The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-07
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM,
THE DISASTER OH LONG
SOUND.
The Officers Of the MetIs Condemned y
Public O~p!nion-Is Stanley a Fraud.
General KiIpatrtcb-The Prospect In
maine-Coming Musicai Celebrities.
Irnox OUR OWN Correspondent

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home to US here, for a large proportion of our
citizens In easy circumstances are CONSTANT,
travelling on the Sound steamboats,. There
are many thousands of New Englaud people
settled In New York and Brooklyn, and thous.
ands of others who 60 eastward every sum
mer to the White Mountains, the hunting ant
fishing grounds in Maine, and the sea.sid,
watering. places of the Rhode Island, Massa.
chusetts and New Hampshire coasts. The
Jews of the disaster 10 The Metis spread con
sternation through the city, and the agony o
those who had relatives and friends on board
was increased by the suspense which ensued,
for 1t was nearly twelve hours after the recep.
ton Of the Intelligence o. the loss OF the yes
sci before even a partial list OF the saved
could be procured.
The general disposition Is to blame the off,
GERS. No amount of after heroism will COM
pensate Tor the;ueglect OF proper precautions
which preceded the cat slrophe. There was
a criminal lack of discipline among the crew.
A gentleman who WIS one Of the survivors in-
formed me that, as soon rs the danger became
known, some OF the crew took possession of O
ried three times the mum Ger on board OIL IL, but
these selfish men cut their way through their
drowning fellow creatures, and refused 10 as.
sist any Ut them. Ny informant was struggling
In the water with two children. He shouted
to these runaways, imploring them to take In
the little ones, at the same lime declaring he
could shift for himself. But his prayer was
unheeded. The children died shortly after OF
exhaustion. II seems ID me that o captain
with q head on his shoulders would have stood
by the side of the vessel, revolver In hand, and
shot the first. cowardly fellow who attempted
TO get into 8 boat before The women and chill
dren were provided Tor.
The Herald Is making O good thing out OF
the Stanley-LIvIngst0ne. sensation. The at.
lacks Of Its contemporaries on the credlbillty nf
Its correspondent furnish It with excuses for
public. The person whom the Sun uuearthed
to show that Stanley wah q fraud, helped 10
keep tongues busy over the controversy.
For my own partI cannot doubt the genuine.
ness OF the Livingstone correspondence. 1t
ought to be enough to satisfy every caviller
that Stanley is all right, when those who have
the best means of detecting imposition, the
relatives and friends Of Livingstone and the
British Home G~oVsr1mGut declare that the
correspondence ia genuite.S
[ hat an interview last evening with Gene.
raj Fitzpatrick, who has Just returned. to this
city from acLive duty gu the stump In YER
mont. BE had previously been.in Maine and
gave me cheering news Of the progress OF the
Campaign In that State. Fitzpatrick, who, as
you know. wes o somewhat famous cavalry
general of the Union side in the late war, Is o
small, wiry, nervous mai, With 9 sharp nose
and Dundreary whiskers. He'll the very en-
bodiment OF energy-a locomotive In breaches.
He is a'tremendous talker, never at a loss for
a word or an apt illustration, and garnishes
his speech literally With explosives. He Is
the most of.hano fellow In the world-a dra-
COON In manners. He slaps you Familiarity on
the back and throws Hill legs over his arm
chair as he lays down the gospel to you. XII
patrick was a strong GrLut man four years
hand snIn Sfnltlas. w.ra onnaiharor
the two most effective slump speakers on
That side. He Is Just as vigorously for Gree
ley now, and Is cheek by jowl WIN Inc DEM.
ocrats be abused so heartily until Within SIX
months. I do not know why ne quarrelled
with his old party assoGiates. He was the
nrincipal competitor oil Wulsh for The Radical
nomInatIan for governor of New Jersey In the
convention last year, and claimed at tDe Time
that he was defeated by fraud.
The general says he has been working ike
q steam engine up in Vermont, speaking three
times q day aud travelling necessarily. he Is
very sanguine about Mal1e-Lhat Is That the
Radical majority will be largely reduced. He
admits that the enemy tire oelter organized
and have done twice rs much work as We
have, but tor all that they will not be able TO
keep up to their old vote, and will lose one or
two congressman. He IL a most enthusiastic
believer in the election OF Greeley. He does
not permit himself to doubt for an instant that
Grant will be defeated. II IL due to the gene.
raj 10 say that 1t Is just such torcible work as
he is doing that will render Greeley's triumph
certain.
on The dead walls of the city there ore post
ed In large letters the words mario, "Pattl."
This ls to let US know That the once great tenor
and the famous Carlotta are to be In our midst
shortly. Adellna Patti does not come until
next year. MarIo Is au cid man now, and his
voice is very much impaired, but they say his
'.style" is more magnificent thun ever. Next
Saturdays steamer from Europe will land
here the new sensation star, Pauline Lucca,
with our own Carolina songstress, Kellogg,
and Rubenstein, the pianist. L presume You
will hear them all-Mario, Lucca, Patti, kel-
Iopp and Rubenstein-in Charleston during
the season. Among iha promised dramatic
Is Mrs. Macresdy as Shylock. This
lady affects all tile male shakespear.an charac-
lers, and plays Hamlet, IL IL said, better than
most men. She is to appear at The Academy
Of Musjc. NYM.