The New York Herald Newspaper, July 5, 1865, Page 2

2 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 65, 1865. POLICE. oes oes | A | THE RIGHT ARM OF GOOD ORDER. captains of Metropolitan police force, sergeants of Metro- politan police force, and patrolmen of Metropolitan police. ‘The Commissioners and members of the force cannot accept, hold, or be candidates for any elective office unless under forfeiture of commission. Either. Commissioners may at any time be Governor, under the provisions of statutes the removal from office of sheriffs. NAMES OF COMMISSIONERS, By the act of 1864 the following gentlemen were ap- THE METROPOLITAN SYSTEM. Territory Covered---How the Force is Constituted, How Governed, ; ‘and west, When one is cut pointed s Board of Police Commissioners:—Thomas OC. south one and How Its Powers Acton, to hold office until the Ist of March, 1872; Joseph Place, tn thst eventful weak ver ic thounnd temages & Bosworth, to lst of March, 1870; John G. Bergen not only of the ne doa bat also of tine military. Commu- are Exercised. (Brooklyn), to 1st of March, 1868, and William McMun. nication with Brooklyn is maintained by a cable acroms ray, to lat of Maroh, 1806, therein. If the suspicions be {he Bast ret guine thelr anchor aod breaking "the ; THBIR POSITIONS AND SALARIES. - as pomuarenee te Chefs hai dbad = entire of carryi this invaluable ealary mn ‘The expense ing on , Police Commissioners and Ex- Prue Eye eerste yer ca pe ee Pec ———- mies £8 “a snoring h sparkmente ‘many as six or weven cases of | ecutive Officers. he ae ary of four thousand dain The compen fever, natn oers many us tnx twee catent | Poona’ ofthe dopartmaal, “la “buts lke sand fiye hundred dollars each, The Commissioners de- wrould be dime without person observation,” | Samos is the Superinter Be and Mr, Eldred vote nearly their entire timo to the business of the de- Teen Cane Lane oe atnat of aacinuon, | Senene Superintendent, The operators are . FIDELITY----ACTIVITY----ENERGY, | Pement, the President and Treasurer being’ on duty jaar ahr Demag iplpemnge pre Pe Sh pg lt Sg Barty hy from morning until night. Their duties are especially tenements of this city, Many of those buildings contain | duty at all times at headquarters, (Sir Planley is detailed L arduous, and the deficiency of clerical. foree renders Foe ee eetdicd tetera te esaliont poole Bio thom mote 0. See antae menenes es thlnciee oh aie | wit ct eae kth emery chim out & Largely Increased Patronage of |... , cm "sums orsnnem. Sia pra ees See | Sra cremnaeencan eae by ‘Wm, MoMur- the Commissioners, ray, who has done 80 since the orgauisation of the Board Tea way tate uch apartsenis only from the doorway. of | date ring sero fn len legen rs under the law of 1804. Mr. McMurray receives and dis- the the Boartot | Sohos and the Sromen.” it was & stirring timo indeed, burses for the New York force over two millions of dollars, and for the Brooklyn force over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, each year. Healsp acts as treasurer of the Poilce Insurance fund. He makes all payments on check and voucher, giving to each officer and policeman about the 8d of each month s chock for the exact amount due him. He signs from forty to pr thousand checks ar which in vers bape a! of some magnitude, He has a bookkee) ir. 0. P. Gott) with @ salary of $1,000- entirely inadioquaten who.has been connected with the mnt for = with two assistantse—Edward ford and Wei. . Williamson. All of these gentlemen are excdedingly competent; but the clerical force of the Treasure: a ment, like that of the chief clerk of the department, is ‘BOW TO BECOME A POLICEMAN. THE DETECTIVE FORCE. mperionced in this respect, om, account in the quality of the cloth (mang Pa Se ete peice others would make a bape soedy oe, and both be exposed alike to the ‘the | The Sanitary Company---How Its Use- fulness May be Increased. A NRFARIOUS SYSTEM BROKEN UP. When the present Board of Commissioners came tn they found a vory nefarious system Revenge exist. ence in regard to far too limited for the duties required, and consequently part and the Commissioner oes oe oo ihe acai respon all the clerks engaged have to very sevoro labor | ,pPLIgATION FOR MEMBERSUIP OF THE FOROR— Rhemasivee: ap having tadiebnce “wish 4 SPU Ok Oe Peres Toca paler yee wilson, for the limited salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum. NEW DUTIES FOR THE COMMISSIONERS—LARGE IN- CREASE OF PATRONAGE, HOW IT I8 DONE. Parties wishing to apply for appointment as patrolmen usually go to some well known citizen or citizens and gota letter addressed to the Board or to some single NOVEL TELEGRAPHIC ARRANGEMENTS. missioners, sogeaiseance with them. They would usually go to some well known public man, who was himself ignorant of their ‘and solicit a letter of recommendation on ly agreed the contractors is lowed the latter. The sloth is depos- eotht ee of e Lagantses ner De! | Beesimitncs wit ier af pemmendatn ie 10 ty uty of = ¢ Commissioners: tI lot recommen: ion. THE POLICH LIFH FUND. ng Pe 7 of ap- | the Commistioners with is letter of recommendation. faaia the: sloreroomr ‘whore ft is disposed of 10 polce- pointing registers, inspectors, can and poll clorks Prielections, and assigning that duty to the Board of Po- lice Commissioners. There is no doubt that the new system will work woll, a8 {t is the determination of the Commissioners to appoint for the purposes named none but worthy and compotent persons. None will be takon ‘who are not liable to jury duty, with the exception of the clerks. They are also to bo selected from each Assombly district, Under this arrangomnt tho Commissioners will thus have the appointment of over two thousand persons additional to their present patronage, and as the Board is equally divided politically, all the appointments ‘to bo made by them vall be made as equally as possible from men at a trifling advance on the cost pee stere: gate amount of sales per annum, considering the num! of policemen, is astonishingly small—only Teaching, be- fore the rise in material, to between $12,000 and $16," ‘and at highest prices only $20,000 to $26,000. Parti seeking the contract have supposed the amouat te reach ‘at loast $150,000 per annum, but the facts show the trae amount to be as we have stated it. Policemen are gen- erally careful of their uniforms. Most of them have am extra suit, sometimes pretty well worn, which they use in tempestuous weather, while in the winter they cam ‘wear almost any sort of clothing they please undor thelr overcoats, tion, the appearance of the man, &c., fills up a blank form addressed to the Chief Clerk,’ dircoting him to sub- ject the applicant to the proilminary examination, which is contained in « printed form of questions which he answers under oath. QUESTIONS ON THE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. What is your name? In what year were you born? ‘Whore were you born? If out the United States, have you been naturalized, whon and where? Can you read and write English? Have you been convicted of ‘any crime? How long have you resided im this State? ere do you now reside? Are you married or single? Btartling Revelations About Tenement Houses. party who has attcmpted the extortion, In such case the iperintendent usually sends for the broker and warns him against repeating the offence under penalty of prose- cution on charge of attempting te obtain money under false pretences. This system is believed now to be en- tirely broken up, so far as the polise is concerned, against a policeman, Py ® citizen or by an officer, for dereliction of duty, and he is punished as tm the judg- ment of the Commissioners is deemed suitable. A large number of cases are brought before the co: rs for trial and adjudication, some of a serious and many of INTERESTING STATISTICS AND STATEMENTS, the different political parties. This increased duty was | 3¢ married, what famil; a trifling character. As many as five thousand casce are ly have yor What has been your THE SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION. LOST CHILDREN. ke, Kes &e. iapeed the Leyla ure without consulting the Com- | occupation? Haye you ever had, rhoumatism? Have | ‘This ts aloo a rigid branch of the discipline of the | cisPose spring renee aterw lg ppedepy peheeraim on Ta the fourth story of the Central Police Building are : is Det yD you ever had a fit of kind? Have you ever had | police force. It follows after the appointment of the y “4 ments devoted to the care of lost children. AM duty required of them, did not desire what might seem to be an increase of patronage, but which, in fact, is im- posing upon them @ very harassing and unpleasant duty. Notwithstanding this heavy increase of duty and re- sponsibility the Legislature has made no provision for an increase in the clerical force of the department. CLERICAL—CHIEF OLERK OF THE DEPARTMENT, ETO. This is cortainly one of the most arduous positions in the Police Department, and requires a person of unusual ability and industry, a8 well as experience in municipal affairs, to fill {t successfully. This peaition is very satis- factorily filled at present by Seth, 0. Hawley, Esq., at a salary of three thousand which is very meagre Pay, ‘cons.dering the amount and the importance of the official labors he has to perform, and the responsibility he has to incur. The deputy clerk of the department is Mr. D. B. Has- brouck, with a salary of two thousand dollars, There are ten other clerks in the chief clerk’s office, each with a aslary of twolve hundred dollars per annum. THE PROPERTY ROOMS AND THE PROPERTY CLERK. The property clerk receives all the stolen goods ro- covered by the police, or which may fall into their hands they all lie at the foundation of the discipline of the force. Such offences as standing idle in conversation whilo on duty, lounging on the corner of a street, leaning lazily upon @ railing, sitting upon a box or hydrant, or smoking, and other offences of # like character, may be reg by citizens as inconsiderable and trivial; but if they were to be overlooked or allowed to pass without reprimand they would goon extend through the whole force, and what citizens now regard as a model police system would in a short time degenerate into what the game citizens would freely stigmatize as an irresponsible body oC loafer, for whose vn pode they are taxed. The S&S t for these offences depends upon the degree of irpitude exhibited by the offender. Some are punished the loss of one. or two days’ pay; for offences a little more serious they lose as high as ton days’ pay, A po- liceman found under the influence of liquor, or leaving his post while on duty without sufficient excuse, is in- Pep nage the service. Briefly, any member of the po! force may be immediately dismissed from office, in addition to any other punishment he may be subject to law, whom any of the following shall be sul tiated :—Ist. Intoxication. 2d. children found astray in the streets are first taken to the station houses, and if they aro not reclaimed by night- fall they are brought hither and under the care applicant, and requires not only nerves but brains to go through with it successfully. The school is under the charge of Captatn Leonard, who brings to his ardaous task the benefit of ag 4 years’ practical experience in the duties of policeman in every department. The no- vitiate sheuld prepare for an intellectual course of tuition at the hands of Captain Leonard, who not only ‘expounds the rules and regulations of the Police Depart- ment, but explains tho duties of policeman, and the pe res | which be can prevent crime as well as detect a criminal. , INSTRUCTION IN MILITARY TACTIC8 AND THE MANUAL OF THE CLUB. This to. part of the school of instruction, and is mainly devoted te instructi tho men in military wercntig and manwuvres, in the manual of the baton, Captain Copeland, chief of the Broadway squad, is drill officer of the force. “ergeant Wm. H. cant is assistant drill master. These exorcises aro beneficial in many respects. It gives the mon a martial sir and de- meanor, and at tho-same time instructs them how to use effectually thoir main weapon of defehce and attack, the piles, and how long since? Are your parents, or cither of them, dead: if so, at what ago and of what disacaso di@ thoy die?’ Have you beon in Have you been in any military servi ‘beema policeman? Havo you paid or prom! or give any moncy or other consideration to any person, directly or indirectly, for any aid or influence tewards procuring your appointm« If the preliminary examination prove pant Sed the chief clerk, he directs the party to appear the board of Sargeons on the following Tuesday. SURGICAL MXAMINATION @F OANDIDATAS FOR THR POLICR FOROR. Now conres @ very important proceeding in the busi- ness of making @ competent patrolman. 0 Me litan Police Department having a life insurance of its own, from which all members are entitled to receive benefit, it t9 m that none but sound and healthy men shoul@ be admitted to the body. If sick, they aro regularly paid, and free modical attondance is obligatory ‘on the partof the department during illness. . If they dio a permanent pension enuges to their family. This ‘The proper government of a metropolis like that of Now "York is no easy task. ‘The Police Department of such a city ospocially is one of great importance, and it requires tminds of extraordinary administrative capacity to work ts intricate machinery successfully, Various expert- ments have been tried in the effort to discover the proper Police system, and it may be said that the city of Now ‘Work has passed through more police exporimental or- deals than almost any other city in the world, The fruits of these experiments we see to-day in the ostablishment bf a Metropolitan Police system which, if not absolutely Perfect, may be regarded as equal, if not superior, to that of any other police organization of which we have any ‘record. But, approaching perfection as noar as our system doos, it cannot Be denied that every day evidences where improvements might be intro- nutaber of the children brought in are those who have Deen deserted by their nts and left to wander the. strects ill clad, shivering and starving. ‘These are also sent to Randall’s Island after efforts to discover their parents have proved unavailing. On the other lope many of the childron of most respoctable families brought here, some having wandered from hotels, their homes, or strayed Cd mm careless nurses. again, come in from the country on cars, &c., who can give no account of their parents or their laces of residence, Thus, even in this great city, seem, ing with population and amid the ceaseless tide o! Foye trians on the o child be reoovered if ailve by eopyins, at the Central ment, Metropolitan Police, total number of lost children received and disposed of i fluced. Exigoncies arise with the tide of humanity as it vision also in to, or rather receives different ‘operates. in rogard to, The drill thorough lita iiful disobedience of orders. $d. Violent, coarse or ‘Central ebbs and flows within and without the limits of the | from any Other source, and forwhich there appears no Te chiot significance from, the fact that the law and the is eon city, ‘Wil Uae eosspae or the useof the moatee, insolent lan, or behavior to a superior, or other per- s oe oar Mew -g ay Pea was 10) muse: Metropolitan Police, that should command tho | Proper owncr or claimant, Tho office is a very respon. | regulations of the dopartment demand that none bus | which in this case gives way to the revolving locust. | #0n, 4th. ving money or other valuable thing con- San; females, 3,760. Of those 435 were natives of Inited States, sible one, as the clerk is held to account for every arti- cle that comes into his possession, and in a pecunt point of view this is no small consideration. The gaat now very acceptably filled by Colonel Joseph W. ck, son of the late ex-Governor Bouck, at olny of, $1,! per annum. The rooms of tho property clerk present a curious medley of goods im endless —& perfect curiosity shop with extensive additions. value of property delivered from this office during the past year amounted to $131,042 19; from different preciaots, $991,110 71; total, $1,122, 158 90. THE STATIONERY DEPARTMENT is conducted upon a more economical and simple and yet efficient system than any other similar department in the Stato or municipal government. At one time it was thought to be one of those bureaus in which some fine fat picking for politicians might be secured; and one of the Commissioners was solicited by a somewhat noted politician to use his influence in obtaining for him the printing of the blanks, &c., for the d He was asked if he had any idea of the pecuniary value of such ‘an appointment. He said he sup; the business would amount to between twenty and thirty thousand dollars per year. Imagine his surprise when he was in- formed that the entire expenditures of the office for all descriptions of stationery, including printing, blank books, paper, pens, ink, and the numerous little # crferay in the stationery line, amounted for one year to but little trary to the rules and regulations or the statutes of the aie oe ii Bee compnanes wth pou re rej jons. . Inefficiency or gross neg! uty. Th. Wiltully m ‘ tor thoroughly able-bodied men shall become members of the police force. ‘The surgeons? examinations are there. foro of the most rigid description, probably more #0 than in any other organization, whether for life insurance ima a corporation or for position in any charitable body which benefits accrue in case of death or personal injury. They are more stringent than thoso pooreili wo! joulated that tho twelve, or more than one-half the number opply! a The object is to have none but thoroughly sou py 4 the department, and where thore is a doubt the surgeons ive it infavor of the department. The surgeons argue at the service is an arduous one, requiring the con. stant exereise Of unimpaired physical heaith and meatal faculties, and, as there is a never-tailing supply of good men of that precise stamp seoking the places, it is im- politic and improper to bestow them upon unfit appli- ants, The surceons physloally examine the candidate, who, after prosenting his statement previously sworn to, sens bis mame in the rogister kopt by the Secretary e Board, Each recruit, or new initiate into the force, unde! two hours’ drill per day. All have to undergo the drill each day for thirty days after their appointment. In the night each of thesemen takes one tour of duty with ‘an old policeman. NUMBER AND PAY OF THE METROPOLITAN POLIOB, ‘According to the report of the Superintendent, tne + total number of persons commected with tho Met: tan Police force was, for the yoar. ending 3 two thousand and fourteen. Their pay 16 as follo Gaptains, $1,500 onch,, Sergeants, $1,200; 2, $1,000; Doormen, $800. Tho following isa list of the names of the capiainsof the several precincts:—First, Jacob B, Warlow; Second, Morris De Camp; Third, James Geer; Fourth, James Bryan; Fifth, Jeremiah Petty; Sixth, John Jourdan; Seventh, Wm. Jameson; Eighth, Nathaniel R Mills; Ninth, Jacob L. Sebring; ‘Tenth,’ Thaddeus C. Davis; Eleventh, John J. Mount; Twelfth, Theron R Bennett; Thirteenth, Thomas Steers; ’ Fourteenth, John J. ‘Williamson; ‘Fifteenth, Charles W. Caftry; Sixteenth, -Henry Hadden; Sever teenth, Samuel Brower; Eighteenth, John Camero Nineteenth, Jedediah W: Hartt; Twentieth, George W. Walling; Twenty-tirst, Cornelius Burdick ; Twenty-second Johannes G. Siott; Twenty-third, Henry Hutchings; Twenty-fourth, James Todd; Twenty-filth, Theron R- Copeland; Twenty-sixth, Thomas W. Thorne; Twenty- seventh, John C. Helme; Twenty-eighth, John #. Dick- ‘and 2,911 natives of Ireland. THE DETECTIVE FORCE—OLASS OF OF PENDERS THEY FERRET OUT, ETO. ‘This force consists of a chief and. twenty mon. Ser. it John 8. han the chief; the other members of e foree are James P. Bennett, &B. McCord, W. G. Elder, P. Farley, J. Eustace, . ‘W. Wilson, George J. Radford, J. J. Kelso, J. Tieman, T. Slowey, Hy. Vs R. King, T"! bury, John Smith, George Niven, 'T. Golden, and W. B. Moore. Mr Moore is the clerk of the force, tind has wom much credit for the able manner in which he discharges his duties. Tho duties of the force consist in transacting the lar business of aa cftca fim passion mba have met wi losses by thefts of any pee or by embezzlement and other misconduct of jonest employes, such as clerks, porters, domestics, After parties their complaints, some of which come through the Police a = Pras ‘phe hye ster anda great many being direct made e ve ches, the chief Szamines the cases and makes his solection the men best fitted for the whatever they may be, &ttention of the executive officers of the department, Yo check the growing disposition among young men to Dommit assaults and other crimes of violence against the {person should also command moro attention. This isa bad element in New York. There are numbers of young mon who would never, perhaps, commit a theft who ‘would not hesitate to commit an assault upon the per- on, with or without provocation, Some parts of the Bity are particularly infected with what may be tormed ‘the rowdy distemper. In the eastern section—com- prising the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twenty-first ‘wards—the plug ugly epidemic has raged with extreme Violence. Tho Police Commissioners have had much ‘rouble on this account with this class of people in that part of the city; but by justifying policemen in the execution of summary proceedings against par- Bos guilty of rioting and rewdyism the turbulent Spirits have been disposed to be a little more peaceful. The Fifth and Sixth wards were not ago considered the worst in the city for the jpumber of their rowdies and low criminals and the re- or using unnecessary violence wards @ prisoner oT 8th. Neglect of payment of just debts for necessaries or rent, inst ination, or conduct Mnfeed aA a station, bo eed the ear | to vepri ‘or deductions of pay, or, in case of Te- Peniod violations of the rules, he may be diamassed. - NO OUTSIDE INFLUENCE PERMITTED. The Commissioners never it any outside influ- ‘ence or solicitation to have the slightest weight where the discipline of the foree fe concerned. Being respon- sible for the good order and efficiency of the force, they hold that all matters relating to ite discipline must be loft to their own judgment and decision. THE POLICE LIFE INSURANCE FUND. ‘The capital of this fund is not as large as it should be, considering the prospective demands that are likely to be made upon it; but it has been incronsed at.» greater rate during the past year than ever before. When Mr. McMurray took charge of this fund, on the 16th March, 1864, the capital was $32,000. It has been increased to near! boa im the space of @ littic over one year. All of this sum is invested in New York registered bonds of the city or county, and of the United States. No investment is made sm coupon bonds of any kind. bh 4 _FEW FOINTS IN THE SURGIOAL BXAMINATION. Wo have said tho examination was rigid. Let those who thimk otherwiso try it once. We will attempt to illustrate from the examples furnished at one sitting of the Board. Surgeons presemt:—Secre' Sutton, M. D.; a xh : ‘i Or AH i n ° The income of the fund is derived—first, interest on in- | have become throughout the city. fpulaiveness of their haunts and‘dens of crime. Some of | Ov‘r,{hesum of sik thonsnd sollte ore of ened Pe nan Wiiy Bee anlaesae Tak calgiiaet wee fon; Twenty-ninth, Francis C. Speight; Thirheth, Galen | vestments; scoond, the fet upon policemen for delin- | The following is in part a classi of the offenders Bhe {nbabitants of these wards were in humble circum- | .the system by which the stationery business is carried on | ® batch of five. They weve ordered to take offtheir hats, | Alanson 8. Wil: prec G. Lord: De. juencles; uly, the detectives are upon to ferret out:— Dat most of the others were of the ae is very successful. No article is permitied tobe sent | Coats, shoes and stockings. ‘Dr. Kennedy then com- | too Chict, John B Youn Meat o fund by policemen receiving rewards for meritorious 1. Bank ‘These go'into a town where pert mot debased | fre the room exeept upon requisition from proper | moneed the measuring precess, It was curious to notice es 2 john 8. Young. Brooklyn—Forty- | services. No policeman 1s permitted to receive any re- | the bank buildings are somewhat inseoure, and “Gt” the But owing to the efficiency and adminis- | mors, how the short candidates endeavored to stroteh them- Pony wire" hg 4, Pee ag te mer mores = Lad ong of any eet weer without Place; which means taking ree Poe S capacity of the officers of the police having charge | — But one box of steel pens is allowed to cach station | selves up to the inexerable five foot eight inches. | Rowers; Forty-fiith, Cornelius *Woglom; Forty-sixth, | who theroupon makes application tke Board through. phy ae tbe latter being ‘oerally drilled and blown ous James Mallon; Forty-seyenth (sub), ——-————; Forty: eighth (sab), William H. Brown; ninth Precinct, Goore A. Waddy; Fiftieth (sub), —-——., BEOAPITULATION OF THB FORCE FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 31, 1864. ri i ‘of those precincts—Captains Joufdan and Petty—thore ‘wards havo latterly been comparatively quiet and orderly. {he population may be as bad as ever, but the police autho- wities are recognized, and there is little trouble or disor- @er. Cortain sections of the Eighth and Fourteenth ‘erards, not far from Broadway, are considered bad lo- alities, and tho police have had considerable difficulty fin regulating them. The adoption of the European rule house forayear, and when ink is the party wanting it brings his empty bottle, sweden is hii in the stationery room from the general ink barrel. The blan! blank books, &¢., are supplied according to the acts number required, leaving no opportunity for waste through caretessness or im) co, Every quire of yr sent out is noted; every pen, pencil or of ink is recorded ; in fact, the management of the whole atation- ery departrgent, under the immediate superintendence of Mr. Teunts low, of Brooklyn, at a com; of fifteen hundred dollars per year, reflects it upon all wo | one Srggent gen yet yyy poe tg | the Treasurer, ‘The Treasurer first oxamines the case, and if he thinks proper to allow Wy is reported to the mend his rojection; but it had to bedone. Hoe was advised, however, to take a warm bath, lay a fow extra hours in bed and keep strictly temperate in all things. This regimen has been known to increase a man’s party has paid to the policeman, whole of the money is returned or placed in the Lifo Fund, as the Commissioners may direct. A failureon the of iceman to (requiring squads of persons gathered together in those | concerned. Hi ae'itce ar moncy ‘paid. tor him, snd the, reason why is | houses im cise. Tho nighta solected for hia Broublesome places to “move on’ has been found 20D; SEDEORI YS. SOR ARENE CoE, ST: was 80 FA: ie atm from the } are generally sagt One Toate aim. 1ef executive officer partment force. bave | to ene gat! ae care sning | Superintendent, John A. Kennedy, Eag., who receives sachs edtanengpuane ‘coame'tesignting trorcbe deta | or caae Sor iene ents spisekion iat eoae? in enforcing the order, it frequently happening | five thousand’ dollars per annum Mr. Kennedy has pleted. Sometimes entrances are effected by pasting ‘Phat citizens claiming to be respectable, forgetting that through tbe ‘Ghe reguiation was adopted for thoir own protection, Ptood out for what they claimed as thoir “‘ rights,” which Benorally’ resulted in their boing taken to tho station house, whore they had ample time to reflect upon what ‘Ponstituted their rights. The prompt enforcement of the commandiot the eee during the lous jods the metropol bas ed juring the July or draft riots, through- out man: troublous and exciting scence of which the rebellion was the parent, including the attempt to burn the city, as woll as his efforts to ferret out rebel emissaries and bring them to jt all entitle him to ere git ficient officer, having been most His problem; in other words, that a man so dis- ried off, Other silk robberies can be a trifle’ olther long or short at ploasure, $8) 10 discussion concluded on the occasion reforred to by deciding tho fairest way to be to place the man i 4 . i é ef 4 Bees ‘Order has been the means of dispersing knots of persons | the warmest praise and un: confidence of our | sauarcly on his fect; and thus, vory strangely conmder- ‘who, after imbibing a few drams of rattlesnake whiskey, | citizens ge Cn oy | has no ntments ~~ ing Geceen tans had the ante water eundgereciog, generally a, covered ae Se they use the ready jaarre! uy with the | Dis control, although he can exercise an im- | tho decision was given against the heeling process. “night owl” hacks—the themselves not um ad 1 Yom 6 Gna sr gt Sp © Tew portant influence in the selection of if he chooses | “'Once passed the measuring ordeal, the is frequently having been found out es in with the Wrst person they meot, which has somotimes resulted in | to use it, Ho issues all general and special orders daken tote = private agurtanent Where he is required to burglars. In other cases of silk robberies the thief een- @eath and marder. through the saapoetees onesie orders aro | strip to the buff, and then commences the pummolling Y himself in the more ia ite day time, and in the } No better evidence of the effectiveness of our potiee | “ithe ‘ior clerk to the superintendent is Mr. George oe or nae tase We arduna ary? omen pu rafey memory ‘A great deal of work as @an bendduced than the fact that while the crime of | Hopcroft, who has two or three assistants. Avoirdupois, and bears such a strong resemblance to Sena- been done in this way in thie ety within a year or twa, ing has been revived with success in London it has ‘THY INSPROTORS—THRIB PAY AND DUTIES. tor Nye of evada, 3 ho, has been mistaken, even in Lareonies are freqoestly Gosumlsied, sarly in the mora ? e Mul street for quis! ox. 7 . eh Dees eenreet Bee tee rent ee, rie, Polieg Inspectors are four in number ve geonge. | member of a former Metropolitan, Police Board. Dr K. city proper. In New York alone there are forty-five miles | Keepers would do well to keep an eye upon these break Owing to the summary punishment of the offenders by | wWhijks, James Leonard and John 8. Folk (the latter m | places the candidate in position, like a bag of sand before of police telegraph wires; in Brooklyn about twenty | of-day operations, for it sometimes occurs that they ae- Bho courts and the immunity allowed to policemen, tn- | Brooklyn). They each receive $2,600 per annum. Clerk | & prise fighter ‘wadergoing dlocipling, am Gives him one miles. Pi gata mw bowery Arg or Aonag Soeuen laa be 4 diay of nap | ap when they aro proves: ives—' y — tors—Mr. Hi A. with his right hammer on his victim’s right lung. sists ndred there noce! Bluding dotectives—who appoar in cltizons’ dross—when | to tie Hapoctine tie ‘eamnaln Carpenter, has been con- | sound, there is a prolonged echo around the apartment. ‘ wore over three hundred cups required, Mich too ine | “3 Houschveakers “These are, the most seoverate thoy encounter one of these cowardly villains who “goes | necioq with the police af this city for the’ past cighteen | If the organ be unhealthy, a dull, leaden report is heard. Sluded the local battery, but the present humber is found | Kind of burglars, with In most, casos at ttle ack’? on the officer. Garroters, however, occasionally | or twenty yours. He was Captain of Folice in Fifth | The loft iung then comes under punishment. This . amply. ayer = eee = po Lew ged “e the de- bien realizing — i i‘, with make their appearance boldly in our thoroughfares after ward during the time of the M. P.'s, for some fifteen | is = by a process similar to what oso A p- pong Al fs on ee e main | the a Ag receiving ee sane ‘Those fellows, years, Afterwards he was appointed deputy superin- | gentlemen of the prize ring would call “fibbing”— 'y) wa wi ruments are | onment in the State prison ae a Hed wightfall, but they rarely dare disturb any one who 18 | ¢.,16nt of tho Metropolitan polio" (in 1857). law was | quick, heavy successive raps upon a special 6 ia Gectoupees Lt ~4 instruments has bese or | or the most Ct am ae w o Se a epg " ‘Got under the influence of liquor. altered in 1860, when four inspectors were ot doing liminary discipline is required to be w1 in cups re ie room the } tho large key of the mai es : He an RS ‘There were no public disorders of any magnitude in | away with the office of deputy superintendent, tain | in order to porn —— i ang ¢ 2 ‘able oy Fy ection angio copy od ayy ey heme —— Ne ough as * : on is his city from the time of the Astor place riots up to the | Cerventer being the tenioe oficer wan appotnted by the | withatand punishment from vi eae ttactin Ube cou teem Ke dial iastrumeut is something similar to | through the coal-hole or vault under tho sidewalk. Those rowdies with whom he may come in cortact in the course of his official dutios, Next the candidate falls under the charge of the experienced Dr, Ranney, who, with Dr. Kimbark, almost turns the poor fellow inside out in order to ascertain whether he is diseased or ever bean | to be. Nota pulsation of the heart, nor a breath throug! the thorax, not scar, scarely a vein, not ® physical blemish, including eyesight and hearing, even to the con- dition of his shins and toc nails, oscapo this searching inquisition, It is thus #0 few of those who week to the honors and emoluments of patroidom are elected. ‘Those tests aro so severe that when a candidate Is re- Jocted that result should not be taken as showing his ‘unfitness for the performance of ordinary fon oon duties, o against bie competently filling any ordinary business situation. Several men have been rejected for unsoundness who have been to do good cavalry sorvice during the war. Others, brave and stern in battle, have not been parsed because of excessive ner- vousness or palpitation, arising from the intemperate use of tobacco—the “tobacco heart’? being not unfre- quently named as a disease in the list of causes for re- jection. Many apparently stout, able-bodied men are Tajected because symptome of diseasos Of @ s6- condary character disclose themselves. Coppery scars are gencrally « sure bar to success. One candidate, a lusty looking man, who showed some Of these Bigne on his shins’ endeavored to explain that they were occasioned by Juinping on and off @ charcoal cart, the driver of one of which he once was. A largo number of applicants rejected in consequence of having ‘varicose veins.’ These voing appear on the lower extremity ; oye a’ below the knee, They may bo the result either of — disease or of general debility of the system. ey are simply the natural veing which through some disrase or weakness of their wall fails to perform Raed gd in the circulation; and thas loaded with the blood which they no loner force Commissioners to the office of Senior Inspector, or ranking next tothe Superintendent. | Captain Dilks,’ one of the District Inspectors, was formerly Captain of Police in the Fifteenth ward, He 18 a faithful officer, Captain Leonard, the Second District Inspector, was in the old force. He is also an old and well known officer. THEIR DUTIRS. Tho duties of the Office Inspector consists in promul- gating the orders of the Superintendent. All reports aro made to him by the different captains. Those reports confirm the records of arrests ring Ld an: all; ‘the House instrament. Each dial contains the letters of the alphabet, together with figures, from 1 to 0, with an indicator pointing to each letter and figure. This arrange. ment ts so sim; that any child knowing how to read can receive or & message when the instrument is in order. Therefore no special operators are required, the captains and sergeants at each station being competent to attend to all the business of telegraphing. Some years ago a similar style of police tel hing was attempted in London, but it never reach perfection of the American system, which is now in use not only in our own Metropolitan police district, but also in the po- lice departments of Philadelphia and Baltimore. It is far superior to the Boston system for police purposes; for thero practical operators are required not only at ie but also at the several police stations. On the supervision of Superintendent Kennedy, who has given the de} ent especial attention since he assumed tho executive authority of our police affal the police telegraph of New York has reached a stan that may almost be consdered perfection. Through it the Superintendent transmits all his orders to sabordinates, and hecan, if he chooses, sit quietly in his arm chair in the Mulberry street police peinee ‘and diteet the whole immense machinery under his charge. The Police Cora- missioners and th: ir cbief clerks also use the police telo- graph in tho transmission of orders, and the transaction of nearly all other official business. The mode of signaling i by bell and numbers. For instance, No. 942 means ‘ aroction,of men forth- with to’ this office.” No. 964 means “hold your re- serve in the station house for further orders.” No 2,372 means “there is « riot in this precinct at —,'’ ‘No, 2,382 meas “the mob has destroyed —."’ No, 2,308 ‘means ‘the mob has dispersed.’’ No, 2,386 means “thore is @ riot firemen at —.” No, 2,306 means “the procersion has started.” No. 2,306 moans “the procession has entered this precinct.” No. 3,236 how ora are generally men of desperate ch: tn having the Sate prac aatog them inthe face they do not hesitate to imoreven to kill any persona who may attempt to obstruct them in thelr depredations or im theit —— “4. Pickpockets. are the most audacious and troublesome villains the detectives have to deal with. the cities these follows selrct the rear platform and passage ways of horxe cars, where they adro! rob passengers of watches, breastpins, pocket books, &c., without their owners ever dreaming they have been the vietims of the rascals. These robberies are effected sometimes by a gentlemanly fellow standing beside you with a coat or shaw! om his orm, beneath which he te pee prom Peed Your watch or exercise more care in these Period of the July or draft riots in 1963. Tho latter, Bowever, were regarded more as attempts at a political re- olution than as riots, and the entire military power of Bhe government was called upon to sappressthem. But @uring all theso fearful scones me class of men, civil or military, exhibited more coolness or courage in suppressing the disorder than four Metropolitan Police. ince then the idea of ‘Bho Police Military Brigade has been adopted; and each {Policeman is now regularly drilled in the military tactics {and in the scientific use of his baton, which can be ex- @hanged for a musket when oceasion requires. ‘The war has brought out many bad elements among @ur people. But the disposition, as we have stated, is toward violence to person than to crime. To sub- this elemont the police should be clothed with sum. power to accomplish that end; and then we shall Mover hear more, as we now do but very seldom, of at- Sempte to override their authority. Suggestions in regard to important improvements in @ho sanitary department of the city, together with some pertinent hints concerning the administration of ioe justice in this Metropolitan district, will be found the subjoined article. Without further preface we proceed with a description of the Metropolitan Po- ice, commencing with a brief account of the RY OF THE METROPOLITAN POLIOR Dt8- Tair. a ‘THE SANITARY COMPANY OP THE POLIO £ Tho Sanitary company of the Metropolitan Police con- sists of B. G. Lord, Captain; one sergeant and thirty-six men, who are divided into squads in the following man- ner:—Twenty-one men are occupied in the examination of tenement houses, yards, sinks, privies and nuisances Of all descriptions, embracing contagious diseases, &o. ‘The number of reports made by this squad for the year ending 31st October, 1864, was 27,631. Seven men aro detailed as truant officers, five of whom visit our public schools daily, and ascertain from the teachers the num- ber of truants and absentees, who are visited at their re- spective residences, and the cause of their absence in is for the year ending 5 was 4.635. "Of this nuinber 2,080 were reported without cause, 1,760 were roformed 80 as to attoud school rogu- lay,’ eighty-three arrested and taken to Behool, and 145 were committed to the Javenile Asylum. The daties of two of these men consist ip pong mm iy ially to the Juvenile Asylum and the Roman ic lam, STEAM BOILER DEPARTMENT. ‘The steam boiler department is compzsed of eight men—Joreph E. Coffee, Esq., Examining Engineer, and seven Inspectors, whose dutlos consist in the examina. tion of all ie nee for license to take charge of steam Doilors, and the frequent examination and annual testing of all the stationary steam boilers in the Metropolitan iof © All reports to the Office Inspector are transmitted In course to the heads of those departments to which they severally belong. ‘The duties of district inspectors comprise the visiting ‘and inspecting of the different station houses. They make quarterly returns of their condition, the mode of transacting business, how the books are Kept, the disot- plino of the several precincts, and all matters affecting the efficiency of the police system. THE BOARD OF SURORONA. of ten full surgeons and six assistants, The duties required of them are oxtremely They are required to answer the calla of the ont at any moment, day or night. In addition one ison duty at the central office during the whole twenty-four hours. They must visit each of tho sation houses in their respective precincts once overy day, examine its sanitary condition, the beds and bs ahs tho men, and its general state of cleaniincss. Also they aro obliged to answor the calls of the Sanitary Department whenever required to examine tone- ment houses, bone-bolling establishments and other reported nuisances, i member of the force who reports bit to bis captain as ‘ys ets abound fm such places. 6 pick) cet short distance off, near an omnibus, i js fall, when ho thrusts himself in, taking ® standing position, ‘which he can operate on the breastpin or brooch of bie unsuspecting vietim. They also work at ‘the tit whieh means among the crowd at the opening of ticket office of atheatre. Hore they select their victim from amon Pt have shown their money, and gon iy at moment when the ticket purchaser has his hand in the little aperture the pickpocket presses Bis hand under that of his «victim, so as to confine it completely in the aperture, and ralsing his arm at the same time, bas the pockets of his, victlm ontirely at his mercy. Th presto, away goos pocketbook, gold watch or what not, and before aie 5 At Mia has been lucked, the plunder is far ou " Senaaeiee Men. Thore are di(foront classes of these forwi Propet come enlarged and | district. ‘ | fhe Metropolitan Police district of the State of New ek ad Unable 6 So aay eet mes tort oe seed { aioore * it * is sometimes ve During the yoar 1864 there were examined 640 appli. | means “keep a look out for burglars in your pre- | offenders. First are the real confidence mon, who make ace composed of the counties of Kew York, Kings, | e,samswon, who, dy tp viet the Ack men | oer Yo neal, The enisence of thea velos oven | canta (or Troehee to take charge ot stenm ‘bolle; also tint o-mgh The mode of signaling in raison to | the soquatntanen of trnvllor onthe renner festohoster and Richmond, and the towns of Newtown, | to order bim to duty immediately. If he has found | in an incipient state disqualily their posscssor from 2,181 steam boilers tested hydrostatically, 964 defects aren 4 ‘Gueer given by dial HPey ths teen. | and a" 5 ony) Those tost in favor, They make the remedied, and 15 steam boilers condemned and removed, In the rooms of the company is erected a mercu column, for testing the steam gauges used by the partment as standard gauges, the man to have fet ‘sickness he isto report to the | passing the sui 1’ examination, Thus, ® map feral dl a ny OS he LI bs tpn oo] may consider himself in robust ag ovory is required to attend him faithfully, visiting him at ‘once a day during the period of his sickness. The surgeon Ucad surgeon dotects the imperfoction, and he decides tion, charactor of the extont gf glamage, and other particulars are spelled out. If tho ®fuestion \s asked of ‘an officer whe docs not know where the fire is he an- jushing and Jamaica, in the county of Queens. HOW GOVRRNED. ‘The police government and discipline in said district are if jes who are bound to Californis Pe cng i into their affections,*stop at the tame hotel, &o, He professes to have boen in California, and also for vrovivg ‘