The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-13
Things In New York.
A TRYING wEEK-GENERAL SHERMAN AND CHARLES
p1CKENs-rHE NEEpLE-auN-cLEnIcAL MATTERS

A TRYING wEEK-dENERAL SHERMAN AND CHARLES
D1cKENs--THE NEEDLE-aUN-cLERIcAL MATTERS
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
The New York correspondent of the Phiadel-
phia Ledger, writes under date Of December g:
The week just closing will long be remembered
as one of the most trying in mercantile and bus-
ness circles, that has been experienced for many
years The failures have been many, and among
them arc several houses that havo heretofore
weathered many storm without damage. There
are some VIII o think that there are even worse eX-
periences ahead but these are Jobs comtorters;
the moro hopeful, as well the moro general
view, is that we have abe Mt touched bottom, and
that though no relief from the existing stagna-
tion can reasonably be looked for until we enter
the new year. the situation will then assuredly be-
gin to improve.
No little feeling is expressed among the army
officers here that Lieutenant-General Sherman
was permitted to pass through this city Yesterday
without receiving the slightest token of public
spect. They say they feel the slight all the more
keenly in view of the osentatous demonstrations
that were recently madc in honor of other less
prominent officers.
Mr.. Charles Dickens arrived from Boston this
afternoon and took rooms at the Westminster
Hotel. Ibis evening he will receive many OF his
old New YORK friends, and tomorrow, aftcr going
to Trinity Church, he will drive or be driven out
to see the Central Park, the High Bridge, &c.
| The famous Irussian needlc-gun is to have
| trial (the first time in America) at the State
Arsenal, in the Seventl-avcnue, on Tuesday next.
| Tho Prussian as well as tho American cartridge
will be used. The latter is said to surpass in ra-
pidlty Of firing even the cartridge originally i'll
vented for this species OF gun. Tue trial will be
under the supervision of Board oil Officers.
Rev. .Ir. Duryea, vi this city, ha; been called to
the pastoral cnarge o. the Reformed Congrcga-
ton, in Monroe Place, brooklyn, at a salary Of
may be added, is still without rector, though it
is understood there is salary of $4,000 per an
nun waiting for the man that will suit thcm.
| The hardware and iron dealers have called i
meeting on Monday, III Park Place to appoint del
egates to the forthcoming National Convention OF
] the manufacturing interests, at Cleveland, on the
18th instant, to agtlte for the repeal OF all taxes
OIL domestic manufactures and for general re-
| vision of the internal revenue laws. The paper
dealers meet on Tuesday for similar action.
| shocking discovery was made III an apartment
| in the house No. 107 Attantic-sreet, BROOKLYN,
this morning. Mrs. Catharine Fail and her
daughter Jennie-the former about forty and the
| latter about siXteenwe found lying on the bed
| dead, and locked in each others arms. Both were
| in their night dresses. The cause OF their death
is as yet mystery, but they are supposed to have
boon poisoned. druggist, who keeps place in
Whitehalstreet, near Battery place. i'll this city,
who is known to have been frequent visitor at
the house, has been arrested OH suspicion. Mother
and daughter were English, and had been IN this
| country only Il few months. Their apartments
were quite elegantly furnished. Mrs. Fall repre-
serted herself as widow. Both arc said to have
been out with the druggist at late hour stnight
horrible mystery surrounds the whole affair
and much excitement exists i'll the vicinity OF the
house where ii took place. The Coroner is prose-
cutting hs energies, but thus lar nothing has come
out beyond the mcagre facts here stated. Ru-
NOR, however, is busy, and there is no end of her
stories concerning the party who is supposed to
be implicated as the murderer. His name is
Joel D. Price. There were no bottles in the
room OF anything which might lead to the suppo-
siton that .thc deceased had committed suicide.
Fall, except upon the chin, upon which there was
large wllite spot about the size Of silver half
dollar Her daughters face was also covered with
white and dark Spots showing that they had pro-
badly died from the effects of poison