The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-16
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EFFECT OF THE CHICAGO CONFLI-
GRAFTON IN NEW YORK.
Heavy subscriptions for the Sufferers
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| TFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
NEW YORK, October IL.
or rccurse nothing else has been talked about
TOR the past two days but the Chicago fire. The
subscriptions for the sufferers collected in this
city have been enormous. All classes and con-
ditions of the people appear to have come for
ward spontaneously in the good work. The
newspaper offices have not been behind the
rest. Even the compositors, whose incomes
are net usually much more than their urgent
expenses, have contributed according 10 their
means, and In one Office where there are not
more than seventy hands employed, know of
over two hundred dollars being given by the
poor but generous typos. Little as this is, 1t
| is Il great deal, coming from men who do not
dollars per week. mention this as an Instance
of the feeling pervading the community. We
| hear CT the same thing being done In the other
great wealthy cities OF the North, and 1t really
looks now as ii the Chicago people, with what
they recover from the insurance offices, and
what they receive as the free gift of their
cOuntrymen. world be made nearly whole
again.
There is something 10 the spirit shown by the
inhabitants of Chicago that makes Americans
feel proud OF themselves, for Chicago is really
but type Of The country. Twenty times to-
day, at least, have heard individuals ex-
great people?" This is apropos OF the
news that building In the burnt district has re-
| commenced. The great merchants, the bank
ing associations, The hotel proprietors, the
theatre owners Of the devastated city are send
| Ing broadcast their orders TOR bricks and lime
| and lun6er while they have gone TO work TO
clean up their waste spots, and TO put up
more stately edifces In place Of those that
| have gone.
| No class Of men have exhibited more enter
prise than the newspaper proprletor5. Every
newspaper building in Chicago, with its con-
tents, has been destroyed, and yet with what
cred together from job offices and neighboring
cities and villages, nearly every Chicago journal
was out again this morning, on half sheets, 1t
is true, bit still with editorials kilograms, and
stunning reports of the great fire. The Chi
rcago Evening Journal office was burned on
Monday afternoon. just in time to prevent the
regular issue Of the paper, but 1t was out again
| Tuesday afternoon as usual. Somebody near
| me has been speculating whether on the last
great day, when sail things shall be burned up"
| the Chicago papers will not issue extras giving
account OF the progress OF the lire and tEe
other phenomena up to the moment when Il
will be necessary 10 yacate the premises. In
this connection. the generosity OF the New
York Tribune ought to be noticed. Ever since
| being burned out themselves many years ago,
| the propretors have maintained in another
| building complete duplicate set of materials;
so that ifa calamity should again visit their
| office, the continued publication of the Tribune
might not be delayed au hour. The whole OF
| this duplicate material was offered by tele-
| graph to the proprietOrs of the Chicago Tri-
| bune as soon as II was announced that the
great fire proof building OF the latter had
melted before the flames.
It is an Ill wind that blows nobody good. In
the race for pre-eminence between the two
rival cities of the West, st. Louis now shoots
ahead. OF course Chicago will rise from her
wooden ashes into O more splendid city OF
stone and brick; but 1t will be three or four
years before she will be herself again, and
that time will naturally be improved by ST.
Louis in drawing the grain and provision trade
10 her port.
So completely has the news from Chicago
absorbed the public mind that the elections In
Ohio and Pennsylvania have passed almost un-
needed. You will have learned before this that
In spite of the sangune hopes expressed by
the Democratic papers OF Pennsylvania, and
by Mr.. Wallace, the chairman Of the Demo-
cratic State central committee, the Democrats
have again been defeated. 1t Is evident from
the result of the recent elections that major
ity of the people of the North are not yet ready
to abandon Radlcallsm. 1t Is we'll to look the
facts square in the face and inquire why 1t Is
so. 1t is an unpleasant prospect to contem-
plate-four years more of Grant, with irritat-
Ing Congressional legislation. ku-Klux laws,
prescription, and interference with elections
In the South. Something must be done to-
wards combining with the decent men 10 the
Radical ranks who are sick of Grant and dis
gusted with the arbitrary and unconstitutional
acts OF the Radical Congress. The country
must be saved, and the South released from
bondage, even if the Democrats have to take
Gralz Brown or Chief Justice Chase to do 1t
with. That Is the way 1t looks TO us here.
though DR. Stephens, Of Georgia, thinks other
| wise.
The cause OF Free Cuba" is not dead,
though it langushes bit. There was quite an
enthusiastic mass meeting at Cooper Institute,
| last night, to express continued sympathy With
the Cubans. The occasion was the third ami
versary of the declaration OF Cuban indepen-
dence. We have in our midst the vice-presi-
dent Of the Cuban Republic, and he was invi-
ted to preside. II is q curious circumstance
that there are more Cuban patriots living
quietly and securely IN New York than there
are in the mountains OF the unfaithfnl Isle
struggling against Valmaseda's cohorts. Gene
raj Jordan Is still here, and has never ventured
back since he ran the blockade of the Spanish
| fleet, more than two years ago. For awhile
| he was actively engaged IN getting up
expeditions to relieve the Cubans, and
at one time was arrested by the
United States authorities; but believe he has
fallen out with the leading Cubans In this city,
and has turned his attention TO some other
vocation, at any rate he did not put in an ap-
pearance at the meeting last night. Among
the speakers were Charles A. Dana, editor Of
the Sun, and Senor Ramon Cespedes, Cuban
secretary OF state.
| Dickens Dolby has made hit with his troupe
of English ballad and madrigal singers. The
American debut took place at Steinway Hall,
on Monday night Santley, the London favo-
| rite, who divides honors In that metropolis
with Sims Reeves, is the bright, particular
star of Mr.. DOlby's band. The audiences have
| been large and unusually enthusiastic.
THE KU-KLUX HUNTERS.