The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-02-22
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
Life in the Ne.rcpsiis+HcwP Power
has Won the Old knick Ockers-
Native aud Foreign Gnlens-TriaI OF
Stokes-A Curious DetectiOn-.ihe
Smals-Fox-A Wonderful Goat.
NV IoRk. Feb. l5. 1872

New YORK, Feb. Is, 1872.
For a wonder, there is a lull in the throb-
bing of the metropolitan pulse. No fever
ish symptoms di>tarb the boly polite; no
paroxyslns of trade threaten the "bulls y
or d" bears" and the last sensation has
weIl-nigh been forgotten. When the self
zer aperient Of life thus becomes fat, the
people are supposed to rest-no. | recall
that worI-thcy simply draw a long breath,
for there is no such thing as rest in New
York. The city never sleeps. 1t knows
nothing Of the hush OF the midnight hour.
The tinkle of tie car-bells, the tramp of
homeward-boun men and providers; the
pattering of horses feet; steam pafIing
from the newspapsr-ofices; carriages hur-
rying by with the fraction Of some fashion
able party; and just before dawn the un-
Unstable treble Of the market-wagons-el!
these tell Of the chorus Of busy life, the
orchestral accompaniment Of which sounds
doably distinct, because you hear it III the
dark.
Rest, forsooth. Men are too much oc-
cupied IN what Gerald Massey calls % ham
mering out the metal of their lives" to let
the iron grow cold upon the anvil. And
they pound at their respective objects un-
til they have made an individuality or
ruin. To be pointed oat-known-rcspcct
ed for wealth or influence; to win favors-
Die comment in the daily press; to be writ
ten down on various occasions as patron;
. to become the leader of Il political, charitl-
bic, or religious clique; to wear the largest
diamonds, Civ. the most exclusive soirees,
or in some other way outdo neighbor in
the strife--Onc would think We're the OBJ
jccts of half Of the people of New YORK.
Bonner, for instance, is known by his
horses: young Bennett by his yacht; Je-
rome by his park; and Beecher by his pull
pit novelties. Preachers by the score fol-
low in his wake. Uepworth, Bellows,
Cuyler Talmadge, all have been made no
torioas in prlnt, anI that sort Of notoriety
means 4 paying cOn5re5 CATION Read the
announcements in the Sunday morn
ny papers, AMI yoI viii be as
toni>hei t. find that the Reverend Mr.
Stiggjns will preach on the subject of
"slicea eat from Gospel steak; that
Bishop Snow Will fire "rihe-shots at the
jeyil, and SO on, ai naH5eam. Sensa-
:ioaalism is the order of the hour, and it
makes bu: little difference with what kind
IF chats the fools are caught. There are
few stai Of knickerbocilcrs, however,
who are content to grow quietly. make
.hcr money in the oil fashioned way; IN
sest it whore it will pay, perhaps little but
surely; who regard 4 speculation as Il red
hot poker; and consequently live long, alb
~orb wealth. AMI maintain the family re
.pectabllty. They are not mushrooms
Ike a thousand others around them
Social life with and among these people
5 really coinyab!e Their homes are the
en,ho iiment Of taste and good excellence,
aud YOU find them patrons Of art
music, AMI evcrytiljng which retines
1n'l clev"tes. They purchase what Is
4 .olii aui meritor0u>: there salons
are .he resort Of the truly intellectual ana
.re..; and brains. net brass, are the letter,
/ u cre1c!tiais which ntroiCco the stranger.
! loa would be astoaI>!cj, however, to
/ observe how much Of tie talent that has
made Its mark in tine metropolis is not ma
/ i've. i. I. >teNar-, !.e,.rr, aHI Grcgg,
! nnmg the leading merchauf>,aua . Conor.
Ottoman, John Mitchell, aui sydney
Sullivan, among the lawyers, ,.'c Iriohmen.
/ There are probably fewer New Workers
who have risen TO cminence IN this climb
ing to the apex Of the pyramid than Of tn
people of other states AMI nationaltie,.
Every man has the same chance as his
neighbor, and is the best who wins.
i lie trial of Stokes, for the murder OF
Fisk, is now pending, but interest in the
matter has strangely subsiiel. The popu.
lar belief IS, that the criminal viii not b,
convicted in the first degree, for when q
person j. so rich that he can transform Il
,cll in the TombS into the luxurious sem
blance OF Il chamber On the Fifth Ayenue
'tni feast on champagne and vcnison with
hlo .alIer, Justice IL Very apt to drop hel
bial, ana smile accommolatingly. Iii,
counsel, led by the famous John Graham
are moving heaven AMI earth to gain time
and viii stubbornly ' contest every inch OF
the trial, from the organization Of tho
Grand jury which found the Indictment
% the latest decision of the Court.
The curiosity to see the prisoner is great
and the officers are obliged to resort to al
kinds Of devices to get him TO ami from the
rombs without the obstruction of the
crowd. The Sun calls Stokes the " dandy
assassin
-fpfoy0S Of crime, very curious robbery
has lately been traccl out by a Commercial
traveller, 1t appears that, in December
80, ,oO0 worth Of lacas and millinery 600 l.
were stolen from wholesale establishment
Some OF thein were peculiar in style anC
color, and the drummer, while travelling
saw a sample on the neck of lady. Ill
addressed her: asccrta!ned where the sam.
had been purchased, went to Cleveland
Ohio, found 4 Sunday congregation VIII,
had largely invested in similar articles
discovered the place where the same ha,
been sold, and thus is on the track Of tn
actual thieves in New York.
The small pox IS somewhat on the in
crease, though seventy-tive or eighty death
per week IN q population Of million seem
bat Slight proportion.
\ wonderful goat, row performing in th
Black Crook at Niblo's rides barebacke,
, horse, turns summcrsaults, jumps through
rings, carries 2 monkey on its head, an'
, does many other wonderful things hereto
, fore supposed 10 belong to the peculiar
province OF a circus rider.
Colonel Z. G. Washington, third cous
in of Genera. George Washington, died il
this city, on Saturday. lie was born il
Virginia, and WAS fine type of
thorough-going oid-time gentleman. IL
. was seyeuty-tour years of age.
Another Carpct-baEHer Come to Grie1
We find the following notice (says th
| Milwaukee Meas of the depo.ing of Coz
Reed from his position in Florida, in th