The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-01-14
oun NEW YonK LErrEn
BEEcHER = TWEED - CHRISTMAS GIFTS
THE OTHER SIDE = ENGLISH THIEVES
PoLTTIcAL-THE wEATHER.
NEW YoRns, Dec. 81, 1873

NEW YoRls, Dec. 81, 1875.
REEcHEm.
The Beecher trouble win not down. be-
canae the people Of Brooklyn will not let it
rest. Mr.. Beecher's hate appearance of
light has not been maintained. Sherman.
his attorney and chief friend, holds him
self in a defiant attitude, but he cannot keep
Beecher up TO the mark. The fact Is. the
Rev. gentleman feels that the world is
/ against him; he feels that whether guilty of
the ofEense as charged or not. there has
been enough Of imprudence and folly in
his intercourse with the feminine part Of
his flock to leave more upon his name than
j aclergysnan ought TO have. He knows that
| the clergy generally believe him guilty.
and that he has lost standing In his profess.
| sion. Therefore, Mr.. Beeeher will very
soon step down and out. Despite Sher-
mans buster. and the cs,riousiy deVoted
/ support OF his church, Mr.. Beecher is a lost
man. II guilty, Of course it is all right, IL
Innocent, he Is the most unfortunate man
living.
What widespread destruction this scam
dal has causell The ablest preacher in
the world has lost his power. Iilton Il
ruined financially. and in reputation. Mrs.
Triton Is eking out miserable existence,
keeping boartiers. Florence, their daughter.
n delightful young lady, teaches slool and
works nights copying for lawyers, with
the aid of the typewriter. Mrs. Monlton,
a refined lady with nasty quarrel on her
hands which she cannot let go; Bowen,
with two libel suits. There has been no.
thing but misery. trouble and wretc::edness
from beginning to end. BE virtuous and
You will be happy"
TWEED
Has been heard from. He Is IN Havana
In such condition that he cannot be caught
and brought back to answer for his crimes.
That his escape was put-np job there can
be no doubt. The officers permitted him
to get away, and very ingeDiously put the
| police force on false scents till he had got
safely out of the country. A sailing vessel
had been chartered. and was lying in readi-
ness ia the East River, with her papers
all prepared. Tweed went through his
house, got into carriage, was driven to
the vessel, got aboard, and sailed away.
The officers who were privy to the scheme
kept the entire force searching in all the
places where he was not, till he was safely
landed. Now his lawyers will move heav-
EN- and earth Co make compromise.
Tweed will retnrn enough of the money he
has stolen to make decent dividend, and
he will return to take his old place in New
York politics. The old man is anxious to
get into power again, for he hasa great
many old scores to settle. He Is vindic-
tive old fellow. and if he ever does get
back, woe to those of his friends who went
back on him In his troubles He will
i make It exceedingly torrid for them.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
The large importing houses of fancy
wares show few signs of the hard times
during the holiday season. TO an accus-
| toned eye the stock may not appear so large
as in former seasons, when money was
rolling about but articles are more taste
/ fI1l and select. Such canoes, bronzes. and
elegant pieces of gold aud silver ware new
er were shown as to-day. The dealers say
that they have not felt the hard times affect
their custom. but expect they viii before
long. AS the next thing to seeing beauti-
ful things is to hear about them. your read
ers may have some curiosity to know what
kind OF gifts wealthy New Workers make
this season. The gem Of all the lovely
objects of tsbigotry and viTtue, - is the veil
ed Cupid, now on view la the gallery of a
house noted for its rarities. The statue.
by an Italian artist. Is called s.Hidden
Love - q charming figure, with head turn
4 ed aside, and arrows dropping in the left
hand, q veil thrown over the face. The
charm of it all is that the marble is colOred
in the soffest tints, the dimpled limbs have
the finest rose fiusll tender rs flesh ever is /;
! 10 q m
through the veil, which Is wrought with
most exquisite art, till Il looks like q film
of white Grape flung over the lovely head,
not halt conceaiing the brilliant roses on
its cheek. The statne was sold to q New
York lady for e13. 900. Tie ladies. per-
llaps. will prefer to hear of the pair OF soil
taire diamond earrings that cost $4,000.
and the great sapphire for a ring, Walked at
81, 900.
THE OTHER SIDE.
AT the same time changes are going on
so IA pitlly that the purchasers of these cost
" things may have 70 pledge them before
next holiday TO get money TO live on. Adj
yertisemenEs appear in the papers continu-
ally, offering private property for sale. A
lady offers TO sell an evening dress. only
once worn, aud new thread lace shawl.
: Another has fine seal-skins, good as new
while diamonds are TO be bought at rt1inons
: prices. A broker told me That he could
buy diamonds &C any time for oiie-fourfii
: their cost from people who had lost all their
other property. Those expensive goods ]
spoke Of are usually bought by people Oi
; assured incomes. not dependent ON the
J fluctuations or business. The Astors, Stew.
, arts, and 3 half thousand other families,
know nothing Of hard times, for when one
) has an income OF $500, 600 per year, it mat
! ters but little whether it Is cut down q
J per cent. or nor. While am on the 10th
! er sitle.,' let me show you how some people
| live. In the house where live Is a sCrvaul
r girl who works from six iR the morning
till eleven at night for 81 30 per week
Her father, mother, and three children cam,
J TO New 7 York that they might be support
+ ed By her. That Is to say, there was n,
!. work for them at Port Jervis, where the
! lived, and It eonId not be much worse any
4 where. They got room in an attic--sIlt
{ the father and boys try TO get sometime
{ TO do III vain. The mother succeeded ii
! getting little washing to do. which av
erages her about 81 so per week. On tn
z daughters wages and this pittancc IS O
: iii ALL tflis family OF five persons have Il