The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-05
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
[FRom OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT


NEW YORK, October 2, 1867.
Music and the man sing-the man who does
not play'upon pianos, but who works upon the in
strument, who attacks it furiously, who does bat
hand to hand conflict and comes out triumphant in
the end, who perspires profusely as lie plays and
still plays on who is as it were the acrobat OF pl-
auists, who, if he cannot beat THALBERa and
LIszr, can at least beat upon the instrument
louder than either OF these great masters. Moul-
trie has seen and heard the great LEOPOLD DE
MYER The place-Steinway's Hall; the time-last
night The hall is densely crowded. THoMAss
Mammc'l Orchestra has performed unheeded;
Mrs HEMproN has warbled her sweet notes in
vain; little Carl. Rosa has sawed upon the feline
intestines and has won but little applause, except
from PozNANsKI, his brother artist, who is seated
among the audience, and who may be distinguished
by his lengthy locks, which, like some OF his and
RosA's finest notes, are most artlsticaly long
drawn out All have finished, and It's time for DE
MYER TO appear. Now thereis breathless silence
in The hall; then nervous movement then MUIR
INJURED exclamations, and next dealening shout
of applause as an old man comes forward
upon the stage and bows his head, all white and
silvered DER by the breath of old father Time The
''Lion Pianist" as he is justly called, stands in
front of us, ard anon behold him seated in front Of
the Steinway grand. He has begun the attack.
At first we hear the clear and sweet tones of the
instrument, as with the rapidity of the lightning
his fingers fash over the keys-anon, the thunder
of the bass, and now does the artist begin to
up to his work-his eyes flash with the fire OF
genius, his cheek reddens with the flush of excite
ment his long snowwhite locks fall in disorder about
his brow, he cenches his hand at times as though
he were engaged in prize fight, and then comes
the music, then does the piano change into
thing of life, then does it talk if ever piano spake
the air pulsates as ii were with the vibrations OF
sound, there is music in the most in6nitestima
portion OF every cubic inch Of air in the hall
music in our ears, music in our eyes, and nose and
mouth, music in the very benches and flooring,
music everywhere. have never heard such play
ing. I have heard THALBERa, who is a more
finished artist, and is De MYERS master );
vet have never heard such playing, nor has any
one else, for as regards difficulties and wonderful
manipulation, De MYER probably has no equal
even in the great LIszr himself. Nevertheless, he
is not, strictly speaking, n finished artist. He
lacks polish and poetry of style. He is clap-trap
performer, like great tragedian who excels in
ranting passages. His execution may be compared
to CHARLOTTE CUsHMANs Meg Merriles, but not to
BooTHs Hamlet or RAcHEL's Phedre. LEOPOLD DE
MYER, however, has made g great hit, not only
upon the piano, which he hits so well, but upon
the public mind and pocket. Had. found De
MYER to be simply great pianist would not
have devoted 30 much space to an account Of his
performance, butas it is, l must be excused, on
the ground that know that it will be agreeable to
the music-loving people of my dear native city to
hear something of the wonderful musical executor
of possible impossibilties who astonished the cit'
zeps of Charlestonatwerty years ago, aid who as
tonished Moultrie last night By the incredible
feats performed with his hands.
Quite large nnmberef the gentlemen employed
as clerks in the stores on Broadway, where rents
are extremely high and salaries proportionately OF
rather dsproportionaely, low have OF late resort
ed to novel plan by which to increase the latter
without placing themselves under obligations to
their pay-rental employers. The plan is to dis
pose of goods at one hundred per cent. below cost
to themselves as cash purchasers, and then to sell
hem of in q lump to customers at small profit.
The business has THUS far paid remarkably we'll
for the clerks, but the firms have, many OF them,
become infirm in consequence; wherefore, they
have set some shrewd detectives OH the track, and
the result is that a number OF young gentlemen
have been temporarily buried alive in the Tombs.
Our cousins Germau-I mean our German
cousins-had what is called in common OF uncom-
mon and ineegant parance "a high old time" yes
terday al LANpMANN's, Hamilton Park, where the
Caanstdd coksteSt vas the order Of the day. The
Russian, French ard Turkish "kaisers" were on
hand or rather foot that is to say, not 80 either
at first, for they we're on horseback. King William
OF Prussia was there, with Bismarck by his side,
Louis Napoleon Victor Emanuel and the Sultan
all Joined in the lager beer mbibing and the most
exalted representatives Of the human race being
present. horse race followed, which amused the
crowd. Then came theatricals, tableaux vivants,
and trppings Of the light and heavy fantastic toe
Much lager was drunk; no men were drunk
Everything went OF as merry as wedding bell
CdnnstaN UoksfeSt was pronounced success, and
the festivities suspended for awhile to be re-
newed to-day.
General SHERIDAN is still being honized. Yes
terday he advanced upon BRADY's gallery, whero
he sat for his counterfeit prescntment, and next
paid visit to the Board Of Brokers, who received
him kindly, gratefully remembering that the war
i'll which he played conspicuous part, had
enabled them to turu many an honest (2l penny.
A member of the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals yesterday caused the arrest OF
a hard-hearted man who had performed with
club for about ten minutes upon the Uranium OF u
hard-headed mue. The man urged in his de-
fence that the mule had kicked him without prov
ocaion wherefore he had felt justified in perform
ing solo upon the animals head a Ia LEOPOLD DE
MEYER. The man hae been held to bail, and the
mulo rejoiceth.
Can dead man be tried for bigamy 2-if 80, the
ghost Of RICHARD E. KEER should be arraigned and
held for trial-for said KEER seems to have been d
steam car, so far as matrimony was concerned.
KEER ran off the track-that is to say, ded-and
left two widows who both claim the snug little
amount Of twenty thousand dollars, which the car
left behind The case is now before the Court,
and curious feature about it is that both of the
disconsolate widows rejoice in the name of JANE.
Gold steady. Cotton in better demand:
i MOULTRIE.
The YELLOW FEVER IN New ORLEANs.-The
total number of interments reported by the
sections OF the various cemeteries for the week
ending Sunday was 1892 of which 4S9 died from
yellow fever, SO from other fevers. and lGO from