The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-22

New YORK, December l9.-Yesterday afternoon,
as yoar correspondent was comfortably seated in
one Of the Third avenue cars, with thoughts in
tent upon his boarding house dinner to be par
taken of ut six o'clock, then at hand, the
suddenly came to halt, and remaining in this
statu quo position for an unusual length Of time,
gave evidence Of the fact that something was
wrong. On stepping out on the platform I per-
ceved that there was confusion worse confounded
caused by the stoppage Of the fftieth car ahead.
The noses of the horses of each car were close
upon the rear platform Of the one in 'front.' and the
line, like MacbeLh's endless string of ghostly
kings, seeming to stretch out to the crack of DOOM
Tho foremost car had been blockaded to make way
for the engines, which, in their turn, were making
the best Of their way to the great fre-the great
fire, meanwhile, was fast making way with the
of getting onward, except at a snaips space, and
yet the passengers we're 10th to leave their seats
for in this good city no man likes rash1y to sacr
. ride Of many miles, My duty as your
faithful correspondent, however, demanded the
double sacrifice Of small change and not din
onward to the scene Of the confagration.-
It was . magnificent sight the large building
wrapped in the fercely raging flames, and the gal-
element. Anon the blaze is less bright-the air
grows denser, or rather the smoke does, as a tre-
mendous crash proclaims that the roof has fallen
in. Soon, however, the smoke clears away, and
the victorious fame shoots upwards in sublime
Set in) for miles and miles around. NOW the walls
reel and tottcr like drunken giant, the heat is
intense, and the dense crowd Of spectators move
4; rumbling sound, at first dull and iRdisti9ct,
like the far-of noise Of huge volcano-the louder
louder louder still-the huge walls reel to and
fro-the crowd looks on in breathless silence. see
it comes. "a crash, = din, q loud report as Of a
f611,o7 ot1,s 1,11ro o11
and the wallis are orumbling in ruins. The total
loss, over and above insurance is one hundred and
fifty Thousand dollars. The theatre with the ex-
oeption OF the Academy Of Music) was the largest
in this city and could seat comfortably four thou
sand five hundred persons. Sic transW gloria
Bowery
The snow storm Of which wrote in my last was
not q success. The snow fell heavily for several
hours but the rain fell still more heavily for sew
eral hours more, and thus we're the hopes Of the
sleigh-riders turned into disappointment as the
snow Was transformed into slush-wherefore, on
the following day, instead Of sleighing there was
slipping and epSng and g1aa?;hng 9f teeth and
On the same dsy that the gnsshing Of teeth was
going on, the snow commenced to fall again, but
the people were not 70 pc deceived Dc second time,
temptuous frowns, wherefore she clerk Of the
weather grew angry and let out the sun, which
DR.. Gumo FURM1N q Sanitary Inspector Of the
Board OF Health, is under trial for official mall
,1e2sance-Ono IONARD, 8 nlghly respectable EauE-
age manufacturer, having brought against him q
charge somewhat similar to that which CAss1Us
found fault with BRUTus for bringing against Luz
01Us PELLA. The sausage man accuses DR.. FUR
MAN Of 1staking bribes," rather Of Offering to
take bribe OF three hundred dollars in conside-
ration Of which he would forget to report said
sausagemakers premises as nuisance. Other
charges Of a like nature have been brought against
the honest doctor, who will have to disprove them
or take the consequences.
MAX MARRrzEK has brought an ection against
the Sunday Mercury for libel Laying the damages
at twonty thousand dollars. One Of the Witnesses
testifes that the Mercury man sent nj essage to
the Opera King that If the latter did not advertise
in the Mercury he would soon haye the pleasure
Of reading articles therein that would ruin him
and his operaio performances at the Academy Of
Music. The articles wero duly written, wherefore
the suit for libel now under trial at the Superior
Court. Va slA-;.. .ta 5I:55s
STae sermons on the ssnnked truth J" which have
been preached against the .sBiack Crook, and
made the pantomime draw still better, had such
on effect upon MARK SMITH, the moral manager Of
the New York THEATRE that In order to make the
.sBlack Crook" draw less, he has produced at his
theatre the fairy spectacle Of 8 Cinderella s" in
WHICH the bs Vet girla appear in costumes perhaps
more rec -stAyish then in the rival nanghty
play. This is the principle Of tho trave 1er on
q Mississippi River steamer, who being mistaken
fer q Minis or OF the Gospel, nd requested by
some pious ladies aboard to break q faro bank by
hg DerHuRaiOns. leiEg them and retur3 cd In an