Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-05-15
LETTER FROM NEW YoRR.
NEW YORK, May o, 1876.

ney, rings, rows, elevated railways anu
four-in-hands in America ? And isn't
that sleepy. rambling old village of
Philadelphia stealing her birthright,
and mOnopolizing the lions share of the
worlds attention which would otherwise
centre on Manhattan Island ? Ofcourse;
and under these circumstances how else
should New York feel but injured and /
indignant? But we must submit to the
inevitable with the best grace possible
and consent to suffer a partial eclipse
for the next six months. And with this
fact in view will notice only slightly
the doings of the week here that more
space may be left fer the Quaker City.
In the first place the week has been
one long movIng-day. The unsettled
condition of rent and of the pockets of
most of the people has caused very
considerable amount of shifting around.
This convulsion of nature, however, is
about over now. The stream of drays
full of stoves, looking glasses, clocks,
beds and chairs is subsiding, and our
nomadic tribe is settling down with a
sigh of relief for another year.
Mr.. Charles 0'Conor, who for several
weeks has been made the subject of some
very ugly stories accusing him of very
serious sharp practice in defrauding
widow who years ago was his client, has
turned upon his slanderers, and before
tribunal presided over by Ex-Governor
Dix, has indicated himself in manner
to increase, if possible, his high reputa-
ton.
In view of the barefaced lengths to
which dishonest composition with credi-
; tors has been carried of late, the action
just taken by certain manufacturers
association of this city is important and
significant The chairman of this body
in very able letter, brought out by an
= unusually shameless offer on the part Of
his debtors Of. so cents on the dollar i'm
:, mediately after saying they were perfect
ly solvent, very justly says that "when
= we compel our good customers to COM
pete with rotten concerns who only pay
" 80 cents on the dollar we stick the knife
into the very heart of commercial honor
lie and ability, and offer premium oil
te fraud and imbecility." He then appeals
is to business men generally to band to
he gether for the purpose of crushing on
Id this enormous evil. The ball thus Sc
re in motion Is rapidly gathering moment
ms um ; the press have taken it up, and
wv am much mistaken if within year
IT, time fraudulent settlements are not mad
ed both dangerous and unpopular, at leas
he among merchants dealing with large n
is Y. houses.
in Now that our sub-treasury is hand
of ling so much specie, its guardians fee
he ing naturally anxious for its security
he have just put upon their two vaults
in set of doors that will make the averas
nd 'cracksman" scratch his head to G,
the through. These doors are four in nun
the Der, each four inches thick and made
po- welded iron and steel, the whole weigh
es ing some twenty-five tons, and, as tn
YES sixteen inches of cold metal were n
ion enough to discourage the festive burgla
ing the doors have an aggregate of sixtet
the combination and chronometer locks. S
Ter. on the whole, Uncle Sam may sle
uin pretty easy so far as his cash box he
inst is concerned.
ent The great opera bouffe composer, {
fenbach, arrived ON the 9Th, bar
put load of the theatrical and musical pr
con- fessiOn going down the bay to meet al
,wl- welcome him. He will open the SUNNI
ting season of Gilmore's concert garden Z
rs" scene of Moody and Sankey's late labor
fact on Thursday next, when big time
dus- the musical line is anticipated. For
ex- services in this country Offenbach
re ceives the very handsome sum of 81
time per night.
pro- Two notable art sales have been h,
they this week, one, that of the Blodgett C
lection of paintings netting nearly 50
600, and the other that Of the Jenk
PASS collection bringing about $4,000. II
day, estimated that the private galleries
mage this city alone contain paintings to
lgan value of at least two millions of dolls
men One of the finest of its size in New Y
re or or in the country is that of J. H. Jol
trace ston, the well known jeweler of this
own, ty. His collection embraces many be
be- tiful gems of the prominent mod
dam painters, Of E. Luetze, Cropsey, B
900, stadt, the elder and younger Moran, {
that and numerous others, and one magr
lven- cent Rembrandt that shines among
the modern associates like the Kohin
de- among the lesser jewels of the Gro
lnled This admirable work, the subject
train which is st. Mark and the Lion, eau
y the the practiced eye of Mr.. Johnston am
from a number of ordinary paintings in
sew ture store here in New York, and
quietly bought by him at nominal
Tn. ure. Great was the surprise of his
On fist friends when called to view the
late treasure, and much incredulity was
tance first expressed by them that such t