The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-05-23
Our New York Correspondence.

Lie recent nomination OF MI. Greeley OF
course constitutes the conversational pabulum
of the street. Find knot of men anywhere,
and out of it grows bet or vote, and as may
be expected of New York city, the majority
favors the election of the white-coated philos-
opher. The Southerners here, almost without
exception, deprecate any action adverse to him
by the Democratic Convention, and there are
those among them who predict bolt from
that Convention by the Southern delegation
should Mr.. Greelcy's nomination not be rati-
fled. Meanwhile he pursues the even tenor of
his way, is seen little in public writes the
most non-committal letters, and modestly re-
frans from advertising himself in the Tribune.
1t is understood that he will retire from the
paper, at least during TIE canvass, and further
more that in the event of straight Demo-
cratic nomination in July, he will withdraw
his name as q candidate in favor Of the nomi-
nee of the Philadelphia Convention.
One of the strongest illustrations of the
power of the press came to my knowledge the
other day. You will remember that, two or
three months ago, the New York journals were
teeming with accounts of the run on the Third
Avenue Savings Bank, and that others sue
cumbed to the pressure. I have been informed
that it occurred in this wise. The New York
Sun having occasion to correct some error OF
statement, properly sent one Of its reporters to
the bank to obtain the desired facts. He was
rudely treated, and returned to Mr.. Dana, the
editor, who thereupon instructed his employee
to investigate and open his batteries. The re-
porter went to his task con amorc. 1t required
but a dozen we'll put lines to arouse suspicion
and gather the crowd, and for weeks the place
was thronged and the integrity of the bank
placed in the greatcstjeopardy. Every induce
ment was offered to the Sun, it is said, to let go
its bulldog grip, but threats, persuasions and
proffers alike failed to move the sturdy editor,
until his lesson in politcness had been taught,
and only then did he relinquish his hold.
Since that time the rcportorial fraternity have
received from bank officers the common cour-
tesies of life.
There are good many frauds in the COM
munity that ought to be reached and exposed
in the same way For instance one of the
great Tea Corporations of New York is flood
ing the country with circulars inviting the
public to organize clubs for the purchase OF
tea by the pound or package, and the most
extraordinary inducements in the way of high
sounding Chinese names, and low prices, are
offered to unsuspccting country people to In
vest in what is little better than rank poison
The truth is, that the firm which has great
many green and gold establishments scattered
here and there, are known by New Workers to
have agents engaged in purchasing tea grounds
from the different hotels and restaurants, which
are dried, mixed with chemicals and small
proportion of fresh tea, perfumed, and are
then put up in attractive parcels, and sent
forth at price somewhat below regular trade
rates to poison unsuspicous lovers of the bev'
erage. The entire cost of the drug thus pre-
pared is probably not twenty cents pound
1t is a traffic quite as pernicious as that OF the
swindling liquor dealer.
The past week has been strongly productive
of large fires both in the city and neighbor-
hood, and insurance companies have suffered
heavily. A conhagration of the woods is
raging in Ulster County, near Poughkeepsie
even while 1 write, and whole villages arc
threatened with destruction.
There also seems to be an epidemic in crime
Broken heads, perforated bodies, suicides, anc
murders constitute the record of local events
and people are beginning to talk about it
which is something in New York.
One woman has married whole family O.
Smiths, father sons, brother-in-law, and every
thing else that wears breeches. One of them
at last went crazy-had the 'Jim jams" sho
the woman, and SO, the party have come tt
grief. Another poor soul soused her nine days
old baby in bucket of water, because her hus
band is on his way home after three years
absence. Cause, remorse-result, insanity. BY
their fruits shall ye know them."
have just had occasion to examine the new
cancer remedy introduced by the U. S. Govern,
ment from Ecuador, and about which there has
been considerable discussion in the newspapers
find it to be, not patent medicine as sup
posed, but mere 6brous root, the bark of which
is ground and infiltrated in the ordinary man.
ner. It's name is Condurango, and DR.. Keene
the government agent, informs me that it is as
we'll known in Peru for its remedial qualities
and is as extensively used for all affections OF
the blood, as our mustard and wormwood are
tnovn here There are two or three varieties
however and care should be observed in select
ing the best. That which is imported by Doc
tors Bliss and Keene, of this city, who went to
Ecuador for the purpose of reporting upon the
facts to the State Department. is under the
supervision of the directors of the Peruvian
hospitals, and therefore pure. The manufac-
turo of the article is immense and the cures o1