The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-11

A., Erie alton
Coming --Tho Leavlngs OF tho Bos-
ton Jubilee.
rFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT,
NEW YORK., July Z.
All ewes are turned towards Baltimore, and
for the coming week, at least, we will have
yery little of anything else. Mr.. Greeley re-
mains quietly at Chappaqua, so confident Of tRA
result of the convention as to give himself no
appearance of anxiety about 1t. am told by
those who are intimate With Mr.. Greeley, and
who are with him most of the time, that ne
has snot the slightest glimmer of a doubt OF MS
triumphant election In November. IL 10 ah
absolnte certainty with him that he Will De
The next President OF the United States, II ne
1,voa mill March. learn also that General
Grant ID equally confident. He Is 80 well sat-
ssf,.d thai he will be reelected, that he Is bet
tine his Uhard learned money" on the result Of
tho canyass-ar least such Is the report from
long Branch. 1t Is known that George
wilkes and Tom Murphy have ten thousand
dollars up, and there are circumstances Wnicn
strongly point to completely Of the President
In the transaction. Mr.. Greeley does not ap-
prove of betting, and therefore 1roWns upon
the immoral practice; but some OF his friends
are as wicked as Grant, and heap piles on the
philosopher, as the winning horse for the
Waite House stakes.
The community was really startled yesterday
by the news of the sudden deaih OF Judge
McCunn. The first impression every one had
was that he had committed suicide, aud, in.
deed. a rumor prevailed that he shot himself.
The facts are, however, that since his reno
val from Office and disgrace by the State SEN
ate he has been In condition of nervous
excitement and has been drinking hard. This,
combined with The terrific heat OF last week,
fnished him, Ever since his trial began he
has exhibited signs OF mental un0alance. He
talked very wildly to the reporters Of the
napers who visited him. The account In the
Sun of his rawlings was amusing at the time It
was published, but the rawlings have melan-
oholy significance now.
cess which attends the efforts Of any smart,
pushing young Irishman who makes this great
frish civ his home. He was born In poverty,
and, II he had remained In Ireland, he would
probably have been no more that worker IN
the bog or the driver OF a Jaunting-car Bnt
In his boyhood, and, after passing through the
nsual street experiences OF poor Irish lads In
New York, obtained situation as an office
how In the office OF Mr.. Charles O'Conor. In
five wears he had fitted himself for admission
to the bar, and then began bis legal career,
bench. His manners were popular; he mixed
freely with his countrymen, aud, as the elec-
five svstem prevails here In connection with
the judiciary, he found 1t comparatively easy
to get himself nominated and elected Judge
Of one of the higher courts. Luck also at
he succeeded In winning the affections OF an
heiress, and, by careful nursing of her proper
tv since the marriage, he was enabled 10 en-
ioy the income of three million dollars. To
his credit bs 1t said, that he did not forget his
: old mother whom he had LETT behind IN Ire
lives on q flne estate, surrounded with every
comfort, near her old home, thanks to the
nious care Of her prosperous son. The Judge
was In the bebit OF visiting Ireland every lew
years, and was, of course, lion there among
the hun Die acquaintances of his youth.
The decision Ur the Senate in the case OF
McCunn fprsshadows the fate of the other
corrupt judges, Barnard, Cardozo and Cur
tis. when they shall come to trial. McCunn
WAS merely removed from office. The other
Judges have bsen impeached. and conviction
in their cases will carry w!Gh IL disqualified
ton from holding olllce IN the state iu the
future, and indictment and punishment ac-
cording 10 law. The disqualification can
probably be made to stand, but as to the pun
ishment BY fine and imprisonment OF Barnard
and HE companions IN iniquity, there is Just
as little prospect OF 1t as there Is Of similar
visitation upon Tweed or Connolly.
By the way, the great ex-Boss not only
lives. but lives to enjoy himself. He is pass
log the heated term down ar Greenwich, on
the Sound, and takes his pleasure In his yacht, |
or with his legs under his Widespread liable. |
Around him cIuster many OF the ex-chlefs Of
Tammany, who still regard him as leader,
and fondlv hope TO see him rise again to
power and msgniacence. Alter the reform
excitement has "blown ever" no doubt Tweed
will try what money can do to reinstate the |
old gang al the head Of municipal affairs.
There was tremendous excitement In Wall
street Yesterday. In consequence OF the appear
ance OF sensation article in the Times, stating
that the English stockholders OF Erie, who
have bought controlling interest, (as Fisk
predlctpd,) had offered the presidency to Cor
nellIs Vanderbilt, with the view OF having the
road consolidated with the New York Central
and Harlem; that Vanderbilt had accepted, |
and that the monopoly thus formed had re-
solved to raise the freight tariffs. The stock
bounded up under this pressure, and people |
rushed wildly into the market for 1t, without
stopping to remember that the story must be |
false, because state law forbids that an
officer OF the New York Central Road shall |
become an officer of the Erie. The Tir es this |
ther Information that Vanderbilt will not |
become president In person, on account Of the |
hostile law, but that his dummy will. and that |
he will be, virtually, master Of al! the great |
lines running west through NEW 1Ork SCale.
The tendency of the American railway system |
is steadily towards consolidation. Tom Scott |
controls malt Of the most important railroads |
in the country and Vanderbilt threatens to |
absorb the other half. They are the real mon
archs Of America and their power Is growing |
They own legislatures, news.
papers and public men, and are all-potent in
Congress, and ere long they will be debating |
who shall be President One of the greas
problems of the future will be the means Of |
this overshadowing despotism.
The debris Of the late Boston Jubilee is
floating this way, and We are gathering mp for
use such Of the celebrities as We can
secure. The English band gave one concert
at the Academy OF Music the night before sail.
ing for Liverpool, and 1t is said they cleared
about 81, 500 above expenses, which is about
$40 10 each man. As they get shilling a DAY
only at home, their American visit has been |
fortune to them, ior they were we'll paid In
Boston. The German band played II. Jones's
Wood, last night, and realized 81 Go. We are
10 have Strauss three nighlS, tL!s week, and
he miraculous Peschks.-!ueutner in Brooklyn.
one night. Strauss viii conduct New York
orchestra, so PAT people who go to the Acad,
amy and ps.y two dollars for admittance Will
give u at to see the title Austrian, Tor tney
hear Carl Bergruanns orchestra at any
time for half the money. 1t ls question with