The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-05
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
NLM YORK. Ortnner q 1877

| NEW YORK, October g 1867
Music anu the man sing--,he man who does
not play upon piauos. but who works upon tho in
| silument, who attacks ii furiously, who does bat
lie with 1t herccy, who engages il as it were in
| hand to hand conflict and comes out triumphant i,
| the end, who perspircs profuscly as ho plays and
stli plays on who IL as il were the acrobat of pi
| anists, who, ii he cannot boat TuALpERu and
1-iszr, can at least beat upon tho instrument
| louder than either of thrse great masters. Moul.
| THO llns seen and heard Tho great LEuroLp pF
aiiER The placc-Steinway' Hall; the timc--lust
| night. The hall is dcnscly crowded. Tuosns's
aiummoih Orchestra has performed unhceded
Mrs. HEMProN has warbcd her sweet notes in
vain; little CAaI. Rosa hns sawed upon tho feline
Iniestines and has won but little applause, except
from PozNASsKI, his brother artist who is seated
among The audience, and who may Dc distinguished
by his lengthy locks, which, like some OF his and
RosAS finest notes, most aristicalIy long
drawn out All have finished, aud Ills time for DE
MYER to appear. Now there s broah hess SILENCE
In Tho. hall; then nervous movement; then mur-
INJURED oxclnmatfons and next a dcafening shout
OF applause as an old man comos forward
upon tho stage and bows his head, all whito and
silrercd oer by the breath OF old father Time rha
Lion Pianist" ho il justly called, stand. in
front Of us. and behold him seated in front of
the Steinway s,and. lie has begun tho attack
At first we hear the clear and s,yout tones OF tho
instrument, as with tho rapidity of the lightning
his fingers flash over tho koys-anon, the thunder
OF the bass, and now docs the artist bGgin to warm
UP to his work-his Dyes fash with the fro of
genius, his check reddens with tho flush Of excite
mont, his long snowwhite locks fn in disorde>about
his brow, ho clenches his hand at times as though
ho were engaged in prize light and then comes
tho music, thon docs the piano change into
thing OF lfo, then does II talk IL eyor piano spakc
the air pulsates as 1t were with the vibrations of
sound, there is music In the most ini}nitestinlal
portion of every cubic inch OF air in the hall
music in ears music in our Dyes, and nose and
month, MUSIC in the very bonches and flooring,
music everywhere. 4 have never hoard such play>
ing have heard 7THaLHERa, who is more
finished artist, aud is DE- Myers: master: ;
yet have never Heard such playing, nof fhae:aBy
one else, for as regards difficulties and wonderful
manipulation, DE- MyeR probably has no equal,
eveh in the great Llszr himself. Nevertheless, he
is not. strictly spenking, O. finished artist. He
hicks polish und poetry Of styIc He il clap-trap
performer, like, great tragedian who eIcels in
ranting passages. His execution may be compared
to CHARLOTTE CusHmAs's Meg herriles, But not -
BooTHs Hamlet or RAcHELs Phedro. LEOPOLD DE
MYER, however, has made a great bit, not only
upon the piano, which he lits 30 well, but upon
the public mind and pocket. Had Il found De
MrRR to be simply great pianist, would not
have devoted 50 much space TO an account of his
performances, but ii is, must be excused, on
tho ground that know that it will ba agreeable to
the 1nusic-Iovin people of'my dear native city 10
hear something of tho wonderful musical executor
OF possible impoasihilities who aatouished the cti-
zena OF Charleston twenty years ago, ar.l who as
tonished MoultrieI last night 10y the Incredible
fests performed with his hands.
Quite largo number Of tho gentlemen employed
as clerks in the stores on Broadway, where rents
are extremely high and salaries propuronately, or
rather dsproporlionAtey, low have Of late resort
ell to novel plan by which to incresae the latter
without placing themselves under obligations 10
their pay-rental employers. The plan in tu dis
pose of soas nj one hundred por nanL: below coal
to themselves as cash purchasers, nnd ten Ia srli
.heni oil in n lump To rn-tomers AT n small profit.
The business has thus far paid remarkably well
FOR the clerks, but TIM firms have, many Of them,
become nfrm i'll consequences; wherefore, tlley
have set some shrewd detectives on the track and
the result is that number nr Young Ecntrn,en
nayo bccn temporarily buried aiivo in the Tombs.
Our Cousins German--i mrau our German
cousins had what Is called IN conunn umc"m-
mon aud inelcgan parlanra ''a high old tuc' yes
terlay at LASD,IANSs, Hamilton Park, whore the
I;ussian, French and Tnrkisll 'kaisers" were ON
hand, OF rather foot that is to say no HI either
at FIRST Tor they were on loI setback King William
cr Prussia was there, with Bismarck by his side,
Louis Napoleon, Victor Emanuel and the Sultan
all joined in tho lager beer imlrbng; AMI the most
exalted representatives Of The human race hning
present. \ horse race followed which alntlscd the
crowd. Then came thcntrisals, tableanr vivants,
and rippings OF the light and heavy fantastic toe.
Much lager was drunk; men were drunk.
Everything went OF merry as q wedding bell.
C1nnstdW roksfest WA pronounced success, and
the iestiyties suspended for awhile to DO re-
| newed To-day.
General SHERIDAN Is still being lionizel. Yes.
| terday he advanced upon DnApY's gallery where
| he sat for his counterfeit presentmont, and next
paid visit to the Board of Brokers, who received
him kindly, gratefully remembering that the war
! in which he played So conspicuous part, had
| enabled them to turn many an honest (?) penny.
Amember OF the Society for The Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals, yesterday cansed the arrest OF
! q harl-hearted man who had performed with a
| club for about ton minutes upon tho Uranium OF Il
| hard-headed mulc. The man urged in his de-
| fence that the mule had kicked him without prov.
ocaon wherefore no had elt justified in perform
| ing solo upon the animals head a Ia LEopoLp DE
| MEYEn Tho mai has been held to BAIL anil the
nulo rejoiceth.
Can dead man be tried for bigamy2-if 30, tho
ghost Of RIou.RD f. KEER should be arraigncd and
held for trial-for said KEER seems to have been
l steam chr, 80 for as matrimony was concerned
KERR ran Of the track-that is to say, died-and
left two widows who both claim the snug little
amount OF twonty thousand dollars, which the cal
left behind. Tho case is now before the Court
and curious feature about it Is that both Of the
disconsolate widows rejoice in the name Of JANE.
Gold steady. Cotton in better demand.
MOULTRIE.