The New York Herald Newspaper, May 22, 1854, Page 3

PAID FIREMEN. An Ordinanee for the Prevention and Eixtin- Sepecestente nnn cmnckctacoms mi Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Newark : ee cee Oe malt eli get y and regulations for their own ernment as the; think avi » Dot tineone it with any of the city ordinances, and subject to the approval of the Common Council. The said Engineers shall be appointed by the Common Coun- cil from time to time, and shall hold their eats: during the Tiesmare of the Cons mon Sxc. 2. All persons enlisted as either members or officers of the fire department, shall receive a certifi- eate, in the following words, viz: ‘This is to certify, that is ap mor Council of the city of Newark, ber of the Fire Department to be attached to ——— inted by the Com- jew Jersey, # mem- fo. =.» Dated —— A. ), ———-. Registered in the clerk's office, ee — Chief Engineer. frond jek Bhat Ke “ene each year, S> in y - roy et a warrens CB the City ‘Treasurer for an amount equal to one dollar for each certificate issued the last preceding six months, in favor of the Newark Fire it Fund, said warrant to ‘be countersigned ¢ Mayor. And it shall be the of the City r, upon presentation of warrant, to Pay to the treasurer of the said fund the amount name shall be a sufficient voucher for the same. Bec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Chief En; and the Assistants, whenever a fire shall to take proper measures that the several e and other apparatus be arranged in the most advan- tageous situations, and be duly worked for tae effec- extinguishment of the fire; and it shall also be their duty to cause order to be observed in Going to, working at, or returning from fires, and at all other times when companies attached to the Fire Depart- ment are on duty. Bee. 4. The Chief Engineer, and in his absence, the Assistant Engincers, acco: to their rank and in their absence, the senior Foreman present, shall have the sole command at fires over mem- bers of the fire department, and shall direct all er measures for the extinguishment of fires, Protection of property, preservation of order, an: ebeervance of the fire laws, ordinances and regula- tions. It shall also be the duty of the Chief - neer to examine weekly, or oftener if necessary, — houses, engines, hose, hooks, ladders, and er fire spparatas, and public cisterns, and to Keep in a book, or books, to be provided for that Brrrose, and to be kept in the office of the Clerk of e Common Council, or at such other place as the Common Council may direct, a record of the condi- tion i. which said engine houses, engines, and other apparatus, shall found upon such e: and also to kee; ern of ance ing ie artment, the rey ig of fires; and to week- the On, ttorney a transcript of such violations, r with the name or names of the person or committing such violations, if any; and also an acci rd of all the enlistments, ineer out, & 5 resignation ignations of firemen, asthe same lace, from time to time, and when cer- juired by firemen, to furnish the same; a record of all fires which may hap- the city, with the cause thereof as be ascertained, and the gdescription of or i ers. FEE bit il near as may be ascertained, of the owners or occupants. It ae are ae under the direc- bred emery: on ee] and Water, to. are yn and direct all ordinary repairs Paaaced Sh the engine houses, en, fire apparatus, and the construction and erec- houses, engines and all other aratus which may be ordered to be built ; to and certify all accounts for repairs ; aud it also be his duty to re, monthly to the Com- ae oe of eee pres Ee condition jouses, engines and other fire appara- ‘tus, and r such alterations and faieg ments thererein as he may think necessary and pro- per. Sx. 5. No person shall be enlisted as a Fire War- @en or as a member of any company of the Fire De- partment, unless he shall have been recommended as oe to be enlisted as a fireman by the Board of RH hk rt wineers, who shall examine as to the | qualifications of the applicants, as prescribed b; section 80 of this ordinance. ¥ , Sec. 6. Each of the com formed and enlist- by the Common Council shall be under the con- direction of a foreman and one assistant, of whom shall be nominated on the third Tue: in four, OF 28 january, by company they respectively belong, and be recom- the Common Council for Spee of Engineers, if yee Agreed of the noml- ; and any vacancies, w! occurring, shall be fn oe oer and each of paid com : me ivery, whenever a vacancy shall exist in "nominate, for the consideration of the of Engineers, such ectable and proper persons as apply for mem! ay oa pals comment, ora uflicient number of the same to supply such vacancy, and the Board of En; examine said candidates according to the requisitions herein prescribed, and, if they approve of the nomination, recommend them for enlistment to the Common Council; and in the event of the neglect or refusal of any company to nominate as aforesaid, the Board of ineers ‘shall recommend to the Common Council for appointment or enlistment, a suitable person or persons to supply said vacancy. Bec. 7. R shall be the duty of the foremen of the respective companies to preserve order and disci- pline at all times in their companies, and require and enforce strict compliance with the city ordi- and the orders of the engineers. It shall be the duty of the officers and the of the ective companies, whenever a break out in the city, or an alarm of fire nation filled Heb t t , B: i [ : e i i ee 4 Hj sible, hooks, i 2s Lt ei i GH i lit : £ may i F H Bs ef 23 i r gee Fit f ites i BE E i mem- ded in sections fourteen and thirty-two inance, but none shall be nominated for 78 i 3 Fs z E +, And when on duty shall wear a Warden’ panied Ta front hea mn! in fr ont; staff, of Ko or some other hard “ F ae lens who have not served as firemen at | city, such en, houses | Purpose of | sum not to exceed five dollars fc ens are required to proceed to the discharge of the duties by ‘ordinance required. And upon find- ing any of the dwellings, buildings, fire places or 7 matters or things waich the said warde: authorized to examine, defective or dangerous, they or either of them, shall direct the owner or occu- pant, either by a printed or written notice, to alter, remove or amend the same, in such manner, and within such le time £ ha or either . them may deem necessary. An anything found in, id of the said premises which it is deemed neceseary to remove, the said wardens or either of them, shall give notice for the removal thereof— and in case of neglect or refusal to comply with such notice, the party offending forfeit and pay five dollars, and for every day after the time allotted as aforesaid to alter, remove or amend oe ee soulieaie: aa — iveatione atte said, the y 80 0! forfeit and pay the further sum of one dollar ; and all the expenses of any removal, a!teration, or amendment as afore- said, shall be Pua in the first instance by the occu- pant, but shall be chargeable against the owner of such dwelling house or other building, and shall be deducted from the rent of the same, unless such ex- perse be rendered nece by the act or default of such occupant, or unless there be a special agree- ment to the contrary between the parties. Sec. 14. Every fireman recommended through the Board of Engineers as a suitable person to be ap- pointed a fire warden, shal} be at the time of such recommendation an actual resident and inhabitant of the ward for which such appointment is required to be made.. And the said wardens so as aforesaid to be appointed, are hereby invested with all the powers of the marshals of the city while going to, attending and returning from any fire, and are on such occasions and such times hereby constituted Tespectively otal of She city for crack purpose ° preserving the e, protecting pro) and en forcing the cadinantee or the ae sy See. 15. If any person having charge of an engine or other fire apparatus, shall suffer or permit the same to be used at any time on a trial of skill, or of the power and capacity : the maehine, or for any other urpose than as provided for by the laws of the common “onncil, he shall forfeit and the-sum of twenty-ii« dollars, and shall be liable also to’be removed as a fireman; and any and every pemon aiding or assisting at any such trial of skill, or of fhe power and capacity of the machine, shall forfeit find pay 4 like sum of twenty-five dollars. ‘ec. 16. In case any engine or other fire apparatus shall need any repair or other alteration, it ll be the duty of the person having charge of such engine or other fire apparatus, to forthwith report the same to the Chief ‘ineer ; and person havyjng chai id, who shall make, suffer, or per- mit be made, any alteration of any engine or other fire sppsrecns without the consent of the Chief Engineer, forfeit and pay the sum of Oke five dollars, and be liable to be removed asa firemgn. as afor Sec. 17, any person who may repair to a fire shall be obedient to the orders of the Chief Engineer and ssistant eer, Mayor, or Chairman of the Committee on Fire and Water for the time being; and in the extinguishment of fires and the removal of Property, if in the opinion of the said officers, or any of them, the emergency of the case shall require more help than can be rendered by the fire depart- ment then present, it shall be lawful for the said officers, or any of them, to call in the aid of the citizens or inhabitants present. Sec. 18. Any person who shall act or attempt to act as foreman or assistant foreman of any engine, hose or hook and ladder company, without being 80 appointed, shall, for each and every time he shall act or attempt to act, be liable to a fine of not leas than five dollars, nor more than ten dollars; but such ity shall not be incurred by any fireman who shall act as foreman or assistant foreman of the company of which he isa member, during the tem- porargehaence: of the foreman or assistant foreman ereof, Sec. 19. An m or persons who shall hinder or molest, a cheaactyt to do any violence to, any fireman or any person having charge of a fire en- ine or other fire apparatus, while going to, or re- farni from any fire, or to _ fireman or city offi- cer while in the performance of their duties at a fire, shall, upon a conviction, forfeit and pay, asa penalty for each offence, a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, or ghall be imprisoned in the county jail four days. Bec. 20. If any qorean or persons shall enter any engine, hook and ladder, hose, or depot house in the city, in order to do an injury thereto, or to any of the apparatus for extingui: fires, or shall injure or mutilate, at any time or place, any of the apparatus for extinguishing fires, any of the public cisterns, hydrants, or fixe , now constructed or to be pects ial or eth / fy auy. water therefrom for any other purpose ban | for the use of, Stine Dif f:keS betng Yiable for any such private injury, shall, on conviction thereof, fined or imprisoned, or both, at the discretion of the Court, provided the fine shall not exceed ten dollars, and imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding four days. Sec. 21. It be the duty of the foreman and assistants of each fire and hose company, and of the hook and ladder ‘ies, to prevent their ct ive companies, when returning from fires, or an alarm of fire, from rupning with their machines, and the members of any fire company, or hook and ladder company, are ene See when return- ing from fires, or from an alarm of fire, not to draw any machine to which he or they may be attached, faster than by walking with the same, and if any member or members of the company shall violate this ordinance, said foreman or acelstant foreman shall report such violation to the Board of Engineers, and the person or persons violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding five dollars for each offence, aud be liable to be re- moved as a fireman; and any foreman or assistant who shall neglect to report any such violation, shall be liable to be removed as a fireman. Sec. 22. No person or persons, other than the mayor, aldermen, chief engineer or assistant en- gineers, or such as are by them respectively invited, unless he or they be members of one of the fire com- panies of the city, shall at any time enter any of the engine, hook and ladder, hose, or.depot houses, except when the Common Council may direct them, or any of them, to be used for election Purposes, without the permission of the foreman or assi t foreman, or perzon legally acting as such, having of such house; and no ian or firemen shall visit, come to, or assembi¢ in any fire engine, hook and ladder, hose or depot house, on alarm of fire, and ex- necessary persons it may be, and who shall have been the company, to clean the Spee wi g attention on that day, and except- ing also the mayor, the members of ‘the commit on tlh aah i eel bd time being, the engineers and suc! ice oO} cer as be designated by any or either of them ; also the aldermen of the respective wards in which may be located, for the only detecting and preventing any violation ordinances ; and every member violating ‘ion, or any part thereof, shall be fined, in Jicretion of the magistrate before whom the conviction shall be had, provided that the fine shall not exceed twenty dollars, and also be liable to be Temoved as a fireman. Bec. 23. No fire engine, hose cart, or hook and ladder track, shall, in to or returning from any fire, or at any other be run, driven , wheel- ed, or placed upon. the morgen f street, the centre 5 of which shall have been pa except by permission of one of the En, » the Mayor, or one of the Aldermen, under the penalty of ti a re eee ene, See “ iding or assisting in, or consent Sette ‘ ce) also eet fay selected b; hen ted and of any one of the of section, and shall also fireman. E tors. or parties, layor, or an ater Committee of the Common Council for the time being, or any member # J Common Council, for misdemeanor, breach of ordinance, or ne, lect of member complained of as above may be suspended until the same is determined. Sec. 25. No minor, nor any other person not a fireman, shall be itted to enter any of the en- gine, hook and ladder, handle, meddle » Shall forfeit and pay a for each offence so to offer sion of the incendiary, as in his opinion advisable, to be paid on’ the Cavidthon of Po 4 person or persons so offending. Sec. 27. The city marshals, under a pei two dollars for every neglect so to do, without an excuse satisfactory to the Mayor, shall attend all fires, for the protection and preservation of proper- ty, and prevent, to the best of their ability, any ‘oods or merchandise from being carried away, ees it be by the owner or by his authority; and the Meyor, or any two Aldermen, or the Chief Engi- neer, may, at their discretion, employ any responsi- ble or reputable person to watch the fire after the engines have left the place of danger. ‘ec. 28. The captains of the watch shall always have the names and places of residence of the Chief Engineer, Assistant Engineers, foremen and assist- ants of fire companies, posted up in a conspicuous pass in the watch house; and,whenever a fire appen at nigkt, it shall be the duty of the watch- men immediately to give notice thereof to the Chief Engineer, Assistant Engineers, foremen and as sistante of flre companies—also, as far as practica- ble, to the firemen. Sec, 29. No person shall become a member of the Fire Department unless-he promises to perform the duties of fireman as prescribed by the fire ordl- nences of the Common Council; nor shall an: son Lecome a member of the Fire Department, ex- cept such persons as are now members of said de- partment, unless he be a legal voter; nor shall any persen receive compensation as a fireman, except the Chief Engineer, unless he has faithfully served as such at least six months; and the term of enlist- met of all firemen shall be during the pleasure of the Common Council. Sec. 30. There shall hereafter be erected a suit- able building, at some proper place, located near the centre of the city, for the purpose of a general depot and place where all fire apparatus, not required for immediate use, shall be kept, and shall be under the direction of the Chief Engineer. Every engineshall be provided with eight hundred feet of hose, and shall always carry and have attached to it four hun- dred feet, and the other four hundred feet shall be at the general depot; and whenever any hose shall become dirty, or otherwise need repair, by reason of use at any fire, the Chief Engineer shall cause the same, after it has been returned to the engine house, tebe taken to the depot house, and to restore to said engine house other hose in the place of that teken away. fec. 31. On the return of said engines and other fire apparatus, they shall, by the stewards of said company respectively, be well washed, cleansed, oiled, and securely housed. Sec. 32, Each Sooey, shall appoint a steward and alo a clerk. from performing duty in ttme of fire, and in lieu thereof take charge of and keep in order the fire aratus, house and so forth, of the company of whi ie is a member, and ¢lear,away the snow from the sidewalk in front of the engine house, and see that the wane and apparatus are ready for immediate use. The clerk shall keep a correct list of the ap- pominente, transfers, regulations, attendance at res, and so forth, of his company, and all other matters relating thereto, and- make, from time to Cong reports to the Chief Engineer, as he may re- quire. Sec. 33. No Np ons shall be allowed to impose fines up its members; but it shall be the duty of the clerk of each company to enter in the roll book provided by the city, all absences and tardiness of each officer and member of said company, and to make o monthly return of the same to the Board of Engineers, and for every absence or tardiness, ex- cept in case of sickness, death in the family, or ab- sence from the city, there shall be deducted from the pay of.such officer or member such sum, not exceeding one dollar, as the said Board may order and determine. And if any officer or member thall have been absent or tardy at more than one- third of the fires, or alarms of fire, except for the causes above named, during any consecutive three months, such absences or tardiness shall be consi- dered good cause for bis discharge from the de} ment if they exceed five; and for neglect to perform the duties required by this section and section thirty- three, said clerk may be removed as a fireman, and he shall alzo be liable toa fine not exceeding twenty- five dollars, Sec. 34. Any firefnan who, in consequence of sick- ness, may be unable to oo the duties requir- ed, or who may wish to be absent from the city for @ period of ten days or more, may furnish a satisfac- tory substitute to the Chief Engineer and the fore- men of his company. Sec. 35. Any person or persons who shall, during a fire, or at any other time, drive a cart, wagon or other vehicle over any hose, or who shall in any manner wilfully injure any of the fire apparatus shall be liable ‘to a fine of not less than one dollar nor more than kisepe SAS dollars. Sec. 86. The Chief Engineer shall, when on daty, wear a cap painted white, with a gilded front and fire engine emblazoned thereon, and the wordy SA crea ceapet ead les 0 carry & speaking pe’ H and the daeisiant Eo cee sooth ey oe he 5 and ca: rum) e ineer, r, 2,307 reepereively, painted thereon, (provided it may be convenient for them to procure the said caps); and the Foremen and Assistants, and mem- bers of the several com , shall wear similar caps, painted black, with appropriate words and figures thereon, ego ie company to which they are attached ; and the Board of Engineers shall prescribe some other badge to be worn by En- ‘ineers, Firemen, or Wardens, when attending duty without being able to procure the cap herein prescribed. Sec. 37. Thé Treasurer of the city shall pay to each of the firemen enlisted under the provisions of this act, except to the Fire Wardens, while he con- tinues and remains a fireman, at the expiration every six months, the sum of fifteen dollars, and the ‘clerk of each company twenty dollars; said payments to be made upon the certificate of the Ger Engineer, that the person applying for the seme bas fuily and faithfully performed his duty aa fireman for the preceding six months. The Trea- surer shall pay to each of the Assistant Engineers twenty-five dollars at the end of. every six months; and to the Chief Engineer, who shall devote his whole time and attention to the interests of the Fire Pace eight hundred dollars per year, pay- able quarterly; and the steward of each company ehall receive, in addition to his com re man, the further sum of twenty dollars every six months; and every person serving under this ordi- bance as fireman, engineer, assistant engineer, fore- man, assistant foreman, or warden, s! have the advantages of all the exemptions and privileges pro- vided in their behalf by the city charter and its sup- plements; and any person who has hitherto served as fireman in the city of Newark, if made a member of the department, shall on his application for a cer: tificate,as an exempt fireman, be allowed for all {ie time he has served heretofore as a fireman of this city according to the then existing laws. c. 38, Any member of company who shall neglect or refuse to ay with the several provi- sions or requirements of this ordinance above speci- fied, and to which no penalty is attached, or who shall be guilty of any riotous or disorderly conduct while engaged in his duty as fireman, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or be imprieoned in the county jail for a poriod not exceeding four days; fire company who the several requirements of this act, orshall of any riotous or disorderly conduct as aforesaid, shall also be liable to be removed as a fireman, and os the compensation then due to him as such reman. Sec. 89. The Committee of the Common Counci' on Fire and Water, for thé time being, are author- ized to divide the city into as many districts as they may deem it, and to make suitable rogula- tions for the ing of the alarm bell or bells on the breaking out of a fire; and no en, shall be re- quired to leave the district in which it is located, unless a general alarm is —_ Bec. 40. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the city of Newark te py or cause to be paid to the Treasurer of the Newark Fire nt all such sums of money as may be received by him, accruing from fines or penalties incurred for any violation of is ordinance. And it shall so be the duty of the ‘reagurer to take a voucher specifying the amount received, by whom incurred, and when collected, for each and every such payment, made in compliance with the first section of this ordinance; which said voucher or vouchers shall be allowed the Treasurer of the city in the settlement of his accounts with the city as such rer. ‘ec. 41. That all ordinances or parta of ordinances inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed; and the Common Council sre authorized by resolution to disband any company or companies now existin, under the ordinance of the same title as this act, passed August 10th, 1836, and the several supple- ments thereto. Tax Onto Baxk Tax Law To ae Decianep UxconeritutionaL.—The Cincinnati Columbian says:—Although the decision ef this case has not been formally announced, we are informed by one of the counsel that the opinion of the court is form- ed and merely und rag 2 the parties in- terested. The decision is that the law is unconsti- tutional, three of the judges differing on minor ints only. Ifthis intelligence is true, which we five no reason to doubt, much vexed question may be regarded as settled, fully and y be yond the fear of resurrection. After the Ist of July it will not be lawful to erect a house in Philadelphia, fora , without a yard in its rear covering at least thirty square feet of an area, ond with « separate well built cespool. e ‘steward shall be released | nation as fire- | neral officer has removed that obstacle, es © all, without distinction, the bosom of their families; and it does not comport with the positions of those who sign this address, to remain silent in respect to a measure whoee onl, oe arrest the marzh of wi only been dictated bo the force of etroumetasoes, . en we pledged our fortunes, our lives and our honor to the regeneration of Cuba—when we came to continue, in sad exile, our labora for freedom, we Gid not act under the impulse of personal iaterest, nor of error, nor of but only of that of a love bd pa rable Kee of bs emancipation of our country. is not a personal question to the poli- tical refugees: it is a question of principles, of the rights of the people of Cuba; it isa question of her Ro litical existence, of her social welfare, and of her ture being. Hus the struggle ended? No, for it has hardly been begun ; the blood of our martyrs has been shed, and we have sworn to continue to the death or to victory. ‘The amnesties of despots are but means for contin- uing and conechaedog their gloomy policy, blasphe- mously masked with the name of clemency, and the have but one opportune moment, when ee triump! of the oppressor has oo an end to every aspiration for freedom, In such 9 moment the certainty of power may afford to the tyrant the mask of benig- nity. The gga 3 which the Queen of Spain to-day concedes to us, when she is servilely begging from Europe treaties which shall assure to ter pos- session of her scene prey. and when the people of Cuba anxiously wait, with renewed hopes, for the moment when they shall fly to arms to continue the stroggle unto Ayes it ig @ political anchorism, a sovereign fear to exhibit this ridiculous osteuta- tion of disputed power, and this forced magnanimi- ty, compelled by the circumstances of the position in which its allies stand in reference to the existing questions in America. Itis some time since the Court of Spain had enter- tained the idea of an amnesty to the persecuted par- tizans of Cuba. The system of terror which it has never abandoned, end its constant expectation of an immediate revolution in the island, it is wel! known, led. it to abandon entirely this project, and it had been consigned to forgetfulness, when on the return to Madrid of Senor Isburiz, the Spanish Minister to England, it was revived and carried out, at the sng- tection: doubtless, of the Courts of London and Pa- ik, after the declaration of war with Russia. At this time, which seems to have been the act of Providence for the redemption of Cuba, the amnesty is the result of tlie exigencies of the moment, and is & palliative to delay the revolution in Cuba for the evident Ha end of avoiding the complicated pres- sure of the day by the lapse of time. But the reyo- lution is inevitable, and Cuba will be free. Who, with such hopes, will not resist a desire to enjoy, | under pl cole tae the delights of the fatherland 7 But what fatherland? How have we left it? How is it to be returned to us? The naked earth, a scene of tyranny that has no parallel in America; a community that is the antithesis of all its neighbor- ing communities! We left it enslaved, but at heart ith 1@ appearance of stability; to-day we are recalled that we may be passive spectators of the change of its social condition, the loss of all it hopes, and the consummation of its rain. ‘es, brothers, that Queen who is said to be in- clined to clemency, and full of kindness and of love for the people of Cuba, not content with havi transformed our beautiful country into a mansion of horror by the despotism of her government, and the rapacity of her nts, has signed already the de- cree of our extermination in the system of African apprenticeship, which has been established as the first step of a policy that must shake the constitution of our social system to its centre, or reduce Cuba to the prerent condition of Jamaica, if the revolution does not intervene to save her. The patriots of Cuba have labored hitherto with abundant right and reason to attain political freedom; from time forth, the question is one of life or death, while at the same time, that government which thus con- demning us to misery, and in the end, to the domi- nation of the most degraded savages, tells us we are pardoned. What derision! What scorn! And does it truly pardon us? Will it forget an enmity which has not ceased, and whose continuance menaces it with the loss of the most precious ile of the crown of Castile? Unhappy he who believes it! This amnesty is a cheat set for the incautious to make them victims of an insiduous craft. The want of good faith in the etd government is proved in history. Open only the history of the revolution of her colonies on this continent, and see how the false- heods of the Spanish chiefs forced the leaders of the pecple to demand that capitulations should be sworn anon the altars of the Omnipotent in presence Cd we loly Sacrament; and still the pledges were oken. At the point which we have reached, the govern- ment, exhausting the fecund ingeniousness of despo- tirm, and the people drinking the dregs of the bitter cup of suffering, no accommodation is possible. No amnesty now, nor even freedom iteelf, at the hands of Hrerduewa’dé'rruud. “Want we toy ‘prepare to achieve by conquest this test good of civilized nations, after 60 many noble efforts, so many gene- rous sacrifices, when the momentapproaches for the revolution to burst forth in its strength and to tri- umph, our banishment is more sweet through the hope of freedom; and the amnesty which opensto us the portals of Cuba, will now prove to our tyranta that its exiles of Aparmces are to-day self-exiles until the end of their mission and the fulfilment of their plighted faith. Gaspar Berancourr CisyERos, Domrao vs Gorcorta, Jose Evias HeRNanpyz, Porrimio VALIENSE. New Orleans, May 9th, 1854. Three Lives Lost—Vessel Picked Up. We are indebted to Joel Hood, of this city, who returned qpemearaey, morning from Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan, in the schooner Kitty Grant, for the following facts relative to the picking up of a cap- sized vessel in Lake Michigan, between the Manitou Islands and the main land of Michigan. The Kitty Grant encountered very heavy weather after lcav- ing the bay, and, although the boat was seen for come time, it was not until Friday, at about seven P.M., that it was picked up. The sails were set, showing that it had been capsized: in the gale. It roved to be a small craft belonging to J. Miller, of srand Traverse, and left Doug! sa Mission on Thursday morning, for Carp Bay. It would seem that there were three persons on board, bound for thet place, one or all of whom were looking up go- vernment lands. The craft must have capsized on Thursday. How long the unfortunate passengors clung to the bottom, no one was left to tell; but there is written on the side out of the water the fol- athe words, part quite plain, and part almost il- le:— if our report should be found, it should be sent to (illegible) Dixon county, Il.—H. 8, Bushnell. Jobn J. Miller was capsized yesterday. (Here follow several lines almost ol feented. John 8. Miller—three pattengere (20 we read this last, though somo think it ‘a name something like Thomas Bush) Louis Larsen. The above words are written across the planks on the bulwarks. On the bottom pee is written the foilowing:— magne’ " otelligenas a Gi ae 42, 1, (ooena jo my wife, 110. fs an 42 dollazs and 60 cents lashed to this boat. 1.3. Bush- nell, Dixon, Lee co., Illinois. The vectel was ‘brought to this city by Captain Johnson, of the Kitty Grant. No money, or any thing which seemed to have contained any money was found, and it is probable that the property wa in a carpet bag lashed to some part of the boat, an torn away by the violent motion given by the gale. Milwaukie ind, May 11. Atmosr A Row ar Wororster—Gasriet AN os gry oft Rete at created i Vorcester on ev . ie re-appea* ance of J. 8, Orr, aes the “hagel Gabriel” wh was released from durance a few days before on condition of leaving the city. He blew his horn and collected a crowd; but the police promptly conduc ed him to the watch-house, whither the multitude followed with boisterous demonstrations, and a ‘At thio junctare, says, the Spy'e vauh wes lade Yo A » 88 a was the Common, Where Dexter f Parker, in a flaming eech, denounced the city authorities, and exhort- ed the crowd to beon hand inthe morning to at- tend to the hearing of a writ of habeas corpus for the rescue of Orr. Then, by way of variety, the nioters gave three groans for the Mayor, four for the city marshal, and as many more for the Pope. One or two other harangues of aim lar import were made at other points in fie vicinity, and as the ex- citement increased, the crowd refusing to disperse, the riot act was then read by the Mayor; but this having no effect, several arrests were made. Find- ing = apenas eet at Capo CN i — 7 ite the w ¢ police the Mt yar oered oat the City Guard abont. half pest . They were soon on the ground, armed and cauipped for eervice, and loaded their piecos with cartridges, pap eos of the crowd, who were again requested to disperse. Declining to do 80, the police ‘theaded by city marshal Baker and high eheriff , made eight or ten more ar- rests, during which sheriff Richardson received 9 severe blow upon the head with a stono, from man whom he civilly sted to other disturbance occ’ ; and on Orr was fined $6 and costa, which was prompt! paid by his ising friends, whereupon he mi- t but the mili 73 artered at iho H were 5 for the might--Springheld Rarudican, home. No | iday morning | 4 {Cérreepondence of the Now Orles Pie os ayune. JauaPa, May 4, 1624, mnare thet don teopriveinal partes es peccon handle tore two ports, can ly form an ten of te general digut with which merehanta of things—because they are plundered right and left. Now, mind, there is not a class of people that went in for Santa Anna, heart and soul, like these merchants ; although, the greatest part being for- eigners, they have nothing but an indirect influence. that Santa Anna is not better than his prede- cessors zu may learn from the facts disclosed in the enclosed documents, which are authentic, being banded to me at Tampico by respectable merchants. Now, is it not strange that Avalos, who only pro- claimed such an exceptional tariff at Matamoros, should be a close prisoner in ihe fort of Ullua, when such things as a separate tariff in one port are doue by the oe government? But this is not the worst; and if you read in the papers of violence and robberies committed upon foreigners, and principally on Americans, do not for & moment believe that they are exaggerated, if given by respectable people, because it Pen all belief that such robberies should be permitted or tolerated, even in a semi-civilized country. You can hardly ting any invoice where the petty officers of the custom house do not find a flaw, and confiscate the goods, with or without a reason. Import an article of silk and cotton mixed, for which mixture a duty is appointed, and they will say that there is very little cotton in it, and that it must pay as silk; remonstrate against it, and the judge declares that such was not the meaning, but that having £0 little cotton the declaration was false, and, far from paying as pure silk, the article must be confiscated. You import three bales of cinnamon, with two small bales each, and you state five bales, with so many pom they fine you $1,000 for the double bales, because such an article is contained in the tariff; not amongst the rules laid down for the ship- Pers, but amongst those prescribed for the con- bignees, it is of no avail that you go one month before the veseel’s arrival and make your statements ; the: won't listen to you, but say that you must submit or appeal to the government. The reason is obvious. The Visitor, the Collector, the Attorney General, all get a share, and so you are condemned. If you appeal, be sure sentence is confirmed. Hence it arises that people are afraid of order- ing any goods, and notwithstanding bombastic statements in the papers, as far as! could learn, it is well proved that the custom houses will not yield a third part of what they brought last year. Of course they say that contraband is stopped on the Pacific coast, but the above documents will show Pe what facilities are given, and as the interna- jional duties are yt high, of course goods remain in Meyno unsold fortwelve months and more. Talk of a captain shipwrecked and imprisoned at Coatzacoalcos, which is nothing to the outrages and x0 beries committed in the custom house of Vera NUZ. ‘You mey rest assured that if Santa Anno knew only the tenth part of these proceedings, he would scon puta stop to it, and hang the perpetrators, who injure the interests of the country to an im- eet degree, just for the sake of enriching them- selves, If the press were not chained down, a great many things would have been published, principally against the custom house robberies of the Atlantic coast; but such a Shing could not be thought of; and as for seeing the President, you might wait a month (even when being in the capital) without having a chance of it. In the hope that the Gadsden treaty may be rati- fied, some bankers are advancing money to the gov- ernment, and in order to be able to sell their bills to the merchants they have stipulated the condition that the duty on money, for coming down from the interior, be raised from two to four per cent; which measure no doubt will be carried, causing a heavy loss to the merchants who made all their transac- tions for the last eight months, asI am told, calca- lating only on two per cent. This, however, is a small item where lots of thou- sands of dollars are confiscated under the most pal- try plea. i ave heard much talk about the navigation act, but don’t exactly understand it. All, however, even Mexicans, declare it to be a monstrosity. So much is eure, that if Uncle Sam does not send out the old general again, or somebody of his talents, God knows what may become of the commercial interests of this country, because outrages are com- mitted everywhere, and the authorities don’t care to let the just claims accumulate, as they know that there is a pigraien made in the treaty for settle- ment, and that they have not to pay, but the United States. 1 could fill many pages relating all the wrong which people ccmplain of, but ae 1 know that the U. 8. Legation keeps the government at Washing- ton informed of allot them, I consider it unnecessary, and dare say they will look to it. Mr. Cripps, who is now the acting Charge D’Af- fairs, does all in his power for the American jnter- este; £0 does Col. Pickett, the Consul at laps Taz, and I have heard bim highly sngkeyafyes Pepyen: he will not stay long, because with our consular sya tem, where no salary is allowed, of course his fees cannot half pay his expenses, ‘This was the reazon why, formerly, the consulate Paseed from one clerk to another, and was never at- tended to; and that is what me ee th merchants complained RartRoars IN ALABAMA—Since the whistling of the ati ‘9 beceme the "Sabrart she battling of the cars have prise, and a long experience hastaught the planters of Alabama the cost and trouble of eonveying their pea to morket, a commendable spirit of internal provement eeems to have arisen in nearly every part of the State, looking peasioally to railroads as the most advantageous to the necessilies of the country. The consequence was, a flood of railroad charters were granted by thelast Legislature, which roads, if built, would cover the State with a perfect net-work. But it is easier to build the roads on pa- per than on the earth, and we venture to predict that few of those chartered will ever be built, unless some aid is offered to them by the State, as was propored by the last Legislature. That the majority inthe Legislature, who opposed and defeated the schemes of the State loaning its bonds for the as- sistance of the different railroads, proposed, acted wisely, we think can be eeen by the following rough estimate we have made:— fi Charters for fourteen new and different railroads were granted by the last Legislature, and the char- ters of eight others amended. The fourteen new roads are the following:— The Northeast and Southwest, from ¢eme point on the Mobile and Ohio railroad, by Livingston and Tuscalcosa and through the northeast part of the State towards Knoxville, Tennessee. The Tennessee and Alabama Central railroad, from Montevallo north in the direction of Nashville. The Greensboro’ and Uniontown road. The South and North Alabama road, from Mont- gomery to Guntersville. The Wetumpka and Montavallo road. The Eastand West railroad, from Girard to Selma. The Northwestern road from Selma to intersect ie Meese and Charleston road at some point in is le The Weatern Railroad from Montgomery to the Mississippi line. The Alabama and East Tennessee road from Jacksonville northeast to the State line. The Selma and Mobile road from Selma to some point on the Girard and Mobile road. The Beard’s Bluff and Elyton road. The peti and Talladega road. The West Point and Tennessee road from West Point to the Charleston and Memphis road. The Greenville road from Greenville to some point on the Girard railroad. The following are the eight whose charters wero amended :— The Alabama and Florida road from Montgomery to Pensacola. The Gainesville and Mississippi road. The Tennessee and Noxubee road. The Mobile and New Orleans road. The Girard and Mobile road. The Marion and Alabama river road. 6 eh Lafayette branch road from !afayette to ebka. e Coora and Chattcoga road. We have estimated roughly the aggregate length of the above named roads, and some others in pro- grees not named, to be about 2.400 miles. The aid sought for and actnally propostd by a bill being in- troduced, was, that the State should issue its bonds to the amount of $8,000 per mile to all the —— This would have amounted to the nice sum o $19,260,000, and the total cot of the roada would be as much more. The manner by which it was pro- posed to extend the aid of the State to the railroads was, that the State should Ioan the roads its bonds to the amount of $8,000 per mile, taking from the roads certain securities Mog it was thought would State from any loss. ea our readers a yore that all these roads were built, with the assistance farnished by the State in the manner specified—their cost being be- tween $35,000,000 and #40,000,000—fully stocked, in complete running order, and the steam up ready to send the cars whirling in every direction over mountain and valley. The engine might whistle until it was hoaree before frei ah and passengers enough would come to pay the current expenses of the roads and the legal interest on their cost, Cer- tain insolvency would be the fate of at least half of them, and an almost total loss to the State of the amount loaned to them. The credit of the State would be ieft in about as week a condition as it was @ year ago, when we were on the eve of repudiating Ne tink the refral of the Lortolatre to pase ‘e thin! ra J it did —Russell Lower Canada, wag) that bill was one of the wise things lao, mors boll dest bis cee Wi Regist, ‘he Bolte American, Pursuant to a call made by a moetng st Tailro: ape held in Philadelphia, of which yi Ornice Pintapeirma, Witaixctox Parceeean R. ,,Fuiaecrana Apri § } Tailroad companies between New Yorke and Mosterssery, Ala at the oflce of the Philadelphia, regen gnend Ce Philadel 25th h inet, the following tenclatine, was sly Resolved, that this meeting recommend that's Genera Railroad Convention be held at Bernum’s - more, on Friday, May 19th, 1854, atl AM ferivo purpose of memorializing the reduction proposed by the Postmaster General in compensation for Fry mes mails, and to present to them all the statis- tics in relation to the subject. A general meeting of the re; itatives of rail- road companies in the United States, convened at Barnum’s Hotel, in the city of Baltimore, at o'clock A. M., this day, the oe Mey, 1854. On motion of W. 6. Harrison, -» Thomas Swann, Esq., President of the North-western Vir- ginia Railr: Company was called to the chair, and Robert 8. Hollins, ‘'reasurer of the and Susquehanna Railroad Company, and. Joba H. Done, master of transportation of the Baltimore acd Ohio Railroad Company were appointed Secre- ‘aries, _ After the organization, the following representa+ tives were cats < ere M. oo Enoch ee J.C. Groome, J. . en, —— Spafford, Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore R-R. Co. a J. Edgar fete rs Pennsylvania RB. R. Oo. J. H, Sullivan, Central Ohio R. R. Co. Edwin A. Stevens, Camden and Amboy R. R. Wm. G, Alexander, Philadelphia and Co- J.P. Jackson, New Jersey R. R. and A. W. Fiche! ‘er, Hanover Branch R. —- ew York Central R. R. Co. Rassell Suge, New York and Erie Nathan Randall, Hudson River do. , Troy and Boston do. William G. Harrison, John H. Done, C. M. Key- ser, Baltimore and Ohio R. R. Co. Geo. W. Hughes, R. M. Magraw, J. P. Kennedy, 8. H, Tagart, Robert 8. Hollins, Baltimore and Sus- quehanna R. R. Co. Alexander McRae, Wilmington and Raleigh R. Co, R R Co. R. Co. : ee Collins, Seaboard and Roanoke Re 30. i as - Flemming, Wilmington and Manchester 0. 5 ‘Themsa Swann, C.0. Donnell, Northwestern, Va., » R. Co. Edwin Robineon, Richmond, Fred. and Potomac, and roads south to Wilmington. Judge Warren, Boston and Providence R. R. Co, i: cree Grinnell, New Bedford and Taunton + Bt. CO. Inman Horner, Orange and Alex. R. R. Geo. D, Phelps, Delaware and Lackawana. The Convention being then fully organized, on motion of Col. Geo, W. Hughes. it waa Resolved, That a general committee of one from each ruilroad company represented at this meeting, be appointed by the chair to prepare business for the convention, and to report as early as practicable, On motion of Mr. Randall, it was Resolved, That the President of the convention be chairman of the General Committ:e. The President then announced the committee ag follows :— Russell Sage, New York and Erie. 8. M. Felton, Philadelphia and Wilmington. W. G. Harrison, Baltimore and Ohio. J. Edgar Thompson, Pennsylvania Central. Nathan Randall, New York Central. E. A. Stevens, Camden and Amboy. W. 8. Alexander, Philadelphia and Trenton. J.P, Jackson, New Jersey and portation Company. A. W. Eichelberger, Hanover Branch. J. W. Sullivan, Central Ohio. G. W. Hugbes, Baltimore and juehanna- A. McRae, Wilmington and Raleigh. Dr. W. 8. Collins, Sea Board and \oke. L. J. Fleming, Wilmington and ro Edwin Robinson, Richmond, Fred, and Potomac, Judge Warren, Boston and Providence. Jo®&ph Grinnell, New Bedford and Taunton. Inman Horner, Orange and Alexandria. G. D. Phelps, Delaware and Lackawana. The committee having retired the convention ad- journed until six o'clock. Six o’oLocK.—'The convention, having re-assem- the chairmen of the committee reported the ing preamble and resolutions, which, after full isenssion, were See Sine A Whereas, a recommendat has been made tq Congiess, to reduce the pay heretofore allowed ta railvead companies for the transportation of the meils upon their respective routes, by an attempt tq ish a rate of compensation wholly inadequate to the magnitude and nature of the setviee pers formed; and whereas, the leading railroad interesta in the United States, by a tacit acquiescence in the views of the Post Office Nepartment, might encour age a favors le responee on the part of Con; and thereby greatly embarrass the mail service of iLe ccuntry—a recponsibility which they are not willing to assume. Therefore, Resolved, That the various railroads represented in this convention cannot, under any circumstances, s:Lmit to the terms indicated by the Post Office De- partment, in the bill now pending in Congress, en- an “A lew fe mioaty the 19th section the act of November, ,, concerning the compensation of railroad companies.” ne Resolved, That the rate of com mn hereto~ fore allowed under existing lawa, said Jaws hav! been passed at a period when the service req Tous and expensive than’ that HOW cimAhda” HyPIR- adequate compensation for the present service, and. ought not to be submitted to by said railroad com- — longer than they can show to the de} nt ¢ value and extent of the service rendered by said railroad companies, with any hope of even partially ee the stockholders interested in said roada. Resolved, That in order to show the entire wil- lingness of the companies represented in this con- vention to unite with the department in any plam which may tend to a fair and equitable understand- ing of the claims of said railroad companies, either in regard to classification or any other matter likely Vo urive in fixing the principle or rate of com tion between the Depurtment and any of gaid com- panies. Under existing laws, a commission of three disinterested umpires shall be appointed, one by the Governor of the State within hich the election of Directors ot said road is held; gne the Post. Office Department, “and the third by Railroad. Company ; said commission to have tl wer to decide upon all matters in dispute, d said matters be adjudged as within the limits of existing laws regulating the pay of Railroad Recolved further, That a Committee of tive be ap- jointed, whose duty it shall be at the earliest prac- cable moment to embody in # memorial the spirit of the resolution herewith submitted, and ‘to em- brace in such memorial any argument and tion calculated to impress upon C and public the inadequate com) ition existing laws to the rail interest Lore f Resolved, Thet the companies represented in tht convention pledge themselves to a lg Book, faith the chleet and spirit of these The resolutions having been adopted unanimoug. ly, on motion of Mr. Tomson, it was Resolved, That the committee to memorialize Rang. Pome consist of seven, and that John P. King, President of the Georgia Railroad Company, be ap- pointed a member thereof. On motion of Mr. Dong, it was fave hap ee bey toed the have ae- ceee to the proceedings of conven: toons Pres! cai ped wr then peas a the names of t! gentlemen compose the committee to are the memorial to Congress —a motion having nm previously npeutes thet. the President of the convention should be the chair~ man of the committee :— Nathan Randall, New York Central. J. Ed, Thom , Pennsylvania Central. SM. Felton, PI iadetphia and Baltimore, Geo. W. Hewes, Baltimore and Suganebaane- John H. Done, Baltimore and Okt. John P. King, Georgia Railroad Company. eo Leor w! ‘was observed through and west tothe Mississippi river, Tc Guat atte en has the following description. | nutes after Oo eriasy Seleor aad shooting eye 4 ‘was observed op immat sixty degrees ‘above the horison, and ten de- grees west of no towards the horizon. In about e second of time, it fell Lae F-.) by A yg an intensely track of pace, after rent explosion of the meteor. The re like that of a rocket, scattering a Ils of fre. From the point of explosion, ‘the traversed by the meteor, was left » dense > at, of apparent great heat, but gradually changing, as V by cooling, into a white smoke, ‘This #1 smoke, after remaining some ten mii Which It ewayed ito a sigue, separated ‘rom, the ast of vapor left around the point on ally coiling into a cireular form, float ‘The mass of vapor around the point of eeya- rated apparently over some aight or ton degrees, around ite outward edge, seeming, in a few plosion, white, but toward the centro like # dim ‘ear the ecntre of the point of ex} could be covered a at mag poe mes. aa toward the cast with such rapidity tion couk readily be discovered by of vaper around the point of explovom about ‘an hour, when it, with the dissppeared. The mass of vapor chat had coiled from the point of explosion Sh starting ‘of the meteor, was me, There was no ——_—[$_ ‘There are now four bundred and ninety-etz cowvioty in the State prison at Charlestown,