The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-01
CHARLESTON, s. G.. WEDNESDAY, MORNING, MAY l. 1867
Our New York Letter.
[FRom OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

| Jul NOu LULA ICtU6Es
IRON oUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
NEW YoRK, April 27.-As the great moving day
approaches s-as the first of May draws near al
hand-the war between the landlords and tenants
grows fercer, and the pay-rental battles ore more
stubbornly contested. Tho landlords. however,
have the better of the contest and rather than
move from the position they have taken this year,
will allow the tenants to move from the houses
they had taken last year. Many of the latter havo
been compelled to retail these houses at the ad-
vanced rents, and to meet the extra expense by
letting out floors and portions Of their residences
to other unfortunatss who would otherwise be
rendered houseless in few days. or leap from
warm frying pan into still warmer fire by yield
ing themselves up prey to the tender mercies of
therunconscionable boarding house keepers. Quite
a respectable number Of the indignant rent payers.
resolved not to die without struggle, OF at least
| to go down with colors flying, have formed them
selves into an association, and held meeting last
night for the purpose of devising measures by
means Of which to procure the passage Of law by
the Legislature adxing the price of rents proper
tonate to the assessed value Of the property. The
effect Of seriously dopreciatlng the value Of real
estate; and besides it is doubtful whether the Leg
islature has the right to make such an enactment;
but as we live in an age in which might is the
standard Of right and in which State Constitute
can be changed or violated at the pleasure of the
powers that be, there is no telling what laws may
not be passed.
BIERsTADT, who is perhaps the greatest of Ameri
can painters, has just finished apicture which con-
noisseurs regard as his chef doe,eore It is land
scape painting representing the beautiful Yo
Ssm!e valley in California, or that portion thereof
known as the Domes, so-called on account of the
formation Of 3 natural dome or arch by two i'm
mense mountains. The picture has been pur-
chased by one ot~She wealthicst men in the city,
who will paeeIt on exhibition for the benefit of the
sodthes ssaiiai;1l. l...-~>---~-j
Mrs. General GAINES has engaged the services
Of one of the greatest architects in America for
the erection Of a magnificent mansion in the
vicinity Of the Central Park, which will be, with
the exception of d. T. STEWARDS palace, the hand
soonest private residence inthis city, and perhaps
in the world. When completed, this will be one Of
the greatest sights Of this city which such of your
readers as may take run over here must not fail
to see.. ..--:. - : ~
The new pripa donna, Sonora Peralta, who
made her aeoM at the Academy on Thursday night
as Amina in 'sLa Somnambula." and appeared last
night as Elyira in "Puritane," has created an i'm
mense sensation among the hdbitues of the opera,
second only to the tuore with which pretty little
Adelins Patti was greeted many years ago. The |
ecstatic beattude. and declsre that The 4eareness
and ease With wheR PeraIta masters the e in alto
entities her to sft teaass ssandson thsotopmost
niche IN the temple Of artistico-mqsical 5aWs
long time piaSs & game %Re2soF dfa sesyR VS. S.
came enriched az the sSPsnse Of Uncle SAM, The |
game oonsistedFip t6lHlR trevenus statdps hom /
notes, bills s!e9apss, &ese13tnls theeSncft tstions
sna ssaS saashs T IS Ssys
rogues, has ended.
coas5s 1hs bss ssss Rsssssssa 81 ss e
to 1sasa c6isns e ssa s ssa Wy Nh b lis 5sssgsd es%
plimsnts of the generous donors, together wishsa
s.fpl complement 9epf hpsas ~ |. - .,s.-~,nt
:! AEthoqsh ths Apsny Eiassgs have geRs lto
still boarding at the Metropolitan Hotel. When
President JohnSon sees these gentlemen who I
have come on q mission about which the curious 4
are anxious to be anhghtenedzhs MilE st; saS1rate
NOT 'see the elephant" as said animal meyer K
travels without .his trunk, and; the sJaRaneaela
woman named katherine Rosenbaum Nwy ars
rested yesterday on Q charge Of what poor ,A1S-
mus Ward used to call marrying too much % The
two Petruchios Of tho loving Katherine both ap- |
peared in court, each looking at the other with an
AfaOaoestic Ai151s.who nh1ut
my wife was your wife; but, however, as our wife
has made fools Of us both, let us not punch each
others keads TO please her" The woman who had
balefuIly committed bigamy was herself committed I
for trial in default Of $1,000 bail.
When We terrify children by relating to them |
stories in which the plot hinges upon the kidnap-
ping Of bod litlspeys Andgirls BY 'booman, ,"Tit
neyar qA that good little girlsand boys
areptaG Rtdl8W 4&hy Ifsto6d earnest {or lin bad
ear6estT Even Id this age 0f civilization. An in.
fant two years Of age, Wss kidnapped two nights
ago by an old woman, (ust in the child's story
the-l suppose must!call her boo-woman-was
caught, however. the child recovered, and the old
nag lodgedsin jsl.s -,
Shaksl cara saYslhat man who has no music in
himself is it for strstegems and wes. This was
Illustrated by an incident that happened on Broad
Bay yesterday, when an individual who is probably
not as fond Of good music as Of bad Liquor quietly
and calmly, anS without the slightest provocation
walked up to Poznanski, the violinist, and compl-
nented him with heavy blow upon the breast
Poznansh returned the compliment by cooily
knocking the man down, as though he were an az
;cle put up at auction. The mysterious individual
picked himsolf up, and, again approaching, went
]own as before q third time did the strange man
,one up to the scratch to fall again. like doubtful
appearance had he not suddenly and ignominious-
y disappeared down cellar, into which locker
IN unceremoniously threw him.
Business dull, weather bad, gold falling slowly
and rain falling fact. MOULHIE.