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Show 051X10 X -S O F THE 1 K KSS OX TIIK ' It A S I a . Fewer reckless ventures will be made in consequence of this lesson, and men will be more disposed to live within their means. AYk- (Pa.) Jin-patcf,. Jin-patcf,. It is certainly shameful that reputable reput-able firms and vast commercial interests inter-ests should be so greatly at the mercy of a pack of stock-jobbing gamblers, whom it is no slander to c;i!l scoundrels. scoun-drels. JJthyif Tri'-uw:. .-t Jay Cooke A Co., more than any other firm in the count ry. stood as the representative of shnddydom an un'.ucky outgrowth of the war. By the war, and with the connivance of government ollicials, they acquired sudden wealth; and now this sudden wealth has as, suddenly tlnwn away. )ul,uquc l,IoWa) Jltf.Uii. The real cause is to lw found in the p iper money of tho country, the unredeemed un-redeemed inflated currency, with its uncertain value. So long as the business busi-ness of the country is conducted on i other than a specie' basis, so long will , tlie mania for unlimited speculation ; continue, and so long will financial . crashes lo of frequent occurrence. Ilartj'uM (Ct.) C-i'ni.if. Secretary Kiehardsyti report that almost all the appeals lor help during the late stress came from New York. , There were few from Pniladolphia 1 and fewer atill iip-ni Washington. The country behind w;ls unmoved. The West and South needed no help, and asked tor none. Chitjo Tribune. Tri-bune. We are not over-sanguiut of the":' immediate future. Lai -or h:w grown restless under its load. The future is bartered to prup up the presuiit. Gains are less than expenditures. Weak minds, deceived by aLr--.ini:: ccs, may call this prosperity, -lluy arc to ti'nd soon tlie truth of the expression. ex-pression. "The simple pa.- on and arc punished.'" I':"-' Minu.) V-ontcr. V-ontcr. ' What the convu!;i.u will du and what it ought to du is to arri-l something some-thing of the frenzy of .-prcul.-tion which has been tunning so wild. This railroad movement h:.s Iven largely artificial. The pressure- has leen carried tvO hi-.-:i. Tin- huhii-IwUvn huhii-IwUvn inflated beyn-1 ail re; is--n. Thccap-ieity of trV country in tm direct;. .ii has l-'eii overstrain--d. and nw oune-. the euiian-e. carrying witli it tin fall..!' many ptivng hoit--st and c-ii-eqiienc' s wlii 'ii e.uni'-t yt t be estimat-d. .C'-o-v ..".",-- |