The New York Herald Newspaper, April 7, 1867, Page 4

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY thus constantiy exposed to falling down of a In steamers with more than one deck, the botlers being boom, it ix by no means find a part of the space immediately over the boilers allotied to @ storeroom for the for the reason that being unsuited ture for ordinary purposes it is uot jonable account as ap engineer's storeroom, it being declared ient to the engine room, and thus the propr.ety ried; the reault of which insane not yore ee vessel. With these details of the numerous of board of steam vessels, and of the i il nia prevent or arrest them, seatiered about, ignition by the upsetting Over or sound low net pr Mb pebiic like to a @miTar oceOrrence at Bra, wh from the lodwes ava Loreurs tak ub Gontesded to bo the mos For & beer unde ew city, ploturesquely situated in a delightful tr bis ab surrobhded on all sides by thickly wooded hitlls, from whose tops a pleasing view may be obtained Of the surrounding country, is the centre or headquar- tore of what may be called the mining districts of Jer- Sey, and ts at the present moment tae scene of @ “etnke” which may yet become very serious in ia con- Im the neighborhood—thet ta within an area of ten or Alteen miles—ihere are about fourteen or Biteen irom mines, yielding aenualty from two hundred thou- FROM THE Mit >ENNS YLVANIA, ltaelt bo the foo! ags o NING REGIONS. THE FASHIONS. SPEQAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD, Firet Omieial Concert aad s Gierscoss e—Dress ef the Princess Clothiide—Ae © aad Court Fashions Ordor— Totlets—Hate as Seen In _-Olreles— Materials, Colors, Trhamivge and Make for Spring. Pana, March 22, 1867. The Gret of the official concerts of the sean wae thie day week by Comte Walewaki at the Corpe tm honor of the young Prince's birthday. All BURNING OF STEAM VESSELS. ally ationd it, ib ts rrible of ali calamities, anging of the rater given b ag they affoct the ir rivky Of steam Vesecls, it 3 Sary tO expiaiu that the aqtiorived inspectors who sir vey these vossols divide the socury ris uae BNDENCE OF THE HERALD. Peartui siate of Astaire io Schuvikill County, Peunsylyania—Quirages and Riots ef Fre- quent Oceurrence—Kive Homicides in Two Months Near and provisions The Causes Improper Construc- tion and Fittings. upon the ranarat or ex- isting Character of botier or potters, thett coverings and security of al: openings, doors, &¢.; the condition of protection to all exposed wood chimusy rooms, &e ; being provided with independent steam fire and bilge pumpe, their location, with the snf- ficiency of attached hose and the ‘aiber with the use of blowers to the furnaces of tho tion will take all these lecide the character of the m. fire, sporks, &e., fo, and the moans ti Mest 2 the location face! the Theatrical te coisnine wreaking of @ Vi around boilers, ef an Old Citizen, &e. Porrsvinix, Sebuyikill Co., Pa., April 2, 1867, Fora few weeks past the disorderty state of affairs in this county has been a prominent topic for comment by the press in various sections of the eountry, bat more Particularly by the newspapers in Pennsylvania and New York As every one at all conversant with the geogra- Phy of the Keystone “tate is well aware, the counties of Schoytkill, Luzerne and those in this immediate vicinity form the coal-producing region upon which eo large a portion of country, including the Empire City, is pendent for fucl As the far greater part this supply is mined im and around this Weality, it follows that anything which interrupts the prosecution of that labor here has an immediate and perceptible effect on the consumers of coal situated even ir away as New York. and the interest manifested in ence is heightened or lessened in proportion as I product of this region fs more or leas used. The horse has so shortened the time of travel from this int to the great metropolia that, in fact, the immense val region of Pennsylvania appears te be a mere suburb the city; anda Gothamite coming here and visiting 0 Coal districts takes it for granted that the collieries ‘be found in every direction’ from Pottavilie are being irked (as indeed they are, to a very great degree) for eeping up the supply which the ever increasing neces- ities of New York demand, So much by way of pre- My dosign im this letter is to give the Hxrarp aders, se far as I can do so with the information at my fommand, a view of the present gisordered condition of ‘ngs in this county, a summary of the causes which to ‘tand the measures that are being urged to bring about and to make permanent a more peaceful state of wanded—Dent Remedial Measures Proposed to Avert This Class of Disasters. A conectentions ing; features in view, and thus weasel’s ability to real as detailed in a former of subduing it should tt ocour, List of American Steam Vessels and Their Condition. this class of disasters may to agen vik ea femme lers wi uld be supported standards alone, The sheet or plate iron Reue coors should be accurately fitted ia its joints, and under no circumstances. shouid the wood work around the boilers be allowed within one foot of them, their ‘upper surfaccs being well covered with felting of hair side of ork immedi them sheathed with zinc or sheet iron, the nails secur- Rot more tuan an inch and a which has not yet been thoroughly developed; thoy are furgished with the best and most improved machinery, ‘m wh:ch atone there cannot be less than three million dollars capita! invested, and employ upwards of two thousand hands, the great majority of whom are foreigners. At least two thirds of this number are Trish ; the remainder is cothposed of Cornishmen, Welsh, Ditoh, Swedes and Norwegians, and scarcely a single Yankee 1s to be found in the entire crowd. In regard to the nationalities, it sa curious fact that an English. man and a Cornishman are looked on as natives of different countries by miners in general, on the came | of an artificial grove. ground, it is to be supposed, as the Irishman supposes About ten o’clock Princess Clothilde entered on Comte Walewski's arm. She wore a white moire robe, of whieh Of the miners the Swede and Norwegian are the the body was beif white and half pink. Thess parti- quietest, the Cornish and the Welsh the most indus- | colored bodioes are gotting very fashionable, Some end in a basquine on one side flowing off in a point. ted the’ orchestra, Mme. Miclan Car. valho gave Auber’s air d’Action and Gounod’s Valse de wait in one | yireille, Zuochini was quite as successful, A bouquet of Parma violets was presonted to Mme. Carvalho, in the centre of which stood out a large M. in white. fhe in. Gustave Doré, the painier, was seen in close converss- tion with the Duke de Mouchy and Mustapha Pasha with the Apostolic Nunoio, The arrangement of the interior of the galerie des fate was entirely novel, two rows of reserved seats being placed in the centre of the brilliantly illuminated hall. ‘These were occupied by ladies in the richest toilets, the gentlemen. being seated all around in @ circie, and did not look unlike a dark border round a partsrre of flowers, every woman boing of course the loveliest. ‘The orchestra formed a vast amphitheatre in the midst The frequent disastrous fires that occur apon steam veasols in this country involving great loss of tife and property, direct attention to their construction and equipment; and as but a few days have elapsed since another steamer, together with her pa-sengers, the ma- Jority of the crew and a valuable cargo, has been added to the long list sacrificed by this terror of the.ocean, we deem it not amiss at this period to refer to the principal causes of these fearful fires on board of steam vessels, and to suggest what remedial measures should be re- sorted to by constructors, owners and officers to remove them, adding thereto an official record of the fire rates of the majority of the American vessels now plying upon ing which to be half toms, in order to guard fire from being communicated to their beds through openings Where ral draft ts used for combustion the exhaustion within aces, pipes, &c., is such as to cause a cur- rent of air to lead into and through any apertures open- img to them. and bence fire or from being emitted through any of the ordinary open- ings or joints about a boiler; but where a blow=r is used the conditions are entirely different. The air within the furnaces, i sparks and even will be forced through may exist, and as boilers generally insecure openings, such as ash doors, furnace doors, fluo doors, &c , fire is constantly being fo. them, and a great nurober of seamers stroved from this cause. If the public fully aware of the risks they incurred in ti ‘steamers where blowers are used, the abandonment of all such vessels would be almost universal, and thou the owners of them would be complied to remove this risk forthwith, their interests in tnis respect inducing their attention thereto more effectually than apy law that could be enacted to reach them. COVERING AND PROTRCTION TO BOILERS. All boilers should be covered with hair felting for the double purpose of indicating when they are unduly heated, andas a means of preventing the radiation of heat from the boilers to. th weil established are the adval both for the economy of fuel, comfort to a crew, that in most of the ocean and all naval vessels the felting of twice or thre times the ordinary thickness is used, added to which, are fitted over it coverings of canvas and sheet lend. PROTECTIONYEO WOODWORK AROUND BOILERS, THEIR CHIM- NEYS AND SMOKMPIPES. The woodwork immedirtely around boilers and their steam chimneys should set off from them so far as it may be practicable, consistent with the capacity of the Thus, when the boiler win the hold of a single decked vessel, it is not practicable to afford much #pace between its top and the under side of the deck beams above it witout making a break in the deck, a measure not always consistent with the vesacl; neither is it desirable, when tl ards of a steamer, to construct a covering to them of asuflicient height to secure it from being tired by radiation of heat from the boiler. tively necessary that there should bo any great distance between a boiler and its surrounding woodwork. Twelvo a desirable distance; even more wonld bo preterable; but when blowers are used, and a boiler is Properly covered, the woodwork around it, if properly protected, may be ect witbin the distance just given woodwork about a boiler, as well as the top and sides of the firerooma, sh be covered with sheet iron or zinc secured in the manner already referred to, with the further placing the laps of the sheets upward. is not used several coats of thick whitewash, with a little glue, will be the best substitute; in fact many engiueers think this is preferable to some metal coverin:s, 80 poorly are Chimney rooms should be at admit of the passage of a man around the chimney, and should be without any floor, so as to furnish @ freo com- upward of the heated air from id algo to admit of the introduction Pe te ee eae vent of the woodwork (ed it ing igni enever a amokepipe passes through a deck, however light its character, there should bo an space around it to admit of a current of air to pass through it, and between this space there should be a metallic covering to guard the wood Connaught to be out of Ireland, is are prevented Datch and Irish the noisiest. ugg, &C., 18 80 pieces BOILERS WITH EXTERNAL PORNACES, like the ordinary cylindrical boilers im general use in Southorn and Western waters, are supported by stand- arda of iron, the sides of the furnaces and the bottoms of the lower flues being constructed with brickwork and mortar beds, and in the construction of this work care is general confinement of the place to scrape up a few dollars and then “‘travel.’’ Tho Duich, Swede, Norwegian, and even English and Welsh affiliate, and drench themselves with beer frater- itial was intended for Miolan and Marguerite (Faust’s). nally, but Pat keeps aloof, goes.in for bad whiskey, en- livena the timo with (riendiy rows, and Aghte with bim- | grmporor and Empress at the Tuileries. “Em frac”? was printed at the bottom of the invitation cards. This meant that silk stockings, short pantaloons, and either black or which are the property of the mining companies, who | ping cloth coats were to be worn instead of uniforms. rent thom at rates varying from $3 50to $7 por month. Every seat had ” of the cabin is a married man, and boards three or four or more of his fellow workmen, who, regu- larly as each morning comes, at seven o'clock procceed to their shaft, and wishing good bye to tie light of day, and almost to earth itself, descond hundreds of feet be- low the surface, there to labor until the evening bell calls them to rest and up to earth again. Unless by the Irish, church or religion ts rarely at- tended to, except im the case of the Welchman, who constantly and attentively studies the writings of the Scriptures from a Bible printed in the language of the ancient Celtic race, and as around and spend their spare time. in profane or worse amusements, the silent Welchman explores as closely and porseveringly tnto the mysteries of the sacred book on Sunday as he does into the deep recesses of the earth when laboring for the datly bread on waek dt These men work very hard and are pai day. The contractor gets more, This person, who m: or may not be one of themselves, as the name impli contracts with the company to mine a certain quantity of the ore. A number of men perform this work under his control and supervision, and are paid at a daily rate by the company, who, after dedacti iamond Insufficient reed out through bee: e Monday, the 18th, a grand concert was given by the Morning Star... self when nobody else will ‘‘oblige.’’ They reside close appointed place, every rank of moblesse its particuiar row. At nine tho Emperor and Empress entered the Salle des pacbenans, wm the cee we oe % nage each rt they rose. congratulal je artists, Wo were Marié, Mme. Cabe!, Sainte Foy, M. Bataille, ‘M. Capoul and M. Alard. Whov the concert was over thanked tho artists again, and entered the salon of ymier Consul, where all the guests were assem- round which the Empress walked, speaking to each in turn. or when sho had nothing te t or otherwise gracefully ‘There, does not exist, nor is it possible there can exist to-day, even in the neighborhood of the vilest slums on Manhattan Island, so great a feeling of insecurity for life and property as 18 apparent here, owing to the man- ifestations of outlawry that bave been made by the colliers and minera, Ontrages have beep and are being committed that give to these persons a character border- ing very nearly on savagery, and the further toleration of which will reflect no small diseredit on the law makers and law executors of the laud of William Penn. Everybody in Pottsville to-day is armed. and law abidine citizens, of “those vite guns,’ wi used, even on land, it is impracticable to keep the brick- work and bedding permanently free from fissures, whereby fire or sparks may pass out and ignite any in- flammable material they may come in contact with. is much more difficult to keep this brickwork free from fissures when it is subjected to the workings and concus- sions of a steam vessel, BOILERS WITH INTERNAL PURNACES, similar to the marine boiters now in use, are, many of them, constructed without water bottoms; hence, when the fittings of the legs to the boilers are imperfect, either by neglect in workmanship or by tho effects of rast, an opening is exposed whereby fire or sparks may pass out, ag in the case above referred to. OILERS, TRE PURNACES OF WHICH ARE PITTED WITH BLOW- ERS TO APYORD AN ARTIFICIAL DRAFT, In eases of this character the pressare of air within the furnaces, flues, &c., being greatly superior to the atmos- phere without, any fissure or hole in any part of the exter- nal iace of the farnace, the fi'tings of the legs of the boiler to its beds (when there 1s no water bottom), the fitting of the ‘manhole’ to the plate and the fittings of the smokepipe to the chimney, &c., become a ready vent to fire or sparks, which are driven out with great velocity when the biast is bigb, and which, falling upon or ad- hering to avy inflammable material they may come in contact with, the risk of ignition is incurred thereby. RING AND PROTECTION TO BOILERS. Very many of the boilers of our river and sound steamers are now covered with felt; it answers the double purpose of protecting the wood work around from fire, and the economy of fuel. period this very effective pecaution against fire was scarcely thought of among the owners and runners of this class of steamers, while its use in the sea going service was almost upiverval, its usefulness beiny recog- nized in restricting radiation of heat from the boiler to ‘the engine room and adjacent part« of the veasel, and in At this day there are many owners of steamers who pertivaciusly re‘use to resort to this means of effevting economy of fuel, comfort of passengersand crew, and of reducing the risks of fire, simply because it involves an imm:diate expenditure o' and again, because many engineers are either or ignorant of, the means ca‘culated to property apd fuel, they do not urge upon the owners of their vessels the great propricty and necessity of this provision. ‘against fre from an overheated boiler, it is ot the first and greatest importance— for the reason, that immediateiy upon its being burned, its combustion ts readily re- cognized, the engineer and hisssi-tants on duty at once know that the felt around the boiler is burning, their attention being forthwith drawn to tie circumsiance, and if it has arisen from an over! ated boiler, or from fre being communicated, through a hole, or’ fissures, it is readily discovered an‘ vemedial measures resorted to. COVERING AND PROTRCTION TO WOODWORK AROUSD FOILRRB. In mayy of our river and Sound st.amers, we do not meei with any covering as & protection for heat or fire to the woodwork contiguous to thy this essential point i to be classed as universul, originating around & bo! but may arise from 80 sreat a number, it is dtillcalt to account for the continual neglect 0: proper precautions, The principal cases in which the woodwork adjacent to a voller is exposed to beng fired are, viz:— © water inu boiler nas been allowed to fall below the flues the shell and steam chimney, as the case may be, become sufficient y heated by radiation from the super-heated steam within, to eftect ignition of the woodwork immediately expoxed to it. 2 When water has been allowed to fall below the fines, as just referred to, and the occurrence is dis- covered, it is customer: from out of the furna the woodwork immediately ov room ig not properly protected f cate to it, and disastrous tires fr quently occurred. 3. When blowers are used the fire or sparks that may be blown out through fissures in the furnace doo pits, ash doors, fue holes, chimney connections, will readily ignite wood. already a! # high temperature and quite charred from having been b-iore frequently exposed to such temperature. CHIMNEY JACKETS AND ROOMS. Ip single decked steamer-. when the boiler is below and the steam chimney above the main deck, or when the boifer ie on the main deck or upon the water aards, it {8 customary in many cases to cover the chimney ‘or chimneys, as the case may be, with a wooden casing, set off from di bat a few inches, and in it with a sheet iron jacket. which in most case® 19 imperfectly made and almost always in- in steain vessels with iwo or more decks, the boiler being in the bold, the steam chimuey ‘and the base of the smoke pire are commonly inctosed in woodwork alone, which in sowe cases is sot at a chimney to avoid the risks of or the continued radiation of purpose of this space is very ‘re. quently pegatived by its being used tor the storage of old swabs, buckets, Drooms, kc This woodwork, however, is very seldom properly protected, and im many cases no protection at all ia at- tempted; in some a coat of whitewash is thinly laid on, and in others a lining of tin, zine or iron, in which the aps of the sheets are laid downward, as if they were placed to shed rain or water ailing from above, instead of fire rising from beto: line, unless very well nailed, are too Hight = their ex- ath ire too great for this pu igh otnvinat when Sityscted to the heat of inkle and spring to such a de- sparks that may rise up if laps and under them to surface, where they are ox. readily effects an ignition of discovered the presence of ‘the immediate application of water and iba ieee can be removed the flame has through the join‘s or crev- meraneemenarenic and the Ly com! this woodwork around the steam chim- to Is, precluding the proper circulation the necessary room wherewith ‘any material, or even to white. waab it, and when firo is communicated to this work, fitted by its character and it requires but an instant yond the control of the menos usually found in steam ‘eesous. woodwork around it. es of felting boiler rity against fire, an City of N. York . Dlod in a large circle, Be say she smiled recogni acknowledged the presence The following were the most adiired toilets: — A white gros graimbrocaded with fuchsias; the pistil of each flower euded in a red pearl, Vempire, the bodice cut square; fuchsias and pearls tm the hair, ruby and diamond fuchsias in the ears, Another was made of maize colored satin, covered with talle, of which the puffs were divided with forzet- me-not:, in the heart of each a glittering diamond. The same was made of white satin, and the puilx divided with long chapiets of moss roses. ‘The richest toilet was a pink satin; round the bottom AY | of tive.train fell a flounce of Alengon; the bodice was @ pepluin ending with pearis, and the headdress was of lise Wore light gray satin, over which looped up with grenades. Her jet black hair was plaited and dressed with diamonds, The other creat event of the week is the performan @ at the Gymnas: of Alexandre Damas, Jr.’s new the Ideas of Mme. Aubray. Press were present author himself was nowhere visible, nettles searched out every father of the hero of that evening, Alexandre Dumas himself, was radiant in a frout box "@ ideas met with such success that all + nagpeeergen | produce ideas with a sight a. PR City of Norwich. Insufficient . Good Who bave.an utter detestation ose main desire is tp pursue the evn tenor of their various ways unmolesting and un- molested, and who probably never thought of carrying arms—save perhaps a rusty gun on ‘general muster’’ day—are now compelled in self-defence to make them- selves conversant with revolvors, Derringers, hair trig- gers and other doath dealing implements, and ail ‘the appurtenances thereunto belonging.” No one feels safe, especially after dark, and a Pottsvillian would no more think of traversing the roads horeabouts without making asmall arsenal of himself than he would o° making a trip to the Arctic regions in babUiments suited only to the ries of the tropics. And indeed there is good and of insecurity, if one may that are to be found in the now before me a list of the murders that have been committed outright in this county during the past three years, exclusive of 1867, and they number present year set In the indices are ‘that this delizhtful occupation in which the outlaws in- dulge ts not going to be given up 1867 have as yet passed and the bi b. 9. Michael Kain, killed by Johm Cane, by shoot. Feb, 11.—John Donoho, shot and killed while form- ing one of a party of robbers that attacked the ho: acarora, illiama H. Littlehales, killed by unknown ‘men in ambush when within six hundred yards own honse ia Case townsh Cath. Whiting, .. Indifferent The stvle was @ the others wander wirements of the Chas. C. Leary. .Indifferent © boilers are upon es mpton. Inditfer®nt Neithor is it imp ra- pone. mang ‘hantilly tunic sufficient caase for this feelin, Judge at all from ing such from the full value of the work, band the balance to the contractor, whose interest it therefore is to keep the men closely to their duties, and who often makes tn thia wise from $100 to $200 and $250 per month, and this the only eight or ten, very seldom more, ever, this plan sometimes works woi! to those miners of a gang who * with safety; but all Tne Emperor an City of 'N. Port. Insufficient Chas. Benton... Insufficient City of N. London. Insuffi't Diamond State. . Tadif a ut chree monthe of record stands on the second tier. Plymouth Rock the theatres wil rh aration of til d @ space sufficient to sf Even unti! a recent Me, Northall, in munication for the escape atrings were fastened under a moss rose. jore, and for the other open flowers made of ere is a peculiar ambre mat Ls of a hose pipe in tl i if i ix and the woodwork its great economy of fuel. PROVIBIONS AG: Where security from fire agalust ‘AINeT is imperfect er regard to the provisions 1 sbonid be Keds Thi re: y many to the safety of hu: cases not observed ; man life, and the hich so generally pone ewe ‘vessels, wi ab mre hee apa Spee Ore, asin the other points Ali steam vessels should be provided with an indepen- dent steam fire and bilge pump, and the sea going steamers should have two, with an in voller to work them, and these pum} be conveniently reach effect this they should be placed on the main deck of a vessel, whatever her construction, that tt may be at all Fitted to these pumps there evil either; but now the strin; aside, behind, and getti coming morn, I ask cana who has not any substance ? Our costumes will be cut into every shape over ploated under tewel-fashion, behind; ot! dented, notched, cut in squares ; crons out stripes of Bill willbe much used for trimmu velvet and fur, for the weather summer mohairs aro out in win Gray is the favorite color as yet There is a new necktie, called the cravat necklace—a bead Jace invention, with ends in front, but a of velvet, with a jet bead fringe, is necklaces are made deep tn front, dim as they go off behind. They look very Velt to match, over white muslin. These jet also made like poplums, in long pomts on each side. Ry Bie ae | SPANISH OCEAN TELEGRAPHS. The Submarine Telegraph Line from Caba » tothe Spauish Main-Oficlal Invitation fer Proposals—Cuba and Mexico to nectod—Terms of the Concession, &c. We published some weeks ago a short notice from our H the pecutiar odor of times easy of access, should be a sufficiency of, hose to 8 of the decks or holds; added to which there should ‘ae proper number of fire pumps upon the upper deck, with hose sufficient in length to reach to any part of the vessel fore or aft. AS many owners of vessels will probably think this Buygestion of even one indepondent steam fire and bilge Pump a requjrement altogether unnecessary, and impos- ing too great a bur‘en upon them, they may be som>what surprised to learn that scarcely a week passes without the occurrence of a steam vessel tipon the coasi or ocean being saved from burning or sinking solely by the use of th so pumps, and under circuzstances, too, when the engine and ship’s pumps prove totally inadequate to mevt the requirements of the case; im fact, these pumps, next to the anchors of vessels and instruments of navigation, have saved a greater number of lives and a larger amount of property than any instrument ever introduced as a sa\eguard in steam: navigation; and no steam vessel, ply- ing even as a lerry boat upon a risk of burning or navigation w: they took, as also his revolver. Tt is a somewhat difficult mattor todivine the canses | that-have led to this state of things; in fact there is no |] Cause Other than the innate di that actuate these fiends, The maj I the former larg We aro still wearing very cold; but ali the appears yority of the miners are erating. boilers, The neglect of ing any of it; but it was thought, however, the prudence than interfere with this many were mistaken. Io- | of them arm: 5 and as the cecurren is noe restricted to « society are found the very worst class of degraded men. Illiterate, immoral and blood-thirsty, they stop at nothing im the achievement of any vile p»rpose contemplation. If a superintendent or mining boas be at all objectionabie these ‘Molly tice something like the following, which was sent to a superintendent a few weeks since. making only corrections in the orthograpb: } the highway. In the Party jeavy sticks, pro. ‘{holiering” for Genorai Barnes... George H. Stout Indifferent Geo, Washington Indifferent Guif Stream... Geo, B. Upton. .In! George Anna... Indifferent Granite State. ..Insutficient Maguires” send him a no- 0. . Ti ol deCuba. _ I give it verbatim, Manon, 1867. Take notice from this time ff you want to live, for {think your time will be very short, 80 i got, and any man on the coll (Diagram of a coffin and pistol } It will be seen that the missive is the attainment of mines have ceased to be worked, especially Lehigh. Whon tho leaders of the “Molly Maguires”’ so determine all the men are obliged to quit labor, and a life of the mmer so offending in jeopard: ‘tion of the mon (for be it understood that all do not jong to this oath-bound league) have of tate mani- a design of emancipating themselves from tho control of the leaders, and if they do but get the coun- tenance of the civic authorities they will break up the ization that is now a standing proach to the whole ciass of operatives An Instance it is this:—The minors jevars. Sharp, Loisering & Co., were ona strike for an wages for some time. Last week # num- better and more iaw just look out for all is ft to incur the | General Ranks: til the twenty cents t one of these pumps, uietly on, and the proprictors’ and prasi mines were utterly powerless their rights against The wagons returned, and all was qi ‘acted, quietly and coolly, t dehberately, throughout, They have bel manner, though I am sorry to say ely tal the fires Engineers’ store rooms should be the ure room or boilers. All inflammable and com- bustibie material, as \urpentine, paints, oils, tallow, &c , metal tanks, securely fastened to the ney and ail manner of wiping atuffe, nm mt around the fire- 8 likely to communi- om tis cause have fre- should be kept i deck, and both selves in an order!; ‘sm the Gacela, of Madrid, we translate the official L te nor officials here, apparently, to prevent such Megat acts, 0 the pprojdos, ohne: — ‘and the town is consequently at the mercy of these men number close on 1,500 when collected from mines, and the greater number of whom on thoir visits to the town invariably furnish is & fair number—some say more than one [—of the men whe would be anxious and room or workshop, which should be such not only could be readily reached in the event of its being on fire, Dut 80 located ag to receive sufficient light into it to set aside the use of artificial light oxcept at night, and then it should be lighted by a fixed light without the roum, but shedding Its rays into it, similar to the manner in which the magazines on board of ves- sels of war are ligited. Allengine and tire rooms should be sufficiently and fully hghted, not with movable lamps, but with. fixed lights of @ copsirucuon and character that will set aside the risk of their tiring a vossel by their upsetting, &c. CAPTAINS AND RNGINEERS, Captains of steam vewsels, in the superintendence of thvir construction and equipment, shou! tion to the requiremenis of ity against fire, which, if they are at all quatiied for their position, their experience and ol it them to be essentially necessary, The intercsts of ali steam vessels require full atiention to these important polnts; their contracts with the public, in a moral point of view, te. Aas the security against fie on board of steam vessels is more immediately under the supervision of the en- gineer than of any other person, be, better acquainted with the risks requirement should be demanded from him ra of stvam vessels as to the resort part to every practicable security every available provision to meet it shou! When an engineer enters uj it should be his first care to fully advise nimself as to the security and provision against fire, and the means to the vessel from water in tue case of ber leaking Dilged; and it sho is not properly secured and this condition of affairs to tain or owners, and if thoy assume the responsibil! Rot noticing his report he has and bho must abido. ereuts, If, Henry Chancey ‘Indifferent He: - 5 i in the colliery of ii other cases to co" i Fee sufficientty fitted. i i i i i i if £ Fa i F Jno, L.Stephens.Indiferéns Wi Jersey A rn 8c pan. Insufficient . .- Good 8 He i 2 Hy ro Sisée i i and as he is, or ought to thereto a i i im and even the | owners and com: ga. duty on board a vessel, the comsequence Hl 3B +3 i 5 Sah es Hi i3 4 Hk ; EH Bege i til i WT zi a $54 Fy He | 3 é H impey and boil- f zg; Ay Ha A iy ! i it | z i Hed [ f i # | i i to cover the wood wil i i: a #22 8 é 23) f i security from its occurrence at any subsequent and if it has so occurred that ciently secured and its occurrence, exist that want to arrest it which is so fatal to the officers of : E i L i ta boat \ndifterentiy ‘or tn: periud eng fred “fwoola be found very difficult to induce either captain, engineer or owner to adopt any change having in view an improvement upon FIRE RECORD OF RICAN Tn this connection we i i f t i (rari Meer geomy 9 ped, and be- | | : i r i i i s 2 = & & z i { é i E 3 if § g 1 E i | i! i ft line. nod. and a reliance in omcers, le or no combination of and when the inflammable character of a steam. conside-ed, 't will be admitted that it is not labors o& one or a few individuals that success is to It requires a high order of even gory ine for a crew to continue at their the kuovledge that passengers are not only cutti their mens of safety but, terre stricken aud hood demroying, by their confused and ilidirected labors, their only means of escape. So long as thecap+ tains of sian vessols do not exhibit to the travelling peditc that the provisions for personal sal Cipline on tard their vessels aro generally demand: upon them, 80 lon bors le rendered futile; for the crew and gers, judging for the present by the occurrences past, will look for such safety a8 that winch thet selfish hess will direct and their own resonrocs will eflegtfor Its to be hoped that the preceding recital of the Onsiestons nd Coticrenc es ip the nexicct of pro | curing steam teseoi® from the greatest torrur ocetn, the Pemedian measures that -bould be diing againe it, &6, will aweke che atemtion of nd oMcers of voutels to the snd caso them 40 re’ of Uvele duties to the pubite and to Wl time tay strive wh ors of steam vossole Ghat viflee of Hf anu prope fostraint due to di is as 2 : A & 3 Rss z z 3 i ayes th ng bie nal iftin, pam} o veaee! from the ne ae boiler, and trom the a was also artanged $0 as hand when the engine was not in 'as also usual to connect to the feed pump of the boilers an air vessel by which it was made to pro- and thus be used as fire engine; ond, until juctien of the independent steam fire and bilge ump (ordinarily termed donkey) ao» other means were free a verse! from water or furnished by ignorance or indifference, the operation of the independent etcain fre ana bike pump is in most cages negativod in its oj being placed by engineers, or engine gine room, oF just above the skin of where, in the event of sinuke, i f . i i e i B in hy’ years, con o— A yee evel to attach of a capacity calculated to fi of water from the at j &) i A i 5 i 3 fF STRAMSHIPS. nt a list of American steam vessels that enter and depart almost weekiy (rom this and other ports to distant ones upve our coast, {reighted with life and property, together with their rates of secu- rity and provisions agamst fre, as they have passed {mspoction end are officially recorded the vndorwriters in tl i i g Hj ie : { i / t a E i z. i ii 2 : i i ; Es i i E HE g i g 2 i Hi z 5 3E i upon the books of ted States and Kurope, in order—first, 10 show that in ovr remarks we lave not taken an ettreme view of the posrinie dangers of travel upon steam vessels that are inperfecily secured and ageinst fire; and secondly, to show our readers 2 & s }@ eccupation of the aiod, they are in all Ii : li : i i j i ef i i Fe | i E ER 228 5 i it 53F vig eeroioned by the operators, and none forwarded when eaaerery to morality, public tranquil- mate, be sottied without the interven. nmoots raving to be called im. i will theirand their ofl. jact becomes known that it Of their voureis tat 4 ct coal nod iron dealers Ot Ne 2 lity oF the seourity of All tion o aid of other strike tit the worked atl st by tho contractors, But any such in- fur over one year sball cause forteiture of the meee ans we Witte 3} territory the linos are to be con- eid area by apes aa of public utility, and the law ‘their regard in that ont will alow the use of such of bli service will permit, for drograputc part of the work, wator in this space, but are rated good in this respec’, aod that only afver te severe ordes! of an inspection at the bauds of the sworn chicers of the Lloyds of Kurope. The firat introduction of steam navisation fn this country, at all our readers are aware, was Conti bays, Coanda and rivers, and Upon the occurrence © bard pace @ steam vessel reliance fur security of hile wus more upon the (acily De run esliore, haber f tan the probability of subdeivg | Provisions for tint purpose on hoard. Hind our fire’ ovmnys occurred at sam, and veow restrite’ | gD CON DIFICS, We would LALe commenced with & better otwervatice of Ue fequite~ mente of security trom tire; but ub ure Great ond sought (or, the burning Of @ Hieuin FOR Tt is @ very common occurrenc® for the main deck of Sound or river steamers to be #0 encumbored with treight, that not only is there @ great risk incurred from ing communicated to the freight whoa of a com. bat In the oconrrence of fire the presence is @ porious Obstruction to the means necessary to be resorted to to cxt fle sources of fire on board of go by thoir being appropriated the storing of oils, paiais, turpentine, ome hemp, , Matches, &c., eases are not properl ‘of those who si boted are NEW VERSEY. AAAAARAAANARRARAAA ; total 57, vaiuet B76, 400, bricks, iframes; total % H. Bird, prenth mara 2b , 26 ramos, total 54, vaiuedht $5 tal, humber of Houses erected In 814 brick and 531 frame, valued ‘Amount of stocks in the hauds of fossod is $207,500,—Slar, April 1, SPECIAL COWRESPONGENCE OF THE HERALD. Morris County -They Gerike of the Miners in avis ond More Pay-Work Sat 1,198,160. ‘The +P aholl bo interpreted ‘panieh over: her ships of-war as the the purpose of doing the thereto Hike thoes of te way—Danger of Riots. ‘Thin pretie tietls tewn located within fifty miloa of Sourmens Press AssoctaTion,—A Aptit 4, 1867. vated > annintion ie colied at Atlanta oa tie 1} of