Wheeling Register

Jay Gould's Diversions.

Mr. Jay Gould, one of the money kings of Wall street, and the principal proprietor of the New York Tribune, is recuperating his wasted energies by a trip in the far West. Nobody can deny to Mr. Gould the possession of remarkable abilities. In a certain line, in which craft, reticence and assumption of fairness are absolutely necessary, Gould has no equal on the continent. Not only can he "smile and smile and be a villain," that he can do this to such a purpose that whichever way things turn, he makes. Socially and morally, he is what the worldly-minded call "a scrub." Of all matters of financial and stockjobbing chicanery, he is King. What schemes, what tricks, and what deceptions have been conceived in his busy brain, no man can ever know. Wall street, with its ambushes, traps and pitfalls, is his playground. The innocent "lambs" who stray into the street, searching for gainful pastures, are his lawful prey. With them he plays as a cat plays with a mouse. If he buffets them sportively for awhile, it is that he may presently devour them at his leisure. He veils his movements in a mystery as profound as that of an African sorcerer. He dallies with vast railway properties as Napoleon played with kingdoms when he gave away thrones as holiday gifts to his favorites. He spans the continent when he goes out for an airing on his highways; and he owns a newspaper by way of amusement. To-day the King amuses himself in Kansas.