock on hand estimated to
5a worth in cash $2n. 600. Think Of that-S20.-
80 worth Of old and new postage-etanps Of all
u.tions! The demand for ra1o stamps has pro-
aueea a crop Of base limitations
lee. frcm the genuine. One curious thing
i :h.t the demsnd for old Confederate stamps
ass become so great that these stamps are now
much more valuable than they were while tha
Coaleaesacy lived. The local stamps Issued in
tue ea.1r stages OF the Confederate struggle BY
The pc.tmasters Of such places as Athena. Ga,
Columbia, S. c., Macon. Ga., Nashville, Tenn.
Huntsville, A1a., if genuine. are quoted At Slo
Apisce, aud the general Issue by the Confedar-
k.ea Of tHo-cent stamps is low resdily sold At
Il each. These prices have tempted counter
letters, aud quite crop Of local clamps from ull-
hesrd Of Confederate localities has tecenIly
tp1ung up. The copnoisseurs in this business.
hpTeTer, arc not eager purchasers unless the
seuulneoess Of the specimen 1a well huthents-
sated. There is man uamed Tiffany, Ill St.
Louis, who hes T. standln: offer Of S2a Tor q Sill
sEa stamp Of rare quality.
10 PORTRAIT, no LIDE1.
capital illustration Of the absurditiea OF pic
orial journalism in this city WAS presented in
scent libel suit against the eu-knowu publisher,
hank Leslie. The trial took place few days
70 before Judge Van Norst in the Supreme
au,t, the plaintiff being Benjamin A. White
nan. Tho case grew ont Of an Illustration and
:o.y published in the Days Doings. which re-
;srsed The positions Of the participants IN an
Ifsay w1ici, occurred in an An1,ty street board
ue-uopse. It WAS racy scene, and the iilustra-
ion made it all the racier. The text Of the Of
Fensiye article was copied from the World, and
/ made 10 difference that some two weeks after
he World had retracted the article. it appeared
Illustrated in the Days Doings. Frank Lesles
.Hyer suggested one point in the defense which
d rather rich, He claimed that the iikenesses OF
he partlcrpanta in the alleged atfray we're 30 far
from correct that there was no possibility o.
dentifytng any Of the parties. and hence there
sas no libel The jury thought otherwise. and
,xasded the plaintiff 81. 500.
IRE BOWEN fA14 ~ ALE A'6-+-~'411' ~-eA'N
Deecher has this advantage IN the pEesent
stage OF his aontroyorBy with tho public on the
ubject OF his oHn innocence. 4 few people
believe Beecher is not guilty, but nobody can be
[uund to believe anything that Bowen has to
paer. His last appeaYapce before the Plymouth
Investigating Committee was pitiab'e. he viz
;osl7 confessed he had nothing upon which to
base his charge against Beecher saSe the con-
lesion uada to him some fifteen years ago By
.dy IS vet unnamed, and whom he says no will
lever mama. 4 funny part in the case ID tnas
tory WAS reported to Howen Ate1s' thA
Brooklyn dressmaker had stated tna1 cettaln
fashionable customer told her tnas enc way
:1pecting funds from h1r. Beecher VIII wulen
% pay her bill Bowen traced the stol5 oy
neans II detective, and eseerta1nea thas Lne
'Cty named Beechnr was Ne" 1orR real essn'e
Isner and commission merchant xno not tue
3Smonth PASTOR So Bowen hides ms head' anu
'as really fallen where a1 men VINO tfy 10 carry
inter On both shoulders must eFentoaAg iAl-
,etVeen the twol The fact IS, that, nntu Tue
d.on- -Beecher trial, Bowen wos notorlousig Cut ~,
ylng favor With both sides; he tlckloo Eng ~,
on ssmpathizers with stories OF beecaer, anu
aekled the BeecheTites with stories OF 1asous .
nmoralittes- It Was only "hea oe1Fen 70 naAe
~ ~. cloce oo:~sen @ue t~o .ua. 20 = .r;ff 10
haas4aa h tthar Tactas his n1sn than Tiiton's
uegancas
,nr,coo- covr@r,1>rry "A DETECTIVES.
G1sdual1r il ia coming out that various uen-
e,s ~ TN aav;.,ry cornc,1 which recently sat
this citv ess,vea the role Of detectives aud in
st1ievers rhey interviewed Yrs. Titon. Mrs.