The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1877-07-28
Jay GOuld-.A Sketch.
NGaLh9 IN CinncinnaN Enanirer.l ]

'Gdth an tiHHctlnutt EHIHTeT.l
There are no men now occupying po-
litical attention more than Gould,
Conkling and Fenton, all New Workers
by birth and residence. / related to
on the other day Gould's relation to
federal politics. He is very great
operator, or cOntrver, or schemer,
whose equal, considering his small be-
ginning and sinister processes, has
probably never been seen in this cOun-
try. AS all men learn by opportunity,
Gould has learned more than any, be-
cause of vaster opportunities. Orign-
ally possessed of Typographical mind,
he began to make county maps from
original surveys. A map maker is apt
to become q road maker. Gould went
up on the Delaware and Lac kawanna
railroad, ia advance fits construction,
| and located & town and improvements,
and figured in bank. Being also a
good deal of coIspirator and UNDER
miner, he ousted his partner through
| the process of some county courts, and
| thus got some knowledge of litigation,
Of the relations between lawyers and
| Judges, and the corruptibility of pollti-
| cal society IN relation TO corporate en-
terpriSes. the next step was to appear
IN New York among the countless ad-
| penturers III wan street mosC OF Whom ,
unlike himself, had no typographical
l"eVeS' An 'n',"'m "uu"c'ty III tIle uiah
hl"ue nun llAe 10 l.steh' WITHOUT tl'nidi-
ty, to the reckless suggestions of Fisk
ana other such hardened scOundrels of
| the mercantile world. Such fellows
lnIe" away sugRest'oi's WHICH ne treas
uIeu up anu ponueIeu over; hiS IlCer-
any l'S'eSi lot i"1ouS'ue'aoie' because
ne ma" PnpIIsieu " po"h-a county MS
'oiy h'jO h''li houe't anu III Ihe oack-
Sloun" MnIi i lSA nlu tht 1'NeIs were
n"e"y III" ouu"g' Jus llo ouIaihed
tntl' respect because Oh MS greater sta'
uH''y anu executive certainty one oy
"ne 'ITy o'sapPeareu IKE F3saoohus-
I'sN' "eeu' sweeney eI' al'-ahu lell
uouIu uloue' WIN Ihe pluhuered caplta
Vi Tue ETC raliroau 10 recommehce
career upon, ana universal knowledge
VI tne li's 'nu outs VI ueu-sleat law
yelS' eIeal poli'lcl"nS' !lugeS' asp'tant'
lor craftsmanship ana the gulllOlt
puollc' 'oo'
"a TYPOGRAPHICAL MIND" 81.
as have called it, is a rare kind n
mind. 1t is the Indians wisdom ON ,
trail, the nayipator's wisdom ON A sea
il finds the passes over the Aims an,
projects Napoleon's camnaiDrs. GouI,
had NapoleOnic traits. both for strepgtl
and evil. His spnit exnandei ot th,
study of a man; Imagination is onl,
aerial topocraphy. Gould was ius
scant of Imagination. and thpreior
more reliable as business nroiector
His eve was on the pround. The worn
in his heart was still the conoueror'
passion, Incapable of soaring H.
could climb; he felt bv AN instinctiv
SIGHT the way over inyisible distances
There are minds which WOO man n
if a tenth muse was in it The street
as Wall street is called. is comnosed a
many dull and sordid creatures GonI,
was neither duh nor sordiJ. he com
bined the qamester and the nr,iector
the conspirator and the engineer com
modore Vanderbilt never saw the roa,
he owned except NV fables of fgrra
and actual sirht. Jaw GouId was
topographer; lis mind has comrasse
the cortinent, One divine miqht bav
made him a really great American
After his loss of the Erie propertv h