The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-03

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[FRoM oUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
| NEW YORK, February 26.
The meeting at Cooper Institute last night
to protest against the Ring charter, now
pending In the Legislature, was success as
far a. numbers went. There were several
prominent speakers, most of fthera Well known
Republicans. Brown, the rich banker, pre-
sided. Professor Dwight, Joseph Choate,
| (nephew of Rufus) Parke Goodwin, editor
of the Evening Post; Ottendorier, editor OF
the leading German paper. and Jackson
8. shultz, the seventy's Nestor. spoke. Murphy
and his bold banditti were hfnded without
gloves. The speakers declared that II the
charter passed Tweed would come into power
| AGAIN. II Is notorious that he Is as thick with
| Tom Murphy as aDy thieves could be. They
were together in 1870, and they are together
to-day. Murphy used 10 bt Tanmany Rppu0.
lican. Tweed is Cu>tomhouse Democrat.
Parke Goodwin In alludlng 10 Mr.. HaVempyerr:.
smoke of him as "our eat and good m iyor."
| He ia hardly "great," but he certainly Ia a
yery honest old gentleman. The audience
applauded Dolsily. doubt If the demonstra-
ton will dismay the conspirators. The Charter
will probably pass. Then We ahall See II Gov
ernor Dix has The pluck to veto 1t.
our future FOuche-our police antocrat to be.
Il ia known that the Infamous Davenport is
the coming superintendent of police under
the new charter, vice kelso. Democrat, re-
moved. Davenport was the Fellow VINO NAH
AGED the November election here IN the In
terest of Grant. He endeaVored 10 start
reign of terror, by sending his spies into
private houses and arreslig cillzens arbitra-
rlly. He is exactly cut out for retty despot.
He is Brooklynite by birln, about forty years
of age, q proLege OF G neral Butler, (and
about as honesty jack .of-all.trades. news
paper reporter, lawyer, poliliclaD, corner
ioafer, &c. He is very cordially hated by the
not care for that any more than Butler does
lor the scorn of respectable people every
where.
We are beginning 10 begin 10 believe that
the worst of this shocking winter Is over.
Monday was The coolest day of the season.
The mercury stood al Zero all along Broadway.
Up in Vermont and New Hampshire they got
forty and forty-6ve below on the spirit Lner-
mometers. Yesterday, however, was bright
and beautiful. To-day there was not cloud
In the sEy, the weather was warm and the
streets were in a condition of thaw. The
rivers are full of Ice which has foated down
from ABOVE. But though spring has not ar
rived, We have iorelasle OF spring, and u ls
deIiclous, alter the long, dreary and unusually
severe winter of l672-73.
Bret Harte and Mark Twain are both coin
Ing money nightly as lecturers. The hrst Is
talking about the "Heathrn Chinee," and the
last about The Sandwich islands. Mark Twain
draws larger audiences Than anybody else In
The lecture field, with the exception oil Cough
and perhapa Beecher, He is as widely known
as his first subscription book, "lhe lnnocents
Abroad" which must have had million OIL
readers all over the country. His lectures
are quite as trashy az his books, and funny, OF
course. He visited England last summer,
and is now engaged In putting ms oo;erva, n
tlons into q new book TO De Called "John Bull"
He has IL aoout hulf hnlshed.
The usual story Is repeated ab ut TWain's
Hrst literary venture. 1t Is said that alter ne
had written "Innocents Abroad" he carried II
from publisher TO publisher only TO meet with
rebuffs. Those wise men told him that ne had
mistaken the popular Taste: his oook woulh
fall fat on the market. H. persuaded Hart
ford House 10 take 1t after some difficulty
HIS manuscript was fumbled and haggled over
ak months before the publishers had courage
10 make the plunge. the sales nave amount
ed to nearly o quarter OF million OIL copies,
on which the publishers have cleared at least
twenty cents, and Twain fifteen cents per
volume. He had no trouble 10 6nd pub
Usher for his next book, "Roughing It." OF
much larger figures. My impression is that
hook publishers as class are numskulls.
There was hardly ever SUCCESSFUL author
who did not have the greatest difficulty 10 ln-
duce publishers 10 think respectfully OF his
first manuscript. They do not direct, but iol-
low public opinion.
The most enjoyable play at the theatres Is
"Dlrld Garrlck," which Sothern Is running at
Wallacks. All The paris are eXqnlsitely flied.
"AliXen at the Filth Avenue Is Well played, Dut
IL has O tragic termination, which epolls lt.
Modern theatre-goers want the young people
In dramas to marry Instead OF slay each DINER
Alike, alter narrowing the hearts OF the Wit
nesses Tor two hours, is brought on tne stage
a corpse, with q blue light playing upon her
features. 1t is enough to Kill any entertain
who must be allowed TO butcher his heroes
and heroines because he is Shakespeare. But
Daly cannot take such liberties with New
York audiences. "Alixe. therefore, Is mol
drawing well. Neither Is Days other piece at
his other theatre, the Grand Opera House.
II is q hodge -podge called 'Roughlng H." III
honor OF Mark Twain, | suppose Tue actlon
bagius on Broadway, and ends IN the ROCKY
Mountains Florence Ia playing his greatest
character OF BooLh's "Ooenrelzer," 10 the
dramal!zatIou OF Dlckens's mo Thorough.
tsre.n Florence is not q genius, but this part
Ia q marvellous piece Of aching. 1t should
nave place beside Jefferson's '.Rlp," Ovens
.tSolon Shingle," and James w. Wallacks
"Fagn." AT The Olympic Theatre, Fox, the
panIomimist, has returned, aud "Humpty-
Dumptyn Is on The throne again. New YORK
ers have been to see this folly Tor fCnr sue
cessive years. 1t draws better than Booths
Hamlet"
The farewell engagement of Lucca begins
at the Academy, on Friday night. She re-
turns TO Europe IN The early sprirg. Nfh.
CONGRESS IN BRIEF.