The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-05
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Mr.. Horace OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
. .!fton OF Another UiriesrianiHD Divine
--1ncrease OF Street Observation-Disclosures
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lpRoM DUB OWN CORRESPONDENT.

tFRoA DUB OWN C0RREsroNDENT.l
NEW YoKK, January 81.
| The call for the Cincinnati Convention has
thrown sac Republican press into conpulslons.
The Grant organs fly at it with invecliye. re-
proach and ridlcule, but the last La In curions
contrast with the evident Importance thew
attach to the new movement. To keep up the
spirits Of the faithful, and couaterbalance the
Missouri detection, the statement Is industri-
ousy circulated that Republican Congressmen
irom the South unanimously report the ne
groes to bein favor of Grant This is supposed
to clinch the Presidents chances Of renomlna-
ton.r ..tssr.s4.,. -. :..sz5,
The Tribune attempted to defue its position
/ ON Monday, and has gotten itself into the
| usual hobble If those .Wh0.Wa to be oracular
without committing themselves for the future.
ton, which he professed to fear might @Iiame
the next President, and would IL the Phila-
| delphia Convention nominated weak man,
| (meaning Grant.) Hsimpored the s'men and
brethren to displace Manager Conkllng II
they desired to save TIE Republican party
own course, he said: .urhs Tribune: is likely
tolbe against the boilers, since theyaraalmoef.
certain to make hostility to protection one OF:
| the planks in their platform, and that the
Tribune can never abide, no matter who may
| be the rival candidates for President At;the
| same time he did not admit that he wonld sup
port Grant. - -
| In order to smoke him out the Democratic
Journals Of the next day opened upon him In
The most exssperating Strains The World
and abandoning further opposition to Grant. I;
It was easy to see that the Tribune s'despaifs
of defeating the nomination Of Grant, and that.
1t Is constructing q bridge for retreat into the
ranks OF his supporters It has Hwehkly re-
treated from q position Of reat'strength and,
influence" rs ~ ~ l;.s.,..i OH yii{Jic.Ii
As may be supposed poor Greeley was
almost crazy over these imputation He;
hates and deepises Grant, and would gladly:
defeat him, but for the sake Of the Trt5une's /.
business he dares not say he will oppose the
nominee Of the Philadelphis convention until
Republican party is developed. So he comes
| forward with fresh explanation this morn,
ing. Referring to the Worlds charge that thes
Tribune has declared that ut VIII support the !
regular Republican ticket" Mr.. Greeley says:s
| "Now We had given no warrant for This de-T
ductio1. What we did say was to this effect : +
II the Presidential canvass just ahead should /
take the shape Of. q fight for Free Trade .
against Protection (and this ts intimated In
the Missouri programme,) the Tribune would, !
be found 5s!sllng for
that If the Cincinnati convention declares tor
Revenue Reform and the Grant convention
for Protection, the Tribune, for conslstency'si
sake, will be obliged to support, the candidate
of the latter; but If the Grant convention
lodges the tariff issue or endorses Revenue REQ
form, the Tribune will consider itself free 10 i
enlist under the opposition banner II It
chooses. This leaves MI. Greeley in an awk--t
| ward condition of incertltude. he does not
arc aisvedy drawn and nearly every other man 9
around him has bis mind made up. It won't !;
do to abuse Grant because he may have to ad-
vooate that persons reelection, nor Is 1t safe
| to praise Gratz Brown, because he may have
to show how unfit the Mlssourlan Is to be-.
President. -
A Areport prevails that another eminent uni /
tartan clergyman Of this city Is about TO follow,
the example Of Huntington, 0sgood and Hep
worth, and abahdon that denomination, and, =
like the two first, ask to be received into the I
Episcopal Church. Speculation has been rife
as to whom the new apostate can be, and all the !.
| circumstances seem to point to DR.. Bellows
II this be true, then indeed the followers .of
Charming will have cause to tear that the UNI
tartan system is failure, for DR.. Bellows is It's
strongest living prop. There is but one other
prominent Unitarian clergyman In New York,
Mr.. rockingham, and he ls 30 closely allied to
the Boston "Come Outers," or Parkerltes,
that he cannot well be suspected Of q leaning
to Trlhitarianlsm or the Catholics. -. =
The frequency Of street robberies In this.
something Of panic. People, belated at night,
ere knocked down or fired at, even In well
| travelled thOroushfares, and in nearly every
case the assallant escapes. Desperate men,
| usually working in pairs, prowl about places
where the poicemen's beats are longest, and =
spring upon pedestrians generally without
giving warning. That they do not hesitate at
murder is shown in the case of the unfortu.
nate Professor Panormo. There seems to be
very general aruing among citizens VINO
are obliged to be out Of their houses at night.
One case In which the hlghwsyman was
foiled has come to my notice: A gentleman
! was halted by ruffian on go public q place as
| .he City Hall Park, and threateningly asked
what time 1t was. With one hand he pulled
out magnificent gold watch. which he held
up to the fellows eyes, and With the other
| Colts slx-sho0ter, which he held at bis head
and exclaimed, tsLook for yourself!n The.
INQUIRER muttered O curse and walked away
\ rapidly. One cause Of the frequency OF these
| outrage5 Is the smallness OF our police force.
It is Impossible for twenty-five hundred men
to securely guard the thousands OF miles OF
streets In this city and Brooklyn, whose united
popularion Is not less than million and
half of souls. The beats OF come OF the po.
| licemen are three miles long. and while tney
are goiDg over them at least ave-sl1ths Of the
| distance are continually unguarded.
A fine painting OF the cruclhxion entitled
"Golgotha," by the French artist Gerome. is
attracting crowds to Goupils Gallery, on Fifth
Avenue. The novel treatment Of The theme,
as we'll as the remarkable power displayed IN
| it, gives the work prominence. The canvas
is large; in the foreground Is. Calvary, in the
| background the splendid City of Jerusalem,
with its walls and temples, rising In terraces
above each other, and In the sky overhead the.
vivid signs of the approaching storm and
darkness. The Cross upon which the saviour
bled Is now empty; the body has been taken
away by the friends. Away in the distance,
among the hills, winds the procession OF SOL
dlers and rabble. returning to the city from
the execution. Some of the Romans are on
| horseback, and here and there q pennon Is
futtering or lance glitterlng. The realism
of the scene Is striking, and herein Is the dif-
! ference between the picture and the hundreds
| of ideal crucifXious which have come down
| to US from the old masters. Gerome's WORK
was recently brought from France, and has
been purchased by New York gentleman Tor
his private gallery. NYA.
The SITUATION IN FRANcE.-According to
special telegram to one OF the New York Jour.
| nals, President Theirs, when discussing with
Alphonse Rothschild The government project
which was recently put forth. with the lnten-
tion of furthering the movement to secure
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