The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-06
Our New York Letter.
[FRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

New YORK, April 3-Now is the win
ter Of our discomfort made glorious aumme
by the sun of New York, or, at any rate
made glorious Spring. No more snow, nj
more cold weather-overcoats thrown aside
blankets put away, skates alta discount, ic'
cream at premium, fans above par, bird
chirping merrily, rose trees putting fortt
their buds, the face of nature bright ant
cheerful, as the green mantle of Spring il
thrown gracefully over the shoulders OF th(
dame. Thousands of visitors daily at the
Central Park, the fairy boats once more
launched upon the mirror-like surface o.
the beautiful lake, the graceful swans, re
leased from their confinement, again dot
ting the bright surface of the mirror ano
floating about leisurely, seeming to be LOST
in admiration Of the beauty Of their long
and beautifully curved necks, as they catch
the reflection thereof beneath the gently
rippling surface of the lake. The rides and
promenades in the Park are more striking
ly beautiful than ever, and the romantic
beauty ofthe Park itselfis enhanced by the
grateful shade of hundreds Of new trees that
have been planted recently; the pretty rus
tic structures erected for the benefit of the
the little ones vie in point Of romantic beau
ty with somewhat similar structures design.
ed as home Of gleesome little sparrovs i'm,
ported from England. Valuable additions
have been made to the Geological collec'
ton, and yesterday a magnificent gentleman
Elk, just arrived from Illinois, was added
thereto, and seems to be much pleased with
his new home The new fountain now be-
ing erected will be most beautiful and ar
tistic piece of work-the design is a female
figure representing an angel disturbing
the watersy perched upon rock whence
gushes forth stream Of water, falling first
into marble basin, and then into the lake
below; at the base will be four dolphins, a
stream spouting from the mouth of each.
The Park has been improved and beautified
by hundredsof additions, and those Of your
readers who contemplate coming on here
this summer have rich treat in store for
them.
The excitement here on the subject Of
aaptsis unprecedented. Unfurnished
houses VII tch rented ia1g q 1s2@ one
thousand to thirteen hundredl Mars, krs
dificrlsto be procured noEsor eig@teen
hundred or two thousand aug ~ ~ reahon is
that out of every hundre. sgRassss offered
for rent, at least eighty are furnished. The
citizens who suffer from this state OF at
fairs attribute the mania for renting out
furnished houses to this circumstance, VIZ.
that last year there was great influx Of
southerners who, not being able to afford
to purchase furniture, were compelled to,
rent houses already furnished, and the
landlords found that this business pays so
much better than leasing empty houses
that they think proper to keep it up this
year-hence the demand for unfurnished
houses is so much in excess of the supply
that rents have gone up enormously, not
only here but also in Brooklyn, Hoboken,
and all surrounding places. [ am acquaint-
ed with several Southern families residing
here who contemplate removing up as high
even as One Hundred and Twenty-ftth
Street Harlem, on account of the extraor.
dinary high rents lower down. AS rents
go up down town, people go up town; but
as people go up town, rents will go up also
up town as well as down town. 1t must be
borne in mind that any point below Thir-
tieth Street is called down town in this
rising age.
The fact of the matter is, that New York
is overcrowded, and so long as labor and
material are at such high figures that it
would not pay to build, the evil will not
be remedied. Itpays capitalists much bet
ter to invest in uptown lots, which have
been known to appreciate in value, at
times, as much as three and four hundred
per cent. in four or five years.
Although I have occasion to visit the
gold room very often, I cannot remember
ever to have been so much amused there
as T was an hour ago. Between one and
two o'clock gold had been particularly dull,
slowly and tamely auctuating between
l34s and 134t At two o'clock gentle
man, who seemed to be anxious tc give
some little life to the game, went blind, as
it were, by offering ten thousand at 134.
The offer was snapped up in moment,
and then, as the register changed to l3A,
a scene of excitement began chat I am at a
loss for language adequately to describe.
Every man in the room set up his voice,
and bawled aloud at the same time, all
of them singing kind Of demoniacal
song to pretty nearly the same tune,
though in different octaves. All want
ed to buy, and none seemed willing to Q
sell, for the man who had gone blind
seemed determined to remain dumb also.
assure you that I do not exaggerate,
when I tell you that one excited indivi-
dual, who sang song to the words, "Ill
give thirty-four for ten or twenty gold" re-
peated this no less than seventy three times,
q counted them, when he grew rather
hoarse and abandoned the game; even
after be had capitulated, however, be
seemed anxious to renew. the long trying
contest, and his lips moved as though he
were about to break out again. Fourteen
hundred tom-oats, each one with his dorsal
appendage tightly compressed in red-hot
vice, could not possibly give better idea
of Pandemoniun, than did these excited,
gold spectators, as each one endeavored to
bawl more loudly than his neighbor. | re-.
NAMED in the sale room about quarter OF
an hour after the bawling began, but no o
sale was effected in that time, and when l
left, the register still marked one thirty
four, and the man who had capisulated,
raised his flag again, and his voice likewise,
screaming aloud in an insane manner,
"I'll give thirty-four for ten or twenty
gold"
The new Academy Of Music narrowly
escaped destruction by fire night be-
fore last. One Of the attendants IN the es.
tablishment had put out the gas in one OF