The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-31

the econ OF both firms coming TO the relief OF al old
friend and merchant VINO had assisted them in time OF
embarrassment several years ago In one Of the chief
or the present difficulty The report outside was
the houses purchased OF this friend Mr. Metcnf
of Augusta, Ga some seventy thousand bales on which
there rad been loss Of fifty dollars bale or total OF
three million i've hundred thousand dollars The facts
a. gather them from the best authority are that this
cotton was taken from Mr. Mctcaf at ten peacs Ter
pound, and the responsibility equally divided
the two houses AT ten pence pr pound large marg
mi profit is left at the present low
rates. All the friends OF tho parties express coodent
belief that the suspension will be but Temporary QUE
and this the universally expressed hope Of the peape
Though tho firm here will not suspend, still there will
be much embarrassment Their efforts to revive and
sustain the business interests Of Charleston have done
much 10 mitigate the distress existing just after the war
This intelligence has served TO divert the public mind
from tho wonderful Occurrences at ST. Mchaeis church
last Monday evening The old steeple which was the
mark OF the arllerists during the sheng Of The city,
but escaped any serious injury was struck By lightning
and again fortunately preserved Tho steep'eman or
watcbman employed by the city was knocked down,
while party OF six persons, three ladies three gem
temcn standing under The porch from the raio received
the shock p their legs and feet tearing opeu boots
CATERS and stockings singing the legs and melting
the wires of the ladies' crinoines. All OF the party
we're thrown down by the shock and OF
the gentlemen fell in the middle of the street. Tho
church sustained some trinng damage. The lightning
rod runs inside the ediace and the fluid TO have
followed It's until reached the door and to
have been attracted in another direction by the large
iron hinge which caused its force TO be expended
underneath the door the pavement whore the party
mentioned were grouped together.
Judge Munro delivered decision yesterday adverse
to the State national banks imposed bv the act Of
the last General Assembly ~ this State. Tho tax
decreed unconstitutional and tho collector restrained
from ievying collecting such tax.
Some excitement has been raised among the Union
Leagues OF this city, composed mostly OF colorod mon,
by the discharge of or its prominent members from
his employ ment In consequence or his being member
of tho League The merchant who made this movement
Is politician; but the contrary, enterains a terri
BILE dread OF politics "A committee OF the Union League
deputed to wait him and ascertain his
for tho invasion of coiored meme private political priv
leges. His reply that he had nothing TO do with
politics himself wished to have nybody about him
who did. The discharged had been in his employ
several years Snch ect as this only tends TO make
the colcrd population united. The Union Leagues
number abou five hundred members In this city
In addition they claim between thousand and ifteen
hundred voters outside their organization who viii
operate with them should this be the they viii
certainly be abo elect their whole ticket tho
municipal election and possibly place black in
the Mayoralty chair. with board Of moro than half
colorod Aldermen.