The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-23
GLIMPSES OF GOTHAM.
CHURCH And LITTLEJOHN--C -C0NTIN-
UED ILLNESS OF GRATZ BROWN
Malicious Stories About Him-President
Grants Intellect-The Ice Famine
Proposed Demolition Of the Tombs-
The City Hall to be Enlarged.
rFsoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE

TFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
NEW YORK, July TO-.
The proposition to make Chief Judge San
ford E. Church the Democratic and Liberal
Republican candidate for Governor, with ex-
Speaker of the Assembly Dewitt c. Llttlejohn
for Lieutenant Governor, meets With appro-
val throughout the State. Judge Church is at
the head OF the State Judiciary, and bears so
high character for ability and Integrity that
he was the choice of the New York delegation,
at the National Democratic Convention of
1863, for President, and his name was also
mentioned in connection with the Baltimore
nomination. Mr.. Littlejohn is one of the old
Republicans Of interior New York, who has
recently Joined the Liberal movement. He
has been speaker of the Assembly five times
and bas been to Congress. he Is, probably,
the most influential Republican In the west
ern part OF the State. Of course. ticket 30
COMPOUNDED would sweep the State by an in-
mense majority and would help the Presiden-
tial ticket also.
Go, ,ernor Brown, of Missouri, still fingers
in the city, prey to relapses, and II seems to
be doubtful If he will be we'll enough to re-
turn home 10 Missouri for some days. The
report pat in circulation by his political oppo-
nents and harped upon persstenuy oy tne
malignant Times that his habits are intempe.
rate, is without foundation In truth. In his
Younger days, Gralz Brown, like a great
many other good KentuckiaDs, indulged In
the native Bourbon freely, but for several
wears he has led strictly temperate lie.
notice this matter particularly, because there
is evidently disposition on the part OF the
Radicals 10 make political capital out OF the
Governors cholera morbus. People VINO i've
III
thew want to compare the habits Of their
Ulysses with our Gratz, don't think Liberals
will shun the trial. at any rate, Horace Is q
cold water man and Ulysses is not
The interview between the President ana Q
Herald person, reported IN late NUMBER r1i Oh
ignobfe light. he Is represented as being 80
wanting IN dignity and good taste as to rldl-
cue and abuse his opponent for the Presl.
dency, II the report was correct Grant talked
like fool throughout. Mr.. Greeley IN his
most volube and reckless moments never
said any thing halt 80 damaging to himself as
this Long Branch horseJockey when inter-
viewed by newspaper man.
There are two new stories about Grant as
illustrative Of his mental calibre. 1t is possl-
BILE they may not be true, but from What we
know uf Grants want Of intelligence, the
probabilities are the other way. One Is 70 the
effect that wheu Grant last visited Brooklyn
he was the guest Of q wealthy citizen oD the
Heights "a subscriber to the gift fund.- The
host took him up 10 the top of bis lofty man
sion 10 give him View Of the bay aud sur
roundinge. His Excellency gaz"d upon the
magnificent panorama for moment, aud
then, shading his eyes with bis hand. ex-
claimed, II Can see see Jersey City ana the
quarantine grounds, but pray, tell me, aohtch
IS Long Island ?" The other story is like
unto this: Graut entertained party OF Office
hoId
when the yacht club regatta took place. They
were beslavering him over with praise for
..sayIng the Uuion" and "paying of the
debt" Gentlemen" replied Grant, dim
recollection OF one or Henry Clay's sayings
struggling through his cloudy brain, II would
rather be right than president OF yacht
club"
One of our summer troubles Is scarcity OF
Ice 1t is really puzzliDg 10 my mind how our
ancestors could survive summer Wltnout Ice
water 1t hardly seems possible that there
was time once when nobody used tobacco
nor drank tea and coffee, nor was acquainted
with ice-water. The latter has become such
necessity with degenerate city morlals that
days deprivation Of Ice in the summer throws
the city into panic. Yesterday the ice-carts
did not come around as usual. The servant
maids stood stretching their long necks from
every area steps, gazing up and down tne
streets from morn till night Inside the
and children could not see how they would oe
able to get through the day alive. Pater
familias probebly saved his life by taking
refuge in some bar-room, where the propre-
tor had good stock OF Ice on hand. Late in
the evening the ice-car,s appeared, and the
ice-men reaped harvest OF illegal fees. The
| packing Embellishments, butchers, green-gro-
GERS and dealers Of perishabe goods LOST
thousands OF dollars by the temporary famine.
The reasons given by the Ice companies for
the breaking down of their supplies are that
the prolonged hot weather has doubled the
demand, while 1t has dou0ly melted the stock.
Then the workmen up the river, where the
great lce-houses are, struck for higher wages,
| though they were receiving TWO dollars nifty
per day, and green hands had to be procured,
who did the work slowly. Finally, the barges
coming down with the mornings load yester-
day were lost In the log for while. One
COMPANY, the Knlckerbocker, has nearly q
million tons OF Ice stored up the river, all OF
which, H. expects, will be consumed this sum-
mer. A large fleet OF barges toWed by steam
tugs bring the ice down TO the city. An army
Of men. at least five THOUSAND strong, Is EN-,
ployed at the depots. Five hundred wagons
are used to take the Ice around to The retail
customers. These figures will give some Idea
of the immense business Of only one company.
| There are three other companies OF Importance
In the city, and number Of lltLle ones.
There Is q prospect tnaC tnaC gloomy olo
building, the Tombs, where persons accused
of crime are detained for trial, will shortly be
taken down. 1t was built many years ago on
the ground made by filling In the ancient pond
that was located there. The spot Is therefore
unhealthy, and business In keeping criminals
has grown 80 much of late years that the
prison is over.crowded. 1t is proposed by the
mayor and others to pull down the Tombs, and
put up new building. or sell the ground and
| build elsewhere An enlargement OF the city
hall Is also projected. The old building was
| finished In 1872, and with its dlngy, Stained
marble front, looks badly In comparison With
the splendid buildings around 1t. The archl-
lects plans embrace an addition of two stor-
les, with Mansard roof, an extension OF the
wings, and another wiHg in the rear. When
finished, the new city hall will look something
like the late Hotel de Vile In Paris Then 1t
will be respectable enough to keep company
with the pompous new postofdce few yards
distant. NYM.
THE MARRIAGE OF NILSSON.