The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-19
On, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 1s, 1873.
NOTES FROM NEW YORK.
THE EXCITEMENT OYER FOSTERS
CASE.

THE EXCITEMENT OYER FOSTERS
CASE.
A Large Moneyed influence Working
for Him-The Duval Famtly-The I'm
pendine Labor Strike-Wan Street
nIaenates-Stock,vell and Gould-Neyy
Books-The New Hampshire Election.
IFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
New YORK, March 9.
Fosters chances for q commutation of bis
sentence have been seriously Impaired by the
exposure of the fifteen thousand dollar brlbe
plyeu to Mrs. Putnam, widow of the murder
ed man. tor the letter to Governor Dix ap-
pealisg for mercy. There is much surmise as
to where the money comes from which is be-
Ine 30 lavIshly used In Fosters behalf. Be-
sides the Putnam brlbe there must have been
a large fee paid To William n. EVarts for his
opinion, and the publication of the letters and
aftidavits In the newspapers must have cost
several thousand dollars, more. Then, II
money was spent on Mrs. Palnam. why should
il not have been spent also on the Jurors, who
have signed petition 10 the governor for q
communication. One report is that rosters
rich relations are putting up tne cash lor Nun
another that he Is member Oh secret 3D.
clety.
Il ia Interesting to examine the communioa-
lions relative to Foster with which the press
ia teeming. The majority OF them are Wrlt-
len on the side of mercy, and occasionally one
will appear which cannot tall 10 provoke
smile. Such, for instance, was tnat 10 tne
Herald calling upon the married women Oh tne
metropolis 10 rally around FOSTER as tne
ntaH
being that Mr.. Putnam was truant nusDano
and got lust what he deserved.
do not believe there is any 1istlce ln tne
insnualions which Fosters triends are making
against the characters OF the ladies' Wnom Mr.
Putnam was protecting Wnen ne Was eiaiu.
Mrs. Duval is dressmaker, out until u eau oe
shown that there Is an impropriey iu q
wealthy -four merchant being acqualuIeu WIN IN
dressmaker don't think case against the
ladv i'm question can be made out. Sne ana
her husband appear to be quiet, respecta1ie
people, and, OF conrae, are very mucu uis-
tressed at their unpleasant noiorlety.
Capitalists and workingmen are preparing
for renewal Of the great strikes OF last SUM
mer. II Ia said that the labor soclellps are
fnIlv organized for the movement and Will be
marshalled 10 the fray by the international.
The laboring men suffered severely oy tne
last strike. There is probably great deal OF
trulh In the assertion o. the capitalists tnaC
The trades are managed by politicians, VINO,
while securing for themselves comfortable
salaries as society officers, use ihe men lor
their own selfish purposes. IL ls known Ihht
hundreds of the workingmen were iota 10
quit work and an1oas 70 eas Tnne sprs
OF the bund. This sorL Of thing ls not lar re-
moved from despolism.
do not remember that have written any
thing about the new great man ID wall street,
alvin B. StockweIl. His name has become
familiar TO readers OF money arllcles Only
within the past year or Two. He now taxes
place occupied In bygone days oy sucn hen
as Jacob Lille. Leonard W. Jerome, Uncle
Daniel Drew, and jim Flsk. In the great oat-
lie of last month he loomed up among the
giants. HIS losses are estimated at seven
millions OF dollars.
Slockwell is still young man. He is
Connecticut Yankee, and came to the cry
only lew years ago with scarcsly aUl.st'
He Ia, however, as "smnrt as chain-llght-
ping," and that Is quite as we'll as being born
with silver spoon. He got financial start
by marrying the daughter OF OLD Elias Howe,
the sewing machine inventor. he WORKED up
with Pacific Mail until he became president
of the company, and he ls now Interested IN
some of the greatest schemes OF the dav, the
Samana affair being one OF them. Before ne
went into The late fight, stockWells assets
were believed to be $2j 100000. Though he
came OF worsted, he sill mas the wealth OF q
principallty left. =.
No other city can exhibit such examples Of
the sudden accumulation OF Vast ricnes oy
bold and udruit SPECTATORS. jill FisRs career
was on illustration. SO was thaL OF Jay doulo'
OHIO now disputes with Vanderbilt the mas.
tery of Wall street, Gould gave up nine mill
lion dollars TO The Erie Railroad Company 6nt
IL was but third OF his little savings. HIS
friends saw he touches nearly twenty million
dollars to-day. He Ia ambitious 10 rank WIN
Astor, Stewart and Vanderbilt as miillonalre.
They are up In the hlLlrs and sixties, anu poor
| Gonld feels enyous. BE Is one Oh tne co0lest
onera,nrs on The street. When he is q little
escil.d. : that Is, when he is losing or winning
| a conple of millions In minute-ne tears olle
| or naper TO pieces. In his nature he ls as colo
and hard az rock. IL is believed on the
sireet That he Il of Hebrew extraction, though
his name would not indicate u. ne was .
spIendd backer to Fisk. He farnlsned tne
brains, and Jim the dash and anoacity Oh tne
onmhination IF Lhe excellent Mr.. Stokes had
moi snul Fisk 10 "self defrnce," the comotna'
lion might have taken possession oil The CITY
and The country, 100, for that matter.
Among the fresh literary anEouncemenls
are voumes OF poems by Bret Harte and
JOAQUIN Miller. The latter gives hls volume
| the Characteristic title OF "By the Sunoown
Seas:"a s.I.te OF Edwin Forrest" oy Rev. Mr.
Alger, of Boeton, Is nearly compieteu. nj = !,
AIeer is Que OF the Boston ministers VINO
paIronlze the theatres. A volume OF Amerl.
can "reminiscences. by Strauss, the jubilee
Austrian; "Fables for the Nineleenta zen; zen
| tnrvm nv Owen Meredith, (the new Lord
I,vtton.l "rhe Hour and the Man. by Har-
ri.t MartIneau, and John W. ForneJs "Pollll'
cal cal Portraits" are also among the announce m
ments. The Applelons are getting out Tyn-
dal's American Lectures on L'gnt.
T The news from New Hampshire Is insplrlt-
,n1 The result fixes Connecticut for the
Democracy next mouth. The New YORK town
elections show extraordinary gains for the
Democrats, whole counties haVing oeen reVo.
,uIinni1sd in ali parts OF the State. 1t again
iooSa 90 If The bottom had fallen out OF the
Radical concern. Let lib hope that there Is no
deception this lime. NM