The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-21
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
Mrs. Greeley Dying - The Jimmy
O'Brien Campaign for n Mayoral-
ty-Some Incidents In tho Career OF q
Heformer-How TO Get Stokes Clear
The Entertainment to Eroude-Re-
turn Of Opera Bouffe.

The Entertainment to Hroude-Re-
turn Of Opera Bouffe.
[FRoM OUR OWN CORES PoNDRNT.
NEW YORK, October 16.
There Ia a great deal of Interest and anima-
ton In local politics; very little In national
politics. The excitement pertaining to the
latter seems 10 have eliminated with the
Pennsylvania election. Since that event
there have been fewer meetings in this city
and really less talk about the Presidential
question than before. l find that people who
were Indifferent or on the fence then are very
generally disposed to concede The reelection
Of Grant, and so dismiss the matter from their
minds. On the other hand, the warm parti-
sans OF Greeley are just as sanguine of his
election as ever, and contend that the triumph
Of the Radicals In Pennsylvania by fraud has
actually helped the Liberal prospects.
Mr.. Greeley was about to start for the West
again this week and make speeches, begin
ming at Chicago, but the increasing illness Of
his wife has prevented his departure. I learn
that Mrs. Greeley Is on her death-bed, and
that her husband doubts II she will last the
month out. He Is at Chappaqua again to-
day, and will, of course, refrain from public
6pedhlu2, uul6bb HIS Wllob COuuttlOu CuduEtps
A new danger confronts the taxpayers Of
the city. A few weeks ago the election OF
''Jlmmy" O'Brlen as mayor Of New York
seemed an i~mpossibility. But the situation
has since altered. The Republicans who favor
reform refuse to unite with the reform Demo.
Gratis on q candidate. and will run Mr.. Have
meyer. The Tammany Democrats and Liberal
Republicans have already nominated Abraham
B. Lawrence. The Apollo Hall faction have
lnrono1u nNpntnQtoH nfRrfQD . TINA haro ora
three candidates In the field, and It is feared
that O'BrIen may prove the strongest, as he
has not only the solid support OF the slums,
bnt the secret assistance OF the customhouse.
OF course 1t Is expected that he will manlpu-
late the vote In his old style, and the probable
amount of fraud In his interest Is therefore to
be taken into consideration.
Jimmy" has dashed Into the business Of
elecLng himself mayor with great vigor. He
goes from ward 10 ward every night, making
speeches, raliying the boys and treating them
en- masse, 10 the nearest bar-rooms. He has
q pleasant, cheery'off.hand manner, which is
calculated to make him personal friends
among the rough classes. do not know that
I ever described Jimmy" for you. He has q
educated, and 1t is said can hardly write his
name. met him one day on Chatham street,
just as he was leapi0g from the door of q pub
lie hack. Two retainers, Of The conventional
plug.ugly cut, were at his heels. 'Jimmy"
crossed the sidewalk to the steps Of a house,
when he turned and exclaimed, "S-a-a-y
Jackey, tell them fellows to meet mi at Flynn's
Tonight" This Is all heard the distinguish
ed ''Reformer" utter, and I cannot say 1t im.
pressed me Thoroughly 10 his favor. he Ia
q rather good-looking young man, with
marked Hl6ernlan features, and has 9 thick
set frame of about the medium size. His
career alnce b0yhood was like that OF most OF
the ruflan. young men OF this city. He
was In prison at one time for some
misdemeanor. He has been concerned In
numberless rows and fights. He obtained
wards, aud Tweed's Tammany recognized his
Influence by making him sheriff. place worth
one hundred thousand dollars 9 year. Jim
| my" ran against Michael Connolly, known as
the ..blg judge" Conaol!y. got the meatL XeetksSai;
| saw he ia very generons; spending his large
Income freely among the boys. and helping
| the distressed wherever he finds them. He
| liked up q claim of W hundred thousand
| dollars for extra services as sheriff when he
was In office. Undoubtedly, the claim was
| fraudulent. For some reason the ring refused
| to pass upon 1t 1avorably; and O'Brien, In
| revenge, peached on them 10 the New York
| Times, and the great exposure which de-
| stroyed the ''Boss' followed. O'Brlen then
| came out in the new role Of relormer, and
| counted himself In as State senator from one
| of The city districts. This 10 the parsonage
| who now stands a very good chance TO become
| chief magistrate Of the proud metropolis OF
the Western Continent. With Hartranit In the
| Gubernatorial chair of Pennsylvania, Gran.
re-establlshed In power at Washington ano
| Jlmmv C'Brien disporting himself as mayor oil
| New YORK the depth OF our political degrade
| ton will have been reached. Doubtless there
| will be people who will declare that The re-
i p,hlInon oYuorimppt Ia a AilurA.
O'Brlen's latest freak Ia the display OF 9
| rather lndlscreet sympathy for q rufian FRIEND
| who Is In the Toombs for numbering q woman
The fellow, Dempsey by nsme, q clerk to tht
| board of aldermen, beat q woman over the
| head with an iron plano stool at q dlsreputa
| BILE house In East Thirteenth street on Thurs
| day night. He fractured her skull and fled
| but was caught by the police To-day she wal
| dying 10 the hospital. The. Tribune charges
| that O'Brien %endeavored to bride the attend
| ing physician to give q certificate that Inc
| pIrl,s injuries were not dangerous, aud thai
| there was an accommodating Justice whit was
ready to strain q point and let Dempsey of on
| bail. Promises and threats, however, old mo-
induce the physician to perjure himself, and
| Jimmy Is flying about town devlsing otnei
/ means to get his friend released. IL Is boosted
| In his favor thai he .stlcks" TO his friends.
One of the .thinnesL" things of the season.
| to nae the current phrase, Ia the new evidence
| introduced by Stokes's counsel to snow thai
that 'tunfortunate young man" acted purely IL
| selC-defence In shooting Fisk. One Augustus
| St. Clair, who says he Is a reporter, has come
| forward and made affidavit that he saw the
| rencontre between Fisk and Stokes, and tina
| the former had q pistol. He did. not see the
| actual shooting, but heard two simultaneous
| shots, and believes that Fisk fred one OF them
| He mentioned the circumstance privately to
| his friends, but was afraid to. appear as q VIII
| ness; as his life. was threatened by the friends
| of Fisk. Mr.. ST. Clair's story bears the strong
| est evidence of having been Manufactured
but az there Ia a gradually weakening ieellne
In the community towards Stokes, IL ls prooa,
ble that the self-detence theory supplemented
with 81. Clair will be- accepted, and the mur,
drrer will be permitted to return TO Wal
street aud the brokerage business.
Mr., Froude was the recipient Of additional
| attractions this week. He was entertained
by the Lotus Club one night, and last evening
he was present at a banquet given 10 hi
honor at Delmonico's by. his publishers
the guests were Emerson, Beecher, Bryant
CHAPLIN, Bellows, Hurlburt, ana many othel
literary celebrities. The speeches were good
ltnose of Curtis and Bryant particularly 80
MIR. Froude spoke for some minutes, goina
over The ground OF the controversy DelWeer
ENGLAND and Ireland, which Will be the sub
iecIG of his lectures In this country. He gave
as a reason for coming here that he wanted Y
induce the American people to use; lnel
influence with the Irish, and ascertain II pos
siblo what England could do to heal thu
breach. He said England would gladly lister
to any suggestions from Americans, Wno ar
known 10 be the friends of both nations. One
ofthe morning papers p~ronounces Mr.. Frouaei
t, - otfooh1n