The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-29
NOTES FROM NEW YORK.
EFFECT OF THE CREDIT-MOBILLER
EXPOSURES.

EFFECT OF THE CRRDIT-fOBILLER
EXPOSURES.
Collars Reputation Ruined--The Death
Sentence OF Foster--Ann Street to bo
Widened-Saddle Rocks En- Route 10
London-New Books-TImrod's Poems
Booth as Brutus-.A Lecture on the
Kanakas.
[FRoM OUR OWN CORRESPOND EMIT.
NEW YORK, January rs.
The revelations being made by Oakes Ames
in the Washington investigation respecting
the completely of certain members OF Con-
gress, of hitherto unblemisbed reputation, In
the Credit-Mobilier scandal. is exciting aston
ishment and regret la political and social cir.
ces here. The leading morBing papers, with
the exception of the Times, comment with
severity on the course of the convicted MEM
bers. The Times with true partisan zeal en-.
desvors to defend them, and flies at Mr.. Ames
ulth the ferocity of a mad dog. But the char
acter OF Vlce-President Colfax appears to be
irretrievably damaged In the estimation of the
community, and dlstrust 10 only lesser de-
gree is visited upon the VIce-Presldent elect,
Mr.. Dawes, Mr.. Garfield, Senator elect Allison
and one Democratic member.
Foster received bis sentence OF death yes
terday stolldly and respectfully. There is
now no earthly chance of his salvation from
the gallows. The courts are exhausted, and
Governor Dix certainly will not pardon or
commute. He is to follow Stokes, that is II
Stokes is hanged on the 2sth Of February, In
a week. Foster, though rufian, is respect
ably connected, and his crime brings Disgrace
on an aged father and several Innocent
women. The effect Of his long confinement
has had remarkable effect on his personal
appearance. When he was arrested 10 April,
1871. he was bronzed and burly rough-look-
Ing fellow. Hls skin now ls as clear and
white as woman's, and In court, yesterday,
he was as respectfully dressed person as aGy
gentleman In the room.
stIll another gigantic local public improve
ment is proposed, and the projectors nave
gone to Albany with the plans and papers. II
is an old scheme revived, with some impor,
tant additions. At present there s fearful
Jam of horse.cars and vehicles near tne lower
end OF the City Hall Park, where most OF the
surface railways have their termini. After
the PostOfflce building Is finished, and busi-
ness is transferred tnere from the ancient
Dutch church In Cedar street, the croWding
will be worse than ever. The Idea Is to widen
Ann street, and cut O new, broad avenue. one
hundred and twonty-fve feet wide, through
from the Park to Fulton Ferry. tear down the
disgracetul shanty known as Fulton Market,
and erect In Its stead an iron building to serve
as q grand depot for all the principal horse.
car lines running through the avenues to the
north end of the island. Brooklyn Will tnus
be brought, by means Of Fulton Ferry, IN
direct and easy connection With the entire
downtown system of street railways Ine
Improvement Is 30 obviously needed that IL is
difficult to see how the Legislature can refuse
to sanction 1t.
A new trade has recently sprung up between
New York and Eugland-the expectation to
the latter country of American oysters. 1t
promises to assume large proportions: This
is somewhat surprising, for 1t is we'll known
that our British cousins generally do not ike
our delicious bivalves, because "lhey naVu't
got the fue coppery flavor of the natives, you
KNOW" The English oyster 10 small Ian ana 81 b.
most unpalataoIe to Americans, while the
English accuse our oysters OF want OF navor.
Thsckeray was an exception to his country.
men. He has left on record bis admiration OF
our Saddle Rocks. Lately some of the largest
oyster beds In England have given oct, and
the hshmongers have been getting oysters
from New York for breeding. purposes.
During the past month over five million
oysters have been sent over, and on Thursday
two million more went by the Sllesia. Other
consignmenls will fellow. It Is clear the
oyetermen of London have hopes OF educating
the palates of the cock neys to the true stand
ard OF perfection. Falling this they will have
TO cook the imported Saddle Rocks with hall
pence. - =
very lull this week. am glad to see Harry
Tlmrod's poems In the list. The copies for
The Journalistic critics have been sent out,
understand, but iC is too early yet Tor nollces
to appear Timrod is better poet than
Longtellow and Byrant. but suppose posteTt'
tu will have to fud that out The Appleton's
have got out new handbook tor travellers
In tGs Southern States 1t Is work very
much needed. Hudson's History OF Journal
ism in the United SLates is regarded as
failure by most newspaper men here. II Is
mere compilation oil iacts relating TO Amerl'
can newspapers without any serious altempt
being made to show their relation to each
other and to the several epochs oil our national
lie, In other words, IL Ia record, not Ms
tory. AS record too 1t is detective, many
important facts and many prominent journal
ists receiyinp no notice from Mr.. Rudson's
pen. A. ,-., =.
John Howard Payne's tragedy mago1hcently,
at his theatre, during the past week. Toere
are some of the critics who think 1t is hls best
character. H. goes of TO the provinces next
week, and Florence succeeds him IN tne
Ticket-ot-Leave Man.
Mark Twain is placarGi0g the dead walls
with the announcement that he is going TO
lecture on the Sandwich Islands. he has been
there, and has written about them IN hls last
book, end has described them over again IN
recent numbers of the Tribune. Consequent.
Iy he feels competent to reel of lots OF yarns
about our prospective possessions In mid
ocean. NM