The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-02-06
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 1874
THE CHIEF JUSTICESHIP.

HE CHIEF JUSIICESHlP.
The appointment of Morrison K. Waite.
of Ohio, to the Chief Justiceship, meets
with favor at the best hands of the citi-
zens of New York. True, the average
New Yorker would have been better
pleased had some man better known. or
rather more widely-known, been selected;
but as Mr. Waite came to them heavily
endorsed, they accepted him gladly. Any
body bnt Cushing. Speaking about
''welI-known,' the New Yorker means
by that. weil-known in New York. A
man who is well-knowu in New York is
esteemed by New Workers. as capable of
doing anything, and as fit for any posi-
ton under the stars. [ heard an amusing
colloquy between an Ohio man, who had
had 1.-THE mere local reputation of Mr..
Waite thrown at him till he was tired OF
it. and one of these metropolitan gentle
men,
"Who would you have had 2" asked
the Ohio man.
why, Pierrpont, of course. "
"Oh, my dear sir said the Ohio
man, ''he wouldn't have answered at all.
He is something OF lawyer; but, my
dear sir, has IS o. mere local reputation.
In Xenan, schere l lice, he Is comp ira
tiue7u uaknoun He wouldn't do.
BLACKWELL ISLAND.
There is a narrow strip of land .dro. ped
into the waters of the East River. and
running upward about two miles, from
Opposite the foot of Fiftieth street,
which has been brought Into unusual
prominence of late, FROM its having be-
come the residence Of the Ex- Boss, VIM.
Marcy Tweed. Devoted entirely to the
Institutions of the Department of Chair
ties and Correction, it contains popu-
lation of over seven thousand souls!
From Lunacy on one end of the island,
through all the forms of crime and pau
nerism and disease, to Small Pox on the
other, it is mine of study for the
sociologist, aud place of grave interest
to all.
The mort bern point Of the island juts
into the boiling tides Of Hell Gate. and
bears fine light house. newly construct
ed by .he labor of the convicts in the
penitentiary. Near this is singular
structure Fort Maxsey-the work OF all
old man, who for some forty years has
been an inmate of the Iunatic Asylum,
and who. for all this length Of time,
moved by the same deluslon, has toled
and toilaa, building ard rebuilding, with
the belief that the defence of the city
depends upon his works. Every board
washed ashore by the current, every
scrap of iron or stone he can pick up, all
the paint and nails which the small sums
given him by visitors can buy, is utilized
and the product, with Its wooden guns.
its moat and draw bridge, and whatnot,
is a wonder of patient, coherent work
ard reasoning. from an insane convlc-
ton Near by are the buildings of the
LuDatic Asylum, with some twelve hun
| dred inmates; among them many. the
peculiarly of whose delusions renders
them especially interesting. These de-
| lasions are for the most part pleasant
ones-dreams of exalted power. IN bound
ed wealth, matchless beauty lou will
see 10 that building woman of, per-
haps, forty-fve. who claims to be the
rnother Of God. She was, twenty years
ago. the most prominent Of the teachers
Of New York. Now, she tells you gravely
Of her visit to heaven last evening, and
! OF what she saw and did there. and she
| presents you with diamonds, which are
glass. obtained from the -coal-scuttle.
Another believes himself to be the En-