Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-12-02

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Hotel. ~hich il seems was nos includ. d ir heir
iis'l he L4fsrge Fl 'nse and Hm-er ti4r,ir--,
THEATRE. jtat below Amify sfrref uaxt fol
lawp,! he 81 Nicholas, Meiropnli al. II ~
ard B .l'HunI, and o'hers Ie all. .hrtsen 81
aur principal hntrls About she santp riuir
! several hay b4rR-s A'oBR the Tjv-r were set ou
/ Ere. aud attempts seFe made 10 fire 8arnuni
( Mnsrua aud other public bndIugg Had al
ibvEe ho'tls hay bArRes, theatre, &c. been sP'
/ nn Gre at the same uom-nI. and zach FIRE well
+ kindied, tue Fire department would Do7 have
1 Oeen strong enough TO extinguish them all,
aEd daring the Confusion 1he FIRE would pro5fa-
/ o Y have gained grsAt hezdway that be-
/ fore assisiat ce cauid have been obtained The
/ beat portion Of the city would have been laid
/ 10 ashes. l3ur foriuirately. thanks 10 the Po-
/ lice, Fire Department, and the buugIing man
/ her in which the plan was executed by th5
conspiFators, il proved a complets and Disera-
/ be failure.
The intention of these cowardlv wrptches
10 IRE the city came to the knowledge OF MIR
John Decker, Chief Of the New York Fire
Department. some days since. He immediate
/ iy informed the police, and took such steps as
would render the Noble Department under bis
command most eficieOt, make their aeiim
most united, and prevent IS far as possible any
confusion. The police immediately commence
ed TO investigate the matter. but at first all
their endeavors to gain any information were
bsffi-d. MIR. john Young, Chief OF the De-
tective Corps, and his entire force. were con
s'antly at work night and day. Immediately
after the first alarm given. Chief Young
went to his Metropolitan Hotel. tod the pro-
prietors what was anticipated. aud urged them
to set double watches through all the halls and
10 examine each aud every room Ihruugbou
the house, no matter who might be us occu-
pant. he slso sent similar messages to the
other hotels. aud had his advice been beeded.
a,suy Of the fires would duub less have been
prevented. lie personally superinrended aud
directed his force, and vas unriring in his *
erians TO destroy ali unity Of action belweee
lbe reoel emmissaries, aud 10 secure as many
Of them as possible In Ill bis Forts be was
ably seconded by his men, not one f,getd.-
Nei her sleep or resJ was thought Of and eve
ry moment was devo'ed to lhe great work
hey had in hand. Their txertions, il is p'ess-
ant to be able to record. have beer qnite suc-
crssful. Already several Of the gang have
heen arres'ed, aud great quantity Of the
strongest kind Of evidence obtained against
them. The police are also on the track of
lie Others, and it is more than probably that
before 10 nOrIoH closes all Of them viii be ia
custody. The police ave alsn 10 possession of
n great deal OF information which il is MOI
proper now To publish, bat which promises
most satisfactory resulls.
From the New York World. Nov. 2S,h
1t would seem frorn the latest developments /
that the drsp-radoes were not intent merely .
upon the destruction of properly at The ri,k ui
Involving large amount of lie, by firing our
wel.-ii hntes, hut were actually Gesisous nf /
na king vast hol0causts Of onr ci gus To I
his end the attempt al Birnum's Museun was
made, and probably The iact that Niblu's
rhea'tr is bnilt back Of he MeJtopcltau. ard
he Winter Garden similarly udjlus tie La
arge Hotel, caused the incendiaIies 20 sci fire
% those Two hO'els the hour oi 9 O'Clock,
y bile both Of these large ihealres-the lar-
yest in the country, with one txc-p iun =
Eere flied TO eifpwing with spec;aIurs--
Else why were not the hotels dowu-tOwn fired
II The same time These two hou>es and
3iruHm's Museum, together with the ST.
ichuias which il surrounded by Woud's
diusires Bryanfs the Broadway Theatre.
md tle Menagerie, besides numerous concert
as,l were entered and set on fire within ih-
,eriod Of one half hogr (Ibour 9 o'clock
While Tammany Hail. the Belmuut, Howard
United States, New Eng land, Astor. Gnard.
lc-, seemed To have been neglected until md
light and after These bnlidigs are geuer-
lily remote from the principal places OF pub
ic amusement, aud there was Clearly 10 meth
d in the madness Of the iucendiary horde ii
heir action aud the circumsr ances OF time
nd lace accompanying them meant anything {
lSe than what we have supposed.
Moreover, it is not generally known, olt is
everlheless understood in some quarters, that {
n attempt was made TO fire tie Academy Of $
] dusic during The performance OF an opera
mich sume 5000 persoIs bad sssen bed It. Il
illness. The bottles prepared, as al the hp-
Il, were discovered alter The performances or
ear its termination. Although denial q. .
be fact has been published FIR business ress- =
ns We presume, ii is reported tha, Wallaek'r
'reatre was not neglected. evidence of IsD-
visit having also been ttu'.d there al q lac =
EUR 90 Friday evening". iue c.rclusIon If
aslly q, duced from ali III, Sc dltu r6at q whole "
lie Gamder OF In tf'nSive ntn, women aud =
lildren fornied the prominent ealure iu The ,
al hnrious plan. IL give e' ms slight is. innate =
Iht horrors from which the cOu,Inunuy Ia~
} tai so Pr"viCenI'aiiy ESCAPED. We may re
ark thai on he evening it, question there =
ere al Barnum's over 5uu persons a, Z"
lb'o's Garden upwards OF ) QUO; al Winter =
arden asu 3 600 al the AcsdtHy ot Musc !"
oul 3,5G0 ard " Attacks lheare near 2 =!
10 ia ali ub"ur l40OO prisons, art bad ,L. =
ut, 10y sal uschance, succeeded even Pal
ally, Ia dreds wuu save surely met ws,n = .
0sl apFaiII.g death. "
ORDERS OF RAJ-GEN. DIX. a.,
AS q prCCou iuu1fg m-hsure tn prevent GnV a
her attempt TO burn aud drvas ate out "
}, General d Z has issued The foUyyl. 9 or Ii
r. ~
HEADQUARTFRs DrP'T OF THE EAST, +
NEW \ OKK, Nov. 70. IL
neral Orders No. 81
A nefarious attempt was made last nigh =
fro IN h. ~ ,rf.ir,l k,,aIa '