The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-12-10
OUR NEw YORK LETTER.
Iron, our Regular Correspondent

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OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
[Fton, our Regular Correspondent
NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 1885.
A dreadful shock to New York was
the arrest of General Alexander Shaler
for bribery. Gen. Shaler has been
top.sawyer in the National Guard for
twenty-five years, and as he walked the
streets he looked right over the heads OF
other men. The humble stone cutter OF
thirty years ago was lost sight of IN the
military hero who won his spurs on the
hardest battle fields of the Rebellion,
and stood at the head of the National
Guard of a State that had given nearly
| half a million of men to the defence OF
the Union. He received the emoluments
of dozen offices, and it is now asserted
that be sold himself and his high Office
for a palt.y $4,000. The unearthing of
this matter is brought about by duel
which is now going on between two
factions of the Democratic party, each
of which appears intent on destroying
the other. Mayor Edison helped to
make Con. Shaler President Of the
Board of Health just previous to his re-
tirement. Gen. Shaler is Republican,
and the appointment gave mortal offence
to the Democrats, and to no one more
than the incoming Mayor Grace, who
wanted the place for one OF his own
henchmen. Mayor Grace had hardly
got warm in his seat when the war on
Shaler commenced. Shaler's friends re-
torted by calling attention to Mayor
Grace's connection with Ferdinand Ward.
Tie World threw its tremendous inf1u.
ence against Mayor Grace, and published
the transcript Of his profits of $4,000;
All this has resulted in a deadly hatred
and bitterness, which will not be satisfied
short of the destruction OF one party or
the other. The position Of Gen. Shaler
is not an enviable one. His rather over
bearing manner, and his tendency to
look down on everybody he considered
beneath linn land that was about nine
teen. .twentieths of the community has
caused him to be heartily hated by most
of his subordinates, and there are few to
grieve, outside of his own immediate
family, and. many to rejoice at his down
fall. He was one of considerable
number of men in these United States
who found it difficult to forget that the
war is over; he brought his military
habits back into civil life, and seemed
to think that citizens who we're every
way his equal, and many of them his
superiors, should pay him the same de-
ference that private soldier would have
to paw him st the head of his brigade.
For the honor of the city it is to Ee
hoped that Gen. Shaler may be able to
clear his character of the charges made
by the broker Wilson. For if it shall be
proven that man of such high charac-
ter, and enjoying such public trusts, can
be bought for such paltry brlbe, then
where eau we look for honesty?
If the World is to be believed, the
character of our Mayor is not untainted.
Il may be that another popular uprising
may be necessary, like that which sent
Tweed to the Penitcntiary and Connolly
and Sweeney into exile. Hew to the
line. no matter who is hit, and where the
offence is, there let the great axe fall.
Our sister city, Brooklyn, is greatly
exercised about 8 wild man of the sea,
which, il the story is to be believed,
would show that the mermen OF the sea
are not all dead. For ten days past 8
man has been seen on Coney Island
beach, disporting himself in the briny
waves as if they were his native element.
The hair on his head reaches to his
waist, an6 the yellow hair on his body is
as long as a horses name. Many peo-
ple have seen him at night walking
along the sand, but as soon as he was
approached he dashed into the breakers,
and no one has seen him come out. But
that he does come out is evident, tor nc
has been seen by many men and women.
Towards night men 60 armed with hatch
cts and clubs for fear the wild man might
grab them up and carry them irto the
lea. Women and children keep close In
doors, and reign of terror of this sub
marine hairy man has shaken New
York's favorite watering place from
turret to foundation stone. People are
afraid to shoot him for fear they might
possibly be indicted for killing harm
less lunat;c. Hundreds are watching for
the wild man of the sea, and l should
not be surprised when he is caught to
find that it was another ingenious device
of that aquatic blatlefskite, Captain
Paul Boynton, to advertise his life saving
suit. If it is not Boynton it is the -
There is a rapid and remarkable change
going on in the two cities of New York
AID Brooklyn. Ten years ago in Brook
lyn the permits to build were about q
thousand in 1856 they were nearly five
thousand, ard the amount of money
employed in building about thirteen
millions of dollars. AT that time wrote
that forty thousand people daily crossed
over the different ferries. Now one hun
dred and seventy thousand cross daily on
the bridge and ferry boats, and the street
cars of Brooklyn carried in the year
over fifty six millions Of people-more
people than there are inhabitants of the
United States. Efforts are made from
time to time to have the two cities under
one municipality; but the only way thai
can be accomplished according to oul
Brooklyn neighbors will be to sink the
name of New York, which has always
been offensive to our Dutch friends OF
the other side of the river; and either
call it By its original namo New Amstsr
dam, or else the "Unitcd Municipality O.
Brucklyn;'-(vide old chronicles.)
The weather has been fine but wintry
The stores are in their gayest holiday
attire, ana the streets and shops are
crowded with ladies, who appear to have
nothing to do but to lay out their spare
cash.
Yours truly,
BRoADBRIM.