The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-07

| ~" AOsf, IA lew u1yS ago q fumO1
was current in Wall and Broad street,, and in anu
LEONARD W. JEROME, the lion of fashion aud the
prince OF stock speculatcrs had lost million and
quarter on Pacific Mail Stock, and had failed and
made m assignment. AS the reports we're rather
vague and conflicting, and the truth could not be
arrived at Immediately, refrained from aIludiug
to the circumstance till could be better satisfied
as to the correctness OF the 1umors. 7 have since
learned from what / consider most reliable
source that at'JERoME has indeed met with loss Of
million and quarter, but he has neither failed
nor made an assignment; his creditors viii be paid
dollar for dol1ar, and have been secured by liens
on portion Of the real estate owned by their
debtor. "' Isf 'rH' AA
LEONARD ". JEROME, who has been SO generous
IN tho distribution Of his wealth, is 40 noted for
his courtesy and extreme urbanity that oil classes
sympathizo with him in his heavy loss He is by
no means, however, reduced to poverty-for, after
the payment in full Of his entiro indebtedness, he
will be worth about three-quarters Of million.
JEROME is perhaps the boldest stock speculator
that ever lived, and he bears his loss with philo-
sophical Indifference. Nine-tenths Of the fortune
no had accumulated was acquired by operations
N the Identical stock by which he has just lost so
heavily, and heis, Of all men in the world the one
the same boat in which he has almost been wreck
cd, and come forth, perhaps in a few months, q
richer man than he over was.
There has been very little talk or excitement here
on the subject of the Veto Message and the sub
sequens passage If the obnoxious Bill, and begin
to fear that, with the exception Of q handful Of
politicians who have their own interest to serve
the Northern people arc tired Of battling in the
cause or tho South and constitutional liberty; we
VAL have to sink or swim, live or die survive or
Per1sh, as ate may direct for we are powerless to
nelp ourselves, and we will get no material aid
from the North unless gold should rise, and the
Northern pocket nerve be appealed to in our be-
half. 5. S '.-- .i & @ --.1e
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 dearest kind of skies; last night
hoTeEer, nov severe snow storm set IN ate O'Clock
to-day we slip and slide and slide and alp, mean
t1me 'mutterlng imprecations against the clerk Of
as we our nasal
and tho wise professor in particular. -al'7' i
At 2 convention Of the Father Mathew Temper
a1c9 Societies held Yesterday it was resolved to
Patricks Day: in becoming style, One Of the dele.
gates proposed that Colonel W. B. RoBEnrs be IN
p1AAacN LuC lS6OClAC1Ou. but it
jected to on the ground that the constitut;ans of
the societies forbid political matters to be nred
up with their proceedings. Thus did the temper
Feninns. lI ISa--. - = - 11'o a'
Easansss lat t. week as asa fa SON :. s,aa- b6sk
N the dry goods in particular, there WIS visible
Te
lower rates large quantity Of cotton was ex-
ported hy the European steamers and BY sailing
vessels, but there was no improvement in prices:
n rIaiY1 rfo
mind, has invented electric light SO intensely
luminous that by its aid one can see to read the
lines finest II print at distance Of quarter Of mile
it meet the approval of the authorities, it will
probably be used to light the city, OF at any rate
will bo introduced on Broadway, Illuminating the
grand thoroughfare in the most brilliant manner
conceivable G@ y 9, q rrS .f..5 '.71-"1s
Another mid was made blythe moral policemen
upon the immoral Broadway Concert Saloons last
night, ut tho establishment kept by the notorious
Madame BELL. A clean sweep was made, an of tho
inmates being arrested: The moral policemen
however, testifed that there WAS no drinking going
on that everything Was conducted in the most
orderly style and that many of the waiter. girls
are poor but respectable young women who can find
aged and inarm mothers. The entire party were
discharged from custody. It ,is mnch to Sbe re-
gretted that these respectable ~ young women
for it wouldbe better by fur Tor their saged moth.
ers" to be compelled to beg their bread than for
their daughtera to DO thus exposed TO tempfa-.
s.IS1 70 Which N ume they cannot but ylelA and
which must end in their ruin. ,s@5 ri
new comedy by WATTS PHILLIPS, entitled, SIN
vestment," will be produced at WALnAoK's to-mor-=
row night, the Dangerous Game" being with
drawn at Last. The never-ending Black Crook viii,
it seems, run on forever, and the Merchant 81
Venice will run through the season at the Winter
Garden. a popular little comedy, that has met
with great snecess at one of the German theatres
here, has been translated by M. MAYER, Esq, for
merly of your city, and will soon be produced at
WALIAcKs; It is entitled "The Piano. !" and is q
spr1ghty little affair, rather in the French than
German style. .MOULTRIE.0 3%