The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-20
Our New York Letter.
[rRoM oun SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. !

Our New York Letter.
[FRom ouR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
New YORK, December 16.-The ball is up at last
the red ball, which, capping the summit Of the
spire Of the staff on the Arsenal, proclaims, to
one and all, that the ponds in the Central Park are
frozen hard; that the sport has begun, and the
skaters are at work. Yesterday the mercury
fell low; the ball rose high, and, from morn to
night, steady stream Of skaters poured upward
towards the park. The city cars were crowded
with men and women, and children, who each bore
under their arms mysterious little bundles. These
little bundles we're all shaped alike, and there
needed no ghost come out from the grave to tell us
that the skates were snugly wrapped therein.
But let us follow the bundle bearers, and go with
them up to the park. Dodworths full band Of
ponds are frozen hard, and thous ands of happy
skaters glide along the polished surface of the
Ia lakes; Here an uncouth lumsy.looking, big
and come to grief but who, to our surprise, takes
to the ice like duck to the water, and slips and
Sides With ease and even grace-here party Of
little ones, whose performance even puts the big
shoul0ered man into partial obscurity, and there
q pretty little miss of sixteen summers who beats
skating for twice sixteen :win}ers Looking around
then with q comprehensive glance, we note the
thousands as they slip and slide; and as we OBJ
fall, and neither hurt nor laugh at we men
tally resolve to invest couple Of dollars to pnr-
chase pair of skates the morrow, and to learn,
from experience, what pleasure there is in the
Even as write we are favored with our srst
regular snow Storm. As I look fortl from my
ground is wEitened and the shower comes faster
and thicker Little boys are gathering big balls Of
snow and pelting Herewith the car conductors as
they pass; the conductors take the pelting good
naturedly, but turn up the collars Of their great
coats and urge their horses on faster still; the
59ab g iGok ogt at - the spoM and smile no
ton for the morrow. Still does the snow fall,
winter and whiter grows the ground, and now in
deed may we perceive that the winter is upon us
at last. ~~~7.
a cooper named Nelson B. Oden who has been
fool enough to invest and lose, in the past two
different lottery concerns has caused the arrest Of
number Of the largest policy agents in this city,
among whom are the Hon. Benjamin Wood and
charges Of unfair management, but it is doubtful
v neither they can be substantiated. It is very
common thing for man who is weak-minded
tons to endeavor to get portion Of it Back By
charging parties with having defrauded him John
Morrissey has been the keeper Of q faro-bank for
many years. and it has never even been limited by
any OF the thousands who have played therein that
his game is aqght but square" one. The same
Minister of the Gospel, one Father Smyth; has
preached against the BLACK Crook IN such able
a.,HLner that ~ has proved to be the best kind Of
smyth described the beauties of the semi:nude
ballet girls il such graphic style that ere his ser
flock who had not already seen the naughty panto-
mime, had made up his or her mind to endeayor to
secure choice seats for the next night. A goodly
have been to see the Biaek Crook but ass as mat mat
ter Of their only object is to get text for
al sermon IN the Father smyth order Of preaching;
The s'Black Crook may be little naughty, but it
certainly worth seeing, nevertheless. a-@s
It will probably interest your readers exceeding
~ to learn that pugiistic encounter is to take
place soon between Patsey Evans, of this city, and
the ssUnknown, of Quebec: In order to keep his
hand in Patsey had semi-private mill on Friday
night M in s) hal) with one Luke Murphy for one
an afectionate manner, and then got to work and
beat each other about the face and body in most
refreshing styie, when the cry Of police" put az
q draw. s-t, NJ. y y fa4
very large robbery has just been perpetrated
BEEN to depo ten dollars IN god nad
bonds in bank, instead Of which he deposited it
in his pocket, and made false entry in the deposit
style that Would have reflected credit % upon "a an n
older and more practsed hand. The boy Is gone,
and so are bonds.
ebony-faced orator, delivered a lecture last night
on the Dangers Of the Repnb ic" Fred used
language tn. might excite the envy # the smart
est white man, but it embodied ideas that would
draw q grin from the most obtuse-minded son of
Ham. TIE danger, says Fred, lies in the one
man power. The veto power must be abolished,
and we must have no Vice-Presideat who can, in
case of the DEATH by assassination or otherwise of
the President, step into his shoes. Thu dusky
orator ad ed darker hint that Andrew johnson
had something to do with thu assassination of
President Lincoln, and this brilliant idea was re-
ceived with applause.
"a novel method for obtaining licenses to practice
! the legal profession is now in vogue here. The
applicant who desires to practice law, and yet is
CO.. hdent that he cannot pass an examination y
finds out . stranger who can. The stranger then
applies, is examined, and passes under the name
OF the would-be lawyer The proxy then gets the
certificate, which he hands over to his principal
who has no principle, and who hands him in return
couple OF fifty, dollar bllls This game has been
played very often successfully but few days age
card was accidentally dropped, and the trick ex.
posed.
4 The critics pronounce Booths ssPescara" lin the
f'Apostate') equal in many scenes to his fathers
wonderful rendition Of the part. The elder Booth
is said to have been inspproachabls in this charac
ter and in liking Lear. Edwin wears the old
mans crown, and well becomes it. !. ,,3 ss
s777.7. s77 MoULTR1E.
IFoR THE DAILY yEws.1
l 4. Hal The Corn Agency for the State. "A
Mr. Edzator A Bill has recently passed thu
House Of Representatives, whereby relief will b.
offered the peopis of the State, made almost desc
late BY the results Of the late disastrous war Tn.
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