The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-16
Our New York Letter.
[FRom OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. ]


New YORK, April 1s, 1SG7.-When gentlemen of
speculative turn of mind embark on the seas OF
fortune Tor misfortune), and indulge in gambling
operations, as for example in the classic game OF
faro, it is said by philosophers, that some conso a.
ton is afforded even to the heaviest losers by a
knowledge of the fact that the game has been a
fair and square one and that their money has been
gotten rid OF in legitimate and straight forward
manner. such be the case then should LEON
ARD w. JEROME derive some satisfaction from the
eu the affairs Of the Pacific Mal Steamship company
on whose stock, he came out minus million Of
dollars for the report says that there was nothing
rotten in Denmark, or rather among the Danes
themselves who rule the kingdom. JEROME on nm nm
self is one of the Danes he still has faith in the
stock and will make fortune on it yet, no doubt
long before the South is reconstructed.
The split in the Democratic party here between
the Miles O'Reilly faction and those OF Tammany
Hall &C., is something more than tempest IL
teapot, as the Herald denominates it, for it hap,
pens at most inauspicious time. The result of
the late elections gave some hope, but the party,
still so largely in the minority cannot afford TO oe
weakened even by such teapot tempests as this.
When the Democrats here quarrel among tnem-
selves, and correspondents from the South, aye,
even from Charleston, tell us that Radlcallsm is
gaining ground even there, things do look most
gloomy and naught is left to feed the ghost 9f
hope on: The letter from Charleston, pqolsh1ea me
in the Herald to-day, wherein it is stated that
Governor Orr has deserted the Democratic stan
dard. does not gain credence here among those
who know him.
The World, which delights in sensational articles
and lengthy descriptions of the horrible, is out to-
day with a very lively description Of the dead
house not only describing the Morgue in horrible
detail but telling us all about the price OF dead>
bodies here and in Europe. In England body
any body-is worth from three to hVe guimneas'
whilst in New York dead man costs one dollar
the price for riding him from his last resting
The contractors for the building of: the Broad.
way Bridge seem to 60 on the principle that II 1t
not done quickly" The bridge has been up long
ago but, nevertheless, there are finishing touches
to be added before it can be thrown open to the
public tits heavy, huge, uncouth-loo ooklEg sauc-
ture, but will be much more useful tnan ornamen-
tai.
Notwithstanding the immense amount Of real
estate now on the market here for sale, prices re-
main up to ON extraordinarily high standard, put
knowing ones say that crash ls coming sooner
or later and that there will ere long be great fall
here, my countrymen, in property OF every de-
scripton. ;, 80. -
There is great excitement among the sporting
men Of the rowing fraternity on the subject OF the
proposed international regatta to take place on tne
Seine, and some Of the best oarsmen VIII be sent
regatta in Charleston many years ago, In Wmch
the prize was won by Georgia boat, the BECKY
Sharp" rowed by negroes who we're at the tlme
owned by Butler, q Georgia planter, who married
of Ham could outrun the best of the New York
oarsmen. It would be o good idea for ahe reed
men of the South to make up purse among them
selves and send over to Paris Isuch boat as the
Cheeky Sharp" with crew Of picked hands
The strikers are still on the strike-worhngmen
in every department are determined that if they
must earn bread by the sweat of their brown that
they will have more bread for less sweat. AS
general rule they now receive three dollars and q
mand four, wherefore they hold meetings night
and day, and are resolved to keep up O war to the
knife against the bosses. Said bosses know not
what to do, but it is probable that the majority OF
them will soon have to lower their flag and raise
The wages of their employees ,o..;., ,;t4,o o;r,.
who drank bottle Of laudanum between them
last week, and loft note to their relatives and
friends wherein it was stated in very bad spelling
that they had loved each other, had lived together
and had died together, have carried the thing out
still farther by coming to life together, or rather
by not dying, having either taken too much or too
little Of the romantic drink. The little girls were!
aged respectively, fifteen and sixteen, and the
cause OF the attempted suicide, was that the father
socate with hor friend the sixteen year old where
fore they had resolved upon self-destruction The!
letter, signed by the two, wasa hind of female
Damon and Iythias piece Of romantic composition,
with worry pretty ideas expressQ6 In very ugly
grammar. fsy.sl .s.EI
There arc some curious avoc lto9s and businesaesl
by which people make a living that never ind q
place in the directory, as, for example, the dog,
boarding houses, where dogs ore boarded at from;
sevontySfye cents to two dollars per week, and
educated if required, for q lite extra pay. Yes
terday visited an establishment kept by an intel
iigent old freedwoman, who looks like black Meg
Merrilies (and has grey whisker(, where w white
mice are boarded and sold on commission. These
little u.1imas arc quite as pretty as squirrels, and
much more sagacious, and can be taught to per,
form teats that none would suppose mouse could
accomplish They are sold in little cages, and can
twirl around in the miniature tread-mil in q style
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 excels in the performance Of gymnastc
feats on miniature ladder placed therein. pro
pose, at the first convenient opportunity, to make
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 NEwe. s
Weather fne-gold steady-cotton active-busi-
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