The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-18
[FRoA OUR own CORRESPONDENT

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT
New YORK, May l3.
Hung be the avenue in b!ack-the Russian
Grand Duke is not coming. What visions ol
banouets and balls have the fashionable peo'
pie not had in anticipating the visit OF the
Cars second son What dreams of tlrta,
tions and conquest did not the bellies Of our
west end suffer themselves to indulge in
The disastrous news comes over from the
banks of the Neva that the Muscevitish
monarch has decided to keep the young
man at home, or at least put veto
upon his Journey across the Atlantic. The
Eason OF this sudden change OF programme
is not definitely known. All we DO know Is
that Alexis was coming, and that Fifth avenue
was in fever; that the fashion papers glshed
with loyal enthusiasm; that numerous COM
mittees. formed out OF the wealthy classes,
were organized TO see to the reception, and
now-that we are doomed TO disappointment.
Some ascribe the Cars Inconsistency to his
a.ger because he was not named one Oh the
ar6itrators in the treaty OF Washington; others
to the dismay with which he received the in
telligence that all New York above Madison
SQUARE was agog to torture and harass MS
child with fnlsOme attentions alter ne snouid
arrive. There is no calamity, however, that
has not its corresponding compensation. II
We are not to behold the prince, we are at
least SpdItu iuAlCtiOh VA y SSeSSh Va way
Ism on the part OF our shoddy aristrocreey,
which promised to be almost without parallel
In social history.
Itnerer rains but it pours. One disappoint--
ment is followed by another. No prince and
no prize fight. One hundred and sixty thou
sand citizens Of New York bought the lille
penny News on Friday afternoon (that was the
number sod) in eager expectation vi reading
all about the pounding which Mace was TO
give the other rufflan over the border IN
Canada. The other evening papers also mad
enormous sales. But Coburn danced all around
the ring, and Mace did not deliver blow, and
after an hour and quarter OF this toolishness,
the Canadian authorities broke into the ring,
and the bruisers put on their coats and came
home to New York. Coburn is staggering
around the low tipping houses in the neigh
borhood of the City Hall, boasting how be
could have beaten his antagonist, and Mace
may once more be seen in his shirt sleeves be-
hind bis bar at the Capital Saloon, dealing out
fssil oil 10 crowds Of excited customers.
1t is hardly worth while railing at prize
fghtlpg-as long as pugilistic encounter ex-
cites the whole community, as that oil Friday
did. When people in stages and horse cars,
on the ferry boats and railroads, in the gold
board and produce exchange, at the dinner
table and family hearthstone, talk OF nothing
else than the meeting OF the gladiators in the
ring, it is evidence that the moral tone OF Sc
ciety is scarcely better than 1t was Sixty years
ago, when q parsonage so exalted as fTlnce
Regent favored the exhibition OF 1stlc science
with his presence. Our grandiathers had n,l a a
little the advantage of lis i'll one respect. Ihey
honestly expressed their admiration OF the
''sport," while we secretly gloat over 1t and
pretend openly that we are Glsgusted. Ine
prize fighter, like the man who is goiIg to be
hanged, Is sweet boon to the Ne" YORK
newspapers. The publishers know ihe public
tuste end get out their largest editions. The
n1 the pntrancinO SUD-
iect are not confined to the sporting press. All
the respectable" newspapers, such as the
World, Herald, Times, &C., sent speclai cor
respondents to Canada 10 report the Mace
Coburn controversy, and che agent o, tne AS
sociated Press was OH the spot anu telegraph
ed long detailed account.
1t Is q mistake TO suppose that our only dls-
orderly classes are the professional humans
and the Republican local politicians. On tne
contrary, there are q class Oh young men VINO
give the police almost as much tronoie US
Reddy the Blacksmith's gang, aud Charley
Snencer's gang. The Mercantile Library rooms
are their rendezvous, and the annual election
for officers the occasion OF their exhibitions Oh
bad temper For years these riots have taken
place. The young men are just those from
whom the community has right 10 expect
orderly and respectable oehaTlorHlhe sss Siesss
and financial institutions While en-
gagged In business they certainly ap-
bear to respect themselves and the
deeencles Of society, but as members
OF the Mercantile Library, It seems te be mn,
tually conceded among them that they snail
be biackguards There are two parties wl,n
tickets for library officers in the field, and the
contest is waged with all the virulence OF po-
litical wa, 81 q in the Sixth Ward. The young
men make :. a point to crowd into their oppo.
nents ratification meetings for the purpose OF
breaking them up by violence. Inese strug- Y
giles generally end by the turning OH OF lne
gas, and some broken heads and o rush OF the
police into the arena. Nearly two thousand
Young men-om future bankers and mercnant
princes-belong to the Mercantile, and most OF
them take part in these fends. They are even
adopts in ballotbox stufhng, bribery aud IN
timidetion of youthful voters: just now the
excitement is at the highest pitch.
Let scOfTers hang their heads. Those face
tious people who have been making weak
Jokes about the New York and Brooklyn
Bridge, and those ocular individuals VINO nave
been in the habit Of remarking. I'VE won
live to see 1t In our day, my BOY, nave out "
look to the Brooklyn side, Just ABOVE ,iie sne
tower of stone slowly aud surely rising. ~ Is
already fifteen feet above the level of the
ground, while 1t rests on bed hity feet be-
low. In less than a year it will be finished.
The work on the New York side has begun.
The wooden framework, inside OF wh!ch tne
masons will lay,the foundation, Is to De suDk
next week. The completion OF the bridge,
which will be the greatest suspension ofidge
in the world, is as certainly assured as any
future event can be.
If the statement Of a correspondent OF
morning paper can be believed, the mystery sur
rounding the life and sad ending OF the beau-
tiIul unknown who killed herself at the Ste
yens House, few days ago, Is solved. lne
name of Harrington was assumed. Inc lads
was, from Georgia, and ten years agoMas
belle in one of the principal cities IN that STATE
She married a lawyer O. some ability ana re-
markable personal attractions. Whenthe war
broke out, the husband entered the Coiileus-
rate States army with the rank OF coionei,
while she retired TO o plantation In lne upper
rart of Georgia. In 1864 he was taken prs
oner. and she obtained permission 10 come
through the lines 10 visit him. Sue iouno iilm
living at the North uufettered anu learned tS
her shame that instead OF being captured ne
had deserted to the Federal lines IhouSh
she could not help despising the man, she
loved him too much-or, pc maps, IL is oettef
to say she was too much infatuated Win MN
10 leave him. Since the close OF the war ne
has been hard Grin6er, and in his uTunhen
fury has often beaten her. She has attempted
suicide before, but has been prevented. iu
the depths Of despair sine ended The Tragedy
the other Gay. MN
THE CROP PROSPECTS IN GEoRGIA.-The Ma
con Telegraph says: If q cotton crop is 10
be grown this year in Georgia, we may say lug
work is, 10 very great extent, commences.