Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-11-05
CHARLESTON cORREsPONDENCE.
l.- CHARLESTON, Nov. q, 1867.

We ore beginning to open our winter campaign
of amusement, with fair prospectof q good run,
q large attendance, and q smashing business. The
Theatre has been open week, and crowds are ut
tracted thither nightly. The Company is said to
be good one, and thus for they have not only
given satisfaction, but they have acquitted them
selves with much applause. The ladies are hand
some and sing like nightengales, and the men are
COY, gallant, and act well their parts, and there all
the honor lies.
There is also on hand menagerie Of living
wonders on exhibition on King street.. which COM
prises the fat woman, the Indian Giant, snakes Of
all sorts and sizes, dwarf, and Mrs. CUNNING.
HAM and her bogus babe, together with number
Of other things not laid down in the programme or
set forth in the bills. The. fat empress Of this
little animated kingdom is blooming lass of
sweet sixteen, weighing five hundred pounds net,
and moves about like French dancing master on
tour to the land of big rivers and steady habits.
Proudly and serenely seated upon her throne, she.
holds her nightly levee, and dispenses her smiles:
on those whom she thinks most deserving Of them.
Great preparations are being made for the ap.
preaching Fair, and there is no doubt but that we
will have crowded and brilliant time. The rush
will be great, and our merchants and hotel keen
ers are preparing for the worst. Several Of the
Southern States will contribute literally, and the
beauty and chivalry of the seaboard and the
mountains will there meet and mingle in one gay
and JOYOUS whirl Of fashionable rivalry The
managers and directors are busy, and every ar
rangement will be made and every facility offered
for one Of the most crowded and successful affairs
Of the kind that has transpired for many years.
Last Saturday was spent in manufacturing voters
for the coming Mayors election. Those who
found it impossible to pay their tax when the
Treasurer's Office closed on the fifteenth day Of
July last, and were willing to make oath that they
were present for the purpose Of paying them, but
could not for the rush Of the immense crowd, was
nermitted to come forward, and make an affidavit
to that effect was allowed to pay the same between
this and the day of election, and bc furnished
with the certificates Of qualified voters. sixty-si1
were thus made, forty of whom it is supposed will
vote for RICHARDSON'S. In my next I shall be able
to tell you who will be the Mayor of Charleston
for the next two years. j
King street is alive every afternoon with ''fuss
and feathers" and it would astonishyou to see
the food tide of gay humanity done up in dry
goods that does congregate there to walk, and quiz
and airt, and see and be seen between the hours
of five and six. The women are peeping out at
the top of their skirts and the men are cheSa
hoops like school-boys Whale-bone and ~asA
ketts, high heeled boots and little hats, patent
leather belts and monkey jackets, are just at thlH
time the peculiar rage of upper-ten-dom, and the;
besetting sin Of the secondhand aristocraey -
The Banks are booming little more liberal,
and times, of course, becoming easy to the same
extent. Paper, notes on suspended Banks can.
now be had, If one does have to pay a high price
for them. And bad money, you know is better