The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-08-19
rraoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

GREENvILLE, July l3.
The little s!Mountain Cit'" Is at present
scene of hustle and activity rarely witnessed
exc ,pt in much larger places. Hundreds o.
visitors are here, intent on business or pleas
ure, and in walking up Main street about sun
set 1t is easy to imagine that the town really
deserves the name Of city.
The United States District Court convened
here last Wednesday, and is largely attended
The business of the term will consist In
great measure in the Trial of cases OF illic
distillatlon. The persons tried are small farm
ers from the mountain fortresses, who In
cheating the government out of the tax I'm
posed On whiskey, are troubled with no con.
scientious scrurss. It ls rule OF morals
among these people that In evading the rev, :
nue. laws no wrong is commttted, ana a dis,
coyerv by the legal authorities is classed
among the evils visited upon manklno gene
rally. They submit with stolcal hrmness 10
the punishment inflicted upon them, ana
when released begin Immediately repetition
of the offence. The government gains moth
ing By prosecuting these petty offenders, for,
as have been credibly Informed, while the
expenses OF the court amount To twenty thous.
and dollars, the lax en- the whiskey made, II
collected, would not exceed the sum OF hVe
thousand dollars.
The ball given at the Mansion House last
Friday night, which is the frat OF series OF
like entertainments, was brilliant success.
Not only were the numerous guests OF the
hotel present, but the entire beauty and
fashion of Greenvllle graced the occasion.
The spacious dining hall was full TO oVernoW-
Ing, and not until warned That the night was
well nigh spent did the happy dancers relire
to rest It was pleasant to watch tne Joyous
faces. the utter abandonment TO pleasure, OF
the CAV Young couples as they revelled IN Inc
mazes OF the waltz or lrlpped through the
tigures of the quadriile. AI no place other
than pleasure resort, where the cares OF lie
are laid aside, can such Intense, unalloyed
pleasure be realized.
Politics up here are in most satisfactory
condition. The recent ratification meetings
held ln this place and In Anderson Indicate
that the Conservatives are unit tor Greeley.
The negroes are manipulated by local poll
ticians, by whom they are told that the
election of the Liberal neminee Will be the
death.blow of their freedom. Believing this,
or pretending to believe II, they VIII i gene,
rally support The Radical ticket next fall. All
the upper counties, however. IN Whlch there
are white majorities, or In which the strength
of the parties is about equal, will elect Con-
servatlve county officers, and this success
will result from the confidence and eEthusi-
ssm which the nomination of Greeley has To-
spired. The Radical success In North Caro-
lima has in no way cooled. the ardor Of
the supporters of Greeley. They insist that It
was secured through fraud, and is only anoth-
er reason why Grant should be defeated. Last
night the Radicals attempted 10 have jolli-
fcation over Caldwelrs election. Two or
three hundred pesroes gathered in the Court
house, and We're addressed by one OF the lat
ter-day saints of GreenvlIle, but the insane
Yelling, hooting and kissing of The audience
prevented most OF them from ascersaining
whether Caldwell Is Radical or Democrat.
BoZINA.