The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-11
GLIMpSES OF GOTHAM.
MISPLACED MERCE-EHE STREET C4R
MURDERER NOT 70 SWING.
An Orange Riot EIpected-Formings of
New French Militia Regiment
More About Rapid Local Transft-The
Underground Road Revived Now.
Buildings Going Up-The March OF
improvements.
trnom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.

Foster, the street car murderer, gets anotn-
er chance for his life. He vas to have been
hanged on Friday of next week. His counsel,
Mr.. Stuart, made two unsuccessful attempts
to get q stay of execution from the New
York judges. In : his despair, he ap-
Piled to Brooklyn judge of the su-
preme Court, and found more mercy,
writ of error was obtained, the
effect of which will be to throw the argument
fora new trial over until the November meet
ing of the court. The action of Judge Pratt is
generally condemned by the press. The swift
conviction Of the street car ruffian has had the
effect of spreading wholesome terror among
his class, which would probably nave been
made permanent By the certain execution OF
the murderer at the time appointed. No one
doom. By winter all Interest In the case Will
have died out, and II a new trial Is granted,
upmaudlln juries will find for manslaughter
only. Foster owes his life to the fidelity and
perseverance of his counsel, ex-Jndge Stuart.
The lawyer took fancy to his client, and has
really been as much concerned about MIN as
farmer would be about his dying bulldog.
Apprehensions exist OF a terrible Riot on
next Wednesday, the anniversary OF the Battle
of the Boyne. The feeling between the Cath
oIIc and Protestant Irishmen ts extremely
bitter, and last year, on the occasion of the
Orange celebration, eliminated In fighting
and bloodshed: Efforts have been made to In
duce the Orangemen to omit their public de-
monstration this year, but they urge that the
Catholic Irish have professions In the streets
whenever 1t suits them and are not 'molested;
and that, as peaceably disposed citizens, they
have the same rights. The Rlbbonmen COM
plain that their old zyfoes march de6antly
through the Irish Catholic quarters, Haunting
offensive banners and playing those insulting
Orange airs which for generations haye been;
o signal for q scrimmage. -:
There Is evidently deep.seated determine,
ton among the more trrasclble OF the Ribbor-
men to resent the Orange demon nstration Tilt
comes Off this year. On the other hand, the
North of Ireland men are equally as stubborn
and resolved. A meeting of the Orange soele.
ties was held at Military Hail, last night, and
it was voted, almost unanimously, to have the
parade on Wednesday. Probably the mayor
will have to Issue proclamation calling on
the citizens to preserve the: peace. ana the
more sensible our adopted citizens would be II
they left their old national antagon onlsms behind
them in Europe when they sailed for these
shores to become Americans, " ft: Sl
The Spirit of our French residents Is by no
means broken by the disasters Of the late war.
Itdsto be reasserted In the shape OF q distlnc.
lively Gallo militia regiment, The famous old
French regiment before our civil war. It went
into the Conflict with Its colonel, the gallant
lie Gal OF its head, and suffered, severely.
During and since the war, several German
were added to 1t, and now 1t Is
almost exclusively q German regiment. The
Frenchmen have all dropped out in conse-
Quence of the feeling epgendered by the
recent fighting on the continent. Colonel
LIE Gal Is foremost in getting up the new
French regiment; several companies have
been formed, the uniform OF the; Qhasseurs of
vlncennes has been selected, and the first
parade will take place on Latayette's birth
hsa sShBaSy ii ISsItIsg most 81 It's STOCK taken up
has aroused the old underground company TO
activity. The. latter road was chartered aoouf
three year5 ago., It was to be, bu1t nnp:t-
ground from The Battery to Harlem, and Was
20 be e1inished inside of FIVE years. The pro-
Ieotors, taking the London Metropolitan Ral-
way as pattern, believed the underground to
be feasible here. But when the stock was put
before the public capitalists would not sub
scribe cent. The scheme lauguished, ground
was not broken, and latterly the road has Ia
ded from public recollection. The vigor with
which Stewart, Astor, and Hilton are pushing
the Yiaduct alarms the corporators Of the un.
derground about their franchises. The direc.
tors held meeting on Wednesday and elected
q new working board of officers with Oliver
W. Barnes as president. Probably excava-
tfons for the road will be commenced aIonce
80 as to head off any attempt OF the yladuct
company to get the Legislature next winter TO
revoke the underground charter. believe
there is little difference Of opinion though
among the engineers about the impracticabilt-
ty Of The tunnel plan.
The masonry Of the new postonce oulldng
at the lower end of the City Park begins to ap-
pear above the top of the unfinished fence,
which has 80 long obstructed the View OF
passers by. It is evident that the structure is
going TO be very massive and imposing, ana
will dwarf all the surrounding buildings, ex-
cept the Park Bank and the Heralc once. Ihe
work has made such progress lately tnat tne
wears. Many other magnificent edlhces are
going up about town, notably among them Ghe
new Masonic Hall, at the corner Of Sixth ave
nue. and Twenty.third street, opposite Booths
theatre. It Is being built of granite and IN o
style of architecture corresponding With the
great dramatic temple over the way. 1 musC
not 6mlt to report progress on the BrooKiyn
rises slowly, but Is now of sufficient height to
form a conspicuous object on the river.
Nothing has yet been done on the New York
aide. except to sound for the foundation OF the
other tower. The work on The new dock 'front.'
is about to begin. sThe commissioners have
resolved to begin pier five hundred feetlong
and sixty feet wide at the foot OF Flfty-seyenth
street, E. R. The main work will start. how
ever, ct the Battery. NYA.
THE NEW LOAN IN EUROPE.
WASHINGTON, July Z.
The statement teienranhsd to New YORK