The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-05-10
MORNING, MAY 10, 1867.
Our New Icrk Letter.
[ERom OUR REGULAR connrspoxnESr.]

lFRoM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
New York, May e.-I,e time has bccn when in
this great metropolis OF the Western hemisphere
it was only necessary to undertake any important
financial enterprise fol success to be u foroso1,e
conclusion. This was i, the days before the war,
whom much despiscd, but then all poteut King
Cotton reIgned supreme when Southern trade and
Southern capital lent tr oir powerful aid toward
the enrichment of Northern communities, and the
improvement and beauifying Of Northern cities.
Grass did not grow up il the streets of Now York
during the war; grass did not grow in Broadway
and tho avenues when tho war cndod; the North
was not impoverished Ms the poor South has been.
but yet the shock has been felt here, too, to some
extent, and .'cnterprises OF great pith and mo-
mont" are often undertaken even in this flourish
ing city to be afterwards abandoned as failures.
One year has elapsed since furnished your
readers with detailed description OF the mngnif-
cant hotel for the Contemplated erection Of which
at the corner OF Ffth-nvenue. and the Central Park
Hiram Cranston. Of the New York Hotel. had un-
eerfa1oa n TO oganzef f 9t stock With
was to have been the largest and handsomost in
IN tile world; not even eXcepting the Grand Hotel Of
the s5eneh eapsa RssEns Of the MAGNIFICENT
on exhibition i'll all paris Of the city, and New
Yorhsrs felt a becoming pr'de in tho proposed
an addition to tho bounty Of the great metropolis.
Abandoned. and. instead Of the building boine
put up the lots on which it was to have been
erec ed Will s~e puA up at nnction tomorrow. as
The war has wrought other changes in tho euirit
OF our dream. When Dion Bour ;cault's Octoroon
pondent (not then your corrcsoc ent) was pres
ent at the first representation of tho play, and
cannot bnt recall to mind the great excitement
produced: which indeed arose to such pitch that
pretty little Agnes Robertson actually received a
number OF anonymous communications, wherein
:heT Life was Threatened unless piece should be
had but short run on this account. IT'S not so
now, the piece hss been performed thousands Of
tunes, aud Is now revived and reproduced by Bar
with which to win the greonbacks Of the multitude,
and more than this, anplay which was once dis
NeT on account Of
II. Charleston itself. +: .ss;:4 III r, !s.: ,.
The Fenians seem to have given up the shio at
iass having waited, however, till there was no ship
last night, and looking tile thing fairly III the 70
have come to the conclusion that It's 4 bad face
and that therefore they should put the best possi
pc; pc countenance upon it; by accepting tho stua-
lngto better the situation Of such Of their brcth-
Ten Us ""e under sentence of death, by the British
n HS aSas as for theE pardon aud
the thinness) of sospbubble just before it bursts
1s a6out the one mil:oneth' part Of m inch tho
fenlan bblo was thinner than this six months
ago, yet the hopeful sons Of Erin have been dow
ing at it most industriously ever since. No won
der thon that John Bull had but to touch it with
hngor to burst it forever. =
y number of ladss of n Eterary and hna;naae
turn Of mind, were arrested yesterday on charge
Of having stolen couple Of thousand dime novels.
Which they proposed to soil at q small advance on
the cost price, thus encouraging literature and SIN
plying themselves with pocket money at the same
time. The small lads, who had undertaken to
take charge OF this large sct Of small books turned
out gu TOD 70 Dc @ oad ooek Keepers for detective made
an entry, not ID the books themselves, but in the
place where they were kept, and took up the books
ana boys simultaneously. As literary thefts nre
things Of every day occurrence, the bays contend
that tho pnnishm hment should be light.
Leonard W. Jeronne's private theatre does NOT
bear the palm alone in the world Of fashion here.
At DR.. Wards magnificent residence on Fifth
Avenue at the corner Of Forty-seventh Street.
there is perfect little gem OF theatre where en-
terainm ents are given FROM time to time for char-
table purposes -=0ne of these tertainments, was
Of Fifth. Avenue and Murray Hui. 0f course it
was tn grand success.
At German bail given 8 few nights ago. q man
was murdered in cold blood, by an individual who
being provided with revolver, thouel, not with a
card OF admission. The murderer otter tshootin a
MS vicim quietly betook hineelf to an adjoining
saloon, wherc he was en-gaced in discussing the
merits Of an oyster stew, when detective entered
and the man found himself in worse stow than
the oysters- Truth is stranger than fction-a man
q AuOAucC, sutl GQoIl CfUleGly WALKING Otf
to eat an oyster supper within few doors of the
place where his victim lay weltcring IN his blood
even goes ahead Of thing in Reynolds most i'm
probable stories. 5---IE
It would appear, or rather it does appear, tiat a
majority OF the Southern families who have emil
grated hither since the war in the hope Of recon-
structing their fortunes, have had !iier expecta-
tons realized. judge from tho fact that ladies
who, tinding themselYes in Rofneseem sletermiueu
to be Romans, vie with the wealthiest of their
Northern brethren's sisters in the richness and
elegance ot thelr dresses. Yesterday rs 4 took o
stroll through Fifth Avonue, (Which is always
crowded en- Sundays, and mover on any other tlay).
could not bat note bow many of the most hand,
somelr dressed Id hes-andI I may add ha1ldsomest
too-were from the South, and two in .particnlar
WhomI recognized as Charlestonians, were HE
observed OF all observers. It does ones heart
good-at ie.st it de- my heart eood-to perceiye
that the@e are at least few Southerners left who
have the means to enjoy life as in olden times.
Whenever visit Charleston and see the destit,l
ton that prevails, it saddens me SO thst I never
get over it till the time comes for me to make nv
next pilgrimage to my well beloved home. and
when do 80, then-in the language Of the ,;hane
OF Cawdor--then comes my fit again. .a.f -@:a'
! The Japanese Jugglers open tonight and viii
draw better than Ristori. -. II: -
The weather Is bright, balmy and delightful, al.
most hne enough to- tempt even a poor nan to in
vest IN the hire OF carriage teide outin the Cen.
tral Park with q friends sweetheart aud make love
to her tthe sweetheart, not the carriage from 70.
manuc impulse. But greenbacks are scarce
though sunshine is plentiful, and so must the
livery stable man suffer or hire his Carriage to
,WealtMer swain than MOULTRIE. n
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