The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-30
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
[FRon OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE

Academy OF MuaIo recently destroyed IN the great
Fourteenth street fire, is the dead king-the
Academy Of Music which is Immediately to arise
phuni1. like from the ashes of the old one, ia the
live king.
The Herald Of yesterday, inwardly rejoicing in an
i'll concealed ohucke at the supposed downfall ofits
old enemy, MARETzEK, prophecies that the Acade-
my will never be rebuilt, and suggests that livery
stables should supply tho place where once stood
this magnificent temple Of music. Tho following |
card, published the same day, but not in the Her.
aid, showeth that BENNETT is for once behind |
hand even in news matters. Tho card reads thus: |
ACADEMY htUsIo-rTALIAN OPERA. |
"This establshment does not advertise in the |
New York Herald" |
"This establishment has been burned to the !
ground; but as have no intention to solicit pity
rible catastrophe (Which deprived several persons
of their lives, and hundreds OF the means Of sup
for advertising my business, I will abstain from
enumorating my present losses and herdfding (the
italics are Maretzek'sl my future movements. |
the part Of artists chorusses orchestral players,
and other employees deem 1t consistent to de-
Glare that all engagements made for next-the
fall and winter seasonB-femain in full force, and
that operations will commence early in October
next -
''rhe publio'a faithful servant, ,,rz,r .
and will live to battle bravely against tho New
York Herald and its favorte, the publio's other
faithful servant GRAU. Between the two SER
wants, the public may expect some fine music next
fall and winter.
Several important changes and improvements
have been made recently in some Of our first-clsss
hotels. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars
have been expended on the Metropolitan Hotel
alone. The large space in the building for 30 long
period occupied by Niblo's Garden has been
transformed into one Of the handsomest billiard
rooms in the world. There is also a new bar
room and o new dining hall, both princeIy in their
magnifcence. Great improvements have alao
been made in the Astor House and CRANsToN,
the proprietor Of the New York Hotel-the place
where Southerners most do congregate-has pur-
chased thirtyfour lots opposite the main entrance
to the Central Park, and intends to put up what
may be the grandest hotel in this country. The
building will cover the entire block bounded by
Ffty-ninth and Sixtieth streets, and by Fifth and
Madison Avenues. The hotel will be five stories
in height, besides the basement, with seventh
story of chambers in the French {MANsARD) roof
AS these chambers will be very high, the board
therein will no doubt, be proportionately low.
There will be in this palatial building no less than
one hundred and seventy -four private parlors,
each having a suite Of chambers attached and
all the convenences that can be conceived. Mr..
CRANsroN proposes to get up a joint stock conf
pany, and the building will be commenced az soon
as possible. From this grand hotel there will bo
| a magnificent view Of the Central Park. Verify,
this is great oity.
The ridiculous and mischeivous plan that has
been proposed by some of the members of the
Common (very common) Council, looking to the
-
Of the stoops as project out little farther than
| the letter OF the law allows-the stupid propo
sition conceived by the brains of stupid men, and
| calculated to disfgure one of the handsomesi
promenades In the world-has caused some excite
ment, and brought about meeting between the
poor Common Council and some Of the uncommon.
ly rich Fifth Avenue merchant princes, in which
the latter pr ,tested in strong terms and through
able counsel, against the measure. It Is to be
hoped that the foolish project will be abandoned.
| Last Thursday night another disastrous oon-
| fagration occurred here, which resulted in the
destruction Of the Hudson River Railroad freight
| depot, in which at the time were thirty loaded
| cars, all OF which were consumed. The entire loss
is estimated at about one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the
Herald, in letter published in yesterdays issue
| Of said paper, compares JEFFERSON DAVIS to Ma
PoLEoN, and thon makes kind OF an apology fol
having done so; and adds, that NAPOLEON would
never have been captured in the disguise of q
woman's petticoats. This is q very old joke and
an exceedingly stale lie by implication. The He,.
aid correspondent, the Herald itself, and every
one else, know that there is not particle of truth
in the petty petticoat fabrication. ,..li.,.
From special correspondent of the World {fron,
Columbia), who represents and signs himself "One
of SHERMAN's Bummers," we learn positively that
SHERMAN had nothing at all to do with the burn
ing and sacking OF Columbia. or course, if "Bunl-
mer" says 40, it must be so indeed This may do
to tell tho World, but the world tand the World
too) knows better.
| The concert given on Wednesday night, at Irv-
ing Hall, for the benefit Of the Catholic orphans
Of Charleston, was great success. The following
artistes took part, and all did admirably: Misc
MATILDA T.. ToEDT, senorits PooH, Miss HKHNE,
and Messrs. MoLLENHAUER, PozNANsK1, MAaao-
LEM and PEoHER. The Beethoven Maennerohor
| also assisted. fa.t
AT the Academy Of Music-ashes and heaps OF
ruins; at Nblo's, CHARLES DiLLros, tho tragedian,
In "Belphegor;" at Wallaok's, 'Never Too Late
to Mend;" BARNEY WILLIAMS and wife at Winter
Garden; Mira. JoHs Woco at the Olympic, &o., 60.
ApAH IsMos MENKEN, who is playing the
| 'French Spy" and "Blaok Eyed Susan" a. the