New-York tribune., 1867-03-21
TIhMANY.

,,, ,.yc,o,v AM ruE sAIW or TAMWARY HALL
T.n,y auy Hall was formally sold yesterday amer
bocnto Mrssrs Clas A. Dana, Frederick a. '"hanF -"
% for The sum oi tlJOcco. The 1"hHahy 0o''!
...,rves the night TO take NJ the c0rhcistoht :" @
eap dns and 10 use for period Of one year the man
Is ON I'M which the General CommttC 10 10 @ ',tici
- crood 10 by the purchasers that 10 pOhllcdl
sStns s 70 be held tho building FOR one year ron @
May next except by The e%9sent Z" nn Ir ConIing Co
srr 10 establish a new newspaper ID 'he ounu'"s ~
hsy Of this sale the most noted WgWaIa
Of Inc Democracy Of this country VIII dslPIe"I 'vo ~
~. % "'.rr6 of Improvement that is sweeping away ne
'irks of me business portion ~ tue city or convert
iIg thcm 70 other uses. Old as IamaLy utd @hiS"n
WLGn We consider il was 1ult as a'e as Isii. M
TO that time the I%mn"Iy StS; G Gad ,Ecn
formed only two weeks aiIeT cen H.. ;,,S Stn,ce
ILo oath of office first PTesideht 0i Ie C'eH
ON tie steps Of the old City Hail. met ~ me 'Ily
Tavern M Broadway unll l.yo anu a IiNd g,n,' O.. "
s'Nartjug's Long Room at spruce ana Nassau 'S,s'
n US Al thc corner Of Sprucest and the kitchen ON
Nassaust the OF these was the celebrated lhS
ToSnay society or Martng Men," as they were some
called, assembled until their nsW nan wac iin1 h
D. MartlnG, or Brown Mortlng as ne va, ,d
leat,Dg spirit ia the formation of the Ian9any So'y
Rurng tie Revolution the famous socleIy 5o%Nn % &c &c 'e
sons of Liberty were sometimes called ine .S"s |n
sf ST Tamnauy" the distinction of originating lhe
designation being attached to Jonh lruinV',; @ AN
ant6or Of "McFmgal." Tamlo3ny Mas an i,nuh inu,Shh
sh.cf OF great renowD, who lived 20 be called Iancn1hu
many days" lie was at The head 3 Lne ZEN IT'Ie
N hns been stated that he was converted to ChlsanS
nd
sut tins IL mistake as ne oola'u IIs ] ,Jr.v1 a.
Ler,siOn the loyal societies of ST. George - AhuttW
Iistory of New-York As these were fcryent IN iheir
Ioyay to the king 10 was thought proper that sehue
fntelar saint, and Tammay was choSeh rs lh"sl itnE
Tap,enund OF Ianiny bad MS wlswain& & "n '1 Sy "r f
Tenn settled ia this country. Penn says ne l9nlH
nm an old man vigorous in mind aud body, with high
Uotious of liberty. but easily won by the SuaNll ana
peacoabe address ot the Governor Acc"idhE 10,
hrst constitution, The lamnay SoceN Was eric,"
.tO connect IN mdissohble bonds of fnendShP AItl!e"
pretmeu Of known attachment to he po1y%! TJ IL
human nature and the liberties OF lht coTnuA, 'u
Mas not until the time OF Jefferson ln,t IT. u'V"me any
0f party machinery, u was l1MtIlul a' m ~, t
has retained much ot its influence al" Icsi,ge p ~ 10
Grand Sachem Cchosen from thirteen Sachen, SAGA
more and Wskiuke. Or The l2th day {" May, ~ ,
hen tbe Soeov was Instituted the members met Ou the
Hadson River at the foot Of ChrStophorst, uth Two
miles from the city Whtre , etCn ~ s, tu.m ,aS Wiam
Mooney. The next year William lltt slnlth was 'Slo
SacheIn, and John Pna'd tue I SiiSIM M M "S GSin,5S
Chiefs Of the creek Nation we're induced 10 VISIT
s4iyed IN Indian costume, the members wearing
- was tn 6er & e%sjE ,i fsc Sots hug Wscas
ard FURNISHED tOmahawks. The Creeks were dtISHISu
s.nr and before they left entered into treaty win
'Washngon, the below ed Saccn of tbS Ihirtcrh iItS
pres4ryato OF everything relating To American history
which at first was kept IN room IN me ny nan. T%
she Exchanre IN 1895 the lgbt 10 the museum was re-
i"onished ~ Gardiner Baker Who mad exerted himself
-, ~ fcaon ON condition mat it should forever
LnoWn as the Tamnany Museum. After the death e"
BAKER il was sold. and afterward became the nucleus e"
Erudder's Museum, from whose collection some o. ~
relics doubtless transferred TO Mr. j. j. i"in'
by whom 1t vas purchased some years uttf stu"uel
death. . ., j..
fore and sihce the occupation 1i iiunhtS NH I
shat history though less hono@h thah oi "i VII Nt
which 10 date s future. Two Intellectual attempts one
,nlg2 and The other !, lSu were maze 10 l,y,v , ', M
nth Of May lS mat by tnt fAIru3Ls % OF ''
tlc hall aid
Pachem laid the cornerstone aud made an address 10 ire
sacLems warriors, ard brethren present, telling th'!
thai after It's completion they would here meet 10 recount
to Tie young wa1iors and hunters the hoiIt Ht,"s 4"
fathers. Alpeus sherman delivered an olaoh ana
fe members of the society appeared 10 a9oIiF ma" or
fe. The hall was finished about the commencement "I
aho War Of 1872, and at oncc occupied bA the De
moc'acy, whose headquarters IL mas beeu 'AiO'eh many
Previous to the detection c Fernando Wood in ISL.
DemOcrat's faith ana the orthodox Temple % Mun 10
which all the omallfry politicians and ~at@stnaeIs psi1
dub seeking o purify ealyaze the Democracy Whose
.:S:a.. " -... eea;5@i - ,Ee Han and dfiye tic
.ronghs from ils Sa,red IrSSnSS, l o BHf d,, ln'
sttces refused To be- and, in the not very eloquent
phraecpcgy ~ Councilman who Wa, twice convicted a
Rnrens aud uolluoIS bad no possible chance win he
Eennaus Noitous aud Coines. as lohs as the party ha'
Any hope OF successfully carrying City on state election
But after Tie late kJI eleglon was deemed advisable
close contcuity Of The Fourth and sAth ward rouehs
he latter gentlemen generally found dIIs ana lSoI'
potent iH ViIntly election while the small kd-t"Nt
minority had 10 take back ,eats 1t wa. there,
Iora. determined 10 sell The venerable pie, aud
iDale effort TO remove the barracks. :"
they are all gone together INTO 0bHFol-
EalalHores aud Saclrlus big ana ttie NlskHkcs, sea
tucchefs and peaceful braves, and The place when knew
them once shah know them more. No more shdH tHe
cheerful sound the pSOlshOt the rude elOQutHce
GeN ed from click Of dirk knife he heard within the
Mans OF the Old Wigwam The days ~ Conrad sWack-
hammer, DonahOe and Isaiah Ryndeis have passed
never return Never again shall rOwdy ohceJ usce
III shirt sleeves. with bad cigar pyOtrudnc from ms bps
delight and tickle the Of the swearing snd sweating
~unwashtd" NbO assembled annually 10 listen 10 the
rapidly decreasing Democratic MAi6lit6s III tne rural
"dccstcks" they wont tU term the returns IRON
H. Lawrence County. The world s changing, ana Hi n
changed. 10 viii never be- possible again 10 "lhc,> sN
rough and tumble encounters In the hall ana adjoining
harlOOn below among the irresponsible iOugis whhe
the Captains of twtutIts aud les arranging fora
division 0f the Sp0l> n the upper meeting room. Those
were halcyon indeed. But detection, treacheiy. and
aufair dis Of the profits Of the lucrative business
once mon0pozod by the TammdHy Hall politicians has
guned every thing Dissatisfaction and disgust with the
leaders have brought their fruits, and violent attempt -
tO iP made 10 TeSusCitae the corpse 10y removal 10 an
sY1stOcTatiC locality The cruel deed ~ sale pc1e
srated, according 10 The Tammauy Calender, m the
month 81 Winds Of SHOWS, wear 81 Independence,
9si, and of World, 1861. Peace 10 te ashes ~
1hmuauy Hall