The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-14
Our New York Letter.
rrnoM OUR SPECIAL conREspoNDEN1.l

[FRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
New YORK January 9.-To impeach or not to I'M
poach that is the question: whether Congress
will be content to let us bear the ills we have, O
drive US, the country in general and themselves
particular to others that we know not of, and Cal
not estimate. People here who have no none.
and no property take no more interest in the mat
ter than they would if they citizens Of Egypt
but the monied men are alarmed: the bone ane
sinew are scared; the Wall street bankors anc
Fifteenth avenue lords arc trembling in their pa
tout leather Shoes for, as I have observed II
many OF my letters, they believe that if the Presi
don't be inpeached> gold will rise with ruinous
rapdity, and a financial crash will come. Let
it come, if it must, it cannot injure the already
impoverished South, and may bring the people OF
the North to their senses, and compel them to
help ns in helping themselves. Congress- may op-
press tho South with impnnity; but let them be-
ware how they touch the Northern pocket men.
Six hundred German lagor beer venders met
yesterday, in solemn conclave, ut the Bowery Gar
Law in the best high Dutch, after which they
drank beer by the hour, then passed more DAMN
ing resolutions, and drank lager again. The Ger
mans are determined to put down the law, and
will, no doubt, eventually succeed, for there are
three hundred Thousand Teuton beer drinkers
in Now York city, resolved to do OF die that they
may drink and live.
lecture was delivered last night at Zion
Church, before On audience composed Of blacks
and whites in the proportion Of ten to one, on the
subject OF Human Rights. The lecturer contend
ed that this was originally the black mans cou1-
try, and inferred that negro is rather better than
a white man. This may be 80: There is certainly
more fuss made over him, whether he be or not.
Trso3 oorof 10
received by telegram from Canada that Head
Centre Stephens has proved to be q bad book keep
er by Offering to hand over the books OF the Fenlan
Brotherhood, on cocdition that he be allowed to
return to Green Erin without being arrested and
held in DURANGO vile. The report is not believed,
but it may not be without foundation, for Stephens
must have perceived ere this that the cause is
hopeless, and may desire to take care of number
one, as almost al the world does.
obituary notice Of General Arthur P. Hayne, Civ
ing biographical sketch of the life Of the distin-
guished deceased, and eulogizing him as he 30
we'll deserves concluding with the remark that sas
Of the rePresentatTegh Of gene@ra @
be lamcntcd throughout the country.
s"rhe man that lays his hand on q woman, save
in tho way of Kindness" should be fined by tho
Court. Thomas Mullen not only laid his hand on
Mary Swoeny, but brought it down in q most IN
kind and injurious manner. Mary thought, the
beating was cheap at three Thousand dollars dam.
ages, but the Court was Of the opinion that two
hundred dollars was enough, and so decided.
mentioned in my last that the churches are
drawing just as well as the theatres. Plymouth
Church. in Brooklyn, bids fair to beat even Niblos
Garden. There was an auction there, yesterday,
Of choice scats, and one sold as high as FIVE hun
dred ard fifty dollars-an advance OF four hundred
and twenty dollars on it's assessed value. This
proves that rich people can be religious as well as
poor ones.
There were great doings yesterday at Jerome
Park, whore the skating pond WAS thrown open tor
the benefit Of the privileged The sons and daugh-
ers of the aristocracy showed that they are quite
expert in skating as the more classes,
and the lake was soon filed with ladies aud gentle
men, who slid along with as much ease and grace
as though, instead OF being born with teeth, like
Richard the Third, they had come into the world
with skates on But will not describe the skating,
thing, for must try their prtience in my next.
wherein propose to indulge in o description OF
the grand skating carnival and fancy dt ess ball
Ton ice), which is to come off tonight at Major
Oatman's pond, and which shall attend for the
special benefit of the readers OF tho NEWS: ills
said that this affair viii really be big thing on
leo. and so have determined to invest in ticket,
and see the leo ball.
Yesterday, tho sth of January, the anniversary
of the battle of New Orleans, was celebrated here
by the hoisting Of the national flag on the public
buildings, and in no other manner; today, the 9th
of January and the anniversary Of the birthday of
your correspondent is, strange to relate not cele-
brated at al except by dinner to be given by
holsc-kecper i'll Fourteenth street, for
tho benefit of others us well as himself No toasts
will be given ut the dinner, no speeches will be
made and nothing vii, be drank but small cups OF
bad coffee; even the newspapers here have nought
to say on tho all-mportaut subject OF tho advent
of Moultrie's natal day.
Tho unusual dullnoss in trade here is attributed
by business mon to the fact that prices are high
that people are in doubt Us to whether they can
possibly remain where they are or whether they
must fall ere long. One Of the best commercial
papers published here gives tho prices OF various
articles on the third of january Of each year, from
1860 to 1867 inclusive, showing how nearly every
thing has advanced out Of oil proportion to the
difference in currency and gold. On January Sd,
1860, wheat flour tStato) was 81 80; on January Sd,
1867, it was quoted ut s11. The best extra
Genessee went up from 81 so TO SIG. Cotton
middling upland-jumped in the seven years from
II cents to ST conts Goldfish from 81 SO to So !;
Scotch pig iron s2i SO to $50; English bars from
s53 to s1O5, and so on ad 1iaene. The question is
will prices ronain rs they are? .lot being compe-
tent to answer tho question l give it up, and SO
leave o subject which is drawing me rather beyond
my depth.
Though business is dull the city is. not, and
skating ponds, churches and theatres arc oil
drawing. MOULTRIE.