The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-29
Our New York T4etter.

Our New York Tetter.
[FRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
| NEW YoRK, December 26.-It is related Of Mo
FART, the distinguished composer, that his car 70,
music was so refined, and his auricular noryes SO
dcllcatoly sonsitive that he could not endure the
sound Of trumpet; and that, on certain occa-
sion whom his friends detained him by force whilst
a trumpetcr blew away Justify on his instrument,
! MOZART grew SO excited that he was thrown into
the most tcrribc commissions. Had the groat na,l-
slclan been alive yesterday and had he spent his
Christmas in New York, he would have had occa-
sion to cxc!ain,, in the language Of the Thano Of
Caweor ssThon comes my ct again. For whilst
III Charleston, Young America makes Christmas
merry q shooting of fire crackers, il this city
the advent Of King Santa Claus is announced by
the blowing OF most discordant horns, making dav
as as h1dcous as night and most horribly sinking
| the disposition OF us fools by nature. Tho horns
have been blown--the turkeys have boon dovour-
ed-the plum puddings havo departed--at least
one-haH OF the chdren's toys have boon broken
| the egg-noG has boon drunk-whiskey has been
drunk-men have been drunk, and have become
sober again-Santa Claus has gone back up the
chimney christmas has come, and Christmas i a.
gone. The poultry dealers hayo lost heavily: the
turkey men in sackcloth an ashes AS is thei,.
usual custom at this season. they slaughtered t,lr-
oAVus3A w AbSV tllIOuEn GQO WGoa, but tho
weather grew rather warm, and as tho dcfunct
birds cannot be kept some Of the dead birds have
been temporarily inferred in vaults in cc-houscs,
| turkeys are rarely exposed for sale horo as ia
Charleston. They sold aftor death, and by tho
pound Nothing moro is left to tell Of CHRISTMAS
and tic broEes toys thus t IS wth o sn5doys ad M
it's f1eeting hours Of happiness.
ahoush n nothing is left to tell Of Christmas
there - yot something left for to toll about its
celebration 1t IS noteworthy fact that masquerade
!ng, time -honorod custom among the Isracltes
N ccia9raticn Of their great Feast Of Esther, has
grown TO DO likewise important feature OF
Christ mas celebrations here. Among tho Jows, on
their Feast OF Iurin tho masks received in pr
al the choicest delcacies that can be procured,
tempttheir unmasking. Eere, on Christmas Day
t tie merry masqueraders Enthusiastically attrod IN
the drollcst costumes, parade the streets after the
manner Of the Carnival procession in Paris. The
most conspicuous Of these jewellers yesterday was
the =, BLACK Crook Guard. bearing banner on
not advertise in the Now York Herald" a wagon
drawn by a huge horse, and laden with I've pigs,
ducks. and turkeys, followed in the rear OF the
the sharp shooters Wero to contend. In front Of
the wagon MARCHED, arm in arm, priests ard bal
let girls, Hamlet and plantation darkey masks
or al kands, and costumes Of every description
-the whole combining to form picture that
brought shouts Of gadness and JOY from the little
horn performers, and even excited the admiration
OF the big horn pcrformers-by which mean those
VINO drank large horns instead of blowing small
ones Everybody was delighted with the masaue-
raders and they we're delighted with everybody and
VITA VT themselves; but they passed. and passed.
Of s1s day passed On Off ard inns did
Christmas come and go. .s SI n = =
On last Monday evening, as the penitentiary
passenger boat landed at the foot Of Fifty-fourtR
street. on her last trip from Blackwells Island, two
Of the te naS ShS II the oTew
and q tear escaped from the eye CT zach as they
thought Of . Christmas Eve thirty. years back,
na ney s sa1sy g @ II R5 ndS G rude
the toys they were to find their coarse stockings
in the morning Then they were innocent-now
convicted fe9ns; then 1 they wero happy-.now
most wrotched; Then they were frec-now prisun-
ers. Another tear escaped from the eye Of each,
but in each eye there was something q quick ro-
solve q cunning twinkle, that spoke Of an escape
! Of another nature. Quick as thought the thing
was DONE AS the boat nearsd the wharf the two
mon sprang upon the shore, and soon had distanced
How? Croqch1ng, sneaking about hiding, trembling
lest they should be deprived Of their berty.() Not
amerry Christmas for them. One poor wretch has
been recaptured and carried back to the Island;
| One of the t.Black Crook Guards, ," who vas dis
gu1sed as monkey, and further disguised by Ii
quor til he was SO beasuy drunk that ho really be-
lieyea that be was an left the procession, and
going home, donned his freman's coat over his
monkey suit, and then went abroad mounted On a
horse, who seemed to be ashamed Of him, and to
| be rejecting as to the propriety Of pitching him
! over his head. The monkey-man made such q
noise that though the good -natured horse did not
! L0IOW n1n Gown, an 1ll-natureQ pOlceman took
him up and looking upon him IS dead (druDk)
consigned him to the TTombs.a
| Inose OF your readers who take an interest in
cness matters-Anl r know that there are some
that do, having often broken 6 lance With many of
/ them-my lance being most often the shattered
lone-thoso Of your readers, say who bow down
at the shrine Of Caissa, may consider this para
graph for their special benefit. VIM. c. Spencer.
Esq, q surgeon in the United States army, has
published lengthy analysis of the results follow
ing the fourth move, TO 9Th (for the defence)
in the Evans Gambit Evaded' by which he
claims to establish the perfect soundness Of the
Icounter attack. The first portion Of the analysis
appears in Wilkes Spirit OF the 10Th inst.
! . Wroto that q number Of Southerners, among
them some Charlestonians, came here to seek their
fortunes. Wherefore in so fur as my long residence
here, enables me to judge, deem it my duty to
give my advice, to be taken for whatever it may be
worth. NY opinion is that, to one who has plenty
OF capital New York City is the place in which to
enlarge it. But this is no place for man without
means to come to seek o situation. No man should
como on here in search Of employment Of any
KIND unless, at least, he can bring with him snE
hc1ent means to enable him to pay his board for
several months. There are thousands Of yOnnr
men here who cannot succeed in obtaining nnV
employment; and SIS to book keepers. they are as
plentiful as the sands on the seashore. Per con
tr0, Il man comes here with q knoWledge OF
business and but moderate capital let linn bnt
establish 9 foothold-let him but keep Tia head
ABOVE water for year or two-and bis fortune ia
MADE. ! am acquainted with many Charlestonians
VINO embarked in business here about q wear AGO
Who Wero undor cloud at the OUTSET bnt ara now