The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-12-23
Our New York Letter.
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NEw YORK, Dec. 10, 1882.
New York City is ct present excited
over the exposure by the "Alail and Ex.
press" of the way in which the Street
Cleaning Department has been misman-
aged by Commissioner Coleman. The
Mail and Express" has latterly been
manifesting great deal of fearless en-
terprise in various directions, but this is
its mcst important work, and its labors
are likely to be rewarded by the removal
of the present Commissioner and the
substitution of a man who with nearly
two millions to spend, will give us what
any other great city accomplishes at less
than one half the amount, clean streets,
1t is said by those hurt by those state
ments that Tammapy Hall is behind the
movement, and seeks thereby to get con-
trol again of the city's affairs. But as
suming that this is true, this does not
alter the truth of the charges. Tam
many Hall ought to go further and ex-
pose the Police, d, ok. Building and
other Departments in all of which there
are many sores to be cut out.
A great deal of valuable matter is be.
ing brought TO light by the investiga-
tions of the Legislative Committee on
Financial Corners and dealings in Fu-
lures on the produce and similar ex-
changes. But outside of Vanderbilt and
Jay Gould, no more interesting witness
was placed on the stand than Rev. Hen
ry Ward Beecher. His testimony was
striking in every respect, but if he had
taken less pains to hide his profession OF
Minister of the Gospel beneath the al. :
views and expressions of a man of the
world, he would have been more Of a
credit to his cloth. The most suggest
i've remark he made was II don't know
much about stocks. never bought any
except on two occasions. Then bought
Panama at AGO and sold it at 100. An
other stock that had bought in the
hope of its benefting my children
slumped from under me-"
I was riding up town yesterday with q
prominent broker, when conversation
turned to this utterance of Mr.. Beechers
"Ar. Beecher got off easy" said my Gem
panioa. Were you to take a glance a
the books of any broker of standing you
would be surprised to see the number o.
clerical customers they had. The gamb
ling mania is as fierce among them as i
is in the hearts of the poor devils who
invest their pennies in policy, and it il
all the more intense because they arr
compelled to wear a mask. One of tht
fraternity Rev. DIR. Tying did so well a
it, that he gave up preaching the Gospe
and studying the Bible, to read tn; tap,
and worship at what the old time minis
ters called the altar of Mammon. He i
informed has made couple of excellen
'coups' on the Stock Exchange. Anothe
poor fellow whom l knew very we'll faret
vary badly. He was a very fine man AM
it really made me feel bad to see hin
enter tue whirlpool from which so feV
escape sound in limb and body. He wa
the pastor of small but very rich con
gregation, fine speaker and gentle
man. The community Of which l was
member provided him with cosy hous
aud as they paid him good salary h
could live not alone in ease and comfort
but in decidedly more luxury than 81
Paul would ever have dreamed of. Wei
he grew dissati-fed. Perhaps he Wa
too well Of. He wanted to becom
: rich.
lone evening when l called on him b
= broached me ou the subject of trying hi
hand on stock gambling. l did nll
could to dissuade him, but seeing tha
he was bent on it. l thought that soone
Q than le; him get into the hands of peopl
: he did not know 1 would conduct hi
) operations for him. l did so, and as
{ operated carefully made some none
7 for him. But that was not enough 70
him. He took bigger risks. One day
> met him in the Office of broker who,
= daring speculator himself worked o.
very close margins for his customers
, Well, to make long story short he be
came so interested in the fluctuations o
the market that be neglected his work
prepared his sermons in very sloveni'
style, and was absent minded aud fretful
one fne day, a certain stock which haC