New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-28
{HB ATTEMPT 10 burn YHR CITY.
F11pCHER PARTICULARS.
ORDERS BIZ GENERAL DIX.
Rewards offered for the Arrest Of the
Incepdiaries.


Che Rcndsh attempt made on Friday evening to set on
Ore the principal hotels and through them the cry ana
shipping in the barbor is being gradually dssipated
ind as the fearful proportions doboca character and
Remarkable daring Of the plot become apparent Tie
consciousness that for the moment the danger
u past and that a kind Providence has averted
lhe fearful and hesTtrendng calamity which
Nas hanging over US should prompt al TO re-
newed than ksgivng to the Maker and Preseryer q
oil II is of course idle at this time 10 speculate on
what would have been the result Of this plan succeeding
intended and as Is most marvellous that II did
not; but the mind canUo; altogether avoid reyerng TO
She Of horror which must have been enacted Ia
She lofty and crowded hotels, which attempted,
HE fearful loss of life, the widespread nature Of tie
eorAagrstion resulting from the Of the buildings in
which it originated. the conbnstble nature of their
eonteDts and the utter poweressness of the Tire De
Cartment although assisted by the united efforts OF
she popuscs to cope with aeonfagration starting from
many points, without feeling convinced that oatas'
Gophe was imminent without parallel during late
years, and only to be compared in magnitude 70 the
earthquake of Lisbon the great FIRE Of London, tie
burning Of Rome tie destruction OF POmpeii and
Gerculaneum.
The information laid before our readers in
Ing and evening editions Of Saturday though far more
detailed than that given by pf orr coemporaIes,
was of course somewhat meag :. and We now are en-.
sbed TO give the latest and ules, particulars stripped
of tie sensation coloring which thousand-tongued
NOR las thrown around them.
TIE INCEPTION or THE PLOT.
Every one, Of course, remembers Mr. Stewards tee
gram 10 the Mayor OF this and other Northern cities
stating tina. information had the knowledge of
fhe State Department proving the existence Of Rebel
conspiracy fire tie various large cities Of the
North OIL election DAY. At the time this believed
70 b. a dodge got up for election purposes and there
fore although the fremen and police on tie alert
apprepN though Of riot than anything else,
but little notice taken Of t. though how well found
ed the Seeretays appehenOns were the events Of last
week demonstrate.
Subsequently il appears tha, the police received fl
formation that plot toot 20 burn The city aud
chat sun Of $4,000 had been furnished from Rich
snond pay the incendiarie; but with the natural IN
credulty that refused to entertain the possibility o.
sSch disbolical plot, no action wss taken. II is
known however that during the past few weeks
number Of Rebel officers and others had left Toronto
and other places in Canada for New YoTs and noo.
sions have they made themselves that Tie DAILY
Noes constrained protest against their braggart
demonstrations Of secesh sympathy and advise their
Increment South. The presence Of these parties was
Known to the police but nothing ;ranspred to warrant
sheir arrest
y few days ago several persons took at the
different hotels carrying with them little luggage
except black travelling bags and is 20 these persons
t,at Suspicion ia at present mcst strongly directed
One ofthem. Il :. Haynes. engaged room at the
Aston House the 2Oth. and il is believed t.hat here
was the rendezvous of tire rascals. Haynes in
tbe habit of receiving large number of visitors, and
great number of apparent consultations snlec,
snf inta taxi in
Certain documents found in OF tie black leather
valises also point meeting have been held the
Metropolitan Hotel on the evening Of Thanks giving
Day, but whether may may not infer from that
chat the attempt intended 70 have been made
Shat evening is question Fre-Marsha Baker thinks
such the case but on the other hand it may only
nave been final meeting TO insA the completion OF
tho necessary arrange men,s as 10 time, &c.
THE EXECUTION OF THE rLoT.
Whatever doubt may enshroud the origin Of the plot
and the guilty parties. remains 10 their ssod4s
speyandi Their preparations Of the simplest
ture and as efficient human ingenuity could make
them; and how they should all have miscaued and
from the same cause is something miraculous. The
bags taken from the different hotels. and at the
Police Headquarters each contain quantity Of paper
about pound and half Of rosn. bottle of turpentine
aud two bottles containing phosphorus in q
granular state and in waer-the rosn and tIrpentne
5or the purpose Of adding fuel the flames the phos
pborus to ignite the it is the peculiar property Of
this substance TO take FIRE Immediately il is exposed 10
She atnos phere. The beginning have been stimuli
taneOlsly up and down town, and while the 6rcInen
engaged at opposite extremities Of the city TO tire
the hotels in the CENTER aud in accordance with this
plan, the first hotel fred was
TIE ST. JAMES.
Al 8:43 ON Friday evening, fre was discovered in
cfthe third floor of the ST. james Hotel by
of the guests. The door locked, and when broken
open the bed found spTinkled with phosphorus and
tuIpentine and the bedcothes and other articles the
room piled the floor. The fire soon cxtingushe
but little damage having been done, when black
satchel was found the floor and bottle of phospho-
rus. The room had been taken about o. that evening
BY who registered his ssme John School. Ma
yyand. Ofcourse Mr. School tas not been since.
BARNUas MUSEUM.
At z As D. m. one of the observed light under
the stairs on the fifth floor leading 10 the upper story.
and on going TO what If was found the floor in a
blaze. cry Of Fire at raised creating tie
most intense excitement aud alarm in The heaeT where
n dramatic performance going or. and ii ony
that it sufficiently aay ed 10 allow o' people getting
ont. As il was. several ladies tainted ard badly
crushed while the giauess ont into the street and
finally took refuge in Powcrs's Hotel. The fire was
put out aud the damage found 10 be but trihing.
ST. NICHOLAS foTIL.
At 1855 p. n. the news flashed across The city
that the st. Nicholas Hotel was fire. The fire
found to e1is; in tbreo o? the middle buGits