The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-07

The New York Tribune gives the closing
instaIment of the experiences OF its amateur
mnatici I'm the Bloomlngdale Asylum. The mar
ratiye covers the time spent by him In the
quiet wards, and presents nothing to SHOW
particular hardship. The main points develop
ed by the Tribune Inquiry are the q of pro-
rer examination by the officials into the per-
lonsl condition OF the patients, and a system
Of barring communication between the In
mates and their friends outside. which might
lead;fos great abuses, where 1t Is to thspecu-
mary advantage of an asylum to retain the
i,.sbosrderse as long as possible.
-1oldon Is spoken Of as the largest city
in the world; as covering one hundred and
twsnnffyysFtwo square miles of ground, as being
ian niles Id length, and over six in breadth,
isnd al containing nearly four millions of In
.abitants. Still we have no adequate concep-
ton OF its vastness. We must resort to COM
parison to comprehend It. The four millions
Of Inhabitants of London, then, exceed the
combined population Of New York, Phlladel-
phia, Brooklyn, 81. Louis, Chicago. Baltimore,
Cincinnati, Boston, New Orleans, San Fran
cisco and Buffalo. To feed this multitude re.
qulres, among other. Items, FIVE million four
hundred thousand barrels of flour, and three
million four hundred; thousand an~imals-bnl
lock, sheep, calves and hogs-for the London
markets, irrespective Of immense quantities
OF game and fish, It Is almost a nation In it.
self, this wonderful, gigantic, overgrown
giant OF g city. ~
5s-+London has grown 80 rapidly that there Is
beginning to. be no room tor the working
classes. The rent of the smaller dwellings IL
becoming 90 high that, laboring men cannot
afford to occupy them. They are driven to
Into tenement houses. The efforts 30
noblYrmade. by Mr.. Peabody. Miss Burdett
Coutta alderman Wateriow and others to
erect suitable dwellings In blocks and rent
them at low rates, have proved only q pallia-
ton Of the evil. They have done much good.
bnt more extensive and radical remedies are
needed. The London Society for Improving
the Condition of the Laboring Classes has
q lately made this subject Of workingnen's
dwellings It's special object. But it Is admit
ted thar the need of housing the workingmen
and their families comfortably has become so
urgent that private charity can do but little.
1t can only provide dwellings for a few thou
sand, while, according to the London Stand
ard, hundreds of thousands require proper
shelter.n One experiment, now being tried by
Lord shattesbury, may be the means OF reliev-
ing, to some appreclable extent, the crowding.
He has erected near London, upon an estate
owned by him, q complete aud extensive
~vorkingmen's village, called New wands.
worth, the Inhabitants of which travel to and
nom their work In the city, at reasonable
charges and at suitable hours, by rail-.
---ThaNew York correspondent OF the Angus
IA Constitutionalist writes: There has been,
oflata, g decided improvement in the political
situstion, The froth with which the political
campaign was inaugursted has blown of, aud
there is q settling down to hard work which
begins to tell. The discomfort among Demo.
crais Is rapidly disappearing, and there Is lit
tie inclination to follow the Louisville move
ment That will do more good than hurt to
Greeley; It will Increase and confirm his Re-
publican support, and divert fully es many
Democrats from Grant as from. him. The big
game Of brag, which the GRANTEES have been
playing In the last month, has led, some of
them into making very foolish bets, and thus
: stimulated activity among such friends of
Greeley as needed personal Incentive
The intelligence from Maine Is cheering. Re-
.publicans whom I meet, admit that In that
state they will not more than sthold their
own az compared with last year. This will
amount to a virtual defeat, and makes the