The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-04-10

A Washington letter to the Baltimore Ga
zette says:
Tho New York Herald is known here to be
the Yeritable mouth-piece OF General Grant.
!. The managing editor, Bennett, Junior) was
here few days ago, and had long conferences
with the President. The recent extraordinary
= articles which have appeared in that Journal
have. therefore, excited unusual attention..
There can be no longer doubt that the new
administration intends, as soon as Congress
adlourns and the spoils are all divided among
the faithful, to strike out upon bold and bril-
liant programme to capture the populaee. The
2rst thing proposed by the Herald to oe 7.e done
ls 70 convert the Morse telegraph into purely
national benefcence as an entering wedge;
secondly, to improve the public morals by
seizing upon all theatres, concert halls
and all other places Of no ,turnal amuse-
ment, and regulating by national orders
not only the character OF the perform
ances, but the price OF admission, Whlch l5 10
be merely nominal, enabling the most numpie
(without regard to race or colof) 10 become
free actors or spectators, as the case may be;
A grand national amphitheatre at the national
metropolis, built after the manner or the no
man, and supported by the public funds, as IN
France at this day, may serve as moael a1 Sa iSa
by the special New York organ, and re-echoed
by the independent press generally, upon the
immor.lities of the "Can-car," will serve to
drown all outcries about constitutional power;
Thirdly. National field sports in open day must
not lapguish for the want OF the fostering care
Of O paternal government. The article IN the
special organ, in which National Horse Racing
is recommended on government account,
comes under this head. The suggestions upon
this item are 30 extravagaDt that should
scarcely be credited without literal quotation
from the Herald ITSELF 1t says:
IL IL ENE n
vicinity of Washington, under the auspices OF
the government, and under the control OF the
Agricultural Department, would aford q ready
means of restoring the thoroughbred morse
to such degree OF usefulness as would rem
der him of the highest value to the country,
and inaugurate new era OF oreeaing t?rouSn-
out the land, and DO away with all ln1eilor
horses as stations. An appropriation by Con-
eress of one hundred thousand dollars q year
TO the Agricultural Department tor the pur-
pose Of distribution as prizes would be great
inducement to breeders to enter into 9ctVe
competition for such premiums as might De
offered"
According to this plan, the government ls to
mt no the stakes, and the Commissioner OF
Agriculture is to be the stakeholder, as follows:
'sWe might suggest that pcizc OF ten a taous. US
and dollars be awarded TO the winner OF the
four mile heat running race, with six thousand
10 the second horse three thousand to the
third and one thousand to the fourtn; Inc
ssme premium should be awarded to the trot-
ting stations. This would give two meetings
year-one in the spring, exclusively 1or tne
running horse, and the other IN the autumn tor
the trotter.n IN,
The particular mention made Of the "trot-
ting stations" and of sthe trotter" has the ear
2 marx Of authority, when We turn back TO think
of Dexter, and Bonner. and the General. But
the public is not left to conjecture up3n so I'M
portant point. The Herald distinctly states,
as II empowered, that san appropriation for the
purposes mentioned above would undoubtedly
receive the sanction of the President"