Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-03-28
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.

OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
New Yoax, March 20, 1s73.-It has
been said, and truly said often, that
nowhere on earth is one so safe from
intrusion or SO completely isolated as
in the heart of agreat city" and of no
other city, should say, would this
saying be truer than OF New York;
city sui gcncris, and made up, in pop
uiation, of every nationality under the
sun-a city whose inhabitants are as
wicked and Us good as any to be found,
and who are as selfish and uncharitable
as the great majority arc supposed to
be, and hence find more Of pleasure IL
pursuit of the welI-being of number
one and III attention to the private,
particular business of the aforesaid
leading numerai" than N noting
either the welfare or M.ta-c of their
neighbors. And yet, whilo this
fact O: Isolation and non-intru-
sion Is true. on the whole, It
is also true that nowhere on earth
can notoriety be purchased as c!ioaply.
or secured al quickly, rs IL the midst
OF these same surroundings and cir
c,1nstances of "a great city" Efe.
And just nov New j orl1 is being made
conscious of tho truth of this latter as
sertion. VIM. Foster, a drunken rowdy,
al obscure and unnoticed leading nll-
neral hitherto, snddeuiy brought tc
the notice Of the great mass of other
leading numerals" by the comn,is-
sion of q great crime, passing TIN Dug Ia
th4 9arlC,.5 phases -stnd modes Of posi-
bic requirement Of sensational notorie-
", suddenly emerGcs to view from fhe
midst of q million or more OF fellow
inortaie VIC lenizen llereahouts a.
| the o,se SIS uiar, and alone st.orth.y 10
be noticed, and lifted into prominence
above all and over all the heads OF tie
great multitude. True, mixed up
somewhat with smaller Try Of Gov
errors, May RS, leading citizens, doe
| tors, lawyers, etc, etc, but yet the
one 1eodin.g object of notoricty among
| them all. Mo- a newspaper bnt h.
mere or less extended ''uo:ices" III
| every Issue OF this Gy'e7' STIR: not a
Club o. social circle s..herin &
| of any ,ct where HE Is not the topic 81
conversation. street corner gossip, hotel
gossip. counting room gossip, as:d,
doubtless, saloon gossip, al con.
theme Foster Foster Foster i
And what is it all about, and WHO,
! and what is Foster \ brutal muir
derer, convicted man-butcher, Justly
sentenced, and soon to lie justly exc.
cuted for his crime. Oh the incon-
sistancv, the thickness of p;:bLc opii-
ion !. A year ago all New York was
ciamoring that this mrn-killer. this
brutal assassin be haniy He ,52u&t BE-
hung. The safetyo of every "lealing
numeral' in this great "lnlman hive
depended upon the hanging "Our
city must be purged of crime said all
parties, and wrote all scrihes. Well
| Cfor a wonder) Foster ,uus convicted,
sentenced, and seemed likely TO BE
HUNG, when ''1oresto, leading nnIner-
| ais" of all grades suddenly made the
discovery that this thing of hanging
was all ,crong, and straightway poor
Foster" was the fashionable ejacu-
latlon, and straightway doctors,
lawyers, ministers, etc, ETC., be-
came strangely moved to comprison
| for s. poor misguided and unjustIy sen
| fenced Foster. and straight way arose
controversy, almost a battle, be-
/ tween the forces of consistency and
| the forces of mawkish inconsistency.
! which has resulted thus g Foster is
I
| ing papers OF this date and let the chr
/ tam drop, say all the people.
1t is indeed astonishing how this
man has succeeded il moving upon
the notice of the multitude, and truly,
yet more astonishing, how many have
been found to espoui { the cause of this
butcher and to endeavcr to block the
wheels Of the car OF Justice, thank
[ 1--,tI =.
unsafe enough as place OF residence.
without the farce of trial and fnot
: escape OF every murderer who chooses
to assist in making it vet more so.
Aside from - Foster New York is
unusually free from " sensations" and
there is little OF interest IT, note con-
nected with the daily life OF the Metro
polls. The weather has been splendid
for the past three days, and Broadway
thronged per consequence" with
crowds OF weil-dresscd and handsome
women shopping % j. e showing
off their go Il clothes and looking at
the rich fabrics displayed in show win
dows tbs length of the great thurougiI-
fare. tDDlosc rcj9IV. New YurA IS dali
for the season, at least 50 say the nier-
chants. haiigiously ditto. $50 say the
preachers" 4nd electors. Political
II yet more dtfio, So s9y the s. trim
mea " aud psrty-Iuglemen' An
item of interest IN connection with
g religion however, Ito the South
which has TRANSFERRED, is the fact Of the
gift of 3 hal million OF dollars by
8 Commodore Wander bit, TO Bishop
McTvere, Of the N. E. Church South,
for the establishment oi university
to be under the control OF the denomi-
n~tion. and located IN Tennessee. and
the Inference in this cUE.cction-that
to the efforts and good Offices CT DIR.
Deems, formerly If North Carolina,
now Of tie Church OF tie Strangers
Of this city. who is ta0;lerbilt' S pastor,
lie thing is due. and i the writer OF
this correspondence Mas ut liberty TO
g '.?.fer" out toad, lie would SPEAK Of
another fact O; inference II the line of
tiIs same ''reig!ous notice, which
would, or m;gGt Inv1iye the name 81 n
certain leading divine and i. u. Of
your own city IS likely 10 be connected
with :rat same ,.stiIc;sil.., but IS he Is
s.ot al liber:E TO - mfr" Le VIII only
aaIT that certainly 10 mo-o sci !aIarly or
thoroughly proper (ior the place.
rei1rcSclafatiIc of Southern NethodieIn
could be found IN grace the highest
position IN the gilt Of thai Same
university corporation Or Of The
Church, and $50 mote il be"
WArn.S.
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