HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Signal, 1865-7-27, Page 1W. T. CO%, Editor and Proprietor.]
$1.50 PER ANN. IN ADVANCE!
13ustntss Elirectorl.
1)r. 1'. A. Mol)ougall, --
WILL FSE AT HOME' -FOR CONSUL.
tastes em b II o'clock, a. m, every day.
Will Meg Klyub at say beer afterward!; night
Ci. Csei hannon,
PsYSICIAN,BURH0EON, kceiko., GO
sales, C.W. 13:40.Iy
Thor. 14..Molleeao. M. D.,
P 0Y$1CIAN,SURGEON, &c.,(Late
House Serpent. Kw .ton
Orme-At Arthur's legs d.0 g Bouw,
[sedOwe] OoJertc6.C. W.
Dr. Cole.
'T ATE OF STANLEY-CLINTON, HU
1-1 amu Kua1. (Mr. rewanr•'.G,rner Store
Jule l,'64.
DB. A. WORTHINGTON,
1)I(YsICiAN, SIiIO. EUN, Ar., will at-
tend, pan.cul•rly. to J,wasea ul and surgical
•peratwu• epos the rye..
Itowica t'ILLAOO. Urc.15. Isa2. Iw47-Iv
Ira Lewis. ,
IQ AItRI4TER ANDAT.TORNEY•AT-
ll Law, end eol.egw-u-Chancery, County
Crowe A money ,Ooderh,h,.a•adsWest. .616ue
s Court Hou... •14n40
,
M. C. Cameron,
BARRISTER.; AT FORNEY, COVEY•
he ,Krugeton Mreet,Uedenvk,C,W
• MInclale is "Walker,
B ARR(STEKR, SOLICITORS, CON-
vay.tx:aa, Ste. (dice, over the Store re1. V. Marler a Sua.Oodent•h.
Henry Mcl)ermot,
n&RR1Sl'ER, ATf(ItNEY• AT•LAW
17 Notaries Pubite, ,tee., West Street, Healer
eh.t, r 10:1
lokn Davi.on,
.SARRiSTER,ATTORNEY, SOLICITOR
in Chancery. ate Oder, Market Square,
Censer 01 Kinsstee Street,Uodenc h. 9:42
_
LatimerLatimerdos Patterson. ..
BARRISTERS, ATTURNEYSAT•LAW,
Notaries Coeveyeacera, ac. ()thee Mc
Kayla earner, Notaries,
Street, (hrrerich. 9:42
John H. Gordon.
�TTQRNEY•AT•LAW, SOLICITOR IN
a Chancery, Naary Pubhe Coave aacer,
he.t aro., Uedench, Carate West. 011 a -owl
a , tloutb sale of Wed Street, thirddoor from the
C od•House Nesse.
- WIlllwm T Playa.
TTORVEY.tT-L%W. SOLICITOR IN
''S. Chioeerv,N,tary Publ,e.Coevev.Seer,kc,
(} Idencb, C. W.-Odiro, over H. Gardiner it Co!*
H oderare more. v l5rt9 j
io11117 to Lend on Zeal Property_
Shade t4-oodfna.
ATTORNEY, SOLICIT(., n Wke., Goex-
nar,t • W^Orrnca: Ifp Sn,atwa'a
Mark. Weld dil.1_ menace Fust Door wed 01
(Hsegow Hone'.
Toni. At Moollw.--J-
a TTORNlE4,S(JLiCITUJRS, he., (lode
'1 nets, C. W.- Ofce- LBABB'i NEW
MACK
.Ir r. roe.. LaWnr moose.
la.drnch. Anent 27th. 1864. sw103w31
-.- -- I9. 1.. Doyee.
�rrortvEY. 4ULtct roll k-. OFFICE
i Crabb'. New Bloct.Uvdencb, C. W.
• 16sw■bly
I1. P. YPOQAnnwo,
SOLICITOR iN CHANCERY, ATIOR•.
d•, N•IVAaata ke.-(Mose
nay, .oTAar.
carer 64r new Pod e,Mkes God -rich. awls
J. I!'. CAII44DY, W. D„ C. iS.,-
(;r..du.6e of *eel' t ..Ute Mmrlcn.I.l
PHYSICIAN; Sll R 1Fd_)'( ASTI) AC
coec.er• s. Odes -At the Devalue f`r urt
OfAre. Dungannon, C. W. w67
,wood,
BARRiSTER, ATTOIINE4 , CONVEY -
O sw.- • erw deem nenh of the Ret 0aee.
MONEY T') LEND.
•ee•er,Src., Clinton.
•
Business lDircctotg.
Nerds British and Mercantile
Insurance. Co.,
Office is Mr. Gomel;', Law Chuubers.
JOHN IIA- LiA.N ,1r. ,
OedesedeDetuber 13.18(3. ewlesI r
JOHN BRETT,�`-
in, Sheet -Iron, and Copper Smith,
EGMONDVILLE, C. W.
Byes, Cultivators, &c., for Sale.
pairing Done at Short Notice.
MA INE INSURANCE.
Hellish Asncrir•tut Insurance Co
01 roc, nn,,
Marine Department.
GEOM; K RCMBA LI,.
Agent.
,Ooderieh. April 15th, 1965 waif
British American Assurance Co.
FIRE 6, MARINE.
JOHN E'SUN Agent.
Byfield, C. W., April IG, 196.1. .12
�IITLIIID HOTEL, GODERICH
E(
1i JS FFa PROPRIETOR. THE • above is noel pJoi. ells situ.q,d on an
*omen., 1201eet high. overlooking the Harbor
and Lake Huron;-mu,oi Orchards, (ierdrna and
Rural W'•Ikoewabed. Board 31 perd.y, coil.
Mealsot Bad.. 25 cents. vans -Wyly
HOTEL NOSE,
1011N DUNOG11 takes this mea o+ of
funning the public that he has Mitered
into the Hotel buries* in the tend rmerly
know(' as the Fultoti House, where h will
he happy to receive old friends std esu .firs
,Goderich, June 61,6;1865. w
DAYS' HO TE L
WROXETER
I1. situated on he 4r.v,I Hued running from
Nra1,rtb to. -oulharnpton, one mile north- 01
where p lend, 00 to W ro.eter, and thymic t rnr•
eling to
Belmore, Walkerton, Southampton,
or try pl.re:n that dinrt.oa,wi.I sod acromino-
Jatwnawn as he.only expecute and at ant class
env hotels, in an 'mewls.
ICE ALWAYS Ole HAND
FOR Hl•
Trout -Fishing Friends !
THg Drll.8l*nn 10rxa 4 41,s,:i r
HUNDRED AND FIFTi FEET I
CHARLES DAYS,
w46-1. Proprietor.
E., *TclIPHnte1.111tclietl COW
•
WEEKLY EDITION.
Tho Greatest Possible Good to the Greatest Possible Number."
GODERICH, C. W.. THURSDAY, r11" LY 27, 1865.
I3t19ittc)35 Directorg. Business IJircctorg.
o' t DRUGS, DRUGS !
Insurance Comp'ny �IIC
FIRE AND LIFE.
CAPITAL --TWO MILLION DOLLARS.
.1 ecunrulutrd Funds on hand,15,000,000.
Annual Income Exceed,. $2,500,000.
1 I. F: Invinnee. rnr: ted a the ' ff A 7Yi5 cowwteut 61,16, ufety. LOWES2
Life Insurance -Ample Secant'.
LARUI NOV I'S .41on Rt Ts14 IOWER THAN
M09r Z.VU L1st' of FIIEi.
Losses Promptly Settled Without
Referent): to a Board of Directors,
CHARLES FLETCHER,
Agent.
wl5
Ood.rieh, Nev. 1864.
At H.GARDINER & Co's
05
PI
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a
GODERICH
4: MARBLE WORKS, 1
C \4-FOR161
SALE!
onu- Head r 5
stones MADE TO ORDER,
Ll
- To:obs Ttblote, Table-
J. V. MI IN`I OSH
CABINET WAREHOUSE
9
TO -+a, tlfi.'• Opposite the Market.
P'. .T O R. D A. IV,
•(8.00e.fortoIt.1i.Ilevnul Ie)
3Iedieal h allll,
Cern•Hersaewarr, (idsnM ,
DISPENSING CHEMIST d5 DRUGGIST
I)ealeria,.*d Imponerol
CAIENUINE DR'UOS
Chesson, P.r/ilwe.y,
Hair JCooth. and Nail Ilrurhew!
PAl\Ts,e1Ls, COt000.071 Seer es,
HORSE dr CATTLE MEDICINES
Malt DEN ata06. AC.. £C.
Ordera0um Medica: men punctually attende.ko
•r fa .t r,...P
N -Phye.c,ac,'• Prescriptions carefully da.
penstst
t.eekrtch. J sn. 10. 1868. 49
LIGHT ! LIGHT LIGHT!
ROCK & COAL OILS,
Darning Fluid, Lamp Gila.
;For Sale by
1'. JORDAN.
Goderlr6, Jan. 17.1859. 60
TUE LIVERPOOL sac 11,6NDON
Slat • airs t Ya'1AEC4 CO.
emits!, /2,000,000, `erg.; Arrwwulaad Fend,
10.671.726.
Brittania Life Assurance Co. of London.
TREandenlepe, haverph.enappointee
Azen t(orthe above highly r•ep,ctable
Companieci•preraredto sectrieoth Fireaod
Llteviekte atmcderaterate.oleremium.
A. M.ROS: ,Ageae.
Oederich Inhtit 1819 •12n21
John Campiend .
r If N E R A 4 COMMISSION AGENT
•� Comm,+nonsr in Queen's Bench, for asking
a'lldavil..Col,revsneer,kc.,ke. Chlcenn Broad
way. VJlaze of KincarJine.C.W. 9:9
--Peter -81 Rte.
c
C ORWIARDIR A N D COMMISSION
Men•hant, ',Milligan'', C. W. - saes sad
A'eounMcollecteel. aeslner of any kind vi-
tiated to 6,m will recite, prompt attention.
w40.1 v$o..
' RIFLES, SHOI GUNS,
J'1S'CU1.;o+ Xc. Ac.
TOHv
'
Proprietor.
tn . This
s
is the
Csesda,aad cheriees a. moderate as any lima'
er tanend beat Country HMeI inWestern
S
tage -vI.oKw
Properetor. (hood ratting tor! v
Homes. Horse. a
Carriage* sea
Hier n6,
b. 1 and
4• .
,7 M
N:lhurtertNw.ca
men's
C3rODEIEiICS '
te
es
a
war i. A' 1 I � �ODERICH, C. W �
•
�j.Many. •16e16717 MATT RGBERTSON ---
BARRiST3I1, ATI OItNI:Y• AT -LAW, (THE OLDEST iN THE COUNTY. IIF/.. 1
H,"ICJew In ry
el- All kind* of repairing done of moat
terms.
(J8s. r , (.lveAW, . he.
IN , reasonable -C3
OMacery, ('arreyescer, dee. N•MJv'rwa. �:j� Ondrrirh,
August 2n 1864. .w'J4
I m Meer.
Ar
' D. Wilson Roes, B. A., % s I
CEDAR
.Chancey. Nntn PuMio, Hert-
en! Lead Agent, Ste., Sec„ Kincaid:se. County
Bruce. --- _ •is w12 -Iv
Frederick Proudfoot,
nARRIirE16, ATTOItNRY-AT-LAW,
l7 Coxvsrascss, Nona*, Pnsttc,ke.
eo.taamptca, Co. Bruce. 16113 -eine
Thoma. Went herald.
CIVIL ENe11NEE16 AND PROVINCIAL
Laird . .r. OI9ce •.1 Wcdenee,
ClaudbaS.reet,Uodence. v16n3
a. Ilene
UROVINCiAL LAN I) SURVEYOR AND
`L Civil Raines. 'Clam,. t July 1,'11.
Le. /11, Hamlld.
CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
Land Agent and Conveyancer, Ktecanhn,
tet
JAM i�: FI fro s I ,1. I I. L,
ARCHITECT,
PiAMM AND orr.o.II-11:ATI(N4 of Bead -
hog., Ste., got up in neat eorreeu.tyle.
Or ()Nee ss the *lures Auctio.vMi1i71King
es Stemt.Oadenck. 1 •1071y1g
C,.. M. 'l'ItiT I�:MAN
LAND AGENT.
Market Square, Ooderiolf,
Te id.(t,.I.To. ever, Wedneedy,frein 11 a.m
to 1p.V.. 11.10
DL; NTIk'1`RY_
D r . PH ELF'S.'
1MilkSURGICAL k MI CIIANiCAL
D.,n.T, (wcce+nw to T. B. Mont-
gnmery,) Uooerleh, 6'. W.
100ms over Ir. F. Jordan's Drat Store
Jaae.rr 1316,1866. ew88-yly
'THOMSON A HAZLEHt7RST,
(LATA .NAILL & tao.•n.,)
• ' Auction Cs Commission Merchants,
4 Ce avnn'. Mori, Arngnnr St., (Jad.rrrA r
• And next Door to Strong's Roto
`\\\ ()
114TH
\ die'
ty R
s�e. I.99e1llou.eold o;.,1.. Ilona. W.11` •. 1.
6. the.rn, a ay ati,"d.yy *1 n,mn. P.n,e•ar
p..4 te i6,. data d FNn.rnpe 060,8, Farm
an- t'ra eyanee4 ow ,node ire on Coalwu 0,0
*MY emerge, deer a.11ectrd. landlord'. warrants
.,,ttineli ,,t
1, hnu.0s r.n1M. Lawmen
e'ov6 gwuvs++nenlml m. Sales he Branca Aae-
een Mart;Oec1nek, •Tey Thursday.
Coaetp .SS,. ett.adod to e. red vins4Is was
0od.nee, Idly 6201. l'44. 61711 yr
I). Mc1)on,gall.
1 !CRNSED AUCTIONEER, RAYFiELD,
J re..., of ethos. tMln to village or snowy
p•netally s,t•.d.4:..
rebid Tripe
Alez: Irsndlwy.
I(I:ENSRD AITCTIONEER for HURON
I awl R.o,,s. atMs pusosatly attended to.
Address, Bodwia P.O, w9?lyrgo
c�_
I_ r ARTIaS desirous of nMaiotos First Claw
D. GORDON, ; N eerier for F ems and Budding Milord, ran
'NIfeIAIM "11 he he eupptied in any quantity, .nal on reasonable
�►Iil\1.'1' �I�ViEIEt tsnn.,byapldpagto
AND UNDERTAKER,
'get/
Manufactures *nn has now on nano a complete
assortment 01 Fern nurse, at 6,, Warrroome,
WEST STREET, GODERICH, M
81'e'x A0
Sofas,Bureaus, Tables, Bedsteads. Hair,
Cane and Wonl seated Chairs, Gilt Moulding
and Conking Glasse.. in variety. of
Ilome Manufacture and Imported t !
D. 0. hu sowers on hand • cnmiplcte as-
snrfinent of COFFIUS, Also, HEARSES
TO HIRE.
79 Lnmher and Cordwood taken in ea.
change for Furnitnre.
Godericb. With Oct 1863 _ w17
STORY & D AVIS
1t.T AN1'F.t/'Tl'HEO$ AND UEAI,ERM IN
lel /face,, Plough. and Canting. of every de-
senp'ron. Tm, Copper and Sheet ton Warc,at
the Stove Depot, Went Street, lindench.
COAL OIL,
, ','Dal (/-1 Isms., Are ,lin told Ion, cop-
per, Bram, (tags and Sheepskins -*ken ,n ex-
change. 4 49
J. & J. SEEGMILLER
' I'A1'TP1 Eli,t13
DEALERS
IN
LEATHER
FIRINGS
,t , at,
GODERICH, C. W.
F.hrn.re 12.1664. 3 6 47w
MONEY TO LEND
ON iMI'ItOVr.D FARMS,
AT 8 PER CENT!
-'46 50, -
Some to Invest In Town .Property.
J. 8. GORDAN,
Barrister, ie., Goderich.
Ooderieb, Sent. 13, 1844. ew3-tf
ANUFACTURER
or t i.- 01001 OT
FURNITURE I
TUBE It
SVCS u
Rnreatr, Sofas, Lounges. Bedsteads in end,*
J. W. ELLIOTT.
Ouder.eh Feb. 016.11164.-- w$
A Dersrl,T1o0 Awinsee:-We understand
that on Saturday an inf rmetton was lodged
in the police office against a person lately re-
st ent In Montreal, who had been appointed
•rienee (not official) to a bankrupt estate.-
He failed to render an account nor could any
be obtained from him, and In accordance with
ht a provision of the bankruptcy set, which
variety, Wardrobes. Wink ,'.she, M.mme
r..sen, authorises summary prceess In such ca, a
Center fables, lining Toole*, breakfast Tables, warrant was issued for the arrest of the de
Toilet Tables, With steeds, Chars, and many fault., ; hut delay in this case was as danger
other erodes too numerous ear motes. All kesds nus ea it has proved in many others, and it
wu found that the defaulter Lad taken the
alarm and Bed to the " refuge of the desti-
tute," u a learned judge hath it there to
enjoy himself on the proceeds of dishonesty.
The amount he has applied to hie own uses,
i*, we believe, about $1,900, and as the
'offence is not one of which the Ashburton
Treaty takes cognizance, he may rest mecum
in the asylum he has .ought. -[Nontrial
Heald.
BrTTT'n 8MM -A few weeks ago, a
wealthy family in Philadelphia, having hired
a cook who was high!) recommended to them,
she wart ordered one day to prepare a huh
for dinner. The huh came, and was charm.
ing, all eag!rly partaking until the dish was
'matted out So popular after this did the
hash of the new cook became, that it was
nothing hut huh every day. At last the poor
cook, bringing in a large fish of It, the pers-
piration pouring down her face, which was u
red as fire, the set it down, and drawing her-
self op, said: ' Madam, i strike.' ' Why,
what for, Betty T ' Care, ma'am, r can't
give you hash every day and forever ; m
Jaws is all broke down, and me teeth all
wore out, chewin' it up for ye's.'
Women are said to he very scarce in Col•
orado and Nevada, and a Coloreds exchange
LIGHT -HOUSE St.,GODERICH '-" There is scarce one woman where
six could and would be profitably employed,
TILE 711 RSCRIREH wishes to 'stern thanks if the erg"Ire ohtained. Wage* here
for
to the nubile for pane favors ser ,,vel at 166161 common bonsehnld detail are from fifty
hind., and would begin intimate that he .deter- dollars to sixty dollar* per month. including
mined 6o sell waggon* board. This makes wages, at the present
nut of hoarding, eighty to one handled
CHEAPER THAN EVER
WC)CII) '.I�iTUNiN(1
Promptly attended to UP1101.STE8Yee ■Ikts
hnnehes.
UNDERT ABi NG, &c., &o.
Mr. H. respperc'ndlr mvro+ an eiaminal:on oe
bobtail'. Warrantee 10 he made 01 the best m•-
ieri.l and workmanship. ■nd et Knotty reduced
prima. Call and compare, and beeent.s6ed before
going elsewhere.
y T
Cordwood and aH kinds of Farmer's Pro -
dere takes in exr•han
9t@' WRreronm on begin Street.
G,ofench. March 2411,. 1963. 8W68
WAIT I OAF WES MQ
MD
Carriage Factory
• dollars a month.
1 will ell you 1 .0•('m rnmplete for 353.(M
ark. and all alar thing..n prop onion. All work
Warranted to give flatl.faettetk.
All kends of Farming Implement* mode to order.
JOHN McPHER$ON.
Ondench, Jon. 9th. 1885. genet/
Money to Lend,
PON Mortgages. Apply to D. Rhode
�/ Oneding, Solicitor. a Office ever R.
Rooth'. ton.
Oodertch, 48th May, IRM. stint(
A young lady of position and beauty
wort abducted w8t1, leaving a New York
thhatre last week. Her parents and the
gentleman to whom eh. was engaged are in
great disarms about it.
t� Jeffwraon Davis is reported to be sink-
ing rapidly ander his confinement.
3)' The New York Tribune seasrts that
Mrs. damn war deprivwd of spiritual remota.
tioe tt her last hours by the authorities.
Great fire at the Paris Station,
THREE WOMEN BURNT
TO DEATH !
Loss from 520,000 to $30,000.
This morning about 2i o'clock afire broke
out iu the Commercial liotel,kept by William
George, at the Paris Station, Olt the South
nide of the Buffalo and like lluroo Railway,'
D ear where it intersects the Great Western.
'fhe flayed spread so r pidly that the hotel
was soon euveloped w flames, and roost
lamentable to state, -three girls sleeping in
that basement, iu a bed, room uhf the kitchen,
we burned to death, the lames completely
erne ung their bed -room before they were
.ware, it 1* euppe.sed, el the presence of the
fire. T • • eIder girl, named Mary An4'i
n
oral, shoe
the hotel in
reside in \(ltd
morning the likd intelligence of her tragic
death A young girl by the name uf Jane
Warrington, twelve year± filage, sleeping to
the same bed with the former, and an adopted
daughter of Mr. Geer but whose parents
are still livirg in Coder: h, also perished. -
From the position in whit the bodice were
found after the fire, it woul appear that they
expired on thehed on which ey were sleep -
tog. The first victim to the. cu6ingration
woo a girl named Susan tYickh , eighteen
years of age, whose friends rest in Stott.
ford. She wise aleepiut in the sum room at
the former two, and hod evidently bee alarm-
ed fire ass bad
ed by the eppr0u,h of the
risen and war partially dremed, when the mor
was burst open by a mea •bu attempts
rescue the unfortunate girls. Ile raw lid
fall just as 6e opened the door. He seised
her to drag her (rum the flames which filled
the room, but her'le.b gave way In his grasp,
and he we, compelled to leave her in the
chaa?ber, u he was forced back by the in-
terim, heat mrd bunting flames.
The rest of the inmrtet art the hotel barely
escaped with their liana, some uf them lar, try
'ell yearn of age. was employed 111
e capacity of cook ; her friends
ell, and were telegra,-bed this
) VOL. •XVIII. -NO 2G
Sam protested he'd die fiat ; but the white* lease haring r number ul' years to run. The sages are constantly sent through the eh, It
of his eyes rel kJ hunyily towards the bole !contents were Mitered for about $75,000 in c4611e in the mperfact wan
bliug crimson. ' ' SO4 here, Sam,' skid the various city °tli.•e+, whose policies bred F.o !std wasust for the eswD,$tner. without w
u:J lady, trl.wg ;up • ptveo of chalk, 'I'll about $1,500 each. Parlament, the dtnsolution immediately fol-
lowed your lops and then obi my return I'll
act a xs Aaut•yp rxx 61st. towed the prorogation un; tie illi, .war write
',note if you're c:'Fen any.' Mu saying she forthwith
her Ibretinger heavily over the thi: k The election in London was fixed for the loth
.Ips of her darkey, holding the chalk iu the tl kt� auJ to IM pruru)crs on the Das{ and (elle..
palm of her band, and nut letting 1t touch 4° f fl ung days. Lord 1'rluentun list woad an
him. When she cam back the did 61611 nerd ad'Ireas again soliciting the rotes of his cun-
t(' nsk questions, for Sa 's lily were chalked
hurtling • at Tiverton. 51r. Disraeli bad also
• voider of w tock 161 'acted a brief address t° hie coustituent..
l'he a) iutmemt of Lord Crauwunh as sec -
As
-
- F I"ic
As the aves of the burningof the Iluscum
reread over the 0617, thousruds of persons
oc .tut .Done o cqu agration, From
every section of the city, the crowd poured
down Broadway (' hon
ad ay R id ,rel a meat to the
truing art the ancient temnlr of curiosities.
1t wits with 160 greatest dolieulty that the
police could clear the street to give the lite
men a chance to work, but by the aid of
heavy retufurcementa frame number of down
howl, precincts they succeeded at last in
cleariuy • large alues around the burning
building, the heat from which wan a, intent@
ria of thewithat thou+aods were driven back coy the
New York
nut -will
favorite
mews;
ions of
happy
carted
and
on,
.. cer,.r of Lord t haecellor 1e. irethe� ._ coo
Destruction of H
roam'. 11u- firmed.
The citizens of this metropolis and its
sub(rba, is well as tbou•suupon thou
8160 Is of residents in other
countrywho have weer culled
-aid few there are who hay
iotrli with regret that that old •
pace of entertuiwoeut, B•rnum'a
is to ruins, together with its int
curiosities, Inelu1,0/ the whales, the
family, the alligator, the costly -aid
occupants of the aquaria, the seal
hires,
beasts and Galles of every deocrip
almost too eumeru0 to election.
Also the valuable machinery and wardro
of the lecture -room, and works 0d' art an
rare apecimelu. which have been in primer
of collection and preaerratlun for over filly
year* by the pre.eut sad former proprietors
of the Museum.
Thus is swept awry in a single day, the
labora of a lifetime, involving a loft whose
actual value to the historian sad &Utlquartru
can scarcely be estimated.
"'The buil hop was founded in 1810 at
Scudder's Museum, and won became • fa-
vorite place ul retort. lo 1842 Mr. Phiueas
1'. Barnum, bou•bt lir. Scudder out and
ureal it up m the building at the corner of
uwdwey and Anu street, incorporating
w1 it the collectiou of curiosities owned hy
Mr. 'cele, which was established in 1823.
and w for many years rt leading object of
intereet' the city. The large and valuable
collectin of Chinese curiosities, formerly
located at .'o. 539 Broadway, was 1 short
nearly the whole of their apparel mud other time ugu ad r to the Museam.
effects. '1 be contents of the hotel, includi ,g -tat an evidence of the early struggles of
furniture, kc , were all destroyed. From tI..e• Mr. f;arnual to estaoliah a0 entertaining place
George's hotel, the Gamesetrreal rapidly e.,t
along the south side of the railway track, des
truymg the International hotel, owned by
Hiram Capron, kept hy John Wass, .114,4 two
tenrmeets, one of them empty and the Lehr
occupied by 'Phomas lou, and owned by Jus.
Very little of the furniture was saved either
in Wer' hotel or the house occupied by loo.
From B.e south side °Otho B. k L. Il. R.
track the eamesextended north to the station
boom of the 11. k L. 11. R., destroying the
freight house, telegraph office, the saluou
00004:1'! by Mr. diehard*, and the hag:age
room b.lorgiug to the 11. k L. H. 11. ('um
patty. The tire pawed along these buildings
eastward, destroying id its course the Glatt
Western -Station home, including the ticket
and telegraph (Ace. custom.' office, baggage
and writing youths, and the re4idenee 'of the
Station Master, .1. Bispoo, Esq. - The coma
rration suddenly parsed to the north sole of
the Great Western track, seize.g upon the
freight home, wood -.bed, sad a large frame
budding, the latter belonging to Mr Alchin,
the cellar of which was, occupied as a depot
for the Dundee Brewery. The contents of
all thew buildings,' with the exception of Mr
Rilpon's furniture smiths books'', the offices
of the two Railway Companies, were almost
totally deitroyed. -
Thougb a Targe number of the iahabitants
of the surrounding country were quickly un
the sImt, yet, iced
of water ant other
• u
recea+er)• app )
liance+, end in c .e 10 ore cf
the rapidity with which the flames ran from
on. building to n'Ipther, it was impossible to
arrest them. A telegram was sent to One
Hamilton Station, requesting asristnuce: A
locrnn •lieu fee engine and rtuxil1 inry car,
containing a hose cart and bund engine, ens
✓ p,•,rcn.er ear, aceumpanied by an efficient
working force, were immediately Jcopatcbed
to the scene attic conttagranon, um! in' 25
minutes after leaving the. Hanitou Station
arrive,; in 1.'a is ; but still. too late to be of
any avail in checking the tiro or taring prep.
ert7.
Shortly.after the arrival of the fire force,
with their •pparatta. Mr. Swiliyard, Superin•
tendent of the Great Western,and Mr Sharpe,
Fire Sepennteoident and General Yano;ree of
the Mechanical Deis-tment uf the 11, N.
accompanied by otherotrrcirs, arrived,thougls.
by this time the conflagration had exhausted
itself, for want of,no,e t•,rel to feed soon.
Mr. Bernard, Sapfrintendent of the B. k
District of the Gomel Trunk, accompanied
by • number of hif a.sinui,tn, arrived by the
night express, from Brantford, while the fire
was raging, and before the arrival of Mr.
Swinyard and its force, hut could do nothing,
tor the roman previously assiene4, to arrest
the flame*,
Fortunately, there was hut little freight in
the B. k L. I(. freight house, but all there
was, was consumed -value estimated at about
$200. The goods in the freight house of the
Great Western consisted of sugar,flour, 0001,
he.
On the platform war a portable steam
engine, from the establishment of \Vatrous
• llruntfed, which sur also destroyed.
What the amount of loss may be, we hare
not learned.
The Station buildings, freight home, kc.,
were all of wood sod cemparrtiyely inexpen-
sive. A 'ticket cfrice' was, we believe, for-
warded from Hamilton for use at Paris.
There is no insurance in any insurauee
office, ou the railway bwidtniet. The reason
is, we believe, that the Company does its
own insurance bue4neu by a tend regularly
set apart for that special purpose.
No can were oat, all those standing nn
the track having been removed after the fire
broke out. 1
The loosen and itaulnnees are as follows
George's !Intel, estimated lees $3,000 ;
insured In the British American, os building,
Se00, $850 on furniture, sad 3300 en
startles.
Frame tenement, owned by Jamar Cos!•
tart, lees 3300.
Alchinl storehouse, lou 8?00. No in.
ear*nce.
Vacant tenement, owned by Mr. Alchin,
lea $800. No insurance.
International hotel, H. Ceprnn owner. loss
$1,500( trimmed in the Home Co. Nes York,
for $1,290.
Wer' furniture, lout 8.700. No inituntnce.
Mr. Ritehsrds contents, tom about $600.
inured in the British American for 3300.
Mr. Rlepin'n furniture and other effect*, lona
$1,500. inewed in the London and Liver-
pool
iverpool for $900.
it is not known precisely where or how
the fire originated, whether in the kitchen or
in the girl.' led chamber, but it meat have
bees one or the other, as both wore in the
basement of the hotel, which was the part
where the fire wee first seen. The most
lamentable fester* of this disastmue confla
gnti0n was the fearful and terrible death of
the three girls. Their trona, all that re•
stained of the il1-fated young women, were
rewired from l6. 'mouldering ruins r 5010
O A the heat was stiffsoiently shared to admit
of it, and interred in the Paris Cemetery. -
[Hamilton Time*.
An old lady who was making mime jam ru
called by a neighbor. ' Sam, you rascal.' she
rid, ' you'll he sating my jam when r'a away.'
of ratiuurl amuaemaut for the people, it may
be stated that at the commeucemuet of hue
career, the ne • stations fur renting the
Museum were tin rly broken by the inability
of toreoor in energetic
p J tui aowu but
young man to offer the owner the necessary
business sureties and reteree ce.. In the'
$Ine.getter Mr1 Barnum applied to Mose Y.
Resell. who was at that tune proprietor of
the Jera and that gentleman minced his
letuiti,e knowledge of character of nice by
going security for him. It is needless to say
that Me. Beech Inst uutbiug by his app•re:ut-
ly nab confidence.
Mr. Ilarnum has since' repeatedly acknow,
ledged his appreciation of Mn Beach's
scar --es to 16e hour of need, stud the latter
still live* t,: regret nuthun4 of the past in
this connection with the great showman,
except the loss which has befalleu the public
ai well eaglet owner of the Mus -um.
During the eleven rnoutus ending un May
31, the cress receipts taken at Barnum's
Mumann amounted to two hundred and eighty
thou4.u.d tyen hundred and furry oue
dollars. Thu will give about otte million
and a groaner of risitcri fur eleven months.
How many millions of people have visited
the Mu+rum since its foundation it hi of course
impos.ib;c to compute. but It is rale 10 say
that art was the most extensively patronized of
any place In the country, On hoiid•y
r n n w. \ Iarnun ' . practice to
ocus)en M.[r.l is acce
I
givnentrnrinmenu .!must serer hour in 1661
day, and the place would be thronged from
mon u fate
ha ^ nl• olio Ir at rnr with r living
g
stream crossing and recrosm4 its threshold.
TM summer season had ju,t cuw•nenced
under the most favorable ..spices, and the
pantomime of " The Green Monster " was
being performed to crowded audiences, in
the lecture -room, day and evening.
Mr. Barnum, years back, kept alive the
curiosity of the public to sea his.Kuscum hy
every est err in h:s power •,- wnnrttmes by
m,ans that',seluus folks have denominated
Dated
as • " humbug " and thinker/um by some.
thing stron.ter. But this fact and indium
able perseverance to make the Museum an
institution of New Yolk, and sought after by
strangers. must have met with a success that
,rmu,t have exceeded even hie. most sanguine
nature: ea the shoals of country people who
crowd; into the place to admire, inalwet siid
be ast•lwyshed et the eight ofJoyce Ile,h (the
pretended eerie of Wrhimgton), the stuffed
mermaid (mode up of Ihe heal and body of
a mousey and. tiit of a fish), and other home-
made eurio,:ties thb al maiutrined their popu-
larity for so long • time, very plainly showed.
At thio time Slr. Ilar0sm's name war known
hut little art of the States; but hie engage-
ment with J.•niy Lind, mad Mt eduction of
her to American audiences, together with his
visit to Europe to exhibit Tom 'thrombi wide
u lamoinr to sightseers not only un this' con-
tinent but throughout the world
The, lire broke out about half -past twelve
o'clock, in the refectory In Ann street,
beneath the Jluseum, and the nausea soon
spread with fearful rapidity thrlugb the
*hula building. A ge.tleman who was to
the \Ioarum at the time the alarm of Gre ems
given, states that there were but few rnitiea
to the saloons -chiefly women end children
-and 'lone in the lecture room. Great ex-
citement was manifested, and the *creams of
the women could be plainly heard in the
*trees, but owing to the prompt assistance
afforded by the ushers, all, it isbe'ieved, were
gut out without accident. Streams 01 water
were turned on from the hose inside the
heeding, but they apemen' to have little
effect, The firemen were promptly on hand,
and m,'.unttng the balcony on the Ana street
side, they dashed out the sashes and soon
had seven) streams playing in the interior of
the building. The flush, hnileeer, gained
rapid headway, and about one o'clock the
whole inlerinr of the structure, with the was
ception of that portion of it facing nn
Broadway, sur a mu* of flames, while •
dense pail of emnke , nveloped the exterior of
the building. A lad mounted the roof of the
Museum about a quarter put one o'clnek,
and tattled down the sun and stripes which
were there floating, amid the cheers of the
npectatnrs. Considerable excitement was
manlfeated outside. it being supposed that the
'piece must have been crowded ea limed, and
that many lives mist have been loon; hut
this, as already stated, was not the case.
IV:MINTS.
Among the hundreds of incidents of the
conflagration a few sere of great interest.
The firemen were anxious in their en•
deem, to save the property, and some et•
hihited • great penchant for curiosities.
one fireman wee then emerging from the
pudding with • stuffed owl in his hanM.
Another fastened on one of tee was figure*,
and it is rid that Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb
and batty are not •Meng the things that sem.
Alan, that nererel other curinettiee have been
eared, and will doubtless be restored to Mr.
Bement. Jeff. Diva's petticoats (t) were
seen hanging 062 a lamp -post In Fulton street,
soon alter the fire brnke net. The fat
woman and the giant aid giantess made their
0y out with diBeulty, hut hastened to awe -
nal tbemeelves from politic inhibition in their
bowl. The building belonged to the Attar
eetase, and was held by Iffr. Barnum on a
over 1401..1 atmosphere. The Park, almost
from the Pity Hall to the lower gels•, was
literally jammed will) the mhltltude, among
which wt -,e mauy womeu who seemed In be as
11.11x10U4 is witness the coutlagruuuu a, the
male portae, of the assembly.
If the fire hal broken out an hoer or an
hour and s halt later, there would doubtless
have been a loss of becalm life, but as it is,
no live' were lost except thee., of the mete -
To ,h• &tam d ebv losses aro.t:
DhA• Slit, -When
Captain Compass relat-
ed to his family an account of thtcgs in their
own country, he represented all he .puke of
in such a singular manner that though whet
be said was strictly true, his children Marvel-
led, pitied uudirlmire1, never dreaming their
fattier spoke of things remitter to them their
1.1e long. • All strsngen,iia a .trauge land,
aro apt to form exaggerated notions of all
they see and Interpret wrongfully all they
hers of the happy family and of other live hear ; and in eager haste w coma to concha.
curiositie. of the estrbhshlaenl. The all, dint.., not uncommonly make most ridiculous
gator and the whales perieheo in the flames bounden which nothing but experience can
nd their remains me now smouldering awry
remedy. It is equally true people may form
b 'kin tong the Gill smouldering runts ul the too high all °pluton of their country. ,As
hurlly.•fter Doe o'clock the mut nl the laws, manners and customs, nut observing
5( um fell to with a treoaendious crrh, uppurtuuiues fur burlesyae like the worth•
leaving nothing standing but 1861 front prolan euptstn above named, Canadian. 1e'1 proud
which Supported the fns story.' In this roue
or burnipg debris were • the one million of of their country, and aro extremely sensitive
curirriueerrr�jl which had so long beea the bout all
gsestiuns any way re rctiug .poo
0! the institution, and the admiration of the her. They regard her history with pride and
curiueit7-liking public. look upon her material prosperity as an un.
[us tt oat, 01.oct controvertible vindication of Mr senile .oil,
fi ,
would m wed but the n me we.
de-
n d be c alb n of her mrdenta climate, and of their owe
terminad that P should not be, and their industry androduce. Their high opinion w
efforts were erowoed with suecese At the
Aiu,r Hamm the 4iud,iw. on Broadway ddoubtlessjusPin the mein, thuueh we must
were
all closed to keel; dos heal Gum the interioret
ethnic there.ts much the cynic may sneer el.
of „the building. while meu of our worthy Captain's turn wi.1
One of the priociiul attractions of the
Hugon war iu Gnd ample scope for blatant yarn' In tai
we bare an illuatrrtioa iu point. A few v eel.
1.2eflt4p4tltle ago • native of Carden*, Perthshire, moved
enacted. The here with • family of ern --many memb-n of
when the morel drams.
history of this department of the institution is which had arrived at maturity Sons Sosvong
full .of exceeding intrret'�l'om 'Thumb's andvigorous, gorous, ell heed to hunt labor -'eat tee
career there u well known. •,It war there b 1
thst he Una appeared in pulite, and recently kind required for • 70008 and needy country
in company with MILS Lavinia \Ysrnn, now like ours. Though having many rel'4uua
his wife and the mother of his ,fere!-hcrn. and acquaint/mem here, who zealously Wier -
Gu .mal ore Nutt there began hi, Onurtship ed to point out the solid alvaatagr within
with \f -.ss )lMute Wane., and there the the reachevery of diligent '
%Vert mit" tint made ba bol to t6df New
J b J ,
York pubo;.. our Scot was inexorable. He said the noes
linats cud giantesses, Aztecs end Siamese h'r had parted from but a short time welts
twine,6asenh•ired Circassian. and fat wsmate evideuces of dilea.e. Sallow cheeks instead
h,fhtuing caltulalora and comer singers, who
male.up their songs as they " went along,"
and even Prince Barnum himself hart, Annear -
ed on the stage of the I.'etue-room- Never
again will they .plover behind its loolb/lnu.
11 y burned up with the burnt monkeys and
calcined kangaroos who made the Museum
their happy home. I t ,0 gone, aid who does not
mourn its for 7 it was the °lily place in the
city where pinus people could find pleasure in
the performance of the pure and proper
drams. To such its loss exceeds all edema
Lion.
Once on a time, Jenny Lind visited the
Museum, not to warble, it is true. but see the
* 1:ots and be seen. When_ the Swedish
N:,;htingale hears of its destruction, i4' she
don't immediately chant a dirge to show her
f arrow r she will un 10 the
ru al t6, for be true
betterinstincts her nature.
ietutsof
The Prince of Wales, tee, honored the
place with his presence, and pronounced the
s ' " big thi " n ex .rection which
m tlWli°n • ,( rig, a t
6e learned from one of the Aldermen, who
e ls* taught the phrase to Japnnroae Tommy.
By the way. loamy also paid his resew cog to
the Museum, sold went back to his natty, land
to recount what he saw them.
H..rcrntly it way stated that Mr. , Ramum
intended to remote 'the roof, as he found it
necearry to ecoemmelate Miss Anna Swan,
who was gnortilg rapidly, and must have
room to elongate. While the fire war at its
height, a grotengcely shaped substance mining
from the roof of the building, and landed in
\•racy street, " That's the kangaroo," shout
w
a I the crowd, and r ru.h was mad, for the
place where the object alighted. But it was
not the kangaroo ; it was, a pair of leggin%
fertilely worn by Big Thunder, the aborigines
during ha ',loan at the Museum. The
crowd felt much disappointed at finding no
kangarooend w general exclamation of "sold,'
wax uttered by the crowd.
Owing to the drynea't of lite weather and the
age uf'the walls, it early became apparent
that they would full,and the policemen warned
the crowd to stand back.
About twenty minutes .'ter one the wall
facing en Ann street fell with a tremendous
e rash. We cannot learn that any one was
buried in the ruins. Sonar seven minutes
later the porton of the wall directly over the
man sntennce fell into Broadway, end at
fifteen inmates to two the remainder of the
front well came down with a crash. Three
penone were injured hy this last fall ; one of
them. it is reperted, fatally.' We naw him at
the tune, but it was detfie:ult to tell, owing to
the eonfnsinn and excitement, whether he
wag dead or not.
We learn from Mr. Tiffany, the Treasurer
of the Museum, that s few over a hundred
lemons were employed 'about the eslsbliob
mnnq including those on exhibit:on. Mr.
Barnum has been thinking fur some time of
removing his establishment further up town
above ('anal street. He will now, doubtlas',
do this, though many rears will be required
to get together another such • rare eolleftion
as has now been suddenly swept away by the
devouring element.
European News.
11Atlr12, Jaly 19. -The royal mail steam-
ship Africa, Capt. Anderson, which left Liver-
pool
uerparol at 9 a fn. of the 8th, and Queenstown
the /afternoon of the 9th, arnyed at Halifax
at 5:30 p. m. to day. She has 51 passengers
for Halifax and fib for Boston.
The steamer Ileatrice, late Rappah.nnock,
which left Calais nn the 2nd for Liverpool.
eta Into Southampton, and is reported to have
been seised at the instance of the American
mender. A U. 8. war vessel had been
cruising off the Welsh soul with the object,
it war supposed, of seising the crosier on her
way to Liverpool.
l'he Army and Navy Gatette says every
day adds to the diftieulty ol'speedily adjusting
the conflicting interests which the war in
Amities between the ;forth and South here
let Ione, and of achieving it teak wbieh,
whether it be of restoration or
O one of the greatest that ever tasked the
resuurcee of$a nation.
The steamer Caroline, with the Athletic
cable, sailed from London for Velem-is on
the 5th, and the steamer hawk left on the 7th
to .wilt in laying it.
The war steamer, Ternhls and Sphynx had
both sailed for Valence, and the (creat East-
ern would leave the Nora for the meu place
On the 15th.
it was expeeted the fleet would leave Va-
lencia on the 194 July mid arrive at Heart's moor.
Content io the begisuieg of August. Mea
ofIlluoneng red, and anxious, field -01 face' in
pdaee et the calm and placid ones of Scotia.
1 he couutrylooked sretebed and imp,r.er•
tithed, buildings were hotels, whsle stumps
and fences were ghastly objects of deuo.on
and mirth. Our stock and produce were
miseraklyinferior, while our country's tows
eastes6fs syn a miserable hutch-pokh , f
aqualld pose\y .nal wretched deformity.-
Unable tolive'tn such a land, after . ten
days' pilgnmage he leaves in disgust the land
where thousand* on thousands have by dint
of perseverance roared op a manly independ-
ence and secured for themselves co.ntlena
comforts mod telvanteges of wbieh the mil -
I' IlAsir clue in Europe
never dreamed.
Dna u
will o
What talo the people of l'ardruas g t
from our faint hearted •.tit00, whose lies.(
quailed to struggle wait the gesso forest, and
whom d:atorted within and healed fancy be-
held and conjure., frightful hydro, which
muscle and braiu were alone required to sub-
due. Canada u Doi thelace tor the faim-
henned or ouft-handed-Cut we have indubit-
able proof that well directed energy is certain
of succor. It is positive folly for any mean)
quit the rich and highly cultyaed land& of o
Scottish carer, with its whole accompany
meats of wealth and science, expecting to sot
snugly down in Canada upon its counterpart
lwuls equal to anything tD Europe cau be
merle here as they were mode there, and
much easier made too ; and we fear it was
the making that alarmed our frieod. When
our country had beets cultivated, as Scotland,
nigh eighteen hundred years -two hundred
of than highly, and fifty with all the .id that
science can loud, we could boast a superiority
$cotchmen little sot. With all that lore of
eeentry that swells the Scottish heart, how
f••w,how very Lew, could he induved to forego
the wanly, noble independence of a Cau .tan
Leto to the toil worn, hopelees one of their
6,414,0 laud. Our country presents a widely
deferent aspect, though. to theirs, both in
climate and in physical cordnrmetion ; thew,
together with its newness, necessitate a wide-
ly diferent moeio of operations from those
trenerally practiced across the .6tlautie,which
almost always chil:s the ardor of imwigrasts,
yet unlinary intelligence ■pprecutes the force
of circumatanees and cheerfully complies,
aiding to build up this Western fabric, deo.
cued ultimately to reach the acme of wealth
and civilization, and proudly stand forth the
beacon of the world.
To all the people of Europe w. ray, Come
it ye wish to better your swum, for
Herr .a rent for the weary-
'. Hen in rent ate yea"
1 remain, !.Ir,
Yo.n re'pectftlly,
A BROTHER SCOT.
Tucteramith, July 17th, 1965.
ge- The New York Times complaise
loudly of the exclusion of reporters, along
0tth all other outsiders, from the ' Great
Eastern ;" bat in such a mnmentoue oper-
ation as the laying of the cable, it is obvi-
ous that, whilst it is neoeeaary to have a
full cnmpletnent of cxperieneed and able
working men, it is equally necessary that
they nhoeld, to 610 way, be distracted or
impeded by supernumeraries. The great
William was as indignant at the praseaet
of civilises on the field of butte as 8.
would have been at the absence of eoldiere
from their poet of duty ; and his rola is,
in all great and difficult operations, a wise
and safe one.
3)- Charles Dicker had a very warren
escape from fiesta at the catastrophe on 1M
os recently. The cart'
tern nil
Soother Ir J 'eau
in which he was stung toppled over the edge
of the embankment, and hung there few a
e lide, gk,ng him en opportunity to scramble
through the wimlow on the platform, 616.r,
he found himself without wretch or 'weir,
greatly to he own 1marmeet. Why the
dead bodies of the .1,61 . were laid o.t for
✓ eeegettton, ore neer unless vandalism,
knowing that Ser Dickens was oe the wale,
recognised one norpie u hkn, which stabssee,
was at Ent erediterl. The novelist sur re-
turning to his country seat from a short 00..
unental trip when the sseident occurred.
1I- The Primes of Wale sat it the Peen'
Gallery, and heard the seanimaes vote et
eeere whteb was pared on the Lord Chum