Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-05-25
New York Letter.
New YORK. Nav 10, 49,

nam on the Broadway cars. Ihe diff
cult task of empanneling a jury is now
being performed, but with very indiffer
emit success. The trial commenced OF
Monday last, and up to Wednesday
evening Only nine competent jurymen hat
been obtained, out of over 300 who hai
been called. On Wednesday 200 wer,
called, and only two out of that number
were accepted. Some who were otherwise
competent, were set aside on account O.
their showing too much eagerness IL
serve. 1t is surprising how anxious some
OF them were to get on the jury. They
trimmed amazingly between the questions
of both the prosecuting and defending
counsel, wishing to be acceptable to both
Such cases however, are few, and the ma.
|jority are rejected for the simple reason
that they have formed an opinion as to
the prisoners guilt, in the vast ma ority
of cases. venture to oBjeoture, the
circumstances of the case are so we'll
known, and the crime was committed in
such cool and deliberate manner, and
without even the slightest provocation, as
far as now known, whatever may be
brought in the trial, that public opinion
has already convicted Foster.
The improvement and Identification of
the parks and squares of the city is con-
tinued with undated energy, and many
places that six months or year ago were
simply dumping grounds for the rubbish
of the vicinity, are now putting on their
coating of green. These little GASES, scat
tered here and there throughout the city,
are great blessingsto the poor people who
inhabit the crowded tenements in their
neigh borhood and who otherwise would
scarcely ever see green leaf. The Bat
terry and City Hall Park have been the
scene of the most noteworthy improve
ments; the more noticeable, I presume,
because the most needed. AT the Bat
terry a substantial stone wall has been
built all around, 80 that the tide is there
by kept from OVERLOOKING large area
that before was covered for greater part
of the day. The reclaimed land, has been
filed in, and the ground is being graded,
walks laid out, and curbed, and grass and
trees planted. This once aristocratic
quarter is again assuming an inviting
look public park, and by next year will
have regained some of it's former beauty
IL tan c.
began to be used as city dumping
ground, and since that time to the present
it has been a sorry looking place. But
now, when the improvements shall all
have been made, the Immigrant who
lands there will think that America is lit
orally Paradise, and his first night on
our hospitable shore will be blessed with
the sweetest of dreams. At the City Hall
Park the work is nearly all completed,
at least so far as grading and paving the
walks and planting the trees and shrub
berry are concerned. There is now being
built fountain on the Park Row side, |
near the new Post Office. cannot how
ever go into details as to all the separate |
in the different parks, and
will merely say that if the work is honest
ly, skillfully and thoroughly carried out,
it is a good ONE.
There has been considerable mortality |
among the newspapers of this city lately,
three having died within a weeks time.
The Morning Democrat, E0e1aing Free
Press and EUenaRg Leader. the latter, a
new paper, being the unfortunate Young
ster's. The cause was that of an involun-
tary stoppage of the digestive organs,
owing it's origin to an insufficient supply |
of the wherewithal to keep them in proper
trim. The editors demanded their "spon-
dulicks," the printers wanted theirs, the
paper merchants sent in their bills, and
all the other little bills inserting them
selves into the unfortunate things which
had been put into this world through no
fault of their own, the life-blosd was
Slapped away aud a general giving up of
the ghost took place. There was started
about two weeks ago, new morning pa
per, to be sold for a penny, called the
Morning Ray. Whether it will be sue
cess, remains to be seen.
There appears to be mania for all
sorts of lawlessness in this city, which
the police seem unable to suppress. There
have, during the past year, been several
cases of shooting that were very mysteri-
GUS, the shots seemingly coming from an
air-gun. 1t is not long since that bull
let whizzed in unpleasant proximity to
Inspector Dilks' head, as he sat in the
general Office of the Police Department in
Mulberry street. 1t evidently came from
an air-gun, as no report was heard. An
investigation failed to reveal the source or
the person from which it was fired. Last
Sunday bullet, evidently shot from a
building in Howard street, passed through
a rear window of No. 440 Broadway, and
drilled hole through box on the oppos-
tie side OF the store. Numerous cases of
this kind have occurred, and the police
are b8ffied in their endeavors to ferret
out the miscreants who thus recklessly
assail human life.
The dinner to Baron Gerolt, at the I'm
ion League Theatre, on Tuesday evening,
was grand complimentary affair. Among
these who extend the invitation and were
present, were VIM. Cullen Bryant, VIM.
M. Evarts, A. T. Stewart, Gen. Mcdowell,
G. w. Field, VIM. E. Dodge, Jas. Gordon
Bennett, Jr., @. A. Dana, G. A. Seward,
and many other prominent citizens. VIM.
M. Evarts presided, and was very happy
in his opening remarks. Behind the pres
ident's chair, hung portrait of the EN-
peror William, painted by the artist, VIM.
Page, since 70 o'clock of that day. Toasts
were responded to by Baron Gerolt, DIR.
Lieber, Mr.. Bryant, Samuel B. Ruggles,
and Gen. Mcdowell. Mr. Bryant paid a
graceful tribute to German literature, and