The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-06-01
The Daily n ews.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE /, 1866.
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
[TRoM OUR own ooRnKsfoNpENT.l

CaelOn TO devote cOnHlderaDle space 10 IN account
Of the de tacto and contemplated improvements
in some Of tho frst-cass hotels in this city. In
this am called upon to record tho contemplated
project Of grand impr6veinen in the city itself,
which, when suctessfullv, carried out.Aas 1t no
doubt will be in cannot fail to result in rem
derng New York city in all respects equal in point
Of magnifcence to the celebrated French capital
The proposed plan looks to the speedy oonsfrac-
tion OF magnificent boulevards in the upper por-
tion of the city, extending from the intersection
Gupas 0heFHundfed and Fifty Fifth street These
bouleyards will furnish the most beautiful drives,
meandering in various directions throughout the
entire suburbs-each one terminating, or rather
beginning, from the entrance to the Central Park,
at the corner OF Eighth Avenue and Fifty Ninth
boulevards has been authorized by the Legisla-
ture, and the work, which has for some time been
well under way, is in the hands Of the Park Com
The excitement created especially in the minds
OF ti1 the thirsty German populations blythe exec.
only unabated, but is steadily the increase.
sd Yesterday saadaSS % sas ssia 5eer .drinksrs a
supdry and Sunday resolutions Indignantly pro-
te6tina against &he inj1stice And fnnconsti
;hss % St n1 hes shs ssas d9s i " sns sss%sE
which it is conten ed is not an enemy and will
not steal away his brain. The Germans do not
upon the lager when ii. is good and drinking t
whenever they please. IA grand anti Excise Law
June.
A meeting hsa yesterday in favor Of
were but fifty persons present, who were for the
most part temperance men, except two, who were
temperance women. Que of the orators, how
ever, boasted that he was not total abstinence
man, and the edifJation of all present. frankly
admitted that he occasionally s'gets drunk him
: The Excise. Law has not, as had been hoped
and expected, resulted in the breaking up of the
( pretty Gaiter.girl or concert saloons There are
r giving employment to thousands. OF young girls
'fhe HeraIdcohtends that many Or these girls are
virtuous, but have been forced to take situations
in these saloons from necessity. and from inability
to get work elsewhere; whilst in many of these
places they receive from five to ten dollars per
week, with perhaps from six to twelve dollsrs civ
/, Some Of these girls may Be yirtuous, but there
are certainly notmany, and there is notthe slight
est Gonbt Rutrshat 2 majority Of the ,,sope: who
come in a short time no better than the poor lost
Ecreatnres that their assocates|are. It ia there.
fore ridiculous and miechievous for the Herald to
anude to the fact that had the passage Of the Ex-
else Law resulted in the breaking up Of these es-
tabishments,, IT would have thrown thousands Of
young girls ont Of situations! Better, far better,
for them to have no employment than such situa-
tions these.
The passage OF the law, however, has not had
the effect intended-on the contrary, the pretty
waiter girl saloons are once more in full blast,
doing more. thriving business than eyer. Ali OF
them opened, on last Saturday night, on the tenn
waiter sirls) serve up soda water, satsapariIia,
cider, ice Cream, coffee, cakes, reshments
the detrlment OF the respectable restaurants, and
WIN dra" more customers, and ruin greater
number Of young men, than ever. -ThusT has the
greatest reform TO fbe produced by Its Workings
The society for the prevention of cruelty to ami
mails is certainly doing some good: A few days
who were guilty Of most foul crime. 1t seems
that these gentlemen were amusing themselves
by ,plucking off the ,pin:feathers Of some live
inEts A shirEeGs ARa pitthing them Into Seffsl 4
The foul pinehefe and pluck kers tend that tie
pluosing followed the gnShing and that the fowls
ciety content that the case Ras nice persa Wheth-
or tbe plqeking pre eGeaed Ethe phhching, or the
Pinching the piiicking, itwas certaiRytR what Ham:
aB In the beat it is but thia most foul strange and
4 suggestion has been made looking to the es.
Establishment Of an improved system OF mailing fa-
cities. 1t is proposed to have letter boxes on the
city oars, under the superysionof Uhited States
mail agent. This is a good moye and will be par
Gculnrly acceptable to the residents OF the upper
portions Of the city 1t is curious that what has
been for a long time 80 much needed has not been
f6e Eargs and wen known \ Banking House Of
two tHaussnd dollars by ge1tenanAn their en-
tpluys Hno AhQ u6e Ior Cne RmOunG, EAnQ dld not
know where to borrow it on reasonable interest.
The gentleman went on European tour, returned
to New York and has been arrested ;-thongh alive
and we'll, he has lin default Of bsil) been con-
aligned to the Tombs.
On last Saturday, the cornerstone OF the new
SteinwHy Music Hall was Elaid One Ehppdrad.
guestss we're present, and there was N feEsto ofe
music hId atfow ofaood wfnea.g Mills And eilsrI
payedpjano os sinhne styles The btiildtnH Will
extenil from Fourteenth to Fifteenth eetfeat .and
from Fourth Avenue to Irving Place, and will be
one Of the largest and, thandsomest ,concert halls
In the world. MA" A1oAf-" =. :!sl:i
The new French Theatre, on Fourteenth street,
nsaEsiI kgeraesSiw9s opened Gn last SATURDAY.
night. It B4 dnits shsAdsQmeg gbnidingS ratter
email but Ecbhstrneted kwith great tasted My
knowledge ofthe French language Is rhthef~ too
limited to warrant criticism on the performance;
but, 80 far az my judgment extends, I shonldl say
that the company is good one. The French
Troupe, aud the English Comicg Opera Company,
will playiin this theatre on alternats nights. -
Uncle TOMS Cabin at Barnum's MuAeuIh; Helen
Western at the Broadway; Walcot at the Winter
Garden; Charles Dillon at Niblo'si at Wallack's,
s'Never Too Late to Mendss the 'Worrsi Sisters St
Woods; David Copperfeld 81 Che! Olympic, OperS
Troupe at the French Theatre, &o., &c.
p Blind Tom will give four entertainments this
Il 1Wasek at rVhs Hal1. .DaiGEIE :MoULTREas
T&Ttf5I 1zTie FssoslGiasrp I4sgs. 90 tE {.
= The Rochester IN Y.); Union, and Arae,fcan
closes recent editorial with the following tribute
lstoab6sodthefa preasE: 81 e &c 0,3Gg &c