The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-16
innings In New York.
DULL TIMEs-THE wHIsKEY EiTEREsT-swINDLEs-
THE DICKENS FURoRE SENSIBLE MOVEMENT.
The New York correspondent Of the phiIadelph

The New York correspondent OF tho Philadelphia
Ledger writes under date of the 11th inst.
The retail dealers complain that they are not
doing anything like the average holiday business.
Seeing how depressed most of the wholesale
departments are, it would be strange were 1t
otherwise The Broadway fancy stores, not antici-
pating the present state Of things, have teen i'm
porting French and German goods ire ly, ana II
will be foitEnato Tor them if, III the course Of the
next three weeks they can find market for them.
Just now, buyers are uncommonly backward, and
are disposed more than usual to dcmur ct high
prices. The jewellers and booksellers report
similar experiences.
Telegrams have been passing freely ell day be-
tween the member5 Of tho Whiskey National Con-
venton at Washington, and the brethren here.
The tcn-r OF the former IS said to be such as to
encourage the belief that Congress will at al early
day. reduce the tax at least fifty per cent, and so
amend the reycnuo laws in other respects as Will
once moro put ''whskcy" on its legs. That is
about tho substance OF tho gossip that is alloat
this afternoon al the headquarters OF tho Liquor
Dealers Association.
man named Miller, having an offico in Ex-
change place offered 1t is stated IL. j. Messen-
ger and Co. certified check on the Ocean Bank
for s22, 900 in payment for $4,000 gold Mr.. Mes
senger suspected that all was not straight, and be-
fore delivering the gold went to the bank, aud
found that the check was originally made out for
3 200 and certified for that amount but after
wards altered to $4,000. Mr.. Miller has disap-
peared and his Office ls closed. 1t is alleged .at
he kept small account with the Ocean Bank,
wAerc his account rarely exceeded $1,000. An
other OF his operations was to deposit there 4
check for SS 900 drawn on the Bank OF New York.
The Ocean Bank allowed him on this deposit 10
draw 81 200 in the form Of q certified check, which
he subsequently cndeavored to convert INTO hard
cash. 1t is also reported that he altered check
for 50 100 TO 81 900 thus ycimi2ug another party.
Some thinl. hc has gone to Europe.
But this is not the only sHindling operation of
| the dav. member Of the Stock Exchange 1Ir.
f. 3. baldwin. this morning received an order.
signed Davidson aud Jones, to sell 5000 shares
PScif Mail and the order was execnted at l245 a
1232 This order. it was subsequently, discovered,
vas Il forgery. Immediately on the fact being
announced, nearly all the purchasers released Nh.
| Baldwin from his contract, and tho BoarI up
pointed committee 10 ferret OFT inc forger, il
| pos5. s5.ble-authorizil8 them to spend $1,000 il
| necessary. There is suspicion ia some quarters
tho the whole thing was Il tticll OF the bears 10
lepresi the stock. Tho price roa0 to igjs on the
| announcement o. tic fraud.
The sale Of t:ckelS Tor the second series OF Mr..
| Dickens readings took place this morning at
! SCeiIway Hall. Inc purchasers. as usual stood
| in line, and The no vas moro than an eighth vi a
mile long. by noon all the seats hGu haen dspos.
| el Of to the spectators mainly.
| All EFFORT is making among tho fasnionables to
have bllls ana parties ho2in hereafter At eight oi
half-past eight O'Clock, Instead often or half-pas
ten ~ heretofore. The doctors and tlndertakers
arc using Their nluenc; in opposition but il Is
hoped, nevertheless, that it viii hc successful.