The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-30
[FRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK, November 2

I
ton last night, landed at the foot of Desbrosses
street from the Jersey City ferry boat, aud
while the carriages which had been In waiting
carried most of his party to the Clarendon
Hotel slipped of himself, with one of his suite,
and "footed it" up Canal street and Broadway
with cigar in his mouth. To-day begins a
round of festivities. including three grand
balle, and then pis Imperial Highness starts
| off on tour through the country. Ihave seen
no published programme of bis route, but
learn from member of the committee having
him In charge here that he contemplates going
East first, and from Boston West by the way
of Montreal, to Chicago and st. Louis. After
Mississippi to New Orleans, and return to New
York by the way of the Atlantic coast. This
plan will involve stop, possibly, at Charles
| ton.
Catacazy will travel with the Prince where.
ever he goes. AS he has relieved himself OF
| the duties OF minister to this country, upon
| the intimatIon that his passports would be sent
| to him if he did not, he will have no of1clal
cares to mar the perfect enjoyment of the trip
| West and South. There seems to be very
widespread misunderstanding about the
causes of the quarrel between the administra-
| tion and the minister. am constantly asked
by anxious iuquirers what the trouble is. "
L
Catacazy roundly, have been careless about
making specific charges against him. l un-
| derstand that there Is q lady In the case, but
| nothing more need be written on that point,
except TO say that Madame Catacazy, beauti-
full and accomplished woman, and faVorite IN
Washington season before last, has withdrawn
entirely from society. Catacazy came ont here
under The patronage OF Prince Gortschakoff,
the Russian prime minister, and has been
kept here by his protector In spite OF the In
formal remonstrances Of the State Depart
ment.
The immediate cause of the displeasure Of
| the President and Secretary Fish is, that N.
| pressing the opinion freely, and IN language
not choice, that both of these gentlemen are
not far removed from natural born idiots. 1t
is charged that he has caused Washington cor
respondents Of newspapers puollsued else.
where to revIe the President. It is also sa
claim, and that he Is a small, intriguing per.
son generally. Either Gortschakoff has de:
ceived the Emperor about the standing OF his
| favorlte at the Whitehouse, or Catacazy has
been fortunate enough to make the premier
believe he Is innocent OF the accusations
which our minister at st. Petersburg, Cover
nor Curtin, has been the medium Of convey
ing to, that statesman. Yesterday ended
Catacazy's diplomatic career in this country,
however, and the danger of war growing
out Of the obstipacy of the imperial houses OF
Grant and Romanoff Is dispelled.
The newest newspaper iuss, now that the
interest In the dead ring Is diving out, Is about
leading journals to attack the great abuses Of
our lime, one after another, and lay them out
as they did the Ring, and perhaps the street
cars, ferries, hackmen, target companies,
muddy streets, Sunday ruf1ans, indecent
newspapers and dangerously constructed
theatres, will each have their turn. The charge
against the gas companies is, that they fur
nfsh very poor gas and charge an enormous
price tor 1t. They have complete monopoly;
one company supplies the lower section OF the
city. and the other the upper. Their bills
against consumers are eXtraVagant and un-
reasonable, aud remOnstrance only elcls
threat to ''cut your gas off," All sorts OF
perpetrated, and altogether the citizen Is as
arbitrarily and unjustly treated as If he lived
under the rod of the King Of Dahomey.
The Journals have taken up the cause OF
the people In earnest, and their columns TEEN
with communications from the victims. Two
remedies are proposed. One Is competition.
Other companies must he permitted to lay
ted by the monopoies. When there are a
half dozen different gas companies soliciting q
consumers patronage, they are all likely TO
offer the best article they can manufacture at
reasonable price, and, above all. TO be civil,
which the monopoes are not. Next to om-
nibus drivers, the most disagreeable people to
do business with In New York are the en-
ployees In the gas offices. The other cure OF
the present outrage Is the assumption of gas
supply by the city. There is no reason why,
II the city furnishes water, 1t should not fur
nish light II gas was furnished from city
works, as water is, consumers would be sure
to have 1t at cost price, and have the addl-
tional advantage OF being able to hold the gas
men to strict accountability If they failed TO do
their duty. The matter Will come before the
Reform Legislature for consideration, and
doubtless the gas companies will be on hand
with their money bags.
It is something Of q. coincidence that e1-
tracts appeared in the papers yesterday
simultaneously from new poems by TenDy-
son and Longfellow. The latter has produced
an elaborate work, nothing less than the life
of Christ In dramatic form. He calls 1t the
"Diylue Tragedy" The text OF the Scriptures
is followed very closely, yet many OF the char.
acter parts are presented In choice original
blank verse. There are scenes worked up
with great power, notably that of the cruel
fxlon. lennyson has produced another idyll,
the ~ asst Tournament" in which King Ar
thur and his knights and ladies continue their
adventures The poem Is of one thousand
lines, and Is to be printed IN full In forth
coming number of Harpers Weekly, from ad-
vance sheets. NYM.
srT lROUT THE STATE