The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-07-31

RtOG' Inreateueu~-SOnt1uu OssSN
ness Against Governor Hoffman,
Great Cotton Warehouse Proposed
Brooklyn the Future Cotton Depot
Progress OF the viaduct Railway.
rFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK. July .26.
One effect of the late riots has been to re-
yiye Know-No Nothingism, or rather the old spirit
of dlstrust and hatred of our Celtic population.
hear vaguely of tremendous gatherings of
Know-Nothings nightly. 1t is pretty. well
known that most of the lodges OF societies
which were organized during the Know
Nothing furore of seventeen years ago were
never disbanded. A few of the members kept
unthe form of organization, though they had
abandoned any distinctively political purpose
in doing so. A leading Republican politician
told me more than three years ago that the
lodge of which he became member In 1853
was still In existence; and though no formal
meetings were held, the members considered
themselves to be bound to each other by the
old secret tie.
The occurrences of the past few weeks,
however, seem to have given the proscrip-
>the old lodges are in session nightly, and that
HEhousands of recruits are focking In. Eight
new lodges were organized on last Saturday
night In one lodge in Jersey City, 1900 mem
bers have enrolled. Last Thursday night,
lodge at Flushing, in the suburbs, took In 300
new members. These are isolated cases re-
ported to me. Of course there must be many
I DO not hear o.. It is certain that "native-
ism," which first reared It's head In l842, which
swept over the North, and ran q candidate for
the Presidency in 1856, and which was
scotched by Henry A. Wise, In Virginia, the
following year, has been warmed into LIE Dy
recent events.
am assured by an individual who makes
mysterious hints of knowing good deal
about the secret dolngs of the Z. NJ, that they
no longer propose to cab themselves oy tne
old name. Hereafter they are to be known as
Know.Eyerythings," which, by the way; is
still more absurd and uncouth. Their politi-
cal purposes are changed too. As they have
no animosity against Germans, Frenchmen,
ScandinavIans, Englishmen and Scotchmen,
ties into their lodges They will only oppose
the class which they fancy Is making an effort
to obtain control of the country for It's own
purposes.
Reasonable mea will agree that g secret
Organization, founded on religious prejudice,
cannot live In this country. It may make
some headway for time. but as it Is so utterly
opposed In spirit to the character of our instl-
tutioas, 1t can take no root. The "Know-
EYerythings" will probably go the way
of the Know-Nothings: The Radical pol,
iticians will get into the organization I and and
party. In the meantime, however, some
of our Irish people are doing great
deal to fan the flame OF prejudice against
them. Effigies Of Governor Hoffman are found
swinging In different parts Of the city and
Brooklyn every morning, and are cut down by
the police. Demagogues like Meany are call
ing meetings and making the widest incendi-
airy speeches. I'm some quarters the news
= dealers are afraid to keep certain newspapers
on sale for fear of being mobbed. gentle
man who was seen reading the Sun In Belt
Line car the other day was threatened with
violence until he flung thegobnoxious sheet
away. Some ofthe Irish weekly papers are
very excited. The Irish People OF this week
threatens the Harpers with the mobbing OF
their buildings. The last number OF Harpers
Weekly contained some very silly and unjust
-caricatures on the Irish people, aud the latter
are, as might be expected, greatly exasperat-
ed. n this bigoted and always unfair Mr.
George William Curtis, Of the. Weekly, con.
tinues to employ the pencil Of Mast In this busl-
ness, there may be another riot In Gilt street
to be put down.
Cotton pilferIng has grown to be such an ex-
penslve nuisance that the members OF tho Cot
ton Exchange are casting about for some
means to protect their property. &c is said
that gangs of thieves follow nearly every
dray load from the vessel to the place OF stor-
Even when the bales are stored they are not
safe from the lingering of warehousemen and
IaSOrers employed'on the premises. The losses
to merchants and; planters certainly must
aInountto thousands of dollars annually. AS
aremedy, it has beenproposed TO lease some
large building near the docks, which shall De un-
der the exclusive care oftrustworthy men t1the
pay of the Cotton Exchange. The most eligible
Site yet suggested is on the Brooklyn side OF
the East River. a committee appointed by
the board Q few days ago visited the extensive
grounds belonging to ex-C Congressman Strana-
hind Governors Island. A space covering
seven acres, with pier in front 1900 feet
long, was offered to the board for the
erection of q building, or large ware
house covering two ana half acres, and
having a storage capacity of 100000 bales,
could be had. The committee expressed
themselves favorable to the latter proposition.
There seems to be little doubt that the cotton
brokers will eventually select some spot III
the lower part of Brooklyn for warehouse,
and that afterwards all vessels laden with
cotton will discharge In Brooklyn instead of
New York.
The directors ofehe viaduct railway have
listened to the appeal OF the downtown mer-
chants, and consented to build branch road
from the Battery, at the South Ferry, to the
terminus of the main trunk at the City Hall,
Park. This will make complete connection
between the two ends of the island, and afford
South Brooklyn facilities for using the railway.
L Another branch to the foot of Cortland street.
where the New Jersey ferry boats land, would
put the viaduct In connection with the grow
Ing suburb of Jersey City. The estimated cost
of the road is $50 900, 900. The engineers calcu-
late that the annual running expenses will be
$500, 600 for the two branches, and the re-
ceipts sl9, 900, 900, of which 100000 will be
from passenger fares, over s5,000,000 from
freight, and the remainder from rents of the
spaces under the'railway, which will be let for
t1Slness purposes. Itthese estimates are veri.
fed the stockholders will have made very
profitable Investment. But there are croakers
about who are predicting the failure of the
great scheme as paying business. They in
sist that the cost of the property which the
company proposes to take has been enor-
mously underestimate and that the passen-
ger travel has been correspondingly orer-esti-
mated. MN.
SERENADING JUDGE CARPENTER.-The Co.
lumbia Phoenix, of yesterday, says: "Hon. R.
B. Carpenter arrived In Columbia on Friday
last, and occupied quarters at the Columbia
HOTEL. He has been waited upon BY mum.
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