The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-04


the Pubiic-The Defeat OF the Cham
pion Mutuais-aIr. Bergh In Trouble
His Cruelty to His Fellow Mana
Friend to the Snakes, Rats and Cats.
IPRoM OUR own CORRESPONDENT
NEW YoRK, July L.
The annual Fourth of July hurly-burly being
upon us, there is great exodus from the city.
The proximity of Sunday and the national
holiday affords the fleeing multitudes chance
for rather heightened absence. The internal
noise created by young America, and the gen.
eral disposition of the unruly classes to get
drunk and make themselves offensive, renders
New York anything but pleasant abiding
!. place on the Fourth. Those decent grown
people whom business or sickness or impecu-
mostly prevents from going away, lock them
selves up in their respective residences ana
get as far away from the racket as possible.
The streets will be crowded, nevertheless.
Besides the boys and jewellers, our country
cousins will flock into town in overwhelming
numbers to see the military parade, visit the
park and the theatres, aud look at the IRE
works at night. The police will have their
hands full.
One OF the growing manias with our young
people of the male sex Is for the exhibitions OF
skill at base ball. New York has a crack pro-
fessional club, the Mutual. and whenever its
contests with visitinn clubs come OH, the dis
plays draw from fl e to ten thousand people.
"A few of the leading clubs of the country: such
as the Mutuals, the Athletics of Philadelphia,
the Haymakers of Troy, the Olympics of
washington, the Forest Citys of Cleveland,
and the Chicago and Boston clubs have gath.
cred into their ranks the best players IN their
several specialties eXtant. These clubs are
purely professional. They travel from city to
City engaging in match games with the local
elnbs and getting theirtremuneration from the
money charged the public for admission at Inc
We have been very proud of our Mutuals;;
The playing ''nine" Is composed OF plckeo
men to whom the highest salaries are paid.
These have been going the rounds conquering
AIN who disputed their superiority, and claim.
ing for themselves the proud distinction OF
ssthe champions" During the present season,
previous to Friday last, they had been beaten
but once, and then, as we believed, accloent-
ally Imagine the anazement OF New lorh,
therefore, when Western club Of no reputa-
tion whatever, from the little City OF Fort
} Wayne, in Indiana, came along and handsome,
II thrashed the champions. The affair had
been considered of such trivial interest that
less than FIVE hundred people had gone TO tne
Union grounds to witness it, but when the
doleful tale was told in the morning papers,
the quarter of million people in New York
and Brooklyn interested In base ball couio
scarcely believe their eyes.
It was resolved on all sides that the reputa-
ton OF the metropolis must be redeemed. The
Mutuals were called upon to challenge the
Fort WAYNE men to fresh trial. The Hoosiers.
astonished and elated with their unexpected
success, readily complied. Fifteen thousand
people went out to the grounds. though the
weather was threatening and paid, eacn one,
his half of dollar for admission. Tne Mu-
tuals were bound to do their very oest for tne
Empire City, and they did it by defeating the
the Hoosiers not being able to score single
run. Probably they were quite as much sur,
prised by their swhite-washing" as they had
been by their previous victory. Mutual stock
at once went up in the city. But alas, for our
pride, our club engaged the Athletics, oil Phil
adelphia, Yesterday, and after hard struggle
had to succumb again-the third time thls
season. It is hardly necessary to mention
that In this speculative community neaVy
sums of money are always staked by the gamo-
ling public on the results OF these matcn
games, and that fortunes are made and un-
made as upon the race track.
Our excellent fellow-citzen, Mr.. Henry
Bergh, president of the society for the preVen-
ton of cruelty to animals, has come into serl-
Gus conflict with the city authorities, and, un-
fortunately for him, in matter In which the
sympathies of the public will be against him.
The good he has done Is incalculable. He IS
one of those earnest. unselfsh and large.
hearted men, who willingly suffer perpetual
fmartyrdom in the cause Of humanity. But in
his zeal to protect the poor dumb animals from
suffering, he does some things that are slightly
absurd, and some that amount to positive
ciety in existence for the prevention OF crues.
ty TO human beings, fear Mr. Bergh would
be one of the first TO tall under Its ban.
The specific case In which he ofends is this
that late in the afternoons when tired human,
ity is streaming homeward In the cars md
onnibuses. he will make a raid on some dri-
yer, whom he thinks is malrreating or over
loading his horse, stop his vehicle on the track
and prevent his further progress until ne pro-
cures another animal. This often has the et-
feet of delaying the horse cars from fifteen 20
sixty minutes. while thousands OF weary, hum
gry and impatient men and women are anath.
ematizing him in utter impotence, or taking
to their legs for long walk to their homes.
On one occasion Bergh blockade on the
Third avenue lasted two hours. Mr. Bergh
claims that he Is authorized b. the charter OF
his company to make peremptory seizures and
humanity warrants him in doing so. Upon
this opinion Mayor Hall now takes issue, and
has addressed letter to the police commits
sioners requesting them to instruct their OIL
Gals 10 prevent any more berSu OuSlTuCLlouS.
He suggests that the great humanitarian can
devise some means to prevent or punish out.
RACES on horses without inalcting suffering on
mankind.
The press. for once, takes sides with the
Mayor. Mr.. Bergh will probably fight out the
matter in the courts and get his powers de-
fined have said his enthusiasm leads him to
do absurd things. For Instance he goes proWl'
ing along the wharves until he comes to q
West India vessel, which he will board in
search of turtles. If he finds these unfortu-
nate reptiles lying upon their backs, he orders
them to be turned right side up and put into
%ater. A man who exhibited snakes was once
syerhauled by him and subjected TO persecu-
tion because he did not feed them properly.
Recently Mr. Bergh has requested search Of
the garrets of closed houses to be made to as.
certain If perchance any cats are pent up and
starving. He is equally sympathetic with rats,
and s'goes for a rat pit whenever he hears Of
one. Lovers OF cock fighting have to emil
crate to New Jersey toget beyond his jurisdc-
ton. The city gentry who go out OF Town with
big double barrelled guns to shoot little spar
rows for s'sport," are his special contempt aud
adherence. He Is right, there. NYM.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
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