The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-08-08
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days at Plymouth Church. say one Of the larg-
est-for though it is of mammoth dimensions, it is
somewhat smaller than tho one at tho Church of
st Sulpice in Paris, or the organ at st. Georges
Hall in Liverpool. 1t is nevertheless ma gnfcent
instrument and immense in it's proportions. 1t
comes from tho mandatory of Messrs Hook, of
Boston, has four banks of keys, seventy-ive stops
and three thousand four hundred and fory-two
pipes tho largest pipe is thrty-two feet in length
by eighty eight in circumference.
On the pight appointed for it's first public exhi-
biton thousands OF persons assembled in MIR.
BEEcHER's church to hear the big sounds that
were to issue from the biggest OF pipes. The
opening prelude was performed by MIR. J. d. Will
SON, and whilst the body Of the church was filled
with the grandly swelling and sonorously yolumi-
nous sounds Of the instrument, the souls OF the
wrapt and enraptured listeners we're filled with
mingled sensation of religious awe and Silent ad-
mration Of the all-inspiring solemn music. The
big organ proves to be in all respects big suc-
cess, and reflects great credit on the American
manufacturer.
The Central Annexa tional Club of this city held
meeting few days ago, aud passed resolutions
looking to the annexation Of Canada to the do
minons Of Uncle Sam the scheme to be brought
about through the agency Of political and not
revolutionary measures. regard the affair as
tempest in teapot, or as huge mountain-or
rather not q huge one-whose labor will bring
forth nothing more terrible than an innocent and
ridiculous Lliputian rodent quadruped.
Through the influence OF the LELANps-proprie-
tors of the best hotels in Saratoga-the Clarendon
and the Union-the race course ut that place is
henceforth to be abandoned, on the ground that
the hotel keepers find that horse racing attracts
so many gamblers, sporting men and fast charac-
ters, that their interests are seriously injured
The creme de Ia creme do not relish the idea OF
boarding at hotels whore they are thrown into
direct contact with these gentlemen, who are OF
the TURF turfy. Besides this Saratoga has grown
to be, as it were, huge gambling hell. do not
remember whether T informed you that, on one
evening during my stay there, fortunate indi-
vidual won $4,000 at MoRR1ssEYae faro bank. I
have since learned that two Charleston gamblers
won each this amount, and are now in this city
"counting out" (and spending> their money. NOR
RIssEy's rooms In Saratoga are almost quite as
handsomely furnished as his pripceIy establish
mont here In each Of these, his great faro head
quarters, he succeeds in making a pretty respect
able living and can well afford to lose an occasional
twenty thousand or so.
In a list of the solid men of New York, whose
published in the World to-day-it appears that the
ex-prize fighter is still pretty 'solid," inasmuch
as his income is set down at the comfortable little
sum Of s54, 100.
General SHERMAN is still travelling around on
his great speech-making tour. or late he is
growing quite facetious, not to say downright and
moat eIcruciatingly funny. In speech delivered
at Cleveland, few days ago, the General spoke as
hat tha Atio Ho{, t,o
successfully laid that is good thing. also see
that Congress has adjourned that's good thing
and IL the hot weather only keeps off, that, too will
be good thing" Bravo for the great fire
kinder, who has certainly succeeded in saying Sc
good thing" three times, though even in doing 30
he may not have said good thing once.
reliable (re-lie-able) correspondent OF the
Herald in giving his experience ~ after few
months' sojourn in the South, holds forth as fol-
lows: 81 might go further. and say that the
South is not only whipped, but that it is cowsd.
1t was at Mobile, think (te does not erdciiy re-
n.enber) witnessed little incident which will
go further to prove this than bushel of argu.
mont. a military band, serenading q Northern
General, played the captured tune Of Dixie, and
the people on the streets, carried away by the
familiar strain, set up chetr for sToEEwAL1
drunken United States soldier. Raising his voice
above the din, he swore with many epithets more
forciblo than polite that he would lick the first
rebel that dared to shout for sToNEwALL JACKSON,
'or any other JACKSON Not hand was lifted
against him, though he stood there at the mercy
Of tho tLrong; the cheers wore stopped the band
played Hail Columbia and the crowd dispersed.'
Oh prince OF correspondence oh brave and he
roic drunken man alone amidst the dense throng
OF rebels alone and drupk-and yet not quito
alone for the gallant correspondent must have
been near at hand-else how did he hear him p
alone he stood, and In husky drunken voice shout
ed defiance to the rebels and all the JACKSON fam
lily or any other man.
There is one very curious feature about this
little story, and that is, that the correspondent
does not exactly remember whether the incident
took place in Mobile or not; nor can he say posi-.
lively where it DID take place. although he remem.
bers that the band was serenading ga Northern
General" and pretends to give the precise Ian.
guage used by the semi-inebriated soldier, even
to the "or any other JACKSON o TEMPORAL G
hlores!
DAN BRYANT at WALLAoK's, In "Shamus 0'Brien;' >
JOHN BRoUaHAM at Winter Garden, in "Colum
bus;" "The Ice Witch" at the Olympic; 'Damor
and Pythias" at the New Bowery. All drawing
pretty we'll MOULTRIE.
THE NEW OAp1NET.-The Cabinet OF Presiden
johnson now consists Of the following politioa
elements: