The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-25
Our New York Letter.
TFRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. ]

New YORK, April 22.-On last Saturday night
the New York Herald the most Successful and
best conducted newspaper in The world changed
its base from the old stand at the corner Of Fulton
| and Nassau streets. and was installed in it's new
quarters, where now, on the site Of Barnum's
Museum, it hargs out it's banner from tue most
magnificent newspaper establishment on the face
| Of the globe. am not sufficiently conversant with
the science Of architecture to furnish your readers
with description Of the building, suffice to say
that it is one Of the handsomest and most sub
stantialy built marble edifices in this city of
palaces, the style Of architecture being, as am
informed, q mixture Of the Ionic and ornate
Italian, with mansard roof to cap the climax OF
Its grandeur. Tho new building is an ornament to
the city, and will always be regarded as one OF the
sights to be by strangers who visit this great
metropolis I need not advertise the Herald
further, for it takes good care to sound it's own
trumpet, and can do SO with much bettor effect
than can.
The war-suggesting news received from Europe
in the past week. has caused gold to fuctuaSe con-
sideraby, ranging from 134 to 1393 >and there has
consequently been most exciting time in the gold
room, where fortunes have been lost and won. Inc
!
| between France and Prussia, there is no reason
why gold should so up, we must, therefore, come
to the conclusion that the precious metal is eX-
ceedingly unreasonable, for it did go up consider
ably. merely on tue strength of the war rumors.
| Henry Bergh the president Of the society for the
prevention Of cruelty to animals, hos been so tar
carried away by his over-zealousness in behalf OF
his zo-onic proteges, that he finds himself treadng
| upon very delicate ground, having undertaken 10
prosecute Jewish butcher for alleged inhumanity
in the killing of his cattle, which it appears are
slaughtered in accordance with the laws laid down
in Leyiticus, by having their throats artistcally
and religiously cut with sharp knife, instead OF
having their brains knocked out in an rreligious
and ianartistic manner with dull club. Now,
whereas the Jews have always regarded this law
with just pride as a most humane one, Bergh
disagrees both with the Jews and with the teach
| ings Of the Pentateuch, and favors the clubbing
butche, Ind appears as his prosecutor. Gould his
clients the dumb beasts have say in the matter,
think it probable they would prefer that clubs
! should not be trumps.
aristocratic locality and this on the account of the
fact that enterprsing boarding house keepers have
| taken it by storm finding that they can make
their business pay there Notwithstanding the enor-
nous rents, for all Of the fools in the world are not
| by any means dead, and many of them are here,
and being here are willing to be closely shaven,
and pecuniarly shorn provided tho barber shops
are located in Fifth avenue. Park avenue, situated
on Murray Hill, and running from Thirty fourth to
Thirty seventh street, is probably better home
for the ehte than Fifth avenue, except high up
| town in the vicinity Of the Central Park.
| The labor movement is still the excitement OF
the day. AL classes Of workmen are joi ing in
| the striking demonstrations. The br1ckayers are
up and in arms, the coach drivers are driving
| the thing onward, the journeymen baIsors are
crying out for rise in wages, the plasterers are
determined to screw their courage to the sticking
point and hold out to the last. ALI who eat bread
| by the sweat of their brows are determined to
make enough to eat butter also. The bosses arc
indignant, and some of them ere resolved to fight
the battle to the bitter end and thus stands the
war between labor and capital.
A young lady of a romantic turn Of mind, who
moved in the first circle Of society here moved out
of the circle day or two age, and out OF the City
at the same time, having become enamored OF
haf dozen very large diamonds and ono very large
mustache and having eoped with the gentleman
| whom she adorcd The gentleman Who had repre-
sented himself as foreign count, turns ont to be
not count, and Of no account at ALL and as it has
been ascertained that the diamonds had been bor
rowed from friend, the ambitious young lady has
nought to console her, but the reflection that
though al else be false, the mustache is real and
bona 1ide.
A negro named Bradley has applied for admis-
sion to the New York bar, but tho committee re-
fuses to admit him, on the ground that he was
expelled from the Massachusetts bar for malprac-
tice and that it is limited besides chat he figured
conspicuously in q criminal case in Boston in
which he was neither judge, juryman, nor counsel.
The objection to Bradley is not that he is not
smart enough but that he is too smart by more
than half
Alta private theatrical entertainment givon o
few nights ago for the benefit of the Southern Re-
lief Association by the young lady pupils OF one of
the most fashionable and aristocraic boarding
schools in this city, the audience was held en-
chanted and epeu bound by the exquisite acting
of one Miss Brown, q young lady who is marvel
Of beauty and, may almost add, personihcation,
of grace. Her acting was such as would reflect
credit the best professional, and all wore anx-
ions to know something moro Of he's antecedents.
The something more was found out when it be-
came known that the lady's father is an actor at
Wallacks', her mother o tirst-rate comedian, and
that she is also niece Of Mrs. Barney Williams
and Mrs W. J. Florence.
The excise low is making the fortunes Of the Ho-
boken lager-beer venders. New York seemed to
have enptied itself yesterday into the latter place,
at least Of thousands Of thirsty ones, who went
there to emrty glasses of lager adown their
parched throaIs It is an i'll wind that blows good
to no one, and the excise law is q wind that has
waited stream OF greenbacks into the pockets OF
| tho iaser-beer dispensing denizens OF Hoboken.
Weather fne Business dull.
MOULTRIE.