The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-12-09
IFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

NEW YORK, December 8.
The Russian fleet having been ordered to
China. the Grand Duke will be obliged to
shorten his stay in this country. He Will join
his ship at New Orleans, whittier he will short
ly proceed by rail, via the Great West. 1 sup
pose I will have to sympathize with you in the
disappointment Charleston will suffer In being
left out of the programme. lam afraid you
will have to abandon any idea of militia pro-
cession up Meeting street, and a.ball at the
Hibernian Hall. Alexis goes to Boston next
week to see the Common, the statehouse, the
big organ, Bunker Hill Monument, warren,
the comic actor, and all the other extraordl'
nary attractions Of that town. .t,,
He has "dOne" New York pretty thorougn,y,
and by this time must be dreadfnlly bored Dy
the attentions of the committeeman. Yester-
day he had presentation and speech inflicted
upon him. He was made the custodian OF
picture of Farragut lashed to the shrouds OF
his ship In the battle OF Mobile Bay. Farragut
always derided the picture and declared that
the incident 1t illustrated was historically ln-
correct. But that seems to be OF small conse.
uuence to the donors, score OF ricn men OF
scroll to the Gear, that the picture Ia given as
"a slight token of our appreciation OF the
sympattly manifested by your Majesty's gov
ernment and people during the war for the
JJnIon.n These persons appear to wish IL TO
be understood that at least one-thlrd OF the
American people are not desired to take part
In the welcome to the Grand Duke:
''S,ippery Dick" still lies In )ail, no more
bondsnnen having come to hls relief. 1t seems
to be doubtful now II he be able to get out.
IJnfstterInp comments are made on many OF
the people, laden. down with the plunder
which Connolly's Iavor enabled them to accu.
mnlate. who have deserted him In his hour OF
tribulation. Among the whlom friends OF the
ex.comptroler who have treated him badly,
Ia Henry Hart, the retired pawnbroker. HART
went on the bonds for 100000, but when Con,
molly was taken to jail he became alarmed anu
withdrew his name.
"Michn are among the curloslles OF New
York. They are both old men, who nave
made enormous fortunes 10 dingy little hole
In Chatham street. over the door OF Whlcn
there swung for nearly half century the sign
of the three golden balls. Henry is estimated
10 be worth 81, 900: He owns half OF the
real estate of Chatham street, one-third OF the
stock OF the Third avenue Railroad, neariy
the whole OF the stock OF the washington
and Georgetown Railroad, and Is also o large
sfockholder In the New YORK Central. HIS
brother "Mich" is worth fully half as much.
Yet these two old mlllionalres live In the
most poyerty-strlcken style, IN dirty, lll.iur-
nished room, ever their shop, 10 Chatham
street, and get their meals at Leggetts cneaP
eating house in the nelghborhood, never al
lowing their dinners to cost them more tnan
flfteen cents each. Their ciolnes are Giu,
greasy. patched and tattered, ana as lney
shamble around the streets they look ike rag.
plckers. Both are bachelors, the expenses OF
a family never having possessed any atlrac-
lions to them. Henry keeps large quantlty
of geld In o safe In the rear OF his room, ana
Ia In constant terror that he Will be roooeu.
When he heard of the murder OF Mr. Nathan,
two years ago, he rushed In agony 10 tne
nearest police station, aud asked that spe-
caI policeman might be assigned to his
residence. As he was not willing 10 pay
the extra expense, he did not get The police
man. and IL now obliged to watch his treasure
himself which he does increasingly. The old
men never 90 out together. One stays 10
take care of the house, while the other goes
for his meals. and neither stravs lar away
from the nelghborhood. mich" has never
been outside the city, and knows notnl1g oi
the exstence of BROOKLYN and Jersey CITY,
save what has been told him. He says ne
cannot afford the expense Of travelling. 1t
IA amusingly related OF him that he was once
InyeIped Into pretty waiter-Sirl aSer-oeer
saloon In Chatham street, and piled with Tree
drinks until he became hilaticusly reckless,
when he spent sixty dollars III New Jersey
champagne. the tax being five dollars per bot
lie. He has been doing penance and mortfy-
ing his flesh ever since.
Mr.. Booth reappears at his own theatre To-.
morrow night, opening In Hamlet. his most
finished and most popular impersonatlon. HIS
feature for the coming season will be Shakes
neare's "Jnlius Caesar" In which he will play
Sbakespearian revivals, with great attention 10
Brntua. It Is to be gotten up, like oil MS
historic accuracy In costume and scenery. A
magnificent Roman pageant will he introduced
In connection with Cesar's march to the capi'
to-.
A wonderful scenic piece illustrating Paris
under the Commune has just failed at the
Grand Opera-House after Il run OF only q
week. 1t was written by Mr.. DeLeon, tor
merly of South Carolina, who has recently
been unfortunate In other dramatic ventures
The scenery OF sParis" was all that saved It
from Instant death on the evening OF It's pro-
dnclion. The management, which has been
losing money on everything 1t has brough;
out since the beginning of the season, tries q
dramatlzatlon of Dumas's "Three Guardsmen"
next week. The versatile John Brougham
has constructed new play out OF "Our MI
tusl Friend,n which he has chrlstened '.Gold
Dust" and in which he will play MIR: Roke
Smith at Wallack's. NYa.