The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-02-18
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
TIE RICH MEN-TRAMPS--IN WALL ST.
THE GREAT FIRE - MOODY AND
SANKEY.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 1876
THE RICH MEN.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 1876.
THE RICH MEN.
Daniel Drew, the great stock gambler,
is sick, and will probably go hence before
long. He gave, last year, over 500, 600
to Methodist seminaries and churches,
and as an offset gave the bar privileges
on all his boats TO his son. Daniel is
shrewd old gentlenan-he has whipped
everything that ever stood up before
him, but he viii find his match in grim
Death. And then what will become of
his propertyl Where, then, will be bis
railroads. steamboats, and stock! Drew
is estimated at SIS, ,0G0. 900, which is
quite enough 20 ruin all bis children.
Commodore Vanderbilt, a greater man
than Drew, has had his affairs in readi-
ness for a sudden departure these two
years The old gentleman is hale and
hearty, but lie Las had a number of very
close calls The public are never per-
mitted to know when these men are
n.
interests he controls wo'Iid be so demor-
allied that no one cOuii see tile end. a
rumor that he is i'll seiI,!s his stock down
ten per cent. in a minute, and its author
itative contradiction restores it just as
quickly. He cannot last long, however,
and when he does 90 under there will be
a smash such as the country never saw.
He has taken advantage of this fact 10
manipulate the market himself. Occa-
sionally more of the stocks of his various
roads have gone out of his hands than
he desired, and to get them back cheap
~ he would take to his room for day,
and let it leak out that he was i'll. His
brokers would step in when they were
down and buy up as much as he needed
for his purposes, when the old gentle
man would appear on the street as smil-
ing as ever. A very talented old man is
Cornelius.
TRANPS AND MIGRANTS.
The country is infested with tramps
and vagrants, and as the city enjoys the
presence of four times as many as usual,
the question is where do they all come
from! Never in the history Of New
York were there so many as now. The
streets are full of beggars, who poster
you at every turn with their importuni-
ties, and the back areas are crowded
with them. Some few make a show of
some kind of business, but as a rule that
pretext is not observed, but they come
at you with a bold, and, generally, iIn-
pddent demand for charity. If you
give, what you give is converted into rum
in the shortest possible time, and then
the station house furnishes lodging for
the vagrant. The taxes the city pays
for these vermin is something enormous.
There are over 0,000 professional beg
gars and thieves in the city, and when
the semi-thieves, those who live unlaw-
fully, but manage to keep out of the
hands of the law, is added, the sum
total is something awful to contemplate.
1t is pity that some plan for compelling
those sturdy williams to earn their own
living could not be devised. The atteD-
tion of the public is being called to it
and doubtless the Legislature will give
the city the relief it so much needs. If
they could only be arrested and COM
PEELED to work on the public works, or
on .he streets, it would be an immense
saving to the city and would do away
with a nuisance that has grown into vast
proportions, and is daily increasing.
MeadiCancy is so much easier here than
in Europe that thousands come here to
ply their vocation. Every steamer, and
every sail-vessel as well, brings its as
sortment of thieves and vagrants, to
reinforce our native product. Congress
will be petitioned this winter to take
some steps to prevent New York being
made the receptacle of the crime and
pauperism of the Old World. But
whether it can be done is doubtful
There is no doubt but that something
ought TO be done, for the nuisance is
well-nig unbearable.
IN WALL STREET.
Wall street is as old as the city, but It's
habitues are not SO ancient. The aver
age stay of a ilan iu that street is very |