Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-02-25
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Special Correspondence.
NEW YORK, Feb. II, 1877


With great pomp and circumstances, are
crowded with the faithful, while not a
ew of the more liberal Protestants have
.eferred to the dead Pontiff from their
oulpits kindly and respectfully. Quite
. number of Catholic merchants through
,ut the city have draped the fronts of
their stores, and Barclay street, which
is the centre of Catholic publishing and
church ornament selling, has quite a
depressing and funeral aspect. The one
American Cardinal, McCloskey, is now
en- route for Rome, where he will cast
his vote for the next occupant of st.
Peters chair. In the early part OF 1870
spent some time in Rome, and saw
the Pope quite often. He had not then
succumbed to the infrmities which in
his latest years kept him almost con-
stantly prisoner in his palace, nor had
the shadow of temporal power. in which
he gloried been entirely taken from him;
and the progress of mis- sumptuous coach
through the streets of Rome was always
amid the cheers or kneeling salutations
of a populace which only a few months
IaEer were W weIcUuno Une entrance ana
the sway of Victor Emmanuel. To add
to the Papal glories at that time, the
Ecumenical Council, the result of whose
deliberations was that frebrand dogma
of infallibility, was sitting in one of the
aisles of St. Peters, and was daily the
admiration of the vast throngs that COL
leeted to witness the imposing process
ion of red gowned cardinals passing to
or from their solemn and secret session.
| was much impressed with the serene
and smiling face of the venerable man
whose hand was always raised in bene-
diction as he passed, and cannot wonder
at the afectionate respect with which
the Catholic Church regards his memo
rY.
One of the oldest incidents of the
week was the abduction of Henry Clews
the well-known banker of this city, who
went through bankruptcy couple Of
years ago, and presumably made some
enemies thereby. The perpetrators Of
this bold outrage are not positively
known, for. strangely enough, Mr.. Clew'
is very reticent, and will not throw any
light on the mysterious occurrence
From all that can be learned it appear,
that it was the intention of Mr.. Clews
captors to get him away from the city
and conceal him for the purpose of ex
torting money from himself or his friends
They were so far successful as to ge
him to the Grand Central Depot, wher
detectives, who had been hastily pu
put upon their track. found and rescuet
euC distinguished NICGlm.
The new statement of the Etna Lif
Insurance Company of Hartford, is GU
and far toward justifying the growing
opinion that it is the strongest life com
three others have larger gross assets i
quite immaterial; for, other things be
ing equal, that company is the best 70
policy holders whose surplus bears tn
largest ratio to its assets. The Etna
| believe, occupies this enviable position
having, by the severest standard, owe
and third millions of surplus in
little over twenty-four millions of assets
But other things are not equal, by an
manner of means. While some othe
Connecticut companies have developed
weakness sufficiently alarming to caus
the legislature to appoint commissio
to make, at the expense of the State,
thorough inquisition into life insuranc
throughout Connecticut, the Etna ha
passed through this ordeal in a name
to elicit long commendatory repol
from the commission, the gist of whic
is contained in one sentence. which say
that lit is not only solvent, but fnar
cially sound. and is under the manage
ment of officers and directors of lare
experience, sound judgment, and III
blemished character. We believe witt
out doubt that it is entitled to the entir
confidence of policy holders and th
6 public
+ 1t may interest any policy holders {
, the late Security Insurance Company
under whose eyes this letter ma
a come, to learn that its ex-president
q Case, who was lately sentenced to State
Prison, has obtained new trial and
] at large on bail. AS such things 60
is very doubtful whether he ever Sc,
q the inside of a prison cell again.
What IS man to do with his money
l don't ask this on my own account
fact it is extremely seldom that new
T paper man has any difficulty in answe
= ing the question SO far as his own pc
. sonal income is concerned-but only
, general principles. If he puts it in
, bank the bank bursts. If he invests
- railroad bonds he is apt to have the plea
= ure of watching them sink graceful
y down to one or two degrees below yer
If in despair he finally puts his veal
into currency, and then, like Mr..
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