The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-07
Our New York Letter.
[FHoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT

y NEW 1ORK. Alarcn "A lew Gays ago ruIlo
was current in Wall and Broad streets, and in ant
round the Stock Exchange and Gold Room, tha
IT. 'oNARD w. JEROME, the lion of fashion and tht
nr;, ,ce of stock spcculatcrs had lost million an6
ou wter Pacific Mail Stock, and had failed ane
made on assignment. AS the reports we're rather
yaruo nd conflicting, and the truth could not be
arrived It Immediately, refraincd from alludiue
to the cir, amstance till could be better satisfied
"a to tbe e, Trcctness of tho rumors. have since
learned fro, what consider Z most reliable
source that EERo.1E has indeed met with loss Of
million and quarter, but he has neither failed
NOR roa an as igGment; his creditors will be paid
dollar for dolal', and have been secured by liens
on q portion of the real estate owned by their
| debtor.
T,EoS,np ". JEROME, who has been 80 generous
in the distribution of his wealth, is 30 noted for
his courtesy and extreme urbanity that oil classes
sympatbizc with him H. his heavy loss. He is by
no means, however, rednced to poverty-for, after
the payment in full of his entire indebtedness, nc
will be worth about three-quarters Of million.
JEROME is perhaps the boldest stock 'spec1llator
that over lived, and he bears his loss W tn phio-
sophicaI Indifference Ninc-tenths Of the fortune
NtS~~N~oAN"
in tho identical stock by which lie has just lost so
heavily, and he is, Of all men in the world, the one
who will have nerve enough to embark again in
the same boat in which he has almost been wreck
cd, and come forth, perhaps in few months,
richer man than he ever was.
There has been very little talk or excitencnthe
on the subject of the Veto Message and the sub
scquent passage Uf the obnoxious 1sll, and begin
to fear that, with the exception of handful OF
politicians who have their own interest to serve,
the Northern people are tired Of battling in TIC
| cause of tho South and constitutional liberty; We
will have to sinE or swim, live die, survive or
perish" as fate may direct, for powerless to
help ourselves and we will get no material aid
Northern pocket nerve be appealed to in our be-
half
About one week ago it was officially announced
By Professor LOOMS, Of Yale College, that we
would have no more cold weather and no more
snow, and that from That time up to next July We
were to have the ccarest kind OF skies; last night,
however, o severe snow STORM Bet III at O'Clock
and continued almost throughout the night, and
to-day we slip and slide and slide and slip, mean
time muttcrlng imprecatsons against the clerk OF
tto weather, and elevatng our nasal protuberances
ass We think o, scientific calculations III general
and the wise professor in particular.
At q convention of the Father Mathew Temper
ance Societies, held yesterday, it was resolved to
celebrate the approaching anniversary Of St.
Pat. ck's Day in becoming STYLE One of the dele-
gates proposed that Colonel w. r. ItonEnTs be in
!itel Fl p4eHqt NivA !p assspilalS ~ nnfs Waa ohe
the gocIetos forbid political matters to be mixed
up with their proceedings. Thus did tle temper
ance men throw cold water over inc spirits Of the
Fenians.
D:s:nass last wenll was u shadow Of shade
more ts,tiv tnI IL mas ECen FOR sohle lime past.
In tho dry goods, iii particular, there Was !: visible
improvement: pricesof the 1lplu desirable goods
were well sustained, but other elaasea We're held ut
loN9r ,lftess, large 44anHty ut cotton waa OK
ported ny lle European steamers and by sailing
vessels hat thero was no improvement III prices.
An onterprisine gentleman, Of scientific turn of
mind, has invented an electric light so intensely
luminous that by its aid ono can sec to read the
hns s Eras ba E AS1SS # b wa Il sss IND shad @s
t TIN noo 1T" So t sppFora oF e aSthostes al M L vii
probably DO used to light tho city, at any rate
viii be introduced on Broadway, illuminating the
grand thoroughfare in the most brilliant manner
conceivable.
Another raid was made by the moral policemen
nigny, IL the establishment koptSy ths! Notorious
Madame BELLE "A clean'sweep was lia9c, al OF the
inmates being arrested. The. moral policemen,
however, testified that tlerowaH no drinking going
ordbly dsylo aAa flat many iof tie Waitap girls
are poor hut pectsble young women who can find
no otor means Of support for themselves and their
uged uud inilrm mothers. The entire party were
discharged from custody. It is mich to be re-
gretted that these respectable (!) Toung women
cannot find some more respectable EN- plo, ment,
for 1t would he better by far for their "agod moth
their dang4tety E lb' tkas dxboFed t. tampa.
tipns t9 Which in timq they eaniipt hut yield, and
which must end in their ruin.
A new comedy by Warts PHILLIPS entitled q s:Iu-
'o ...-.- 49,. w prouuceu at WAL1.AcK's to.mor- nor
row night, tho dangerous Game" being Will Win
draw, at last The ncvcrending Black CROOK VIII;
seems run on forvs md the >, na nter er
| Garden, 4 popular little comedy, that has met
with great success at one Of the German theatres
hore has been translated by NJ, MAYER, Esq, Tor r.
merly OF your city, and will soon bo produced at
WALLAcKs; it is entitled "The Piano" and is is o
sprghtly little affair." rather in the French r than
German style. MOUL1hlE.