The New York Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1860, Page 1

WHOLE NO. SEBIOUS CALAMITY 10 THE CITY. -. Two of the Main Pipes of the Croton Aqueduct Broken. The 6 aired and Lower Part of the City Wine Water. THE ce or THE DISASTER, ‘The Hotels, Iusvrance Companies, the Poor, the Bieh, the Texaiut Houses, in a Panic, _ SN the Factories Driven by Steam fe bicteinnbe Work. SCENES AROUND THE OLD PUMPS. ARRANGEMENTS TO PUT OUT FIRES. The Entire Police Force and Fire De- pertment on Dnty. GREAT EXCITEMENT AT THE FIRE IN MAIDEN LANE THE WAY THE FIRE WiS EXTINGUISBED, aa SPLENDID CONDUCT OF BROOKLYN, aay dey ae ‘There was a great crcitemont yesterday fo this cliy, | eaveed by the etoppage of the usual supply of water. It fa remarkable that tho value of good and constant mup- ply of thir clement is not felt until wo are deprived of it; Dut when that time comes how great te the outery; those who ecarcely ever used |i for sanitary purposes suddenly Gnd that they cannot entirely do without i, aud ore @bliged to have it for cooking if for nothing eleo. Again, m macy 20 show thelr want of approciation of its beneiiis ‘tbat they waste it evory moment of the day. If they suspect a cold map” they do not tao the precaution to torn off the water from the maia, afier having “eaaght”” @evilicient quantity for, say a day’s ‘wae, but resori to ‘tbe levy wethod of allonirg the water to “ran all might,” because, as they aseort, “‘rnuuing water never freezes,” and this they do in deGance of all law, aad , even of polite reqoeste from the Croton Board to eoono- \ mizo. Ofen tho water is allowed to rua for balf an hour ats time to “clean ont the sini,” because the ser- vant giris are too lary to take tho dirt therefrem. Per- haps when these would be well paid-for doipg-nothing “Indien” fint that they have to “trot off to the street pemps or bydrasts for every drop of water they use ‘they will be more onrefal, and take warning not to waste Because thoy have plenty. The lesson they had yoster- day, end porbrps will for a work receive, may bo again @izregardced as soon as a fall supply is once more granted to the otty; but it is ron'ly nescesary that if housckeep- ba erm Wish to have tho bereits of water at all seanons, they ‘will have to tee for themaelyos that it is not wasted at ‘any time. The fret etoppsge of the water cauted searccly any ox- @itement, ss the followiag notice bad appeared ja the city TO THYMPEBTIC. Crotos Acvepuct Osranrumst, Nov. 9%, 1960, "we P.diic 1s Lotifie! that tho agaual ‘examination and repair of the qucdnot wil! take place during the ensuing ‘week; thai for Us purpose the water gates at Croton dam wil! be clored oa Tuesday, the 4th of Dogember, and remain closed ont!! the repairs are completed. During thi period the city will, of necessity, depend aloae on ‘tho reservoirs withl: luunits for tte dally sopply This course is usual every your: butowing t the in crease i consemption aud waste of the present year, and the obstacles which tue Soard bavo met ‘a their arrango- mouts for a proportiurat’ additional gupply, the quantity of water pow in the rosercotr is lese thag it has ever been at the commencement of the annual repairs. The public, therefore, 18 urgently requested to avoid all uunneocormary wae'o, and for the present to be as econom!- eal fp the use of water for domes tc and other purpuses an possible TIOMAT STRPAENS,) Croton THOMA? 3 TaPeaN, Aqaoduet A. W. CRAVEN, Board. This inspection vid not, however, take piace, in conse- quence of-Mr. Craven doling, upon visiting the rceervoir, that the head of water was ro low therein that !t would be unsaie tosiut of ihe supply at the aquedect. Ae therefore determine to wait a more favorable opporta- amity. The cave of the water being so low wan sup- pored to have originated in the bo’ore mentioned waste ‘a8 the recent ‘cold euap’’ alarmed the housekecpore leet thetr piper ehould froez2, But the real CAUSR OF THE STOPPAGE wan 25 fol'ows:—When the two thirty-six icch mains ‘were Iret laid along the upper part 0° Fifth avonae, near where the disaster ocourred, they were ombodfed ina soft kind of earth to the depth of about feven fect. Since that time the grading of tha! thoroughfare has beoa going > 08, and it was the intontion of the municipal govera ment, four information bo correct, that tho material ‘used for that purpore showid be earth, a# the lovel re- quired an elevation of fiftcon extra fost. It appears, however, that the contractors, inetead of using carth for Qhie purpowe, in mary Instances made ure of heavy rook ‘This might not, in ordinary cases, have made mach difierence; but in this inetanoe |t hag caused a sad if nota fearful calamity. Where the fault iles in a lowlng this broach of contract we Jo not say; but thero ie s fault somewhere. Perhape, before going further, for the in- formation of those who have not scen the Croton piper, 18 may be ae weil to etate that they arc made of cast fron, Gre Gtted iato cach other after the Jotat and socket prin- ciple, in exactly ‘ho eario manner as the joints of a stove pipe are fitted Into ove another, only that a far lees quan. tity of tho email cud of the Croton pipe Is. inserted into tho socket or iargerond than iz the “smoke Jotota sbaold be, and doubtless aro, generally w together, bob In Ubis Instonce it was mont lke cape, 98 8 emall leakage Cecurre! Somewhere, “Continual dropping of water will woarawty a stone;”” therefore It t# uot to be woudored at that (t wore away the earth be- feg & hollow there, The ecpporition, therefore, ia, that the wolght of rock and earth abore either cantod a roparation of tha Jolate or @ broakage of self. Whichever was the case, cortain it ts that eterday morning a serious opening of the pipe , aod a eocne of dirasior followed. Fire and ¢ good servants, but very bad mariers, ae may rom the . SOkWE NEAR THE BREAK. ‘The Cleuter coourred tm the neigovorhoot of Sixty. Afb sirect, axl invetated the whole of the tmmotiate furreonding cyaniry. The Artenal basomants were oom- pletely wader water, ant the low country round abot forme: an aril Solel tne specidica Clone of the @onatruct: ho Coutral Park. Fortunately Deiings io thie hood few an! far between otberwino \be damage tha would lave Deo lone to base. Mevle mret bare been extensive aul expensive, Whon the discovery wae Gent made the etroam was far from be twg of any extent, and one of the “discoverers,” If he may be ro called, thought it arose from the sewer at the Ateenel, but afer a short time found that the water twerease:! too rapidly to be from that eource. Ho there fore gave information tharcof to thoee whom ho thongat moe) likely to attend to it Notwithstanding this, it ap pears thet ibe communications of consections between = the |= operand ~—slower = roservotre were vot cloeod Ul) Myre o'glock yanterday morn tag, end therefore for more than half a doses hours the water ae ronning from the break, not only forward trom the upper reservoir, but backward from the tower ove, Surely tome pcreen rhould have beeu stationed at there revervolrs 80 as to shat the floodgates at the frst Slarm, no wetter whother the result prove serious or Rot. The small lon of time resulting from the stoppage Of the renning of the water cannot be #0 great asa ferione leakoge for over ix hore, spreading dertruction to property perbope for milet around. Ip this apd cage the roab of water wae fo great aa to Wear up the ground ' Abd make a gedoral havoc w (b the grading. As poor ae e,,ldldl LL , *tato of sflatre—-ap anxious customer ealling for *cofloe | tome amount MO ‘the supply was shut off, Mr. Oraven ret a gang of men to work excavating, #0 a# ‘0 reach the pipes. Mn were withdrawn from the Central Park works and other Pplaces,"and over a hundred were . work before day- Tight. The gang was increase’ "\ring the day, and doubtless might be still further increased, with advantage. ‘There are plenty of idie men who would bo willing ‘0 earn a day’s wages, The Croton managers »nd en: ineer should tee to this, One ‘hing is certain, there should no: be any delay, Even when the laborers are gone to their meals there should be asecond gang im readiness, #0 that the works sbou'd not be idle a momen’, ag was the case yes- terday for fall'en minutes at supper time If the men wero changed bourly, working one off and on® on, it would hasten matiers, ag the men would be in « better ttato for work if thus relicved. Every minuteis of va- tue when the city ‘s in danger of being burned down or tbe cot neg IRL A TOWN YESTERDAY, | eee tees sround town was far from being & quietone. The ery everywhere was ‘No water’ — “the Croton is turned off—~*What shall we do!” &, The botels were, many 0° ‘hem, in what may be termed, “pretty fx."’ One hotel, pot many miles from our office, sent across the street to a “ne'ghboring ditto” to borrow | «# piteher of coffee, as they had no water to make any with vnti) thelr carman returned. This certainly was a bad and cokes” and perbapa denied that bleesing in con- sequence of the Crotom giving out. Our reporter ted the bar cf m Inger bier ealoon, and was | wdout to take a “drink of water” from a pitcher on the couster, when lo! It wasempty, He asked the bar- Leeper for it, to try the cfleets of bis request, when the retailer of Dier demanded ‘en gents.” “What? ten cents for & gins of water? You only charge six cents for bier.” said he, “I would sooner sei! you «glass of bier or ele copts than that water for ten. The wholesale coet is vob eo great, For tais pitcher full I paid twenty flye centa.”’ Rather doar for water, this, in « large olty; al- moat s@ Dad as on board the Great Ewtern, Men were to be seen going about the city with barrels of water, gelling t at ten cents per gallon, and eagerly it was bought up by many, If some of tho unemployed wiil this day take ‘a couple of paile in their hands and carry water from the | by drente or pumps to the houses tp the upper part of the ery, they will dnbtless find good employment | avd real pay, if mot even @ hsnd- | ‘or their labor. Some boys were cngeged yesterdsy mornitg im suoveiling the snow in the City His! Perk joto @ pail for the parpose‘of melting i'; bat as this soon ceased, it is to be supposed they did nos Sod their labor paid so well as getting the water from the pup or hydrant, although much farther off, SCENES AROUND THE PUMPS—CITY PARE. ‘The rump in the nolgbborhood of the City Mall Park being ured for watering the horses of the Third avenne | cars, the proprietors thought Mt to keep the handle tnsido (heir wooden watohdox; therefore no use could be made of thie pamp by any but the car drivers. Tae excuse for | +o dolag wae, that there was “not a suilictent supply im the | weil for the whole city, @nd.as their horses wanted what the well con'atacd other people must go without,” This | may be all very well; for porpons “have a right to do what they like with their own;” but other people did not ‘com to like ft, THR PUMP AT CITY ALL PLACE. Around thie pump m soene of real life oocurred yester- | day that wes Doth “rich and rare” City Hail plase rans from Contre street to Pearl, Ina diagonal direction, aud ‘® rear that classic region known as “Five Poiats.”’ The denizens of the neighborbood turaed ou tn all the beaution of “dirt and rage,’ acd reshed to the pump with every kind of utensil that could be obtained and ca emdlo of holding water, wooden ware, in the shape of washtubs, barrels, patie, Sc, There were painted pstent pails and pails withous pains. There wore pails with rusty !rom boope, pails with blue paluted tron hoops, pails with brags hoops, and pails with scarcely woop. Tas tis were nearly in the same condition—some being “bran row,” and rome appearing nearly as old as tho city itself, Ove man in the neighborhood of ihe Now Bowery said he aa cold ton new washtubs aod twenty seven paile that morning, In metal ware there were kettlow, pans, boilers, mi! cang, dish pang, tin wash ba- fing, pannikine, dinner patle and tin bottles. ‘The kettics and botlers wore of brass, copper, iron and tin In por- colain and stome ware there were Ceep dishes, jars, bot. see, aad even a certain round article with « hand!o, that ts peed generally for @ far dilfercat purpose. Anything that could be laid bold of seemed fit for the purpose, at Jeaat fora time, ths panic being so general. ‘The pump, It mppeare, had beom repaired about twelve months since by Mr Soaich, artabdle keeper in the near vietnity, at a comtof some sixty dollars, for the purpose of baving @ good eupply of water with which to wash of bis carriages nod water his horacs. A friend of hia suggested ‘hat Row Was @ good time for him to get back part of bis outlay. “No,” saté he, “they cannot dralc tho well if they pomp till doomeday, and it tney only ¢raw the wa- ter, why the wooming ttream mest beredt tneteat of to. Joring the well. Ieban’t care if they do not break the tand’e or the sucker" “All right,” @nid the policeman eee tothe bapdle’ The policeman then took his ation at the pomp, and did not again leave it until re seved, Some amvelng scence bere occurred. The M. P. formed the cia'maste for water into a line, and mad) cach toke his turm 49 several pertone camo with barrels | ‘he eiioer made them take a pallfal and put {i into their , thon take thetr turn again on the line. Thus all the | neasllor clatmen got gerved qaickly, white the “whole. tele coaler” hal +o wait, aud yet uo. watt, for when tho ling was rhort he got his water as quickly sr be could put it into the barrel, The a’ternoon officar wate very gallant young man, and oyery fomalc tha} | me be pineed her pall before those of the moa, to thet | the “Gear creature” ehould pot stand in the wet. is calaxtry nearly cansed bim trouble, for when s plamp, dive eyed, curly hatred weneb came op be took her pai and pleced it to be filled; but alas, while he was talking to her, 8 pail without either giri cr pelloemga noticing him. When the became dimmed for the‘ loes of her pall.” ph to lomo the water,” raid she, but to WW'e crsel its.” All the geotlomas in blue (no wee, aad away abo wont vive ey It's vad enor take (he pail © to cousole her wae aber” 71K PUMP AT RAST BROADWAY, ‘ ‘The pompat the corner ol hast Broadway and Mon tgome urded “from early morn till dewy eve” 4 lenet & hundred eager faces attached to as many o3, and double the gumber of hande were ready to | ¢ thelr ware of the product of the “cow with the dea tall." Th was rnmored that during the early part of the dey a charge wae made by tho ownere of the wp for each pailof water drawn; but not having seea J street wes sert apy euch chars altered by the out ay the police took cbarge of the pump, ard hard they worked ‘or policemen, for they pomped, and they pumped, bat be more they pumped the (weer ant thicker exme the rowd But policemen are good at “pumping,” #0 At is generally woderstood. THK PUMP IN CHRMRY STREET rorented a tim!lar teene to the before mentioned, ex- copt Maat, perhaps, the people might have been a triffe rtier and perhage a little more ragged, The police gnarded the pemp, and did thelr beet fo equalize the dis. tribution of the water. The people were very noley ia thew demands, amd every ope wanted to be first, cepe | ctally the women. The peliceman aerorted that he would ; sooner have to deal with twonty men than one of the Cherry etreet women. TUMDS NEAR TYR UPPER PART OF THE BOWERY. ‘The pumps in Third eireet ami io Fires street wore tn great request, The crowde that Cooked to them seemed an if they would never ¢nd. The people in this viclaity roemed to be afral¢ tbat they would sever again get a | crop of water threogh the Groton Pipes, for they appoar- j ed bo be Inying ina stock rvificles for ® month's con- sumption at jonst, One boy was observed to bring bie | pail twenty-three times within am hour, Doubtless he was supplying other wants besides bigown, Two men, each holding ope bandlo of a wash tub, pasred to and fro roveral timer while our reporter was standing near © the epot. FOUNTAIN IX URION SQUARR. When the up town folks camo down to business yee terday morning they found the basin of the fountain fall Of wate, bat by @ very ilttle after dark the same war emptied of all the water it contained, (he people coming frew far and ovsr to get) | To owsvmers or Croton # arse POR MANUPACECRIS _ Sonor the Mayor has addressed the following letter to _ the Superintencent of Police — | This alone threw owt abowt two bundred hands, and the | | loss of motive power to their tenants, bad the effect of | | which they threw lime to purify It, They #aid the old ory ; for Mt present. | machinery in the bindlwg department, and the dry | of New Bowery snd James streot, have a splendid well VG EDITION— FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1860. their water, 1: poattively mated hat many | order. Wo sua make no oharge, tt will ho a free as come irom a ‘er of as tho First avenue | WSF Yours, &e, GOTTSBERGER & DOANY Bee wera, we? hams street aud Now Gowery. to get their share from ‘his reservoir pro tm. This sup- Drcewnze 6, 18¢0. ply is ecarcely as good as (he pump’s for it has already ‘Mr. Harrison, brewer on Sullivan strect, has a given out, well which yields six ‘housand gallons an our. Har- mon & Co., bre-er: on Sheriff street, can supply four thouran? gallons ap hour, Mr. Tay'or, \h» In'crnational Hotel and Harris, Kuuo &Co., of Shoriif street, have ‘wells of large capacity, Our greatest danger is from (ire, agains; which we caonot take sutlicient preeautions. TBR Fiki IN MAIDEN LANE, At the fire Jast evening im Maiden lan» the greatest ex- oltement prevailed for fear tha. water could not be ob- tained topu: i: out, and as the plac) wasa wholessle drog sore, the dcatruction of the entire block seemed in evitable, The two largest main p!pes betng broken, the RNIN THE HYDRANTS. The drinkirg by¢rants were yesterday brought into use for supplying the wants of the needy. The police ‘took their stand, or rather sea's, om top of thom, and de- Nberately turned the wa'er on *nd off as each pall was filled, at these partioular spo's no barrels were allowed to be flied, ond thus only the residents of the immediate ne'ghdorhoods were able to take the water. ‘The police at bere places took the matter very coolly, merely re- questing the people to keep im line, and as the water came wi'bout labor, there was but little «xoliement at ‘the hydrants compared to that at the ‘These tupply shgough the bydrante was very saull indco4, Dydriia were brought into uso Whenever thoy could be ? to atision the bose while parsing through, of sdysntege. Tho arr ts of the Fire Department were so good SOENE IN A BASEMENT. that {a @ ebort timo a heavy stream of water was brought Ove of the basements in the “Five Poiate,” by from the river by means of the stenm engines playing some mears had become flooded, ant {i 18 mo@t } intorie hand ovginos, and #0 on from one to the othor remarkable how soon it was emptiol )ostorday, | 44 it reached the fire. Two or more Imes of engiucs when on any other occasios it might bev® | were this formed, What would have been tho result kept in ‘hat etate for weeks, I: ig true the | had the fite becn more cextral st is impossible for us to water was rather airty, but what mattered that? The “dirty water would do for washing, sure,” snd by noon {t was all gone, Another barement, in whic’ the Croton was running lowly, was so besieged that the owner bad to shut and bar his door to keep out the Crowd. Doubtless force would have been used to open the door, had not the newer arrived of the water to be had at the pump In City Hall place, THE CROTO: WATER BOARD NOTICE. ‘The following notice was issucd by the Crotos Water pea for ihe ¢istance to tbe river would bayo been almos) nadie, ae’ following notices were letued lust even! NO OROTON WATER. ot hh Conary —Membore inutt be ready at every gis of tro vattl farther notice, “Tao J. G. Biurm has stent on resiy for duty. By ode: 4 JY, WATKINS, Jr , Sooretary, (LB 1@0OK AND LADDER CO., NO. 4. quenoe of the rearcity of water iu the city the of this ee aro beroby potiiied to attend In 6) tree Im the Fifth, oixub, Seventh and Eighth Dietricts, Poard yesterday morning, and was placed conepicu0amy | dos) furtner notice” J.J. BORRAS, Foreman,” tm all public places :— Wa F. Piows secretary Crorox Waren—Noricr —In eonsequence of the break: | CroTON STOPPED—MENCTANTS, LOOK TO YOUR jog of the mata water p'pes on Fifth avenue, Storrs. evpply Is muck reduced. Persons residing in tho cen! parte of ibe city can obtain water from the hydrants a in ‘Third avenue, down as low as Fourteenth stroet, and in Eighth avenue, as low as Forty-meoond street, and in Nth snare ‘rom Forty second street to Fourteenth Btrcot iysrante will be opened tee the water police for th’ purpose itmost economy will De necessary, tetasumpeven 5. Unstaed supply fer domestic purpows. During this period the snpp'y for shippinc, mavafacto: riee, 11, of Resessity. 10 THR PDITOR OY THe WH New Yous, Doc, 6, 1860. The Croton having stopped entirely, let overy person reo that fires are rednooa oarlg (or put cniirely out would Be better) Keop @ porter In every storo or baking detiding oo watch Jet the Insurance patrol order every an on duty, aud tho police pat evory man oa duty that cap be spared in tho lower part of the city, wad save millions of property from a destructive cooflarration. INSURANCE S#CRETARY. ‘be cut off entire! resident, THOS. BTRPHENS, Pr A. W. CRAVEN jel Bag ineer, OUR SISTFR CLYY—sri ALD CONDUCT OF BROOELYN THOS. B. TAPPEN, fee's Comite T, Notwithstabdiog the trouble that would result to Croton Aqiedact Board. Crotos AQusDUCS Dera nIumNT, Deo. 6, 1800. The following notice from the department has been served upon owvers of manufacturieg ¢atablishmonts, ands published for the information of the parties con- cerned :. Brooklyn shovld thy run short of water, they have not placed a angle cbatrvotion in the way of the suifsrers on thie side of the river from obtalaing as much wator as thoy wanted. The ouly regulation required was, for the party wanting the water to mske an spplication to the Water Comfjesiovers aod obtain a permit to draw it fromthe hydrant. Cur sister cl'y’s conduc: in thismat ter is worthy of all praise and our docpsst respect; for had it uot been for her kindvees in thu sesisting us, many vast cstabliebinonts woul! baye much moro er!- ously suffered than thoy now do. We give the following aé another specimen of their kind sympathy with us, and a desire to belp us in our noed, ‘The greates: exclicmont prevetiod throughou: Brooklyn in reference to tho stoppage of the New York water sap ply. At the Inepector of Police office, in the City Hall, » boy rushed in, panting and out of breath, with tho follow ing shgorncewen — Pov=New York's on fire, and I am gent over to you. Isernorps Fouk—Who lias scat you? Bor (wildly, and a!most out of breath)—They gavo me 8 dollar to come over here. Insvactor («nxiously))—Woll, bu: where is tho fire? Bor (earnestiy)—Thoy’ve gin’ me a dollar (> come over here to ray New York's on fire. INsvectoR (w.rm!y)—But where is the ire in Now York, and what am I to do? ally) —Thoy gave me a dollar— Crotos Aqcanver Derarracat, De> 6, 1860. a Pe )) SES ARD SETLAG — Y ware hereby notified to use no Je boaske for the above PU | o8es until the further notice of this Board. TAOS aed | Piao THOS. B. TAPPRS, fpeceet + A.W. CRAVEN, A powerful looking Hibernian, when LaF a the latter notice previous fo taking !t ‘o his employer, #aid to the mersevger:—‘‘Blow the d—! can we ute what we haren’t got, bad luck to yen! The meesenger vamored, lold- Ing his nose as if !t bad been bitten, During the mora'ng Superintenden’s Kennedy notited the several precincts to have the patrolmea inform all Proprictors of factories to etop the use of Croton unti! further notice, Ieformation was also figa'sed ‘the citi ‘zens by the po! that the bursting of ‘be pips would cutol the water almce! entirely, with the exception of along Fignth aud Ninth avenues. OFFICIAL NOTICE BY TITE-MAYOR. Jn consenucnce of the dimin'shed supply of water, hie : Mayor's Ovrics, Naw You, Doo. 6, 1860, ia (ip despair)—Toll me, what to do? eae Grroe Deeermeet readers osel sup nestor by | ov (seknowbat calmly this time)—Yoo are to sod oa tary tucl aa large w police force aa cau be ayfared for'ane | # double acction engine over to New York; theco is no yurpove shall be stationed in the lower or business part | water there, and the whole city will be barat lo ase, oft . to protect the property of the morchants in | qy.. fs sae & bier i tassemee sooty “ult | The Se is in the Righth district. yon give the necessary orders to this ond with as lite | lw rsciok (to @ suboriimate)—Yon take dowa thi, delay n° praotionbie. Tam youre. ko, ies boy's name. I don’t know him: and ict sho alarm be - Q «| eounded, (Iixit Inspector, rather hastily.) Fen SRaeer, Bu) Graal Saperiawenteat or | "a, indie inne wes futile talered, aod th POLICE NOTICES. alarm beli was sounded for the evgioes to go to the Fulton During the day the Twouty-third precinct gave notice | ferry, and agreeably to the very excellent arrangements that tho stoppege of the.water would not affect the city the tveral ompaxios wo above Seventy-ninth street. Tae police were notified to Hail, and t00g they poured forth from other looalitios ‘be as promp’ 68 poesible at the fires in the Third, Fourth, towarer the ‘erry Al dret it wae eatd that the fro war Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth districts, in Warren etrect, aad that in comecquenos 0° the want o STFAMDOATS. water the Jrendfa! scenes of Desembor, 1895, were likely Steambents wore aleo informed that they could not ob- , to de reer jour a” rattling past the City | | . The firemen, conecqvently, were brink, | tain their supply of water from thecity. The Union abd in an lacredibly whort \me thoy bat crossed | Ferry Company notified the Chief Kogineer, Mr, Desker, ‘he ferry; bab om reaching the New York | ‘that steam would be kept cp in all their boats,acd one fide they foun! that the fro was a | Maiden lane, and not {a Warren sirect, aud that the Now York firemen bad conquered and subdued it. Much gra tifoation was expreazed by the Brook!y nites on witness. log the return ef (heir fire companies at an carly hour, 4 their services baying beon cited into active re quisition Inepector Fo'k ¢etorven much credit ‘or the prompt manner in which be canted the ale: a tobe sounded, aud for the efficient aid ke rendered in rushiag forward with his stall of to aid im the extinguishing of ern & fearfol conflagration kept 'n reeerve at each ferry, to be ured in case of fro. Inspector Carpenter war op duty all night to attend PACTORIE®.—THAIR CONDITION. The large (stabliehment owned by Mr. Greon, of Spruce street, that +upplics almost all the steam power for that neighborhoo!, bad to get its water from our sister cities to keep thelr er gine gotn, Young, the machinist, tp the eame neigh vorhow!, Kept , their place im full work yorterday, but they had a large well on their premises, which they asserted would ona! them to diepense entirely with the Croton, {f necemary Osher machiniets were wn ortunately not @o well off. Burr's bit Lody establishment, at tho corner of CI!n and Frankfor> +treete, woe idle jerterday after twelve o'clock at noon, Im consequence of tho want of water. Adout ten o'clock cn Tw tdey vight the house No. 03 West Thirtcent® siveet wero alermed by Minding @ man, apparonily iu a dying cowlition, lying upon the froat door step. Oo etaminstion, waal war their surprise to flad that tho iejored man was none stopping the work of two bendred and fy more in the same bailding. | other than Jamos MoPske, a resident of the bi . & | wae dived: from ® wouvd in tue adtomse, Hoil'e soup feetory wae idle ae far ns their works wero | Soy po extensive war tue gern That the intortiacs pro coscerned, but, they were Dury in opening an old well tended Peveral Inebor unde? man was theo as which bea been cloted up for over ten years, and wien (partiy from the ¢ of liqror sed partly from los they luckily found to be full of siagnact water, Into Diood), Fo that he was upsblo to « tof th waver in whieh he received th Fro was at once removed to Bel i ” " t eritical situation . used to be “how are you off for soap?"” now it is “how | males 1p e crisieal @tastion te are you off for water?” Thie water could only bo used | jal, hut mays tbe patict + for msking steam, and unless they can cleewhere obieia | fore dsy or two. On rolarning to unable ¢ how or lv what aforther supply they will have to give op making soap hme a hate oon tee rome one While he wat \ntoxios! ground insersible Whether ly way home ne or net he ls wow fumption is that be was oary lod fon who stabbed him, and the ae. fear of getting himeell into tr Several factories bare tuddeely discovered that old tacks cr old wells are tn their immediate neighborboot, sud plombers hore becn busily engaged Ansirg out the beat way to reach them. Eatablisomects that hava beou vat an pot the fi e , | Rotified in relation to the case, orivuate enocgh to bave water in their basements, bao | DNL Teed in npslory bad eral! metal purpe ftxed for forcing the same Wut> |” y perce Cismelenec T. Sunde, who woe the upper stories. PRINTING OFFIC. Marper's targe ertabliabment had to suspend work yee terday until they could get water from Brooklyn in carte Tholr forty two presees were stopped, as was alto all the etsployed In the jowelry store of Otiver Mills, No Grand street, wae brovght before Juntice K ray 6a charge of stealing @ caro contaluing six platos hunt ng watches, and a ne nd bracelets ‘valued tn aj! a bery wae rilected gon fof carrings porty of Mr. M the store was ¢ rites wet for want of steam This hed the bight ‘ae eit woe ¢ efeck of throwing frou three to foar hundrot out of om- he Bix lid howe yroken into and rided in tha gap ploy while the steam was stopped. They had a well in thelr prewieos, bal ns \# offen the case when wanted, it around the Fiore during tue eren niet townri# him ae th picion + y fort tracks ip the garcen, wh broken and ¢rapty was found to bo dry Se ee re al Bin ees Ok The newepaper cflore bad to fetch all thelr» the pews of the bens worn by the prironer at th Brocklyn or other parts, The Eixnaiy oifio has tiene of ie arrest, end. thie eiccamstaaog large hogehend fixed in thelr basement witha pipe to | (ERTELE 10 bin on Gearge preferred against coureet It-with the boller. Two carte carrying tweite | him, and feels sanguine, be nats, oF belrg arquittes when popebends were costinually going to aud from | the ease comes trial, Nowe of the stolen watchet pam seven w=. oe or any portion of the miming property has veou reco Brooklyn with water for our establishment, and | 00.03) wo ere enabled hy thew means to prevent eras. Copp seine $500 SroLey —Antonlo Cordone oor readers being disappolsted of thelr Y | Prank M, Rabsioaba and three othere, all natives of Cabs rheet. Wo are greaniy indebted to Mr, Rhodes, Brook | were tacen tute enetoiy on Toes ai 7 deren iyo Water Porvegor; Oyree P. Smith, Managiog | Toe os cith, on euapisinn of be Visector of the Union Ferry Comraay, for Wetr Kinduowe | ing & ama wale ecotnining $000, { ton, of 61 Rast Thirty fret jp oes)eting us in our endeavors. 9 dha bl Some of the proprietors of factories refused to die. | contian® the ues of the Croton which happened to rep into thet catablishmente throvgd the pipes, The cocse- quence is ibat they have bad the water ent off ward? he i tow movsente | apd in the iuterral bis trauk wae atolea. As the pritoa ere were the only poe ip the faloon at the time, he Msughl they meet Kuow something about the rom7val of from their feetories, The same course will be 4 property, and, Mie pine end an ‘be i. deste vy wr ve dolar bill w adopted towards others if they persist in velng Ditton, was found in the posseesion of one of the Pat ers. Another of the prisoners ‘dmitied that ho was in plicated 1a the lareeny, and gave the officers ‘suck tafor- ms:ion ae wil! lead to the recovery of the great. er part cf the slolén money, Justice Kelly committet | the prisoners for examination. Cotteberger & Duany, ele and porter brewery, corner which tupplies their brewery with all the water they at present require, They bave tesved the following notice — J, Gonnow Baswert, Erq. — Sie-—In corse querce of the mupply of water from the ta robin in oor ig ron out, we See Ee ou ir ‘0 morrow morn Fel dior water oa°onr establiehmen! ed aad the Fourth we werd, We will, therefore, start tonlos in the morning to primp wp the water: ‘but at the game time, to prevent confusten, we woolt like the ap. tal of the Fourth ward to place ® policeman 1 keop + “be repaire 9 the pm. Panay ae com are "completely wad tr. e8 Aroody running over \t an! somatic a | ines Steam Communication Franciso snd Ohina, IMPORTANT MBETING OF THE CHAMCER OF COM: MERCEADOFPTION OF A RPORT FAVORING THB PROJECT. The reguiar monthly meeting of the Cbarabor of Com merce took place yeater’s —Jcletian Porit pret ting. Edwerd K, Albertus, Cbaries H. Beuodict, EAmund W. Corlies and Henry L, Siote were onanimously elected members of tho Coamber, Aller the transaction of some furthor business of Lit- tle importanee, the report of the special commilt: Pointed to consider tho subject of subsidizing a !ine of teamabips between Call‘ornya and Ohiva, aud draw up & memorial to Congrss-im favor of thd moature, was “i ‘ll ‘ing ie the 2 following in the t xt of the report, with the exes MOR he inprodonery portion, which is of no import Your memorialiste can recal! the time, within a short term of years, when several lines of pack t abips sailiog out of the port of New York had almost o: melusive som trol of tho valwabie traflic between this sud the prineipst seaports of Great Britain aud Vrance; ani they nav» lived to see the noble vessels, job once etwod fo high io the estimation of the traveller, aud walch bore 1 on shores the wort costly merchandiso, degraded to the eer vice of the emigrant, to the carrying cf coa), crockery and fron snc the bulky products of our own soil. ‘The Joes to oor saiitog packets of the valuable trade o wbich they were once tho unrivalled possessors is trace le primarily to the introduction, under the fosteria care of the government of Great Beitatu, of & line oi ‘steamers from the por! of Liverpool to Boston, via Hall- fax, nome twenty years ago Indeed, with the fet ap- plication of steam’ to opean navigation, the British go- vernment In ivgurated that system of mall com auaica. tion with this country, which’ bas never failed of tho aup port necestary to ite fall establisnment and permaneut existence. The veseele fivet employed shortly gave place to others, larger abd more powerfal; and, aided by robsidy after subsidy, they wore soon eabied to defy enmpetition, not oply in the carrying of the malls and of frrt ciase paroon gers, but inthe trarspertation of the rich fabrics of ¥rgland, France and continental Rurope—all the costly merebapdite which ie oxclited trom matting vessclt by the length and unecrtainty of the voynge nad hy th bigber rates of inturmves, Once Uemly extabtishes arn the Noriu Auantic, the sane syrtem hae beon cniarged ard extended to otber countries; t the West To diem, to the east and west coasts of South Ameriva; to Afton, to the North and Haltte seas; tbrouyh the whole course of ihe Mediterrarean and tho Ret Nea: to the prineipal ports ta India; across the Indian Uoewa to Singapore, and alovg the coast of Ching to tne isinada of the Fast and to australia Jt en earetet anil eon tiene throngh ail geason= all climee, rearing zone ae to te cold. rangh gales of the Northorn winter; and wherever the mail stoauior how gone, and whence tt hus como, by @ law which was mani fest cn the rrcuo of ite deat triamph, the most valuable (ado bas foliowed in its esorse, Not enty do the # and the costly drngs of India anc Cota reayb thy pation hy Oriental and Peutnaular mail #toa tavolters, the men of «ea th and the merchant and the puretuality, reek 1) turping from th ‘of that cot and at thie very 4 von the pesiat f rivel, opens bis ves ai veded by bis rorteing ondenee, and studies out tho wants of mat f the po) conptri@r named, from two to three weeks afler t ave become known to bis vi- gorove competitors on tho other Fide of the wator Under the patre Britannic M. y's govern ment, yorr me share reea the steamers of hor mereantile marine #0 pee ia number as to pro pvt upimpatred # mei vice which, for savety and arity, Hes exerted the admiration of ihe world; bic We'bes spared for the emergoncies ef war most of ibe trareports that were needed to carry a) invading wmy tothe Crimes: avd shortly afterword, with a rapidity vbkrown before, another armwy te India, when Tadia wae all in revolt, With tho return of peace those rame vesncis, fo prompt to aumwor the demaxtor Groat Hritata end her aly in tine of war, are fonnd re same their piace in the carrying trade of the conntry, or to Aitieg up new Itcee of oommucication thea ready to bo bas thon been going on quli Com ia}on of the Rew: aud, ae oand or ofan steamern, the utmost activity lied wlong the banks of ihe Ciyce and the Tyne, jo for ycare onr ebiyvards, from Maryland to Malac, we heen deserted Or comparatively itsetor. Your memorial ivta are policy that has lea to but, however conbted, it hag a'w im been ¥ yot eficative ibe #y atem poreue L Fraveo ond other Powe: tite 1k aeemiad to be the purzeae of the United | continue @ simi. coextens:¥ e by 8 equal term it baetr mariners to Of the sea, upon wed pation. To Prestige=t0 v0 ich WAR ONCE TAqUERT ONO eure of suppit whicu Great Sri- rendered to thelre Whatever dos. n the aller side of the at triner abovt lantis, on t so ong ma mairtalze idles, the goverumont of the United States + to imiiate thetr liberality on grbantt to Ire, amindfol thet some years ago tbe Congres of the Cited States 414, tor a tine, 1d 40, the vrcisure, of | publ ‘on in this serd, and andor the of tempors- t was crtabitebod vogth, far power a time they were'toe boast ud the delight of the American traveller; adecd, and throug much minfortane ua tained while the support that brougat Wes continued, and Goally with f not W perish, to beoome vale been orialiele aro 1nea were formed to Brexen and Havre, winrgemont the latter stil! eon receiving ouly ocean and intend portage, while a private steamers are enavlot to Keep the rca during Vue euwmer reason From this survey, ne brief, y this contrat no uewillingly crawr wisdom of tee Brities oat aut th piss of our Own, your mezeria li consigeration of he sabjoct which purpee> of this appeal. Tue tie seems jo avo that t Uinure to pup mraiied Detmcen the far eeotng short tte tot © folly come when the attention < the Cungrons of he Volted States thould be directed | 4, to tho esta >liabmevt of & line of mall stoamern throagh the waters of the Dacilc Uccan to the porviows cauatrion of the Exstorn world. Do one aie arc Californ'a and 01 Hive of Fea coatt; States abovediog in mineral wonlth, wld & moat prodective soil, and forcsia boundless in Tetents on the einer, the popwiows cinpires of Jepan aod China, the Pp! ee Islande, Java and Avstralte, all we acgersible to tbe mercbants of this country, wy a western route, as they how are 10 Whose of the old counteiog by cxittiog lines Cf gonmmue ieutlon, t Be of Pleaaiore be formed from Sea lranctean to China, ® connection with the other Important placer tural aod To to3h a con the Himes vimistekeably polet— ua the Atlantic projected, if 1 which, pessing throngh the jooky Mountaion, socks a new is of than ail'eiso, ube will of These are Wiens of the dicated wil! be ve wid cocrgutie : needod to turn the t seis biiber aud thity: . Medi 2 the Atlan’ © of corrempan tense A amily 80 iat { they would wat rosouree ovr pro a wind; If, angiag (bo god ani fornia for tac slike and teas of both empires, haut! wool! be, ty some extent, inde bankers aud foreign credits; and, above U # the truthe of Coristiauity a precions, the people of the Cuited Mates would give the missionary seedy nocer? choven (eld of labor, to the acces of mech toll ard pacifico tm tho past ans of large promise to the future if all these talnge are detirable euch a line ie Bee ied ‘To ew Which reacuee China throvgh @ Io i aline tho silver af Mexioo, Chile and Para, anit expere! re route, Would soon Deenme tibuinry, sad Bo, tor, w ne ent of a, drawn to Fogised via tho Isthnas of Pa that law of commerce b mages the aborte a re mate the bert. 114 lovite the attention of Congress to + be aogrmptisue’ hannfite to ft are pations nnually, in time of peate, for the defence ree in the event of war, it scome to be wito ry othe public money towarde building wp a meroattite ine, which hee beer proved 9 be a ralua bio 1 war ne in peace. Aud your momorinilets pray that thie great stop in our country ~t progrems may not be de ferred to another the honor of to another Congres, but that ihe aba be granted to any company that will underteke to perform ihe service im quomtion under proper guarantess and cor 'tions. Mr, Lows, the chairman of the committee, movod that the report be adopted and trarrmitted to Washington. Caan. H. Maenatt opposed tho motion, a8 x want ot a full attendance of the members presect, and ae was oppoent to the principle of general pela deer lines, as oppeeition to the liverpool acd New York linet—eabet- dined by the British government. Hy moved the port ponement of action on the report till the t regular meeting of the Chamber. Mr. Lowe replied that the pubile wore aware (he gay: ! [Casey Harcer | r , With thetr long | who died from tbe cfivets of burns ‘a8 tt tended to kill pudile enterprise, He | tte ant would, however, be willing to hare a lino eabsldizod In | ES + J Jr, ateeat PRICE TWO CENTS fect world come up today; Sherefore the ella: atten ance Wag LO resson why the report should no! % » po Mr. Wermons said that the subject had no * come ‘before the Chamber for the fourth tine, &* 1, tverefore, upon it was necessary. The aston of Gongreea Ie going to be one of tho posicat 124! over oe. Already one most {portant measure o°# paeced wo ae and threo most tmportent approp se! of bave been made; hence it would he woil to Beve tuo wajont dolore Coogress this session aad a8 soon as poeslvle, Wo are depending ox foreign eervioo wad farelga coar- te*y for our mati communication with the Paotéc and the kFeB! Coniinont of Aix, which gives Britain—the oom- mevolal rival of the conntry—a superiority in coaduoking Commerce, a8 tho recolves the news from the Saat [rom fifteen to twenty days belize we do, thoagu catare bas po.nted ont the continent of America as tho natural rovtoto Asia. The trato of Japan te likely to be ve (mportaot, for alrcady thore isa. ani em yace 40 vale country with a cargo valued at $700 000 from that oun try. The catablichmont of a steam ine to Aria, from California, wonld tend to give America @ poweriul au- periority for commanding ber full suare of Asiatic oom meres 9od woalth. Mr Lowe stated thet Eogland bse nereased ber com. merce with Brovil bythe ubsidizing of tires to that coun- Wy of 960 ver cept, and that one steamship Aronelit a cary worth 29.000, of $45 000 once from Brus'l ty England, aad another thatarco ® sicamer coovoye’ 908 pasecogers, At $800 n bea, between the two, countries He con Unved, phowiny that the British goveromeat appreciated the coptract symm, by paying 272 oye te ie Gpleny dine, though the « 180 beavily eabsidized, # raping on The extent of our ii rente, eos Ergland-—woich does not import more than ov third of what we do from Braziimanpually exports bair toep or fourtecn millions worth to that country. All t's be attributed to her polley in subsidizing steamers to 9211 Frepmy & private enterprises, anc 8 Nine a8 a reagon Why such @ policy should not be rerewed Over members of the Chamber followed on both afdes of (he question, apd the We at length lost Tho mot committee and forward it to Congress then prevailed, aud the Coamber acon alterwarde acjourned. Address of Bepar jenn Se TO THE REM 1” THE STATE OF NEW YO! " College of the State Raviog, te the popular will, aud 1p ascordanco wisn’ the require mente of the federal conatitation and of the laws ant formes of too State, erst ite thirty five votee for Abraham oi? Hanniba) Flarm!ia for the oMocr of Prem Wes. the Rep! Is \iself of the ooaasion to tender p thelr poltticat aereciates here and cleewhero its hearty gr atulations mpou the result. ‘he republican party bad {ts origin In a great 9oblio Huich demanded and elltied frou ail it@ mom Tipg cond teace in the virtue, tatell|geace tiem of tho grent body of the people. 1t commenced the atruggte for the esta viiabment of ite or ipolples with more thaa half of tho States of the coa fecoracy, and eli the power of the federal goverameas ureyed against It. ConOding in the justice-of ite prineipler, and in ths pa- triutie consideration’ whish called it Intoex'stencs, || baw # regaled on throcg! years of ca! smpy and 1 \eropresonta. tien optit {t har, by the power of truth ave POASOD, Se cured he cen trol of tbe national government tor tho bext foar years; oud, with this coutrol, the sical re: cogvition und enforcemint of the prinotples upon whieh {t te bared, and whieh fonnd clear, empbatic and sonopte bic exprertion in the resolutions of the Caicvgo Uonves- in, that these resolutions wero beartiiy arproved 4 by ail aided tp the elostion of Avraban: Linecin and Hannibel Hamlin; that there 2 preeminent ae their pc | pot have been so yoo" upon any other declan tibere principles Inrure Gdelity to a \- sof the oo *peos for the reserved rigule of tho Ftates, ula the right of exch the edminigtrasion of ir Lincoln will ve er conttence of the poor'e of the whale country And, coping in the wisdom and patvtotisea of the re. bioan party and iis chorea represeutative, end ‘n ie on 9 the Union, we solemnly believe that m aod nnswerving adhereves to tte doctrines is ee. ptinl Wo a foil Featoration of national peace aud proe periiy S PRAPER, Chairman Jases TeRWitLMoRR, Secretary, City Intelligence, Fea iy Money Las Dart evening, shortly before Feven o'clock, a fire broke out tn the foar story butlding No. 168 Maiden jane, veeupied by L. Gail, dealor ir German droge. The fre brcke out In the top story, and the quick action of the flremen prevented the ‘lames from prea! ing beyond the upper oor. ‘The roof was destroyed, and the whole of the stock wae con erably damaged by water. The lors ie ¢ d in eiky comp out $1100 The stoc ted to the The « om to the ouild in the etore No 101 Mat ane, oecnpted by the Bay Siato Glass Company, war amaged slightly by water; fally torured. Much ausiety cit inst might in copeequenes of the want of water » steam fire engine® were kopt fired up In roadinere, eo tf to take sootion from the river to supply the band ex fines. The steam fre ongine Victory No. 13, of the Kast cru district, Brook clupteered thelr sorvices, apd wae kept in readineae ih the Park. The alarm of dre for tho Fourt! dittriat, at half-past elovea o'etock lat n'got, ed by the hurwing of @ wood shed rear of No. 78 Baxter etroet, Scope ay Corrs Bis Taoat —An fnquest was held 0 Hospital, by Coroner Jeckman, am Morrow, a native of Irelan aged thirty years, who committed suicide by onting bi Ubroat with «razor, Deceased, it eppenred, bad been an Invalld for some time part, ve extromiticn apd rendered’ Locapabl Vie family becoming deatitate an continaln; to prow worse, be resolved to commit sate! por than ep sure a life of misery any longes 7 on Tocrdsy moroing he procured his throas with the he died yeetarday in paen ia wordy of Detth: by eaichdoy” nd the body reopen hanced over to the friends’ for interment. Ay Uscxows Wowax Kitumo ~The body of an unkvowa men Was found lying wpom the track of tbe Harlem oad opposite Lhe Arsenal, yesterday morniog, under oes which lend to the beliof that abo wae ron ( by a wele of care. The corpse war house, Where Ko tok b paveinet stat y Coroner Gamble, Com) ux Acs RNY —Corover Jareman hold an luqneet a1 the New York Hompita! wpom the body of Dastel Moran, gts acoldentaliy received pe eaprenins a8 ‘0m tho 16th of Sey tember, at No, co Tatriceuth Verdict— ‘Ac ¢ tental cows! Persopal Intelligence. Yr J. & Brnsoo write, of Uagland; A. Brust fale, and J, C Leavenworth, of Ohio, aro stopping as © Union Plage Potel J. & Wood, of Boston: T. R. Orittonden, of Albany, and © ®, Hegemann and wile, of Stanford, Coun, are stop pice at the Byerett How W. W. Smith, of New Orioane: N. M. Tanner and James Chalmer®, of Virginia, aod Mra Todd, of Alabacs, are stopping at the Fith Avenue Botel, Co} Titer, of Ay Zonne Barnum, President of the American Telegrap Company ; mae! 1 Crane, of Boston ; LT, Waser ww, of Springilei4, Mase , vere amoag the ar tivols at the 86. Ntsbo am Hotel yesterdey. 8 de Mora, of Cuda; RB, Swayne, of Baltimore ¢ W Peterson, botm of Vhilndelphi of Rbode Ietand, are stopping at j Cavolina; Jasob Fornyth, of Titnelt: ©, Wo Sradtord, MW. Warne, and Aiexand Lelioh, all of St. Lowie: J, HL Weet, of Ruoda ininad: Tac dy acd party, of Fe rel? and & K Lawronse, of Wiserrain, are stopping at the Metropoltian tote! Lievt, Col. Hardee, Caps. In; and Gen. Sommer, of The following gentle taken roome for the winter at Con, Hel), Albany — 1 Gov, Campbell sad family; DR fc Top men, Secretary of State, Sad fami Hovert Deaalston, trotler, and family’; hae. Myere, 7 ders, ‘ James M Coons ‘euporinton: tent vieat Dink Depart) ment, tud Faont enry F Davie and ‘amily. Senetore— Hen. Ketcham aod emily, WE. Ferry and fe mil¥, J. A Remeey and femily, allen Movros, Francie M. Rotch Aveembiymen=-t VR Wateoa and femily, Jobn J, Shaw, Horatio N. Sherwood, NJ ola Ker- pa, Lockwood L. Duty, Fig , Pri to the Govereor who bave ? Lei pie Fe ee th Wee ALeOrR