The New York Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1854, Page 6

| Necessity of the Reorganization of the New York ‘Fire Departiment—Opinions of the [From the New York Express, May 3.) THE LATE CALAMITY IN BROADWAY. , The Coroner's investigation into the causes fe | ‘his disaster is drawing to a close, and it will in all Wke'ihood be finished to-day. Mr. Carson, the C de Engineer of the Fire Department, was called to t “ stand, and the answer he was bound to give to . e és of jurors is sufficient to astonish even the citizen, We are informed by Mr. Carson that, there is no doubt of a regularly organized band of being in the department, who take advan- of the fireman’s uniform to commit their depre- s. The firemen, it seems, wear a badge, Which is useful when’ called out ina hurry; and this badge gives them access to or house fing ehoose to go into that is on fire, and the police wil not question them. These badges can be bought and worn by anybody. Nay, more: anybody can don the fireman’s dress— muaish the wearer. Mr. Carson also stated that the rd of Foremen and Representatives of the Fire Department had taken this subject of badges into consideration, but that they could not do anything, as the law did not punish any one for wearing them. But the most curious fact, we think, in the whole evidence, is yet untold. The Fire Department adopted a resolution expelling the foremar of 2 aoranany for stealing: but when tha rasstoe ere as oe icwncanaurad WHS submitted to the Common Council to he confirmed, they adopted another resolution, to erase the expul- sion! Tt seems it is no one’s duty to inquire into the origin of a fire; but Mr. Carson thinks that some investigation ought always to be made into the | yet there is’ no law to | is supplied of the corrv” tion of others besides himeelf, And then comes "sp the question of incen- diariem, and the motives of the incendiaries. How far are these unworthy mombers, or these 3° onto some of the edmpanies, r-sponsible for one | half of the fires "jot occur? And do these men who | yun to fires for che sake of stealing, themselves cause | the os M order to obtain an opportunity for | steaun; We “onfess that the whole subjectis an unpleasant one for public discussion. We know so many young members of the department whose cl TS are animpeachable ; we know, too, that this may be said of the overwhelming majority of the members ; and with this knowledge, and the recollection of their disinterested and perilous labors, it is exceedingly pasta thus to speak of the department in general erms. But the majority of the members are even more deeply interested in having the truth plainly spoken—the sore effectually probed—than any other part of the community. And revelations are now made which demand the application of radical reme- dies. The thing must be grappled with as it is. The evilmust be looked in the face. The reputation of the worthy majority of the members, as well as pub- lic security, requires that all super-sensitiveness be | put aside, and that all bend themselves calmly and | earnestly to the task of removing this stain from the | force, and preserving it from again becoming liable | | to such deterioration. And, first, provision should be made by law against the wearing of the fireman’s uniform or in- . signia by persons not enrolled as members of the " jo rorcé, TMS4> cue co tne department. The poi | are thus protected, and why should not the "rev gan be? Tho temptation to personate a ficinan, t§ ay Jeast as great as it is to personate a Yolicemayy, And, second, the department should be *emoved, from the control of the Common Cour just as the police epartment is. It is in evider.ce that’ when unwor- members have been ¢ xpelled, the Common a in his opinion, are | th, m yh ee Sd gli ca Coonell has rei ted nem. Besides, however ‘Another witness was called to the stand—a po- | much disposed the Common Council may be to do Hiceman—who described the arrest of a fireman who | justice and preserve the, department pure and free sti a coat on the night of the fire in Broadway, | from es, the mult plicity of business before that from Jennings’ store. vg the coat, he | body makes them iveficient for that purpose. Com- went to a saloon on the relay Street and Park place; left the coat in the care of the bac. | he would call for it next doy; thon » “to work like a lion and howi went to the bar-tende' tender, and sai returned to the tiger.” The poli told him not to & ed the second diy ‘ policeman, a few minutes after, en d told the circumstance. He went out immediately, a@ rested him, and took him to the Firth wa house, and thence to the Tombs; but the being shut he was taken to the Sixth ward stati house, in the same building with the Tombs. tice Bogart was sent for, and, we suppose, beca he was a fireman, he was discharged with a repri mand. He admitted stealing the coat, but he sai it was to keep the water out; but it couldn't do that lying in a porter house. On the way tothe station house, the fireman was followed by several other firemen—his cap was knock fire cap put on his d, and the other fire caps were changed all round. The object of this was evident. At was intended if the aflair got wind, that the | a fair chance of Fire Department would proving the rumor to be a m jous slander. name given to Justice Bogart undoubtedly tie- titious, and the fire cap—Hook and Ladder No. 11 —was borrowed. . The jury sitting on this investigation are honest, fearless, independent men, who will not shrink from performing their duty. We have no doubt that they will recommend a speedy remedy for mi the abuses in the Fire Department. The char of the firemen has rather fallen in the estimation of the public. The action of the jury will, howeve: tend to elevate it tothe standard which it merits. [From the Evening Post, May 3.) THE BROADWAY FIRE—1TS NS. The Coroner’s examination, now going on, into ‘the causes of the late disaster by the falling in of ‘the clothing establishment of W. T. Jennings & Co., No. 231 Broadway, has brought home to the public mind certain facts which merit the most serious consideration. The most important lesson to be drawn from the eceurrence is one to which we have often and ear- mestly urged the attention of our readers, namely, ‘the adoption of measures requiring a more safe aud | @urable style of building. The loss of fourteen lives in consequence of the neglect of due regard for such wonsiderations, we hope, will give an emphasis to the renewal of our warning on this head, which may Dring about the desired effect. ‘The second lesson to be drawn from this investiga- dion is, the necessity of a reorganization of the Mire Department. It appears probable, that the five ori- d from matches or torches which were throw: mm the roof through the skylight by burglars; these tory articles coming in contact with the com- | ‘ustible materials on the floor of the third or fourth stay, Where no fire had been allowed during the day, produced the confiagration, of which the ix wendiaries took advantage by entering and pland _ the building. The majority of thoze who were 4 nection with the Fire Department. Some of the dead who were not firemen, wore the badges of fire: men. These insignia can be worn by anybody, and when worn, they give ti y the burning building, Some law should be at once made, imposin ficient penalty on every one who assumes t acter of a fireman without belonging to t ment. As things now a who run with the engines are nc company. and not unfrequently assist s naam of mere easily carrying out th ns on the property endangered at the fire. depart. So far as experience goes, the only remedy for this, and, indeed, for most ef the present evils of the , to restrict, under a severe e to whom it rightly be- Fire Depaitment is, first nalty, the badge to thos od off,and another | f The | » according to Engineer Carson, had no con- ir possessor free access to re, alarge number of those bers of the y for the depreda- pluints sleep in Committee, and are unacted upon for weeks and months. Then there is always a temptation for those whose office depends on the Sond voice to curry favor with so numerous and influential » hody as the New York firemen, which is alone sufficient reason for placing the department beyond the Common Council’s jurisdiction. Now, both these remedies were provi rin the Lill re-organizing the department, which passed the Legislature, and is nowin the Governor's hands. It is understood that Gove: Seymour hesitates to affix ature to it, because the Board of Coun- cilmen formally remonstrated against it. This | being known to the Board, they were asked to re- ) scind their resolution, but last evening refused to do | 80, by a vote of 42 to 13, and the! probability is that the jor will therefore decline to sign the bill. The matter, however, cannot rest here. The whole | department is bearing the odium of the deeds of a few unworthy members; and what is eve: orse, | citizens will live in continual suspicion and dread of | the very men upon whom they have been wont to rely as their protectors. We are not prepared tosay | that the Governor should disregard the expressive action of the Board of Councilmen. It is undeniably a matter in which the people of this city have a | Tight to be heard, and unless there be very strong proof to the contrary the executive must assume that the voice of the Common Council is the voice of the people, If the bill fails to become a law for lack of the Governor’s signature, it will be for the members of the department, and citizens generally, to renew the discussion of the matter, and either make a de- rt, | cided expression in favor of such a measure prior to the next meeting of the Legislature, or devise some other plan of organizat.on. The Courier and Enquirer of this morning makes a forcible argu- ment in favor of a paid fire brigade, similar to that of London. That would be a great change, and in many respects a beneficial one. We should scarcely | have felt justified in expressing it but for Mr. Car- | son’s testimony; but we have long suspected that with a paid and less numerous fire police we should | have fewer fires. There is something so exciting in the present mode of extinguishing a fire, that to a certain class of boys and young men the temptation to make a fire is very strong. But the proposed | change is not to be lightly made, We ate a little | jealous of multiplying such police orgayizstions. | Still, we anticipate that a paid fire brigade will even- | tually take the place of tit eget voluntary sys- tem; and the question is with us more one of time or expediency than of princi, le, Whetuer thé present | System shall be modified ‘with reference to the | substitution hereafter, or whether we shall reach | the change by a single bound, is matter for cussion. {From the Courier ad Enquirer, May 4.] While we write, the fire m bell is sounding. Ff sounded before, within twelve hours; so it dit yesterday; so it did the day before, and the d. fore that, and so it will sound until the crack of dvom, if the present organization of the Fire De partment continue. It is not many months since we began to po | | - | out the radical defects in our present volunteer 1} system-—if system it must be called—showing how inadequate it is to our need: unfavorably ares with ¢ n the short time which has joined in o journal of pos tion in the able that it should be £0, for the mere direction of any intel! ind to the subject was enough to ensure a reprobation of the voluntary system, however great its"respect, or even its friendly admiration, of the volunteers. But, whatever was the osition of the question as to the need of a ation reorganization of the depart- ment a fortnight since, the history of the recent disastrous fire in Bread , and the dev passed we have been g8, wid, second, to abolish the volunteer system, | ments made by the subsequent investigati substituting therefor a well-organized and well-paid | have removed ‘all reasonable doubt as to the ©! men, who will be regularly rewarded, as | absotate necessity for a c¢ ge. The change, well as responsible for their servi [From the National Demoei OUR FIRE DEPARTME We have not hitherto paid much « city by interested parti our firemen to be honora zene—bat we canic which Mr. Carson,the chief of the de teers. He sta that “fire bad t to been issued to irresponsible parties—t ; We know the major? ble and trastevorth: partinent,volu art t at fi in sconvicted of theft have been retained in varions ties, companies—that he has known that various p not socially entitled, have assumed the garb ra fireman, and so passed through the cordon of police ttention to the eharges brought aainst the Fire Department of this y of siti- shut our eyes to the evidence ,not a purgation, not jon—a replacing of he too, must be not a modifica areform; it must be a substit thet wh is rotten by that which is sound. Fire Di tnent is farther gone toward destruc than Sodom; for whereas ten righteous m®n m bave saved that city, the department, consisting al- ost entirely of honorable, brave, self-sacriticing spirits, is doomed, because it has been shown that there are those who will use the fair fame of the m: jetity of its members asa cloak to hide their mis- would have never occurred. Their default has in | effect nullified all the official acts of the Fire War- dens, and left the city totally without the protec: | tion which the appointment of such officers was | designed to secure. It is useless, however, to dwell upon this dereliction, since it is only one of the minor forms in which the misgovernment of the last | few years has manifested itself, for the remedy of which our prevent Common Council was specifically elected. it there is any meaning to the most solemn | prcfessions, our present city legislature is pledged to the removal of all these evils. | Tke Coroner's jury very properly confined their | recommendations to improvements in the details | of prerent systems. They could not have de- | vised new plans ‘hout encroaching upon the functions of the legislator. But however ready | we are to approve all of their suggestions as tend- ing in some to make a bad system less bad, our tion remains unchanged, that an entire abolition of volunteer organiza- tions of firemen is indispensable to the proper pro- tection of the property in this city. The late events have furnished a terrible commentary upon the views we ‘have, within the last few months, again and again advanced upon the necessity of establish- ing 2 paid fire department, shaped after the models of those in the great European cities. We have taken great pains to gather and present all the ma- terial facts pertaining to the plan and the working of the European systems; we have shown, too, that the difference between the expenses of a paid and of avoluntary fire department is comparatively trifling. No respeciable man, who has given any attention to the subject, dare deny the superiority of the Eu- | ropean organizations. It is a superiority as palpa- | ble as is the difference in the insurance on house property between one and five. The truth in this matter is hid from no one who cares to see it; and we have no concern that it will not in the end be universally regarded. An organiation like our present Fire Department, is indeed strong; but pub- ic opinion, stimulated by the sense of self-interest, is yet stronger, and must sooner or later prevail. ‘The superiority of paid to volunteer fire orga: ‘za- tions is engaging general attention throug’: the cities and large towns of our country. A city i. the immediate vicinity of our own has already take») the preliminary steps towards effecting a change. Our thrifty neighbor Newark some weeks since appoint- ed a committee to investigate the whole subject. | This committee visited the cities of Boston, P1ovi- dence and Albany, where the extinguishment of | fires is confided exclusively to paid tire departments, | and were particular in their inquiries for the Causes | of making the change, and the effects which follow- | edit. Tho cansox were found to be various—the frequent di ments between the city authorities | and the volunteer department—the mischievous ex- | ercise of the privilege of electing its DFS smcetae— the want of direct control of ine part of the city au- thorliles éver Me fepartment, and the consequent | inability to enforce strict discipline—the dissensions | and quarrels of the various companies among them- | selves—the rowdyism and roflianism of many of the | members of the organization—the disorderly and demorslizing scenes constantly recurring in the engine houses—the constant desecration of the Sab- bath—the training of boys to vagrant and turbu- lent habite—the uneasy consciousness that the pre- servation of property depends upon the uncertain disposition of firemen to discharge their self-as- sumed duty, when at variance with the city govern- ment—the alarming frequency of fires—the provok- ing recurrence of false alarms, and the wear and tear of public property, and expenses incident thereto. The committee most emphatically recom- cn of the paid system by Newark, i | | 1 i | | mend the ado ect Y ‘ * the praise and a every | man, save it may be a few reekless spirit gloat | over their old haunts of revelry, aud brood over their | perished excitements and blasted indulgences. No man wishing his city’s good and prosperity woull willingly return to the old system. A large majority of the old firemen, who were averse to any change, yielding to the superior judgment of their opposers, have come into | the arrungement, and given it their most hearty co- | operation rat! w fon 6 ho still | manner in which the firemen conduct themselves on \ returning from fires—no red shirts, heary ho | blue cap, ant turned up troweer-tegs, are seen swag ering through the streets; but, on the contrary, men cling themselves men, desiring to be accredited as # he most of them honest and industrious me- cs, who do not consider a fireman's duty to be their sole business, but rather a field of usefulness, seo nary to come legitimate trade or occupation. The eitess are seen further in the reformation of the m s of the com- , | deeds, and a shield to protect them from the con: munity, and especially of the youth of the city. Tue old que their crimes. We do not wonder at the |'¢xeitements have been —they liave been indignation with which the respectable members of | {Sited to more cece men tert cat rong ae heen , | the department repel the charges heretofore made, Greenwood, the Chief Engineer of the city of Cineinnat but now most clearly and lamentably proved, against in a report presented to the Cit neil in 1853, sa; into the barning buildings. We mention these things the integrity of some who degrade its noble organi- | He cannot b congratulate the City Council, and the ‘as the abuses to which the best ins s may be | “tion to vile uses, ‘Thronged as its ranks are to citizens at large, upon the triumphant success »")'°h las subject. We believe that the fire companies of New day with respectable, intelligent, and generous young | crowned their ctforts in carrying out the reforis. ion of York are as respectable as any body of men ever | MCB, What parent who is tender of the reputation of | the fire depsriment, whith the safety of property, the blediin our city; but we believe that their | his family would, after to-day, willingly see his son omg = good order of society, and the morals of pom constraction is liable to errors which raust | iter into an association which, however unjastiy, | te youth of our city, so imperatively demanded. This eventually call for its dissolution. ‘we are at present daily subject. as his opinion that more than one half the the city of New York are the result of ince M fi it [From the Commercial Advertiser. The vestimony before the Coroner ‘the case of the Broadway catastr "s Commercial, caunot f. The Chief Engineer of the Fire Dep who mmst be regarded as a competent and friendly witness, testified that within his knewledge a gang of men, wearing the garb of firemen, attended fi purpose of stealing; that he has kno meml«rs of the Fire De c thieving : that in ove case « stealing at a fire, the stated him; that ar am engine compan. inquest e, published i ‘oreman ¢ and ry ed iment ; and that in ig Gres that occur in this city are the work o it won incendiaries. ‘There are painful and a such asthe public mind was liu from such pn indisputable s I cer eect leave been in circulation but pression was that they did reat partment, and ever "a members Reiter the tax for an organized fire brigade than the lesses to which Mr. Carson gave it res in ment, } { fast } | I | might subject him to degrading enspicions, and al- most certainly expose him to debasing example? The system of voluntary association in the Fire Department will do well in villages where every man knows eve roman; and when villages grow into town: zh these voluntary combina- tions become less . pethaps, be done away with, want of needful means for a more compact and systematized i But when towns grow into populot cities, when com- munities oMhur f people furnish | the volunteers iar serviceas that of extinguishing r at any and every hour of nigh table that the bens- d heroic character of such a service. will t sereen by th bond of It, indeed, is owing only t» irenmstances that the Fire Department of ak so long preserved the respect of the com- for ite che ter—admiration for its heroism t ever has and ever will command ago the department num! sat Thirty years among its members it does now, Dut eminence. § ireman or a member of @ wilitary ul the privileges atte t », dew many men iato the association uld not have be din its E members of t com found gu i ies kmew ea lib ies ach other well, and each company promptly expelled uld | krsew at east e ai e members never be restored. That {n such a large fovy of men | of every acher compere, Nag wile ieee #ome would be found faithless to their trot be expected, and the community continasd ¢ in the integrity and howesty o men. After these disclosures we cant that confidence evmains unabated, too evident that the evil stil! exist amen remain in the department, aid tha of the orderly and honest members them hate been univ But while we hol Janguage, and aver the contideace, hitherto Bo universally felt. the de mt has receiy 1 believe that the overw of New York are “tr , and as disinterested and he are ntaroys and zealou the departmom has receiv “ Jant cry that ling 40 often given assurance of safety Will henceforth awaken suspicion and apprehension. evidence publishe: Juron m he! a@ fatal stab, ond | tionable ¢ - | the present syst pany. Now, this is impoasit The department isyilled by men whe kaew noth‘ay of eoch other. Almest every company is f * rongers, from whose pum (Lit is used by low politic the lowest political parposes. Thus it has reached? | that stage inyvhich it: respectable members are re- | duced to the asd necene ity of defending its cha: if against aspersions whiga justice compels us to s, aie well founded; and.which, to say the unpleasant truth, events of the laetvew years could have estab- lished as well as those of the last few days. There can be no doubt in any umprejadiced mind that with the extinction of the volumtary system ¢ & great number, if not a majority, o! occur in th ity we lowed by sit re { | | there who respectabl evil is one wh We have indireytl, a8 companies of the <lepartment, and the h cannot he cnrey. etofere ¢ dered the inadequacy of ‘ m0 to the €emands upon it; but the investigation, the cloatag pwoce edingss of waieh will f one fire- | be found in our coln sornhar, ol inly iné this gorning, shows plainly ite, tore of Messrs, Jennings & Co., al- | that to its ineRicioncy it adag ¢ Habibity, aluwost an ia lished — bo @ moeive how t could ve- | adaptability, the » { whici, 6 might be expect- _— Without notice or det fit be } ed, some alow to avail themselves. For both himself in yt vved that asingle fi oman rohel | these evils there is no remedy but the substitution of snitted i aed othin must also be ud- | a well organized, drilled, pald tire-par'ce. Our pro- to the Bn :~ br neve firemen were vy sent annoad expenditure upon the Pire Degartment, ter that makes inh a i iy B' tne mat | as has been here e shown in theae ovlumas, | aay obtain access inty the tine devaihtenat , tes tain @ pa he see pro.cas'onal Sapmen; a te any other association of honorable mci, init | as it in, ad dey ty ee eect: Peongarth 20d ner ; petrate his mirdecds in the prese eof | Ww hee bis felldy’ vemen -withoaut rebuke or hindrance, | et and day by day improving, woud cre lave reduce the number of onr nres to (he proportion en which now cecur. 4 cient and more obnoxicus to | . | to the present | sppiieations fer | the position of the firemen has become enngbled aga the 0c commitice do net fe great undertaking, carvied onward against the opposition and hostility of a certain portion ot the volunteer fire. men, 4s well as some others who derive a position and influence by their connection with them, is now no longer a problem involving @ doubt of its success and usefal- ness. Nor is the transforming effect it must necessarily fieduce pon the morals of the youth of our city, ite east recommendation, which, it no other good was’ at- | tained by the change, is of itself sufficient to command the graiituce of magy of the fathers und mothers of our city. The ether good results growing out of the change— such as peace and good order in the streets, the entire submission to law, and silence and quiet reigning at our engine houses, all of which are to be seen aud judged of, and to whic yourselves can bear witness, coals 19 COW ment from me—all clearly showing that law au! order can be made to triumyh over misrule, Since the o.gani- zation of the prescat department, the utmost harmony has prevailed among the entire memberahip compe.<ag it, and #ll have so conducted themselves as to deserve tho confidence of the City Council as well as the Chief Engi- neer. Concurring sentimerts were assured to the Committee by the chief engineers of the cities visited ky them, who i that mosto'f not all, the causesof dissatis- Lad becn urged against the old system, ow Come away with. One fact was brought to the notice of the Committee by a gentleman in Aluary, who cited the Chief Engiacer ae bts autherity, that~during the year 1848, b year in which the new. system went inte oper the month of December, ) there oecurred more tive ting aside the large Cre-which devastated the elty daring thet year.) thon Curing the whole period from that time By 4 con parison of corresponding periods | of time under the old aul new systems in other cities, ; the Com 6 found the number of fires uoder the j eld exceeded that under the new by mere than six to | ene; and as to false alarm, they are now of very rare oc- | eurrence. | _In the eity of Albany they have one feature in omanization which prod ole imy the minds of the committes—the practicability, utility, omy of whieh will strike mort favorably upon | | | | their fire | fon on | to } rk, | to y successful | 1828, at the request of Abbas Mirza, 400,000 tomans The effects are visible in the orderly and beooming | all ocesrions. No loud noises, hallooing, hooting. pro- | fanity or gasconade are heard, either in going to or | Department as one of the noblest of our institutions, and upon its members as worthy citizens. We know hundyeds of names on the Register tyat stand fore- most in honor in all the city; and cannot per- sonally name one black sheep in the flock, We have had cause to be grateful to the firemen for ser- vices in times of peril that few would have volun- teered, and remember them still with undiminished feeling. Yet we must, in the main, agree with the jury that the bona fide members of the department are blameable in many instances for allowing boys and rowdy young men to hang around their houses, to drag their machines, to usurp their badges, an to impose themselves upon the public as firemen, when not one of the rascals could get a vete in any company in New York. Two or three of these scapegraces, hanging around the doors of an engine house, insulting passers-by, instigating fights, and talking profanely and yulgarly, will soon di cea whole company of honest men, Whenever auy such persons get into the Sapaxteasnt they are promptly expelled by the Chief Engineer, and, if not rein- stated by a corrupt Common Council, are no longer firemen. But that isnot enough. The true fireraen should hold no communion with them; they should expel them from their houses, drive them from the neighborhood, and by every honorable means show the people that they have nothing to do with them. ‘The jury say that several firemen examined before them deprecate the doings of these runners, but could suggest no means of getting rid of them. But let them summarily drive them away from the houses, and lock up the first one who appears in fire- men’s dress, and the thing is done. They cannot tolerate these incendiaries, thieves af ruffians, | without in some es endorsing their conduct, and we trust they will take instant means to purge the | companies of all such intruders. In that way only can the imputations brought upon the department in the course of this investigation be removed. The question coneerns the public at large, but the fire- men more than any other class of citizens; and it / is to be hoped that they will act promptly. They | } may be sure of the support ef all men whose support is worth having. This does not involve the question whether the or, be had, and whether a corps of paid and regu- larly drilled firemen would not be better adapted to a large city like New York. Our impression is decidedly that such a corps would be superior to the recent system, but that is a matter to be thoroughly liscussed and deliberately acted upon, Meanwhile, we hope that the department will take every step necessary to preserve that high esteem hitherto awarded to it by the people of New York, Pa SURES The Invasion of Persia by the Russians. {From the Calcutta Englishman, Feb. 27.] Itis_very well for the continental pa of the British power in this country, as if it bong by a thread Hits any mischievous person may cut at his plessure. What has been won by a whole century of battles will not he lost in a campaign. The real state of the people beyond our frohtler is better un- derstood than it was twenty years 960, and if that knowledge has been dearly bought it will certainly be turned to good account. Nobody in India fears the utmost efforts of Persians and Affghans, even | backed by the best army which the Russians can send against us. We may be put to considerable ex- pense—but that is all. Our relations with Persia ae have been much more satisfactery had not the British government, there, asin Turkey, been playing the Russians’ game for them. By the treaty of [814 the British agreed YY a subsidy of 200,000 tomans, (about £125,000) ertia, if attacked by any European power. In were given to enable Persia to pay the indemnity due to Russia, In 1813, English officers were with the Persian tioops, and took part in the war with Russia on the Georgian frontier. In the war between Rus- sin and Persia in 1826, the Persian army was trained hy British officers, but when it marched to attack the Russian frontier, the British Charge d’ Affairs for- bade them to follow it, for fear of giving offence to Russia. In 1838, Colowel Pasmore and Majors Todd and Laughton of the Bengal army were sent and withdrawn for the same reason. Persia bas been thus thrown into the arms of Russia, because the British policy could not be trusted. Had our government aided the army un- der Abbas Mirza, the Russians might have been kept within their own boundary ; instead ef which coats, | they gained a whole province, and bound the Per- | sians by treaty to keep no armed yessel on the they have the en- | Caspian, of whick, consequent! tire command. Had we cont! in ued regularly to subsidize Persia to the present time, the whole sam | would not much bave exceeded three millions ster- ling, instead of some twelve or fourteen millions expenéed in the Afighan war, and the probabilit; of being forced into another war beyond our own frontier. * There is just now the greatest probability of a | wer with Ru It will probably end as European 2 | wars usually do, by all parties getting soon tired o | fighting, and peace being made with little regard to the future. What ought to be done for Torkey is spparent, and need not be considered at present ; but Persia is so much more withdrawn from Buro- influences, that unless the Indian government Strongly urges upon the ministry the necessity of securing that country against Russian ambition, it will probably be wholly neglected and left to the mercy of the Czar. The mere circumstance of hav- ing tuken up arms against onr ally will be urged | as making Persia unworthy of any efforts 0. our | part for its protection, and it will thus become a mere province of Russia, It is plain enough that the present hostile attitude of Persia is a proof of conscious weakness, of being unable to withstand the dictation of Russia; and if included in the next ret of treaties as an ally of Russia, the Ambassador of that power will in future be the real Shah. If | the fortune of war should relieve the Circassians | and the neighboring tribes from the perpetual in- ‘ roads of Russia, a strong barrier will be made for Persia on her northern frontier ; but her right to have armed ships on the Caspian ought also to be restored, or that of Russia taken away. The Black Sea must be thrown open to all flags, or the same geme will have to be played over again in a tew [From the Mauritius Mercantile Gazette, Fe! An important correspondence has been published by Hollier Griffiths, Esq., announcing his temporary re-appointinent as United States commercial agent, vice G. M. Farnum, Esq. The latter gentleman, however, declaring that he has not received the let- ter from the American government, (of which Mr Griffitus publishes a copy,) suspending him functions, has refused to hand over the duties of the office, end continues to act, notwithstanding the in- junction to the contrary contained in Mr. Secretary of State Marcy’s letter to H. Griffiths, Esq. This is of considerable importance, and will, we dispute marine, be speedily terminated. ander whatever system the fire department may be conducted. They have no«hose companies, propeely £0 pot located near | fire apparatas not in im irection of the Chief in- is provided with say @00 fect of 400 fect, the other 400 feet being Whenever any hose shall become dis- se need repair, by ure at any fire, the com- | bh it belongs, before going to the engine | tid hase to the depot to be eleaned or re- . s therefrom other hose in place of that The deyot i# under the immediate charge of a su- perintenéent, who ita practical snechanie, and who not i, called, they have instead « general the e t) only cleans it, bat makes repairs, and, if required, makes new hose. This officor reeives & stipulated salary, and the ecammittce were assured that Le saved the city fully three times rene im who eamount of it's salary in the services he department, The epgines are under the ecinte contrcl of a foreman and assistant foreman, responsible for their equtipmept and servicoabil ‘The steward attends to the Cleaning of the engine on beeping the house, within doe'ts an without, in or- cer one cleanliness. Under thes?’ arrengoments the oiler members of the company have no duties to per. form except while in actual service Jn case of fire, and have no cause to visit the engine houg’s @xeapt on ape cial occasions, 28 for election ct officers, devidéy pon embership, ke.; hence it is agtd that ‘eorion for supernumeraries dispensed with As regugie the ex © pala Te; themselves competent to ret tow P exact Peures wires they will amount to per annum, as | dia with which anbsid tracted. population of 4 rupees, mu a November, If rcignty to the spontaneous liberality of the British nses of a paid Pepartmont, the soVernment, and it was the undoubted right of that We take over from a contemporary the following ebservatiens on this fen ae = jately stated that Mr. Far- One of owr contem num, Conse’ for the United States of America, was super: seied. We can state upon good authority that this is incorrect, aml that the government of this colony recog- nises no other agent or comsul for America except Mr. Farsom AB those whe consel will be to the high acq’ we may assert dischaszed the and adcantage to his couatry, and with affability and courtesy fo all whe have had dealings with him, and, be St rememiwered, under difficulties of no ordinary kad. Mose Briti@: Territory tn Tpdia. [Prom the Madres Atheneum, Mare! 10.] The aig 4 of Ni re, or Berar, which has just lapsed to the [yitich, je onevof the ten States in [u- alliances have been It has an area ef 76,432 square miles 000, axed & revenue of 4,908,560 The deceased Rajat was placed on the ud, on the deposition of ppa Sahib, in 1818 ; he Court of Directors, in. tha,'t despatch of 28th | 28, “told him that .{te owed his a ‘overpment to annex such conditions t the gitt it decmed necessary.” sad ization of the department is the best that could | rs to talk | yen, whenever circumstances inay appear to favor - Privileges and franchises of sald | cisf duty sequired him to interremi” Be would f¢ Rucsian ambition. enjoyed or posses ed by themselves, a: therefore, that he was dcrelict to his duty, not to isa tihidaas auaahiad Wks tas Cobia, | Ce eos ee the reasons which governee his eonductia thie | j from his | trust, in the interest of the American mercantile | ir eo euuieet 6 {it will depend entirely upon the am- ———————_—_—_—_—_————_————— ee The reat ener ai tooctesy to officers, and the stipend + _yaht paid for salaries | Settlement of the Erie Railroad Difficulty. Our Tennessee Correspondence. disaster is bene such Pg ee cea well ne os yl cre gyre Some oi tence ‘touh ta lllieshSaapasoce pi col ea cinct, direct and just. recedin: a 4 ee ‘men, ‘Tenn., April 20, 1854, it lasted six days,and was ronghiout w Py oy a ag A ell gr Mg aoe Roth branches of the Pennsylvania Teghiature have apts pao 5 Interests) Advancing great care and patience. tren was Shen to item apr~ —_ «« Boxton and Albany, which includes every | passed the following bill, which has been sent to the Rapidly—Model Legislators—Products of the Country cae eI eer kr apepteatanite Pocness,20:| et Ok for one’ or two. years under | Governor for his approval, which it will doubtless receive. Sods ti High SecA Meacn eonnte Tae elaten t9 the bed tonstotion of the buldian gndlog sowpeeare the norandoramencing | Tt is looked upon as a final settlement of this question eabnhed Sealine new, commenci spe 45 wi fe one but without obtaining any sure clue to the a~9.,° | {herew ‘that the expeuse under the new was | An act relating fo te Sunbury and Erle Railroad Pn se, ee ee y © a<ency | greater been susceptible of different passions, oppo< by which the fire was communicated. The sary have | city of Aibeny. Ye ie eos Pon 16 90,000, In the pe tame ng Aes site in their origins and effects, needs not to be told that done weil in confining their verdict 0 ascertained | under the o'd and the latter under the new, Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re ‘the same objects, the same scenes, the same incid-~’ facts and indisputable econciustons; for the admission | {he difference of expense was only $400. This difference | resentatives of the Commonwealth of Penusy! stele ST | of uncertainties or mere plausibilities would have | /i™¢,egied, however, by allowing for new huse and ma, embly met, and it is colar la sre usin '& variety of lights, aecording to the temper: Sele Seectas tee = ee Se emmoararieg i ee pair, ‘oll'end fash in 194djtor jhe de- | Seiracuteteie iallteed Gomer Legeegtegec i pee an illustration with which we survey them, To borrow hemselves sufficient conse: e) ¢ items re} y an for the de- | and Ai al ro: mpany, from. ble. The building is Healatee ta, ree ~ mnt pornnen in sieny. cost rset Site ee and ’53, the | an act of the General Assembly’ of the State ES ort the centr: of g See teusanpeone ter eres i, | -" - rO- res for same items were baa k Bom! np A tetas Eee ronal fig is Co waa tho carpen: | that the suving of mes pe tear To the apgassto tanct che ete ae hit, entitled “Am | Prowpect bounded; Dut f Wwe ascend the topmost heigh tothe culpable parties, CP. aefed straight home | the new Prenditinoe ness CCUWDUIS “agely to the in. | act to incorporate the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashta- | of the mountain by which the valley is overshadowed, the architect who drew the H. Mountaln, the nneprbansa RES kage og oa iano aac other tole Raliross Samper = an at sup] pice sine eye wanders luxuriously over a succession of anes! ee a “s lems of ex: ture e department un e new passed r tenth, one thousa ° k Ae ene ape iainiod | system, whlch will bear a corresponding diminution from | Qredtandafiy: be; and they ate hereby, authorized to beantiful ‘objects, until tho mental faculties appear ta: pike rok whO did th ro “ pr nif | the old, such as repairs to engine-houses, lessening the | construct and use'a railroad, with one or more tracks, hing vinoeeprd from ‘the extension of the sight; eases, JOU “Yaher ang ap tee frame work, and the | number of engines, &e., to say nothing respecting the | com at and in the city of Erie, thence extending | breathe s purorair, and are inspired with purer emoti allexettotis We're ‘games Bagley, for whom the | time and money contributed by the members andci- | southwestwardl ‘the mest tieable route on or us men differ from. ‘other in Defore this comm mat’ ¢, are the men who now stand | tizens at laggy towards furnishing the houses, &ec. along the Frank al Railroad to ® point on the State — their stu oe nals gestonstons. They leok ow the municipal “tty as guilty of grossly violating [From the Tribune, May 5.) line of Ohio, where it may connect with the Cleveland, prod rod pis 0 rise £,ciderent internal of their fellr 4W and eeliislily ng the lives | ‘There ig one other important matter in the supple- | Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad, subject to t Brovi. | Rae soolin re palierie marth yr bons cs Whether tt -# men to a moat fearful destruction. | ment to the verdict, of which little has been said | #10n4 of en act ae mellepen Commpediae, Darens tee | Gominant pursuit: or their nal be visite” 4 penalty which the law prescribes shall | publicly, but which has engaged the serious atten- eight hundred and forty-nine, and that they be, and are | led into this train of ideas by a visit tothe ened upon them or not, the guilt has been fast- | we of the people for a long period, and that is the | fen: , authorized to connect their road with any railroad | of “:Volunt ” i, @, Tennessee. Voginlati: rev pon , and with it the stigma of public | uses and abuses of the Fire Department itself. From | or railroads legally authorized to come to or to lay a road | halls have I visited, many of their “bills” have I perused, vtobation, No man of right feeling will seek to | facts developed at this and other recent fires, the | within the limits of the city of Erie: Provided, That all | their motives coneiciened sind tnesatiaestes Mun ae ree. Arey abate it, Public abhorrence, however hard it may | conclusion is irresistible that a great number of vaga- | such connections shall wholly cease so soon as the Sun- | 1 been where in imy more uy) | te to bear, is the ected with which nature it- | jonds make a pretended membership in the depart- bay ee Smilin. A Company shall a a srack < anes kia Se eerees thes tors ign bere, a eeae te self vindicates outraged humanity. 2 ment a cloak for theft and robbery if not incendia- » Our municipal authorities, too, are visited with | ism, We desire to state that we do not believe any sai ata make pconnection erin with orpeeend | Portis oe bay mewn nye F Mee ville, | condemnation. They deserve it, Had they respect | real firemen to be guilty of any such criminality. pany. com | from thence to. the mighty West ‘we have | ed and enforced the’ laws, this destruction of life | We have always looked upon the New York Fire Sec. 2. That the said Cleveland, and Ashta- sound from Dalton, Ga., to thence Kentucky, on to Cincinnati, forming « chain in our Union. Another is even now illustrate that noble motive found in Painesville ny be, and they are hereby, autho- to purchase the railroad now con- bula Railroad Com; rized and require fl i structed from the city of Erie to the Ohio State line, and the hearts of Ten- all the right or interest of the Franklin Canal Company, easee ternal improvement, It crosses the. or any other parties in and to the same, with itsappur- | ¢ntire State, from Knoxville to Lege ey mg thence to tenances and the right of way, and all other rights and the alppt, No other State can of having property connected therewith, sad shall also purchase | or hearing the ‘ fh of the iron horse” more frequent; any sbures of the said original Franklin Canal Company’s | every county in the State, with but few excevtions, cam stock at par, and pay the interest and paneer ‘all | boast of its sound. This ‘last named road alone passes, vonds of said company according to their tenor, and | epeg aa vidron, Wilson, De Kalb, Be sete thereafier the said Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula | fon, | Bled » Roane, Anderson, aud Knox— 4 Company may use and enjoy the said railroad | and still daily af new roads opening and projected. And | and its appurtenances, with # full release of any and all | what will be the consequences? This needs no answer, right and claims of the Commonwealth thereto or there- | for every child could do so, The hidden treasures alone in, and the raid Franklin Canal Company 1s authorized to | in the counties of Roane, Anderson, and a few make such sale and transfer to said Cleveland, Painesville | others, would amply Sepay ait. Trom and coal cannot be and Ashtabula Railroad Company. | excelled either in quantity or quality; the products of See. 3. That the said Cleveland Painesville and Ashta- | the soil will be scattered, as it were, to the four winds of bula Railroad Company shall extend the track or tracks | heavens; their cattle and horses, and hogs and sheep, of their road equal in all respects, except grades, to the | combined with Kentucky’s products, supply the South—, main track from a point west of Liberty street, being the | byte the Union. “Will anybody now ask what will western boundary of the city of Erie, northeastwardly e result? Surely not, for not alone Tennessee feele by the most practicable route to the harbor of Erie, at or | its influence, but the world can answer to its cheering near the depot grounds of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad | sound. Thereare many connections less interes: ‘i, Company, and have the same opened and ready for use h will more beneficial im. within two years, or ecster; if i e salafanbury and Belts ped to fo pone ct be or any other railroad coming from an eastwardly direc- ye—no, critic’s but ‘sy Sion shall have one or atte tacks onppleted to tise seid ultural pursuits Tennessee atanda harbor: Provided, That the Sunbury and Erie Railroad 's exports are as yet not as large ad| Company shall grant such use of thelr depot grounds as other Stat But why? Is ie toeetnn the land may be agreed upon by the parties, and that the city of fertile? No, its soil is surpassed by none. Is] Erie shall. grant free the right of way over and aion, I labor lees than in her sister States? Yes, in a such public streets or public grounds as may be req: thi wl for the track or tracks of salf road to the harbor. Section 4. That all the privileges and immunities ted to the raid Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Euloeadl Conaptny tn. andy lin act, arb granted upon 5 it now; i their interest; and, mark’ the predictions of the writer—| in three years Tennessee exports as much as any State the following terms and conditions, namely : of our Union, In the wars of our country, Tennessee | -'First—The said Cleveland, Paibervillaznd Ashtabula valor was known, and so shall its civil and internal com- | Railroad Company shall make such connection between | motions be felt by the Union. We could emphasize more | their railroad and that of the Sunbury and Erie Railroad strongly by quoting the words of an illustrious hero; but Company, at or near the city of Erie, as may be best | We in from doing 80, by concluding with:—‘ By tha adapted to the safe, cheap and ready transferring of eternal! Tennessee knows no North nor South, not West.” Ita legislators have nobly fulfilled the passengers’ baggage and freight from one to | the western division of the said | the ‘other, fo soon Sunbury and Erie Railroad shall be finished, and that so men have ealled them. One a the peat ayry Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company | and zealous members—I would ‘ally mention shall have laid down a track of road from Sunbury to name of one whose exertions were felt by all—I refer te |’ Brie, then and thereafter the said Cleveland, Painesville Mr. Patton, the — member from Roane. and Ashtabula Railroad Company shall run their freight | may well be of her representative, and the and passenger trains to the Ped of the Sunbury and generally. mercial pursuits have increased most rac| Erie Railroad Company, and from then and thereafter pidly; ‘orthern speculators have already entered | shall not grant, furnish or allow to any company whose our midst, knowing full well the rich harvest | ral shall terminate at or pass through or near the ape gh Mig weer) Raya ane a | city of Erie, nor to any company or com; ies whose H road or roads shall conaect with or be eontiguous tosucn | ticles are with “home fmaaulactare. road terminating at or parsing through or near the city of Erie, any facilities, privileges or advantages which are not equally granted ‘and furnished to the Sunbury and ; Brie Railroad company nor give or furnish, or permit to | be given or furnished, by any agent, ot by 6ny ime persons, com or com usi b | or fatiectig® ans inducement of any kind atone to | any party to travel or send or forward property or mail Batter in either direction on ox over any railroad so terminating at or passing through or near the city of Brie, or connecting or contiguous therewith, in prefer- ence to travelling, or sending or forwarding such —— | or mail matter on or over the said Sunbury and Erie | t ult., when the Superior Court met, Mr. Justice Da; = | Railroad, and all gers, were ee. mail matter | Justice Smith aad Mr. Turtice i ie being aw passi the said Sunbury and Erie Railroad, or des- ben ) @ motion for an adjournment was made, as t #8 over the same, shall be received and de- | day had been set aj by apatched by the said Cleveland, Painesville and Ashta- fasting and er, on account of the war. Ja Railroad Company with all ok: hmmm |. Mr. Jus Mondelet, remarked that for his part he greed and despatch, provided that the Commonwealth | would never gougent to an adjournment to pray for héeby rescivéd the right, at any time that may be | pack of murderers. deemed necessary to protect her interests, to spose | _ The Hon. Mr. Badgly (President of the bar,) made soma such taxes on thi veland, Ve and Ashtabula remarks fg1 the motion for an adjonrnment. Railroad Company as may be imposed by any general | Mr. Justice several interrupted the law upon allthe railroads of the Commonwealth. speaker, saying with much vehemence that ‘ they were Second—The said Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula | a pesael of murderers, deliberately out to cut cach Railroad Company shall, before exercising any of the | others throats; that he did not care which party got their rights or franchises hereby granted, subscribe for five throats cut, and that he would never consent to an ad- | thousand shaves of the capital stock of the Sunbury | journment to pray for such people.” and File Railroad Company, to be paid for in the | bonds of the said Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company, as hereinafter authorized to be issued, bearing seven per centum per annum interest, payable half yearly, the prinefpal payable in twenty Mr. Badgly stated that of course his Honor was entitled, to his own opinions, gene they were 1 gechechg ne of the whole civilized world, That probably whilst he spoke, the whole British Empire was prostrating iteelf in. prayer for the suecess of their armies—that in this years, to be secured hy a mortgage of uli their property, | the example was being followed to a great extent— | Tights and franchises, and which shall be a first lien or _ shops were nearly all shut. and he thought that aresprct mortgage cn thot port of their property im Pennsylvania, | for such feelings would render it to transiet and on the rights and franchises granted or to be grant- | the public business of the courts on such an occasion, ed by this act, said mortgage to be executed to such | Mr, Justice Mondelet stated that the shops were 10t | trustee as shall Le satisfactory to the said Sunbury and | all shut, and repeated that he would never consent toan Erie Railroad Company; the payments in bonds on ae- | adjournment for such a . | count of such subscription to be made and stock issued | "Mfr. Bedwell said the result was, that theré had beenno. | therefor in the same proportions and at the same times | business cone in the court on thot day, and that or- that the city of Pailacelphia shall make their payments | | on their second subscription of ten thousand shares to the capital stock of the said Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company, which said five thousand shares of stock, unless ~ otherwise agreed to by both parties, shall be inalienablo until the maturity of the bonds given in payment there- for, and so declared on the face of the certificate-for the same, and in all the elections or stock votes of the Sun- | ry ‘and Erie Rai Yompany, one thousand six hun- 0 more, may be voted sville aud Ashtabula | tainly this was an occasion on which an adjournmat was more urgently required. He certainly was vey much surprised to hear what had fallen fron oneof their Honors. The gallant soldiers who had gone out to fight the just battles of their country denounced as rb- bers and murderers! Then much more were their jf- ficers and_leaders murderers, the British Parliamat and Ministers also—nay, the Queen herself, who decland war, was a murderess, and if s0, to pray for their success | was blasphemy. Mr. J. Mondelet—So they are. So it is. It would be hard to deseribe the intense feelings of excitement and disgust prevailing among the ba: during this colloquy, and audible hisses and groans were, for the first time in our recollection made use of to ex- press its disapprobation and detestation of the sentiment rs alike, felt ti and raged. Mr. Loranger immediately rose to interrupt Mr.| Pedwell, and stated that he had consulted other members of the bar withdrew his objections, and t! unanimous in their support of the application for an Journment. Mr. Justice Day said, in that case there would be no| further difficulty in adjourning the court, and it was ad- Journed accordingly. Interesting to Seamen, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, PHILADELPHIA. Before Judge Kane, at bers. a upon by the said Cleveland, Paine Railread Com Third—That at least three of the directors of the Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Com all be citizens of th mmonwealth of Pennay See. 5. That said € Railroad Company be, and t y are hereby, authorized to issue their bonds in sums of not leas than one hundred dollars each, bearing int cent per annum, pa: mortgage or deed of franchises, to the ai lars, and the said unbury and Erie Railroad Company ed to receive said bot at r, in | ided, for the subscription to their before authorized and directed to be made. Sec. 6, That if the said Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Company shall in any respect know- ingly and intentionally refuse or neglect to perform and comply with alland singular the terms an conditions | hereinbefore recited and imposed, the fact of such refu- | sal or neglect having been adjudged by a court of compe tent jurisdiction, then and in such ease, all the rights, | Pon tat ee oS british Brig Vicoria. I privileges, powers, and immunities granted to said com- | fonjotete eaks Ben acu pom om bd a pany by this act, or intended ao to be, shall forthwith | for respondents, alss’G. oe pee 7 cease and determine: Proy.ded, That nothing herein con- | “$4 u . B. ) Eaq., ‘Consul | Libel for wages, on the ground of an deviation | the voyage. Before proceeding to the merits of the case, respondent's proctor entered a plea to the ji | the controversy being between British sul ing to a British vessel, arising out of a | into in # British port, to be terminated in a British and in point of fact not vet terminated. Plea | Respondent jor then cited Lynch vs. Crowder, be. Sg Me Rng 8 ae ‘y . ‘atch vs. Marshall, before Jui tN , and Erie Rajiroad Company | Curtis 462, and asked leave tn tohaat or Wao Botahs Ga ull their estate and eifects, rights, liberties, and fran- | git io cnter the written issent of the latter to the ebises, and fiom and after cuch transfer aul assignment, | ccedirg, observing that while the Consul entertained wy cweuted «ner their corzorate sal the wald Sun: | SieteGveupeet fe thls tinennt of tee bated eae Nusy saa tect ae ene ad ene rated | was nevertheless responsitte to his sovereign aad eng atl slic cnt satteeneciae | koVernment for a proper attention to any mntter any, and shall and may exercise | ring between British subjects, io regard to which his offi tained shall be construed to release the Cleveland, Paines- ville and Ashtabula Railroad Company from liability to the Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company by reason of such refusal or neglect, but the said Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company may, from time to time, recover from said Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad Com- pany such damages as they may sustain therefrom. Sec. 7. That immediately upon the passage of this act, Railroad Company may assign Court having granted leavé, Mr. Rush then read | and Trie Railroad ¢ the said Clevel | ‘ollowing : Sie Be Wing paper, signed by Mr. 7 | sights dod frvschioes toenefertae terties by the sata | 7 fhe Honorable Ja ke. Kone, Judge of the | Seoqvehanna and frie Railroad Company, of vind | ind op Pomugenine in and for the Eastern ther lepislatiy thority, f 4 ee i e frocn teeliy of tote to is Onho beets | Saunders et al vs, The British brig Vieloria—m Admit: —In the above suit, instituted in this hoaorabl Ded, | or shall connect with any other such railroad, then and | , %!t by three of the crew of « British veasel, agains! in such case the said Suibury and Erie Railroad Compa. | ‘S10 vessel and bor master, ona claim for waxes, the u ny hall pay to the said Cleveland, Painesville and Ash. | (¢relgned. Her Britanste Majesty's Consal for Pennayl tabula Faflroad Company ro much as may have been | ‘#2; residing at Philadelphia, leave respectfully t paid on account of the said subseription of five thousand | {b‘t® this bis dissent to the crew ermitted to § | shares of stock, either in cash or in the bonds aforesaid, | 1% * Court of the United States. First. use the | at the option of said Sunbury and Erie Railroad Compa. Victoria, on board of which the libellants and respondem |, is a British vessel, and the respondent, her com: et, & British subject. Second. Tetndes as investi jon of the cause of suit would call in question off eonduct of a British functionary in regard subjects, which the undersigned has already J of to the best of his julgment; respect ernment: and residents at | ny. and thereupon the said Cleveland, Painesville and | * Ash‘abula Railroad Company shall deliver up the certi- fieates of stock issued to them to be cancelled, and thenceforth the said Cleveland, Painesville and Ashta- bula Railroad Company shall be, and they are hereby, authorized to exercise all the rights and privileges hera- inbefore granted or intended so to be, freéd and discharg- ed fxom all and singular the terms and conditions here- | &*7 ‘¢ men, master anc sailors ts Inbetore in ne ad provided, 7 SES Sent ceheant kK: gil Bettie Gafeneey 2 am See. 8. That before exercising any of the rights and burt of Appeal. Signe munities hereb; nted to the Cleveland, Painesville | Bay Tot, 1s Groner B, bot oe Ashtabula Railroad Company, and to the Sunbury and hereupon the Court coneus with Railroad Company respectively, either compan, ul in the views ae. by hi give to the other notice in writing, under their res yective corporate seals, that they accept this act ard | Agree to become bound by ail the provisions and condi tions therein contained; and immediately upon either of | said companies givivg such notice to the ot then such | company shall forthwith be and become entitled to all ‘upen of the Firitis the benefits, rights, jieges and ti proceedings being had inthis Court, said dissent bei: by thin ect, subject, however, to the performances oe ae new nl dered that hia libel be dismisaed. Li terms, provisions and conditions therein contained, caphetd, siablbis The Tarf. VIRGINIA RACKS, Broan Rock Course—eoonp Day, May 4.—lroprietor’ purse $200, two mile heats, $15 entrance, free for all EasteRN DisryNeany.—The following is the report of this dnstitution for the month of A, ril'—Patiente attend | ed af the offce, 1,308—muales, 509; females, 794. Pati- ents airended at their dwellin, #, 219-—males, 87; females, | ages. 132. Number of persons vaccinated, 271—cales, 98; | Jemes Tally enteral g. g. One yed doe, by feinales, 278. Total, 1,895. There were cured or relieved, Prince George, dam Rogister’s yD years 444; sent to hoxpital, 175 rewaining urfder treatment, | _ old, 107 bi ddlaarada ktiere4y «ee ae , and died, 9. the whole number, there were born tered s,m, Bilen Fvans, hy in the State or New York, 722; in the United States, 91, Te ee toe EL nesses @ Oy! and in foreign aounties, 1,080. Medical advice and me. | A. M. hon entered b. hi. Lay win ey dicine were, ag usual, furnished gratis, the mumber of | dam Minsirel’s dam, 5 Am be. Ao prereriptiona pi ip for the month being 2,815. The | John Pelcher entered ch, ty ve, dam largest number in one day was 129; the smallest num. dimes a Tha... » 18 Der, 27; average per diem, 92. SM BAT BATA.