The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-21
LETTER FROM NEW YORK
fFRoM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
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FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
New YORK September 1S, 1867.
The first days racing at the Hoboken course,
was failure, izzle-a flash in the pan-the play
of Hamlet with the part of the melancholy Dane
omitted-a novel without heroine or hero, game
of poker with no money bet, game of chess with
the kings off the board-a ball without dance or
supper-a hurdle race performance with the hurdle
race left out There was no hurdle race at all
the entries we're not filed and the race did not
come of, nor did it come on, and everybody was
disappointed downcast, detected and Disguised
The races that did come of, one, dash of three
miles, and the other mile heats, were not worth
seeing and therefore, not worth describing, where
fore, have naught to add about the great Ho-
boken races.
I have something, however, to say about the
fall fashions of which the grand opening days are
at hand and whereas the sterner sex take no ex-
traordinary interest in such matters, be it under
stood and herewith proclaimed that this portion OF
my letter is exclusively addressed to my friends,
the ladies'. AS do not profess to be an fat in
the mysteries and intlicacies OF lady's toilet and
as any attempted description of mine may be as
little understood by the fair as it would be by
me- the unfair it may be as well, or better for me,
to steal little which now give notice that in
tend to do-reserving, however, the privilege OF
mixing up the stolen ingredients in dish OF
phraseoIogy partly made up in my own style.
In place of the coquettish Fanchon ladies will
appear in elegant chapeaur, of which the distin-
gushing feature is tho diadem, which is set up
right across the front of fitting shape, or
will require a shape rising in front to admit
broad bandan 10 be trimmed with sprays OF rich
flowers or satin, or velvet box plats.
1t will also be allowable to walk abroad capped or
bonneted with hat of brown velvet, with broad
land Of pheasanta' foathors intor1ovou across tho
crown, or ono of crimson velvet, trimmed in front
with clusters Of fall leaves and berries. Again. an
indulgent husband may be coaxed into settling
bill for a Spanish hat of golden velvet, trimmed
with black lace and jet with branch trailing
across the front, from which are suspended jet
drops and rosette of same material, hiding it.
self cunningly beneath the shadow OF chignon.
Fashionable people say that coaks will be worn
longer this season than last winter-which may
be taken in double sense, ought to be, consid-
ering how expensive they will be- A lady who ap-
velvet (called the Maintenon), with hood
falling on the back, and consisting Of two
pieces tied loosely together and fringed with
beads, will pass current in the world OF
fashion, the trimming Of the cloak should be
worked in curious devices on the back, and there
should be small coat sleeve adorned with pro-
fusion of bead fringe. 1t would also be in place
to wear black velvet sack, with bead aud gimp
on the back in the form of palm leaf, and blue
for trimmings on the shoulders, wrists, front and
bottom together with rich fringed sleeve. The
fa7orite color for dresses will be the new red-brown
Bismarck, with skirts short for the streets but
with long trails for visiting. A black silk suit,
however, with short overcoat instead OF an over
skirt will do, or we may wear if we choose brown
corded velvet and still be in the fashion. For
morning dresses in the fall Gabrelles will be worn
made loose and confined with belt of same mate
rial. Add to this that it will be rather fashionable
this fall and winter to have good supply of green
backs constantly ON hand and my fashion story is
told.
new and magnificent temple of music will soon
be added to the attractions of this ever-growlng
and wonderful metropolis. Pixies Opera House, at
the corner OF Eighth Avenue and Twenty-thlrd
street. is fast approaching completion. The build
ing, walich promises to be The handsomest struc-
ture of the kind in America is one hundred and
eighty live feet in length, by eighty in breadth,
and seventy feet high from parquette to dome. 1t
will seat ten Thousand seven hundred persons,
with additional standing room for perhaps thou
| sand more. There are twenty-seven handsome
boxes in the front OF the dress circle, and also
six proscenium boxes. The auditorium is made
up OF the parquotte next the parquette crclo then
the dress circle, and next the family circle The
roof and dome arc handsomely ornamented
with the finest trescoing in large modal
lions of blue, dab and gold, and beneath
the dome are the nine muses. most artistically
executed The base Of the medalOns is sur
rounded with border of gold, and as each Of the
statues bears q torch in its hand, and the dome is
of stained glass, the effect may be imagined when
| these torches are lighted; and besides this the
building is Lit up by the glare of nnumerable jets
of gas. The opera house cost million OF dollars,
and will be thrown open to the public about the
| first Of November, when La Grange, Brignoi, and
other great an,stes, will make their appearance
| there.
have seen Forrest as King Lear, and am at a
loss for language which can give adequate express
sion to my disappointment. Forests Lear would
not reflect credit on a stock actor of modest pre-
tensions. He has not ONLY lost his voice but his
physique so far from being attractive, Is the re-
verse, ss he Is potly to and beyond the bounds OF
obesity, and he walks the stage, or rather wad-
dies it, he looks like perpatetic empty hogs
| head with d pair OF legs protruding through
hole in the bottom.
I have had occasion to take run over to New
Jersey, noted for three things first for the savage
justice OF its jurymen, with whom to try crlml-
nal Is 10 cOnFlct ana nallS nll; SccoHuly, IoT tS
bad and kill-at-forty-yards liquor known as Jersey
Ightningi and lastly, for its ino cows I have
about three and half hours ride from New York
and one and half from Philadelphia. and should
be called boarding-to as living must be un-
commonly cheap there, where furnished house
containing hfteen rooms (all fnrnished) can be
rented for the moderate sum OF $500 per annum
saw nothing in Bordentown worthy Of note, save
barber shop, where smoking is not allowed.
Great heavens, and all ye gods and goddessesl a
barber shop where smoking is prohibited Let
such place be stricken out from the map.
The lines, Tribune World and Express, agree
in the opinion that the threat of the Herald in r1
lation to its intention to cut loose from the Asso
ciated Press and attend to its tacgraphing on its
own account, is what is called, in card playing par
| lance, "a bluff Bennett, however, announces
to-day that he holds full hand and is ready to be
| called.
Theatres all making more monev than ever
business looking up smIhngls and hopefully.
| MOULTRIE.
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The sentence Of Captain CHARLES FREDERICK
Brown Thirty-seventh United States coored
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