Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1892-09-30

i Clinton in New York, suggestir
y that an emissary be sent to Phil,
q delphia for a conference. Clinic
t WAS gwen papers and details tn,
, his agent might gain admittance
, the city, and Arnold engaged
. meet HIM in disguise outside tn
Hiltzheimer property. For som
nights the traitor loitered aroun
the house, paying occasional visit
to tavern around the corner. O
Seventh street. Clinton was to
suspicious to send anyone, how
ever, and Arnold went dow
Market street to his house in dis.
gust. When his carriage was pur
sued in the streets by mob il
consequence of unpopular enact
ments, Arnold took refuge from
the maIcontents in this building
The hotheads wanted to burn il
down, but the troops interfered
The great procession on the oc-
casion OF the hanging OF the
traitor in effigy after the consum-
nation of his Iscariot-like act in
1850 was reviewed from the win
dows of this house, and speeches
we're made by the city's celebrities.
A CHAPTER FROM A NOVEL.
The little house came gruesome-
ly into prominence in 1898 when
the yellow fever epidemic scourg-
ed the city. Readers of Charles
Brockden Browns novels will re.
member his account OF the ply
sician who took stricken youth
home to his wife and family, al
though fever sufferers were cast ont
to die by many. The incident is
based on an actual occurrence at
this modest structure. The
dwellers in the house worked night
and day to relieve the general de-
ISOLATION and some of the family
died in consequence. Brown, the
novelist, had a great fondness for
the house, and minute descrip-
lion of the neighborhood is given
IA one of his works.
The tavern around the corner
vas the center of such wild reyelry
hat Washington felt bound to
inally refrain from going there.
de had no objection to the three
tory cottage, however, and it was
he scene of the interviews he had
uccessively with Jefferson and
With Hamilton in endeavoring to ,
'atch up tho disagreement of cheese
wo statesmen. During Hamil- :
on's intrigue with Mrs. Reynolds I
he lovers agreed to meet outside !
bis house as the pamphlet now in !
he Ridgway Library shows, and it I
Tas by watching here that the /
usband claimed to have found 7
ut what was going on. I
The next famous man to visit the :
tile house was Washington Irv- .
lg. He called to verify some anec.
Dtes connecting the father of his
'uDtry with the building, and
'und many valuable letters and q
spsrs stored away in its attic, of 81
hich he made use in the "Life OF II
'ashington." u
OLD AGE coNQUERs 1T. ~
Like all houses which have pas ~
d their prime and reIapsed quietly u
to old age, the structure was ie
ilized by tenants for various pur- 81
'ses, and it ceased to be conspicu- W
sly interesting until 1875. In p'
st year it frs. became the resort OF
the city's scenic painters, and SO an
ntlnued for many years. The pr
'hemian Club, composed of mem. It
RS Of the painting fraternity and ST.
,dred spirits, met there every gr
'ndsy night until a year or two VIC
zee. Ii
Charles Hawthorn, who died OF
II years ago and was in his time ed
,nounced the finest scene painter br
the day, became conspicuous at 81
'se gatherings. He won 81 900 col
sred as prize for the best design an
q theater curtain. AID the boys FIRE
de him give a champagne dinner goI
the attic on the strength OF it. it !
spard Mseder, whose death oc- sill