The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-21
GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM.
THE ITALIAN "LUTHER" IN NEW
YORK.
What mr.. Greeley Is About-How He
Bears with the Bores-He is Over
whelmed with Applications from
Of1ce-seekers-A New Bohemian Club
Choosing Name-The Defeated City
Charter,
[FRoA OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT


Among the European notabilltes In the city
is Father GavazzI, once Pope Pho Nino's prl.
vate chaplain. but now the head OF the Protes-
tant Church In Italy. He has been received
With good deal Of enthusiasm by the several
Protestant denominations here, and last Thurs.
day had an ovation In the Brooklyn Academy
OF Music, where the representative Methodlsts
Of the Church North are assembled In general
conference. Dr.. Gavazzl painted the progress
of the "tree Church OF Italy" In glowing col
ors, and spoke of the impression 1t was max
Ing in the Holy City Itself. 1t is well known
that he Is 10 this country to raise funds to sup.
port the new movement. he is advertised to
lecture on Tuesday to The people Of New York
on the E;umenical Cjuncll, admission fifty
cents ahead. It was predicted that there
would be trouble If he attempted to speak In
New York, but he has appeared In public seVe-
raj times, and there has been no evidence that
his religious opponents bothered their heads
about him in the slightest.
On Broadway, yesterday, + passed Mr..
Greeley, who was ambling along good-natur-
edly In company with his business mentor,
Sinclair, and his political adviser, Waldo Hut
chlns. He was beaping through his specta-
cles with that happy expression so familiar to
those who know him. The impression you
have about the ''white coat" Ia incorrect. l
believe it is several years since Mr.. Greeley
laid aside his old white overcoat. Yesterday
he was clad In q neat black swallow-tail, and
wore upon his head new white hat, soft
one, and evidently the present of an admlrer.
Pedestrians who knew bis face and figure
turned back to look OF him, but the great
world in general swept by apparently oblivi-
GUS of the fact that the man most talked Of
to-day In the country was walking down
Broadway.
The candidate How divides bis time between
letter writing In the rooms Of the Lincoln
Club, In East Twenty-arst street, and wood.
chopplng on his farm at Chappaqua. He has
Withdrawn entirely from the editorial depart
ment of the Tribune, leaving Mr.. Whitelaw
Reid In charge. An affliclion Mr.. Greeley has
Dorne with extraordinary patience for years is
the visits of bores. have been told many
strange stories of his intercourse with these
people, and how he has permitted them to
talk to him by the hour Without taking any
heed of their presence. During recent 80
journ of his at the house of friend In Brook.
lyn, the host noticed that he was closeted the
entire day with stranger. When the bell for
dinner sounded Mr. Greeley descended alone.
"why did you not bring your friend along !'
asked the host. ''Frlend!' exclaimed the
philosopher, looking up with surprised,
child like expression, "What friend do you
mean ?" "The gentleman who was with you
all day." 20, that fellow" replied Mr.. Gree
ley, 81 don't know him. don't know what
he wanted" "But did he not tell you the OBJ
ject OF his visit, and why he was staying so
long ?" querled the host again. "Well," said
Mr.. Greeley, meditatvely, "he was talking
about something, but paid no attention to
him." "Why what we're you doing all the
time, then ?" "Wel," answered the man OF
patience, with smile, II wrote some, read
some, and slept about two hours;;" then with
sudden vlvacity-"now you have spoken of 1t,
I wish did know what the fellow wanted"
Now that he Is candidate for president, he
Is run down by the bores worse than ever.
There can bs 10 doubt that he has grown cal
lous to the inflcllon for having long ago expe-
rlenced the futity of getting angry with q
bore or kicking him out OF doors-for your
true bore Is superior to harshness-he has
learned TO habituate hlmselfio his presence.
If that nuisance Can stand an Interview, where
all the buzzlng Is on one side, Mr.. Greeley
can. 1t is stated that since his nomination he
has received hundreds of verbal and written
applications for Office, from c.binet positions
down to country postmastershlps,, and that a
majority of the applicants are Democrats,
who promise to do great things for him If he
will only pledge himself to grind their little
axes. These early birds fancy they can se-
cure the worm by getting their applca ions In
before their nelghbors. 1t would grleve them
to know that Mr.. Greeley tosses their impertl.
nences into his waste basket.
A number of literary men, artists and actors,
who have belonged to the famous Lotus Club,
of which Mayor Hall Is president, being dis
satisfied with the management of that insutu.
ton have seeded, aud associated themselves
together In new club having the same pur.
poses In view, to wlt-"the promotion of fel-
lowshIp among Journalists, literary men,
artists, musicians and members of the drama
tic profession" The members, over a hun
dred In number. among them such well
known personages as Edwin Booth, Parke