The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-11
Our New York Letter.
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New YoaK, January 7.-ssHe jests at scars that
never felt wound, ," says sHAKsrEARE; he will not
jest long, for he must soon be wounded, says
MoULTRm. It is all very wen for plain matter-of-
fact people of the Grndgrind school to laugh at
sentiment, to scof at love- to contend that it is all
nonsense, and to quote the great poet in sabstan-
tiation Of the fact that men have died and worms
have eaten them, but not for love: Worms have
toasted upon men, and women too, who hdue died
even from the romantic kind Of love that We read
a. q N m IN ngvea go1 act beats and
from real life that throw the sensation novels into
obscurity. Such tragic scene has just been en-
who held the position Of forewoman in the Samaie
composing room Of the world" office, and was
also editor Of the fashion department Of the sun:
last Saturday evening BY her lover one tho Thomas as
Burke, who, Immediately after the commission
Of the deed, put the pistol to his forehead and
The unfortunate young woman was q lady Of ire
proachable moral character, and Of extraordinary
mental requirements. "A letter Of hers, which fe1
there bad been time when she had loved Burke
even with intensity that could satisfy his iea-
GUS and passionate temperament. From come nm
change, and she no longer regarded Burke with
favor. n The engagements was broken of, but
Burke still Peraevered in his suit, and annoyed her
when the young Indy left the World Office and went
TO her boarding house, in Ninth a7enue;1 Burke
followed her, and forcing himself into her chana-
gagement.s On her refusal, the desperate man
drew revolver and shot her once in ths shoulder
and once in the. breast. AT the second shot she
ment the wretehed man stood spell bound and
looked upon hss dreadful wost; then, Is he he saw saw
the bosom OF her he ghad 80 madly loved ensaa-
guined by the flowing .ais! lis aiaIeT
ous hand had let forth he gazed upon the CLASSY
eye egyes where p 1es:h had set his seal and paen
pulled the trigger and sent his wretched soM to
its awful account. IT u; Il :::;g-..: :. u 80
tits getting to be quite as amusing here to a.
tend church as theatre, with the advantage in
favor Of the former that there is no charge for sd
mission. This arises from the fact that it has
grown to be the prevailing fashion not only 70 IN.
matters into the pulpit, but everything else.
selves editorials On the topics oS tie day, and
times beat the editors. Yesterdaywe were :fsvored
by the Rev. DE- Marsh with sermon editorial On
the Excise Law. The Reverend gentleman. is il
day cook tails and contends thaf Tho Sabbath q
be kept holy without drinking hot punches OK COO
It is certainly adnaisasable, nay sproper, for
Minister OF the Gospel to lecture on the subject d
internperance, however; but what vii your church.
going readers Ito. the: Rev. dhAss B. smyth's
sermon Yesterday on .eThe Great Ocean Yacht
Race The discourse was most ingenioualy con.
trved, the lecturer rernarking that the great Re.
deener HimseR illustrated His disconrses 81
referring to scenes and objects familiar to Bis
hearers. " wherefore, to do likewise (and he might
have added to please James Gordon Bennet), be
took as His text .'Know,ye not that they; which
rnn race run an, but one obtaineth tie prize
SO run, that ye may yostain."' This means that
in sailing down lies current ench one must en-
de1vor to be a:HenriettE. t MA Fl
The skating pond in the Jerome Park will be
opened to-Fnor1ow Sor admission 10 thememberz
ot the .JocSey Club, and The ;higa -hlooded gentry
who own hgh-blooded horses, viii don ,theii
Skates and engage in sliding and ,ranng foryesil
one must obtain the prize. H. z. 3 .
tho charge Of having committed an act for which
it is Q great pity that tho law does not ai6x the
death penalty. The hends in hNmau shape caught
Eunoaending dumb beast with Spirits of tnpentans
set it:on fire. The poor dog soon burned ~ death
E>nnd i, when these men lay on their dezth bSds