The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-27
LETTER FROM NEW York.
IrKoH OUR SPECIAL coRnrsp,sDExr.I

New York, September D.
The details Of the terrible disaster which too
place last Friday on the Hudson River and re
suited iu the sinking of the llnating but noy
snnken palace, Dean Richmond, reached me jus
after my last lettor had started on its iournc
southwark. As tho boat had gone down and ti
letter gone off, conscious of the fact that the elrc
tric messenger had already anticipated ANY ac
| count OF mine, deemed il unueressary to intlit
an extra letter on the following dag: mud now tn,
affair has already grown to ba almost as n thing .
the pist, yei is there an Incident connected there
with the particulars Of which have accidental,
| come to my knnwlodgc, which may nol be barre,
VI interest to such OF your readers as in this cold
inattcr-offact world Of stern realirs nevertheless
,ake pleasure III looking at pcnpicturcs of events
| tinGed with the roaeaie hues of romance. Among
| tie passengers on tho Richmond was Southern
gentleman tfrom New Orlcans>. who, many years
| ago, was chum of MouItrie in the South Caro-.
lima College. and who is the Leru of the romance
from real lirc which I am abont to sing The gen.
tleman, whom let us call Mr. a., happening to be
i'll this city during tho summer of 1880 and being
armed anu equipped with letters of introduction to
some OF the first antilles here found in one of said
first ia rifles young lady of sweet sixteen, OF
come cnamorea oT, and whom to love was to bc ,le-
voted to; wherefore did AIr. 4. sce become epa,n-
ored love- and become devoted, b,t, tho lady boing
90 young to marry yet. and tho gentleman being
hg-tonod lc spoks not OF the passion that devonr-
ed his soul aud preyentt him from having an appe-
tite essential to the devouring of proper quantity
OF the good things, for which he paid weekly tu The
book keeper al the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Though
ho spoke not, however, Of Ills all-levourng passion
with his tongue, it spoke for itself in thousand
Ways anu gave -uch indications of its existence az
made tile fftcen-year-old little heart beat faster
whenever its owner found herself in the beloved
society Of the leYoured. say beloved societv-for
tho sweet little girl loved Mr. a., who ut that
time could be termod q sweet man. us he was the
son and heir Of tho owner of one of tho nrgest
sugar. plantations in Louisiana Mr.. A. returned
South in the fall OF 1860, to dream Of his love on
the sugar estate, and await her growing up to
womanhood; but the W ar broke out and lasted an
unromanticay long time--the plantation was
turned into Confederate bonds. When the war
ended Mr. A. was poor mau and too honorable
to rcnew his suit yet oil the wings OF love land in
New Orleans steamer) he came Oh hero and sue
coeding in obtaining situation in large import
ing house. He the fair one, older this Time
but moro enchanting than ever; but his salary
spoke not yet oil his passion, and, strange to say
the young lady ran away, not with rival but
with the erroneous impression that lie cared
for her no more. Mr.. a. being man of
q romantic turn of mini, intensified by
morbid state Of feeling caused from con.
slant brooding over his hopeless passion,
"as, Tor some timo past, felt prescnmcnt
desth, which, strange to Say, he had repeatedly
stated to his friends, ho was assured would ba
CAUSED by drowning, and on one OCCASION when
IN the melancholy mood, wrote letter 10 the fair
cno, enclosed 1t in envelope addressed to male
friend, and handed it 10 said frieud (about onti,
ago, with instructions to deliver ii ''afer DEATH"
Now, MIR. a. had been sent up to Albany un bIis:
nest by the house in which he was clerk, andh
friend knew that he was expected to return OH this
Trip Of the Richmond Whom the first news OF the
disaster reached the city, the friend in his excite
nent, taking for grantod that the time had como
fr'. oi"-;-o A. t-1A- 1;.t - -."i hu>rVinS
ofi at once 10 the young ladys residence, delivered
The letter, which she perused, and then tainted
away. While she was in the swoon her father on.
Ierot the room, aud after taking uF his daughter
aad attending to her, took UP the letter aud read
It attentveIy The sequel will of course be antici
pated by tho intelligent reader-the dead lover AZ
rived hero in ignorance cf the report or his death.
and found to his great JOY and supreme happiness
that. Well, the loving couple arc engaged to
bo united at early day in the holy bonds of
matrimony. Thus It is that good may spring from
evil, for when the Richmond went down, the for
tunes Of our lover went up, and thus may The
course OF true love roughly at first but smooth
Iy when We least expect il, landing us in haven,
or heaven Of bliss unaIioyed.
Let US turn from love to money as people often
do, for tho transition is both easy and natural
Last week there was an unusual excitement in the
stock market, that almost eliminated in panic,
the money market was exceedingly Rc-
tive at por cent this activity still oIists and
is attributed to the uuwiso contraction of the
currency inclusive Of tho compound interest notes
Cotton is rather dull and dcspondent, and know
ing ones or at least those who claim to be So pre-
dict that it will noi resume its royal robes and DO
king again before next spring Tho latest quota
ton gives $50 bales, at from "a to zig for mdding
25 and 25a. report is prevalent here, tha. sove-
raj largo houses have been 30 seriousiy affected
by the late depression in the stock market, Tint
they may not be able TO weather the financial Storm
and may even find such word as fail i'll their bust
ness le1icons, nevertheless, for the most part
trade il i'll nourisling mud healthy condition,
and all looks smiling and promising. Az set OF
to the opinions Of the knowing ones who fear
chronic fall in the cotton market, there aro many
who predict good time coming for tho cotton
men this winter
Theatres all coming money.
hIOULTRIE