The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-10-14
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
lFRoh U SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

lFhon OUR SPECIAL ooRnEsposDESr.l
New York, October II, 1867.
IL u gentleman who is q proprietor of q frs
class hotel happens himself to be extravaganza
iona OF u certain dish, even though it be a we
prepared "Chateanbriand," or a tempting pate d
JOS qfus, it docs not follow that his boarder
would not tire Of having too much OF a goo
thing, if said Chateaubriand or said pie OF COOS
liver is set before them for breakfast, lunch an,
dinner, day after day, and week after week. Nov
MoULTRIE Is aware of his weaknesses, and plead
guilty OF the charge OF having served up last win
l. Ter to the guests OF The DAILY News literary res
taHrant rather too largo a quantity Of BOOTH ant
hIsfoRl, wherefore now that o now dish appear:
IN tho person of FANNY JANAUscHEK, past expe
Renee warns him that it must not be oyerlone
nor served up too often. Inasmuch as I have seer
tho three greatest actresses Of the age ma 10 theil
first bow before an American audience, inasmuct
as l saw RACHEL when she made her debut here in
Les Horaces, and R1sToRI on q similar occasion In
MEDEA, L trust that I may be allowed to say
q word or two about the great tragedienne
whom I saw on Wednesday night in the German
version OF RrsroRr's fayorite role. FANNY ia
N~AuscHEK's Medea is equal to that of her Italian
rival. She may not be az great an artist as R1s-
~NA3 D0s Sh0 o q SA0dtoIi uCtI6S5. IH0 picture
may not be.as finely finished, nevertheless, in the
toute nsembl it is q better one. R1sToa1 is a wo-
man who haa seen perhaps .~forty.hve winters, and
is tall, well-formed, and not handsome. Mile
JANAJsoHEK has seen but twenty-foHLa sEEEIfal. She
small. gra AZ aHf style many Of The excellencies of
RACHEL, RIsToRI and CHARLOTTE CusHMAN. She
walks the stage like a tragic queen as she is. Her
voice is full and sonorous, her attitudes classic
and picturesque, her piercing black eyes remind
us at times OF the bright, serpent-like eyes OF
RACHEL. She is in all respects an actress before
whose genius the critic mus st bow down in admira-
ton, and forget to write save in e~ulogistic strain.
RACHEL held us spell-bound, and chilled our blood
as it were. R1sToRI excites our enthusiasm by
her passionate style. JANAUsCHEK does both. Her
grandest triumph was in the scene where MKDEA,
being banished, defes her enemies as did the
traitor CATAIINE.
Zuruck: Wer wsgt's, Medeen zu beluhrenp
Merk auf do Stunde meines ~Scheidsns, KnniK,.
Du5 sahst noch keine schlimmre, CLAUDE mir.
Gebt Raum; Ich geh; Die Rache nehm ich NIT.
20 see and hear JANAusoHEK, US she declaims
this passage, would be at least to admit that this
new dish of Moultrie's is worthy or being served
up once.
In a former letter, which I presume has been
lost, as it has not appeared, + gave an account Of
tho Devils Auction now being performed at BAN
YARDS Opera House. The DEVILS Auction is a
spectacular piece in which the scenery, though
magnificent, is not quite as gorgeous as that in
the Black Crook, but the costumes are. more
varied and handsome, more suited to the study OF
the anatomy of the female frame, and the pro-
prietors Of said frames are much moro beau
tiful than the ladies of tho corps de bdnet in
the Black Crook. Mdlle MoRLAoH1, the new
'danseuse, who s'puts up" at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, was serenadcd last night, whereupon Mr..
LAW, the President of the Chamber of commerce
took the honors for himself, and not only made a
speech, but has had said speech published in the
journals of the day.
lighted candle gently inserted through the
crevices Of a barrel of gunpowder would probably
create some excitement among such bystsnders.
who might happen to be in the vicinity, but the ef-
feet would be nothing compared with the conster-
nation into which, The married mon or Wall street
were Thrown yesterday when it was whispered
about, and then talked about in loudest tones, that
some ingenious gentleman, who wished to make
money literally, apd fguratively speaking, had been
engaged in the pleasant task OF taking counter
felt p~resentments of Several hundred thousand
dollars worth OF the Seven-thirty bonds of Uncle
Samuel. When the news that these bonds have
involuntarily sat for their photographs, reaches
the other side OF the big water, we may look for
the arrival OF shoals Of fve.twenties, when gold
will go up as may also many brokers' who will, per-
haps, be broken, to fall quickly by the rapid rise
for holders of said fve-twenties may fear that they
too may have sat for their pictures.
The cheering intelligence that reaches us from
all quarters that the. bird Of victory is perching
upon the branches of the great Democratic tree
brings joy to the once sorrowfnl, and hope to the
no longer respondent; and people say that there
is a good time coming both for South and North,
for East and West-in short, for the whole coun-
try. So farFas relates to the poor South-what 1
trust may be, ere loug, tho rich South-the good
time has been so long on its journey, that we may
exclaim, in the language Of the poets song "Ifit
be coming, why don't it come along" for il hope
deferred maketh the heart sick, trade deferred in
jures the pocket nerve.
VANDERBILT, the great steamboat, man, who 10
as good q judge of equine flesh as he is Of the
steam-propefed ploughers OF the briny deep, has
found and purchased q diamond in the rough in
the shape Of a horse bought from u grocer, and
which yesterday-the horse, not the grocer.
trotted his half mile in one minute seven and a
quarter seconds. Dexter, whom BONNER bought
some time ago for thirty-three thousand dollars,
had better beware Of the Screen Colt" the ex-
grocer's gallant stced.
The Father MATHEW temperance celebration yes
terday was u spirited though not a spirituous
affair. The most interesting feature OF the grand
procession was the long line Of little children, at
tisaA- in Knickerbocker costume, and marching
truly Q handsome spectacle-ths Danu 1aeJA~..aa
discoursing most enlivening strains OF martial
music to the enthusiasm inspiring airs Of Glory,
Halelujah and Pat Malloy.
The opera Boufe continues to attract the largest
and most fashionable audiences, where, however,
the, French element predoDlinates; those, how
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to the manner, born, seem not to object to. the very
piquant dialogue that takes place between the
two parties most interested in the bridal chamber
scene. oEFFERsoN's Rip Van Wrinkle is a perform
ance that would win applause from the furloughed
spirit OF WASHINGTON IRVING.
Cola active, Cotton passive, weather bad and
business good. MOULTRIE.
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