The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-04-02
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE,
[FRoN THE APPrAL's SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR. I
New YORK, March 10, 1868.

The weli-known name of Barnun of the
American Museum and keeper of the "What
is it, and beautiful Circassian slave, raised
in Connecticut, seems to be inseparably con.
nected always with some great leading event
transpiring in this city. From early youth
upwards until he aspired to Congressional
we were going to say honors-Congression
power, influence, and emoluments, the king
of showmen's name has been in every body s
mouth. If a horrible murder was committed
in this city it would certainly be somewhere
in the neichborhood of Barnum's Museum.
, If a horse ran away and killed its driver or
daring robbery perpetrated or gang of
| pickpockets broken up, Barnum's name in
some way was sure to be connected with the
whole proceeding-eagrant urchins and coun-
| try pedants were always as much gratihed on
hearing it spoken atfectionate mothers
| were pleased at times TO frishten their babies
| BY mere mention of it. Barnum now seems
to be doomed man. His magnificent new
| Museum on Broadway, was DESTROYED by FIRE
on Monday night last, and nearly the ent re
stock of collections consumed. The
well equipped ManagerIe, consisting of lions,
tigers, apes, monkeys, hyenaS, and the happy
family were almost wholly consumed, the
animals perishing by setfocatiOn. The loss
is estimated about $500, 900, on which there
is an insurance Of $4,000. Preparations TO
rebuild another museum further up Broad
way have already commenced.
IMPEACHMENT.
The contest between the President and
hos hoa ~. Of
among the political qaid nuncs during the
week. although no such state Of excitement
has existed as our sensation daiies would
lead people to imagine. All the gen
tlemen of the press with vivid imagtnations
seem to be located in Washington" The
romantic party who was engaged in getting
up the War Feeling at the Capitol for the
Associated Press, is known 10 have stepped
IN altogether too many bar-roons, on his
way from the House Of Representatives to
the telegraph Office. Apart from the impor-
tant principles involved in the matter of i'm
peaching the Chief Executive, the mass OF
our people here have quoted down 10 their
usual every day vacations, and take very little
interest in the Squa5b.e. In society it Is con-
sidered in very vulgar taste tn refer to either
side, or even the subject itself.
INTERNATIONAL CoPYkIGHT.
This has been the dullest season for the /
great book mills FOX many years. The large |
publishing houses say there is scarcely any
thing doing in American works, and that
beyond trife or two Of light literature, 1T
more for magazine articles than to be bound
N 1eTI,,p, md cfo.L ar - ,l,o -,
of books, scarcely irst-ciass volume OF an
character has been turn out
The publishers seen, satisfied for the present
in grinding ont cheap Z" diamond " editions
Of Scott, Dickens, and other popular Eng
fish authors, and reproducing the sensational
milk and water trash Of sicily love stories;
appropriated bodily from the columns oi the
London Weehlies. As our American pub
l:ehers pay no authors fees for the stuti-the
only expense attending their reprint, is for
and binding, ana by this means
they manage 10 underse!!, at large profit,
any OF their craft, who stick to publishing
American standard works, or novels of any
character written by their own countrymen.
It IS about high time the latter had some
protection. II Congress could only find time
10 put through the international copyright
aw before It adJourns, we might then reason
ably hope for speedy revival Of american
authorship, and some incentive for our
Jterate30S to enter the lists and compete sue
,esstully with the authors of other countries
Congress at present taxes its productions
most numerically, but aIInrds him not the
slightest protection against the practical
LONGS of the publishers, in rPprinting for
ign vOlumes-or in having the same sur
eptitiously set up, struck off and bound il
england, with their American inprint-and
ent over here by ever transatlantic steam
T, by the cart load. Under our postal sys-
EN- too, an English book can be sent through
he mails from London to any part Of the :
mixed States, cheaper than volume can be
ent from New York to Philadelphia.
THE FASHIONS AND THE OPERA.
The New York ladies have at last bowed
heir heads . the stroke OF fashion. CHG
ons have fallen. Horscha;r is no longer
vailaJle as an adjournment OF BEAUTY. The
air is TO be laid on the top Of the head in
ne shape CT cart-w!.ael, and the leader OF =
ishion who first "spoke " It into existence
eserves the thanks Of all good - fellows"
arevell, chignons, and welcome wheels Z
ct the old ornament Of the head 90 to stuff |
actresses, and the new one run g! y round
very lovely head.
The operate campaign il being wound up
' S.rakosch with a grand flourish q tram