New-York tribune., 1891-09-16

$4,000 Edwards was said to have about S2o'ooo
Insurance. Most of the other occupants Of The Com
mos Building wss We Sd not 9 SsRss Reps BIT
teriy, asked Acting Captain Halpin Of the On sip
station at the ruins last night any bodies haa ,9 e pee
ness on the fourth floor of No. 136 Fultonst Fred,
eck mis- son. twenoqF years sImaTs SG WAS their %
home yesterday morning as usual. but failed "a
to return at their accustomed hour; captain captain
Sp aneI last night The ruins Of the destroyed buildings
m n ddn the & AHe%aas 6e saTc6ed STe S at
once The police are inclined 10 think that the Adel
mans will be found safe and well as NO l30 FutonSt
The old building erected to the height Of two
stories before the Revolutionary T War; and and Tss TS
Regiment was organized in the old tavern, when
it resort for prominent IN merchants I6 Of the
The SUM- first published there. After that news
Advertiser" was published In the building until last
spring.
coverv to the Present Day" by William l.. Stone, the
following referenoe is made to the building
This same year CS35) witnessed also the destruction
Of the "Od Shakespeare Tavern the ancient stamping
ground Of the National Guards and for many years
intimately associated military history OF the city,
1t stood the southwest Of Fulton and Nassau
ste the 1872, Of the present "COmmercia Advertiser
ud;nr) 1t was originally low. odfashiontd. massive
ediHce built small yellow bricks two stories high with
dorner.windows the roof. The entrance In ts early
DAYS was through green baze door on Nassou-st-an
entry running through the building With rooms both
SIDES Tap in the south front room, Nassau
st. and was lifted up in with circular bar
Of the old English fashion The building was erected
many years before Revolution by John Leake, CON-
mssary in the French but In 1922 modern extension
on Fulton-st. three stories high, added
On the second story there for public meet
nzs and military drills and the third story there wos
also another arched for concerts and balls and for
the accommodation OF the political literary and
musical patrons Of the house. II was kept in its
palmlest days by Thomas Hodgknson, an EAshshman
BY birth who had TO the United States when
quite Young He brother Of the celebrated comedian
and vocalist John Hodgkinson who was at one time
manager old Park Theatre Hodgdnson bought the
house in 1s0S and under his management 1t soon became
and long continued great resort for the wits OF the day.
and was celebrated for the superiority Of its wines and
the quiet comfort and elegance Of its private suppers
The Shakespeare Tavern in fact. was 70 New-York
what the mermaid" was to London In the Gays OF
Shakespeare and Queen Bess, later, the St James
Coffee House" and the "Turk's Head" in the time Of
Reynolds Garrick and Goldsmith Within its walls Hugh
Gsne and James Cheethsm have broken many lance
over the political topics Of the day. In its aproom
'Ready Money Provost" has been quietly slipping
a mug Of foaming flip he meditated over some fresh
scheme for cheating the revenue. Here De
Witt Clinton was wont to discuss his
pct project the Erie Canal; here Fitz-Greene
Halleck and Sands and Pcrciva and Pauldng and Willis
Gaylord Clark have social and passed
many merry Jest brilliant repartee here too Mcpon
aid Clark the Poet,n often startled the little
circle gathered around him by one Of his strange ou'
bursts OF poetic frenzy; here, some Of the veest salies
Of the "Croaker' and touching passages in Yamoy
den we're conceived and brought forth and here also
sands his friends, Stone Verpanck and John
Inman his and most remarkable poem 'Ine Dead OF
1882" Henceforth, let say that New.York has
no memories save those Of the temples Of the money
changer. The Shakespeare Tavern has entertained
co.eres composed Of choice spirits as ever supped at
the Turks Head" True, all is now changed. Where
formerly It hum Of business and the fatdng
Of draws have succeeded the quiet that was once so
grateful to the weared frame and where brick buildings
usurp .he site Of the quaint, vne-cad tavern. But
though all traces Of it have vanished will live in its
traditions which, like the ivy that formerly covered its
portas shall forever be entwned around The hearts of
future generations,