The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-25
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-. NEW YoRK, April 49,;
Mr.. Orange s. Winans, Of ~Chautanqna
| County, the Republican. member Of the Assem-
bly, who bolted the caucus programme and
voted with the Democrats, thus enabling them
to pass all their bills, has been the sensation
since saturday, and the recipient ofaumeroas
| COMPLIMENTS from the Republican Journals.
The latter disagree as to the exact amount Mi.
Tweed paid for Mr. Wtnans's vote. Some fix 1t
at 500, 600, some at $65, 600, and Others Us
low as $4,000, per annum for Ave years.
Senator Fenton, who is q personal friend OF
Winnns, has a theory about his detection from
the Republican party which is likely to be cpr-
rect. He says Wlnans was an av9Wed lnde-
| pendent Republican at the time Of hls election;
that he opposed Che regular candidate for Con-
gress in his district, a9d that he was never ex'
pected to work submissvely In party traces.
Besides that. he Is an employee OF the. Erie
Railroad Company, and may be expected to be
Influenced by his relations with that road, the
managers of which, as is well known. are
William NJ. Tweed, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk.
Whether he was bribed or nOtAand 1t cannot
be proved that he was-the Republicans are
barred from complaining. In the case Ola
similar tie in the Assembly some years ago,
they bought up Mr. j. G.. C~allicott, Democrat,
and thus secured control oil legislation. A
party which seems TO be proud ofB. +. Butler
and Dan Sickles. and Is led by Whlttemores,
Bullecks and Forneys, has small claims tosu-
perlor morality. A few general reflections. on
the corruption Of the times will naturally
suggest themselves 10 readers here.
,Winans, the great abused, liz o tut, hand
some man, with q dark Spanish looking face.
and an easy, .affable manner. He is about
forty years of aye, has q wife and several
childrea, aud will probably liz long enough
to live down newspaper detrac..on, Tor In poll
tics here, where both parties use money, the
taking of money is regarded as venal only
the fault Is In being found out. Callicott rose
to such eminence in the Republican party az
ter he was purchased that they bestowed upon
him the responsible office OF collector Of M-
ternal revenue ia Brooklyn. But for his slhn-
dertns manner Of keeptagaccounts, which get
might now be o member OF Mr.. Grants Csbi-
net. 81.
There is a growing uneaslness In domestic
circles, both here and in our sister City Of
BROOKLYN; about the smallpox. which Fbas
been raging all winter, and Seems to. increase
with warmer weather: 1t ia q fact that there
is always some small -pox In New York but
Just now the plague has almost che leatnrestof
an epidemic. Little Is said In the. newspapers,
but when one sees the ominious announce
ment beginning 10 stare at him from alfthe
apothecary's windows, "Fresh Vaccine virus
daily" 1t looks as II, the demand for the pre-
ventsSive had suddenly become very large.
This cheerful subject of smallpox. with
startling stories OF sick people dragged EQfn
their homes By the health authorities, ana m
carcerated In hospitals, away from the tender
care of friends, is. ] an sorry 10 say. q favorite
topic of conversation around the metropolitan
dinner>and tea tables. We do 80 love the nor.
rlble that we cannot iorego the sensations OF
blood urdling and cold shiverlnS even while
discussing our meals. II Is the general opin-
ion, and very freely expressed on every Hfss-
sibie OCCASION, thai we are all liable to oRtch
the disease from the cushions In the street
cars. Who knows but that the occupant Of
our seat on the previous "trip was a -smaA-pox
patient on his way to the island. and but that
the man with the Notwithstanding face sitting
opposite has just come down from the hospital
only half cured? An IN tue MIDST Oh lnese
narrowing speCulations comes the controversy
of the doctors ubous the zeal efficacy OF vac
oina,lon, some holding that 1t attracts rather
than repels the disease.
This IL one domestic sensations; but let not
our Southern friends coming North avoid New
York on that account, Tor there mas not been
acase at the hotels; and of all The people
know of, there Is not one down yet Purge
and live cleanly, keep your mental balance,
and avoid the tap room. are certain detences
against the disease. Why We brood on this
subject will be understood By those who know
the habits of this town. Ordinary eXcitemeats
pail on the genuine New Yorker. He sees 80
many wonderful things every day OF his lite
that wonders are unirteresting. He only en-
joys an epidemic, an earthquake, Q hang1ag,
or q political election. With either OF these
sensations, the newsboys sell the largest NUM-
Der OF newspapers, which Is the test, alter all,
of the popularity OF q subject.
Among the local causes cele6reS this week is
the trial, in Judge Sutherlsnd's court, Of the
suit of Mir. Johh Thcrry, undertaken, against
the executorS0f The late Mrs. Margaret klio-
rem for the amount OF the funeral expenses OF
The latter. Mr. Therry'S bill for burying MIS-.
KIlloren was 1885 IL. Among the Items was
Zone extra size casket. locks and hinges, man.
utactured. to order expressly, $3.50" zone
French plate, oval bent, full length glass top,
especially 10 order, s225;;" ''four-horse oval
hearse, plumes and blankets, $685." mine linen
scarfs. s74;;" ''seven porters to cemetery, s42;7
fifteen pair Of black Kid gloves, $50 The
other particulars were equally magnificent.
The plaintiff swore that Mrs. Killoren had sent
for him on her deathbed and ordered him to
spare no expense in giving hel.a grand fune-
ral. On being told that'it would be Impossible
TO get up u "Frrnch plate, oval bent, hll
length glass toy" under a week, the brave Old
lady said that then she would try and live that
long. The executors thought the bill prepos-
ferrous. Aud refused TO pay it. Judge; Silther-
land thought the plainlif was entitled to a
verdict us 4 matter Of law, and The Jury allow
ed the whols claim, with interest, sl464 ~,
which may now be taken as a New York jury
mans idea Of the proper cost of 4 fashionable
burying
One. Of the largest furniture sales ever seen
in New York IL in progress OF the metropolitan
Hotel. The LeIand5 failed some weeks ago,
and the United States marshal is in possession.
EVERYTHING movable is under the halnlner
The crowd Of buyers follows the auctioneer
from room to room, and he rattles Oh the
goods at any price he can get. The sale Will
occupy u week. Mrs. Toodles Is present, In a
state Of wild excitement, also about seven nun
bred secondhand furniture dealers, who turn
ND their noses ut all the articles, and then bid
fercely al each other. The hotel will not be
sold. for, fortunately, it belongs to A. T.
Stewart.
Have You heard OF the punishment that has
come upon the Harper Brothers, the publish
ers, for prostltuting their books and periodl-
Gals TO Radicalism and sectarlanisin Nasrs
malicious caricatures upon the Pope, Inc
Catholics. the South and the Democratic party
in the journal OF Civilization" may De re-
memberei. They may have Increased the
circulation of that sheet in New England, but
I know that many respectable people have
ceased to take it In their houses here, aud /
doubt if the New England gain has equalled
the local loss. The board. OF education vi This
city. OF which a majority are Democrats, nave
ordered that hereafter none OF the bnOkS puo-
ltshed by this brm shall be used in the public
schools. The loss to the Harpers is estimated
at SEQ, 900 per annum. A rather dear paying
Tor a Radical whistle.
A new sight on Broadway are red-oreeched
and somewhat uncIean foreigners of the un.
mistukubly French out. They are ex-soldiers