The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-30
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NEW YORK, May q.
Foster, the murderer, lies at last in. the
condemned cell in The Tombs, weeping and
wajllng over the fate which, until this time. he
has not seemed 10 realize. While sentence
was being pronounced his stoicism gave way,
and he sobbed piteously, unnerving the Judge
himself, and throwing the kind-hearted lawyer,
who defended the case into paroXysn OF
tears. The vile OF the condemned man sat BY
his side. and tainted when the solemn invoca-
,tion to Hearen-"May God have mercy on
your soul"-was pronounced. Fosters only
words we're: ''1was very drunk that night,
and did not know what was doing. did
not intend to kill Mr.. Putnam"
When he was being remored.from the court
room to carriage. the immense mob which
had collected around the door Kissed, and there
were cries Of Lynch him !" The impressive
! lesson is not to be.ost on the lower strata OF
society. One of the Father Matthew Total Alb
stinence Societies issues call for meeting,
in the morning papers. with these startling
head lines s'Another Triumph Over Ruin
Take the Pledge and Avoid the Doom of Fos-
ter Although the jury compromised with
their feelings by recommending Foster 10 mer,
cy, it is not probable that the Governor VIII
heed the appeal. Something must be done to
strike terror into the ruff1ans of New York:
they are so seldom punished that they laugh
at Justice. Foster will be hanged on Friday,
July 18th.
Our criminal classes have been enjoying,
another pIiZe fight sensation. but unexpected
| misfortune has come upon the fellows VINO
undertook to entertain them. one s..o. Oh tne
pugiIists was an Englishman, the other an
| itishman. They went ont upon Long Island,
attended by several thousand thieves and
rowdies. and pitched ring, but they had been
so closely followed by the New YORK pollce
that they just had time TO scaInper away ana
hide themselves. Having given me ponce inc
slip, they met in the afternoon, aud ior seFeral
honrs they pounded each other until their
heads and bodies were almost shapeless:
Night closed upon an undecided contest, and
it was resolved 10 resume it in The morning
The fighters came syly to the city to get their
wounds dressed but ihe' indeiatisable 'pollce
were alter them again. aud they were Doth
arrested, with their trainers and packers. at
low drinking dens.
To-day they are 10 be tried at the Iomos
Court, and as they will be convicted, they will
20 10 the State prison for year. This Is snort
work; ut The trainers quarters, in the ring, ana
cracking stones in the prison garb, oil inside
of three days. While the fight was in progress
on Long Island, hourly bulletins were posted
Offices and excited greater interest than The
lidipgs OF the burning and slaughter in Paris.
One newspaper boasts OF having sold one hun
dred and sixty thousand copies to the news
boys in the course offour hours.
Another stupendOus enterprise for the I'M
provement OF New York is 10 be inausurated
on Monday The directors of the vaduct rail-
way wil meet in the Governors room at the
CITY Hall and organize. Plans will be adopted
and the work given out. The viadnct road
will run from the Battery TO Harlem; there
will be several tracks, and fast and slow pdS-
senger trains will be propelled by steam. me
cacuation is 10 take passenger from the CITY
Hall TO Harlem In fifteen minutes. the actual
time now consumed In the transit oeln9 an
hour. Twenty millions Of dollars VIII be eX-
pended in constructing the road and buying
Inc right. of-way. Among the directors are one
of The Astors Alex 7. Stewart, Moses Taylor.
and The four chiefs OF the Tammany ring:
| Tweed, Sweeny, Connolly and Hall SO the
successful completion of the enterprise Is as
sured.
By the year 1850 the metropolis will almost
be transformed. The great stone docks along
tue North aud East Rivers will be under way;
the Viaduct Railway, the -Erial Railway on
the west side, the Brooklyn Bridge and the
| bridge 10 New Jersey, will be finished; the
tunnels under tie two rivers will probably
have been commenced; Central Park, IN New
have received the projected improvements;
the new boulevard and parks al the upper END
OF the island will be laid out, and the magnih-
cent new posLofice, andr possibly the new
courthouse, both in the City Hall Park, will be
completed lor business.
In addition 10 this, tine clearing away Oh lhe
unly rocks at He'll Gate may have marked
| effect upon the typographical character OF the
city # the ingress OF vessels BY way OF the
sound can be made safe, all the European and
Eastern shipping can save one hundred miles
| by Taking that route over the other oy tie
way of Sandy Hook and the Narrows. The
consequences wonhf be that the upper eastern
end OF the island, from Harlem down, would
become the depot for the Immense foreign
business OF New York. and the quiet dwellings,
of that quarter would have " give place TO
warehouses. 1t is matter of speculation
about the effect that these changes wonla nave
on the lower part of the city. Possibly lhe
nabobs might relurn to The ballery 10 I'VE;
Broadway, as of yore, might again be nneu ,t,t.
| with residences, aud wall Street become tle
fashionable promenade.
The sp;ritualis,s oi New York and vicinity
| are preparing TOR mammoth picnic: 70 come
of next month in retired part OF Westcnes-
ter County. Believers in the flesh as well as
every one in The spirit vino chooses TO come.
| are respectfully invited TO be present anu par.
ticpate i'll the festivities. One VINO sees oul
founded To know how widespread Is the pc
lief in the spiritualistic philosophy here Judse
Edmonds. OF New York. who Is the most con-
! spiclouS advocate Uf spr!iilallsm IN America,
| estimates The number OF believers at eleven
millions. As they are nearly all north OF Ma
| sons and DiXon's line, this estimate would in-
volve one-third OF the inhabitants OF the North.
| or these but small fraction are open and pro-
iessed spiritlialists. The judge claims that
J the vast lnaiority who believe are not disposed
vet to face the ridicnle with which an avowal
oil their faith would be met by the world.
/ The spiritualisls are most numerous IN New
England and the Western States They have
a number OF periodical publications, their prin-
cpa organ being the Banner OF LlSht, which
| is issued in Boston, and has an enormous CIR.
cula,ion. One oil lis features is the printing OF
messages from people IN the spirit world 10
| their friends In this. These messages usually
begin in lnis style: ~ died Of rapid consulnp-
| ton in Boston yesterday afternoon, at ioul
| o'clock, anu have been permitted TO come
back u this circle to inform my friends that
am ull right and perfectly satisfied with my
condition in this beautiful spirit world These
| messages purporL TO come from all manner 0l
| people from well known statesmen and di.
vines 10 common lab0rers and servant glrls,
who are known only 10 a. few friends. The
| conductor of the Banner of Light Sednces on
this sile is q Mr.. William White, and on "lhe
other sidu' the late Theodore PlrlS4r. who oc'
casionully takes an opportunity to rap the
Boston ministers over the knuckies.
Tie advocates oil sprithalsm admit that
their faith has but few adherenis in the South,
but they predict that it is going to spread with
amazing rspidity. now that the war and The
abolition of 'slavery" have cleared the way.