The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-15
rFroN our own CORRESPONDENT

FROM CUE owH CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK, May 10.
"About this time" says the almanac, 'lOok
Oil for rain"-anl likewise, may be added, the
| Quakers Why rain and Quakers should ap-
pear simultaneously in New York, or any
other place, cannot be Justified by any scien-
tidc or meteorological explanation. We only
know they do Last. week the annual ami
versary meetings OF the religious, charitable
and reformatory societies began, and the rain
came down in torrents for four days. Numer-
ous broad-brimmed gentlemen in drab might
also have been seen,picking their way care
fully across the muddy streets, unmindful Of
the eXecratlons OF their unreasonable fellow
creatures.
The anniversaries do not excite as great q
stir now rs formerly, probably because he
population Of the city has increased SO largely
that the strangers who come to town make
hardly any percepliole addition 10 the thronG
which crowds Broadway. In the good old
lines the anniversary meetings of the Aboi-
ton Sociely end the Woman Suffrage Society
were the signal for fun. The crazy reformers
OF both sexes and hues, whoused to congregate
on the platform and wrangle among Them
selves, Afforded unparalleled amusement 10 the
Tie newspapers were always certain 10 nave
their most .facetlous reporters. on hand to give
liie.Iike sketches Of the proceedings. The al-
traction seems 10 have gone out ol lne reform
meetings in our day. The reiormers are dec
orously heavy, the audiences proportiona1eiy
slim, and the reports In The newspapers cor
respondngly short
Perhaps the most interesting OF The reform
gatherings was that at the Tammany Hall, I'M
der the auspices OF the New England Lnbor
reform League. The most highty comlnnn-
istic doctrines were avowed, aud though there
was the usual difference Of opinion about
everything exhibited in the speeches oi the
reiormers. it was evident that the spirit OF
iconoclastcism prevailed among them oil.
They agreed 10 tear society TO pieces; bnt no
two could agree how 1t should be reconstruct
ed. The widest Of these bowling idiots'was
Wendell Phillips, the most brilliant orator ol
the inyective school, and the cleverest cpl
gramalist in tlfe North, but q man without
single practical idea In his brain. He lee
tllted before the convention on the most etll-
cient method OF putting down The Kill
KluX-a subject quite foreign TO the mat
ters which called the Labor RetornerS
together. His plan is to single ont the most
and hang them. he said Butler had given
this advice 10 Grant, and unless The President
followed Il, the Democrats would carry the
next Presidential election, and the Northern
Radicals would be forced TO revolt TO save Hle
cause oil liberty on this continent. Phillips
also predicted the insurrectlon Of the working
classes of the North in few years and the
establishment OF Communism as in France,
| unless the capitalists consented lu divide more
| largely OF their profits with their employees.
| lie asserted that the Kll-kluy Of The Sonh
| and the bloated capitalists OF tile North are in
secret alliance to Cypress the Northern labor
| ing man-which is lunacy, even IN Phillips.
The police have recommended their mid
night raids on the gambling saloons. The
last victim of municipal ullicicusnesS Is The
fashionable establishment OF eX-CUnTreSsnan
Morrissey. While some Of The most eminent
merchants, politicians, sporting men and bank
| clerks OF the metropolis were gathered around
the green table The other night, the blue COATS
| suddenly filled the room and ''Gopbled' them.
They were marched through the streets, 10
grtller with the card dealers, black walters
and 0iher attaches Of The house, 10 the police
headquarters, where they were accommodated
with cells until morning. They were arraisn-
ed before Justice Downing AT early dawn, and
gave In their names as Smith, Brown, Jones.
&c. The eN-COngressman and his partners
were held tor trial, but the geese. who Went 10
be plucked were dismissed By The justice in
ample time 10 gel 10 their desks before hnsi-
ness. This descent upon the gaming saloons
is q farce. The police make raids occasionally
as sop 10 public dissatisfaction, but it is not
| pFoOaOIS lnut iilS Charge aSalllSL MOTrlSSey
will be heard Of again. No doubt lilc same
eminent bankers ami sporting men will cluster
about his green cloth tonight lis usual. There
Is Il larger and mndsomer gambling place
| known as Chanlberlan'S. near The FIilh
Avenue Hotel, which is to be advertised next
| The police.
The interest which the element OF M s,rry
lends to any story has had another marked eX-
emplicItlon in the case ol the young woman
who Killed herself at The Stevens House. last
week. Over thirty thousand people nave visited
the Morgue 10 view the body-prubably not an
hundred vi whom went for any other motive
save the qualification Of curiosity. The lady,
who was tail and beautiful and dressed eX-
qusltely in rich clolhnT, entered the Stevens
| House OH Monday AFTERNOON, With a Satchel in
| her hand, and asked fur Il room, the rent OF
which She paid in advance. ;tIId caused her
| maine to bt registered us Mrs Kate Z. HarrlB"-
| ton. On Tuesday afternoon she wus iunnl
dead III her bed, and on her table was q note
recording the manner Of her suicide. Size
simply said she had no friends, and wished 10
give no trouble, and would not "haunt the
room" after she had gone. Her beauty, The
evidences OF refinement in her person and
clothing. and thu utter absence Of any clue to
her real name or character, excited the most
widespread interest in her. rs usual In the
cases of the unknown dead, the boay was
taken to The Morgue, to be exposed 10 public
view for few days, for iudenlitlcation.
Since Wednesday last the unfortunate lady
has Deen lying on The marble slab III The
Ncr.ruf str!nred OF her garments and cover