The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-19
LETTER FROM hIOIrLTHIE.
NEW YoRK, septemher 16. 1867


LITTER FROM nIotLTaIE.
NEW YORK, Saptomber ff, 1867
Thereaders OF THE NEWS aro invited to accom-.
pany Moultrie into tho inuermoat rocossos of the
spirit realms-into the rorY head-centra and head.
quarters, as it were at least, of New York ghost
dom. Dodworth Hall ia tho place where the
spirits and their followers Of tho 1csh hold forth:
Sunday night the limo when tho rovcls begin;
and so behold me in the flcsh and your readers in
the spirit sente,l last night IN said Hall, to hold
converse with the donzens OF This world and tho
next. On entering tho room We note with GER
tain degroe OF satisfaction that as the audience, go
far as tho flesh is concerned, is small, there is
abundant room for such invisible sprits a. we arc
informed, are there 10 watch tho proceedings and
take noto thereof in one Of tho dead languages.
Tho portion Of tho audience who have tho
misfortune to be, go far as their spirit is con-
ccrned, heMmed in. shut up, cabincd, cribbet,
and confined i'll a tenemon; Of mortal cIay, give
evidence OF an uncomfortable musical prediction,
and snddonly and unexpectedly break fortlsin
most unmusical howlings, TO no particular air
ghosts. Tie singing {2) being concluded, a seuo.
titled and ghostiy looking parsonage arose, and,
in voice like Hamlcrs fathers, indulged in a
very deep and metaphysical discourse, clearly
demonstrating to his own satisfaction-and it
might have been TO the satisfaction Of his audi
cnco, could they have understood him that when
the mortal coil s shuilled of tho immortal spirit
takea new deal, and romans OH this earth, or at
least visits occasionally, on Kind of ghost fir
lough, such localities wherein il once lived and
paid board, but where it can now exist on much
more economical principle. When the orator sat
down. the audienco--like the Chief Justice in tho
PickWick trial-1oko up and went home, sonno
lont, bat yet awake to tho conviction that, spite o
the exci3e Law, there is at leaet one place in Now
York where spirits can lie found on the Day of
Rest.
The exhibition OF the ingeniouHly constructed
model Of pneumatic railway and postal dospatcl
at the American Institute Fair, has justly eIctod
the attention and admiration of tho scientifically
inclined. The first natural principle Of lssomotion,
| much in vogue in tho days ofApaai and his family
aud not YET entered ont OF fashion, was what il
| known in vulgar parlance, as ''ShRnks Mare,
| Quadrupedal animals were nokt pressed into ser
Tice, and oxen, horses, mules and so.forth, can't
| into play, or rather came into work; next came
vessels, waited along on the whistling wings oft
wintery land summery} winds, then came steam
! through dark tunnels. This air eIhausting pro-
cess OF loromotion seems to exhaust the subject
and it is impossible to conceive what improvement
| can be made next. The time may not be far dis
| tant when my letters to The News may be sucked
along from NeT York to Charleston in onc-haif tht
time thai il now takes to make tho trip, and th'
nursing principle Of travelling may yet entirely
supersede all others now in vogue.
| ADELAIDE RIsToRI Inns arrived, and appears NJ
Wednesday, night in her favorito ro!o, tSledea.
On the steamer which conveyed the great tragedi
| enne and her troupe to our hospitablo aud none,
| making shores, sad accident oecnrredi poo
seaman having boon washed overheard and lost
RIsToRI nt once conceived and successfully carried
| ont the charitable dosign Of giving dramatic on
tertainment on board for tho benoflt Of tho family
Of the deceased sailor and as thore was full pas
4 ;ek iiy
cd. RIsroRI's acting in charitable roles on tn
stage Of life has ondearod hor to tho masses here
and given her rs much notoricty even as her pro
fessional genius has merted and insured
The chess mHnia, which has of lato been subBid
ing into the sore and yellow loaf. has taken ne5
Lease Of life from the arrival Of ono Of tho best play
erB Of the CrescentCity, the homo OF MoRpnY, an
the scence Of BUTLEn's silvery confiscations. Ih
New Orleans champion, confident Of his inabilit
TO cope successfully with Captain MoKEszIE, hs
} Thus far an equal number OF lauces has beon Hha
tered on either Hide.>
, Aningenlous contIlSance has just been invents
in the shape and form OF gas burner, by which th
light may be, to all appearances, completely cxtir
guished. and can be, simply by turning the scre7
, reghted at any time. As one o{them is now 10 us
in the house where reside, / can kire person
testimony as to its great practical utility and cor
t renience.
There is another Richmond IN tho field who di.
museum and theatrical line. TSANraRps Aiusoun
located at. tho corner Of Broadway aud Thirtot
street, is a very neatly and tastefally construcla
theatre; though the museum collection Is, thus "a
: rather in embryo-the performances, howeve
have, thus far, bsen attractive, and tho "Devil
Auction" spectacular pioce. with ballet, in u,
q ''Black Crook" style Is announced for produetiG
soon, and may place BAfyARp point or two ahos
OF his rival OF mermaid and w6oly horse notoriei
t The. fall season Of tho Hobokon races will DO Ii
Y aneurated to.morrow by grand hurdle race,
weather beng COOL olear, and in all respecs favor
= Bile. Much sport may he anticipated, and an a
+ account thereof may be looked for In my next.
the good old davs the rich Old daysj % before ss Il
n war, such IN influx Of Southcrnels as there
l. hero Mt present. It seema to me that Cbarlestt
q especially has emptcd itself into New Yor
= Among those who. have just gone through, Il
% emptying process, fortunately for himself and d
l. fortunately for an individual who shall be nam
IA less horo torevermore, is Mr.. HATDEN, OF tho fir
"a also hcre). Tho nnmeless Individual called nt O
ii OF the largest jewelers. establishments on Broa
3. wry, and introducing himself as Mr.. HAYDEN,
d Charleston GndeAvoIed to negotiate for tho pt
t. It 30 happened, however, that ono Of the memb!
h Of tho firm had boon personally acquainted vi
the real aa1o5 na,O5s Il In ts time gons BY and h,n
r. his counton inco had undergone He
Q, not, however, give expression either to
:, surprise or suspicion, but bado ;ho
TO not only HAYDEN himsolI, but wHupEH lIkewi
I'd and 30 contriyed that the two HAYprNo should mi
IL at his store. They did moet, and your yoadeEs
~ readily imagine tho sceno that ensued. Suffice
'n say that big policeman played prominent pa
oil and that thoro was jail scene In the diamo
o, drama. The spurious Hayden has had his col
IL te.te presentment nrtI.ticay oIoeEtGd ut a. and
gallery a. the police Photographic establishme
IL FonREsT as Ioar OF tho Broadway: RIP
NJ Winkle At the Olympic. Under the Gssiight at
n atory to the grand opening OF tho fall and yin
ry season. MOpLfRlt