Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-10-13
our NFW YORK LKTrER.
POIitIcaI-System4I ChrIsiIanIiy-Re-
IIgiOGs Movements this VinIer-Cen-
IeunIal TTaVeI-CrIme In the city.


throw up the sponge at once, unless they
decide upon some fraudulent stroke for
carrying enough States in November. Til
den has conducted the campaign in person.
and has fought it with desperation and
skill unknown in partizan politics. The
country has never been so Systematically
and thoroughly deluged with documents,
and never have been documents prepared
with such care. Recognizing the fact that:
Ohio and Indiana are the real battle
grounds, the heavy forces were sent thither
and the barrels of money were unheaded in
those States. The Greenback party was a.
piece of his work. Tilden had skill enough
to avail himself of the innocence Of Cooper
and the vanity and cupidity of Cary. The.
Republican party being more intelligent.
than the Democratic, and more given to in
dividual opinion, and embracing as it does
the business men of the country, who are
affected by the currency question, Mr.. Til
Gen saw that more Republican votes than
Democratic would go off in that movement,
and he put it on foot. 1t is his money that
is pushing it-Le pays for the halls and the
speakers-he pays for the documents they
have issued, and in short, though some of
the actors in it do not know it, it is his ma
chine.
The loss of Ohio and Indians in October
does not end the fight so far as the Repub-
Hcans are concerned, however. We can
lase both these states in October and carry
them in November, for in October the Re
publican party is loaded with local issues,
which are not on their shoulders in pure
ly Presidential race. In Ohio, thousands
of Republicans will scratch Barnes, the
Republican head of the State ticket, who
in November will vote for Hayes. And be-
sides we can lose either of these States, and
still elect Hayes, while the loss of either to
Tilden will be fatal. We shall see next
Tuesday. Though the results thus Ear JUS
tify the anticipation of an easy victory, we
are looking with intense anxiety westward.
A SYSTEMATIC CHRISTIAN.
The head of the great Metal House of
Phelps, Dodge & Co., is Mr. William E.
Dodge, known more, however, for his en-
terprising piety, than for his enormous bus
iness and wealth. MIR. Dodge is man who
carries business principles into his religion,
and uses the same system in the one that
he does in the other. Being man of enor-
nous wealth, he opens bushel of letters,
more or less, every day, from weak church
es, distressed pastors, and starving colleges,
soliciting aid. He employs clerks to attend
to these letters, for it is a rule with him to
neglect none of them. The letters are all
read and inquiries are set on foot, no mat
ter how remote the call may be. If the
object is worthy, that is to say, if the call
comes from a source worth while, and if it
be not mere shyster affair, Mr.. Dodge
gives what in his judgment it should have.
Here the matter ends. Should he get an
hundred letters from the same party asking
for more, not a dollar gees, nor even an
swer. He has the same system in dispend-
ing charity in the city, and while he as
sists more deserving poor, probably, than
any individual In the city, the profession
ais and dead-beatS have given him up long
ago as hopeless. 1t does not do for pro-
fessional mendicant to undergo the scruti-
ny of a skillful detective, or to have his
place of residence demanded. Mr.. Dodge
contributed the means for the Moody and
Sankey revival last winter bearing nearly
the entire expense of the movement. 1t is
estimated that he disburses over $3.50, 900
per year for religious purposes, and as
much more in miscellaneous charities. He
can afford it, for this enormous sum does
not touch at all upon his income.
RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS THIS WINTER.
The experiment with Moody and Sankey
last winter, was not altogether a success
because it did not reach the sinners. The
HippodrOme was filled day and night with
protesting Christians, and the evangelists
did not inspire them with enough zeal to
affect the moral status of the city. This
winter the effort of bettering the city will
be made by individual churches acting in
concert, but e4oh by itself and in its own
field, AL the orthodox churches in the
city will have series Of regular revival
meetings, while the Catholic, Israelitish,
pniversalists and Unitarians win make an
attack on rgm, rg9mla, lireRtiousness, and the 9TH
er Outpo-t1 of Satan. The BaRsFs will Be
filed by volunteer writers, on religious
subjects. Advertising mediums Will pc
used to arrest the attention Of the unthlnk=
ing and careless, and in brief, every posi-
BILE effort will be made to fiji the atmosphere
with religion, and gather rich harvest Pt
souls. Beecher has expressed wish to go
into other pulpits than his own, in church
% where there are better opportunities Tor
| getting at the Rq47gFafessors, and Tai
mage, Tying, HepwoFtb, FqlteF and the
Others have placed themselves IN the bands
Of committee to be done with as shall
seem best. The season will be one Of unusu-
sl activity, and probably OF great gain to
the eapss.
Is still improving and it looks now rs though
the fall trade would aggregate something
like that Of former years. The West is
buying literally, and the South more than
ever before. 1t is fact that the Southern
mlIlsEEehanEs RFp laying in larger stocks, and
OF better goods than eyeF and they say the
most of tits for the eolored trade. The
negroes, since their emancipation, have got
possession Of land, and despite the persecu-
ton they have BfsH Subjected to, they have
gone forward steadily and surely, and have
accumulated property, There are great
many pieces Of very decent silks now on
the way South, which will ornament the
pRrsons of cOlOred women who, prior to the
war, neyeE blgg or dreamed of anything
better than calico in the summer, and the
eoarsest woolen in the winter. 1t is the
ambition Of the freedman to see his family
well dressed, and he will go very shabby