The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-13
GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM.
TEE BALTIMORE NOMINATIONS IN
NEW YORK.
Attitude OF tho City Press--The Two
fold Drama OF James Fisk-RevoIu-
tion In tho Erie acknowledgements
Enterprise-Picn nics for tho Street
ArabS-The Foreign Bands.
(RHoh OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

. III @,s NEW YORK, July 10.
While I:write the cannon In the City Hsil
Park is laundering welcome to the news from
Baltimore. AS soon as we pass out OF the
present heated term. no doubt the campaign
will begin In earnest. The. first. movement of
consequence, In this city, will be preparations
for monster ratification meeting, In which
Democrats and Liberal Republicans viii lber-
ally fraternize on the rostrum and In the audi
torIum.
The position Of the daily city preese Is inter-
esting from the fact that three-quarters Of 1t Is
for Greeley. The pro-Greeley papers have
the following (estimated) daily circulation:
News, $4,000; Sun, $4,000; staats Zeilnng,
30 600; Tribune, $4,000; World, J25, ,O00;, Star,
5000; New Yorker: Demokrat,. 5000; Express,
$500; Journal of Commerce, 5000. To these
may be added the Herald, 10000. whicn leans
towards Greeley, and which with doubtless,
be for him IN q few days. Total -,ially clrcnla-
lion of the Greeley press Of New York 298, 500.
The Grant newspapers conaist OF the Times,
with daily circulatio9of SO, ,0oo; Commercial
Advertiser, 5000, and Standard, 5000, 70 which
should be added the Evening Post 5000,
which leans towards Grant, and wnlct will
probably support him before the campaign 10
over. Total daily, circulation, OF the Grant
press 10000, This Ia D. the proportion Of
ABOUT Six sevenths for Greeley TO one-ssve1th
for Grant. The disproportiont In the weekly
greater, for the combined weekly circulation
Of four pro-Greeley papers, the Tribune,
World. Snn and Staats Zeitung. Is ten times
that of the Times; which is the only Grant
daily paper OF the city which hs. . any weekly
circulation. ,.-..,a
amuse. Both sides have dragged tthstl leml-
nently harmonious professienThe doctors
into court, and 1t has been conclusively proved
by such distinguished authorities as Drs. Wood
and sayer that Fisk died from the Eeffscts Of
the pistol wound, and .Drs. CarnOqhanr and
Macready that he did not. 1t ts true that no
body doubts that Stokes premtd tditatedly muir
dered Fisk; but here We go along enjoying
these pleasant fctiona Of The detepcei. and
speculating whlch the prisoner will get--fve
wears or an absolute acquitlal. The defence
has three positions: First, that aSl 6kes killed
Flax IN self-defeRce; second nthati theldoctors
Killed Fisk; third, that Stokes was insane.
These points have been very skilfully managed
oy McXeon and Tremaine. ALREADY the evil
dence for the defence is beginning sthav61ts
effect on the community, as i predlcted.1
heard one who was 10 favor OF Lynch lay Waen
the murder was committed, haave q Sigh,
yesterday, after reading Stekes's own etory
on the witness stand, and exclaims liz, b
really very plausible.p gn..iI,y-sfl,l;. :...l,7:
The second. part Of the great drahiain which
Fisk was principal actor came 10 d close In
the Erie Railway buildings yestsrday3m The
road passed out of the possession of any OF
ring into new and clean hands Superfntend-
ent Rucker handed inahis resignation, and
With hin 20 nearly all the clerks, .conduc-
tors and otner oficials Of the old regime. the
revolution is complete. " Who would have
thought this possible q year ago, who had
walked Into the gorgeous office Of james Rtek
in the railway building, and Seen him In his
like q steam engine at worhy eh' - n!'h.o
The newspapers have various devices for
+odvertlstng taeR,s.lVes at thB expense OF thrtr
contemporaries. The Hsr4ld's search for Lv-
ingstone, the Worlds exposures OF the Brook
Iyn 1fraude, the Tribune's celebrated raid on
the keno saloonH and palel-game houses. are
cases IN illustration. They get themselves
and that was just what they wanted. The
Times has hit npon scheme which combines
an opportunity to puff itself with really
benevolent and pralseworthy purpose. Il has
been calling for subscriptions TO enable 1t to
get up free picnics for the children ofthe poor.
Money flows 10 literally N response. and the
arst OF the .'Times' picnics Tor the pnor" comes
of tomorrow. Five hundred children, col.
lected from the elums ofithe Five PointS. and
who rarely see more than the loathsoms dens
surrounding them, are 10 be- taken TO q beanti-
tul grove on Long Islp d, about twenty miles
from thu city, whefe!t !th-y are to spend tnetday
In pleasures quite unknown: to their 'prs9leus
experiences. -,....--..-..,.f.
The only condition precedent to their going
on the excursion, prescribed by the Times, ID
that thew shall be clean and have their clothing
as neat as possible. Tney will march In grand
procession through the streets to the East
River, and be taken on board steamer TO the
pleasure grounds, where they are to have all
the means Tor recreation such as swings, oaiis
Ice cream, roast meats and other lu1uries will
be served up, and probably there will be
speakers present who will take advantage OF
this unusual assembling Of the street Arabs TO
Interject some moral and religious OBSERVE
lions. A number Of Times reporters iwtllfgo
along to manage the affair, andnndoubtfdly it
will be success. Other picni2s. Will follow
during the summer. This Is really clever
business idea-doing good to yourself and the
poor at one lick. Even the most tinvetsrate
rster of "Graats Own" must Wish luck TO liIa
The foreign bands from the dead Boston Ju-
bilee have all appeared iui this city, the Esq
lishmpn once, and the Prussians several times.
But the baud of the French Garde R1puol-
caina has borne of the palm for superior music
here as it did in Boston. IL performed az the
great rink on Third a!enue yesterday to de.
lighted audience OF three or. four thousand
people. The Prusslsn band is In the hands OF
the lager beer saloon propriet9rs, and has not
vet played anywhere in the city where ladies'
could be taken. These foreign men Of brass-
Brltons, Teutons -snts 9snls-are giving our
music should be. sWsh have two or three mag
niacent local bands; but all the genius OF Dow