The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-08-15


their evil yocaJions and gave one day to
mourning and sorrow. 1t is useless for
me the brief space accorded to my letter
20 attempt anything like description
Of the gorgeous pageant, the like Of
which this land never saw before. We
were not burying a President-we were
not bearing to the tomb great and sue
cessful general--not a man whose ac-
cumulatcd millions had made his name
famous on the money markets Of the
world, we were bearing to their last
resting place all that was mortal of sim
ply private citizen, who had laid aside
the sccptre and baton, bankrupt in
money, broken in health. but rich in
honor and that priceless worth that
makes human clay immortal Poor, old,
broken-hearted, dying in an obscure
cottage surrounded only by his family,
to-day he rises like a demigod in the
metropolis OF the Republic, and weeping
thousands follow him to the tomb as
husband, father, brother, friend. The
gorgeous pageant, the mourning multi
tude, the solemn music, the martial
array, added nothing to the honor and
the glory of the hero whose dust to-day
we consign to the tomb. The costly
wealth of the proud mausoleum which
is to rise above his ashes will be but as
the sounding brass and the tinkling
cymbal alongside of that great grief
which wells out from the nations heart,
proclaiming Grant is dead.
Rest, old hero, sweetly rest on the
Saviou+s bosom in Paradise forever
We would not call the back to this vale
of sorrow and suffering, for now thou
art safe, safe forever above the storm.
Whatever love or honor or reverence
can do, will be done by New York to
perpetuate his fame to future genera
tions. Not beneath Westminster sa-
cred spire or Notre DANES great dome
lies dust so truly royal. No king or en-
peror was ever more royally'attended to
his tomb. And so we laid him to rest
on the banks Of the beautiful Hudson,
and the traveller upon its bosom for ages
to come shall see, rising above the tree
tops, the splendid tribute of nations
gratitude. No weak word of mine in
eulogy can add one hairs weight to the
matchless glory and unmeasured fame
which was not for day but for all
time.
"l'Or other hands than mine shall wreathe
The laurel round tuy brow,
And men shall learn to speak OF thee
As one OF Earth's proud spirits, born
with that strong majesty OF soul
That knew no color. race or cline:
But which hath Spurned the base control
or tyrantS for all time"
think it was Solon Shingle who re-
marked, "Neyer prophecy onless you're
sure" One day last spring met n
friend on Wall street and his face was
as long as a yard-stick. "Broadbrim, "
said he, 'have you heard the news?"
Now if there is anything in this world
| that acts like tonic on me it is an item
of news. so informed him that l had
not. He took me into dark alley and
whispered into my ear, Vanderbilt is
ruined! Hush!! Jay Gould has col
lapsed!!! Sage is going to the dogs and
the thing is up. Sure, says |; Sure as
preaching, said he. Why, just look at
it, New York Central has shrunk TWEEN
ty millions, Lake Shore at least fifteen
everything that Van has touched for
more than year has turned to smoke.
And look at Gould. Where is Union
Pacific? The bottom has fallen out oi
| Wabash. His Texas roads have gone
TO smash. l tell you, Old fellow, they
are all gone in, and don't you forget it.
Since July first the rally in the entire
list of securities is not far from fifty
million dollars. That IS to say that the
/ bulls are fifty millions of dollars better
OIL on the first OF August than they were
on the first of July. The ubiquitous re,
porter, speaking with Mr., Gould early
in June, received this reply, "Stocks
are very low-very low indeed. II
seems to me that it is a good time tc
buy now" Although the reporter said
this, it is by no means certain that
Gould said it, for the common reporter
is, like common report, a common liar
But if Mr.. Could did say it, for once hC
told the truth. That is more than car
be said of Mr.. Vanderbilt. If Mr.. Van
derbilt ever told the truth to a reporter
/ never heard Of it, Take, for instance
his yarns in regard to the Nickel-PlatC
Road, He wouldn't have it at an!
pHce-there were no negotiations pend
ng-he would not touch it with ten
foot pole; and yet, Notwithstanding al
, his solemn reservations, he gobbled tn,
! Nickcl-Plato the very first opportunity
| Then came the West Shore; the projcc
tors Of the West Shore were blacllmail
ers, pirates and thieves: it was an or
. ganized scheme to rob the New Norl
Central OF its legitimate rights; he ney
er, never, never would have anything T.
do With the West Shore. This, too
falls into The grab-bag. And q railroa,
. combination is fogmedthis week, ,thoug'
, all The details are not vet completed
, which willcontrol the supplies Of Eearl
thirty millions Of our people and whetl
er we sink or whether we swim depend
% entirely upon the mercy of the conquer
OF who holds us in his grasp, Not
/ barrel Of flour, or bushol of corn, or
= quarter OF beef, or barrel of pork. or
head OF cattle can come to us but thl
A railroad Colossus signifies the tribut
, we must pay. and that tribute is mea,
v wed by the extent of our capacity to 4
squeezed. Since the first OF July III
rise IN railroad securities has given NJ
Vanderbilt, just for his holdings, II;
far from three million dollars. tn
has been done In thirty Iays The.