The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-01-23
NOTES FROM NEW YORK.
THE DEMOCRATIC and LIBERAL RE-
PUBLICAN COALITION.

PUBLICAN COALITION.
More Rapid Transit Schemes for the
CIty-Another Grand HriaI Rail-
way-The Situation In the Stokes
Case-Camille Mansfield In Paris-Tho
Beecher-Tilaon s c a n a Again
Beecher on Napoleon III-The Theatre
inDr. Osgood's Church--Booth as the
Elder Brutus.
FROM OUR OWN CoRRRsPol DENT
NEW YORK, January 10.
The vigor with which the dominant party In
the Legislature 6iscriminstes against the Lib
eral Republicans in that body Is effectively
welding them with the Democrats and making
the two one for all future political purposes.
In the caucus to nominate candidate for
United States senator against Roscoe Conk.
ling, who is the Administration nominee, the
Democrats gracefully complimented their al
lies by selecting Judge Wheaton, OF Duchess
County, Liberal Republican. Senator Mur-
ply, OF Brooklyn, in proposing his name In
caucus, alluded to the services Of the Liberal
Republicans In the late campaign, and pre-
dIcted that with their aid the goVernme ut
would yet be revolHtionlzed, since the tull
election returns have developed the fact that
large majority of the qualified voters Of the
country did not vote for Ulysses g. Grant.
The legislature is flooded with rapid transit
schemes for New York and Brooklyn, not
wlthstandfng there are three already started
for this city and one for Brook lyn. The lat
ter which is designed 10 operate In connection
with the East River Bridge. when 1t is finished
mill
TALLY 30, from the bridge terminus to the
neighborhood Of Prospect Park. Its projec::
tors are now engaged In raising the money.
aB they are required by their charter to have
mile finished by July l, 1874.
Among the new rapid transit roads for this
city authorized by the last legislature is one
called the Gilbert Road, In which the Erie
are interested. 1t will compete actively with
Commodore Vanderbllt's underground road
from the City Hall to Harlem, which ls now
being constructed, and will be an elevated
road, like that which now runs through
Greenwich street and Ninth Avenue. The
rails will be laid upon iron pillars twenty feet
above the street level, and the entire road
constructed and equipped in the most sub
etanta manner The estimated cost is
s., ,O0O, 900 per mile. There will be double
tracks on both sides of the city. An impor-
tant feature OF the Gilbert Road will be that en-
tire trains of passenger and freight cara from
the connecting outside roads will be run on
the local serial track, 80 that passengers from
Boston, Chicago and Montreal may be landed
on the steps of the Astor House or the ter
minus of The Brooklyn Bridge, II they desire.
at present travellers from the East and
North have to stop at the Grand Central De-
Dot on Forty-second street, and pursue the
rest OF their Journey down town In the slow
and tedious horse cars or by the public
hacks. Charleston readers may appreciate
The difference by supposiDg the South Carroll
na Railroad 10 drop Its passengers at the
Charleston Hotel and the foot of Broad street
Instead of at the forks oil the road.
Stokes denies, with show Of great indig-
nation, that he contemplates suicide, particu-
larly since "he is sure TO have new trial, !"
TO use his own words. His case stands thus
at present: According to his sentence be is
to be hanged five weeks from next Friday.
His counsel here prepared q bill OF exceptions
which will be presented to Judge Boardman,
who presided at the recent trial, on Ihursday
next, and stay of proceedings will be asked,
40 that motion for new trial may be argued
before the Appellate Court. -Shunid Judge
Boardman refuse to grant stay, then appli-
cation will be made to some of the other Su-
preme Court Judges throughout the State, OF
whom there are thirty-three. There Is one
Judge Pratt of Brooklyn, who is seldom ap-
peQleQ TO III Vulu Dy Luc COuuecl VI uutuCiOlo, y,
and he will probably receive visit Ii Judge
Boardman Ia obdurate.
The cause of the Fisk murder, the woman
Mansfield, is now living 10 Paris, playing the
role of Camille aud Cora Pearl and surround.
ed by spendthrilts and fools. The money she
carried with her from America was In the
famous Bowles Brothers bank, when that en-
terprislng house bursted.
Woodhnll and Cafln have Issued another
edition OF their paper, filed with startling
headlines, In which they reaff1rm all their
statements relative to the Beecher scandal,
and abuse Tllton for bis cowardlce In refusing
to stand by them. They carefully avoid,
though, the use of language which the law
may construe as Indecent, as they have
trouble enough on their hands on that account
already. Mr.. Tllton, by the way, is falling in
situation has wrought. l passed him on the
street the other day, and noticed how thin
and wretched he looked. He processes TO
have some terrible secret locked in bis breast,
which It we're better ior society he should not
diyulpe. The most astounding stories about
other phases of the scandal continue 10 be
circulated around Brooklyn. One damaging
effect of the scandal to Tilton has been the
cancelling of his lecture engagements. He
had arrangements for not less IMAM hlty lec,
lures this winter, but had 10 give Them oil
up. 1t Ia said that his paper s suffering also:
Mr.. Beecher has crowded audiences and
kindly receptions whenever he appears IN
public. Ills lecture In favor of compulsory
education is to be followed tomorrow night
at Steinway Hall by one entitled "The UlcoI-
scious Influence of Democratic Principles
On Friday night, at the regular weekly prayer.
meeting In Plymouth Church, he made q
queer comparison between Napoleon Ill and
Rev. Joshua Leavltt, an old congregational
munster OF this city, both of whom had died
within the week, the balance OF good &C
compllshed being placed decidedly to the
credit OF the latter.
Daly's new "FIilh avenue Theatre" which
Ia O church and Is not on Fifth avenue, opens
on Tuesday night. with his own translation OIL
Parssian sensation. BE has. s.transformed the
dlngy auditorium into one oil the most oeauti-
full saloons in New York, aud The work OF re-
palnting and re-uphosterlng he's oil been done
in two weeks. In the meantime his company
has been playing al Brooklyn theatre Ia
large audiences.
Edwin Booth has revived John Howard
Payne's old tragedy of"Brntns, or the Fall oi
Tarquln." He has not played the character Of
the hero for several years. and has never been
able before TO give IL with the magnificent &C
cessons now at hand In his great theatre.
NYM.
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