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

| lFEoI OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
NEW YORK January 9.-To impeach or not to in
Pcacn that is tho question: wllothor Congress
VIII pe content to let Ills bear tho ills wo have,
orlVc us. the country IN general and themselves
particular, to others that wo know not of, and ca
not estimate. People here who have no mono
anu no property take no more interest in tho mat
ter than they would if they were citizens Of Egypt
but the monied men arc alarmed: tho bone mn
slncw arc scared; the Wall street bankers ant
FIftconth avenue lords arc trembling in their pa
tcnt leather shoes, for, MS havo observed il
many OF my letters, they believe that if the Prcsi
dent be imipeaclcd gold will rise with runoul
rlpidlty, and q financial crash will come Is
II come, II 1t must, it cannot njure tho already
imnpoS m ershed South, and may bring tho people Of
tnH North to their Senses and compel thom tC
help us III helping themselves. Congress may or
press tho South with irapunity; but lot them b.
ware n now they touch the Northern pocket men.
oix hundred German lager boer vendors met
Yesterday, in solemn concaye, at tho Dowery Gar.
qen, and passed resolutions damning the Excise
Law in tho best high Dutch, aftor which thcy
drank beer by tho hour, thon passed more damn.
ing resolutions. and drunk ln:;or again The Cor
ma mas ..4e determined to put down the law, and
three hundred Thousand Tcuton beer drinkers
III New York city, resolved to do or die that thoy
may drink and live. " M =
a lecture was delivered last night at Zion
Cnnrch: before an audience composed Of blacks
and whites in tic proportion OF ton to one, on tho
anect fet Of; Of Human Nights The lecturer contend
try and inferred that negro is rather better than
white man. This may be So There is certainly
l''Gro no t1lss made over him whether he be not
received BY. telegram from Canada that Head
Centre Stephens has proved to DO n bad book keen
cr by Offering to hand over the books OF the Foniap
Brotherhood, on cocdition that he be allowed to
return to Green Erin without being arrested and
hed mol Z in durango vile The report IS not believed
must have perceived ere this that the cause ID
hopeless. and may desire t, take care OF number
one: as almost all tho world does =
The Herald, Of to-day's ISSUE contains q lengthy
obituary notice of General Arthur p Hnync. giy-
ing biographical sketch OF the life of the cisfn
Gmssied as decoased and eulogizing him he 50
one OF the prominent representatives OF genera
be lamcntcd throughout the country - .-3 20.
The man that lays his hand on a woman save
n n Inc way OF klndncss," should be fined BY tho
Court: Thomas Alullon not only laid his hand on
Mary swecny, but brought it down in most I'M.
kind and Injurious manner. Mary thought tho
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 NY last that tho churches are
drawing just as well as the theatres. Plymouth
Church, In Brooklyn, bids fair to beat even Niblos
thIdcn- Ihcro was IN auction there, YESTERDAY
9I cholce seats, and one sold as high as five hun.
drcd a. d fifty dollars an advance Of four hundred
proves that rich people be religious as Won az
poor ones. 3IflTIo7 --,'-"~8 = -
There we're great doings yesterday at Jerome
tho benefit of tho privileged. Tho sons and daueh.
tors OF the aristocracy showed that they are quito
us expert N Skating as tho more democratic classes,
men, who slid along with as much case and grace
rs though instead OF being born with teeth, like
Richard the Third, they had come into the world
lest tire your readers with too much of a GOOD
thing, Tor must try their prtience in my next,
w wherein propose to indulge in description Of
(on ico), which is to come Off tonight at Major
Oatman's pond, and which shall attend for tho
special IA benefit Of the readers of tho News. It is
said that tAs affair will really be big thing on
ice, and so have determined to invest in ticket
and see the ioe ball . 57 n"
!. yesterday, 3 the sth efJanuary, the anniversary
ny tho hostng Of the national flag on the public
buildings, and III no other manner; to-day the OH
OF january and tho anniversary OF the birthday Of
your correspondent, is, strange to relate not cce-
brated at all, except by a dinner to be given bvs
boarding housc-kecper in Fourteenth street, for
the benefit OF others well as hlmsef. No toasts
wlii DC given at the dinner, no speeches will DO
made, and nothing will be drank but small cups Of
bad coffee; even the newspapers here have nought
20 say on the all-importaut subject Of the advent
Tho unusual dnnness in trade here is attributed
ny sYspeEs men & S The feet that press Te g @
possibly ~, remain where they are OF whether they
articles the third OF January Of each year, from
1850 to 1867 inclusive, showing how nearly every.
thing has advanced, out Of ali proportion to tho
difference in currency and gold. On January 3d.
1850, wheat lonr (Stato) was 81 80 on January Sd
1867, it was quoted ct $11. The best extra
Gcnesscc went up from 81 so to SIG. Cotton
1niddng gnpland-junlped in tho seven years from
II cents TO 81 ccnts; Goldfish from 81 SO to S.;
Scotch pig iron s2a 50 to $50; English bars from
s.3 to sl05, and SO on All Jine7n. The question is,
tent TO- answer the question give it up, and so
leave subject which is drawing, me rather beyond
my depth. g' : T1-
Though business is dull tho city is not, and
skating ponds, churches and theatres are all
drawing. MOULTRIE. y