The New York Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1858, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 8069. . THE CRYSTAL SCENES IN AND AROUND THE RUINS, No Lives Lost in the Destruction of the Building. Inventory of the Articles on Exhibition. Loes of Property and Amount Insured. ad ‘We arc enabled to present in the following account the ‘full particulars of the lors by the great fire which resulted 4 the'total destruction of the Crystal Palace and its valu- abie contents on Tuesday afternoon, The list which we give of the various articles on exhibition—a comparatively ‘email proportion of which was saved from the burning ‘Duilding—is as accurate as it is possible to procure, and, accompanied with the amounts of insurance stated, can be relied upon as wholly correct. We are happy in being ‘able to siate that no lives were lost, and that the report ef a man having deen burned to death is incorrect. Yesterday, especially during the morning, there was a great crowd of spectators about the ruins of the Palace. At Jeast fiye thousand persons congregated around the railing, and among these were quite a number of ladies. Up to twelve o'clock those parties having goods on exhi- dition were allowed within the iron enclosure which surrounds the Palace, and for a long time they made diligent search to discover, if possible, any portion of their goods, if they were not utterly de- stroyed, A number gained admittance who had no business whatever inside, and several were obgerved carrying off various articles which did not belong to them. ‘The managers, therefore, deemed it advieable to have all persons cleared from the ruins. There were quite a num- x ber of the works of various watches found and carried off Dy parties who took advantage of their good fortune by obtaining admittance. The police were accordingly in- structed to clear the ground, which was soon done, Cap- tain Byrun bad a strong force of police in attendance, who were also kept on duty ail night. A number of laborers will be set to work this morning to remove all the rubbish, by the managers of the Institute. ‘The exhibitors expressed a great deal of dissatisfaction when ordered out by the police. They were, however, compelled to leave; and as soon as all were out the gates were closed and strong!y guarded by the police. Some of the dissatisfled adjourned over to the Murray Hill House, and were for calling an indignation meeting at the action of the managers, Several were loud in their threats. ‘The managers were in atight fix, for they found them- welves besieged at every turn by the contributors, de. manding admittance, and were forced at lest to calla tem. porary meeting, which was held at the Murray Hill House, where it was decided to again adimit the contriba- tors; but only those who had tickets, and that their clerks should be stationed over the ruins to keep guard over the property that should be found belonging to owners not As soon as this was known outside, the grumblings ceased, and at two o'clock the gates were again opened, About fifty were admitted, who immediately set to work pulling apd hauling over the rubbish, all apparently wrapped up in their labors. We beard of nothing of very great value being found. © THE GOODS ON EXHIBITION. ‘The goods on exhibition at the Crystal Palace, together with the machinery belonging to the building, and the statuary which remained in it since the time of the World’s Fair, could not be of less value than a quarter ofa million of dollars. The following comprises the principal articles that were on exhibition at the Fair of the Ameri- ba can Institute, rauged under proper heads: — About fort plenotories. of them of great valuo— tes—some of great v: —* nthe aggregate at $20,000. Care 2 ‘Twenty-three melodeons. organ. harmon.ume. One melodeon. Taree calliopes—valocd at $16,000. ‘Two guitars, &e. TERE ENGTMRR AND HOE CARTS, ‘The love on fire engines and hose carriages will reach ‘over $11,000; tase value was as follows:— Hy iH i £ | ville i i | | i if ta Gothic , = counterpancs, bed quilts, worsted lamp vole, with worked covers. whole loss on this description of goods on cxbibition jm cetimated at $20,000. CARRTAGRA, TO. Milk wagons—three epec meus. \ buggy wagon, day “cutters, and woven § . ee ee quartered nh. ‘Ore business nad two pleasure wagon’ borin, MORNING EDITION—THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1858. PALACE FIRE. aime Tie er eel 0 bo worth at leant Two Two shing'Ang machines. Nine steo i boiler flues. Foot lat pes, Coopor’ & bellows, Forge or furnace bellows. by stwheel. we hay fork, &e, si A’ ORB a “gatchinaker’s lathes. fet etn ‘ariling machine Locomotive fire bowling iron. bas erag rd machine for ‘bub boxing, spoke tenonmg apd we. MACHINY AY AND AGRICULTURAL DMPLEMENTS, Mowing mac’aines and reapers in great variety reg! Patent lever printing press. Steel or moulding machine, Pea shelling machine, ‘Two horse power treadmill. Locomotive balance. Several refrigerators. Steam guages—several epeeimens. Smut and scouring machine and fan. wane machines—about forty specimensvalue abou tary cutter, for morti &. Hay and cotton press, cad Electro-magnetic grain scale. Combined wrought iron plough and cultivator. Potatoe planting machine, Hoeing machine. Rope and twine machine—two specimens. Two dozen tailing machines. Case of lubricators, oil pumps and oj) cups. Water cocks, railroad tank, valve. Wood planer. Torizontal iron boring machine, &¢. Two portable burr stove grist mills, Adjustabie piston. Cast iron mill. Oscillating engine. Malleable steel shafting. Ten knitting machines. Stationary and portable steam engines, Case of rollers, iron, steel and brads. ‘Steam boiler water indicator, Self-coneuming steam boilers. Machine for cutting sheet metal. Fire and smoke protector, Double crank engine. Screw cutter. Model of steam cylinder. Corn sheller. Adjustable feed mill. Cupola fui 08. Brake operator and model of car. Several models of fire engines. Two combined feed mills and corn shellers. Water engine for churning and other purposes. Irregular cutter—planing, moulding and turning ma- Reversable corn, cotton, sugar and potato ploughs, Steam pumpe—several specimens, Nail plate feeder. = fvel cutter. rotary engine. Wood oplitting fone ed model. Model of double-acting balance steam engine. Portable gas apparatus, ba of steam engine and boiler—rotary double-acting inder. Seitacting turning lathe. Several cases magneto-electric machines. a a reapers pod mowers, a el of steam it cut. juartz mining machine, Morticing machine. ail his imer’s surface heating sediment-expelling boiler. Roller cotton gin. Erics#on caloric engine. Woodworth’s planing machine and one compound plane. ‘One reaping machine and one mower with reaping at- tachment. Two curvillinear saw mills, Machine for mufactaring Wright's spring bed bottom, lachine for manufac ul ‘Two Bogardus’ mineral po ti mills. Anti friction pumpe. ~~ cane, Several steam epgipes and en, 5 Model plough. . Wood-turning lathe: Windmill. Lathe for iron work. chine. Shears and pumping machine. Broad cast and dri eeething machine. Grain sower, Burrel!’s corn sheller, Three models of suspension bridges. Dovetailing machine. ‘Two engine lathes, two planes, and one drill. machines. One jack screw Geer’s planing and moulding machine, Mattressing machine. Cheese press, \ Potato plauter. Capetan. One tree cutter. Force pump. Straw cutter. Washing machine, One mili. Knowles’ machines. Stone gathering machine. Smut wachine. Glass steam engine, &ec. Car springs. Rice hulling machine. Vessel raising Seven saw mills. Garden engine. Steam valves and castings. Burring machines. Steet ring head roils, Shear and pancbi machine. a Corn eheller and on ‘Self acting railroad @. The motive machiacry of the Crystal Palace=all of ve mac! which was destroyed—cost $16,000, cone Cia ot, casey Ee Te to each, to $5,000. = of the machines on bition is set down at Gutta percha and other Ile boate, in great variety, ntta perl , Roof and pavement lights, vaults, covers, &. Yale's treasury lock. Borglar safe and vault doore. Telegra a8. Apparat: Portable iron railing and feld fences, Ten marbleized mantels, Revolving iron shutters abd columns. Trap for rinks, Stufting vox. Model of revenue cutter. Fermeuticn beak lock, 5 Fagle Hose Company No. 1. Model of hife and tronmure buoy. Model of patent capstan. Several models of row boats, Model of canoe. Soap stone portable heater. A. Improved puneh. Two basement heaters, Invatid locomotive chair. Baastic iron railings. Steel ring burnishing machine. Models of schooner and brigantine. Working model, of “Union” rig. Two Branklin life preservore. Self acting generator and fountaine for making soda water. Teeboat. Invalid bectetc wd. House, roofed with patent India rubber, coated with American sheet ir. ™, &e, Lot of coal, Bates, &c. Valued at $6,000. Boots and shoee—haif a dozen cases. Twenty ‘nt horge shoes. ‘TRADER AND MANUPACTURES. A gremt variety of ranges, furnaces, heaters, stoves, Case of shirts and mens? furnis! goods, Cage of boots, legs and fronts, without crimping. Three cases of hats, Ce furs. ‘Cage of gt varni 5 Case orindies” and children’s wearing apparel. Saddle trees and stirrups. a ae ns furnishing good cases men’s furnis! 8. Case of velvet and morocea, cases. Basket cae leather, &¢. ing eaddle. per BB, Ro. Lot of carriage cloth. Case of curry combs. Saws Cages of blank books. Lam) pe. Millinery—several casee, Stationery—several cases. Case of ladies’ work boxes, Case of bottles. Two cases of shell combs. Books and er Specimen mouldings, Paints. Chandeliers. Imitations of wood and marble. Shovels Stair rode. Cases of tools. Window shades, Shirts and drawers. Braiding. Furnishing goods, Case of locks. Case of porcelain. Marking fluid. Starch polish. Bread basket. ‘Thread shoes. Crochet tidies, in great variety ; worked pincushions, &c. Artificial flowers—several cases, Patent safety stirrups. Soap and blue. Stained glace. Glass card case. Detective locks. One parallactic instrument. Patent looped extension skirt. Soluble glass. Case of confectionery. Four cases prepared birds, Kerorene oil, candles and lamys. ‘Two cases brass cocks and valves, Drain pipes and terra cotta work, Three samples of counter railings. Case of patent gas burners, Four cases of door knobs and house trimmings—Ame- riean china and parian. ret plated ware, tin waro and house furnishing ar- ticles Case of china and glass; silver plated ware and cutlery, and five chandeliers, Patent window blind. 12 pieces of Kelton eheetings. 8 bundles of cotton seine twine and three coils of do, ‘19 bars of steel. Case of spool cotton. Case of agsorted paint. Cage of gutta percha, Case of brass rings. 10 pieces of cagsimeres. 11 cases of sewing silks. Sheetings and drillings—several cases, Thirty four kegs white lead and three of zinc. Colored ware. India rubber goods. Long cloths, &c. Four eafes, Numerous samples of iron railing. Six pistols, in ease, Case of revolving firearme, Three cases of Orearms. Two cases perfume; Crystal. Drugs and rand paper. One case of toilet goods. Case of hoof ointment. TRADESMENS’ AND PROFESSIONAL IMPLEMENTS, Case of mechanics’ rules. Tailor's shears. Cave of steel squares, Case of chisele. ‘Case of augers and bitts. Cases of dentistry. Dentist’s operating chair Case machine-made squares and rules in decimal and other divisions, Show case ee os oe goods. Case of vulcanized India rubber bydrometers and other philosophical instruments. Several cases of saws and rules, Case of cast steel bammers, shanks. ges Case of philosophical instruments. Several cases of tools, Artist's materials. Carpenter's work horse, Saw eet. THE LOSS AND INSURANCE. The Palace appears to have been insured for only $60,000, which was to cover losses of foreign exhibitors at tho World's Fair, as well as other interests, as will be seen by the following extract from one of the policies. The money will be deposited, it is said, with the Trust Compa- ny until the affairs of the Crystal Palace Association are settled :— “On the iron and glass buildings known as the ‘ Crystal Palace,’ situated on Reservoir square, between Fortieth and Forty-second streets, and on the East side of the Sixth avenue, in the city of New York, with furniture and fixtures now in said bail owned by the * Asrociation for the Exhibition of the of All Na- tions,’ and since vested in John H. White as receiver, and ee ae eee er vested in said White's hands as receiver, belong exhibitors pa now remaining said White's custody and ‘The insurance is divided up between the following com- —" Excelsior. tage from the Navy Yard to de- corate the Palace were insured by the American Lnstitute for $500. ‘The Pelee’ oy Av American bey a exbibited ot Crystal 4 Tracy & Co., manufactured at Waltham, Mass., wore raved by the heroic exertions of Mr. Jacob Smith, who had them in ebar; Mr, Smith 8 Uint the dome and galleries were filled with bot, suffocating emoke, so minutes after the first alarm he the stairway by the Fortieth street entrance, way on hiv and knees, assisted ron, who also faved a email cage of Mesers. mith and Wilson were nearly they reached the open air. The dome crash while they were jing in the smoke, which im mediately rushed through vast volume, mingled with flame, fight to the rapidly gatheri . value of property saved by Mr. Smith and his associate ‘wae about 66,000. There was no manufacturer of op ae ox. bibiting at the late fair ex: Mr. David and the largest assortment of fine wal , Wateh movements, watch cases, &e., was contributed from his manufactory The greatest proportion of theee goods were saved through the fanhful and energetic action of Mr. Rait’s clerk. The ¢ of solid gold, from the usual stock on roe ‘will no doubt, be re. old. The lowe in jewelry, dlamonds R. one thousand dol covered in a muse of gC id wateher, in total, will be to Mr. tars, instead of thirty thousand, as reported Tituny & Co, had $2,000 worth of jewelry and Atlantic cable, ail of which was destroyed, Professor Vergnes’ electro magnetic engine is among the valuable inventions which have been destroyed. This engine cost nine or on years of arduous labor in ita construction, besides the money expended upon it, which amounted to fifteen of twenty thousand dollars. The Pro fersor wae very sanguine as to the great resulte which are to follow from ite application ag a motive power, and believes that it will one day take the place of steam, over whieh, he contends, it possesses many and great a:dvan tage Mesere, Wendt & Seymour, dealers in eciesore, lost About $250 worth of shears. One of their clerks, Mr. J. Haileworth, was in the Palace at the time, and sueceeded in ceiting Out im safety With a ease Containing about $200 worth of eeleeors. Herney & Hathaway lost $2,000 worth of surveying instruments, No insurance, William H. Rees lost a handsome care of books, which were on exhibition a# epecimens of binding. His loes is bs $200. No bo gel ‘ é Buckman feveral guns jestroyed. A tion of his stock was recovered. Logs about $100. "No nga ke Dase—Ove table of patent It lighta a Ingalls & Case— able vaul ta da stroyed, Loss $300. - ‘The skeleton race boat Cyros W. Field, which won the first prize at the recent regatta given by the Empire City Club, was destr . It ned by Stephen Roberts. lars 400 fo tuna ’ 5 ibble’s agricultural machines, implements, &c. . Nishw! umn mts; valued at $600, No ineurnuee. Stienway & Sons, manufacturers of pianofortes, had two full grand pinnor, three and one square Piano destroyed, thelr oes amounting ¥0 $4,000. Jobn , caps, chiktren’s: ye. Loss om No ineurance. |. A. Mareh—Peneil drawings. Loss $50, H. Alienssh prtewt weshing teachtne., Lave $60 Host & Brothers eather Lowe $800, Fdwin A. Brooks—Care ladies gentlemen's boots ano Fulton and 575 Broadway, Loss $1,100, Nd shoes, 160 inp uraree. ’ ‘Gordo, of Peasteehe van tek ae eee by Mr. Was LO wsWance, pe ee THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. pianofor' turers, 38 White street, lost a valuable pianforte, valued HH. B. Smith, of Sowell, Massachusetts, had in the Crys- | ton, Del.; Mr. Small, Maine; Mr. Wilson, £. 8, Jonson THE YOREVILLE RIOT, . isi ‘dod | and H. 8. Chapin, New York. : incon oo eager gy ; eee Pov gue cheskias ‘A resolution was unanimously adopted, expressive of - the sympathy of the exhibitors for Managers of the | Continuation of the Coroner's Tnqu st—Pestt, American Institute, thanking them for kindnees, &e., after which the meeting adjourned till 2 P.M. AFTERNOON MEETING, Shorty before two o'clock, the committee appointed by the exhibitors returned to the Murray Hill House, baving deen unable to see the Board of Managers, While a free conversation was going on among them, Mr. Geissen- hainer, Chairman of the Board, entered the room. He was immediately addressed by Ur, Kinne, who repre- sented the wishes of the exhibitors touching the opening of another pkice for the continuation of the fair, Mr. Geissenbainer expressed to them how doepty he felt for the exhibitors in the loss of their prop vty , Ue ‘offspring of so much toil of body and anxiety of oo ud Touching the propesition of the committee, Le go) & t Was 50 unexpected he was not prepared to say, a lie name of the Board of Managers, that their wishes i be carried out, The Board poxsessed uo authority to enter again upon any arrangement for the opeping of ano: ther Fair without the consent of the Institute: neither could any legal meeting of the Board be held for any sneh purpose Without a printed notice being served to the piembers, which would require considerable time. Be- sides, it appeared very doubtful that a suitable place could be found in the city. Previous to holding the Fair in the Palace, the Board had eonght everywhere else for aconvenient place for exhibition, but bad been unsuc- ceesful, He would, however, do his utmost with the Board to facilitate the wishes of the exhibitors, and if the latter could agree upon any plan, if it were at. all possible, no doubt the Board would lend every assistance. During this interview the Cooper Tustitute was spoken of, the Palace Garden in Fourteenth street, the new Arsenal building in the city, as possibly sufficient for the exhibition. While the above informal meeting ing on, the exhi. bitors met in another room and commenced another m ing. After considerable conversation about the character of the meeting it was concluded that it should be re, ed as the adjourned meeting of the morning. Mr. Wileon, the chairman having to leave the city, proposed that a re” organization take place; on which Mr. D, 8, McNamary ere. Barbarie & Bloomfield, manufac- to mony of Owen Rice, Jas, Lane, Jas, Mo- Memony, Minthorne D. Tompkins, Thos. Farrell, Wm. O’Brien, Sergeant Decker, Policeman Fulmer, Edmund Sweeny, Rich< ard Lynch, Dyontstus Oches, Giuseppt Pian tint, John King, and Mary Oches. ‘The inquest in the case of Michael Collum, one of tha victims of the Yorkville riot was continued yesterday at tha Nineteenth precinct station house, by Coroner Gamble. A number of witnesses were examined, with the view of as- certaining who stabbed deceased, bot unfortunately no di+ rect testimony could be ha\ agaist any of the Italiant now in custody. Previous to commencing tho inquest. the Coroner proceeded to Bellevue Hospitat aud examined Tracy, one of the wounded men, but the patient was Unae blo to vive any deseription of the person who stabbed? him, Among the witnesses examined yesterday was. Dy~ onisiis Oches, the proprietor of the Cosmopolitan den, his wite, aud one of the domestics in the ho: y will be read with interest. The follo ing is a report of the proceedings :— at $400; ‘no insurance. Among the handsome and valuable pictures that were destroyed at the burning of the Crystal Palace were two monochromatic drawings, executed by Master Ephraim C. Force, of he Port Chester Classical and Commercial In- stitute, The frames were made of leather, and over 200 different Kinds of leaves and flowers in each frame, Mr. Fredericks, the pastoaraphic artist, lost in the do- struction of the Crystal Palace seven photographs in oil, Bix do. in crayon, cleven do. in pastel, fivedo. in aquarlelo, eleven do. in India ink. Many of the oil and pastels were ofa ry large size. Total value about $3,500; in- sured in the St. Mark’s Tasurance Company for $2,200. Mr. Gurney was less fortunate. His loss is very heavy He had on exhibition a very valuable collection of speci mene of the photographic art—one elaborately-tinished ure in oil on canvass of Mr. Gurney himself, life size which he received last year, at the Fair, the gol medal for the best of! on canvass. Among the pic- Messrs, Yield; Hudson, Cooper, kes muagnicew picture rs. Fie! judson , ', &e.; a magnificent ure of Charlotte Cushman, Lester 'Wailack, Adjutant General Townsend, Madame Colson, Captain Coleman, of St. Ni- cholas, and a great many others, in all about fifty photo- Do nerfed most expensive and elaborate styles, Mr. jurney bad no insurance upon them, and his loss is upwards of $2,000. is, added to the fact that the pic tures lost were intended for the new place he is about t open further up town, makes bim realise that “troubl ever comes single.’ SCENES AND INCIDENTS AT THE RUINS. The ruins present a most imposing sight. The vast edifice, with all that remains of the once valuable stock, which was so tastefully arranged around the massive pillars, and along the broad naves and aisles, forming a gemi circle of thousands of teet, now lies in one vast heap ofrubbish, broken machinery and broken pillars or co- z ; saw him on Sun- himat Brady's, and in @ few minutes after- Talos, and saw persons rushing out of the den: Bead: ilavcr Thir ian iarde ples theca a avenue, nea nm je Cosmopo'ltan Garden, on way i tit might when E mekt ma agrocery wagon almost dead; [don’t the and started towards the home; Twas think le ha nto the ia stabbed inside of the premises; T saw Kightieth street, and went with him to | aay whether deceased was sober or not whe Brady's; Teannot recognise any of the prisoners aa taen whe were engaged in the riot; Twas very much frightened, for E thought T was going tobe she der the impression: that IT waa pursued by some persons * xarden, James Lane deposed as follows:—About half-past eight 8 Jumns of iron, melted glass, and ruined stonos, heaped | was appointed Chairman, Dr. Kine Secretary, and Mr, | ovlork } went to, the Cosmopolitan, ¢iarden ia com- in jnextricable confusion, covering the whole area | Ddwar K. Orrell Assistant Secretary, past pine re any disturbans Place; om ‘The minutes of the morning meeting wore read and adopted, and a committee, appointed to confer with the Board of Managers, reported in substance as already nar. rated. A committee composed of Dr. Kinue, Mr. Coons and Captain Johnson, was appointed to draft other resoin- tions expressive of the feelings of the exhibitors, After a short absence from the room, they returned and read the my way back, leaving one of the young women at York- ville, T heard several shots fired and saw'a crowd eunnin away from the garden; Lasked what was the matter, when he persons ring the pistols were tatiana; T lik ny one injured; weit « koile or pistol in the hands of any one; [saw Tra ras wounded, and FT recognine (iin. of four hundred feet square, Here and there can be geen a portion of the statuary, broken to atoms, but few pieces weighing more than half a pound could be found. Thorwaldson’s group, repre- senting our Saviour and the Twelve Apostles, is buried at least three feet beneath the surface. The ‘atte sich thee having been in the garden when I was there: aided in procnring him medica! waa y Irishmen in the juestrian statne of Washington has also disappear- ¥ . " aiter there ere ed catirely The heavy material appears. to have | following resolutions, which were unanimously alopted:— ] emntoyed an a waiter there there, were many To erin thn all gathered on top, so that it will take full a week before Ata mecting of the exhibitors at the American Institute, at | Ro knowledge that there was an acinck. made phen I any possiblo chance of recovering any goods that may be | the Crystal Paluce on their thirtieth annual fair, held at the | by any party of Irishmen. tallane underneath can be got at, Various iron models were re. } Murray Hill House, to consult t a8 ty wcontinaation of | %yAMek MeMemony deposed —That he lived ia ‘Third avenue the present exhibition, after the late calamitous «disaster and destruction of the Crystal Palace by fire, with all tts valuable and rich display of goods, works of art and inven em brace this opportunity to express their entire confience in the management of said institution, as the mother and nurse of ‘American artand genin near Fighty-secoud street; wos in the Coan Sunday evening: as he was leaving he saw ; soon alter this Rourke ws put out of the garden by of Itslang; Mr. Greeu eodearored to get Rourke me blows were strrick; the Italians then retreated to covered; a lot of false tocth and dentist's instruments wero found in'a box partly burnt. The ruined towers, oight in number, remain standing, the exception of one; a portion of the iron frame w Aways with % used aa the picture gallery also remains, | Amid J Amn trey kage acrved tho public’ and congratniate ft OF thro, Gai (o gat their pitola; they s0cn gulivaed, and ase this mass of ruins were early on hand many of the inven- | its former auccceses assuch parent of artand lence; there | Pina'ateld afterwande | heard wevaral shots fired atthe crowd tors and exhibitors, grouping around with dejected counte- nances, in hopes of recovering some of their lost property. About forty tons of coal; which was used in the machine room, was the only thing burning in the morning. Several firemen kept a stream of water upon it all day, but with- and got out of the place; [saw pistols fi tho bands of the ime fore, Reagived, That wo, aa exhibiters at the American Inatitute, round, who was whistling for ” polleeman atthe fhirticth annual fair, deeply sympathise with the mana: gers of said Institute in the great fosx which they have sus- tained in the burning of the Palace, on the afternoon of the Btls lians; I saw a polleeman on the help; soon after this T heard 1s say that th wit being killed; (iatano was the person who took bold of Rourke; Bravano was there also, but bat did not ay ir to interfere? [saw no knives in the hands of auy of the prhoners; Leanne inst., and a8 a mark of our respect to them as gentlemen, we out much success in extinguishing it, only causing a J Willdoallin our power to coulrivute wy any ealubidon which | fren yeniver in the hanes of wuy of tue prisoners: Eo weirs Hine Kwan engpenten tact men be immediatel; Jaolvedt That we present to the officers of the American | 98,When he had hold of Rourke; there were shols fred nfter MX | Institate our sincere thanks tor the many manifestations of | (ve Tush was mate from the house: the Lalla set to work and try, if sible, and find if any person could be found among the ruivg. This was, however, given up, ag no person was known to be missing. ie re] that one man was found in the ruins appears to be untrue. The report was furnished by the Twentieth ward police, and telegraphed to the police heatanactara: at a Jate hour in the night. It is said that it originated from the discovery of some human bones, or parts of a skele- ton, which was In the place at the Ume of the tire, and were on exhibition. ‘When the fire burst out of the dome the flag was fly- chased the ps standing at tha gates when the rush was mado; the. man. who snapped the pisto! was in his shirt sleeves: he wore a light cap; Taki not see Collum there that aight; f did uot see Tracy there; when Burna remarked that the poiloeman would ba killed he went forward, thelr kindness which we have from time to time received at their hands, and in the future movement of the exhibition, of the genius aud mechanisin of our fellow mechanies we Tail upon the public at large to render all the assistance in their power. Let the motto be £ Pluribus Unum. JOHNSON, C00) SOK WM. W. KINNE. After the reading of the foregoing tho meeting adjourn. ed till to-day at 4 P.M. RVENING MEETING. dete: war (he Taltans say they would Kill the English and Trish loafers; White seemet apprehensive of dangrr from the Itailans, for when be anck ourke were seulfing he told the latter te come outaide if wanted to fight. ing from the central staff which crowned the dome. The Acommittee of the Board of Managers met at 5 P. Minthorne D. Tompkins, residing In Fifty-nfath street, de+ halliards were burned in an instant, but the was un- | M., with the exhibitors’ committee. The latter e: posed that Fitzgerald seid the Italians ld wot shoot him, be injured, and soared away in a cloud of pitching black | ed the wishes of the exhibitors for the continual he | cause he had given one of them « quarter of matton; [saw & smoke toward the east. Whether it came down any- | Fair, and requested the co-operation of the mu ‘4. number of Ttaltan: ; riot who were armed with guns or rifles, ca enuly any Of the prisouerss T met some twenty of the Tudions’ on Third avenie, as If in search of some one; Fitzgerald told me ater that these men poiuled seven r ot his brewst, and woul have shot him had vat one of thetr uamuber recogniged bin a6 % gave one of thera a le Moa ® day or twa be further «ald that a mutton had waved hig life; one of the Italians, a tul maa with heavy moustache, had a ritte in his band. ‘Thomas Parrelt deposed that he went into the Cogmopolitag Garden about 9 o'c ack on Sunday night: [ saw Rourke ly= there was quite a crowd around there; ‘ith Burns when a couple of men hye | at The Chairman of the Board of Committee, Mr. Bunting, ¢x- pressed his fears of its being too late in the season to make anvtber attempt to hold an exhibition, as so much would be required to be done in preparing tho building, &e., which was acquiesced ia by the other members of his committce—at the same time they were very willing to see what could be done to carry out the desires of the exhibitors. After expressing thanks in behalf of the ma- nagers for the resolution of the exhibitors, &c., a com mittee, composed of Mr. F. W. Geissenbainer aad Mr. 3. D. Backus, was appointed in behalf of the Board to mect where or not bas not been reported. It was accompanied in its flight by hundreds of flakes of fire. There was @ great deal of etealing by persons in tho Palace at the time the fire broke out, and much was carried away from the building that will never be heard of by the ownerg. Nearly all state that, when the alarm was given, every one seized the nearest articlo and made his way out of the building. As there was considerable valuable jewelry and plate in the Palace, doubtless some Lave made quite a haul. There wero no arrests made by the police, as every one a eloe! md nitncke: sone of ed « blow at mo, but seen carrying off an article was Supposed to be its exhibitor | with the committer of the exhibitors al nine o'clock Uns of °, or owner. morning, to seo what place couk! be procured for an exhi- | J'yug tere much frehtened, the eter race AN Rotags mare bition, and to meet in conference al 42. M.,to present their reports. The Board of Managers manifested every disposition to aid the exhibitors in carrying out their wishes, but the Fire Marshal Baker was on the ground and will with an investigation as to the origin of the fire, There is no doubt. that it was purposely set ou fire, but no arrests have yet been made, and the incendiary’ or incendiaries or FunMlty about a block me he was stalled I told blu not deseribe or | was afraid of my | «balf Bucos came and told T vould go fore dockurs Lean fy ether ofthe men who attacked art did not take particular notlee of thd thus far bave not been suspected. A uumber of detectives | conclusion was forced on Gur mun that they entertain Ut- | Mens f sew, Collum naide the ren gate that evenings Are on and about the grounds, tle hope of seoing another Fuir wusler their auspices aa | qanten'tn the night o? tee ai in Bras Gt the, Cosmopolitan tof the ditthonity; BAW Bou ks the Five Mile House; enw Turns algo; the latter was cryiug, and wanted some one to go for tho priest; Tean't say who pur= sned tbe people outc! the Ganien: Cheard some of those wher were running away cry out for stones; I saw Tracy soon afte * the row, and ho said he did not expect to live four hours; early as the exhibitors require it, and our conclusion was that the exhibitors will make a big eifort to carry out their wishes, with the aid of the institute, if they can; but if they cannot in that manuer they will try Among the officers were Houston, Shanglee and Tiemann. The; — in driving away quite a number of pick pockets, Mr. Cage the agent of the American Tustitute, who was in tho ‘eat the time of the fire, states that h» | it on their own responsibility—such is the present tempe- be y ‘don't - knew the hature of the things stored at the north en. ‘The Trustees of the Institute and the Board of Managers | piztola. trance. The patterns were of tho castings for the whole | were on the grounds all day yesterday. Several com Moses J. Decker, sergeant of police, mittees connected with them wor io the Murray Hill House. Ia the Palace—very inflammable materials—and it was supposed they belong: either to the bondholders or the cor] a © 10 private session | police had made the'arrests at the house, ior park of the ‘ay 2 Riatisns neor Bixty-ninth sirect, ‘whom them had a pistol in bis hund, whieh 1 tion; the American Institute managers had no authority to | committee of the Board of Managers met to investignte | | lah: remos. dieu, oF they would have been taken away be. | as to the origin of the fre, aud ail Use consoyencece at. | Sy.” whee iy Peto oy Mk Fiptlal la, the fore the opening of the Fair. Mr. Leonard was stauding | tending it. In the e: ination of the prominent persons | of the Well brothers wos wth bim¢ } dots “ at the north entrance at five o'clock, wheu he discovered | connected with the C 1 Palace at the moment of the d and arrested them: in hour’ afwr At first it was confagration, notbing particAlar was learned beyond the e brought in the other Belli from Ri~ the fire through. the glass, mass of fame, about as bij ethey were found io bed; & pistol was found asa barrel; it foet that the room were the flro was firet seen had not at the top, and had none of the appearance of camphene | becn used fu any manner during the Fair. I contained | fans, aiithe prisoners: wiih the motte ot Petia sen or turpentine, Instantly it began to spread, aud he | only the wooden patterns of the metal castings used in the | Belli brother, were aerested la the Cosmopolitan Gurdem Jumped forward and gave the alarm. Coustruction of the building. Saicon a, pe Top reece pd y five we boilers ¢< — Pope» Dulpes Gopenes ts acronite the Bell brothers at the building exploded during the fire. Mr. George W. | Prevention of Loss . | thelr resklence in Rikers lane; C went ‘about one o’cincke Stanton, the Superintendent of the machinery, says that rm oo renner e DY Wire at Seas | 4°31. the prisoners were in hed nivl pretended obo asleep TO THE EDITOR OF THe HEHALD. {them bad thelr Tam pot awere Qt elite ke as soon as the fire broke out, he caused the balls of ail the safety valves to be thrown off, with the purpose, not If you will give publicity to the following in the columns wd nin og Soy a ae 4 only of preventing any explosion, bot also of permitting | of the Hamar, it nay be the means of saying many valu- ance of thluge there, and left! cow Feet ee casey ne, tve aliding, to check, the Ae. | abte tives wud much property. othe pce leaving wy (vend eka bolt mot se any Ca produced an itapression that an explosion bad occurred, | ASteamer at eea or on a river, with steam up, contains Ning cashv cling: Hallion were ma@ at something, tat in her Doilers, in the shape of steam, one of the vory best fre annibilators that 1 know of; and although this bas long deen well known to engincers and scientific men, yet it never has been practicably applied, either on ea or land, to destroy flame, Fire on board steamers at cca, generally commences either in the engine room or in the fore or after cabins, *eltom in the hold; while on our rivers it usually orig! nater—as in the case of the Henry Clay—aroned the STATEMENT OF MR. J. R. TREADWELL. My attention was called to the fire within a few minutes of five o'clock; was in the kitchen arranging my affhirs, in anticipation of a large business that evening. Tran to the saloon door, and saw the flames just bursting out at the extreme north end of the building. I instantly ex claimed to my cashier that the Palace must go—directed him to snatch wp what little mouey might be in the draw- bing sortot @ man, he that evening threateniag to also made @ rush towards Green, when the latter kaocked bing down, Green struck another one ln the brenst me omens, Ee and then he ran up Third avenne pursned by the saw the Hellt brothers in the garden hetore tet figlat erm, and cloned the doors to keep out the draught; was on | #moke pipe. I would, therefore, recommend that on inge | fe, Uieer, he tulurmation wit led weir arroat the point of locking them, but could not bear the idea of | sea going steat four inch lap, welded ste: pe be T know of he party whe tw tbe shutting Of any one, even though I lost all. The door, Cp rege prude sed a cage mag y of attacking the Italsann; £9 to go homes therefor’, was ips ta ocamte ‘motion, admitting those | °S#Fied into each compartment (along tho ceiling awd out e@ the Hallans attacking Rows who were so fortunate as to reach it. I then ran to the | of the way), and connected with tho steam donve of |. .3stna, eC.um Dronrictor afte Mi Winn Garden, d0- sca tor abont two months: the name of my partner is Francis (iat; f attended bar a day on Randay, we bad no trowvle durtug the day, the wonbieg on Sunday comm tehie, the re was ao stistur ance tn the barroom; Gtatano week days he works atthe ( there, Deannot recollect th most of the hoarlers there at the fe my partner, Gist, and are Itallens; we have & Spender thors 0 Was not arrested: It not Ruow be name; he ie @ ma, with dark whiskerr, and be works on (ke Central Park: @ nde after 9 o'clock some one came int the barroom and sald noon after threo: omen came im rot the boiler, to be operated by a valve, the of which extends to the upper deck. each pastage way I would also carry a p pipe, perforated every twelve inches with an (neh hole; then in ense of fire, all the crew and paskengors being on deck and the hatches closed, steam being let into the compart ment burning by means of the valve operated from the upper deck, would immediately expel the air, and the tire would at once die out for want of oxygen. On beard river steamers @ periorate? pipe carried around the chimney, under the bonnet, and operated from the deck im the way proposed, would be a perfect pro- tection. Tn cane of a fire occurring in a state room or a store room, a fow fathoms of vulean ized steam hose shoull be ov hand and directed into the chamber through a hole in the door. This would perfectly answer the purpose ro quired, without the necessity of sooting the whole ship with vapor. lOBN W. REID. various pantries, store rooms, &c., and directed the per. fons in charge to remain and see that their goods were carried out safely; then tock my station in the centre of the main saloon, and called the waiters to take their places and remove 2 orderly. Thad in that saloon fifty marble tables, all fully furnished, and in rows of four each— one waiter to each row, with four extra waiters. Could I have kept control of them five minutes, I could have cleared the saloon, but the crash of the dom@and the rush of people through the room frightened them aud most of them ran away. Tthen saw that I muet stop ordering and goto work; got a bar of iron and pried off the mirrors; got out the pictures, and a few tables; then thought of my horse ran to the tail and cut her haiter with my penknife, and led her out; ran back to the saloon, but was collared by my father, who turned me round and pointed to the flomes cutting of our retreat; rushed thr the outor door, as the picture gallery was falling, aud 90 faished my connection with Crystal Palace. I can safely say amon ‘ontehie poue and ached she ifwe had a3 trounie inthe bate Tesbd wo haa tot S man in company with the polke commence! fome meu said, ‘hat soon fsee be exe! = {wl the boy’ to span the ‘some ironies hed the man outshie, doors are locked te owt oh awe sn that the building was get on fire, because Tam fully con New Yors, Sept. 30, 1858. versant with every corner in it; have been connected = a With it the past three years and sleep in it; in fact never e. afterwarta and kne Jeave it over two or three (mes during two mouths. The place where the fire broke ont was the only part of the building in which I never saw fire, not even a plumber's furnace. The time selected was just when the mana. gers were all ey to be at dinner, and in the extreme er Of the American treaty with expected in the Canada. The Chevalier Wikof was to lve Southampton for New York in the North Star, on the 2b wit, when hy | eae the wife © vahtened med the door for them pistol ov knit in the hands of any of my boaniers saw a pistol in the kiteken some bot fda 1 | potknow whe Kt belonged tn; ft wan m doullo-warrelied pistols 1 dit ne beast end of the building, back of the saloon. Thi Madame Do Wilhorst, chil ant servants just arrive Pea " —o reoly got sixty feet from my apartment when in the Arago; General Austria sfaehent spurt date pall Peaiaal aid te he meee on a red, The party who committed the act ition from Veneruela; §. Mich in return for my allow! to graze his bors my must have sudied all these facts, and watched his chanes, | Mackinnon, R. N,. and Premises: Plo net know what any boarders @> at night, they when the temporary abecnce of all superior officera and a | among the arrivals at the Union placo Hotel con go in and ont without my knowing it, [ do not know how ing about it; thera fresh northwest wind gave him complete control over | Hon. Sherard Clemens’ wound has now taken a highty | COUtm wes killed: my partner tol! me not LL ‘ No force of tremen would have a favorable turn, The erisla of danger is pact and bis re. | Stes pobre cnane ta tony aereeced stern nae ip iostoogast couse the bead of water was not seven feet covery is fast progressing. Mr. King and his wife were ‘not in the barrvom that eveulngs lower Boor; in fact on Eaturday the water wou! The Secretary of War has left Washington for a short | MEL the im bed when arrested ny botier over sit ft above he floor. From the time | yio4 45 the West s an srfivess was cxamiued ot great length, but nothing ime the fire was discovered til it cut off our retreat in the : ‘. j > - " ‘oamop rear gallery, was only six minutes. As neat as I can fig- ‘meer ‘i cr vali denen Ftd 7 nett «tote Ah apo AL present, my towses in both saloons, stock, trtures, : Tg DA tm a oe 2 T aave him on Sat nen he broug s will reach $4,000, on which Thad not effected any | ind family: G. 1. Goundie, Req, United States Copal of ment for Mr. Oches; Thave i 2 him stner instirane®. The very fact that the building was «0 com- nerva yesterday when he was examived a9» wiuces emp) and family! Mme de Wilhorst, child Rwedish Nay cident has ever occurred from them. usien and fa mil hustible cansed us all to use the greatest care, and thongh F Tiffany, Rev Dr Stoarn: ‘aren | Me servantat the garien; T know nothing aver “ eeme twent vere cons eae | Stone, Capt K Lewis, Capt Swilt and ‘Mr Fie! Collum: F wae merely taktag & walk whan T Was arrested be me twenty to Ofty fires were burning constantly, no ac wae We Toe ere ad “ ve | ir Field and th the police; I fa the barroom shout 13, o'clock; rH sae Matugd My | tidak vse cmplopey car) gan Po paP at Ir ———~ Duval Mr and Mr T'S Wislend, M Hick: ad lees to the other: T tol shots, but did pot eee any . . ora . ? il no 5 INDIGNATION AND OTHER MEETINGS OF | Yi Waster Me amd Wea OH gh sa See eT hich tek eae aE A Baers THE EXHIBITORS. ly, Mr and Mrs \ouve, Me faa family Mr land Mrs | MOY verso velog a cs, hele bea ‘The “indignation” meeting of the exhibitors at the Ame. | Sie" Mee Cordon, Mee Pe heliae Sine and servants | Oe eZine of any Rite iam eae ricat Tnstitute Fair, which was to have been held sn the | Misa A Rhode, Mrs locke Peg Pe dn a a ag Pa Crystal Palace om the evening of the contlagration, was | yarn anything for two years 1 Jasin my beareom on tee held yesterday morning, at Wands’ Murray Hill House, in ee ee Tate custody: Ticee enka ceencns Ponce cutee a, ~ iy; Tknow: t the stabbing of Cole Fortieth street and Sixth avenue. be About nine o'clock the meeting was called to order, and Mary Oches, wife of ihe praptieter of the Coamopolitan Gar hibitor, Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts, Fe gd heard two shots, Eppes man, aise tad wns called to the chair, and Mr. W. W. Hagae was ap. mone, Yaw fon ty Ra raped ie] pointed Secretary. The object of the mecting being to mand; 1 sew coming Cn of the then with afford the exhibitors an opportunity of expressing their wihwme ome outaine so Picek ine eee ook of in hat indignation at the course of a city paper—which they it up stairs; soon after this a policeman came tn. charge with Mmawarranted attacks upon the general man & i out need the fe fen te voame teat @ne agement of the Fair—the subject was entered into with afraid to the door, rT thous Ras the lakers ed considerable earnestness, and some hack handed compli toopen the doers opened | ‘oor shen 30 4 ments passed to the conductors of the paper in question. ter barrodm and arrested all those wl pre hustte: Boe Thie done, to the satisfuction of the most indignant, the Seoviare when maori: Tore pull men hace Speenic hag « engrossing ew of the day was taken up—the exhi: easton that night: he jumped over the fenee and went 0: bitors 8 determination to continie the fair in a ; some suitable piace in the city, if such could possibly be eure a 7 ‘The inquest was herd adjourged wntil tea o'clock tig procered, <a, wae mos iy made {0 appoist Wm MI. Exons, 7 American Te nate, 4 feo if Wee would unite with the Banh Me Carp, ‘ ‘ ror, Mr bnaqeak Frow Porto Rrco.—Coptain Phipps, of the schooner Mironda, which arrived at New Haven om the sry 7, reports that on the Tth of Septome 1 earthenake was tolt at that plaeey alarm to the sohabianws, From Liverpool, in the ship DeWitt Clinton—8 F Taylor. From Bremen, in the shi tue : mp Agnes—Catharine Sager, Erooe inst., from Mayaguer, ber 9 revere ebock © whicd cauged costo) 4