The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-17
LETTER FROM hfOuLTntE.
New YonK, September 10. 1857

New YoHk, September 49, 1857.
Over the portals Of tho entrance to tho Poniten
tiary on Blackwolls is written in letters that Ii,
who runs may road, II any man there may DO who
would run into such place: "Tho way Of the
transcreBsor is hard;" we however are not trans
eressors, and our wsy therefore ought not to be
hard, it is Hoftoned by an amiable keepor, who
leads US around and shows US all that is to be
seen. The amount Of this nll is considernbly
diminished by tho circumstance that the largor
portion of tie conTicta out at work in various
localities on the Island. The convicts sro most
| unhappy looking set of unfortuuatcs, With collu-
tenance1 that suggest each nnd every crime In tho
catalogue of evil doings, and look like wicked
clowns, or viciously disposed hnrlequns, attiretl
as they are i'll their garb Of dishonor made up--,he
garb, not the dishonor--of n white shirt and a
sassafras candy unncntonablcs.
10 sec these miserable creatures at work with
tho bali and chain attached to thoir legs-ma ny
of them, however, arc ball-less, aud clain-icss--
or to peep at thom as thcy crouch down OIL the
hard stono floors Of their cells {i We may speak Of
stone floors, wnil as of wooden tombstoncs, is
to mako us resolved mover to walk in tho way OF the
! transgressor, lest wo find II hard indeed.
| One miserable sinner, who Ind walked ON tho
hard road, and followed it up by ondeayoring to
run nTsy-in other words, one OF tho convicts who
| had gotten into the penitentiary without trying
and who not being pleased either with tho faro or
| accommodations, tried most industriously to make
his escape, and found to his sorrow, that in the
lexicon Of skylight scaling there is such word as
fail, had beon placed in solitary confinement in
| dark cell, the massive doors OF which, for tho
frat tiino In several days, had been opened fortu-
nateiy for mo, md fortunately for him likewise,
| few moments before ho was honorcd By visit
fran I-.x 1 H. I'LL II.
wretchca creature describe tho hours OF this soli-
tnry confinement in dark dungeon bed nor
bedstcad no chair, not ray OF light, oil sound
shut out; naught to reclino upon but tho cold
stone, and nothing TO cat or drink save
bread and wator once in twonty-four hours !;
no way of computing time, no way even OF
nsccrtaining whether il be night or dny.
and worso than ai the thought of tho possibility
Of the keeper forgetting to with tho onco-in-
tTenty-four-hour allowance OF bread and water.
But the most torturing idea az nil ESQ aaid
my friend the prisoner) is thr fear that something
might happen whereby no would be left there
buried aiiyc-a change Of keepers, fire, any
thing probable or improbable; and who can wonder
that four even Of tho impossible should como to
haunt the mini of one thus shut out entirely from
tho world without On tho strength OF this de-
scription, Moutrie, at his own request, was shut
up III one OF tlleHo cola and found tho darkness
even as the prisoner had pictured it-iEdeed, it
seemed to hang with tangible heaviness, and one
could actually feel and seem to part it with the
hand. When the door was opened Moultrie came
out and making the shortest cut Cor tho place of
exit left tho peniteutiary abruptly as ho now
leaves the subject.
The Feuisns are again in tho field. despcr
ately fought bni bloodless engagement took
nj vaf hott
Der Of Fenisns the one side, as Feniaus, attirod
in their jackets Of patriotic green and pants OF
ccrulean blue, against an equal number OF the
sons of Erin on the other side, in the disguise Of
Englishmen, and rejoicing temporarily in profu-
sion Of red flannel shirts. Tho battle was most
stubbornly contested, and there wns no diyining
at one time upon which hammer tho bird OF victory
would perch, till The affair rnsolyed itself into
hand to hand engagement, in which, OF course,
the red shirts sllceumbed, aud the Jackets won
the day. Upward or throo thousand spectators
Witnessed tho great slam battle, and paid hftY
conts each for the privilege OF enjoying tho same.
There arc, therefore. fifteen hundred dollars more
(or ought to bc) in the Fenan exchequer, whore
fore the cause still lives to tell pae-hearted fear it
lies. and no forth. and ireland may yet be free.
The Radicals here are radically opposed to the
Excise Law, and held meeting last night for the
P"Pose " pioleotiuS hHatHsl tHe enforcement OIL
its obnoxious restrictions. a resolution was pass
ell, requesting their brethren in tie Syracuse Con-
vention to fight the pro drinking battle braYeiy-
To which they will, no doubt, respond cheerfuliy
and promptly, for the fondness for innocent imbb
ings ab bit,nn is principle passion that finds
favor in the sight Of all parties, matter how in
other matters, thor political creed may differ.
The thirty-second annual fair of the American
Institute was inaugurated yesterday, at the Rsg!-
ment Arn,ory in Fourteenth street, where an adj
dress was delivered by HORACE GREELEY, who, in
the conrae of his remarks, in allusion to the me-
chanical resources of the country at large, paid
Just and honest tribute to the energy and skill OF
the people of the South: eyinced during the
Tnr, in the admirable construction OF their harbor
defences, which he allows to have been "the best
that equal material could hare contriyed"
In tho race for the championship OF Now York
evening newspaperdom, BEN. Woops paper, tho
Heres, has far outstrippod its rival The telegram
un ofi.shoot Of the Herald, gotten up by Bennett
with the dogin-the- nanger and spitefnI intention
Of breaking up tho little sheet wherefore BENNETT
actually vent to tho expense Of gotting lip tho
telegram and giving it gra tuitously to the news
boys. As they tthe boys) cannot however. con-
yeyeutiy under-Hell the Re,os, which is q one cent
paper, BENNETT has failed, and tho Nsws loads in
the race. AS the matter in the Netos is confne
almost exclusively to accounts OF horrible murdors
real and imaginary, togothor with spicy details OF
such important items an cases OF seduction, rape
prize Aghts &C., Of course it suits tho asto Of tho
hot poaoi, and tho paper already reJoicos in cir
culation in the city greater oven than that Of the
Herald ITSELF s4.H.
FonREsT's Damon Is by no means what it used to
be. Tho old man has literally played himself and
his voice out, and should retro on tho aurels hs
| once deserved and wore. M0ULTRIE.
DR.. GEORGE D. LonINa, The President Of tho
New England Agricultural Society, tells what
| scientific farming will do in the comparatively
sterile soil OF New England. He stated, in a re-