The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-04-23
The Pioneer CORRESPONDENCE.
From our Regular Now York Correspondent.
Matters and Things ia New York.

New York, April 10, 1883
The passage Of the prohibitory liquor law,
its features and tendencies, and more than all
the probability Of its enforcement is just at
present the all absorbing topic. Residents Of
staid country towns and moral rural districts
which successive tides Of the temperance re-
form, have prepared for an easy change into
the new state Of things proposed by this new
law, can form no conception of the excitement
it causes here where the appetites, capital and
occupation of so many thousands are involved
in q traffic which it aims to annihilate. Prob
ably more capital is invested in the liquor
trade in this city, than in all the State beside,
and more interests will be imperilled by the
execution of prohibitory law. Consequent
ly we witness here, as in narrow arena, the
fierce struggle of avarice with humanity, the
clashing Of lust with principle, which difused
over wide field elsewhere, will expand itself
with less intensity. The press of the city re-
decting the opinions of the various parties
into which our society is split, present very
dissimiIar views. The Tribune ON examination
finds it o better law than it feared would be
made i. G., more stringent. The Times eau
tiously decides it proper and wholesome, but
does not commit itself as fully-but that it
may take such stand hereafter, as may seem
best for its interests. The Herald enters up
on a gloomy calculation Of the ruin it will
produce in throwing thousands out of employ
ment, shutting up hotels and devastating soc-
city generally. while the Mirror comes out
flat footed in opposition, and in its issue Of
last evening calls especial attention to the
letter of "Knickcrbocker. who strains himself
into q column to show that the law may not
cannot. must not be enforced, because the Leg
stature making it were out on sprees them
selves, and are addicted to corrupt habits gen.
orally UiN it be enforced in New York is
the question. l think so, most certainly, if
Mayor Wood fills his present station with the
energy and discretion he has hitherto DONE
The only reason against it will be the decision
of the Judges inimical to it which have done
tuOTc Ill OtIlCT CtutCo tuuIl AL OtuSI CstusCo W
render similar laws a nulity. We shall see
"Sam" is overhauling our police, and squin-
ting his eyes up each genealogical tree of the
whole posse The Chief Of the Police, Geo.
] w. Martwel, having returned himself to the
Board of Aldermen as native, alleging that
he had no family record, but that his mother
had informed him he was born in America;
some affdavits were taken which impeach his
veracity The testimony is built up some
what on the style of Jacks House. Geo. w.
Martwel returned himself an American--E liza
beth Kerwan knew Geo. w. Martwell, who
returned himself an American; Anna Cudliff,
knew Elizabeth Ke.wan, who knew Geo. w.
Martwel, who returned himself an American;
Stephen Branch knew Anna Cudlitf who
knew Elizabeth kerwan, who knew Geo. w.
Martwel, who returned himself an American;
and as the aforesaid Elizabeth Kerwan whose
yeracity is so indefinitely backed knew he
was not an American, or at least did not know
he was; poor Martwell will have to go under
as an outside barbarian. What mischance
it is to sec the first daylight anywhere out of
Uncle Sans domains.
The extension of the Battery goes on slow
ly, and when completed will give to us a fine
breathing place, thing to be especially COW
eted, now that Mayor Wood has vetoed the
bill for the Park up town. The idea of ap-
propriating several hundred acres to the free
use Of the toiling poor is too liberal for this
dollar and cent age, and of course the Money
King shovcs poverty to the wall in the strug-
gle for more room and drives it to narrow
streets, and Parks which are miserably dis
proportioably to expanding greatness of the
city.
We supposed the Poole mania was over, but
last Sunday witnessed his apotheosis, and saw
him mounted on the vrtuOus renOwn A Rev.
Mr. Hood opened exercises with prayer before
a congregation of some 200 persons at the
Apollo rooms and Capt. j. NJ. Turner deliv-
cred an grafton upon the character of the de-
fuuct concluding with these words -" Poole
died as he had lived, faithful to God, his coun-
Try anu his lTlenuS. Ii TIC minutes vi tuis
meeting should be exhumed thousand years
hence by some delving antiquary, what better
testimonial could some new-light church in
search of saint for new calendar desire
The sudden death of Walter r. Jones has
thrown gloom over Qua commercial circles.
He was one of the Oldest and most respected
of our business men, and his simplicity of man.
ners and integrity of character had cndeared
him to the whole city. Funeral services were
performed yesterday at Trinity church, and his
remains leave this morning for intermcnt at