The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-06-08
[FRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

nett Lying in State.
! FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
NEW YORK, June 5.
People who read the Times newspaper were
startled yesterday with another breaking ou'
all over It's first page with columns OF gi
gantic figures. after the style 80 familiar to
them during the exposure of the Tammany
Ring frauds last fall. The occasion for this
fresh attack OF the old complaint was the al.
legged discovery of the completely of Governor
| Hoffman in the ring frauds, OF which he has
not heretofore been charged. The governor
Is a candidate for reelection next November,
and the Republican organ is getting lis guns
IN position early. The charge is that Hof-
man while mayor, signed many of The
fraudulent warrants. aud that there Is Intrinsic
| evidence that he knew they were fraudulent
The governor has been heard from in reply.
He was In Albany yesterday. and the tenor OF
the Times allegations was sent TO him. He
declines to stoop 10 discuss The question OF
his personal integrity, aud thinks lnat 1t the
people have elected him twice TO be recorder,
| twice to be mayor and twice 10 be governor,
they at least are satisfied tnat he would not
wrong them. The Times, however, regards
| this US an evasion, and promises TO continue
| tn. records. II seems that everybody who
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| how innocent he may have been OF lntenllonal
| improprlety, must suffer political DllgAt. Inc
vast fabric in falling has crushed or manned
| every one underneath u.
The Methodist General Conference has at last
adjourned, after It's long and exciting session.
| AT the close there were resJlntlons passed eX-
pressive of the fraternal feeling OF the men,
bers of the Conference for their brethren Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and
delegates were chosen To represent the Con-
ference al The next general Conference OF the
Southern Method!ss. Ir was remarked that
the only opposition TO the resolutions OF
amiy, with one exception, came from negro
delegates. Among otner odds and ends at.
tended 10 before the Conference adjourned
| was an alteration Of The Rubrlc 30 that In
marriage among Methodists, If the persons
desire IL, "the man shall give unto the woman
| ring, which The minister shall take and de-
| liver unto the man, who shall put II on The
third finger OF the woman5 lett hand" This
settles q very troublesome question OF cere-
| mony. and gives official authority to custom
which has long prevailed In some quarters IN
spite OF authority. The effort 10 get the
church to condemn Freemasonry failed. The
committee reported that "Lhey did not feel at
liberty 10 denOunce an order OF which the ma
Iority Of them knew 30 liLLle."
One OF the city Journals has been badly sold
about the appearance Of Aslalic Olera at
quarantine. It gave a Il aiming accoh"t Of the
arrival of The dreaded plague on Fr" ;h vessel
under the head of ''The Cholera has come"
rhe crew. 1t said, had been dying like rotten
sheep. The next day the story was authOrl-
latvey denied by the quarantine officials,
even to the point that any French vessel OF
The name given had arrived. A few days be-
fore this, another local journal of large circu-
latiou was hoaXed with an account OF a whole
sale destruction of fishing vessels on the coast
OF Newfoundland. Nearly hundred vessels,
1t was reported, and thousand lives were
lost. Even the names OF the wrecked vessels
were given, with the number of people oD
board Of each. The Associated Press used the
sMs pssrs no@ aHa ta sfat Tie = account Vas abcaf6
worked up from the loss OF a couple OF vessels
In storm off Newfoundland. There is an un-
scrupuIous Bohemian 10 town who raises tile
wind occasionally by passing off manufactured
matter upon the night editors Just az They are
furrpd about going to press. IL was thus
tnat Joe Howard, the present editor of the
Star, hoaXed some of The newspapers with MS
bogus Lincoln proclamation during lhe var.
The late Fisk's place At. the head OF the
Ninth RegimentIwas filed last night by the
promotion of Lieutenant Colonel Braine. That
ambitious and impudent young woman, who
applied for the vacancy, Mrs. Tennie G. Clafin,
did not get vote Fisk raised The Ninth from
ubscurily and impending dissolution 10 great
! notoriply. He filled the ranks, perfected the
that the regiment became one o: the best IN
the militia, and after the Seventh vas the most
earrerly looked for, and wildly cheered during
the usual military promenades down Broad
way. That magnificent band OF one hundred
musicians in flaming red Goals, accompanied
by Fsk's famous cornet player, was one OF the
great advenLurers maslerstrokes. 1t Is shorn
OF some of It's strength now, aud the regiment
has lost Its prestige in losing lis colonel. Mr..
Braine, who succeeds, Is good officer, but his
name Is not linked to lame In any way, and
now, doubtless The regiment will sink 10 The
level OF the others of average excellence:
Fisk was not forgotten by his companions
from the Ninth went up TO The little grave
ward In Vermont and decorated the mound
over their dead colonel with flowers. Mrs.
Fisk was also present with floral
tribute. The statement Is hard to believe,
but IL ls nevertheless asserted, that not less
than two thousand dollars worth OF flowers
were heaped up on Fisk's grave by his friends.
The colonel himself could not have been more
extravagaot On Decoration Day In Cell
| In the Tumps The murderer Stokes Was In
earnest consultation with his lawyer, john
McKeon, in reference to his long delayed
| trial, which is TO begin the last week In lnls
month. "This unfortunate young man." as
John Graham called him when they were on
better terms than They are now, i5 getting
nervous and Irritable, and tries The patience
of his counsel to the utmost. The game OF the
| lawyers is delay; but Stokes is crazy to be
Tried at oncs He iancie5 that any New York
| Jury will acqnit him, and thus he will obtain
release from the restraint that gnaws his
| heart.
The corpse of Mr.. Bennett lies embalmed at
| his residence, awaiting the arrival OF his
| children, who are on their way from Europe,
and who cannot be here until next week. Not
until they have once more looked upon his
| f.ce will Ills remains be consigned to the dust
of Greenwood. The Herald, after two days.
| mourning, jogs along as Ii the old man never
| had an exislence-the way of the world. The
comments of The cotemporaneous press have
been rather kindly, touching lightly upon the
| shadows In Bennetrs career, aud extOlling
the genius, pluck and industry which made
| hls life 80 conspicuous and successful. Mr..
| Bryant, in the Post. speaks Of Bennett not as a
| Journalist" In The higher sense OF that word,
| but az great "neWs-gatherer." NYM.
THE CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.