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Our New York Letter.
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Ne" SAVINGS BANK swINDLB BUSINESS
NEW YORK, Sept. %, 1877.
To the Editor Of the Free Press and Times.
Tweed's testimony is max .ng about the
havoc among the great and nall politicians
OF the city that a charge bird shot does
among flock Of pigeons at short range.
The old man is very ire nix, and speaks Of
MS operations without reserve. lie has 90
about names. The cause of
the flight of Oakley .iall is no longer a mys-
terry for Tweed in plicates him in the ring
and was the dread that he
"ouiu MAKE full confession that impelled
Hall 10 jump the country. And then there
're a parce /. of Republican officials who are
Ill pi''A'' i, and any quantity Of Democrats
mo " ere distinguished for the fervency Of
neif denunciatiOn OF the cd man-after
IL .el into disgrace. In fact, it seems that
chose who were the most iervent in denounc-
ing him were, as u rule, the most guilty.
OF course they all deny it, and every one OF
those whom Tweed has implicated has his
documents all ready to prove his innocence
but i; won't do. They can't account for
the houses they live in, the carriages
they ride in, the yachts they sail. or the
money that pays for all these things.
These fortunes are too large for honest accu-
mutation, and no one in New York doubts
that Tweed has told straight, unvarnished,
and true story. The old man seems deter
mined to 60 clear through it, whether 1t
does him any good or not,
RAPID TRANSIT.
Thank heaven there are courts to which
the people may appeal against the monopo-
lists. Inc means of going up and down
town are, and have been for years, shame
fully insufficient Night and morning the
trains on the lines north and south would
he crowded. hundreds and thousands Of
weary people on them unable to get seats,
and the platforms jtmmed with people hang
ing on in all sorts of shapes. Then to get
to any part of the city where rents are with
in the reach of a labOring mans income
REQUIRED a full hour of time-two hours
each day-which is in an enormous per cent.
of what is better than money taken for
nothing Companies were organized to
build elevated railroads the whole length of
the Island and one of them, under charter
granted By the legislature, did build about
mile of a road. Then the horse-car companies
interfered, for the mine was too rich to be
given up. They got out inJunctions
on the elevated people, and every pos
sible method of retarding the work was res
sorted 20. Yesterday the final decision Wa
had, aud it was against the monopolists.
New York will now have rapid transit. The
elevated roads are simply platforms support
ed bv strong pillars, on which narrow guage
tracks are laid The cars are long, with
seat running lengthwise on each side. each
holding perhaps sixty passengers. The en-
eines are small and noiseless, and the rate
of speed is twenty miles an hour. As the
tracks are M to the level of the second story.
and are used only for the cars, there can DO
no danger whatever on them. The work on
the Gilbert will be pushed to completion at
once. and it is expected by the time winter
sets in we shall have two lines running the
whole length of the island. This will do
more for New York than any one thing that
has happened for years /; for it will relieve
the pressure on the oser-crowded lower part
of, the city. and give the poor better and
cheaper homes in the upper part
WILL TROUBLES
When people fix up their affairs and lie
down and die. they have no idea how soon
all their fixing will be unfxed. Matthias
Danser, gambler, left an estate of half
million or more, to his daughter, Mary Dan
ser, who, having seen the wickedness Of her
father, was most piOus and devout woman.
When Mary came to die. she left all this
money to religious bodies, much to the dis
gust of her relatives, who had been waiting
for her deccase for some time, impatientlY.
The religious societies wrangled over 1t tor
some time, appearing to be in doubt as to
whether they ought to accept money that
had been made over the green cloth. They
finally accepted it, however, feeling that no
matter how the money was obtained, they
would put it to good use, and that they
could sanctify it. But now, after the relig-
ious bodies had decided to take it. they didn't
get it all for the other heirs of the late
Danser came IN and undertook to iDvslidste
the will, claiming all sorts of irregularity,
and rather than have it 60 to trial. the claim
anita agreed to divide it into two parts, and
so it vas settled. The church gets the half
of the dead gamblers money, and his broth
ers and sisters the othe. half. and they are
all supposed to be happy.
The RIFLEMEN.
Now that the matches are all over, the
American teams are soothing their defeated
competitors by showing them the country.
To-day the Eaglishmen are up the 'und,
on yachts, and it is proposed to continue the
excursion all the way up the New England
coast, if the weather continues pleasant.
The Englishmen say that they were fatty
beaten, and the Americans are the best in
every respect. But they are going home to
practice year, and will come back to yin
the next time. And the Americans respond,
if you do beat US, we shall take it as pleas
antly as you do. The match has been a yery
pleasant one, and there has not been particle
Of ill-fseling or bad blood, from first to last.
The arrangements were perfect, and the ut
most courtesy and consideration has been
shown on both sides.
THE INV TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT.
The Ninth Ward Association for the sup
preston of intemperance held q meeting last
night, and there were some speeches made
which will sound queerly to rigid temper
ance people. Rev. DR.. Crosby, one of tho
noted divines of tbs city, made a speech in
which he took the ground that temperance
men lost by undertaking too much. In this
crusade he proposed to direct all his energies
to the destruction of the whiskey dOggeries.
He would not attempt to close the bars in
the respectable hotels, for there the trade
WIS in the hands of respectable men. who
kept it in some sort of order. lie was not 60
ing to assault the beer-ager sellers. or the SCI
lers oflight wines, for those beverages did not
craze the brain. ''lf every whiskey shnp,r
said the Dr., "could be changed into la
ger. beer saloon, we should have reason to
thank God. What he wanted to do was
to fight the yillainous whiskey, and in max
ing that fight they would have the assistance
of the ,Gger-beer drinkers, and that great
mass who drink light beverages, but are OPP
posed to the use of the SOIL and body DESTROY
ing whiskey. He was entering u.on a |
crusade against the 5000 grog-shops in the |
district. And Drs. Evans and Taylor, |
though dissenting, agreed to work with him.
DR.. Crosby says he has Investigated the
matter thoroughly, and while he doesn', be-
lieve in lager-beer OF vine drinking, he is
satisfied that the harm TINT results
from it, is next to nothing-at sill
events, it Is 50 much less than that of whiskey
drinking that temperance reformers are
foolish for including it in the list Of bever-
lges to be prohibited Join the lsger-beer
drinkers to the temperance influence and
whiskey can be driven OFT. Undertake to
prohibit beer, and that influence Joins yhis-
key and nothing can be accomplished. DR..
Crosby = views are received with favor by
the temperance party, and 1t is probable that
his programme will be adopted.
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