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VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1671. CHARLESTON, WEDNESDAY" MORNING, MAY 3, 1871. EIGHT DOLLARS A YEAR. HIGH LIFE K NEW YORK. XHE FOLLIES AND EXTRAVAGANCE OF "THE BEST SOCIETY." One Hundred and Silty Millions a Tear Spent by oar Shoddy Nobility-How th? Money Goes. . A New York letter glve3 the following full and interesting sketch-no whit overdrawn of the wild and reckless*extravagance that rules the hour In "the upper circles" of Gotham: ABOVE SOCIETY. New York ls not so much a place of high life as of high living. The people who move In the highest circles are not the people who dive higo. The greftt lamllies whose ancient name has given them a semi-noble station In society, the Astors, Livingstons, ?e., live well, of course, but quietly-somewhat like a well regulated family in Europe.. They have been .accustomed to wealth and its luxuries all their lives; what should they care to show off before the world? Urs. A. T. Stewart, when she goes to Saratoga, dresses, very plainly. She .can afford to do so; society will fawn round her nevertheless. Were' she less rich, she would have to dress more, just as William B. -Astor would have to live In grander style were his wealth not so fabulous. As soon as ?rou have reached here a point where yon are above society, you are absolved from Its . commands. Most of the people "In New York who live high are not so rich, and they cannot afford to do what Mrs. Stewart and Ur. Astor do. .They have to drink champagne to excess, give large parties, live on Fifth avenue, and spend a loraine a year. The lot ls not a very un ?leasant one, and they take to this mode of fe very well. They can live high with, as much grace as the dukes and earls of England, and with a good deal more ostentation. ? Americans are born1 aristocratic in spite of W. ' the constitution and the declaration that all ' men are equal. The tastes for the grand, ..sumptuous, magnificent are innate with us; every boy, they say, ls a candidate for the Presidency. We know better. Every boy wants to make money as fast as he can. Mo? ney can buy the best of everything the earth aflords, and Americans all want, the best. They want the most sumptuous apartments, the biggest bills of fare In their hotels, the -costliest clothes, the fastest horses In the world, and tbey get thurn. It ls ridiculous to hear people who have never been in Europe talk about the THE SPLENDORS OF THE NOBILITY. They talk as if there was the splendor, and here the Republican plainness, while the re? verse ls the case. The nobility of Europe live much more plainly than for Instance our wealthy New Yorkers. An English dinner winds up with bread and cheese: an American with rich pie. The. Emperor and Empress of France have In all their apartments of the Tuileries but one bath-room; an American has ?one attached to every room. How plainly were those Imperial apartments furnished? .In the times of the Commune a New York gentleman-like many other Americans went through them, wondering at their plain -?ess, and comparing them with. his own home ' on Fifth avenue, where there are apartments much more magnificently furnished than the. drawing-rooms of Queen Victoria and Empe? ror William. Americans want the biggest bills -of fare, and no hotelkeeper has 80 large a one -as our best houses in New York. They. want to dress better than any other people In the world -which they do-and they want to have the fastest horses and the quickest yachts, and as they have to pay for ali these things they spend money like dukes. Our New York dukes spend more money. In the Brevoort House, where the Lords of London and New .York can be seen together, all tbe walters say thar the lore of Prince Arthur and the English -nobility in general is much more plain than that of the American guest. They are plainer peopfe. and much easier to please, they say, fek than the New York nobility, who, lt is admlt ted at the same time, spend also more money than the bloods from England. These English noblemen we see here are not of so delicate a .cast "as. our Americans. They don't live so much on cake, and don't depend so much on . their carriages. Prince Arthur used to walk, when he was here, every morning from Bre? voort House to tbe Central Park. What New Yorker would ever do that? Not one in a thousand. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY SPENT here In luxury is fabulous. Every one seems to be vlelog with the other In extravagance. Every one wants to have the biggest House, the best dressed girls in society, the fastest span of horses, the grandest establishment Incredible as ic seems, there must be more than 10,000 families in this city who keep up an establishment In fashionable style, and spend at least $10,000 a year. Ten thousand families-a hundred millions a year ! The. ffgures will seem impossible, but here ls ' proof. The number on Fifth avenue ex? ceed 750. Those on'Madl8on avenue exceed .?70. There are,- between Fourteenth and Fifty-ninth streets alone, forty-five side streets that will fairly average 150 houses between Sixth avenue and Fourth avenue, the bounda? ry of fashion. These alone would give 7000, and, with Fifth and Madison avenues, over 8000.. Add now we have to include Lexington avenue. Park avenue, the streets ber youd Fifty-ninth street, and the other fash? ionable localities scattered over the city and the number of four-story brown-stone front houses will easily reach thirteen thousand, which would leave our calcu? lation far too low. Some of the men who keep up these establishments are poor. There ls many a poor fellow on a salary ot per. haps $5000 a year-for a man with $5000 a year is v poor in New - York-who lives in a nice brownstone front house on a fashionable side street*. He has to keep at the very least four servants; a cook, a seillery-maid, who helps her, and may do at the same time the laundry work; an up-stalrs girl, and-if he has cbildren (poor people mostly do have children)-a nurse. He pays $3000 rent for the house, and, after be '..^s paid his servants, bas nothing left ?x> live on. Nevertheless, lt costs him $10,000 to live. How can he do lt ? He does do lt, no matter if he can or not. People live reck? lessly in New York, and in the vain struggle of emulation they go far beyond their means. They starve themselves, as some Italian ' nobles do.tokeepup grand state before the world. Your readers will scarcely believe lt, c that here In many a family tho food ls 6c?nty * because of tbe carriage being elegant; that many a lady on Fifth avenue has nothing to ' wear at borne because she gives parties in which she likes to be gorgeously dressed. FASHIONABLE HOTELS. j There are ten* hotels here, kept on the Eu? ropean plan. In each of which some one hun? dred persons board. These families pay for a suite ot rooms, consisting ot parlor and bed sporn, from $15 to $30 a day. Let the reader well fix his eyes at the figure-$15 to $30 a dav for two or three rooms ! This price ls paid, nb matter whether the guest stays a week or two years. In the Grand Hotel there are a few suites which are higher-$300 a week. But the average ls not so high. You can get two food-sized rooms In most of the European otels for $200 a week, or $10,000 a year. With regarcLtb your meals, yon pay for what you eat. You pay forceas, 50 cents; for a cup of coffee, 50 cents. An examination of the res? taurant bills In one of these hotels gave the .following result : Average for breakfast (one person,) $3; for dinner, $10 or $11; for supper, about $5 or $6. A whole family can live some? what cheaper, for of some of the dishes, as for instance o? beef, an order tor one will bring enough for two. But on the whole the result is pretty much the same. A family of three persons will, living economically, spend easi? ly between $30 and MO a day on their meals, which would amount in the year to more than $10,000. $10,000 for meals and $10,000 for two rooms'makes $20,000. Uost of the families boarding la these hotels keep carri? ages; they give little dinner parties-evening entertainments they are excused from by so? ciety in consideration of these good dinners; ! they spend the Rummer in Europe, or at a watering place; their girls have the most fash? ionable dress-makers, and the best masters. lt costs them $40,000 or $50,000 to eke out their existence. They might, have a grand brown stone front house for $10,000 a year, -but then they would be afflicted with a dozen servants. Yon ask one of the boarders of tbe hotel, "Why dont you keep house ?" and you rwlli find that in most cases a woman ls at the bottom of this extravagance. Either she is in ''delicate health," or she cannot get along with the ''help." And so they ON SOCIETY'S LEVEL. Ie?ve their home and its privacy and Inde? pendence to go into two" apartments, and to nav foi* them a price with ??hlch you could rent a palace. But the society of the hotel recomp?nsate? them. There are handsome voun~ lord3 and ?""Mn? joting bucks of the tjnioD, and the UnloJ League club coming there all the time, who are sure to admire them when they come down to dinner in grand state, and who will keep them compa? ny If they should get lonely in the absence of their husbands. It is a delightful life to one that lives to do nothing. A woman in "deli? cate health" wi ll And here rest and deliver? ance from all household troubles. There are ?lenty of good, rocking chairs In which they stn recuperate by the delightful motion. The 'only burden of theirs is dress. They submit to the trouble for the sake of evading the others, and gladly dress- three times a day for the company of admiring young gentlemen ancLcurious young ladles walting for their ap? pearance in the restaurant. LUXURIOUS LESSONS EASILY LEARNED. Two of the most extravagant of th?se hotels have been but recently built, and their number ls still on the Increase. It ls now ten. They depend more oar permanent boarders than* on transient custom, which ls absorbed by the Sreat many hotels oh the American plan, nly those people whp would not like the best of American hotels for being too cheap and too democratic, or Europeans wno prefer to live In' their accustomed style, go to the European hotels. There they ? can spend easily $50 a day. We have been apt in learning the art of luxurious living from Europeans, and in these European hotels, ho one sits down to dinner without his wine. Great many have a friend to dinner, and then it is the easiest thing in the world to spend $25 at a dinner. Grand dukes- and princes stop? ping at tbe Buckingham Palace Hotel,-in London, may pay as much; but it is for a week or two. Here people pay the extravagant prices for years; they make it an-everyday matter. Indeed, New York- ls the only place where such a thing is known. Neither Lon? don nor Paris has such boarding hotels, al-! though the first-named democratic city vies with the splendor of our hotel aristocracy in Its very "swelly" clubs. In the summer the boarders all go away. They go to Europe, to Newport or Saratoga, or their country seats. Of late it has become more and more the fash? ion to go to Europe in preference to a water? ing-place. In New fork it has become a reg? ular item of the household. $5000 lor three months' trip to Europe. There are many lamines here who have not missed a single summer for eight or ten years, li we except last year. AMERICAN" COUNTRY SEATS IN EUROPE. Travelling abroad becomes cheaper the more American families learn tbe ways of Europe, and some ot our wealthy men earnestly, think ot buying a pretty place on the Rhine or on the lakes of North Italy, whither they could go every sommer. The plan is feasible, and will be tried soon by several gentlemen who have found lt convenient to provide new places of residence for their families while In Europe. It would have obvious ad van tanges with re? gard to the noble sport ol count-hunting which our young ladies of Fifth avenue delight in. It has been noticeable how large a number of* New ' York ladles go to spend considerable time In' Europe without the protection of males. Married ladles take their frown np daughters and leave their usbands behind to earn the money they are going.- to spend, just as they go to Saratoga without their husbands. Ameri? cans trust their wives everywhere; and let them willingly stay at a-hotel, go to Saratoga, or dash off to Europe, as they please. Of our young widows a great many have gone'this summer to Europe, and the rich spinster aunt gladly takes the girls of the family over to Eu? rope, if "pa" can't afford ioregolng specula? tion In the three months during which he might tlx a '-corner" in the gold room. There many of the men are seen lrantlcally vocifera? ting, and earning In the fever qt the hazard the money which sparkles on the neck? of their ladies In the united glimmer of orient pearls and lustrous diamonds; that decks the Sns in the pomp of Worth, and brings all the xurles of the world to the feet of the dear, delicate creatures. How the men have to toil, and to jeopard soul and body to satisfy their appetites to get them those trinkets and dresses, and those envious looks of their dear lady friends. MAKING AND SPENDING THE MONET. A large part ot-the fashionable population on Fifth avenue, and elsewhere, consists ol brokers, jobbers, speculators, men that have made money very last, and make lt still very fast. A-larger part still would come under the general head of ''shoddy," a class which, it musts be owned, bas left its imprint upon -New York society to a larger extent than lt has been the case in Philadelphia or. Boston. They all contribute to the glittering show of Vanity Fair In which Now York has now only two success! ul rivals-Paris and London. Man must be of some use, and the shoddy was created to enliven the park with carriages; to fill the boxes in the Academy of Music* , to beautify the city with new brown stone residences, and to turn money into the pockets of European hotel keepers. A special providence makes them flower off from society, and come every? where to the surface. We owe it to them that it now costs $25,000 to live ''respectably," that ls to say on Fifth a vende. In this sum we do not Include the rent on he house, which would certainly swell the amount to $30,000. How this enormous sum-on the interest of which many a family of refined tastes could subsist? ?s expended, ls easily demonstrated. A first class establishment on Fifth avenue has eleven or twelve servants; man cook, with three female assis tau ts, sculiery-mald, ?c.; a man that waits on the table, a laundress, a coach? man and a footman-thu latter may help walt? ing on the table, as his duties on the box are not very arduous-a stableman, two or three girls for the upstairs work, and, if there are children in the family, a nurse. 1 he outlay In carriages and horses alone amounts to $10,000 a year. The three or four carriages which these families keep, one for morning, one for evening, one for the afternoon, one for the drive, the park, <ic, want renewing very often In New York, where the different styles succeed each other just as rapidly as fashions In dress do, and where car? riages are not kept so long In the family as in Europe. There my lady's coach that was bought ten years ago ls good enough still now; here Mrs. Snooks wants . at least one every year. Then - comes the change in horses. Every pne wants to have a laster span of horses, and fancy prices are paid for horses, which are enormous. If anything, $5000 will be below the average spent on the change in horses, and the same amount for stable ex? penses, renewing of carriages. ' buring "new ones, Ac, Is quite reasonable. With* regard to the other expenses, they depend on individual tastes and habits; but they all have the best masters for their children; at least haifa dozen big parties in the winter; the most fashionable dressmakers for the younc ladles; their coun? try seat or their three mohthB' trip tv Europe; they have to feed twelve servants, and where will the $15,000 be when they come to the end of the year? THE UPPER FIVE OP THE UPPER TEN. Of such families-families that spend be? tween .$25,000 to $30,000 a year-there are about a thousand in New York. It would be Impossible to ascertain the exact figures, but the above figures ls the result of consider? able research, and to be relied on as very near approximating the fact. Easier it is to give a close figure as to the families spend? ing between $50,000 and $60,000 a year. There are about sixty or seventy such families. Our figures, then,- would stand thus : 10,000 or 13.000 families that speni $10,000 a year; 1000 that spend between $25,000 and $30,000 a ve ar. and 60 or 70 whom lt costs $50,000 a year to live. Here are figures for the gods. These are the figures that explain those gorgeous dresses you see at parties; those princely apartments with all the luirles ol the East and the West; the endless tide of magnificent carriages and horses that flows in the park; that gav and splendid life that has made New York the Paris of America-a city OL' luxury and frivoli? ty, In which man begins at $100,000. The dazzling sight is, ot course, too much for many a poor fellow who has to work up his way, and who, one fine mornlnn, bids his friends good-by and starts for the West, where he will not only find luxuries of the rich, but also comforts of the poor. MATTERS ZN CANADA. OTTAWA, August 15. It ls positively asserted that the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise will reside In Canada for a lengthened period. A considerable reduction in the militia force is expected In consequence of the Wash? ington treaty. THE FIRE FIEND AT WORK. THE GREAT FIRE IK GOLDSBORO'. Full Particulars. [From tiie Goldsboro' Messenger. ] We axe not in the right spirit to pen any? thing this morning, but an Imperative duty devolves upon us, as journalists, to chronicle events, however sadly lt may weigh upon our minds. At about half-past 12 o'clock last night, Snnday, August 13th, the alarm of fire was sounded from the Exchange Hotel, at this place, and within a few bonrs fully $80, 000 worth ot property was destroyed. The fire originated in the garret of the Exchange Hotel; and is, beyond doubt, the hellish work of an incendiary. The alarm brought oar citizens promptly to the scene of conflagra? tion, but the flames nad already burst forth through the roof and burned so fiercely that all efforts to eave the building would bave proved of no avail; however, an effort was made to save as much of the furniture as could possibly be gotten out of the burning building. The fire spread rapidly to. Messrs. Gregory & Go.'s new hotel building, on the opposite cor? ner, and its liquid tongue of flames -soon de? voured lt; the entire block of business houses adjoining, and the railroad car shed, sparing only the corner residence or J. W. Cox, Esq., which was saved through the persistent efforts of many of our citizens. The supply of-water proved totally Insufficient to subdue the ele? ment, and the want of a good fire apparatus and fire cisterns were again painfully felt. At one time the element became furious, and much anxiety was felt for the safety ot tue blocks south of the Exchange Hotel, and also for the buildings east, Including the Bap? tist Church. But the timely arrival on the ground of our townsman, Dr. B. F. Arrington, with his little garden hand engine, compelled the element to cease Its prey In both ol these la3t directions. To the untiring, daring and strenuous efforts of Dr. Arrington, aided by a number of brave and determined citizens-each and every Individ? ual of whom we would be glad to mention by name, did we only know them-is our town Indebted for having escaped greater destruc? tion. The buildings destroyed were the "Ex? change Hotel," (costing Messrs. Jones ?fc Mur? phy $31,000 In gold,) ."Gregory House" (cost? ing about $15,000;) ten store buildings, together with outhouses, and the car ?shed. The losses by the fire are Messrs. Jones & Murphy, about $30,000, Insured about $15,000; Gregory 4 Co., $15,000. insured for $11,000; Gregory,Mnrphy & Co, $9000, insured for $6.000; Southern Express Company, $2500, no insur? ance; Colonel L. W. Humphry, the Derby bull ding, $2000, no Insurance; S. D. Fairfield, store and stock of goods, $2500, no insurance; J. W. Cox, store, $1500, no Insurance; Strong & Morlsey, store and building, $1500, no Insur? ance; Jas. W. Morris, store,'merchandise and fixtures. $2000; H. Well & Bros., store build? ing, $1500, no insurance; Mayhood & Duffy, store building, $1500, no Insurance; H. S. Hazell, store, stock of merchandise and ice, $2000, no insurance; W. ll. Freeman, merchan? dise, about $400, no Insurance. In addition to these losses the merchandise, store fixtures and household furniture of about eight or ten other parlies, were stolen and damaged to the amount of several thousand dollars. The colored men, a number of them, worked nobly, but we regret to have to state that the larger portion upon the grounds showed no disposition to lend a helping hand; indeed, some of them appeared to have come near the scene of conflagration merely for the purpose of plundering. It would afford us great pleas? ure to be able to publish the names of all, the colored men especially, who so nobly did all In their power to aid the sufferers, for which we are authorized to return thanks. The cause of the fire is to be fully Investigated, ?hat lt is the work of an Incendiary very few doubt, and lt ls generally supposed to have Its origin out of the recent riot. - A TERRIBLE FIRE I3T HORRT. Threatened Destruction of the Green? wood Milli. [From the Horry News.] The most fearful fire, threatening the des? truction of more valuable property tban any fire that has ever been known In this county, occurred at the Greenwood Mids on last Friday. The mills are situated on a tongue of land between a large lake and the main river. On the north side there is an extended bank of sawdust that has been accumulating for years. Upon this sawdust some hands had been en? gaged In burning slabs and waste stuff. At 12 o'clock the bell rang for dinner, ali hands knocked off, and no one was left in charge of the fire. In a few minutes the wind sprung up and whiffled round so as to drive the sparks and flames toward the1 mi ll. The Are ran over the surface of sawdust Tike a race horse, and when the immense volume ot black smoke gave warning, lt had made Its way to a large pile of slabs and refuse stuff in immediate contact with the mill; here it raged with redoubled lury, and lor a moment despair of saving the property seized every one who beheld the de? vouring flames; luckily there was attached to the mill a signal whistle,.the signal of distress was given, and the neighbors tor a distance of over four miles in every direction were quick? ly gathered to the fire; here all, white and col? ored, women and children, worked with a des? peration unparalleled, and through their united efforts the valuable property ol Messrs. W. L. Buck & Co. was saved from destruction. A CHILD MANGLED BT DOGS. A Terrible Scene in a Tan-Yard-The Neighbor* Rescue the Mangled Form and slaughter the Brutes. In the tan-yard of Ernest Blersch, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, ot August 9th, thirteen dogs, some grown and some halt grown, have been harbored for some lime post. Fed upon the offal, which is plentltul and foul in such a place, these animals had become fiercer even than their breed-a cross between the power? ful Newfoundland and the brutal ..bull'/ would bave made them.. Red-mouthed, gaunt and horrible, lt is a wonder that such a pack could have existed lo the midst of a civilized community so long as they did and not have been sooner heard. Last night at 6 o'clock, Willie Blersch. a bright seven-year-old son of the well-to do owner of the Tan-yard, and criminally care? less master of the- hounds, left hts grandfa? ther's.and started homeward, intending to call l?r bia father en route. He entered the tan-yard unmindful or unaware that the em? ployees had left it to the care of Its night guar? dians, thirteen dog-harpies. He had nearly reached the centre of the place, and had called for his father, when long, keen fangs were thrust Into him from behind, and he was dragged by a large dog literally Into the loft of oue of the sheds, other dogs coming to the assistance of their fellow. At the taste of blood the fierceness of the huge mongrels' caught fire. The boy was dragged again down the steps and rolled in the filth of. the yard until all semblance of humanity had left him. Black, bleeding and dying, he still clung with lils face downward to the earth with the energy of despair. It was at this moment that the neighbors became aware of what was transpiring. A bold man sprang over the fence to the rescue, but was immediately driven out by the now maddened and terrible dogs. The men went In with pitchforks, and people driving along the avenue stopped and went to the rescue with knives and pistols. It was brief and bloody work. The dogs were slain to the last puppy, but not before a strong mari had carried what was left of Willie to his grandfather's. Here he was received by his grandmother, who washed him to the likeness of a boy. The flesh had been chawn from his scalp; there were great ugly gashes In his forehead, cheeks and lips. Great pieces of skin and flesh hung from the back of his head. Ghastly holes, their edges lacerated with tooth-marks, were under his arms; hla legs and other parts ot his body bore wounds beyond description. And yet he lived. No vital had been reached. He could even tell brokenly how the attack had begun. THE TAX OX DIVIDENDS. WASHINGTON, August 15. The Secretary of the Treasury to-day de? cided that, under the late decision of Pleas an? ton In relation to Interest on coupons of cor? porations, the question ot collecting the tax on dividends and on divided profits of corpo? rations was not touched upon ; therefore the tax.on dividends and .undivided profits for the last five month3 of 1870 will be at once as? sessed and collected. THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. The Dublin Riot-Risc in tr. S. Bonds The Whole Amount to be Disposed of in Germany-A Case of Cholera in Lon? don-Heavy Thunder Storm in Eng? land. DrjrBLIXj August 15'. The trial of the murderers of thejehief of po? lice is postponed. The corporation of Dublin has passed a resolution expressive of horror and sorrow at the Pace air Park affair. LONDON, August 15. ' The tea-forties and United States bonds of 1881 haye risen considerably at Frankfort in consequence of the successor the new treasury arrangement. The amount alloted to Frank? fort is limited pending negotiations. When completed, these will enable Ur. Richardson, assistant secretary of the treasury, to. place the whole amount in Germany. A case of Asiatic cholera has appeared ia London, and creates an extraordinary sensa? tion among the people. A dispatch from Berlin says the choierais increasing in K?nigsberg, but no cholera has appeared In Dantzlg. Heavy thunder storms have been experi? enced in the west of England, and caused much damage to the crops. The Emperor Napoleon has declined to re? ceive the address of welcome which had been prepared to tender him, except at the express wish of the British nation. The strike at Newcastle continues, and many of the striking workmen are emigrating to America. COPENHAGEN", August 15. Most stringent precautionary measures have been forced by the Danish ^Government for the prevention of the introduction of cholera into the country. VEMATXLES, August 15. The defence ot M. Gustave Gourvet, which was submitted to the court martial toMayy is to the effect that he Joined the Commune for the purpose of endeavoring to affect a pacifi? cation between its members and the Ver salties authorities, and that to his personal ex? ertion was due the saving of many articles of art from destruction during the siege of Paris. THE WESTFIELD EXPLOSION, NEW YORE. Angusti?. The coroner's inquest in the Westfield boiler explosion case was resumed chis morning. Charles H. Haswell, engineer, said that he was of the opinion that the iron of the West? field's boiler was not of the proper description, and he made the following remarkable state* ment : "With the present stiff of ignorant en? gineers he did not see how a hydrostatic test could be done away with; but with a body of educated engineers there would be no necessi? ty for such test. He did not consider there were more toan five intelligent engineers in the whole harbor of New York." William W. Vanderbilt, engineer, said, in the course of his testimony, that the interests' of shin own? ers are more lu favor of Incomplete Inspec? tions. Thorough and complete Inspection would be productive of much Inconvenience acd loss ot time to a company. "FIOHTINO THE TIGER." Hpw Forepaugh Tamed a Royal Ben gal-Red Hoi Irons Verana Claws and Teeth. . : The manner in which Forepaugh, the show? man, conquered the royal Bengal tiger "Satau'' at Detroit lately ls thus described : ^kSatan" was landed In New York about a yoareinoe. being brought from Bombay wrth a number of other animals Intended for exhibi? tion. He was captured when three months old, a dozen or more natives assisting In the operation, and although h -"youngster," he showed such pluck that three of the captors were badly scratched and clawed. The brother of "Satan" made his escape into'a jungle, car rylnn a spear In his side, and the mother was killed the day previous by hunters mounted upon the back of elephants, a dozen elephants and thirty or forty men turning out tor her solo benefit, the beast having haunted the district for a year or more and eaten up several na? tives. Last winter "Satan" came to Warner's in? stitution by purchase, and was turned over to the care of Forepuugh as a subject bound to give bim much trouble. Every effort to tame or conciliate the beast had entirely failed, and Forepaugh was laughed ac when asserting that he would break In the royal Bengal when he had a spare day. That spare day did not come until last week, when the beast-tamer announced his readiness to undertake the task. No mau but Mahoney had ever entered th? animal's cage, aud there was much excite? ment In the town about it, because lt was noised abroad that "Satan" was to conquer or be conquered. Hundreds of people rushed to the tent, but only two or three newspaper men were admittced, as Forepaugh did not want to excite the beast more than was neces? sary. "Satan" was first given a good "square meal," in order to puc him In a good humor, and then Forepaugh took off his cont and made ready for business. Uen to the number of eight or ten were armed with iron-rods and sharp-pointed Instruments, and stationed on either side of the cage, and Forepaugh enter? ed the den with a red-hot iron in one hand and a cloth wrapped about the other. As he stepped in the animal seemed surprised and dumb-founded, and for the first moment did nothing but growl and stare. Then his long, white teeth began to gleam, his back arched, and he settled down for a spring. The men outside began to shout in alarm-, entreating the trainer to make his escape; but with eyes fixed on those of the animal, aad speaking In low tones, he warned the men to keep still, and be prepared for action. Suddenly, like a ball thrown through the air, with no warning save a lurious scream, "Satan" made his leap. Forepaugh was expecting lt and fell upon his knees, one of the tiger's claws remov? ing a tuR of his nair and a piece of scalp from his head. The beast turned after his leap and attempted to seize the trainer's shoulder, but the red-hot rod was forced into his mouth, and he retreated with yells of pain and anger. He then allowed the trainer to advance to the centre of the cage without re? senting the act, but in a moment more settled himself for another spring. As he shot through the air the trainer leaped aside and then gave the brute several blows with the iron, beating him until he retired in the fur? ther corner. Both parties then took a rest for a few minutes, when the trainer advanced and opened hostilities. "Satan" made a rush for him, and this time seized Forepaugh by the thigh, and although beaten over the head by the rod, shook the man to the floor os a terrier shakes a rat. Then, letting go with his teeth, he placed his paw on the trainer's breast, uttering yells ot rage.. The attendants, paralyzed with fear, finally rallied under the direction of Forepaugh, whose flesh was being pierced by the sharp claws, and made a simultaneous and vigorous attack upon the enraged animal, who was obliged to retreat to his corner. The trainer received a severe bite, and each of the claws made a bad mark, but he determined to give the animal no rest. Procuring another Iron, he adopted the method of attack Instead of defence. Just as the beast was preparing to spring again, the trainer rushed upon him, punchingand pound? ing him with the hot iron bar, and actually drove the Bengal several times around the cage before stopping. After a moment the attack was repeated, the two rolling over and over on the floor of the cage, in the tiger's effort to seize the man by the neck, but he was pounded so unmercllully with the bar lhat he was glad to retreat. For nearly an hour the trainer persisted In his efforts, until atlast he was not only enabled to pat the back of the subdued magnate of the jungle, but to ope? his mouth, lift up his feel, lead him around the cage, and show in various ways that he was perfect master of the'brute. Alter two or three hours' rest, the cage was again entered, but the tiger crouched down In fear, and re? sented no familiarities from his determined trainer, although when another person ap? proached the bars of the cace he was greeted with howls of rage and defiance. A BLACK MAN'S JEW -*-' PLATS' TALK FROM MAJOR DEL TO FRED. DOUGLASS. The White Political Leaders of Southern BlacV"-W'iiat Has Been Result of their Teachings. Major M. R, Delan y. a black maa of s education and considerable independe who ls now established in* Charleston land agent, has published a letter to j Douglass, containing a review D? the cc tion of things political In South' Caro which, he tb inks, will also Justly appl nearly all, If not all, the reconstructeci St of the South. We make some noteworthy tracts from-the letter: When the war ended the colored pedpl the South had little knowledge ot social political affairs, and had of necessity to ac( such leaders as presented themselves. 1 first of these were . Iq. the- persons of. vari agencies; as school teachers (mostly wornt the Christian Commission, colporteurs : agents of the "Freedmen's Affairs," (not Bureau,) who aided in directing their so and domestic relations. When reconstruction commenced, polit leaders were greatly required, but few to had. Southerners (the old masters) studlc ly opposed and refused to countenance rec structlon, and the freedmen were fearful t would not have trusted them if they could hi obtained their aid. Those who came with or followed the arc with a very few native whites, were the o available pol?tica' element to be bad to ca out the measures of reconstruction. These ?were readily accepted by the bia? (by this TJnclude the entire colored peon and the fullest conddence reposed lo thc Some were or had been officers In the arc some privates, some sutlers, others peddt and various tradesmen, others gamblers, a even pickpockets, "hangers on" and ."bu mers." I am particularly speaking ot I I whites. Among these were men of refli I ment, educated.'gentlemen, and some vt I good men; but a large, part of those most. ti ve were of the lowest grade of Northern i I clety, negro-haters at home, who could i have been elected to any position of honor I trust. Just such men as burnt down neg orphan asylums and hung negro men to lan posts in the New Tork riot of 1863. In tl review I Intend to speak plainly; call things their righi names, and look pose of whon saeak directly In the lace. The best and most competent men we chosen to fill the most Important pos it lou s State and local governments, while the othe L readily obtained such places as required I I camben ts. Indeed, there was scarcely one incompetent as not to have been assign some position of trust. I - Positioned In places of power, profit ai I trust, they soon sought by that gulle and d cepliun known only to demagogues, und acceptable appellations of Yankee, Bepub can and Radical, to Intrude themselves In the confidence ot' the blacks, and place tbei selves at their head as leaders. So Inslduot ly did they do this that lt was not discover! by the few colored men of Intelligence wi held places among them till too late to rem dy the fatal evil. These demagogues laid the foundation their career upon a basis of . the most dang rous political heresy. Deception, lying, che; lng, stealing, "whatever can be done In po tics Is fair," and to "beat ls the duty ia a pol leal contest, no matter what means are us? to effect it," are among the pernicious pt cepts ot this moral infidelity. Jealous of the tew Intelligent colored mi among them, they studiously sought to di vii the blacks, by sowing the seeds of disco among them. This was facilitated by prej dicing the ignorant against the Intelliger. I These men strove and vied each with tl other, regardless of consequences, to pla I himself in the lead of a community of blacl I in both town and country, which In time wi I reduced to little else than a rabble mob of di I order and confusion. Trained In the leagu I as serfs to their masters, it became dangeroi I to oppose the teachings of these men ot ml I chief. Because, having been recommended I their confidence at the commencement of r I construction, their experience anrfknowledfj I in public men and matters were too limited i believe anything against them. I . A knowledge of this emboldened these me I to a persistence in their course of crime ac corruption. Hence, many, otherwise goo men, both white and black, from age, inexpi rlence or weakness were induced to accept th monstrous teachings and join with or loilo I the lead of these wretched imposters. The sole object being personal gain, they care little or nothing for public weal, the int?r?t of the State or people, black or white, nor th Republican cause, upon which tiley had Indi cently Imposed themselves. This ls that wblc controlled Charleston politics and brougl I deserved defeat to the Republicans in the ri I cent municipal election. It was Just retrlbt tion to a set of unprincipled miscreants, riotin on the people's rights under the name of "Ri publicans." Honest, upright men of all pai ties, white and black, no longer able to bear li determined to put down the abominable thing leading Republicans, who had been standln I aloof, taking an active part. I Among other things they taught the simple minded people that suffrage was invlolabl I secure, the blacks being In the majority, wouli I always control the affairs of State in the South I that the fifteenth amendment had nbolishei color and complexion in the United States I and the people were now all of one race. Th! I barefaced deception was so Instilled Into then I that lt became dangerous In many Instances ti I go into the country and speak of color In an; I manner whatever, without the angry rejoind' er : "We don't want to hear that; we are al I one color now !" These ridiculous absurdities were fosteret I by the demagogues the better to conceal theil own perfidy and keep themselves In the bes positions, as "Republicanism knows no race,' they taught. I / Another imposition was that colored tieople I did not require Intelligent colored leaders I that the constitution had been purged of ooloi I by a Radical Congress, and to be a Republican I was all that was required to make a true rep I resentatlve. That mental culture and qualin I cations were only required by the proud and arrogant; that ail who requested those ac I compllshments were enemies to both black I and white; that race representation was making distinctions on account of race and I color. By this means they opposed the quail I ded men among the blacks, encouraged the I Ignorant and less qualified that they might ot necessity take the lead and occupy the best places in the party. These are plain, Indispu? table truths, which will not be denied by any I upright intelligent Republican, black or white. I Bet?re the Introduction of these men among I them, there never was a better population, I rural or town, out of which to shape a useful political element. Good-hearted, simple-mind Jed. mostly uneducated, they, were ready and willing to receive any Instruction supposed for their own good, which they anxiously I awaited and as eagerly sought. And could they-have had the advice of the maturely in I telllgent, good and virtuous friends of human I Ity, such as was received and given by us du? ring more than thirty years' toilsome battle J for liberty and right, there never could have been the cause for the complaint against us as I a race, now lnalmeasure Justifiable. .One most fruitful cause ot mischief In the party arose from the age and want of experi? ence on Hie part of the good white men'who assumed to lead in politico-os well as ignor? ance in the most of them-and the same mav be said of their colored colleagues. For the most part young men, where they possessed the cultivated qualification, they were deficient In experience and knowledge in politics. To such an extent are they misled that they I regularly trained themselves with fire-arms and marched in companies to political meet? ings, frequently led by miserable white raen_ Menacing, threatening, abusing, quarrelling, contusion and frequently rioting, are common results of this most disgraceful state of aflalrs under which we live, all in the name of Re publlcanlsm. The effect upon the people Is wonderful. From a polite, pleasant, agreeable, kindly common people, ever ready and obliging, there ls now to be met with un Ill-mannerly, sullen, dlsagreable, unkind, disobliging popu? lace, seemingly filled with hatred and ready for resentment. These changes in the charac? ter of the people must have been noticed by every intelligent observer,ln contradistinction to their lormer excellent reputation. For? merly they were proverbial for their polite? ness, latterly they are noticed for the absence of lt. These people are despoiled of their natara! characteristics, and shamefully de? moralized by renegade intruders. . The remainder of the letter is mainly'de? voted to mention of the grievances under which the black major conceives that his race still labors, and to the consideration of the most available remedies. WHO POISONED B UFE NB UR O ? .Interview with the Principal Prosecu? tor in the Barenburg Ca.<t-Bira. Col burn Denounced as a Murderei AV h at Hr. Colburn says of the Prose- : cation-Serious Charges Against Ma? ley Thompson. A reporter for the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch has interviewed Thompson, one of Lhe.prlnci pal prosecutors in the Bufenburg case. Thompson said: ??I don't like to say anything against Ann Colburn, but I will say that her character be? fore she married Colburn was devilish bad, and I speak from the books." The reporter said : "It ia charged that this suit has been Instituted to deprive Urs. Col? burn and her children of their fortune. How can lt benefit you ? If she were convicted to? day the property would still belong to her and her children." To this Thompson replied : "We don't want a damned cent of Bufenburg's money. This suit bas been brought about because lt was believed Uncle But. was not treated right. What If it has been four years since he died ? We relatives are poor people compared with the Colburns. We know what money will do. We have talked about the probability of HIB DEATH BT POISON' ever since he died. Ann knows that three months after Uncle Bur. died I. wrote her a letter, In which I denounced her as a murder, ess. Now, Professor Wormley says he found arsenic in the liver and stomach; and how did lt get lhere ?. There bas been some talk, about the relatives having tampered with the bodv during Ann's living in New York. That's th? tactics, ber lawyer takes. Uncle Buf. was not buried by Ann in the Bufenburg graveyard, but on another port ot the farm; where she could look right out of her door and see the grave. - WHY DID SHE BURT BTU THERE ? We can prove by the persons who buried Uncle But., and who were present when he was exhumed, that the grave had not been touched. It was cemented right over the coffin, and that cement was unbroken at the time he was taken out of the grave. S No, that dodge ls too thin." In reply to a question as to his means te prosecute the case, Thompson concluded: "I am now living on my own farm, which contains about one hundred and sixty-four acres. I have other property, and i, estimate myself worth between thirty-five and' forty thousand dollars, and I Intend to go my lase dollar la having Ana Colburn brought to: | Justice." . THE OTHER SIDE. A Cincinnati dispatch of Saturday says': The prosecution have cot moved In the con? templated arrest of ? -s. Colburn at London, and lt ls stated that if they do not speedily Urs. Colburn will demand an investigation. Ur. Colburn- was Interviewed to-day, hut he' yielded very little. He was silent, he said, by advice of his attorneys, but said that the whole case was a put-up job to extort money from his wife, and if tney had consented to be black-mailed the whole matter would have been dropped. - He and his wife were now here, ready for whatever might turn up. There might be a time when he would think it desirable to use the press to explain his posi? tion; but the time had net now come. He ap rjrec la ted what his friends were doing for him, and at the proper time would prove that they had not been deceived In eltber bis or his wife's Integrity. He said his attorneys were strengthening their position, as would be shown when it was desirable. A special from London to-day says that Ma lev Thompson will be arrested, a writ having been Issued by United States Commissioner Wilcox, of Columbus, charging him with false? ly representing himself as a United States rev? enue officer, In September, 1809, and thereby fraudulently receiving money as such. This and other alleged crimes that he must answer for will give him all the scope he can desire to get rid cf his $40,000 larm in criminal prosecu? tion. SINGULAR SUICIDE OF A CONVICT. SAN FRANCISCO. August IS. A convict who had served six of hU eight years' sentence in the penitentiary committed suicide by Jumping Into a vat ot bolling water. THE COAL MINE DISASTER. PITTSTON, August 15. Five bodies have been recovered; thirteen remain In the mine. The majority ot volun? teers who weat down lc search ol the missing men have been badly damaged by foul air. THE SAVANNAH ORT DOCK. SAVANNAH, August 15. Usina ? Jones's dry dock was completed to? day, and the steam tug Christiana and schoon? ers Wave and John R. Wilder were taken In this afternoon. The dock ls a success. THINGS IN WEST VIRGINIA. GREENBBIER,. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, ) August L5.X f The drought in this section is beginning to be oppressive, and the crops are suffering for want of rain. The Springs still continue crowded. Among the arrivals to-night was General G. T. Beau? regard. The election to decide whether a convention will be held for forming a new constitution will be held In this Sute next Thursday, the 25th Inst. It is generally considered that the vote will be largely In favor Of the convention THE WEATHER THIS DAT. WASHINGTON, August 15. The barometer will probably rise north of Missouri, with partially clear and pleasant, weather on Wednesday. Light local storms are probable for Lakes Erie and Ontario, but no material change is Indicated for the Atlantic coast. 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