The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-04

Why Greeley Stayed ut .Homc-The
Busin .ss OF the Tribune only Slight
ly Affected by its Bolt-A New Roman
Catholic Journal-Meeting Of the
Great Methodist Conference-Opera-
Singers and their American Fortunes.
[FR0k OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
NEW YORK, May 1.
OF course the Cincinnati Convention, and
what is to come out of it, absorbs public In
terest almost to the exclusion of matters
which, at another time, would be considered
of prime importance. The abandonment by
the administration of the American claim for
indirect damages against England. and the
veto of the new city charter by Governor
aoffmsn, are both topics sensational enough,
under other circumstances, to set the town
agog. Until we know what the winning
ticket is to be. nothing else Will be talked
about here but the doings o: Cincinnati.
Mr.. Greeley did not 60 to the convention.
Hetold an acquaintance of mine a week ago
his receiving q nomination at Cincinnati he
would stay at home; but if his name should be
definitely dropped, he would start for the
scene. It must chafe him to be away, 80
fond is be of puttering at platform ard candi-
Gate.making at conventions. Our venerable
friend evidently expects the nomination for
President, and will be rather disappointed If
he does not get 1t. His interests are taken
care of at Cincinnati by his personal and busi.
ness friends, Sam Sinclair, the business mana
ger, and Whitelaw Reid, the editorial mana
ger of the Tribune. It Is said Mr.. Greeley Is
quite affected BY the evidences of respect and
good feeling for him which come up from the
South. He takes occasion In to-day's paper
to repeat editorislly, with evident gusto. his
Mississippi River steamboat observation, that
he "hoped the time would come when Ameri-
cans North as well as Americans South would
feel Just pride In the soldierly achievements
and military character of Lee and StonewaIl
Jackson"
The question is often being asked of news
paper men If the Tribune, Evening Post, Ma
tion and other Republican journals, which
support the Liberal Reform movement, are
suffering to any extent IN their business In
consequence Of their course. In respect to
the first Of these papers, I learn that the sd-
vertislng patronage remains the same. but
that several thousand subscribers have sent
Indignant letters asking that their copies may
be stopped. This, however, is not a very
serious matter with a paper which has q cir
.~culation of thlrty-hve thousand daily and
nearly two hundred thousand weekly. If the
balance of the subscribers stick to the old Be
publican organ, and allow themselves to be
influenced by 1t, the prestige OF the Tribune
will not be dimmed, and a very large vote
will be secured for the candidate opposing
Grant.
Before I leave the subject OF journalism, let
me mention for the Information and pleasure
of Southern Catholics, that a new journal IN
the interest Of their faith has been established
In his city by Mr.. P. v. Hickey, late the sci
.entlHo editor of the New York World. 1t Is a
handsome slxteen-paged sheet. containing oil
the church news, articles from the pens OF the
, most eminent of the American lvines and lay
men, and regular weekly correspondence from
Zone, Psris. Munich and other Catholic Gen.
tres. Mr.. Hickey's training In that severest
F.. school of Journalism, q New York daily news
paper, and his own rare capabilities and enthu-
siam for the cause ofhis church, afford to the
Catholic Review advantages enjoyed by few
religious weekiies In America.
Over in Brooklyn to-day the local excite.
ment is the assembling of the great confer
ence Of the Methodist Episcopal Church OF the
North. The meetings will take pace In a the
atre, the spacious Academy Of Music, and 1t is
expected that the session will last six weeks,
if not two months. This conference is proba-
bly, the mostimportant In the American Meth
odlst Church that has ever assembled. Among
the business to be done is the settlement of
the question of lay representation, which has
been agitated so many years; the trial on ap-
peal OF the Book Concern frauds In New York,
and the election of a large lumber of new
bishops to fill vacancies caused by death, and
the creation of new conferences. I am inform
ed that one of the most stirring subjects OF the
session will be that of reunion With the Meth
-odist Church South. In SOM quarters the
spirit of compromise and tolerance Is very
strong, aud 1t will show itself vigorously in
the conference.
The Liverpool steamer Cuba carried away
from our shores this afternoon most of the
famous singers who have been captivating
the American musical world during the past
eight months. Foremost among the depart
ing sirens is Nilsson, and with her goes her
only rival In the affections of the American
public, the great Parepa-Rosa-greata In fame
and great in bulk. Among the others accom-
,panying the principal stars are Dorla, the
Aynsley Cooks, Castle, Tom Karl and the
managers, Maretzek and Carl Rosa. 1t may
be safe to say that every one of these artists
will return. for never has there been a more
prosperous opera season In America than the
last. The two troupes, Missions aud Parepa-
Rosa's, have sung TO six aud seven thousand
dollar houses here nightly, and frequently
simultaneously for a month. 1t is estimated
thaaNeW Workers spent q million Of dollars