Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1853-09-22
A Deed Of Npble Daring.

The following deed9of noble daring is re-
corded as one OF the etents attendant on the
late destruction by frdDf the Imperial Theatre
at Moscow
From the suddennesS of this melancholy Oc-
renee, and from the number Of employees per-
manently living withstheir families in the
house, many lives weke lost. Three skele-
tons were found In the ashes. Just at the
commencement of the. fire, three workmen,
who had been engaged in the upper stories,
finding no means TO descend by the staircase,
SO rapid was the progress Of flames. jumped
out OF the windows tofthe lower roof, which,
being Of iron, soon became SO intensely hot
that two OF the unfortunate beings, not capa-
bic OF enduring the Heat, threw themselves to
the ground, and wer4 killed. The third, with
more presence Of nhnd, made his way over
protruding cornices the front roof, and there
remained for some minutes, till the greedy ell
ement, not content with the number of its vic
Tins, made its appeaf fance close by him.
The poor man cried loudly tor help. Lad
ders were procured But they did not reach the
height at which he kstood. He saw it; and,
raising his arms to heaven, he made sign of
the cross and beganlAo approach the edge of
the precipice beforaahim. In an instant more
he would have beenlA corpse. Thousands of
people stood around, gazing with horror at
the immense pile, upOn which this poor man
remained helpless and hopeless. Silence like
that of the grave reikned among the multitude.
His fate seemed Inevitable. Suddenly was
heard voice, 'Staya moment, my good fel-
low! Pray to Gof Almighty, and I'll en-
deavor to save you All eyes were turned
to the spot from which those sentences were
uttered A group ofthree men was observed,
common peasants, two Of them holding by the
arms and shoulders u third, who was strug-
Cling hard to break from the hold of his friends.
Let me go, my ladk said he, my heart is
burning within me q cannot bear the sight of
christian soul husperishing And with a
powerful effort he bteke loose, and darted for
ward. ,gf
The dense crowd gave way as he ran to the
burning building, pulling from himself and at
the same time throwing away his shoots (sheep
skin) and his hat. ID an instant he was at the
foot of the ladder; hete he took off his boots,
attached rope round .his waist, and seizing
an oven-fork, which Happened to lie close by,
he began to ascend the. ladder, which did not
reach at the utmost td dtwo-thirds of the height
at which stood the victim. Having attained
the upper footstep, the generous man took
hold of the main-guttef. Apparently it was
not very safe means of ascent, as it bent
and ratified under his weight But the man
was resolved he made the sign Of the cross,
and began to climb ups A cloud OF suffocat-
ing smoke whirled around him; the flames
were fast approaching; burning timber, red
hot sheets Of roofing i3pn were falling down
from every side, but what to him all this q
His heart was burningWithin his breast he
could not bear the sight of a christian soul
thus perishing. b
1t was frosty day Jhe rain-gutter was as
cold as ice; his warm kweaty palms and fin
gers stick and freeze tofhe iron tube: he tears
them off, leaving bloodE marks at every hole,
and ascended higher and higher, till he puts his
foot on projecting corhice. From thence by
means Of the oven-fork be handed the rope to
the poor man above hiHs tie it fast to the
hook which supports thegutter. That's right
Now descend = And be held the other end
of the rope, and precedip8 the man, still sup
porting him down the Gutter, placed him on
the ladder. The man kas saved
During all this time, the multitude stood
breathless but when they saw them both out
of danger, all hats were taken off, and the
sign of the cross at every breast testified a
general thanksgiving, and loud shout ap-
proved the act of gensFosity. Every one
pressed forward to see the hero of this scene.
The first who approached him, an officer in
the army, gave him twsnty-five rubles silver
The example was followed ; noblemen, mer-
chants, peasants, took on their purses some
gave golden, some silver coin ; some threw
into his hat few copper copecks; all gave
what they could. I'D bless you, noble
friend = was heard fronievery side.
The name of this geeerous man is BAIL
Marin, native of thesgoyernment of Taros-
laf. Being roofer trade, he for many
years lived at St. PetePsburgh, pursuing his
vocation; but afterwards engaged himself as
boiler-maker at the government foundry of
Kolpino Last year fes4got leave of absence
and visited his native Village. Having spent
few months with his friends, he was return
ing to St. Petersburgh by way of Moscow, to
avail himself of the railways. He came to
the ancient capital theAiay before the fire and
not having caught the. tfain was obliged to re-
main till the next day4 Aa nus was his first
arrival in Moscow, he }pok heSpportunity Of
seeing the Kremlin, Ner Old FORTRESS, and to
visit its venerable cahedfa TRsse, from
some passers-by, he beard cfithe ffe, hand
hasnaed to the spot, heEe4e-sa nobly dis
tinguished Bns.ifs. ttee O'CLOCK in the