The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-05
Our New York Letter.
[rRoM ouR SPECIAL coR1tEspoSnENr.l

New YORK, December 9o.-Hundreds of news
boys, running about in every direction with extra
wildness IN their countenances, and extra"
papers in their hands-hundreds Of little newsboys
with big voices, and big boys with little voices all
bawling, screaming, yelling, as though their lungs
would burst-such sights, such concerts excite no
surprise here, for they are things Of every day
occurrence; they not, however, things Of every
night occurrence also; and so, when the sight is
seen at ten o'clock at night-when the concert is
heard at a time when other concerts are going on
when the theatres are open, and when some good
folks have gone to bed, then there is somc e1-
citement, and every one who has a few pennies in
as a
Last night such sights were seen, such Rawlings
were Neutrality-suspicious. crowded the cars-news-
your door stoop and called you up from your beds,
till looking out from the window Of your chamber
as Brabantes did when Iago and Rodrigo awoke
and listening hear, and hearing learn that there is
ncws Of the great yacht race. A moment more,
and newsboy is . few pennies richer and you q
rived safely out and that the Henrietta is the win
ner, heSing made the run in the unprecedented
time Of thirteen days and twenty-five hours. Had
the war been going on, tidings Of great battle
James Gordon Bennett is in. an,ecatatic state Of
peatitude, and so is the gentleman who laid wogers
70 the amount Of one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars the result, backing the Kenrietta, which
has won. isiFs. isss
Brooklyn was the scene Of very extensive and
destructive coni.gration yesterday, in which
three oil rehneries and q distilIery we're consumed
A.thousand barrels Of such infammsble materials
as parafine and gasoline in q blaze at one time,
caused such g. volume OF smoke and flame that the
fire was distinctly seen even as far as Newark, N.
~, The loss is estimated at about twent5-fv
thousand dollars. .i -
ono Of the most extraordinary theatrical per
formances that has ever taken placetn this city,
and certainly; may add one Of the best, came Of
last night at the Winter Garden, where Othello
WAS presented; Dawson impersonatng the ;dnsky
Moor in German, Edwin Booth as Iago in English,
played in German in the scenes with othello, and
in English scenes with the other dranl1fis perso
ne. Long before the night Of the performance every
dred Iss per Per cent. @ About 81 the audi
ence were Germsng who, during the first aot, ap.
plauded Dawson till the rafters rung and did not
gressed the transcendent genius Il the american
fragedian grew more and more manifest, and
stirred up even the Germans To- auch pitch q
honest enthusiasm that cries Of s:Booth ,Boo*hl'
arose from every mouth, and he was called before
the curtain after one Of his great efforts Dawison
was also called out several times; in fact, the
called out together, except where Bosth'f
acting was 30 magnificent that it produced the
result note above; and then, ;as he bowes
nented as he deserved. Isay as he deserved, 70,
Dawison's OtheIIo :pleases me much-for whils
donot consider It as fnss as Forresss, there II
much originality in his conception Q! the charao
| ter with some faults however) and mAny beautiful
points IN his acting. Booths Iago was q master
piecehe is, beyond all doubt the greatest 1ago OF
| The stage. Madame Scheller acquitted hersel
| handsomely, and the other characters were vel
performed. Tie entire aHairwas dramatic tSeat
such Is seldom enjoyed; and strange to say, TIL
4 beauty OF the performance was not material!
| given in one language. Ira Aldridge, the grea
coIored tragedian, has delighted many q Emopea7
| audienceby his magnificent actinK;a although b
always performs ii yEnHish whilst the rest OF tht
play is Mgiveys the Language of the
wherein he appears. The perforMance #o6 las
night wns ridcnled before II came off, but now tn
ridiculers have naught to say, for II is aclnowl