The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-29
Our New York Letter.
[raom OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

interesting Little game between the Union League
Club and himself In answer to their summons for
/ him to appear and show cause why he should not
be censured for the monstrous crime Of going bail
\ for JEFFERSON DAVIS, GREELEY, the honest and
dauntless, compliments them with the sppellstion
Of narrow-minded hlockhesds, and proceeds to
'sthrow hatred and full defance in their faces"
The fearless HORACE advises the nsrrow-minded
bio kheads not to have mercy upon him, poor sin
ner, but to go the entire porcine quadruped and
1 expel him at once; the men Of contracted and
wooden mental requirements feared, however to
act thus boldly and 30 contented themselves With
some spiteful, sneaking, stab-in-the-dark resolu-
tions, denouncing the act and at the same time &C.
knowledging that it is none Of their business.
But why is the Herald down upon DAvM, and
down upon HORACE for this act that reflects So
much credit upon him, though it has turned
the pious stomaohs Of the narrow-minded and
long faced Union Leaguesp Because it will have
the effect of increasing the circulation OF the
Tribune which is already dangerous rival and
Ebesdes this, there is another shoe that pinches,
and the Herald '.is mad at" the Tribune because
fifty thousand dollars per annum worth Of city
corporation printing is done by GREEIEf's paper
instead Of by BEMErT's. Thus does interest make
rascals Of us all and thus the native hue Of political
honesty is sieked over by the pale cast OF green
backs thus is the Herald down upon JEFFERSON
DAVIS and HORACE GREELEY.
Notwithstanding the flaming notices that have ap-
peared in the papers here in relation to the Jerome
Races regret to report that the races themselves
have not thus far been anything d go into &c.
stacles about. True, there has been brilliant
display Of tho bipedal birds Of fashion both male
and female; tsue,, enough the creze de Ia creme
have gone forth day after day in the magnificent
equipages I'd gladden. the course, {and the men OF
course,3 with their presence; true, again it has
BEEN pleasant to see the a Ia Derby riding
costumes both OF the fairer and starner
| sex, but yet cannot say much Tor the races
themselves, which have for the most part con-
sisted Of dishes Of from three-fourths of q mile
TO two miles and three-quarters, and such at
airs do not satisfy one who calls to mind the
good old time, when four mile heats were the
order Of the day (the first day. at the regular
meeting fof the Charleston Jockey Club. A fine
hurdle race, however, is announced for to-day, and
must endeavor to,be on hand TO- report it in my
next, should find it worth reporting. Zigzdg, my
old Saratoga favorite, having taken off the mourn
i ing he had been wearing for his deceased Jockey,
is entered for this race, which will be contested
also by Birague, Black Bess, Lady Alice and Black
i bird The celebrated Kentucky, the winner OF
tMenty-three races, is enjoying his oli,m cum dig
ntate in the most comfortable kind OF stable up at
the Jerome Course, and he is occasionally walked
ont on the track to be gazed at by the multitude,
who would, however, much prefer seeing him run.
When the gallant steed is brought out on the track
| the peop.e applaud, Kentucky seems to smile, his
owners do smile, his Jockey smiles, and e1sent
on,nes.
.&EDwR BOOTH has Just completed the purchase
Of asite for his new theatre, the building OF which
win be begun in about one month hence, and COM
pleted about next January. The theatre, which
will be- located on the southeast corner Of Twenty
third street and Sixth Avenues will be entirely fire.
proof, and will seat comfortably ten thousand
spectators, or about eight hundred more than
WA1LAoKs.
i Anoth6s thsy-stols-my. .chld:swsy case has just
been reported to the apolics authorities, and has
| set the ahrewd ones tother Wits end to find tho
child and the swell dressed man" who came up in
coach to where she VAS playing, and walked off
with, or rather rode or with the pretty little girl.
Why any one aholld prefer to steal children which
are 80 plentiful, instead Of greenbacks which are1
so scarce, is mystery most difficult to solye....
The Ladies, Southern Belief Association have
received mp to this date, as acknowledged by their
Secretary, Mr. ARTHUR LAY, upwards of sixty
three thousand -d-llars, which has been duly ap-
fphed 70 the praisewotthy and charitable objects OF
the organization, and its members are still un-
tiring in their Efforts in behalf Of the same noble
cause. = y 49, -
Ever since the 'ensctng of the tragic affair at
Ford'si Theatre, In Washington, resulting in the
assassination Of the President Of the United States,
and the subsequent capture and killing OF the per-
pstrator Of the deed number Of articles have sp-'
peared, principally in Western papers, wherein
was intimated that there. are reasonable grounds
to doubt the fact that; JoHS WnxEs BooTH was
really captured and killed as alleged. It has al
ways been fashionable TO shrug ones shoulders at
the mere suggestion Of such probability, and to
regard all such articles as sensational csnards;
but the time has come, already, when people be-
gin to reflect on all the mysterious circumstances
surrounding this alleged capture and killing, and
boinduge indoabts. in relation to everything con-
nected with the affair.
A communication appears in the World Of to-
days issue, wherein the writer states positively
that he was informed by Captain in HANoooK's
veteran volunteer corps that body said to be the
remains. OF WnKrs BOOTH was buried in the yard
Of the arsenal IN Washington; and that this body
was taken q aas the following winter, probably by
a;preconcerted arrangement with the guards. 1.-The
intimation is that the body was removed because
it was not that Of JOHN WILKES BOOTH. There
can be no reasonable grounds to doubt that JOHN
fok 1o1
President LINCOLN at FoRD's theatre, nor that it
j was he who was found In the barn with HAROLD;
but suppose that when HAROLD came forth from
the barn he had been taken off by guard-sup-
pose, then that BOOTH had fought his way out
and succeeded in making his escape consider then
1.-the great reward offered for his capture, together
with the shame Of having to Acknowledgements he
i had escaped-and what could be easier than to
trump up story Of his death and hasty burial
Those who are inclined to oreeard all this ss vision
ary speculation should bear in mind that on one oc.
casion when it was propcsedi the halls fCongress
to finish the division Of the reward for the '-'ure
Of 'BoolH, one Congressman arose and boldly pro-
tested against the measure on the ground that the
Government had no satisfactory proc. OF the
alleged capture. Now would not have any one
suppose that share the belief indulged in by
many that JOHN WILKES BOOTH is still alive, but
do contend that there are at least FIVE chances in
a hundred that such may be the case.
The hour draws near for the races to begin.
More next Monday. MOULIklE.
how TO JUDGE A NEwspAPER.-There is world
of good sense in the following extract Of an art-
Gle in the Oakland California; Nesos. That is
exactly correct when it says that paper can only
be judged by it's general tone:'
All people are prone to express their opinions
before they have properly considered the subject
concerni e which they 80 readily give their Judg-
met. We will generally find that the less pro-
found and thoughtful men are the readiest to give
opinions. But men Of good attainments sometimes