The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-04-30
New York correspondence.
New YonK. T. prll q, 1873.

Ahere ls, IN the public mind, at all
times material desire to read, digest
and ponder upon everything sensa-
tionaI, and aattcr myself that fow
"pencillngs by the wAyside," from
modern Scdom, would interest your
readers. | the refore, as the scaool
boy said, when he wrote his FIRST let.
ter, "I take my pen in hand," 10.
10 do what 10 give you tho news
of the day, but nothing moro, Suf,
tice it to say, | left homo with the
thermometer at 80 deg, l landed
hero with heavy whito frost, and
have experienced some eight or ten
days, with the thermometer ranging
from 80 to 40 deg. Rain, s'oc> and
snow for the last five days without
intcrmission. Green peas $40 rer
bushol, and ntrswberrics 81 por doz.
en-, asparagus 81 per bunch and rad
lshes live conts each, and strange to
say, fools enough to buy them as fast
as they arc received from tho South.
Would to lleaven, that cvory cotton
plantation wcro planted in vegetables
ut these figures, it would suporsede
the necessity Of investing everything
in cotton.
Al this season Of the year the city
Of New York, as might bo naturally
expected, is crowded to its full ex.
toni, too Boon to leave for summer
excursions, too late to seek q South.
ern climate, everybody at homo and
1t really soclns to the writer, "cvery
one seeking whom he may dcvour."-
Money is, and ever has bocp, tho God
OF tho Yankee. An hour spont in the
"cotton exchange" or in the "stock
board - would soon convince a g,pen.
horn that your entire salvation de-
pended upon the amount of money
you could raise before 3 p. NJ, with.
out the slightest regard to faith or
repentance and if ono half Of tho
New York brokers' ever expect to re.
allzc better situation after death
in any other cline than New York.
they hope to do 90 by an cxtinguisher
Of 50 margin upon "call." Wall
street has been sccno of extraor-
dlnary excitement the past week.
Money commands three. quarters to
one per cent per diem cotton flat and
dull; trade moderate; failures in
every speculative line, frequent not
less than fifty millions lost and won
in tho past week. But what Of it7-
They have the money to loose, and
only regret to saya great portion of
1t comes from the hard earnings of
the South. Atrrescnt a few million.
aires look up all tho available capi.
tai, and consequently restrict bank
accommodations, and moderate men
who speculate, [and who does not in
New York y ego by the board" So
much fer tinan,i"iing.
Among the many sensational items
of the day arc titst, the Modoo wnr,
everybody wishes tho Indian, Cant.
Jack, captured and brought to New
York. Blrnnm would give ten thou.
sand dollars for his hire for Just one
month, and then turn him over to
Gen. Sherman. But from last ad..
vices, he will prove too mu;h for tho
War Department. Much hypocriti.
cal sympathy was expected for the
death Of Gen. Canhy. am inclined
to the opinion that the South will
shed but few tears for his death, re.
f''et'ns upon his rule in South Caro-
lima. TO which | say $50 be it,"
Another sensational is that of the
StoninSton Railroad, which managed
to kill and cripple some sixty.toar
passengers ont one hundred and six,
hut it is partly blown over. Nobody
to blame. Providence caused it by
sweeping away the bridge by fresh
ct whilst the station man was aslecp.
and on the last Sabbath some fifty
funeral sermons were preached in
Providence, New York AMI Boston,
III mcmory Of the dead. Sundry law
'u'ts, however, arc sure to follow, an d
man or wifc will be fully compensated
hy damages. Another strong illus.
tration of the Yankee, lovo Of mon.
o..
1t is said that crimo in all its forms
was never more rampant in New York
than at the present time, notwith
standing there are not less than thirty
cases on trial for murder, and some
eight or ten convictions and two
rromlncnt men sentenced to DO hung,
among them Edward Stokes who sho
the notorious jim Fisk, and for whose
pardon one hundred thousand dollars
has been offered. Mark thi, prodic.
,ion, money will tell, Stokes will not
hang! The better classes of this
great city truly need some legislation
to protect their lives and property
against the outrages daily and nightly
pclre,rated, even under tho yery
noses Of the police.
Quite commotion is created bv
the Catholics to-day on telegram
announcing the death of tho Pope of
Rome, although donied in some of
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