The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-10
TFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

| [FRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK, October Z.
The State ticket nominated by the Demo-
cratic Convention at Rochester, gives some
| dissatisfaction. 1t is respectable, but not
strong. At this important juncture popular
and we'll known name should have been put
at the head. On the contrary, that of Diedrich
Willers, Jr., appears. Mr.. Willers Is not a
German, as his name would indi cate, but ma
tive of the interior of the State. He is proba-
| bly, Of German descent. He is hardly known
| outside of his native town and the State capi.
| tai building In which he holds the position OF
deputy to the present secretary OF State.
Doubtless he is an efficient public officer, but he
adds not a particle OF strength to the ticket.
| The other candidates are all denominations
| It Is some satisfaction that the Republican
| state ticket is even weaker than ours. Mr..
| Scribner, who opposes Mr.. Willers for secre.
| tary of State, has also only local reputation
| The best political experts predict that only
lisht vote will be polled in this State In No
vember. Hosts of Republicans are dlsgusted
with the souabbles between the Conkling and
Fenton factions In their party, and perhaps as
many Democrats are lukewarm on account of
| the New York City troubles. Few OF these
will bother themselves to 60 to the polls, said
| a Democrat to me. What inducement have
| to vote this tall .? l cannot vote for Republi-
can. In my district the two Democratic can
| ddates for Slate senator are Bradley and
| Jimmy O'Brien. The former Is notorious
member OF the ring and brother-in-laW to
one of its magnates; the olher IS one OF the
most unscrupulous little rascals In New YORK
-au enemy of the ring solely because the
"rine" refused TO pay his fraudulent claim on
| the City for 5000, ,0OO" Probably this Demo-
crat will be sufficiently aroused to his duty by
election day to 60 10 the polls and vote for the
| State ticket, but any one can gee he is dis.
heartened Decent Republicans are In the
same box. The local machinery of their party
| is in the hands OF man quite as corrupt and
unscrupulous as Tweed. Tom Murphy lords
! the city, and al the regular nominations are
such as the customhouse thieves have manipu-
lated.
Since the World deserted Tammany that or
ganization has hal but one thick and thin
daily organ In the city-the Star-a little two
| cent paper published By 10. Howard. Ia protege
| OF Henry Ward Beechers.) Yesterday the
| star addressed series of questions to Horace
| Greeley, twho has Just returned from his po-
| litico-agrcultural tour through the NorthWest,)
| The purpose of which was to get an honest eX-
preston OF the philosophers opinions OF Hall,
| Tweed, Sweeuy and Hilton. The request was
coupled with such an extravagant eulogy OF
Mt. Greeey's character that the old gentle.
mans vanity was touched, and this morning
| he published the entire article, pufery and all,
| in the Tribune, with candid response. With
| those who know how the members OF the city
government have been abused, this declara-
| Iion by q leading Republican opponent has
created no little astonishment. AS to the
charges against Mayor Hall, Mr.. Greeley pro.
nounces them mot proven" Of Mr.. Sweeny's
dishonesty he has yet had mo evidence" II
Judge Hilton hos stolen anything Mr.. Greeley
will be not only surprised but sorely griev-
ed" Tweed alone, of the four accused, does
he susrect of corruption, ana tnat Suspicion Is
| wealth, which Mr.. Greeley estimates at from
| fifteen to twenty millions Of dollars. The re-
| spondent adds that these answers are precisely
| such as he would give upon oath on his death.
bed" than which nothing more emphatic could
be said. This Is the best piece OF whltewasn.
inp work the ring has yet been favored with.
New York has just passed through the
largest fall business known In Its history. l
believe it is conceded on all sides that never
before were so many goods sold and snipped
South and West. The trade is still brisk.
though the rush Is over. Our hotels are yet
crowded with Southern visitors VINO nave
been North on pleasure bent and ore linger,
ing q few days before taking their homeWard
aight. To such Central Park now offers unu-
s,lal attractions. The season Is that In which
the Park appears to the best advantage. The
leaves of the trees are just turning, and the
tourist has before him beautiful arrangement,
by nature, of all the autumnal hues. Any one
who has seen the Park before, would De sur
prlsed to observe the improvements maze oy
the commissioners since bis last visit, not the
leas. among them being some of the results OF
McSveeny's late inspection OF the great parks
OF Europe. The upper area Is being laid out
and adorned quite as elaborately as That part
more familiar TO the public.
Among the recent additions ore an obser-
o1l 1atr yph
can buy glass of pure, rich milk, drawn from
the Park COWS. On o green lawn, large
flock of sheep may be seen grazing. 1t Is com
posed of the finest imported breeds, and i5
kept for stock purposes: The broad, level
| Mall. thronged with pedestrians; the Drive
with hundreds of dashing equlpases; me Lake
covered with swans and ducks and pleasure.
boats; the children's playground, with swings
aud wooden horses; the Geological Gardens,
| filled with live beasts and birds from the four
quarters of the globe; the Deer Paddock; the
| Casino, where refreshments are served; the
Croquet Lawn; the Cave; the Terrace; the
Rambe; The Maze; the Belvldere. and the
manifold attractions of the Park, and to these
must be added the flowers and rare plants,
| the shady rural hooks and long smooth walks
the statuary, idealistic or of great men; the
rustic and artistic bridges, and the many pic
turesque public buildings. When one remem.
DerS llaL tQe tdTh IL SeG III ltS lceue. duu tHdI
| 1t needs age to take away It's rawness, as well
as to complete the great plans maturing In the
brains of the commissioners, vision Of its
future magnihcence may be conceived.
Another great local work Is about to be
pushed to completion. Perhaps but O few Wis.,
| itors to The city know that railroad through
| the air CONVEYS passengers daily from Dey
| street to the Hudson River Railroad depot,
distance of three miles. I have found many
New Yorkers who were unaware of Its exist
ence. The elevated road has but one track
yet. 1t is laid on iron pillars as high as the
| second stories of houses,on the route, and eX-
tends from the Battery 10 Thirtieth street,
| along Greenwich street and Ninth avenue.
Through tralne are run at present only from
Dey street to the depot. The elevated road
was an experlmen. from the beginning. The
projectors put a large amount of money into
| 1t, and that has been frittered away In at
tempts TO make the thing 90. The original
| means of propulsion were the stationary en-
gine and the endless chain. Alter long trial
| these were abandoned for the old-fashioned
dummy.
The enterprise hos languished for want of
more funds. Many of the stockholders aban-
doned it in despair, and last Thursday 1t was
sold at public auction to satisfy the claims of
the mortgages for $3.50, 900, about filth of its
cost. The mortgages were the purchasers,
and announced their intention TO complete the
| road Immediately, building second track and
extending both to Harlem River. The running
o. trains for the past year was not for profit,
but to familiarize the public with the novelty