The New York Herald Newspaper, April 30, 1875, Page 7

r and. BURNED. OTT OSHROSEL Full Details of the Terrible Conflagration. Estimated Loss Two Mill- ion Dollars. THE FIGHT WITH WIND AND FLAMES List of the Business Houses Destroyed. EXPLOSIONS IN A GUN STORE The Procession of Vehicles Filled with Salvage. A QUICK DESPATCH OF DRY GOODS. The Court House a Refuge for the Homeless. AFaithful Servant Roasted Alive. GRIGIN OF THE FIRE, Graphic Sketches of the Scenes of Desolation. THE LOSSES AND’ INSURANCES. OsuxosH, Wis., April 29, 1875. ‘The HERALD correspondent reached this city, | Siter a night/s journey, at seven o'clock in the morning. Rain had falicn heavily, all night, anda | dense smoke hung over the city, drifting lazily to | the southwest under the infinence of @ light northeast wind. The ruins were smoldering, and im many places embers had been fanned into barmiess flames. THE ORIGIN OF THE CONFLAGRATION. The origin of the fre is now thought to have been discovered. It appears that during the high | west wiod that prevailed yesterday morniag sparks had been observed issuing from the smoke- Stack of Spaulding & Peck’s sawmill, situatea at the northeast corner of Pine and Marton streets, pb the north bank of the Upper Fox River. The lumber district was intersected, at Main and Davison streets, with a double line of substantial brick buildings, occupied by business men, ex- tending north to Algona street. Half a dozen blocks eastand west of ths brick barrier and Qorth of the lumber region, was a territory of frame buildings, with an occasional stone house. Pienty of room was the rule, with ampic garden plots and trees for about one mile aud a half east @nd west, a forty feet road the average width. EXTENT OF THE DEVASTATION. North and south this territory has been yburned | ever, and scarcely anything remains to tell of the bomes and the active business houses that for- merly stood thera excepting an occasional bit of party wall and a strony structure or two, which, by the eccentricity characterizing large fires, Bave escaped destruction. FIRST ALARMS, When the sparks were first seen attention was called tothe matter, the danger being fully a preciated by those living in the neighborhooa; but nothing further appears to have been done, pitbough itis freely assertea that the owners of the milis lying east whose property was endan- gered sent messages to Spaulding & Peek remon- Btrating against the recklessness of fring on such Bday, and asking them to shut down at once. About hall-past one o'clock an alarm bf fre was sounded by a locomotive on the St Paul Railroad tracx, which runs (through the | beart of this lumber district, fire having been dis- Sovered issuing from the roof of Morgan Brothers’ | mill, which adjoins that of Spaulding & Peck on the cast. The opinion 1s unanimous that this roof was fired by Spaulding & Peck’s smokestack. THE FIREMEN’S WORK. The Fire Department—viz., Steamers Doe, | Pheenix and Brooklyn and hand engine Niagara— sppears to bave been on the alert, expecting a conflagration. These machines were in the first in- ance taken dircct to the milis aad placed in | position there, but before they had opened it be- tame evident that a new disposition must ve made | of them, as the sparks were ying furiously east | | of this much roasted city. gnd covering the lumber piles and the roofs with white bot embers. ‘The Doe got a stream of | water {rom the river, and began to play upon the | yarning mill of Morgan Brothers, The Broostyn, which was at first placed on the bank of the river, ; igo in position to play on the mili, bad to be | withdrawn in a few minutes in consequence of the | ptenso heat, which was so great as to crack the bark off the logs in the river 200 fect away. The Brooklyn was then taken to Divis- jon street, half a dozen blocks cast, which was Deginning tobe threatened, and from this point Played upon Sawdust avenue, as the lumber fogion is called, with such success that the fire @as turocd northward at Myers’ Mill, on the cor- her of Sawdust avenue and Light street, ball-way to Division street, a result that was aided by the | success of Myers’ workmen im flooding tac building with water from the perforated iron pipes on the roof. | The Phoenix was placed in position at the cor- Ber‘of Pearl and Jackson streets, baifa biock forth of tre burning building. Toe Niagara hand engine was engaged in gen- | fal service. TON FIRE GAINING THE MASTERY, This was the situation of adairs at the time | the fire Srothers’ mill became ancontroliadle. incredibly short space of time the fire had communicated to the lumber gard of James & Steeiy, adjoimiug Morgan Brothers’ sawmill, Where the cinders were raining down in & hot tempest. While the water was still hissing @pon the burning titers the lames burst out un- | expectedly in James & Steely’s mill, east of the famber yard, driving the atiacking force back on @ mew line, The Doe, Which had played om the mill of Morgan Brothers, had in the Meantime been compelicd by | at Morgau | Heved to be serious. | count. | everything. NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1875—-TRIPLE SHEET, Me heat ang the destrnotion of the building to take up 6 !resb position on the corner of High and Division ts, OD & COMparatively open space, whence a stream could be thrown on the flames, that had now spread from the river bank, om the south, to High street, on the north, HERS THE FIBE ADVANCED SO QUICKLY that the firemen were compelied to flee for their lives, as soon as they had commenced working, without being able to take out their en gine, which remained there exposed to all ti fury of the flames till the fre burned out, about one in the moraing, when it was found not so badly injcred as had beenexpected, One hundred and twenty-five dollars will effect all the repairs, THE PHOENIX remained in position to the last, and was un- doubtedly instrumental in checking the progress of the fire northward, although she could not stand the rusb, THE BROOKLYN Temoved to the corner of Division and Sawdust avenue, ana there fought the fames, gallantly driv. ing them inward and forcing back the line of fire @ block and a half north from the river, at a point where it was most needed, HOPE FOR A MOMENT. It will be thus seen that the Phoentx in the north and the Brooklyn in the south had pressed back the elastic ames with hopeful success, THE CHANCE Lost. But where the Doe lay abandoned, the fire struck a clear path into the splendid brick blocks o! which Oshkosh was so proud, It was the work of but a few moments to reduce the entire mass to smouldering rubbish. Immense blocks went down like butter, Where stores had Stood but five minutes before, nothing remaine but heaps of rubbish, A GENERAL DEVOUBMENT BY THE FLAME, Once beyond Division and Main streets, the fire spread north, south and east with the speca of a Tace horse. People had but time to look at tne advancing enemy and fly. Hundreds had to aban- don everything they possessed on earth except life. fhe entire district east of the brick blocks ‘was one sheet of flame. NO ATTEMPT TO SAVE THE PROPERTY. No atiempt was made to save it, The use of powder, which had been advocated ana which had been spoken of tn the despatcnes ‘yesterday, was not resorted to, there being no powder at the dis- posal of the Chief of the tire Department. As there is nota hook and ladder company in the city, houses could not be pulled down or de- stroyed. The fire had to be leit to take its course, SATIATED BUT SCARCELY SATISFIED. When once it passed Division street it quietly exhausted itself, alter ravaging all within its Teach, between midnight and one o’clock this morning. THE PEOPLE DISPERSING. ‘The crowds in streets that were not destroyed dispersed without confusion or demonstration. ‘The tired firemen took a breathing spell. Tne | grateful rain fell, and Oshkosh slept the sound sleep of a city that Knows she has but little left to burn. HELP FROM NEIGHBORS. The neighboring cities of Fond du Lac, Ripon and Neenab sent assistance, in response to an appeal for help, in the shape of a steamer each, whicn arrived about four in the afternoon, The Fond du Lac steamer proceeded to the north bank of tne | river, east of the Court Huse, where she dia good service in preserving that stately edifice, waicn still stands ready to overlook a fi‘th destrnction | Thi mer from Neenah went to the corner of | Light and Uburch streets, wnere she aiaed in pre- venting the spread o/ the fire northward. The machine from Ripon went to Washington street and also proved of excellent service, The arrival of steamers with their gallant com- panies was greeved with cheers, and at tmeir de | parture it was felt that the stay of the conflagra- tion was largely due to their exertions. NO EXPLOSION, , The statement that apowder magazine had ex- | ploded bad no other foundation than the expiosion | ofa quantity of blank cartridges in the store of Mr. | Percy, on Main street, which he had been unabie | to remove. LOSS OF LIFE The truth of the story of loss of human life is, | unfortunately, too true. Charies Dunn, a specta- | tor of the fire on Main street, who was examining the walls of Harding’s Opera House on that thoroughfare ajter the fire had burned itself out, hed imprudently approached | close to the butiding, when the wails, still stand- ing, fell, and buried him in the ruins, The corpse was dug out, much d:sOgured. It is claimed by those present at the time that two others were buried under the débris; but | there is no reason to suppose this is true, asa | close examination bas been tnade and there ap- pears no possibility of any bodies being buried out | of sight. Large crowds of people are peering among the rains at this time of writing trying to discover traces of the supposed dead, ROASTED TO DEATH. The bookkeeper of Morgan Brothers, Mr. Davis, perished in endeavering to save the property of nis employers. He went upon the roof and triea to turn on the water in the perforated pipes while the buliding was on fire. Before he could succeed he was surrounded by fire and Ifterally roasted alive. His poor body was discovered this morn- ing charred as black as coal. ARE THERE OTHERS? It is not Known !! any more are lost, but as no reports of missing persons have been left at the police office it ls not supposed that there are any | | more dead. THR WOUNDED. Some tive or six persons are reported injured oy falling walls aod burns, but the cases aro not be- THE LOSS OF PROPERTY. ‘The loss 18 variously stated. It will probably | Rot be jess than $1,500,000, It may reach $2,000,000. | ‘The quantity of lumber piled tn the yards was very large, and the early guesses made at the amount ofloss appear to bave leit this item out of the THE INSURANCES. are estimated to amount to $1,000,000, but there is no possibility of obtatuing a statement owing | to the wotully disorganized condition of Basiaess men have no time tu answer questions, being chiefly engaged in gathering their and = ehildren | and other treasures spared by the fire together, and making a fresh start in life. Large quantities of valuable, perishable stock were in the open atreet this morning, exposed to the driving rain, aod with sach matters pressing it is not to be surprised at that Information should be wives THE BURNED TOWN. Map of Oshkosh, Wis, Showing the Burned District. HLL Ali i Hy it 2 LU Cr j {rons is {8 more than iikoty it could nave | Loui jontine, restnurant, | been saved, and with it that part of Badger Uros., furniture and second band store, Main street north of High sireet, Unfor- | Cottrill Block and lodge room above, tunately, the fre crossed High street to the _ J. B, Stone, boors and shoes, West and came around to the rear, taking | Oshko-h Lives office. | Tesidences next door and the tinder boxes to the a. W. Gardner, truits. | rear of it, cutting off all nope of itsbeingsaved. | R. Gunther, drugs. Fortunately the mails or at least a large propor- J. M. Rullios & Co., boots and shoes, Mon of it, and itis thought all the letters, were R. Ash & Co., wholesale grocers, saved. Fromhere the fire rapidly worked into CO. Hatch, jewelry. the rear of the block on Mainstreet, between | W. H. Robinson, photographer, Hign and Algoma, consigning to the general | ©. A. Johnson, boots and shoes, doom the Beckwith House; next went the Central | E. L. Hughes, dry goods, block, next toit. Here the fre was checked, A. J. Ford, fruit. to the northward, owing to vacant lots between G, F. & L. M, Eastman, stationery. this and the new blocks om the old burned dis- Jones Bros., ary goods and grocerie f trict. Harding’s Opera House, opposite, soon fell W. B. Smith, news room, amid the general site. Curiously enough, the fre L. 8, Tuttle, insurance office, went to the northward, just far enough to the line of the burned district of July as though the fates decreed that none should go unscathed. Bale’s brick structure marks the southern limit | orpans fe of. She: logan: oor ja osh by fire insurance companies:—Globe, of the fre. On Main street, in the | Chicago, $6,500; Mercantile, of Chicago, $12,000; west side, 1% was hard work {0 | Northwestern National, of Milwaukee, $10,000; check it here, bat the building being fireproof, | of Philadelphia, $30,000; Traders’, of | Penn, about Mity men, with buckets, succeeded in saving | CBicago, $25,000; Fire Association, of Phila- | delphia ana American Fire Insurance Com it, Undoubtedly the saving of this block meant | pany, of the same place, from $20,000 to $25,003 the saving of the city offices, the Bowen House | Phenix of Hartford, $40,000; Pomnix of Brooklya and all that portion east of Coepel street not | $25,000. The heaviest losses are sustained by the awana! | Hartiord Company, of Hartford, which amount te INSURANCES, CHICAGO, April 29, 1975, : ‘ \ \\ DRRET| diMecult to obtain. There is scarcely a man or member of a family in Oshkosh who has not lost a homestead, or house tull of furnituce, or a stock of goods, or who has not a relative im that position, The loss in their busy season, when the harvest of tne trader is ripened for the sickle is peculiarly disheartening and se- vere, especially coming as it does so close after the disastrous conflagration which last July swept over the entire northeastern part of Oshkosh. out of money earned and they are not disheart- ened, only dazed for a little while. Quite a num ber of prominent business men, who may be called wealthy in spite of their losses, have already de- termined to rebuild. ENERGY AND HOPE. it was @ common thing to-day to find men of sagacity and enterprise poking about for the burned sites of their places of business, witt ar- chitects and builders discussing the plans for new structures more solid and fireproof than those just passed away. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. OsmxosH, Wis., April 29, 1875. The following is from an Oshkosh extra, pub- lished here :— Wednesday, the 28th of April, must be marked as the day of our greatest joss by fire. The day was propitious for a conflagration; the hot suns of the previous days had dried | | the surface of the earth, ana the great piles of lumber that glistened along the river banks were tempting to the fiery element, The wind began blowing very strong at sunrise and in- creased its fury uutil noon, when tt blew a perfect | | gale. It was one of our old fire days; the air felt like it; the very atmosphere seemed to predict a conflagration. Everybody was heard warning | upon every band, and yet, with ail the warning, and all the salutations, and all the indications ofa day for fires, it was graciously and gently allowed to come at last. The warnings of past years Were forgotten and the terrific winds swept un- heeded by the ears of some whose duty it was, by law and by right, to shut down their mills on such a day as this. It was about one o’ciock, and while the wind had reached its greatest fury, that the startling whisties screamed ont the alarm of fire along the line of mills and steam factories, THE PEAL OF THE WHISTLES. It was a fearful day, and ten thousand souls started In wild excitement as they heara those | first peals ofthe aiarm whisties, and well they might. The deep volumes of smoke, thick and A wee from Morgan's Mill to the Milwaukee and St. Paul depot and freight house, and they were swept away like leaves in a biast furnace, skipped torough the planing mill of Lines, Libbey & Oo., leaped to the sash, door and biind factory of George W. Williamson & Co., taking tne mill and yard of St. James & Spill on its course, ana swept down to the planing mills of Bell & Rogers and Ben Henzee, on Market street. MARCH OF THE FLAMES. | Luckily, very few Oshkosh men owe mort- In the meantime tt had veered to the northward, gages on their property. What they nad | up Light street to High street, taking the North. | was generally bought and = pald for | western House and the large frame buiidings op- posite. The grocery store of W. H. Ballou, corner of Light and High streets, caugh’s fire, ana it swery along eastward, demolishing the handsome brick residence of J. H. Spalding, corner of High and Bond streets, When the flames had reached Mar- ket street there was a change of wind to the north- | ward, and a slight iuil in its force, which gave some hope that by proper handling the fire could be kept down the west side of Division Street, and not allowed to cross over to Main street, It was but the faint ficker of deluded Rope, and soon the hurricane drove the flames onward again roaring and devouring as it went, THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS. Mayor Springham, seeing the probable result of the first outbreak, Ripon and Meenah for steamers. These de- spatches were promptly responded to, and ina short space of time help was on the ground from other cities. In justice to the Fon du Lac Fire Department it should be said that the reason of its delay in arriving was @ want of transportation. The engines were at tne depot and two hundred men were in readiness, but there arose some misunderstandings. No loco- motive was forthcoming for them. Alter waiting an hour and a half the Sheboygan and Fon du Lac Road took off one of their locomotives and sent the boys along. They arrived in time, however, todo much effectual service. finally swept over Main street the sight on that and adjoining streets beggars description. Fora time those having stores and business places along Main street had great hopes that the fire would bear to the river and would be | kept from crossing Division; when at length there was no doubt upon that point, there was no time to be lost, THE SALVAGE OF THE FIRE. Everything was in confasion; tnere was ranning to and fro in hot haste, Teams were eagerly | for; empty vehicles were ravenously the sacking of the beautiful stores and sought secured; | the piling of goods promiscuously in wagons, carts, black, that rolled up from Morgan’s Mill showed | too plainly what danger might be expected. Hardiy had the great crowd gathered from ali directions when the spreading flames were already coiling and winding around tne huge lamber piles that lay adjoining the mill. The wind was too strong and the volume of flame too sudden for effective operation on the part of . anybody. FLOATING CINDERS, Great chunks of burning cinders came floating over into the lumber piles more ad, it to Main street, and they quickly caught. A fierce figne was waged among these piles, but the cinders be- came too numervus, and the ignitions too frequent to Le baMed. The wind was blowing from the southwest. Onward came the rushing tide of flame, more iurious by far than the descending foods of Mill River. The steamers seemed power- less to check such a furious advance. No sooner would they get set at work than the enemy would charge with bayonets of fire and drive them from their works. It sdon became apparent that it must sweep everything before if, and the merchants of Main street began more seriously to | consider the situation. THE MILLS. In leas than twenty minutes the fre bad spread or any available conveyance, commenced tn true earnest. The clerks in R. L. Buggier’s had the omnibus employed in removing their goods, and every available track was engaged by the dry goods interests in that vicinity to remove them to a place of safety. But, in spite of their untiring efforts, the ary goods men suffered large losses. The smoke Decame blinding, and tne strife alo Main street was terrible, Unbridled horses, let loose from the livery stables, came dashing through crowded streets; ranaway teams came tearing by, While the yelling and screaming from man to man became perfectly terrifying. It was a Wild scene, whieh pea cannot picture. The fire had easily crossed the street and was devouring | the Commerctal and First National Bank build- ings. The irequent booming of bursting gun- powder in Frank Percy's gun store added but another aspect to the carnage of fire and the wild fury that prevailed along the street; showcases came crashing to the pavement; silks and ribbons from the fancy stores floated along the sidewalks; articles of every description few and tore in every direction, driven by tne flerce wind that raged like a madman. THE POST OFFICE BLOCK. | Desperate efforts were made to save the Post Office biovk, and had the danger been from the Tne fre | When the flames | DESTRUCTION OF COSTLY RESIDENCES. | ‘The fire extended off Main street as far as Bowen | street, taking everything in its path between | Washingtoa and Coepei streets, including the north side of Washington street, with all the beautiful and costly residenees in that fasbionable street; | |.the Presbyterian church on Jefferson avenue, tn | Tear of Harding Opera House, followed suit, and Dr, Barber's residence and that of Marshall Hat ris; Dr. Goo and G. W. Roe, the banker, in tneir turn followed them. Tne fire raged with tre- | mendous fury down Ulter street, spreading from the Adams House to the German Methodist | church, and swept through the residences of M. | uritfin, Juage Austin, John Clark, Chas, Overton, Mrs, Pride and Wm. Wall until it reached Court House street, It was by the most superhuman | efforts of tne attachés of the Court House that | that building gras saved. All the residences around it were swept like the chaff before the | { wind, The residences of Dr. J. H. Wright, J. E. Komnedy and J. M, Rodnea, opposite, were buroed, and William Humes, Henry Baily were | Dickinson, next to the Court House, were also re- | duced to asnes, Henry Batley was in Fond du _ Lac, and did not save an article of his household | goods, When it was seen beyond a doubt that the Court House would be saved it became an asylum of refuge, All the residents of the yards were filled with rescued goods and the building | with relugees fleelag trom the tury of the flames and the shocking and blinding smoke and cinders. | THE DEATHS, stent So far there are two deaths reported and several | severe accidents, although in the terrible confu- | ston that prevails very littie information can be | got atin the direction, Av the very outset of the | fire one unfortunate man received injuries woick | | caused his death ina few moments, His name is | J.N, Davis and he was bookkeeper for Morgan | Bros. Even when the office was enveloped jin flames he rushed in aiter the books and was burned in @ horrible manner. His | clothes were literally burned off his boay, His | hair was singed off and his body so burned that | | great chunks of flesh dropped off as the un- | | fortunate man was carried from the fire. He was | | taken to Dr. Russell’s office, but lived but a short | time, The other death was that of Coaries Duo, | an old man who was crushed to death by the fali- ing ofthe walls of Harding’s Opera House, He was squeezed into a jelly, bis head | being crushed into # shapeless mass | of fiesh and bones. His body was carried |, to Stringham’s elevators where it was viewed by | erowds of curious people. THE LOSS TWO MILLIONS. | Not been able to make a move against the re! The loss 1s a matter dimicult to conjecture at this other fires put together. It is variously estimated | at from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000, but it will propably | Seren SS re Sn an | reach nearer the latter than the former figure. As to | | insurance it is impossibie to make any report this moroing. | totally destroyed, and they will have to wait ior | an abstract from their companies before tney will | | be able to report. | CAUSE OF THE FIRE. | AS nearascan be ascertained the fire cangat | from sparks from Spalding & Peck’s saw mpll. | Morgan’s mill was not running atthe time, and | | Spalding & Peck’s mill, just windward of it, was | tm fait biast. LIST OF BUSINESS HOUSES DESTROYED, The following is a partial list of business houses and places burned near the centre of the city. It | | is estimated that there are im all about 100 places | of business ana 200 dweilings destroyed :— | RT. Morgan & Brother, mill and lumber yard, | James & Welle, lumber and mill; loss $10,000, Lines, Libbey & Co., planing mill. George Williamson & Co., planing mill and sasb, door and blind factory. Bell & Rogers, planing mill, Ben Uenzee, planing mill. Milwaukee and St. Paul depot and freight house. | M. T, Battes, botlerworks, | Northwestern House. | Curtis’ matchworks, W. H. Ballou, grocer. J. W. Spaiding, brick residence, | Thompson & Sprague, livery stable, | PD. 1. Alverson, carriage paint shop, Gill’s Block, containing public library, Oshkosh saw and Stencil Works, Kooh & Nichoda, grocers. Pitcher & Woodworth, meat market, Ushkosu Independent oMice. A large number of law offices, The Victor Sewing Machine office. | Blissett & Son, flour and feed, | The Post Office, over which was the Mammoth | |*Boot and Shoe Works of Mules T. Stiekney & Uo, | Bernard Gores, grocery and residence, M. T. Battis, residence. T. L. Home, residence. Main & Reed, grocery. E. Fowler, groceries. Police Headquarters, Division street time; it certainly fs the heaviest loss that hasever | befalien the city, and probably would equal all her } The books of Gary & Harmar were | W. B. Coolbaugh, residence, Mrs, Thompson, residence. Mrs. Harrington, dressmaker. Beckwith House. Lankton & Clark, groceries, Beckwith House Saloon. W. G, Brauer, bookstore, | Kusy Nels, muuinery. $50,000, THE WAR IN CUBA, CAPTAIN GENERAL VALMASEDA FORTIFYING HIS HEADQUARTERS AT COLON—THE REBELS EQUALLY ACTIVE—THE SPANISH TROOPS PLACED ON THEIR METTLE—A DIRECT CHALLENGE FROM THE CUBANS. HAVANA, April 24, 1875, The reports circulated on the streets a few days ago that Valmaseda intended to return to Havana were without foundation, Persons who arrived here yesterday from Colon state that he was at | his headquarters in that place and directing the works of Jortification. THE SPANISH TROOPS CONCENTRATING AT HEAD QUARTERS. Ivis reported upon good authority that Valma- | Seda has now about 30,000 men, Spanish regulars and Cuban volunteers, under nis command, and all within a circle of forty miles, and yet he has LS REBEL CHALLENGES TO THE SPANIARDS, The rebels upon several occasions have invited the volunteers to come out from their tortifica- tions and fight'them, but have not sacceeded as yet in getting them to meet them upon equal terms. At Cienfuegos, a few days ago, the commander of the insurgents sent achallenge to the troops in Cienfuegos, but the Spanisa troops and volunteers disregarded the challenge. The rebels then proceeded to buro every sugar estate within fourteen miles of the town, THE RBBKL TROOPS IN GOOD CUNDITION, There 1s no news to-day from Colon or Las Cruces; but passengers who arrived last night | from Cienfuegos, Colon and Remedios, and whe have had conversations with the rebels, represent them as being well armed with Remington rifea, pistols, bowie-knives and machétes, and also well | mounted, LOSSES AT LAS CRUCES AND MACAGUA. The fight, which took place on Thursday, 22@ st,, Was not so disastrous to the Cubans as was at first reported by the Spanish press. Reliable information from Macagua and Cama. rones reports that fifty-five wounded Spanish troops were counted upon tne road leading trom Las Cruces to Camarones, The rebel loss was not ascertained, as they made their retreat to @ thick wood in the vicinity of Macagua, THE SPANISH CAVALRY. A report is Circulated to-day in Havana that Valmaseda will issue a decree in afew days [or the impressment of 10,000 horses, to be taken from Havana, Matanzas and Cardenas. A PAINTER DROWNED. Christopher Smith, a painter, while at work yew day on the hull of the steamer Commodore Perry, lying at the toot of South Eleventh street, Brooke lyn, fell into the river and was arowi | body was not recovered, DIED. Brapy.—In Brooklyn, on Friday morning, April 30, after a painful tiiness, Lersox, only child of James H. and Devbie Letson Braay, aged 5 years and 4 montus, Notice of !uneral hereafter. (For Other Deaths See Pith Page.| LET NOT THE FAILURE OF ALL OTHER remedies for coughs and colds deter the sufferérs from seeking sure reliet from Haur’s Hoxsy or Hoxsuoune iD TAK. *“Puxe's Toormacn® Drors cure in o3e minute. A.—FOR, EN’S HATS, OF EXTRA unity, goto CHELD, manufacturer, 18 Nassag sree! ES ALL KINDS WIRE SIGNS AND BANW mad) and shipped to order by HOJBR & GRAHAM, Duane street. 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