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Year: 1866

little log house, in which was kept a
lot of dry goods, groceries, and many
other articles suited to a trade derived
from a new and tbinly populated coun-
try, among which, as matter of course,
if not necessity, was barrel or two
Of old fashioned corn whiskey. The
narrator, at the time, was a promising
clerk" in the establishment, and while
there, made the acquaintance of old Dayy
himself. Crockett made the store his
headquarters when he was in town,
and often could be seen seated on the
head of barrel in front of the ed!fce
with a crowd around him all eager 10
hear related some of his exciting and
marvellous stories about bears, wolves or
panthers. On one occasion Crockett
came into the store, and, as usual, de-
sired to trade coon skins for whiskey.
The proprietor Of the store struck trade
with him, and was to fill quart bottle
with his best "corn for each skin.
Crockett threw the coons outer garment
upon the counter, and the tradesman
picked it up and dashed it into the loft
overhead, the usual place for deposlting
skins and pefries, and then stopped down
to draw the " fire water. While
his back was turned, Crockett
thrust the ramrod Of his old rifle
through crack in the floor
of the loft and drew the skin down. The
gentleman handed him the whiskey and
he retired to vacant lot near by, with a
party of friends, and exhausted its con-
tents. In a few moments he entered the
store again and had the bottle filled, de-
posted coon skin, and in turn drew
another from the loft, retired and drank
to the health and prosperity of his thrifty
merchant, and repeated the trick as
often during the day as he desired. In
the evening when he and his party were
somewhat merry, he walked into the store
and asked the merchant how many skins
he had bought from him that trip, and
was told seventeen !" Whereupon a
wager was made of two gallons and a
half of Crockett's favorite, that such was
not the case. The proprietor mounted
the ladder, and, to his utter astonish
ment, found that there was but one
coon skin in the loft Crockett paid up
like man for the bottles, but held on to
| t, tho
Year: 1866

In some extended remarks upon the
Congressional scheme of reconstruction,
the National Mteliigencer of the 2Sth OF
May says:


The idea of whole people becoming
active in their own disfranchisement is
one of novel impression. That the South
ern people would submit to any laws i'm
posed upon them is natural enough, for
that is the fate of the vanquished; but TO
expect them to be parties to their own
degradation is asking too much of human
nature. When they abolished slavery,
and performed the other acts then re-
ouired, they believed they would be ad-
mitted to the exercise of their political
rights. They have no certain assurance
that if the new terms imposed upon them
we're carried out by them they would then
be permitted to enjoy the promised priv
ileges In every point of view, then, it
was obvious that this disfranchlsement
of the Southern people would not be
adopted, and the constitutional amend
ment, therefore, would not become part
of the organic law This programme,
then. must have been gotten up on the
theory that it was to be rejected Now,
what melancholy picture does it not
present of our political situation Can
there be a sadder announcement than
that the leaders of the parliamentary
power should, for the sake of party ad-
vantage, keep open the bleeding wounds
of their unhappy country
Year: 1866

The Hon Eli Thayer, in his speech
at New Haven, said


"rhe people are not such SIM
pletons now that men can sustain both
the President and Congress. If a man
iaYOrs Congress, why not let him say
so, and come out in favor of the Bureau
bill ? | should be glad if here in Con-
necticut we could adopt the Western
plan of having these questions discus
sed on the same platform by speakers
of different sides. For one | do not
hesitate to say that / would very much
prefer this manner Of carrying on the
campaign. Whoever the party opposed
see fit to put forward as their represeu-
tative man on this issue, let him come
from Congress or wherever he may, |
will take 10y stand in favor of the veto
and speech of the President, and the
platform of the democratic party. Ap'
plause | don't intend TO designate
any particular Senator by name whom
would like TO meet here, but perhaps
! could make you understand the one
] mean by initiating his style When
we see the first light in the morning,
you and ! call it "the break Of day.
This Senator to whom / allude would
say, "One Of these points of time, IL
lustrated by the poets of Greece and
Rome occurring directly through the
cycle Of the ages, when the resplendent
ehulgence of the glorious orb of day
first illumines the eastern horizon.
W no Is that2 Simultaneous cries from
all parts of the hail, sumner, Sum
ner Charles Sumner" Loud laugh
ter and applause Well, if it is Char
les Sumner you want 10 come here to
argue these questions on the platform,
! honestly hope that Charles Sumner
will come. would ike to see the
breath Of life infused into this contest,
and the best arguments Of both sides
presented to the people.
Year: 1866

At this writing the fire is still cling
ing with great tenacity to the ruins.
1he entire Fire Department are on the
ground, and are working with almost
superhuman efforts. The entire police
force were called to the scene by the
telegraph, and rendered great aid.
Year: 1866

At this writing, 3 am, we learn that
Michael Toohey, the private watchman
of the Opera House, has turned out all
right. He can give no account Of the
origin of the fire, but says that he does
not think that it was occasioned by an
explosion of gas. He says that he
turned off the metre in the cellar, as
is his usual custom. Several, persons
however, who attended the perfor,
nance, state that they noticed the
strong smell of gas alluded to in the
first part of this article, and it is highly
probable that some one of the rooms
had been filled with it, and that some
light must have been left burning,
which ignited that with which the room
was filled, and caused the explosion.
From the course which the fire took,
it doubtless originated in the store
room.


The dramatic company of the Opera
House lost all their waTdrobes. The
rapidity with which the flames spread
prevented. the saving or rescuing of any
of the wardrObes, either personal or
belonging to the house. The flames
we're first discovered about half an
hour subsequent to the letting out of
the audience, which was most fer
fortunate. Had the alarm occurred
when the theatre was filed with the
audience, the loss of life would have
been awful and terrible. As it was, the
actors lost every stitch of wardrobe,
which, no doubt, could be parted with
more satisfactorily than with life. Ma
dam Zavistowski is among the suffe-
rers. The elegant dresses and robes
which comprised her own and the
children's wardrObes were completely
and entirely lost.
Year: 1866




Two men were reported killed by
the falling of the cornice in front oI
the Opera House, soon sfrer the fire
began. In the confusion attending the
great confiagration, it was impossible
to ascertain their names. There was a
rumor that one man was smothered un.
der the ruins of the Opera House


We found one man who was injured
by the iallin cornice above referred to.
He was first carried into Landy's Gal
lery, and afterward taken 10 SURE a
Eckstein's music store, where Dr. Mus
craft dressed his wounds He was de-
lirious, but gave his name as Jack VIII
son, and said he lived on the north side
of George street, between Central Ave
nue., and John streets. His right foot
was badly crushed and he was internal
ly injured so that it is doubtful if he
RECEIVERS.


John MoorwoOd, fireman Of No II
and Jerry Bray, of the same engine
were badly hurt, by falling through one
story in some of the rooms of the Opera
House Peter Brogen had leg irac
tured. Charles Bright, 2 citizen, had
his skull fractured There are doubt.
less other injuries received, but at this
writing it islmpossible to get the facts
1t is, however, almost certain that in
all this terrible, sudden and destruc
tive fire, no one was burned to death in
any of the buildings destroyed.


THE SCENE FROM TIE GAZETTE OFFICE


Never, perhaps, has there been such
vast crowd collected at the corner OF
Fourth and Vine as upon this occasion.
Many said that last year, when the news
of the fall of Richmond came, there
was nearly as great number, but GER
tainly the scene had never so brilliant
a light cast upon it. From the upper
story of the Gazette building, the mass
of eager, upturned faces formed a view
seldom Witnessed anywhere For the
most part, the great crowd was quiet
and orderly, but still, from our point OF
view, it could be seen that the men
were swaying to and fro, like the treel
of forest shaken by the wind.
Year: 1866

In less than five minutes after the
first flames We're seen to issue from the
fourth story windows of the back part
part Of the building, the whole back
portion of the roof was a mass OF
flames. In less than five minutes more
the whole roof was grasped so tightly
in the arms of that furious fend, fire,
that it at once became evident that no
human efforts would be successful in
getting it under way. The flames
spread with fearful fury, and almost
before those who had quickly gathered
on the spot, could realize that the ter
rible spectacle before them was not a
dream, the whole inside of the building
was in one mass OF flames. The fire, in
its demon fury, next communicated to
the rear portion of the roof of the
Year: 1866

The most terrible and fercely de-
structive fire ever known in the annals
of Cincinnati history, took place last
night The beautiful art palace, Pixies
Opera House, which but yesterday stood
in all its splendor, is no more and the
only vestige remaining of CINCINNATI 8
grandest ornament is pile of blacken-
ed, smoldeTing ruins.


The EXPLOSION.


About fiften minutes past II o'clock,
those of our citizens who were near the
corner of Fourth and Vine streets,
were startled by loud explosion, fol-
lowed almost Immediately by a rumb-
ling noise like that of thunder. Al
most before sufficient time had elapsed
for those in the vicinity to realize that
an explosion had taken place, the whole
heavens were brilliantly illuminated,
and flames were seen to dart forth from
the rear part of the Opera House, and
before the alarm was given, the whole
back portion of that beautiful edifce
was in flames.


THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRE.


At the time the curtain rose for the
performance of the last act of Midsum-
mer Nights Dream, the ordor of gas
escaping was evident to all, and when
the curtain descended, after the play
was concluded, the smell was Just as
strong. The audience dispersed, and
the building was locked up. About
half past eleven o'clock, the private
watchman of the building, Michael
Toohey, started with a lantern to 20
through the building; TO make sure
that all was safe. Since that time, and
up to the present writing, l a M, moth
ing has been seen of him. 1t is sup
posed that upon opening the door of
the scenic room where the gas had un-
doubtedly been escaping, it ignited, and
the explosion ensued. Many theories as
TO the origin of this most terrible fire
have been advanced, but the one cited
above seems to be the most plausible,
both from the fsct that an explosion
took place, and that the watchman,
Toohey, who it is positively asserted
went through the building, has not
since been seen.
Year: 1866

GooD YIELD From THE New MINES AT
RAILROAD FLAT.-The first lot of rock crush
ed from the new quartz mines at Railroad
Flat, was taken from the Two Dollar Gulch
lead, and was crushed at the mill of Messrs.
Harris Co.. at Sandy Gulch. Five tons of
unassorted rock yielded at the rate of forty
hive dollars per ton, and was taken from the
mine at an expense of less than five dollars
per ton. Add to this five dollars per ton for
crushing and amalgamating in mill at the
lead, and clear profit is realized of thirty


five dollars per ton. The lead averages three
feet wide, and shaft is now down en- it for
ty feet. This lead is owned by Mr. lGratacap
of West Point, and Gamble & Co. of Rail-
road. These gentlemen have long known of
the existence of rich quartz in that vicinity
but owing to their extreme cautiousness. did
not attempt to develop it until quartz min
ing was reduced to something of certainty.
They now consider they have a good thing.
and will vigorously prosecute work on their
mine. We predict for Railroad prosperous
future, and much of it viii be due to the en-
! ergy and enterprise of these gentlemen.
Year: 1866

RICH MINE AT WEST Po1NT.-Messrs.
Gouldsen Co.'S quartz mine, situated about
one mile east of West Point, has proved to
be one of the richest ever worked in Calave-
ras county. Eighty tons of rock from this
claim crushed at Smiths mill Welded at
the rate of one hundred and fifty dollars per
ton, amounting in the aggregate to twelve
thousand dollars. This amount of rock was
taken from the mine, hauled to the mill ana
crushed. at an expense of less than eight
hundred dollars, counting the labor of the
owners, who are all working men, at four
dollars per day for all labor performed. The
lead averages from two to three feet wide.
and has only been worked to a depth of
about forty feet. Thousands of tons of the
same quality of rock can be taken from the
mine at the same average expense as that al
ready taken out. The owners of this mine
one year ago. were as poor as "church
mouse" but now they have an independent
fortune. Who wouldn't be quartz miner
Year: 1866

TAKE a teaspOOnful of WATTS
Nervous Antidote before going To bed and
you VIII sleep as sound as a nut, and will
not experience any tad effect afterwards on
the contrary, if taken regularly upon going
to ped, it will strengthen and invigorate the
system IN wonderful manner. The prep
aration Is entirely vegetable and will harm
no one. onIIo-,
Year: 1866

IFrom the London Times city artcle), June AL


The Bank directors, at their weekly court to-day,
sf discount Although the stock Of bullion shows fur
ther large increase the plea s believed TO consist in the
extent Of the Simultaneous demand for OF remit
tRnce 10 the Continent The banking reserve shows
large augmentation and there be fear Of this
being unduly drawn upon, because the notes in the
hands OF the public still between 81 900 900 and
70 900, 600 In excess OF the normal amount The mer
camille community that since the date when ten per
cent was liked as the proper charge for the protection
both OF bullion and the former has increased
twenty five per cent and the latter has advanced from
f13O $50 to f4O67 800 and they naturally ask whether
in the face of such changes, there should be
responding change in the rate of discount


Phey look also to precedents, and observe that so
recently as the 4th OF October last when now, the
payment Of the dividends just approaching although
the bullion was nearly two millions below its present
amount and the only fz94 sos in OF
its amount the rate of discount actually
low as five cent, and that although movement was
sufficient Again, they notice that only eleven months
ago when the bullion was f350 900 loss than at present
and the reserve was only $4,000 600 higher the dis
count charge was three per cent whence 1t was sub
these circumstances, as there is good ground to be-
lieve that the ten per cent rate, instead OF pre-
venting either home or foreign pressure, Is posi-
lively main Of Its existence the experiment Of
reduction might well have been made especially with
tho knowledge Of the cessation Of the Indian demand
and the prospect that In the Of month SIX
weeks from this dato likely to owe less TO the
continent than at former period At the same time


may be admitted that tho trial having been endured
% long, the question of week two win make
perhaps, but little difference as regards the effect OF
ency Of experimental reduction, 1t cannot be de-
termned until shall have been tried, ia fairly matter
- which opinions may vary, and that there can be
no doubt that whether the bank directors not
IN error they have been guided In their entirely
BY honest desire TO uphold the substantial
u the country.
Year: 1866

Of the legislature Of The people OF the State of New York
entedAn provide the laying out and improving
OF certain portions OF the city and county ~ New hor
passed April "a 1868 lhreehfhs being present. hereby give
notice that they intend apply the supre. court IA he
First Judicial district OF the State Of New York at special
term OF said court to be held the CITY Han IN the city o
New York on Saturday, the 7th day OF July ls",
at the opening OF the court on that day. or hs soon
thereafter counsel be heard thereon, ior
the appointment OF Commissioners OF Estimate and Ap
praisenent IN the above entitled natter That the nature and
extent Of the Improvement hereby intended the laying out
Of Road Public Drive In said city sd Road or fnbhc
Drive the Junction of Bloomngdae Road Tor
Broadway Eighth and Fifty ninth treet running
thence northery and noheasery and following the gen
eral of Boomingdaie Road cor broadway 70 tho
northery line OF street where the said hoad
or Public Drive 10 equi distant between Tenth ana
Eleventh running thence norheaatery ana eu
distant between said Tenth and Eleventh avenues 70 the
southery line OF lu3d street, running thence norhey 70
the southery line OF sth street at the Junction of boom
ngdae Road and the Eleventh avenue and running thence
northeastery and including the whole OF said Eleventh
avenue and twenty five feet In width Of the land adjacent
said Road Public Drive includes the whole OF said bloom
ngdae Road Cor Broadway between FIFTY ninth and luh
streets except portion thereof between Seventy hft ana
Seventy seventh streets and another portion hereoi De-
Eighty sixth 04th streets In the city OF New YORK
said Road Public Drive s OF general width OF ono nun
dred and nifty feet, shown and dencated on certain
map OF the made by Gardner Sage, city surveyor
and hle in the Office the Commissioners OF Cenfai
Park. Dated New York june .. 1855.


Counsel 20 the Corporation


Judge Clerke took tho papers and reserved his decs
Year: 1866

Memoranda.


We are informed by the keeper Of tho Light
house at Sabine Pass, now in this city, that the
steamer Col Chandler, Capt Richard Wade, which
cleared from this port Dec 23d, for Galveston via
Atchafaaya river, encountered strong gale when
off Sabine Pass, (date not gven,) during which
she broke in two and was totally lost The Cap
tain and pilot took one of the small boats and at,
tempted to make the shore, but were never seen
alive afterwards. The body of the pilot was
picked up on the beach few days after the disas-
ter, but that of the Captain had not been found
when our informant left. The balance of the crew
clung to portion of the wreck and were finally
washed ashore.
Year: 1866

supplies from the mill, and Of course all
who used them were similarly afflicted


lay have visited most Of the lead.
ing physicians and here append tabular
statement Of the number of cases treated
by each from the middle of March TO the
prescht time:
Year: 1866

II AVE proved, from the most ample experience, an
i entire success: Observation-Disclosures and
Reliable. They the only Medicines perfectly
adapt &c popular simple that mistakes can
not be made in using them harmless to be free
from danger and so efficient to be always reliable
They have raised the hi CHEST communication from all
and will always render satisfaction
Year: 1866

Captain Fox, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, will cross the ocean in the nnoni-
tor Miantinomah, now awaiting him at Hal
flax, to personally present the Emperor of
Russia the resolutions of Congress congrat-
uleting him on his escape from sssassina
ton.


Captain Fox will also examine and report
on the condition of the principal navies in
Europe.
Year: 1866

The Ways and Means Committee have de-
termined to put window glass on the free
list


The Military Committee Will soon report
bill for the equalization Of bounties, Civ
ing 10 each soldier who hiss not received
his bounty 500 yer year. This will require
an appronriation of 5000 600 00B
Year: 1866

STRIKES AMONG MECHANICS We learn
that there was strike among the work
men in the pudding department in the
Tredegar Iron Works in consequence of a
reduction of wages from seven to six dol
lars pr ton. .........


There was also strike inthe mailing de-
partment of the Belle Isle Works in con
sequence of the employment Of two men
not members of the Workingmens Society.
Year: 1866

THE CHAIN GASG.-This institution was
put into operation yesterday morning, and
their first work was digging culvert at
the corner of Tenth and Marshall streets.
There were fourteen members of the gang,
oil negroes except two. One was a white
man who had no shoes, and was sent back
to Jail barefoot. The other was also
white, but was unable to work on account
of sickness. The managers of the gang
are MessrS. Epps, White, Angel, and Ste
phens. Tae work commenced was cul-
vert, which is to be run from the corner of
Tenth and Marshall streets to the new city
building on Broad street.
Year: 1866

RAN OyER.-Yesterday forenoon, a ne
gro boy dashed up Main street on horse,
which became unmanageable because he
had nothing but halter upon him with
which to control him. Near the corner of
Ninth street he ran over small boy, hurt
ing him right badly. The horse continued
his way on up the street, and nothing was
said or done to the negro.
Year: 1866

The spirit of delicate gallantry Is not yet
wholly extinct among us. In evidence OF this
pleasant fact we cite an incident which has
fallen under onr own observation. On one of
the warm days of this week, when the rapid
thaw had rendered the streets very nearly i'm
passable, our attention was attracted by the
perplexities of a young Irish woman, who was
trying to fird her way over one Of the
worst of the crossings. She had the apnea,-
ance of servant girl, was respectfully, though
coarsely dressed, and was carrying a nail OF
water. As she stood contemplating with some
despair the small river which flowed between
her and the sidewalk, a young gentleman Of
fashionable appearance came down the sire ct
and his eye took in the exigencies of the case
Calamity taking the water-bucket in his nice
.ly gloved hands he first conveyed that to terra
tlrn'a, and then returning, lifted the girl in his
arms and carrying her lightly over the watery
waste deposited her dry-shod upon the side
walk. Talk Of Raleigh finging down his en-
broidered cloak to save the silken shoe of Eliz-
abeth from contact with the mire; Elizabeth
was queen, and could reward an act of such
lattering gallantry, but our young gentleman
had no such motives to induce him to splash
his vanished boots. In our opinion there was
more of the true chivalry and genuine manly
courtesy exhibited in this little act of kindness
to one in humble station than in the sacrifice
of a dozen fine cloaks to do honor to aqueen.
We are happy to be able to add that the cour-
tesy was acknowledged with cordiality of
gratitude which many of our fashionable Ia
dies would do well to initiate ~ ""'~
Year: 1866

SUMNER TEACHERS are requested TO state
that pupils the School Of Art at Cooper Institute
will be glad to engage teachers from the last OF May when
the school closes for the to October Beside their
specially in drawing and painting they ore competent to
teach other branches required in schools for young children
Year: 1866

"A suit was brought in the Augusta (Ga.)
City Court, at the last term, to recover the
amount of a policy of life insurance granted by
the Southern Mutual Life Insurance Company
of South Carolina to a resident of that city,
who was forced into the military service, and
while in that service died. II will be remem.
bered that the insurance company demurred
paying on the ground that there was embodied
in the policy of insurance provision that the
insured should not enter the military service
On the other hand, the representatives of the
deceased claim that he did not violate the COM
pact of his own accord, hence the company
should pay the amount. Judge Snead has an
nounced his decision, and sustains the company
in their demurrer The case will be carried up
10 the Superior Court.