The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-02-01
Our New York Letter.
[FRoM QUE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK, January 28.-Who steals my purse
steals trash. 'Tis something nothing; twas mine
-tis his, and has been slave to thousands; but he
that filches from me my good watch, robs Me OF
that which enriches him materially, and puts mo
to exceeding. Inconvenience The incident am
about to relate, and in which, to certain extent,
was an actor, though not the hero Of the story,
occurred on last Saturday night; time-l1 o'clock;
place-Third Avenue cars. A party of q dozen
Carolinians-lados and gentlemen-were enjoying
the luxury OF q Juggling, jolting ride i'll a car 80
closely pack that the CONDUCTOR in collecting the
fare, grew so confused that he seemed at one time
to take himself for o passenger who had just got
in, and whom he suspected Of ondeayoring to
sneak off without paying. One of our party, n
gentleman who rejoices in the possession of u
magnificent gold watch, to which is appended y
handsome chain, which hangs down in o most
tempting manner had position OH the standing
committee during the lengthy ride, and as he en-
tertained the ladies with his conversation purity
OF six pckpockets were equally entertained bJ ad-
miring the watcl-chan and forming plans for its
capture, and that o. the tilne-picce attached. At
the corner Of Eighth street the Carolina delegation
seeded from the car. Aloultrie led the van, gal
lautly oscortiug lady, whom lie carefully piloted
across tho SNOWY. slushy, slippory street, and
landed safely on the less trcIcherOus sidewalk.
But 10 the balanco OF the delegation come
not; and hark! CRY tha.t suggests difficulty.
What shall Moulirie do7 Shalt he abandon tho
lady, aud with wings as swift as meditation
of the thoughts OF love hasten to the relief
Of Lis friends, or shal he remain at his post? :?
He did not remain, and now behold him on the
scene Of action but too lutte to do heroic dccds for
the performance was well nigh over. When the
Carolina delegation reached tho platform. ono OF
the pickpocEet committee blocked up tho passage
so as to render egress next to impossible; Where
upon one of the gentlemen took him BY the collar
in q manner not tho most gentle, and caused him
to describe semicrcle. Now was tho time Tor Sc
ton, thought the watchful thieves; wherefore five
OF thcnl went into tho pushing business with will,
whilst . sixth gently insinuated his hand into q
pocket belonging to the gentleman who WAS pro-
pretor of the handsome watch. Tie hand graspcd
The watch chain, and the pickpoclet looked upon
the :textcrous feat as q juit dccomp5, when sud-
denly u hand seZed him by the throat, ard it's
companion drew the watch chain from its GRASP
the thief broke away and beat hasty retreat; but
he was closely followed by three others OF the
Carotiua delegation, who caught him III the twink
ling Of an eye, and by the back Of tho neck, and
hell him up against the car plntform, 81 well as
against his will. When Mouilrie came up this
scene had just ended and the curtain had Just
risen the second act. where the thief was dis
covered hugged in the brawny arms OF a bigpolcc-
man, who from time to time amused himself by
serenading the pickpochet's head with his club.
The battle vas over; the thieves had mado a fdsco
and wero discomfted; the Carolinians were VIC
torious; the watch vas saved; the ladies made up
their minds not to faint and smiled sweetly the
gentlemen who had acted so a.lantly. But Moul.
ffrie got no smile, for he had not distinguished
himself; he had done no choking; he had not come
up to time when the time-piece drama was being
performed. In fact, bis feelings we're such as even
the pickpocket mig at not have envied.
The Hon. John Morrlssey is not the only man
who has thought proper to reform, to abandon
the prize fighting profession and adopt the more
honorable (?) calling of a faro-dealcr. John c.
Heenan has also reformed, and has, for some time
past, occupied the highly honorable position o
proprietor Of fashionable tigers den at No. 76i