The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-30
Our New York Letter.
lFRoM DUB REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

l lFRoM DUB REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
NEW YonK, March 27.-Temperance is good
thing, and politics may be q good thing, too al
times, and when it is Of q proper brand; but il
were perhaps better not to mix them up togethe,
in the Same dish. It is related Of gentleman in
uneasy circumstances, who lived, or rather vege-
tateo, IN third-cass clearinghouse, that on
taxing h1s scat ut breakfast table, one morning,
and finding tho sugar dish half full Of sugar and
half full OF flies, he remarked to the landlady that
ne was found OF sugar, and had a gree. respect
not to say affection for flies, bnt that ne preferred
having them served up in separate dishes. if con.
venlent. Politicians and temperance men are be-
ginning to serve up the political sugar and tenn
perate Ties in the same dish. as for example: at a
meeting at Plymouth Church, last night, where
HORACE GREELEY, using his eloquent tongue as IN
au-potent spoon, stirred the two things together.
contending that the sale Of alcohol should be reeu
lated md restricted by legislative enactment and
that the traffic in all Intoxicating liquors should ta
Eaew1se regulated by law. Now it NAV be MI very
weA to endeavor by legitimate means to keen nm
the temperance movement, but il dealers are to he
prohibited from selling wadskey because men who
purchase may 80 use Il, or rather so abnse t. as
to injure themselves, the Legislature may lust as
vel pass a law placing restrictions upon the sale
OF cheese, because buyers may make it up into
Welsh-rarebits. and by eating too much thereof
might injure their. digestive organs. What with
UNIVERSAL suffrage, temperance, .rromens rights,
fenlanlsn and all sorts Of isms, everything is
getting to be mixed up in such 11y-and.anuar
fashion that We, eindependent boarders in uncla
Sans large hotel, will soon have to eschew each
and every dish, or chew thom altogether &c
The committee appointed to examine into the
affairs OF the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, the
directors OF which have been charged with having
purposoly Hooded the market with stock, bringing
1t down from two hundred and thirty to- one hun
cred and twenty (par value one hundred), and
running LEONARD W. JEROME and others, has been
hard at work, but has found out nothing so far
JEROME himself is one Of the directors and il ia
therefore hardly probable that there could have
been anything wrong behind the curtain.
The criminal record in the courts here OF late
shows an alarming increase III the number Of per
sons arrested, charged with the horrible crime OF
lntantlclde and murder, by means Of the attempted
production Of abortion. Within the past week
there have boen two instances in which the unfor-
tunate victims OF the last-named crime have gone
10 tnear dread account Tho horrible profession
seems to pay largely here for many Of it's male and
|Steanale practitioners live IN marble palaces that
rent 1or al least Ave on SIX thousand dollars Der
among the people Of: sodoh1 srd. 1senaaisah that
exists in tins Rrae&& .moEsrn Babylon, Then did
those two cities wal dsser7a absburnt to the
ground without . cent ds so1anoass New York
city, though good placB NOM senso OF the word
IS, in many respects as thoroughly bad aplace as
there is in this terrestrial globe. "A. &
Tho He7Dh predicted yesterday again that we
would have tall Of rain or snow within three dsys
and half; but one day has elapsed and behold
we are favored with Another snow storm. In to-
mo1Tows issue; the weather-wise Reratd will bras
hugely, and make, auother prediction, which will.
Of course again be verified for the clerk Of the
weather seems have snow on the brain, and
people have givec up all hope Of having any
summer at all this year. sa sa3
The extraordinary movement hero among all
casses, and in all circles OF society, in favor OF
giving entertainments for the benefit Of the desti-
tute people Of the South, is daily gaining in popu-
larlty. Theatrical people, operatc people, circus
:peopla, concert singers, and amateurs, are all
"orsong h1avoly in tbs good cause, midnight after
night are concerts, theatrical nterta1nments and
tableaus given at Jerome's theatre by the first
LADIES' OF the Fifth Avenue. In consideration OF
thia last mentioned circumstance, it becomes me
to explain how it Is that the performance Of the
Charleston amateurs for the benefit OF the South
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come off as had announced that it would. The
Indies had consented to perform provided thew
would not be compelled to appear in public
theatre or haLl-wherefore JEROME was applied to
and promised the use Of his theatre. It appears.
however, that ho has been compelled t, withdraw
his offer on the ground that the Ladies' Southern
Rehef Association here, to whom he had rendered
the ESQ OF the building, will keep it for an inde-
finite period during which time it can only be used
for enterta inments given under their patronage
and for the benefit of their own Society. Whether
or not the amateurs will MAKE arrangements to
to play there under such conditions have not vet
| been able to learn.
a night or two ago concert, in aid Of the cause
referred to above, was given in tho immense par
lors OF the magnificent residence Of NJ. srouaEros.
| on Filth Avenue, and large amount was realized.
The ladies' who shone most conspio-ously were the
Misses PARKER and BoUDHEnER, of this CITY. Mrs.
WILSON, also Of New York, and Miss BaooKa. of
Detroit. Critics say that Miss BRooKs sings quite
as well and aristcally the best professionals Of
| the italian Opera. .
Ihe merchants Of New York may deserve the re-
putation they have acquired for shrewdness vet
they are not 80 wise but that they can be taken in
now and then. A man who calls himself MARrus
THAT which we call rose by any other name would
ooA4 10 e"oeV 1i1aS Deeu carrying On, anc6 Sep
tember 1858, the neatest kind Of swindiine game.
and has come ont ahead to the tune Of ten thou
sand dollars MARTINS stock in trade consisted in
quantity Of "cheek" and subscription list pur-
porting to be for the benefit Of the INDECENT mem.
Ders Of the Insurance patrol. He called regularly
once year on the firm OF H.. b. C1AY1a d Co.
and walked of as regularly with ten dollar bill
and 50 with other houses, and verify his bus1ness
did flourish and prosper. Yesterday, however, be
was arrested, and now is MARTINS occupation
gone.
Gold quiet at 1s4aa; business dull, and-only thu
and nothing more. M00LTRE.
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DEATH OF Col. D. 8. TAY1oa.-We have to re-
cord this morning th- 5eath OF another Old cftzer
OF Pendleton. On I-4day last, Col. David s Tay
lor departed this ife the sixtieth year Of his age
after q brief illness, Of apoplexy His summoni
was short, although premonitory symptoms Of tht
dlsease had been apparent for several years. Col
Taylor bad accumulated large fortdne before The
war, and was regarded one OF our wealth;est citi
zens Ho had recently accepted the appoiutmen.
OF Assistant Assessor OF Internal Revenue ani
was at this place, in the active discharge Of his
dahes, but 2 few days previous to his death.
| IAnanta Iateaigencer
4 The weather continues cold, cloudy and unfa.
vorable to planting interests. Winter seepos tc
au T,thdraw his icy mantle with reluctance. This
state OF weather cannot last much 1ohgor- would
DO contrary to the long established rules Of nature
! so We may req onebly expect, before many days
1 that spring will truth bufst unrn ma and ~