The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-16
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New YORK, April 1s, ss7s-When gentlemen o.
q speculative turn of mind embark on the seas o.
fortune Tor misfortune), and indulge in gambling
operations, as for example in the classic game o1
faro it is said by philosophers that some conso q.
ton is afforded even to the heaviest losers by a
knowledge of the fact that the game has been O
fair and square one and that their money has been
gotten rid OF in legitimate and straight forward
manner. If such be the case then should LEON
ARD W. JEROME derive some satisfaction from the
tho affairs Of the Pacific Mail Steamship company,
dollrs for the report says that there was nothing
rotten in Denmark, or rather among the Danes
themselves who rule the Kingdom JEROME him
stock and will make fortune on i: yet, no doubt
long boforo the South is reconstructed.
/. The split in the Democratic party here between
Hail. &c, is something more than q tempest in q
teapot, as tho Herald denominates it, for it hap
pens ut q most inauspicious time. The result OF
still so largely in the minority, cannot afford to be
weakened even by such tca-ot tempests as this.
When the Democrats hel Yuarre! among them
selves, and correspondents from the South, aye,
even from Charleston, tell us that Radicalism is
gaining ground even there, things do look most
he hope bo The letter @ Shs sla
dard, does not gain credence here among those
The World, which delights IN sensational articles
and lengthy descriptions Of the horrible, is out to-
DAY with 2 very lively description Of the dead
house not only describing the Morgue in horrible
detail, but telling us NJ about The price Of dead
bodies here and in Europe. In England q body
any body~ls worth from three to five guineas,
Whist III New York dead man costs one dollar
place. --s15-sef.s q. =, , =
vay Ths SSae sss so 9f The
were done when tits done; then t'wera we'll it we're
not done quickly The bridge has been up long
to be added beforei it can DO thrown :open' to the
public. Tits heavy, huge, uncouth- looking struc.
tu1 ture but viii be much more useful than otnamen
Notwithstanding the immense amount OF reair
estate now on tho market here for SALE prices re-
main up to an extraordinarily high standard but:
or later rand that there win ere long be great fal
mere, ny countrymen, in property Of every de-
mon Of the rowing fraternity the subject Of the
proposed international regatta to take place on the
Seine, and some OF the best oarsmen VIII be sent
from this city remember to have witnessed q
regatta IN Charleston many years ago, IN which
the prize was won BY Georgia boat, the .tBecky
Sharp, rowed by negroes, who were at the time
anea Gee Sas h9 married
of. Ham could outrun tho best of. the New York
oarsmen It would be a;good idea for The freed
men Of the South to make up purse among them
selves and send over to Paris such boat as the
Becky Be Sharp r with Q crew of picked hands.
The stl1kers are stu on the strike=:workingmen:
must earn bread by the sweat of their brows that
they will have more bread for less sweat. AS q
general rule they now receive three dollars and
mand four, wherefore they hold meetings. night
and day, and ure resolved TO keep up war TO the
knife against the bosses. Said bosses. know not
what dU, bnt it is probable that the majority Of
them VIII soon hapo to lower their flag and rsise
the wages of-their employees. = 4
Tho two romantic land too rornantic) little girls
whes:drank q bottle Of lsudanum between them
last week, and left q note to their reladyes and and
friends, wherein it was stated in very bad spelling
that they had loved each other, had lived together
still farther by coming to life together, or rather
BY not dying, having either taken too much o. too
little OF the rcmantic drink. The little girls were
Of the atepted % was that the a1a athee
OF the fifteen year old had ordered her not to as
sociate with frend, the sixteen year old where
fore they had resolved upon self Destruction The
letter, signed by the two, a was5a kind Of female
Damon and Iythlns piece. of romantic composition
with very pretty IDEAS oppressed in very ngly
There are some curious ascsc ations and businesses
BY which people make % living that never find
place in tho directory, as, for example, the dog
seventy.fye cents TO- two dollars per week, and md
educated, If required, for LITE extra pay. Yes
terday visited an establishment kept b an INTEL
gsnf Ga fresdTo@an who loeks Ikea black
mice are boarded and sold on commission These
little animals are quite pretty as squirrels, and
much moro sagacious, and can be taught to per-
form reats that none would suppose q meuse could
accomplish. They are; ;sold IN little cages and: can
twrl around in the m1ninttre tread:nill IN astyle
that would astonish the most intellectual and high
ly educated squirrel Your correspondent: is the
proprietor of mouse which resides in large glass
jar, and 'eKces in the: performance Of gymnastic
feats' on miniature ladder placed tharein pro-
pose, at the first conyenient opportunity, to make
D small shipment Of white mice to Charleston to
be presented to some OF my friends. One gentle
man and one lady mouse Will be consigned with.
my compliments to the Editor. Of the NEWS. 6, !.
ness dull except the mouse trade. - - s.
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