The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-20
Our New York Letter.
lrEoM OUR REGULAR coNREspuSpENT.

New YORK. May 16-If tic steamer Niagara
| which cIl here from Richmond ut II -clocl
last night had been laden with cargo Of gun
| powder, and If it had been necessary to transpor
the powder in open boxes through Broadway tt
| the New York Hotel between the ranks of torch
| light procession, said transportation would moi
have been effected with more scrupulunls ,arc thar
was taken in CARRYING from the boat To the hotel o
JEFFERSON DAVIS the distinguished eX-Prrsident
Of the cX-Confrdcratc States. The gunpowdel
narty. consisting of Mr.. DAVIS and family, together
will his brother Gen. JOSEPH DAVIS, Miss 1IowELI-
FRANK PEARSON. of Newark, and DIR. CRAVEN (who
is NJ cravcn), was quietly taken up to tho New
York Hotel, where tho names Of tho DAVIS FAM
ily We're not even registered. The great though ial-
len Ccftain will remove to-day to the residence OF
Charles o conor. will sec ltsturi this afternoon i'i
Lady Macbeth. (Which will be played for the benc-
lit of the Southern Relief fnd) and will then take
his departure Tor Canada milking his exit III the
same quiet gunrowtler manner in which he made
his cniranGc. [ cannot imagine why all these
things should be-therc certainly be no appre-
hensions of MIR. Davis beginning the war anew
single hanc,l; and III 4 free country, in th.' age
Of civilization there should not be any pr .bility
of his being subjected to insult or bodily harm in
the public thoronghfares of tho great metropolis
Of the western hemisphere for. the great state
prisoner has been released on bail by the highest
authorities of tho Government, and the law should
if rd him due protect in the liberty it has ac-
corded.
1 have received from private and reliable
source some information OF partly historical and
partly local nature, which do not think has ever
bcf rc found ITS way into print. During the reign Of
I.nns PHILIPPE. the King forcseeing a revolution
and dcsirous to guard himself at all events from
possible impccnniositv, sent over to America
couple of hundred thousand dollars to La Fargo,
his natural sou, to be invested in property here
4 large portion OF this money was invested in the
property now known as the LII Farge House. or
Southern Hotel. Many years ago La Fargo died.
having first however taken the property by Frcnch
leave. or rather without French leave, having
it likewise. Tho widow of the natural and
unnatural son of the King, married again
and since her second marriage her hus-
band number two) has had charge OF the
estate. There are. however seven children inter-
rstcd five SOUS and two daughters, who have been
in chrome state of wrangng and contention
about the property, some Of them Wishing it to b.
divided. and some preferring to let it stand and
1.-Two off the rents. The Winter Garden was a por-
ton Of this estate, being situated within the i'll
closure of tho hotel. And now that tho theatre
has been burned down, the question arises As to
its rebuilding: some favorinS the plan, AMI some
opposing; wherefore the Winter Garden. and the
I.aEarS. property. and tho widow. the seven chill
deceased King, will all be brought up in Court. or
rather their names will and the case will probably
be- Il rather interesting one.
Dclmonco's y lunch room in Broad street, next tn
the Gold Exchange, is tho greatest place in New
York for coffee without pistols but Yesterday both
pistols and coffee were served up together. Two
nf the gold room operators first got themselves
into money difficulty, and thcn into more scrl-
u,ls scr;pc which nccessita ed their making tar
gets Of cae other, which they did, but missing
I, rl,t tly,rn nf "A
whose name is Grace, and who thinks 1t dis
graceful affair. Tho target shooter, or rather the
TARGET hitter has been conveyed to the Tombs, and
though from the Tombs comes baeful sound Of
the mans vnicc asking fur ball. 1t Will not be grant
cd, at least for awhile.
At tho lloljukcn course yesterday q very pretty
hurdle race was an interesting feature OF tl.c per-
I,rnancc. The race was dash of two miles over
six hurdles with four entries. Backbird Citadel.
|. ,ly :,cc aud Zig-ZaS--the latter. however, one
or the greatest hurdle lcapcrs i'll the United States
was withdrawn out of respect to the memory of
his jockey recently deceased. the famous Dennis
Eccdy, who rode the gallant stecd ut the great
races at Saratoga last summer The race. with
out Zig-Zas, was somewhat like the play of Ham,
let with tho Danes part omitted Blackbird, how
ever. WAS the llO.atio of the play, and was the
.avoritc.
On the signal being given, away they went.
die in fine style; Citadel's nose. hnwcver,
WAS close npuu the birds tail, whilst
the Lady came next, but knocked down
the hurdle. Over the second hurdle went the
bird and Citadel almost simultaneously, the Lady
tagging behind about dozen lengths. The third
hurdle is cleared with no change in tho relative
position of the horses, and now they tear along the
quarter stretch ut rattling pace, that s to say.
Rackbrd and Citadel, for Lady Alice gives ul' the
contest and wthdraws from tho track. And now,
us the rider of Citadel urges him onward, AZ nc
clears the fourth hurdle three lengths behind the
flvurite the excitement liz intense Here they go
over tie fifth hurdle, tho bird still ying on ahead;
the sixth and last hurdle they leap almost ut the
stand and victory. Citadel, in descending from
the leap catches rather unsteady on his feet, and
ere he can recover his speed. tho bird has shot
ahead and the flag falls, procaiming him the Will
llcr.
The Japanese threaten to take the wind out of
the Black Crooks sails aud are drawing cargocs of
grecnbacks. Gold firm; trade inirm.
MOULTRIE.