Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-21

Friday operations 70 buy gold, and
Who, when hs reported his purchases
to his principals, met With the heart
less response from Fisk:
ITO bell with your gold F"
The broker, crszed by such heart
lessness, which meant his ruin, ended
bis life with . revolver.
Sitting in the elegant but somewhat
sombre Tesding.room Of the Bruuswick
one night, listened to tho story OF a
fashionable youpg man who, it was Al
lteed, had invested his fortune as Jay
Gould had advised, and Who, fiodiug
himself Impoverished, badended his life
One Of the party, clese, hard business
man, observed between puffs Of his
Reina Victoria: 81 have no sympathy
for him. lie knew what Gould would
advise before he went to him." Thee
there was Parker, . once-pro spersus
suciioneer, who was reduced from
position Of monetary security to one OF
tenement. house poverty. lie was IRE
ceive the rather remarkable commission
Of 81 for each person whom DO should in
duce TO withdraw from the importers
and Grocers Exchange, which the sugar
monopolis,s OF New York were fight
ing. ard be had nearly succeeded in
breaking up the Exchlnge when it,
Board of Managers interposed legal
objections, and Parker. who had been
obliged to turn his hand to almOs. any
thing to support life, was shortly after
ward found dead under mysterious cir
cumstances, which in lower Wall stree.
were interpreted in only one way.
Then there vas Preston King, ooce
collector of the port Of New York
One day be did not appear at his hotel !
His friends thought little Of it. He dif
not return the next day. Then his
friends became alarmed and instituted
search for him. 1t was q week or more
before the mystery was solved. A body
was taken from the East river which
was identified as the missing collector.
His suicidal intent was disclosed by the
weights found in his pockets. The care
Of the enormous revenues OF the port.
the fear OF peculation, and the varied
responsibilities of bis post had driven
him mad.
CLERGYMEN IN POLITICS.
In great many conspicuous church
congregations in town men and women
are asking one another, " Is it wise for
the clergy to interest themselves in
politics !" Probably the pastors
themselves do not discuss the ques-
ton, each having made up his own
miod in his own case. The facts on
either side Of the question are interest
irg. After the din and smoke of each
election.dsy in this city the excitement
Of the finished campaign re-echoes in
the churches. These echoes are beat
ing upon our ears at this moment, be-
cause the triangular fight for mayor
was so nightly lively that some pas
tors could aot keep out OF it. In and
near New York there are no more Ia
nous pastors than Henry Ward Beech
er, DR.. L. s. StOrrs, Father McGlynn,
Pastor ". II. Derrick, and Il. Heber
Newton. They face the wealth and
fashion Of this great centre, and their
hearers embrace all Christendom. Let
us glance at their positions on this
question.
The Rev. r. lIe6er Newton has
found it incumbent on hun 10 explain
sDne Of his uttcrances made during
The campaign Of Henry George, whose
cause he espoused. don't know how
true it IS, but it is said that at least one
leading business. man In his wealthy and
sristocIatic congregation took eXcep-
ton to something the pastor Is report
cd to have said. How mnch discomfort
this parishloner represented Is not
made known. but the explanation was
deemed worth while, at sill events. Mr..
Btecher hss just explained to the press
why he has offended the Tories in
England by his course over there.
Father McGlynn's close compromising
with Henry George IS candidate for
may or suddenly terminated, amid wide
rum0Is that the great church of which
he is an officer criticised his course.
Stree then the Church, through a high
digDitary, has relssured the public that
it remains, a. always, the great de-
fender If the interests OF society
against anarchy and disorder. At the
same tine The Rev. DR.. otorrs, Of the
Church Of the Pilgrims. IN Brooklyn,
has declared that ne has ever made It
his policy to condne his work To religi-
Gus ministratiOns. DR.. Storr5 is IN
questionably the most prosperous Of sil
our pastors, and presldeS over what l.
perhaps the soldest and most placid OF
all the congregations.
On the other hand, the Rev. DR..
BnTchard has retired from the pIesi-
dency Of Rutgers tgirls) College and
from his church since he uttered the
famous sentence on " Rum. Romanlsm,
snd Rebellion" Pastor NeTmsn, who
made another political character his
especial and public charge, also gave
up bis conspicuous connection wiki the
CITY amid anger and confusion, bat
notbirg Is proven by this, for ne IS very
happily and fortunately placed IN
Washington. Sull farther, the Rev.
Justin ID. Fulton, Of Brooklyn, VINO
could seldom refrain from taking part
in public matters, has virtually dropp.d
out Of sight. And who can forget the
excitement and apparent discOrd IN Mr..
Betcher's church, when two years ago
he appeared at public meetings IN be
half Of Mr.. Cleveland? lie has sur
viyed it, Of course, but it gave him
trouble. There is in the same city,
however, a Jealous priest, presiding
over huge congregation, who always
makes free to use his influence for what
be thinks will inure to the good Of his
people in political way.
MRS. ADRIAN ISELIN.
Sitting in the Metropolitan Opera
House the other night, | watched the
beauty, wealth, and fashion OF Nes
York enter their private boxes. Pro-
minent among the patrons of music are
the lselins, one Of New York's wealth
lest and best-known families. Mr.
Adrian Iselin WAS for many years an
itunnr,ar NJ dry Onods and SuhSaouent-