The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-14
LETTER FROM NEW YORK u.
lFRoM oue SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT


NEW YoRk, October II, 1867.
Ii gentleman who is proprietor of y frs
class hotel happena hmseE to be extiavagantl'
fond of Il certain dish even thonSh 1t be vel
pr. pared "Chateaubrlamd" or tempting pate a
f0iS g.tti, It does not follow that his boarderf
would moi tire OF having too much OF good
thing, if said Chateaubriand or said pie OF goose
liver is sct before them for breakfast. lunch and
dinner, day after day, and week after week. Now
| AloUITRIE is aware of his weaknesses, and pleads
guilty of the charge of having served up last VIM
| ter to The guests of THE DAILY NEWS literary res
iaurant rather too large quantity of BOOTH and
| RIsroRI wherefore how that new dish appears
| in The person al FANNY JANAUScHEK. past expe-
rienca warns him that ii must not be oyerdone,
nor served up too often. lnasmuch as have seen
the three greatest actresses of the age ma % their
| first bow before an American audience, inasmuch
as saw RACHEL. when she made her debut here in
Les Horaces and RIsroRI 4 similar occasion IN
MEDEA. | trust that | may be allowed to say
wold OF two about the great tragedenne
whom | saw on Wednesday night in the German
version OF RfsToRIs lagorite rOl1 FANNY JA-
NAUscHEh's lIedea is equal to that Of her Italian
| rival. She may not be As great an artist as MS
| TORI, but she is greater actress The picture
NAV not be"as finely finished, nevertheless III the
tcufp ensemble it is better one RIsToRI Is Wo-
man who has seen perhaps forty-hVe winters, ana
is tall Hell-formed, and moi handsome. Mile
JANAuscErK has seen but twenty-four summers, IS
small, graceful and exceedingly beautiful. She
combines in her style many OF the exce.iencies OF
RACHEL, RIsroRI and CHARLOTTE CUsHhAN. She
walks the stage like tragic queen rs she Is. her
voice is iull and sonorou5, her attitudes classic
and picturesque her piercing black eyes remind
rs at times of the bright serpent-like eyes of
RAcarL Ske is in all respects an actress before
whose geniu, the critic inu' bow down IN admlra-
tion snd forget to write save III euloglstlc strain
RACHEL held lis speli-bodnd, and chilled our b.ood
as it were RIsToRI exctes our enthusiasm by
her passionate style. JANAUsCHEK does both. Her
grandest triumph WAS III the scene where MEDEA,
being banshed, de,;es her enemies as did the
traitor CATAIINE.
Zurrlck; Wer wa.t's Medeen III beruhren?
Merk auf die Stunde meines scheidens, Kene.
Du sahst noch keine schlInmre. CLAUDE mir
Gent Raum: Ich geh Die Rache nehm ich mt
To see and hear JANAUscaEK, as she declaims
tins passage would he at least to admit that this
new dish Of Moultries is. worthy of being served
up once.
In former letter, winch presume has been
lost, as it has not appeared, gave an account OF
the Devils Auction now being performed at BAN
YARDS Opera House. The Devils Auction Is a
spectacular piece in which the scenery, though
magnificent, is not quite as gorgeous as that III
the Black Crook but the costumes are more
varied and handsome, more suited to the study ot
the anatomy OF the female frame, and the pro-
prietors OF said frames are much more beau-
tiiul than the ladies' Of the corps de bdhel III
the Black Crook Mdlle MoRLAcHI, the new
danseuse who puts up" at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel Was serenaded last night, wheieupon Mr.
Law, the President of the Chamber oil commences.
took the honors for himself and not only made
speech. but has had said speech published lnthe
journals oil the day.
A lighted candle gently inserted through the
creyices of a barrel of gunpowder would probably
create some excitement among such bystanders,
Who might happen to be.ln the vicinity, but the ei-
feet would be nothing compared with the couster-
nation into which The married men OF Wall street
were thrown yesterday when it was whispered
about. and then talked about i'll oudest tones that
money literally and fguratiyely speaking, had been
engaged ia the pleasant t9sk OF taking counter
felt presentmcnts OF several hundred Thousand
dollars worth OF the Seven-thirty bonds OF Uncle
Samuel When the news that these bonds have
involuntarily sal ior their photographs, reaches
the other side of the big water, we may look for
the arrival OF shoals of five -twenties, when gold
will go up as MAJ also many brokers who WILL per-
haps be broken, to fall quickly by the rapid rise
ror holders OF said fvetwenties NAV fear that the!
too may have sat for Their pictures.
The cheering intelligence that reaches us rrom
all quarters that the blrd OF victory is perchlne
upon the brancheB oi The great Democratic tree
brings iovto The once sorrowful, and hope to the
no longer despondent; and people say that there
is q good tina coming both for Sonth and North,
tor East and West-in short, for the whole coun-
trs So far as relates to the poor South what
trust NAV be. ere loug the rich South 1.-The good
time has been so long on its journey, that We may
exclaim, in the language of the poets song III 1t
be coming, why don'tsit come along, for If hope
deferred maketh the heart sick trade deferred n-
lures the pocket nerve.
VANDERBILT, the great steamboat man, who is
as good Judge 0f equine hash as he ls OF the
steam propelled ploughers of the briny deep, has
found and purchased diamond in the rough in
the shape OF horse bought from grocer. aud
(which Yesterday horse not the grocer
t.otted his hall mile in one minute seven and
quarter seccrids. Dexter. whom BONNER bought
some time ago for thirty three thousand dollars
had better beware ot the ''Green Colt" the eA-
grocer's gallant steed.
The Father MATHEW temperance celebration yes
tcrday was 4 spirited though not Il sprituous
affair The most interesting feature of the grand
procession was the long line of little children, at
tired in Knickerbockcr costume, and marching
along through Broadway hand in hand-it was
truly handsome spectacle-the land meanwhile
discOursing most enlivenng strains OF martial
music to the enthusiasm inspiring airs of Glory,
FIailelujah and Pat Maloy.
The opera Borffe continues TO attract the largest
and most fashionable audiences, where, however,
the French element rredoDIinates those, how
ever, who are native and to the manor, though not
to the manner born seem not to object to the very
oio.0al dialogue that takes place between the
two parties most interested i'll the bridal chamber
scene. JErFERsoN's Rip Van Winkle is perform
ance that would win applause from the furloushed
spirit OF WASHINGTON IRVING.
Col a.tive, Cotton passive, weather bad aud
lnsines. sool MOULTRIF.
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