The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-05-30
Charleston,
Correspondence Of the Herald. !

CHARLESTON, May 10, 1872
Post Office Mana eement-Th N. Y. Herald Ysqdon
Cdrdora, Ctapp and Stuart, our Editors = Court Of
Sessions-New paper, the characterization of
our Cay-Bcanty Of our Battery and !Sottness of
Landscape-Itmperance Refoym-Lcctmeso of Rec
Mr.. Whitman, aud Mr.. Carroll, &C.
MR. BENEFIT
DEAR SIR
perceive that correspondent from our city has
been recently attacking the Post Office manage
ment of this place. 1t is well, and his remarks will
do the right thing. There is no doubt that if the
sense of this community were taken, it would be
precisely the expression given by your correspon-
dent. Let have more such letters and the manly
independent course of your paper will be sustained
by the large thanks, at least, of our people
Would that we had paper like yours in the city
with the same industry at its head, to furnish its
readers with the true history of the times Why
sir, we have here in the city of Charleston material
-riclImaterial-to fill paper even of the dimen-
sions of yours-but our editors want the mack to
bring it out. No disparagement to them howev-
err. ] think you will agree with me, that in their
respective lines, Yesdon, Cardora, Clapp and Stuart
can't easily be beaten. The two former, for grave
political disquisitions-and the two latter, of the
down clever fellows. But friend Bennett, they
want your tar-reaching notions-your sort of cast
net operations of mind, which filings ITSELF as ii
were, all over the world and collects the very latest
and best news stirring. By the bye, your agent
here does not do you Justice-he has too many
irons in the fire. and somehow or other he has your
paper always too long coming Touch him up
about the matter-or perhaps this complaint viii
serve the purpose.
Our Court is now in session. and some cases of
rich interest have come up before t-one or two
for high crimes and misdemeanors-one murder
case in particular, of great and unusual interest was
tried. II one OF your reporters had been in hearing
he would have made something of 1t, that would
have made your Office beseged for copies. There
too was case Tor receiving stolen goods (cotton)
IN which the character of one of our estlmabe
citizens implicated, by the perured testimony
of one OF the most accomplished villains (as he
turned out to beg that ever went unhnng. Bless me,
what romance your paper would have made OF it!
We however have the promise that the want of a
proper channel OF informant ion Is not long TO continue
One of your enterprlsng Northerners is amongst lie.
and in a month or two will have out weekly in
Charleston. which Is to be somewhat on the plan of
your Herald. Perhaps its object is too general and
il may promise too much-but he seems to be the
right sort of a mainland he seems moreover to
know what he is about The paper is to be called
the Chlcora, and It's proprletOrs Messrs. Dodge
Il Carroll, the former the gentleman to whom have
Just alluded the latter the present Secretary of
State. Mr.. Dodge has already been over the State,
and has learn met with such success that his paper
and trust he may not forget TO take lesson from the
best things of your paper. The Chcora, l under
stand, Is name which the entire Southern country,
from Virginia to Florida, bore in Indian times-and
is the Indian name for the Mocking Bird in
appropriate name, for paper which is to blend so
many notes In Its music.
Our city is getting more animated than 1t was a
month since. The planters are now coming 10
town, and our beautiful Battery is beginning to be
decked every afternoon and evening with the lowell
ness and fashion OF the place. You should see our
Battery-you have nothing with you to exceed it in
peasantness OF real beauty. Were | painter
would wish no landscape more soft or mellow to
copy from than sunset as viewed from this beau
tliul spot. Nothing in Italy can surpass it-and
have been witness of Italian sunset. Then, too,
our Southern girls was going 10 describe them,
but hearing you bachelor, desst, fearful that
may set your thoughts floating over here TO the
neglect of your dearer object, the Herald If you
can leave the corner Of Fulton and Nassau pay us
visit next winter, and you shall see something of
Charleston and It's g ancient hospitality"
The temperance fever is raging high here also. /
believe much good has been done by the hum
| bug but what humbug don't do some good? We
have lecturers here too and parsons laymen and all
classes seem engaged In the work of reform. The
teetotalers find il uphill work however, to bring
| in old hospitable wine drinkers. They can't
give up this ancient hospitality, and they not yet
| prepared to learn that hospitality and wine are not
| synonymous terms. The Rev Mr. Whitman, from
| Maine, has been here, and made many converts !;
and Mr.. Carroll, alluded TO above, has been adj
dressing the folks with much success. This latter
gentleman weNld take immensely in New ork (;
his style peculiar full of animation and feeling,
and Astounding in that kind of humorous illustration
which never tails TO set his hearers in roar; he has
| made great many converts among the fine young
| fellows of this place. as he Ia very popular with
them | think the temperance humbug is likely to
hold on longer here than with you at the North The
| Southern men are equally warm TO take up notion
and to hold on to it. Yours truly, Bor PETERS.
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