The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-13
[FROM QUE OWN CORRESPONDENCE

hanged ls very poor Indeed. just after tn
Stokes trial and the affirmation of Foster
sentence by the Court OF Appeals-whic
events came together-it did look as If jnstlc'
was going to have show; but the situation
changed very speedily. Stokes got stay ant
Foster respite. Now the trial of Scanned
has ended with the disagreement of the jury
1t is difficult to convict murderer, and If hi
is convicted, 1t Is stil more difficult 10 lant
him at the foot OF the gallowa.
The defence In the Scannell case was insan
ity. We wonder what it will be In the case o
King and In that of Simmons, both of which
are now to be tried-seli-defence or mono
manlas If Ingenious counsel should attempt
| 10 prove an alibi for Simmons, who hacked
his victim almost to pieces with his knife. or
the sidewalk OF Pine street, In the presence o
| a crc I'D Of people, dare sey part OF The
| Jury would believe him.
Desperate efforts will be made 10 get Sim.
| mons clear. He has powerful moneyed inhu-
ence at his back. His brothers are engaged
| in the lottery business and are very wealthy.
They almost succeeded in clearing him 10 the
preliminary examination, by tampering with
The coroner and packing the jury of Inquest.
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necessary, to save the 'honor" OF The Sim
mons family. Money goes great way In this
world of New York.
Speaking of Insanity in murderers reminds
one of Scapnell's demonstration In open court
on Friday, while his adroit and eloquent law
yer, Mr.. Beach, was harangung the jury.
The prisone, went into hysterical ht and
broke for the doors shrleklng, "Let me CO."
&c. great many people are unchartable
enough 10 assert their belief tnat Scannell
was aching insane. Eight OF the jury, 1t
seems, were not convinced OF his insanity 10
consequence Of 1t.
The pressure brought 10 bear on Cover
nor Dix for the commutaLon OF Fosters
sentence 10 imprisonment for life is tre-
mendous. doubt if any machinery like
it was ever put In operation In New York
before. The appeal for mercy is made
by ministers, Judges, lawyers and prom
lnent citizens, by majority of the jury which
convicted the prisoner, aud BY Mrs. Putnam,
the widow of the murdered man. Backing
this are the most vigorous editorials, day
after day, of leading newspapers, notably
those of the Sun. So distinguished lawyer
as william NJ Evarts has written an opinlou
that the crime committed by Foster was not
murder Most OF these petitions, af1davis
and expressions of opinion, though filing
several columns, have been printed In the
newspapers showing that Foster has some
wealthy sympalhLers who can afford 10 pay
for expensive advertising. Public opinion In
favor Of The murderer has been manufactured
rapidly, and you will even hear his cause
stoutly maintained wherever New Workers
assemble on the cars or ferry boais.
Governor Dix has the reputation OF posses
sing backb He resisted all Appeals maze
10 behalf of poor Beale Of The Confederate
army, who was hanged, or rather murdered,
by the United States authorities on Governors
Island, during The war. But he will probably
give way In The case of Foster. You may hear
OF the commuiation by telegraph ere thls APP
pears in TIE NEWS II Is a curious tut very
significant TACT that an investigation has
shown that The average years Of Incarceration
OF persons sentenced for HE In This country
are four and a half. The chances cf MUIR
derer are decidedly better than those Ot
burglar or pickpOcket. The latter are sure OIL
from len 10 twenty years.
Returning 10 The subject OF nsanliy-tDere
Ia q real iunalic confined In the Tombs, the
Irrepressible Train. He refuses 10 give ball
and sticks, conenled with the hUnors OF
marLyrdom. he makes use of The Sun 10 VEN
tilate his Imaginary wrongs. A visitor 10 his
cell the other day said:
"Tralu, you are no fool; how Is it possible
you could 20 around the country as you old
last summer telling people that you would be
the next President of the United States 2
II earnestly believed IT," replied George
Francis, land I tell you, sir, shall yet be
dictator OF America. Yes, sir, the people
will rebel within ninety days and place me In
power"
The women, for whose bad cause Train got
himself into trouble, are 10 be tried next
week before Judge Blalchlord. II is urder-
stood that they have employed eminent conn-
sel, and will do all they can 10 make the trial
great advertising card. They play The role
of marlyrs, Of course; "the victims OF the
secret Vaccinations OF detected and frenzed
pseudo-respectahil,ty In Brooklyn aud else
where" They are 10 be crushed, they say.
Since that coDgenial rascal, Ben Butler. has
espoueed their cause they feel correspondingly
encouraged. Ben gol his friend Oakes Ames
off; why not Woodruff and C!afin
Iu the meanwhile Mr.. Beecher goes on his
way, lecturing on education anu preaching
against immortality, and ulterlng not word
In public In reply TO the shocking asperslons
on his character. It Is useless to c0nceal the
fact that many people believe him to be guilty,
and many others think there is ''somelhlDg
very strange about the affair" His friends say
he proposes 10 "llve It down." Privately, ne de-
nies the charges. But since that melancholy
slip up of Schuyler's, there is not 30 much
stock taken in the asseveraLions of The saints
as formerly. l hope Beecher will come out
right 10 the end, for there is much TO admire
In the man. Soulherners Will not forget how
he came forward In behalf OF General Lees
university, when 1t appealed for funds few
years ago, aud the brave words he said for our
chief. 1t was not popular to praise ''rebel"
Just then, but Beecl.er did 1t.
He is back from his Western lecturilg tonr,
and preached at Plymouth Church yesterday.
While be has been absent Brother Cnyler has
been pegging away at him numerically, be-
cause he took part in the farewell banquet
given TO Professor Tyndall. D.. Cuyler says
that Tyudall ia an intdel, aud no Christian
minister should give him the slightest c0unte-
nance. It does seem difficult 10 keep Mr..
Beecher In the orthodox track. He came out
10 support OF Andy johnson in 1865, and
howl went up from his church. Then he an-
nounced himself as believer in free trade,
and The wealthy nab0bs Of The North flew into
rage. Again, he married Richardson on his
death-bed 10 Mra Mcfarland, and the proprie
ty OF the newspaper editors was shocked. He
doesn't approve of. 1t Is rumored that his So
ciely propose 10 appoint standing commit.
tee 10 sit up with HIM and keep him straight.
The publishers OF The Graphic claim that The
new paper has already achieved success. They
have been printing fifty thousand copies daily,
and have not been able yet to supply any of
the out of town demand. The pictures i'm
prove with each number. The literary matter
is unexceptlonable. The report In newspaper
circles is that Frank Leslie is 80 convinced, by
the Graphic experiment, OF the feasibility of
an illustrated daily press, that he Is prepar-
ing 10 get out morning paper on the same
plan.
Edmund Yates returns to Europe this week.
He haG O hearty send of on Saturday night
from the Lotus Club, OF which Whitelaw Reid,
of the Tribune, is president. Mr.. Yates is
evidently delighted with lhls country. He
says 80 pertinaclousy. He has been greatly